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Speaker 1: combination as good as Christian kirk Zay Jones and Marvin Jones.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what's your gut, what's your gut tell

426
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Speaker 1: you about Jacksonville in twenty twenty two. I don't think

427
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Speaker 1: they're there yet. It feels like they're loading up, which

428
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 1: they are, all right. Didn't they get more guaranteed money

429
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,760
Speaker 1: away than anybody else has ever given in the history

430
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Speaker 1: of this league or something like that. They gave away

431
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Speaker 1: a lot of guaranteed money, a lot of free agent contracts.

432
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,080
Speaker 1: We always know how that works out, so well, all right,

433
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,360
Speaker 1: sometimes it works out well? I see. I think the Rams, Johnny,

434
00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,080
Speaker 1: what what they've been able to do? People? It's a

435
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:06,240
Speaker 1: copycat league and people have seen the dream team thing

436
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 1: fail more often than not. But the Ramps made it work.

437
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,600
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that Jags are putting together a

438
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,560
Speaker 1: dream team. This is more like a daydream team. It's

439
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,040
Speaker 1: more like a I just had a good idea team.

440
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,360
Speaker 1: But I mean, are these guys who really scare you?

441
00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,920
Speaker 1: I think the positive here and I'm kind of all

442
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,200
Speaker 1: over the place with this. The positive here, if from

443
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:32,880
Speaker 1: a Jacksonville perspective, is hey, I'm not signing multi Pro

444
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,919
Speaker 1: Bowl Hall of Fame candidates here. I'm signing Zay Jones

445
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,560
Speaker 1: and Christian Kirk and other guys who can just help

446
00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,080
Speaker 1: me get a little bit better and a little bit better.

447
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:42,800
Speaker 1: It could be a lot better if Trevor Lawrence is

448
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 1: protected and we can run the ball consistently. That's how

449
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,240
Speaker 1: they're probably looking at it, and they should be a

450
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,560
Speaker 1: lot better. I mean, you can't assume forever, and you

451
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,240
Speaker 1: benched it last night. You can't assume forever that you're

452
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:56,399
Speaker 1: gonna sweep sweep every year with the Jacksonville Jaguars. It

453
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 1: doesn't work that way in this league. It has been working,

454
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 1: but it can't work forever. So get ready, buckle up.

455
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 1: They're gonna give you a good game this year or two. Yeah.

456
00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,880
Speaker 1: I took a look at the Jaguars in my daily brew.

457
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,679
Speaker 1: Go check it out at Houston Texas dot com or

458
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 1: you can go to my twitter feed at Jay Harris

459
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:14,199
Speaker 1: Football as I tweeted it out and just took a

460
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 1: look at all the changes and then looked at the

461
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,719
Speaker 1: needs that team still has some needs. I mean, they

462
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,760
Speaker 1: put some money into linebacker position, they need to put

463
00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,600
Speaker 1: draft capital in it too. Safety position they didn't put

464
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,800
Speaker 1: any money in. They need to put draft capital in

465
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 1: that they made the decision to franchise Cam Robinson again.

466
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,680
Speaker 1: But is that a long term solution? And if he's not,

467
00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:36,760
Speaker 1: what are younn do with Juwan Taylor? See a long

468
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,840
Speaker 1: term solution? Maybe not. So you're gonna maybe have the

469
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,919
Speaker 1: draft to tackle for the future, to protect Trevor Lawrence.

470
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: There's a lot of things going on. The Jaguars still

471
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,960
Speaker 1: have a few holes, and I have a question about

472
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Speaker 1: the Jags in Either Or. I've got about six or

473
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,960
Speaker 1: seven of them from Mark, ranging from the draft, to

474
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Speaker 1: the Colton Titans to anything else you can imagine that's

475
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Speaker 1: next on Texas del Axis. Texans All Access continues in

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Speaker 1: a moment back to the show that keeps you plugged

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Speaker 1: in with a Houston Texans Welcome back Friday night. Hopefully

478
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Speaker 1: you guys are having a great holiday weekend. John Harris here,

479
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,920
Speaker 1: Mark Vanderbuer is there and it's time for Either Or.

