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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program. It has been

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Speaker 1: an eventful week of shows in the morning eight to

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Speaker 1: ten AM on Sports Radio six ten and the Texans

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Speaker 1: app and of course every night at six as you're

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Speaker 1: listening right now on Texans All Access and by the way,

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Speaker 1: Sports Radio six ten is a special show on Saturday

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Speaker 1: night from the evening practice of the Texans seven to

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Speaker 1: nine PM. Wanted to turn your attention to that, but

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Speaker 1: right now, let's turn your attention to this Nick as Sarrio,

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Speaker 1: who visited with us this morning. There was plenty going on.

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Speaker 1: Johnny and I took an early stab look a way

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Speaker 1: to early stab at the fifty three man roster, just

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Speaker 1: elements of it, and we thought, you know what, let's

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Speaker 1: just ask the general manager himself about the fifty three

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Speaker 1: man roster. Nikos Sarrio's here, he'll answer this question. Oh,

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Speaker 1: he'll definitely. This will be so easy. This is gonna

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Speaker 1: be so awesome to start the show. People, right out

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Speaker 1: of the gates, Right out of the gate, Nick, what

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Speaker 1: is your fifty three man roster today? I don't answer questions.

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Speaker 1: I'm not good at answering questions. I mean, that's a

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Speaker 1: tough you know, we're going over every year. We try

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Speaker 1: to project these things, and you mentioned you have this

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Speaker 1: contest with six ten how many transactions you might have

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Speaker 1: in the time of year right where we are right

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Speaker 1: now leading up to opening day, but predicting to fifty

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Speaker 1: three man rosters like the mc DOUAA tournament prediction, like,

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Speaker 1: no one's ever going to get it right because waiver

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Speaker 1: wire stuff and injuries or whatever else is going to happen. Right. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: you have to stay flexible. Really, you have to work

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Speaker 1: yourself through training camp and you're going to get more

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Speaker 1: information along the way each step of the way. So

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Speaker 1: this week we got more information than we had last week.

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Speaker 1: So next week is another opportunity for us, a transition

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Speaker 1: into a game mode, and then we're actually going to

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Speaker 1: go out there and play. And what you might find

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Speaker 1: sometimes is based on practice, based on repetitions. A guy

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Speaker 1: for himself. So then you have to evaluate in totality,

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Speaker 1: and you can't just base it on one single thing.

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Speaker 1: So again you're looking at everything comprehensively from start to finish,

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Speaker 1: and again you have to balance off both short term

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Speaker 1: are and then also look ahead a little bit relative

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Speaker 1: to the overall construction of the team. So it's a

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Speaker 1: delicate balance and the only way to do it is

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Speaker 1: just make good decisions and have constant communication, make sure

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Speaker 1: everybody understands the why behind it. Nick, we were just

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Speaker 1: talking about the waiver wire. Sitting three on the waiver wire.

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Speaker 1: How important is that? Kind of is a story. Nobody's

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Speaker 1: really talked about having that third spot in the waiver

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Speaker 1: of the guys that get cut in that process from

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Speaker 1: How important is that waiver process? Yeah, it gives you

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Speaker 1: some flexibility. Again, you have to go through and if

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Speaker 1: you're going to claim a player, there has to be

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Speaker 1: a specific reason why you're doing it. So is it

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Speaker 1: little bits you can evaluate and maybe ends up on

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Speaker 1: a practice squad. So again, just because you claim a

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Speaker 1: a team and he's gonna play. There might be something

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Speaker 1: else or another reason that dictates why you make that decision.

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Speaker 1: But to your question, John, I mean it just gives

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Speaker 1: there's a chance, a good chance you'll lind up with

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Speaker 1: the player. Last time you were on, we asked you

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Speaker 1: what you're writing down in your notepad. Well, we had

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Speaker 1: three consecutive days and pads here Nick and David Kelley

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Speaker 1: talks about whoever makes a play, it's always good for

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Speaker 1: the Texans and iron sharpening, iron and all of that.

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Speaker 1: But what did you make of what you saw here

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Speaker 1: execution is something that we can improve. We've talked to

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Speaker 1: And I would say, in our particular case, some areas

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Speaker 1: we can certainly improve pre snap penalties and turnovers on

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Speaker 1: So I would say things that you can control. Again,

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Speaker 1: find somebody else that can do it. Nick, with the rookies,

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Speaker 1: come to camp. Everything's new. I don't know what expectations

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Speaker 1: How is this rookie class meeting any expectation that you

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Speaker 1: got to come around, and they will. Their rookies will

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Speaker 1: it's a good question. The reality is everything is new.

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Speaker 1: an individual basis, and we have to try to educate them.

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Speaker 1: where I should be. But again, with any player, you're

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Speaker 1: looking for just consistency of performance day to day understanding

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Speaker 1: But can you self correct? Can you make improvements? Can

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Speaker 1: think sometimes expectation is kind of a tricky word because

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Speaker 1: the expectations externally might be different than what your expectations

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Speaker 1: So how is the exchange rate between the value of

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Speaker 1: their respective teams. They're going to be some players that

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Speaker 1: And again it's in totality. You're taking everything top to bottom.

