1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Hey, what's going on? Everybody? Welcome to a Tuesday edition 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: of Texans All Access. John Harris Football on a sideline 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,879 Speaker 1: reporter taking you through the next hour. Hopefully you had 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: a chance to hear my breakdown on the draft. I'll 5 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: be joining Clinton Show each and every day at three 6 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: thirty five to talk specifically about the draft. Doesn't mean 7 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: I won't hit it in this particular show. Tomorrow being 8 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: Draft Wednesday, I'm sure we'll talk a little bit more draft. 9 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: But that was fun. Today was Smitty in for show, 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: so it's good to catch up with Wade and had 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: some really good questions and Wade asking me about Kenyan Green. 12 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 1: I thought it was pretty interesting. I know Wade likes 13 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: Kenny Green. I do too. I would love to see 14 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: Kenyan Green depending on how things shake out. I think 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,680 Speaker 1: he fits in that gap between thirteen and thirty seven. 16 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 1: But man, if he's there at thirty seven, give me 17 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: Kenyan Green. Aggie interior offensive lineman all day long. Now, 18 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: speaking of interior offensive line, but we're gonna hear from 19 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: one of them, one of the Texans own Justin Britt 20 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: We do a little Texans Audio jukebox in the next 21 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 1: segment with Justin Britt and Davis Mills. Yes, Davis met 22 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: with the media today and in typical Davis fashion, just 23 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:19,919 Speaker 1: calmly squatted any tough questions to the side. And actually 24 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 1: he didn't really get any tough questions, I don't think 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: for the most part, and just answered him calmly and 26 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: with poise like Davis is wont to do. So we'll 27 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: hear from Davis and from Justin Britt in our next segment. 28 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: And then well, there is some rough stuff going on 29 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: with the Washington Commanders and Dan Schneider. Oh boy, this 30 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: well as Andrew Brant, who you can follow on Twitter, 31 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: knows the business of sports very very well. There will 32 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: be lawyers if there haven't been already. So we'll get 33 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: into what ails the Commanders a little bit later in 34 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: the show. But I had the opportunity today to catch 35 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: up with linebacker COMMU Grugier Hill. He's one of my 36 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: favorite people to interview. We can go on a lot 37 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: of different directions, but the Hawaiian, his story about how 38 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: he got to Eastern Illinois is a fantastic one. And 39 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 1: of course we had to talk a little barbecue as well, 40 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: because it's not the same in Hawaii. But to me, 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: the barbecue is about the sides. So what are the 42 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: two sides that you've got to have? I tend to 43 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: agree with them. Actually, I'm both. I like both. So 44 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: we'll get to that with Cammu Gruger Hill. A little 45 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: one on one. Here we go, all right. It's always 46 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: fun to catch up with the guys when they get 47 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: back into the offseason conditioning program. And my next guest boy, 48 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: he had one hell of a year in twenty twenty 49 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 1: one and he is back. Commu Gruger Hill, Commu my man. 50 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: First of all, I've been wondering this and I've gotta 51 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: ask it. I've been saying your name, Grugier Hills, that 52 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: I put a little French with the Grugier. Yeah, that's 53 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: how it is. It's okay, yeah, all right, I know 54 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: French in there. Okay, I get the French in there. 55 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 1: I'm good man. First of all, how's the off season been, man? 56 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: It's been good man. I've been traveling a lot and 57 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: I've been kind of getting away. Um. I've been in 58 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: I've been all over man. I've been in Hawaii, Arizona, 59 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 1: I've been in Nashville. So a little it feels a 60 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: little good to get back. Okay, So why he's home. 61 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: Hawaii's home. I always find my way to Arizona for 62 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:20,639 Speaker 1: like a month in a month and a half in 63 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: the off season, just because I love it out there. 64 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna get a spot out there soon. And 65 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: then I've just been in Nashville. It's just training a 66 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: little bit. Yeah, so you're training in Nashville, but in Arizona, 67 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: you just you just go a little a little bit 68 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: of both. So when I'm out in Arizona, I trained. 69 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: I mean I'm always. Once I hit about February, i 70 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: start training again. So you know, wherever I am, I 71 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: find a training spot and and I do the training, 72 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: but I get a little vacation at the same time. Yeah, 73 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: of course, I mean those three spots lovely, but so 74 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: as good to get back home though, Yeah, get back 75 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: to the out. I mean, what's it like when you 76 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: go back to Hawaii? For you? A lot of family 77 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: still there, all of them all. I'm the person I left, 78 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: so they'll they're all there. So every time I go, 79 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: it's a big family reunion where I mean, we're doing 80 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: in the family barbecues, we're at the beach where there 81 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: all day, you know, So are you getting stretched a million? Yea, 82 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: you know, cousin wants to see you and mom and 83 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: I wanted to see you. I mean, you just getting 84 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: pulled a million. My mom is the queen of that. 85 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: She's like, hey, you got this. He's like, she's like 86 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:21,039 Speaker 1: setting all these things up with cousins. I haven't seen 87 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,799 Speaker 1: him forever, but it's all it's all good. It's always fun. Okay. 88 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: So I've wondered this a bunch, and so I'm just 89 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: gonna ask. Soon as you grew up in Hawaii and 90 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: you go to Eastern Illinois, I did, Yeah, how on 91 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: the heck do you get from there to there? I 92 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: can see how you got from the ster Illinois to 93 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 1: the league. I watched enough to know the guy deserves 94 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: to be in the league. But how do you get 95 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: from Hawaii to Eastern Illinois. It's a crazy story. So 96 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: I didn't really start playing football until my senior high school, 97 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: so I only had one year of tape and one 98 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: of my friends at the time, my best friend, had 99 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: had a scholarship to Eastern Illinois and the head coach 100 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: played at University of Hawaii, so he just wanted to come. 101 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: I swear he just wanted to make a little Hawaii trip. 102 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: So he asked my friend if he had anyone back 103 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: home that can play, and he's like, yeah, come check 104 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 1: out my friend. Yeah. So he literally flew to Hawaii, 105 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: took me out of class for twenty minutes, gave me 106 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: a full scholarship, and on the spot, on the spot. 107 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,400 