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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program that gets you

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Speaker 1: be back at it Monday morning, eight to ten am

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Speaker 1: for Texans Monday, which happens every Monday after a Texans weekend. Right,

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Speaker 1: We've got one this Saturday because the Texans are playing

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Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers at seven pm Saturday night. It's

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Speaker 1: of other places. But that's what you really need to

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Speaker 1: know right now. You also really need to know that

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Speaker 1: on tonight's program will have the best of mcclaim from

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Speaker 1: this morning good oiler stories as he harkens back to

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Speaker 1: his most memorable training camp ever in four decades plus

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Speaker 1: of covering the National Football League. Coach David Culley's going

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Speaker 1: to start us out later on. Players including but not

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Speaker 1: the show, but let's start it off with the coach.

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Speaker 1: We had a nice visit with him this morning. Coach Culley,

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Speaker 1: who kind of went off on his team a little

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Speaker 1: this morning. Happy you're anyway, It's all about consistency, and

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Speaker 1: prior to that, we had not had that consistency enough.

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Speaker 1: keep that going, to make sure that everybody's doing the

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Speaker 1: We see you around the building. You never not have

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Speaker 1: Saturday night, I know there were a few things that

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Speaker 1: But Saturday night, where did that kind of all come from?

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Speaker 1: that from your perspective to kind of see those things happen,

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Speaker 1: especially on a night like that, I saw bad football.

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Speaker 1: Bad football would bring out of a bad attitude about things,

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Speaker 1: and that happened, and I had seen enough of bad

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Speaker 1: We want to each day get better, get better, get better.

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Speaker 1: I didn't feel like during that particular situation in that day,

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Speaker 1: All right, Coach. I know you have themes for the team,

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Speaker 1: the young guys. Well after about ten twelve days after

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Speaker 1: my family had been there, they put me in the

429
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Speaker 1: bro House and we're I don't know, I was there

430
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Speaker 1: for about three or four days. So before practice, one day,

431
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Speaker 1: this woman is in the tent and I'm like, man,

432
00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,119
Speaker 1: she looks familiar, and they're like, oh, yeah, it's or

433
00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:04,080
Speaker 1: Old D'Antoni, Mike d'antoni's wife. And so I had been

434
00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,280
Speaker 1: running and running in West Virginia as a whole different animal,

435
00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,160
Speaker 1: because here it's flat, you just run, you run there

436
00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,200
Speaker 1: and you're running up hills and downhills, and so you

437
00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:14,880
Speaker 1: gotta kind of plan it out, like Okay, I'm gonna

438
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Speaker 1: walk down the snow like it's so I'm talking to

439
00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,920
Speaker 1: her and she's like, yeah, we're She kind of points

440
00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,520
Speaker 1: over and we have a house over there, and I'm like, oh, yeah,

441
00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,680
Speaker 1: we're staying over there. It's like, where are you guys,

442
00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,840
Speaker 1: And she goes, oh, well, we have this house kind

443
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,040
Speaker 1: of right off the whatever green. It was literally is

444
00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:35,119
Speaker 1: off like the thirteenth green of Old White. I was like, man,

445
00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,000
Speaker 1: there's this beautiful like stone house over there. Be like,

446
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,199
Speaker 1: she goes, oh, yeah, that's us. We were literally around

447
00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:45,000
Speaker 1: the corner from the d'antoni's. Now there was this point

448
00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:47,840
Speaker 1: where and you went around the corner it sort of changed.

449
00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,320
Speaker 1: So our house wasn't quite like that house, but it was.

450
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Speaker 1: It was. It was awesome. We had a great time.

451
00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,879
Speaker 1: I think the weather was such a such a big factor.

452
00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:58,160
Speaker 1: It was just to be up there and it's seventy

453
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Speaker 1: five degrees in the day. He's in a good movie

454
00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,159
Speaker 1: every day every day, and the work. You get a

455
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,280
Speaker 1: bill from the players, you know, the last fifteen twenty

456
00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,000
Speaker 1: minutes of practice. Sometimes they're just trying to survive here,

457
00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,679
Speaker 1: but you felt it glast fifty and twenty minutes. They

458
00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,280
Speaker 1: felt pretty good. Yeah, you know, they weren't dying in

459
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Speaker 1: the heat. And you just talk to the vets that

460
00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,879
Speaker 1: had been here for so long and then got a

461
00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,639
Speaker 1: break to go up there. They were like, wow, this

