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Speaker 1: What's happened?

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Speaker 2: Everybody?

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Speaker 3: Welcoming to a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access from

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Speaker 3: Monday Texans Radio Studio.

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Speaker 2: John Harrison, Mark Vandermire with you on a Wednesday evening

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Speaker 2: where you know what? Not a whole lot is going on?

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Speaker 2: What right about now? Not much is going on? Mark,

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Speaker 2: it's not much is going on.

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Speaker 3: The players had practice today, then they're out of the

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Speaker 3: building for a while, even though season premieres tomorrow. Then

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Speaker 3: they've got a long weekend. But things are always happening.

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Speaker 3: I was just kidding. I was just kidding. Things are

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Speaker 3: always going on. First of all, Mark, how you doing good?

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Speaker 2: Evening?

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Speaker 1: Doing great?

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Speaker 4: Johnny, It's you know, it's a fun week to see

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Speaker 4: how the team is put together, what they might add.

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Speaker 4: It's weird because think about the old days of four

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Speaker 4: preseason games. We would not have that final cut until

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Speaker 4: after the final game, and that would have taken place

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Speaker 4: tomorrow night. So we do look it cuts Friday, Saturday roster.

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Speaker 4: When was that Saturday afternoon? I mean, you have to

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Speaker 4: get ready for your first game by Monday. So and

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Speaker 4: sometimes I think the teams that were going to open

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Speaker 4: on Thursday night, they had to get their act together.

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Speaker 1: A lot sooner.

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Speaker 2: Of course, that's right.

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Speaker 4: There was that dynamic going on. Now they get a

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Speaker 4: little more time. They get a week and a half

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Speaker 4: as opposed to just a week, which is nice for

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Speaker 4: the football personnel people and the coaches too to work

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Speaker 4: with a full team to know what they have to

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Speaker 4: work with that opening week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's a practice today that it always looks

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Speaker 3: weird because we're so used to seeing a practice of

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Speaker 3: ninety guy or thereabouts ninety guys, a full ninety man

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Speaker 3: roster in training camp, and all of a sudden, it's

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Speaker 3: just the fifty three man roster and it doesn't even

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Speaker 3: have practice squad. We're gonna get to that because there

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Speaker 3: have been some nothing that has been We're gonna put

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Speaker 2: Stone, but the Texans have some practice squatters.

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Speaker 3: But there's also some news that went with that as well,

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Speaker 3: because a couple of guys I think that the Texans

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Speaker 3: were hoping to bring back are not coming back. Three

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Speaker 3: of them off the top of my head that I

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Speaker 3: three of them. We're gonna talk about that.

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Speaker 2: But today in practice marks some good news. Number One, you.

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Speaker 3: Had a couple of players back that had been injured

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Speaker 3: throughout training camp. Jeff Acuda was back dressed out practicing.

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Speaker 3: You had Tim Settle also back in practice. I thought

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Speaker 3: that was really really good.

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Speaker 3: The one that I held my breath was Will Anderson.

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Speaker 3: He did not he did have he did have his

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Speaker 3: so he was not He was there watching and we

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Speaker 3: still have got what uh three eight We got eleven

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Speaker 3: days before we got to play the Colts. But hopefully

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Speaker 3: Will is going to be moving in a positive direction.

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Speaker 3: It sounds like that's the way we're going. But to

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Speaker 3: not see him today practicing just like, oh, left a

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Speaker 2: In my stomach. But it was good to have a

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Speaker 3: I know a lot's been asked about those two guys,

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Speaker 3: but having them back was good at practice today and

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Speaker 3: it was a pretty good sharp practice for about an

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Speaker 3: hour and a half. And then they got out of

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Speaker 3: there and they're gonna get ready for the season premiere

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Speaker 3: on Thursday night there at an RG Stadium.

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Speaker 2: But accudain Settle back mark your.

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Speaker 4: Thoughts, Yeah, good to see that. I think they need

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Speaker 4: that depth. Clearly, Settle is somebody you want to talk

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Speaker 4: about on the defensive line who can be a big body,

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Speaker 4: know he's got desires, So no surprise there the guys

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Speaker 4: of these that really get you, Johnny. I know that

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Speaker 4: you're bumming and I'm bumming too. I know that you

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Speaker 4: really like McTelvin a game, and you entered at least

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Speaker 4: a couple of times. But to see him end up

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Speaker 4: I really don't. I hope it works out for him,

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Speaker 4: but man, I don't like things working out for the Colts.

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Speaker 4: I don't want to see this work the Colts. Maybe

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Speaker 4: I don't know, Yeah, we do about this, But.

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Speaker 2: He was with the Colts.

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Speaker 3: In fact, that was one of the things that he

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Speaker 3: told me in his interview. He had been with the Colts,

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Speaker 3: and one of the reasons that the Texans had made

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Speaker 3: some sense in the offseason was the fact that one

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Speaker 3: of his defensive line coaches with the Colts, Nate Ali,

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Speaker 3: ended up with Roger Wright, and those are the two

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Speaker 2: For Sosa to be here.

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Speaker 3: But I thought, okay, let's bring him back on practice squad.

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Speaker 3: I mean, my guess is the Texans were interested in

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Speaker 3: bringing him back on practice squad, but you never know.

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Speaker 3: I would have thought, just my thought was that he

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Speaker 3: would have had a better opportunity to be on the

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Speaker 3: field with the Texans than he would with the Colts.

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Speaker 3: The Colts, you're talking about the Forrest Bugner, Grover Stewart,

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Speaker 3: and you know Tommy Atibare, who actually will come up

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Speaker 3: in our second segment with Nick Casserio. He's kind of

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Speaker 3: our version of Marcus Harris, the Colts version of Marcus Harris,

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Speaker 3: and we'll get to him in a second as well.

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Speaker 3: I would have thought that there's more opportunity here in Houston,

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Speaker 3: but who knows. He goes back to that place is comfortable.

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Speaker 3: So that's one player. Mtelena Geame who was waved ends

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Speaker 3: up going to the Colts on the practice squad. Okay,

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Speaker 3: let's get to the next one. That I read was

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Speaker 3: going somewhere else, and that's Mike Ford.

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Speaker 2: He's going back to Cleveland. Now, this one stands out

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Speaker 2: to me because Mike Kid actually moved to Houston, right,

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Speaker 2: he loved a couple of years ago. He loves Houston.

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Speaker 3: But he decided to go back to the Cleveland Browns

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Speaker 2: I don't know you can do the math on that.

