Speaker 1: This is a young team.
Speaker 2: We're on the cuz they're hungry to get better.
Speaker 3: Peers running rice tend barrels this way down the forty
Speaker 3: one yard line.
Speaker 2: We want to run by Piers.
Speaker 4: These are the type of guys, the type of men
Speaker 4: that we want in our locker room.
Speaker 1: Ten or top betch christ Jan Harris.
Speaker 2: Game day is every day love the energy.
Speaker 3: Nicked up by Stateley Pultrey.
Speaker 1: Texans out football on the pit.
Speaker 2: And if you want it, you gotta go work.
Speaker 5: No, it's Texans all xcess.
Speaker 6: So let's work, baby.
Speaker 1: Welcome in Thursday night, Texans All Access. Now, usually you
Speaker 1: hear Mark Vanruy's voice, but Mark has been out, as
Speaker 1: I've noted all week long.
Speaker 6: He's gonna make it up to me next week by
Speaker 6: just being there.
Speaker 1: But that's okay. We're having a good time night. John
Speaker 1: Harris Football on a Syeline reporter, Gonna be joined by
Speaker 1: Christian Kirksey a little bit later. I've an interview that
Speaker 1: we did on media Days, catching up with the middle
Speaker 1: imbacher Christian Kirksey. I wonder what his role is well'st
Speaker 1: our guest. I don't even know if it's our guest.
Speaker 1: I texted him today just to make sure that he
Speaker 1: wanted to come on tonight with me, and that's John McClain,
Speaker 1: and he said, absolutely, I'm a Thursday institution. I hated
Speaker 1: say quite like that, but I kind of got the point.
Speaker 1: Good evening, John McClain, the general, How are you doing.
Speaker 6: My friend?
Speaker 7: I'm doing great. And I did not say institution. I
Speaker 7: said I'm ready to go every Thursday night. I don't
Speaker 7: even know why it would have crossed your mind that
Speaker 7: I wouldn't want to come on just because Mark's not on.
Speaker 1: No general, I was hoping. I just wanted to check
Speaker 1: in with you, and I'm glad that year you're definitely here.
Speaker 1: I've got Christian Kirksey coming on later, and I've got
Speaker 1: a lot of people that have stopped me and asked
Speaker 1: me about what's Christian role? What's Christian's role this year?
Speaker 1: Christian Kirksey, because obviously gott to be clear. Christian Harris,
Speaker 1: what do you think his role is John this year?
Speaker 1: A does he make the team? Be If he does
Speaker 1: make the team, what is his role? Do you think
Speaker 1: he's a starter? Do you think he's he's a complimentary
Speaker 1: piece on sub package? What do you think Christian Kirksey's
Speaker 1: role is in twenty twenty three for this team.
Speaker 7: I believe it's only a matter of time. For you've
Speaker 7: got two Alabama linebackers starting, and since they're gonna play
Speaker 7: Nickel most of the time, Touto and Harris would be
Speaker 7: starting a linebacker. And you know, Nick Casario talked to
Speaker 7: Henry like crazy when he went on with Sean Bender
Speaker 7: guest and Seth Payne. And for Nick to praise somebody,
Speaker 7: that's unusual. Anybody walked watched him at Alabama knows he's
Speaker 7: a tackling machine. He's smart, and he works hard. And
Speaker 7: those older guys make more money. And uh, you've got
Speaker 7: three veteran linebackers Lyttleton, Harryman and Kirksey, and is only
Speaker 7: I'm guessing they're going to keep two. And who who
Speaker 7: stays better play special teams?
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I don't I can't remember the last time
Speaker 1: any one of those three play special teams. Maybe Littleton.
Speaker 1: I think Littleton actually made the Pro Bowl one year
Speaker 1: on special team, so he might end up being that guy.
Speaker 1: And of course, Denzel Perramian's coming off an injury. Christian
Speaker 1: Kirkchi played all last year, so you know, injuries could
Speaker 1: could solve the issue unfortunately.
Speaker 6: General.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you this quick story for I get the
Speaker 1: matics question about Henry Toatoa. This was the training camp
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, so his training camp twenty twenty one,
Speaker 1: and so I was off of my corner watching training camp,
Speaker 1: and I had one of the Texans scouts.
Speaker 6: Here's a scout, and we just happened to be talking.
Speaker 1: I said, you know, I asked where he had been
Speaker 1: and he said, oh, I was in Tuscaloosa, and oh.
Speaker 1: We start talking about all the different prospects and we're like, oh, man,
Speaker 1: thirty one is pretty good. Huh yeah, boy would be
Speaker 1: fun if you were a Texan. And he is will Anderson.
Speaker 1: We started talking about the prospects and we got to
Speaker 1: Henry to Atoa and he said, John, he's been calling
Speaker 1: the defense from day one. And so the scout or
Speaker 1: whomever was I was talking to had been there like
Speaker 1: day two or three. Tootoe was already in charge of
Speaker 1: the defense on day two. And that was with Christian
Speaker 1: Harris there at Alabama who had been there for I
Speaker 1: think two years prior, and Tooto had already taken control.
Speaker 1: Now he knew the defense from Tennessee. But the fact
Speaker 1: that he had already come in and was running that
Speaker 1: defense with all the alphas that they had on it,
Speaker 1: I thought that was a that was that was an
Speaker 1: incredible thing at that particular point. But keep an eye
Speaker 1: on Henry Toatoe. There's no doubt, General put it best.
Speaker 1: Those two Alabama linebackers could be back together. General, let's
Speaker 1: look at corner, because I've been thinking about corner.
Speaker 7: On one second, John, excuse me. I watched a lot
Speaker 7: of Alabama games because I wanted to see Bill O'Brien
Speaker 7: what he did with the offense. And when I saw
Speaker 7: how great Briance Young was, I watched him again this
Speaker 7: year because I thought there was a good chance Texans
Speaker 7: would be drafting Briance Young. And I remember when they
Speaker 7: were on defense keep hearing too to Tea Too was
Speaker 7: a tackle toa Tod chased him out of bounds, and
Speaker 7: I was thinking, I wonder how he spell his name,
Speaker 7: and so I looked at it up and I thought, man,
Speaker 7: I'm sure a'b doesn't come to the Texan shot the
Speaker 7: announcin spell his name. And I'm wondering now, because it
Speaker 7: was should have been a great pick. Why was he
Speaker 7: available in the fifth round. He played for Nick Saban.