462
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:24,080
Speaker 1: is this is so good. It was the best media

463
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Speaker 1: set up I've ever seen, because they had the stands

464
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Speaker 1: in the end zone. Mark Berman and I go up

465
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Speaker 1: to the top and we looked down on both fields

466
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Speaker 1: and we got with our binoculars and we had our

467
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Speaker 1: notepads chicken notes, and it was just perfect. Ye. It

468
00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,480
Speaker 1: was a magical place. And you never know what happens

469
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Speaker 1: in cal McNair. All right, what are you looking forward

470
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Speaker 1: to the Greenbrier? All right? General, what are you looking

471
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Speaker 1: for today at practice? Well, ten thirty, eleven thirty, I'm

472
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Speaker 1: gonna be looking at Landry Locker and John Lopez. Okay,

473
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Speaker 1: By the way, the only bad meal I had in

474
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Speaker 1: the Greenbrier, no experience was a place recommended by Lopez

475
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,320
Speaker 1: and he still can't believe I don't like it. I

476
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,240
Speaker 1: know that I remember that biscuit in the in the

477
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,399
Speaker 1: name and it was so bad Brett Coomer and I

478
00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:13,320
Speaker 1: walked out. Anyway, I'm looking at young guys. Don't really

479
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,879
Speaker 1: care about the older guys. There's so many of them.

480
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 1: I'm fired up about new players, guys on one year contracts.

481
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Speaker 1: You know, I figured out the other day of the

482
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Speaker 1: fifty three new players at the last time, I look

483
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Speaker 1: thirty or have at least five years of experience. Yeah,

484
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,040
Speaker 1: so that is gonna be fun to see how these

485
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,120
Speaker 1: guys are gonna go at it full speed every chance

486
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Speaker 1: they get because they're playing for money and they're not

487
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Speaker 1: They're not old, they're not in the thirties. They got

488
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Speaker 1: another contract. They're gonna get a lot of twenty seven,

489
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,640
Speaker 1: twenty eight year old guys here, no doubt. General, thanks

490
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Speaker 1: a lot for being with us. Thank you guys very

491
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Speaker 1: much for having me. As always, there's the General, John

492
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Speaker 1: McClain and coming up, Max Sharping, he's gonna join us. Look,

493
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Speaker 1: we're getting close to the Packer game. That means it's

494
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Speaker 1: time to check it with a Green Bay native Kiki

495
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Speaker 1: QTa the show as well, Desmond King, Rex Burkhead and

496
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Speaker 1: more coming your way on Texans All Access. We're four

497
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Speaker 1: days away from the preseason opener when the Texans take

498
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Speaker 1: on the Green Bay Packers at lambeau Field. Now, two

499
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,399
Speaker 1: years ago, as we've been discussing, you remember, the Texans

500
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,159
Speaker 1: went up there for some joint practices and played their

501
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,840
Speaker 1: preseason opener against Green Bay. At the time quarterback in

502
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,680
Speaker 1: that game Joe Webb the whole way as Watson didn't

503
00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,119
Speaker 1: start and then a Jim McCarron got hurt. They went

504
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Speaker 1: with Webb for the entire game in that preseason opener. Well,

505
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Speaker 1: Saturday night, you'll likely see to Rod Taylor, You'll likely

506
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Speaker 1: see Davis Mills, Jeff Drisco, we'll see how they divide

507
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Speaker 1: those reps up. And Max Sharpe's gonna play as well,

508
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 1: of course on that old line at guard somewhere, and

509
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,359
Speaker 1: we don't know how many reps yet, but he'll be

510
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Speaker 1: playing in front of the home fans for the second

511
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:53,440
Speaker 1: time in his career. That was his very first NFL

512
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 1: game of any kind, taking on the Green Bay Packers

513
00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,880
Speaker 1: up there. So Drew Doherty had a chance to catch

514
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:04,160
Speaker 1: up with him about that, among other things, Texans, gonna

515
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 1: be playing against your hometown team. Who's going to be

516
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,320
Speaker 1: the loudest member of your family up in the stands.

517
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,159
Speaker 1: My mom, your mom, What sort of stuff is you

518
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,199
Speaker 1: gonna scream? God only knows. I mean, it's not your

519
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,040
Speaker 1: It's not embarrassing because it's your mom. But is it?

520
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,640
Speaker 1: Is it on the verge of embarrassing? Sometimes? No, I'm good.

