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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Welcome to the show. Mark VanderMeer, John Harris

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Speaker 1: with you, and free agency continues. Players continue to get acquired,

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Speaker 1: and by that I mean the news that broke midday.

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Speaker 1: This is notable. I mean more than notable. This is

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Speaker 1: pretty big. Wyatt Teller becoming a Houston Texan is big

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Speaker 1: because we've been talking about this offensive line. We did

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Speaker 1: a bunch of minutes yesterday on the inventory of the

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Speaker 1: offensive line, and look, if you had to go to

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Speaker 1: battle with what you had, Okay, but now you've got

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Speaker 1: Wyatt Taylor in. So let's just kick off the show

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Speaker 1: right there, because that's what you came here to hear.

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Speaker 1: Johnny Harris, Wyatt Teller and Texan. This is good. This

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Speaker 1: is really good for the Texans. This is a good player.

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Speaker 1: They added. How does he mix in your thoughts on

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Speaker 1: Wyatt Teller joining the Frey.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's funny.

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Speaker 3: This is now the second time that I'm being asked

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Speaker 3: about this because I was on with Reggie and John

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Speaker 3: in the Loop today and we were talking draft and

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Speaker 3: Reggie stop says some point, says John, I'd like to

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Speaker 3: ask you about the tight ends. But we just got

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Speaker 3: news the Texans have signed Wyatt Teller, and so of

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Speaker 3: course it's just know, it was kind of a layup

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Speaker 3: right there for me to be able to talk about it.

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Speaker 3: And I think there are a couple things that work here.

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Speaker 3: Number One, we said it, and we say it every

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Speaker 3: year every year. Free agency is not from Monday to Thursday.

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Speaker 3: Free agency is not from Monday to the following Monday.

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Speaker 3: Free agency is not two days. It is twenty four seven,

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Speaker 3: three sixty five.

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Speaker 2: It's always ongoing. This is a deal.

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Speaker 3: If we've made this, if we'd made this deal and

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Speaker 3: the Braden Smith deal within days of each other, people

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Speaker 3: would have been eh. But over the last couple of days,

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Speaker 3: because it's been quiet, people are like, oh, they're done,

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Speaker 3: They're not doing anything. Do you know Nick Cassario, I mean,

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Speaker 3: do you know Nick? Do you know how he operates?

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Speaker 3: Do you know how this organization operates. They're always looking

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Speaker 3: And there had been rumors for I don't know, probably

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Speaker 3: two weeks. Teller likes the Texans. The Texans seem to

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Speaker 3: like Teller. But it's like any relationship, sometimes it takes

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Speaker 3: a little bit.

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Speaker 2: You exactly.

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Speaker 3: You might both like each other, but you know, maybe

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Speaker 3: you got a little side eye out there.

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Speaker 2: Going.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, maybe what else is. Let's just make

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Speaker 3: sure nothing else is out there. They get the deal done.

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Speaker 3: Whytt Taylor comes in? Now you've got two editions that

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Speaker 3: you think started right away, Whyatt Tayler, Braden Smith. You

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Speaker 3: got another edition in Evan Brown, who has started a

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Speaker 3: lot in the NFL. You re sign and have resigned

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Speaker 3: Trent Brown and ed Ingram. So okay, now look at

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Speaker 3: what you have. It's a little better, doesn't It looks

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Speaker 3: a little oh boy? But if you thought free agency

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Speaker 3: was over, so there's that now. Why Taylor played I

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Speaker 3: believe right guard in Cleveland. Ed played right guard last year.

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Speaker 3: You would think one of them is gonna move to

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Speaker 3: left guard. But I think you figure it out and

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Speaker 3: you go from there. But I mark, I love this sign. Now,

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Speaker 3: I will say it with this Caveat said it with

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Speaker 3: Braden Smith. I'll say it with Whytt Taylor. When they

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Speaker 3: are on the field, they will improve the Texans offensive

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Speaker 3: line immeasurably. They've got to be on the field. Injuries,

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Speaker 3: they've got to be healthy. They got to avoid the injuries.

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Speaker 3: But I think if you do all sudden and I

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Speaker 3: as I was talking with with Reggie and John Mark.

