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Speaker 1: What's going on? Everybody. Welcome into a Wednesday edition of

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, John Harris, Footballanos and salary reporter Glad to

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Speaker 1: be joining you on day number one of Lions v.

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Speaker 1: Texans joint practices here at the Houston Mephist Training Center.

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Speaker 1: And it was so funny because the practices we've had

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Speaker 1: have been started like nine fifteen, they got moved up

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Speaker 1: to eight fifty or so. And as fine as twenty minutes,

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Speaker 1: it's no big deal, you'd think, but twenty minutes at

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Speaker 1: the back end of practice can mean a lot. And

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Speaker 1: so I was staying there at practice, met o'donald, assistant

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Speaker 1: defensive coach, came out to me and he's like, man,

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Speaker 1: I'm so mad. I was like, why, coach, and he goes,

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Speaker 1: I wanted it to be like a thousand degrees for

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Speaker 1: these guys from Detroit, and I was like, coach, that's

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Speaker 1: not so nice. But I was thinking the same thing too.

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Speaker 1: I was actually walking in with about three or four

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Speaker 1: Lions and we kind of got a discussion and I said,

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Speaker 1: you're about to have As we were walking back to

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Speaker 1: NRG went over to Bridge, went over Kurby going back in.

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Speaker 1: I said, you're about to have the best part of

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Speaker 1: any camp happened for you, and that kind of looked

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Speaker 1: at me. And then we walked in and they were like,

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Speaker 1: oh that ay, and I said, see that's it, and go,

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Speaker 1: oh yeah, I get it. And I said, what's it

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Speaker 1: been like in de trade five eighty? No big deal.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, oh senty f eighty, Oh my goodness. So

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Speaker 1: they were in for a little bit of a rudewakening,

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Speaker 1: but really good on both sides today. I thought, very competitive,

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Speaker 1: and I said this and Andre Ware. I watched practice

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Speaker 1: with Andre Ware and Dana Holgerson for a while, and

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Speaker 1: that was fun to just kind of talk ball with

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Speaker 1: the two University Houston greats, obviously Dre having won a

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Speaker 1: Heisman there and grace player in Houston history, and then Dana,

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Speaker 1: who's now the head coach there I've known for a

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Speaker 1: long time and we're just watching practice. Just it was

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Speaker 1: really fun, but it was it was good on both sides.

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Speaker 1: But I said to Dre. At some point I turned

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Speaker 1: to him and I said, why's it better than Packers?

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Speaker 1: Pretty much clearly? And Dre was like, well, you know,

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Speaker 1: and I said, I'm not basing it on what I

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Speaker 1: saw in the game against the Packers, because there were

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Speaker 1: so many Packer players didn't play. Just watching the two teams,

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Speaker 1: seeing how they they play, and watching the Lions at

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Speaker 1: certain spots, that's a pretty dark good football team. That's

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Speaker 1: a pretty good squad. Now I've heard some rumblings that,

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Speaker 1: oh yeah, the Lions can be a surprise team in

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Speaker 1: the NFC for the playoffs. I'll bite. I'll bite if

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Speaker 1: I were gonna go to Vegas and put one on.

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Speaker 1: Kind of a long shot, if you will, that might

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Speaker 1: be a team might put it on. Man, Matt Stafford

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Speaker 1: is fun to watch. He is fun to watch. He's

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Speaker 1: got as quicker release than strong arms as anybody I've seen.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's been the great thing about all these

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Speaker 1: joining practices. I've seen all these quarterbacks over the years,

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Speaker 1: Brady Breeze, Garoppolo, this guy's got a can and it

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Speaker 1: gets out fast. But your Texans had I thought a

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Speaker 1: pretty good day too. Some things that need to get

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Speaker 1: short up. One. It was a little surprising. I thought

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Speaker 1: Lions ran the ball pretty well, but get that short

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Speaker 1: up look. No DJ Reader, no Carlos Watkins, a few

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Speaker 1: guys missing in the middle, so low frustrating their butt.

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Speaker 1: I thought the Texans had a really nice day doing

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Speaker 1: some good things against the Detroit Lions. We get into

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Speaker 1: a little bit of that as the show goes on,

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Speaker 1: but we are going to you from secondary coach Anthony Midgett.

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Speaker 1: We're also gonna have a dirty dozen with Colin Gillespia.

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Speaker 1: The rookie Drew Doherty had a chance to catch up

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Speaker 1: with the young man from Taylor High School out in

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Speaker 1: Katie from Texas A and M the twelfth man. If

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Speaker 1: you're an Aggie, you know who Gilly is, as they

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Speaker 1: call him, and I think we'll call him that at

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Speaker 1: some point. He's Gilly. That's when I go on tex aggs.

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Speaker 1: That's what they Hey, how's Gilly doing. How's Gilly doing?

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Speaker 1: So Colin Gillespia sometimes it's we gotta be official about it.

