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Speaker 1: What's happened? Everybody?

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Wednesday edition of Texans All Access from the

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Speaker 2: Hyundai Texans Radio Studio. John Harrison Longside, the voice of

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Speaker 2: the Texans, Mark vandermir The Dolphins are in town, and

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Speaker 2: that's what today was all about. And what a day

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Speaker 2: it was. Mark, good evening. How are you doing, good evening, Johnny.

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Speaker 2: You know, joint practices.

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Speaker 3: It always sounds funny to me, like, are we at

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Speaker 3: some Rastafarian event joint practices?

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Speaker 1: But today was awesome. Yeah, I mean it was awesome.

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Speaker 3: I was really looking forward to it, not quite game day,

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Speaker 3: looking forward to it stuff, but really looking forward to

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Speaker 3: seeing the Texans just battle the Miami Dolphins on the

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Speaker 3: practice field.

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Speaker 2: And it did not disappoint. It definitely did not disappoint.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna have a couple of coaches join us a

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Speaker 2: little later in the show, a couple of defensive coaches.

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Speaker 1: We'll have a couple of players straight off the field.

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Speaker 2: Today I got a chance to catch up with Steven

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Speaker 2: Simms Junior, who's had a couple of really nice practices

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Speaker 2: in the last few days. But today was all about

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Speaker 2: hangling with the aqua.

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Speaker 1: And orange is that what it is? Orange? And aqua.

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Speaker 2: Yah, Mark, I gotta admit now, I know you lived

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Speaker 2: in Miami for a spell and then you got to

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Speaker 2: Houston as fast as you could. I gotta admit I

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Speaker 2: like the Dolphins. I like the Dolphins colors. I like

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Speaker 2: seeing those colors. I like the aqua. I'm gonna admit

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Speaker 2: it right here in radio. I like seeing them and

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Speaker 2: all the different gear their guys were wearing.

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Speaker 1: It's just it was cool.

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Speaker 2: I mean, they were in a white jerseys, but I

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Speaker 2: don't know something about that aqua and orange that I

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Speaker 3: It's a great contrast with the other teams they play.

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Speaker 3: It's very identified with the area, the water, the color

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Speaker 3: of the water. If the Texans were going to identify

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Speaker 3: with the color of the water in Galveston, they'd be

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Speaker 3: wearing brown. So we're not gonna do that. I know

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Speaker 3: we have some uniform discussions going on. It's gonna be

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Speaker 3: awesome here. But yeah, it's a look. It's a traditional franchise.

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Speaker 3: They had the seventy two undefeated team, They had multiple

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Speaker 3: Super Bowls back in the day with Don Shula. They

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Speaker 3: had Dann Marino. They have a that's really iconic in

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Speaker 3: this league. So when you see your team going up

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Speaker 3: against them. It's fun. I like the Chargers the Dolphins

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Speaker 3: certain uniforms that the Texans face. It's cool to see

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Speaker 3: the contrast. And today again no disappointment with the activity.

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Speaker 3: And you and I were talking about this. I came

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Speaker 3: over to you, I said, Man, the Dolphins look huge.

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Speaker 3: Why is it that they look huge?

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Speaker 1: Oh? The white uniforms.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, white is not a slimming color, and it makes

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Speaker 3: them look taller and bigger than the dark blue, the

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Speaker 3: deep steel blue that the Texans wear. And with those

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Speaker 3: white guardian caps, the Dolphins have their heads look huge.

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Speaker 3: And I was just looking over there. This is just

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Speaker 3: an optical illusion right now. I'm just feeling it because.

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Speaker 1: Of the white color here.

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Speaker 3: I know they do have some big guys though, and

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Speaker 3: they've got a good team. This is a legit playoff

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Speaker 3: team that you squared off with today.

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Speaker 2: I spend a lot of my time today with the

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Speaker 2: the Dolphins offense line. But any all the team stuff,

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Speaker 2: I really focused on the offense, So most of my

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Speaker 1: Really the only the only defensive. You know.

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Speaker 2: I got a glimpse of one play before the very end,

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Speaker 2: and that was to a to a drop back to throw,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, like, he's unbelievable. Tyreek Hill.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I get the Chiefs won a championship last

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Speaker 2: Tyreek makes a lot of money and that money just

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Speaker 2: Tyreek changes everything for that Dolphins team. Now there's no

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Speaker 2: Jalen Waddle today. But when he used to throw the

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Speaker 2: not only goes and gets it, but doesn't run out

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Speaker 2: that way. He always received He's one of the best

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Speaker 2: he's as scary as anybody in the league. That was

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Speaker 2: really the only offensive, i'm sorry, defensive play that watched

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Speaker 1: Well, we'll get to the very end, but you're right

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Speaker 1: about Hill. I like it him almost to a dB.

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Speaker 3: He's just back there, patrolling, waiting for the ball to

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Speaker 3: It's almost like those gifts and memes fit. Tyreek is

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Speaker 3: not a team that's playing against Tyreek Hill. Because we've

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Speaker 3: seen him towards the Texans a few times. We've seen

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Speaker 3: the Texans have some success beat him. In Week two

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Speaker 2: And it's pretty scary. It's it's he's very very scary,

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Speaker 2: there's no question. But I didn't spend too much time

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Speaker 2: watching them. Your overall feeling just from practice, Mark, what'd

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Speaker 2: you think? Well, can we talk about the end yet?

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Speaker 2: Or let's talk about Yeah, let's talk about the end.

