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Speaker 1: In the Lab, a Texans podcast that takes a different

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Speaker 1: look at things to Doherty and John Harris have their

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Speaker 1: lab coats and goggles on and the Bunsen burners burning.

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Speaker 1: Here's Drew. Ah.

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Speaker 2: Yes, thank you so much for listening. It's good to

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Speaker 2: be with you, Drew Doherty. And we've got quite the

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Speaker 2: setup today. But before I get into the setup, please,

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Speaker 2: can you do me a favor? Can you go and

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Speaker 2: a weekly basis, which is Wednesday, comes out around midday

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Speaker 2: so you can listen to it on your drive home

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Speaker 2: on Wednesdays.

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Speaker 3: Do that.

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Speaker 2: Subscribe, Shoot me a tweet. I almost said text, but

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Speaker 2: shoot me a tweet, tell me hey I like this,

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Speaker 2: about that? It's at Doherty Drew rate and review it

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Speaker 2: as well. They'd be super if you did all those things.

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Speaker 2: But today on the show, like we always do, I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna huddle with my good pal John Harris.

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Speaker 3: We've got to do a what if I told you?

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Speaker 2: Plus we're gonna pick our cream of the crop a

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Speaker 2: war winners for the week to come, and we've got

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Speaker 2: an extra bonus Twitter question of the day and it

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Speaker 2: involves onions. Just trust me and stick with me. That'll

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Speaker 2: be fun. Then later after him, I go off the

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Speaker 2: beaten path with Noah Brown. Perfect guy to talk to

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Speaker 2: in light of what he's been doing the last month

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Speaker 2: as a whole, but especially the last two weeks. He's

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Speaker 2: the only Texans receiver in the history of the franchise

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Speaker 2: not named Andre or DeAndre, and that's Johnson and Hopkins,

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Speaker 2: not those two guys, but he's the third to have

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Speaker 2: ever had consecutive one hundred yard receiving performances. But we

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Speaker 2: hear about his French bulldog and some other things and

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Speaker 2: it's a fun conversation. And then we wrap things up

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Speaker 2: with Cameron Cox. He's a sports anchor out in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Speaker 2: He does the weekly shows for the Cardinals. And he's

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Speaker 2: also from a taskacita from the Houston area, so he

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Speaker 2: was a day one season ticket holder, loves the Texans,

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Speaker 2: knows the Cardinals really well also, so he's the perfect

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Speaker 2: guy to talk to and we will get into that

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Speaker 2: with him, but for now, we got to talk with

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Speaker 2: John Harris or a classic in the lab. Here we go, John,

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Speaker 2: You doing all right.

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Speaker 4: Doing okay? Drew doing. Okay, man, how are you doing?

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Speaker 3: I'm super dude.

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Speaker 2: I just laid out kind of the groundwork, the framework,

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Speaker 2: the table of contents for this entire this entire podcast,

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Speaker 2: because after you, like we said, we got Noah, and

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Speaker 2: then after Noah, it's Cameron Cox from Phoenix.

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Speaker 3: He's gonna talk a little Cardinals.

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Speaker 2: But here's the framework for you and me. What I know,

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Speaker 2: hold on before we get into the framework. You just

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Speaker 2: pointed at yourself when I said Cameron Cox.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Cameron Cox, you know where he used to intern.

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Speaker 2: I do with you very much. Fifteen sixty, the game

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Speaker 2: where you got your radio start.

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Speaker 4: Really yeah.

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Speaker 5: I saw him at the combine and he came up

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Speaker 5: to me like a long lost friend, and I mean,

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Speaker 5: I'd like to be friendly, you know that. And he's

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Speaker 5: like John Cameron Cox, I used to intern at fifteen sixty.

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Speaker 5: And then it waited, Oh my god. So yeah, he's

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Speaker 5: doing great job in Phoenix. Man, really proud of him.

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Speaker 5: So really really cool. So yeah, we had some intern

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Speaker 5: and Stuots was in one of our interns over fifteen

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Speaker 5: sixty Cameron Cocks. So yeah, we did a pretty good

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Speaker 5: job getting guys ready for the sports world.

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Speaker 3: I think, Yeah, Cameron had fun talking with him.

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Speaker 2: Cody Stewts is the guest, or one of the guests

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Speaker 2: with He's gonna be with Brandon Scott and me on

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Speaker 2: Texan's extra points this week. So it's a lot of fun. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: we've got all sorts of representation.

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Speaker 3: But here we go.

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Speaker 2: You and I are hitting these topics. We're gonna do Whitey,

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Speaker 2: which is what if I told you?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So, what if I told you we're.

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Speaker 2: Gonna have a Cream of the Cropper for this game

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Speaker 2: coming up? We're gonna do a Twitter Question of the Day,

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Speaker 2: which is kind of falling by the wayside lately, but

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Speaker 2: What if I told you these things, John, Texans defense

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Speaker 2: I told you that the Texans offense was gonna go

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Speaker 2: four of thirteen on third down, And maybe the biggest

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Speaker 2: If I told you all those things, you think they're

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Speaker 4: What if I told you, Drew, Let's let me flip this.

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Speaker 5: What if I told you Noah Brown would go for

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Speaker 4: DeAndre Hopkins and Andre Johnson the others.

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Speaker 5: Okay, what if I told you that Motor was gonna

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Speaker 5: And what if I told you that CJ the only

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Speaker 2: And Sheldon Rankins would bust fools up and get three sacks.

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Speaker 2: I mean they punished Joe Burrow. Joe Burrow got his,

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Speaker 4: Kappa, I mean, it was a it was a beatdown.

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Speaker 3: It was well you and you heard.

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Speaker 2: You heard that interview I did with Sheldon in the

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Speaker 3: They they battled over the years.

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Speaker 2: And he also said this front versus their offensive front

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Speaker 4: Yea.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, it all came together and you know another

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Speaker 2: but as Burrow was releasing the ball, Sheldon was in

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Speaker 2: zone right there in the fourth quarter. That was fun,

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Speaker 2: Just a fun, fun get. It's always fun. I've always

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Speaker 2: had fun in Cincinnati. It's only been awesome. It really

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Speaker 2: has only been awesome. Nine eleven, fifteen, seventeen, and now

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Speaker 2: there because they've the Bengals are always prohibitive favorites. There's

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Speaker 3: So let's close that book on the Bengals.

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Speaker 2: Let's look ahead to the Cardinals not a typical two

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Speaker 2: all that in mind, the cream of the cropper on

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Speaker 6: Be who the cream of the crop.