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Speaker 3: This is I came up with. From left to right,

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Speaker 3: Ursery Teller, Jake ed Ingram Braden Smith. I hear that

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Speaker 3: offensive line, and I'm ready to go to battle. I'm

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Speaker 3: ready to go. David Montgomery added, running back, it's time

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Speaker 2: Let's go.

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Speaker 3: And and oh, by the way, there's this little thing

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Speaker 3: called the draft in April where they can continue to

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Speaker 3: add pieces to the offensive line. But you and I

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Speaker 3: when we heard about this this afternoon this morning, I

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Speaker 3: guess it was like yeah, we both just kind of

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Speaker 3: started nodding our heads, like yeah, this good stuff. This

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Speaker 3: is the move I think for a lot of people.

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Speaker 3: I got extra people, I got dms from people like yes,

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Speaker 3: this is what we've wanted. So now it's time to

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Speaker 3: put it all together and go see what this offensive

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Speaker 3: line can be in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: Well, you mentioned Jake at center, and look, I love Jake.

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Speaker 1: I'm not trying to talk Jake out of a job here.

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Speaker 1: But you still have Evan Brown who can play center.

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Speaker 1: And I still think this Johnny, I was thinking about

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Speaker 1: this this morning before Wyatt Teller was acquired by the Texans,

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Speaker 1: which is, oh my gosh, we've been hoodwinked again by

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Speaker 1: Nick Cassario in that the draft is coming. I know

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Speaker 1: we talk about the draft, but it's so obvious to

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Speaker 1: me now that yes, he signs the vet. What does

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Speaker 1: he always do signs veterans and signs or drafts players

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Speaker 1: who could possibly replace those veterans, not automatically, not guaranteed too,

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Speaker 1: but could possibly replace those veterans, either sooner or later.

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Speaker 1: Because he wants to have those options. He wants to

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Speaker 1: build competition, He wants to have the young and the

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Speaker 1: experience together working it out. We'll throw them all into

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Speaker 1: the broth of training camp and let them work it out. Now, Look, Teller,

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Speaker 1: what is he a two time pro bowler or maybe

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Speaker 1: a three time pro bowler? He has three time Pro bowler,

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Speaker 1: second team All Pro twice. This dude's a stud, and

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Speaker 1: you're right. If he's on the field, he's making a

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Speaker 1: big difference. He, along with Braden Smith, automatically lift your

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Speaker 1: line up. I know you lost Titus Howard in the trade,

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Speaker 1: but you lose Titus, so to speak, you subtract Titus,

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Speaker 1: you add Teller, you add Braden Smith, and you add

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Speaker 1: Evan Brown. And look, I'm not saying Evan Brown's John

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Speaker 1: Hannah either. But here's the thing. You have improved your

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Speaker 1: offensive line, there's no question about it. And you have

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Speaker 1: Ursery in his second year. And by the way I

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Speaker 1: saw him today, Johnny, and yeah, sometimes I feel like

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Speaker 1: sometimes that stuff is worth something. He's just got this

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Speaker 1: just think Ursery in year two without all the rookie

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Speaker 1: through last year. We always talk about this to get drafted,

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Speaker 1: the pre draft stuff, the underwear Olympics, all of that,

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Speaker 1: now you've got Ursery going into year two as a

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Speaker 1: total pro. I think it's gonna be a better product

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Speaker 1: on the field for him too. And he improved throughout

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Speaker 1: have a level of not only okay, but excitement about

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I know it's gonna mess up everybody's mock

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Speaker 3: from free agency while they went and signed. And this

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Speaker 3: also seems seems to tell us they think Braden.

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Speaker 3: Yes, that's this seems to tell us that they went

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Speaker 3: out and got Wyatt Teller and resigned at Ingram that

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Speaker 3: they think Braiden Smith is gonna end up being a tackle.

