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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, welcome to the program. We've got a big

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Speaker 1: one for you tonight with mini Camp day one in

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Speaker 1: the books and another day of minicamp tomorrow, so you

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Speaker 1: don't want to miss any.

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Speaker 2: Of these shows.

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Speaker 1: And we're going to get right to the juice here

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Speaker 1: as many players were heard from today. In fact, we've

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Speaker 1: got an exclusive with Daria Gunbowale later on in the

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Speaker 1: hour running back for your Texans. His sister plays in

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Speaker 1: the WNBA. You think some WNBA conversation.

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Speaker 2: Might come up.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Also Tim Settle came over from the Bills, playing

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Speaker 1: on that D line.

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Speaker 2: We'll hear from him. But let's get right.

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Speaker 1: To a new relatively receiver for your Texans, and that

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Speaker 1: would be Stefan Diggs, Viking Bill Texan. What excites him

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Speaker 1: about this team?

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Speaker 3: What exciting most? I mean just the guys that I've

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Speaker 3: been around, obviously to quarterback position, the fellow receivers, congrasations Znik,

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Speaker 3: as well as a game paypin in a lot of

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Speaker 3: work in you know, watch someone's tape even before I

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Speaker 3: got here. Definitely wanted to best receive if you know,

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Speaker 3: we got in uh tank obviously, you know, a new

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Speaker 3: tank for for a while night It's like a little

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Speaker 3: being around it, being around the team and building that camaraderie.

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Speaker 3: I've been in the league for a little while now,

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Speaker 1: Dig's a salty veteran little Metchi. Huh, you don't say,

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Speaker 1: all right? He was asked what his mindset is coming

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Speaker 3: Yeah, just more so earning and respect of my teammates,

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Speaker 3: you know, as a player, and I've been around the

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Speaker 3: league for a little while now, Earning respect of your

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Speaker 3: peers first, you know, earning and respect of your coaches.

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Speaker 3: Being where you're supposed to be. You know what I'm saying,

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Speaker 3: Taking your time each and every day, really value in

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Speaker 3: to be more so just taking it one day at

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Speaker 3: nobody that I'm not. I'm gonna still be myself, but

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Speaker 3: continue to build and grow in the right direction that

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Speaker 3: comes from earning the respect of your teammates and being accountable,

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Speaker 3: you know, as far as that with the plays and

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Speaker 2: New stuff that got going on.

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Speaker 3: So uh, you know, like I said, it's something like

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Speaker 1: So what more from Stefan Diggs? Only one football? How

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Speaker 1: will the targets be distributed? This has been a big

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Speaker 1: topic this offseason once the acquisition of Diggs was made.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I feel like that's something I knew coming in.

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Speaker 3: I'm saying before I got here, I obviously know that

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Speaker 3: Nick had a hell of a year. Tanker just got hurt.

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Speaker 3: He was gonna have a hell of a year. And

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Speaker 3: it's always a balance. It's not my job to sling

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Speaker 3: got to get open and catch it. So for me,

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Speaker 3: it's not nothing I would worry about considering you know,

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Speaker 3: like this offense is one of those offenses that got

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Speaker 3: a lot of horses in the stable. And what I'm saying,

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Speaker 3: you let them Marl loose. We'll figure the rest out.

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Speaker 2: All right. Let's get to c J.

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Speaker 1: Stroud, your quarterback out there in the field today, it's

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Speaker 1: very clear that he's a leader.

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Speaker 2: Demiko Ryan's talked about it. CJ. Stroud is showing it.

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Speaker 2: It's not just slinging the rock.

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Speaker 1: It's the ability to talk to players, to correct things

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Speaker 2: And then some Oh, I.

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Speaker 4: Mean, I don't just think I did it this year.

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Speaker 4: I think like that's just important in general, and you know,

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Speaker 4: have to slow down and learn just how to execute

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Speaker 4: one player at a time. And while every all the

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Speaker 4: playing at a high level every single play. So I

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Speaker 1: So Stroud is a lot to work with weapon wise,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, man, it's been great. It's been good on good

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Speaker 4: playing him last year. Man, he always showed up on

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Speaker 4: cool to like see like the stuff he thinks. You

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Speaker 4: Stein is playing well as y'all seen. Uh So, man,

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Speaker 4: it's just been dogs on dogs, you know, like, and

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Speaker 2: So it's been dope, all right.

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Speaker 1: So they wear a T shirts sometimes that's say Iron

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Speaker 1: on dogs. I could go for dogs on dogs all right.

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Speaker 1: Let's get to one more from CJ here, his comfort

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Speaker 1: level level of execution in this offense OTAs this year

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Speaker 4: Yeah, night and day. Man, it's really like I feel

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Speaker 4: more responsibilities. I'm slow and from de Beaca, from dry

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Speaker 4: Bill and really our whole office of staff. And you know,

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Speaker 4: I'm the captain of the ship and I got to

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Speaker 4: because that's that's the point of winning and losing. So

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Speaker 4: I think from last year to this year, like I've

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Speaker 4: got to finish with that. Many Camp has been definitely

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Speaker 2: Year this year.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Johnny, time to get into what we saw day

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Speaker 1: one of Mini camp with another day to go before

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Speaker 1: the desert as I like to call it, between Mini

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Speaker 1: Camp and training camp, although this year the desert is shorter,

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Speaker 1: actually not because we're stopping Mini camp a week early,

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Speaker 1: starting Training camp a week early.

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Speaker 2: No official start date announced yet.

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Speaker 1: But it'll be some time around I don't know, July

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Speaker 1: that Hall of Fame game there we go.

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Speaker 2: But let's get into Mini camp.

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Speaker 1: Everybody out there not necessarily full participation because Laramie tired,

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Speaker 1: But give me one or two of your big takeaways

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Speaker 5: Well, I think, for you know, some of the guys

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Speaker 5: In fact, the play we talked about with Brevin Jordan,

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Speaker 5: missed one play just happen to be Brevin Jordan's seventy

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Speaker 5: with that. But you know, look, we've seen Laramie, Larmy's

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Speaker 5: gonna be ready, and I think the participation was really good.