Speaker 1: And it's funny because at first I didn't want to 108 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: go because I couldn't even tell on a map where 109 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: Illinois was. I never left Hawai in my life. Yeah, 110 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 1: and then my mom was like, nope, you're going, and 111 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: we left like a week after graduation. I've been yep 112 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: this as a parent, and you hear free education, Yeah, 113 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: it could be on the other side of the world. Yeah, 114 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: you got a free education in Poland. Okay, you're going 115 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: to Poland. You're gonna learn how to eat some paroguies 116 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: when you get over there. Then you get to the 117 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: NFL and obviously twenty twenty one, you blowed out of 118 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: the water here for the Texans, And we've talked a 119 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 1: little bit about how you got here, this opportunity for 120 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: you here. When did you feel like in training camp, 121 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: because I know that was kind of the time of 122 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: training camp, we're looking around going him in fifty one 123 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: is gonna play a lot for this defense. He's gonna 124 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: play a lot. When did you feel it was starting 125 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: to kind of come to fruition for you that you 126 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: felt like, man, I can really kind of spread my 127 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: wings on this defense if you will. Yeah. I think 128 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: you know, when you come into a new defense at anytime, 129 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: the learning curve is always going to be a little 130 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: rough at first. You know, you're learning coverages, you're learning 131 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: just general schemes, and um, I mean once I started 132 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: to click and I was just able to kind of 133 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: play a little faster and just going off my reaction, Um, 134 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: that's when I was like, you know, this is this 135 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: is a place for me for sure? And why did 136 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: this defense fit you so well? I mean, we can 137 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: see it. We can see your speed and your smarts, 138 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: and you can see how you're reading things and shooting 139 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 1: gaps and things. But why did this defense fit for you? 140 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,359 Speaker 1: I just think the way he, you know, coach Lovey 141 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,440 Speaker 1: breaks it down and his mentality behind it, behind all 142 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: of it. You know, we're aggressive in coverage, we're aggressive 143 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 1: in our in our run fits, we're aggressive in our 144 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,359 Speaker 1: in our takeaways. You know, that's the general philosophy of 145 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: the entire defense. It's takeaways and scores, so um and 146 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: and he just kind of lets you. He let me 147 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:49,919 Speaker 1: just be out there and just play be a ball player, 148 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: you know. And um, that's something that a lot of 149 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: people haven't really given me the full reins of. So 150 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 1: when when he did that, I think it, um, it 151 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 1: kind of for lack of a return, creating a little 152 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: that I love. So in the offseason, you got a 153 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 1: little bit of decision to make, and then we find 154 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: out you're coming back to Houston, and I know, common 155 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: there were a lot of people that really excited. I 156 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: was really excited because obviously we see on a field, 157 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: we know that you're more than that. You're just an 158 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: incredible guy around the around the building. So we were 159 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: really excited for you to come back. What was the 160 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: thought process in coming back? Love, He gets named the 161 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: head coach, Obviously you played for him, his defensive coordinator. 162 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: How much did that play a role in as well? 163 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: I think that had a lot to do with it. 164 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: You know, I think, um, whenever you're gonna get a 165 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: new head coach and all that kind of stuff. Um, 166 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: I was kind of sitting back and just watching for 167 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: a little bit and just seeing, you know, what was 168 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: going to happen, because I mean that changes everything, right, 169 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: that changes schemes, that changed his coaching staff to everything philosophies. 170 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: So when he got you know, the head coaching job, 171 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I couldn't have been happier, but there was 172 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: still something that I had to you know, we had 173 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: to work out. And you know, I think I think 174 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: it was just the right choice to come back this 175 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: year and and you know, um do it again. So 176 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: now you're in Houston, second year in Houston. How much 177 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: more comfortable are you in Houston? How much do you 178 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: like Houston? I saw a little bit of your press 179 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: are upstairs. You talked about it. But what's Houston sort 180 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: of meant for you? It's not Hawaii. It does get hot, 181 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: though it's not why definitely gets hot. It's a little different. 182 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: But what's what's Houston meant like? Just not just the Texans, 183 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: but the city of Houston too. Like I said, I 184 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,120 Speaker 1: think it is it has It's not Hawaii, right, but um, 185 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: a lot of the philosophy and just Texas and Houston 186 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: in itself is such a home vibe for me. You know, 187 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: the hospitality, the food, the people around, I mean, everything 188 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: about it is just it's just like I've said I 189 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: said earlier. Um, you know, you go places and you're 190 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: just like, I don't know, it doesn't feel like home. 191 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: Where when I got here, it definitely felt like home. 192 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: I'm asking you something I don't normally like to ask 193 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: players about other players, but I saw something week eighteen, 194 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: and I want to get your thoughts on it. You 195 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: guys played Tennessee and after the game was over, I 196 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: was outside and I was waiting. I can't remember who's 197 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: coming over the interview, but I was waiting for somebody 198 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: interview for postgame interview, and Davis Mills was walking across 199 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,800 Speaker 1: to do his interview, and Malik was coming back over 200 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 1: and I was just across the hall, so I couldn't 201 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,559 Speaker 1: hear him, but I saw Malik stop shake Davis's hand, 202 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 1: and I know body language, I can tell Davis is 203 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 1: kind of nodding along, and it felt like Malik was 204 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: kind of giving him a vote of confidence. Did you 205 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: on the defensive side kind of see something in Davis 206 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: that sort of changed the mindset for you guys, Like 207 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: hey man, since he got back in the lineup. This 208 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: guy's competing his butt off, He's doing some good things. 