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Speaker 1: But Gilly's done a nice job. I think of training

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Speaker 1: camp and he's gonna have a great opportunity again on

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Speaker 1: Saturday night against the Lions to continue to make a

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Speaker 1: forty six man roster and find a way to impact

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Speaker 1: this team in twenty nineteen, So we got Midgett, we

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Speaker 1: got calling Gillespia. I'll give you some of my thoughts

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Speaker 1: and notes from the day. My hairs hits a little

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Speaker 1: bit later in the show, but it's time for a

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Speaker 1: little Texans audio. Ju Buck sets right. I'm singing, I'm singing.

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Speaker 1: Deal with it. It's here from the head coach himself,

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, and he was asked about any number of things.

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Speaker 1: But these training camp practices with coaches that you know now.

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Speaker 1: Last week it was with Matt Laflour. I think coach

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Speaker 1: and that made practice a little bit easier. Throughout the

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Speaker 1: two hour workout, we go back a long way coach

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Speaker 1: together in New England. Didn't didn't really even have to

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Speaker 1: would work, and it was smooth operation. Matt does a

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Speaker 1: really good job, a very smart guy, a really good coach,

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Speaker 1: and it was good to work with those guys today.

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Speaker 1: It was really good. And like Matt Laflour, Matt Patricia,

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Speaker 1: I think it's an achilles, but he was riding around.

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Speaker 1: I was four by four like he has been at

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Speaker 1: Detroit's practices, and I wondered what they would do when

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Speaker 1: out of his way. So I did end up being

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Speaker 1: a hood ornament. But when you have two coaches that

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Speaker 1: know how these things go, things are pretty smooth. And

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Speaker 1: you could tell that things were very smooth for both

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Speaker 1: So those two having that knowledge of one another, having

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Speaker 1: that made practices pretty smooth today. Now. A big talking

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Speaker 1: point obviously throughout from last year and before last year,

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Speaker 1: going through this offseason, etc. Has been the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: and coach discussed that and trying to find out what

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Speaker 1: that five is going to be on September ninth, we're

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Speaker 1: getting more towards where we believe it'll be. You know,

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Speaker 1: so you know, those guys are big parts of it.

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Speaker 1: It's good that we have Zach Fulton who can lay

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Speaker 1: is still a work in progress, but we're getting closer

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Speaker 1: to what we believe it will be. You know, the difference,

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Speaker 1: if there is one between these these two teams, when

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Speaker 1: a while. And continuity Waite Smith will tell you this,

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Speaker 1: and it showed when you watch him play how much

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Speaker 1: Titus Howard, first round draft pick. Playing some guard. He

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Speaker 1: a pretty good job. He works hard, really good kid,

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Speaker 1: really smart, good teammate. Everything that you're looking for, he

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Speaker 1: from anybody. Are there some technique things that he's got

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Speaker 1: Don't always work that way, but Titus is definitely working

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Speaker 1: at now. One of the biggest talking points because there

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Speaker 1: with Jadeveon Clowney and Coach was asked about Clowney playing

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Speaker 1: to say about that situation. We haven't really seen him

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Speaker 1: I really, I really don't know. I can do my

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Speaker 1: don't know when he when he arrives, you know, we'll

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Speaker 1: You know, he doesn't have to be here right now.

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Speaker 1: That's um part of the franchise tag and all those

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Speaker 1: a smile. A smile brightens up the room. But look,

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Speaker 1: it's a business of football, man. It is the business

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Speaker 1: of football that we see here in the NFL. Now,

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Speaker 1: speaking of business, Gota did his business today. It's the

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Speaker 1: best receiver in the league. That would be DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 1: He went against Darius Slay throughout the day and he

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Speaker 1: was asked right off the top about Will Fuller, Kiki

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Speaker 1: QT and himself. Is that the best wide receiver trio

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Speaker 1: the work so and hopefully those three will be on

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Speaker 1: and hopefully we're getting back for Week one. Maybe not,

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Speaker 1: Hot made fu tremendous catches today. I'm I mean, just

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Speaker 1: in particular a quarterback number four, Shan Watson. You see

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Speaker 1: him out here making passes that you know he's a

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Speaker 1: great quarterback, but I can't say you know he would

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Speaker 1: have made you know two years ago. And then that

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Speaker 1: the coaches. He was just the unbelievable human being in

426
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Speaker 1: he's you know, he did a great job, giving me

427
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Speaker 1: my first full time job as a college assistant and

428
00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,399
Speaker 1: being a great mentor. And he's just a guy that

429
00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,480
Speaker 1: does things the right way in doing things by the book,

430
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Speaker 1: and he was awesome. You see these guys here like

431
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Speaker 1: Andre Johnson, Brian Cushing, Tjas, guys who played and now

432
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Speaker 1: they're getting into coaching. What are they going through because

433
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Speaker 1: it's gotta be a weird transition when you're used to

434
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Speaker 1: being a player and now you're a part of management,

435
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Speaker 1: if you will. You're coaching these guys, but they're going

436
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Speaker 1: through the you know, the phase of now they're feeling

437
00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,200
Speaker 1: what we feel as coaches. It's long hours, you know,

438
00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,840
Speaker 1: but they're doing a great job as far as helping

439
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Speaker 1: us with you know, the guys, just the relationship with

440
00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,600
Speaker 1: the guys um that they have former players that they

441
00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,359
Speaker 1: can go to a mentor the rookies. So it's been awesome.

