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Speaker 1: Welcome in.

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Speaker 2: It is a new year and a new time here

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Speaker 2: in Houston. I am Indy Kalou. He is Mark VanderMeer,

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Speaker 2: and this is Texans All Access Players Edition, and no

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Speaker 2: better player to start with than one of the Ogs,

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Speaker 2: one of the former Pro Bowl offensive linemen that we

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Speaker 2: wish was still suiting up. Wade Smith in the house.

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Speaker 2: What's going on, Wade? It's game week, baby, I'm excited.

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Speaker 2: I'm glad to be here.

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Speaker 3: It's an opportunity for us to discuss these Texans and

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Speaker 3: what we have going on this week against the Colts.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited and looking forward to it. Man, Mark, I

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Speaker 1: know you're excited.

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Speaker 4: Well, you guys know, Look, you played against the Colts.

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Speaker 4: I've just done the games on the radio. But to

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Speaker 4: open the season up there, it's never happened before in

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Speaker 4: the history of the franchise. And I thought that there's

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Speaker 4: no bigger game you can open with than at Indy.

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Speaker 4: I don't care who's on the schedule, Ravens, Chiefs. I

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Speaker 4: know it's a tremendous schedule, but are you guys with

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Speaker 4: me on that there's no bigger game than at Indianapolis.

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Speaker 2: I'll say because of the ramifications of not just it

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Speaker 2: being a rivalry, but it's a divisional game, and when

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Speaker 2: we start talking about wins and losses for playoffs, we're

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Speaker 2: gonna look to this game.

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Speaker 1: So in that sense, absolutely, yeah, I would agree with that.

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Speaker 3: I would say there could be a bigger game if

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Speaker 3: they're playing the Chiefs or maybe the Ravens or something

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Speaker 3: like that Week one on the road, that'd be a

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Speaker 3: pretty big game. But when you're talking about the division,

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Speaker 3: you're talking about the team that it went down to

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Speaker 3: the wirew Withis last year where it was a play

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Speaker 3: and get in situation and Texans came out on top.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of storylines that go behind it, and

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Speaker 3: you know they've made moves in the offseason. Of course,

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Speaker 3: there have been a bunch of moves that we've made

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Speaker 3: in the off season. So it's something to definitely look

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Speaker 3: forward to.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you what's big about this. One reason I'm excited.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the preseason was awesome, coming out to the practices.

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Speaker 2: You know, you see all the positives. But I always

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Speaker 2: remind people because if you ask me, especially during the press,

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Speaker 2: this team's gonna seventeen to no. But you have to

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Speaker 2: remember there's thirty one other teams out there, and of

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Speaker 2: those thirty one and way correct me if i'm you know,

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Speaker 2: if you think the numbers off, I would say about

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Speaker 2: twenty of them feel as good as we feel about

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Speaker 2: the Texans right now. So now you're about to go

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Speaker 2: play a team that probably feels pretty good about their

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Speaker 2: team with their stud second year quarterback coming back. So

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Speaker 2: now we're really gonna see like, okay, where is this team.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, to be in the NFL, you have to be

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Speaker 3: delusional and so that and delusion is not a bad

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Speaker 3: thing when you're talking about playing at the professional level.

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Speaker 3: You know, Indy Mention's twenty teams believe that they're going

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Speaker 3: to be really good. There's probably more than that that

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Speaker 3: actually they truly believe that they're gonna be actually good.

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Speaker 3: But there's probably fifteen or twenty teams that legitimately, if

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Speaker 3: they put things together and stay healthy, they feel like

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Speaker 3: they have a legit shot and you can make it,

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Speaker 3: you can make a case for it. And the Texans

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Speaker 3: are definitely one of those teams that, you know, last

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Speaker 3: year there were just somebody that people looked at. It's

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Speaker 3: just like, hey, you got a rookie quarterback head coach.

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Speaker 3: That's to see what happens now. The expectations are so

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Speaker 3: much higher based off of what was done last year,

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Speaker 3: based off the different moves that have been made an offseason,

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Speaker 3: so that the Texas are definitely one of those teams

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yesterday, Demiko at his press conference, he was not

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Speaker 4: having any of oh, last year, this and oh everybody's

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Speaker 4: hunting for you. Now you're the hunted. He said, it's

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Speaker 4: the NFL man every week is huge. He was not

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Speaker 4: having any of it. He is in total lock in

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Speaker 4: regular season mode.

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Speaker 2: I just saw him walking into the studio, and when

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Speaker 2: I say that, there is he all always excuse me,

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Speaker 2: always walks with that pevenist death. But he was almost

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Speaker 2: skipping like and not like a punk, skipping like like

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Speaker 2: you know, skipping like he's about to jump onto the field.

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Speaker 2: And you can just tell that everyone around here just

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Speaker 2: understands that it's game week.

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Speaker 1: All right.

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Speaker 2: I'm a little y'all know, I have ad Ac and

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Speaker 2: I'm thrown off where in the new studio everything looks good.

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Speaker 1: I don't first of all, who designed.

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Speaker 4: It, so Steven Overturf did the backdrop, but I had

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Speaker 4: to beg him for it. I said, give us a backdrop.

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Speaker 4: I wanted to be, you know, something that looks great,

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Speaker 4: specific yet nondescript at the same time. So we have

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Speaker 4: this Houston Texans lettering and the new colors and everything,

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Speaker 4: and the deep steel blue is so dark it's almost black.

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Speaker 4: You know, everybody's seen it by now. And then we

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Speaker 4: have the new logo on the screens, the ALT logo

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Speaker 4: I should say, with the H Town blue outline and

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Speaker 4: the red star. I love that one. I almost wish

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Speaker 4: that was the full time logo now, but are we

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Speaker 4: on the air. It's awesome looking, you know, you see

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Speaker 4: it on a lot of gear.

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Speaker 2: And the three helmets so and I know for those

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Speaker 2: listening they can't see what we're what we're saying, but

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Speaker 2: there's three different helmets.

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Speaker 1: Well they wear all of these, yes they will.

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Speaker 4: You got the big H for the H Town blue

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Speaker 4: that's against Buffalo, right, you got the battle red that's

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Speaker 4: for Detroit that's Sunday Night game in November. And then

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Speaker 4: you have the regular deep steel blue home uniform home helmet.

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Speaker 4: And I wonder at some point they'll get another ALT

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Speaker 4: helmet and I guess white. I don't know what they're

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Speaker 4: gonna do, but it'll be cool. I think white would

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Speaker 4: be the next step. White helmet, you know, that'd be nice.

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Speaker 3: I think that would be a nice, nice little change up.

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Speaker 3: Just looking up what I've seen from the preseason games,

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Speaker 3: the regular white jersey and the regular you know blue jerseys,

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Speaker 3: Like they look amazing on on TV, they look amazing

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Speaker 3: in person, Like, I'm really excited about those two jerseys,

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Speaker 3: And then now when you got the battle red I

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Speaker 3: want to see what those horns look like viving in person.

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Speaker 1: Like.

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Speaker 3: The team that put together the branding for the new

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Speaker 3: uniform reveal did an amazing job. And so now this

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Speaker 3: this studio is tricked out and and it's matching that

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Speaker 3: same feeling brand.

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Speaker 1: So I'm excited about that as well.