521
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,160
Speaker 1: I mean I've I've had it all the way since

522
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 1: high school. So they used to televise our high school

523
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,399
Speaker 1: games and they were my parents always sat in the

524
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Speaker 1: top row right underneath like the press box where they

525
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Speaker 1: were filming. So all of my extended family, if they watched,

526
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,240
Speaker 1: could hear my mom and dad's screaming? What were they yelling?

527
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:40,639
Speaker 1: I don't know. I never listened. I was playing. So

528
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,800
Speaker 1: I have no idea how many people from your family

529
00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:44,640
Speaker 1: are going to be at this this game because last

530
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Speaker 1: time we were there, which was two years ago, there

531
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Speaker 1: was a big section of sharpings. Yeah, I'm not sure

532
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,640
Speaker 1: if it will be as big, but I'm quite sure

533
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Speaker 1: a lot of people will be there. So I don't

534
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,880
Speaker 1: want to give a guest him it. But it might

535
00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 1: be pushing one hundred again, that's awesome. You know, your

536
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 1: mother and father probably deserve producer credits for the preseason

537
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 1: game that we did two years ago because they told

538
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 1: us a where they were going to be, but b

539
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: where they're gonna pregame beforehand at the house catcorner. We

540
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,440
Speaker 1: got some nice footage there. Shout out to the Sharpings.

541
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Speaker 1: We appreciate you. Checks in the mail courtesy of not Me. Okay,

542
00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 1: football wise, how are you different as a player right

543
00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:21,680
Speaker 1: now versus you know what we saw in twenty twenty.

544
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,000
Speaker 1: I think it's just, you know, every single off season

545
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,800
Speaker 1: and training camp you're trying to work on a couple

546
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,960
Speaker 1: of things. And you know, we had more time in

547
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,399
Speaker 1: the facility this year, and with you know, a new

548
00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,760
Speaker 1: on line coach coming in, it's just a little bit

549
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 1: a change of you kind of look inwards and then

550
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 1: outwards to the whole group as well. And I think,

551
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,520
Speaker 1: you know, coach Camping's doing a great job of just

552
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,760
Speaker 1: telling us, you know, what we should be working on

553
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,280
Speaker 1: each day, and then as a unit, how we can

554
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:51,320
Speaker 1: collectively get better every single day, because I mean, offensive

555
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 1: line is five and one, not not one and five.

556
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,920
Speaker 1: So and how enthused and how optimistic are you that

557
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Speaker 1: this offensive line will be better? Because it's there's a

558
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,640
Speaker 1: lot of differences, there's still some similarities, but it does

559
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 1: look on paper like you guys are gonna be better. Yeah,

560
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean who knows. Obviously going into the year,

561
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,680
Speaker 1: that's what we're aiming for. Obviously, you always want to

562
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,640
Speaker 1: get better. So hopefully as a group we can gel

563
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: find you know, our spots everyone where we're gonna end

564
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 1: up going into Week one of Jacksonville. Is it interesting

565
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 1: playing for coach Camping now knowing that he was the

566
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Speaker 1: old line coach there in your hometown for all that,

567
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:24,159
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't. I don't know that. There are

568
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:27,200
Speaker 1: many assistants that had longer ten years with the Packers

569
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Speaker 1: and he did. Yeah, I don't think so. I think

570
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,920
Speaker 1: he's probably the longest. And we've talked about it. Actually,

571
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,280
Speaker 1: the first time I spoke with him, he brought it up.

572
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 1: He was like, oh, yeah, which which high school did

573
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 1: you guys go to? And he was like, I was like, ah, Southwest.

574
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,680
Speaker 1: Who's saying his daughters went to Bayport, which is you know,

575
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,320
Speaker 1: the powerhouse now in Green Bay. So I was like, oh, man, no,

576
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,560
Speaker 1: I'm kidding. No. So it's cool, you know, obviously, it's

577
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,399
Speaker 1: nice to be able to relate to your coach and

578
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 1: have something to talk about, get to know them on

579
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 1: a personal level. It's that way your relationships gets better

580
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 1: on and off the field. He's a big wrestling fan.

581
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 1: If you were a wrestler, what would your signature move be?

582
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,680
Speaker 1: Oh gosh, are you're a wrestling fan at all? Where

583
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,199
Speaker 1: are you? I was never actually a big wrestling fan,

584
00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 1: so I don't even really know. Let's move on, come on,

585
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,159
Speaker 1: you could you could make one boy? What do you

586
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 1: think to the max? I'll do go that to the max?