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Speaker 1: Versatility is the word we've talked about a lot, and

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Speaker 1: obviously the NFL forty six man roster, game day roster. Hey,

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Speaker 1: How important does that get factored in with this particular

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Speaker 1: you have to create that competition. You have to be purposeful,

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Speaker 1: the opportunity that they can be successful. Nick, give us

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Speaker 1: a taste of where we are right now in camp.

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Speaker 1: Lighter practice today, night practice tomorrow. Is that a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a ddress rehearsal body clockwise if nothing else

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Speaker 1: for the first preseason game and then next week game week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'd say it's just kind of the flow of the week.

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Speaker 1: here and we're going a walk through. Again, you can

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Speaker 1: since I was in college, since the Internet started. Whatever.

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Speaker 1: You are that person for a lot of people you

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Speaker 1: laugh for not job. I've been doing it a long time.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes age as its advantages, and but thank you very much, John,

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Speaker 1: That's what I'm hoping. Age has its advantages. I hope

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Speaker 1: so many. Aren't you gonna agree about you? Of course? Well,

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Speaker 1: when Mark turns thirty, you know you know, John silverarejo

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Speaker 1: any nine longer than anybody? I know? Exactly? Exactly general?

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Speaker 1: Last night the Hall of Fame game with the Steelers

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Speaker 1: of Cowboys. Couldn't really care less about the actual game itself,

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Speaker 1: but with Hall of Fame festivities, are you gonna end

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Speaker 1: up going? Are you going this weekend to the induction?

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Speaker 1: I am not. And last night I was watching Astros

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Speaker 1: stink it up in a game against the Twins, getting

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Speaker 1: hammered by one of the worst teams in baseball, and

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Speaker 1: I switched ever once in a while, but once I

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Speaker 1: saw Mason Rudolph's humble. I think the first play, I said,

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Speaker 1: I'll see my first preseason game next week. And and

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Speaker 1: for a team like the Texans with so many new players,

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Speaker 1: especially all the veterans, preseason games are so important and

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Speaker 1: with all the new coaches. So that's why I can't wait.

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Speaker 1: This time next week, we'll be on our way to

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Speaker 1: Green Bay, and I can't wait. Yeah, we need to

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Speaker 1: see them against another team, because going against themselves an

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Speaker 1: iron sharpening iron. Look the defense, it feels like they

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Speaker 1: know what's coming in some ways, and Vernon Hargraves told

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Speaker 1: me as such. You know that you get to know

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Speaker 1: the patterns of the receivers after a while, you get

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Speaker 1: to know their little moves and their mannerisms and their tells.

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Speaker 1: And it's probably good for the offense to hear this

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Speaker 1: from the defense so they can try to improve that

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Speaker 1: and change that up. But I thought the defense had

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Speaker 1: some moments yesterday again John, but still with the first

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Speaker 1: team offense led by Trod Taylor, I'm optimistic that they'll

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Speaker 1: be able to run the football and do some play

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Speaker 1: action and he can make some things happen the way

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Speaker 1: he has been doing in this league. When he's been

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Speaker 1: with successful teams. That's a great way to put it,

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Speaker 1: because they are going to run the ball more and

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Speaker 1: he can't see that out here because they don't kill

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Speaker 1: the running backs and he doesn't run over people. Although

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Speaker 1: yesterday an interesting case. Neville linebackers started sixteen games for

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Speaker 1: the Jets, led them in tackles, running with a second group.

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Speaker 1: He had been with the Jets. He spent his whole

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Speaker 1: career in AFCAS. Here's Rex Burkhead outside last four years

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Speaker 1: with the Patriots. You know, at some point Hewitt was

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Speaker 1: hitting him. Yeah, Hugh had hit him harder than anybody's

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Speaker 1: been hit at practice, and I thought, man, they thought

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Speaker 1: they're back in the AFC East. And so we'll see

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Speaker 1: all that next week. And but right now, it's fun

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Speaker 1: to watch the offense when Taylor's there. It's fun to

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Speaker 1: watch Davis Mills. He's been so much better. I'll tell you,

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Speaker 1: tells you a lot about him. How he rebounded from

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Speaker 1: that Saturday performance, because he got a lot of criticism

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Speaker 1: across the board, and he's human, he knows it, his

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Speaker 1: family knows it. They keep up and he's bounced back

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Speaker 1: big time this week. And that to me is a

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Speaker 1: big step for him early in his learning process. John,

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Speaker 1: this rookie clients take Davis is the side when I

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Speaker 1: asked this of Nick a little bit later about expectations

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Speaker 1: for rookies. Obviously, previous coach here didn't have a lot

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Speaker 1: of expectations of rookies at all, and maybe that short

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Speaker 1: change some of the young guys getting opportunities early. But

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Speaker 1: this rookie class, John, I leave practice every day and

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Speaker 1: somebody will say, hey, what happened? And the first names

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Speaker 1: that pop into my head are Roy Lopez, Garrett Wallo,

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Speaker 1: Nico Collins, you know, Brevin Jordan's. The rookies are popping

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Speaker 1: in my head. Are they doing the same for you?