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Speaker 3: But Mike Ford decides to go back to Cleveland. And

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Speaker 3: the reason that stands out to me, Mark is I

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Speaker 3: don't know fully what this Texans cornerback room is going

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Speaker 3: Kamara Lassiter, You've got Derek Stingley junior. Now, Jeff Couda

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Speaker 3: I'm thinking, well, you know, if you bring Mike back,

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Speaker 3: you can you know, maybe even think about an elevation

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Speaker 3: even have that with Mike Ford. So he goes to Cleveland,

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Speaker 3: and that one kind of struck me for that reason.

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Speaker 3: Mark your thoughts about Mike leaving and going to Cleveland

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Speaker 3: go back to Cleveland's practice.

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Speaker 4: Squad, Well, I'm with you, because you know, we get

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Speaker 4: to know these guys a little bit. And when we

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Speaker 4: talked to him in mini camp, yeah, he did say

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Speaker 4: he moved to Houston, and.

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Speaker 1: I like Mike. I like Mike.

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Speaker 4: I want to be like Mike. But going back to

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Speaker 4: the Browns. Look, it might be the best thing for

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Speaker 4: him at this point in his career football wise, I guess.

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Speaker 4: And we'll see how they handle it. Maybe the Texans

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Speaker 4: really didn't want him on the practice squad, you know,

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Speaker 4: the things we really don't know.

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Speaker 2: That's true. Good point.

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Speaker 1: I would think you'd want.

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Speaker 4: To be with this organization, in this culture, with the

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Speaker 4: Miko Ryans and the other coaches. But who knows what

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Speaker 4: the Texans were looking at thinking about versus what was

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Speaker 4: available to Mike Ford. Where he's comfortable Cleveland, He's been there,

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Speaker 4: so he'll play his professional football there for the time being.

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Speaker 4: And look, Johnny, we should always and we do always

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Speaker 4: say it not for long. Jerry Glanville said it about

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Speaker 4: good way, in a bad way, and sometimes good for

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Speaker 1: Des King was cut last year not for long.

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Speaker 4: He was not a Texan because he was with the Steelers,

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Speaker 4: got released, ended up here, ended up making sensational plays

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Speaker 4: down the stretch. I can tell you this right now,

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Speaker 4: as far as Desmond King goes, I am not ready

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Speaker 4: to give up on Desamond King at some point, maybe

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Speaker 4: coming back here. I haven't seen if he's caught on anywhere,

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Speaker 4: but look, he give it a couple of weeks, if

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Speaker 4: even that much, he's going to catch john somewhere, he

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Speaker 1: He could certainly play for a lot of teams in

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Speaker 4: He's just the Texans had, you know, a lot of

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Speaker 4: like Mike Ford. It's you know, it's this is not

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Speaker 4: he ends up not on the team. Look, you got

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Speaker 4: fifty three spots on the initial practice squad. You're gonna

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Speaker 4: have competition for the practice squad, isn't there like a

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Speaker 4: little bit of a recruiting war for.

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Speaker 1: The practice squad sometimes?

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Speaker 4: And maybe either the Texans lost it or didn't want

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Speaker 1: These are the things we don't know.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you're exactly right, And we say this all the time,

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Speaker 3: especially when it comes to free agency, like going and

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Speaker 3: sign that guy, going, sign that guy, like, give give

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Speaker 3: him a bunch of money and bring him back here. Well,

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Speaker 3: sometimes you need that guy to actually want to sign here. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and the Texans may have been all over a guy

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Speaker 3: to our next And this one, I think is going

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Speaker 3: to be kind of interesting how the Texans approach this.

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Speaker 3: It appears as if Tim Boyle is signing with the

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Speaker 3: Miami Dolphins to their practice squad. So let's go over

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Speaker 3: our quarterback situation here. If you'd like to miestroke pretty quick.

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Speaker 3: It's not like, yeah, it's not like Clean.

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Speaker 2: Brown's c J. Stroud and Davis Mills and that's where

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Speaker 2: it stops.

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Speaker 1: That's it.

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Speaker 3: Because case Keen was put on season ending ir with

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Speaker 3: some sort of foot or ankle issue, so he is

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Speaker 3: out for the year. Tim Boyle was released, and you thought, okay, well,

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Speaker 3: if case is going on season ending, ir, Okay, we've

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Speaker 3: got Tim Boyle. Maybe he comes back on the fifty

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Speaker 3: three man roster, or maybe he comes back on the

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Speaker 3: up going to the Miami Dolphins, and uh, now what now?

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Speaker 2: What? Now?

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Speaker 3: Maybe there's a little bit of a trade here because

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Speaker 3: I texted you a name from the Miami Dolphins, got

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Speaker 3: on the name of Mike White, who's won some games

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Speaker 4: That might have been and I'm not saying for sure,

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Speaker 3: So Tim Boyle going to Miami And finally, so I

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Speaker 3: We talked about me telling a game going to the Colts,

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Speaker 3: To understand that Tim Boyle going to my Amy's practice squad,

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Speaker 3: Because I don't think that's what he does exceptionally well.

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Speaker 3: I think he plays his hand down. I've always said

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Then, so I'm glad for him that he gets an opportunity.

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Speaker 3: I hate that it's with the Titans.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and again in the division right there in the

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Speaker 4: Levis really improve now? He looked really good in that

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Speaker 1: But I don't know.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, they're gonna come for you. They're gonna come

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Speaker 1: Isn't that where they got them from? Or was it

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Speaker 4: I think it was Colts And he played against the

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Speaker 2: He played against the Colts. That's right, he.

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Speaker 4: Did that, he played it. I thought they got them

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Speaker 1: Johnny.

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Speaker 4: The other thing about this these fifty threes with undrafted

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Speaker 1: That's wild. The Rams they made the playoffs last year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, bleep them picks because they're undrafted are good. I mean, honestly,

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Speaker 2: We can do this, and we saw that roster.

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Speaker 4: That's not right on that note though, So when you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they had to.

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Speaker 4: I mean, they've got Landry to rush the quarterback and

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Speaker 1: And I just hope it's not against the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Same, I'd like for that Week eighteen game to be

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Speaker 2: Of nice to play up there now.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 3: They went with Cameron Irving, and they went with David Sharp,

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Speaker 2: I like that.

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Speaker 3: I think Zero still got something. He is very athletic

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Speaker 2: That's great.

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Speaker 3: they want to join that practice squad or not. Those

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Speaker 3: are just a few of the practice squad players, Mark.

442
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Speaker 3: I don't know if there's anything or shattering amongst that group.