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Speaker 5: I thought throughout OTAs and through Mini camp. I mean

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Speaker 5: You know, Stefan Diggs showed up during OTAs, which there's

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Speaker 5: a lot of talk about that, whether he's gonna be

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Speaker 5: surreal to see Denico Autry in a Texas jersey.

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Speaker 2: It's it's surreal.

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Speaker 5: So all those years with the Colts, uh and then

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Speaker 5: it's fantastic.

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Speaker 2: I think there's one thing that we can agree on.

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Speaker 5: Most of us in the city, most of us are

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Speaker 5: Texans fans now are on this team. We know this

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Speaker 5: offense can be pretty good, right between Mixing and Stroud

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Speaker 5: and Don Schultz, Nico Tank, Digs breav.

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Speaker 5: This defense today gave it the absolute what for. It

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Speaker 5: Derek Stinglely knocked it away covering. I think you read

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Speaker 1: Nico had one catch where I guess he got a

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Speaker 5: five seconds. Yeah, whatever you got to do in between place,

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Speaker 5: Nico ended up catching one of those that both of

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Speaker 5: But still it's so funny because it's just you know,

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Speaker 5: I mean just ran through, nobody touched him, ran through,

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Speaker 1: A guy we caught up with yesterday, but we have

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Speaker 1: that linebacker mix. He will definitely be heard from. Dimiko

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Speaker 2: He does.

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Speaker 1: It's not like Bill O'Brien where if you ask him

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Speaker 2: Well, they're all doing it.

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Speaker 1: But you get the feeling that he could really make

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Speaker 5: In most situations, the defense is always head of the offense.

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Speaker 5: The offense it needs a little bit more precision, precision

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Speaker 2: So the defense should be ahead a little bit.

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Speaker 5: But it's just the combination of guys that they're putting

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Speaker 1: Watching Daniel Hunter and Will out there together is so special.

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Speaker 2: Have all hands on deck. That's why I love the

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Speaker 1: It'll be such a relief for them to not have

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Speaker 2: And play a game.

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Speaker 1: Then they have the three games in eleven days, ten days,

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Speaker 1: the regular season finale against Tennessee. Got to stay healthy.

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Speaker 1: But the main point here is veteran sits for certain guys. Stingley, yes, please, Yes,

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Speaker 1: he looks so good right now, Johnny.

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Speaker 2: It's year three for Stingley.

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Speaker 1: It looks like one of the best cornerbacks in the

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Speaker 5: If sting were showing it off against a bunch of

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Speaker 5: let's pump.

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Speaker 5: He's doing this against arguably one of the best wide

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Speaker 7: Like his.

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Speaker 2: Cover skill today was just outstanding.

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Speaker 2: Next thing, I know, twenty four in white is just

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Speaker 5: like if his level has gone up, and now here's

438
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Speaker 5: here's one of the things I thought was interesting about

439
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Speaker 5: about last year. And I think it's going to be

440
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Speaker 5: a decision that that Demico's gonna have to make, as

441
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Speaker 5: he did last year. What they do in a playoff game, Oh,

442
00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,520
Speaker 5: we don't travel with Stingley, We don't travel Stingley. We

443
00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,159
Speaker 5: don't do that with corners. No, they're just going to

444
00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,760
Speaker 5: stand there left and right sides. And what they do

445
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Speaker 5: in a playoff game, they traveled Derek with Amari Cooper,

446
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Speaker 5: Mark Cooper doesn't really do anything that playoff game. Texans

447
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Speaker 5: move on. I think you're going to start to see

448
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Speaker 5: more of that because we broke down the other day

449
00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:29,960
Speaker 5: the receivers that the Texans have to face this year.

450
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Speaker 2: It is a stout, stout group, including the highest paid

451
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Speaker 2: non quarterback in the league. That's exactly right. I had

452
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Speaker 2: at number one, justin Jefferson.

453
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Speaker 5: So does Derek Stingly go take that responsibility against his

454
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Speaker 5: former LSU teamate And by the way, this maybe I

455
00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:50,760
Speaker 5: got to thinking about this the twenty nineteen LSU Alabama game. Yeah,

456
00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:56,840
Speaker 5: that game has more first rounders, more money in that

457
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Speaker 5: particular game than maybe any game in college football history.

458
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Speaker 2: Tua In Burrow two is gonna get paid at some point.

459
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Speaker 2: Joe Burrow.

460
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Speaker 5: Those are the two quarterbacks, right. Stingley is on one side.

461
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Speaker 5: Your linebackers, Rolis you are, Jacob Phillips. You mentioned a

462
00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,480
Speaker 5: while ago Patrick Queen, who just got paid by the Steelers.

463
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Speaker 5: The receivers are Jamar Chase, Justin Jefferson, Jalen Waddle, Jerry Judy.

464
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Speaker 5: All these guys got massive contracts. I mean, the amount

465
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Speaker 5: of money that those players in that particular game earned

466
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Speaker 5: is unbelievable to think about.

467
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Speaker 2: Well, unbelievable.

468
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Speaker 1: That LSU team is that more loaded than my Miami

469
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Speaker 1: Hurricanes of two thousand and one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think so.

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Speaker 5: I think I think two thousand and one Miami is

472
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Speaker 5: the greatest college team I've ever seen. Okay, I still

473
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Speaker 5: say that, and I think that that team against twenty

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Speaker 5: nineteen LSU, I think two thousand and one Miami would

475
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Speaker 5: have won because I don't think that Miami team had

476
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Speaker 5: a better defense, but better overall defense.

