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Speaker 1: There is no off season for your Houston Texans. Game

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Speaker 1: we got plenty for you tonight. Welcome into the Hunday

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio studio. I am your host, John Harris, and

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Speaker 1: I am joined by the venerable, the voice of the Texans,

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Speaker 1: Mark Vannimer. Mark, good evening, my friend. How are you wait?

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Speaker 1: Venerable sounds old to me. That's just you know, no, no, no, no,

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Speaker 1: age got it had nothing. Age had nothing to do

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Speaker 1: Maybe because you know, it's not fair to protect a

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Speaker 1: That's exactly what it is. I'm just kind of flipping

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Speaker 1: to break and I see Nick Assario handing Hippolito couple

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Speaker 1: hundred bucks for inning the Cassario cash over under. Congratulations

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Speaker 1: He used the term inside the formation, which was I

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Speaker 1: All Access. What's up? Everybody? Walked back to Wednesday edition

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Speaker 1: I am John Harris and as mentioned and teas In

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Speaker 1: the first segment, Nick Cassario met with the media, handled

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Speaker 1: all types of questions but a bang by a bang man.

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Speaker 1: They were coming from all different directions. But when he

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Speaker 1: come to the press conference with Nick Casserio, I'm learning

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Speaker 1: he's gonna take the mic right off the bat. He

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Speaker 1: had a pretty poignant opening statement, had a number of

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Speaker 1: things to say. Talked about Floyd Reese, the former Tessey Titans,

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Speaker 1: GM worked with Houston, others also worked the Patriots, Nick

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Speaker 1: Newhon very well. He also talked about Hurricane Ida, and

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Speaker 1: he didn't give a little bit of an update on

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Speaker 1: number four to Shaun Watson before we get to football.

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Speaker 1: Just a couple of quick comments before we get to

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Speaker 1: the big cash giveaway. No, everybody's here for that as well,

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Speaker 1: a little bit later. But that's exciting. Um. I'd say,

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Speaker 1: since the last time we talked, you know, and even

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Speaker 1: going back and we talked here before training camp, you know,

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Speaker 1: talked about kind of the fragility of life and things

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Speaker 1: that happened right, talked about coach Napp in his situation

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Speaker 1: at that time, and unfortunately, I would say, just reflecting

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Speaker 1: quickly on Floyd Reece, who I would say probably Mark

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Speaker 1: and John probably closest to him or know him the best.

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Speaker 1: Just the impact that he had on the Houston area,

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Speaker 1: in the Houston community, the Houston Oiler franchise and what

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Speaker 1: he did for the organization. I was fortunately able to

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Speaker 1: have a personal relationship with Floyd in New England. He

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Speaker 1: was an invaluable resource, a mentor, a friend, quite frankly,

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Speaker 1: taught me a lot in a short period of time. Um.

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Speaker 1: How to act with grace, how to act with humility. Um,

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Speaker 1: never had a bad day, always had a good attitude.

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Speaker 1: And his experience, I would say, as I transition Roles

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Speaker 1: was certainly something that having that voice or that presence

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Speaker 1: right down the hall, you know, it was certainly valuable. UM,

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Speaker 1: and appreciate it. So UM. Again, I know not everybody

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Speaker 1: knew Floyd, not everybody had relationship with Floyd, but I

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Speaker 1: think his impact on the Houston community, in the Houston

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Speaker 1: area spoke volumes. UM, you know, and I think it's

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Speaker 1: you know, interview, lose a life or lose somebody. Um,

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Speaker 1: it's always good to reflect on the good that they

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Speaker 1: did and they provided. I can lead. I think as

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Speaker 1: those people that have been displaced and impacted and affected

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Speaker 1: by the hurricane on Louisiana, I'd say, I'm sure all

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Speaker 1: of you have some friends here in Louisiana. We have

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Speaker 1: some folks on our staff, quite frankly, that have been

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Speaker 1: affected by that. So again, it kind of puts everything

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Speaker 1: in perspective. I know I would have wasn't here for it,

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Speaker 1: but you know, the city of Houston experience something similar,