443
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Speaker 3: The majority of them have been with the Texans throughout

444
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Speaker 3: training camp. But Savior Johnson one of those that's added

445
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Speaker 3: to the mix. And also Zee Turner, a special team's

446
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Speaker 3: extraordinary been with the Cardinals, is also added.

447
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Speaker 2: To the mix.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 4: He'd been with the Cardinals and the forty nine ers

450
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Speaker 4: for a bit and never with Demiico with the forty

451
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Speaker 4: nine ers, but Demico knows about him being a former

452
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Speaker 4: forty nine er club member, So there's that. To see

453
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Speaker 4: JJ Taylor come back in the practice squad is nice.

454
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Speaker 4: These are all unofficial, but JJ Taylor coming back good.

455
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Speaker 4: That means he's not too hurt, right, And I think

456
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Speaker 4: the ir stuff, we'll get to that in a second.

457
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Speaker 4: Marcus Harrison, want to see him continue to develop. Cam Irving, Yeah,

458
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Speaker 4: they brought him along here. He's a veteran, he played

459
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Speaker 4: guard and tackle. Maybe he could help, like you said,

460
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Speaker 4: you need some offensive line depth. We love Johnny Johnson,

461
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Speaker 4: so let's go. Let's see what they can do. There's

462
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Speaker 4: another guy who went somewhere else, but he wasn't here

463
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Speaker 4: this year, was here last year.

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Speaker 1: Jesse Matthews goes.

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Speaker 4: To the Yeah, Jesse Matthews, who we had high hopes

466
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Speaker 4: for last pre season. But he's going with the practice

467
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Speaker 4: squad of the Atlanta Falcons. So let's see how that

468
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Speaker 4: plays out. But that's kind of it, Johnny. For now,

469
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Speaker 4: I'm curious about quarterback. Like we said, Other than that,

470
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Speaker 4: I don't really have a whole lot the ir stuff.

471
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Speaker 4: Guys who were let go, you thought, oh, is this

472
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Speaker 4: guy never gonna be a Houston Texan again? Well, teaking

473
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Speaker 4: Coretoriano is on injured reserve, so that means he's a

474
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Speaker 4: protected player. See what happens there. Juwar Jordan protected player,

475
00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:30,760
Speaker 4: injured reserve. Felderius Payne injured reserve, plays the d line.

476
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Speaker 4: So those are some other news items that have come

477
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Speaker 4: out today.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and we're getting there. We're getting We're getting to

479
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Speaker 2: that point. Of course, now once you get through all

480
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Speaker 2: of this and we get to Tuesday and Monday or

481
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Speaker 2: Tuesday of next week Monday being Labor Day. I don't

482
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Speaker 2: I think that they'll practice once if I remember right,

483
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Speaker 2: the practice on Monday, off Tuesday, back at it Wednesday,

484
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Speaker 2: and then get ready for the Indnapolis culture.

485
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Speaker 4: Something tomorrow, Johnny, because the Friday Saturday Sunday, so they

486
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Speaker 4: might do a little something tomorrow before the season premiere,

487
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Speaker 4: big event at NRG Stadium tomorrow night. And then off

488
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Speaker 4: their feet, get some rest. Don't go crazy, just get

489
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Speaker 4: some rest over the weekend and get ready for week one.

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Speaker 4: When I say it like this, Johnny, Indy is a

491
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Speaker 4: week from Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Here we go.

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Speaker 2: That's right. How about that India is a week from Sunday.

494
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Speaker 2: That is crazy to think about. Flying up to Indianapolis

495
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Speaker 2: will take place on Saturday, and that'll be when the

496
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Speaker 2: majority of college football games take place. Now, a man

497
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Speaker 2: instrumental in making some of these decisions, alongside the head

498
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Speaker 2: coach of the Houston Texas Tamiko Ryans, is our pal

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Speaker 2: GM Nick Cassio, still a little Casio Audio jukebox.

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Speaker 3: He had some things to say at a press conference today,

501
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Speaker 3: So we'll hit all those next right here on Texans

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Speaker 3: All Access.

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Speaker 2: What's happened? Everybody, welcome?

504
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Speaker 3: Back to a Wednesday at issue of Texans All Access

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Speaker 3: from Monday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harris

506
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Speaker 3: Football and a sidline reporter for your Houston Texans.

507
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Speaker 2: Glad you are with me as well. It's time for

508
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Speaker 2: little GM Audio jukebox. You all like to do this.

509
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Speaker 3: From time to time, and I like this one today

510
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Speaker 3: because I didn't get a chance to hear Nick Casserio

511
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Speaker 3: because I was on with Tech SAgs, so I missed

512
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Speaker 3: his comments, So I was able to go find them

513
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Speaker 3: and get them ready for you and kind of give

514
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Speaker 3: you the best of Nick today from his press conference

515
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Speaker 3: at nine o'clock before practice took place.

516
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Speaker 2: So let's start with this.

517
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Speaker 3: Nick asked just his general thoughts of how things went

518
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Speaker 3: and where the team is kind of right.

519
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Speaker 5: Now or there's gonna be multiple moving parts between now,

520
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Speaker 5: between the start of the season semi week one throughout

521
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Speaker 5: the season, So we just keep the players that we

522
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Speaker 5: feel making most sense understanding that they're here until or not.

523
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Speaker 5: So it'll take it one day at a time and

524
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Speaker 5: then we'll go from there.

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Speaker 3: One of the things I've always valued in talking to

526
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Speaker 3: Nick about, especially this kind of stuff, you know, roster

527
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Speaker 3: changes and things like that is keep it very matter

528
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Speaker 3: of fact. Hey, right now, you're on the team. Right now,

529
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Speaker 3: you're right where you need to be. You don't need

530
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Speaker 3: to be thinking about it anything else. Just going out

531
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Speaker 3: there right now. What's your job today. Something happens, we'll

532
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Speaker 3: approach that, we'll deal with it. You get traded, you

533
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Speaker 3: get moved, you do whatever, you get released, We will

534
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Speaker 3: handle that.

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Speaker 2: Then.

536
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Speaker 3: Right now, your job is just focus on practice meetings

537
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Speaker 3: and everything that goes with that.

538
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Speaker 2: When it's time, we'll let you know. Other than that,

539
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Speaker 2: you just ball out and do what you gotta do.

540
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Speaker 3: And as Nick said, there, yeah, there might be some changes,

541
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Speaker 3: but that's down the road and there's nothing you can

542
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Speaker 3: worry about. There's nothing you can do to change that.

543
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Speaker 3: So let's just go about our work and get our

544
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Speaker 3: work done.

