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Speaker 1: on Monday evening with you. Welcome Inn John Harris, your

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Speaker 1: I've always said this different doesn't mean better, it just

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Speaker 1: means different. But like I said, you get hit with

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Speaker 1: the Damian fastball, and then all of a sudden, Pierce

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Speaker 1: goes out and incomes Singletary. And now linebackers are like, WHOA,

429
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Speaker 1: were just getting bludgeoned by a Pierce and now we

430
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Speaker 1: got to try and run with this guy. I think

431
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Speaker 1: Singletary has got an opportunity to do some things. And

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Speaker 1: going back to the San Francisco offense, the one thing

433
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Speaker 1: we knew about that offense was they could hit you

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Speaker 1: with Elijah Mitchell Mitchell, then it was Jeff Wilson at times,

435
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Speaker 1: it was raheemostered at times, and they would hit you

436
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Speaker 1: with two three backs in the same game, and it

437
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Speaker 1: was like they would find they would find a hot hand,

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Speaker 1: and then they would put a running back in the backfield,

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Speaker 1: they put another running back out wide. They took McCaffrey

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Speaker 1: and put him out wide at times. So you can

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Speaker 1: do some different things with Devin Singletary. And I got

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Speaker 1: a text from my buddy Sal Capaccio, who is the

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Speaker 1: Silin reporter for the Bills and one of my great friends,

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Speaker 1: and he said, and I quote, Devin is a great kid.

445
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Speaker 1: You're gonna love him. And he said, sad to see

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Speaker 1: him leave, but they had to transition James Cook that

447
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Speaker 1: was up in Buffalo, but that was great news. So

448
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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see Devin Singletary come into this offense

449
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Speaker 1: and what he can do. So you've added Dalton Schultz,

450
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Speaker 1: you have the trade for Shaq Mason went official. You

451
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Speaker 1: added Devin's single day terry today, and then item number five,

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Speaker 1: which actually happened probably ten fifteen minutes before our show

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Speaker 1: went live. So I have not had a chance to

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Speaker 1: dive into the film, but I will at some point.

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Speaker 1: Michael Deed, center in the Miami Dolphins, formerly of Wisconsin,

456
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Speaker 1: has agreed to terms with the Texans as well, mark

457
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Speaker 1: a center, And I know that's been a sticking point

458
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Speaker 1: for a lot of people because, well people have tweeted

459
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Speaker 1: and texted to me, why won't they get a center? Well,

460
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Speaker 1: they have now brought in Michael Deed. Again, it doesn't

461
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Speaker 1: preclude them from taking a center in the draft, but

462
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Speaker 1: it does bolster a position that we know had to

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Speaker 1: get better. Scott Quisenberry was resigned. Now Deeter comes in.

464
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Speaker 1: Mark your gut reaction to Deeter being signed to the

465
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Speaker 1: Texans roster, Johnny, you know there's no one better at

466
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Speaker 1: rating offensive lineman than me, than the play by play

467
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Speaker 1: guy who watches the ball on every play, And I'm like,

468
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Speaker 1: those guys are definitely doing a good job pushing other

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Speaker 1: heavy guys out of the way. But I can tell

470
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Speaker 1: you this, he's six six three fifteen, he's Wisconsin alum,

471
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Speaker 1: and I think what you said is what applies here.

472
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Speaker 1: It's kind of like the Dalton Schultz effect on the

473
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Speaker 1: tight end situation with the draft, where you don't have

474
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Speaker 1: to reach now. Again, maybe Nick doesn't view it this way,

475
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Speaker 1: but I kind of do. Where you feel like, I

476
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Speaker 1: don't have to reach for a center. I've got two

477
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Speaker 1: guys right now. I can feel comfortable that it's it's

478
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Speaker 1: not aching to be done. I don't have to go

479
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Speaker 1: for somebody early that I really wasn't totally comfortable with

480
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Speaker 1: going for with that particular pick. I can wait for

481
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Speaker 1: another player because there's more than one in this draft.