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Speaker 3: So there are a couple of things that this announcement

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Speaker 3: put it out there. Mike Garretfala was the first I

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Speaker 3: saw with it. I think Raps she had it too,

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Speaker 3: So congratulations to them forgetting this. But just adding a

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Speaker 3: feel good about what they want to build and what

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Speaker 3: they're building on the offensive line. And when you've been

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Speaker 3: on good offensive lines before braid Smith with the Colts,

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Speaker 3: why tell her with the Browns? You have an idea

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Speaker 3: what it looks like as a full group, and I

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Speaker 3: think that's important. So I think with you know, the

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Speaker 3: potential starting offensive line that I you know, I threw

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Speaker 3: out there, there's not a rookie you mentioned in that group,

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Speaker 3: and there's gonna be at least a rookie.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna take.

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Speaker 3: I would think in the first two three rounds that's

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Speaker 3: then gonna be added to the mix because of that. Again,

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Speaker 3: and I use kind of the running back situation, like, look,

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Speaker 3: David Montgomery's here for two years. I would like for

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Speaker 3: David Montgomery to be healthy and play at a high

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Speaker 3: level for the next four or five years, but the

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Speaker 3: reality of a particular position is that it may not

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Speaker 3: be that way. Same with the offensive line, you said,

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Speaker 3: Wyatt Teller of two years tramp Brown signed for a year.

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Speaker 3: You've got to be ready with quote unquote replacements. If

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Speaker 3: not in twenty twenty six, definitely in twenty twenty seven

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Speaker 3: so important in this mix. It's deep at center. I

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Speaker 3: think it's really deep at guard, but where it's also

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Speaker 3: I still feel like there's interior offensive lineman that they

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Speaker 3: are tremendous. Here's the other thing, I thought of, here's

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Speaker 3: the other thing I thought of. They're gonna end up

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Speaker 3: drafting an offensive line, there's no question. But pick twenty

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Speaker 3: point zero, does that because of the moves they've now made,

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Speaker 3: resigning Trent, resigning ed, signing Brayden, signing Wyatt, bringing in

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Speaker 2: You know what, Kenyan Sadik is close to us in

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Speaker 3: He's got rushes down because everybody wants tackles, everybody wants,

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Speaker 3: you know, edge rushers, everybody wants corners. And then all

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Speaker 3: of a sudden, there's that freakazoid from Oregon sitting there

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Speaker 3: at like pick twenty three or twenty four, and now

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Speaker 3: it's within shouting distance to go up and get maybe

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Speaker 3: a player of that ill that maybe we haven't.

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Speaker 2: You did, and there have been some others that have

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Speaker 2: put it out there.

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Speaker 3: I don't think it's receiver, and I don't think it's

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Speaker 3: running back, but I think Kenyan Sadiq would make a

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Speaker 3: lot of sense at that. The other thought is, you

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Speaker 3: know what, all right, we feel pretty good about the

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Speaker 3: offensive line we've put together. Maybe now we don't have

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Speaker 3: to draft two offensive linemen. Hey, maybe let's trade up

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Speaker 3: and go get one of the guys we really love.

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Speaker 3: One of the guys I love is Aiwani from out

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Speaker 3: of Penn State, but he never gets to twenty eight

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Speaker 3: in any of the mock drafts that you see.

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Speaker 2: But maybe you get closer.

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Speaker 3: You can get this rock solid Penn State stud at

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Speaker 3: the best guard I've seen there in a long long time.

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Speaker 2: So it may.

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Speaker 3: Change how they're gonna look at the draft. Not from

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Speaker 3: a hey, we're gonna totally change the position we draft,

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Speaker 3: but it might open them up to doing some things

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Speaker 3: like trading up that they get a player because now

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Speaker 3: they've satisfied some of the needs. Hey, let's go get

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Speaker 3: a player we really like and could be here for

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Speaker 3: a while, like a Kenyan Sadik who is just freaky.

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Speaker 3: Maybe it's a running back like Jadari and Price that

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Speaker 1: Well, that group's going to include Evan Brown who signed

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Speaker 4: And oh man, I'm excited.