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Speaker 1: What have you thought this far the rookie class twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty one? Well, I don't expect an immediate contribution because

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Speaker 1: there's so much competition. Like Roy Lopez, Roy Lopez six

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Speaker 1: two three eighteen. They like him. He's gonna play over

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Speaker 1: the center nose in a four man front, but he's

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Speaker 1: got a lot of guys around him. And so if

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Speaker 1: they hadn't signed so many veterans or they had more

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Speaker 1: guys back, I think he'd have a better chance to

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Speaker 1: get playing time, Garrett Wallos, same thing. They got a

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Speaker 1: lot of linebackers, and but if you look over at

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Speaker 1: Nico Collins, he's the one you'd like to see them

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Speaker 1: get the biggest contribution from because he just looks the

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Speaker 1: part of a big time receiver. And Brevin Jordan. There's

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Speaker 1: a lot of competition at tight end. Are they gonna

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Speaker 1: keep four tight ends? They have so many players in

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Speaker 1: other positions? Can they have ford to keep four tight ends?

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Speaker 1: In these three preseason games will determine that. Let's get

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Speaker 1: back to the d line for a moment, because I

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Speaker 1: think it's the toughest cut on the team. There's no

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Speaker 1: doubt in my mind. I'm gonna read you some names

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Speaker 1: here and you just you don't have to stop me,

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Speaker 1: But just think about these names as we roll through,

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Speaker 1: and think about are you gonna keep eight, nine, ten

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Speaker 1: of these guys in this fourth may forced themselves on

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Speaker 1: DeMarcus Walker, Jordan Jenkins, Jonathan Grennard, Jacob Martin, Whitney, Merciless,

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Speaker 1: Roy Lopez, Ross Blacklocke. I mean, you could easily come

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Speaker 1: up with the scenario where they all make it, all

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Speaker 1: those guys make it. What did I just read seven names?

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Speaker 1: Then let's continue Jaliel Johnson, Brandon Dunne, Shack Lawson, charleson

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Speaker 1: Manna Who, Derek Rivers, Vincent Tyler. I finally get to MALIEK. Collins,

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Speaker 1: who is a definite starter. I mean he's a starter, right,

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Speaker 1: and then have big z. I've got fifteen defensive linemen

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Speaker 1: and I have maybe two that I could see. All right,

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Speaker 1: I guess you can cut those guys. We're down to thirteen.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be really difficult. Well, fortunately, they're gonna have

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Speaker 1: veterans on the practice squad, and you hold people out

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Speaker 1: there will say yeah, I don't want any of these Texans,

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Speaker 1: and they'll put them on the practice squad. And right

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Speaker 1: now you've got your ends. Who get up to feel

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Speaker 1: you got your tackles. The only guy I could say

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Speaker 1: right now who's a definitive starter is MALIEK. Collins. Now,

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Speaker 1: my new compadre, the Chronicle Brooks convene him is starting

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Speaker 1: today and he's gonna do a story tomorrow. Shack Lawson.

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Speaker 1: You know, they didn't trade Benardrick McKinney to not be

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Speaker 1: playing Shack Lawson. And so I can't wait to see

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Speaker 1: how the defensive line plays out they've got a pass rushers,

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Speaker 1: they got run stuffers. I've said all along. I think

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Speaker 1: Charles A Mena who is ideal for what they're doing.

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Speaker 1: Ross Blacklock, you know, I think he's got a lot

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Speaker 1: to prove. We talk about that cliche chip on your shoulder,

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Speaker 1: which is a lot to and I think that, uh,

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Speaker 1: we'll see a different Ross Blacklock. And as love Smith

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Speaker 1: pointed out, it's not just four starters. There gonna be

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Speaker 1: a whole lot more who are gonna play. And that's

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Speaker 1: why they played preseason games. And it is gonna be

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Speaker 1: a tough cut. But man, it's it's good that you

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Speaker 1: have so many on the practice squad and so many veterans.

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Speaker 1: Jalil Johnson started sixteen games with the Vikings last year.

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Speaker 1: I mean crazy a Zoyah Alufahi, right, Johnny, Yes, very good,

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Speaker 1: big Ziz I got time. I got his name. It's

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Speaker 1: funny because you mentioned it's hard to name the starters

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Speaker 1: except for maybe Collins. Yet it's easy to name rotational

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Speaker 1: players like, oh yeah, he's eight, they're definite, although then

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Speaker 1: you can I can't name just eight stuff. I was

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Speaker 1: just giving a sort of example there. Yeah, one Maria

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Speaker 1: john I I know defense line is gonna be tough.