482
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Speaker 1: So I love the pickup again. It adds depth. It's

483
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Speaker 1: not as splashy or sexy necessarily today as Singletary or

484
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Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz, but it's very important. I think all three

485
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Speaker 1: acquisitions today, the late breaking ones, really do help you

486
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Speaker 1: an awful lot in those position groups and I'm excited

487
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Speaker 1: about it, Yeah, no doubt. And for people that are

488
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Speaker 1: wandering in the Harris one hundred, John Michael Schmitts is

489
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Speaker 1: my first center number fifty four, Luke wipler Amun, Ohio State,

490
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Speaker 1: who I have really grown to really really like, especially

491
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Speaker 1: as work against Jaln Carter, I have at number sixty four.

492
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Speaker 1: Joe Tittman speaking of Wisconsin. I haven't at number eighty nine.

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Speaker 1: So those are the top three centers. I have Schmidts,

494
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Speaker 1: John Michael Schmitt's at fifty four, Luke Wipeled Ohio State

495
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Speaker 1: at sixty four, Joe Tipman at eighty nine, Ola Owa

496
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Speaker 1: Temy from out of Michigan. I have him just beyond

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Speaker 1: at once sixteen. So there are centers. But if you

498
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Speaker 1: compare the number of centers to the number of corners,

499
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Speaker 1: you don't probably have as many as you've had in

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Speaker 1: recent years. Now, there could be some material guys you

501
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Speaker 1: look at, maybe a Steve Avey left from out of

502
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Speaker 1: TCU that you think about potentially at center. Maybe that

503
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Speaker 1: could be something that you do down the road. But

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Speaker 1: by getting Shack Mason getting that trade official today, Michael

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Speaker 1: Dieter from the Miami Dolphins, who started as a rookie

506
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Speaker 1: then started eight games last year, didn't start any twenty

507
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Speaker 1: twenty two, so hopefully a new start for him will

508
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Speaker 1: yield better results for the Texans in twenty twenty three.

509
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Speaker 1: And then Schultz tight end Devin Singletary running back. In

510
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Speaker 1: addition to what happened over the weekend of Larrymy Tunsil's

511
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Speaker 1: resigning and also Brandy Cooks being traded. Nickissario just decided

512
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Speaker 1: to stop and take that interview with Sean had seth

513
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Speaker 1: just to slow things down for a second, like that

514
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Speaker 1: was his break. His break from all the work was

515
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Speaker 1: to hop on the radio. So hopefully we'll get a

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Speaker 1: chance to talk to Nick soon about everything that's gone down.

517
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Speaker 1: But it has been a lot of fun and hopefully

518
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Speaker 1: very very productive. I know I'm hearing from people as

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Speaker 1: we speak that are pretty excited about Schultz and Singletary

520
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Speaker 1: in particular being added to the fray. All right, we're

521
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Speaker 1: gonna slow the music a little bit. We'll see what

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Speaker 1: happens during the break. But we wanted to hear from

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Speaker 1: Mike Keith marking a chance to catch up with the

524
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Speaker 1: Titans play by play man to get his thoughts on

525
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Speaker 1: the Titans a seven game losing streak, where they go

526
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Speaker 1: from here, and where's the strength of the AFC South

527
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Speaker 1: now going into twenty twenty three. We'll do that next

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Speaker 1: the Texans All Access. Stay tuned for more on the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans and the NFL on Texans All Excess. We

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Speaker 1: returned to Texans All Access. Stop and everybody walking back

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Speaker 1: to Monday edition to Texans All Access. I'm your host,

532
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Speaker 1: John Harris, football analyst, Sidelow reporter, and Mark and I

533
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Speaker 1: just got through recapping what has been a pretty wild

534
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Speaker 1: thirty six hours. Woke up on Sunday to the news

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Speaker 1: of Laramie Tunsel getting his extension, Brandon Cooks being traded,

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Speaker 1: and then later in the day on Monday. Now not

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Speaker 1: official yet, but sources and plenty of sources are reporting

538
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:49,919
Speaker 1: the Texans have signed Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl tight end

539
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Speaker 1: Dolton Schultz and Buffalo Bills running back Devin Singletary. The

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Speaker 1: offense just took a significant kent jump forward, so we'll

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Speaker 1: recap that a little bit later in the show. City

542
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Speaker 1: Texas do anything over the last half hour of the show,

543
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Speaker 1: But in a meanwhile, let's hear from Tennessee Titans play

544
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Speaker 1: by playboys and one of our favorite people in the NFL,

545
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Speaker 1: Mike Keith. Mike spent a lot of time in a

546
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Speaker 1: state of Tennessee. He'd been with the Volunteers, He's been

547
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Speaker 1: with the Titans since the beginning in Tennessee, and of

548
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:30,359
Speaker 1: course has the famous Music City miracle call, and we

549
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 1: just love him. And of course Mark started right there

550
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,640
Speaker 1: hitting him where it hurts with that Titan seven game

551
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 1: losing streaked and twenty twenty two, the Titans lost seven

552
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Speaker 1: in a row on the way out, which is very uncharacteristic.