587
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 1: So just all the way up and down. Yeah, it's

588
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:15,360
Speaker 1: not very not very creative. As choppers go by at her, yeah,

589
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 1: they're not looking for us. They moved on. It's good.

590
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: Do you really have three puppy dogs or did you

591
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,560
Speaker 1: recently get three puppy dogs? We did recently get three

592
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 1: puppy dogs, and I think at home currently there are

593
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: five dogs at the house. Whoa house. So we are

594
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 1: starting slowly starting, but we're gonna start foundation and a

595
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,679
Speaker 1: rescue called Stay Sharp Rescue, So look it up if

596
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 1: you guys want sharp, not just sharp like the last name.

597
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,640
Speaker 1: So that's you know, it's really cool. My fiance and

598
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 1: I my fiance casts were huge animal lovers. Both had

599
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,280
Speaker 1: dogs our whole life. So we're starting with dogs, and

600
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: we were originally just looking for a puppy just to

601
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 1: have for ourselves, and we stumbled upon our first puppy

602
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Speaker 1: that we ended up with, Briggs, and she, along with

603
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 1: her six siblings, were found living underneath the house. So

604
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: we ended up fostering three of them and moving them

605
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 1: on to different houses and we just kind of kept

606
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 1: going from there, just kept on trying to foster and

607
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 1: find puppies good houses. That's wonderful, man, congratulations on that. Well,

608
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 1: we gotta wrap this up, but stay sharp. Sha r P.

609
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 1: That's cool. Holy cal five puppies. Do you sleep at night? Yes?

610
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 1: Actually very well. They're very good puppies. So we got

611
00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 1: them great trained, so I was that was key. Well, Max,

612
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 1: we gotta get you together with the punter Cameron Johnson

613
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: because he's involved, as we have talked. Actually we have talked,

614
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: so we're we're already in cahoots. Not a surprise. This

615
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,360
Speaker 1: is one of the smartest members in the building, so

616
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 1: of course he's you know, seven steps ahead. Hey, Max,

617
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 1: always good. Tell me they can't wait to see out

618
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 1: on the field and best of luck. Appreciate you. Drew

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Speaker 1: Doherty and Max sharping at advance of the Texans taking

620
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 1: on the Packers at lambeau Field. Now many new Texans

621
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Speaker 1: on this roster. I think the count is fifty three actually,

622
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: and Kamu gruge Hill is one of the players. I

623
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 1: had a chance to interview him, but Deep City also

624
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 1: caught up with him in the Deep Slant interview presented

625
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Speaker 1: by ex Finity. Let's listen it. I know you had

626
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 1: said you always want to play football in Texas, so

627
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,360
Speaker 1: now that you're here, I mean it's a little different

628
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 1: from Hawaii. But how are you liking CAMPSA? I love it.

629
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Speaker 1: I love it, you know, coming out here, being with

630
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: the guys again and just you know, the team we

631
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 1: got in the locker room we have right now is

632
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: something special. So I'm loving it. All right. You get

633
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: to play Lovey Smith's defense, which I know you were

634
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 1: super excited about this offseason. How has it been for

635
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: you so far acclimating this defense? I know it's a

636
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 1: very linebacker friendly defense, so how is it for you?

637
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: It's good. I mean there's a lot of learning curves,

638
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: and you know with any defense, any new system, you

639
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 1: got to go through the growing pains. But I mean

640
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 1: we're loving it. We're flying around out here, we're making plays,

641
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,640
Speaker 1: So I'm loving it for sure. It's you're six for you.

642
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,040
Speaker 1: You're six right, so you're six for you. Have you

643
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 1: ever played in a defense similar to this? I know

644
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,400
Speaker 1: you've played for a lot of different teams in there. Yeah, no,

645
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 1: not at all. This one. This one is very, like

646
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 1: you said, linebacker friendly. We get to kind of just

647
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 1: you let your character show a little bit, and they

648
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 1: allow you to kind of just be the player you are.

649
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:57,959
Speaker 1: All right, tell us a little bit about what your

650
00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: character looks like. What sort of player are you on

651
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 1: the field? What do you bring to this linebacker report?

652
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 1: I love to just fly around, I think you know.

