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Speaker 1: mobile or otherwise, and Johnny, here we go with the

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Speaker 1: fifty three program. Look, we have a series on video

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Speaker 1: this is the real fifty three. This is the day.

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Speaker 1: This is cut down day. And I think it's important

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Speaker 1: to point out, and you'll agree with me, that it's fluid.

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Speaker 1: All right now, this is basically the team. But you're

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Speaker 1: Give the guys a breaking them off their feet probably

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Speaker 1: back at practice Monday. Mandatory league wide day off on Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: They could give that to them on Monday instead, but

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Speaker 1: I think they'll do it on Tuesday, just get them

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Speaker 1: in the normal flow. So three out of four days

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Speaker 1: off the field, resting up, just getting their legs back.

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Speaker 1: And then Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, go time Jacksonville, September twelfth

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Speaker 1: here at NRG Stadium, So we'll see how that goes.

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Speaker 1: And you know, a couple of notes here on the defense.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna dig into this a little bit more in

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Speaker 1: the next segment. But ten defensive backs. Robi not available

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Speaker 1: to week two because of the suspension, so can't get

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Speaker 1: him back soon enough. They got to figure out a

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Speaker 1: way to get through it. On September twelfth, the linebackers

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Speaker 1: six D line Johnny ten ten. You know what this was. Gosh,

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Speaker 1: everybody did so well in the preseason. Let's keep them

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Speaker 1: all well. Look, Shack Lawson got traded. We all know that.

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Speaker 1: And look, I just think they know I hate to

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Speaker 1: say victims of their success and acquiring players, but it's

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Speaker 1: kind of like that. They acquired a lot of good players.

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Speaker 1: They were getting to the quarterback, they were getting the

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Speaker 1: maybe Lawson will do great for the Jets, but the

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Speaker 1: way this team is set up, I feel like everybody

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Speaker 1: who was going to make this team had to perform

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Speaker 1: some in the preseason. He didn't have the kind of

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Speaker 1: moments that some of these other guys did, so they went, boom,

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Speaker 1: let's go with these dudes. Now, look, it's still Tuesday

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Speaker 1: They could make another move or two, but this looks

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Speaker 1: pretty interesting to me up front. This is the group

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Speaker 1: think might be in just that I have question marks about,

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Speaker 1: I love Chris Moore, and I wrote down ninety one

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Speaker 1: I just thought, man, I think he's gonna find his

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Speaker 1: But going back to my thought about DeMarcus Walker and

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Speaker 1: you you'd much rather keep those guys because if something

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Speaker 1: love it. But on pass rushdowns, hey, there might be

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Speaker 1: a situation where we see both the Marcus Walker and

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Speaker 1: Charles and Man who rush it from the inside on

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Speaker 1: pass rushdowns, which would be kind of a nice, nice

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Speaker 1: it goes back to the versatility and look. Versatility to

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Speaker 1: you're not, then it's just we're gonna line you up

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Speaker 1: in a a few different spots because you've done it before.

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Speaker 1: But if you're truly versatile, it just means it means

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Speaker 1: both the Marcus and Charles are both good playing inside

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Speaker 1: and outside. Okay, Johnny's gonna stick around. We're gonna dive

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Speaker 1: Lawson traded away. But when you look at VT Vince Taylor,

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Speaker 1: some of the stuff he did this preseason. MALIEK. Collins,

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Speaker 1: this team. Charles Amena, who getting after the quarterback Ross Blacklock.

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Speaker 1: NFL action. The veteran wit merciless on the team, Jacob

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Speaker 1: Martin of course doing some business in the backfield. Jonathan Grenard,

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Speaker 1: Jordan Jenkins to Marcus Walker. All right, so let's see

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Speaker 1: how that shakes out. Now, let's talk linebackers here for

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Speaker 1: a moment. As you have last year's NFL leading tackler

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Speaker 1: they looked good. I mean with the whole front seven

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Speaker 1: that group and the groups that you just mentioned, you know,

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Speaker 1: gonna be part of all this. Christian Kirksey is tremendous

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Speaker 1: in coverage so you know, he's gonna be a guy

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Speaker 1: I asked, but both Spencer and Andre, how will Lovey

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Speaker 1: stop or slow down Trevor Lawrence. That's gonna be really

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Speaker 1: Some of the guys that were making plays as well,

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Speaker 1: are available. But you have to like what you saw

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Speaker 1: we got Johnny back. So Johnny you were saying about,

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Speaker 1: I think you left us with because yeah, I was

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Speaker 1: the cliffhanger, right, Yeah, because like you said, the meaning

640
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 1: of life, you know, I just I'm curious to see

641
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Speaker 1: what love Smith is able to put together with this

642
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Speaker 1: particular group up front and you know, the linebacking corps.