Speaker 7: He starred for Saban, And why did he last until
Speaker 7: he did? And I'm glad they jumped all over him
Speaker 7: when they had the opportunity. Why do you think he
Speaker 7: was available at the fifth.
Speaker 1: I think one of the things, general is just size.
Speaker 1: I think that's one thing. I mean, you see him,
Speaker 1: I mean he looks pretty thick. I mean, his lower
Speaker 1: body's pretty thick. But he I think he only meag
Speaker 1: measured at two hundred and twenty seven pounds. Now, we've
Speaker 1: seen linebackers shrink in the NFL basically, I mean that's
Speaker 1: the way it seems. I mean, we no longer have
Speaker 1: the Ted Johnson's or the Benardrick McKinney's, or the Bryan Cushings.
Speaker 1: I mean, we don't have two fifty five anymore. In fact,
Speaker 1: Pine Seule's brother, Noah Sewell, was up at Oregon in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, twenty twenty one.
Speaker 6: He was two hundred and sixty.
Speaker 1: Pounds and they're like, bro, you you got to lose
Speaker 1: some weight. He ended up measuring at the combine at
Speaker 1: two forty one. And so I think, you know, that's
Speaker 1: about the sweet spot for some linebackers. But I think
Speaker 1: for to a toy it was just the fact that
Speaker 1: he ended up at two twenty five to twenty seven.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's not the biggest guy in the world,
Speaker 1: and so I think there were some people that probably
Speaker 1: feared that a little bit. But I'm look, I'm We've
Speaker 1: all seen players that end up falling for some reason.
Speaker 1: Look Charles Amene who a few a few years ago
Speaker 1: when you go the fifth round and he was the
Speaker 1: big twelve defensive player of the year, came to Houston,
Speaker 1: showed what he can do. Then over the next couple
Speaker 1: of years you saw kind of why. All right, I
Speaker 1: can see why. You know, he doesn't love to play inside,
Speaker 1: he's not as physical inside.
Speaker 6: So maybe some of those things show up for Henry Toyotoa.
Speaker 1: But as far as what you get from look if
Speaker 1: the if all you get from him is subpackage and
Speaker 1: special teams to start as a rookie or even in
Speaker 1: the first two years, I mean, that's pretty solid. Gettinghim
Speaker 1: on day three, you know, there's no question about that.
Speaker 1: But gener when we're talking, I was thinking about the
Speaker 1: second okay, all.
Speaker 7: On, I got something else. Oh okay. I looked up
Speaker 7: all of the forty nine ers defensive starters at linebacker
Speaker 7: and the secondary, their age where they were drafted, in
Speaker 7: their size, and all the linebackers were twenty for anywhere
Speaker 7: from two twenty five to two point thirty. Damiko wants
Speaker 7: them to be able to run, and of course they
Speaker 7: got to be able to hit. And they all said
Speaker 7: that he worked really hard in coverage. So I can't
Speaker 7: wait to see him get into training camp, especially to
Speaker 7: joint practice. Okay, what do you want to ask me
Speaker 7: about the secondary?
Speaker 6: Yeah, no doubt and keep and eye.
Speaker 1: Drake Greenlow was the guy that went to seventh round
Speaker 1: ended up being a stud for the forty nine ers.
Speaker 6: It still is.
Speaker 1: So that's kind of the guy Henry Toatoa can probably emulate.
Speaker 1: So we'll see that. But I was thinking about secondary.
Speaker 1: Derek Stingly looked. I thought, really really good OTAs Uh
Speaker 1: and mini camp the other side.
Speaker 6: I mean, obviously Stephen.
Speaker 1: Nelson played pretty well last year, but they went on
Speaker 1: and got Shaq Griffin. Do you see that as a
Speaker 1: true training camp competition, John, with Stephen Nelson and Shaqgriffin
Speaker 1: or do you think that No, it's Nelson for sure,
Speaker 1: and Griffin is the guy that might slide inside if
Speaker 1: they've got to do some things on passing downs. How
Speaker 1: do you think they play that spot opposite Derek Stingley
Speaker 1: With Shaqgriffin now in the fold alongside Stephen Nelson.
Speaker 7: I'm glad you brought that up. John. I have a
Speaker 7: column posted this morning of sports Radio six ten dot
Speaker 7: com ten Things We Learned, and I said, what was
Speaker 7: Stephen Nelson and Sheldon Rankins? Thinking Nelson's in the last
Speaker 7: jer's contract? Sorry about that? You're still there? Yeah, I'm
Speaker 7: still here and he turned thirty years old ninth season.
Speaker 7: You don't stay away when you have a new coaching staff,
Speaker 7: news system. And of course the coaches will never say
Speaker 7: this because it's voluntary. You don't have to be there.
Speaker 7: You can just show up for the mandatory mini camp.
Speaker 7: But I'll guarantee you if it's a tie, the tie
Speaker 7: is going to go to the guy that was here
Speaker 7: busting his butt all the time for the new coaches,
Speaker 7: a new coordinator. I just think it was very foolish
Speaker 7: in this situation. If you're Laramie Tonsel, you're the best
Speaker 7: player on the team, you don't have to be there.
Speaker 7: You slide right in, you start, You're another have another
Speaker 7: Pro Bowl and all Pro season. But for guys who
Speaker 7: are thirty are approaching thirty, like Nelson and Rankins, I
Speaker 7: think you're playing with fire. Now. These science kill Griffin
Speaker 7: because Nelson wasn't there, and so they had to start
Speaker 7: him because he wasn't there. But if Nelson comes back
Speaker 7: the way they're loyal to veterans who've been here. I'm
Speaker 7: sure he's going to go to camp number one outside
Speaker 7: opposite Stingley. But if he doesn't play like he did
Speaker 7: last year, and he played well last year, then Griffin
Speaker 7: and if he does perform, he'll be starting. I saw
Speaker 7: a thing last week Pro Football Focus today at the
Speaker 7: top ten slot corners in the NFL. Last year, tavia
Speaker 7: Or Thomas was four, and he had more snaps in
Speaker 7: the slot than any of the other top ten. Now
Speaker 7: that's because Desmond King had to go outside because Stingley
Speaker 7: was hurt so much. And so I'm wondering, now, who's
Speaker 7: gonna be the slot corner if all those guys are healthy.
Speaker 7: But I'm guessing it's gonna be Nelson with Griffin trying
Speaker 7: to beat him Outdred Griffin still knew, you know, he's
Speaker 7: he's learning a lot. They signed him late, but if
Speaker 7: Nelson plays like he did last year, I expect him
Speaker 7: to be the starter.