653
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 1: I take my speed to the game. I take pride

654
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 1: in and be a really good coverage linebacker and just

655
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 1: just flying around the field. So we got a bunch

656
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 1: of guys I can do that in the room too,

657
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 1: So I mean it's gonna be a fun year. All

658
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 1: you said you're a speed guy, so I'm intrigued. How

659
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 1: do you work on your speed? And when did you

660
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 1: decide that that was going to be your thing? Where

661
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 1: you like a big runner or something growing up? No? No,

662
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: I mean I just once I got to college, I

663
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: just people were beating everyone in racist so then I'll

664
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 1: just like, Okay, you know, that's the strength of mine.

665
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 1: So you know, you just kind of grow around that,

666
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 1: and just the more you play the game, you you learn,

667
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 1: you know, just more about yourself in ways you can

668
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: better yourself during the game. I know you have so

669
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: many teammates across the league that you know friends with

670
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 1: and know about, so I want to ask you about

671
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 1: a few of them. Kaimi Bara Baron, another fellow Hawaiian,

672
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 1: how cool is it to be on the same team

673
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: with It's actually crazy because me and Kaimy we went

674
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 1: to we're same class and played a rival high schools together.

675
00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: So during high school we played each other like six

676
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: or seven times, but we actually never like hung out

677
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 1: or anything until now. So it's kind of cool to

678
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 1: finally be with him and you know, build that friendship.

679
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 1: I bet you guys know so many people in common, right,

680
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 1: because it probably wasn't a big fraternity of guys exactly,

681
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: And like the you know, Hawaii it's it's not as

682
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 1: small as you think, but like Hawaii sports and like

683
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: the professional athletes and Hawaii all kind of band together.

684
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,880
Speaker 1: So we definitely have mutual friends. All right, So it's

685
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 1: a lot of new guys that have joined this squad,

686
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 1: but you actually played with Shack Lawson this time last

687
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: year with the Dolphins. So what's it like joining a

688
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 1: team where there are so many new players. Yeah, it

689
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: was cool. I mean having Shaq here too definitely helped um,

690
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: you know, because we already had that friendship in that

691
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: bond from last year. But I mean, like like I said,

692
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 1: this locker room is special. You know, from the second

693
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:36,080
Speaker 1: I came in, we all just kind of clicked. We

694
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 1: all you know, came in OTAs We're having barbecues and

695
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 1: hanging out each other and doing all kinds of things.

696
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: So it's been it's been fun. Tell me a little

697
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 1: bit about your volleyball career. I heard you're really good.

698
00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: You're a really good volleyball player in Hawaii. How does

699
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: that help you as a lineback or does it help you?

700
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: I don't think it helps. It's just something. It's just

701
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: one of those things. I mean growing up, like me

702
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: and my family would always go to the beach and

703
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: just pop up volleyball nets and we just played. So

704
00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 1: then when I got to high school, just like yeh,

705
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 1: I might as well try. And you know, it's fun. Actually,

706
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 1: my it's funny because my setter for in high school

707
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 1: is the setter for the Olympic team now, so yeah,

708
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,479
Speaker 1: so it's kind of cool to see him do his thing. Um,

709
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 1: it's fun. I want to push for you to be

710
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 1: on that Olympic volleyball team. I feel like, you know,

711
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: the D line group used to play for square in

712
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 1: camp a long time ago. I feel like you need

713
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: to push for a volleyball I think you you know standard,

714
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 1: I mean, you need to bring that back. You might

715
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: need to bring back all right, how about preseason? I

716
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 1: know it's just around the corner. You have to see

717
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 1: some game action with this defense together for the first time.

718
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,280
Speaker 1: What are you looking to sort of accomplish in these

719
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,320
Speaker 1: next few games. I think, like I said, like, you know,

720
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: we're going through some growing pains and we're just learning

721
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: the defense, and I think just um having actual preseason

722
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 1: games and you know, you get you get a little

723
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: monotonous going against each other and it's kind of boring.

724
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 1: So you know, going going against another opponent and kind

725
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: of just letting the defense play out and seeing some

726
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 1: new things and letting a scheme do its thing um

727
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 1: and just playing is gonna be fun. Looking forward to

728
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: be coming always a pleasure and look forward to seeing

729
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,719
Speaker 1: either receiver awesome. Thank you for having me comu gruge

730
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: a hill with dep Situ And I told you you

731
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,720
Speaker 1: want to get to know these new Texans. I mean,

732
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 1: so many good guys on the team, interesting stories and hey,

733
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,360
Speaker 1: I want to see how they play. Saturday night at

734
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,759
Speaker 1: seven o'clock, ABC thirteen Texans at Green Bay and right

735
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: here of course Sports Radio six ten and The Bull

736
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 1: one hundred point three FM. Coming up, rapid Fire Desmond King,

737
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: hobbies activities off the field. Drew catches up with him,

738
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:25,000
Speaker 1: Kiki QT and Rex Burkhead as well. Rapid Fire interviews.