553
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,480
Speaker 1: And you and I were talking before the Texans played

554
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Speaker 1: Tennessee up there in Nashville late in the season, and

555
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Speaker 1: that did not go well for the Titans. Obviously, what

556
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Speaker 1: are your thoughts as we head into twenty twenty three here,

557
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Speaker 1: because there are a lot of question marks about what

558
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 1: to do with the ross star and quarterback and everything

559
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,520
Speaker 1: like that. But you have a new GM. Everything's solidified

560
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Speaker 1: in the front office right now and whatever coaching changes

561
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Speaker 1: you have, So the offensive staff has been completely changed up.

562
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Speaker 1: Tim Kelly is going to run the staff as the

563
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Speaker 1: offensive coordinator, but they they brought in some outstanding coaches

564
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Speaker 1: from other places. Justin Outon was the offensive coordinator in Denver.

565
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: Charles London is a rising star. He was sort of

566
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Speaker 1: the right hand guy for Arthur Smith in Atlanta, and

567
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: he was with us at one point. I know he

568
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: was with the Texans too at one point, so bright,

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Speaker 1: and he's going to coach quarterbacks. We actually only have

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Speaker 1: one offensive coach who will be coaching in the same

571
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Speaker 1: role he did last year. So they've shaken all that up. Defense.

572
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 1: Not many changes, you know, not a not a lot

573
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Speaker 1: of difference. And the defense wasn't the problem. The offense

574
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,239
Speaker 1: was a problem. Playoff teams this year scored twenty four

575
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Speaker 1: point four points per game. The fourteen playoff team we

576
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,920
Speaker 1: scored seventeen and a half. So we scored a touchdown

577
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Speaker 1: less than ever than teams in the playoffs average. So

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Speaker 1: that's where we gotta get it fixed. We gotta score points.

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Speaker 1: And I think Ryan Tannehill will probably be back. I

580
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Speaker 1: think it's more likely than not. They're gonna have to

581
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Speaker 1: find some wide receiver help. Traylan Burkes can play. He's

582
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Speaker 1: gonna be a really good player. Gotta stay healthy. He's

583
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Speaker 1: gotta stay healthy, but he's gonna be okay. I mean

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Speaker 1: he's gonna make it. Checker Coquo. The rookie tight end

585
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Speaker 1: is gonna be somebody that's gonna be like John who

586
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,720
Speaker 1: Smith was for us. We're gonna need to add tight ends,

587
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Speaker 1: multiple We're gonna need to add offensive lineman. We're gonna

588
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 1: need to add receivers. So it's gonna be a heavy

589
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Speaker 1: draft for us and probably a heavy free agency period

590
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Speaker 1: for US. Tilted toward the offense, the defense can use

591
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: some help in spots. I mean, you're always gonna need corners.

592
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Speaker 1: If you run a three four, you need edge rushers.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you get that. But it's it's really gonna

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Speaker 1: be more about the offense, and that's what people are

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Speaker 1: going to focus on in this offseason. By the time

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Speaker 1: we saw you late in the year, we were so

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Speaker 1: beat up on offense. I mean, we just didn't have

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Speaker 1: outside of Derrick Henry, we just didn't have anything going

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Speaker 1: on that you feared. And you know what was really

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Speaker 1: so terrible is we were seven and three when we

601
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,840
Speaker 1: left green Bay Thursday night football. Go up to Green

602
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Speaker 1: Bay and just pound him, and you're like, well, I

603
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: know green Bay's not playing that well, but you don't

604
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 1: go in there and do that, and so you're feeling

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00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 1: pretty good. You know, you're thinking, even at a point,

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Speaker 1: maybe we end up with the best record in the

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00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: conference again. And that seems crazy now, but when you're

608
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 1: seven and three at Thanksgi, you're thinking it's possible. Gosh,

609
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: things can change after things. So, I mean, it really

610
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: is a new season after Thanksgiving, it's a new season.