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Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna tell you to talk about the end. So,

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Speaker 2: you ever seen one end like this? So now if

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Speaker 2: end of practice, both Texans offense and Dolphins offense got

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Speaker 2: an end of first half situation nine to seven score.

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Speaker 2: So it's two plays bang banging. They're already feel goal range. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, throw it back this way, and he does.

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Speaker 3: I'm in our radio area at the fifty yard line

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Speaker 3: under the stand, so I'm with the fans here and

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Speaker 1: Being where I was, the fans were too, and I

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Speaker 3: Of a sudden, everything, the whole momentum of the earth

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Speaker 1: The crowd erupted.

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Speaker 3: It was a sound that I'd never heard in these stands,

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Speaker 3: right because they cheer when the Texans make a play

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Speaker 1: Way to the end zone.

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Speaker 3: And the thing that stood out to me was the

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Speaker 3: a playoff game. And I think that was a moment.

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Speaker 3: I don't want to overstate it, but that was a

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Speaker 3: team bonding, team building moment right there. You want to

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Speaker 1: That was it.

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Speaker 3: If this were a movie, if the Texans go on

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Speaker 3: that moment will be highlighted because and we should do

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Speaker 1: You're happy when you do something, but to have.

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Speaker 3: The whole team able to celebrate like that, And it's

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Speaker 3: Jail and Petrie takes one back to the house. It

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Speaker 2: I don't remember a practice of any kind ending like that,

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Speaker 2: the offense was just it was close, man, dang.

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Speaker 1: It, it was close, you know. CJ would go back

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Speaker 2: were some throws that he that he absolutely you know, ripped.

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Speaker 2: if Nico kept running, that would have been a deep

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Speaker 2: ball for a touchdown. But CJ had some really nice throws.

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Speaker 2: He had to really rip it into the Robert Woods

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Speaker 2: and was not able to break it away. That's like

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Speaker 2: really good Dolphins defense. And so when when the Texans

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Speaker 2: That front include now Christian Wilkins didn't work out today,

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Speaker 2: if he's lucky, five to ten. That joker was running

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Speaker 2: That's a NAT defense, and they went toe to toe

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Speaker 3: And you have to account for would be tackles, and

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Speaker 3: I know it's still a young man into a tongue

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Speaker 1: And I don't know what was said, but I liked it.

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Speaker 1: It's fun. Oh that's fun to watch.

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Speaker 2: But I'm gonna give I'll tell you a guy and

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Speaker 1: That's Jalen Phillips.

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Speaker 3: I mean when you have Chubb, he's a US. I

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Speaker 2: You know, with long Rome Baker behind them, Holy spent

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Speaker 3: And then back in December is gonna be will will

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Speaker 3: rate this because there are sixteen new offensive coordinators, if

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Speaker 3: defensive coordinators are any kind of coordinator acquisition. There's a

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Speaker 3: gonna be watching the whole NFL, but the AFC East

436
00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,520
Speaker 3: a loaded division, a lot of fun I still, Johnny,

437
00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,840
Speaker 3: it's funny with the Dolphins because I still don't trust

438
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:11,200
Speaker 3: to a completely. If I'm a Dolphins fan, and I guess,

439
00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,840
Speaker 3: do you trust Rogers completely? You trust him more because

440
00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,359
Speaker 3: it's Aaron Rodgers. Do you trust Josh Allen completely? I

441
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,600
Speaker 3: certainly trust Josh Allen up till the moment of truth.

442
00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:21,840
Speaker 3: Then I got to see him do it and bring

443
00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,680
Speaker 3: them over the final hump there, but twho hasn't been there.

444
00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,480
Speaker 3: They made the playoffs last year, for the first time

445
00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:27,359
Speaker 3: since twenty sixteen.

446
00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,000
Speaker 1: Congratulations, but two has got to take them.

447
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,760
Speaker 3: There be available and knock them through a round or two.

448
00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:38,359
Speaker 2: There you go that ultimately is it the be available part?

449
00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:43,479
Speaker 2: Be available? And the concussions have been a major issue.

450
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:50,240
Speaker 2: And you know, when Deshaun Watson was here, Bill Brian

451
00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,359
Speaker 2: gave up seeing me everything. Go get Laromy Tunsel to

452
00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,760
Speaker 2: have Titus Howard to put pieces in front of de

453
00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,840
Speaker 2: Shan Watson so that Deshaun was not getting you know

454
00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,879
Speaker 2: what beat out of him. Dolphins have quite done that

455
00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:02,760
Speaker 2: on their offensive line. And they did go out and

456
00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,399
Speaker 2: get Tront Armstead and I think he's one of the

457
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,240
Speaker 2: better and more underrated left tackles. But the rest of

458
00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,840
Speaker 2: the offensive line, I mean Lee Mikenberg's playing guard play

459
00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:11,840
Speaker 2: a little bit of tackle today. Austin Jackson was a

460
00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:14,239
Speaker 2: first round pick. The only guy, really I look at

461
00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,000
Speaker 2: it and go, that's a dude is Robert Hunt. I

462
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:17,840
Speaker 2: watched him in one on once today against our got

463
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Speaker 2: He's pretty good.

464
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,800
Speaker 1: Do they want Michael Dieter back. They can't have them now.