739
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:29,359
Speaker 1: Next on Texans Radio, Mark Vandermeyer and company. Keeping your

740
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: company on the ride home. Here on Texans Radio, let's

741
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: get to some rapid fire two minutes with the Texan

742
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:39,760
Speaker 1: type Interviews. Here Desmond King, new defensive back. Drew Doherty

743
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,480
Speaker 1: was asking him about some of his off field activities, hobbies, interests,

744
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 1: video games like what Call of Duty wars? That's what

745
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: I like over and over. You're the same over and

746
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:51,800
Speaker 1: over and over. Man, I know all the ends and

747
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: I was to it. Some people say I'm a hacker,

748
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 1: but I think I'm just too good. Can anybody compete

749
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,320
Speaker 1: with you on the team, I'm probably so. I'm pretty

750
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,279
Speaker 1: sure we got some guy hear that auto play. I

751
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: haven't found it out yet, but I'm pretty sure it is.

752
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 1: So you never challenge anybody, No, not yet, not yet.

753
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 1: I will though. We should probably talk a little bit

754
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,280
Speaker 1: of football, since you know you are a good football

755
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: player and you're gonna be very important to this defense.

756
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,680
Speaker 1: What have you liked the most about this defense through

757
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 1: two weeks or so? Um, the way the defense is

758
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: coming together. I mean, like I said, it's it's a

759
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,400
Speaker 1: brand new team man, new coordinator, new defense. We got

760
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,080
Speaker 1: new players on the defensive side, and it's coming together

761
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 1: how we wanted to be. You know, everybody's meshing together

762
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 1: and putting what they know all in one basket so

763
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 1: we can all learn the same thing. So, I mean,

764
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: I feel like we're we're getting that team karateie right

765
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:37,480
Speaker 1: now and it's helping us out right now. On defense,

766
00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: it seems like you're around the ball every time I

767
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: turn my head. Got to man, that's that's the thing

768
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 1: about our defense. It's putting us in positions to be

769
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,000
Speaker 1: around the ball. So I mean, that's how we're going

770
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 1: to get our opportunities to take the ball away from

771
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,840
Speaker 1: the offense and get our offense and good field position.

772
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 1: As you continue to get older and older in this league,

773
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,959
Speaker 1: and you're not very old, you're still a very young player,

774
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,839
Speaker 1: but do you feel the game slowing down for you? Absolutely? Man,

775
00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: That's that's that's the whole you know meaning behind this.

776
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:03,320
Speaker 1: You know, it's it's the knowledge you have and the

777
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: wisdom that you have playing in the league for so

778
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: many years now and playing football for so many years,

779
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 1: you know, and it it slows down for you. You

780
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 1: understand it more and more each year. So I feel

781
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,879
Speaker 1: like it's slowing down a little more. Um, like I said,

782
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: as a brand new team, brand new scheme, brand new defense.

783
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: So just keep working on crafting. It's going to get better.

784
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 1: How fearless you have to be to return punts, being

785
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: a playmaker man, having that heart and that confidence. It's

786
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 1: more being having that confidence back there, but then more

787
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,400
Speaker 1: to being fear just had a confidence to know you

788
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: know that you're going to make a play when you

789
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 1: kick the ball. So that's that's how I take it

790
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: that how much does that translate to what you do

791
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 1: as a corner, you know, as a defensive the same

792
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:41,800
Speaker 1: way as a defensive back. You got to have a

793
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 1: confidence each and every down. You got to come in

794
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: and approach the approach to play the same way you

795
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: approached it to play before. So that same mindset. You

796
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: gotta have that demeanor about yourself, that swagger and that

797
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,640
Speaker 1: confidence to go out there and just, you know, do

798
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: what you do best. You grew up in Detroit, played

799
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: in Iowa, played in you know, with the Chargers, the Titans.

800
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 1: Now you're in Houston. It's hot. You seem fresh as lettuce.

801
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: Don't look like a bather. Oh yeah, it did for

802
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,680
Speaker 1: a little bit. Man, OTAs was rough for me. But

803
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: I'm getting used to it, man is he? You know

804
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,840
Speaker 1: it's gonna be there. We're gonna have to play some

805
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 1: places hotter than this, so might as well get used

806
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:15,759
Speaker 1: to it now, all right, Last thing, what's the most

807
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 1: underrated part at the city of Houston since you've been here?

