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Speaker 1: What's going on? Everybody? Welcome into a Friday edition of

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access. I am your host, John Harris, so

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Speaker 1: glad to be with you this evening. Now. Normally we

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Speaker 1: are coming to you live from the Hunday Texas Radio

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Speaker 1: Studio that is at the stadium, and the mobile versions

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Speaker 1: are at my house, Mark's house other locations. Well, tonight,

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Speaker 1: we're coming to you from Green Bay. Kinda we in

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Speaker 1: a travel day gets tough to kind of put things

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Speaker 1: together and have a show. And when you're gonna line,

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Speaker 1: when you're gonna get there to Green Bay, can you

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Speaker 1: get it live? All that kind of stuff. So we

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Speaker 1: decided to have a little night before the first preseason

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Speaker 1: game catch up on everything that we did in training camp,

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Speaker 1: which means you're gonna hear from Eric Murray, Tavier Thomas,

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Speaker 1: Tay Davis, Alex Ericson, Jonathan Owens, Vernon Hargraves, Camu Gruge Hill,

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Speaker 1: Lonnie Johnson, Charlie Heck, John Reid, and Justin McCray all tonight.

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Speaker 1: How about that? That sounds great? Now, a couple of

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Speaker 1: these guys are actually going back to their home state

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Speaker 1: to play at a place that they all revere. One

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Speaker 1: of those guys is Eric Murray. I caught up with

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Speaker 1: him a day ago, John Harris out here at practice

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Speaker 1: and day number thirteen feels like they number five hundred,

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Speaker 1: does not. Eric Murray. Yes, it's been a long process,

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Speaker 1: but you just got to enjoy it all, right, man.

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Speaker 1: I gotta ask this because I know my son kind

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Speaker 1: right there. Man. What's it feel like to go out

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Speaker 1: feeling I really can't describe. You're just going out there

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Speaker 1: future may hold, you know. So it's a big responsibility.

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Speaker 1: But I love what I'm doing right now and it's

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Speaker 1: perfect for me this camp. How have you felt this

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Speaker 1: one of Houston. My opinion, it looked much more comfortable.

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Speaker 1: How do you I definitely feel more comfortable. I'm more

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Speaker 1: You'll have. It's a lot of talks about, oh, they're

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Speaker 1: the closest group on the team. The dbs are tight,

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Speaker 1: especially I've seen here in Houston. You feel that way

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Speaker 1: and what is emmaraderie kind of bringing out from your group.

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Speaker 1: It just drives us to be competitors and compete every

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Speaker 1: day with each other. I think it's better when we

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Speaker 1: all know each other. We all got families and things

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Speaker 1: would imagine in Milwaukee, a lot of kids with the

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Speaker 1: girl Wisconsin like I did. You were Badgers, Packers, Brewers, Bucks.

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Speaker 1: It was those teams, right. Yeah? For you going to

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Speaker 1: it's My first time I went back after at twenty

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Speaker 1: I started this a few weeks or a couple of

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Speaker 1: say something nice about Justin Reid. Justin Reid, he's a

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Speaker 1: it's different on Sundays when you see that. He could

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Speaker 1: friends always talk about Yannis and our favorite players on

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Speaker 1: because he receives a lot of slander. Um. But Yannis, uh,

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Speaker 1: that three preseason games versus zero. I know a lot

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Speaker 1: making full tackles, taking everybody to the ground, I mean,

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Speaker 1: maybe it's definitely important. Eric. I appreciate your time. I

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Speaker 1: That is going to be taking a field at Lambeau

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Speaker 1: for just the second time in his professional career. Alex

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Speaker 1: Either way, we had a lot to talk about. Here's

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Speaker 1: I am really excited for two reasons. One, hey, you're

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Speaker 1: It's the first time you've changed teams. You've known Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: gonna assume, like most kids that grew up in state

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Speaker 1: Cooks Man, Brandon, I appreciate you your leadership in the room.

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Speaker 1: The way he works. You know, he's the most talented

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Speaker 1: love your energy, Man, you bring the big trust every

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Speaker 1: every every day. Uh, and it's infectious his energy. It's

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Speaker 1: UM brings that every day and he's been fun to

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Speaker 1: gonna take a step this year. Alex. I'nd so glad

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Speaker 1: to me. Tavia Thomas. Welcome to Houston, man. How you feeling.

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Speaker 1: What is it about just toughen it out every single year?

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Speaker 1: always coaching up everything. Even when we're in film, he'll

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Speaker 1: kind of, you know, give me pointers. Hey man, you

426
00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:33,520
Speaker 1: could probably do this a little bit better, a line

427
00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,919
Speaker 1: a little a little better here, you know, so he

428
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Speaker 1: spreads his wisdom. You know, he's played a lot of football,

429
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Speaker 1: so you know, can't do anything but soaked the information. Though,

430
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Speaker 1: how important is that to you to then do that

431
00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,920
Speaker 1: to younger players or maybe guy's new to the system

432
00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,800
Speaker 1: or new to Houston, that you share your experiences because

433
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,720
Speaker 1: you've been here for a couple of years. It's big, man,

434
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Speaker 1: because I remember being that young guy coming in that

435
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,960
Speaker 1: kind of didn't really know a lot of people, and

436
00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:57,680
Speaker 1: you know, you're trying to learn as much as possible,

437
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Speaker 1: and you know, if there's some vets would not as

438
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,919
Speaker 1: as friendly faces, or you know, guys that aren't as welcoming.