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Speaker 3: Well, and we can't. We can't choose CJ.

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna give you one that the last few weeks,

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Speaker 5: Kyler Murray, and that's gonna be Christian Harris.

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Speaker 4: Now, the expectation level before Christian going into the season

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Speaker 5: I think everybody you know Demiko Rans is you know

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Speaker 5: Chritian Harris canna be that guy and I think early

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Speaker 3: And risky, man, he has been frisky.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, And I felt like there were some things, you know,

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Speaker 5: other thing about Christian Harris. When Tyler Boy caught that

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Speaker 5: But he's played much better in the last couple of weeks.

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Speaker 3: So that's gonna be a fact. Oh yeah, I think

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Speaker 5: That's the combination I think that I've heard the most

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Speaker 5: I mean, I think I'm more excited about that than

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Speaker 4: I kid a kid Leak has been incredible.

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Speaker 2: question of the Day John Harris. Okay, of the next

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Speaker 4: The next one, how come? Because it's the next one.

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Speaker 3: No, why are you gonna shine the brightest?

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Speaker 4: Well?

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Speaker 5: a what if I told you? That would have been

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Speaker 5: interesting to ask you, Drew. What if I had told

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Speaker 3: Think I would have believed you. I would believe you.

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Speaker 3: So I would have believed. I would have believed that, absolutely.

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Speaker 5: So if I so, if I were gonna pick a game,

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Speaker 4: Like you think about an onion. You just keep peeling

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Speaker 2: You're fucking wait, wait, wait, what's the next layer that

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Speaker 5: Then this week, well, I mean, look, they found a

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Speaker 5: I think this week defensively, I think it's gonna end up.

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Speaker 4: And that's coverage.

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Speaker 5: Now, it was something that Denzel was struggling with a

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Speaker 5: Trade McBride is doing some good things for the Cardinals

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Speaker 4: Let's maybe let's speed a couple of drives.

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Speaker 4: You get a ten point lead, you get a.

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Speaker 5: You don't let anybody back in games anymore. Let's get

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Speaker 4: And not like, oh, you know, like a little brother,

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Speaker 2: I like that you get a ten point lead, score

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Speaker 2: Well, you know what else? I like, John, I like

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Speaker 2: what I've seen out of Noah Brown, goodness gracious. As

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Speaker 2: going to talk to Noah about what's going on on

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Speaker 2: We're gonna hit some other points. Who's the funniest guy

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Speaker 2: do so enjoy. This is me and Noah Brown doing

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Speaker 2: a druze dozen.

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Speaker 3: Noah Brown, your first.

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Speaker 7: Job ever was first job I ever was football?

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Speaker 6: Football. No other jobs.

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Speaker 2: No grocery store, no mowing lawns, no snoke, shoveling snow, no, sir, nothing,

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Speaker 2: huh no, sir. That's a good first job to have.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely getting paid to play.

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Speaker 4: I like it.

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Speaker 3: Do you have any nicknames?

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Speaker 7: Not too many? NB A five, but most people just

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Speaker 2: Noah, I got youa How did you come up with

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Speaker 2: eighty five? By eighty five?

438
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Speaker 7: The number eighty five was given to me when I

439
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,879
Speaker 7: first came out of Ohio State. I wore eighty at

440
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Speaker 7: Ohio State. I wore twenty one in high school before that,

441
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Speaker 7: so no significance to it, but I just stuck with

442
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Speaker 7: it when I got it.

443
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Speaker 3: Is a number, just number. Do you have a favorite

444
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Speaker 3: of all.

445
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Speaker 7: Those I wouldn't say have a favorite of all of them.

446
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Speaker 7: I think I probably been wearing eighty five the longest

447
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Speaker 7: side of all of them now, so we'll stick with that.

448
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Speaker 2: That's not a bad one to stick with. It's been

449
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Speaker 2: working for you. What's the first thing you do when

450
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Speaker 2: you wake up in the morning?

451
00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:45,920
Speaker 7: Brust my teeth?

452
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Speaker 3: Yeah? Do you wake up with an alarm or do

453
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Speaker 3: you just wake up on your own alarm?

454
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Speaker 4: Yeah?

455
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Speaker 3: If you didn't have an alarm, when would you wake up?

456
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Speaker 7: I'd be paying some fines late.

457
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Speaker 3: Well, No, let's say it's a vacation day. You don't

458
00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,760
Speaker 3: have to be anywhere when you When would you wake up?

459
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Speaker 7: Probably around nine ten there.

460
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Speaker 2: Cause you've been waking up so early you can't do

461
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Speaker 2: the sleeping and thing. Okay, that's what you do when

462
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Speaker 2: you wake up. What's the last thing you do before

463
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Speaker 2: you put your hand on the pillow at night and.

464
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Speaker 3: Go to sleep?

465
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Speaker 7: Same prayer? Yeah?

466
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Speaker 3: Is it the same prayer every night? Is a different one?

467
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Speaker 7: No, just depending on how I'm feeling what's going on.

468
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Speaker 2: If you were not a football player right now, what

469
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Speaker 2: would you be doing.

470
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Speaker 7: Man, I'm not sure. Probably coaching football.

471
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Speaker 2: Yeah, singular focus. When did you fall in love with

472
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Speaker 2: the game. How how old were you?

473
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Speaker 7: I was probably I say fall in love with it

474
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Speaker 7: maybe senior year of high school. Actually tried to quit

475
00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:34,440
Speaker 7: football my sophomore year high school why to play basketball?

476
00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,800
Speaker 7: Basketball was my main sport mostly growing up.

477
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you miss hoops at all.

478
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Speaker 7: I do. I still play sometimes in the off season,

479
00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,520
Speaker 7: but you know, definitely better. The city has not made going.

480
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Speaker 3: On football, no doubt.

481
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Speaker 2: There have been a lot of great basketball players that

482
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Speaker 2: have played here for the Texans. DeAndre Hopkins he played

483
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Speaker 2: at Clemson for a little bit before just turn into

484
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Speaker 2: football full time.

485
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Speaker 3: Bruce Allington was a receiver. He played at South Carolina.

486
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Speaker 3: Who else on this team currently would round out of

487
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Speaker 3: starting five? You're on it? Of course? Who are the

488
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Speaker 3: other four?

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Speaker 7: I'm gonna have to go George Fenn just because I

490
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Speaker 7: know he played some some basketball in his past.

491
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Speaker 3: He's a big guy.