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Speaker 2: All Right, favorite helmet for each of y'all if they

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Speaker 2: could only wear one for the entire season?

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Speaker 1: Which one are you?

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Speaker 3: Are we talking about fashion wise or we're talking about

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Speaker 3: actually playing in, playing playing in?

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Speaker 1: Give me that that that battle red.

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Speaker 4: With the horns does look cool? Yeah, the battle red

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Speaker 4: probably is it. I like the h too. I don't

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Speaker 4: The h is really cool. You can do so much

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Speaker 4: with it. We have this darker H that you use

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Speaker 4: with H town that you see around some of our stuff,

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Speaker 4: and that's in some of the branding. It's a secondary

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Speaker 4: kind of logo look if you will. The original logo

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Speaker 4: is still the logo, right, but the blue is darker,

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Speaker 4: the red is brighter. And when you look at that

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Speaker 4: on the radio, you're seeing it in your mind. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: the blue is a lot darker. But that looks like Texans,

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Speaker 4: you know. That looks like the look we know so

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Speaker 4: well when you guys played, was it? What was the

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Speaker 4: favorite uniform? Because I always thought the white tops liberty

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Speaker 4: white tops and the deep steel blue pants on the road,

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Speaker 4: that wasn't a real intimidating look. We won't a lot

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Speaker 4: like the new white. I think the new white is

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Speaker 4: badass and it's gonna look awesome all year long.

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Speaker 2: I always liked when you have the same color top

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Speaker 2: I always just felt like, if you wear all white,

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Speaker 2: that looks cleaning on its own, or if you're going

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Speaker 2: all dark. I didn't like the mixing, but I will

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Speaker 2: say this. We played Denver on Thursday Night football and

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Speaker 2: we were wearing all red. I thought that was sweet. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: but won and we won and certain people are like, oh,

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Speaker 2: we looked like a ketchup bottle. But I thought that

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Speaker 2: all red was sweet. I completely agree with you. My

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Speaker 2: favorite was the battle Red, but it was red on red.

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Speaker 2: We've done battle Red whar it was red on white before.

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Speaker 2: After I left the Texans, they did battle Red where

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Speaker 2: it was red on blue.

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Speaker 3: To me, that was the best looking one that I

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Speaker 3: got to see someone wear. But red on blue, yeah,

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Speaker 3: that was like right after I left. They started doing

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Speaker 3: so sweet, Like I wish I was there for that.

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Speaker 3: But the red on red those were that, and then

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Speaker 3: like the deep still blue and I think we might

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Speaker 3: have did blue on blue.

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Speaker 1: I feel like maybe it was blue on white.

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Speaker 3: I can't remember, but when we were playing against the

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Speaker 3: Falcons in twenty eleven, I had a black visor with

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Speaker 3: the deep still blue if you just go go because

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Speaker 3: I had an eye injury like a couple of weeks

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Speaker 1: Bro.

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Speaker 3: When I'm talking about clean, I'll put it up for

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Speaker 3: you after this over like that that look in that field,

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Speaker 3: that was the best. And so what they have going

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Speaker 3: now with the with the darker blue and almost looking black,

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Speaker 3: it kind of gives that same feel. And it was

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Speaker 3: against the Falcons, so that that was Those were say,

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Speaker 3: my favorite, but the battle red is definitely on point.

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Speaker 4: Have you seen the Colts uniform? I have not seen

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Speaker 4: Indiana Knights. It's a black helmet with the horseshoe. I

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Speaker 4: think the horseshoes a little brighter blue or something. I'm

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Speaker 4: trying to describe it off memory here, but Indiana Knights,

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Speaker 4: come on, Indiana Knights. Us is Tom Petty come on?

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Speaker 1: Yehia?

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Speaker 4: Well it's a line from a Tom Petty song. Okay,

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Speaker 4: Last Chance, Last Dance with Mary Jane. He goes Indiana

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Speaker 4: something with the Indiana Knights. I'm not doing it justice,

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Speaker 4: trust me, but that's a theme for them. They want

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Speaker 4: to get dark and mysterious and badass and come on,

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Speaker 4: you're the Colts. In fact, I'll support them in this.

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Speaker 4: You have this iconic NFL uniform. That's one of those

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Speaker 4: you really shouldn't do too much with because you've been

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Speaker 4: around Johnny Unitis and the nineteen fifty seven overtime game

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Speaker 4: against the New York Giants that changed the history of

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Speaker 4: the league. You know, they have a lot of history,

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Speaker 4: obviously most of it in Baltimore. But that's an iconic uniform.

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Speaker 1: So is it Nights with a K? No?

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Speaker 4: No, it's Knights, will Nights go out Tonight?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Now that feels like that was one hundred percent the

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Speaker 2: owner because that whole classic rock thing. You're right that

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Speaker 2: because I don't think any of the players will know

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Speaker 2: who Tom Petty is or I.

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Speaker 4: Don't think a little Pink Houses with John Cougar Mellancaps.

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Speaker 2: I don't think, yeah, they would know something off twenty

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Speaker 2: one Savage or NBA young Boy. So but you know what,

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Speaker 2: if you own the team, you could absolutely do what

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Speaker 3: Well, I definitely wouldn't say fear, but there's definitely something

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Speaker 3: That that's that's scary. That that could be concerning, and

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Speaker 4: Me, it would be I agree, Wade. The Jonathan Taylor

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Speaker 4: But to me, Jonathan Taylor, can you slow him down?

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Speaker 4: That Week eighteen game, it was tough to slow him down.

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Speaker 1: Look.

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Speaker 2: And as funny as we're talking, because during the preseason,

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Speaker 3: Well, from what I've seen, like, I really like the

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Speaker 3: Titus Howard, I think is in his best position now,

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Speaker 4: Well, this affects everybody. This affects all teams. But what

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Speaker 3: It's hard to say because back in my day, I'm

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Speaker 3: It's their first time playing together for an extended period

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Speaker 2: To get a little technical, you and I have talked

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Speaker 3: let's set the block up so that you can till

436
00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,360
Speaker 3: you can do your work. And so it's not an

437
00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,520
Speaker 3: easy thing to do, but he did it so often

438
00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:21,879
Speaker 3: and he was so consistent at it.

439
00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,440
Speaker 2: He was very difficult for defenses to slow down. There's

440
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Speaker 2: another running back. I can't believe his name's escaping me.

441
00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,040
Speaker 2: He played for Pittsburgh not too long ago. But he

442
00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,640
Speaker 2: was so patient. There'll be times I'm watching the game

443
00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,359
Speaker 2: and I'm like, what is he doing? Oh, that's what

444
00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,720
Speaker 2: he's here talking about. Le'Veon Bell, That's exactly what I'm

445
00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:41,080
Speaker 2: talking about. He was like he really trusted his linemen

446
00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,240
Speaker 2: and what they were doing, because the would be games

447
00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,720
Speaker 2: where I'd watch and I'm like, like, what is he doing?

448
00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,960
Speaker 2: Did he forget where to go? And then once that

449
00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:49,280
Speaker 2: hole opened up he would just.

450
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Speaker 1: Hit it home. Yeah.

451
00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,480
Speaker 3: And he his patience was was he had more patient

452
00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,679
Speaker 3: than any running back I've ever seen. And the blocking

453
00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:57,639
Speaker 3: scheme that they had was kind of it's called duo

454
00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,040
Speaker 3: where they're trying to get a double team on the interior.