643
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Speaker 1: I just think there's a lot of just interesting combinations

644
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Speaker 1: and that's gonna make to me preparing for this group

645
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: at times pretty tough. So I you know, look, I

646
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 1: would think that Jacks are gonna go and look, here's

647
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: what we know about Lovey Smith, He's and a lot

648
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: of things as a defensive coordinator. Well, we thought a

649
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: lot of those things too about Lovey Smith and that

650
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: he was going to Oh yeah, it's Tampa two and

651
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 1: I we're gonna see tamps Man. We saught Tampa two

652
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 1: about twenty to twenty five percent of the time, So

653
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: from that perspective, I'm curious to see one more. And look,

654
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 1: I studied dling on film last year because of a

655
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: corner that they had, they weren't running Tampa two every

656
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: single play. I can promise you that. So Lovey Smith

657
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 1: has got some tricks up his sleeve which I'm really

658
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: excited to see for this year with that group up front,

659
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: and particularly look, we know that group is probably not

660
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Speaker 1: going to be the group that's there all eighteen weeks,

661
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,120
Speaker 1: but I think the crux of it and what they

662
00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: brought here guys that are extremely disruptive up the field.

663
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Speaker 1: That's what we saw you with the big fellas in

664
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Speaker 1: Simone Collins, Vincent Taylor, Ross Blacklock, Royd Lopez. Those are

665
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: all guys that can get up field in a hurry

666
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Speaker 1: and do something and do something chaotic with the skills

667
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Speaker 1: that they have. So I think that's gonna be something different.

668
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:18,879
Speaker 1: We've not seen that in a while. We've not seen

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Speaker 1: defensive lineman for the Texans that just shoot gaps and

670
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,359
Speaker 1: get up field and create mayhem. We're seeing this group

671
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Speaker 1: do that, and that makes it interesting what Lovey Smith

672
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Speaker 1: can do with it. Okay, defensive backs here, you have

673
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Speaker 1: ten Roby will be back week two, so we'll see

674
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Speaker 1: if they let go of somebody. We'll see if they

675
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 1: make some moves before that happens, because I think the

676
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 1: odds of that happening are pretty decent based on the

677
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 1: fact that they made two acquisitions last week and neither

678
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:51,479
Speaker 1: guy made the team. So they made two acquisitions trying

679
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,759
Speaker 1: to get better, but they felt like what they had

680
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: guys that they were hoping would get replaced probably, and

681
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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna specify or not specify speculat on who

682
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,200
Speaker 1: that might be. But you know, there's some interesting things

683
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: developing here. You know, Desmond King, former all pro is

684
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: on your team. Vernon still here, you have Terrence Mitchell

685
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 1: playing one corner and all likelihood Robie the other win

686
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: he's available, and we'll see how they handle it. Do

687
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: they move Vernon outside week one? Assuming this is the

688
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,279
Speaker 1: group they're going with here? Does Tremont Smith get a

689
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,400
Speaker 1: look outside? How are they gonna do this Johnny against

690
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars an opening day. Well,

691
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 1: that's a great question. I've been racking my brain about that,

692
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: and I thought, Russeul Douglas and Kennar Holman, I think

693
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Speaker 1: if you can bring him back on practice squad, if

694
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: you can't get both of you can at least get

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00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 1: one back on practice squad and try and teach them

696
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Speaker 1: to defense and just give them some time. Maybe that's

697
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 1: just what they need. They just need some time. I

698
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: know talking to Dino Vasso, he has spent some time

699
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,359
Speaker 1: with Rossul Douglas, so he knows Douglas. So maybe that's

700
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,879
Speaker 1: enough for Douglas to stick around in the practice squad

701
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 1: or wherever the case might be. But you went out

702
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,800
Speaker 1: and got a couple guys. I told you, and I

703
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 1: mean showed you my notebook when I was doing my

704
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. I left two open spots there

705
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Speaker 1: at corner because I just didn't feel like they were

706
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Speaker 1: completely and totally sold on what they had. And then

707
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 1: can our Homans traded for Russell Douglas has picked up

708
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 1: in a signing. So I still think that there is

709
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Speaker 1: going to be some movement at the corner position. And

710
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: so as teams have folksted, hey, we've released or waived

711
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Speaker 1: these particular players, I've looked at the corners. Are there

712
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Speaker 1: any corners there that I look at and go boom, Okay,

713
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: I think that guy. I like that guy. Maybe that's

714
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: a guy we'd look at. Maybe this is a guy.