465
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Speaker 2: They can't have the Dieter back because theater is gonna

466
00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:24,800
Speaker 2: be really valuable for this team. My point of that is,

467
00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 2: I don't know if they've got enough pieces to protect

468
00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,800
Speaker 2: to him and to protect him from himself. Yeah, so hopefully,

469
00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:34,680
Speaker 2: you know, the judo or taekwondor or whatever he worked

470
00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,560
Speaker 2: on this offseason will help him learn how to fall

471
00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:38,800
Speaker 2: so he doesn't suffer another concussion. Because I don't want

472
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Speaker 2: to see Miami without tour, because I think that's his

473
00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:42,880
Speaker 2: fun a team to watch with to a healthy I.

474
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Speaker 1: Got to line up and getting available. I got a

475
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Speaker 1: question for you.

476
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Speaker 3: There was a time in practice today and I didn't

477
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Speaker 3: see all the defense versus the offense stuff. Okay, I

478
00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,199
Speaker 3: saw the situation will work at the end, but it

479
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,320
Speaker 3: looked like the Dolphins were sending the kitchen sink.

480
00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:56,800
Speaker 1: Yeah after CJ Straud.

481
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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I'm wondering if Demiko wasn't gonna do that.

482
00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 3: I'm not going to send extra people. Maybe he did

483
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,560
Speaker 3: here or there, but I'm not going to reveal too

484
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:05,120
Speaker 3: much here.

485
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:07,040
Speaker 1: I want to just get solid work done.

486
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll do a pressure or two, but I want

487
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Speaker 3: to see how my guys perform in this situation. I'm

488
00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:13,640
Speaker 3: wondering if they have a different approach or if VIC

489
00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,959
Speaker 3: is just like I I'm going to take this thing

490
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Speaker 3: for a test drive right now against this line.

491
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Speaker 2: What I think would be interesting is how much the

492
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Speaker 2: Miko and Mike McDaniel talked about that ahead of time. Yeah,

493
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Speaker 2: Like was that something like did Mike say, look, Vic

494
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:29,440
Speaker 2: wants to blitz from de Mico. I may not tell

495
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,640
Speaker 2: my offense, you know, because they've seen a lot of blitz, right,

496
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,720
Speaker 2: They've seen a lot of different things in practice. So

497
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,200
Speaker 2: if they're you know, if they spring it all out

498
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,040
Speaker 2: kitchen sink blitz, then you know, the offense has got

499
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Speaker 2: to be able to adapt and change. I think the

500
00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:46,399
Speaker 2: tough thing about that is the fans are watching, Oh

501
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,840
Speaker 2: why why didn't they pick up this or why did

502
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Speaker 2: they pick up that?

503
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Speaker 1: Well, you know, Miami's bringing it from different angles.

504
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Speaker 2: No game plan, no film right really, I mean then

505
00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:55,680
Speaker 2: you get to the once you get to the film

506
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,440
Speaker 2: part where everybody throughout the league is going to see it. Yeah,

507
00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,560
Speaker 2: then you back off and you play your based defense

508
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,159
Speaker 2: in the preseason game. You know what I'm saying. So

509
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,640
Speaker 2: you get the work in and these joint practices. Hey,

510
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,800
Speaker 2: we're gonna show you some stuff. My guess is that

511
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,879
Speaker 2: the Miko and coach McDaniel and probably talked about this

512
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:12,320
Speaker 2: is what we plan to do, this is what we'd

513
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:13,520
Speaker 2: like to do, And it's probably the same on the

514
00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,800
Speaker 2: other side, and you know, they probably talked about, Hey,

515
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 2: would you mind if we did this? Would you mind

516
00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,240
Speaker 2: if we blitzed? When you do the joint practices, the

517
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,399
Speaker 2: key is the communication and how you set it up

518
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:29,160
Speaker 2: and just making sure that each each side of the ledger.

519
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,440
Speaker 2: You know, Miami's made this trip here for a reason.

520
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,280
Speaker 2: Let's make sure they get something out of it just

521
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Speaker 2: as much as we do too. So my guess is

522
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:39,200
Speaker 2: they probably talked about that and whether the offense knew

523
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Speaker 2: it or didn't or not. I thought there were a

524
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 2: few times they picked up the blitz pretty well, but

525
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,119
Speaker 2: there were a couple of times where oh man, David

526
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:48,840
Speaker 2: Long came from depth and hit it perfectly, and we

527
00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 2: got nobody for him, right, So I didn't watch the defense,

528
00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:53,359
Speaker 2: so maybe it was happening on the defense, but it's

529
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:54,879
Speaker 2: not as if our defense is sitting back there like

530
00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 2: a bunch of wallflowers. They've been blitzing throughout training camp too,

531
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Speaker 2: so I'd imagine if they didn't do some of it today,

532
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,080
Speaker 2: we'll probably show it, you know, probably show it tomorrow,

533
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 2: but yeah, I playing it offense this year. So whatever,

534
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,399
Speaker 2: whatever you want to show people, you'll put in the preseason.

535
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:11,960
Speaker 1: Game or not.

536
00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:15,200
Speaker 3: I think my two biggest takeaways are the Petrie pick

537
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,639
Speaker 3: six and what that meant for the team. Yep, the

538
00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,680
Speaker 3: kind of spirit they showed. It's a Demico Ryan's coach team.

539
00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:25,160
Speaker 3: They want that fire, they want that energy, the offense

540
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 3: celebrating with them after that moment to end practice. The

541
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Speaker 3: other thing is this people listening. They want to know

542
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,919
Speaker 3: how CJ's doing against NFL competition. Following the debut on

543
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 3: Friday night or Thursday night against the New England Patriots.