442
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Speaker 1: And even Dre just talking to me about what he

443
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,480
Speaker 1: sees as far as you know, from a receiver standpoint,

444
00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,000
Speaker 1: learning from here from that deal. And then TJ, you know,

445
00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:46,120
Speaker 1: being a former um quarterback sort of things he sees.

446
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Speaker 1: And then obviously Cush, you know, guy that works hard

447
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Speaker 1: and you know, I was I was making a cut

448
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Speaker 1: up the other day and I showed those guys that

449
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:56,040
Speaker 1: Clipper Cuss just laying out from Jacksonville, Like that's that's

450
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Speaker 1: what Coush did, so playing physical. So it's great to

451
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Speaker 1: have those guys that guys and go to that's been

452
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:02,520
Speaker 1: through the fire and doing the things that they're doing,

453
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,879
Speaker 1: had long, successful careers. We talked with Andre Halle, who

454
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,560
Speaker 1: said great things about you, by the way, and we're

455
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,760
Speaker 1: asking about j Joe and he said, Jjoe, it's like

456
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Speaker 1: he doesn't even need to play full speed sometimes because

457
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Speaker 1: he knows what's going to happen out there. And that's

458
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Speaker 1: great experience. But you have young guys who don't have

459
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Speaker 1: that yet, So how do you balance that as a coach.

460
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Speaker 1: You know, everybody in this league is talented, but how

461
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,080
Speaker 1: do you get that edge? How do you get that

462
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Speaker 1: next step? And it's the mental part of it and

463
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Speaker 1: the pre snap information you get, and that's where jjo

464
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Speaker 1: is so valuable because he's seen it a lot. And

465
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Speaker 1: then when he talks to the younger guys on top

466
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Speaker 1: of me and what we're seeing, and then we just

467
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Speaker 1: trying to get them to the love always tell them.

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Speaker 1: Remember when you was a rookie in college, I mean

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Speaker 1: a freshman in college. Try to get to the point

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Speaker 1: that you felt that you as as senior as quick

471
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Speaker 1: as possible. That to give you some success and have

472
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Speaker 1: you feeling comfortable and you're on the field, because if

473
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Speaker 1: you stay playing feeling like you play that you're freshman

474
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Speaker 1: year for a long time, you're going to struggle to

475
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Speaker 1: make the transition. So as quick as you can make

476
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Speaker 1: the transition a feeling comfortable while you're out there, you'll

477
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Speaker 1: be to you know, it be good for you. We've

478
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Speaker 1: heard about that walk through a room with the video.

479
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Speaker 1: How does that help you with your defensive backs? Um,

480
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Speaker 1: it's good because we get the guys in there and

481
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Speaker 1: we can go through all the calls, you know, formations,

482
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Speaker 1: We can get up power points. We have also the

483
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Speaker 1: film from practice with formations, the guys can visually put

484
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Speaker 1: themselves in there. And it's another way, just as opposed

485
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Speaker 1: to just sitting in the meeting room and just watching film.

486
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Speaker 1: And it's another way to break it up and give

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Speaker 1: the guys a different opportunity to learn. What about these rookies,

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Speaker 1: how are they doing for you? They're doing great, They're

489
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Speaker 1: coming in. You know, we're putting a lot on their plate,

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Speaker 1: but they're coming in competing every day and just showing

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Speaker 1: up working and um that's been the beauty of it.

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Speaker 1: And I just see guys continue to get better. It's

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Speaker 1: got to help going against these receivers too, because not

494
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Speaker 1: only do you have the veterans, but some of these

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Speaker 1: young guys look like they have some game. It is

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Speaker 1: and you know, I tell the guys, you know, we

497
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Speaker 1: got the you know, we got a guy and hopped

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Speaker 1: as big as physical with the catch, you know, number

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Speaker 1: one receiver in the NFL. Then you got a guy

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Speaker 1: will full of that's a great route running, can stretch

501
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Speaker 1: the field. And then you've got a great slot receiver

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Speaker 1: and Qut that we see. So we're getting it from

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00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,879
Speaker 1: all angles, which is great for us. And then we

504
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 1: have some talented tight ends that our safeties are going again.

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Speaker 1: So it's been a great It's been great for us

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Speaker 1: to be able to go gets those guys and compete

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Speaker 1: in practice. Yeah, and the safeties, it looks like the

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Speaker 1: veterans you've added really are fitting in really well. I know,

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Speaker 1: it's a different dynamic now compared to the group you

510
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Speaker 1: had last year. But it looks like this group gets

511
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Speaker 1: along and they've got great chemistry so far. No, no,

512
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Speaker 1: you want to see it in these games. Ye, And

513
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Speaker 1: that's what we're working towards since we started this thing,

514
00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:31,879
Speaker 1: you know, back in coaching session building through OTA's up

515
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,359
Speaker 1: until now. It's just developing that chemistry and then guys

516
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,520
Speaker 1: just feeling comfortable with each other. But I feel good

517
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Speaker 1: about you know, justin Gibb and Jalila Die, those guys

518
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Speaker 1: have been great. You know. You know, to have a

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Speaker 1: guy like Jilio that has starter experience and be able

520
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Speaker 1: to come in and you know, be a part of