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Speaker 1: And again, I think it's a reminder for all of

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Speaker 1: us just each day as a blessing, an opportunity for

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Speaker 1: us to be appreciated for what we have. Really, there's

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Speaker 1: no bad days, you know, some days are better than others. Um,

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Speaker 1: there's no bad days. So I think it's important for

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Speaker 1: you know, sending our thoughts in prayers to the state

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Speaker 1: of Louisiana and the folks that are affected. And I

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Speaker 1: know there's a number of Houstonians that are doing their

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Speaker 1: part to help and as best as they can, you know,

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Speaker 1: on the football side of things, where we are again,

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Speaker 1: we we it's been about a month since we had

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Speaker 1: the opportunity to speak in training camp, and at that

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Speaker 1: time we didn't really know a lot or have a

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Speaker 1: lot of information. I think when we started training camp,

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Speaker 1: we wanted to accomplish some things as a team. When

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Speaker 1: you look back at kind of what we were trying

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Speaker 1: to accomplish, it's a kind of put up philosophy and

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Speaker 1: a foundation in place teach our players, you know, coaching

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Speaker 1: philosophy and teaching the system given an opportunity to learn

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Speaker 1: the system, have as much competition as possible on the team,

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Speaker 1: you know, and establish a culture and a foundation of

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Speaker 1: what we're trying to do and the things that we

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Speaker 1: believe in, and for the most part, on the health standpoint,

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Speaker 1: try to stay healthy. So I'd say those three or

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Speaker 1: four things were something as we started training camp, were

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Speaker 1: things that were we were going to try to accomplish,

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Speaker 1: and you know, we're at the forefront say for the

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Speaker 1: most part, we were able to do that. Again, it's

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Speaker 1: never easy to reduce the roster, cut down the roster,

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Speaker 1: you know, there's always after the fact go back and

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Speaker 1: look at it and say, okay, you know what could

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Speaker 1: have happened, how it was this decision made. There's probably

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Speaker 1: eight to ten players that weren't on the fifty three

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Speaker 1: men roster. That very easy we could have made the team.

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Speaker 1: So again, I think a lot of it is just

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Speaker 1: roster management and resource allocation. And in the end, we're

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Speaker 1: always going to do we feel as best, you know,

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Speaker 1: for our team at the time. And I'd say this

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Speaker 1: will be a very fluid process. The team building process

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Speaker 1: isn't either going to stop because we have fifty three

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Speaker 1: players on the roster. It's a reality of it. I

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Speaker 1: think you guys have been around here long enough here

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Speaker 1: to see that that's probably not going to be the case.

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Speaker 1: But again, we'll trying to make smart decisions. We'll try

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Speaker 1: to make good decisions as we go. Say the last thing,

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Speaker 1: you know, I know we talked about this to start

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Speaker 1: a training camp as well as it pertains to deshaun situation.

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Speaker 1: What I would say about that is really no different

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Speaker 1: than what we talked about at the beginning of training camp.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna each day, we're gonna make the decision that

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Speaker 1: we feel as best I would say, again, it's a

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Speaker 1: one step process. Deshaun has been here every day. He's

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Speaker 1: been in training camp every day. He's been in the building,

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Speaker 1: he's been in meetings, he's been around his teammates, and again,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna take it one day at a time. I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to get into a lot of speculation about

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Speaker 1: what has happened, what didn't happen. That it's it's a

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Speaker 1: waste of everybody's time. Quite frankly, I think there's more

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Speaker 1: important things to talk about. So again, we're gonna take

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Speaker 1: it one day at a time. We're gonna do we

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Speaker 1: feel its best for our team and organization. And again

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Speaker 1: I would say, there's no fine answer, there's no definitive

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Speaker 1: answer here at this point, and that's how we're going

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Speaker 1: to handle it. Okay. So having said that, you know,

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Speaker 1: we'll open it enough to some questions and go from there.