Speaker 1: John, What do you think the role is for Desmond King?
Speaker 1: Because he's a guy that he's played that inside spot
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, he played the inside spot for
Speaker 1: like three or four games, then he went outside and
Speaker 1: played outside pretty much the rest of the season. Last
Speaker 1: year with some you know injuries, you know, when Steven
Speaker 1: went down a little bit, but mainly when Sting went down,
Speaker 1: Desmond slid back out there, and obviously it played a
Speaker 1: lot of his own and a lot of covered you know,
Speaker 1: cover two, cover four, but does make some plays when
Speaker 1: he's out there. Do you think he is solely an
Speaker 1: inside guy?
Speaker 6: John?
Speaker 1: Do you think he can slide outside in certain situations?
Speaker 1: How do you look at Desmond King's role, especially with
Speaker 1: Tap Thomas coming back as.
Speaker 7: Well, with the way coaches love versatility, the fact he
Speaker 7: can do both as a feather and his cat. He
Speaker 7: can return too. You know, I would imagine that Tank
Speaker 7: Dell is gonna be the returner because watching him in
Speaker 7: the off season program, even though nobody was hitting hitting him,
Speaker 7: he's got that extra gear and he's just so quick.
Speaker 7: He makes such quick cuts and he accelerates. He's so explosive.
Speaker 7: I can't wait to see him in games, can't wait
Speaker 7: to see him in the joint practices. But I think
Speaker 7: it's gonna be tough at Corner. They'll keep five, I'm guessing,
Speaker 7: and Corner has definitely got better depths in safety.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's no doubt, don't I don't mind the safety
Speaker 1: grew with Jalen and Jimmy and then MJ and Eric.
Speaker 1: I mean, you've got some experience combined with some youth
Speaker 1: back there, but beyond that, you're Baylor, Bear, Grayland Arnold.
Speaker 1: That could be a guy to look at at safety.
Speaker 1: I think he's moving back to safety. I don't say
Speaker 1: full time. I don't know if anybody ever does anything
Speaker 1: full time when they're not a full starter. I mean,
Speaker 1: you play basically wherever you think you can play generally.
Speaker 1: The other night I had on Kenyon green Mark and
Speaker 1: I did and we talked to Kenyon.
Speaker 6: He's a he's a man. A few words.
Speaker 1: He doesn't have a whole heck of a lot to say,
Speaker 1: and I think that's just natural for him. But how
Speaker 1: much and I'm not saying he's feeling this, But how
Speaker 1: much pressure do you think there is for Kenyon to
Speaker 1: be successful this year? Yes, it's his second year, but
Speaker 1: given how year one went for him, whether he was
Speaker 1: banged up or just not playing exceptionally, well, how much
Speaker 1: pressure do you think there is on Kenyon Green to
Speaker 1: perform at a relatively high level in just year two.
Speaker 7: Well, he better be feeling the pressure because he's got
Speaker 7: it on him. You know, when they used the fifteenth
Speaker 7: pick on him and he flashed a little bit, he
Speaker 7: missed some time, and then it looked like the more
Speaker 7: time went on, the war teams figured out he could
Speaker 7: be bull rushed. And I'm guessing that he's worked like
Speaker 7: crazy on his upper body. But when you're recovering from
Speaker 7: knee surgery, you know, so much of your strength comes
Speaker 7: from your butt and your legs, and when you're recovering
Speaker 7: from knee surgery, can't work on it. And I know
Speaker 7: he wants to be back. It would mean a lot
Speaker 7: to them if he could come back and be close
Speaker 7: to full speed. I'm going to guess they're going to
Speaker 7: take it easy on him like they did Steingley and
Speaker 7: Christian Harris and other guys. But he is under a
Speaker 7: lot of pressure. Because of where he's from, Houston, A
Speaker 7: and M first round pick, he has the ability. I
Speaker 7: think that Shaq Mason, who I'm told is a tremendous
Speaker 7: guy off the field, and I wrote in this column
Speaker 7: that I thought two offensive captains could be Robert Woods
Speaker 7: and Shaq Mason. And I think Mason will help him
Speaker 7: a lot. But he knows he got embarrassed at times
Speaker 7: last season. He doesn't want to see Washington again. He
Speaker 7: won't have to for four years, but he was broad
Speaker 7: here because he's talented and he's a good run blocker.
Speaker 7: Jack Mason's a good run blocker. They want to run
Speaker 7: the ball with Demiko and Bobby Sloweck. That's the first
Speaker 7: thing they want to do, and that'll sure help CJ. Stroud.
Speaker 7: So I think Kenyon Green he's too talented not to
Speaker 7: bounce back, and since most players improve their most between
Speaker 7: their first and second season, I look for him to
Speaker 7: be a different player.
Speaker 1: John one of the I can't remember how long ago
Speaker 1: Mark and I do this, and I just had this thought.
Speaker 1: I was walking back from practice and I was kind
Speaker 1: of watching players walk by, and I was like, man,
Speaker 1: that guy's got to play sixteen games this year. He's
Speaker 1: got to play a full schedule this year, and it
Speaker 1: got me thinking about what players the Texans can ill
Speaker 1: afford to lose. Obviously, minus quarterback, and we hope that
Speaker 1: CJ could play a whole season.
Speaker 6: We'll talk about him in just a second.
Speaker 1: But outside of quarterback, what two or three players do
Speaker 1: the Texans absolutely, without question, have to have for sixteen
Speaker 1: seventeen games, And hopefully if they're playing that many games,
Speaker 1: they're playing pretty well. But I would say the most
Speaker 1: indispensable players. Guys you can't do with that. I don't
Speaker 1: know how you want to phrase it, but essentially two
Speaker 1: or three players that in your mind, the Texans can
Speaker 1: ill afford to lose to have a successful season like
Speaker 1: they lose these guys, not that they're going to go
Speaker 1: over the over the edge and not have a successful season,
Speaker 1: but to be even more successful than maybe they think
Speaker 1: they've got to have these players.
Speaker 6: Who do you think those players are in your.
Speaker 7: Opinion, Jeremy Tonzo because he's the best player on the
Speaker 7: team and because he is the best pass blocker, one
Speaker 7: of the best in the league, and he protects the quarterback.
Speaker 7: Charlie Hagg's coming off with injury, he's been reabvid. Michael
Speaker 7: Dieter gonna be the guard until unless Kenyon Green comes back.
