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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Welcome to the program. Mark Vandermain and John

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Speaker 1: Harris with you. Not outside, We're inside in cool, air

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Speaker 1: conditioned comfort, as we will be tomorrow morning during Texans

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Speaker 1: training camp live because it's an off day for the players,

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Speaker 1: but it's an on day for us as we continue

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Speaker 1: through next Tuesday, when Sewn and Seth retake over the

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Speaker 1: morning show portion of eight to ten AM on Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: there will be a quiz on this later, Johnny Good evening.

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Speaker 1: Let's do a couple of fresh takes from practice, and

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Speaker 1: then I want to get into the tough decisions. We

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Speaker 1: don't have to get into what they're going to decide,

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Speaker 1: but where the toughest cuts are on this team, what

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Speaker 1: position groups and how that might play out, or what

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Speaker 1: they're thinking right now. But first of all, fresh takes

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Speaker 1: from practice today.

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Speaker 2: What stands out to you.

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Speaker 3: Alabama linebackers former Alabama linebackers man Not Will Anderson because

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Speaker 3: I think Will Anderson was listed as an Alabama linebacker

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Speaker 3: last year.

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Speaker 4: He's not the linebacker. He's a defensive end here.

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Speaker 3: But either way, I'm talking about the guys off the ball,

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Speaker 3: Henry Totoa and Christiana Harris. Whenever there's a run play

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Speaker 3: with with the ones in particular, and those jokers are

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Speaker 3: on the field, they are running that sucker down. It

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Speaker 3: is impressive. The very first plays, very I think it

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Speaker 3: was the first two plays of the first team session.

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Speaker 3: Ran to toss one side on the first play and

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Speaker 3: Christian Harris ran it down and kind of wrapped up

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Speaker 3: Damien and kind of kind of slung him, turned him

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Speaker 3: around as if you know, he's tacking him, throwing them

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Speaker 3: the ground or whatever. And as I'm watching the play,

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Speaker 3: I just see's kind of blur because the play is

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Speaker 3: taking a little while to develop, and I'm just his blur.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, man, who is that? It's Christian Harris just

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Speaker 3: flying to the football. Next play, same thing a few

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Speaker 3: plays later. I don't even know what the play was.

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Speaker 3: I wish I could have seen it play. All I

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Speaker 3: know was whoever was at running back took a hand

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Speaker 3: off and was wearing Henry Toatoa not even one step

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Speaker 3: into the play, like Toatoa was right there as soon

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Speaker 3: as the running back got the handoff. And I've seen

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Speaker 3: that now from both these guys, whether it's fill and

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Speaker 3: gaps in the middle quickly as Totoa did, or running

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Speaker 3: things down, as you know, the proverbial.

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Speaker 4: Sideline, the sideline.

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Speaker 3: I think the linebackers I wrote this in Harris Hits,

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Speaker 3: I think the linebackers might be the strongest performing group

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Speaker 3: of any group on this team, of any group. I mean,

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Speaker 3: you go up and down the lines that you know

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Speaker 3: between Harris and Tootoa between I saw Denzel Perriman make

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Speaker 3: some plays against the past.

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Speaker 1: The last couple of days. Blake Cashman, Blake Cashman has

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Speaker 1: been unreal. Blake Cashman is arguably one of the top

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Speaker 1: five players in camp. So you start looking at linebackers

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Speaker 1: and you're like, dang, these.

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Speaker 4: Dudes can run.

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Speaker 3: And here's the other thing I thought about this as

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Speaker 3: me on this, the more that a defense can stay

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Speaker 3: in its base unit yet play sub package or do

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Speaker 3: subpackaged things, the better off you are. Here's where I'm

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Speaker 3: going with that. If you look out there and you

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Speaker 3: were to see three linebackers and at one point it

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Speaker 3: was Harris, Toto and Cashman, right, that's not really your

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Speaker 3: nickel alignment right now. But Cashman's forty times was probably

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Speaker 3: about what Desmond Kings was And the reason I bring

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Speaker 3: that up is you can do some things with Cashman

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Speaker 3: to give it kind of a different nickel look even

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Speaker 3: though it's your base formation, if that makes sense. Sure,

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Speaker 3: And because Cashman could cover running backs out of the

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Speaker 3: you get you get the opportunity to run some quote

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Speaker 3: unquote subpackaged stuff with him. You can do some different

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Speaker 3: things with Cashman and yet stay in what looks like

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Speaker 3: your base group. So hey, they're base base base Okay,

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Speaker 3: well we can take advantage of this. Well, that means

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Speaker 3: Cashman might end up on you know, running back or

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Speaker 3: that guy can fly and he can make a lot

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Speaker 3: of plays, and we found out last year he's a

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Speaker 3: good sir, and we know what he can do on

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Speaker 4: So the point with all that is, I think.

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Speaker 3: This linebacker group is kind of showing, Hey, we've got

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Speaker 3: a lot of layers, we got a lot of dimensions

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Speaker 3: to what we can do, and they all can run.

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Speaker 3: That's the other thing that stood out to me Mark

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Speaker 3: thus far the defensive team speed is it's it's at

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Speaker 3: a higher level than I can remember in years. I

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Speaker 3: mean probably going back to twenty eighteen. You know when

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Speaker 3: Tyron was here in twenty eighteen with that group, justin

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Speaker 3: Reid back in the back, across the.

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Speaker 2: Board, all three levels.

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Speaker 3: They all can run, and I think that's going to

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Speaker 4: But man, the linebackers can really fly.

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 1: Well, let's flip it, because my big take on today

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Speaker 1: And by a little bit more, they did it because

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Speaker 1: they really haven't been doing it. They've been doing eleven

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Speaker 1: to it. There's let's do third down, let's do first out,

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Speaker 1: however they organize that.

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Speaker 2: But today they.