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Speaker 1: Of course, the Houston media was going to continue to

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Speaker 1: ask about Dashaun, and Nick Assario essentially said, not going

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Speaker 1: to speculate, not gonna put any speculation, and really not

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Speaker 1: going to respond to speculation. Again, I'm not going to

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Speaker 1: get into speculation about what could or could not have happened. Again,

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Speaker 1: each day, we take information, we process it, and then

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Speaker 1: we go about our business and try to make the

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Speaker 1: right decision and the best decision at the time. So

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Speaker 1: that's that's what we did. He's on the roster, he's

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Speaker 1: on our team again. What does that mean moving forward? Again,

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Speaker 1: it's a one day at a time, I would say,

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Speaker 1: a proposition and endeavor, and that's how we're going to

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Speaker 1: handle it. So, although he was asked a few more questions,

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Speaker 1: Nick pretty much gave the same answer, and I think

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Speaker 1: it's the right answer. We take it day by day

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Speaker 1: and see what occurs. Because especially in the Shawn situation.

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Speaker 1: The legal aspect of this can change from minute to

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Speaker 1: minute to our day to day. You just never know.

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Speaker 1: And I think Nick had pretty much the same answer

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Speaker 1: when he was asked about John Watson. Now when he

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Speaker 1: you kept five receivers and a couple of them have

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Speaker 1: been banged up. What was the thought process in that?

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Speaker 1: And Nick addressed that what I would say, when you

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Speaker 1: look at the construction of the roster, you have to

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Speaker 1: look at Okay, where's your depth? Is your depth on

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Speaker 1: the rosters, your depth off the roster? Okay, that's a

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Speaker 1: certain positions. We probably have a little bit more depth

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Speaker 1: on the roster versus off the roster. Other positions. Some

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Speaker 1: of our depth is off the roster. I would say,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna look at everything. You know, we're not going

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Speaker 1: to rule anything out. Again, will we have five receivers tomorrow?

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Speaker 1: Maybe maybe not. Will we have five receivers for the

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville game? You know, probably probably not. You know, it

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Speaker 1: could be more, could be less. But again, you have

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Speaker 1: to look at how many can you carry on the roster?

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Speaker 1: Where's your depth off the roster, and then really you

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Speaker 1: have to look at what happens on game day. How

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Speaker 1: many players can you actually take to the game. You know,

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Speaker 1: you can only take x amount of players a certain

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Speaker 1: position are gonna have more than others. So again, where

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Speaker 1: we are today probably weren't. We're not going to be

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Speaker 1: here two weeks from now. So again we'll look at

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Speaker 1: all up. You guys know how much I love the

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00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,880
Speaker 1: person outside of things, and so hearing Nick kind of

641
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: dabble into that and talk about keeping the number of

642
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: players that they do and how they go about it,

643
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 1: I thought though was pretty interesting. He continued along those

644
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 1: lines and one of the things he discussed in this

645
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: next clip was about inside the formation players. I think

646
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 1: he was initially asked about Anthony Miller. We're getting updated

647
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 1: Anthony Miller a little bit later down the road, but

648
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 1: the Anthony Miller question sort of led to, you know,

649
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: how do you look at that? He's kind of an

650
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 1: inside receiver, kind of what do you do with that?

651
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 1: And then Kick got a pretty interesting answer because he

652
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: talked about the impact of sub package defense sub package offense.

653
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: Here's what you had to say, how are you going

654
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 1: to play offensively? What's the role for that particular player.

655
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a different type of concept or a different

656
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 1: type of player. Maybe it's i would say, a non

657
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 1: traditional player or position inside the formation. Again, when you

658
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 1: look at inside the formation players, they come in many

659
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: different shapes and sizes. Sometimes the receiver tontimes, it's the

660
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 1: tight end, sometimes it's a running back. So how are

661
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 1: you going to deploy your assets? What's the formationing look like?