455
00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,960
Speaker 3: Guys are on the down line as many double teams

456
00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,520
Speaker 3: as possible, and so in order for those double teams

457
00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,280
Speaker 3: to work and get guys off the ball, it takes

458
00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,200
Speaker 3: a little bit of time to work them off the ball.

459
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Speaker 3: And so you know, Le'Veon was perfect for that type

460
00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,360
Speaker 3: of scheme because he was patient and when he saw it,

461
00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,760
Speaker 3: he was able to hit it. And so even those

462
00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,240
Speaker 3: two different schemes a lot of the same principles of

463
00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,080
Speaker 3: being patient, being able to wait to see the whole

464
00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:34,200
Speaker 3: open up and then hit it. Those things are are synonymous.

465
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Speaker 4: You know, Andre Johnson talked about running the same route

466
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Speaker 4: or running most routes the same way to disguise what

467
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Speaker 4: you're going to do.

468
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Speaker 1: Correct.

469
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Speaker 4: You guys had to do that too as a line.

470
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Speaker 4: And I can't help myself. If Wade Smith is here,

471
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Speaker 4: I'm going to go there. So twenty ten, that was

472
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Speaker 4: your first game, the two hundred and thirty one yard

473
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Speaker 4: Arean game.

474
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Speaker 1: Right, beautiful, beautiful j debut.

475
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Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly. We always talk about Arian having that great day.

476
00:20:57,119 --> 00:20:59,760
Speaker 4: It was this guy's debut on the old line. And

477
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Speaker 4: I know all that. You know, it's five guys, but

478
00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:05,160
Speaker 4: that was a hell of a debut for you, paving

479
00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,080
Speaker 4: the way, helping pave the way for that historic afternoon

480
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Speaker 4: for area.

481
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Speaker 1: It was a beautiful thing. Man.

482
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Speaker 3: I remember at the end of the game, you know,

483
00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,840
Speaker 3: looking up at the at the scoreboard, and I think

484
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,480
Speaker 3: the score was like thirty one twenty one if I

485
00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,240
Speaker 3: remember right, Yeah, And we ran the ball up and

486
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,720
Speaker 3: down the field of Remember those guys tapping out, you know,

487
00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,800
Speaker 3: they had a Dwight Friendan who's now a Hall of Famer,

488
00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 3: and Robert Matthis on the other side. Those guys were

489
00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:28,679
Speaker 3: tapping out. They didn't want any part of what we

490
00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,159
Speaker 3: were doing. And I thought to myself at that moment,

491
00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:32,600
Speaker 3: I was like, I made the right choice because I

492
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,400
Speaker 3: was a free agent. I had all these different visits,

493
00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,360
Speaker 3: and I was like, I knew this is the right

494
00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,359
Speaker 3: place to be. We ran the ball. How many carries

495
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,879
Speaker 3: we had probably forty something carries, but we we we

496
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,439
Speaker 3: gave it to them and it was it was a

497
00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:46,160
Speaker 3: beautiful feeling because it was a lot of outside zone stuff,

498
00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:47,960
Speaker 3: but we also ran a lot of gap trap stuff

499
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Speaker 3: where I was able to pull and get out in

500
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Speaker 3: front of Arian and you know, you got to full

501
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Speaker 3: back like Vonte Leech, who was just a terror for

502
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Speaker 3: safeties and linebackers on that second level and third level,

503
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Speaker 3: and so yeah, yeah, you know, playing against the Colts,

504
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,360
Speaker 3: that was something that we kind of held, you know,

505
00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,000
Speaker 3: hung our head on of, like, hey, we're going to

506
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:07,879
Speaker 3: be more physical and then we're going to run them

507
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Speaker 3: out of the field. And so I'm looking forward to

508
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Speaker 3: seeing some of those similar things. I think, like I said,

509
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Speaker 3: I think I'm a lot higher on the run game

510
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Speaker 3: on what the Texans is going to be because I

511
00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,199
Speaker 3: understand in this offensive scheme what it's like for a

512
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,440
Speaker 3: defense to try to figure out what they're going to stop.

513
00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 3: If you have the offensive line and everything looks the

514
00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,159
Speaker 3: same and the shifts and motions looks the same. In

515
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,239
Speaker 3: one play it's an outside run, the next play it's

516
00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,680
Speaker 3: a it's a it's a power to the front side,

517
00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,360
Speaker 3: the next player is a play action, and we're going

518
00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,200
Speaker 3: over your head and you're hitting Nico deep. As a linebacker,

519
00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,360
Speaker 3: how do you play that? You know, as a linebacker

520
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,880
Speaker 3: and as an offensive lineman, you have a direct effect

521
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,760
Speaker 3: on how that linebacker sees what he's seeing, and so

522
00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,480
Speaker 3: you can give them false reads to where there's plays

523
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,080
Speaker 3: that were called in the huddle where you knew Dre's

524
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Speaker 3: gonna get a twenty fifth. It's going to be an

525
00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:00,399
Speaker 3: exposive play, like you know in the huddle. If I

526
00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,439
Speaker 3: sell this right, it's gonna be supposed to play. And

527
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,560
Speaker 3: when that linebacker comes up and Danier touches you on

528
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,399
Speaker 3: that play and you and you just kind of look

529
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,160
Speaker 3: at him like, yeah, I got you. And the ball

530
00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,440
Speaker 3: is and Andre is wide open over the middle. He's

531
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Speaker 3: got two safeties over the top, but he's settled down

532
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,399
Speaker 3: in the little zone. Catches is gonna turn up and

533
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,919
Speaker 3: get him an extra five ten yards. It's a beautiful

534
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,280
Speaker 3: feeling because you know it's an offensive lineman. You had

535
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Speaker 3: a direct, You were a direct. A reason why there's

536
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,560
Speaker 3: such a big gash in there because you're gashing and

537
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,840
Speaker 3: running the ball and then it still looks the same.

538
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Speaker 4: And so so that's how you did that because you

539
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Speaker 4: ran that. Andre Johnson O d caught a few of those.

540
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Speaker 4: Darry and caught a few of those. Yeah, so that's

541
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Speaker 4: how you did it.

542
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, there'sertain there's certain plays in a huddle where you

543
00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:47,760
Speaker 3: know where if coach casts some some some throwback, it's like, oh, oh,

544
00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 3: they're about to have a this is gonna be a touchdown,

545
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,479
Speaker 3: you know, because we're gonna everything's gonna start going to

546
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Speaker 3: the right.

547
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Speaker 1: He might he might start an overwrop and then.

548
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Speaker 3: Bend it back into the to the corner and he's

549
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:01,120
Speaker 3: gonna be wide old.

550
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Speaker 4: So that's like the Schultz play in the Cleveland playoff game. R.

551
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Speaker 3: Yes, that's exactly what it was. And it was just

552
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,120
Speaker 3: like it was like deja vu, but it's not deja vu,

553
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,239
Speaker 3: but you know the play that was called, and you

554
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 3: know that feeling of being in the huddle like oh,

555
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 3: this is gonna work. We've been gashing them, you know that.