Speaker 7: Number two, Damien Piers. Damien Piers. We saw what happened
Speaker 7: to the running game last year when he missed the
Speaker 7: last four in parts of another one in the running
Speaker 7: Game went straight down the toilet, which is one reason
Speaker 7: Nick Casario signed Devin Singletary. And I look for that
Speaker 7: split to be about sixty forty with Singletary again most
Speaker 7: of the obvious passing situations, but with Pierce's style, physical
Speaker 7: style where he looks for trouble, and I think they
Speaker 7: can't afford to lose him. Defensively, they got one pass
Speaker 7: rusher who stands out, Will Anderson Jr. They could not
Speaker 7: afford to lose him. He's going to be their best
Speaker 7: defensive player, their best pass rusher. Favored to win NFL
Speaker 7: Defensive Rookie of the Year, because if you don't have
Speaker 7: pass rushers Derek Stanley, Jalen Petrie, those guys are put
Speaker 7: in such a predicament if you can't. I showed the quarterback,
Speaker 7: so I'm going to say, Will Anderson, I think.
Speaker 1: That's a good one. I said therek Stingly the other day.
Speaker 1: And I know this is a division that is I
Speaker 1: don't say dominated by the run. But you know Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry Travis e Tianna John to Taylor that you got
Speaker 1: to come up and stop the run. I don't think
Speaker 1: it's any question about that. But I think Stingley offers
Speaker 1: at full full health. I think he offers something different.
Speaker 1: I mean, we noticed how much bigger he was, how
Speaker 1: much thicker he was, But yeah, Will Anderson Junior, He's
Speaker 1: got to be the truth.
Speaker 6: There's no question about that.
Speaker 1: John. There was a look controversy with Colin Cowherd this
Speaker 1: week who said that c J. Stroud and he'd been
Speaker 1: compared to Dak Prescott. I think Noah Brown was asking
Speaker 1: about that. It wasn't It didn't come out as hey,
Speaker 1: compare CJ to Dak. It's just Noah took the conversation
Speaker 1: in that direction. So Colin Cowherd picked up on that,
Speaker 1: of course reading headlines and started saying, no, c J.
Speaker 1: Stroud won't be as good essentially as Dak Prescott. And
Speaker 1: he went into reasons why, and then he used old
Speaker 1: old well he's no high to state quarterback, which I
Speaker 1: think is the worst argument you can ever use. Because
Speaker 1: Ohio State basically didn't have NFL type quarterbacks minus Dwayne Haskins,
Speaker 1: and that just didn't work out. Point being what you
Speaker 1: make of what Coward said that CJ. Stroud won't be
Speaker 1: as good as Dak Prescott. Your thoughts on that when
Speaker 1: you heard.
Speaker 7: That, That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard,
Speaker 7: because you don't have a clue how good CJ. Stroud's
Speaker 7: going to be, and you don't have a clue how
Speaker 7: good Dak Prescott could get a whole lot better and
Speaker 7: be great consistently win super Bowls for the Cowboys. You
Speaker 7: don't know that. That's just kind of got thing. And
Speaker 7: I don't care give a hoot about what Colin Coward says.
Speaker 7: I saw the headlines. I paid no attention. I felt
Speaker 7: bad for Noah Brown since he played five seasons with
Speaker 7: Prescott and he was trying to be complimentary of Stroud.
Speaker 7: Now he'll be scared to say anything. By the way,
Speaker 7: the coaches really like Noah Brown. He can play all
Speaker 7: over the place, great size, he's not used up start
Speaker 7: thirteen games last season, and he played the best he's played.
Speaker 7: He came here for opportunity, But I thought, boy you
Speaker 7: talk about a stretch trying to make mountain out of
Speaker 7: a mowheel, that was it.
Speaker 1: That is that's June. That's June. Mini camps are over
Speaker 1: training camp. Not quite here, that's June radio talk right there.
Speaker 1: Compare those two. Some producer for his show is like,
Speaker 1: I got this, run this by Colin. He'll take this
Speaker 1: and run with it. And of course he's getting blasted
Speaker 1: because I just look at CJS Stroud and Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: is two different quarterbacks.
Speaker 6: But you know that's I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's some stylistically style things that are the same,
Speaker 1: but for the most part, man, I don't I don't
Speaker 1: quite see it.
Speaker 6: John.
Speaker 1: The NFL is having a really hard time getting a
Speaker 1: team for hard knocks.
Speaker 6: So I'll ask it as simply as I possibly could.
Speaker 1: It's hard knocks over in the NFL because teams won't cooperate.
Speaker 7: Well, they can make him show some football's grow a pair.
Speaker 7: Make the Jets do it. It doesn't matter what the
Speaker 7: Jets want. Bill O'Brien didn't want to did it, do it,
Speaker 7: and they did it, and they won it came back,
Speaker 7: they finished I think nine and seven that year, and
Speaker 7: Detroit did it during the season. I don't know that
Speaker 7: i'd want to do it during the season because I
Speaker 7: watched every I've watched, and I'm sorry not they did
Speaker 7: it their's on and I watched every episode because I
Speaker 7: want to see j jj and and Hopkins and that
Speaker 7: it was great. I've always liked Hard Knocks, but you
Speaker 7: can't let a team like the Jets that hadn't done
Speaker 7: Jack Squat tell you what to do, and uh, it's not.
Speaker 7: I listened to Bill Polly and ripping Hard Knocks talking
Speaker 7: about all those things, what a problem it is, and
Speaker 7: I'm thinking, Bill so there everybody called him and told
Speaker 7: them coaches, never do it again. I've heard a bunch
Speaker 7: of coaches saying they loved it. You know, Jerry Jones
Speaker 7: is probably volunteered. He's he loves Hard Knocks and the
Speaker 7: attention that brings. So nobody wants to see New Orleans,
Speaker 7: Chicago or Washington. They'd said be Jets or bust. And
Speaker 7: if they're having as much trouble getting a team for camp,
Speaker 7: what's it going to be like in regular season? They're
Speaker 7: talking about Washington being the team in regular season, and
Speaker 7: I wouldn't want to do anything to bring attention to
Speaker 7: Dan Snyder because of all the controversy. But it's got
Speaker 7: to be the Jets. I feel bad for HBO because
Speaker 7: they've done a great job with Hard Knocks, and the
Speaker 7: teams get to approve anything that's on there, so there's
Speaker 7: nothing they don't want.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I tell you what.
Speaker 1: That end season Hard Knocks John with Arizona, it was
Speaker 1: a I think we think again at four and thirteen,
Speaker 1: I think was the record if my math is correct.
