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Speaker 1: This is a young team.

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Speaker 2: We're on the cuz they're hungry to get better.

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Speaker 3: Peers running rice tend barrels this way down the forty

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Speaker 3: one yard line.

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Speaker 2: We want to run by Piers.

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Speaker 4: These are the type of guys, the type of men

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Speaker 1: Ten or top betch christ Jan Harris.

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Speaker 2: Game day is every day love the energy.

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Speaker 3: Nicked up by Stateley Pultrey.

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Speaker 1: Texans out football on the pit.

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Speaker 2: And if you want it, you gotta go work.

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Speaker 5: No, it's Texans all xcess.

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Speaker 6: So let's work, baby.

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Speaker 1: Welcome in Thursday night, Texans All Access. Now, usually you

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Speaker 1: hear Mark Vanruy's voice, but Mark has been out, as

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Speaker 1: I've noted all week long.

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Speaker 6: He's gonna make it up to me next week by

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Speaker 6: just being there.

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Speaker 1: But that's okay. We're having a good time night. John

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Speaker 1: Harris Football on a Syeline reporter, Gonna be joined by

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Speaker 1: Christian Kirksey a little bit later. I've an interview that

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Speaker 1: we did on media Days, catching up with the middle

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Speaker 1: imbacher Christian Kirksey. I wonder what his role is well'st

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Speaker 1: our guest. I don't even know if it's our guest.

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Speaker 1: I texted him today just to make sure that he

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Speaker 1: wanted to come on tonight with me, and that's John McClain,

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Speaker 1: and he said, absolutely, I'm a Thursday institution. I hated

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Speaker 1: Good evening, John McClain, the general, How are you doing.

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Speaker 6: My friend?

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Speaker 7: I'm doing great. And I did not say institution. I

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Speaker 7: said I'm ready to go every Thursday night. I don't

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Speaker 7: even know why it would have crossed your mind that

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Speaker 7: I wouldn't want to come on just because Mark's not on.

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Speaker 1: No general, I was hoping. I just wanted to check

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Speaker 1: I've got Christian Kirksey coming on later, and I've got

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Speaker 1: me about what's Christian role? What's Christian's role this year?

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Speaker 1: Christian Kirksey, because obviously gott to be clear. Christian Harris,

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Speaker 1: what do you think his role is John this year?

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Speaker 1: A does he make the team? Be If he does

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Speaker 1: make the team, what is his role? Do you think

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Speaker 1: piece on sub package? What do you think Christian Kirksey's

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Speaker 7: I believe it's only a matter of time. For you've

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Speaker 7: got two Alabama linebackers starting, and since they're gonna play

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Speaker 7: Nickel most of the time, Touto and Harris would be

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Speaker 7: Henry like crazy when he went on with Sean Bender

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Speaker 7: that's unusual. Anybody walked watched him at Alabama knows he's

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Speaker 7: a tackling machine. He's smart, and he works hard. And

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Speaker 7: those older guys make more money. And uh, you've got

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Speaker 7: three veteran linebackers Lyttleton, Harryman and Kirksey, and is only

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Speaker 1: I said, you know, I asked where he had been

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Speaker 7: On one second, John, excuse me. I watched a lot

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Speaker 6: So maybe some of those things show up for Henry Toyotoa.

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Speaker 1: But as far as what you get from look if

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Speaker 6: Yeah, no doubt and keep and eye.

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Speaker 7: column posted this morning of sports Radio six ten dot

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Speaker 7: still here and he turned thirty years old ninth season.

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Speaker 7: You don't stay away when you have a new coaching staff,

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Speaker 7: in this situation. If you're Laramie Tonsel, you're the best

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Speaker 7: think you're playing with fire. Now. These science kill Griffin

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Speaker 7: a thing last week Pro Football Focus today at the

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Speaker 7: top ten slot corners in the NFL. Last year, tavia

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Speaker 7: But I'm guessing it's gonna be Nelson with Griffin trying

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's no doubt, don't I don't mind the safety

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Speaker 7: So I think Kenyon Green he's too talented not to

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Speaker 1: John one of the I can't remember how long ago

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Speaker 1: But outside of quarterback, what two or three players do

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Speaker 1: the Texans absolutely, without question, have to have for sixteen

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Speaker 6: Who do you think those players are in your.