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Speaker 7: We'll go CJ. CJ's always talking about basketball. After that,

493
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Speaker 7: it's kind of it's kind of a toss up. I

494
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Speaker 7: just guy here first off season, haven't gotten to see

495
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Speaker 7: anybody really move around on the court. So yeah, I

496
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Speaker 7: got a three on three team.

497
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Speaker 3: There you go.

498
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's TBD. Gotta get five? Okay, which would you

499
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Speaker 2: rather if you forced you to do this? I don't

500
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Speaker 2: want to know where you live, but how far away

501
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Speaker 2: do you live.

502
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Speaker 3: From the stadium? Like mileage one?

503
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Speaker 7: Fifteen minutes?

504
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Speaker 3: Fifteen minutes?

505
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Speaker 2: Would you rather have to walk home in one hundred

506
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Speaker 2: and five degree heat or walk home and it's twenty

507
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Speaker 2: eight degrees and snowing?

508
00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,520
Speaker 7: Ooh, twenty eight degrees and snowing?

509
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Speaker 3: All right? Is that because of the New Jersey background.

510
00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,399
Speaker 7: A little bit? Yeah? I just being hot is not

511
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:46,800
Speaker 7: a good thing from me?

512
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I got you.

513
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Speaker 2: The person doesn't matter who it is, where they're from.

514
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Speaker 2: But the person who makes you laugh the most is.

515
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Speaker 7: Who probably my good friend Travon from back home.

516
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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, what's Trayvon do that makes you laugh?

517
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Speaker 7: He's just full of jokes. Everything's posit, everything's a joke

518
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 7: with him. So you know a good guy to talk to.

519
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,720
Speaker 3: The teammate who gets you most amped up.

520
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Speaker 7: Is Jimmy or JG. Really yeah, I said those two

521
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,359
Speaker 7: before the games. They always come with something powerful, getting

522
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Speaker 7: us ready to go, getting us damped up. So I

523
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Speaker 7: say those.

524
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Speaker 3: Two who calms you down the most?

525
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Speaker 7: Rob Rob's a good veteran Presidence, who you know, if

526
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Speaker 7: coaches are getting on us or He's always got a

527
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Speaker 7: voice or reason and something to kind of focus you

528
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Speaker 7: back in, so I said, so.

529
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Speaker 3: Robert Woods, alright. The place you would like to travel

530
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Speaker 3: to most Greece? Greece? Alright.

531
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Speaker 2: Where's the most exotic place you've ever been so far?

532
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Speaker 7: Most exotic place or the.

533
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Speaker 3: Favorite place outside of the States you've been Jamaica.

534
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Speaker 7: I've only been in Jamaica, in Mexico, Costa Rica as well.

535
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Speaker 2: Those are three good ones, all right. First animal you

536
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Speaker 2: would put in the arc.

537
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Speaker 3: Your Noah, of course, so first.

538
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Speaker 7: And my dog, your dog. I got a friends bulldog

539
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Speaker 7: named Gusto's kind of with me.

540
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Speaker 2: Holds Gusto just he's about ten months ten months, okay,

541
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Speaker 2: so he's still a puppy, all right. What does Gusto

542
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Speaker 2: do that makes you love him the most? And what

543
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Speaker 2: does Gusto do right now that kind of makes you

544
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Speaker 2: get a little annoyed?

545
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Speaker 7: I say, love him the most. He's just always around me,

546
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,359
Speaker 7: you know, just up prices because I'm out here in

547
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Speaker 7: Houston by myself right now. So having my daughter there

548
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Speaker 7: is always a plus. I say, wait, does to get

549
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Speaker 7: on my nurse he'll chew up shoes sometimes, or you know,

550
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Speaker 7: you're using the bathroom in the house. He's still a puppy. Yeah,

551
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Speaker 7: so things like that.

552
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Speaker 3: That's always. Yeah, that's that's that's tough. What's the nicest

553
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Speaker 3: pair of shoes he's gotten into.

554
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Speaker 7: He sewed up with a pair of Jordan Forest not

555
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Speaker 7: too long ago. Yeah, it wasn't the best thing to

556
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Speaker 7: come home to.

557
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Speaker 3: Oh man, See, I'm an old man.

558
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Speaker 2: I'm in my forties, and I remember when those camp

559
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,199
Speaker 2: I was like in junior high when those camps, So

560
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Speaker 2: I can understand.

561
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Speaker 3: How cool that is. That's tough.

562
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Speaker 2: Who's your favorite all time retired NFL player?

563
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Speaker 3: Tiki barbera Tikky Barbara.

564
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Speaker 4: How come?

565
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Speaker 7: Growing up in Jersey, Giants are my favorite team and

566
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Speaker 7: he was my favorite player on the team.

567
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Speaker 2: So all right, it's could you bring up New Jersey

568
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Speaker 2: because we're gonna finish with this. We're putting in the

569
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Speaker 2: top five of these Jersey athletes. You gotta rank him.

570
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Speaker 2: You Why did I say it like that?

571
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Speaker 5: You?

572
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Speaker 2: Carl Lewis, the sprinter, Olympian Brian Cushing, former linebacker here

573
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Speaker 2: Bill Parcells. He was an athlete, but he was a

574
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Speaker 2: coach and Tony Soprano.

575
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Speaker 7: We're gonna go in the order you said so, Carl Lewis,

576
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Speaker 7: I believe you said Cushing after that, yep, Bill Parcels

577
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Speaker 7: and then I'm gonna go meet and then I'm gonna.

578
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Speaker 3: Go Tony because Tony's uncle didn't think he was a

579
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Speaker 3: varsity athlete.

580
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Speaker 7: Right.

581
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Speaker 3: RANKINGSAVARSA.

582
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Speaker 2: Okay, well that's a good ranking, Noel Brown, Thank you

583
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Speaker 2: for the time.

584
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Speaker 1: Absolutely very cool Noah Brown.

585
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Speaker 3: He is on a roll.

586
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Speaker 2: Thanks to him for spending some time and getting a

587
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Speaker 2: little weird and talking a little off the field stuff

588
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Speaker 2: with me.

589
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Speaker 6: Appreciate that.

590
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Speaker 3: All right, turn to the page.

591
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Speaker 2: Now, We've talked about it earlier in the podcast, but

592
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Speaker 2: we got to hear from our guy, Cameron Cox. He's

593
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Speaker 2: out in Arizona in Phoenix. He's a sports anchor, really

594
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Speaker 2: good at what he does. He's been doing that for

595
00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 2: the last decade. He has piped in and knows the

596
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 2: Cardinals frontwards and back. He does some other weekly shows

597
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 2: for the franchise that one of them airs after the

598
00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,360
Speaker 2: late News on Sundays. It's kind of a breakdown show

599
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,600
Speaker 2: similar to our Inside the Game, which is a banger

600
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Speaker 2: every week on ABC. Thirteen k Turk. But Cameron is

601
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Speaker 2: also from a task Asta, so it's fun talking with him.