611
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Speaker 1: And we lost to Cincinnati in a game we could

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Speaker 1: have won at home, and we knew walking out of

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Speaker 1: the booth that day, Mark we had problems. We knew

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00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,720
Speaker 1: because we lost more guys that day. And it's like,

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Speaker 1: you know, because we're going to Philadelphia next and then

616
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: we're getting into a stretch of division games and you

617
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 1: might have played really well and lost Cincinnati and Philadelphia anyway,

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00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: might have played a great game. I mean, they're two

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Speaker 1: really good teams, and so, you know what we knew

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Speaker 1: it was going the wrong way. Mike Vrabel did a

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Speaker 1: remarkable job to play one hundred and seventy seven guys

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Speaker 1: in two seasons, wow, and do what he did, and

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Speaker 1: it kind of all came crashing down at the same moment.

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Speaker 1: So the retool, as we like to say, because I

625
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Speaker 1: don't think Mike Vrabel's ever rebuilding. I don't think he's

626
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Speaker 1: in it for that. I don't think that's his personality.

627
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Speaker 1: I think that's why they hired the GM they did.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna try to retool. He retooled the offensive staff

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Speaker 1: and now I think he'll retool the offensive personnel. Mike Keith,

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Speaker 1: voice of the Tennessee Titans with us what about the

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Speaker 1: rest of the division, because the division became a gettable

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Speaker 1: division when the Titans started to have problems, and obviously

633
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 1: the Colts had problems from the get go pretty much,

634
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 1: so it was one of those twenty fifteen, twenty sixteen

635
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Speaker 1: AFC souths that was attainable with nine victories. What do

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Speaker 1: you think of the division this year? Because it doesn't

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Speaker 1: look like the Jags are going to slow down, But

638
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: you never know what happens. You don't know what happens.

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00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 1: And CJ. Bethard went to my high school and I

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00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: love CJ. I called his games in high school, so

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00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 1: I love him. But what if he has to play

642
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 1: fifteen games? What if he has to play seven games?

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00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,320
Speaker 1: You know, like the situation we were in at quarterback

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00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: last year, So anything can happen. I think they're the

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Speaker 1: overriding favorite because they have the answer at quarterback. Do

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Speaker 1: we I think we do. But what are we What

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Speaker 1: are we going to do with Tannehill? Do we extend him?

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Speaker 1: Does he play on the last year of his contract?

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00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: You know whatever. I think the Texans will have an answer.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think you're gonna get a good are

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Speaker 1: at two or go to one or whatever you have

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Speaker 1: to do. And I think the Colts are going to

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00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 1: get an outstanding answer too. So the whole thing. And

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Speaker 1: I said this last year, and you and I've discussed

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00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:14,320
Speaker 1: this before. I told the Jack's guys, I think you

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00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 1: can win eight nine games this year. I think you're

657
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: good enough. That was last year. At the combine, they're like, Oh,

658
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,840
Speaker 1: you're just doing the old Bear Bryant trying to build

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00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,279
Speaker 1: up the opposition. It's like, no, I really think so.

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Speaker 1: And I think Indy and Houston are not that far

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00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,879
Speaker 1: away because you look at the pieces that Houston has

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00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 1: built up. You look at the way they played defense

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00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 1: last year. You you look at the pieces that Indy

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Speaker 1: has in place with that offensive line, and I meant

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00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:45,880
Speaker 1: they didn't have Shack Leonard last year. Yeah, all year,

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Speaker 1: all year. And I mean he's unbelievable. So suddenly it gets,

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00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 1: for my money, it gets a lot more interesting. We'll

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Speaker 1: be back in the middle of it, because that's that's

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00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 1: what Vrabel's gonna do. You know, that's the best thing

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00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:05,280
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans have going for them at this moment,

671
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,839
Speaker 1: is the head coach? All right? A couple of quick

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00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: things here, sure? The fourth and fifteen instead of the

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00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 1: on side kick? Are you it? On side kicks? Last year?