439
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,399
Speaker 1: You know, it could kind of be intimidating to go

440
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Speaker 1: up to him and ask some things. So UM, myself,

441
00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,280
Speaker 1: I try to make sure I always talk to the

442
00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,200
Speaker 1: younger guys as even you know, my few years i've

443
00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:14,760
Speaker 1: been in the league, man just kind of spread what

444
00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,199
Speaker 1: I know, what's gotten me through here, you know, being

445
00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,159
Speaker 1: an undrafted guy kind of you know the work that

446
00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,200
Speaker 1: you have to put in on and off the field.

447
00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,439
Speaker 1: So I feel like that's a big part. Man. You

448
00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,240
Speaker 1: always have to get back to the younger guys because

449
00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:28,879
Speaker 1: they need that voice too, because it's a big transition. Gerald,

450
00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,760
Speaker 1: I appreciate your time man, Saturday night three six, make

451
00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,440
Speaker 1: sure you watching them. Thank you, my friends, this sir,

452
00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,960
Speaker 1: appreciate you. The one thing I absolutely adore about that

453
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:41,520
Speaker 1: man is he will hit anything that moves anything, it

454
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Speaker 1: doesn't matter the day now, the challenge for safeties in

455
00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,480
Speaker 1: the preseason angles, as he mentioned, making sure your leverage

456
00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,680
Speaker 1: is right and then growing up and making a full

457
00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,840
Speaker 1: and complete tackle the first game of the preseason, usually

458
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Speaker 1: in that back because guys are cognizant of it when

459
00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,080
Speaker 1: they get the games two and three. Now they've got

460
00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,520
Speaker 1: more of the scheme put in, there's more on their plate,

461
00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,360
Speaker 1: cerebral lee. Now they've got to kind of think through

462
00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,520
Speaker 1: some things, and the thing you take for granted tackling

463
00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,800
Speaker 1: sometimes falls by the wayside. I don't think that'll happen

464
00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,520
Speaker 1: in game one, and I definitely don't think it'll happen

465
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Speaker 1: with Jonathan Owens affectionately known as Jay. Oh. All right,

466
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Speaker 1: when we get back, it's time for deep slant interviews.

467
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Speaker 1: Vernon Hargraves, Charlie Heck, Monnie Johnson, Camu Grugier Hill. We

468
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Speaker 1: have got all of that next right here on Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access. Welcome back to this Friday Nation of Texans

470
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Speaker 1: All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio, recorded version

471
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Speaker 1: via Green Bay, Wisconsin for preseason Game number one. You

472
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Speaker 1: follow that man, crazy time's going on When you gotta

473
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Speaker 1: do a Friday show and travel, it's nuts. So we myself,

474
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Speaker 1: John Harrison, Mark Vannim, we decided, you know what, let's

475
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Speaker 1: just use Friday as an opportunity to get to know

476
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Speaker 1: a number of players we sat down to interviews with

477
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Speaker 1: and some really good ones. And anytime the dB City

478
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,520
Speaker 1: has an interview with a player. It is awesome stuff.

479
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Speaker 1: We call it the Deep Slant Interview of the Week.

480
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Speaker 1: It's brought to you by Exfinity and she started off

481
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Speaker 1: the week getting an opportunity to know Vernon Hargraves, the

482
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Speaker 1: third running. Before this interview, we were joking, how many

483
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Speaker 1: interceptions do you think you've gotten so far in camp?

484
00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:24,200
Speaker 1: I got a few. I got a few. I'm not

485
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Speaker 1: really too much too share. I'm sure I can find out,

486
00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,480
Speaker 1: but you know, it's just practice, just trying to get better.

487
00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,320
Speaker 1: We had one today as well, and you have had

488
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Speaker 1: a really good camp so far. Bradley Roby said, you're

489
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Speaker 1: one of the defensive players that have really impressed him

490
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Speaker 1: so far. What has been different for you heading into

491
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Speaker 1: the season. Just more comfortable was your sixth for me. Now,

492
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:42,520
Speaker 1: I've been here, done that type of thing, and you know,

493
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,040
Speaker 1: just like I said, I'm just playing, just trying to

494
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Speaker 1: get better. I like the guys that are here. It

495
00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,959
Speaker 1: is easy to play with them, and you know, like

496
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Speaker 1: I've keep saying, we're just trying to get better. There

497
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:51,480
Speaker 1: have been so many new guys that have been signed

498
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Speaker 1: this offseason. I think one of the defensive backs said

499
00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,639
Speaker 1: that actually, in the dB room, you guys have a

500
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Speaker 1: lot of continuity. There's a lot of guys that are

501
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Speaker 1: returning from last year. The Bradley Roby's AJ Moore is

502
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,159
Speaker 1: yourself is like yourself. How much has that really helped

503
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 1: in transition to this Lovey Smith defense? Well, yeah, it

504
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,440
Speaker 1: feels like we all know each other alrighty, even in

505
00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 1: OTAs when we were just introducing each other to us.