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Speaker 1: Put and a clock and said you're down four, go ahead,

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Speaker 1: try to drive down the field.

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Speaker 2: Sure, and not.

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Speaker 1: That there was enormous success, but there were moments where

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Speaker 1: you thought, okay, this is interesting, especially with number seven,

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Speaker 1: because I've got a feeling he's a when the lights

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Speaker 1: go on guy. You give him a goal like that,

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Speaker 1: And it looked a little bit different to me in

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Speaker 1: and everything. Not that it's been coming out badly, but

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Speaker 1: we talk about some of the plays that the defense

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Speaker 1: good this defense is. Going back to that side of

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Speaker 1: the ball for a moment, Johnny, I think that if

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Speaker 1: you knew your offense was really good, this defense is

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Speaker 1: middle of the pack at least, if not better. Right,

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Speaker 1: But we'll see the offense has to be good in

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Speaker 1: order for the defensive ranking. It's not all about rankings,

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Speaker 1: of course, but in order for that ranking to rise,

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Speaker 1: because if they're punting away or turning it over, whatever,

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Speaker 1: unless they're hanging out of the ball scoring points, the

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Speaker 1: defense is going to have to pick up more of

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Speaker 1: the slack. It's a sands of the hourglass kind of thing,

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Speaker 1: like I always like to say, So I liked that

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Speaker 1: situational work today. Let's see more of that as things

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Speaker 1: progress here. They'll get the day off tomorrow, back at

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Speaker 1: your first game. So things will start to take shape here.

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Speaker 1: But like we said this morning, you're watching the sausage

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Speaker 1: being made, and it's easy to comment on Wait a minute,

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Speaker 1: what's going on in this ingredient?

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Speaker 2: What are you throwing in there? Bobby?

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Speaker 1: We don't know until we see the finished product, and

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Speaker 1: we're far from it.

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Speaker 3: It's a good point you bring up because sometimes you're

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Speaker 3: right during training camp you watch so many plays and

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Speaker 3: you watch all these things that you do.

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Speaker 4: That's a that's a great way of putting it.

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Speaker 3: You're watching the sausage being made, which is not sexy,

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Speaker 3: but then the sausage comes out and they've they've grilled

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Speaker 3: it and they put it on your plate and you're like, oh,

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Speaker 3: this is great. Do you have no idea how I

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Speaker 3: got to that point? And you may not want to

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Speaker 3: see it training camp, we're getting to see it. That's

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Speaker 3: why I like once we get to the season, because

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Speaker 3: we see stretching maybe some individual, and then we go off.

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Speaker 4: We don't see this song being made.

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Speaker 3: And sometimes that's a little bit easier, you know, for

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Speaker 3: us to not see that happen because they're working through

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Speaker 3: some things, just like they are in training camp. Everybody's

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Speaker 3: working through some things. I think the receivers today needed

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Speaker 3: to work on catching a football because that was a

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Speaker 3: tough day from that perspective, and look, you're gonna have

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Speaker 3: those days. You're gonna I had I had the best

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Speaker 3: hands you could possibly have, but I had about a

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Speaker 3: week stretch when I was in high school my senior year,

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Speaker 3: I couldn't catch a cold. I mean it would hit me.

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Speaker 3: I looked like flipper. The ball was just going everywhere.

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Speaker 3: So it happens. But there were some drops today and

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Speaker 3: mostly concentration drops because there were some guys, some good

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Speaker 3: that about CJ. We talked about that coming off the field.

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Speaker 3: That's I think it's a good thing to know that

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Speaker 3: when the situation pressure goes up that your guy stays

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Speaker 3: we I feel like that's what CJ. What CJ did.

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Speaker 3: If you didn't have the drops, I mean, I think

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Speaker 3: they would have gone down. But on that drive, I

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Speaker 3: went back and looked at my notes on that drive

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Speaker 3: that you're talking about. When they took on the situation,

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Speaker 3: he he hit he had Nico for a first down,

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Speaker 3: then he had Andrew Beck down the seam yep. Then

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Speaker 3: he threw a strike to Jared Wayne, and then there

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Speaker 3: were a couple of plays in there. I think it

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Speaker 3: may be a screen that somebody dropped the screen, and

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Speaker 3: then he had he was high out for tank dout

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Speaker 4: People are going to miss high.

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Speaker 2: But at least the clock stopped right there.

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Speaker 1: They had lived a tome and the clock, and there

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Speaker 1: were a couple of penalties in there, and I don't

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Speaker 1: think any fault of his. But this is what practice

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Speaker 1: is all about. You're gonna make your mistakes there. You

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Speaker 1: want to iron it out. You want to see where

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Speaker 1: you need the work as a squad. And like we've

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Speaker 1: said many times, so much eleven on eleven work. I

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Speaker 1: thought that that was a good little period today just

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Speaker 1: to get him going. And you know that now that

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Speaker 1: they've broken the seal on the situational work, we're going

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Speaker 1: to get a ton of it because soon they'll have

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Speaker 1: to do the quick field goal, all those things you

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Speaker 1: need to do to play your first preseason game because

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Speaker 1: you have to choreograph everything. You have to be ready

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Speaker 1: for those quick switches, those sudden changes, special teams, transitioning

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Speaker 1: into offense, defense, all of it. So I liked it today.

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Speaker 1: I like that we're getting there. It showed that you're

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Speaker 1: getting deeper into camp.

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Speaker 3: Well, today's August first, a week and a day, we'll

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Speaker 3: be flying in New England.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a crazy thing.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we talked about that with Demiko, talked about man coach,

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Speaker 3: you play a game and a few you know, a

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Speaker 3: few days, and they know it.

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Speaker 5: You know.