662
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 1: What does the defense do on the other side of

663
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 1: the ball, because that dictates maybe what you want to do,

664
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: how you want to attack the defense. So again I

665
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:16,120
Speaker 1: would say the league, when you go through the league,

666
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 1: and I'm sure you guys have looked at this, sixty

667
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: five seventy percent of it has become kind of substituted

668
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: defense and substituted offense. If you will write so more

669
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: eleven personnel type team versus nickel defense. Right, So, if

670
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: you're going to be a big three receiver team and

671
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 1: maybe that position has more relevance, Maybe if you're not

672
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:34,960
Speaker 1: going to be as much of an eleven personnel team,

673
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: then maybe it's not as important. I'm not saying one

674
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 1: way or another what we're going to be, but again,

675
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,319
Speaker 1: you have to look at okay, And a lot of

676
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: that is game plan driven and dictated by what the

677
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 1: other team is doing. So if this certain personnel is

678
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:49,359
Speaker 1: going to give them more problems, then maybe you want

679
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 1: to play the game that way. If this personnel maybe

680
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 1: you know. So again, it's about mixing and matching, and

681
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 1: it's about what you're going to ask that player do

682
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 1: relative to the particular role. I would say where that

683
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: regard harless of who that is. Where it probably factors

684
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 1: the most is probably on third down potentially, right, And

685
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say as much in the red area. The

686
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 1: red area is kind of an entity in and of

687
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: itself because the red areas closed space, tighter space. I

688
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,760
Speaker 1: would say the run game is involved in the red area.

689
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 1: The force happens quicker, the safeties are lower, everything happens

690
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 1: a little bit quicker. So again it's whoever that player is,

691
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:23,480
Speaker 1: what are you going to do with that player? When

692
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: are you going to use him? And what's the overall

693
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:28,200
Speaker 1: construction of what you're doing offensively. So again I would

694
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Speaker 1: say that kind of goes into that. Hopefully I'll answer

695
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Speaker 1: your question. Now, there was obviously a lot of questions

696
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,240
Speaker 1: and there were a lot of questions about Sean Watson

697
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:37,560
Speaker 1: right now in the roster, he's the number three quarterbacks.

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00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,800
Speaker 1: Number three quarterback, you got Trod Taylor and David's Mills.

699
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 1: So Nick, are you comfortable with two quarterbacks? Again, his

700
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 1: answer really building upon this idea of roster management, which

701
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:56,800
Speaker 1: I love hearing about. It's week to week. So again,

702
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: where's your depth on the team? Is on the roster

703
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: or is it off the roster? Okay, then each week

704
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: you can bring X number of players to the game.

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00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: And again with the way the roster, I would say construction,

706
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,399
Speaker 1: it's similar to last year, right, so we're looking at

707
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: it is really sixty five to seventy players each week

708
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: that are available. Okay, not necessarily they're all going to play,

709
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 1: but you have the ability to bring two players from

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00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 1: your practice squad each week, so maybe you gain an

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00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 1: extra player from that particular group, So each week that

712
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 1: could be a little bit different. And again, what are

713
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 1: your needs for the game and what's the game plan

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00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,840
Speaker 1: consist of and what are you trying to accomplish. So

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Speaker 1: I think that mark is probably going to be you know,

716
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:32,480
Speaker 1: a big part of the discussion. And I would say

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00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: when you look at the league in totality. Some teams

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00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: have three quarterbacks on the roster, teams have two quarterbacks

719
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 1: on a roster and one or two on a practice squad,

720
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 1: or however, they're going to do it right and maybe

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00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 1: that player that's off the roster might actually get to

722
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: the game. So again, I think as we approach it,

723
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Speaker 1: what we've talked about as a staff, what David and

724
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 1: I have talked about, look at the roster and totality,

725
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: understanding and making sure our players understand you're essentially available

726
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 1: to play every Sunday, so you have to prepare accordingly.

727
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: It's not well, these guys are on the practice squad,

728
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 1: let's start these guys in a dumpster fire like there

729
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 1: to have no relevance. They actually are as important as

730
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: the players that are on the roster. So philosophically, that's

731
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 1: our mindset, and I think if our players understand it,

732
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,399
Speaker 1: our staff understands that, then we can attack the week

733
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Speaker 1: accordingly and understanding that we have essentially everybody accessible on

734
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 1: a weekly basis that could potentially play in the game.