544
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Speaker 3: He took a step forward today as far as against

545
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Speaker 3: NFL competition, he took a step forward. And I don't

546
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Speaker 3: know if it's a gigantic leap, but it's a step forward.

547
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,880
Speaker 3: Let's keep on moving forward, keep on improving. You're still

548
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:51,280
Speaker 3: in camp.

549
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And that is the biggest thing.

550
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Speaker 2: Keep taking positive strides because if you keep doing every

551
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Speaker 2: day as they say, you know, some people get secured

552
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:04,640
Speaker 2: well stacking days, Well, yeah exactly, you're stacking good positive

553
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,080
Speaker 2: days and good things you can learn from. And yeah,

554
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:08,479
Speaker 2: maybe one day is going to be a step back

555
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:09,800
Speaker 2: at some point, but then you take two or three

556
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,680
Speaker 2: steps forward, and that seemingly is what CJ has done.

557
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:16,119
Speaker 2: So we get back. Let's hear from three players that

558
00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:18,320
Speaker 2: well CJ's getting to know on the offensive side of

559
00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:21,159
Speaker 2: the ball, Jered Doaks, Eric Thomlinson and Steven Simms. I

560
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 2: caught up with all three this week. Let's hear that

561
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Speaker 2: next right here in Texas All Access. It's up and

562
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,400
Speaker 2: everybody walking back this Wednesday the Texans All Access. I'm

563
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,119
Speaker 2: your host, John Harris, Football and a sideline reporter. And

564
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 2: as we talked about in the first segment, CJ. Stroud

565
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 2: obviously a big story wherever he goes, and three of

566
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:38,760
Speaker 2: his offensive mates have joined me.

567
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Speaker 1: For the last few practices.

568
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Speaker 2: Let's start with the guy caught up with today, A

569
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Speaker 2: guy CJ looked up a couple.

570
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Speaker 1: Times on a two minute drive.

571
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Speaker 2: Steven Simms Junior, same birthdate, same city, grew up in Richmond, Texas.

572
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Speaker 1: Uh, definitely not the same player. Steven Simms is a baller.

573
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Speaker 2: I was not, But Steven Simms is one of a

574
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Speaker 2: guy and joined me after practice today. All right, another hot,

575
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 2: sultry day here at Houston Methans Training Center.

576
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Speaker 1: Steven Simms juny with me.

577
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Speaker 2: Steve, and I asked this question of everybody. Now, both

578
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 2: of you and I are from the same location in

579
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Speaker 2: this city, so I know the answer this question, but

580
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 2: I got to ask it because I'm being consistent.

581
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Speaker 1: How you making it through the heat?

582
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Speaker 4: I'm making it, man.

583
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,560
Speaker 5: You know, it's been a long time since I've been

584
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 5: down here in this climate, about ten years now. But

585
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 5: I'm adjusted, well, I think now I'm pretty pretty well adjusted.

586
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Speaker 2: I don't know that I've ever adjusted too, And I'll

587
00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,200
Speaker 2: be honest with you, Steven, all Right, how did that

588
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 2: go against the Dolphins? Look good from our perspective? How'd

589
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,159
Speaker 2: you feel things one today? For your offense?

590
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,400
Speaker 4: Today? It went good.

591
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,680
Speaker 5: You know, we weren't perfect first day, back off off day,

592
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 5: a few little kinks here and there, but we got

593
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Speaker 5: it rolling towards the end, and defense finished with a

594
00:26:48,359 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 5: big splash play with a lot of energy. So tomorrow,

595
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Speaker 5: I definitely think we're gonna come out with a lot

596
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:53,600
Speaker 5: of jews juice up, ready to roll.

597
00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 2: So these joint practices versus a game steem, which do

598
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 2: you like better? I mean, obviously game here in the

599
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:01,080
Speaker 2: big stadium got fans, but could be controlled to get

600
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,200
Speaker 2: more reps. You could be next to you can talk

601
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 2: to Miami guys if you need to.

602
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,560
Speaker 1: What do you like better the joint practice or preseason games?

603
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,440
Speaker 5: For me, I like the games more. I definitely love practice.

604
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,439
Speaker 5: Always come out and go to work at practice. But

605
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 5: just the game time, it's a real deal. It's showtime,

606
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,159
Speaker 5: you know what I mean. I don't know practice they

607
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 5: can kind of, you know, kind of cheat the reps

608
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,199
Speaker 5: a little bit, this, that and the third. So I

609
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,280
Speaker 5: don't really like to get into that. I like game time.

610
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 5: It where it's real. You gotta respect the running in

611
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:26,480
Speaker 5: the past.

612
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Speaker 2: So today, like smack talking, do you expect that on

613
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,440
Speaker 2: day Tuesday and we're talking, You're just kind of going

614
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 2: through your job.

615
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Speaker 1: I just do go and do my job.

616
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 4: I know a couple of guys on other.

617
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 5: Team might say a few words to them, but other

618
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 5: than that, I keep it quiet unless they come to

619
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Speaker 5: me chirping.

620
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 1: You know.

621
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Speaker 5: I just come out here, go to work, keep my

622
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 5: head down, let my place speak for theirself.

623
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you definitely have done that.

624
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 2: Steven, your wide receiver room this year, How do you

625
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,480
Speaker 2: like being in this room with the guys. I know

626
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,439
Speaker 2: you're new to it, but probably doesn't feel like you're

627
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 2: new because you've been around for a while.