209 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: What did you see from the defensive side from Davis 210 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 1: that gave you hope going to twenty twenty two? Like, hey, 211 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: I think we can get behind his cat. I mean, 212 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,320 Speaker 1: for sure, whenever a rookie comes in, right, everyone I 213 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: went through it. Everyone goes through it. You you have 214 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: to earn your stripes, right, you know. But the thing 215 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: with him is as the season went on, game by game, 216 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: no matter how bad the game was before, no matter 217 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: what he you could just see confidence growing and growing 218 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: and growing, no matter despite what anyone said, you know 219 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,080 Speaker 1: on the outside that have no idea what was going on, 220 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: you just saw the confidence in him growing. And I 221 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: mean it was exciting to watch. At the end of 222 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: the year, he was sitting there slinging that thing in 223 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: and you know, I think a lot of us, you know, 224 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: myself definitely included. We're looking around like we have something here, 225 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,559 Speaker 1: you know, so, um, we're definitely excited for his future. 226 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: And I think I'm just excited. You get in this 227 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: conditioning period, how and I know it's it's conditioning, and 228 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: no athlete loves conditioning. I don't know there's maybe a 229 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:28,719 Speaker 1: few freaks out there are like, yeah, man, I love 230 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: running all this. Yeah, all these gas are not don't 231 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: but you get around the guys again. How much is 232 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: how important is that to kind of get everybody back 233 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: together and see you know, I'm like you said, you've 234 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: been traveling, You've been doing some great things. But then 235 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: you get back here and you see the guys you 236 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: were with last year that you've created bonds with. How 237 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 1: cool is that to get back together with everybody? Well, 238 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: I think that's a huge part of it, right, is 239 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: you know we're coming back the second year and we 240 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: have a lot of the same guys and just be 241 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 1: able to pick up where you left off. And you know, 242 00:10:56,520 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: everyone has their own lives. You know, guys are married, 243 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: have kids, everyone's doing their own thing. To come back 244 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: and um, being a room again and be training again 245 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: with everyone and and laughing and joking, I think that's 246 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: how you build chemistry, That's how you build camaraderie, and 247 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,079 Speaker 1: I mean that's how you build a team, you know. So, um, 248 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 1: it's it's been fun, definitely fun. How much do you 249 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:19,280 Speaker 1: poke fun at? Love? You Smith? In what aspect? This 250 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 1: is the fact that the beard ball. Just you know, 251 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: I'm I'm you know, everyone kind of you know, I'm 252 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: really the joke guy at a lot of pets. Asked 253 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 1: you right, come at a lot of people with some jokes. 254 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: But he's just I've stayed away from him, you know, 255 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: I've stayed away from from coach. Love you, budd. You 256 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 1: know everyone else can get it. I mean, he's he's 257 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 1: the best. I mean, he just comes in here and 258 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: he just sits and talks with us as if he's 259 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: been here for thirty years. He's he's he's absolutely the 260 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 1: best comment. There's no doubt about it. And you, my 261 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,200 Speaker 1: friend had a tremendous twenty twenty one. You're going into 262 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, you know this defense. I'm sure you 263 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: probably have some personal goals, there's team goals and all that. 264 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: Is there anything that you're working on now that you 265 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: really want to get better as you go into twenty 266 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 1: twenty two or is it just kind of a holistic 267 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: thing you just want to get better in all aspects? Yeah, 268 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: I think just getting it better in all aspects. I mean, 269 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 1: like you said, everyone's gonna always have personal goals that 270 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 1: you want to hit throughout the year. But I mean 271 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 1: for us, I think, you know, we talked so much, 272 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: we have the potential to be the top five defense, 273 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: Like I truthfully and my heart believe that, And that's 274 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: the standard. And I think we need to elevate every 275 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,440 Speaker 1: aspect of our game. And I mean the number one 276 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: thing I said earlier too was we need to just 277 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 1: score on defense. You know, I think on both sides 278 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,719 Speaker 1: of the ball for sure. But you know, for us 279 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 1: this year, our emphasis score and you guys took the 280 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: ball away so many times last year. I mean you 281 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: probably didn't sense it as much as we did because 282 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: we were here for twenty twenty twenty and we had 283 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: three interceptions. Yeah, but that's a yeah, we had three. 284 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: And then last year, I mean it felt like everybody 285 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: was getting their hands on the ball in some way, 286 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 1: shape or form. But that's always been something with love. 287 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: You is that something that he's continued emphasize even as 288 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 1: you guys have come back. I know we haven't gotten 289 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:03,959 Speaker 1: into practice and such. Is that something that he's continued 290 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 1: to talk about taking the ball away? And this time, 291 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: like you said, take another step going to scoring with absolutely. 292 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 1: I think that's the standard, right is the takeaways and 293 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: the turnovers. But I think, like I said, um, if 294 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: we're gonna start converting those takeaways and turnovers into some points, yeah, 295 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: I mean now we're really talking. Now we're rolling better 296 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 1: barbecue Hawaiian at home we're here in Houston. It's totally different. Yes, 297 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: there you go. That's a good answer. It's differently different. 298 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: It's different. I'm not even gonna ask because I love 299 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: both of them. Okay, what's your favorite side to go 300 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: with your barbecue in Hawaiian? What's your favorite side here? 301 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: So back home is always just white rice. I mean 302 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: that's that's the side. Just how okay? All right here? 303 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: I like sweetcorn. I don't know why, nice sweet corn 304 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: and just you can't go it wrong with the mash potatoes. 305 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: You know, when we went to Arizona, we went out 306 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 1: to eat and they had a had a crimblay sweet corn. Really, 307 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: holy smokes, it was the craziest thing I've ever had. 308 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: It was it was nuts. So uh yeah, when it 309 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: comes to barbecue around these places, always ask sides. The 310 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: barbecue is always good, yeah, but if you got good 311 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: sides to go along with it, that's that's saying something. 312 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: That's gonna say something. Kamo you're the best man. Thank 313 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: you very much. Awsome appreciate it. Thank you man. I 314 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: could have gone on four days with Commu Gruge Hill. 315 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: Glad to see him back in the full doing workouts. 