521
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,359
Speaker 1: that trio is pretty special. Joint practices. What do you

522
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Speaker 1: get out of them? I like it because you get

523
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Speaker 1: a chance to see the guys compete versus another team

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Speaker 1: that's not you know, our team and see how they

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Speaker 1: respond to that. And that was great, you know, to

526
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Speaker 1: being Green Bay to see the guys do that. And

527
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Speaker 1: then we got another opportunity to come versus Detroit with

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Speaker 1: you had Green Bay with you know, Aaron Rodgers. Now

529
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Speaker 1: we've got Stafford coming to town, so it's a good

530
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Speaker 1: chance to go against another good quarterback. We have the

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Speaker 1: sewan every day and then to go against these guys,

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Speaker 1: it's been great for us, all right, Well more for

533
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Speaker 1: you going back a little bit because you were with

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Speaker 1: Michael Vicken College and when you look at the Sean,

535
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Speaker 1: I know it's different, but you can't help but compare

536
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 1: and contrast sometimes because they could both make plays with

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Speaker 1: their legs. Yes, they extend plays, and it's the unscripted

538
00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:35,320
Speaker 1: plays that they just can turn a negative play into

539
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,800
Speaker 1: a positive game. And that's what you know, give the

540
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Speaker 1: defensive fits where you can't script. You know, you can't

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Speaker 1: prepare for that. It's just the threat of that guy always,

542
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Speaker 1: you know, being able to make a play with his

543
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Speaker 1: legs or extend to play. And now on the back

544
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,080
Speaker 1: end we have to cover the guys longer. So it

545
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Speaker 1: puts a lot of stress on you from that standpoint.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I I was with Mike and then

547
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Speaker 1: just to send the Sean. He has the same effect

548
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Speaker 1: on the game and you know, to put the pressure

549
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Speaker 1: on the defense with the things he does coach. Thanks

550
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 1: a Loft for joining us. It's so funny that Mark

551
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 1: brought it all the way back in nineteen ninety nine

552
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Speaker 1: to start that interview talking about mids and the three

553
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,040
Speaker 1: interceptions he had and you talk about you talk about

554
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:19,359
Speaker 1: a game that turned on a dime. The Canes had

555
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Speaker 1: gone ahead in that game, I believe is you're ten

556
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 1: and nothing, are fourteen and nothing, and then it went sideways,

557
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:30,480
Speaker 1: completely and totally sideways. Vic was a That was his

558
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,720
Speaker 1: retched freshman year, so it was the first year that

559
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,760
Speaker 1: he was playing, and he was he was unbelievable. They

560
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:38,680
Speaker 1: scored forty three straight his mids. Talking about it was,

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Speaker 1: as he said, it was a shelaki. That's probaly the

562
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 1: best way of saying it. They destroyed Miami. That just

563
00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,000
Speaker 1: didn't happen in Miami, no matter what Miami was going through.

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Speaker 1: But that was a good Virginia Tech team. The next

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Speaker 1: year in Miami in two thousand, they started. You could

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Speaker 1: start to see where this program was going back to, like, oh,

567
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 1: here they come. Because I was one on one a

568
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,359
Speaker 1: national championship two thousand and two. They lost that one

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Speaker 1: to Ohio State, but they were right in it. That

570
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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine team. Really the Miami team took it

571
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Speaker 1: on the champ but that Virginia Tech ninety nine team

572
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,679
Speaker 1: a bunch of lunch pale guys. I got, like Anthony

573
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,000
Speaker 1: midget in the secondary kind of leading and keeping things together.

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Speaker 1: The only loss that year was the Florida State and

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00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 1: National championship game. And had Peter Wark been suspended for

576
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 1: the whole year after the whole Dillard's incident, like a

577
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 1: lot of people thought he should have been Anthony Mids

578
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Speaker 1: who have a national championship ring. Michael Vick was unbelievable

579
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Speaker 1: in that game. The only player better than him on

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Speaker 1: the field that night was Peter Warick. Peter Warwick was amazing,

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Speaker 1: absolutely incredible. His number. I just saw his numbers the

582
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Speaker 1: other day. Somebody had had put it online, like the

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Speaker 1: top fifty performances by players in the state of Florida

584
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Speaker 1: for Florida colleges, and they mentioned that game and Mits

585
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,680
Speaker 1: played in that game and they took a thirty I

586
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,399
Speaker 1: think they took. They took a twenty nine to twenty

587
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Speaker 1: eight lead in that game in the fourth quarter and

588
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,960
Speaker 1: Victus bringing him back and like, Wow, he's gonna he's

589
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: gonna do this. I've never seen this happen in Florida

590
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,119
Speaker 1: State defense. And then Peter Warwick went off in the

591
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: fourth quarter and they ended up winning a game. I

592
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: think it was forty three to twenty nine or something

593
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 1: like that. But wow, what a team of Virginia Tech

594
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 1: team had back in nineteen ninety nine with Anthony Midget.