480
00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:26,560
Speaker 1: It's one of my favorite segments because I can throw

481
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,680
Speaker 1: anything up on the wall, turn into Either Or, and

482
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:31,240
Speaker 1: it puts Mark on the spot. I love it, So, Mark,

483
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Speaker 1: are you ready for this one? Because this has caused

484
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,760
Speaker 1: it caused a little bit of consternation Earlier in the

485
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:44,679
Speaker 1: week talking about different trades at three and thirteen. Either

486
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 1: the Texans make two trades of three and thirteen or

487
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,160
Speaker 1: no trades of three and thirteen in the first round.

488
00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:57,000
Speaker 1: Can't pick one, you gotta pick either two or zero.

489
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Speaker 1: Is this what I want or what I think is

490
00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:05,119
Speaker 1: going to happen? What's gonna happen? No trades, no trades.

491
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 1: It's easier said than done. Yeah, because here's what happens.

492
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,720
Speaker 1: X team wants to move up and take Malik Willis

493
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,679
Speaker 1: and they're talking to the Jets or they're talking to

494
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,800
Speaker 1: the Giants or whoever, and it just doesn't work out,

495
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 1: and it wasn't you that got to trade down. So

496
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 1: you stand pat. I think that he's probably, of course

497
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 1: he's had conversations with teams about hypothetical trades or trades

498
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,240
Speaker 1: they could pull the trigger on if certain things happen.

499
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,880
Speaker 1: But I think it's far more like if we're doing,

500
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,840
Speaker 1: more likely to happen that they don't have any trades

501
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: with those first two picks than they have any trades

502
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 1: at all. So I'm gonna say, no trades, no trades

503
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 1: are gonna happen with three and thirteen, And you know what,

504
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:51,160
Speaker 1: that's fine. You have three and thirteen. We're coming off

505
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 1: years of having nothing. We're coming off years of waiting

506
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 1: till ten o'clock on Friday to make a pick. Let's go.

507
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 1: Thursday is gonna be extremely busy at Biller Outdoor Theater.

508
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 1: I was talking to Clinton Show about this, and then

509
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,879
Speaker 1: Clint Clint said it. You know, there was I I

510
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,119
Speaker 1: guess Peter King brought something up about talking to GM

511
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,119
Speaker 1: and I don't know, accumulating a bunch of picks in

512
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 1: the third, fourth round. And look, you know, you know

513
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 1: I am. I'm trade down guy. I love trading down

514
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 1: as long as as long as I don't want to

515
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,680
Speaker 1: trade from three to twenty nine. I don't want to

516
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,160
Speaker 1: do that. I want to three to eight, fine, three

517
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 1: to you know, ten eleven, fine, three to twenty. Uh.

518
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 1: I mean that that deal better be awfully sweet. I

519
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,400
Speaker 1: want to still walk out of there with two first

520
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,320
Speaker 1: rounders on Thursday night. So I mean I'm gonna violate.

521
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,640
Speaker 1: I think one does move down, but I would lean

522
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 1: towards you with no trades. They're Johnny, there are too

523
00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 1: many attractive players there at three to drop down too much.

524
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: To back up your point here, you know, I was

525
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 1: just watching some stuff on Sauce and Stanley and Hamilton,

526
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,879
Speaker 1: and I'm thinking, I want all three of those guys.

527
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 1: I want at least one of those guys. And I

528
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,639
Speaker 1: think you have to go ahead and pull the trigger

529
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,119
Speaker 1: at three if you're going to assure that if you

530
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 1: drop down at eight or nine, that might not happen.

531
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 1: They might. They're probably not all gone at that point.

532
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,560
Speaker 1: But knowing Nick and the and the scouting crew, of

533
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,400
Speaker 1: course they like one of those better than the other, right,

534
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 1: or two better than one other one. You know what

535
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 1: I'm saying. They have their favorites, and go ahead and

536
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 1: get the guy you wanted three. If it's two slots

537
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 1: higher than the value or whatever. So what if you

538
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 1: could trade down a couple of spot, Well, you're not

539
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,199
Speaker 1: gonna trade with the giants. That's not gonna happen at

540
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 1: all likelihood. I would say, just get who you wanted. Three,

541
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 1: let's go. Yeah, okay, Nick, As Sario calls you up

542
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 1: Thursday night, he says, Marco mccion, A little secret here

543
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 1: happens a lot. Yeah, go ahead. I know we're not

544
00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:50,560
Speaker 1: gonna not gonna do said three. But if they're all

545
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: on the board at thirteen. I'm taking a quarterback. Oh geez,

546
00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 1: so are you taking Mark vani Mere either Pocket pick

547
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:05,240
Speaker 1: It or Wiley Willis? Do you want Kenny Pickett, the

548
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: pocket guy, a little bit of mobility, or do you

549
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 1: want Malik Willis the big arm the exciting guy, but

550
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 1: maybe a little erratic from the pocket who take it?