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Speaker 5: You know, I've been here for a couple hours, been

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So what about Houston? What do you know because

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Speaker 1: So South Lake Carrol, that's where Chris Brown went, our

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Speaker 5: I know his brother Drew Brown. We were the same

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Speaker 1: Brother, Oh very cool. Yeah, okay, what about your journey.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk a little bit about what you bring to

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Speaker 5: Evan, Yeah, I think I've played all three spots across

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Speaker 5: That's probably the best feeling as an offensive lineman. But

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Speaker 1: Evan Why is offensive line the tightest position group usually

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Speaker 1: Soon enough, we'll be out there at OTAs. What do

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Speaker 5: Yeah, no, it's been got to talk to him for

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Speaker 1: As you've progressed in your career, how have you changed

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Speaker 1: Wait, how many kids?

434
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Speaker 6: Then?

435
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Speaker 4: First one?

436
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Speaker 1: This is the first, worst one? Yes, okay, so we're

437
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Speaker 1: not sleeping or we are sleeping.

438
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Speaker 5: We're sleeping pretty well right now?

439
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Speaker 1: Okay, pretty well, that's good, excellent. I've been asking all

440
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Speaker 1: the guys this who visit this time of year because

441
00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,600
Speaker 1: it's free agency time and welcome to the Texans. But

442
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Speaker 1: you join us during the rodeo period and it will

443
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Speaker 1: not be like this all year, I promise. But if

444
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Speaker 1: you had to do a rodeo event, and you're a

445
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Speaker 1: Texan so you know rodeo events, would it be bull riding?

446
00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,760
Speaker 1: Steer wrestling? What do you think? What do you what

447
00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:30,800
Speaker 1: do you gonna do for us?

448
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Speaker 5: I feel like being a big guy. Steer wrestling sounds

449
00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:36,520
Speaker 5: like something I would do, but bull riding man, watching

450
00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,680
Speaker 5: those guys is quite the experience. But I don't think

451
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Speaker 5: that would be uh the best for my body to

452
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Speaker 5: attempt to do that.

453
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Speaker 4: So I don't know.

454
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Speaker 5: That's a great question, but.

455
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Speaker 1: We're not encouraging it.

456
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Speaker 4: I don't know what stage sporting. I don't think I

457
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Speaker 4: would do that.

458
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Speaker 1: I don't know. Is it going to be interesting? Is

459
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Speaker 1: it going to be interesting a trading camp? Because it

460
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,240
Speaker 1: is humid, as you said, a little warm here in Houston,

461
00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,080
Speaker 1: but you're used to it. You're a Texan. There's been

462
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Speaker 1: other places where it might be cooler. But you've also

463
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Speaker 1: been in Arizona where I don't even know where. You

464
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,200
Speaker 1: guys trained in Arizona this summer. Yeah, crazy dry heat,

465
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Speaker 1: But come on, so what about that aspect of it?

466
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Speaker 1: It'll be fun.

467
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Speaker 5: I don't think it'll be too bad. I think I've

468
00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:22,240
Speaker 5: noticed working out in the or training in the heat,

469
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 5: you get in better shape for the season versus the

470
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,919
Speaker 5: cooler climates. You know it it pushes your conditioning, that

471
00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:30,760
Speaker 5: kind of forces you just to be in that much

472
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Speaker 5: better shape to deal with it. So I think it's

473
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Speaker 5: a benefit.

474
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Speaker 1: We're going to get some new players in here soon,

475
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,760
Speaker 1: guys that are drafted undrafted free agents. What's your advice

476
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Speaker 1: to the young player for sticking around in the league

477
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Speaker 1: for so long?

478
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Speaker 5: Yeah, being undrafted, you don't get many opportunities. But when

479
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Speaker 5: you get an opportunity, you got to make the most

480
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Speaker 5: of it. And I think just putting your head down

481
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Speaker 5: and working, you know, soaking up as much information as

482
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Speaker 5: you can, learning from everybody, learning from bets, learning from coaches,

483
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Speaker 5: and then putting in the work. I mean, you know,

484
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Speaker 5: there's the saying of you know, hard work beats talent

485
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,199
Speaker 5: when talent doesn't work hard. And it's true, you know,

486
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Speaker 5: everybody's talented at this level, but you see the guys

487
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Speaker 5: who stick around here, the guys who.

488
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Speaker 4: Will put in the work.

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Speaker 1: Awesome, Thanks a lot, Evan.

490
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Speaker 5: It's a pleasure, definitely, thank you.