556
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,120
Speaker 3: There's it's very difficult for you to see a scenario

557
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,960
Speaker 3: where the safety is going to play this play right,

558
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:23,840
Speaker 3: or the linebackers are going to play this play right

559
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 3: because they have people yelling in their ears too, Hey,

560
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,920
Speaker 3: we got to stop the freaking run. These guys are

561
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Speaker 3: gashing us for six yards, ten yards, you know, all

562
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,240
Speaker 3: that stuff, and then you hit him over the head.

563
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,880
Speaker 3: And so then now at that point now when they're

564
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Speaker 3: playing defense, everything is hesitation. And if you make a

565
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,800
Speaker 3: defense hesitate, you got them, especially when you have guys

566
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Speaker 3: like we got guys, So that that is the excitement

567
00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:50,159
Speaker 3: when it comes to and you've seen it with a

568
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Speaker 3: bunch of teams. You see the forty nine ers do

569
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Speaker 3: the same things. The Lions are doing the same thing. Now,

570
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,880
Speaker 3: the Bengals, a lot of these teams out there run

571
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Speaker 3: the same stuff that we were running back in twenty ten, eleven,

572
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Speaker 3: and twelve here in Houston.

573
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Speaker 2: I tell you it was cool the way you break

574
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Speaker 2: it down to give props to the offensive line for

575
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Speaker 2: that play to work. Because even as a defensive player,

576
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Speaker 2: I remember playing with Od and playing with Andre and

577
00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,320
Speaker 2: they'll be plays where we're watching and the defensive players like,

578
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 2: why is od wide open? We'll take it, you know,

579
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 2: we're happy, but we're like, it's a defensive player that's

580
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,639
Speaker 2: not the tight end that you leave wide open. But

581
00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:24,879
Speaker 2: like you said, because of the way you sell certain

582
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,959
Speaker 2: places as an offensive lineman, the linebacker is going to bite.

583
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Speaker 2: So it's pretty cool to you know, obviously see and

584
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,119
Speaker 2: hear from the offensive lineman's perspective, like, hey, it's not

585
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 2: just a good route that was being run, it's because

586
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,640
Speaker 2: we also sold it up front. All right, quick time out,

587
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,120
Speaker 2: there's some things that need to be sold. Texans All

588
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Speaker 2: Access Players Edition, don't touch that dial. Welcome in, Welcome back,

589
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Speaker 2: Texans All Access, the Player's Edition. I am ind Kalu.

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Speaker 2: He is Mark Vandermer Wade Smith, the player player sitting

591
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Speaker 2: in with us. Always appreciate you y'all listening, and definitely

592
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Speaker 2: appreciate our guests for getting in with us. Texans All Access.

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Speaker 2: You know what, I want to step away from football

594
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Speaker 2: real quick, and I'm going to put the guy to

595
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Speaker 2: my right on the spot. Vander Kid moved to Austin.

596
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:13,320
Speaker 2: Oh he did, Yeah, Vander dropped him off. Very interesting tears.

597
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 4: Look, it hit me several times in the last few months,

598
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 4: you know, graduation, just knowing that, oh, this might be

599
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,920
Speaker 4: the last ping pong. We have these epic ping pong battles,

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Speaker 4: you know, and he's eighteen. Now you beat men. It's

601
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Speaker 4: not fun. And you know, it's just so much fun

602
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Speaker 4: to be around him. And John Lopez says it best.

603
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,480
Speaker 4: You know, what's the best age? Every age, you know,

604
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,000
Speaker 4: they get older, but you enjoy them in different ways.

605
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 4: But leaving home and I know you've been through this

606
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Speaker 4: and you've both been through this. Yeah, it's I've never

607
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:44,679
Speaker 4: been through it, you know. And I'm a late bloomer

608
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,360
Speaker 4: as a dad, you know, a little older as a dad.

609
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Speaker 4: But that is a gut punch man dropping them off

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Speaker 4: and that whole thing.

611
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Speaker 1: Now.

612
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Speaker 4: I didn't get to drop him off the first time

613
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Speaker 4: last week as I had the final preseason game against

614
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Speaker 4: the Rams. That was that day you get to move

615
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Speaker 4: in between eight and nine am. Well, I went this

616
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 4: past Labor Day and we saw the Longhorns play Colorado State.

617
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 4: So it was just he and I went to the

618
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,840
Speaker 4: game and that was cool and it was just great

619
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Speaker 4: to see him. You know, he's in college and I've

620
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 4: never really been a long horned sports fan, but now

621
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Speaker 4: he is. So it's like, okay, I'm longhorned dad, let's

622
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 4: let's go for it. But it's very impressive. You know

623
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 4: what they have there and everything. It's very cool. So

624
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Speaker 4: thanks for bringing it up. He's he's at my Comb

625
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 4: School of Business, doing great so far. But it's early.

626
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,640
Speaker 4: You know, he's got he's got a hunker down here.

627
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Speaker 2: Oh he'll be fine. When you was his father, he

628
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,639
Speaker 2: will be fine. And I will say, this is very impressive.

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Speaker 2: We talked to him during the production meeting, and I'm

630
00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,360
Speaker 2: always impressed with teenagers who can actually speak to adults. Yeah,

631
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Speaker 2: you know, and carry a conversation. He definitely could do that. Yeah, man,

632
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:43,639
Speaker 2: I'm be honest with you.

633
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Speaker 3: It makes me feel kind of old man because Vanderkidd

634
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,919
Speaker 3: being a freshman in college now it's like wow, like

635
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 3: I really remember him being around all the time back

636
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 3: in my time here with the Texans, and now he's

637
00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 3: he's in college. It's crazy, but that's a cool feeling

638
00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 3: to be able to drop your kid off and know that,

639
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 3: you know, all the stuff that that they've been able

640
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:09,120
Speaker 3: to do over the you know, over their scholastic career,

641
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,880
Speaker 3: high school, middle school, whatever that they've gone through, it's

642
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 3: paid off. And now they're at their higher educational situation now.

643
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,199
Speaker 3: And you know, Indy's got a got a son at

644
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 3: Baylor and a daughter in school now too, and and

645
00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:24,879
Speaker 3: now vander kid is at Texas and I have a

646
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,880
Speaker 3: daughter in Mississippi State. So it's definitely a good point

647
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,440
Speaker 3: and you're like, man, Okay, I'm not going to see

648
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Speaker 3: my baby for like a few months like this, it's

649
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:34,959
Speaker 3: going to be a few months. But then when they

650
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,880
Speaker 3: come back, it's it's a good feeling.

651
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: You know.

652
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,840
Speaker 3: Then they come back during those breaks, and those breaks

653
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 3: come a lot faster than you thought that they would

654
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 3: come when you drop them off because time goes by fast.

655
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 3: We all have other kids and so that that helps

656
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 3: the time kind of go by faster to but you

657
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 3: you really appreciate it when they are around after they've

658
00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 3: been gone. So it's it's it's really cool and they

659
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 3: start a genie and maturing and you kind of look

660
00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 3: at them more of it's like, hey, this is like

661
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 3: this is a grown adult that is really handling their

662
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 3: business and doing cool things. So it's it's a fun

663
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 3: stage in life.

664
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Speaker 4: I would say, I feel like I've texted with him

665
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 4: more now than we were in the previous few months,

666
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 4: because once they get a car, yeah, access to a car,

667
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 4: you feel like they've left already. You know, you don't

668
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 4: see that much. And he's got a girlfriend. He's out

669
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 4: all the time, and he doesn't stay out Lady's a

670
00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 4: good kid. You know, he handles his life pretty well.