602
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,200
Speaker 2: Here is some of our conversation. Time to go behind

603
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Speaker 2: the enemy sidelines, and this is a special one because

604
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,720
Speaker 2: the Texans are playing the Cardinals and we have Some

605
00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 2: might think a double agent because Cameron Cox is a

606
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Speaker 2: sports anchor at twelve News in Phoenix, but he's from

607
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Speaker 2: a Taskaseda originally, which is just north of Houston. If

608
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Speaker 2: you don't know Htown geography, Cameron, it's good to be

609
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Speaker 2: with you. First and foremost, tell us your connection to

610
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Speaker 2: the Texans. Tell us your thorough connection to the Arizona Cardinals.

611
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Speaker 8: Well, the connections to the Texans is Houston is home.

612
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 8: Htown is my city, first and foremost. We grew up

613
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Speaker 8: my parents grew up going to the Dome watching the

614
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Speaker 8: Oilers or heartbroken when they left never found another team,

615
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Speaker 8: And then when the Texans came along, I didn't miss

616
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Speaker 8: a home game until I went off to college, and

617
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 8: even then tried to come back as much as possible,

618
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 8: always enjoy coming back. My mom is still a season

619
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Speaker 8: ticket holder there through all the down times, no matter what,

620
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Speaker 8: no matter how mad she got, she never ever wavered

621
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Speaker 8: in her faith to the Texans, and so it's been

622
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 8: really cool just to still have that connection to the team.

623
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Speaker 8: We used to take my grandparents to the game before

624
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Speaker 8: they passed away. Just have great memories walking from the

625
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 8: yellow lot all the way up to the upper deck.

626
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Speaker 8: And so that's home. That's home. Washington, Texans is home.

627
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 8: It's always been home. And so it's cool to see

628
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,720
Speaker 8: them kind of rejuvenate that city because when that building

629
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Speaker 8: is rocking, there's just nothing like it in ahe town.

630
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Speaker 6: It's always cool to see.

631
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Speaker 8: And then, yeah, I grew up and I was born

632
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,920
Speaker 8: in sugar Land with the task to see the high

633
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 8: school once they built it, graduated from there and now

634
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,359
Speaker 8: been out in Phoenix for the last ten years, and

635
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 8: so this has.

636
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Speaker 6: Kind of been my second home, home, away from home

637
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 6: and away.

638
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 8: Yeah, we covered the Cardinals, you know, religiously out here

639
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,560
Speaker 8: post the Cardinals show up to Sunday Night football.

640
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,120
Speaker 6: We're with them every day this week.

641
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Speaker 8: In fact, the coordinators are going to talk a little

642
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 8: bit later on today and so kind of like you

643
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 8: guys are full go with the Texans now when the

644
00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 8: Cardinals were rocking, it's the same thing here and now

645
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 8: that Kyler. Murray's back. It just kind of rejuvenates this

646
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,440
Speaker 8: city in a way that it was much needed.

647
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 3: Right and let's start right there.

648
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 2: I mean, you look at the record on paper and

649
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,560
Speaker 2: you know nothing else, you zoom in, it's like, wow, Wow,

650
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 2: this is an easy win. Cardinals are two and eight,

651
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 2: they're not any good. Well, they're coming off their second win,

652
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 2: and like you said, Murray's back and that was just

653
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 2: a shot of adrenaline for that franchise, wasn't it.

654
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,840
Speaker 6: Yeah, they needed it incredibly bad, Drew. It's just been

655
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:27,640
Speaker 6: such a tough year.

656
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 8: They almost felt like a team that was just waiting

657
00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,680
Speaker 8: for their quarterback to get back, waiting for things to

658
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,280
Speaker 8: kind of look somewhat normal. I asked Murray after the game,

659
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Speaker 8: did that feel normal? And he said, without a doubt,

660
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,840
Speaker 8: everything felt fine. It felt great. And even though this

661
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 8: is a new regime and it's a massive turnover for

662
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:47,360
Speaker 8: the Cardinals, from front office, from people behind the scenes,

663
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 8: obviously a new coach, new GM, this is really a

664
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 8: new culture way for the Cardinals. And they spent a

665
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 8: lot of the offseason doing kind of what Demico did,

666
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 8: just re establishing things that work, investing back in people,

667
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 8: kind of, you know, figuring out a way to have

668
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,240
Speaker 8: that tight locker room. It's kind of worked so far,

669
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 8: but then when the product got on the field and

670
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 8: you didn't have a starting quarterback and you moved on

671
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 8: from Colt McCoy in training camp, then you brought in

672
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 8: Josh Dobbs because a rookie fifth round pick out of Houston.

673
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,560
Speaker 6: Clayton Tunty wasn't ready. It was just going to be

674
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 6: this kind of.

675
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,960
Speaker 8: Survival mode until Kyler got back and they were just

676
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,760
Speaker 8: waiting and waiting, and then they had one of the

677
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 8: worst offensive games in team history in Cleveland. Like I'm

678
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 8: talking top two ever in this franchise that goes back

679
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,160
Speaker 8: almost one hundred years, right, And so then Kyler comes

680
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 8: back and all of a sudden you start to see

681
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 8: that magic once again. And then for him to lead

682
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 8: them on a game winning drive, it was like, Okay,

683
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 8: this is the quarterback that was in the MVP conversation

684
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 8: two years ago. This is what this offense can look like.

685
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 8: Now they're kind of all the weapons are in place,

686
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 8: and the biggest thing that I saw is just the smiles.

687
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 8: And you know that when a team starts winning again,

688
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 8: you start to see the reaction from people and the

689
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 8: belief in people, and when teams start to believe that

690
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,640
Speaker 8: the expectation wasn't there yet, anything can happen. That's what

691
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,960
Speaker 8: happened with the Texans right now. They're believing in when

692
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 8: Demiko's throwing down, that's the best thing. And now that

693
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,560
Speaker 8: Kyler's back, you just see in that believe I'm real

694
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 8: interested to see what type of team we see on

695
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:13,000
Speaker 8: Sunday against the Texas.

696
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 3: Yeah.

697
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 2: You know, you look at the box score from that

698
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 2: Cardinals game last weekend and you see some explosion that

699
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 2: I don't know if it's been.