551
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,400
Speaker 1: This is easy? It's Willis. I'm gonna go ahead and

552
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 1: take Willis and Willis it's gonna be interesting. Look if

553
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 1: he does this, boy, training camp, get your tickets, get

554
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 1: into training camp, and you're gonna want to watch Mills

555
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 1: and Willis because Mills will have a command of the offense.

556
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: And I'm understanding right, Willis, it's gonna be it's gonna

557
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:41,160
Speaker 1: be exciting. It's gonna be interesting, and he has to

558
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: figure out a way to rise up quickly. Or maybe not.

559
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe Mills would be holding it down for a

560
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 1: while while Willis learns the ropes. I don't think it's

561
00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: gonna happen either. They have too many needs and the

562
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: way this thing sets up, hey, Mills is your guy

563
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: for now at the very least, and maybe he turns

564
00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 1: into stellar franchise quarterback. If he does it, you have

565
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 1: a lot of picks in the next couple of years

566
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: to deal with it if he doesn't pan out the

567
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 1: way you want him too. So it's a pretty good

568
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: situation as far as a building situation goes. We talked

569
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 1: about this maybe about a week ago, and we just

570
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 1: last segment discussed Indianapolis and Tennessee carrying more pressure on

571
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 1: them heading into twenty twenty two. Chris Ballard and Frank

572
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: Reich or John Robinson, Mike Rabel, all right, you sat

573
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:40,240
Speaker 1: a little discombobulated with your broadcast unit there. Although, although

574
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 1: maybe it's me, I'm gonna say that Frank Wich has

575
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure here with Chris Ballard, I think

576
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 1: there's a lot of pressure on those guys. You can't look,

577
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,320
Speaker 1: they've won one playoff game and it's been a while.

578
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 1: It was the twenty eighteen capper when they beat the Texans.

579
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: Here t Y Hilton in the cloud mask. I mean,

580
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:02,840
Speaker 1: my gosh, why didn't have to bring that up and

581
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 1: ruin my weekend thinking of that moment. I thought they

582
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: were gonna win the game when I saw that. Obviously

583
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 1: good Friday. I don't know, but exactly it is it is. Listen,

584
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 1: that good Ride has been a while though, Right, that's

585
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 1: the twenty eighteen season. You go through nineteen twenty and

586
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 1: twenty one without a without a play right, so you

587
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 1: go through three campaigns without a playoff victory, and you're them,

588
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 1: and they're supposed to be really good. I know, forever

589
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 1: and ever we will talk about how they don't have

590
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck, and boy pour them for not having Andrew

591
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 1: Luck who retired suddenly in a preseason prior to what

592
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, But Philip Rivers, Nope, Carson Wentz, no playoff

593
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 1: appearance at all. Now they have Matt Ryan. I know

594
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 1: they're kind of piecing it together, but they're piecing it

595
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 1: together at a pretty high level. They didn't sign Mallett

596
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: and Hoyer one of these years. They got Wentz, who

597
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: is a former number one pick or number two pick

598
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 1: rather in this draft, not this draft, but in the

599
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:09,440
Speaker 1: in the draft. And they also got Philip Rivers, who

600
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: is a Hall of famer. So and now they have

601
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, who I wouldn't call him a Hall of Famer,

602
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 1: but he's a Hall of very good er. So look,

603
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: if they don't get it done now, Johnny, I think

604
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: that it's definitely worth a look and the way Earsay acts,

605
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 1: at least on Twitter, and according to reports, feels like

606
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,680
Speaker 1: the patience is not the cup not runneth over with

607
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 1: patience right now? Yes, okay, it's draft night. You are

608
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: a lock first rounder. I mean you're a You're a lock.

609
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 1: You're You're Aiden Hutchinson. You are a lock. Are you

610
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 1: either going to be on site in Vegas or at

611
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: home with your friends? Oh so this is a personal thing.

612
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 1: I would like to be in Vegas. Look, it would

613
00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 1: be fun to be with the friends, but hooped, come on,

614
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 1: go to Vegas and enjoy the whole scene and hug

615
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: Goodell and do all that and have that footage live forever.