491
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Speaker 1: Thanks Evan Brown, new Houston Texans offensive lineman. And I

492
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Speaker 1: guess we're gonna catch up with Wyatt Teller soon enough.

493
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Speaker 1: I can't wait for that, as he was acquired today

494
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Speaker 1: reportedly midday that news broke coming up. Johnny's thoughts on

495
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Speaker 1: Wyatt Telller will circle back on some of that stuff. Also,

496
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Speaker 1: Dominique Robinson steps into the Hundai Texans radio studio that's

497
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Speaker 1: next on Texans Radio. Back to it here on Texans

498
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Speaker 1: Radio and the Hunday Texans Radio Studio. Before we get

499
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Speaker 1: to Dominique Robinson, let's bring in Johnny one more time

500
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Speaker 1: on the Wyatt Teller Acquisition News Broke mid Day. Wyatt Teller,

501
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Speaker 1: former Brown, three time Pro bowler, two times second team

502
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Speaker 1: All Pro. This is a decorated offensive lineman you're getting.

503
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Speaker 1: This is a very good player. You're getting Johnny. What

504
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Speaker 1: are the Texans getting? And Wyatt Teller. We talked about

505
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Speaker 1: it in the first segment a bit, but we want

506
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Speaker 1: to reiterate here for those who are just tuning in.

507
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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's got nastiness, loves the run game. I think

508
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,520
Speaker 3: if healthy, and that is a big key.

509
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Speaker 2: We reiterate the health.

510
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Speaker 3: He's been banged up at times, but if he is healthy,

511
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 3: he is that swarmy, take no crap dude that we've

512
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Speaker 3: been asking for that will just knock your you know

513
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,399
Speaker 3: what in a dirt. But you've got other guys that

514
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 3: kind of have that same quality. But the more guys

515
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:34,960
Speaker 3: you bring in with that quality, the more the guys

516
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 3: around them want to do the same thing. It's following

517
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Speaker 3: the leaders, and he's going to be a leader for

518
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Speaker 3: this offense. And I think that Braden Smith is going

519
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Speaker 3: to be a leader for this offense.

520
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Speaker 2: I love this acquisition. I was on with.

521
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Speaker 3: Reggie and John as I said earlier, and they were

522
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Speaker 3: the ones that broke it to me as I was

523
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Speaker 3: talking about the NFL Draft, and I just got this

524
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Speaker 3: big smile on my face and thought, this is what

525
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 3: we've been talking about. This is the offensive line that

526
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Speaker 3: we want to go to battle with. Everybody healthy, grow it,

527
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,800
Speaker 3: let it become cohesive, and all of sudden, this is

528
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Speaker 3: going to be an offensive line that is going to

529
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Speaker 3: do what all Houston Estonians want, what Texans fans want.

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Speaker 2: This is the one. Thank god free agency isn't over.

531
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's still not over. I mean Nick Casserio, believe me,

532
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Speaker 1: he's not done yet with this football team, Johnny. Thirteen

533
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,240
Speaker 1: games played in twenty four, thirteen games played in twenty five. Look,

534
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Speaker 1: you'd love to see fifteen to seventeen. Up there, you

535
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Speaker 1: got thirteen. It might be too much to say. Look,

536
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Speaker 1: the recovery room efforts that they have here with the

537
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Speaker 1: Houston Texans are state of the art, second to none

538
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Speaker 1: in the league. I'm gonna say they're better than the

539
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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. I don't know if that keeps Wyatt Teller

540
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Speaker 1: healthier than thirteen games, but I like my chances bringing

541
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Speaker 1: anybody in with the Houston Texans, the way that Trent

542
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Speaker 1: Brown came back, the way all those things materialize for

543
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:55,919
Speaker 1: a lot of these players, not everybody, a lot of

544
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Speaker 1: these players, but Johnny, I would be okay with that

545
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Speaker 1: team plus out of Teller, especially if you're going good

546
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Speaker 1: down the stretch. That's the key thing here. Can you

547
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Speaker 1: be healthy in the stretch run. We talked about Trent

548
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 1: now obviously not available for the Patriots game, but you

549
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 1: did win ten games in a row and he was

550
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Speaker 1: a huge part of that. And look now, as we

551
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Speaker 1: said in the first segment, that particular player I just

552
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Speaker 1: referenced is slated to be a reserve. And it's all

553
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Speaker 1: in pencil right now. It's our pencil, it's not Nick's pencil.