545
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Speaker 2: Now.

546
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Speaker 3: For the last five six weeks we have been grinding

547
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Speaker 3: in training camp.

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Speaker 2: So what did the team accomplish? Nick?

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Speaker 5: I think we put a good foundation in place, get

550
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Speaker 5: the team ready to play. I mean, not a focus

551
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Speaker 5: on Indianapolis. So I mean what happened you know over

552
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 5: the last six weeks, I mean, honestly is in a past.

553
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Speaker 5: So now the focus is on Indy and We're gonna

554
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Speaker 5: start preparing for a good football team who preserkes a

555
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 5: lot of challenges on you know, in all three phases, honestly. So,

556
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Speaker 5: I mean, hopefully we put together a decent team that

557
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Speaker 5: gives an opportunity to be competitive on Sunday each week.

558
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Speaker 5: And you know, the first opportunity is going to be

559
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Speaker 5: against Indy here. You know, in a couple of weeks

560
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Speaker 5: or less than a few weeks.

561
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Speaker 3: Man, it's coming ever so close that opener September eighth.

562
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Speaker 3: I keep looking at the days, going, well, you know,

563
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Speaker 3: we still got a weekend.

564
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Speaker 2: Some change. Well, you know it's gonna be a week

565
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Speaker 2: pretty soon. And then all of a sudden you come

566
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Speaker 2: back from Labor Day and it's like, wow, it's Tuesday.

567
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Speaker 3: Holy cal Wednesday is the install day. Man, We're that

568
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Speaker 3: much closer to taking on the Colts week one.

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Speaker 2: We've been talking about this one for a long long time.

570
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Speaker 3: We knew after Week eighteen, all right, whenever this game

571
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Speaker 3: takes place, whenever the Texans take on Indianapolis, it is

572
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Speaker 3: going to be a football war because they're gonna want

573
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Speaker 3: a piece, and you know what, the Texans are gonna

574
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Speaker 3: obviously want to go up there and make a statement

575
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Speaker 3: that that was no fluke. They went up there and

576
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Speaker 3: won in twenty twenty two. They've been doing twenty three,

577
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Speaker 3: and they want to go up there and prove it

578
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Speaker 3: again in twenty twenty four to start the season. So

579
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Speaker 3: that's what they accomplished in training camp. Now, as we

580
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Speaker 3: look through all the different positions, kept two quarterbacks, kept

581
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Speaker 3: five running backs, slash fullbacks, kept seven wide receivers, three

582
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Speaker 3: tight ends, kept nine offensive linemen, four interior defensive lineman,

583
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Speaker 3: four edge guys, kept six linebackers, and I think it

584
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Speaker 3: ended up being ten dbs. So, Nick, is there any

585
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Speaker 3: position that you're still not totally convinced is right where

586
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Speaker 3: it needs to be.

587
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Speaker 5: Yeah, we'll look at that. I mean there was almost

588
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Speaker 5: a thousand names I run a wire here last night,

589
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Speaker 5: So I mean we'll work through it. So teams will

590
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Speaker 5: put together their practice squads, so there might be some

591
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Speaker 5: players that get claimed. I mean typically there's about thirty

592
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Speaker 5: ish thirty to thirty five players to get claims. We'll

593
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Speaker 5: call it one a team, not necessarily one per team,

594
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Speaker 5: but just from a number standpoint. So and then players

595
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Speaker 5: that are claiming, there's gonna be an offset, right, somebody's

596
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 5: gonna get released. There's a good chance that player is

597
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,920
Speaker 5: going to go to the respective practice squad. So teams

598
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:11,479
Speaker 5: have put together practice squad, ourselves included, and you're going

599
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Speaker 5: to carry some depth on the roster. You're gonna carry

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Speaker 5: some of your depth off the roster. So wherever our

601
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,159
Speaker 5: depth lies, whatever, whatever it is, every player that's in

602
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,639
Speaker 5: the buildings preparing to play on Sunday. So that's how

603
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Speaker 5: we approach it, Like we don't care like where you

604
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Speaker 5: come from. Who gets ready to play, whoever we think

605
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Speaker 5: can help us win that Sunday, Like they're gonna be

606
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Speaker 5: active for the game. We're gonna have to make you know,

607
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,280
Speaker 5: five to seven players inactive each week. So we'll go

608
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Speaker 5: through the process like we do every week. So yeah,

609
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Speaker 5: we'll see. I mean there'll be some movement. There'll be

610
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Speaker 5: some players that I'm sure that we'll look at and

611
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Speaker 5: you know, whether it's this week or you know, next week,

612
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Speaker 5: or workouts or whatever it might be. But I think

613
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Speaker 5: we have a decent idea about what's available, what's out there.

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Speaker 5: I think you've got to be a realistic about like

615
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 5: are you bringing just a name tag in or are

616
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Speaker 5: you bringing a player in specifically for a particular reason

617
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Speaker 5: that's going to fill a particular role, So you know

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Speaker 5: we'll handle it. Our saunting. Staf's done a great job,

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Speaker 5: I would say, Live Chris Blanco, DJ Debek, Pro staff,

620
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Speaker 5: Steve Cargile. They've done a great job of going through

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Speaker 5: the league, coming through their teams, knowing what's available, what's not,

622
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Speaker 5: what's on rosters, what's going to probably be on practice squads,

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Speaker 5: what are our opportunities. So if there's something out there

624
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Speaker 5: that makes sense, we'll look into it. If there's not,

625
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Speaker 5: then we won't.

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Speaker 3: When I heard Nick say that, I thought that's pretty

627
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Speaker 3: much the way he thinks about it. I mean it's

628
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,520
Speaker 3: the way every team thinks about it. Well, if there's

629
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Speaker 3: something that we think we can do, we'll do it.

630
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Speaker 3: If not, we won't. And I know we in the

631
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Speaker 3: media and fans we try and probably make a little

632
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Speaker 3: bit more out of that than it is.

633
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Speaker 2: But it really is that you look at it and go, well,

634
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Speaker 2: do you think this guy can help us?

635
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Speaker 3: How do you think he can help us? Can we

636
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Speaker 3: get him? If I don't worry about it, we want

637
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 3: the next thing. There's a lot that goes on.

638
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 2: There are a lot of wheels that are turning, and

639
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 2: I know a lot of people start thinking about this

640
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,479
Speaker 2: fifty three man roster. Oh, we've been thinking about this

641
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Speaker 2: for a couple of weeks now, Man, they've been thinking

642
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Speaker 2: about this.