506
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:11,199
Speaker 1: Could we all watch football? We all watch each other.

507
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,160
Speaker 1: We all know each other, so we know who each

508
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 1: other are before we meet them. Or did I say

509
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,359
Speaker 1: that right? Whatever? I got you? I got you right

510
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,280
Speaker 1: right right? Yeah, so we pretty much knew who everybody was.

511
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,520
Speaker 1: And now I was just playing together talking. Now we

512
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,680
Speaker 1: hang out every day obviously, so you know, we're just

513
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 1: getting tighter building that bond. What excites you about this

514
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,719
Speaker 1: four three defense? I mean, how much changes in your

515
00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,959
Speaker 1: world there on the back end. You know, it's simple,

516
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,119
Speaker 1: but it's simply complicated. That's how I like to put it.

517
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,800
Speaker 1: You know, the overall scheme of it is simple, but

518
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,800
Speaker 1: we have some intricacies in there that switch things up

519
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:42,800
Speaker 1: that you got to know. But for the most part,

520
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,320
Speaker 1: Lovey wants to keep it simple so we could play

521
00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,680
Speaker 1: fasting and let them beat us. All right, tell me

522
00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:48,159
Speaker 1: a little bit about your off season. What did you

523
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Speaker 1: do heading into year six? I know last offseason was

524
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,239
Speaker 1: a really different one. You the way you came in.

525
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:55,159
Speaker 1: You came in in twenty nineteen, towards the end of

526
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Speaker 1: the season, so this was really the first full off

527
00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 1: season you had with the Texans. Did you do anything

528
00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,760
Speaker 1: differently to prep for your six? Oh no, No, that's

529
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,920
Speaker 1: all been the same for me. You know, just working out, training,

530
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 1: you know, staying aside, staying out the way, you know,

531
00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,440
Speaker 1: trying to stay COVID free and all those good things.

532
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,720
Speaker 1: But really just working out, training and getting ready for this,

533
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,639
Speaker 1: getting ready for training camp and getting ready for the

534
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Speaker 1: preseason and the regular season. Aren't all the picks that

535
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,480
Speaker 1: you had in camp so far? How do you translate

536
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,600
Speaker 1: that into the regular season? You know, they don't mean

537
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,879
Speaker 1: anything right now. You know, I gotta gotta push it

538
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:23,879
Speaker 1: onto preseason and then the regular season. You know, one

539
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,720
Speaker 1: step out of time, one day at a time, and

540
00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully I can this can roll over for me.

541
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,720
Speaker 1: I'll tell you that interception was unbelievable, that he had

542
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,119
Speaker 1: in practice camp. Man, he's all run together and it

543
00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 1: was a couple of days ago, but man, David Mills

544
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:38,200
Speaker 1: was just slang and he actually had put the team

545
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,160
Speaker 1: in the end zone. But with a little extra time

546
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,000
Speaker 1: in the clock, Coach Clay decided to put the drill

547
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,160
Speaker 1: back at the two yard line and Davis was trying

548
00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,240
Speaker 1: to throw the ball away and Vernon just made one,

549
00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 1: one heck of a catch. He's had a really good camp,

550
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,200
Speaker 1: but these three preseason games are gonna go a long

551
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,080
Speaker 1: way and deciding how that cornerback race is gonna go.

552
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 1: Because you're talking about Bradley Roby out of week one,

553
00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,280
Speaker 1: he's already out with COVID. Then he's out of week

554
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,159
Speaker 1: one because of the suspension from last year. Terence Bitchell

555
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:08,200
Speaker 1: joins the party. Kemp Crossing is severely, severely improved, significantly

556
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:12,119
Speaker 1: improved severally it means bad, I think significantly improved. You

557
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,000
Speaker 1: got John Reid in the mix, you got what Vernon's doing. Man,

558
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a really interesting battle and they that

559
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:21,080
Speaker 1: will start tomorrow night in Green Bay. Going to be

560
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:25,919
Speaker 1: fun stuff. Okay, let's continue our run with Deep Slant

561
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Speaker 1: Interview number two in that is with a guy that

562
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 1: everybody said a chance to interview and really enjoys. I

563
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 1: haven't yet. I'm a little envious, and that's Commu Grugier Hill.

564
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:37,240
Speaker 1: I know you had said you always want to play

565
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,239
Speaker 1: football in Texas, so now that you're here, I mean

566
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,880
Speaker 1: it's a little different from Hawaii. But how you liking Camps?

567
00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 1: I love it. I love it, you know, coming out here,

568
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,159
Speaker 1: being with the guys again, and just you know, the

569
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:47,600
Speaker 1: team we got in the locker room we have right

570
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 1: now is something special. So I'm loving it all right.

571
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,359
Speaker 1: You get to play Loveby Smith's defense, which I know

572
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 1: you were super excited about this offseason. How has it

573
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,000
Speaker 1: been for you so far acclimating this defense? I know

574
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,879
Speaker 1: it's a very linebacker friendly defense, So how is it

575
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:00,440
Speaker 1: for you? It's good. I mean there's a lot of

576
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 1: learning curves, and you know with any defense, any new system,

577
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,199
Speaker 1: you got to go through the growing pains. But I

578
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 1: mean we're loving it. We're flying around out here, we're

579
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,960
Speaker 1: making plays, so I'm loving it for sure. It's You're

580
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,639
Speaker 1: six for you. You're six, right, so you're six for you.