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Speaker 7: Charlie Hagg's coming off with injury, he's been reabvid. Michael

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Speaker 7: Number two, Damien Piers. Damien Piers. We saw what happened

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Speaker 7: Nick Casario signed Devin Singletary. And I look for that

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Speaker 7: rusher who stands out, Will Anderson Jr. They could not

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Speaker 6: There's no question about that.

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Speaker 1: John. There was a look controversy with Colin Cowherd this

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Speaker 7: That, That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard,

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Speaker 7: because you don't have a clue how good CJ. Stroud's

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Speaker 7: I don't care give a hoot about what Colin Coward says.

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Speaker 1: That is that's June. That's June. Mini camps are over

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Speaker 1: Compare those two. Some producer for his show is like,

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Speaker 1: I got this, run this by Colin. He'll take this

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Speaker 6: John.

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Speaker 1: The NFL is having a really hard time getting a

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Speaker 7: I listened to Bill Polly and ripping Hard Knocks talking

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I tell you what.

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Speaker 1: That end season Hard Knocks John with Arizona, it was

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Speaker 1: a I think we think again at four and thirteen,

434
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Speaker 1: I think was the record if my math is correct.

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Speaker 1: It was the most compelling thing on television. I mean

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Speaker 1: it was incredible. I mean obviously seeing Hop and seeing

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Speaker 1: JJ kind of tug at your heartstrings a little bit.

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Speaker 1: But the way they handled JJ's retirement, the way they

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Speaker 1: showed Hop and the different charity events that he had

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Speaker 1: going on for beating into abuse mothers, I mean, it

441
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Speaker 1: was incredible. And then you know all the behind the

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Speaker 1: scenes stuff, you know, Kyler Murray got hurt, just what

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Speaker 1: they were going through. I mean, it was really the

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Speaker 1: nd season Hard Knocks has been incredible, even.

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Speaker 6: The Colts the year before.

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Speaker 1: You know, just the disaster at the end, and you're

447
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Speaker 1: watching this and it's the most compelling, you know, television

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Speaker 1: you could you could possibly think of now when it

449
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Speaker 1: comes to compelling television for the NFL, A lot of

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Speaker 1: times it's the draft. Well, John, tonight is the NBA Draft,

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Speaker 1: and this question really has nothing to do with I

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Speaker 1: guess the NBA Draft. But other than the fact that

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Speaker 1: the NBA has their draft, I think it's probably what

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Speaker 1: three weeks two, three weeks after the season was over.

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Speaker 6: Do you think the NFL would.

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Speaker 1: Be better off having a draft that was a lot

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Speaker 1: sooner than late April, given the fact that college season

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Speaker 1: is over on January tenth or eleventh. Would you like

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Speaker 1: to see the NFL draft moved up and have it

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Speaker 1: a lot earlier so that you can maybe get to

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Speaker 1: the off season earlier or whatever. How do you think

462
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Speaker 1: the NFL would change if they moved the draft up?

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Speaker 1: Maybe a month or so?

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Speaker 7: They couldn't make any more stake mistakes than they already do,

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Speaker 7: despite spending millions and millions and millions on scouting. Now

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Speaker 7: there's a lot of people that think no coach should

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Speaker 7: be able to be interviewed to l after the Super

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Speaker 7: Bowl to make it fair for everybody. Well, then they

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Speaker 7: woul no way they'd want to move it up. I

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Speaker 7: like it where it is. When I started covering the NFL.

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Speaker 7: It was eighteen rounds the draft, and it was over

472
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Speaker 7: three days, and there was no ESPN. You just waited

473
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Speaker 7: for a phone call from the NFL to tell you

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Speaker 7: what it was and you slap a name under the

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Speaker 7: team next to the round. And then when ESPN came in,

476
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Speaker 7: it was had took it into a whole nother level.

477
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Speaker 7: The NFL network made it even better. So I like

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Speaker 7: it the way it is. It's the NFL. The only

479
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Speaker 7: time the NFL doesn't dominate is in this period right here.