554
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,240
Speaker 1: Who knows what they have on their board. But the

555
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,879
Speaker 1: health thing, it's not like he's only played four games

556
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Speaker 1: each of the last two years. He's played in thirteen

557
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Speaker 1: each of the last two years.

558
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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, there's no doubt, and I I just there's

559
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:41,480
Speaker 3: so much I love about wyat Teller.

560
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Speaker 2: There's just so much and I.

561
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Speaker 3: Just love that he's bringing that that attitude. And I

562
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 3: know people are like, well, the culture in Cleveland, no,

563
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 3: that offensive line head culture. When wyat Teller was at

564
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 3: his highest of superpowers, they they were rolling. And he

565
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,679
Speaker 3: was a big reason why he's still a big reason why.

566
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Speaker 3: I just think this is when Kole Popovich walks to,

567
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,719
Speaker 3: you know, the video board, He's like, this is what

568
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 3: I'd like you to be like this guy.

569
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Speaker 2: Everything I've heard about Wyatt.

570
00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 3: Tellers screams swarm and that I love that I absolutely love.

571
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,119
Speaker 3: And again, thirteen games. Listen, would you take thirteen games?

572
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 1: Yes?

573
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 4: I would.

574
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Speaker 3: Now what I'd like to have is him in thirteen games.

575
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Speaker 3: And then maybe there's a rookie that cuts his teeth,

576
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:33,440
Speaker 3: that left guard that can grow and be a guy

577
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 3: that learns behind Wyatt Teller that when it's time to

578
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 3: move on from Wyatt, time to move on from it

579
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,399
Speaker 3: at some point in their careers. There is a rookie

580
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:47,639
Speaker 3: in a good offensive guard class in my estimation, to

581
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,880
Speaker 3: step in and be able to play and get those reps.

582
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:52,679
Speaker 3: Maybe not be Ariante Airstreet and.

583
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,439
Speaker 2: Get all seventeen games or sixteen games whatever they played.

584
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 3: But a guy that is able to step in has

585
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,679
Speaker 3: the same qualities and is ready to roll if needed.

586
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,120
Speaker 3: But I like this, this Wyatt Teller news is it's

587
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,040
Speaker 3: freaking awesome. I'm still kind of dealing with it, like

588
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 3: six seven hours later, but it's just awesome news.

589
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 1: Awesome news. Indeed, also good news last week getting Dominique

590
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 1: Robinson in the flow at defensive end depth piece for

591
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,160
Speaker 1: the Texans, But really, is there any depth piece? These

592
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,080
Speaker 1: guys play a lot of reps any reserve defensive end

593
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 1: on this team, even with the two studs in front

594
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,200
Speaker 1: of them, They're gonna get a lot of reps out there.

595
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,359
Speaker 1: Dominique Robinson all fired up to be a Houston Texan.

596
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Speaker 7: Phil's phenomenon. I can't wait. I mean, I'm here now.

597
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 7: I can't wait to be here for Ro Forro. But yeah,

598
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 7: I'm excited.

599
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 1: You are part of a special defense in Chicago. What

600
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 1: does it feel like to be part of this defense?

601
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,200
Speaker 1: I know you haven't met everybody yet, but you will

602
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: soon enough. What are your thoughts?

603
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 7: Like I said, I'm excited, you know, can't wait to

604
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 7: meet everybody? See how you know, get click with the

605
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 7: with the with the team and with the guys in

606
00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,680
Speaker 7: the room and stuff like that. So I can't complain, no,

607
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,760
Speaker 7: no doubts as of now.

608
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 1: What do you know about the defense and about Matt

609
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:10,400
Speaker 1: Burke the coordinator and Demiko Ryan's the way he coaches

610
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 1: this team.

611
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 7: Yeah, I do know that the D line is ferocious.

612
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 7: They get after it, and you know that I want

613
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 7: to be a part of that. You know, That's that's

614
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 7: how we make our money. That's how you know, guys win,

615
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 7: That's how we win games. Is that D line. When

616
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 7: the D line is eating, everybody eats so and it

617
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 7: showed here late in the season, you know what I mean.