700
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,640
Speaker 3: There this earlier in the season, but it was clearly there.

701
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:25,360
Speaker 2: On Sunday, you get Trey McBride with a thirty three

702
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 2: yard or another twenty eight yarder, and then you mix

703
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 2: in Marquise Brown with a twenty eight yarder. Michael Wilson,

704
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 2: a rookie out of Stanford. That's a guy who was

705
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 2: a really intriguing in the pre draft process, intriguing pick.

706
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,320
Speaker 2: He was very, very highly rated by the PFF guys,

707
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 2: and he was sort of like an outlier in that regard. Well,

708
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 2: you see now I guess to a degree why he

709
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 2: was so highly rated he's chiming in and making some

710
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 2: things happen. It looks like from afar you can inform

711
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 2: us better on that. But it's a nice array of weapons,

712
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 2: you think for for Kyler Murray, isn't it?

713
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:56,000
Speaker 4: Yeah?

714
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Speaker 8: And the best part is when you looked at like

715
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,840
Speaker 8: the route chart and where guys were moving too. The

716
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 8: one plan I had about Cliff Kingsbury when he was

717
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 8: here last year is, you know, he ran that traditional

718
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 8: spread offense and guys are kind of set in that

719
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 8: offense where they're going. You know, the ex receiver doesn't

720
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 8: go on the other side because he's mainly on this

721
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 8: on the one on the left side in the spread offense.

722
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 8: What Drew Petsing, the offensive coordinator for the Cardinals, first

723
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,719
Speaker 8: year play caller, came over from Cleveland. What he has

724
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 8: done a really good job is mixing everything up. Murray,

725
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 8: who I thought was going to be under center more,

726
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 8: was still in the shotgun about eighty percent of the time.

727
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 8: I thought it was going to be more fifty to fifty,

728
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 8: But clearly they're trying to tailor to what he's kind

729
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 8: of used to doing. I think they would like to

730
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 8: get that number closer to about sixty under center. Murray

731
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 8: did great, by the way, doing that. He's never done

732
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,239
Speaker 8: that really a lot in his career and really call

733
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 8: him places in the huddle. Never done that a lot

734
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 8: in his career most of the time, and so it

735
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 8: was cool to see him adapt to this new stole.

736
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 8: But what Drew does a good job is throwing a

737
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 8: lot at you, like guys are just moving all over

738
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 8: the field. Trey lines up on this side, then the

739
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 8: next play he's over year Hollywood kind of the same thing.

740
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 8: They don't show you a lot of the same looks twice.

741
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 8: They don't have a problem running the same play twice,

742
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 8: but it's usually gonna hit you from a different angle.

743
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,160
Speaker 8: You saw that with the tush push too as well,

744
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 8: that everybody likes to run. All of a sudden, they

745
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 8: take Murray out, which I thought was a great decision.

746
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 8: They bring in Clayton tune to kind of fall in

747
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 8: that pile right. Well, the first time they run that

748
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 8: toush push, Clayton options it away. The second time he

749
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 8: dives in for the touchdown. And so the creativity with

750
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 8: this offense been really good to see, mixing it around.

751
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 8: Trade McBride's second year tight end really struggled last year.

752
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 8: I'm telling you this, He's the starter no matter when

753
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 8: Zach Ertz gets healthy, regardless, like they're gonna give Tray

754
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 8: all those reps. And Michael Wilson, you brought him up.

755
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 8: The big knock on him was he just couldn't stay

756
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 8: healthy at Stanford. He missed like seventy percent of his games.

757
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 8: But they saw him work out at the Senior Bowl

758
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 8: and that guy ran routes with the best of him

759
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 8: like he was unbelievable to see him cut.

760
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 6: And so now look at what he's been able to do.

761
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 6: He's just healthy and he's the receiver they thought he

762
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 6: was early on.

763
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 2: Hey, and he hasn't gotten the ball like a traditional

764
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 2: running back, like a workhorse running back has. But James

765
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,120
Speaker 2: Connor's it's good for five point two yards per carry.

766
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 2: He had a nice game yesterday when he got for Sunday,

767
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:10,959
Speaker 2: when he got the ball. What are you seeing out

768
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 2: of Connor? He missed that but about a month of

769
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 2: action with an injury. But James Connor looks to be

770
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 2: like a solid, solid running back for you.

771
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 8: That was the best part about this past Sunday is

772
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 8: all of a sudden things just started to align. You

773
00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 8: got Kyler Murray back too as well. Sure they're banged

774
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:26,960
Speaker 8: up on the offensive line. That's going to be interesting

775
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 8: too if they're down two starters this week. But they

776
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 8: want to run the football. That's like the main thing

777
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 8: they want to do. And that's going to help set

778
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 8: up a lot in the passing game for Murray. Like

779
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,479
Speaker 8: all teams do, but they really want to run the football.

780
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 8: You saw that early on in the year when James

781
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,480
Speaker 8: was healthy, like it it was a good fifty to fifty.

782
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,720
Speaker 8: It wasn't quite that way this week. Like he said,

783
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 8: they're banged up on the old line and just not

784
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 8: able to kind of get that going. But James before

785
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 8: he went down with injury, he was number two in

786
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 8: the NFL in yards per carry. I mean, there's a

787
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 8: reason he likes to pound that rock. And so when

788
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 8: he's out there, when he's healthy and that offense line

789
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 8: could move some folks. That's that more balance attack this

790
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 8: Cardinals offense is looking for. It was good to have

791
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 8: James back out there too as well. He had some

792
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 8: hard runs like you know, drew those runs you don't

793
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 8: get credit for, like those three four yard runs that

794
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 8: kind of you know, just set offenses up in good position.

795
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:17,359
Speaker 6: He had a lot of those throughout the game.

796
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 8: So on the statue, it's not like, oh James didn't

797
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,319
Speaker 8: have the best numbers, but he had some massive runs.

798
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,839
Speaker 8: I thought just gave them a chance to Breathe gave

799
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 8: them a chance to pick up some positive yards and

800
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 8: then allowed Murray to get that thing really going.

801
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 2: All right, We've heard a lot of great things about

802
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,319
Speaker 2: the Cardinals in this short interview we've had so far,

803
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,279
Speaker 2: But you just brought up the offensive lineman. Is that

804
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,720
Speaker 2: maybe the biggest area for concern, don't want to say weakness,

805
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 2: but area for concern, area that the Texans might be

806
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 2: able to exploit defensively or is there something else that

807
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 2: might might stand out even more too?

808
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:48,320
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think so.