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Speaker 1: I agree with you, guys, I think that's gonna be tough.

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Speaker 1: But I do think there are some spots where you go,

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Speaker 1: you know what. I was ready to write a few

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Speaker 1: guys off, and then I watching in camp and I'm like,

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Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. I'm the d liner in general.

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Speaker 1: In general, and one of those is a defensive back

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Speaker 1: because after watching last year, I thought Vernon hargraves. Now

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Speaker 1: I don't don't think he started sixteen games, doesn't I

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Speaker 1: don't care if a guys started sixteen games or he

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Speaker 1: sat on a bench for sixteen games. It doesn't matter.

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Speaker 1: The guys they were bringing in or they had, I

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Speaker 1: think were a step. It felt like at the time

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Speaker 1: they were a step above what Vernon and Vernon played

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Speaker 1: all sixteen games outside and they didn't think at the

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Speaker 1: time thought Vernon was an inside guy. And I think

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Speaker 1: they felt like last year Vernon was an inside guy

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Speaker 1: because they were at Garyan Connley to go with Brad.

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Speaker 1: They robe that's the way they're gonna roll, and when

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Speaker 1: Connley was not ready to go and that flamed out,

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Speaker 1: they put Vernon outside. I think Vernon has struggles in

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Speaker 1: last year's defense too, But in this camp, I think

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Speaker 1: he has been very, very good, and I don't think

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Speaker 1: it's a fad to complete that Terrence Mitchell is a

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Speaker 1: starter at corner. What are you thought about Vernon Hargraves,

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Speaker 1: Terrence Mitchell and kind of that corner battle. Well, they've

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Speaker 1: had Mitchell as a starter since camp began, opposite Roby.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna have to have two starters besides Roby for

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Speaker 1: the first game again the Jaguars, since Robi is suspended.

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Speaker 1: I wrote about him today in my column, and I

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Speaker 1: look for him to have a big season. You know,

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Speaker 1: there's another guy that's got a lot to prove. They

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Speaker 1: got a lot of this. So many chips on the

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Speaker 1: shoulders they should be put to wear. They're wearing them

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Speaker 1: up as much as their shoulder pads. And Terrence Mitchell

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Speaker 1: started sixteen games for a playoff team last year, the Browns,

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Speaker 1: and so as David Culley, Lovey Smith, Tim Kelly, all

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Speaker 1: the coaches about the C word. Competition makes everybody better.

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Speaker 1: And I think the fact that Terrence Mitchell's out here

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Speaker 1: running with the ones has helped Vernon R. Graves have

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Speaker 1: a better camp. Desmond King, the second who we talked

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Speaker 1: to for the first time yesterday. He's come in here

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Speaker 1: blown everybody away. As the slight corner. They'll start free

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Speaker 1: and almost every game they got depth and they made

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Speaker 1: the fewest changes in the secondary, specifically at safety. So

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Speaker 1: but if they don't get that pass rush and up

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Speaker 1: front Sudde doesn't stop that run, those guys are going

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Speaker 1: to be set up last year in the two stats.

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Speaker 1: I know that I would bet any amount of money

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Speaker 1: that will not be last against the run, and then

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Speaker 1: we'll have more than nine turnovers. John, what do you

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Speaker 1: have going out on the chronicle? I've got let's see,

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Speaker 1: I've welcome Brooks Camina. That's him standing over there. I'm

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Speaker 1: clear Lake and I'm trying to tolerate him as a

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Speaker 1: long horn. He hadn't got on my nerves yet talking

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Speaker 1: about the SEC and he just covered LSU for the

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Speaker 1: Baton Rouge Advocate and we're glad to have him at

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Speaker 1: home and he'll have stories tomorrow. I've got podcasts, TV notes, blogs,

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Speaker 1: everything you could want on Texas SportsNation dot com, Stony tablets.

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Speaker 1: He's got it all. Thank you guys very much. As always,

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Speaker 1: there he is John McLean, the general from the Houston Chronicle.

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Speaker 1: Now coming up a bunch of Texans players, including but

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Speaker 1: not limited to, Brandon Dunne. You've heard of him. DJ Dunney,

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Speaker 1: how's the DJing thing going in the new locker room?

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Speaker 1: And Jeff Driscoll quarterback, how's it going for him? It's

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Speaker 1: all coming out by Texans Radio, rolling on on a Friday,

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Speaker 1: getting you into your weekend. And Led Zeppelin had a

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Speaker 1: song called a Whole Lot of Love. You're familiar with it.

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Speaker 1: This is called a Whole Lot of Texans. Four of

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Speaker 1: them to hear from in this segment, So let's get

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Speaker 1: right to it. Two minutes with a Texan and first up,

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Speaker 1: out of the rainstorm today. The team was doing a

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Speaker 1: sort of half speed walkthrough tight practice today in front

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Speaker 1: of the fans, and it started to pour. The fans

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Speaker 1: were dry because the stands is so great, just covered up.