628
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 1: So what do you think about this wide receiver room?

629
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Speaker 4: I love the wide receiver room.

630
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,640
Speaker 5: A lot of energy, a lot of different skill sets,

631
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 5: a lot of guys that can create big plays for

632
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Speaker 5: our offense.

633
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:02,880
Speaker 4: It's crazy. I'm a vetting room.

634
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:04,919
Speaker 5: You know. I'm a guy, older guy guys look up

635
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 5: to come ask questions, So this is definitely new for me.

636
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 5: But you know, I'm growing, I'm learning.

637
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 4: I love it.

638
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,640
Speaker 5: I love helping the young guys with everything they need

639
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 5: help with, and shoot, I'm stealing from them too.

640
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 1: Steven, I appreciate your time, Matt.

641
00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 4: Thank you man.

642
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 1: I appreciate you for having me.

643
00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:19,440
Speaker 4: Thanks so much.

644
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 2: That man's been making plays the last few days. You

645
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 2: get involved home screen who he can hit the jets.

646
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 1: He is fun to watch.

647
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 2: Made a couple of nice catches today on the two

648
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 2: minute situation before the half. At the end of practice,

649
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 2: Steven Simms Junior getting it done. Another guy pointed out

650
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,000
Speaker 2: that my hairs hits today was Jared Doakes.

651
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: And it wasn't so much for his running, it was.

652
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 2: For his past protection He's done a little bit of

653
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Speaker 2: everything for this team, and hopefully he's gonna have a

654
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 2: good couple of days and looking forward to Saturday taking

655
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,840
Speaker 2: on a team that he's rather familiar with. Well Man,

656
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 2: Jared Doaks, he had know this. He's one of my

657
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:58,840
Speaker 2: favorite running backs a few years ago coming out of Cincinnati. Man,

658
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 2: you've got a few come out of since Adam. Ask

659
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 2: you about that a second, Jared, But I asked this

660
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 2: everybody the heat?

661
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: How you making it? Man?

662
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,240
Speaker 6: Oh, there's definitely something he used to you know, coming

663
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 6: from Miami. Yeah, it's hot there, but this is a

664
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 6: different type of heat, for sure.

665
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,280
Speaker 1: It definitely is a different kind of heat for sure.

666
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 1: All Right, let me talk to you.

667
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 2: About that lineage of Cincinnati bocks.

668
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 1: Just feels like they're just putting them out a year

669
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 1: after year. What's in the water in Cincinnati?

670
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 6: Man?

671
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 2: The Bearcats had it going. I know Luke Fickle speaks

672
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 2: very high viewing all the guys there, But what's in

673
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 2: the water in Cincinnati? Those Bearcats coming to the league

674
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 2: rushing the ball.

675
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's just since I got there, that culture that's

676
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 6: been in that running back room. You know, we come

677
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 6: in and just compete with each other every day. You know,

678
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,800
Speaker 6: he ended up paying in the back end. You know,

679
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:43,760
Speaker 6: he got a lot of us to the league.

680
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 1: It was a good system, all right.

681
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 2: This week you gotta practice on Monday and then the

682
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 2: Dolphins team, you know, coming in then add a little

683
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 2: extra juice for you or just juice because it's a

684
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 2: different colored jersey.

685
00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 6: Uh, I'll say it's the same amount like I have.

686
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 6: It's the same motivation every time I come on the field.

687
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 6: You know, just because I have a pass with them

688
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 6: doesn't anything. You know, it's gonna be good to see

689
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 6: a lot of guys in my rookie class. But you know,

690
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,720
Speaker 6: once it's on the field, it's it's all about work.

691
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: Get in the preseason game the other day. How long

692
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 1: does it kind of take for a running back.

693
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Speaker 2: For you to kind of kind of work into a ladder,

694
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 2: kind of find your rhythm once you get in the game.

695
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:21,240
Speaker 1: But does it does it.

696
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 2: Take the first carriages to take a few kind of

697
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:23,840
Speaker 2: take a couple of hits.

698
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 1: How long does it kind of take to get yourself

699
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: and driven?

700
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:28,280
Speaker 6: Oh, I feel like I can speak for a lot

701
00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 6: of running backs. You just want to feel that first contact.

702
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 6: Once you feel that first contact. You kind of know

703
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 6: how the game's gonna go. So after that, he's pretty good.

704
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, you look pretty good. The other night, you're running

705
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 2: back room. It's an interesting group. You got some young dudes.

706
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 2: Then you've got a few of the not too much on.

707
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 2: We got Darry's been in for a while, then you

708
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 2: know Damien, and then Devin's added to the group.

709
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 1: Tell me about that that running back room. What's that

710
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:50,640
Speaker 1: room like? Oh?

711
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 4: Man, those a my guys.

712
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 6: We you know, we come in positive attitude every day.

713
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 6: It's more we come as more time we spend together,

714
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 6: it's more became like a like a brotherhood in that room.

715
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 6: But you know, at the end of the day, we

716
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 6: all know we're competing against each other, but were also

717
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 6: here to make this team better, make each other better.

718
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 2: No doubt. The guy that's doing that is Danny Parrett.

719
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 2: He's also a Barrett, which I'm sure you know. What's

720
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 2: Danny meaning to the room. He's been around here for

721
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 2: a while, He's seeing a lot of here for running backs,

722
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 2: iterations of groups.

723
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 1: What's Danny meant to your career? What does he mean

724
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: to that room?