671
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 4: But now we're going back and forth and stuff because

672
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,400
Speaker 4: he asks all these questions. So it's kind of cool,

673
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 4: it's fun.

674
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 1: Thanks for bringing that up, Indian, No, No, for sure.

675
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 2: I mean we're all dads here and I it hit home, yes,

676
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 2: And I'm sorry last week when I saw you with

677
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 2: him and we were talking about you dropping him off.

678
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 4: I want to ask both of you guys a question though,

679
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,320
Speaker 4: before we get off this dad thing. In a way,

680
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 4: sort of because Demigo Ryans at his introductory press conference

681
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 4: talked about, Hey, I want the guys to be better men, fathers, husbands,

682
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 4: that kind of thing. He said it again in a

683
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 4: recent press conference, and it's a bit I deal with him,

684
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 4: and I really feel like, look, I've heard talk like

685
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 4: that before, and I know we've had good coaches here

686
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 4: and there are great coaches all around the league and everything,

687
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 4: but there's just something about him that's really special that way.

688
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 4: And you guys played with him, but how do you

689
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,120
Speaker 4: see it the effect that he has on these young

690
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,000
Speaker 4: men who are playing for him right now.

691
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 2: For me, it's a little different because I get a

692
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 2: chance to talk to the guys, you know, during production

693
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,719
Speaker 2: meetings and just podcasts, and they all bring up something

694
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 2: he said or he did, or the way he lives

695
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:33,960
Speaker 2: his life and how it rubs off on them. And

696
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 2: that's just how he was even as a guy. I

697
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 2: believe I'm ten years older than him when when we

698
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 2: played together and I was in the latter part of

699
00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 2: my career and he was a rookie, second year player,

700
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 2: and he just had this way about him like I

701
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,560
Speaker 2: would come in early because I needed early treatment just

702
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 2: to be able to practice, and he would be the

703
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 2: first one. This isn't made up for the sake of

704
00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 2: the podcast. He would always be the first one in

705
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 2: the locker room excuse me, reading the Bible. And I

706
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 2: was all, okay, why do you do it at this time?

707
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 2: And he said, well, I have to get it in now,

708
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 2: because you know, once the day gets started, it gets harder,

709
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 2: and he was so dedicated to that, and you knew

710
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 2: that he wasn't just a special player. He wasn't just

711
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 2: a special linebacker. You know, this is a special dude,

712
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 2: and that's how he lived his life. So I think

713
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 2: not only is it affecting them as football players on

714
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 2: the field, I get the sense that a lot of

715
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 2: guys that are playing for him also just want to

716
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 2: be better men because they see the benefit of being

717
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 2: a good man.

718
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 1: Yeah.

719
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 3: I mean, it just shows that he's a genuine person

720
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:38,120
Speaker 3: and he genuinely cares about his guys and what they

721
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 3: strive to become, whether it's on the field or off

722
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 3: the field. I think, you know a lot of times

723
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 3: people can pay lip service to that sort of thing,

724
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 3: but he lives it. He walks that way as well,

725
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 3: so that that translates to the to the guys. And

726
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 3: so you want to play for and you want to

727
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,560
Speaker 3: have you want to put your best foot forward for

728
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 3: somebody that you know genuinely cares about you as a

729
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 3: person as opposed to just as a player, like as

730
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 3: opposed to what can you do for me? It's like, hey, man,

731
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 3: what what can I do for you to help you

732
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 3: become a better father, become a better husband, to be

733
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 3: better a person in the community. All these things matter

734
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 3: to guys because when you're when it, when it comes

735
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 3: down to it, you're playing for one another. Like I said,

736
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 3: we talked about it earlier, the culture good football team.

737
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:29,640
Speaker 3: You're gonna play a lot of good football teams. They're

738
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 3: gonna be talented too, but there's gonna be there's only

739
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 3: gonna be slight, you know, little inchest here, and there

740
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,560
Speaker 3: are only slight differences between winning and losing ball games.

741
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 3: And when you have great players that play for one another,

742
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 3: that care for one another genuinely, that's very difficult to

743
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 3: overcome four opponents. And so I think that's the culture

744
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 3: that people talk about that that has been created here

745
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 3: in Houston with Demko as a head coach.

746
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 2: There is a story and I don't know if we

747
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 2: had a chance to talk about it during the game,

748
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 2: but when we met with Aziz al Shire, yeah, and

749
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 2: when Demiko was a defensive coordinator in San Francisco, Azi

750
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 2: said that he has some things going on with his life,

751
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 2: and Demigo sat in the car with him for two hours.

752
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 2: Do you remember just talking life? And I remember thinking

753
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 2: like that's amazing because one, I know how busy coaches are,

754
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 2: and coaches with a young family, Like it's hard for

755
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 2: me to spare ten minutes to talk to a friend,

756
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,520
Speaker 2: and I feel bad. And for Demigo to sit in

757
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 2: the car with the guy, even if he was exaggerating

758
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 2: and it was an hour, like that's a long time

759
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 2: just been on one guy, and that's just the type

760
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 2: of person that he is.

761
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 4: So that that's worth bringing up the conversation we have

762
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 4: with disease. I was blown away. I mean, I've met

763
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 4: a lot of great people. You guys are among the

764
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 4: greatest athletes I've ever talked to. That was riveting to

765
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 4: sit down with Aziz al Shire. He is a very

766
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 4: compelling individual. And John Harris said, when you look at

767
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 4: the mirror, do you see Tomiko Ryans? It was like

768
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 4: he's the Miko on the field, you know, And it's

769
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 4: just it's awesome to hear and and I just think

770
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 4: we have a lot of guys like that. You know,

771
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 4: Jimmy Ward has some of that, and you know they're

772
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 4: different people, but there's a theme that runs through a

773
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 4: lot of the guys on this football team. That's very

774
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:14,839
Speaker 4: very nice.

775
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,720
Speaker 2: I was getting back to the field. I'm very excited

776
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 2: to see disease. You know, that's one guy I've heard

777
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 2: a lot about. You know, I've seen him. I saw

778
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 2: him when he was in San Francisco, played and started

779
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,239
Speaker 2: every game for the Titans last year, and I thought

780
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 2: he played well. But he said he never felt comfortable

781
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,879
Speaker 2: in that scheme. So I'm like, wow, if you didn't

782
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:33,840
Speaker 2: feel comfortable and you played the way you played for

783
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 2: the Titans, I can't wait to see what you do

784
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,880
Speaker 2: when you're comfortable here with the Texans. But that is

785
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 2: one position, because there are so many talented guys, and

786
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 2: this is a good problem to have. I feel like

787
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 2: he has not been given the attention during the preseason.

788
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 2: I can't wait to see him play.

789
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, you think about all the different editions that have

790
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 3: happened with the team, and you say, like, asese might

791
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 3: be you know, the seventh or eighth guy on the

792
00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 3: list when you're talking about just as far as marketability

793
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 3: and the guys that pop, like, oh, we got Stefan Diggs,

794
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,720
Speaker 3: we got n Neil Hunter, We've got all these different

795
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 3: guys that have come into the building, and it's like, now,

796
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 3: but this guy is key, this is this is you know,

797
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 3: hard and soul of your defense, type of guy that's

798
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 3: been with Demko for a long time.