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Speaker 1: No lot of you know that. I did radio with

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Speaker 1: Sean Pendergasta back in the day and we had a

737
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: tremendous show, but now he does a show with Seth

738
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Speaker 1: Paine and I do a lot of radio with Mark Vandimir,

739
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: so he split up. But one thing I do remember

740
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Speaker 1: about what Sean said. He said, everybody geeks out about something,

741
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: and you always just to look at me. Goes well, yours,

742
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,879
Speaker 1: yours is easy. Everybody knows what you geek out about him, Like, yeah,

743
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 1: it's pretty simple. And we all kind of know what

744
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:47,720
Speaker 1: Sean geeks out about, you know, wrestling and diet coke business.

745
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: I tend to think that Nick Kissario starts to geek

746
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 1: out when you start asking about math and salary cap

747
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:58,760
Speaker 1: and numbers. It was like watching him during the press conference,

748
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,799
Speaker 1: it felt like he just lit up. And that's my

749
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 1: kind of guy. That's all math A long time ago.

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Speaker 1: So Niko Sarrio asked about the salary cap and the

751
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: numbers and kind of all that works. He really sort

752
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:10,480
Speaker 1: of geeked out this answer, and I loved it. And

753
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 1: you have to look at everything in totality, everything that

754
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 1: comes along with it. I would say, from where we

755
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,239
Speaker 1: started and call it go back in February to where

756
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: we are now, we're in a lot better position. I

757
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 1: think we're in the middle of the league in terms

758
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:24,680
Speaker 1: of cap space that's available. And I think when we

759
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 1: start in February we were fortieth of thirty two or

760
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 1: whatever it was. So again we've had him make some

761
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,959
Speaker 1: you know, some changes. So and again I think that's

762
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: a very fluid situation as well, because whatever money you

763
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 1: have available now you have to earmark for res injured

764
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,399
Speaker 1: reserve practice squads. So let's say the numbers twenty, let's

765
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: just use as a number. It's really not twenty, it's

766
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:47,319
Speaker 1: probably eight to ten. You have to allocate for that,

767
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,879
Speaker 1: so it really it's you ten, right, So then let's

768
00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,319
Speaker 1: think about, okay, do we want to use that this year?

769
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,359
Speaker 1: Do you want to carry it over into next year?

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Speaker 1: So then you start to think about, all right, how

771
00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: many players do we maybe have under contract right now?

772
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: What does that situation look like currently? Understanding that could change.

773
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,680
Speaker 1: So if you look at it in two year windows

774
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,799
Speaker 1: or two year increments, that's probably the appropriate way to

775
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 1: do it, and understanding whatever you do in one year

776
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,319
Speaker 1: is going to affect what happens the next year. So

777
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: again you can try to look at it in totality,

778
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:20,839
Speaker 1: and again, like you try to allocate resource as best

779
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: as you can and try to mitigate your risk and

780
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: your downside, understanding that Okay, there's sometimes going to be

781
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 1: a cost of doing business and that just comes with

782
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: the territory. So again, try to make good decisions, understanding

783
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 1: maybe it doesn't go to way hope, and then okay,

784
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 1: we just have to move forward and just be cognizant

785
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,919
Speaker 1: of what's ahead. So we're trying to balance short term Okay,

786
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 1: let's get ready for Jacksonville. Where are we right now,

787
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 1: and also thinking about all right, maybe there's some things

788
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,120
Speaker 1: we want to look forward to. I mean, look, we

789
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 1: have I don't know a lot of players that are

790
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,839
Speaker 1: under contract for next year. So obviously we're gonna either

791
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: have to do something with those players or there're gonna

792
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 1: be another group of players next year. So I don't

793
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: want to really talk about next year. But you're always

794
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,319
Speaker 1: kind of looking at both, I would say, areas short

795
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 1: term and longer term. I'm a man be Scott got

796
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,800
Speaker 1: on him like, and this was something that I go

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00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: back to Sean and Seth. They talked about this, and

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Speaker 1: Seth actually I think brought it up today. I was

799
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Speaker 1: listening to them as I was on my walk. I

800
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:11,840
Speaker 1: think that was today the days are all sort of

801
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 1: running together. But Seth I remember mentioning at some point

802
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:18,800
Speaker 1: saying that he was sending Brandon Scott over to the

803
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: press conference to ask one particular question, and he did.