643
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Speaker 3: Fifty three man rosters is back in March, back in April,

644
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Speaker 3: so they kind of have a pretty good read.

645
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 2: On what players are gonna be cut from other teams.

646
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 3: The pro scouts do a great job with that. They

647
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 3: pretty much know, they have an idea. There's always a surprise,

648
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 3: of course, but they're ready to go with all of

649
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 3: that information when need be. Now, waivers aren't the only

650
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 3: way where you can get players. You can get trades

651
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 3: and things like that.

652
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Speaker 2: But I guarantee you if anybody is gonna know and

653
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Speaker 2: be ready to go on something like that, it's Nick Cassaria,

654
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Speaker 2: which leads me to this story. On Monday, we.

655
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Speaker 3: Were discussing the third quarterback situation, and it had been

656
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Speaker 3: reported many places that the third quarterback could be on

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Speaker 3: the practice squad and then allow for unlimited movement up

658
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 3: and down each in every game day. And on a surface,

659
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,480
Speaker 3: it sounds like, man, that'd be awesome because then you

660
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 3: could keep another roster spot for a different player, not

661
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 3: a quarterback. Let that quarterback be on your practice squad.

662
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 3: They're going up and down. They're an automatic elevation every week.

663
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 2: When the NFLPA had on Monday after our radio show,

664
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 2: after we had discussed this, they sent out a reminder saying, hey, hey,

665
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 2: we vetoed that that is not happening.

666
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 3: Well, Nick was further ahead of that than anybody else

667
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:21,080
Speaker 3: when he was asked about that emergency quarterback situation and

668
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:25,240
Speaker 3: kind of the change seemingly that the NFLPA had put

669
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 3: out there because everybody thought, oh, they just put that out.

670
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,680
Speaker 2: No, that had been out for a while. Nick recaps

671
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 2: that here.

672
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that whole story is basically a non story.

673
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 5: I mean, this is we know this in March. I

674
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,960
Speaker 5: mean you basically it's no different than last year. Either

675
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 5: had two players on a roster, one player on the

676
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 5: practice squad, or he carried three quarterbacks on a roster,

677
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 5: and then you have the ability to make a guy

678
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 5: an emergency quarterback. So honestly, it's a non story. It

679
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 5: doesn't really affect It didn't affect us, may maybe some

680
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 5: other teams, but I mean, this isn't like any news

681
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:53,400
Speaker 5: to us.

682
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 3: And there you go, they were on top of it

683
00:30:55,360 --> 00:31:00,040
Speaker 3: from jump and I think there wasn't a delay on

684
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,240
Speaker 3: Monday and Tuesday, but I think it was just where

685
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 3: does Case stand physically? And I think that was really

686
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 3: the question does where does he stand? Because I think

687
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 3: if he were healthy, he would be the number three

688
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 3: quarterback on this team, and you would have three quarterbacks

689
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 3: in this team because you want to have.

690
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 2: Case keep him around this building. There's no no question

691
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 2: about that.

692
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 3: In fact, Nick was asked about Case by Landry asking him,

693
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 3: you know, could you see him being a coach? What

694
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 3: do you think he might do in the future.

695
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 5: No, Case has been a good player just for this

696
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 5: organization for a long time. I mean, his leadership, his toughness,

697
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 5: is intelligent. So it's unfortunate that he's not gonna be

698
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 5: able to play football this year. So I mean, hopefully

699
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 5: he's around the team and around the building. He can

700
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 5: be an asset to the team, to that room. So

701
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 5: have a lot of respect and appreciation for Case what

702
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 5: he's done not only over the last year so a

703
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 5: year and change, but over the course of his career.

704
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 5: I mean talking about a guy that one draft that

705
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 5: has basically made it. I don't know twelve, thirteen years

706
00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 5: or whatever it's been. So it's a credit to him.

707
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 5: So unfortunate, you know, difficult situation. I'm sure there's a

708
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 5: lot of emotion involved. Relative. I don't want to speak

709
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 5: for him, but as far as what he does moving forward,

710
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 5: ultimately that's gonna be his choice. But I think whatever

711
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 5: he decides to do, he's going to be really good

712
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 5: at it.

713
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 2: And man to that, Case Keenum is going to be

714
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:15,960
Speaker 2: a superstar. Whatever he does.

715
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 3: I hope he coaches because I think young people need

716
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 3: more people like Case Keenum.

717
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 2: In their lives. And I will tell you it was

718
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 2: an absolute gut punch when I saw a Case in

719
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 2: the hallway on on to Tuesday on Tuesday, just just

720
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 2: a gut punch, And I said, last night, you know,

721
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 2: Case has been a guy that you know University used

722
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 2: to quarterback two thousand and nine.

723
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 3: That's when Sean Pendergast and I started interviewing him weekly.

724
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 3: We had an opportunity to talk with him every single day,

725
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 3: or not every single day, but every single week during

726
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 3: the season. And he was great. He's tremendous. He busts

727
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 3: our chops about things. I mean, he guy was twenty

728
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 3: two at the time. And now you fast forward and

729
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 3: the guy's been in the NFL for all this time,

730
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 3: and there we are watching him, and you know, we're

731
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 3: wondering when we heard he had gone up the tunnel, Like, Okay,

732
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 3: dang is this it? Like is an injury? Like so

733
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 3: it was just a gut punch. So he's going to

734
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 3: be out for the season.

735
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 2: And I hope Case stays around because this organization needs

736
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 2: Case Keenum. It really does need Case Keenum. I mean

737
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 2: in whatever role.

738
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 3: I mean, if Case is the ball boy on the sidelines,

739
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 3: or he's a you know, he helps out draw Johnson.

740
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 3: I mean, he's just he's the kind of guy you.

741
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 2: Want to have around. It isn't just for the quarterbacks,

742
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 2: it's for everybody. It's how you, how you are.

743
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 3: As a professional, how you're supposed to be as a professional.

744
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 2: He's handled a lot of young guys and.

745
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:49,239
Speaker 3: Been able to direct them in the right situation, in

746
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:53,239
Speaker 3: the right direction for a long long time. And I

747
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 3: just wish a guy like British Brooks could have gotten

748
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 3: to play a little bit more Case Keenum, because I

749
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 3: think Case would have meant a lot to Bridge. I

750
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 3: bring up British because well, He definitely was a talking point.

751
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 3: How did he make it? Why did he make it?