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Speaker 1: It's never been like that before. We've had some cover,

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Speaker 1: but never like this driving rainstorm. Nobody got wet, but

638
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Speaker 1: the players certainly got soaked. Anyway, I caught up with

639
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 1: Brandon Dunne DJ Dunney right after practice. First of all,

640
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,440
Speaker 1: the rain, How was it out there in the rain today? Man?

641
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: It was a good switch up down. It's always hot

642
00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 1: in Houston and uh, I guess we called the cool rain,

643
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: so we'll take it. How do you feel its three

644
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 1: days in pads Winds went well, you know, not just

645
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 1: speaking for myself, but he has a team situation rustiness

646
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: as always around this time. The camp special when you

647
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,960
Speaker 1: pitt pass when we have five days acclimation, but you

648
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 1: know football starts on pass. You know. Uh, he's been good.

649
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: The physical Uh. You know a lot of guys be

650
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 1: getting a lot of reps and mints, the reps on

651
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 1: the side and physical reps. So you know, we got

652
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: three days in pass. So it's really not saying much.

653
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,640
Speaker 1: You've gotta keep going. After last year having camp out

654
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:22,239
Speaker 1: here with nobody, what's it like to have these fans here?

655
00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: You're able to chuck stuff in the stands. You can't

656
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: really take pictures with them. But what's that like? Man?

657
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: It's good man. The fan interaction man from you know,

658
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: just is just amazing. How you got one year off

659
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 1: without him, you know, the interaction with him, not them

660
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 1: not being there at camp and at the game, so

661
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: you know, having them out here this year is really good.

662
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 1: What is it like the d line room. Now you're

663
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 1: got a four three, got more guys, got a lot

664
00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: of guys in this d line, Brandon, and then you

665
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: have the unfamiliarity of the new faces. What's that like

666
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 1: for you? Man? Everybody just get to know each other.

667
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: Everybody's familiar with the with the four three defense. Everybody's

668
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 1: familiar with love him, you know his history and uh,

669
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: you know, everybody respects and works hard for coach for

670
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 1: coach King. So you know, everybody just competing. You know,

671
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 1: it's camping, you know, but at the same time, we

672
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 1: make it fun in that room. Everyone has gotten you know,

673
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: got a lot of it's got a lot of dudes

674
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:09,479
Speaker 1: and there got bigger and we're all just having fun

675
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: and we're playing ball and we all getting to know

676
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 1: each other. We saw the high tech locker room and

677
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 1: your locker as the corner, right, you got the corner spot,

678
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 1: which seems like the premo spots. Yeah, I got the

679
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 1: corner sweet. You know what I'm saying as much needed,

680
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. I guess it's a respectful spot.

681
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: You know, I don't have a cane yet. You know

682
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 1: I don't have a cane. Yeah, it's a couple of

683
00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 1: things that you know, I gotta work with it, you know,

684
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: with management, you know our HR. But you know, I'm

685
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 1: happy for right now. What about the music, because you're

686
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: the DJ, so how you're handling that With the new

687
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: locker room, I'm doing good man. You know, uh they

688
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 1: got a wireless ox card, so we got a couple

689
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: of uh, I guess apps that I gotta downloads. I

690
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 1: can control the muses, so it's just working, good man.

691
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 1: They're taking care of me. That's what I'm saying. I'm

692
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: not going to playing much, but it's still some stuff

693
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,719
Speaker 1: I need. Sounds good brand. Thanks a lot for joining us,

694
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 1: no problem, thanks for having me. All right, let's keep

695
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 1: it going here. Quarterback Jeff Driscoll on that depth chart

696
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: with Davis Mills and to Rod Taylor. How is it

697
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,480
Speaker 1: going for Jeff driscol and training camp so far? This year?

698
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 1: Camp has been great and being out here with the

699
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: guys um. You know, there's a bunch of new guys,

700
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: so everybody's kind of doing it for the first time

701
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: getting to know each other. But it really is a

702
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,640
Speaker 1: great group of guys and a great staff, so it's

703
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: been it's been good. We're all working together to get

704
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 1: better and you can just see us, you know, gain

705
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: him momentum day in and day out. What's the communication

706
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 1: like between you to Rod and Davis out here on

707
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 1: the field. Yeah, I know, the room has been great. Um,

708
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: you know, we all bring something different to the table,

709
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 1: bouncing stuff off of each other. So it's a really

710
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 1: good group. It's a unique group. Um. Tyret's been in

711
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: the league ten years now, been on a bunch of teams,

712
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 1: been in a bunch of different situations, and Davis has

713
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 1: kind of taking it all in and uh, you know,

714
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: he's a really smart guy and it's just been it's

715
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 1: been good to work with both of those guys. How

716
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 1: do you like beating pats and doing that two minute stuff?