581
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,840
Speaker 1: Have you ever played in a defense similar to this?

582
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,640
Speaker 1: I know you've played for a lot of different teams

583
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: in the Yeah, no, not at all. This one. This

584
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,200
Speaker 1: one is very, like you said, linebacker friendly. We get

585
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,159
Speaker 1: to kind of just you let your character show a

586
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,840
Speaker 1: little bit, and they allow you to kind of just

587
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 1: be the player you are. All right, tell us a

588
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,960
Speaker 1: little bit about what your character looks like. What sort

589
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,240
Speaker 1: of player are you on the field? What do you

590
00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:32,439
Speaker 1: bring to this linebacker report. I love to just fly around.

591
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,400
Speaker 1: I think you know, I take my speed to the game.

592
00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 1: I take pride in and be a really good coverage

593
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,600
Speaker 1: linebacker and just just flying around the field. So we

594
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,639
Speaker 1: got a bunch of guys I can do that in

595
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,199
Speaker 1: the room too, So I mean it's gonna be a

596
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,159
Speaker 1: fun year. All you said you're a speed guy, so

597
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,240
Speaker 1: I'm intrigued. How do you work on your speed? And

598
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 1: when did you decide that that was going to be

599
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:51,879
Speaker 1: your thing? Where you like a big runner or something

600
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 1: growing up? No, No, I mean I just once I

601
00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,879
Speaker 1: got to college. I just people, we're beating everyone in

602
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:57,840
Speaker 1: racist so I'll just like, okay, you know that's the

603
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: strength of mine. So you know, you just kind of

604
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:01,680
Speaker 1: go around that, and just the more you play the game,

605
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,680
Speaker 1: you you learn you know just more about yourself in

606
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,560
Speaker 1: ways you can better yourself during the game. I know

607
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,119
Speaker 1: you have so many teammates across the league that you

608
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,760
Speaker 1: know friends with and know about, so I want to

609
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 1: ask you about a few of them. Kaimi Bara Baron,

610
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 1: another fellow Hawaiian, how cool is it to be on

611
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 1: the same team with It's actually crazy because me and

612
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,840
Speaker 1: Kaimy we went to we're same class and played a

613
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 1: rival high schools together. So during high school we played

614
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 1: each other like six or seven times, but we actually

615
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 1: never like hung out or anything until now. So it's

616
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 1: kind of cool to finally be with him and you know,

617
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 1: build that friendship I got. You guys know so many

618
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,320
Speaker 1: people in common, right, because it probably wasn't a big

619
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,440
Speaker 1: fraternity of guys exactly, and like the you know, Hawaii

620
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: it's it's not as small as you think, but like

621
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 1: Hawaii sports and like the professional athletes and Hawii all

622
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 1: kind of band together, so we definitely have mutual friends,

623
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:47,439
Speaker 1: all right. So it's a lot of new guys that

624
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 1: have joined this squad. But you actually played with Shack

625
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,120
Speaker 1: Lawson this time last year with the Dolphins, So what's

626
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: it like joining a team where there are so many

627
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 1: new players. Yeah, it was cool. I mean having Shaq

628
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,239
Speaker 1: here too definitely helped, you know, because we already had

629
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 1: that friendship in that from last year. But I mean,

630
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,480
Speaker 1: like like I said, this locker room is special. You know,

631
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,400
Speaker 1: from the second I came in, we all just kind

632
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,640
Speaker 1: of clicked. We all you know, came in OTAs We're

633
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 1: having barbecues and hanging out each other and doing all

634
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,360
Speaker 1: kinds of things. So, um, it's been it's been fun.

635
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:14,720
Speaker 1: Tell me a little bit about your volleyball career. I

636
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,920
Speaker 1: heard you're really good. You're a really good volleyball player

637
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,959
Speaker 1: in Hawaii. How does that help you as a lineback

638
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,760
Speaker 1: or does it help you? I don't think it helps.

639
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:22,760
Speaker 1: It's just something. It's just one of those things. I mean,

640
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:24,639
Speaker 1: growing up, like me and my family would always go

641
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,919
Speaker 1: to the beach and just pop up volleyball nets and

642
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:28,399
Speaker 1: we just play it. So then when I got to

643
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,160
Speaker 1: high school, just yeah I might as well try and

644
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 1: you know, it's fun. Actually, my it's funny because my

645
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 1: setter for in high school is the setter for the

646
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 1: Olympic team now, so yeah, so it's kind of cool

647
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 1: to see him do his thing. Um, it's fun. I

648
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 1: want to push for you to be on that Olympic

649
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 1: volleyball team. I feel like, you know, the D line

650
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: group used to play four square in camp a long

651
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: time ago. I feel like you need to push for

652
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: a volleyball I think you you know stand and I

653
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:52,920
Speaker 1: mean you need to bring that back. You might need

654
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 1: to bring back. All right, how about preseason? I know

655
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 1: it's just around the corner. You get to see some

656
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 1: game action with this defense together for the first time.