715
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,279
Speaker 1: So I've been kind of scouring for those positions. But

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you this, I'm glad that Tremont Smith got

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00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 1: on the initial fifty three. I samember a guy for

718
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: a while. I've covered his games in Central Arkansas, so

719
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: I'm a little biased towards him. But he's got some skills.

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00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: He's got some return skills if you need it. He's

721
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 1: played a bit in this league, not a ton, but

722
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: a bit, so I do think there's some depth there.

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Speaker 1: But I still think there's just another guy at corner.

724
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Speaker 1: That's especially with Robie out, they're gonna need somebody else.

725
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,720
Speaker 1: And that again goes back to Lovey Smith and how

726
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 1: he plans to attack without rob But he's got an

727
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 1: he's got a defensive front that can go create some

728
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: pressure and alleviate some of that pressure on the corners. Look,

729
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,319
Speaker 1: I think the way you handle week one in week two.

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00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: I mean we could talk game plan later. But you know,

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Speaker 1: if Lovey Smith asks me, and the chance of the

732
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 1: chances of that happening are absolutely zero. Okay, the chances

733
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Speaker 1: of love coming into my office. Look, Mark, how do

734
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 1: you think we should handle Trevor Lawrence and then Baker Mayfield? Like,

735
00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:42,839
Speaker 1: It's not gonna happen that way. I can guarantee that.

736
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Speaker 1: But if he did, if he did, I'd say, you

737
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,240
Speaker 1: gotta overwhelm Trevor Lawrence. All Right, you want to blitz

738
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: the I mean we always talk about this and Andre

739
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: talks about it veteran quarterbacks. All right, go ahead, blitz

740
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 1: me because I know where the open guy is. You know,

741
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,239
Speaker 1: I know where my hot red is. I know where

742
00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 1: I can release this football super fast and get myself

743
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: out of trouble. Lawrence, Look, he was tremendous in college.

744
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 1: This is the NFL. You gotta get after him. We'll

745
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,919
Speaker 1: see if they do that, if they send extra people. Now,

746
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,840
Speaker 1: he's also a rookie, so maybe you feel like you

747
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 1: don't have to send extra people. But to your point,

748
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 1: you don't have Bradley Roby week one, so we'll see

749
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 1: how that goes. And you were talking about your guy, Okay,

750
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: what about MAGA. You're talking about Tremont Smith's Central Arkansas

751
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 1: and I get it. They have the gray field? Is

752
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 1: it the gray field at Central Arkansas? But color is

753
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 1: the field alternating purple and gray? Jeez, all right, yeah,

754
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 1: it's one of those. Uh My guy would be Taverier

755
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:42,839
Speaker 1: Thomas Ferris State, Big Rapids, Michigan, the Bulldogs Division two

756
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: powerhouse and a Division one hockey school. So I'm glad

757
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,799
Speaker 1: to see him on it for now. And you never

758
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: know how it's gonna play out here, but quickly here

759
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:56,719
Speaker 1: safety is a position where they've upgraded, if you will,

760
00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 1: through free agency like street free agent. See during the preseason,

761
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 1: maybe at the beginning of the season, when you look

762
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 1: historically and look, I'm gonna say they, I don't mean

763
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 1: this administration. When you look historically like Eugene Wilson, when

764
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: you look at Bernard Pollard, when you look at Quintin

765
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 1: Demp's players that they were able to get who are

766
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:18,560
Speaker 1: very productive for them, I don't know if they need

767
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 1: to do that as much on this particular team. But

768
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,279
Speaker 1: we'll see if somebody's available who catches their eye. Because

769
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: right now I count five safeties. They don't list them

770
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,760
Speaker 1: as safeties or corners. But when you look at Lonnie

771
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: the way he is now, Justin Reid, Eric Murray, Terrence Brooks,

772
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: who am I missing here? A j major? Yeah? So

773
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: there you go with five yeah, five safeties. You know,

774
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,319
Speaker 1: it's funny because when I like, I can go back

775
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,759
Speaker 1: to my original fifty three I put together. I put

776
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: twenty nine slash thirty three because I figured, okay, it'll

777
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: be one of them. Didn't I didn't think it would

778
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,960
Speaker 1: end up being both. But I'm glad that it was

779
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 1: because Terrence Brooks. There's just so much the offers. As

780
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,799
Speaker 1: a veteran now sometimes I have to stop myself and go, hey,

781
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: wait a second. You know, Justin Reids going into his

782
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 1: fourth year, you know Lonnie's into it third yet having

783
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: a grizzled, seasoned vet a guy like Terence Brooks to