717
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: Oh it's awesome. You know you can you can feel

718
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 1: the energy, you can feel um, you know, the pace

719
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 1: of play kind of pick up a little bit. And

720
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 1: you know, football games are won and loss in this

721
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 1: league a lot of times, but just a few points,

722
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: so you know, end a half into game situations are huge.

723
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: What's this system like and how does it compare to

724
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 1: other places you've been in the league. Yeah, I mean,

725
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: you know, every every system has you know, some things

726
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 1: that you you might call more often, But I mean,

727
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,719
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, football plays a football

728
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,960
Speaker 1: play and it's just learning the little nuances that that

729
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:21,760
Speaker 1: makes you be able to execute at a high level.

730
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: When you came in, you were the new guy. But

731
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 1: did it kind of help that everybody's a new guy

732
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 1: here or so many players about fifty Yeah, I mean

733
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 1: that's just part of the deal in this league. You know,

734
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,320
Speaker 1: I've been on you know, three or four teams now

735
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 1: and that's the same with a lot of these guys.

736
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: So I mean, I think it's a very mature football team.

737
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,280
Speaker 1: But like you said, it is a bunch of new

738
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 1: guys and we're all kind of, you know, figuring it

739
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 1: out together. But makes it easy when it's high character guys.

740
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: All Right, you're from Florida. So how does this humidity

741
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 1: heat situation compare with training camps in Florida? Yeah, it's

742
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,840
Speaker 1: very similar. You know, It's it might be a little

743
00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: more humid here, you know, you always in Florida, you

744
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 1: always say it's the most humid place in the world,

745
00:33:58,160 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 1: but it's it's pretty heavy out here as well. So

746
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 1: got a hydrate that's for sure. All right, Thanks a

747
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,960
Speaker 1: lot Jeff going, all right, thank you appreciate it. Okay,

748
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,799
Speaker 1: let's keep this going. A defensive back trying to make

749
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 1: a name here for himself in Houston, Tavier Thomas, and

750
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 1: no one can get to know a player quite like

751
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 1: Johnny Harris. Let's listen in catch up with a guy

752
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: that is very intrigued for this roster plays with clean

753
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,240
Speaker 1: Brown's last year with the fairest state. That's very interesting

754
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 1: to me. Tavia Thomas, Welcome to Houston, man, how are

755
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 1: you feeling. I'm feeling great. Nice to be here, great

756
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,840
Speaker 1: to be here. Just want to keep working hard and

757
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 1: getting better. Eastan every day team. I gotta start with

758
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: this one man, And I know it's last year, but

759
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 1: I gotta start with this because I felt like one

760
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: of the best wins for any team last year was

761
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,400
Speaker 1: that game that you guys beat the Steelers and the playoffs.

762
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 1: You got no coach, You've got one other coach back home,

763
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: you got I mean players are missing, but Tonio doesn't play.

764
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 1: What was that nightlike, especially because a team like the

765
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 1: Steers had have been your rival? What was that game like?

766
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 1: Winning that playoff game in Pittsburgh like that? It was

767
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:01,400
Speaker 1: the best. It was at feeling never winning that game.

768
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 1: Everyone just stuck together. We knew we had our coaches

769
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: out in our players also, everybody just stepped up and

770
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 1: did what they had to do is to get the

771
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,359
Speaker 1: dub and it was just fun. Everybody was out there

772
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,879
Speaker 1: just having fun running around and we came out on top.

773
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,440
Speaker 1: And that was your first playoff game. What's that experience

774
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 1: like as a player? Man, We've had a few here

775
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 1: and I've been on the sidelines for a number of them.

776
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:20,839
Speaker 1: What's that like, your first one as a player? It's

777
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 1: an amazing It's amazing, Like, it's nothing like it, Like

778
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 1: every the crowd is just into it. Even though we

779
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: didn't have a full crowd or whatnot, it was still

780
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,439
Speaker 1: just everyone there and it was just saw hype every

781
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: time we make a player or something. The whole defense, sideline, offense,

782
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,480
Speaker 1: everybody was just together having fun. So it was just

783
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: the best feeling in the world. Now, you went to

784
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,480
Speaker 1: Fairest State, So the people used the word grind a lot, like, hey, man,

785
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:46,759
Speaker 1: I'm grinding. You come from Fairest State and you get

786
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 1: in the NFL and you stay as long as you have,

787
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 1: you have really gone through the grind. What is it

788
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 1: about just toughen it out every single year. Coming from

789
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: fairest state, do you have sort of a chip on

790
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 1: your shoulder, like, hey man, I gotta prove myself everything

791
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,320
Speaker 1: every single time I'm out there. I didn't go to

792
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,359
Speaker 1: the Alabamas or the Organs. Do you have that chip

793
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: on your shoulder when you out in the field. Yes,

794
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 1: that chip is on my should at all times. Like

795
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 1: each and every year, each and every day, I just

796
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: try to get better and better each and every day

797
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,440
Speaker 1: and just learn from the older guys and learn from

798
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 1: the guys that came from those type of programs and

799
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,759
Speaker 1: just take everything I can, be a sponge with all