657
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: What are you looking to would have accomplished in these

658
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 1: next few games. I think, like I said, like, you know,

659
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: we're going through some growing pains that we're just learning

660
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 1: the defense, and I think just having actual preseason games

661
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 1: and you know, you get you get a little monotonous

662
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 1: going against each other and it's kind of boring. So

663
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 1: you know, going against another opponent and kind of just

664
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 1: letting the defense play out and seeing some new things

665
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 1: and letting a scheme to its thing and just playing

666
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:22,480
Speaker 1: is gonna be fun. All right. Looking forward to becoming

667
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 1: always a pleasure, and look forward to seeing you the

668
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 1: rest of her awesome. Thank you for having me there.

669
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:30,240
Speaker 1: Seemingly has been a defensive minded all access evening and

670
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:34,760
Speaker 1: it's going to continue with Deepee's next guest, and that

671
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: is Lonnie Johnson Junior. There are a lot of players

672
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 1: carrying a lot of stress and pressure going into the

673
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 1: games in the preseason. I don't know if I would

674
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 1: say Lonnie is stress and about whether it's gonna make

675
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: the roster or anything like that. But that battle for

676
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 1: that safety spot opposite Justin Reed. Eric Murray has played

677
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: very well. Lonnie has had some moments in this camp.

678
00:29:55,480 --> 00:30:00,000
Speaker 1: Where does Lonnie fit if he doesn't become that starting spot.

679
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,239
Speaker 1: There's a lot of things going on, but Lonnie has

680
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 1: been very, very good at times in this training camp,

681
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,800
Speaker 1: and there have been times he's at a couple a

682
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 1: bus in the secondary. So there are things that Saturday

683
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 1: night coaching staff, the evaluation staff led by Nick Cassario,

684
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: personnel staff going to be looking for from Lonnie. If

685
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 1: Lonnie takes that leap man, he's going to be a

686
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 1: will of a defensive back and he's on the verge

687
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: and Deepe talked about that with him. First of all,

688
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 1: it's a night practice, super exciting. You had to pick tonight.

689
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: So how has camp been going for you so far?

690
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: How do you like these night practices. I love the

691
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 1: night practices. Um, I mean it's dark out here. I

692
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 1: love wearing all black anyway, So I don't know. I mean,

693
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 1: I just love the night practice. It's the heat. It's

694
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: not that much heat out here. Got a little shade,

695
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: so it's good. You seem to have a lot of

696
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 1: luck at night too, because you're wearing the new number one.

697
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 1: You got to pick and practice today. First of all,

698
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,360
Speaker 1: I gotta say, I like the new number one for you.

699
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,479
Speaker 1: So how does it feel to wear this new number? Man?

700
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 1: I feel good to know that Hall of Famer head

701
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 1: this number first, you know, and then wearing it out.

702
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 1: I think that's probably why I keep getting like the

703
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 1: interceptions and like having fun with it. You know. It's

704
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: just a lot of plays, a lot of good players

705
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 1: come my way this year, and I think it's because

706
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 1: of the number change, the fresh start. We get asked

707
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 1: about you a lot from fans. You're entering year three.

708
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: You've played safety, now, you played safety last year. How

709
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: comfortable do you feel in this position? I know last

710
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 1: year was sort of a weird offseason, but this offseason

711
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 1: you had camp. You started a little bit late, but

712
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,680
Speaker 1: now you're sort of getting back into the swing of things.

713
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: And how do you feel back out there with justin

714
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 1: read again? Man, it feel good. That's my evil twin. Man,

715
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 1: y'all already know how that goes. That's just it feel

716
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,480
Speaker 1: good to be back. You know. Um, I started off

717
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: a little slow, but when I came back, I was

718
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 1: just locked in mentally to the playbooger And that's what

719
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 1: helped me to come back. Just not letting the safeties

720
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 1: LUs a beat, not letting the coaching staff lose a

721
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: bat either, just came back for and just came back

722
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: strong with it. How is it working with Levy Smith

723
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,600
Speaker 1: and learning from him, a guy that's been in the

724
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 1: league for so many years? How exciting is it to

725
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: work from him? What do you really like about being

726
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 1: in this defense? That I'm able to play fast, I'm

727
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 1: able to react. This real simple for me to learn.

728
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 1: It wasn't that hard, you know. Like I said, I

729
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: was just locked in when I was out, so when

730
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: I came back, it was just easy to just pick

731
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: up right where I left off. And as you can see,

732
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 1: the defense working for me and I love it, so

733
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 1: I'm having fun with it. Is that one of the

734
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: things you want to work on during the season, just

735
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 1: playing more instinctively. Oh yeah, just playing more instinctively and

736
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: just being overall safety. You know. The last year was

737
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 1: a switch for me. So this time around, like having

738
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: an off season and preparing and preparing my mind mentally.

739
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 1: That was the biggest farther the game. The game is

740
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 1: more mental than physical, so I was just doing that

741
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 1: this off season for sure. All right, this off season

742
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: pretty busy. You got married as well, so congratulations on that.