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Speaker 3: It's it's obviously different when you're doing a preseason game

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Speaker 3: where scrimmage, like in high schools will do a scrimmage

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Speaker 3: versus getting ready for a regular season game. But still

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Speaker 3: got to go out there and play someone in a

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Speaker 3: different color jersey. And because you're doing that, you don't

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Speaker 3: want to go out there and look the fool. So

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Speaker 3: you got to at least have some idea what you're

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Speaker 3: gonna face. Yeah, it's a lot of vanilla, but you

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Speaker 1: And they're on the three day plan because it was Wednesday, Thursday,

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Speaker 6: It's nice to be in here after practice. A little

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Speaker 6: In pass the emphasis was more red zone emphasis, so

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Speaker 3: Because we were talking Eric Murray on Sunday and one

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Speaker 6: That communication is very vital to our success right when

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Speaker 7: But now with the offenses we face, there's a lot

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Speaker 1: Coach, does that play into why there's so much eleven

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Speaker 6: With the eleven on eleven work is more of me,

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Speaker 3: I told you defensive coaches don't like seven or seven

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Speaker 3: it's like, well, waiting a second that would have been

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Speaker 3: I take notes as much as I possibly can out there,

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Speaker 6: And it it's exciting to watch. And that's the core

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Speaker 7: And that's when it gets really excited.

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Speaker 6: Right it is, it's definitely been you know, it's been

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Speaker 7: We're all fired up when you're making those big plays.

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Speaker 3: I thought about this the first day that you walked

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Speaker 4: What was that feeling like that first day?

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Speaker 7: It's like, Hey, a lot of people counting on you.

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Speaker 1: What can you tell us about behind the scenes, How

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Speaker 6: Lad and his staff they prepared individualized shakes.

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Speaker 6: Mike Eubanks, his staff, they do a great job what

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Speaker 3: Coach Mark and I were doing the math this morning

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Speaker 4: Oh man, we got a preseason game in ten days.

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Speaker 3: I know it's not like a regular season game because

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Speaker 6: You just want to get good tempo, good feel all right,

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Speaker 7: So that's what you're looking for.

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Speaker 6: Then when it comes to who's playing, I've started to

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Speaker 1: in general, coach, how do you handle that? Is that

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Speaker 1: a collective thing with your position group coaches? How do

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Speaker 1: you guys go about doing that with reps?

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Speaker 6: Myself and offensive coordinator Bobby slowly we go through the

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Speaker 6: reps and see how many reps do we want per period,

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Speaker 6: and then as we go to our coaches, we make

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Speaker 6: sure the coaches understand that just because this set may

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Speaker 6: say it's the ones, right, don't just get locked into Oh,

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Speaker 6: I cannot give another guy that rep. So we want

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Speaker 6: our coaches to be very selective. They know the plays

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Speaker 6: that we are on scripted periods. We already have those

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Speaker 6: plays planned out. So if there's a certain look, a

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Speaker 6: certain play that you want, let's say metch it, we

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Speaker 6: want him to run this particular route and it may

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Speaker 6: be with the twos or threes or it doesn't matter.

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Speaker 7: Just make sure he gets that work and he gets

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Speaker 7: that route.

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Speaker 6: So there's a lot of planning that goes and we

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Speaker 6: define the total number reps, but there's a lot of

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Speaker 6: planning that goes in with the position coaches of making

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Speaker 6: sure players get specific reps for what they need to

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Speaker 6: work on.

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Speaker 3: A lot of guys have gone through a lot of

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Speaker 3: stuff to get here to knee injury, summon, ankle, some

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Speaker 3: guys are rehaving for a summer. One guy in your

464
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Speaker 3: team beat leukemia and that's John Metchi and he's back

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Speaker 3: in his training camp. Coach, I know you've been asked

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Speaker 3: about this a lot, but I think Mark and I

467
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Speaker 3: wanted to just ask you about what Mechi not only

468
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Speaker 3: means to the organization, but just to show the fight

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Speaker 3: to beat Ukema, get back on the field to help

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Speaker 3: the squad this year.

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Speaker 6: I mean, he means everything to our organization and what

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Speaker 6: we're about. We want to be champions. We see the

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Speaker 6: sign everyday. We want to be champions in every way.

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Speaker 6: And he's shown that championship mindset, the mentality of you know,

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Speaker 6: what he's done in college first and foremost as a player,

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Speaker 6: being in coming into the league and facing the adversity

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Speaker 6: that he's faced and to see him overcome it, right,

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Speaker 6: that's championship mindset, right. And I just continue to see

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Speaker 6: him working back into football. It's taking time for him

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Speaker 6: to get there, and that's okay. It's gonna take time.

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Speaker 6: It's been a while since he played ball, but he's

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Speaker 6: hitting in the right direction. He's doing it with a smile,

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Speaker 6: doing it with a great attitude each and every single day,

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Speaker 6: and it's encouraging and uplifting the others around him, And

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Speaker 6: that's championship mindset. So encourage where MITCHI is and very

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Speaker 6: pleased with and know where he's hitted.

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Speaker 1: You've been through so many camps with different coaches, different approaches,

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Speaker 1: So how do you handle the rest of the day

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Speaker 1: meetings and whatever you do at night during camp? What

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Speaker 1: can you share with us about that? Do you do

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Speaker 1: some fun things with the players? Try to keep it fresh?

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Speaker 1: How do you approach it well?

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Speaker 6: After we're dealing with practice, the guys have probably a

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Speaker 6: couple hours to just recover, do some region in a

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Speaker 6: weight room or lift. Then we go right into we

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Speaker 6: got special teams meetings. Then the guy's review practice film

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Speaker 6: with their coaches, and position meetings.

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Speaker 7: All right.

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Speaker 6: Then I'll come in and I'll do a team meeting

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Speaker 6: with the guys, and I try to keep it fun there.