Speaker 1: It was the most compelling thing on television. I mean
Speaker 1: it was incredible. I mean obviously seeing Hop and seeing
Speaker 1: JJ kind of tug at your heartstrings a little bit.
Speaker 1: But the way they handled JJ's retirement, the way they
Speaker 1: showed Hop and the different charity events that he had
Speaker 1: going on for beating into abuse mothers, I mean, it
Speaker 1: was incredible. And then you know all the behind the
Speaker 1: scenes stuff, you know, Kyler Murray got hurt, just what
Speaker 1: they were going through. I mean, it was really the
Speaker 1: nd season Hard Knocks has been incredible, even.
Speaker 6: The Colts the year before.
Speaker 1: You know, just the disaster at the end, and you're
Speaker 1: watching this and it's the most compelling, you know, television
Speaker 1: you could you could possibly think of now when it
Speaker 1: comes to compelling television for the NFL, A lot of
Speaker 1: times it's the draft. Well, John, tonight is the NBA Draft,
Speaker 1: and this question really has nothing to do with I
Speaker 1: guess the NBA Draft. But other than the fact that
Speaker 1: the NBA has their draft, I think it's probably what
Speaker 1: three weeks two, three weeks after the season was over.
Speaker 6: Do you think the NFL would.
Speaker 1: Be better off having a draft that was a lot
Speaker 1: sooner than late April, given the fact that college season
Speaker 1: is over on January tenth or eleventh. Would you like
Speaker 1: to see the NFL draft moved up and have it
Speaker 1: a lot earlier so that you can maybe get to
Speaker 1: the off season earlier or whatever. How do you think
Speaker 1: the NFL would change if they moved the draft up?
Speaker 1: Maybe a month or so?
Speaker 7: They couldn't make any more stake mistakes than they already do,
Speaker 7: despite spending millions and millions and millions on scouting. Now
Speaker 7: there's a lot of people that think no coach should
Speaker 7: be able to be interviewed to l after the Super
Speaker 7: Bowl to make it fair for everybody. Well, then they
Speaker 7: woul no way they'd want to move it up. I
Speaker 7: like it where it is. When I started covering the NFL.
Speaker 7: It was eighteen rounds the draft, and it was over
Speaker 7: three days, and there was no ESPN. You just waited
Speaker 7: for a phone call from the NFL to tell you
Speaker 7: what it was and you slap a name under the
Speaker 7: team next to the round. And then when ESPN came in,
Speaker 7: it was had took it into a whole nother level.
Speaker 7: The NFL network made it even better. So I like
Speaker 7: it the way it is. It's the NFL. The only
Speaker 7: time the NFL doesn't dominate is in this period right here.
Speaker 7: But if guys keep getting suspended for gambling and taking
Speaker 7: carry on bags to the airport with two loaded handguns
Speaker 7: and bullets, and uh, there's so many compelling things. Aaron
Speaker 7: Rodgers want legalized psychedelics. There's a lot of good stories
Speaker 7: going on right now where it's still in the news,
Speaker 7: and I know this, it's that, Uh boy, I can't
Speaker 7: wait to find out who the first pick in the
Speaker 7: NBA draft's gonna be.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I wonder, I wonder who's that who that's gonna be,
Speaker 1: because that's gonna impact the rockets to it for so
Speaker 1: I'm definitely for that.
Speaker 6: John.
Speaker 1: What you got going on at sports Radio six '
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Speaker 1: guys in the afternoon. Is that correct.
Speaker 7: I'll be on with them tomorrow Every Friday at four o'clock.
Speaker 7: I've got columns on the astros, columns on what we
Speaker 7: learned from Texans Mini camp, and I'll have a bunch
Speaker 7: more next week. John, thank you very much. It's always
Speaker 7: a pleasure.
Speaker 1: Absolutely general the same here, it is a pleasure. John McClain,
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Speaker 1: I know he's probably gonna be run now because of
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Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier. Christian Kirksey is gonna join us next.
Speaker 1: The inside linebacker for the Texans, gives us his thoughts
Speaker 1: on what he sees in this defense, what he sees
Speaker 1: in the linebacker room. We'll have Christian Kirksey for you
Speaker 1: next right here on Texans All Access.
Speaker 5: Chickson's radio continues. In a moment, Chickson's Radio is back.
Speaker 1: Yes, it is John Harrison Cappert's seat, Footballano sideline reporter
Speaker 1: for your Houston Texans getting ready. A little over a
Speaker 1: month from training camp, NBA Draft tonight, Rockets sitting at
Speaker 1: number four. Got a feel. We know who's going number one,
Speaker 1: as John said, Victor Wembayana is.
Speaker 6: Going number one.
Speaker 1: After that, it gets really interesting too, and watching the
Speaker 1: rumors kind of all day, and I know people like, wait,
Speaker 1: it's you're an NFL guy, John, No, no, no, no, listen. I'm
Speaker 1: a sports I'm a sports guy and I love every
Speaker 1: draft imaginable, doesn't matter. I watch the NHL Draft. I'll
Speaker 1: watch any draft they put out. I always, I always
Speaker 1: love a draft that. I've always been a big fan
Speaker 1: of the NBA draft. It's just gotten to a point
Speaker 1: where I don't really follow overtime elite all that much,
Speaker 1: so I don't really know who everybody is. I know
Speaker 1: Victor because everybody was talking about him after that. I
Speaker 1: watched Brandon Miller a lot, but I like Scoot Henderson.
Speaker 1: Would be kind of interesting to see which way the
Speaker 1: Rockets go. Does Brandon Miller get the four toes, Scoot
Speaker 1: Henderson get the four I'm and Thompson you see the
Speaker 1: guy for I've heard a lot of talk about him.
Speaker 1: I heard Seanna sat talking about that today. So NBA
Speaker 1: Draft coming up, looking forward to it, and I know
Speaker 1: Chris tell me, if I'm correct, Adams splaying and Brandon
Speaker 1: Scott are gonna be following me with a draft show
Speaker 1: that they'll have you covered.
Speaker 6: So keep it locked right here. I know I am.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be listening to those guys as I take
Speaker 1: off on the way home.
Speaker 6: So it's gonna be fun.
Speaker 1: Those two guys the the Rockets inside out to take
Speaker 1: a listen to the podcast. Man, those guys are true
Speaker 1: Bawler's abs playing and Brandon Scott also true baller. Guy's
Speaker 1: been around the league for a long time. It's Christian Kirksey.