316 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: He caught up with the media as well, But since 317 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: I figured I had a one on one with him, 318 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: then I didn't really have to do with Texans Audio 319 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: jukebox with Commu Gruge Hills already taking care of it 320 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:29,480 Speaker 1: was a one on one. It was a like a 321 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: special performance. I didn't need to kind of keep going 322 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: over and hitting B three and here in the next 323 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: sound of the jukebox. I had it right there with 324 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: me and he is and was fantastic in twenty twenty one, 325 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 1: and he talked about the fit with Lovey Smith's defense, 326 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,200 Speaker 1: and I think that is so hugely important, and we 327 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: talk about that. I always bring it up in March 328 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: when free agency starts, because everybody sees all these different 329 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: players that are understricted free agents. So, oh, we can 330 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: go sign that guy. We can go sign that guy. 331 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: Oh we can in a draft, we can draft this guy. 332 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: We can draft that guy. If fit becomes important. And 333 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 1: I'm not just talking about scheme fit. I'm talking about 334 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: all around, Kama Gruge. Hill was the perfect fit all 335 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: the way around, scheme fit for Love's defense, great off 336 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 1: the field, leadership, great attitude and just what he brought 337 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: every time he saw him the cafeteria had a smile, great, 338 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: he had all that. He was the right fit and 339 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: continues to be the right fit for the Texans in 340 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. Now, hopefully Davis Mills and Justin Britt 341 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: continue to be the right fit for the Texans. It's 342 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,680 Speaker 1: time for a little Texans audio jukebox. The center quarterback 343 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: duo met with the media on Tuesday afternoon. What did 344 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: they have to say on a number of different topics, Well, 345 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: you gotta stick around for Texans Audio jukebox right here, 346 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: Texans All Access Right, Texans All Access right, Texans All 347 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: what's going on? Texas fans? Welcome back to this Tuesday 348 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access. John Harris flying so tonight. 349 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: Glad you with me, and it's time for a little 350 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: Texans audio jukebox. And big thanks to Cammu Grugier Hill 351 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: who joined me earlier and confirmed Gruge is like it's 352 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: the French, It's Gruge. So I got that little bit 353 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 1: there that was fun talking to Cammu. I had a 354 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: chance talked about on the air and off the air 355 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: about a lot of things happened last year going on 356 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: this year. Really excited for that. Of course, one player 357 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: that we discussed, and I don't like to do this 358 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,240 Speaker 1: often with players, but I thought it was a pretty 359 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: interesting moment at the end. So I wanted to get 360 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: commus thoughts about Davis Mills starting quarterback for your Houston 361 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 1: Texans going into the twenty twenty two season, and he 362 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 1: was asked today at his presser, what's the approach going 363 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 1: in to twenty twenty two? Um, I mean, same as 364 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: it was last year. I just gotta come in and 365 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: compete every day, obviously around the off season phase right now, 366 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: so it's all about building as a team, but also 367 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,880 Speaker 1: building as individuals and kind of putting our best work 368 00:16:58,920 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 1: in this off season to come as the best player 369 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: we can be once the season starts. Maybe sort of 370 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: hit it right there, just being ready for when the 371 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: season starts, But you got to get that work in now. 372 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: And obviously Dave's putting that work last year as a 373 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 1: rookie and he made a ton of growth. We all 374 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: saw it. I think he saw it. He felt it. 375 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:23,479 Speaker 1: He was asked about that growth that he saw in 376 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: himself and how much that I'll mean to him in 377 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:27,919 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two season. I think a lot of 378 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: the growth that I've made just comes with experience out there, 379 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: getting those game reps, in being able to react faster 380 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: to different defensive looks. Had a better field with the 381 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: system near the end of the year last year, and 382 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 1: obviously we're in a new offensive team this year, but 383 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 1: I've already seen a couple of the first end stalls, 384 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: and I'm looking forward to actually getting out and running 385 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: him on the field because it's familiar to me from 386 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: what I did out out in college. So I'm extremely 387 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: excited and content hoping that the growth from the end 388 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: of last year just continue straight into the next one. Obviously, 389 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: when the rookie season is over, your head is still spinning. 390 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 1: You've gone through a seventeen game season, and for Davis, 391 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:14,239 Speaker 1: obviously that was much longer than his last year at Stanford. Now, 392 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: they spent the entire last month of the year on 393 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 1: the road. I don't even think they were allowed to 394 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: go back to campus at that point, so he finished 395 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: this the seventeen game season. I think he started twelve times. 396 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: I think thirteen times maybe was the number. Either way, 397 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: got a lot of starts, put a lot of things 398 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,640 Speaker 1: on film. So what was the feedback from Pep Hamilton 399 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: and the coaching staff after his rookie season? A lot 400 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,639 Speaker 1: of feedback. I mean, like I said, came with growth. 401 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: That's how I gained more game reps and got that experience. 402 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,679 Speaker 1: I'm the biggest thing is just continue on that trajectory 403 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: that I kind of started to play better last year. 404 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: I wanted to kind of take that into camp and 405 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 1: continue to improve. Davis certainly did that in twenty twenty one, 406 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: improved and it got to the point where his improvement 407 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:10,120 Speaker 1: was creating comfortability, or at least it seemed that way. 408 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: In that second half against Tennessee. He was dropping, slinging, completing, 409 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 1: getting back up under center, doing it again against one 410 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: of the better defenses in the league like it was nothing. 