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Speaker 6: Try to make it like a highlight reel of all

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Speaker 6: the good good plays that we're in practice. Try to

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Speaker 6: highlight as much as I can. There are sometimes there

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Speaker 6: are great teaching opportunities from how we can get better

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Speaker 6: and you can really highlight some guys on some of

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Speaker 6: the stuff.

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Speaker 7: You may see. It's just a play, all right.

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Speaker 6: Guys don't know everything that goes into that play and

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Speaker 6: seeing the mental aspect of it, right quarterback seeing that

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Speaker 6: it's pressure and being able to sight adjust and go

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Speaker 6: to his hot read like, I want to highlight those

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Speaker 6: things to show that's what it's going to take to

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Speaker 6: win games. So we keep that going and then we

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Speaker 6: actually go back out after we finish that, we go

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Speaker 6: back out, go for a walk through in the evening,

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Speaker 6: and then the guys are on their own.

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Speaker 4: That evening walk through. As a player, it's always a

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Speaker 4: fun one. And when I say a fun one, I

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Speaker 4: mean not really.

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Speaker 3: So as you sit there coaching, you're talking to the

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Speaker 3: players and you're looking and you know the guys are tired,

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Speaker 3: but you've been in those seats.

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Speaker 4: You knew what that was like. Are you kind of

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Speaker 4: thinking about that as you're going through message.

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Speaker 3: And kind of like, all right, I know I've got

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Speaker 3: ten minutes with these guys where they're cooked. You kind

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Speaker 3: of have that feeling because you were that guy not

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Speaker 3: long ago.

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Speaker 7: I know that's the feeling.

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Speaker 6: You have to be quick, you have to be strong

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Speaker 6: and be quick in those meetings. I make sure I

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Speaker 6: don't try to go longer than you know, twenty minutes

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Speaker 6: in a meeting, because you start to lose guys, right,

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Speaker 6: So I want to make sure it's and make sure

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Speaker 6: it's highlight, offense, defense, special team, making sure everybody's involved.

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Speaker 6: Ask guys questions on the spot, making sure they're ready,

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Speaker 6: they know what they're talking about, they can answer, and

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Speaker 6: just so their teammates know that they know what to do,

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Speaker 6: they know what to say, how to do it. So

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Speaker 6: I just want to make sure everybody's engaged in those

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Speaker 6: meetings and keep it like, keep it.

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Speaker 5: Fun, all right.

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Speaker 1: I promised this is not a global warming question, but

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Speaker 1: is camp hotter.

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Speaker 2: Than it was when you were a rookie or your

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Speaker 2: early days with the Texas?

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Speaker 6: It feels that way. It does feel that way. It

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Speaker 6: is a little warmer nowadays. One thing I like about

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Speaker 6: you know it's hot. Guys know it's hot. Nobody complains.

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Speaker 6: That's the cool part about our team. It's like nobody complains.

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Speaker 5: They go work.

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Speaker 6: Whatever we ask them to do, they do it with

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Speaker 6: a smile, with the right attitude, and that gives.

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Speaker 5: Us a chance.

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Speaker 3: So giving you a second to kind of you reacclimate

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Speaker 3: it as well, because, like you said, this doesn't sound

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Speaker 3: Claire either.

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Speaker 4: IgE. I would imagine it's hot, but it's kind of

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Speaker 4: like this. You have to reacclimate too.

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Speaker 6: Oh yeah, I definitely had to reacclimate myself and the

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Speaker 6: kid I had to give kids going in like.

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Speaker 4: That is hogh, like get outside. We got it tough

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Speaker 4: enough now it's real. Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: One more question for me, what about the family aspect,

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Speaker 1: because you have that tent area for the families, and

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Speaker 1: sometimes the players can get reacquainted because they're away from

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Speaker 1: their families for a while, and so are you for

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Speaker 1: that matter.

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Speaker 6: Right, that's one of my favorite things about training camp

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Speaker 6: having a family tent. You know, we're thankful for our

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Speaker 6: cal Hanner providing the tent for the families, right covered

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Speaker 6: acting nice, nice tent, nice and cools, other families getting

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Speaker 6: enjoyed practice.

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Speaker 7: But those are the special moments.

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Speaker 6: Those are the special pictures that you get when your

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Speaker 6: kids are able to come on the field or your

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Speaker 6: player coach. You spend so much time away from them,

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Speaker 6: but to get that fifteen to twenty minute interaction with

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Speaker 6: your kids with your wives at their practice, man as

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Speaker 6: special moments, and those are some of the best pictures

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Speaker 6: you get to see. You need to throw the football

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Speaker 6: with your with your boys, and it's a fun moment,

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Speaker 6: special moment that I'm very thankful for.

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Speaker 1: Coach, thanks a lot of the time, best of luck,

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Speaker 1: Thank you guys. All right, there's your head coach. A

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Speaker 1: little reloaded Demico on Texans Radio. Fun to visit with

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Speaker 1: him in the studio coming up, a little McLean reloaded

588
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Speaker 1: from the morning visit at training camp. What did he

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Speaker 1: have to say about a variety of things, including going

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Speaker 1: around the AFC South a bit.

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Speaker 2: It's Texans Radio.

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Speaker 1: So much to get to as we continue with our

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Speaker 1: coverage of training camp here on Texans Radio, like the

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Speaker 1: General John McClain, who visits with us every morning and

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Speaker 1: will tomorrow morning as well, even though we're in studio

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Speaker 1: with a player day off. We've got plenty of stuff tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: including Jonathan Bernard among other players. But we were talking

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Speaker 1: about Will Anderson this morning, and Johnny was commenting on

599
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Speaker 1: some in the national media still complaining about draft day,

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Speaker 1: trade capital or whatever, and the General went right to

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Speaker 1: work on that one thing.