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00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 1: Just three of fifty six, Wow, since they've changed the rules,

675
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,320
Speaker 1: And I think two of those were surprised on sides

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00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:27,360
Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken. Only one maybe two jets against Cleveland.

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00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,839
Speaker 1: I remember that one that was a success. But you're right,

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00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,320
Speaker 1: they're so rare, are you with me? That? See? I

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00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 1: think from the twenty five that's a little cheap. Not cheap,

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00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,920
Speaker 1: that's probably not a good word, and easy certainly not

681
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,800
Speaker 1: a good word. I like backing it up to the

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Speaker 1: twenty or the fifteen. Then I'm in. You gotta make

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00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: it hurt if you don't make that, and not not

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Speaker 1: just that, make it hurt, but you gotta make it

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00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,919
Speaker 1: hard if you do make it. It shouldn't be fourth

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00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,839
Speaker 1: to fifteen at the twenty five. Okay, we're one throw

687
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 1: away from field goal range, which is what the on

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00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: side kick success does. But if you're gonna make get

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00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: more likely to be successful with that conversion, which a

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00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,919
Speaker 1: fourth and fifteen does, I want to make the end result, Well,

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00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:09,759
Speaker 1: you have to make two or three more plays in

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Speaker 1: order to get in a field goal ring. I'm not

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Speaker 1: I'm not with you on that because I think the

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00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: percentages are to convert fourth and fifteen. I want to

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Speaker 1: say they're like twelve to fifteen percent, or they were

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00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 1: last year, somewhere in that vicinity, maybe even a little

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00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 1: bit lower than that. I'd rather see a football play

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00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: than a waste of time, and I think the onside

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00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: kick is just a wasted So it's it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: one of your receivers or our receivers catching it and

701
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 1: falling down. Yeah, and guys can get hurt and get well.

702
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: And we talk about dangerous plays, right, you know, and

703
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 1: the expert and I'm no doctor, but the experts say, well, gosh,

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00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 1: these kickoffs and these onside kicks, they turn out to

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00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,320
Speaker 1: be dangerous. But yeah, no, kid, Yeah, I mean, because

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00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: the whole theory of the onside kick is wipe somebody out.

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00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:58,800
Speaker 1: I mean, there are guys that are literally on the

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00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 1: field just to wipe somebody out on both sides, right

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00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:05,319
Speaker 1: in order to facilitate our team, either the kicking team

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00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 1: or the receiving team, getting their hands on the ball.

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Speaker 1: I think almost everything should be reviewable with a challenge. Almost.

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Speaker 1: I think everything should be okay, I'm Bill Belichick on that,

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Speaker 1: I think, But I'm not for raising the number of challenges, right,

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00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 1: But I'm for having everything be reviewable. Why not even

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Speaker 1: a no call in a tough s no call in

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00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 1: any play is reviewable, but it's two challenges, okay. And see,

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Speaker 1: because here's the thing. I mean, Let's say say we're

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Speaker 1: playing and there's a no call early in the ball

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00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:38,839
Speaker 1: game seven minutes in. Does Rabel throw the flag at

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Speaker 1: that point? Because if they don't see it, guy, he

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00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 1: thinks he sees what he sees. But if the interpretation

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Speaker 1: is such from the and then you've got one challenge

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Speaker 1: the rest of the game. I think it's still there.

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Speaker 1: Why not? Yeah, and you save that challenge for the

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00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 1: moment of truth you need exactly. I'm with you, Mike,

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Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for joining us mark my place here.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having me and thank you both, gentlemen. Mike Keith,

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Speaker 1: voice of the Tennessee Titans, and of course our own

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Speaker 1: Mark Vandomir, the voice of the Houston Texans. Coming up next.