411 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: He was extremely comfortable. And it's that word comfortable that 412 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: a lot of people wanted to talk about today during 413 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 1: the presser, and it was Mark Berman who brought that 414 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: word up with him. How comfortable are you and how 415 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: comfortable did you get last year? In twenty twenty one, 416 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: I'm definitely comfortable. I think the biggest thing was being 417 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: a leader for the team. Just starts with showing up 418 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,720 Speaker 1: every day, showing the team that you're here to put 419 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: in work. I think people have mentioned a lot just 420 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 1: the quarterback's role as a vocal leader, and I mean, 421 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,880 Speaker 1: I think that comes with the position. So I've been 422 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: doing that my whole life, so I'm ready for that 423 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,080 Speaker 1: challenge and that standpoint of it. But I mean the 424 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,360 Speaker 1: biggest thing is just going out and showing up every day, 425 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:06,159 Speaker 1: meeting room's weight room, on the field, and gaining the 426 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,439 Speaker 1: respect to my teammate so I can really take on 427 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,199 Speaker 1: that role. I remember when the season was over, one 428 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: of the things that everybody talked about with Davis was, Okay, man, 429 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 1: you're you're the guy, and now you got to organize 430 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 1: all these throwing sessions and you got to get everybody 431 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,280 Speaker 1: together and do all that kind of stuff. And then 432 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: we first got to know Davis. You know, he's a 433 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: pretty low key guy, very understated, not kind of a 434 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: raw ron and you're like, man, is that something that 435 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: he's gonna feel comfortable doing. Well, yeah, he absolutely was 436 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: that Down in Atlanta last week. I think it was 437 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: we saw the first video that was posted to think. 438 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: It was by his high school, Greater Atlanta Christian, and 439 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: it had about five or six Texans receivers there running 440 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,400 Speaker 1: through workouts doing their thing, and Davis talked about what 441 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: that's meant to him to be able to do that, 442 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: and he talked about that event itself down in Atlanta 443 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: where he had Texans receivers join him for a workout. 444 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: It was great. We had him recently, um handful over 445 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 1: a handful of guys out in Atlanta at my high school, 446 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: just brought people together to get some work and really 447 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: just kind of continue to build that chemistry and show 448 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,440 Speaker 1: everyone that it's more than football. We're out here and 449 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: enjoying our time together and just continuing to go together. 450 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,400 Speaker 1: And that receiver group has got a lot of different 451 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:26,639 Speaker 1: puzzle pieces, young guy Nico Collins, guys that have been 452 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: around for a little bit, Chris Collin, Chris Moore, and 453 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: then the og himself, the star of the number one 454 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,880 Speaker 1: of the group, Brandon Cooks, and that group and Davis 455 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: so tied in together. Davis's growth is going to be 456 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: supplemented by what the receivers do. And they were in 457 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: the same thing vice versa. What the what Davis does 458 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: is going to help those wide receivers. And Davis talked 459 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: about that wide receiver group led by the man himself, 460 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks, and how excited Davis was to have Brandon 461 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: back in twenty twenty two. I mean, to start with Brandon, 462 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 1: it's huge till we signed him back. I'm extremely excited 463 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 1: to continue working with him. I mean, he has a 464 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: ton of talent. I mean makes it really hard on 465 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: defenses to go out there and game plan to stop him. 466 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,959 Speaker 1: So that's the biggest thing first, and he's also a 467 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 1: great leader for our team and for the younger guys 468 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:19,919 Speaker 1: in that room who are going to be catching passes. 469 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: Poor Nico, poor Brevn. Just really setting the example on 470 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: how they work. And that's something that Nico and Brevn 471 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 1: have fed on and kind of looked at him to 472 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,440 Speaker 1: realize how it pro prepares and handles themselves a week in, 473 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: a week out to continue to perform as a season 474 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 1: goes on. I think those guys have took that in 475 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 1: last year and I've really taken the next step and 476 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: going into this year, whenever a new play caller takes over, 477 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: it could be the offensive coordinator for the previous year, 478 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: didn't call plays, but now he's calling plays. He could 479 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: be a completely different offensive coordinator. Texans him at all 480 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 1: kinds of different scenarios as offensive play caller over the past. 481 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: How many every years Bill O'Briant came here his head coach, 482 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 1: he's played calling, and he turned over George Gotsie, and 483 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 1: then he pulled it back. Then he did it for 484 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: himself for a while, and then Tim Kelly became to 485 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: play card. Then Bill O'Brien took her back, and then 486 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien got fired. Tim Kelly took over, and Tim 487 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 1: Kelly was the offensive coordinator, a play caller. Last year's 488 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: Pep Hamilton was quarterbacks coach. Tim moved on, Pep moved up. 489 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: Now it's Pep Hamilton's offense. And of course everybody wants 490 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: to know, what's the difference. What's this offense gonna look like? 491 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:37,720 Speaker 1: It's gonna be different, right, right, what's he gonna look like? Davis? Well, 492 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: here's Davis talking about this particular offense and the mindset 493 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: of the offensive staff in twenty twenty two. I mean, 494 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:50,479 Speaker 1: it's really a multitude of things. I think the biggest 495 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: thing is that we're gonna mix it up run and pass. 496 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 1: Obviously run to open up the pass, or passed to 497 00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: open up the run, So mix it in that way, 498 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 1: but also take advantage of big plays and vertical rounds 499 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 1: down the field. That'll be one. I mean a lot 500 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 1: of it's just kind of getting the ball out to 501 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: playmakers in space. So perhaps already thought of a lot 502 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,199 Speaker 1: of really good ways to do that, and I'm excited 503 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 1: to kind of start running it and get the reps 504 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: out there with our team. Last year at this time, well, 505 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,640 Speaker 1: nobody in the city of Houston had any idea Davis 506 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: Spiels is gonna end up being the quarterback. Neither did 507 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: Davis Mills have that idea. But now he is, and 508 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 1: they've gone through a full season. They're not coming back 509 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: for this second off season for Davis, if you will, 510 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:37,679 Speaker 1: there's a lot to be excited about. Receivers, offensive line, 511 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,880 Speaker 1: new offensive play call, or what you name it. There's 512 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 1: a lot that Davis is and can be excited about. 513 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 1: So he was asked, what specifically excites you about coming 514 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: back for this off season program and obviously training camp 515 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 1: in the season. The biggest thing is just going out 516 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,639 Speaker 1: and being able to compete again. Love chasing competition. I 517 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,040 Speaker 1: think I've that's what's the most enjoyable thing about the 518 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: ball is just going out there and being able to 519 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,719 Speaker 1: compete Sundays, Mondays or Thursdays. So that's a big thing. 