809
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 8: Like that's the and the Texans have done a really

810
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 8: good job, as you know, rushing the quarterback lately. You

811
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 8: saw that against the Bengals last week. I mean that

812
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 8: d line is just getting after folks. That's the that's

813
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 8: the concern moving forward. And that's been kind of them

814
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,279
Speaker 8: with Murray his entire career. Like when he's upright, and

815
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 8: you know, people think Kyler likes to run a lot

816
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,400
Speaker 8: of the times because you see a lot of plays

817
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,320
Speaker 8: with his feet. Think Kyler gets enough credit for truly

818
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 8: just hanging in the pocket. He'll hang there and he'll

819
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 8: deliver the ball downfield. He don't mind taking a hit.

820
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,080
Speaker 8: Does he like to get hit? No, I'm not sure

821
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,800
Speaker 8: a lot of quarterbacks like to get hit in general.

822
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 8: But he'll hang there and take a hit. But the numbers,

823
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 8: it's crazy, are drastically different. You saw that too on

824
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 8: Sunday this past Sunday.

825
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:27,799
Speaker 6: Too as well.

826
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,799
Speaker 8: Like when Murray has time and he's able to kind

827
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 8: of sit in that pocket just a little bit and

828
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 8: deliver it doesnre'd be a lot of time, but just

829
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 8: a little bit, he can deliver the ball down the field.

830
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 8: And when he's got guys in his face and he

831
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 8: gets pressured, the numbers they drop off a cliff. And

832
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 8: that's been kind of the his entire career is like

833
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,320
Speaker 8: he's got time, he's gonna be able to deliver the

834
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 8: ball down the field, but if not, and guys are

835
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,759
Speaker 8: just all over him and he doesn't really have any

836
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:51,320
Speaker 8: lanes to go.

837
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 6: Plus he can't find anybody downfield.

838
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 8: Like that's where he struggles, and that's where this offense

839
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,440
Speaker 8: struggles too as well, and that was kind of the

840
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 8: same thing we saw this past Sunday. They could be

841
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 8: two starters. They're left tackle DJ Humphries, Pro Bowl guy,

842
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 8: did not play last week. Kelvin Beacham, the backup kind

843
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,920
Speaker 8: of swing tackle who really was their best offensive lineman

844
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 8: last year. Because they drafted Paris Johnson junior this year,

845
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,759
Speaker 8: who's playing Beacham is now that swing guy.

846
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 6: He's not in the lineup anymore, but he filled in

847
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 6: for DJ. I thought did a good job.

848
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 8: So it's interesting to see if they'll have him at

849
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,479
Speaker 8: back out there again or if they'll be down another

850
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 8: right guard wilheard And has banged up too as well.

851
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,720
Speaker 6: Left guard has just been who's ever healthy?

852
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 8: The next offensive line kind of been thrown in there,

853
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 8: so it's definitely the concern I think moving forward is

854
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 8: the offensive line, just because they want to run the football,

855
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 8: and it's tough when you've got guys rotating in and out.

856
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,360
Speaker 2: All right, defensively, they're twenty eighth in the NFL in

857
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 2: points per game allowed, but because on the other side

858
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,879
Speaker 2: of the ball, you've had guys not named Kyler Murray

859
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 2: playing quarterback and that changes the calculus of the entire

860
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 2: equation for the defense. So with Murray back, what did

861
00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 2: you see helping the defense, helping the other side of

862
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 2: the ball that you know, maybe wasn't going their way

863
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:05,399
Speaker 2: through the first stretch of the season without Murray.

864
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 8: Well, dude, the biggest thing with the defense is they're

865
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 8: just underfunded and they got a lot of guys who

866
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 8: moving forward that probably aren't going to be there, and

867
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 8: they need some new pieces to as well. Like that's

868
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,280
Speaker 8: the one area that probably the new g of Montiosa

869
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,799
Speaker 8: Ford is really good to address moving forward. I think

870
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,919
Speaker 8: they're the lowest paid defense in the league, and it's

871
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 8: like it's like by a long shot. Yeah, obviously you

872
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 8: have Buddha Baker back there, but you got guys, you know,

873
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,879
Speaker 8: you know, rookie guys starting at cornerback. You got another

874
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 8: good safety in Jalen Thompson. You know, you have experience

875
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,720
Speaker 8: and linebacker. But then you don't have a lot of experience.

876
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 8: You got guys. You just tried to move different places

877
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 8: to rush the passer. Not a lot of big names

878
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 8: rushing the passer. Names, I guarantee you most fans couldn't

879
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 8: even rattle off or even think of up front on

880
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 8: the D line has been a mixed match of guys.

881
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 6: They've played well, but they're extremely thin at d lin.

882
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:54,759
Speaker 8: They had another D line mean get hurt last week,

883
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,840
Speaker 8: so it's probably going to sign another guy off the

884
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 8: street at some point just to get after it.

885
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,760
Speaker 6: So they're just incredibly thin on defense.

886
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 8: I've seen a bunch of injuries and that's just the

887
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 8: case when it comes to Now, what Murray brings is

888
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,959
Speaker 8: that belief and so he's able to put those drives together.

889
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 8: When he's able to keep that defense off the field,

890
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,399
Speaker 8: they can play well. They can play well. I think

891
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 8: they can hang with Houston. But if like there's an

892
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 8: area to attack, it's that defense. It's just because they

893
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,440
Speaker 8: just don't have the horses to keep up, I think.

894
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 8: And that's something they'll address moving forward. But it's just

895
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 8: something that they've struggled with so far.

896
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's something you're familiar with as a Texans fan.

897
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 2: You go back to twenty seventeen Deshaun Watson's rookie year

898
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 2: he leaves and that that whole team goes off a cliff.

899
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,320
Speaker 2: You're at five hundred maybe a game under, and he

900
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 2: was starting to with send in the defense with Anyways,

901
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 2: re veering off course, Hey, one of our favorite he

902
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 2: wasn't here long. Well, one of our favorite all time

903
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:50,319
Speaker 2: Texans is defensive lineman Roy Lopez. Didn't make it here

904
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 2: this season, but now he's in Arizona, he's back home

905
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,320
Speaker 2: and he's from the Phoenix area.

906
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:56,279
Speaker 3: What have you seen out of Roy?

907
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,680
Speaker 2: And I know you don't always focus on the interior

908
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 2: defensive lineman too much, but he was a fan favorite

909
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 2: around here and it was one of our favorites as

910
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:03,880
Speaker 2: well here in the building.