752
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 3: There are a lot of questions because there are a

753
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 3: lot of people that really weren't paying attention until British

754
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 3: had the two touchdowns against the Giants, and they're like, oh,

755
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 3: who's this guy? Well, we've been talking about him. I

756
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 3: went back and looked at my Harris hits. The first

757
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 3: time I mentioned him, I think was Harris hit number five.

758
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,360
Speaker 3: And so that was the first or second day in

759
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 3: pads and that's when I started seeing it, and I

760
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 3: started writing more and more, and then I kind of

761
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 3: backed off a little bit, going, man, I've gotten yelled

762
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,399
Speaker 3: at for this before, writing about rookies that are doing

763
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,839
Speaker 3: really really well that may not make the roster. Well,

764
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 3: he just kept coming and kept playing and kept making

765
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 3: moves and kept doing great things, and British Brooks eventually

766
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,839
Speaker 3: ended up on his fifty three man roster, as Nick

767
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 3: will tell you and everybody will tell you for now.

768
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 3: But I think he's got a future with his team

769
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,759
Speaker 3: and there'll be some fullback in his future. But here's

770
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 3: what Nick had to say about the so called upstart

771
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 3: British Brooks.

772
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, consistent, dependable, tough, good size, good pointing strength, smart,

773
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 5: can hand multiple roles offensively in the kicking game. So

774
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 5: I mean British just shows up, doesn't say much and

775
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 5: does his job, which I mean more people like that

776
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 5: we have around here, better for everybody. So you know,

777
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,279
Speaker 5: he's earned his opportunity, he's earned his way onto the team.

778
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 5: We'll see if he's able to stay on the team.

779
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 5: But I mean he's here for reasons. Credit to him,

780
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 5: credit the dB, you know, and the work that everybody

781
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:21,279
Speaker 5: has put in with him.

782
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:21,959
Speaker 2: So okay.

783
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,920
Speaker 3: When I first heard this next question, it came from

784
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 3: our buddy Adam Wexler, no Wexley for a long time,

785
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:28,479
Speaker 3: and he asked this question.

786
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 2: I thought, nah, I've heard enough about kickoffs. I'm kind

787
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 2: of done listening to kickoffs.

788
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 3: Then I listened to Nick's answer and he says something

789
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 3: very particular in here that I thought was interesting.

790
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 2: Take a listen when Wexy had.

791
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,800
Speaker 3: Asked him about kickoffs, what's kind of the impact on kickoffs?

792
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 2: Well, that sent Nick kind of in a number of

793
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 2: different directions.

794
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 3: Take a listen to his response to Wexy's question about kickoffs.

795
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 5: I mean, I think everybody probably played pretty close to

796
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 5: the vest I mean, I think, honestly, there's a big

797
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 5: outbreak of long returns. It seems like this last week

798
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 5: up to that point, mannors a few turns and returns

799
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 5: that pop. So the rules are the rules. I mean,

800
00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 5: doesn't sound like anything's gonna change draftically. I mean, I

801
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,920
Speaker 5: think the private equity discussion was a bigger discussion and

802
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 5: a kickoff return discussion yesterday. So but they'll probably be

803
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 5: a little bit more strategy that goes into how do

804
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 5: you want to handle the return element? How do you

805
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,280
Speaker 5: set up the return? Who do you put back there?

806
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 5: I would say, what you're gonna see, You're gonna see

807
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 5: different body types respective to different teams. So like, as

808
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,800
Speaker 5: an example, wouldn't be surprised if Indianapolis, you know, uses

809
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 5: the defensive tackle for Northwestern on kickoff coverage. Right, you know,

810
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 5: he's athletic. Guys big you know, big ass guy two

811
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:40,279
Speaker 5: undred eighty five ninety pounds that runs goods. Athletic could

812
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,560
Speaker 5: potentially create some problems. So all right, how do you

813
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 5: compensate for that? How do you prepare for that? Like,

814
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 5: we may not have an equivalent player, you might have

815
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 5: to do something else. So I'm just using that as

816
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 5: one example, welly not Indianapolis does that. I mean, they

817
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 5: can make their own decisions, but I wouldn't be surprised

818
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 5: if that actually happened. So we'll look at We spent

819
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,359
Speaker 5: a lot of time in the spring and in training camp.

820
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 5: You know, we've talked in a building about some different things,

821
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 5: so you know, we'll go out there. We understand what

822
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 5: the rules and parameters are, so we'll try to put

823
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 5: together a good plan each week and try to take

824
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:09,359
Speaker 5: advantage for opportunities.

825
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,920
Speaker 3: The player's talking about is Tommy Adabar, a defensive tackle

826
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 3: out of Northwestern And there are a few players on

827
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 3: this roster that ran into at a bar a at

828
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 3: the Senior Bowl in twenty twenty three, and he's a

829
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:22,400
Speaker 3: draft pick.

830
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 2: I think it's a fit thereund draft pick the Innapolis Colts.

831
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 3: The fact that Nick brought him up, I thought, wow,

832
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,839
Speaker 3: Atabari is about six foot six ' one, about two

833
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,279
Speaker 3: eighty and he ran a four to four to nine

834
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 3: into forty and you wonder whether that's the perfect kind

835
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,319
Speaker 3: of guy to have on kickoff. And so what Nick

836
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,720
Speaker 3: really kind of brings up is you have no idea

837
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 3: what teams are gonna be doing. Are they gonna put

838
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:47,839
Speaker 3: five offensive linemen up front. Are they gonna bunch in?

839
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:50,360
Speaker 3: Are they gonna spread all the way to the sidelines. Like,

840
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 3: there's gonna be so many different things that happened in

841
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 3: this game against the Indiapolis Colts.

842
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,439
Speaker 2: The kickoff is gonna play a major, major role.

843
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 3: But when I heard Nick say that about Adabarre, I

844
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 3: was like, Okay, that's good. They're considering everything that could

845
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 3: go into this, and how do they react to that?

846
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 3: If they see a six one eighty five pound bowling

847
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 3: ball running four five right at them, how are they

848
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 3: gonna handle that?

849
00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 2: So it just goes to show the Texans.

850
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 3: Do a ton of research on their opponents, know their

851
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 3: opponents inside. Now consider everything that they could possibly see.

852
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 3: And I've loved hearing that from Nick about the kickoffs. Now,

853
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 3: two guys that may play a role in kickoffs may not.

854
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 3: They'll play a role in special teams, would of magic

855
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:34,839
Speaker 3: Xavier Hutchinson and John Metchi my man. Sarge asked Nick

856
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,760
Speaker 3: about those two players in particular, and what they showed

857
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:43,439
Speaker 3: to Nick Cassario even amongst all of the Sarge put

858
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,719
Speaker 3: it radio fluff that came the way.