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Speaker 1: Now you're Houston Texans secondary leader. All right, we're gonna

596
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 1: come back with a little bit of Dirty dozen with

597
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,720
Speaker 1: Cullen Gillespia. We are also I'm gonna hit a few

598
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Speaker 1: news and notes from the day against the Detroit Lions,

599
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: some of the things that stood out and some of

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Speaker 1: the things I'll be looking forward to tomorrow. We'll do

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Speaker 1: that next on Texans All Access. One found a segment

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Speaker 1: of Texans All Access from the hunday at Texans Radio Studio.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna started singing sorry for that. I'm your host,

604
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Speaker 1: John Harris Football anost A sideline reporter. Day one the

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Speaker 1: Lions joint practices in the books. I will say I

606
00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: found two more people that weren't the happiest about joy practices.

607
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 1: I'm both affiliated to the U of H. I won't

608
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,520
Speaker 1: I won't spill their guts on the radio, but one

609
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: one a Heisman Trophy winner there and wants the head

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Speaker 1: coach there. Yeah, I think I could have talked him

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Speaker 1: into it, but I start I see their point when

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Speaker 1: I heard it from them. I was like, that kind

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Speaker 1: of makes some sense, Like I get it. I understand

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Speaker 1: because he as a head coach, you think about the

615
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 1: injury aspect, like how do I keep my guys healthy

616
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 1: throughout this? But I think colleges, colleges should should be

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00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,240
Speaker 1: able to do that. Go up and you know, University

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00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,880
Speaker 1: Houston goes to I don't know, goes over to LSU

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Speaker 1: and practices against them for a couple of days just

620
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 1: to see somebody in a different colored jersey. I know,

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00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 1: as a player, that broke up the monotony. I broke

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00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 1: it up for me, but maybe maybe not for us.

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Speaker 1: But I love these joy practices I always have, and

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00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: I see the value in them. But maybe I see

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00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,560
Speaker 1: a little bit of what they're talking about. And so

626
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 1: therefore I shouldn't be so hard on Aaron Rodgers for

627
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:55,240
Speaker 1: his thoughts. So Aaron, I take it back slightly. Shouldn't

628
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 1: have been as I shouldn't have ambushed you as much.

629
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Speaker 1: But either way, that's kind of the way it goes. Now,

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Speaker 1: a guy that loves practice, loves games, loves aggies, loves

631
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Speaker 1: number twelve. Now he wears number forty four, and that's

632
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 1: calling Gillespia draft in the seventh round, and I've told

633
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: the story and I'll tell a story every every time.

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Speaker 1: We talked about calling Gillespia about pro day back in

635
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Speaker 1: in March for the Aggies, and I was I had

636
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 1: always gone, and I always go. But I realized about

637
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Speaker 1: halfway down my drive, I was like, you know what,

638
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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna see anybody today. All those guys did

639
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: their workouts before to Common and they all did pretty well,

640
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 1: So I don't know why, why should I do this?

641
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, I'll go anyways. I like going

642
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 1: down there. I like pro days. And I was standing

643
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 1: just to the left of calling Gillespie when he rass

644
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 1: forty and I turned my man, Tyler Suttart, and I said, SuDS,

645
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 1: that's a great time. He did it again, and I

646
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: was like, sudds, that might be an even better time.

647
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: When he was asked afterwards, he said, my unofficial time

648
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 1: that I heard was four for eight. Now I think

649
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 1: what they posted was like four or five five either way.

650
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: At six one two thirty five pounds, that's smoking fast.

651
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 1: And that really is what helped calling Gillespia get a

652
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 1: local prote invite. He ran very well again, had some

653
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: good meetings, and the Texans were convinced I was the

654
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: guy we needed to have in this organization. They dropped

655
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: him to seventh round. A guy who grew up a

656
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 1: Texas fan is now with Drew Doherty with the Dirty Dozen.

657
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 1: Here's calling Glespia. It's exciting. We've got rookie Colin de

658
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 1: Lesbia here with us and Culin. How do you prepare

659
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 1: your hair for practice? Oh? I don't really. I don't

660
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 1: really mess with it, you know. I warm up in

661
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:34,360
Speaker 1: a buns, I'm gonna get in my face, and then

662
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 1: once once practice, stars is just out. Whatever happens happens.

663
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: So how do you prepare your hair when you're going out?

664
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: When I'm going out, keep it in a bunt. I'm

665
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: not I'm not too big on wearing it down. It

666
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 1: gets hot, so I kind of just keep it pulled up.

667
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 1: I kind of grew it out so it looked cool

668
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: hanging out of my helmet, and now it's just kind

669
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 1: of stuggled me. Brian Cushing just asked me to ask you,

670
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 1: when are you going to cut the hair? I don't

671
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 1: really plan on cutting the hair because you want me

672
00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 1: to cut my hair. I'm not. I don't. I don't

673
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 1: plan on cutting it. I also can't predict the future,

674
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: so we'll see. For the record, I don't think you should.

675
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: I think you should be your own man. Cut it

676
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: when you want it, if you want to cut it,

677
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 1: But don't cut it because that guy said to otherwise.

678
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 1: Breakfast burritos or breakfast tacos, breakfast taco? What do you

679
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: put on them? Everything? So? Is it like chariso? Is it?

680
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 1: What's the what's the build up? Like a steak egg? Guawk?

681
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: I mean you gotta have pico, you gotta have some

682
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 1: hot sauce, pretty much everything. What's on the perfect hamburger?