743
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 1: Any other any other exciting things that happened to you

744
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 1: this offseason? I mean other than having wedding. I mean

745
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: I got another child, my daughter, Alanium, she's eight months.

746
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 1: But other than that, I mean just my wedding, getting

747
00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 1: married and my kids. That's it. That sounds like Lonnie

748
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing you the rest of season. Have

749
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: a great rest of camp, Thank you, and we will

750
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 1: close down our deep slant segments. Finally, was an offensive guy?

751
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 1: How about Charlie Heck offensive lineman, one of the more

752
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 1: improved players in this camp. DPS chance catch up with

753
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 1: a coach's son and they talked about that. How has

754
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: Cam gone for you so far? We've seen you out

755
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 1: there quite a bit and Cam, Yeah, it's been great.

756
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 1: You know, I'm really glad that I was able to

757
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: get a full off season in and now just getting

758
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 1: out there with the guys, just trying to get better

759
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 1: every day. David Culley talked a lot about rookie's making

760
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 1: the jump from year one to year two. You're a

761
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 1: guy that you mentioned by name that you've really done

762
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 1: a good job making that leap. What did you do

763
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: this offseason to sort of further your game? You know,

764
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 1: I really stuck around to you so in this offseason,

765
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 1: try to be in the building as much as I could,

766
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,760
Speaker 1: living in the weight room and just getting around the

767
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 1: new teammates, learning the offense even better, building confidence. A

768
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: lot of people may not remember, but you finished the

769
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: seasons with a start at right tackle. Now that everything's

770
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: different this year, you've got a new position coach in

771
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 1: James Camp, in a different blocking scheme. How much you

772
00:33:58,080 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: have been able to build on what you did last

773
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: year and how much of it has really changed for you? Yeah,

774
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 1: you know, getting to play at the end of the

775
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 1: year was really huge for me because it was my

776
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: first really live reps because I didn't get that preseason,

777
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: So you know, I definitely struggled here and there, but

778
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 1: I proved to myself that I could play in this league.

779
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: So I kind of took that with me into the

780
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 1: off season and it's helped me have confidence out there

781
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: right now. And then how do you like playing for Camping?

782
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 1: Out there? Campy as the offensive line and call him?

783
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: How do you like playing for him so far in

784
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 1: the scheme that he's introducing. Yeah, he's a dream to

785
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,360
Speaker 1: have as a coach. You know, he really gets it.

786
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 1: You know, he played for a while, so he knows

787
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: what we're going through, looks after us, and he's a

788
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:34,439
Speaker 1: great coach. Well, your dad is a coach as well

789
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: in the league. So how much have you relied on

790
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: him to sort of help you make that jump? And

791
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: how often do you talk to him, especially these days

792
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: in camp? Yeah, he's been a huge resource growing up

793
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,320
Speaker 1: for me. You know, he was always our dad first,

794
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: but then as I progressed and got older, he was

795
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 1: really there for me whenever I had a question to ask.

796
00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 1: You know, he'll turn on the game tape and watch

797
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,880
Speaker 1: our game sometimes afterwards and give me a few tips

798
00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 1: here and there. But he's always been a dad first.

799
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: I know, he's super busy with working for the Chiefs there,

800
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: But does he get a chance to watch what you're

801
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 1: doing in camp and does he still give you feedback

802
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: non camp? But you know he'll he'll definitely watch some

803
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 1: of these preseason games as much as it can. All right,

804
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 1: So preseason just around the corner, what are you really

805
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 1: looking to sort of accomplish as you get out there

806
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 1: and see some real live game actions. Oh yeah, it's different.

807
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: I mean it's gonna be people are gonna be flying around,

808
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 1: it's gonna be real football. And so just just continue

809
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: to build each day in camp and go there and

810
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 1: play the best of your ability with confidence and just

811
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,400
Speaker 1: keep building. All right. This offensive line room is just

812
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,359
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. You've got Laramie Tounsel there, You've

813
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 1: got Titus Howard. You know how much have you really

814
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 1: relied on those guys sort of help you along. Oh

815
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 1: they're everything. I mean they're too justin Britt too money. Yeah,

816
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: I mean, those three guys, I think they're some of

817
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 1: the best to ever do it. You know, you have Laramie.

818
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 1: I think he's the best tackle right now in the NFL.

819
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: And so just being able to watch him and see

820
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:49,840
Speaker 1: how he handles things, and watching Titus's growth throughout his career,

821
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,760
Speaker 1: Justin's leadership. You know, they're huge to this old line

822
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: right now. We're looking forward to seeing you here the

823
00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,960
Speaker 1: rest of preseason. Absolutely, thank you so much. All Right,

824
00:35:57,960 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 1: you had a chance to hear my interviews in the

825
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 1: first segment Deep City. In the second segment, we got

826
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: to get Mark and Drew in this thing. So Drew

827
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,759
Speaker 1: is going to sit down with Justin McCrae next, and

828
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:11,439
Speaker 1: Mark chats up John Reid right here on Texans All

829
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: Access All Access Accent. Were going to file segment of

830
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 1: this Friday issue of Texans All Access and we gotta

831
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 1: get it started. I'm John Harris and this is Mark

832
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 1: Vandermer with cornerback defensive back John Reid. Okay, John, I've

833
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,239
Speaker 1: asked the rookies from last year how the off season was,

834
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:31,400
Speaker 1: having a real off season, not quite normal because Covid

835
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 1: still with us, But how's it been for you? It

836
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: went well? Like you just kind of a lot of

837
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,319
Speaker 1: is make sure you get your body back ready to

838
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 1: really train hard in offseason, so kind of developing that

839
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: routeam Like it's funny like you're a rookie going into it.