784
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,359
Speaker 1: help and to be there and say, hey man, this

785
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 1: is this is how when you do. And by the way,

786
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,399
Speaker 1: Terence Brooks is making some plays in the preseason. So

787
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 1: from that perspective, I don't think it's a bad thing

788
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,799
Speaker 1: whatsoever to have a guy like Terence Brooks around. We'll

789
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: see how the numbers shake out over the next couple

790
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,720
Speaker 1: of days. But Terrence Brooks made a ton of plays

791
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,719
Speaker 1: in a Dallas game, made a ton of plays the

792
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: other night, and you look wrong going, hey, can we

793
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:41,840
Speaker 1: afford to not have a seasoned vet like this with

794
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,839
Speaker 1: us that has shown he can make some plays out

795
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 1: on the field. So I think from that perspective, having

796
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 1: Terrence Brooks a mild surprise, but not really. And you

797
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 1: know Aj Moore, I don't know what Aj has been

798
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Speaker 1: dealing with. We haven't seen Aj in practice. We didn't

799
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Speaker 1: see him in the last couple of games, so I

800
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 1: don't know exactly where he is health wise. You know,

801
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 1: we don't get injury reports during preseason, so you know,

802
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,760
Speaker 1: in the other night, Lonnie didn't suit up, Eric Murray

803
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 1: was dinged up. So you've got some guys that are

804
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 1: a little bit banged up back there. So not too

805
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:16,400
Speaker 1: totally surprised they kept five running backs, I'm sorry, five safeties.

806
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: Was shocked. They kept five running backs, five safeties, not

807
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 1: as much five running backs. Yes, you know what I

808
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:26,400
Speaker 1: love like I get breaking news. And Tom Pellaco does

809
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 1: a nice job for NFL Network, so this is not

810
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,360
Speaker 1: even his fault. But they haven't the crawl, Tom Pellaceero,

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Speaker 1: Texans Wave, Jeff Driscoll, we released it to the world.

812
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: It's on the website. Okay, it's not. And I don't

813
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,839
Speaker 1: think lives are hanging in the balance of this information,

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00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,560
Speaker 1: you know, the Driscoll family. Yes, and I hope Jeff

815
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: finds an opportunity somewhere in this league. Maybe ends up

816
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,439
Speaker 1: on the practice squad, who knows. All right, Johnny, thanks

817
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 1: so much for being with us and breaking this down.

818
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: We look forward to reading everything on Houston Texans dot com. Absolutely. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I got one more before I go, Mark, I got

820
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: think about this. Brian Hoyer maybe yes or no? That's

821
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Speaker 1: parting shot. What do you think? Okay, I'm gonna address

822
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,480
Speaker 1: that after the break, because Matt Jones is the only

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Speaker 1: quarterback on the roster in New England right now, I believe,

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Speaker 1: since they've released Cam Newton and Brian Hoyer. So I'll

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Speaker 1: more of Texans all exits. Oh yeah, great, you have

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Speaker 1: you listening tonight. All right, fifty three man roster is

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00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 1: out and this is gonna change. It's the initial fifty

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Speaker 1: three released today. As you have three quarterbacks. Yes, Deshaun

840
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 1: Watson is on the fifty three to Rob Taylor, Davis Mills,

841
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:27,920
Speaker 1: Jeff Driscoll was let go. Maybe comes back in the

842
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,720
Speaker 1: practice squad. Who knows. Obviously there will be a practice

843
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: squad and it will have some familiar names on it.

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00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 1: Five wide receivers a little lighter than we thought, with

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Speaker 1: Nico Collins the rookie, of course, making it with Brandon Cooks,

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00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 1: the salty veteran in his eighth year. Now he's one

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00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,239
Speaker 1: of the best wide receivers around, and it's good that

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Speaker 1: this team has him. Haven't seen a whole lot of

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Speaker 1: Anthony Miller and Andrey Roberts lately, but they make it

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Speaker 1: along with Chris Conley who had those four catches in

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Speaker 1: the preseason premiere at Green Bay. Now five running backs

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Speaker 1: are on this roster. Scottie Phillips is one of them. Really,

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Speaker 1: he shined in the preseason games and he felt like

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Speaker 1: he had to make it. Could not take the chance

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Speaker 1: of trying to sneak him out of the practice squad.