808
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 1: The most underrated part? I said the food man. This

809
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 1: was some really good food choices here. It's crazy. I

810
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 1: never even thought of that. Any favorites. Ah, I actually

811
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,240
Speaker 1: just came across the place this weekend. It's called torchis

812
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 1: never heard of it the first time ever. It was

813
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: really good stuff. Yeahright, Desmond King likes tacos, likes breaking

814
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,400
Speaker 1: up passes, and we're glad you're with us. Thank you

815
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: appreciate it. There's Desmond Kig new defensive back in the

816
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,360
Speaker 1: place of Nickel. I think we'll see Saturday night against

817
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:49,040
Speaker 1: the Packers seven pm. Sports Radio six ten, ABC thirteen. Now,

818
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: what about Rex Burkehead. We've heard from him before, but

819
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: not the deeps to do deep slant interview with Rex

820
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 1: a Texim. First of all, I have to say, you're

821
00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 1: such a Texas pro. You're covered head to toel. You've

822
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: got the sleeves, you got the leggings. I mean, what's

823
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,279
Speaker 1: it like being back playing in Texas. Yeah, it feels great.

824
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 1: You know, grew up here playing on Friday night lights. Um,

825
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 1: you know, just something about the state of Texas, so

826
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,840
Speaker 1: m yeah, just getting used to the heat again. You know,

827
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: it's good to be out here flying around with guys

828
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 1: and you know, getting better every single day. I say

829
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 1: you're a pro because it takes a lot to where

830
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: it to be fully covered in the heat, but you

831
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,719
Speaker 1: know that it actually keeps you cooler. Some of us

832
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: still can't do it. Rexas running backs group is such

833
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 1: a diverse one, a lot of versatility. So how much

834
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 1: fun as you can see, speaking of which very diverse

835
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,400
Speaker 1: running back to the room, how fun has it been.

836
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,359
Speaker 1: It seems like it's been fun. Oh, it's a lot

837
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: of fun. You know, a lot of veteran guys. Of course,

838
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 1: Mark just right there in an interview. You know, always

839
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:43,720
Speaker 1: keep keeping things a light. You know, we love competing

840
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 1: and we love going to work every single single day

841
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 1: together and just making each other better. What about for

842
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 1: you yourself? Your skill set? You know, what do you

843
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: think that you can bring to this offense? You do

844
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:53,839
Speaker 1: a lot both in the running and the passing game.

845
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: But but how do you think you can make this

846
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:57,359
Speaker 1: offense better? Yeah? Just doing whatever I can to help

847
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 1: the team. Um, you know, use my versatility where it's

848
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: in the past game, the wrong game, you know, blocking,

849
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: whatever that is. You know, just put myself in positions

850
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,839
Speaker 1: to help this team be successful. And on special teams,

851
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:09,840
Speaker 1: you've done so much in your career on special teams,

852
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,399
Speaker 1: and Frank Ross special teams coordinator said that you guys

853
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: came from a similar coaching tree. I know you've never

854
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: actually played for Frank Ross, but how much does that

855
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: really help you in inadjusting to the special teams? Yeah,

856
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: you know, it definitely helps having some familiarity and he

857
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,800
Speaker 1: does a great job, you know, just teaching the techniques,

858
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: making sure we're on our little details and coming out

859
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: here ready to go every single day. All right. So

860
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,839
Speaker 1: it's game week preseasons coming up, especially for running backs,

861
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: to get the pads on and to actually have some

862
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 1: game action and on special teams. How important is it

863
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 1: going to be and what are you looking for personally

864
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 1: to accomplish in these preseason Yeah, you know, just making improvements,

865
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 1: you know where that's from the first day or the

866
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,320
Speaker 1: second day in camp and then going out there and executing.

867
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,719
Speaker 1: You know, that's really when you know, it shows what

868
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: you're made of, showing what you can do and getting

869
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,279
Speaker 1: out there again those live game reps and you know,

870
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: seeing what can do as a whole. All right. I

871
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 1: see your little kids are running around here as well.