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Speaker 7: But if guys keep getting suspended for gambling and taking

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Speaker 7: carry on bags to the airport with two loaded handguns

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Speaker 7: and bullets, and uh, there's so many compelling things. Aaron

483
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Speaker 7: Rodgers want legalized psychedelics. There's a lot of good stories

484
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Speaker 7: going on right now where it's still in the news,

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Speaker 7: and I know this, it's that, Uh boy, I can't

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Speaker 7: wait to find out who the first pick in the

487
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Speaker 7: NBA draft's gonna be.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I wonder, I wonder who's that who that's gonna be,

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Speaker 1: because that's gonna impact the rockets to it for so

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Speaker 1: I'm definitely for that.

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Speaker 6: John.

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Speaker 1: What you got going on at sports Radio six '

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Speaker 1: ten dot com. And you are on tomorrow with the

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Speaker 1: guys in the afternoon. Is that correct.

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Speaker 7: I'll be on with them tomorrow Every Friday at four o'clock.

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Speaker 7: I've got columns on the astros, columns on what we

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Speaker 7: learned from Texans Mini camp, and I'll have a bunch

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Speaker 7: more next week. John, thank you very much. It's always

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Speaker 7: a pleasure.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely general the same here, it is a pleasure. John McClain,

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Speaker 1: the General. Go check his workout at Sorts Radio six

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Speaker 1: y ten and tomorrow will be on with Clint and

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Speaker 1: the Show.

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Speaker 6: I still gonna call him the Show.

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Speaker 1: I know he's probably gonna be run now because of

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Speaker 1: I bet, but that's okay. We're fine with that. And

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Speaker 1: of course t Mills. So make sure you check John out.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's Wednesday eight am. It looks I'm

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Speaker 1: a p one, so it's Wednesday eight am. I think

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Speaker 1: it's Tuesday at eleven. I believe on in the loop.

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Speaker 1: So make sure you check out John each and all

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Speaker 1: of those times right there on Sports Radio six ' ten.

513
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Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier. Christian Kirksey is gonna join us next.

514
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Speaker 1: The inside linebacker for the Texans, gives us his thoughts

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Speaker 1: on what he sees in this defense, what he sees

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Speaker 1: in the linebacker room. We'll have Christian Kirksey for you

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Speaker 1: next right here on Texans All Access.

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Speaker 5: Chickson's radio continues. In a moment, Chickson's Radio is back.

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Speaker 1: Yes, it is John Harrison Cappert's seat, Footballano sideline reporter

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Speaker 1: for your Houston Texans getting ready. A little over a

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Speaker 1: month from training camp, NBA Draft tonight, Rockets sitting at

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Speaker 1: number four. Got a feel. We know who's going number one,

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Speaker 1: as John said, Victor Wembayana is.

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Speaker 6: Going number one.

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Speaker 1: After that, it gets really interesting too, and watching the

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Speaker 1: rumors kind of all day, and I know people like, wait,

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Speaker 1: it's you're an NFL guy, John, No, no, no, no, listen. I'm

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Speaker 1: a sports I'm a sports guy and I love every

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Speaker 1: draft imaginable, doesn't matter. I watch the NHL Draft. I'll

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Speaker 1: watch any draft they put out. I always, I always

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Speaker 1: love a draft that. I've always been a big fan

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Speaker 1: of the NBA draft. It's just gotten to a point

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Speaker 1: where I don't really follow overtime elite all that much,

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Speaker 1: so I don't really know who everybody is. I know

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Speaker 1: Victor because everybody was talking about him after that. I

536
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Speaker 1: watched Brandon Miller a lot, but I like Scoot Henderson.

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Speaker 1: Would be kind of interesting to see which way the

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Speaker 1: Rockets go. Does Brandon Miller get the four toes, Scoot

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Speaker 1: Henderson get the four I'm and Thompson you see the

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Speaker 1: guy for I've heard a lot of talk about him.

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Speaker 1: I heard Seanna sat talking about that today. So NBA

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Speaker 1: Draft coming up, looking forward to it, and I know

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Speaker 1: Chris tell me, if I'm correct, Adams splaying and Brandon

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Speaker 1: Scott are gonna be following me with a draft show

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Speaker 1: that they'll have you covered.