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Speaker 1: I can tell you this that Miami team did not

478
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Speaker 1: face a quarterback as good as Joe Burrow. That's correct,

479
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Speaker 1: that's true. It is a couple of decades later almost. Yeah,

480
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Speaker 1: so the eras change. Things are a little bit different,

481
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Speaker 1: quarterback development changes.

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Speaker 2: I get that.

483
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Speaker 1: And Miami had two very close games down the stretch LSU.

484
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Speaker 1: I gotta check the scores. They were pretty dominant.

485
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Speaker 5: They were pretty dominant. They had that tough game with Alabama.

486
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Speaker 5: They played it close, set Sacksabama early. Yeah, it's Alabama.

487
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Speaker 5: Because you imagine Derek Stingley and his priming is Andre Johnson.

488
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Speaker 5: That would have been the matchup. That would have been

489
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Speaker 5: a great match. That would have been the match But

490
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Speaker 5: I like Andre Johnson in that.

491
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Speaker 2: I just do.

492
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Speaker 5: And as much as I love staying no no, I

493
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Speaker 5: know I still go with two thousand and one Miami.

494
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Speaker 5: I still say two thousand and one Miami. Number one

495
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Speaker 5: to me, Number two is ninety five Nebraska. That team

496
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Speaker 5: was just absolutely loaded. Tommy Fraser was on fire that

497
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Speaker 5: entire year and then to the twenty nineteen LSU had

498
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Speaker 5: as much talent, especially offensive talent, as any team I've

499
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Speaker 5: ever seen.

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Speaker 2: I mean that that team was incredible.

501
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Speaker 5: But to just see those guys all getting paid throughout

502
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Speaker 5: the league and know that stings next at some point

503
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Speaker 5: if he continues on his ascent, hopefully Jacob Phillips can

504
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Speaker 5: get back to being healthyest he talked with us about

505
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Speaker 5: just stay healthy, because I think that guy can bring

506
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,240
Speaker 5: something to this team. You know, kind of like you

507
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,880
Speaker 5: said in the mold of a Blake Cashman Reclamation Project,

508
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Speaker 5: a million bucks.

509
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Speaker 2: See what you got, you got a pretty good athlete.

510
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Speaker 5: When you see him up close, you're like, whoa, he's longer, taller,

511
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Speaker 5: bigger than I thought from what I remember even at LSU.

512
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Speaker 5: And then you see him on the field and he's like,

513
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Speaker 5: pick six made a big play today. So you know,

514
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Speaker 5: what if what if that happens? What if you get

515
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Speaker 5: a guy like that that plays like Blake Cashman that

516
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Speaker 5: you can rely on with his zase, with Christian Harris,

517
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Speaker 5: with Henry to toe, with Jake Hansen.

518
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Speaker 2: He throwed that guy in the mix.

519
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Speaker 5: I mean, it's there's a lot of talent on that defense,

520
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Speaker 5: and it really really showed itself today.

521
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Speaker 1: You know what position group really came up today in

522
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Speaker 1: my mind, Receiver and how sad it's going to be

523
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Speaker 1: to see some of these guys go. Because I've got Tank,

524
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Speaker 1: Nico and Diggs, the big three. Then you've got Woods.

525
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go in no particular order after this Woods

526
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Speaker 1: Scornic Mechi, there's six Huts, Hutchinson, Sims, Sims, the twins,

527
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Speaker 1: all right.

528
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Speaker 2: So wait at Sims.

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Speaker 1: I'm at eight eight and those are guys who can

530
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Speaker 1: play I have played, right, this is very strong.

531
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Speaker 2: I've got eight. I'm only keeping six. Max right, and

532
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Speaker 2: Skeronic might not be the.

533
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Speaker 1: Blazing fast receiver that a Steven Simms is, but it's

534
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Speaker 1: gonna be an interesting decision if it comes down to

535
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Speaker 1: one of those two. And I don't necessarily mean to

536
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Speaker 1: single those two out, but just what's scornic? How he

537
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Speaker 1: figures into their overall plans special teams, the way they

538
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Speaker 1: would use him on offense, versus say a Sims or

539
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Speaker 1: even a Robert Woods.

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Speaker 2: I'm unsure of. How did you mention Noah Brown?

541
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Speaker 1: I didn't even mention Noah because Noah hasn't been out there,

542
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:44,160
Speaker 1: out there, but not out there?

543
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Speaker 2: Right? So what about no that's nine nine, you're not

544
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Speaker 2: keeping nine receivers. I don't know, mind you, I don't

545
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 2: know what you do.

546
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Speaker 5: I mean, maybe you know, maybe there's gonna be a

547
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Speaker 5: team that gets desperate, maybe it loses a guy during

548
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Speaker 5: camp that maybe you make a you have to make

549
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Speaker 5: a trade. I have to, you know, you get to

550
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Speaker 5: you know, get some trade or some draft capital back

551
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,399
Speaker 5: for receiver. That's you know, it's probably not gonna make

552
00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:07,080
Speaker 5: the roster, but yeah, it's just the way it's it's

553
00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:07,800
Speaker 5: it's incredible.

554
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Speaker 2: Like I watched it. I watched the Twins.

555
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Speaker 5: Actually it's Jaden Jackson hasn't been practicing, but Jade Yankee.

556
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Speaker 5: I watch him run routes and he's just as explosive, big, strong,

557
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:20,720
Speaker 5: physical wide receiver as a lot of the other guys.

558
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Speaker 5: Now and I'm watching I'm watching Jayden. I'm thinking, man,

559
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Speaker 5: a couple of years ago, that guy really is gonna

560
00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 5: be a factor for us. Like, I mean, he could

561
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Speaker 5: really play, and he's in and he's a great athlete,

562
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Speaker 5: but like he's tenth or eleventh, Jared Wayne is making plays. Yeah,

563
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,760
Speaker 5: Johnny Johnson still makes plays. I mean, it's this receiver

564
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Speaker 5: depth is as good as it's been in a long

565
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Speaker 5: long time. You said it, and I hope this doesn't

566
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Speaker 5: come true. But there are the injuries. Yeah, that could

567
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,960
Speaker 5: solve some of the problems, but it's just a matter

568
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:51,800
Speaker 5: of keeping that. Like you said, that big three healthy

569
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Speaker 5: and then the guys that are quote unquote behind them

570
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Speaker 5: when they get that opportunity, because they will be it injury,

571
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Speaker 5: be it personnel, group changes.