799
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 1: He took the year off.

800
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 3: You know, they both went, you know, they were in

801
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 3: San Francisco for their their starts, and then you know,

802
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 3: you know, as he's went to Tennessee and Demico came here.

803
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 1: Now they're back together again, and so.

804
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,759
Speaker 3: I'm excited to see what he's able to do in

805
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 3: this scheme and leading, leading the guys, and how he

806
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 3: rubs off on some of the younger players that are

807
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,359
Speaker 3: going to be playing on the defense for for years

808
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 3: to come.

809
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's gonna be fun to watch, all right. So

810
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 4: a couple of things that I wanted to get your

811
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:48,520
Speaker 4: thoughts on, gentlemen. Pe Tree at the nickel, you know,

812
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 4: these things that we've been seeing in training camp. Now

813
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 4: it's go time, right, So we're gonna see how this

814
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 4: works out. Pe Tree playing a lot of nickel. We

815
00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 4: assume that's gonna be the case. Maybe they change it

816
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 4: going in, but I think that's gonna be their guy there,

817
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,360
Speaker 4: and they'll go with Eric Murray and Jimmy Ward at

818
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 4: safety in all likelihood, because that's what they were doing

819
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 4: with the first team reps. You're starting lasseter rookie at

820
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 4: one of the corner spots. We know Stingley's excellent, but

821
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 4: we're gonna see all this fleshed out. What do you

822
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,280
Speaker 4: make at the defense end as you look at the lineup?

823
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,879
Speaker 4: Possibly what we think it's gonna be when they play

824
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 4: India on Sunday.

825
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 2: Obviously I'm excited, but you brought up Jalen Petrie. I'll

826
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,359
Speaker 2: tell you what I'm excited about. With Jalen Petrie. I'm

827
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 2: so excited, I'm knocking things all over the desk. He's

828
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 2: a football player. And you might say, well, everybody on

829
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 2: the team's a football player. That's true, but he's one

830
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 2: of those guys. You know what, Okay, if the coverage

831
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,080
Speaker 2: isn't working like it was his rookie year, let's just

832
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 2: move him closer to the line, and he's gonna make plays.

833
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 2: And we saw that like when he's close to the

834
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 2: line of scrimmage, he has a linebacker mentality. And if

835
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 2: you have a creative defensive mind and you understand Petrie's strengths,

836
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 2: he could be valuable. It's not like he's gonna be

837
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 2: a guy like, oh, we can only use him here,

838
00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 2: but he's a versatile player, he's physical, and I like

839
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 2: that there's a coaching staff that hasn't given up on them,

840
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 2: but they thought to themselves, oh, you know what, let's

841
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 2: move them around and really utilize what he can do.

842
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 3: I tell you what I do like the fact of

843
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 3: who the Texans defense has been practicing against each and

844
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 3: every day. When they're practicing against Nico Collins and against

845
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,360
Speaker 3: Stefan Diggs and practicing against Tank Dell. All these guys

846
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 3: are matchup problems for other teams, all other thirty one

847
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 3: teams in the NFL, And so those are the guys

848
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 3: that they're seeing day in and day out. And then

849
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 3: when you practice with the Rams, you know, now you're

850
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,600
Speaker 3: seeing Pooka Nakool, You're seeing Cooper Cup. You're seeing a

851
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:38,840
Speaker 3: lot of really high end, elite players at those skills positions.

852
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,160
Speaker 3: So it's not going to be a shock when they,

853
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 3: you know, the coach roll out there out of Dia

854
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:49,280
Speaker 3: Mitchell and Michael Pittman and Jonathan Taylor, like these are guys.

855
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 3: They've seen guys of that caliber each and every day

856
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 3: and practicing. So you always want to make it to

857
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 3: where the games are much easier than the actual practices.

858
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,080
Speaker 3: You want the practices to be a lot harder in

859
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 3: the game. Just so the Iron has been strapping an

860
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 3: armed each and every day throughout this training campus. So

861
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:07,759
Speaker 3: you know, hopefully that pays pays dividends on Sunday against

862
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 3: the Colts.

863
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 2: All right, quick time out. This is Texans All Access

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Speaker 2: Players Edition. Leave it right here, Welcome in, Welcome back

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Speaker 2: Texans All Access the Player's Edition.

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Speaker 1: I am Indy Kalu.

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Speaker 2: He is Mark Vandermer Wade Smith, the player player sitting

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Speaker 2: in with us. Always appreciate y'all listening and definitely appreciate

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Speaker 2: our guests for getting in with us.

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access.

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Speaker 2: You know what, I want to step away from football

872
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Speaker 2: real quick, and I'm going to put the guy to

873
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Speaker 2: my right on the spot. Vander Kid moved to Austin.

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00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 2: Oh he did, Yeah, vandermir dropped him off. Very interesting

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Speaker 2: tears question.

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Speaker 4: Look, it hit me several times in the last few months,

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Speaker 4: you know, graduation, just knowing that, oh, this might be

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Speaker 4: the last ping pong. We have these epic ping pong battles,

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00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 4: you know, and he's eighteen. Now you beat men. It's

880
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,959
Speaker 4: not fun, and you know, it's just so much fun

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Speaker 4: to be around him, and John Lopez says it best.

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00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 4: You know, what's the best age? Every age, and you

883
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 4: know they get older, but you enjoy them in different ways.

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Speaker 4: But leaving home and I know you've been through this,

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00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 4: and you've both been through this. Yeah, it's I've never

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00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 4: been through it, you know. And I'm a late bloomer

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00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,479
Speaker 4: as a dad, you know, a little older as a dad.

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00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 4: But that is a gut punch man dropping them off

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Speaker 4: and that whole thing.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 4: I didn't get to drop him off the first time

892
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Speaker 4: last week as I had the final preseason game against

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00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 4: the Rams. That was that day you get to move

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00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 4: in between eight and nine am. Well, I went this

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Speaker 4: past Labor Day and we saw the Longhorns play Colorado State.

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Speaker 4: So it was just he and I went to the

897
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Speaker 4: game and that was cool, and it was just great

898
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Speaker 4: to see him. You know, he's in college and I've

899
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,919
Speaker 4: never really been a long horned sports fan, but now

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Speaker 4: he is. So it's like, Okay, I'm longhorned dad. Let's

901
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,319
Speaker 4: let's go for it. But it's very impressive, you know

902
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 4: what they have there and everything. It's very cool. So

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Speaker 4: thanks for bringing it up. He's he's at Macomb School

904
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 4: of Business. Doing great so far, but it's early. You know,

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Speaker 4: he's got to hunker down here.

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Speaker 1: Oh he'll be fine with you, was his father. He

907
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 1: will be fine. Man.

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Speaker 2: I would say this is very impressive. We talked to

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Speaker 2: him during the production meeting, and I'm always impressed with

910
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Speaker 2: teenagers who can actually speak to adults. Yeah, and carry

911
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Speaker 2: a conversation. He definitely could do that. Yeah, man, I'm

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Speaker 2: be honest with you.