840
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 1: But then it's still, like you said, with the COVID

841
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: and everything, like, we didn't get to have a real

842
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,400
Speaker 1: offseason either, so just making sure you put your routine

843
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: together and everything like super important. How excited are you

844
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 1: to have preseason games this year as opposed to having

845
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: nothing last year. I'm definitely really excited because, like, especially

846
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 1: now where running a new system. You know, you can

847
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,240
Speaker 1: rep it a ton in practice, but you know, getting

848
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: out there rust an opponent that you've never necessarily faced

849
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: before that year, you know, really being able to do

850
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,319
Speaker 1: things on the fly react, you know, because you used

851
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,040
Speaker 1: to seeing your offense throughout training camp. So uh, saying

852
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 1: something different thing, it's gonna be really fun. What's it

853
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,799
Speaker 1: been like to have fans here a training camp for you? Uh,

854
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 1: it's been exciting, Like, uh, you know, it's not it's

855
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: not necessarily like a game, but like it makes it

856
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 1: that much more competitive at the same time and stuff

857
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 1: like that. So you know, it's always great. Heaven him

858
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 1: out here at Charing and everything like that for a

859
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: big plays and stuff. How is the system different here?

860
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: Lovey Smith's defense with the defensive backfield, It's hard to

861
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: explained because like he has his own different philosophies. You know,

862
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 1: he has a ton of experience. He's been a lot

863
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:43,520
Speaker 1: of different places. You can just tell that, like this

864
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 1: defense is really his, like a lot of his own ideas.

865
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 1: It's things I've never seen before, and I'm like, wow,

866
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 1: I can't believe we never think of that before, especially

867
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: in certain things in zone and stuff like that. You know,

868
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 1: I've learned a ton of this camp. It's been really

869
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: fun to play. Like Johnny Harris interviewed you, and he

870
00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: talked about an internshift that you had. Is it developing

871
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: video games? Where can you tell us about I was?

872
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: I did an internship a software engineer at Blizzard for

873
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 1: a summer I want to say, maybe a year or

874
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 1: two years ago. Two years ago then, yeah, So you

875
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: know I've always been into coding and software and everything

876
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 1: like that. So you know, it's a really great experience

877
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: to go out there and learned from a lot of

878
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: great engineers and everything like that. It's not really grateful

879
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 1: for So do you still dabble in that or is

880
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,800
Speaker 1: it just too much to undertake with football going on?

881
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 1: I mean definitely all my most of my time, if

882
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 1: not all of it, is being devoted to football. You know,

883
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,319
Speaker 1: my family. But whenever we get those free time, those

884
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: off days, uh, you know, I always kind of dabbling

885
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 1: it like it's just what I like to do, so

886
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,360
Speaker 1: you kind of get my mind off everything almost like

887
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 1: some people got their yoga and stuff like that. You know,

888
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,319
Speaker 1: that's kind of something I like to do. So, Yeah,

889
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,319
Speaker 1: did you grow up a Philly sports fan? Kind of

890
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: like my my grandmother? Like I always grew up around

891
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 1: my grandmother's like that. You know, they were big like

892
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,359
Speaker 1: Eagles fans. You know. I grew up kind of different teams.

893
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: I grew up like in certain players and stuff like that.

894
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 1: Not necessarily team, but I definitely did one of my

895
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 1: when I was a child. One of my favorite moments

896
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: was when I got to go up to the Eagles

897
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 1: training camp though. That's the first time I had ever

898
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: seen NFL players before, so that was a that was

899
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 1: a great spranch for me and that was really motivated. John,

900
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for joining us. Good luck. Yeah, I

901
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,800
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thank And during the season, I always closed

902
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: down my shows with a little Drew Doherty's final word. Well, tonight,

903
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 1: it's kind of a drewe dozen final word with offensive

904
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 1: lineman Justin McCrae justin what's the most underrated food in

905
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 1: your opinion? Underrated food? I think I might have to

906
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: go French fries just because they always called it a side.

907
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: I feel like French fries could definitely be a man course.

908
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 1: So I say, French fries. Are you a guy that

909
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 1: dresses French fries up? Because a lot of stuff on?

910
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 1: What do you put cheese, bacon, load of fries. You

911
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,279
Speaker 1: can put some chili on there sometimes too, maybe some

912
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: sour cream South cream. I like that. I'll go with that.

913
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,879
Speaker 1: What is a movie you like that? You don't really

914
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: know too many other people like? I feel like older

915
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: A lot of older people would appreciate this movie. But

916
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 1: Rocky for is probably my favorite movie ever. Some have

917
00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: said it's ended the Cold War? Yeah, yeah, yea. Do

918
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:02,879
Speaker 1: you ever play that song from that montage when you're

919
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,799
Speaker 1: working out in lifting weights? No? But when I work

920
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 1: out my older brother he always has a rocky sound,

921
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,080
Speaker 1: chat going what do you work out too? What music?