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Speaker 6: So keep it locked right here. I know I am.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be listening to those guys as I take

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Speaker 1: off on the way home.

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Speaker 6: So it's gonna be fun.

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Speaker 1: Those two guys the the Rockets inside out to take

551
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Speaker 1: a listen to the podcast. Man, those guys are true

552
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Speaker 1: Bawler's abs playing and Brandon Scott also true baller. Guy's

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Speaker 1: been around the league for a long time. It's Christian Kirksey.

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Speaker 1: What's his role this year? What is he gonna be?

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Speaker 1: Is he gonna start? Is he gonna be a key backup?

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Speaker 1: Is he gonna be veteran leadership? Uh? Is he gonna

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Speaker 1: make the team with a linebackers on our team, Christian Kirksey.

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Speaker 1: Interesting spot and then he's been in the last couple

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Speaker 1: of years where he was the guy, he was the

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Speaker 1: green dot, he was the leader on defense. Has that changed,

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Speaker 1: does need a change? Should it change? We'll find out

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Speaker 1: in due time, but it's always good to catch up

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Speaker 1: with Christian Kirksey talk about the changes in this defense,

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Speaker 1: what he sees from the young linebackers in his room.

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Speaker 1: Pretty good time talking with Christian Kirksey.

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Speaker 6: Mark me, Christian, and let's go.

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Speaker 3: Christian Kirksey joining us in studio. Great to have you back, Yes,

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Speaker 3: great to be been a few minutes.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it has, it has. Life goes fast, it.

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Speaker 3: Does, all right, So here you are and your elder

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Speaker 3: States been insidelnebacker demico' Ryans comes in. What's that relationship

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Speaker 3: like so far with you and the head coach who

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Speaker 3: played the position.

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Speaker 2: So I think we got an awesome relationship.

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Speaker 4: It's funny because I'm like in a student in the

576
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Speaker 4: student role right in my mindset when when he's talking,

577
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Speaker 4: because he's been somewhere where I want to go, and

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Speaker 4: that's you know, being in the league, being dominated in

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Speaker 4: the league. And when you have somebody that you know

580
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Speaker 4: has done it at a high level, your all ears

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Speaker 4: And that's what I've that's what I've been. It's almost

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Speaker 4: like I'm a rookie again when I'm listening to him,

583
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Speaker 4: because I really take value into what he's saying. So

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Speaker 4: for me, I think this would be great for my

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Speaker 4: career to be able to have a coach who played

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Speaker 4: my position and to tell me what I may need

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Speaker 4: to get better at what I'm doing wrong. And I

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Speaker 4: just take everything that he say and I try to

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Speaker 4: apply it to my game.

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Speaker 1: Christian, how different is this defense from anything you've you've

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Speaker 1: been in before. I mean you've been around the league,

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Speaker 1: so I know you've and and look, there's only so

593
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Speaker 1: many different ways you can dress something up. You know,

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna play cover three, it's cover three.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: It's just a matter of how things are called, maybe

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Speaker 1: some different focal points that you have to look at

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Speaker 1: and things like that. But thus far, how have you

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Speaker 1: seen it different from things you've done in the past,

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Speaker 1: And how has your adjustment been to it? Ah?

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Speaker 2: Man, Shoot, I haven't played it in a lot of defense.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I would say for for for me coming into

603
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Speaker 4: into this defense and and and what I'm learning in

604
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Speaker 4: myself is to play a little more patient. I know

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Speaker 4: a lot of people think like defense got to be fast,

606
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Speaker 4: got to be a step faster than offense. Uh, you know,

607
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Speaker 4: you gotta you know, just be just super fast and

608
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Speaker 4: physical and all that, which you do have to be physical.

609
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Speaker 4: But at the same time, and this defense is like patience,

610
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Speaker 4: like let it, let it, let it unfold, and then

611
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Speaker 4: you attack. And uh, that's something that I think that

612
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Speaker 4: when you know, when you turn in the film and

613
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Speaker 4: when you watch the Demko's defenses, everybody is precise in

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Speaker 4: where they're going. You know, sometimes you get caught in

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Speaker 4: the defense where guys are just running and not really

616
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Speaker 4: know where they're running to. In this defense, you got

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Speaker 4: to sit and watch and then you attack. And I

618
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Speaker 4: think that that's the difference from for me, for from

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Speaker 4: being around a lot of defenses, that it is more patients,

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Speaker 4: especially from a backer. You know, Uh, you see run,

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Speaker 4: you may want to just run to a spot, but

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Speaker 4: now it's like see see the run, but watch it

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Speaker 4: develop and then go.