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Speaker 5: John, I don't think you mentioned when you were talking

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Speaker 5: about the Will Anderson trade. They still had pigs in

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Speaker 5: the first three rounds. It's not like their deskitude. Now

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Speaker 5: it's amazing me how many people picked the Tech Cardinals

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Speaker 5: to have the first two picks. As Texan's gonna have

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Speaker 5: second worst record in the NFL, I think his time

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Speaker 5: goes on. I saw a thing the other day predicted

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Speaker 5: they would win six and worse than them were Tampa Arizona.

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Speaker 5: Of course, there were like four or five teams they

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Speaker 5: had with worst, including Indy, and I agree Indy played

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Speaker 5: with quarterbacks on he started what thirteen games? Did he

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Speaker 5: start that many? Thirteen? I think, you know, there's just

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Speaker 5: no way he's not going to struggle. Just we're going

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Speaker 5: to see him. He may rush for a thousand yards

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Speaker 5: because he's going to take off the first sign of trouble.

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Speaker 5: And they seem to have a lot of issues. And

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Speaker 5: so I'll be shocked if the Texans finished with the

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Speaker 5: second worst record in the NFL. And I you know,

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Speaker 5: there was nobody out there. Jalen Carter was rated high,

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Speaker 5: but he had so much baggage, and then Will Anderson

622
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Speaker 5: was number two or number one, and a lot of

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Speaker 5: people had in rad his number one prospect overall and

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Speaker 5: the fact they're still that picks in the first three rounds,

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Speaker 5: I don't think I think that's gonna be a great trade.

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Speaker 5: You need a franchise quarterback, you need a franchise pass rusher,

627
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Speaker 5: and you got both with the second and third overall picks.

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Speaker 5: I think Cassario deserves all kinds of praise.

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Speaker 3: Okay, you kind of alluded to it, John, In some sense,

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Speaker 3: this question is for both of you.

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Speaker 4: Is at that time of the.

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Speaker 3: Year where there's a lot of previews and season totals,

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Speaker 3: over runners and all that kind of stuff. What team

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Speaker 3: do you think right now in the NFL in your

635
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Speaker 3: opinion do you think is way overvalued? What team do

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Speaker 3: you think is way undervalue? Can't use the Texans? What

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Speaker 3: team in your estimation?

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Speaker 2: You go?

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Speaker 3: You know what, media is kind of hyping this team up.

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Speaker 3: I think this team is not gonna be that good

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Speaker 3: or one. Nobody's talking about this team. But I think

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Speaker 3: this team's gonna be pretty good.

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Speaker 5: When Carol and I went to Las Vegas to watch

644
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Speaker 5: the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament March, we

645
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Speaker 5: were looking she was looking. I don't bet, but we're

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Speaker 5: looking at odds, and I thought Seattle did a great

647
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Speaker 5: job last year. Everybody was picking them to have a

648
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Speaker 5: chance to get the number one pick. They went nine

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Speaker 5: and eight, they got the quarterback issues solvet. They've had

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Speaker 5: two great drafts. They had a great draft and it

651
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Speaker 5: was sixty six to one, So she puts some money

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Speaker 5: on the Seattle at sixty six to one. Now I

653
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Speaker 5: think it's thirty to one, So mine would be Seattle.

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Speaker 5: You know, a tough division, but they've got a stability

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Speaker 5: in their front office and they got so much talent

656
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Speaker 5: in the last two drafts. I think the last year

657
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Speaker 5: was the best draft in the league. And Jets got

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Speaker 5: all that credit for having the offense and Dignans brookies

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Speaker 5: of the year, but Seattle's was better top to bottom.

660
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Speaker 5: So I would pick the Seahawks. And then for overrated

661
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 5: the division is terrible, but everybody just automatically picking the

662
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 5: Saints because they have Derreck carrk quarterback whos never won

663
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 5: a playoff game, He's only been in what one? And

664
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 5: then Dennis Allen was a terrible head coach with the

665
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 5: Raiders four to twelve for twelve and he was better

666
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 5: last year. But I just I see some people having

667
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 5: them in the top half of the NFL and record.

668
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,440
Speaker 5: I think they would win that division and be in

669
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Speaker 5: the bottom half of the NFL.

670
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,400
Speaker 1: All right, So the Saints are my team that I

671
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 1: think is they're gonna be better than people think.

672
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 5: Now.

673
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 1: I know some people are picking them to win the division,

674
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: maybe a lot.

675
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 2: But here's the thing.

676
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 1: I could see them getting off to a five and

677
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,560
Speaker 1: two type start and people talking about the Saints. I

678
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 1: don't know where it's going eventually, but with the talent

679
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,160
Speaker 1: they have, they won some sneaky hot games at the

680
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 1: end of last year.

681
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 2: You add Derek Carter to the mix. They've got talent.

682
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,520
Speaker 1: I could see them having a really nice year and

683
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:46,520
Speaker 1: be in some darlings okay of national media as the

684
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 1: year progresses. The team that I think is not as

685
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 1: good as people think, the Jacksonville Jaguars. They're not as good.

686
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: It's fools gold. We went on a big run at

687
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: the end of the year. Congratulations you had to get

688
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: that late fumbled eat a Tennessee Titans team that was

689
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: starting a quarterback that we got there a week and.

690
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 4: A half ago.

691
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: And I you know, I know, Trevor Lawrence is the

692
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 1: next whatever Johnny, but he threw four picks in that

693
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: playoff game. Yeah, they came back, but that's the Chargers

694
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 1: on the other side and their meltdown personality.

695
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 2: So I'm not ready to crown them just yet. Let's

696
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 2: go get them.

697
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 5: What you said about the Saints is exactly what I'm

698
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:21,720
Speaker 5: talking about.

699
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 2: Okay, what that that they're overrated? Okay?