683
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: Perfect hamburger? Perfect hamburger? Is the Patty Meil from Waterburger,

684
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 1: double meat, double cheese. You got the pattymil sauce, some

685
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 1: saunteed onions. If you're feeling a little risky, you can

686
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 1: throw some girl to hallopenios on there. That's that's my

687
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 1: go too. So you're kind of dangerous, she'll throw the

688
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: hallopenios on home. Oh, I'm I'm all for the spicy.

689
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: I got you. So you're not into making them, you're

690
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: into buying them? Right? Yeah? I mean, I mean I

691
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: like I like growing. I'm not afraid of though I'm

692
00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,840
Speaker 1: on the pit. But Patty Meil from water Burgers, just

693
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 1: that's my thing. It's not too bad today after practice

694
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 1: here in Houston, but after a really hot one, how

695
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: do you cool off? How do you? As Brandon done

696
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 1: like to say, how do you get your life back together?

697
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: Get my life back together? I usually get inside and

698
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: get on dressed and go straight to the cold tub.

699
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: I gotta go and start recovering my body. A little

700
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 1: bit of a body shot, going from one hundred degrees

701
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 1: to about thirty five degrees in that cold tub. But

702
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: it cools you down and get your body ride and

703
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 1: helps you recover. You've been all about business since you

704
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: got here. But how nice is it? You're a Katie

705
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 1: Taylor mustang. How nice is it being close to home?

706
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 1: You've got some friends and family here at every practice,

707
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: it seems how nice is it? Just getting to connect

708
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: with them, see them and see them, get to do

709
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: what you do for a living. It's just a blessing.

710
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: It's a blessing to be able to be about twenty

711
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 1: twenty five mention from home. Yesterday was off day. I

712
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 1: got to go home again he's dinner with the family.

713
00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: I mean, like you said, I've got family and friends

714
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 1: coming almost every practice, so it kind of shows the

715
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 1: sport group I have behind me, and I couldn't be

716
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: more thankful to be where I'm at. How about of

717
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: fellow rookies, which of them has the best hairy h

718
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: of the rookies, who's got the best hair? I'm trying

719
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 1: to think here. I think my boy, Albert Huggins, he's

720
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 1: got some. He's got some pretty sweet dreads. I think

721
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: I think he get rocket a little bit. Who's the

722
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: best dresser out of the rookies. It's definitely not me,

723
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: I'll come I got no style. What I got like

724
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: the Texas style, like jeans, boots, like some wranglers, maybe

725
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:10,839
Speaker 1: like a polo. I actually made fun of a lot.

726
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 1: I've had to redo my wardrobe a couple of times

727
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 1: to fit in. But best dresser I think Lonnie. Lonnie

728
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 1: has got some pretty good style. Okay, you know you

729
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: just piqued my interest. The boots. What's the perfect pair

730
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 1: of boots for you? I've got to Luke, hey, I

731
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 1: got all types of boots, and you have a go

732
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 1: to set though that you wear for just like the

733
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,839
Speaker 1: most special occasions. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's my Luke

734
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: Casey austrich Skins. So have you gone to a lot

735
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,880
Speaker 1: of rodeo concerts? Oh, first concert ever I think was

736
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,400
Speaker 1: here and it was either Maroon five or Alan Jackson

737
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 1: my Tho was my first two concerts. I was probably

738
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: ten years old, and last year I don't think I

739
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 1: made any any Two years ago I made a Turnpike Troubadours.

740
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,320
Speaker 1: I'm big on the rodeo. Now that I'm here officially

741
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 1: and i'm living here, I'll try and make it every night.

742
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,320
Speaker 1: I'm thinking about joining a committee as well. You're in

743
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 1: hog Heaven. Oh that committee. I mean, you've got a

744
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 1: whole range of things you can do there. Ye got

745
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 1: a couple of buddies, all my college buddies. Committees so

746
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: kind of the fun thing to do. Being in your

747
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 1: twenties young, you're gonna do a little bit of volunteer work.

748
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,400
Speaker 1: That's something I'm definitely looking forward to. Okay, last thing,

749
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 1: you've been to Maroon five, You've been down in Jackson,

750
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 1: Turnpike Trouberts. But of all of them, is there one

751
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,320
Speaker 1: that stood up as the best. What's the best country

752
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: you've been to here at the rodeo. You know, I'm

753
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 1: definitely a Texas country guy. I've seen Zach Brown band,

754
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: It's been great. Oh you know, I've seen him all.

755
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,720
Speaker 1: I've seen everybody's come here, but Turnpike Trobberdoors are definitely

756
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 1: my favorite. Like I said, I'm Texas Country all the way.

757
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:27,760
Speaker 1: So you got Turnpike. I think I saw Cody Johnson.

758
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 1: You know, I'd like to see my boy Parker McCallum

759
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 1: get to come through. He's one of my favorite right

760
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: now as well. So all those guys are really amazing.