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: He talked about the four guys up front wreaking havoc

626
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Speaker 3: and linebackers kind of cleaning up the mess.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, So you have to read that.

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Speaker 1: And that's the patients part of it.

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Speaker 4: That's the that's the patients part of it from like

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Speaker 4: you know, the big boys up front, they're they're they're

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Speaker 4: taught to go.

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Speaker 2: So they're gonna, like you said.

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Speaker 4: Create hav it, do, do what they gotta do, you know,

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Speaker 4: press the line back, you know, and for us, we're

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Speaker 4: sitting back there watching it all go down and then

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Speaker 4: once unclear, now we attack. So that's that's the thing

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Speaker 4: that I'm talking about with that patient, letting the unfold,

638
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Speaker 4: and then that's when your athletes can shine, when you know,

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Speaker 4: all right, this is where I'm going, this is where

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Speaker 4: the ball is.

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Speaker 2: Let me go Christian.

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Speaker 1: Since you've got in the league, the league obviously has

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Speaker 1: leaned more towards the passing game. I mean, we've seen

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Speaker 1: guys throw for a four thousand, some over five thousand,

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Speaker 1: and I think it was in twenty twenty one there

646
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Speaker 1: were seven guys in the league that ran for a

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Speaker 1: thousand yards. Maybe it's eight something like that. It was

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Speaker 1: a small number. Last year, seventeen guys ran for over

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Speaker 1: a thousand yards. Do you see the league kind of

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Speaker 1: going back to a I don't think it would be

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Speaker 1: run focused. But do you see more teams put a

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Speaker 1: focus on the run, And how does that change things

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Speaker 1: for you and kind of how.

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Speaker 2: You view the game.

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Speaker 4: No matter how much the game changes, you have to

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Speaker 4: have a good running game. I mean that, I truly

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Speaker 4: believe that that's where the game is one when you

658
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Speaker 4: can when you're good, extremely good in the run.

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Speaker 2: I mean it's just hard for a defense.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, you know, it's it's easy to it's

661
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Speaker 4: easier to move the ball just handing it off and

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Speaker 4: letting the guy run the post. From throwing the ball,

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Speaker 4: it's a lot of chances, you know some back it

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Speaker 4: happened interception or you know the deflected ball, you know,

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Speaker 4: laying in the wrong hands. But when you when you're

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Speaker 4: good running the ball and you're running behind your pass

667
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Speaker 4: and you got a strong offensive line that's physical, you

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Speaker 4: got to do that for four quarters. And for a defense,

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Speaker 4: you know, some guys start turning down hits in the

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Speaker 4: fourth quarter because they're like, man, my body is going

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Speaker 4: through it. They just pounding and pounding. So I really

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Speaker 4: think that that's the ingredient to like a great football

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Speaker 4: team where you can run the ball.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 4: I don't think it's just going to go back. You know,

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Speaker 4: twenty years ago it was you know, not everybody bring

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Speaker 4: it back full back, you know, full back, you know,

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Speaker 4: running ice ods, And I don't think the league is

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Speaker 4: going to go back that far. But I think when

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Speaker 4: you when you establish a run, that is key because

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Speaker 4: then it opens up the pass game. Now you can

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Speaker 4: have your dynamic receivers and great quarterbacks. When you got

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Speaker 4: a team that you know is keeping defenses balanced and

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Speaker 4: keeping them honest, now you you can do whatever you

685
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Speaker 4: want to do and now you're in control. So I

686
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Speaker 4: think that you know, it's a passing league, but when

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Speaker 4: you have those teams with great running backs and a

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Speaker 4: great running scheme, that's dangerous.

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Speaker 3: Christian Kirksey with us, all right, we asked you about

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Speaker 3: the defense. What are he's seeing in this offense? This

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Speaker 3: is a new system. You're facing it in practice all

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Speaker 3: the time. What can you tell us about it.