572
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Speaker 2: Whatever, they've got to step up and make.

573
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Speaker 5: Like Hutch talking to him the other day, you can

574
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Speaker 5: tell he reaching a lot of pride in what he

575
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,000
Speaker 5: was able to do last year. You know, he got

576
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,040
Speaker 5: to be that kind of gadget play guy running a

577
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,159
Speaker 5: lot of you know, jet sweeps and push passes and

578
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Speaker 5: things like that, and you could tell he wants to

579
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 5: be more than that, and he can. He's very purposeful

580
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Speaker 5: and intentional with what he's doing out there. He's always

581
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Speaker 5: sprinting to his spot. He knows exactly what he's doing.

582
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Speaker 5: You could see a guy like that popping off in

583
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Speaker 5: the preseason. And what do you do, Like, is extra

584
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 5: sixth guy? Is he year seventh guy? Does he nudge

585
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 5: a guy out of a spot? I don't know this

586
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,119
Speaker 5: is gonna be. I do not envy that decision at

587
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,159
Speaker 5: wide receiver, although when it's all said and done, you

588
00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:41,960
Speaker 5: know you're gonna probably have a strong of five or

589
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Speaker 5: six wide receiver crewis you've had in a long long time.

590
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Speaker 1: Here This is where you'd love to stash players somehow. Yeah,

591
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Speaker 1: and I'm not talking to ir. It would be great

592
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Speaker 1: if you could have an expanded roster when you're working

593
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Speaker 1: the team.

594
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,200
Speaker 2: How about that the rich get richer.

595
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Speaker 1: Well, the league's designed, so you let go of some

596
00:26:58,160 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 1: of these guys and they played somewhere else.

597
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 2: It helps even out the league.

598
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 1: But you're right, you don't want to see injuries solve

599
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,400
Speaker 1: the problem, but it might work out to be that way.

600
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Speaker 1: You're gonna have a seven week preseason. I don't mean

601
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Speaker 1: seven preseason games. Obviously have four, which is more than

602
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Speaker 1: anybody other than the Bears. So you have the extra week.

603
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,879
Speaker 1: It's seven weeks of practice and or games until you

604
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Speaker 1: get to the regular season opener. So that's another week

605
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Speaker 1: of so called wear and tear, and you better be

606
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Speaker 1: ready for it.

607
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 2: Yeah.

608
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Speaker 5: It's one of the things I think this coaching staff

609
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 5: is gonna really I think they'll do it well, but

610
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,560
Speaker 5: it's gonna be One of the bigger challenges is that, Yeah,

611
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Speaker 5: it's an extra week, maybe an extra week and a half,

612
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Speaker 5: but how do you manage it so that you hit

613
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 5: that week that week one opener at Indianapolis full speed

614
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,000
Speaker 5: yet completely in sync with where you want to because

615
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 5: you won't be one hundred percent there, but you want

616
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Speaker 5: to be as close as possible.

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Speaker 2: Here's one for you.

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Speaker 1: So day three you can get into pads. I think

619
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Speaker 1: that's still the rule. After they reorganize the rules, will

620
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Speaker 1: they do that or will they wait? Will they wait

621
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Speaker 1: another day or two? Now, Dimiko is not one to wait.

622
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Speaker 1: He does take advantage of those pand practices. But I'm

623
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Speaker 1: curious how he'll handle it, especially you know, he told

624
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Speaker 1: the season ticket members at the State of the Texans

625
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:20,879
Speaker 1: event that, Yeah, in that first game, probably playing a

626
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Speaker 1: lot of young guys, So we'll see how they handle it.

627
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Speaker 1: They got a lot to work on though, with the

628
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Speaker 1: young players. We'll find out together coming up. Daria Gounbowale.

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Speaker 1: Did we ask him about the WNBA because his sister

630
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Speaker 1: plays in it? Of course we did, But we talked

631
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Speaker 1: to Texans running back situation, and also Tim Settle came

632
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 1: over from the Bills to play on the d line

633
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Speaker 1: and he looks like he can block out the sun.

634
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Speaker 1: We'll hear from him as well tonight on Texans Radio.

635
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: So much to cover, so little time. Hey, we only

636
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Speaker 1: have an hour a night and we'll be back tomorrow

637
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: night with another mini camp edition of Texans All Access.

638
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Speaker 1: But we've got more great content for you this half hour.

639
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Speaker 1: Daria Gounbowally first Tim Settle in the next segment, came

640
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: over from the Buffalo Bills. We'll get to him in

641
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 1: a few moments, but Daria Gounbowally started with the Texans,

642
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 1: ended up as a Jaguar Tampa Bay, worked his way

643
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 1: back to Houston.

644
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 2: You know the rest of the story or do you.

645
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 1: We're gonna get into this because the Tampa Bay game

646
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 1: pivotal game last season. That's the game where CJ. Stroud

647
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: hit Tank Dell for the game winner. They snapped the

648
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,640
Speaker 1: ball with ten seconds to go. It was wonderful they

649
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 1: had to have that final drive after Baker Mayfield enabled

650
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 1: the Bucks to get the lead, and that was gonna

651
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Speaker 1: stink if they weren't able to pull it out because

652
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Speaker 1: it was such a beautiful afternoon up until that point,

653
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Speaker 1: but the Bucks would not go away. And part of

654
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Speaker 1: the story of that game, a huge part of it

655
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 1: is Daria Gounbowale because Kaumy Fairbairn gets hurt. A good

656
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 1: Bowalle former soccer player. They know he can kick, but

657
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 1: did they know he could do it in a game. Well,

658
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: they found out he made a big field goal as

659
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:06,680
Speaker 1: part of that effort. And you know that the Texans

660
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 1: eventually pulled out that game. So we had a chance

661
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,800
Speaker 1: to catch up with the running back in studio. Great

662
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: to see a Dara to see. I gotta tell you,

663
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 1: Johnny and I we were so happy the day that

664
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: you got re signed. We thought, Okay, all is right

665
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: in the universe. We got Dare back. Had to have it,

666
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 1: had to have it happen here you are. How does

667
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 1: it feel to be back?