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Speaker 1: He asked this particular question and had to do with

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Speaker 1: Day three draft picks and what's his philosophy. Because we've

806
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: seen a lot of different deals Ryan is Tho for

807
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: a seventh, our Holman for a seventh. We've seen a

808
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 1: lot of wheeling and dealing with those Day three picks,

809
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:42,439
Speaker 1: and so Seth wanted Brandon to ask, and he did,

810
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Speaker 1: and he hears Nick's response, Some of that is a

811
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Speaker 1: cost of doing business. So how do you get a

812
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: player on your team? So you have to balance, Okay,

813
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 1: what is the opportunity cost of getting that player on

814
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,760
Speaker 1: a team. How can we do it? And again, like anything,

815
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 1: it's a risk analysis, So you have to, okay, if

816
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 1: we make this decision and this could potentially impact this

817
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:05,759
Speaker 1: other decision. So I'd say using late round picks potentially

818
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 1: to acquire players to get them in your building. I

819
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,280
Speaker 1: think it's something we're never going to shy away from. Again,

820
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:14,279
Speaker 1: then it's like, well, do you value the draft pick

821
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Speaker 1: when you give away six and seventh round picks. I

822
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 1: would say, we don't look at it that way. We

823
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: look at it and from a standpoint of okay, this

824
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,239
Speaker 1: is the cost of what it would take to get

825
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 1: that player here. Do we feel it makes sense, and

826
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Speaker 1: if it does, we go ahead and do it. If

827
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: it doesn't, it doesn't. So again, however, we have to

828
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 1: get players in the building. However, we have to get

829
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:33,839
Speaker 1: players on the team. So whether it's waiver wire, whether

830
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: it's a free agent signing, whether it's a trade, whether

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00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: it's a flip of picks. Again, when you look at

832
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 1: I think there was a handful of trades that we're

833
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 1: done over the weekend. A lot of them were flip

834
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 1: of picks. So then it's really you're just moving within slots.

835
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:48,840
Speaker 1: So again, like sometimes people get too caught up in

836
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: all they gave up a draft pick. Okay, I mean

837
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,319
Speaker 1: that's fair. I mean that's everybody has an opinion on that.

838
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:54,839
Speaker 1: But if that's what it costs to get the player

839
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 1: in the building, and you feel like that's you have

840
00:41:57,239 --> 00:41:59,319
Speaker 1: to risk analysis, then it makes sense to do. Like,

841
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:00,880
Speaker 1: we're not going to be afraid to do things. I mean,

842
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: you're gonna miss one hundred percent of the shots you

843
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 1: don't take. So for every decision you make, okay, could

844
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 1: it affect another decision, but that's okay. We just have

845
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:09,760
Speaker 1: to be comfortable with it and just make sure everybody,

846
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 1: I would say this, from David to ownership, they're supportive

847
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,040
Speaker 1: of that endeavor. So again, as long as we explain

848
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 1: why we're doing this and here's how we can get

849
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 1: this player on the team, or here's why it makes

850
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 1: sense to do, then you go ahead and make a

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Speaker 1: You went one, two, three, four, five, and Nick dressed

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Speaker 1: that I think this is about where's your death? How

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Speaker 1: that you have to factor in is, okay, when you

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Speaker 1: release a player off the roster, okay, and you put

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Speaker 1: does that look like? Okay, and again understanding this is

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Speaker 1: if that happens. Okay, On the other side, I got

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Speaker 1: there any interest in Cam Newton? Um No, I'd say

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Speaker 1: like most players, Um, you know, there's been some good plays,

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Speaker 1: there's been some bad plays. I think everybody has them,

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Speaker 1: whether you're a rookie or a ten year veteran. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I think you know, the most important thing for many

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Speaker 1: players just consistent consistency and being able to perform your job,

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Speaker 1: you know, at a consistent level, you know, play after play. Look,

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Speaker 1: everybody's gonna have some bad plays. And I think as