922
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: Whatever's good? I have a twin brother. He usually puts

923
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 1: me on all my music, so whatever he thinks is

924
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 1: pretty good. Usually I'm a finder liking too, so he

925
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,319
Speaker 1: sends me on my music. He just said he has

926
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 1: a twin. I've got twins, a boy and a girl

927
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,680
Speaker 1: at him. So first things first, let's nerd out about twins.

928
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:23,759
Speaker 1: Are you a identical or are you a fraternal on

929
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 1: my identical twin? If Jordan came out here today, you

930
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 1: wouldn't be able to tell. So next logical question. I'm

931
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: sorry this cliche and it's been asked a zillion times

932
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,879
Speaker 1: of you, but they want to know how many times

933
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,720
Speaker 1: have you pulled the twin? We used to switch classes

934
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: frequently in elementary school until my mom find out, and

935
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:43,799
Speaker 1: from middle school from fourth grade till twelfth grade we

936
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,280
Speaker 1: had all the same classes. No more switching now without

937
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,400
Speaker 1: knowing your twin, I know you guys are different in

938
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: a lot of way. You might look the same, but

939
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: I know you guys are different just from everyone I've

940
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 1: ever encountered. How are you two different? Like? What are

941
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 1: you versus? What's he like? He is the biggest joster

942
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: I know, So he's always playing jokes. Mama a little

943
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 1: more serious, I would say, but he rubs off on

944
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:03,919
Speaker 1: me when we're together, so I could be a jokes

945
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: and when I'm around him now when he critiques this interview.

946
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 1: What's he gonna say. He's gonna say that I'm lying,

947
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:09,759
Speaker 1: and I'm that I'm the jokes there, but that's what

948
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: he would do. Okay, fair enough, Let's talk a little

949
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 1: bit of football money aside, financials side. Why did you

950
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: choose Houston? What was the opportunity like here for you?

951
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,319
Speaker 1: I just thought it was a good opportunity to come

952
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,400
Speaker 1: build something great. A lot of new people coming in

953
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: the building, a lot of opportunity to compete, And at

954
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: the end of the day, that's how you can ask

955
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: for as a job, to a place that you can

956
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:27,279
Speaker 1: go and compete and try and be a guy. Yeah,

957
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,319
Speaker 1: and what have you thought about James Camping as your

958
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: offensive line Well, I've been camping with camp for a

959
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: couple of years now and I think he's He's a

960
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 1: great coach, does a lot of good things well, sort

961
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 1: of pushes you on the things you do well and

962
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 1: makes the things that you don't do so well a

963
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,399
Speaker 1: little better. And I can't say enough good things about

964
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 1: Camp As a teacher. What's he like? He's very patient,

965
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:46,719
Speaker 1: patient with a lot of guys, I mean a lot

966
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,240
Speaker 1: of guys coming here from different different places, different techniques

967
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:51,319
Speaker 1: and learning a whole bunch of different things, a bunch

968
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 1: of different ways. And he's patient with teaching things that

969
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 1: he wants the things that he wants done the way

970
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,759
Speaker 1: he wants them done. All Right, I'm on a string here.

971
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 1: It seems like I've interviewed about four or five guys

972
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,920
Speaker 1: in a real who have wrestling backgrounds. You wrestled in

973
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: high school. Did the wrestling start before that though, with

974
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 1: your twin brother, Yeah, definitely probably, since my older brothers

975
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 1: five years older than us. We tried to wrestle with

976
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 1: him a little bit too, But we started wrestling actually

977
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 1: in fifth grade, sixth grade. Excuse me, we didn't make

978
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 1: the basketball team. Dad said we couldn't come home, so

979
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: we find another for Hey, that's gotta be one of

980
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:20,400
Speaker 1: the toughest. As far as conditioning wise, goes terrible. It's

981
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 1: the only thing good about wrestling is when you get

982
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: your hand raised, practice the matches. It's all terrible. Yeah.

983
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:27,720
Speaker 1: We were talking with Malie Collins yesterday. He's a wrestler

984
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:29,960
Speaker 1: or former wrestler. He was forty eight no as a senior,

985
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 1: and he said the conditioning, the running was pointless. He's like,

986
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: you don't run and wrestling, No, none at all. You don't.

987
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,719
Speaker 1: Actually running is a stalling call. You get points taken away.

988
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:40,920
Speaker 1: So but the conditioning and wrestling is grueling. That's wrestling.

989
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 1: Did you like or appreciate WWE that type of stuff?

990
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: I did, but not enough to know a lot of

991
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: a lot of wrestlers and things like that. That's gonna

992
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 1: do to everybody from Green Bay, Wisconsin. A big thanks

993
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 1: to everybody who participated, all our players, Mark DP, Drew,

994
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 1: you guys were listening. We'll see you tomorrow night at

995
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 1: lambeau Field. Thank you. Listen to everybody, and it's alway

996
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: Le's Go Texans.