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Speaker 4: I'm impressed. I'm impressed from what I've seen with this offense.

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Speaker 4: You know, we have some great receivers that came in,

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Speaker 4: great young receivers, and you know, when Robert Woods got here,

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Speaker 4: I thought that that was one of the most underrated,

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Speaker 4: you know, things that we did in this off season.

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Speaker 3: So tell me about him specifically, because a lot of

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Speaker 3: listeners are thinking about that and they're hearing a lot

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Speaker 3: of good things about him so far in practice, and

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Speaker 3: they're not able to watch it.

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Speaker 4: So I've been watching Robert, you know, just being in

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Speaker 4: the league, and he does the dirty work that a

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Speaker 4: lot of receivers don't want to do. And that's that's

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Speaker 4: being aggressive as being in a blocking game as well.

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Speaker 4: So like I know, a lot of young receivers may

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Speaker 4: not look at that and may not understand that you're

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Speaker 4: not going to get the ball every play. You have

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Speaker 4: to continue to run your routes even though the ball

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Speaker 4: may not even come to you, but you still got

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Speaker 4: to run it as if the ball is coming to you.

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Speaker 4: And then on the rundowns you have to block. And

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Speaker 4: every receiver don't want to do that. And when you

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Speaker 4: look at Robert, like, that's something that I respect out

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Speaker 4: of his game, and I think when you put him

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Speaker 4: in that leadership role in that room, a lot of

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Speaker 4: guys is going to take after that and be like,

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Speaker 4: in order to be a great receiver, I have to

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Speaker 4: also do things that I may not want to do

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Speaker 4: and that's block and that's you know, be physical.

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Speaker 2: And I feel like.

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Speaker 4: That's what Robert brings to this receiver group. And you know,

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Speaker 4: he's been doing well for us and he's been leading

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Speaker 4: and so the short amount of time that he's been

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Speaker 4: on his team, just in this OTAs you can just

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Speaker 4: tell that he's apologis Vet.

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Speaker 2: He's going to be that leader in that room.

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Speaker 1: Christian, you've been around. We talked to Denzel about this

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Speaker 1: as well. You've been around, You've seen some things. How

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Speaker 1: important is it to you to share those things and

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Speaker 1: those lessons with the long young guys because you got

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Speaker 1: a lot of young linebackers and linebacker corps and I

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Speaker 1: know there's a linebackers coach, coach Kiffin. I know that

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Speaker 1: Miko has played the position. But I think for players

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Speaker 1: a lot of times, to hear it from you and

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Speaker 1: hear it from Denzel, to hear from Vets, it means more.

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Speaker 1: How much does it mean to you kind of share

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Speaker 1: what you've learned with those guys, especially when they want

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Speaker 1: to soak it up and you can share your experiences

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Speaker 1: playing a position with them.

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Speaker 2: Man, it means a lot.

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Speaker 4: When you first entered the league, you have so many questions,

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Speaker 4: you have so much to learn, and it just takes

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Speaker 4: me back from when, you know, in twenty fourteen, when

745
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Speaker 4: I first got in the league and I had some

746
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Speaker 4: great vets Carlos Dansby, Craig Robertson, Zach Diws, Tank Carter,

747
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Speaker 4: those guys who.

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Speaker 2: Gave me all the knowledge I possibly can get.

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Speaker 4: When you know I have so many questions, I want

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Speaker 4: to give that right back to the younger guys now

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Speaker 4: that I'm a older guy in the room, and I

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Speaker 4: also want to, you know, lead in the way of

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Speaker 4: this is the NFL. The game is always changing, so

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Speaker 4: you're always learning, and the best leaders gives the best

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Speaker 4: questions or asks the best questions.

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Speaker 2: So for me being in that leadership role, I'm asking the.