Speaker 1: What's his role this year? What is he gonna be?
Speaker 1: Is he gonna start? Is he gonna be a key backup?
Speaker 1: Is he gonna be veteran leadership? Uh? Is he gonna
Speaker 1: make the team with a linebackers on our team, Christian Kirksey.
Speaker 1: Interesting spot and then he's been in the last couple
Speaker 1: of years where he was the guy, he was the
Speaker 1: green dot, he was the leader on defense. Has that changed,
Speaker 1: does need a change? Should it change? We'll find out
Speaker 1: in due time, but it's always good to catch up
Speaker 1: with Christian Kirksey talk about the changes in this defense,
Speaker 1: what he sees from the young linebackers in his room.
Speaker 1: Pretty good time talking with Christian Kirksey.
Speaker 6: Mark me, Christian, and let's go.
Speaker 3: Christian Kirksey joining us in studio. Great to have you back, Yes,
Speaker 3: great to be been a few minutes.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it has, it has. Life goes fast, it.
Speaker 3: Does, all right, So here you are and your elder
Speaker 3: States been insidelnebacker demico' Ryans comes in. What's that relationship
Speaker 3: like so far with you and the head coach who
Speaker 3: played the position.
Speaker 2: So I think we got an awesome relationship.
Speaker 4: It's funny because I'm like in a student in the
Speaker 4: student role right in my mindset when when he's talking,
Speaker 4: because he's been somewhere where I want to go, and
Speaker 4: that's you know, being in the league, being dominated in
Speaker 4: the league. And when you have somebody that you know
Speaker 4: has done it at a high level, your all ears
Speaker 4: And that's what I've that's what I've been. It's almost
Speaker 4: like I'm a rookie again when I'm listening to him,
Speaker 4: because I really take value into what he's saying. So
Speaker 4: for me, I think this would be great for my
Speaker 4: career to be able to have a coach who played
Speaker 4: my position and to tell me what I may need
Speaker 4: to get better at what I'm doing wrong. And I
Speaker 4: just take everything that he say and I try to
Speaker 4: apply it to my game.
Speaker 1: Christian, how different is this defense from anything you've you've
Speaker 1: been in before. I mean you've been around the league,
Speaker 1: so I know you've and and look, there's only so
Speaker 1: many different ways you can dress something up. You know,
Speaker 1: if you're gonna play cover three, it's cover three.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 1: It's just a matter of how things are called, maybe
Speaker 1: some different focal points that you have to look at
Speaker 1: and things like that. But thus far, how have you
Speaker 1: seen it different from things you've done in the past,
Speaker 1: And how has your adjustment been to it? Ah?
Speaker 2: Man, Shoot, I haven't played it in a lot of defense.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I would say for for for me coming into
Speaker 4: into this defense and and and what I'm learning in
Speaker 4: myself is to play a little more patient. I know
Speaker 4: a lot of people think like defense got to be fast,
Speaker 4: got to be a step faster than offense. Uh, you know,
Speaker 4: you gotta you know, just be just super fast and
Speaker 4: physical and all that, which you do have to be physical.
Speaker 4: But at the same time, and this defense is like patience,
Speaker 4: like let it, let it, let it unfold, and then
Speaker 4: you attack. And uh, that's something that I think that
Speaker 4: when you know, when you turn in the film and
Speaker 4: when you watch the Demko's defenses, everybody is precise in
Speaker 4: where they're going. You know, sometimes you get caught in
Speaker 4: the defense where guys are just running and not really
Speaker 4: know where they're running to. In this defense, you got
Speaker 4: to sit and watch and then you attack. And I
Speaker 4: think that that's the difference from for me, for from
Speaker 4: being around a lot of defenses, that it is more patients,
Speaker 4: especially from a backer. You know, Uh, you see run,
Speaker 4: you may want to just run to a spot, but
Speaker 4: now it's like see see the run, but watch it
Speaker 4: develop and then go.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 3: He talked about the four guys up front wreaking havoc
Speaker 3: and linebackers kind of cleaning up the mess.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, So you have to read that.
Speaker 1: And that's the patients part of it.
Speaker 4: That's the that's the patients part of it from like
Speaker 4: you know, the big boys up front, they're they're they're
Speaker 4: taught to go.
Speaker 2: So they're gonna, like you said.
Speaker 4: Create hav it, do, do what they gotta do, you know,
Speaker 4: press the line back, you know, and for us, we're
Speaker 4: sitting back there watching it all go down and then
Speaker 4: once unclear, now we attack. So that's that's the thing
Speaker 4: that I'm talking about with that patient, letting the unfold,
Speaker 4: and then that's when your athletes can shine, when you know,
Speaker 4: all right, this is where I'm going, this is where
Speaker 4: the ball is.
Speaker 2: Let me go Christian.
Speaker 1: Since you've got in the league, the league obviously has
Speaker 1: leaned more towards the passing game. I mean, we've seen
Speaker 1: guys throw for a four thousand, some over five thousand,
Speaker 1: and I think it was in twenty twenty one there
Speaker 1: were seven guys in the league that ran for a
Speaker 1: thousand yards. Maybe it's eight something like that. It was
Speaker 1: a small number. Last year, seventeen guys ran for over
Speaker 1: a thousand yards. Do you see the league kind of
Speaker 1: going back to a I don't think it would be
Speaker 1: run focused. But do you see more teams put a
Speaker 1: focus on the run, And how does that change things
Speaker 1: for you and kind of how.
Speaker 2: You view the game.
Speaker 4: No matter how much the game changes, you have to
Speaker 4: have a good running game. I mean that, I truly
Speaker 4: believe that that's where the game is one when you
Speaker 4: can when you're good, extremely good in the run.
Speaker 2: I mean it's just hard for a defense.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, you know, it's it's easy to it's
Speaker 4: easier to move the ball just handing it off and
Speaker 4: letting the guy run the post. From throwing the ball,
Speaker 4: it's a lot of chances, you know some back it
Speaker 4: happened interception or you know the deflected ball, you know,
Speaker 4: laying in the wrong hands. But when you when you're
Speaker 4: good running the ball and you're running behind your pass
Speaker 4: and you got a strong offensive line that's physical, you
Speaker 4: got to do that for four quarters. And for a defense,
Speaker 4: you know, some guys start turning down hits in the
Speaker 4: fourth quarter because they're like, man, my body is going
Speaker 4: through it. They just pounding and pounding. So I really
Speaker 4: think that that's the ingredient to like a great football
Speaker 4: team where you can run the ball.