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Speaker 3: It makes me feel kind of old man because vander

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Speaker 3: Kidd being a freshman in college now, it's like wow,

915
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Speaker 3: like I really remember him being around all the time

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Speaker 3: back in my time here with the Texans, and and

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Speaker 3: now he's he's in college. It's crazy, but that's a

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Speaker 3: that's a cool feeling to be able to drop your

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Speaker 3: kid off and know that, you know, all the stuff

920
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Speaker 3: that that they've been able to do over the you know,

921
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Speaker 3: over their scholastic career, high school, middle school, whatever that

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Speaker 3: they've gone through, it's paid off. And now they're at

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Speaker 3: their higher educational situation now. And you know, Indy's got

924
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Speaker 3: a got a son at Baylor and a daughter in

925
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Speaker 3: school now too, and and now vander Kidd is at Texas,

926
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Speaker 3: and I have a daughter Mississippi State, so it's definitely

927
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Speaker 3: a good point and you're like, man, okay, I couldn't

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Speaker 3: see my baby for like a few months, Like this

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Speaker 3: is going to be a few months. But then when

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Speaker 3: they come back, it's a good feeling.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 3: Then they come back during those breaks, and those breaks

933
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Speaker 3: come a lot faster than you thought that they would

934
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Speaker 3: come when you drop them off, because time goes by fast.

935
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Speaker 3: We all have other kids and so that that helps

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Speaker 3: the time kind of go by faster to but you

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Speaker 3: really appreciate it when they are around after they've been gone,

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Speaker 3: so it's really cool and they start aging and maturing

939
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Speaker 3: and you kind of look at them more of it's like, hey,

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Speaker 3: this is like this is a grown adult that is

941
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Speaker 3: really handling their business and doing cool things. So it's

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Speaker 3: a fun stage in life.

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Speaker 4: I would say, I feel like I've texted with him

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Speaker 4: more now than we were in the previous few months.

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Speaker 4: Because once they get a car, yeah, access to a car,

946
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 4: you feel like they've left already. You know, you don't

947
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Speaker 4: see that much. And he's got a girlfriend, he's out

948
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Speaker 4: all the time, and he doesn't stay out. Lady's a

949
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Speaker 4: good kid, you know. He handles his life pretty well.

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Speaker 4: But now we're going back and forth and stuff because

951
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Speaker 4: he ask all these questions. So it's kind of cool.

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Speaker 1: It's fun.

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Speaker 4: Thanks for bringing that up, Indian.

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Speaker 1: No, No, for sure.

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Speaker 2: I mean we're all dads here and I it hit home, yes,

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Speaker 2: And I'm sorry last week when I saw you with

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Speaker 2: him and we were talking about you dropping him up.

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Speaker 4: I want to ask both of you guys a question though,

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00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,439
Speaker 4: before we get off this dad thing. In a way

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Speaker 4: sort of because Dimigo Ryans at his introductory press conference

961
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Speaker 4: talked about, Hey, I want the guys to be better men, fathers, husbands,

962
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Speaker 4: that kind of thing. He said it again in a

963
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Speaker 4: recent press conference, and it's a big deal with him,

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Speaker 4: and I really feel like, look, I've heard talk like

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Speaker 4: that before, and I know we've had good coaches here

966
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:37,760
Speaker 4: and there are great coaches all around the league and everything,

967
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Speaker 4: but there's just something about him that's really special that way.

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Speaker 4: And you guys played with him, but how do you

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Speaker 4: see it the effect that he has on these young

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Speaker 4: men who are playing for him right now.

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Speaker 2: For me, it's a little different because I get a

972
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:53,840
Speaker 2: chance to talk to the guys, you know, during production

973
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:57,800
Speaker 2: meetings and just podcasts and they all bring up something

974
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Speaker 2: he said or he did, or the way he lives

975
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Speaker 2: his life and how it rubs off on them. And

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Speaker 2: that's just how he was even as a guy. I

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Speaker 2: believe I'm ten years older than him when when we

978
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 2: played together and I was in the latter part of

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Speaker 2: my career and he was a rookie, second year player,

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Speaker 2: and he just had this way about him like I

981
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Speaker 2: would come in early because I needed early treatment just

982
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Speaker 2: to be able to practice, and he would be the

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Speaker 2: first one. This isn't made up for the sake of

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Speaker 2: the podcast. He would always be the first one in

985
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Speaker 2: the locker room excuse me reading the Bible. And I

986
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Speaker 2: was all, okay, why do you do it at this time?

987
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:34,799
Speaker 2: And he said, well, I have to get it in

988
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 2: now because you know, once the day gets started, it

989
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 2: gets harder. And he was so dedicated to that, and

990
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:42,640
Speaker 2: you knew that he wasn't just a special player. He

991
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,960
Speaker 2: wasn't just a special linebacker. You know, this is a

992
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,000
Speaker 2: special dude. And that's how he lived his life. So

993
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 2: I think, not only is it affecting them as football

994
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 2: players on the field, I get the sense that a

995
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,160
Speaker 2: lot of guys that are playing for him also just

996
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,800
Speaker 2: want to be better men because they see the benefit

997
00:43:58,800 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 2: of being a good man.

998
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 1: Yeah.

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00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 3: I mean, it just shows that he's he's a genuine person,

1000
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Speaker 3: and he genuinely cares about his guys and what they

1001
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,600
Speaker 3: strive to become, whether it's on the field or off

1002
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,440
Speaker 3: the field. I think, you know a lot of times

1003
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Speaker 3: people can pay lip service to that sort of thing,

1004
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 3: but he lives it. He walks that that way as well.

1005
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 3: And so that that translates to the to the guys.

1006
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,719
Speaker 3: And so you want to play for and you want

1007
00:44:26,719 --> 00:44:28,600
Speaker 3: to have you want to put your best foot forward

1008
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,880
Speaker 3: for somebody that you know genuinely cares about you as

1009
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:34,440
Speaker 3: a person as opposed to just as a player, Like

1010
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 3: as opposed to what can you do for me? It's like,

1011
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 3: hey man, what what can I do for you? To

1012
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 3: help you become a better father, become a better husband,

1013
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 3: to be better person in the community. All these things

1014
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,239
Speaker 3: matter to guys because when you're when it, when it

1015
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 3: comes down to it, you're playing for one another. Like

1016
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 3: I said, we talked about it earlier, the culture good

1017
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 3: football team. You're gonna play a lot of good football teams.

1018
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:00,319
Speaker 3: They're gonna be talented too. But there's gonna to be

1019
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:03,359
Speaker 3: there's only going to be slight, you know, little inches here,

1020
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 3: and there are only slight differences between winning and losing

1021
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 3: ball games. And when you have great players that play

1022
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 3: for one another, that care for one another genuinely, that's

1023
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 3: very difficult to overcome four opponents. And so I think

1024
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:21,279
Speaker 3: that's the culture that people talk about that has been

1025
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Speaker 3: created here in Houston with Demiko as a head coach.

1026
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Speaker 2: There is a story and I don't know if we

1027
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 2: had a chance to talk about it during the game,

1028
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 2: but when we met with Aziz all Shire, yeah, and

1029
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:36,000
Speaker 2: when Demiko was a defensive coordinator in San Francisco, Azie

1030
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:39,040
Speaker 2: said that he has some things going on with his

1031
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 2: life and Demigo sat in the car with him for

1032
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Speaker 2: two hours. Do you remember, just talking life. And I

1033
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:47,439
Speaker 2: remember thinking like, that's amazing, because one, I know how

1034
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,880
Speaker 2: busy coaches are, and coaches with a young family, like

1035
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,040
Speaker 2: it's hard for me to spare ten minutes to talk

1036
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 2: to a friend, and I feel bad, Yeah, for Demigo

1037
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 2: to sit in the car with the guy, even if

1038
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 2: he was exaggerating and it was an hour, that's a

1039
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 2: long time just been on one guy, and that's just

1040
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 2: the type of person that he.