616
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 1: I gotta be around my family. You'll have plenty of

617
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 1: time to be around your family later. He's still have

618
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: that big gap between mini camp and training camp. And

619
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: you know, you don't have to shove off right away.

620
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 1: You'll be able to fly. You're not flying from Vegas

621
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 1: directly to the team site, never to be heard from again.

622
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: I think you got to take advantage of the fun

623
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: opportunity of being wherever the draft is held and do it.

624
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 1: And I know there's been a lot of talk. Then

625
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: you need to be compensated. I understand the point, but

626
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 1: at the same time, it's an honor to get picked

627
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 1: by this league and walk out on that stage. Does

628
00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 1: everything have to be compensated? The whole idea is, yes,

629
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: you're gonna be compensated. You've been drafted. That means you're

630
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 1: getting the money. Okay, I'll stop very very well. Put,

631
00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: I would have been at home with my friends and family,

632
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 1: but I don't know. I guess maybe the pomp and circumstance.

633
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 1: I don't know. But then again, I love our draft

634
00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 1: party and that's, you know, pomp and circumstance. So maybe

635
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 1: I would have gone to Vegas, but I would have

636
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Speaker 1: not wanted to be at the draft. I would have

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Speaker 1: wanted to be at the blackjack tables. That's just me. Um.

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Speaker 1: The Texans. They've got eleven picks going into the draft.

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Speaker 1: Eleven picks going into the draft, one of them just

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Speaker 1: one now, and every mock that I've done it's been two.

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Speaker 1: I've always picked two running backs, but they're gonna pick

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Speaker 1: just one. Mark. Do you want either a two hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifteen, two hundred and twenty pound hammer, a guy

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Speaker 1: like Brian Robinson from Alabama or would you like a

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Speaker 1: weapon X kind of versatile piece like James Cook from

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Speaker 1: Georgia either or what pick? What pick? What pick am

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Speaker 1: I talking about here? Johnny is it? Does it in

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Speaker 1: the third round, the fir first round, pick eighty, the

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Speaker 1: third round, give me, give me, give me the give

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Speaker 1: me the hammer, because look, I I want to be

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Speaker 1: able to move the pile and move the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 1: And you know we used to talk to talk about

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Speaker 1: Billow or talk about that with Bill O'Brien about moving

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Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage just getting positive yardage. I think

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Speaker 1: there are gonna be other ways to get weaponry in

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Speaker 1: the backfield. It doesn't mean you're done with your draft

657
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Speaker 1: at that point you make one pick. You have others

658
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Speaker 1: down the line. That's the funny thing about the draft.

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Speaker 1: When you start talking about it and you hear people

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Speaker 1: talk about it on national television or radio or whatever,

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Speaker 1: it's almost like people feel like, with three and thirteen,

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Speaker 1: that's the draft. No, No, that's not the draft. The

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Speaker 1: draft is the entirety of your picks. And believe me,

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Speaker 1: it better be. They better get help down the line here,

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Speaker 1: third round, fifth round, You better get people to help

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Speaker 1: otherwise it's gonna be a long season. You get two

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Speaker 1: studs at three and thirteen, congratulations. You need depth, you

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Speaker 1: need middle class, however you want to describe it. You've

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Speaker 1: got to get other players in this draft. So running

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Speaker 1: back is certainly somewhere I want to go. But if

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Speaker 1: the choice is beef, thunder or lightning among the early

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Speaker 1: picks at running back or at early pick at running back,

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Speaker 1: I would go with a thunder. Interesting, I'm right there

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Speaker 1: with you. I think I would go Brian Robinson over

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Speaker 1: a guy like James Cook. I want a little bit

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Speaker 1: of even though James Cook puts the fear of you

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Speaker 1: know what in defense is Brian Robinson forces some second

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Speaker 1: and third level dudes to make business decisions, and that

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Speaker 1: could be sort of scary. Now. A little while ago,

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Speaker 1: I asked you no trades or two trades at at

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Speaker 1: three and thirteen. We both said no trades. So if

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Speaker 1: there's no trades, the Texans make picks at three and thirteen,

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Speaker 1: are they going either offense offense or defense defense? Can't

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Speaker 1: split it and go offense defense. You gotta pick offense,

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Speaker 1: offense or defense defense? What are they doing at three

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Speaker 1: and thirteen? Take your pick? If I can't if I

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Speaker 1: can't split its defense defense. It's definitely defense defense. I