520 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:09,520 Speaker 1: I'm just excited. I think we started playing our best 521 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: football at the end of last year, and I think 522 00:25:12,119 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: everyone kind of felt that, and everyone came back hungrier 523 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: this offseason. So we're ready to attack and go out 524 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,160 Speaker 1: and start strong once we get to camp and kind 525 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 1: of threw these OTAs and once we get to the season. 526 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: I gotta say I absolutely loved that answer. Competition, going 527 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: out there and competing again. As a I'd like to 528 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: say a fellow competitor, I love every single ounce of competition. 529 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 1: It doesn't matter what it is doing wortle, shooting free throws, 530 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: walking my dogs faster than everybody down the street. Competition 531 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: is what feeds the soul. It feeds the athletic soul. 532 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: That's kind of the way I feel my competition. So 533 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 1: that was a great answer I heard. I was like, yeah, 534 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: right on, Davis. I loved hearing that answer. And to 535 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: be competitive with your boys, that's always a good thing. 536 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: So the boys, let's talk about those wide receivers throwing session. 537 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:06,359 Speaker 1: How important was that to get everybody together down Atlanta? 538 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,400 Speaker 1: What does that do for your guys as it pertains 539 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:11,960 Speaker 1: to competition. I mean a lot of it's just continuing 540 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: to grow chemistry with the receivers and guys I was 541 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,120 Speaker 1: throwing the ball too. Some of it my personal needs 542 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 1: was continuing to stay quick at the start of drop 543 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: so I'm able to play ahead of ahead of the 544 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: game and not be kind of surprised by something that's 545 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,520 Speaker 1: something might pop before I'm ready for it footwork wise, 546 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 1: So that's one big thing. And then I mean, like 547 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: I said, just continuing to build that chemistry and timing 548 00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 1: with those the receivers. I think one of the most 549 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 1: often talked about aspects of the twenty twenty one season 550 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 1: was how is Davis as a leader? You know, is 551 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: he a yell arn screamer like some guys or did 552 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 1: he lead by example? Well, it's asked, Davis, what's your 553 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: leadership style? My man? I mean the biggest cliche one 554 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: is like just leading by example. I think that actually 555 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: plays people say like that's not a true form of 556 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: lead because they're not stepping up and being vocal for 557 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,440 Speaker 1: the team. But I think it starts with kind of 558 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: leading by example and showing people you're there to work, 559 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 1: but then on the moment, presents itself being able to 560 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:14,119 Speaker 1: step up and be a vocal leader, hold someone accountable, 561 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 1: be able to get held accountable yourself, and kind of 562 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: see how the team responds and rallies around. That twenty 563 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 1: twenty one season for Davis was filled with some ups 564 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 1: and some downs and some really tough moments. But I 565 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 1: think the way that Davis finished the season, playing that 566 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: well at Jacksonville, getting a win, playing that well against 567 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: the LA Chargers, and getting a win coming from behind 568 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: against Tennessee in the second half, there's a lot to like. 569 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 1: The ups and the downs. I think there were more 570 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: ups and downs. So, Davis, what made you happy? What 571 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:50,879 Speaker 1: are some of the things you want to improve on? 572 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: It's exciting, obviously, there's a lot to learn for my 573 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,120 Speaker 1: first year in the NFL. Some mistakes, some good plays, 574 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 1: and do you really try to just take those all 575 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: in so you can build on him? And I mean 576 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: I said it all the time last year and never 577 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: make the same mistake twice. So that's cool that I'll 578 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: actually have a little bit of experience to build off 579 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 1: of rather than kind of just getting thrown in there. 580 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: And I'm hoping I do all last year, But I mean, 581 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: I'm just excited to build off what I did last year. 582 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,679 Speaker 1: All right, gets this last one from Davis Mills, and 583 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: it's about the C word. Yes, confidence, talk about that 584 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:35,960 Speaker 1: a lot. Comfortability, competency, confidence. You ask any person in 585 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: any walk of life, you ask me, I'll tell you, well, 586 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: my confidence is high, I can do anything. My confidence 587 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: is shattered, man, I don't feel like I can do 588 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: anything anything at all, Like, man, I can't do anything right. 589 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,239 Speaker 1: But you get a confidence, man, that will take you 590 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: a long way. Now when you see Davis, because he 591 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 1: attacks life the way that he does very even across 592 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: the board, just very calm, poised, And sometimes you wonder 593 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,080 Speaker 1: how confident is he because if he's not confident, he 594 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: massed pretty well. If he's over confident, will he massed 595 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: pretty well too. Here's Davis on his confidence in well 596 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 1: his own words, I've always been a very confident player. 597 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: I heard a quote back in the day like there's 598 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: a fine line of saying confidence in cockiness, and you 599 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: kind of want to be on the conservative side side 600 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: of it, but kind of dancing on that border. So 601 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: I feel like I've done that well and I'm i 602 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 1: mean excited every day to go out and compete. So 603 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: I think that's a big one. But just a lot 604 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: of it is going out there and having confidence and 605 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:42,760 Speaker 1: those guys around you too. And that's what we're doing 606 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: this offseason right now, is coming together as a team 607 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,560 Speaker 1: and putting the work in and kind of showing everybody 608 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: that we're here to work and we're here to work 609 00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: as a team to get wins. One of those guys 610 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 1: that Davis will have to work with obviously, health permitting, 611 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: and hopefully that is a key this year for Justin Britt. 