1041
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:08,480
Speaker 4: Is, so that that's worth bringing up the conversation we

1042
00:46:08,560 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 4: have with disease. I was blown away. I mean, I've

1043
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 4: met a lot of great people. You guys are among

1044
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 4: the greatest athletes I've ever talked to. That was riveting

1045
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 4: to sit down with a z's al Shire. He is

1046
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:24,879
Speaker 4: a very compelling individual. And John Harrison. When you look

1047
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:28,440
Speaker 4: at the mirror, do you see Tomiko Ryans? It was

1048
00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 4: like he's Demico on the field, you know, and it's

1049
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:34,359
Speaker 4: just it's awesome to hear and and I just think

1050
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 4: we have a lot of guys like that. You know,

1051
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:37,759
Speaker 4: Jimmy Ward has some of that, and you know they're

1052
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 4: different people, but there's a theme that runs through a

1053
00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 4: lot of the guys on this football team. That's very,

1054
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:43,919
Speaker 4: very nice.

1055
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Speaker 2: I was getting back to the field. I'm very excited

1056
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 2: to see Azas. You know, that's one guy I've heard

1057
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 2: a lot about. You know, I've seen him. I saw

1058
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,960
Speaker 2: him when he was in San Francisco, played and started

1059
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,319
Speaker 2: every game for the Titans last year, and I thought

1060
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 2: he played well, but he said he never felt comfortable

1061
00:46:59,040 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 2: in that scheme. Like, wow, if you didn't feel comfortable

1062
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,480
Speaker 2: and you played the way you played for the Titans.

1063
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:04,839
Speaker 2: I can't wait to see what you do when you're

1064
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,960
Speaker 2: comfortable here with the Texans. But that is one position

1065
00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 2: because there are so many talented guys, and this is

1066
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,279
Speaker 2: a good problem to have. I feel like he has

1067
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:17,799
Speaker 2: not been given the attention during the preseason. I can't

1068
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 2: wait to see him play.

1069
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you think about all the different editions that have

1070
00:47:21,200 --> 00:47:23,800
Speaker 3: happened with the team, and you say, you like, Disease

1071
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:26,319
Speaker 3: might be you know, the seventh or eighth guy on

1072
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Speaker 3: the list when you're talking about just as far as

1073
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:31,960
Speaker 3: marketability and the guys that pop, like, oh, we got

1074
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,319
Speaker 3: Stefan Diggs, We've got the Neil Hunter, we got all

1075
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Speaker 3: these different guys that have come into the building, and

1076
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Speaker 3: it's like, now that this guy is key, this is

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Speaker 3: this is you know, hard and soul of your defense

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Speaker 3: type of guy that's been with Demko for a long time.

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Speaker 1: He took the year off.

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Speaker 3: You know, they both went, you know, they were in

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Speaker 3: San Francisco for their their starts and then you know,

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Speaker 3: you know, as he's went to Tennessee and Demico came here.

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Speaker 3: Now they're back together again.

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Speaker 1: And so.

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Speaker 3: I'm excited to see what he's able to do in

1086
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Speaker 3: this game and leading leading the guys, and how he

1087
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Speaker 3: rubs off on some of the younger players that are

1088
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Speaker 3: going to be playing on the defense for years to come.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's gonna be fun to watch, all right. So

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Speaker 4: a couple of things that I wanted to get your

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Speaker 4: thoughts on, gentlemen. Petrie at the nickel, you know these

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Speaker 4: things that we've been seeing in training camp. Now it's

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Speaker 4: go time, right, So we're gonna see how this works out.

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Speaker 4: Pe Tree playing a lot of nickel. We assume that's

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Speaker 4: going to be the case. Maybe they change it going in,

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Speaker 4: but I think that's gonna be their guy there, and

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Speaker 4: they'll go with Eric Murray and Jimmy Ward at safety

1098
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Speaker 4: in all likelihood because that's what they were doing with

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Speaker 4: the first team reps. You're starting Lasseter rookie at one

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Speaker 4: of the corner spots. We know Stingley's excellent, but we're

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Speaker 4: gonna see all this fleshed out. What do you make

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Speaker 4: of the defense end as you look at the lineup

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Speaker 4: possibly what we think it's going to be when they

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Speaker 4: play India on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Obviously I'm excited, but you brought up Jalen Petrie. I'll

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Speaker 2: tell you what I'm excited about with Jalen Petrie. I'm

1107
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Speaker 2: so excited I'm knocking things all over the desk. He's

1108
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Speaker 2: a football player. You might say, well, everybody on the

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Speaker 2: team's a football player. That's true, but he's one of

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Speaker 2: those guys. You know what, Okay, if the coverage isn't

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Speaker 2: working like it was his rookie year, let's just move

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Speaker 2: him closer to the line, and he's going to make plays.

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Speaker 2: And we saw that, like when he's close to the

1114
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Speaker 2: line of scrimmage, he has a linebacker mentality. And if

1115
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Speaker 2: you have a creative defensive mind and you understand petrie strengths,

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Speaker 2: he could be valuable. It's not like he's going to

1117
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Speaker 2: be a guy like, oh, we can only use him here.

1118
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Speaker 2: But he's a versatile player. He's physical, and I like that.

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Speaker 2: There's a coaching staff that hasn't given up on him,

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Speaker 2: but they thought to themselves, oh, you know what, let's

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Speaker 2: move him around and really utilize what he can do.

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Speaker 3: I'll tell you what I do like the fact of

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Speaker 3: who the Texans defense has been practicing against each and

1124
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Speaker 3: every day. When they're practicing against Nico Collins, and against

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Speaker 3: Stefan Diggs and practicing against Tank Dell. All these guys

1126
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Speaker 3: are matchup problems for other teams, all other thirty one

1127
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Speaker 3: teams in the NFL, And so those are the guys

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Speaker 3: that they're seeing day in and day out. And then

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Speaker 3: when you practice with the Rams, you know, now you're

1130
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Speaker 3: seeing Pooka Nakool, You're seeing Cooper Cup. You're seeing a

1131
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Speaker 3: lot of really high end elite players at those skills positions.

1132
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Speaker 3: So it's not going to be a shock when they,

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Speaker 3: you know, the Coats roll out there out of Dia

1134
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Speaker 3: Mitchell and Michael Pittman and and Jonathan Taylor, like these

1135
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Speaker 3: are guys. They've seen guys of that caliber each and

1136
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Speaker 3: every day in practicing. So you always want to make

1137
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Speaker 3: it to where the games are much easier than the

1138
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Speaker 3: actual practices. You want the practices to be a lot

1139
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Speaker 3: harder than the games. And so the iron has been

1140
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Speaker 3: strapping in the arms each and every day throughout this

1141
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Speaker 3: training campus. So you know, hopefully that pay pays dividends

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Speaker 3: on Sunday against the Colts.

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Speaker 2: All right, quick time out, this is Texans All Access players. Addition,

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Speaker 2: leave it right here