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Speaker 4: Questions that they may want to ask for not asking,

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Speaker 4: just to understand that, Hey, look, I'm ten years in

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Speaker 4: and I'm still learning and asking questions and you know,

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Speaker 4: being a tentative and you know, still being a student

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Speaker 4: of the game, and you know, respecting my coaches even

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Speaker 4: though you know, I've been in this league for a

763
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Speaker 4: long time, but it's still the player coach relationship. I'm

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Speaker 4: trying to teach guys how to walk in that manner

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Speaker 4: and how to you know, take their career and be

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00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 4: professional and you do things the right way, then you

767
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:41,280
Speaker 4: can find yourself playing in the league a long time.

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Speaker 4: So you know, I'm excited to be in this position

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Speaker 4: where you know, guys that look to me for for

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Speaker 4: for answers, and I may not have them all, but

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Speaker 4: it goes to show that I'm still learning. So you know,

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Speaker 4: I'm excited to be in this position. And we got

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Speaker 4: a lot of great young guys. To be honest, guys,

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00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 4: guys are playing fast, and you know, I'm excited to

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00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 4: see this room.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so, Christian, thanks a lot for being with us.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate it.

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Speaker 6: Thank you bank, Christian Kirksey.

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Speaker 1: There is good catching up with Texans linebacker now going

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Speaker 1: into the third year. Man, I said this to uh, gosh,

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Speaker 1: you talked to you, Oh, John Garnard is talking to

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Speaker 1: John Garnnard, I said, who are the only players that

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Speaker 1: have been here longer than you? Continuously? Because Jacob Martin

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00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: is back and he started he started hearing twenty one

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00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 1: team but continuously, and it was Titus, it was Laramie,

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Speaker 1: and then there was John Garnard who was drafted twenty twenty,

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00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 1: which doesn't seem that long ago, and then twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: Christian Kerksey in his third year Christian Kerksey Desimond King

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. But just shows you this team

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00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 1: is I don't say young, it is young, but they've

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00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: been together often, that's for sure. They don't have I

792
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,800
Speaker 1: always look at how the team was built. I've always

793
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: looked at those and teams are either interesting and how

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Speaker 1: they're put together.

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Speaker 6: But the best teams have been around, Like at the

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Speaker 6: forty nine ers. Those guys been there. You'll see some guys, you.

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00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 1: Know, Kittle was drafted in what seventeen, sixteen, seventeen, something

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Speaker 1: like that. Deebo got there in twenty twenty, I think

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Speaker 1: it was. So you know, guys have been around a

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Speaker 1: little bit. So hopefully the Texans will get there. These

801
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: draft classes they put together will be here for a

802
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,760
Speaker 1: little bit and we'll see what this brings for Christian

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Speaker 1: Kirksey in twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 6: All right, let's go around the NFL.

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00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:29,400
Speaker 1: A Miami Dolphin is maybe in trouble again again.

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Speaker 6: Good grief. Is Tyreek Hill ever going to learn?

807
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Speaker 1: Well, we'll talk about that next as we go around

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Speaker 1: the NFL right here in Texans All Access.

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Speaker 5: Stay tuned for more on the Houston Texans and the

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Speaker 5: NFL on Texans All Excess. Back to the show, they

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Speaker 5: teach you plugged in with the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Yes, sir, welcome back. Appreciate you being here with me.

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Speaker 6: John Harris, Football analyst, sideline reporter.

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Speaker 1: A quick reminder tonight following our show, we'll get off

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Speaker 1: the air here in about five minutes and then we'll

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Speaker 1: turn it over to Adams Blaine and Brandon Scott discussion

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00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 1: discussing the NBA Draft. You know, for some reason, I

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00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,240
Speaker 1: did sixteen hours NFL Draft, but I don't get asked

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Speaker 1: back for the NBA Draft, you know whatever I mean,

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00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,319
Speaker 1: I mean, I get it, I guess. But you know,

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Speaker 1: if the guys wanted me to stop in, I can

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Speaker 1: make funny comments about suits and everything. By the way,

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Speaker 1: if you haven't seen Grady Dick's suit that he's wearing tonight,

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Speaker 1: it is a red sequined I I'm just I'm blown away.

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Speaker 1: I'm blown away. The Kansas Guard you gotta you gotta

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Speaker 1: see this.

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Speaker 6: I mean, it's it's hard to even explain.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's not quite a keem Elaijawan with the

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Speaker 1: Tucks and the red boat tie.

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Speaker 6: But you know, take a look at it.