700
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 1: What about now the Texans. The HOLYFC South plays the

701
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: NFC South. The Texans are going to face Atlanta there

702
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 1: for the first time in a while, first visit in

703
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 1: eight years, obviously, first visit to that stadium.

704
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:39,400
Speaker 2: Atlanta could be a sneaky hot team.

705
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 4: I think so.

706
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 1: Arthur's talent, you know, boy man genius Arthur Smith. You know,

707
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 1: we talk about mcveab being boy wonder, Arthur Smith is Okay,

708
00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: he's this genius.

709
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 2: Tennessee Tito him. You know, the Titans. People love them.

710
00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:01,480
Speaker 5: They assistant coach is one thing.

711
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 2: That team.

712
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 5: They're going to run the ball like they ran the

713
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 5: ball with Tennessee with Derrick Henry. They're loaded at running

714
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 5: back and that takes pressure off Desmond Ruttor, who also

715
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 5: is a good runner. I think they could win that

716
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 5: division over the Saints. So the Saints could win it

717
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 5: with an eight to nine record.

718
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 4: Falcons.

719
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 3: I was talking with James Palmer last week, that was

720
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 3: one of the teams he's really interested in talking about.

721
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 3: Drake London, Kyle Pitts, be Shawn Robinson, Tyler Al's year

722
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 3: and their skilled players are as.

723
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 4: Good as it gets.

724
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 2: Who's the quarterback exactly.

725
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 4: And that that would be my team.

726
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 3: I think the team that a lot of people are

727
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 3: thinking in the running for the number one pick. If

728
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 3: they get anything from the quarterback. I think the Bucks

729
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 3: can be a tough out. I still think defensively they're

730
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 3: going to be really good. It's a matter of whether

731
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 3: Baker Mayfield or Kyle Trasky keep it together long enough

732
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Speaker 3: to let them win seventeen to thirteen.

733
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Speaker 5: I don't think god Ball is a good coach at all.

734
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 5: He had no I don't agree in season with the

735
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 5: Jets and got fired and he didn't do anything.

736
00:31:59,200 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 2: Yeah.

737
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, got fitzmagic coming about Desmond Ridder. They could have

738
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 5: at number nine gotten a quarterback. They could have traded

739
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 5: up to get a quarterback. They were in position to

740
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 5: do it. But he saw enough of Ridder the third

741
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 5: round pick last year, to believe in him, and he's

742
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 5: he's he's a pretty good judge of playoffs of players.

743
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 5: Doesn't mean no, he'll be a good hit coach. But

744
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 5: you know, Jake Matthews, Bruce Matthews' son has the longest

745
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 5: consecutive game streak in the NFL going currently. And I

746
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 5: ask Bruce, who never missed a game because of an

747
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 5: injury in nineteen years played? Matthews never missed an injury

748
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 5: in nineteen years. Isn't that amazing?

749
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, let me ask you a question.

750
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 3: I'm just give me thinking about this general, there were

751
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 3: teams that were calling Arizona, or at least that was

752
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 3: what was rumored.

753
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 4: Right, We don't know that Atlanta wasn't one of them.

754
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 2: Right, these were both.

755
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,680
Speaker 4: You two take C. J. John and put him on Atlanta.

756
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,680
Speaker 3: You got Pits, you got London, You've already got you

757
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 3: got a pass catching we're running back in Jeon, you

758
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 3: got a stud running back in Tyler Aljiers.

759
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 4: You got the best guard.

760
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 3: In the league, and Chris Lenstrom Matthews is good. McGarry

761
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 3: was really going to tackle.

762
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 5: Who's the running back receivers? The great returner name?

763
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 2: Oh?

764
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 4: Two years Corderirall CP court.

765
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 5: Yeah, Patterson, he's still there. They got a lot of playmakers.

766
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 2: What did you have it?

767
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 3: I mean the reason I bring it up is Ritter

768
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 3: is not the passer that CJ is. I know CJ

769
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,520
Speaker 3: iss a rookie, like I get that, But if you

770
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 3: had a competent throwing quarterback and had they been able

771
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,320
Speaker 3: to get CJ Stroud and put him with Bijon. Now

772
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 3: they have CJ. There an get Jon, but just go

773
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 3: with it. What's Atlanta with CJ versus what's Atlanta.

774
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 2: With but CJ rookie versus Ridder?

775
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: Second year watching Mariota flame out and then take it

776
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 1: over at the end of the year. You know, that

777
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: is good experience for Ritter right there.

778
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 2: And while we're on.

779
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: The subject, let's talk about the Texans offense here and

780
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: what they need to do to step up in that.

781
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 1: I heard Seth and Shaw talking about it, and you

782
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 1: and I were talking about it last night on Texans

783
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 1: All Access, Johnny. We have not seen that explosive practice

784
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: by the offense yet. We've seen moments here and there

785
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,720
Speaker 1: and like ooh, look at that play, look at that play,

786
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 1: but we haven't seen it strung together general the way

787
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 1: that we're waiting for and I don't know when we're going.

788
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 2: To see it, maybe we see it today.

789
00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:21,320
Speaker 1: But your thoughts on the development of this Houston Texans

790
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 1: offense news system.

791
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,279
Speaker 5: It's a complicated system. If Bobby Slowan's doing the same

792
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:29,839
Speaker 5: thing Kyle Sennehan did. And uh, you know the only

793
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 5: guy they got on that offense. I talked to you

794
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 5: guys about it yesterday, and I'm gonna write a column

795
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 5: about him today because Tank Dale is going to be

796
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 5: available for interviews and I think it's today better be

797
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 5: And uh, he's the only guy they have capable of

798
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 5: going the distance when he touches the ball. I was

799
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 5: watching him yesterday on punt returns. I went down behind

800
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 5: him and he catches punt returns here in a crock

801
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 5: of his arm on his shoulder. Didn't want to and

802
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 5: then you watch like Desmond King catches it right in

803
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,920
Speaker 5: the middle. And so they they're working on him because

804
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,919
Speaker 5: he's so explosive. It wouldn't surprise me if Desmond King

805
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 5: doesn't go ahead and return punts until they're absolutely sure

806
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,880
Speaker 5: Tank's not going to fumble the ball. But you know,

807
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,440
Speaker 5: Nico Collins, he can catch the ball down the field.