800
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 1: the veterans or whatnot, and just keep coming out each

801
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: and every year and just bawling out. Do whatever I

802
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: gotta do with his special Team's defense, whatever I gotta do,

803
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 1: just do it, and just the skis the limit. Just

804
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,439
Speaker 1: keep go out first and just keep grinding. Like you said,

805
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: Detroit to Houston, I mean eventually, I mean ahead of

806
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 1: the stops, Detroit to Houston. Now I know one of

807
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: the guys in the roster that's made that, and that's

808
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 1: Desmond Can. Did you guys know each other growing up

809
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 1: at all or were you in different circles? What did

810
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,839
Speaker 1: you guys know each other? That you're probably little younger

811
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,279
Speaker 1: than Desmond, But did you know him growing up at all? Oh? Yeah,

812
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 1: that was my dog. We played pal together high school.

813
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: He went off to Iowa. I was trying to go

814
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:56,880
Speaker 1: to Iowa. I couldn't get an eighteen on my act

815
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,800
Speaker 1: with best friends growing up, and to be here with

816
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 1: them today, it's just it's an amazing feeling. Like when

817
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: I heard the news once I signed, then he signed,

818
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 1: we like had a party back at home, like both

819
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,760
Speaker 1: of our families real close. So who was always together

820
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 1: and now we were together even more so it's going

821
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 1: to be great being with him. Does that make the

822
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: transition to a new team easier? Just having somebody you

823
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 1: can at least go a locker room and go, man,

824
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,479
Speaker 1: hey it's hot out there. Hey where do I go eat?

825
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 1: Where you want to go eat? So how does that

826
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: make the transition easier for you? It's way easier. Like

827
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 1: I have one of my best friends and then I

828
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,840
Speaker 1: have like eight other teammates that played with me in Cleveland.

829
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: So once I got the word that Houston was wanted

830
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: me here, and I had all the other guys coming

831
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 1: and guys that was here. It was just like it

832
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 1: was just perfect fit. It's not like I'm too far away.

833
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 1: I always got someone that's family oriented with me. So

834
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 1: it was great, all right. I started as a few

835
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 1: a few practices to go say something nice about I'm

836
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 1: not even to ask you about Desmond King because you

837
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 1: just said something very very nice about him, but I'll

838
00:37:55,520 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 1: ask you say something nice about your dB coach Dino Vasso. Yeah,

839
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 1: do you know he's the guy. He young, he's he's

840
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 1: he want to be young like us. We're here a

841
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 1: little older, but it's just like a it's like a

842
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,400
Speaker 1: father dad type of relationship with all the guys. So

843
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 1: it's a great feeling to have a younger guy, even

844
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: though I had an older, little older guy last year.

845
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 1: But it's it's a great feeling to have those two experiences.

846
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 1: And with him, it's just great because of transition. Is

847
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: good because he's young and he can he know what

848
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 1: we is and we know what he is about, so

849
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Speaker 1: it's great. Say something nice about Lovey Smith's beard. It's long,

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00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: long and great. All right, Say something nice about a

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Speaker 1: former Brown's teammate. But I talked to you the other day,

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Speaker 1: Kay Davis. Oh, yeah, that's my dad. That was my

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00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: special team's ace right there. Me and him was always

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Speaker 1: a one two punch on special teams when our other

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Speaker 1: guy Cordell, But me and him was always right next

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Speaker 1: to each other, twisting off each other or whatnot. So

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00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 1: I know him, he knows me. We got the same

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Speaker 1: aside therapist. So like, that's my guy right there. That's

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Speaker 1: my guy. Just big hes just bigger than me. But

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Speaker 1: I'm a lying back around heart. You really are. You

861
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 1: do play a little bit like a linebacker. But I'm

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Speaker 1: glad you're here in Tavia. Thank you very much for

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00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:05,880
Speaker 1: a tire. I'm glad to be here. Thank you. I

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00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: appreciated John Harris with Tavia Thomas one of them any

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Speaker 1: dbs trying to make this fifty three man roster. Can't

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Speaker 1: wait for the preseason open or a week from Saturday

867
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Speaker 1: night against the Green Bay Packers at Lambo Field. All right,

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Speaker 1: we've talked a lot about tight ends. We had Antony

869
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:26,759
Speaker 1: Auclaire on this morning and he's from Canada and he's

870
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,720
Speaker 1: been getting a lot of meaningful reps. So has Ryan Izzo.

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Speaker 1: Who where's the number forty five? Kind of looks like

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Speaker 1: a fullback a little bit, but he plays tight end.