Speaker 6: Now.
Speaker 4: I don't think it's just going to go back. You know,
Speaker 4: twenty years ago it was you know, not everybody bring
Speaker 4: it back full back, you know, full back, you know,
Speaker 4: running ice ods, And I don't think the league is
Speaker 4: going to go back that far. But I think when
Speaker 4: you when you establish a run, that is key because
Speaker 4: then it opens up the pass game. Now you can
Speaker 4: have your dynamic receivers and great quarterbacks. When you got
Speaker 4: a team that you know is keeping defenses balanced and
Speaker 4: keeping them honest, now you you can do whatever you
Speaker 4: want to do and now you're in control. So I
Speaker 4: think that you know, it's a passing league, but when
Speaker 4: you have those teams with great running backs and a
Speaker 4: great running scheme, that's dangerous.
Speaker 3: Christian Kirksey with us, all right, we asked you about
Speaker 3: the defense. What are he's seeing in this offense? This
Speaker 3: is a new system. You're facing it in practice all
Speaker 3: the time. What can you tell us about it.
Speaker 4: I'm impressed. I'm impressed from what I've seen with this offense.
Speaker 4: You know, we have some great receivers that came in,
Speaker 4: great young receivers, and you know, when Robert Woods got here,
Speaker 4: I thought that that was one of the most underrated,
Speaker 4: you know, things that we did in this off season.
Speaker 3: So tell me about him specifically, because a lot of
Speaker 3: listeners are thinking about that and they're hearing a lot
Speaker 3: of good things about him so far in practice, and
Speaker 3: they're not able to watch it.
Speaker 4: So I've been watching Robert, you know, just being in
Speaker 4: the league, and he does the dirty work that a
Speaker 4: lot of receivers don't want to do. And that's that's
Speaker 4: being aggressive as being in a blocking game as well.
Speaker 4: So like I know, a lot of young receivers may
Speaker 4: not look at that and may not understand that you're
Speaker 4: not going to get the ball every play. You have
Speaker 4: to continue to run your routes even though the ball
Speaker 4: may not even come to you, but you still got
Speaker 4: to run it as if the ball is coming to you.
Speaker 4: And then on the rundowns you have to block. And
Speaker 4: every receiver don't want to do that. And when you
Speaker 4: look at Robert, like, that's something that I respect out
Speaker 4: of his game, and I think when you put him
Speaker 4: in that leadership role in that room, a lot of
Speaker 4: guys is going to take after that and be like,
Speaker 4: in order to be a great receiver, I have to
Speaker 4: also do things that I may not want to do
Speaker 4: and that's block and that's you know, be physical.
Speaker 2: And I feel like.
Speaker 4: That's what Robert brings to this receiver group. And you know,
Speaker 4: he's been doing well for us and he's been leading
Speaker 4: and so the short amount of time that he's been
Speaker 4: on his team, just in this OTAs you can just
Speaker 4: tell that he's apologis Vet.
Speaker 2: He's going to be that leader in that room.
Speaker 1: Christian, you've been around. We talked to Denzel about this
Speaker 1: as well. You've been around, You've seen some things. How
Speaker 1: important is it to you to share those things and
Speaker 1: those lessons with the long young guys because you got
Speaker 1: a lot of young linebackers and linebacker corps and I
Speaker 1: know there's a linebackers coach, coach Kiffin. I know that
Speaker 1: Miko has played the position. But I think for players
Speaker 1: a lot of times, to hear it from you and
Speaker 1: hear it from Denzel, to hear from Vets, it means more.
Speaker 1: How much does it mean to you kind of share
Speaker 1: what you've learned with those guys, especially when they want
Speaker 1: to soak it up and you can share your experiences
Speaker 1: playing a position with them.
Speaker 2: Man, it means a lot.
Speaker 4: When you first entered the league, you have so many questions,
Speaker 4: you have so much to learn, and it just takes
Speaker 4: me back from when, you know, in twenty fourteen, when
Speaker 4: I first got in the league and I had some
Speaker 4: great vets Carlos Dansby, Craig Robertson, Zach Diws, Tank Carter,
Speaker 4: those guys who.
Speaker 2: Gave me all the knowledge I possibly can get.
Speaker 4: When you know I have so many questions, I want
Speaker 4: to give that right back to the younger guys now
Speaker 4: that I'm a older guy in the room, and I
Speaker 4: also want to, you know, lead in the way of
Speaker 4: this is the NFL. The game is always changing, so
Speaker 4: you're always learning, and the best leaders gives the best
Speaker 4: questions or asks the best questions.
Speaker 2: So for me being in that leadership role, I'm asking the.
Speaker 4: Questions that they may want to ask for not asking,
Speaker 4: just to understand that, Hey, look, I'm ten years in
Speaker 4: and I'm still learning and asking questions and you know,
Speaker 4: being a tentative and you know, still being a student
Speaker 4: of the game, and you know, respecting my coaches even
Speaker 4: though you know, I've been in this league for a
Speaker 4: long time, but it's still the player coach relationship. I'm
Speaker 4: trying to teach guys how to walk in that manner
Speaker 4: and how to you know, take their career and be
Speaker 4: professional and you do things the right way, then you
Speaker 4: can find yourself playing in the league a long time.
Speaker 4: So you know, I'm excited to be in this position
Speaker 4: where you know, guys that look to me for for
Speaker 4: for answers, and I may not have them all, but
Speaker 4: it goes to show that I'm still learning. So you know,
Speaker 4: I'm excited to be in this position. And we got
Speaker 4: a lot of great young guys. To be honest, guys,
Speaker 4: guys are playing fast, and you know, I'm excited to
Speaker 4: see this room.
Speaker 2: Thanks so, Christian, thanks a lot for being with us.
Speaker 2: Appreciate it.
Speaker 6: Thank you bank, Christian Kirksey.
Speaker 1: There is good catching up with Texans linebacker now going
Speaker 1: into the third year. Man, I said this to uh, gosh,
Speaker 1: you talked to you, Oh, John Garnard is talking to
Speaker 1: John Garnnard, I said, who are the only players that
Speaker 1: have been here longer than you? Continuously? Because Jacob Martin
Speaker 1: is back and he started he started hearing twenty one
Speaker 1: team but continuously, and it was Titus, it was Laramie,
Speaker 1: and then there was John Garnard who was drafted twenty twenty,
Speaker 1: which doesn't seem that long ago, and then twenty twenty one,
Speaker 1: Christian Kerksey in his third year Christian Kerksey Desimond King
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. But just shows you this team
Speaker 1: is I don't say young, it is young, but they've
Speaker 1: been together often, that's for sure. They don't have I
Speaker 1: always look at how the team was built. I've always
Speaker 1: looked at those and teams are either interesting and how
Speaker 1: they're put together.