808
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 5: I after watching him be hurt for two years in

809
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 5: a row, you can't you can't count on him being

810
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 5: healthy for every game. He's gonna have to prove it.

811
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 5: But he made big plays downfield last year. When we

812
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 5: watched him at camp, crowd was cheering and ooing and

813
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 5: aweing at what he at what he did. It did,

814
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 5: and you know, Noah Brown was one of the big

815
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,360
Speaker 5: surprises of the off season program. Neck Sario might not

816
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 5: have been surprised because he signed him, but he's coming

817
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 5: off his best season with the Cowboys. When he got

818
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,880
Speaker 5: a chance to play, could he take the next step?

819
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 5: You know, he's got everything on wan. He's got great size,

820
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 5: he'd play inside, outside, works hard, hungry. You know he's

821
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 5: got to be thinking about money because he was a

822
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 5: special teams player there until he got a chance. But

823
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,240
Speaker 5: that's obviously gonna be a need in the off season

824
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 5: to bring in to a go to receiver unless somebody

825
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:06,399
Speaker 5: develops into one.

826
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny because when you have the second

827
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 1: and third leading receivers from the Cowboys roster last year

828
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 1: on this team now with Dalton Schultz and Noah Brown,

829
00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 1: you have to wonder what's gonna happen to them. You know,

830
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: how are they gonna overcome that? And they're running game.

831
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: Let's see how it goes this year.

832
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 2: And injuries.

833
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: I don't want to talk about them, but I think

834
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,319
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a developing story that they don't have

835
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 1: all the firepower they think.

836
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,399
Speaker 5: They know tight ends to get healthy here.

837
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, it's a it's a small room right now.

838
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 3: All right, you save your answer to this one for

839
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,520
Speaker 3: a little bit later, all right, But I'm gonna tell you,

840
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 3: John McClain on one thing. This is a guarantee. It's

841
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 3: the only guarantee for the entire season. It's this guarantee,

842
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 3: and that is Kenyan Green becomes that guy a guard.

843
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 4: That's all you know. That's it.

844
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 3: You play seventeen games and he becomes that guy a

845
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 3: guard that you're expecting him to be this year.

846
00:36:58,320 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 4: What do you think the offense?

847
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,359
Speaker 3: What do you think the results of the offense are

848
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 3: if that one thing happens. I don't know anything else,

849
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 3: but you know that one thing happens. What do you

850
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:06,680
Speaker 3: think about this offensive twenty twenty?

851
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,880
Speaker 5: Well, we are sure about three of the offensive line

852
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 5: positions and not sure about the center because they're gonna

853
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 5: be starting a rookie at some point. But if Kenyon

854
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 5: played like the fifteenth overall pick that he was last year,

855
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 5: they would they would be strong across the board at

856
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 5: some point. Juice scrugs. They didn't think a lot of

857
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,760
Speaker 5: him as a center. Now they're moving him around because

858
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 5: you know, game day, you got to be able to

859
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 5: play more than one position, often wondered, and this went

860
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,799
Speaker 5: back to Xavier Sphilo, who Bill O'Brien admitted later they

861
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 5: moved him around too much in camp instead of letting

862
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 5: him on one position after he'd been forced to missed

863
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 5: the offseason. Pro now admits that by later he admitted

864
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 5: it later, okay, And they had that archaic rule in

865
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 5: the PAC twelve about that. I don't even remember what

866
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 5: it was, but he had he's healthy, and he had

867
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 5: to miss a bunch of the off season program, and

868
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:02,080
Speaker 5: so always wonder instead of taking a rookie you know

869
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,919
Speaker 5: you're gonna count at one position and having him play

870
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 5: that position and no other. You know, right now, Will

871
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 5: Anderson's on the second team, Who scruggs. CJ. Stroud's rotating,

872
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 5: Anderson's rotating. We know those guys are gonna start. We

873
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 5: know Scruggs is gonna start. And I was asked the

874
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,800
Speaker 5: other day who I thought wasn't gonna make the team

875
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:24,080
Speaker 5: from last year's draft, and I can't say for sure

876
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 5: one of them. And you know, right now, I just

877
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,319
Speaker 5: don't know because you watch them all out there, and

878
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 5: even like Garrett mollow is a really good special teams player.

879
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 5: But they got some young linebackers and.

880
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 2: That's a thick position, right But if.

881
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 5: Kenyan Green plays the way they hope, boy, it'll help

882
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 5: the running game for sure.

883
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 4: All right.

884
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 1: Is it the craziest thing in the world for me

885
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 1: to say, you just said Scruggs is gonna start.

886
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 2: Now we'll see.

887
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,439
Speaker 1: I don't think it's the craziest thing in the world

888
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 1: to say, Scotty Quesnberry really might be embracing this system.

889
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: I haven't talked to Chris Strausser about this, or Demiko

890
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,840
Speaker 1: or anybody, but he's out there with the ones right now.

891
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 1: And look, Chris Myers didn't become Chris Myers right away.

892
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: I'm not saying Quessberry is going to become Chris Myers,

893
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 1: but he might fit this system a whole lot better

894
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 1: than the previous system.

895
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,399
Speaker 2: And maybe his game is starting to rise.

896
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 5: He might and then he might not make the team.

897
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 5: Both of those are possibilities that you.