911
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 8: Man, the Lopez family been one of my favorites for

912
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 8: a long time. His dad, Roy Lopez Senior, been a

913
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 8: long time Valley coach here coaching a bunch of different

914
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 8: spots and we do a big high school football so

915
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 8: so we've known mister Lopez for a long time. It's

916
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 8: what I still call him too as well. It's it's

917
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,799
Speaker 8: been great to see that fa when I see him.

918
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 3: So as well.

919
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 6: You know, it's crazy.

920
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 8: I'll never forget when when Roy played for the Texans,

921
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 8: they played out here. His family had this massive tailgame,

922
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 8: so I had to stop by, had to see what

923
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,279
Speaker 8: it was about. They had about fifty people there and

924
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 8: they partied up until kickoff and then partied after the

925
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 8: game too as well. The family could not be nice.

926
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 8: I remember talking with Roy at his camps before the draft.

927
00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 8: He comes back every year and does a lot for kids,

928
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,560
Speaker 8: so it's really cool to see and saw him in

929
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:55,359
Speaker 8: the locker, just gave a big hug. Well, welcome home,

930
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 8: because it's this is home for him and it's his family.

931
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,040
Speaker 8: Was super excited for him to get another opportunity. I

932
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 8: really thought it would have worked out with the Texans,

933
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 8: but sometime the business gets in a way, just is

934
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,400
Speaker 8: what it is. But he's fitting great with that d

935
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 8: line because they've needed somebody like they've needed somebody with

936
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 8: just his motor. You know that that dude just doesn't

937
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,439
Speaker 8: kind of stop at times, and so he's been able

938
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,359
Speaker 8: to get after the quarterback. He's been able to make

939
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 8: an impact. He'll get i think half the snaps most

940
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:21,800
Speaker 8: of the time during the game when they rotate d

941
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 8: lineman out. So it's been really good to see he's

942
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 8: fitting well because they needed somebody with his type of experience.

943
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 8: And the best part is is, you know, towards his

944
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,840
Speaker 8: time with his Texans wasn't healthy. Now he's healthy, so

945
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:33,960
Speaker 8: that's just.

946
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:34,319
Speaker 6: A good thing.

947
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 8: He's healthy now and he's going to get the opportunity

948
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 8: to play. He's done a really good job.

949
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 3: He's somebody we always wish the best for.

950
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,880
Speaker 2: I was interviewing him one on one back in September

951
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 2: or so a year ago, and he kind of casually

952
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:47,839
Speaker 2: this was like one of those goofy interviews I was doing,

953
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 2: and he just sort of casually mentioned, yeah, I work

954
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 2: out in the offseason at Malik Collins's boxing gym in Arizona.

955
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:59,400
Speaker 3: What And so I happen to see Malik a few

956
00:40:59,480 --> 00:40:59,879
Speaker 3: days later.

957
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 2: I was walking over to practice with him and he

958
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:04,720
Speaker 2: he talked about it, and as I'm as I'm splitting

959
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 2: to go watch and he's gonna go practice, he just

960
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,399
Speaker 2: kind of casually says, no, Yeah, the best part about

961
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 2: it is most of our our people that we train

962
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,839
Speaker 2: or Parkinson's patients, and so I would we went out

963
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 2: and did that fun story, and you know, I've talked

964
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:20,439
Speaker 2: about it off camera, and I know you're probably gonna

965
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 2: go out there sometime soon and talk with Marty Barrett

966
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 2: as well. But wouldn't have happened if if Roy had

967
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 2: to let that slip and let that slide and it

968
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 2: was awesome. So thank you Roy Lopez, if you're listening,

969
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:31,400
Speaker 2: I appreciate everything you do.

970
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,120
Speaker 6: Right, so cool. He gives a lot back to the

971
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 6: community here too.

972
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, huge, And I mean it's like you said,

973
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,640
Speaker 2: he's a giant. He was a giant you know in

974
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 2: high school football. He was a hell of a wrestler.

975
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 8: People forget that, like he was an erasing wrestler. Yeah,

976
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,759
Speaker 8: I toke mt a ww the dance paid off better.

977
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 3: Hey, there's still time, there's always all right, let's veer off.

978
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,919
Speaker 3: Let's uh, let's talk about who you are? Man. Okay,

979
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,120
Speaker 3: favorite all time Texans are a.

980
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 6: Favorite all time Texans. Andre Johnson is is.

981
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 8: I still had the very first jersey when they put

982
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 8: it on the shelf this team store waiting right after

983
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:12,920
Speaker 8: he was drafted. The next day, I was like, Dad,

984
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 8: we gotta go get it's white. It's somewhat faded, the

985
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 8: numbers are peeling off a little bit, but still Andre

986
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:22,720
Speaker 8: Johnson was my one of my all time favorite Texans.

987
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 3: Is what's your favorite what's your favorite Andre Johnson game?

988
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,279
Speaker 8: Gosh, one that comes to mind Jacksonville the game winner

989
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 8: and Jackson against Jacksonville here at home.

990
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 6: It just seemed like he had. It didn't matter. He

991
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 6: would always find a way.

992
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,760
Speaker 8: And what I remember the most is anytime he scored,

993
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 8: just watching the people and like listen to the stadium.

994
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,439
Speaker 6: I just that echo still rings in my ear.

995
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:46,800
Speaker 8: Billy Miller was one of my favorites just because that

996
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:50,719
Speaker 8: was the first touchdown Y and I just remember looking

997
00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,280
Speaker 8: up at my grandpa, my dad. They were so excited

998
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 8: at football. I was kind of a young kid at

999
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,839
Speaker 8: the time, learning and it was just cool to see.

1000
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:01,240
Speaker 8: I just will never forget that moment. Sitting in the stadium.

1001
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 8: You thought they just knocked the Cowboys out and here

1002
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 8: we go. So I thought that was pretty cool. Jonathan

1003
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 8: Joseph was always one of my favorite Texans. The leadership

1004
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 8: he brought over the years. It's cool to see him

1005
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:14,480
Speaker 8: be just as involved today too as well.

1006
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 3: Probably the greatest. He's probably the greatest free agent signing

1007
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 3: the texts.

1008
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:20,440
Speaker 8: Yeah and man, the leadership he brought to that defense

1009
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 8: was just unbelievable to see over the years. To Miko,

1010
00:43:23,719 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 8: I just remember him beating that cool, calm guy in

1011
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:26,399
Speaker 8: the middle.

1012
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 6: It was a no brainer.