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Speaker 1: Let's recap what's happened thus far in the last thirty

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Speaker 1: six hours and what it could mean our final segment

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Speaker 1: right here on Texans All Access. Texans All Access continues

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Speaker 1: in a moment. Jecksons Radio is back. Yes it is, Yes,

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Speaker 1: it is. Welcome in the working back to a Monday

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Speaker 1: editiue to Texas All Access. I'm your host, John Harris,

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Speaker 1: Football and all Siline reporter, and boy, things are changing

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Speaker 1: rapidly now if you just got in your car by

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00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 1: the timing is perfect because a lot has happened now

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00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 1: yesterday being Sunday, right when we woke up to the

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Speaker 1: biggest names of the Texans the last couple of years,

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Speaker 1: Lammy Tunsel, Brandon Cooks, one staying and getting extended, one

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00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,879
Speaker 1: going to the Dallas Cowboys, and Lucky here the Dallas

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00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 1: Cowboys and the Texans coinciding, I guess is the right

744
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: way of looking at it. Interjecting, intersecting with other news today.

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00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: But Larmie Tutsill signed his extension three years. I can't

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00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: remember the money. I think he steenty five million dollars

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00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,040
Speaker 1: he can get to. I mean, it's a lot of change.

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Speaker 1: But Laramie to me, is doing it right. Shorter shorter deals,

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Speaker 1: so he's able to bank more as he goes. I

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00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,920
Speaker 1: mean he's gonna he's twenty eight right now, he'll be

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Speaker 1: twenty nine. Started the season August second, I think, so

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00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 1: he'll be twenty nine. Three years from now he'll have

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00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,400
Speaker 1: an opportunity to bank again, and hopefully it's with the Texans.

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00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 1: But to me, he's the best pass protector. He's the

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00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 1: best pass protector I can remember seeing. Mark asked me

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Speaker 1: today as we were talking, he said, Laramie or Dwayne,

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00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 1: And I said, Laramie is a pass protector? Is he's

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00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 1: arguing me the best I've seen live in person. Dwayne

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00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,799
Speaker 1: was probably a little bit better all round his run

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Speaker 1: game blocking. I think Dwayne's was a little bit better,

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00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: but Laramie tom not. So he's staying with the Texas.

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Speaker 1: Brandy traded to the Dallas Cowboys twelve million dollars of

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Speaker 1: the eighteen million dollars guarantee paid by the Cowboys. And

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Speaker 1: this is how I looked at this deal. If you

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Speaker 1: take that twelve million dollars and you look at Sheldon

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00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,360
Speaker 1: Rankins contract and John Weeks contract, you essentially got Brandon

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Speaker 1: Cooks for Sheldon Rankins, John Weeks of fifth this year

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Speaker 1: and a sixth next year. Not a bad way of

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Speaker 1: looking at it. I mean, look, whatever the deal was

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Speaker 1: it the deadline, no one's gonna know. No one knows,

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Speaker 1: but I know there are a lot of times when

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Speaker 1: whatever deal you think is offered at the deadline, it's

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Speaker 1: actually not that deal. Nick talked about that a little

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Speaker 1: bit with Sean and Seth this morning and they discussed

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Speaker 1: that about, Hey, was that you know what the deal

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Speaker 1: with the deadline versus the deal you got now? Do

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00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: you get more now? Whatever the case might be. Either way,

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Speaker 1: the Texas are paying six million to eighteen million guaranteed

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Speaker 1: to Brandon Cooks. They keep twelve million. They were able

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Speaker 1: to use that with free agents, and that leads me

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Speaker 1: to today three free agents signed by the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: And I'm telling you the timing of this. I was

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Speaker 1: in the bathroom, and of course in the bathroom and

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Speaker 1: I'm just puts around and I'm washing my hands and

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Speaker 1: I pick up my phone and I just hit Twitter.

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Speaker 1: It's still free agency frenzy, so to speak. There's always

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00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 1: free agency, but there's just more this frenzy as you

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Speaker 1: start the new league year, and all of a sudden

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Speaker 1: they see hashtag Texans and I'm like, oh, puts Dalton Schultz. Wait,

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Speaker 1: Dalton Scholtz, Like Cowboys Dalton Scholtz. Yeah, Cowboys Dalton Scholtz

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00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 1: is now Texans Dalton Scholtz. And Field Yates from ESPN

792
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Speaker 1: put this tweet out. There are four NFL tight ends

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Speaker 1: with at least fifty catches and five hundred yards in

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Speaker 1: each of the past three seasons, Travis Kelsey, Mark andrews

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Speaker 1: uh huh, t J Hockenson, and newest Texans tight end

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Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz. In addition, and I mean the tweets are

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Speaker 1: probably five to seven apart. Running back Devin Singletary. Now

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Speaker 1: it's still was shocking. But back in February, I wrote

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Speaker 1: an article about running back basically I called running back breakdown.