725
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,360
Speaker 6: Man? Danny means a lot, you know, him being a

726
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 6: quarterback in the past he had. He allows us to

727
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,959
Speaker 6: look at the defense in a different perspective, so you know,

728
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 6: he helps expand our game to a different level.

729
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 1: So that's real helpful.

730
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm an asset because I know that Mark is

731
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 2: gonna want to know this. They ain't gonna change his

732
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 2: opinion of you. But from Indianapolis, did you grow up

733
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 2: a Colts fan?

734
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: I did.

735
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 6: I did the Peyton Manninger, Marvin Harrison, Reggie Wayne.

736
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: But after that kind of just faded off. You know,

737
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: that's what we needed to here. Jared Douks, appreciate you time, man,

738
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 1: Thank you, bron Thank you now, Jared, thank you man.

739
00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 1: Appreciate you being with me. Now.

740
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 2: Steven's is from my neck of the woods. He's from Richmond, Texas.

741
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:04,840
Speaker 2: Now he went to Travis That's where I would have

742
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 2: gone to school if back in the late eighties early

743
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 2: nineties had Travis existed, But it didn't, so I went

744
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 2: to the marketsolidated. But we're from the same city, Richmond, Texas.

745
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 2: Eric Thomlinson is not, but he is from the greater

746
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 2: Houston area. We have that in comedy. He's from Kline, Texas.

747
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 2: Made his name there then off UTEP, came with the

748
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 2: Texans at some point, got back around at Texas at

749
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 2: some point, and what a joy he is to talk to.

750
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 2: I had a really good time talking to my man,

751
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 2: Eric Tomlinson out of Klin, Texas. All Right, it is

752
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 2: day number Eric Thomason.

753
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: What day is it?

754
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 4: Do you even know?

755
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 2: Is the day twenty thousand, two hundred and fifty five?

756
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 7: No clue what it is?

757
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 1: I think we get.

758
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,000
Speaker 2: To this point of the grid setting and I've asked

759
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,959
Speaker 2: this everybody, but you will know this better than anybody

760
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 2: you're going to having gone to climb me, going to

761
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 2: love Arkansalidate, we know this heat.

762
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: But I gotta ask because.

763
00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 2: The first question to ask everybody how you making it

764
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 2: through the heat.

765
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 7: I'm making it through.

766
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 1: I guess.

767
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 7: Being from here, you know what to expect coming out here,

768
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 7: and so it's just hydrating and drinking throughout practice to

769
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Speaker 7: trying to deal with it.

770
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 1: Okay, day off tomorrow. How much do you need the

771
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 1: day off? Just mentally and physically.

772
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,280
Speaker 7: Yeah, the day off's great for your mentals. Mostly just

773
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 7: get away a little bit, hang out with the family

774
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 7: and prepare for especially with Miami coming in on Wednesday.

775
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 7: So It's definitely a much needed day off for.

776
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 2: You play in a physical position the way you do

777
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 2: and you start getting those dust ups with Miami. Do

778
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 2: you worry about that, you know, fights and all that

779
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 2: kind of stuff where you just do your job.

780
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 7: Nah, I don't worry about it.

781
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 4: Stuff happens.

782
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 7: I mean, all you can do is go out there

783
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 7: and do your job, and whatever's gonna happen is gonna happen.

784
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 2: How excited are you to see a different color jersey

785
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 2: though you been going against the same guys. They start

786
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 2: to know your moves, they start to know your plays,

787
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 2: they know what the checks are and all that kind

788
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 2: of stuff. How good is it to see a different

789
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 2: team coming in your frickle practice on Wednesday?

790
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's always good to go against someone else instead

791
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 7: of going against the same guy over and over and

792
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 7: over and over again. And so I know a couple

793
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 7: guys on that team, so it's could be fun to

794
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 7: be able to go against them.

795
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: I call this the NFL. It's the biggest smallest world

796
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 1: in the whole world, because.

797
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 2: Everybody knows somebody somewhere somehow, whether it's a coach or

798
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 2: a player or a player, whatever the case might be. Eric,

799
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 2: your tight end room this year a little different, a

800
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 2: couple of people added to it. What's the room been

801
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 2: like this year and especially you're coming back in and

802
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 2: being in it with Jake Moreland leading it.

803
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:17,439
Speaker 1: How's it been?

804
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 4: Yeah?

805
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 7: I mean I'm familiar with Jake. I was in Denver

806
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 7: with Jake last year, so it's been great to reconnect

807
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 7: with him. And all the guys in the room are

808
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 7: just great guys that love to come to work and

809
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 7: work hard, and we push each other, congratulate each other

810
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,279
Speaker 7: when everyone does good, and so it's just a good

811
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 7: big brotherhood.

812
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 2: I think the offense is progressed through you know, two

813
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,920
Speaker 2: plus weeks of training camp all do you think it's progressed?

814
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: And what do you think it needs to do a

815
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:40,279
Speaker 1: little bit better as you go forward?

816
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think we're just stacking days. I mean, getting

817
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 7: a little better each and every day. There's always something

818
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 7: you can work on, and so we take that every

819
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 7: day and just try to work on one thing each

820
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 7: and every day and just stack the days.

821
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Speaker 1: Eric, I appreciate your time, Thank you very much. Appreciate

822
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: it man, Eric, I appreciate that. Thank you very much.

823
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:57,320
Speaker 1: Thank you. Good dude.

824
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 2: Whyan Line blocker, catch the ball w own to him.