1013
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 8: When he was up and the Texas needed a coach,

1014
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 8: it was like that's the guy. And then to see

1015
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,879
Speaker 8: that reaction like when he was hired, and I thought

1016
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:36,840
Speaker 8: it was really cool. I wish the Cardinals at some

1017
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 8: point would have that feeling and like have that moment

1018
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 8: because to see him get hired and then to see

1019
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 8: that wall of like other Texans show up, like that's

1020
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:49,480
Speaker 8: a powerful image for any franchise. And I think fans

1021
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:51,279
Speaker 8: noticed that too as well, because those are guys like

1022
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 8: the community is connected with over the years, and to

1023
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,360
Speaker 8: see them so excited that he was going to be

1024
00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 8: there was just unbelievable to see. And there's no it's

1025
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 8: obvious why he's having success because he started with the

1026
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 8: family and investing in people and building relationships and the

1027
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 8: dbacks managatory level always talks about that, like we're gonna

1028
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 8: build people first, We're gonna build relationships and the wins

1029
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 8: will come. Look, they just ended up in the World

1030
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:16,480
Speaker 8: Series two as well, and that's what Demiko's doing.

1031
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 3: Uh.

1032
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 6: And then of course JJ. And then when JJ was

1033
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:20,280
Speaker 6: here it was even.

1034
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 3: Cool to me and the person that had to be

1035
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,560
Speaker 3: weird man like it was weird because just like in

1036
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 3: a good.

1037
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:27,919
Speaker 6: Way, in a good way.

1038
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:31,719
Speaker 8: But there are two things that I that I really

1039
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 8: got to in my career due because I thought it

1040
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 8: was important to do one.

1041
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,879
Speaker 6: When JJ got here, we got to do the first

1042
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:39,720
Speaker 6: interview with him. It was really cool. But then afterwards,

1043
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:41,320
Speaker 6: I was like, hey man, just want to let you know,

1044
00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 6: thank you for everything you did. Phrase down it was.

1045
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 6: That was just cool to see.

1046
00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 8: And then I get to meet Bob McNair before he

1047
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 8: passed away here at the owner's meeting. He was just

1048
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 8: walking by and I real quick probably you know, his

1049
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:55,320
Speaker 8: wife was with him too. This was years ago, but

1050
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:56,759
Speaker 8: I just got to tell him, thank you, hey man,

1051
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 8: thank you for bringing football back to Houston. And so

1052
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 8: those were two cool moments where it's just like they

1053
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:03,320
Speaker 8: didn't need to hear it. They probably don't even remember

1054
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 8: hearing it, but it was just like, hey man, what

1055
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 8: they did for our city. I don't think they can

1056
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 8: never be top because I.

1057
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 2: Guarantee you, Bob menair love you saying that to him.

1058
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 2: You know you say, I bet if you if you'd

1059
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 2: have brought that back up to him later, he probably

1060
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:17,440
Speaker 2: would have like I remember that.

1061
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:17,719
Speaker 1: You know.

1062
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 2: He he loved hearing that because he was that was

1063
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 2: like one of the things he was proud oft of

1064
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 2: was getting football back here and again.

1065
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:26,080
Speaker 3: So yeah, that's cool that you got to do that

1066
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 3: and see that to him.

1067
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:28,160
Speaker 7: Yeah, it was.

1068
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 8: It was those two things I'll always remember just because

1069
00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 8: the impact is just incredible, the memories that you know,

1070
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:36,240
Speaker 8: we've all had it at NRG.

1071
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 6: And then it's just believe believe.

1072
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:42,319
Speaker 2: All right, Well, tell the folks what you got coming

1073
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,600
Speaker 2: up this week? Your Twitter handle, your your social media,

1074
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 2: all that stuff. Let's make it the Cameron Cox Hour

1075
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 2: right here. What's what's going on with you?

1076
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 3: Man? What do you have coming up?

1077
00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:55,719
Speaker 8: Cam Cox twelve on Twitter and Instagram, Cameron Cox on Facebook.

1078
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:57,920
Speaker 6: Uh, this week, we'll be heading out to Houston.

1079
00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 8: We'll be out there Saturday night and then Sunday night

1080
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,240
Speaker 8: we'll do all our shows from NRG.

1081
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,640
Speaker 6: After the game, be ready to roll.

1082
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:04,879
Speaker 7: Hope.

1083
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,239
Speaker 8: This is a game that I'm incredibly looking forward to,

1084
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 8: Like I see if the Cardinals kind of can keep

1085
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 8: this going in a way, the Texans are hot, So

1086
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,600
Speaker 8: no way am I picking the Cardinals early on in

1087
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:18,279
Speaker 8: this one. Like the Texans just seemed to have it

1088
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 8: rolling CJ in that office has been a cool surprise

1089
00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:24,360
Speaker 8: in the NFL, and I think people are finally taking

1090
00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,800
Speaker 8: notice of what Demco and his leadership can do for

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Speaker 8: a team. So I think this is their first major test.

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Speaker 8: Like it's it worked last week. Falcons aren't very good,

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Speaker 8: Cardinals haven't been very good up until that point. I

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Speaker 8: just want to see what they can do, I think

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Speaker 8: against a good football team like the Texans.

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Speaker 2: Okay, and very importantly, what are you eating while you're here?

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Speaker 2: Is it homemade stuff?

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Speaker 3: Are you going out? Is it a mixture of both

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Speaker 3: of us?

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Speaker 8: Well, got to stop by mom's house because Mom's cooking

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Speaker 8: is always top notch, and then got popasitos meos. Mexican

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Speaker 8: food in Houston doesn't compare. They think they do Mexican

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Speaker 8: food well out of here in Phoenix not so much.

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Speaker 8: And they've got to go to Shipley's.

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Speaker 6: Another thing. They think you donuts here and they just don't.

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Speaker 6: They just don't. And it's Shipley's with an S. I

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Speaker 6: know there's not an S, but there's an S.

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Speaker 2: Cameron Cox, it is awesome to be with you. Thanks

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Speaker 2: so much for the time. Hope we get to hang

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Speaker 2: out and chat while you're here. But you take care

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Speaker 2: of and we'll see you soon.

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Speaker 6: Okay, Thanks, you appreciate the time.

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Speaker 1: Buddy, good to talk.

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Speaker 2: With Cameron, thanks so much the time. Hope he gets

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Speaker 2: that Shipley visit in and papasitos and good home.

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Speaker 3: Cooking with his mother.

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Speaker 2: To all of you out there, we hope you are

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Speaker 2: doing well, having fun and enjoying this podcast and join

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Speaker 2: this awesome textan season. I know I am just another

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Speaker 2: more fun for me. All right, all right, we'll see

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