898
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 4: Know, everything's on the board at Center Patterson.

899
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,839
Speaker 5: Scrubs are going to make the team. They're not gonna

900
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 5: put them on the practice squad. One hurt because people

901
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:27,359
Speaker 5: jump all over them.

902
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,959
Speaker 2: And do I like to say, Johnny, what do I say?

903
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:31,799
Speaker 5: You've got to have a third pack?

904
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 1: I often say this, Injuries sometimes solve the problem, not

905
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:39,280
Speaker 1: that you want injuries, but sometimes create problems.

906
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 2: Well, it's very true.

907
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 5: So I think offensive line is going to be a

908
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:43,320
Speaker 5: tough cut.

909
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: There's a little McLean reloaded from the morning portion of

910
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 1: our coverage Texans Training Camp Live. Coming up. A player

911
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,880
Speaker 1: to be named later, No, we'll name him now. Grayland

912
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,479
Speaker 1: Arnold plays special teams and safety. You want to hear

913
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,399
Speaker 1: from him, trust me, it's coming up here on Texans Radio.

914
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,000
Speaker 1: All right, we have one final segment here on Texans

915
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,600
Speaker 1: Radio tonight. Man, it's been a busy day with the

916
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 1: morning show and this evening show.

917
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:10,360
Speaker 2: And another morning show tomorrow eight am. From in studio.

918
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 1: The General's gonna join us, Jonathan Grenard's gonna join us.

919
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 1: A bunch of other stuff as well. Nick Cassio on Thursday,

920
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: you don't want to miss a thing as we continue

921
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: to navigate our way through camp, including a visit with

922
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:25,960
Speaker 1: grayln Arnold special teamer Baylor Bear, and he switched numbers.

923
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: Why number twenty five? Des were it last year? Was

924
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: that just assigned to you or did you pick it specially?

925
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 8: So it was one of those things.

926
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:33,879
Speaker 4: I had thirty five.

927
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:35,080
Speaker 2: Who is this?

928
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,280
Speaker 8: Somebody had asked for thirty five? Jake Hanson, Jake Canson

929
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 8: had won it thirty five. And then we had another corner,

930
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 8: Kendall Sheffield, who had had twenty twenty five and he

931
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,320
Speaker 8: didn't want twenty five and JK won thirty five and

932
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 8: I'm not ready. I already it didn't really matter to

933
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,799
Speaker 8: me about who had the jersey numbers or whatever the

934
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 8: deal was. So I was like, I'll take twenty five

935
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 8: at the end of the day and I'm still gonna

936
00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 8: be riding on.

937
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 1: We were just doing the highlight film from last last year.

938
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 1: You made a couple of big special teams plays more

939
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 1: than a couple, but they showed up in the half

940
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:08,840
Speaker 1: hour highlight reel. How special is that to you? To

941
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,439
Speaker 1: make an impact in that phase of the game.

942
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 8: It's special for me to make an impact any position, anywhere,

943
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:16,920
Speaker 8: no matter what. I just love to play football. I

944
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 8: love to play fast, like my hair on fire, and

945
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:21,319
Speaker 8: I like to get excited and have fun with my teammates.

946
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,760
Speaker 1: Sometimes you guys who play a lot of special teams

947
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:25,759
Speaker 1: don't get the breaks that some of the other guys get.

948
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,000
Speaker 1: We were talking to Alex Bachmin about that. How does

949
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: that go for you out here?

950
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 8: It's one of those things where it's kind of more

951
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 8: so like attitude and effort. You know, at the end

952
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,840
Speaker 8: of the day, got to get the job done. You know,

953
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 8: your defense and offensive guys sometimes hey, they might go

954
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,400
Speaker 8: out there and they might have a long drift, you know,

955
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 8: and then it's just our turn to, you know, to

956
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 8: we stand out part of what we got to do

957
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 8: for the team to win.

958
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: What is it like facing this offense every day, because

959
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,839
Speaker 1: after a while, you guys must know at least a

960
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:52,880
Speaker 1: bit what's coming.

961
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,839
Speaker 8: So our offense right now, they pretty good. We got

962
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 8: a lot of good receivers CJ. All of the quarter

963
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 8: man they throwing it pretty well. It's you know, it's

964
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:04,800
Speaker 8: one of those things where it's iron sharpening and aren't.

965
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 8: You know, we all getting better each and every day

966
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 8: and we just competing at the best level.

967
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 1: All right, Coons, Texas, that's where you're from. You went

968
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,840
Speaker 1: to Baylor, But tell me about your hometown first.

969
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 8: It's one of those FFA schools and agriculture towns where

970
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:21,680
Speaker 8: you know, a lot of cowboys and it's real country.

971
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 8: We got about two thousand people population small, small, you know,

972
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 8: and it's one of those things where you know, not

973
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 8: too many people get to reach this level. Well I

974
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 8: don't even know anybody that has reached this level of

975
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 8: you know, of professional sports, but you know, it's it's

976
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 8: one of those things where it's a small city, so

977
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:40,880
Speaker 8: like everybody's behind you know. I can definitely feel the

978
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 8: love and the support from my city and really the

979
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 8: all surrounding area. So that's you know, it's big to

980
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 8: have that type of background behind you and that type

981
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:48,799
Speaker 8: of community behind you.

982
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 7: All Right.

983
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,440
Speaker 2: There's our visit with Grahl and Arnold. Really good guy, easy.

984
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 1: Gotta root for so many of those on this team,

985
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 1: and man, cutdown day is going to be so heartbreaking

986
00:42:57,760 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 1: for so many, But I can't wait for the season.

987
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 1: So there's that as well. We want to thank you

988
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: all for listening tonight. Looking forward to catching up tomorrow

989
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 1: morning at eight with Texans Training Camp Live. Have a

990
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 1: great night, Go Texans.