612 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 1: Health permitting, well, it was Justin Britt the center for 613 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: your Houston Texans, off of two years of injury in 614 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: nineteen and twenty, came to Houston at twenty twenty one, 615 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 1: did have a little bit of a knee issue, missed 616 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: a few games. That opened a door for Jimmy Morrison 617 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: to show what he could do. But Justin was an 618 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:26,000 Speaker 1: unrestricted free agent after the season, looked around the market, 619 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: got an offer from the Texans, said I'm coming back. 620 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 1: Why would you do that? Justin? Why did you want 621 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,760 Speaker 1: to come back to Houston? At twenty twenty two? The 622 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: guys in the lock from my life, the Oline group, 623 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: and how we went about our business and just kind 624 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: of being in this building after being away. You know, 625 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: I didn't. I was comfortable, and I wanted to be 626 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 1: here and grow as an individual, as a person, as 627 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: a teammate, as a player, and I felt like this 628 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: place gives me the best chance to do that. And 629 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: you know, with love he being the head coach, I 630 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 1: think that's a tremendous thing for this group, this team, 631 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: and I think, you know, we're gonna work hard and 632 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: go about our business the right way, and we're led 633 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: right now. As I introduced Justin Britt, I talked about 634 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: his injury history and it's not the prettiest in the world. 635 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 1: We can promise you that, but Justin knows that's the key. 636 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: Gotta stay healthy and if I'm healthy, I'm gonna be 637 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: playing right. I loved his answer here when he was 638 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 1: asked about his health and staying healthy in twenty twenty two. Well, 639 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: for me, personally, it's just about staying healthy. And you know, 640 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: granted things are out of my control sometimes, but the 641 00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: best I can do is do what I can to 642 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: be out there. And and so I felt like last 643 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: year it wasn't my best foot forward, you know, as 644 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 1: far as giving to the team, and so you know, 645 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: I wanted to come back here and prove that, you know, 646 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 1: I have more in me and that I can stay 647 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 1: healthy personally and you know, professionally. So you know, my 648 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: families here and my kids are in school. You know, 649 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: you take that into factor two whenever you're thinking about 650 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: moving across the country, if you have a chance to 651 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: kind of keep them in the same place, you know, 652 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,479 Speaker 1: for numerous years. You know, being a military kid, it 653 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 1: didn't really affect me, but I know it can affect them. 654 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: So you know, family played a big part of it. 655 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:31,280 Speaker 1: And obviously the contract was, you know, the best deal 656 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: for everyone. No secret that Justin is the guy that 657 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: has had some health issues and bees getting up there 658 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 1: in years a little bit. There are a few more 659 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: rings around the tree truck, if you will. That said, 660 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,120 Speaker 1: the man knows how to get it done, But did 661 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 1: he consider making any changes to kind of his offseason 662 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: regiment to get ready for twenty twenty two kind of 663 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: stay of the course, I mean, last year someone fell 664 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,680 Speaker 1: into my knee and so what I can do is 665 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 1: where that knee brace I was wearing the rest of 666 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,160 Speaker 1: the year and protect myself in that way. Um, I've 667 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: approached the weight room in a way to get my 668 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,680 Speaker 1: legs stronger and get it back to what it was. 669 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: And um, you know as every daily grind, a daily battle, 670 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: and um, nutrition is always part of it. Die sleep, 671 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you can't be in this league eight nine 672 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: years without that. So um yeah, I mean you're just 673 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 1: you're kind of fighting father time and and and the 674 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:30,640 Speaker 1: inevitable sometimes. So of course, Justin Britt, the center of 675 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 1: this football team, has the hands of Davis Mills under 676 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: his backside a good majority of the time and those 677 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: two are often linked together. Center and quarterback, quarterback and center, 678 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: Mills and Britt. So Justin was asked about the progress 679 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:50,920 Speaker 1: that he saw and felt from Davis Mills as a rookie. Yeah, 680 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,520 Speaker 1: I mean you could look back at the end of 681 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 1: the year and compared to whenever he came in in Cleveland. Um, 682 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 1: the way he went to about it, calmness he had 683 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 1: towards the end of the year, and um, what was it, Tennessee, 684 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: we started the first off terribly right, and then we 685 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,399 Speaker 1: come back and we should have won the game, I'd argue, So, um, 686 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 1: you know that that talks about his leadership, his calmness, um, 687 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 1: his work ethic, his competitiveness, and that's just kind of 688 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: what we all want to be um, you know, offensively, defensively, 689 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: and again I think with Lovey here, I think the 690 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: way he goes about it, the how consistent he is 691 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,839 Speaker 1: with his approach and his mindset is going to help 692 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,800 Speaker 1: us a lot. And uh, you know, he knows a 693 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,400 Speaker 1: lot of ball. He's been around. Um he's won a 694 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,239 Speaker 1: lot of games and done it with a lot of 695 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 1: great players. So um, that was a big reason why 696 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: I came back here and is to you know, be 697 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: coached by him, be coached by a Warhop and just 698 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,520 Speaker 1: grow as a person. Of course, Warhop is George Warhop, 699 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: the new offensive line coach, offensive off his line assistant, 700 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: How Hunter will join them. A lot of experience in 701 00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 1: that room with those two leading the charge, and you 702 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,319 Speaker 1: would think those guys have been around the block, they've 703 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:08,799 Speaker 1: seen it all. But coaches often will ask for the 704 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: advice from veterans, and media today wanted to know whether 705 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 1: Justin Britt has been asked his opinion. No, I just 706 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 1: I mean so far, you know, No, I mean, I 707 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 1: just get paid to play. They just give me the playbook. 708 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,920 Speaker 1: So I'm sure as the season goes on you make adjudgments, 709 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: they'd be like, Justin, how would you block this compared 710 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,920 Speaker 1: to someone else, because you know, I can't block everything 711 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,120 Speaker 1: like Jimmy Morrisey does and vice versa. We're built different 712 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,560 Speaker 1: and we're different types of players. You know, Titus is 713 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 1: different than me. So everyone kind of got their ins 714 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 1: and outs, but at the end of the day, you 715 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,720 Speaker 1: got to learn the playbook, learn the way the coaches 716 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: want you to do things because they feel like it's 717 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,839 Speaker 1: the best way. But everyone's got a certain way. They 718 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 1: can tweak their assignment and their technique, but at the 719 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,319 Speaker 1: end of the day, you're kind of universal. So there 720 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,760 Speaker 1: you go. A little Texans audio juke box from center 721 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: Justin Britt and second year quarterback Davis Mills. Good to 722 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,759 Speaker 1: hear from the offensive battery if you will. Is that 723 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,920 Speaker 1: what you call it a no picture catcher in baseball? 