668
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,520
Speaker 2: Great? Man, It's really good to be back.

669
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 6: You know, free agency is always an interesting time and

670
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 6: you never really know based on the season you had before.

671
00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 6: But I had a good feeling that would be back.

672
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 6: It was just a matter of getting getting that signed.

673
00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 6: But like I said, it's good to be back. Okay,

674
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 6: So let's do the math on this eighth year?

675
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 2: Is that right?

676
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 6: Yep?

677
00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,760
Speaker 2: Sometimes you pitch your something eight years.

678
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 8: Man, I mean, because there are a lot of guys

679
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 8: they're two years gone, they're here a year gone, you're

680
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 8: working on year eight. I don't know there's a magic

681
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 8: secret to it, Dari, But what's been your secret to

682
00:30:57,840 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 8: stick around?

683
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,480
Speaker 6: I don't know, man, blessing for one, I'll definitely start

684
00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 6: with saying that it's a blessing, but really just taking

685
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 6: care of my body, you know, being able to stay available,

686
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 6: kind of adding value wherever I need to be. So

687
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 6: I say all three of those things are big. But yes,

688
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 6: it's a blessing. It's a blessing to be here. It's

689
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 6: kind of unbelievable just based on how it started, how

690
00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 6: my career started out, and being able to kind of

691
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 6: carve out a role in this league man, and be

692
00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 6: able to continue to make plays eight years as special.

693
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,959
Speaker 1: Do you see yourself as a mentor because Jaar Jordan

694
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 1: is saying things.

695
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 2: Like Dara says, you're the old wise man here.

696
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, I would say something, man. I remember my

697
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 6: rookie year, my first couple of years in the league.

698
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 6: I had real good mental. I had Lamar Miller to

699
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 6: look after me, Quiz Rodgers when I was in Tampa.

700
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 6: So just real good backs, consistent backs that was able to,

701
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 6: like I said, carve out a role in this league.

702
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 6: So I was able to learn from them. So I

703
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 6: feel like being in a situation now and I'm learning

704
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 6: from Joe Mixing too. But me and Joe being in

705
00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 6: the room and having guys younger than us to look

706
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 6: up to us and asked us questions.

707
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 5: Is good Quz Rogers markets holiday to high school best

708
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 5: player all time?

709
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 2: I'm number two?

710
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 6: Oh wow?

711
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 2: No, actually his brother, his brother number two. Where do

712
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 2: you rank, Johnny? We gotta get into this. Maybe when

713
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 2: you go around the city of Houston.

714
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 5: His fans are pretty smart when they see you, especially

715
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 5: after you made that field goal.

716
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 2: What's that been like for you? It's been dope, man.

717
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 2: I don't know.

718
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 6: I'm gonna lie, it's been dope because when I go

719
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 6: back to home Milwaukee, I get recognized a bunch. But

720
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:33,560
Speaker 6: I mean when you're in the league, pro teams, I

721
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 6: mean a lot of especially in big cities, you always

722
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 6: get recognized. But now it's just pretty crazy. Yeah, people

723
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 6: recognize me a lot for the kick and they.

724
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 2: Always show love.

725
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 6: It was a fun moment, FuMB moment in Texas history,

726
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 6: fun moment in my career for sure. So it's always

727
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 6: nice to be reminded of and have a conversation about it.

728
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 5: We were just talking to Braving a little while ago,

729
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 5: and we were talking about his his touchdown against the Browns,

730
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 5: and he probably was like, hey, man, I'm not gonna lie.

731
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 2: I kind of I don't kind of want to talk

732
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 2: about that play anymore. You kind of feel that same way.

733
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 2: Do you get to a point like, hey, you know,

734
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 2: kick the field go, I'm good, or you like talking

735
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 2: about loving the story? I love talking about it.

736
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 6: I mean, yeah, I think I'm the opposite of that,

737
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 6: to be honest, I love talking about it just because,

738
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 6: like I said, how often does that happen?

739
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: You know?

740
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 2: And exactly?

741
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 6: So I'm being able to be the guy that did it.

742
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 6: It's pretty cool and everybody has a different reaction to us,

743
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 6: so I honestly like hearing their reaction when they saw

744
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 6: it happen and stuff. So no, I love talking about it.

745
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: So I don't want to give too much away here,

746
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: but have you lobbied Frank to kick off at all?

747
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: Because there's a lot of talk about how this play

748
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 1: is gonna go, how the kickoffs are going to be,

749
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,760
Speaker 1: and nobody really knows until we see it. It's probably

750
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 1: gonna take a few weeks to really flesh itself out,

751
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: but that is one option to have a player kickoff.

752
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 1: The Chiefs have already said that with Justin Reid, former

753
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: Texan and we've seen him kick off.

754
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 2: What do you think, I mean, could you do it?

755
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 2: Could you kick it deep like that? You don't want

756
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 2: to kick it too deep anyway?

757
00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, we definitely talked about it numerous occasions. As

758
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 6: we get towards preseason, we'll probably that will probably be

759
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 6: an exercise that we get going in practices and stuff

760
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 6: and maybe in the game.

761
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 2: So we'll see.

762
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 6: Man, I'm excited, like I just said about being a

763
00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 6: year eight adding value. So yeah, so I can kick

764
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 6: the ball, you know, and if that's what's the best

765
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 6: option for us, I mean, we'll probably go with it.