761
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:36,800
Speaker 1: All right, we'll pass that on to the Houston Livestock

762
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: Show and Rodeo Booking Committee that Parker Parker McCollum twice. Yeah,

763
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 1: shout out Parker McCall and. We need he needs to

764
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 1: We need to get him a rodeo spot. Colin, thanks

765
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 1: so much for the time. We really appreciate it. Best

766
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 1: to luck through camping on into twenty nineteen. I appreciate

767
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: it that my friends was Colin Gillespia the twelfth Man.

768
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 1: They will have more twelfth men at Texas A and

769
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 1: M University. They will have more twelfth men. I don't

770
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 1: know that they will have one that was received and

771
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 1: is such a legend, like a last FIA. Now, they

772
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,800
Speaker 1: did a textags who I do radio work for, and

773
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 1: I've been on this. Then I worked with the site.

774
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,800
Speaker 1: So they did a documentary on Colin and it was

775
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: really good. Colin was a heck of a player coming

776
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 1: out of high school. I mean, I'm not gonna play

777
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 1: down on the twelfth Man thing, but the guy should

778
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 1: have had a Skollie early, but he didn't. And he

779
00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:30,359
Speaker 1: ended up earning that Scylli when he was at TEXASM

780
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: and he got it through doing what you seem to

781
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,400
Speaker 1: have practice every day, working his tail off, flying on

782
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 1: special teams, and then they added the offensive component the

783
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: final year he was at A and M. And I

784
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 1: think that is what put it over the top. Yeah,

785
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: you're always looking for players and athletes and rare spots,

786
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: and hey, is a guy from the SEC that just

787
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: ran on special teams worthy of being drafted? Probably not,

788
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:57,760
Speaker 1: But what if I tell you that he can play fullback?

789
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 1: He runs four five, he gets the ball the backfield.

790
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: What about now? Oh okay, Now it's intriguing. And that

791
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: obviously is what the Texans banked on and what they

792
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: were able to find with calling Gillespia, he is a

793
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 1: heck of a story. He's not just a try hard,

794
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: rudy guy. This is the guy that is going to

795
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 1: be able to contribute to this organization. And hope that

796
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 1: he continues to guy was a fan of the organization.

797
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: Want to see how long he can stay here. But

798
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,400
Speaker 1: having a guy like that around and a good interview

799
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 1: obviously with Drew Doherty the twelfth man. Now we're a

800
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: number forty four it calling Gillespia, all right, a few

801
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 1: notes and thoughts about practice. I will start with DeAndre

802
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:37,839
Speaker 1: Hopkins and Will Fuller. No Kiki qt is still coming

803
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 1: back from the injury, but I mentioned or I had

804
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: this SoundBite from hop earlier. He was asked about the

805
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,359
Speaker 1: trio the three kik QT, Fuller and Hopkins, or can

806
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: you guys be the best trio on the league? Are

807
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 1: you the best trio in the league? And hop is like, well, yeah,

808
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:55,280
Speaker 1: we expect to be. And when No Kiki is Fuller

809
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 1: and Hopkins the best duo in the league, and that

810
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: to me is is I mean, there's some good duos,

811
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 1: but I'll take this one. And on Wednesday, those two

812
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 1: both showed out I thought they had probably the two

813
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,959
Speaker 1: best offensive plays of the day, and obviously the throws

814
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: from Deshaun Watson were on point. The first one was

815
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: Will Fuller on the far sideline. I couldn't tell if

816
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 1: it was a double move. I was kind of watching

817
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 1: the secondary on my side, so I didn't know it

818
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,239
Speaker 1: was a double move. But he got down behind with

819
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: Sean No No behind Darius Slay on the far sideline,

820
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 1: and Deshaan just lofted one beautifully. Fuller makes the catch

821
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: toe taps didn't bounce, probably about twenty five thirty yard catch,

822
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:39,320
Speaker 1: and they kind of ended up, you know, Slay and Fuller,

823
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: you know, slit trying to make a play floor making catch,

824
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 1: kind of fell into each other, fell on the sidelines,

825
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: and the fans are cheering the catch, and then when

826
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 1: Will got up and started running back to the huddle,

827
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: it was as if they started cheering even more, like

828
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: they got it, like they understood, like that was a

829
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 1: that was a big play. That's a guy we gotta have.

830
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: That was pretty cool to see the fans react the

831
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: way they did. Then a little while later, they were

832
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 1: working on red zone drill and Hop was on the

833
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:09,479
Speaker 1: right side and as I'm looking at like that single

834
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 1: coverage that's slant or fade, and so Slay immediately took

835
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,759
Speaker 1: away the fade. So Hop ran a slant and then

836
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 1: just kept going to the back of the end zone.

837
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,719
Speaker 1: So he's running along the back of the end zone

838
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,840
Speaker 1: and you could tell he's got two steps on Sleigh

839
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,759
Speaker 1: and I'm like, Shui, throw it, throw it, And so

840
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: when he threw it, he kind of threw it behind Hop.

841
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: Hop actually slid down first, and then as he was

842
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,360
Speaker 1: on the ground he kind of reached up with his

843
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: right hand and brought it into his body for the catch.

844
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: I mean, it was just it's one of those things

845
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 1: that we see Hop do all the time, like, hey,

846
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 1: great catch, Hop Hop touchdown it right down on my notes.

847
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Speaker 1: But it's not something we should take from grant. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it was just one. It was one heck of a catch.