859
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,239
Speaker 5: Yeah, Sarge, you could tell me what that say's going

860
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 5: to really pay attention to any of that. So I

861
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,360
Speaker 5: think what you saw with both players was an improvement

862
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 5: was they were available, they were on the field, and

863
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 5: they continued to get better and they took advantage of

864
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 5: their opportunities. So I think hutch was probably one of

865
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 5: our most assistent, most dependable players from the beginning of

866
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,360
Speaker 5: training camp until the end say match. He took advantage

867
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 5: of his opportunities there at different points. So I mean,

868
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,800
Speaker 5: it's all you're looking for. Training camp is about putting

869
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 5: a foundation in place. Kind of the earlier question, what

870
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,240
Speaker 5: are we trying to accomplish? Put the foundation in place,

871
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,799
Speaker 5: look for individual improvement, look for a collective improvement, and

872
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,520
Speaker 5: that say, those two players are good examples of that. Now,

873
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 5: I mean the hard work starts, so I mean there's

874
00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:24,879
Speaker 5: a lot that went into it to get to this point,

875
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:26,960
Speaker 5: but I mean not a hard work starts. And you know,

876
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 5: we'll see what are our options game day, what's the role,

877
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,760
Speaker 5: how can we use them. It's not just about offense

878
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,759
Speaker 5: and defense, it's about the kicking game as well. So

879
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 5: that goes into a lot of discussions that we have

880
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 5: not only daily and weekly, but Demko has with Frank

881
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,919
Speaker 5: and Bobby and Matt on the defensive side of the ball.

882
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 5: So I mean, those two players are great kids. They

883
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 5: work really hard, they care a lot about football, and

884
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 5: they've went out there and they've improved. So we'll see

885
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 5: where that goes from here.

886
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 3: One player's name did catch the eye of obviously many

887
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:57,399
Speaker 3: huse Texas fans, but also many national writers jumped all

888
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 3: over this one, and I was a little I don't

889
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 3: know if perplexed was the right way of saying it,

890
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 3: but it didn't really catch me off guard, but I

891
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,839
Speaker 3: was a little shocked that this was the player that

892
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 3: the Texans release that really got national writers and national

893
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 3: opinionists really kind of caught their attention, and that was

894
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 3: Noah Brown. So Nick was asked, what about Noah Brown?

895
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 5: I mean, no was a good football player. I mean, no,

896
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 5: it was going to be on a team, There's no

897
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 5: question about it. Helped us win honestly, probably two games

898
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 5: last year by himself, So I mean, good football player.

899
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 5: We understood going into this as we constructed the team,

900
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,400
Speaker 5: Cody that you know, we weren't going to be able

901
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,719
Speaker 5: to keep everybody right, so got to make some hard

902
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 5: decisions I'd say that was a difficult decision. So we

903
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,279
Speaker 5: kept the players that we felt right now that could

904
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 5: help us the most. I mean, i'd say Noah, I

905
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,279
Speaker 5: mean certainly part of that discussion. In the end, we

906
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 5: just made a decision to move on. But I have

907
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,400
Speaker 5: a lot of respect for Noah. He's probably one of

908
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,879
Speaker 5: the toughest players that we had on his football team.

909
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,839
Speaker 5: Took advantage of opportunity last year, and I mean again,

910
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 5: he won us two football games literally by himself, the

911
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 5: Cincinnati game at Tampa Bay game. I mean, I don't know,

912
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 5: get a thousand yards receiving in two games, whatever it was,

913
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,439
Speaker 5: but good football player. He's gonna be on a team

914
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 5: fairly soon, probably gonna help a team win. So those

915
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,040
Speaker 5: are the players that you know you wish him well.

916
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 5: Just can't keep everybody, but certainly wish him well. And

917
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,280
Speaker 5: you know, I have a lot of respect for Noah.

918
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 3: Sometimes I can just hear in Nick's voice, like there

919
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 3: are players that you just it pains you to have

920
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 3: to turn to somebody and say, man, we know you

921
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 3: can really help us, but right now, man, being banged

922
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 3: up doesn't help us, and there's nothing we can do.

923
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:36,919
Speaker 3: And I think Noel Brown is one of those guys,

924
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:38,840
Speaker 3: and he's right man. In those two games, he was

925
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 3: absolutely awesome.

926
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,239
Speaker 2: I mean just awesome, and we needed him in a big,

927
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 2: big time way. But it was time to move on

928
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 2: and it's time to and our Casio Audio Jukebox appreciate

929
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 2: Nick and his comments his press conference from this morning.

930
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,400
Speaker 3: All right, we get back. We'll go around in the NFL.

931
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 3: What's happening now in the NFL? What's going on all

932
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 3: throughout the league? Any more changes to practice squads for

933
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:06,240
Speaker 3: the Texans or otherwise.

934
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 2: We'll discuss that next right here on Texans All Access.

935
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 2: What's up? Everybody?

936
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 3: Welcome back to a final segment here on a Wednesday

937
00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 3: ED issue at Texans All Access. I am your host,

938
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 3: Sean Harris Football, a sideline reporter for your Houston Texans

939
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:22,800
Speaker 3: and man, as we were getting ready for the show tonight,

940
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,800
Speaker 3: Spencer arag Getty almost man almost.

941
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 2: But a great performance.

942
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 3: Glad to see the Astros get the dub. I think

943
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 3: it finished up. I remember at ten to nothing, Is

944
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 3: that right? I think that's what it was the last

945
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 3: I had seen it, So we'll take it.

946
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,800
Speaker 2: We'll take it.

947
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 3: It's pretty high scores today Cobbsby the Buyer's fourteen to ten.

948
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:45,879
Speaker 3: But the Astros, that's the one that matters. Mariners did win,

949
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:50,760
Speaker 3: so it's good that the Astros got that win. Three bombs,

950
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,960
Speaker 3: three tanks from your to on Alvarez, eighteen hits for

951
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,719
Speaker 3: the Astros, but a two hitter from Araghetty.

952
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 2: He goes seven to two thirds. Man, that was good.

953
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 3: Okay, let's get back to some NFL. I'll start with

954
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:06,439
Speaker 3: the Texas. I just happened to see this turn to break.

955
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 3: I guess it happened earlier, and I must have missed

956
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 3: it because we were talking about no Brown. No Brown

957
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:13,239
Speaker 3: is now Commander Washington. Commanders looking for receiver help. They

958
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 3: got rid of Jahag.