766
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 6: But I don't know, Like, I don't know how this

767
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 6: play is gonna work. There definitely be a lot more

768
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 6: returns now, but it'll see. It's gonna be fun though.

769
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:26,760
Speaker 6: I love kickoffs.

770
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 5: So sor right, we're going to through downs before twenty

771
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 5: twenty three. We get to twenty twenty three, we're start

772
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 5: going to all of a sudden starts things start to

773
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 5: click a little bit, and we start getting this thing

774
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,879
Speaker 5: turned around to a point where we beat the Colts.

775
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,319
Speaker 2: We're going to the playoffs. How special was that.

776
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 5: For guys that had been around a little bit that

777
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,640
Speaker 5: had seen the not so good times to have a

778
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 5: season of some really really good times and experienced some

779
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 5: of the things you guys did last year.

780
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 6: It was a good time, man, It was a blast. Brouh.

781
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 6: We definitely came together as a team, like you said,

782
00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:00,920
Speaker 6: started off slow, new staff, new rookie, cu quarder back, obviously,

783
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,360
Speaker 6: all the reasons for you to just be able to

784
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 6: pack it in and be like, well, look to the future.

785
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,880
Speaker 6: But as a team, as a season went on, we

786
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 6: just kept coming together and fighting in tough moments and

787
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 6: coming out on top.

788
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 4: Man.

789
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 2: And then we look up.

790
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 6: Now we're competing for a playoff spot at the end

791
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 6: of the season. And now we roll that forward to

792
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 6: this year. Now, that excitement that we had last year

793
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,319
Speaker 6: with all the new now is kind of expectation now.

794
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 6: So now we know we gotta kind of do what

795
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 6: we gotta do to make plays. But yeah, it's good to,

796
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 6: like you said, be in a situation now we're in

797
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:33,880
Speaker 6: being seen as contenders.

798
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:34,840
Speaker 2: It's a good feeling.

799
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 3: All right.

800
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 1: Let's get to the important stuff here. Your sister is

801
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 1: still with dall all right, all right, so let's go

802
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:41,400
Speaker 1: what about.

803
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 3: The watch this?

804
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: I mean, so this is a hot topic though. Right,

805
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: she's a rookie. She's a rookie with a lot of attention.

806
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:00,840
Speaker 1: She's getting a lot of attention on the other players.

807
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: How do you see the whole situation?

808
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 6: I love it, man, I mean one, Kaitlin is a

809
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,920
Speaker 6: great player, I mean an amazing college player for one.

810
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,839
Speaker 6: And the eyeballs that she's bringing to the league has

811
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 6: never been seen before. And obviously I like it because

812
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 6: now people are watching the WNBA, and when you watch

813
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:20,880
Speaker 6: the WNBA, you have no choice but to see Ariguel Gobal.

814
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,240
Speaker 2: So it's I think it's great for the league.

815
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 6: It's great for the game, it's great for women, and

816
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 6: she'll find her footing in the league and she'll show

817
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 6: how good of a player she is.

818
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:31,839
Speaker 2: But it's a learning curve.

819
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 6: Rique when she was a rookie, it was a learning

820
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 6: curve for her too, but she ended up scoring thirty

821
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 6: points and four straight games as a rookie.

822
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,919
Speaker 2: We don't talk about that, but yeah, but it's good

823
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:42,759
Speaker 2: for the league for sure.

824
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 5: So when you guys get together for family reunions, like

825
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,720
Speaker 5: I would imagine, is it not football, it's not basketball?

826
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 2: Are you guys kicking the soccer ball?

827
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 3: What do you like?

828
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 2: What do you guys? Is there competition that starts? Are

829
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 2: you playing Uno? Do you get in fights about Uno?

830
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:55,800
Speaker 7: No?

831
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 6: We I mean all the above, all the above. We're

832
00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,800
Speaker 6: not playing football, but we will play some one on

833
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 6: one basketball. I haven't won in years now. Oh, we'll

834
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 6: play one on one soccer. We just find ways and compete.

835
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 6: That's been I mean we used to couldn't even do

836
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 6: game nice as a family because we'd all end up

837
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 6: fighting by the end. He says, he's a competitive house man.

838
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 6: So we have family gatherings and it's all the same

839
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 6: no matter how we are now still the same way,

840
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 6: and it's uh always a good.

841
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 2: Time, outstanding family. Dari, thanks a lot for joining us.

842
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:25,879
Speaker 1: Good luck this year, he states. You guys, there's Darry

843
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 1: a good bowale. Now here's a question. How many running

844
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,280
Speaker 1: backs will the Texans keep on the fifty three man roster.

845
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:34,240
Speaker 1: You know, Darry can play special teams, as we discussed

846
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: in many different ways. But you have Joe Mixon, you

847
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:40,800
Speaker 1: have Damian Pierce, you drafted Jawar Jordan, and you have

848
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 1: British Brooks. And you're thinking, who's British Brooks. He's an

849
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 1: undrafted free agent running back. You have JJ Taylor, You

850
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 1: have a bunch of guys on this roster who want

851
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,319
Speaker 1: to be heard from, and they all feel like they

852
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: can play. That's what the preseason is for Brooks. By

853
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 1: the way, a rookie from North Carol lineup. We'll find

854
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:04,879
Speaker 1: out in training camp, which begins late teens in July.

855
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: We'll have a start day for you announced, I'm sure

856
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 1: very soon coming up. Tim Settle, defensive lineman played for

857
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 1: the Bills, had some interesting things to say about the

858
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:16,040
Speaker 1: Texans culture.

859
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 2: You're not gonna want to miss that. It's Texans All Access,

860
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:20,160
Speaker 2: All right.

861
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: Final segment on the show tonight, Mini Caamp day one

862
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: in the books, we heard from CJ. Stroud earlier, Stefon Diggs, Darigunbawile.