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Speaker 1: long as we're improving, as long as making some agress,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's the most important thing. But

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Speaker 1: the players that are on the team, they're they're here

962
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,479
Speaker 1: for a reason. Where please with their progress is it perfect. No,

963
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Speaker 1: not every play, But again, as long as we're moving

964
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Speaker 1: in the right direction and they're making improvements and taking

965
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Speaker 1: the coaching, that's the most important thing. To your second question, John,

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Speaker 1: I would say again, we're always gonna look at I

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Speaker 1: know what's out there alternative wise, and again, if there's

968
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Speaker 1: a player that we feel makes sense for our team,

969
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:26,399
Speaker 1: will consider it. If there's not, then we won't. And again,

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Speaker 1: whether it's now, whether it's two weeks or now, whether

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Speaker 1: it's a month from now, you know, we're just trying

972
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Speaker 1: to make a smart decision about players that come on

973
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Speaker 1: our team. Yeah, he talking about Cam Newton. No, you

974
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Speaker 1: never said the name Cam Newton. But here Nick, they're

975
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Speaker 1: talking about progress that Davidson Mills has made. I walked

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Speaker 1: out of there thinking, all right, I don't know that

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Speaker 1: Cam's gonna end up being a Texan, but a guy

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Speaker 1: who is a Texan, and hopefully he remains a Texan.

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Speaker 1: He's justin Reid and Mark Berman asked Nick about following

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Speaker 1: up on a question he was asked, and I'm running

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Speaker 1: out of a rant, out of time, and so I

982
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Speaker 1: One is one that fans ask a lot. I know

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Speaker 1: Sean Pendergass talks about this a lot on the Morning

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Speaker 1: Show about signing contracts. You know, there's some there have

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Speaker 1: been some gms that are like, Nope, we don't talk

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Speaker 1: durning the season, don't talk during the season. Only after season.

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Speaker 1: That's all the time we do it. And Nick was

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Speaker 1: asked that question. He said, an, you know, we kind

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Speaker 1: don't want talk about because they want to focus on

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Speaker 1: the season, some players they want to, they want to

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Speaker 1: discuss it, and they said, we'll kind of do what

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Speaker 1: the player wants to do in that regard. So Nick

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Speaker 1: was asked about Justin Reid, not so much the signing

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Speaker 1: of him and when that's gonna happen, but his thoughts

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Speaker 1: about it and the thoughts of what Justin means to

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Speaker 1: this team. And here's what you had to say. Yeah, again,

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Speaker 1: we look at everybody's situation. Again, we just kind of

1000
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Speaker 1: take it one day at a time, and I think

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Speaker 1: that's a case by case basis. Every situation is different.

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Speaker 1: You know, we're never going to comment, I would say publicly,

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Speaker 1: I mean, Justin's a good player, He's gonna They've been

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Speaker 1: a good player here for you know number of years.

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Speaker 1: So again I got to take everything in totality and

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Speaker 1: any end, just trying to make a decision that makes,

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Speaker 1: you know, the sense for our team both now and

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Speaker 1: in the future. Yeah, that's the thing about Justin. You'd

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1014
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1015
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Speaker 1: Jackson their safety, those are your three safeties going forward

1016
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Speaker 1: for a few years, pull that would It would have

1017
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Speaker 1: been expensive, but boy, it would have been It would

1018
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Speaker 1: And then twenty nineteen, coming out that great year, Justine

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1024
00:50:46,239 --> 00:50:50,879
Speaker 1: a complete mess. So this is one of those years

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Speaker 1: and it's sort of difficult because now it's like, man,

1026
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Speaker 1: I got to prove that I still got it. Even

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Speaker 1: though two of the three years and even last year

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Speaker 1: I know Justin Wood who would tell you I can

1031
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Speaker 1: do a little bit better. That being said, this is

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Speaker 1: this from that perspective of him being a third round pick,

1033
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:14,800
Speaker 1: this is a contract year. What can he show? Everything

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Speaker 1: that I've seen from him from training camp is he

1035
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Speaker 1: is on track to have an excellent season, and in

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