825
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 2: Eric Tomlinson been around the league now for a little bit.

826
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 2: He has been instrumental at tight end room. He's been

827
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 2: I believe the only tight end has been healthy the

828
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 2: entire time.

829
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: He and Mason Shrek. That's it tight ends. That looked good.

830
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,320
Speaker 1: Dalton Schultze I thought, had a great day, a great day.

831
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 2: Against the Dolphins. Showed a lot what he can do

832
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 2: in this offense. We get back to go round the

833
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:25,800
Speaker 2: NFL quickly. Couple of news items, including one in the division.

834
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 2: It could be a bad one for Tennessee and linebackers

835
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 2: coach Chris Kiffin.

836
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Speaker 1: That's next, Texans All Access.

837
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Speaker 2: We got a final segment this Wednesday, istion to Texans

838
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Speaker 2: All Access from the Texans Radio studio. I am John

839
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Speaker 2: Harris Football and a sideline reporter for your Houston Texans

840
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 2: and your host this evening. Glad you are with me,

841
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 2: uh for the cedach proceedings. Let's go round the NFL.

842
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:52,719
Speaker 2: We're gonna talk to Chris Kiffin. Actually Mark caught up

843
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 2: with him. We're gonna have that in just a second.

844
00:35:54,760 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 2: But some news coming out of joint practices with the

845
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 2: heightens and the Vikings that could have an impact on

846
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:07,480
Speaker 2: the AFC South. Now we know that Tennessee went out

847
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 2: and got DeAndre Hopkins, and he has been the number

848
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 2: one wide receiver wherever he's been. Obviously with Houston took

849
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 2: over really his number one wide receiver twenty fourteen. He'd

850
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 2: been that through twenty nineteen. That took over in Arizona.

851
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 2: Even though he was out six games last year for

852
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 2: a suspension, he was still a number one wide receiver.

853
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 2: He goes to Tennessee more than likely a number one

854
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 2: wide receiver, but it was gonna be a little bit

855
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 2: of competition because of Treylon Burke's second year receiver out

856
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,919
Speaker 2: of Arkansas. Well, today at practice up in Minneapolis, taking

857
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 2: on the Vikings, he went deep, apparently caught a pass

858
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:43,359
Speaker 2: in the end zone and landed apparently awkwardly, and had.

859
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 1: To be carted off out of practice. I can't tell you.

860
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 2: In a division that is seemingly all about the run game,

861
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:57,360
Speaker 2: the Colts if Jonathan Taylor, the Jaguars with Travis etn

862
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 2: Tank Bigsby, the Texans with Damian Pierre, Devin Singletary.

863
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 1: This is the Titans, obviously with Derrick Henry in the

864
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: rookie ty J. Spears.

865
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Speaker 2: This is a division that's gonna be as Mark says,

866
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,760
Speaker 2: running back, you, there's gonna be a lot of running

867
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 2: in this division. But what about the receivers in the division?

868
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Speaker 2: Traylon Burks was really on pace to, if not be

869
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:24,320
Speaker 2: one B to Hopkins one A, he was gonna be

870
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Speaker 2: a very close to to Hopkins being the number one.

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00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 2: The Titans had to have Traylon Burks. Now, we'll see

872
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Speaker 2: what this ends up doing for Burks.

873
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 1: Could be a.

874
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,359
Speaker 2: Sprained could be a bruise, could really be nothing, could

875
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,720
Speaker 2: just be an awkward fall, could be a scare.

876
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: Uh, it could be ligaments torn. So we'll keep an

877
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:43,760
Speaker 1: eye on this story.

878
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 2: It's a massive one in the AFC South that the

879
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 2: Titans do not have Treylon Burks, so we'll keep an

880
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 2: eye on that story. Now, the Texas don't play the

881
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 2: Titans till later in the year anyways, so even if

882
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 2: he's hurt and missus six to eight weeks, he can

883
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,719
Speaker 2: be back for the Texans games later in the year.

884
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 1: I don't like seeing anybody hurt.

885
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:04,799
Speaker 2: I don't care who it is, don't like seeing it

886
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,400
Speaker 2: at all, but it Birks is hurt. That offense is

887
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 2: going to be in some rough shape because then it's

888
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 2: double Hopkins and force anybody else to beat you, and

889
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 2: I don't know that they can.

890
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:16,760
Speaker 1: So we'll keep it on that story.

891
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 4: It's a it's.

892
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:23,400
Speaker 2: Evolving one in a developing one in Nashville via Minneapolis

893
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,920
Speaker 2: where the times were taken on the Vikings in joint practice. Now,

894
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,880
Speaker 2: let's catch up with Chris Kiffin, linebackers coach, brother of Lane.

895
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 2: He's been around his league, He's seen some things. As

896
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 2: we'd like to say, Mark fanna be caught up with

897
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 2: him after practice.

898
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 3: Coach, tell me, how's it going with your group? Two

899
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 3: weeks in you get the game under your belt. Where

900
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 3: are we at now? Because now it gets different with

901
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 3: all these joint practices coming up and everything.

902
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think like you said, you know, we got

903
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 8: two big weeks coming up with the Dolphins and sayings

904
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 8: joint practice. We will get a lot of good work

905
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,359
Speaker 8: for the ones and whatnot, but you know, it's still

906
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 8: a work in progress.

907
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:55,919
Speaker 4: We've seen good stuff from everybody in our group.