863
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,680
Speaker 1: Johnny broke down some stuff he saw at camp and

864
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 1: this whole show is going to be up in podcast

865
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,800
Speaker 1: forms soon enough on Houston Texans dot Com, Spotify, the

866
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: rest of it. Can't wait to get back out on

867
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,239
Speaker 1: the field tomorrow and watch them one more time before

868
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 1: the big break between Mini Caamp and training camp. Now,

869
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of talk about the defensive line.

870
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 1: What are you going to do at defensive tackle. No

871
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 1: Sheldon Rankins, no Hassan Ridgeway, and no Malie Collins. One

872
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: of the players wanted to make some noise. There is

873
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: Tim Settle, former Buffalo Bill. We also caught up with

874
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: Fully Patacasi Florunzo Phatacasi yesterday, so you're gonna hear that

875
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,759
Speaker 1: soon enough in an upcoming show. But we thought we'd

876
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 1: get to Settle right now, who played for the Buffalo Bills.

877
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 2: And I went to look at his weight, because this

878
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:15,359
Speaker 2: guy blocks out the sun.

879
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,399
Speaker 1: He's like a human vending machine. They listed at three

880
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 1: point thirty. But as the general will tell you.

881
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,000
Speaker 2: You can't trust the weights they put on the roster.

882
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 2: They're not accurate. They might not be accurate. Who knows.

883
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 1: If they're not accurate, why do they put weird numbers

884
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: like three hundred and thirteen pounds? Why not three fourteen

885
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: or three fifteen. I don't know the answer to these questions,

886
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,520
Speaker 1: but I do know that Tim Settle is a super

887
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: interesting guy to catch up with, and we asked him

888
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: about his adjustment to the Texans organization.

889
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 2: So far, that's good.

890
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 7: Uh, definitely see similarities as far as attention to detail

891
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 7: when it comes to the area of winning. You know,

892
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 7: got gotta got a solid team as far as all around,

893
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 7: you know, a deep, deep position wise everywhere.

894
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 2: You know, the competitions up high.

895
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 7: You know, the work, the work ethic is that are

896
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:05,320
Speaker 7: hard too, and you know, it's probably one of the

897
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,240
Speaker 7: hardest I've ever worked in my seven years of playing

898
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 7: uh professional football. But and it's all it's all for

899
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 7: a good reason and a good cause. But I just

900
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 7: love the energy from from the coaches, to the players,

901
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,880
Speaker 7: to the to the culture to just everything around here.

902
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,879
Speaker 7: Is that everybody's welcome in and I'm just ready to work.

903
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely ready to work. In the d line room.

904
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 5: What's at the line room like new guys, you're new

905
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 5: folies new, but it's some guys that have been around

906
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 5: and Kurt Hinish and Club Davis.

907
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 2: What's at the line room? Like it's good?

908
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 7: You know, Uh, I feel like we're we're good as

909
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,839
Speaker 7: far as chemistry, and you know, I feel like we're

910
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 7: all trying to help each other. You know, we got

911
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 7: a lot of guys new in the system, and you know,

912
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 7: we got some guys that's been in for a while.

913
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 7: So you know, you got some growing areas at some

914
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 7: place in some places. But you know it's not I

915
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,799
Speaker 7: feel like it's it's comfortable in that room because everybody's all.

916
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 2: Everybody wants the same thing. Everybody wants to do good.

917
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:56,880
Speaker 2: Everybody wants to win.

918
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 7: So you know, uh, we keep we keep every thing

919
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 7: positive in the room, you know, regard regarding how things

920
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 7: look out their individuals, et cetera. But everybody wants us

921
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 7: to see each other do good. And you know we're

922
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,320
Speaker 7: all on We're all cheering for each other when we

923
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 7: do good. You know, we're on each other when we

924
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 7: don't do that well. But you know, I definitely love

925
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 7: the energy and the chemistry that we have so far

926
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 7: that we that we made during OTAs.

927
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: Tim with off season practices, many camp OTA's, like you said,

928
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 1: even training camp practices without paths, the ones without pats.

929
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 1: How do you win doing what you do because you

930
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 1: can only have so much contact. We talk about this

931
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: with the your alignement, but they still have to orchestrate

932
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 1: the play that's called you guys, go get the running back,

933
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: go get the quarterback or what is it like for you?

934
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 7: Well, you know, they want us to come off the rock,

935
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 7: so you know, getting off and just being a profession

936
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 7: and know how to practice, you know.

937
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:46,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, we got a.

938
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 7: Young quarterback you know that that has a hoigh ceiling,

939
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:51,359
Speaker 7: you know, and he's going to be a big factor

940
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 7: that us winning. So uh, just knowing how to practice first,

941
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 7: but this uh, just doing what they want us to

942
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 7: just doing what they're asking us to do too, you know,

943
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 7: at a high level, you know, and knowing how to practice,

944
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 7: knowing how to let up, and knowing how to you

945
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:04,279
Speaker 7: know when it's time to chill.

946
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 2: Chill.

947
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 7: But it's uh, the compete and the intensity and just

948
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:10,759
Speaker 7: the effort is at a high. But just knowing how

949
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:12,360
Speaker 7: to practice it has just been the whole thing. But

950
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 7: we got to experience teams, so I feel like that's

951
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 7: we've been good in that area thus far.

952
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, you breathe on the quarterback, you might get in trouble.

953
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:19,800
Speaker 2: We don't want that to happen. Okay.

954
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 5: Mark's played by play voice at University of Miami, so

955
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 5: he's been to Blacksburg. I lived in North Carolina, and

956
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 5: I had a lot of people that I that I

957
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 5: knew that were huge Virginia Tech fans. And I'm a

958
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,359
Speaker 5: huge college football fan. So I'll ask you this coming

959
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 5: out of the tunnel to enter Sam Man, what's that like?

960
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,359
Speaker 5: You know, I mean, does it get you guys hyped?