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Speaker 1: What they have in the roster, what's going off the roster,

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00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:21,279
Speaker 1: what's potentially there in the draft at various rounds where

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00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 1: the Texans are picking, and then what free agents and

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Speaker 1: in both the wide receiver in the running back one.

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Speaker 1: I said, I don't think they're gonna break the bank

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Speaker 1: for any big name free agents. And then running back.

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Speaker 1: It's interesting to me because you have Pierce and he's

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Speaker 1: such a hammer. So do you want a second hammer.

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Speaker 1: Do you want another guy that runs exactly like Damian Pierce?

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Speaker 1: So here comes Pierce and he just bludgeons a defense

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Speaker 1: and then the next guy comes in fresh and he

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Speaker 1: does the same. Or do you want a running back

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Speaker 1: that's different? And I don't know that you could have

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Speaker 1: probably a more different running back than Devin Singletary. Just quick,

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Speaker 1: I mean his jump cut lightning quick. But is also

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Speaker 1: his receiving ability thirty eight catches last year he had

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Speaker 1: just ad I think it was one ninety nine total yards,

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00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:11,320
Speaker 1: seven touchdowns in both the run and receiving game. He

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Speaker 1: gives you so much. When you think about Pierce and

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Speaker 1: Singletary once the last time we have seen two running

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Speaker 1: backs of that caliber. I mean you go back to

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Speaker 1: nineteen and that was Carlos Hyde and Duke Johnson. I

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Speaker 1: mean that's the closest you get. And I think Pierce

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Speaker 1: and Singletary or that much better. Singletary is only twenty six.

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Speaker 1: Now he's had a lot more touches than some of

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00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 1: the other guys I mentioned, but there's still not a

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Speaker 1: lot of tread off the tire. So now you have Pierce,

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Speaker 1: now you have Singletary. The thirty three team, thirty third

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Speaker 1: team on Twitter did a graphic and they put the

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Speaker 1: offense up there and they put Pierce and Singletary and

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Speaker 1: Mechi and Woods and Schultz, and then they put in

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Speaker 1: Bryce Young at number two and Jordan Addison number twelve,

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Speaker 1: and then they put the devil full emoji or whatever.

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00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,080
Speaker 1: I guess it's to say, wow, that could be strong.

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Speaker 1: They did even mentioned Nico Collins in there, and I

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00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 1: think Nico is gonna have a tremendous year. But man,

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00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:13,239
Speaker 1: that offense starts to get really fun. I mean really fun.

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Speaker 1: I mean you got a receiving corps outside an echo.

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Speaker 1: I mean I didn't even take a snap last year

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Speaker 1: for the Texas with Woods and Metchi, whoever else they

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00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,800
Speaker 1: can bring in the draft, but you go Woods, Mechi,

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00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 1: Jordan Addison, Jackson Smith, and Jigba Quentin Johnston and add

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00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 1: that to Nico Collins, Man, it gets all kinds of

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00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 1: exciting for this team. I mean that offense goes to it.

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Speaker 1: It's at a different level, is at a level where

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Speaker 1: it needs to be. No, but it's at a completely

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Speaker 1: different level than where it was, and that ends up

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Speaker 1: over the next. Now, there are some things that are

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Speaker 1: still gotta figure out. John Mechi where is he in

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Speaker 1: two years a route from the ACL where is he?

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Speaker 1: Do they draft the receiver? Which receiver today drafted? Do

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Speaker 1: gets added to the mix? Caniko Collins stay healthy? So look,

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of questions still, but in the end,

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Speaker 1: not least Michael Dieter University Wisconsin, Miami Dolphins. He also

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Speaker 1: signs and he has thrown it to into your offensive

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Speaker 1: All right, that's gonna do it for tonight's show. Big

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Speaker 1: thanks to my man, Chris Santiago and Studio for juggling

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Speaker 1: Great to Mark, to Mike Keith, to all of you

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Speaker 1: for listing. This thing is changing minute by minute, people,

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Speaker 1: and it's awesome. Get on board. Let's go, and let's

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