908
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 8: You know, losing Kirksey early is you know, we only

909
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 8: got eight guys getting reps every single day, so lots

910
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,399
Speaker 8: of reps to go around trying to figure out where

911
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 8: guys fit in different spots, you know. But but up front,

912
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 8: right now, we feel pretty good. Denzel Perrriman, you know,

913
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,840
Speaker 8: really showed that he's a gamer in his first series

914
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 8: back in live action for a while, and Christian Harris

915
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,719
Speaker 8: continue to come on, and then you know, we see

916
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 8: a couple really good things from Henry and his first

917
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:18,800
Speaker 8: live action as a rookie.

918
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 4: So feeling good about where the group's at.

919
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,880
Speaker 9: What do you make of the evolution of the linebacker

920
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 9: in this game?

921
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 3: Because ten fifteen years ago, guys are two forty to fifty.

922
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 3: Not everybody, but a lot of guys, and now it

923
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,359
Speaker 3: seems like everybody's two thirty five.

924
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 1: So what about that part of it?

925
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think it still comes down to speed, you know,

926
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 8: being able to run and hit, and we say they

927
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 8: got to have two out of three speed, length and

928
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,799
Speaker 8: instincts to be able to play. So we're always evaluating that.

929
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 8: But it has changed. You know, back in the day,

930
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 8: the high formation downhill run, it's not as prevalent, you know,

931
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 8: unless you're in Shanahan or Slowick offense.

932
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 4: It's not showing up as much.

933
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 8: So we want guys to be able to run sideline

934
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 8: to sideline and defend these spread offenses.

935
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it must be difficult to coach pass coverage.

936
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it depends on what's from you're coaching.

937
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 9: You know.

938
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Speaker 8: We like to keep our simple and just read the

939
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 8: quarterback and say there's one ball and eleven defenders and

940
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:06,399
Speaker 8: go from there.

941
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Speaker 4: So we try to keep it simple for the guys

942
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 4: so they can play fast.

943
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 3: All right, Share with me if you could, what the

944
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,280
Speaker 3: family text thread is like, because it's a football family

945
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 3: and there's a lot.

946
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Speaker 9: Of action every weekend. What is that like in the

947
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Speaker 9: fall and the off season.

948
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Speaker 8: Well, it's you know, it's always fun, always keeping up

949
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 8: with laying what's going on down there. And then our

950
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,400
Speaker 8: dad happens to be down there too during the season,

951
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:27,919
Speaker 8: hanging out with him, so he gets to hang around.

952
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,799
Speaker 8: And I think my parents are at the age where

953
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Speaker 8: they don't really text good anymore, so it's really just

954
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,480
Speaker 8: my brother, my sister and myself and.

955
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Speaker 4: And you know, like I said, we just like to

956
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Speaker 4: keep up to each other, so whe everybody's act.

957
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 9: When did you know you wanted to be a coach?

958
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 1: Uh?

959
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 4: Probably about the age my kids are at now.

960
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Speaker 8: You know, going in seventh eighth grade, I would come

961
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Speaker 8: to training camp and be ball boy and you know,

962
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,359
Speaker 8: in the summertime and be around this environment that we're

963
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Speaker 8: doing right now. And just like Tomko's kids have been

964
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 8: up here and my son's been able to do once

965
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Speaker 8: or twice. So really from early age, just being exposed

966
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Speaker 8: to the NFL, it's such a young age, you know,

967
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Speaker 8: it's really just something that I always wanted to do.

968
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Speaker 9: How are you alike or different from your father.

969
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:07,399
Speaker 1: As a coach?

970
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Speaker 8: Well, I think my brother's way different than my father,

971
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:14,239
Speaker 8: and I'm very similar. So that's what everyone's always said.

972
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Speaker 8: And you know, Lane coaches offense. I coach defense like

973
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Speaker 8: my father, and then I think our demeanor is way

974
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Speaker 8: way more similar, so pretty consistent.

975
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Speaker 4: I take after him. Thanks a lot, College appreciate it absolutely.

976
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Speaker 4: Thank you.

977
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Speaker 2: Now, Mark and I had an opportunity to interview Lane

978
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Speaker 2: Kiffin when All Miss came here for the Taxak Texas

979
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Speaker 2: Bowl last December, late December. I'm telling you, they sound identical.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think that.

981
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Speaker 2: At first, but just listening to an interview with Chris,

982
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:46,720
Speaker 2: it sounds exactly like Lane Kiffen, but different than Lane

983
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Speaker 2: and he's your linebackers coach for the Houston Texans at

984
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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, So glack Chris is here to add

985
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Speaker 2: to this coaching staff.

986
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Speaker 1: And that is going to do it.

987
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Speaker 2: It's a big day Houston Methods Training Center with the

988
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Speaker 2: Dolphins in town, so a big thanks to them for

989
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Speaker 2: making a trip, for their fans for being there. There's

990
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Speaker 2: a handful of them there, so appreciate them. Appreciate the

991
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 2: Texans fans who were going crazy today. That was such

992
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,239
Speaker 2: a boost to the players on another hot day there

993
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 2: in practice. Got another one tomorrow on Thursday, so we'll

994
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Speaker 2: have more Harris hits. Go check out my Harris Hits

995
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 2: at Houston Texans dot com. Big thanks to Mark, to

996
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:22,359
Speaker 2: all the guys I interviewed, Jared Doaks, Eric Tomlinson, Steven Simms, Junior,

997
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 2: Chris Kiffin, all you guys are listening, We will see

998
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Speaker 2: you tomorrow and as always, go Texans.