872
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 1: How much fun have they had watching your gear? They

873
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 1: love it? You know, last year with COVID everything, they

874
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: couldn't come out to practice, so this year. They're out

875
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,359
Speaker 1: here running around, We're working on handoff's tosses and uh,

876
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: you know they're having a great sign. You're getting better

877
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 1: every single day. Rex, thanks so much, always a play here, Absolutely,

878
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: thank you Texan. Rex Burkhead grew up in the Plainto area.

879
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,920
Speaker 1: What about Kiki QT? What's he been up to? The

880
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: Red Raider Texas Tech and you h by the way

881
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 1: of the Texas kickoff coming up Labor Day weekend. But

882
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,320
Speaker 1: I had a chance to visit with Kiki after practice.

883
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:27,840
Speaker 1: A lot of different guys and a lot of new faces,

884
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 1: still getting to know each other, but still bring that

885
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,800
Speaker 1: same intensity, that same fireworks, same as supposed offense. So

886
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,000
Speaker 1: we're just looking to get better every day. Is the

887
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:38,440
Speaker 1: system any different right now or is it pretty much

888
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 1: the same stuff you've been running? Maybe an emphasis on

889
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: some different things along the way, just emphasis on some things,

890
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: a little different, little news something, you know what I'm saying.

891
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:47,759
Speaker 1: So just working all into it, you know, just working

892
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,719
Speaker 1: through our game plan, what they have playing for us

893
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: during the week. How'd you like the offseason? How did

894
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: they go for you? Real real good? Just worked on

895
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:56,680
Speaker 1: my body a lot of just trying to get back

896
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:58,400
Speaker 1: into it for playing football, Cheving just working on a

897
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 1: little mechanics and how's the blocking part of being a

898
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: receiver in this run game? It's very important. Uh, I'd

899
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: say somebody having emphasized a lot in the pad, but

900
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 1: definitely this year more peppering that running backs out and

901
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: getting on the guys proposed to back. You know, it's

902
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 1: a difference between five and ninety five. So just being

903
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: able to get out blocks when we need to. What's

904
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 1: the room like with some of these vets that have

905
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: been added and you also have the rookie Nico Collins,

906
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,839
Speaker 1: what's it like? A lot a lot of a lot

907
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 1: of the versatility, you know, but having Brandon, Chris and

908
00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 1: a lot of more older guys in their room brings

909
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: a lot of experience. A lot of guys play a

910
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 1: lot of the ball and for the young guys like

911
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 1: Nico and Dame, you know, the guys just coming, you know,

912
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: they bring a lots to this team as well. So

913
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:34,560
Speaker 1: so far we've seeing with a lot of guys with

914
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys can do. When you do

915
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 1: that motion and that orbit motion, what's that like? Do

916
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:40,799
Speaker 1: you enjoy doing that kind of stuff? Oh? Yeah, most

917
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,399
Speaker 1: definitely feel like, you know, high school college all over again.

918
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,480
Speaker 1: So let's see how how can we can use that

919
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,360
Speaker 1: any game player? What's the vibe like on the team, Kiki?

920
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,879
Speaker 1: How is it in the rooms and the building being

921
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,400
Speaker 1: around this squad as a whole? Just different, different, you know,

922
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,239
Speaker 1: Like I said, everybody's still getting you see each other.

923
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 1: But a great team so far. You know, a lot

924
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 1: of hard working guys, a lot of guys who want

925
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,080
Speaker 1: to get to one place, and so we're just alway

926
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,319
Speaker 1: going to get a better one bit. All right, Thanks

927
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 1: a lot, keik you good luck. There's Kiki qt. I

928
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:09,240
Speaker 1: just can't get enough of that jet sweep, orbit motion

929
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:13,160
Speaker 1: type stuff, the razzle, dazzled dip seadoodle stuff in the backfield.

930
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 1: Want to see much more of that this year? Yeah?

931
00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 1: You can run that stuff with Torod Taylor, no doubt,

932
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:21,479
Speaker 1: Davis Mills, Jeff driscoll, they're good athletes too. It's gonna

933
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 1: be fun to watch Saturday night when the Texans take

934
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: on the Packers seven o'clock live on Sports Radio six

935
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:30,399
Speaker 1: ten and ABC thirteen. Have I reminded you about that enough? Look,

936
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 1: we all got to check it out together. We'll be

937
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,919
Speaker 1: at lambeau Field, bringing you all the action and more

938
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: action on Wednesday night as Johnny Harris is back and

939
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: we'll go over everything we see in practice and get

940
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:44,400
Speaker 1: you ready for green Bay. Have a great night everyone,

941
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:45,800
Speaker 1: and go Texans.