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Speaker 1: But seeing those two work against the Detroit secondary, and

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Speaker 1: I'll give it the secondary for the lines of credit

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00:39:58,400 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 1: and one on one drills, those guys did some good.

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00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: They got some guys that are long, they're physical, they

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Speaker 1: get after a little bit on that on that secondary. So, uh,

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Speaker 1: that was it was good to see Hop and Fuller

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00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: have a couple of good days, especially in team drills,

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Speaker 1: and I see Will Fuller back at it with hop

857
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Speaker 1: because that dudo is going to be pretty nasty, and

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Speaker 1: I have Deshan Watson throwing to him. That was That

859
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: was good stuff. The Texans run defense, which I thought

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00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 1: was stellar in Green Bay, was stellar last year and

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00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: it's really really good. So the Lions got after him

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Speaker 1: a little bit. And that's one thing that I will

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Speaker 1: definitely have my eyes on tomorrow how the Texans front responds,

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Speaker 1: because I didn't think the Lions had a couple of

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Speaker 1: times where they gashed the run in there a few times,

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Speaker 1: and that's not something that Texas defense is used to.

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Speaker 1: It really isn't. Justin Reid with a with a big

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Speaker 1: pick at the end a situational drill that Matt Stafford

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Speaker 1: got a little bit of rush in his face and

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Speaker 1: kind of faded away from it to throw sailed on

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Speaker 1: him as he was looking at a crosser and Justin

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Speaker 1: Reid playing it looked like maybe two man I can't remember,

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Speaker 1: but he was playing, Uh, he was not in man coverage.

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Speaker 1: He was kind of full of the top of a

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00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 1: lot of stuff and he ended up picking off the

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Speaker 1: pass to end that situational drill. Kaymi Fairbir was money

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Speaker 1: all day long. They did a situational drill, the same

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Speaker 1: one that staffered through the interception. The Texans had an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to go at it. Completed a couple of passes,

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00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: there was a holding, there was interference, then a couple

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00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 1: of completions, so it was fourth down at the forty

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00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: I think there were fifteen seconds on the clock and

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00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: fourth down brought out Kaymi from fifty seven and nailed it.

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Speaker 1: Just put it right through. I mean nailed it right

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00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: down the middle would have been good from sixty. Just

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00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,320
Speaker 1: bombed it. And it was funny because Karrion Johnson was

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Speaker 1: in front of me and he made some comment about

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00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:46,359
Speaker 1: their kicker, about Matt Prator. He's like, oh, Prayer could

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00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 1: have made that too, and I just was like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: but our kickers better and he and he said something

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00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: about prayers like your kickers just older prayers. Very good though.

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Speaker 1: We were just kind of joking around, but he started saying, yeah,

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00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 1: my kickers got a beer, guys he's talking about. I

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00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:04,800
Speaker 1: thought it was pretty funny. Carry on. John's at a

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Speaker 1: day too. He's a fun guy to watch really really

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00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 1: fun guy to watch. For the Detroit Lions. Tomorrow, I'll

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Speaker 1: be taking a look at our dbs against their wide receivers.

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00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: They've got Marvin Jones, who did that practice the day

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Speaker 1: they got Kenny Galladay, and I did not see much

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00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:22,800
Speaker 1: of Dannie am Adulta had a different slot receiver in

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00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 1: there for a lot of today. They're not blessed with

902
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: the best group of pass catchers in the league. But

903
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 1: I thought our secondary and team drills in particularly did

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Speaker 1: a pretty good job. So I didn't get a chance

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Speaker 1: to see them go against the receivers because I was

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Speaker 1: watching our receivers and our tight ends against their guys.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna flip that tomorrow, so I'll be watching that.

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00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: I want to check out the run defense. No DJ

909
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: Reader yesterday, so I want to say that group responds

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00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,799
Speaker 1: without Reader if he's not in a line up without

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00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 1: Carlos Watkins. See how they respond, See if they played

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00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:51,880
Speaker 1: a little bit better than they did yesterday. And then

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Speaker 1: I'll continue to watch our offensive line against their defensive line.

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Speaker 1: There's no Snacks Harrison, no Trey Flowers, but no offensive

915
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 1: lines getting some good work. Seeing Max Sharping move in

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Speaker 1: and out from guard to tackle. See how that looks

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Speaker 1: tight us the same thing. See how he looks going

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Speaker 1: from guard to tackle. Get some reps at both. I

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00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 1: think that's been good for them. So those are just

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00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 1: a few of the notes from today, some of the

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Speaker 1: things I would be looking for tomorrow. Got a lot

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Speaker 1: of people to thank for today's show. Hearts sound from

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, from DeAndre Hopkins from Whitney, Merciless from Matt Khalil,

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00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 1: Mark Vandemir, had Anthony Midgett on the show, Drew Dorty

925
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: his Dirty Dozen with rookie Cullen Gillespia. You were here

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Speaker 1: and that means everything that you were able to hang

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Speaker 1: with me for this hour show. We'll be back tomorrow

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Speaker 1: with the voice that Texas, Mark Vandemir in house. We

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Speaker 1: will talk to you then, everybody, and as always, go Texans,