873
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Speaker 1: And Izzo has no relation to former Texans special teams

874
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: coordinator Larry Izzo, also a former right standout. Ryan Izzo

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00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,840
Speaker 1: went to Florida State, but he's from New Jersey and

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Speaker 1: that's where I began the interview. Ryan, How does a

877
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: guy from New Jersey end up in Florida State? I

878
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: ended up there because a guy named Coach Brewster. Tim Brewster,

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00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 1: he recruited me heavily when I was in college, starting

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00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:01,560
Speaker 1: my junior year, senior year. We just connected. I trusted

881
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 1: him with mine my career and felt like he could

882
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 1: maybe the best player if possible. Was it a tempting

883
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Speaker 1: to try to go somewhere else up in the northeast

884
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Speaker 1: or closer to home. I was considering Rutgers for sure,

885
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 1: Boston College for sure, but it ultimately came down to

886
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Speaker 1: Wisconsin and Florida State and made that decisions going to

887
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Speaker 1: Florida State. How has it been getting acclimated to this

888
00:40:20,239 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 1: organization in this city. I'd say it's the heat as

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Speaker 1: of right now. You know, I got a lot of

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Speaker 1: great guys around me. Our room's great, you know, Coach

891
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 1: Andy is great. So I'm excited to be down here

892
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: and excited to you know, learn and prove it as

893
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Speaker 1: a player. It seems like so many head coaches come

894
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Speaker 1: from the tight end coach ranks. Why is that? In

895
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Speaker 1: your opinion, what is it about being a tight end

896
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Speaker 1: or coaching to position that makes people good head coaching candidates.

897
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Speaker 1: That's like you have to be so versatile. You know,

898
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Speaker 1: you have to know a lot in the passing game,

899
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Speaker 1: run game, coverages, fronts, and it's a real technique sound position.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's details. We're generally blocking guys who are

901
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 1: bigger than us and running rounds on guys who are

902
00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:00,719
Speaker 1: fascining us. So it's about the details. Yeah, you've got

903
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 1: to know all the routes and you have to know

904
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Speaker 1: how to block too. And I notice you work in

905
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Speaker 1: after practice a little bit. What do you work on

906
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: after practice when you're in that setting. Uh, it's always

907
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 1: some sort of special teams going in there against kicksets. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, whatever it is for the day, and then uh,

909
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: you know, going to get some jugs in trying to

910
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 1: catch some balls and a variety of different angles. You

911
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,840
Speaker 1: feel like special teams is a good ticket for you

912
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:22,839
Speaker 1: to try to make any squad. Oh for sure, any

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Speaker 1: opportunity I get, you know, I'm trying to make the

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Speaker 1: most of So if that's special teams, offense, you know,

915
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Speaker 1: wherever that's at. Just want to make the most opportunities,

916
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Speaker 1: all right. What's better a pancake block or ten yard reception?

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00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: I like both both get the same feeling. You know,

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Speaker 1: your pancakes somebody you see that running back fly by,

919
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 1: or you get that catch and you know, make a

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Speaker 1: big play to move the chains. Either or it's it's

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Speaker 1: a great feeling, all right, Ryan, thanks a lot, good

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Speaker 1: Lexie you, thank you, man. I appreciate it if you

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Speaker 1: cares what a polite kid Ryan Izzo is. And look,

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Speaker 1: I am not blowing smoke here. These guys are terrific,

925
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Speaker 1: these players. They're really great to get to know in

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Speaker 1: the building here, and I can only hope that we

927
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Speaker 1: all get to know them much better as a fan

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Speaker 1: base here in the city of Houston. These are the

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Speaker 1: kind of guys you want representing your city. Fifty new

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Speaker 1: players and I have just met so many of them

931
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Speaker 1: and think so highly of them, and I can't wait

932
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Speaker 1: to see them in action. I mean, obviously, the most

933
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Speaker 1: important thing is to win football games and do great

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Speaker 1: things for the city. But so far, so good as

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Speaker 1: far as the way these players are when you meet

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Speaker 1: them up close and personal. Again, I'm just sharing my

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Speaker 1: experience with you on this. Okay, a few things to

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Speaker 1: point out here on Houston Texas dot com. We have

939
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: so much great content. We have the Question of the Day,

940
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:35,680
Speaker 1: a lot of fun stuff from camp and a lot

941
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 1: of breakdowns as well. And John Harris with his Harris

942
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,959
Speaker 1: hits and dpcity who caught up with Jacob Martin today

943
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:42,959
Speaker 1: you got Dear Drew today. Have so much great stuff.

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Speaker 1: So go to Houston Texans dot com or the Texans

945
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:49,319
Speaker 1: app for all the information on your Houston Texans to

946
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 1: get to know what's happening at training camp. I know

947
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,840
Speaker 1: it's kind of confusing and overwhelming sometimes because you have

948
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: so many new players, but again, you can get to

949
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 1: know them better if you go to our digital assets

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Speaker 1: team practice tomorrow night, that's Saturday night at the Houston

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00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,239
Speaker 1: Methodist Training Center seven to nine pm. We will be

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Speaker 1: on with Texans Live right beforehand, and I know Sports

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Speaker 1: Radio sixteen will be out there from seven to nine

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Speaker 1: pm as well. So I have a great evening everyone,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much for listening, and go Texans.