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Speaker 1: just talked about the defensive backs. Of those three guys

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Speaker 1: who are available, I might grab one at three. That's

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Speaker 1: the way I feel today. Talk to me tomorrow. I

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Speaker 1: might feel completely different. And then I get a pass

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Speaker 1: rusher at thirteen or somebody like that. I need to

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Speaker 1: get defense, and I'm gonna grab it with these two

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Speaker 1: picks if that's my only option. Now, they might get

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Speaker 1: the thirteen team and all of a sudden it's a

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Speaker 1: receiver and something changes. But if you're gonna ask me

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Speaker 1: if it's gonna be one of the other offense, defense

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Speaker 1: with those two picks, defense is my selection. All right,

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Speaker 1: you mentioned receiver. I like that. And Nick calls you

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Speaker 1: up again on the way to the studio Friday night.

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Speaker 1: Pick thirty seven. It's three four or five six seven.

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Speaker 1: It's the fifth pick of the second round, and Nick says, Mark,

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Speaker 1: I'm going receiver, but I have a lemma. I've got

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Speaker 1: a size, height, weight, speed, freakish guy like George Pickens

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Speaker 1: from Georgia. And then I've got John Dotson, a little

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Speaker 1: smaller slot type sized guy, but he's got a massive

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Speaker 1: catch radius. Which wide receiver are you taking either Pickens

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Speaker 1: or Dotson? This street guard? Any off the field stuff

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Speaker 1: that we may not know or that I know about

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Speaker 1: Pickens that you don't you take him Pickens or Dotson. Well,

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Speaker 1: where's Christian Watson getting taken? By the way, I know

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Speaker 1: that's not among my options here. He would probably be

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Speaker 1: a third option. He'd be in the mix at thirty seven,

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Speaker 1: but I'm not letting you take him because I know

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Speaker 1: you drafted him in Vandermock. So he's out of this.

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Speaker 1: George Pickens the height, weight, speed freak. John Dotson a

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Speaker 1: little bit smaller, shorter, but quicker with great hands. Dotson

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Speaker 1: because you mentioned slot right and I saw one of

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Speaker 1: him in Doola did in the last game of the season.

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Speaker 1: And if I can have young, faster, good catch radius

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Speaker 1: guy who can play in the slot type receiver in

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Speaker 1: this offense with Davis Mills, I've got Nico able to

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Speaker 1: play on the outside due damage that way, I still

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Speaker 1: have Brandon Cooks on this team. Of course, I've got

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Speaker 1: the other guys who can flash on occasion and contribute certainly,

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Speaker 1: and I still have other selections in this draft. So

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Speaker 1: gimme Dotson I'm with you. I love John Dotson. I

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Speaker 1: mean he's one hundred seventy eight pounds. I mean that's

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Speaker 1: but he can't play in the slot. And I think

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Speaker 1: the right guy in a slot in any offense can

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Speaker 1: be used very dynamically. But man Pickens is a boy.

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Speaker 1: Pickens is fun to watch when he's healthy. Holy smokes,

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Speaker 1: that dude is. He's a freakazoit. Now he's got some

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Speaker 1: maturity issues and some things off the field, but man

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Speaker 1: George Pickens with Nico and Cooks would be all kinds

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Speaker 1: of fun. Now, after the break, the Texans are going

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Speaker 1: to take an offensive lineman at number three, but it's

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Speaker 1: not the two that have been often mocked at number three.

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Speaker 1: I'll ask Mark what he would do on either or

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Speaker 1: finish it up on the other side. Next on Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access More Texans Radio is on the way, Texans Radio.

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Speaker 1: The drive continues. What f I a segment of this

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Speaker 1: Friday edition, This good Friday, Thank god it's Friday edition

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Speaker 1: of Texans All Access. John Harris alongside Mark Vanermer and

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Speaker 1: I tease this going into the break and either or Now, Mark,

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Speaker 1: I know that you have done. You're studying off prospects.

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Speaker 1: Of course, Now I don't mean this being me and

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Speaker 1: not to the degree that I have, so I will

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Speaker 1: I will pose this question to you. Yeah, and the

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Speaker 1: similar vein that I have a few others. Nikossario calls

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Speaker 1: you Thursday night and said, look, we're taking one of

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Speaker 1: these offensive linemen, but it's not the two guys that

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Speaker 1: have often been rumored to be in that spot. One

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Speaker 1: of them is either or. Either the Texans draft a

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Speaker 1: true tackle arguabing the best it's not even arguable the

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Speaker 1: best pass protecting tackle in this draft, Charles Cross, or

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Speaker 1: they draft a hammer like ikey Akwanu who can move

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Speaker 1: into guard where Cross can't. What are they doing either?