961
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:41,759
Speaker 5: Through after a while you're kind of like, all right.

962
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 4: Let's go.

963
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:43,759
Speaker 7: I feel like it gets us hype because it's like

964
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 7: this the whole overall, and like, uh, when we go

965
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:48,880
Speaker 7: out there to warm up before the game, you know,

966
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:50,640
Speaker 7: it's like you kind of see like guys, like you

967
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:52,880
Speaker 7: see the crowd kind of filling in. You know, they're

968
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,400
Speaker 7: doing their little pregame stuff like yeah, the closer you

969
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 7: get to like kickoff, you know, like you might go

970
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 7: out there and do your last little adjustments on the

971
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,279
Speaker 7: field and work with your coach, and like by the

972
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:02,719
Speaker 7: time you're heading back to the locker room for that

973
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,120
Speaker 7: like that twenty minute, twenty five minutes, thirty minute, like

974
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:06,840
Speaker 7: you just see all the students and you see all

975
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,840
Speaker 7: the fans is filling in, like and like you know,

976
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 7: like we're outside of the locker room before we take

977
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:13,879
Speaker 7: the walk and you can just see everybody turning around

978
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:17,439
Speaker 7: just waiting for us to walk, and like they're going

979
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 7: but they're going insane. And like the closer that we get,

980
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 7: the more that everybody turns around. And when you get

981
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 7: in the tunnel, like nobody realizes it.

982
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,719
Speaker 2: But it shakes. I was gonna say, I was gonna say,

983
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 2: this tunnel shake.

984
00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 7: And the whole time from the from the from the

985
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:35,920
Speaker 7: top of the tunnel to the bottom, and it shakes,

986
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:38,359
Speaker 7: and it has like to the right, it has all

987
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 7: the players and like other past teams and classes, and

988
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 7: we have a hokey rock, like we have the hokey

989
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 7: stone and that you touch and like we touched it,

990
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 7: and like the whole time, everybody's hyping there and that

991
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,320
Speaker 7: it's shaking, like you feel like it's gonna cave in,

992
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 7: and it just like the beat goes and you just

993
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,879
Speaker 7: turn around. You look somebody in the face and he yells, like, man,

994
00:43:58,239 --> 00:43:59,880
Speaker 7: it's go time. But I feel like it's just the

995
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,879
Speaker 7: just the overall experience. It's like and I got guys

996
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 7: that tell me, like, that's the loudest game I played in.

997
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:06,560
Speaker 2: Like it was. It was just a real moment.

998
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 7: Definitely, like enjoyed every every home game that I played there,

999
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:13,160
Speaker 7: just enjoyed all the fans, especially we had sold out fans,

1000
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,319
Speaker 7: and it was every time it was energy, like they

1001
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,320
Speaker 7: bring keys out and it's the loudest it and he like,

1002
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,279
Speaker 7: I feel like it was really an advantage at the time,

1003
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,359
Speaker 7: Like as far as it's the crowd being in the game.

1004
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 7: Definitely one of the top experiences I had in college.

1005
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:29,080
Speaker 2: Tim, great to visit with your good luck here. Thank

1006
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:30,080
Speaker 2: you so much, man.

1007
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 1: I could have reminisced about Blacksburg, Virginia for a long time.

1008
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 1: I know that's kind of esoteric, but when I was

1009
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:37,759
Speaker 1: the voice of the Hurricanes, I actually did a game

1010
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 1: there where Michael Vick played.

1011
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 2: In nineteen ninety nine.

1012
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 1: Yes, we're going back aways here and the Hokies blew

1013
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: out the Canes forty two to ten. Let me tell

1014
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 1: you something, going to Blacksburg it's no picnic even now,

1015
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 1: but especially then with vic who was coming off that

1016
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:55,759
Speaker 1: or if that was the year they went to the

1017
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 1: National Championship nineteen ninety nine. The following year he had

1018
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: a banged up ankle and the King It's got them

1019
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 1: at the Orange Bowl.

1020
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 2: Anyway, you didn't come here to hear that.

1021
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 1: But it is fun to talk about players college environments

1022
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,720
Speaker 1: and see their eyes light up when they're reminiscing about

1023
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:10,920
Speaker 1: the Alma maters.

1024
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:14,400
Speaker 2: Alma mutters, is that the proper plural. We'll take it

1025
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:14,839
Speaker 2: for now.

1026
00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 1: We'll also take this another mini camp show is coming

1027
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:19,440
Speaker 1: up tomorrow.

1028
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 2: What will we see on the practice field?

1029
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:24,919
Speaker 1: You're gonna find out six o'clock as always Sports Radio

1030
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,560
Speaker 1: six to ten and in podcast form. I also want

1031
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 1: to give a reminder that this Saturday Night, Texans three sixty,

1032
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 1: ABC thirteen at eleven o'clock, Andre Johnson and Endy Klou

1033
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 1: it's kind of goat Talk Texans ogs as end talks

1034
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:44,680
Speaker 1: to Andre about Hall of Fame stuff, and you're gonna

1035
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 1: see some never before seen footage of Andre going to

1036
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 1: Canton in a preliminary trip because, as we all know,

1037
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:55,439
Speaker 1: who'll get inducted at August third. That Hall of Fame

1038
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:57,400
Speaker 1: game is August first. That'll be the big Hall of

1039
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: Fame weekend. But I think they take two trips prior

1040
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:03,800
Speaker 1: to get ready, to get acclimated, whatever they have to

1041
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:04,640
Speaker 1: do to prepare for it.

1042
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:05,920
Speaker 2: So you're gonna see some of that.

1043
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,480
Speaker 1: Saturday night and eleven on ABC thirteen, and we'll have

1044
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 1: it for you on YouTube as well. That's it for

1045
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 1: the show tonight. Area forty five is coming up. Don't

1046
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,320
Speaker 1: miss it. Have a great evening, Go Texans.