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Speaker 1: But definitely listen to Adams Blaine brand Scott on the

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Speaker 1: NBA draft. All right's go on the NFL and start

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Speaker 1: with this story, and it's Tyreek Hill.

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Speaker 6: So typically was Tyreek Hill. It's like, all right, what

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Speaker 6: did he do?

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00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:57,959
Speaker 7: Now?

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Speaker 1: Well, apparently over the week he was at a he

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Speaker 1: was on a boat. I'm on a boat, and he

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Speaker 1: hit a charter boat employee. So apparently the conflict began

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Speaker 1: when Hill's group allegedly boarded boat at the marina without permission,

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Speaker 1: and it ended with Hill slapping employee in the back

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Speaker 1: of the head. Employees reportedly told police Hill responded to

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Speaker 1: their pushback by saying, I can buy you and the boat.

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Speaker 1: I'm number ten with the Miami Dolphins. Tyreek Hill has

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Speaker 1: had issues dating all the way back to his days

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Speaker 1: of Oklahoma State, and typically they involved him hitting someone

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Speaker 1: and here you go. Now, apparently charges were not brought

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Speaker 1: against him, but the Marinea employee is pressing charges against

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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill. So obviously there's two sides to every story.

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Speaker 1: We'll see what happens with this. But yeah, I just

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00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:06,799
Speaker 1: a guy with that sort of history. It's just me,

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00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 1: but a guy with that sort of history.

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Speaker 6: I think I would be.

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Speaker 1: Going out of my way to stay out of the

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Speaker 1: news for those particular things, like, Hey, Tyreek, don't hit

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00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: anybody when you have your hemmel on and you're on

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00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,919
Speaker 1: the field, have at it. Be as violent as you want.

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00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: It's football, within the rules. Obviously outside the game. Don't

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00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:33,320
Speaker 1: be a jackass, please. But that's obviously not the case.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens with Tyreek Hill, and we'll

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Speaker 1: see if the NFL gets involved in the suspension of

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Speaker 1: any kind. So we'll see what's going on the Dolphins,

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00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 1: speaking of and the Jets possible destinations for Dalvin Cook.

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Speaker 1: And I will say this and kudos to Texans fans,

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook is one of the best running backs in

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Speaker 1: the league. I have not received one Twitter message. I

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Speaker 1: have not received I have not seen one iota about

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook joining the Texans because Damian Peerson Devin secretary.

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Speaker 1: But the last three years I would have seen Dalvin

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Speaker 1: Cook like THETA they gotta go get Dalvin Cook, the

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Speaker 1: good guy. Uh, thank god, I haven't seen one of

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Speaker 1: those notes. Dolphins Jets, Dalvin Cook taking his time, also

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Speaker 1: taking his time, DeAndre Hopkins. He is pondering the offers

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Speaker 1: that have come, apparently from the Patriots and the Titans.

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Speaker 1: This look he's any rush to get to either training camp.

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Speaker 6: But Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: I know he's made an offer. I don't know about

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Speaker 1: New England, but he is obviously weighing those. I guess

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Speaker 1: I'd go New England. I'd rather see him there than

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Speaker 1: at Tennessee. But those two will keep an eye on.

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Speaker 6: Throughout the summer.

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook and of course former Texan and good friend

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Speaker 1: of mine DeAndre Hopkins. All Right, that's gonna do it.

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Speaker 1: A big thanks to the General for joining me this evening.

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Speaker 1: Christian Kirksey obviously with me and Mark vandermer So. I

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Speaker 1: appreciate him and my man Chris Santiago back in studio.

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Speaker 6: He's an absolute badass.

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Speaker 1: He keeps me on the air, make sure I don't

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Speaker 1: say anything wrong, make sure I'm on time. He's the best,

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Speaker 1: and you hear him during the day. Sometimes you hear him.

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Speaker 1: You may not hear him during the show a lot

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Speaker 1: of times, but he's the backbone of what we do.

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Speaker 1: So appreciate Chris. Keep it right here. Spoe B Scott,

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Speaker 1: NBA Draft coming up. Appreciate you guys. We'll see him

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Speaker 1: on as always. Go Texans.

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