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Speaker 1: Or they're gonna draft the guard Johnny because you are

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Speaker 1: paying Larry may tounch On a lot of money to

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Speaker 1: be your left tackle Tightus Howard should be a right tackle,

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Speaker 1: and a lot of people's opinions who I respect, maybe

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Speaker 1: they move them back. I think that they're smart to

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Speaker 1: not declare Titus a tackle at this point. Why would

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Speaker 1: you do that when somebody might want to move up

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Speaker 1: and grab Cross at number three If they want to

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Speaker 1: trade down right, that could happen even if it's just

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Speaker 1: a couple of spots. What if Evan Neil drops to three,

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Speaker 1: that's entirely possible, right, It's entirely possible that that happens.

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Speaker 1: And what if they're not interested? I would think they

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Speaker 1: would take the guard. But you tell me, because look,

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Speaker 1: we were just talking about the quarterbacks, but the offensive lineman.

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Speaker 1: These guys very often don't live up to the hype.

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Speaker 1: One guy who did was Quinton Nelson of the Colts.

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Speaker 1: You were really high on him going into the draft.

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Speaker 1: They drafted him. He's a maller, he's the guy. He

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Speaker 1: is everything they wanted him to be and more. Well,

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Speaker 1: you tell me, is Ikey aquant that kind of player?

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Speaker 1: What's interesting about both of them? Now? I don't have

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Speaker 1: a Quantu at number one, but he's pretty high up

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Speaker 1: there on my list on the Harris one hundred, which

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Speaker 1: you can go get the Houston Texans app, you can

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Speaker 1: see all my write ups, all my thoughts on these guys.

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Speaker 1: Equantu is the closest thing we've probably seen to Quinton Nelson.

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Speaker 1: From that perspective, if you're gonna move him inside, he

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Speaker 1: could play guard. I think you're gonna get as close

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Speaker 1: as you can Ironically, Aquanto's twin brother plays at Notre Dame.

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Speaker 1: Equantu could be that guy at guard for sure. I

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Speaker 1: think Equanta is absolutely the guy I would think about

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Speaker 1: at guard in that particular scenario. If they come out

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Speaker 1: of there with a Quantu I've seen. I've seen a

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Speaker 1: few mocks with a Quantu at three and Jordan Davis

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Speaker 1: at thirteen and Mark. If that happens, I'll keep my

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Speaker 1: shirt on on stage, but I will be really really

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Speaker 1: excited if that happens. Now, we're all gonna go shirtless.

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Speaker 1: We're all taking off our shirts and we're gonna spell

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Speaker 1: the name of whoever they pick on our chests. It'll

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Speaker 1: be like Devils on Seinfeld. Now, we're not gonna do that. No,

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Speaker 1: we won't. We won't. We won't do that. But I

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Speaker 1: would if you, if you end up with Equanu and Davis,

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Speaker 1: you go a long way in putting your stamp on

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Speaker 1: what this organization is gonna be. And that's a physical team.

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Speaker 1: As Levy Smith said on Sundays, when you take this

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Speaker 1: team on, those teams are gonna buckle down because it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be tough, it's gonna be physical, and it is

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Speaker 1: gonna be hard to go a full sixty minutes without

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Speaker 1: feeling it. And that's the way it is when you

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Speaker 1: play the Colts. I don't get quite all that with

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Speaker 1: the Titans, but it's pretty close too. That's the way

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Speaker 1: we've got to absolutely be in Aquanu and Davis definitely

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Speaker 1: get you there. Mark, you did a great job. You

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Speaker 1: get a plus effort on either or excellent job. Thank

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Speaker 1: you for joining me tonight on Good Friday, my man

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Speaker 1: Robert Harris for keeping it down back in studio. You

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Speaker 1: all have a great weekend, all kinds of sports, even USFL,

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Speaker 1: and the Draft is inching ever so closely. You guys

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Speaker 1: have a great one. Yes, you guys have a great one.

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Speaker 1: We will see you on Monday. Take care and as always,

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Speaker 1: go Texans. This is Texans Radio on Sports Radio six ten.