724 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,440 Speaker 1: Is the battery? Center quarterback? Is that a battery? Either way? 725 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:20,879 Speaker 1: Good to hear from those two important dudes. You heard 726 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,040 Speaker 1: from COMMU Grugier Hill earlier in the show, and that 727 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,400 Speaker 1: was fun stuff as well. We're gonna go round the 728 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:31,160 Speaker 1: league when we get back, and there's some bad news 729 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: for the Washington Commanders and owner Dan Schneider will hit 730 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: that next right here at Texas All Access, our Texans 731 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,239 Speaker 1: All Access, our Texans All Access. Welcome back to this 732 00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:45,279 Speaker 1: Tuesday edition of Texas All Access, our final segment here. 733 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: Glad you've been with me tonight. John Harris, football analyst, 734 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:52,560 Speaker 1: sideline reporter, and I mentioned there is some news out 735 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:56,880 Speaker 1: of DC, Washington, d C. To be exact, the Washington 736 00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 1: Commanders did pick a new light ship radio station today 737 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 1: and they put that out there. There also was a 738 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:10,479 Speaker 1: article that was posted by my former the Washington Post, 739 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:11,959 Speaker 1: who I used to write for a little bit back 740 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:16,399 Speaker 1: a few years ago. According to The Washington Post, the 741 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:23,239 Speaker 1: US House Oversight and Reform Committee is indeed exploring potential 742 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 1: financial improprieties within the Commander organization. The committee sent a 743 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:35,280 Speaker 1: twenty page letter to the Federal Trade Commission FTC regarding 744 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:38,160 Speaker 1: allegations that the team may have withheld as much as 745 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: five million dollars in refundable deposits from season ticket holders, 746 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,040 Speaker 1: and that the team may have hidden cash that was 747 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:51,360 Speaker 1: to be shared by all NFL franchises. Former Washington employee 748 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,960 Speaker 1: Jason Friedman, as soon as you say the word former 749 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:59,960 Speaker 1: oh lookout spent nearly a twenty five years the organization 750 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: and told the committee that the team kept two sets 751 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:09,000 Speaker 1: of books that one set of financial information under reported 752 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:12,520 Speaker 1: ticket revenue to the league. The process of intentionally allocating 753 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 1: revenue to the wrong event was known, according to Friedman, 754 00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:20,280 Speaker 1: as things went with the commanders as bad as that sounds, 755 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: as separate from an alleged scam to keep security deposits 756 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,080 Speaker 1: from sees It ticket holders. So you got two different 757 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:31,200 Speaker 1: things going on, and neither one of them are good 758 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:37,560 Speaker 1: in Washington for the Washington Commanders. Now what all this means, 759 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: Who's to say Dan Schneider has had issues for the 760 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:46,360 Speaker 1: last how many ever years, and there have been issues 761 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,839 Speaker 1: with scouts. There was a scout or a higher up 762 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:59,080 Speaker 1: in the scouting department who was sexually harassing writers, other 763 00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 1: people in the organization. They've had issue. They've had issues 764 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:04,920 Speaker 1: in a number different ways. The cheerleaders, i think, had 765 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:09,560 Speaker 1: a lawsuit against the commanders. It has not been a 766 00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:13,480 Speaker 1: good look for the last how many ever years, but 767 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:18,879 Speaker 1: nothing has been done from an NFL standpoint other than 768 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:23,680 Speaker 1: Dan Snyder was forced to seed everyday operations to his wife. 769 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:30,560 Speaker 1: But this is not good also because well when I 770 00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:37,120 Speaker 1: mentioned the words US House Oversight and Reform Committee, yeah, 771 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:44,359 Speaker 1: Congress is involved. Now that's not good. And somebody put 772 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,000 Speaker 1: it best, I don't know if it was on Twitter, said, 773 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,919 Speaker 1: with all the things that Dan Snyder has done, it's 774 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:57,320 Speaker 1: going to be this essentially taxes, underreporting income not reporting 775 00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,040 Speaker 1: at all to the NFL. It's kind of like the 776 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,279 Speaker 1: al Capone thing. Al Capone did Haines things and what 777 00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:06,640 Speaker 1: they're getting for tax evasion. And maybe this is what 778 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:09,960 Speaker 1: gets Dan Snyder. Maybe it doesn't. Maybe Dan Snyder is 779 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:14,200 Speaker 1: able to work his way out of this, but man, 780 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:20,600 Speaker 1: it does not look good at all. We'll see FTC, 781 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,480 Speaker 1: the Federal Trade Commission more than likely going to investigate 782 00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,640 Speaker 1: more than likely. I don't know where that's a fact 783 00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:32,640 Speaker 1: or not. But the Washington commanders now have a well 784 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:37,359 Speaker 1: they have a former employee, and that's whatevery. Whether it's 785 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,280 Speaker 1: the NC double A and a Congress, anyway you find 786 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:45,959 Speaker 1: a former employee who's ready to talk, it's coming down. 787 00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 1: It's coming down. So we'll see what this means for 788 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,759 Speaker 1: Dan Snyder in the future. But the Commanders in a 789 00:40:53,880 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 1: little bit of trouble, if you want to go with that. 790 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:05,759 Speaker 1: Some other news from around the league, the Seahawks traded 791 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,880 Speaker 1: for Noah Fant tight end. I know that was a 792 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:09,880 Speaker 1: player that I had heard people around here saying, hey, man, 793 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:13,279 Speaker 1: no a Fan would look good in a Texas uniform. Yeah, 794 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,759 Speaker 1: he would. He's a great I think he's a good, 795 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,600 Speaker 1: very good player. And the Seahawks picked up his fift 796 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:23,040 Speaker 1: year option. Sounds as if they've got a plan. Who 797 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:24,880 Speaker 1: that quarterback is going to be throwing the ball or 798 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:31,000 Speaker 1: Noah Fan. Don't know that just yet. It right now 799 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:35,680 Speaker 1: is Drew Locke and Gino Smith. But could it be 800 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:38,160 Speaker 1: a rookie? May it be a rookie? We don't know. 801 00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:40,920 Speaker 1: We'll find out very very soon. But we know that 802 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: Noah Fan will be back with the Seahawks on that 803 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:47,480 Speaker 1: fifty year option. Now the Seahawks he could have a 804 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:50,200 Speaker 1: bang up year and sign a long term extension, but 805 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:54,600 Speaker 1: no Fan picking up that fifth year option. Good for him. 806 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,360 Speaker 1: All right, that's it, that's the show, I think, justin 807 00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:03,799 Speaker 1: Britt Davis Mills, my man Camu Gruge Hill telling me 808 00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,640 Speaker 1: I was right, putting a little French twist on the Gruger. 809 00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,920 Speaker 1: Appreciate all of them for being here on the show 810 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:13,680 Speaker 1: this evening. Appreciate my man Austin Mendez, Tyler Millner, you're 811 00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:17,120 Speaker 1: the best. We will see all of you tomorrow. Thank 812 00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,560 Speaker 1: you so much for being here. It's draft Wednesday tomorrow. 813 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:24,040 Speaker 1: Stay tuned, baby, it's almost here. Appreciate your listing and 814 00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:25,200 Speaker 1: it's always go Texans.