959
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 2: Knatson, so they ended up finding Noah Brown. That are liking. Now,

960
00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 2: when will Noah be available to play? I don't know

961
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 2: who knows. That's something.

962
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 3: Obviously we battled here, But good luck to Noah always.

963
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:28,759
Speaker 3: As Nick said in that cut you here in the

964
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 3: last segment, dude basically won two games. I mean the

965
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,120
Speaker 3: Cincinnati game and the Tampa Bay game.

966
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 2: He was tremendous. We needed him in those games and

967
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:37,959
Speaker 2: he came through.

968
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 3: So I'll never speak ill will towards Noah Brown at all. Okay,

969
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 3: Steelers finally did it. That leaves one team to make

970
00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 3: a decision on a quarterback. The Steelers have.

971
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 2: Named, and to me this is no surprise.

972
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:59,840
Speaker 3: They have named Russell Wilson as the starting quarterback over

973
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 3: Justin Fields. I've said before, I just thought if they

974
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:09,359
Speaker 3: went with Fields and it went badly, I don't know

975
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:10,920
Speaker 3: how you go back to Russell.

976
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:11,960
Speaker 2: I don't know.

977
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 3: I just thought, I don't think it would have worked

978
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:15,319
Speaker 3: that way. I think this is probably the better way.

979
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 2: They look. If it doesn't work for Russell, hey, let's

980
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:18,439
Speaker 2: turn it over to Justin.

981
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 3: You may have to adjust the offense at that point

982
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 3: and make it a little bit more run heavy with

983
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:28,080
Speaker 3: Justin Fields. But Mike Tomlin said that Wilson was in

984
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 3: the pole position to win the job. He gets the nod.

985
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:34,800
Speaker 3: Tomlin said it was a difficult decision, but Russell Wilson

986
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:40,080
Speaker 3: will be the starting quarterback Week one for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

987
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:43,399
Speaker 3: We'll see what that does for the Steelers. That team

988
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 3: will be polarizing because it's the Steelers, but just that

989
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:49,240
Speaker 3: quarterback decision a tough one at that point.

990
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:52,800
Speaker 2: Now, the other team and the only team.

991
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:54,360
Speaker 3: That I can think of that has not named a

992
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 3: starter is the New England Patriots.

993
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 2: Trod Mayo said in a press conference today, We've made

994
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 2: a decision and then said no, may said. Mayo said,

995
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 2: I know everyone wants to know what it is.

996
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 3: I'm gonna talk to the individual players tomorrow and I'm

997
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,200
Speaker 3: gonna have a team meeting tomorrow and then I'll get

998
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:18,160
Speaker 3: it to you guys, meaning the media. Yes, we've made

999
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 3: a decision, just haven't communicated it yet.

1000
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:23,880
Speaker 2: I mean, if i'm.

1001
00:45:23,800 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 3: Jacoby Brissett Drake May, I'm kind of like, well, just

1002
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 3: call me in a cell phone, just let me know

1003
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 3: what you're doing. We can come in and talk about it.

1004
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:32,759
Speaker 3: But let's just do let's do this so we don't

1005
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 3: know Jacoby Brissett Drake May. I know there's been a

1006
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:38,240
Speaker 3: lot of talk lately, especially after that game against Washington,

1007
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:39,359
Speaker 3: and Washington wasn't even playing.

1008
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,799
Speaker 2: It's it's studs. That offensive line for New England is.

1009
00:45:44,239 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 3: Trouble and are a lot of people saying do not

1010
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,560
Speaker 3: put Drake maybehind an offensive line.

1011
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 2: But May made some pretty impressive plays in that.

1012
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 3: Game to kind of work around some of the issues

1013
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 3: they were having on the offensive line.

1014
00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 2: I think Leydon Robinson is gonna end up starting for them.

1015
00:45:58,760 --> 00:45:59,440
Speaker 2: I think it's a good thing.

1016
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 3: I think Laydon going to be an It's gonna end

1017
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:03,720
Speaker 3: up being a great Day three pick for them. Michael

1018
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 3: and Wayne they've kind of moved out to tackle, so

1019
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:09,000
Speaker 3: we'll see what that that means eventually, but they have

1020
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:10,440
Speaker 3: not made decisions.

1021
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:12,160
Speaker 2: So thirty one teams at starting quarterbacks.

1022
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:15,840
Speaker 3: The Broncos have picked Bo Nicks, the Vikings going with

1023
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 3: Sam Darnold, the Bears of Caleb Williams, the Commanders with

1024
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:23,880
Speaker 3: Jade Daniels, even the Steelers with Russell Wilson. It's the

1025
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:27,359
Speaker 3: Patriots we are now waiting on to see who will

1026
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:30,240
Speaker 3: be that starter. I guess as we'll find out sometime

1027
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 3: before the week is out. So there you go. There's

1028
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:38,600
Speaker 3: your news from around the NFL. We mentioned the Texans

1029
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 3: and their practice squad. Guys, here's the list if you

1030
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 3: haven't heard it or seen it in full. Solomon Byrd,

1031
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 3: Cameron Irving, Malik.

1032
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:50,320
Speaker 2: Fisher, brought back, Troy Harriston, Marcus Harris, Johnny Johnson, the

1033
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:53,720
Speaker 2: Third the Angelo Ross, David Sharp, JJ Taylor, Max Tooley,

1034
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:58,239
Speaker 2: Zeke Turner, Special team Star formerly University of Washington, also

1035
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:01,359
Speaker 2: with the Cardinals and a few other teams and killion zero.

1036
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 3: So that's twelve names. Five more could potentially be added.

1037
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:08,240
Speaker 3: We'll see if a quarterback gets added to that mix.

1038
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:12,280
Speaker 3: But that is your practice squad as it sits now,

1039
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:15,120
Speaker 3: and of course things can happen over this weekend and

1040
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:16,200
Speaker 3: we'll see what happens.

1041
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:19,920
Speaker 2: But season premiere tomorrow night weekend for.

1042
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:21,520
Speaker 3: The players that kind of clear their heads and get

1043
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 3: back on Monday on Labor Day practice and get ready

1044
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 3: for the Colts on September eighth. It's coming people, It's

1045
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:29,919
Speaker 3: almost here and cannot wait. Appreciate you listening tonight. Thanks

1046
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:33,239
Speaker 3: to Mark, thanks to Nick Caserio, thanks to all of you.

1047
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:35,680
Speaker 3: To my Mankers Santiago, you rock bro. We'll see you

1048
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:37,480
Speaker 3: guys tomorrow and as always, go Texans,