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Speaker 1: That wasn't going to happen. In fact, who knows what

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Speaker 1: kind of role they have envisioned for him. Maybe it's

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Speaker 1: a big one. We'll see. The other four guys are

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Speaker 1: the big names. I'm just gonna call them that their names,

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Speaker 1: you know, Rex Burkhead, Philip Lindsay, mark Ingram of course,

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Speaker 1: and David Johnson remains, who was doing a lot of

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Speaker 1: third down back work. And we'll see how it goes,

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Speaker 1: you know Johnson. I pointed this out in the offseason

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Speaker 1: and if the average yards per carry for Johnson last

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Speaker 1: on the roster right now, wherever they were okay, if

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Speaker 1: that made sense. I kind of said that the long way.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes I do that tight ends. You have three with Brevin, Jordan,

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Speaker 1: Farrell Brown, Jordan Nakins offensive line eight. That feels light

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Speaker 1: and maybe it is, but they'll love the practice squad

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Speaker 1: and again, lots of flexibility with practice squad movements, so

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Speaker 1: it's not the locked in situation that the fifty three

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Speaker 1: and the practice squad used to be. You have a

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Speaker 1: little more flexibility as far as game day activation and

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Speaker 1: that kind of thing or game weekend activation. Marcus Cannon,

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Speaker 1: good to see him on this fifty three, but it's

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Speaker 1: too bad about Lane Taylor who was let go and

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Speaker 1: Lane Taylor who was with the Packers and James Camping.

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Speaker 1: You'd love to see him back somehow. We'll see how

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Speaker 1: that goes. Not sure what's going to happen there. Obviously

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Speaker 1: with the old line. We pointed this out. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be interesting to know how they handle the tackle situation

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Speaker 1: with Cannon coming back or coming into the fray for

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Speaker 1: the first time really for the Houston Texans and Charlie

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Speaker 1: Heck doing what he did. Obviously, Laramie back Hill anchor

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Speaker 1: that left tackle spot. We'll see how it goes. Defensive lineman.

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Speaker 1: You have ten. We were just talking about that six linebackers,

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Speaker 1: ten defensive backs. Bradley Robe he's going to come back

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Speaker 1: in Week two, so somebody will have to leave from

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Speaker 1: this list if it stays this way going into week one.

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Speaker 1: So there is your fifty three. I didn't do every name,

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Speaker 1: but he gives you a little bit of a snapshot

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Speaker 1: of what they have going on now. Johnny asked me

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Speaker 1: this Brian Hoyer was released from the New England Patriots,

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Speaker 1: the veteran quarterback. Would you would you take a shot

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Speaker 1: at Brian Hoyer at this point in his career. I

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Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna do that. Okay, Brian Wayre hasn't

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Speaker 1: played more than six games since he was a Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: I want to repeat that, Brian Hoyer has not played

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Speaker 1: more than six games since he was with the Texans,

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Speaker 1: and that was twenty fifteen. Feels like a long time ago.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that was a long time ago in Texans history.

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Speaker 1: That was the two and five start, You win the division,

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Speaker 1: You beat Cincinnati on Monday Night Football, a game in

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Speaker 1: which he was concussed. He had two concussions that year,

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Speaker 1: all right. He played him one game for the Patriots

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Speaker 1: last year, four for the Colts the year before. He

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Speaker 1: spent a long time with New England. Let's see three stints,

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Speaker 1: three different stints with the Patriots, and maybe he's back

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Speaker 1: with them this year. But mac Jones is the only

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Speaker 1: quarterback on the Patriots roster. I'm not sure. Look, I

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Speaker 1: mentioned it's a Johnny earlier in the show Cam Newton.

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Speaker 1: I've gotten numerous texts today from people would you take

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Speaker 1: a shot at Cam? And a lot of coaches. A

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Speaker 1: lot of stories are coming out now how vaccination status

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Speaker 1: factored into their decisions. I'm not saying that's the only

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Speaker 1: thing with Cam, but obviously he had the issue last week,

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Speaker 1: ended up coming back, of course, and he didn't test positive.

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Speaker 1: It was a close contact kind of situation. But I

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Speaker 1: don't know how they feel about that part of it.

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Speaker 1: What was one roster I saw where they had fifty

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Speaker 1: two of fifty three players fully vaccinated. I think it

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Speaker 1: was the LA Rams, But obviously that is a factor

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Speaker 1: with some of these decisions, and how good you are

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Speaker 1: does come into play. I would imagine is that me

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Speaker 1: making those noises? It could be anyway. Mac Jones only

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Speaker 1: quarterback on the Patriots roster. This is gonna be high

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Speaker 1: drama to see how they do. They open up against

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Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. Look, he's still a rookie, and I

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Speaker 1: know Two on the other side isn't exactly a seasoned

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Speaker 1: But it's a new season. We'll see how they do.

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Speaker 1: I just can't wait. The games start for real a

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