Speaker 6: But the best teams have been around, Like at the
Speaker 6: forty nine ers. Those guys been there. You'll see some guys, you.
Speaker 1: Know, Kittle was drafted in what seventeen, sixteen, seventeen, something
Speaker 1: like that. Deebo got there in twenty twenty, I think
Speaker 1: it was. So you know, guys have been around a
Speaker 1: little bit. So hopefully the Texans will get there. These
Speaker 1: draft classes they put together will be here for a
Speaker 1: little bit and we'll see what this brings for Christian
Speaker 1: Kirksey in twenty twenty three.
Speaker 6: All right, let's go around the NFL.
Speaker 1: A Miami Dolphin is maybe in trouble again again.
Speaker 6: Good grief. Is Tyreek Hill ever going to learn?
Speaker 1: Well, we'll talk about that next as we go around
Speaker 1: the NFL right here in Texans All Access.
Speaker 5: Stay tuned for more on the Houston Texans and the
Speaker 5: NFL on Texans All Excess. Back to the show, they
Speaker 5: teach you plugged in with the Houston Texans.
Speaker 1: Yes, sir, welcome back. Appreciate you being here with me.
Speaker 6: John Harris, Football analyst, sideline reporter.
Speaker 1: A quick reminder tonight following our show, we'll get off
Speaker 1: the air here in about five minutes and then we'll
Speaker 1: turn it over to Adams Blaine and Brandon Scott discussion
Speaker 1: discussing the NBA Draft. You know, for some reason, I
Speaker 1: did sixteen hours NFL Draft, but I don't get asked
Speaker 1: back for the NBA Draft, you know whatever I mean,
Speaker 1: I mean, I get it, I guess. But you know,
Speaker 1: if the guys wanted me to stop in, I can
Speaker 1: make funny comments about suits and everything. By the way,
Speaker 1: if you haven't seen Grady Dick's suit that he's wearing tonight,
Speaker 1: it is a red sequined I I'm just I'm blown away.
Speaker 1: I'm blown away. The Kansas Guard you gotta you gotta
Speaker 1: see this.
Speaker 6: I mean, it's it's hard to even explain.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's not quite a keem Elaijawan with the
Speaker 1: Tucks and the red boat tie.
Speaker 6: But you know, take a look at it.
Speaker 1: But definitely listen to Adams Blaine brand Scott on the
Speaker 1: NBA draft. All right's go on the NFL and start
Speaker 1: with this story, and it's Tyreek Hill.
Speaker 6: So typically was Tyreek Hill. It's like, all right, what
Speaker 6: did he do?
Speaker 7: Now?
Speaker 1: Well, apparently over the week he was at a he
Speaker 1: was on a boat. I'm on a boat, and he
Speaker 1: hit a charter boat employee. So apparently the conflict began
Speaker 1: when Hill's group allegedly boarded boat at the marina without permission,
Speaker 1: and it ended with Hill slapping employee in the back
Speaker 1: of the head. Employees reportedly told police Hill responded to
Speaker 1: their pushback by saying, I can buy you and the boat.
Speaker 1: I'm number ten with the Miami Dolphins. Tyreek Hill has
Speaker 1: had issues dating all the way back to his days
Speaker 1: of Oklahoma State, and typically they involved him hitting someone
Speaker 1: and here you go. Now, apparently charges were not brought
Speaker 1: against him, but the Marinea employee is pressing charges against
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill. So obviously there's two sides to every story.
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens with this. But yeah, I just
Speaker 1: a guy with that sort of history. It's just me,
Speaker 1: but a guy with that sort of history.
Speaker 6: I think I would be.
Speaker 1: Going out of my way to stay out of the
Speaker 1: news for those particular things, like, Hey, Tyreek, don't hit
Speaker 1: anybody when you have your hemmel on and you're on
Speaker 1: the field, have at it. Be as violent as you want.
Speaker 1: It's football, within the rules. Obviously outside the game. Don't
Speaker 1: be a jackass, please. But that's obviously not the case.
Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens with Tyreek Hill, and we'll
Speaker 1: see if the NFL gets involved in the suspension of
Speaker 1: any kind. So we'll see what's going on the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: speaking of and the Jets possible destinations for Dalvin Cook.
Speaker 1: And I will say this and kudos to Texans fans,
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook is one of the best running backs in
Speaker 1: the league. I have not received one Twitter message. I
Speaker 1: have not received I have not seen one iota about
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook joining the Texans because Damian Peerson Devin secretary.
Speaker 1: But the last three years I would have seen Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook like THETA they gotta go get Dalvin Cook, the
Speaker 1: good guy. Uh, thank god, I haven't seen one of
Speaker 1: those notes. Dolphins Jets, Dalvin Cook taking his time, also
Speaker 1: taking his time, DeAndre Hopkins. He is pondering the offers
Speaker 1: that have come, apparently from the Patriots and the Titans.
Speaker 1: This look he's any rush to get to either training camp.
Speaker 6: But Tennessee.
Speaker 1: I know he's made an offer. I don't know about
Speaker 1: New England, but he is obviously weighing those. I guess
Speaker 1: I'd go New England. I'd rather see him there than
Speaker 1: at Tennessee. But those two will keep an eye on.
Speaker 6: Throughout the summer.
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook and of course former Texan and good friend
Speaker 1: of mine DeAndre Hopkins. All Right, that's gonna do it.
Speaker 1: A big thanks to the General for joining me this evening.
Speaker 1: Christian Kirksey obviously with me and Mark vandermer So. I
Speaker 1: appreciate him and my man Chris Santiago back in studio.
Speaker 6: He's an absolute badass.
Speaker 1: He keeps me on the air, make sure I don't
Speaker 1: say anything wrong, make sure I'm on time. He's the best,
Speaker 1: and you hear him during the day. Sometimes you hear him.
Speaker 1: You may not hear him during the show a lot
Speaker 1: of times, but he's the backbone of what we do.
Speaker 1: So appreciate Chris. Keep it right here. Spoe B Scott,
Speaker 1: NBA Draft coming up. Appreciate you guys. We'll see him
Speaker 1: on as always. Go Texans.
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