618
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 7: So it means everything to to defenses is when the

619
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Speaker 7: when the front is on point.

620
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Speaker 1: We saw a lot of the Bears in recent years

621
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Speaker 1: in twenty four Week two the Hall of Fame game

622
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: in your hometown, saw them there. But what for the fans?

623
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 1: What kind of player are they getting in Dominique Robinson.

624
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: You're getting a smart, aggressive player, willing to do it all.

625
00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:00,160
Speaker 1: Play the run, play the pass, pass rush, you know

626
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 1: what I mean. But there's nothing that I can't do.

627
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: So what about so we mentioned the Hall of Fame game,

628
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Speaker 1: what was that like for you being back in your

629
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Speaker 1: hometown and what is it like to grow up in

630
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Speaker 1: the town or the Hall of Fame.

631
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Speaker 4: Is Yeah, it's a blessing.

632
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Speaker 7: So I actually that was my first time being able

633
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 7: to play in the new stadium. I played in a

634
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 7: former stadium which was Tom the Fawcett Stadium. Yeah, so

635
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 7: that's where we played our high school games. And then

636
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 7: the second the year after I left, they built they

637
00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 7: finished building Tom Benson and in my head, I was like, man,

638
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 7: I just want to go back and play one game

639
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 7: one time, and I ended up getting the opportunity a

640
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 7: couple of years ago, so it was fun. The Bears

641
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,239
Speaker 7: elected me to be a captain of that game, so

642
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 7: it was it was a blessing.

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Speaker 1: When you're playing for Kenton McKinley and we saw how

644
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 1: it was all laid out there. Do you feel the

645
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 1: buzz of the Hall of Fame? Does that motivate you

646
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 1: and inspire you as a player?

647
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Speaker 4: It does.

648
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Speaker 7: It's phenomenal. And when I was my junior year, before

649
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 7: they finished construction, they had the whole one side tour

650
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 7: down so you could just see the top of the

651
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Speaker 7: Hall of Fame, so literally the home side was facing

652
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 7: the Hall of Fame. You could see that on the

653
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 7: sideline and it was It's pretty cool. So it's definitely motivating.

654
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 4: All right.

655
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 1: So you go to Miami of Ohio and I know, look,

656
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,720
Speaker 1: I was in the MAX, so I shouldn't say of

657
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 1: Ohio Miami. It's Miami University, right, and you're a quarterback.

658
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: So take us through that journey. But I know you've

659
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: talked about this a lot. But for the Texans fans

660
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: who don't know, you were a quarterback at Miami, then

661
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 1: you searched a wide receiver. Here you are playing the

662
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 1: of the NFL. But how did all that go down?

663
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 4: So it long story short.

664
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 7: Our quarterbacks coach came in the room jokingly saying, we

665
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 7: might need some guys to play receiver today. I wasn't

666
00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 7: getting many reps. I graduated early. My roommate was a quarterback.

667
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,480
Speaker 7: He played their style of quarterback. I was just an

668
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 7: athlete in the quarterback room. I was in, you know,

669
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 7: in there for about a month. I took it serious.

670
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 7: I went and played receiver for today. Head coach comes

671
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 7: to me, Chuck comes to me and he's like, if

672
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 7: you want to play receiver, you look good.

673
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 4: We'll keep it there.

674
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 7: I said, that's fine with me as long as I'm

675
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 7: able to get on the field. You know, I wasn't

676
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 7: getting any reps, so I just wanted to play football.

677
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:11,600
Speaker 7: End up doing that for three years. Got to a

678
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 7: point where I end up turned you know, turning to

679
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 7: ligament in my froot at Liszt frank surgery. And it was,

680
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 7: you know, another situation where I wasn't playing as much

681
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 7: throughout the season. As the season went on, it I

682
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 7: just my rep start going down get you know, lower

683
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 7: and lower. I didn't I miss camp stuff like that,

684
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 7: so I wasn't playing. Made a decision I'm going to

685
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 7: move to d N with X you know, more factors

686
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:38,600
Speaker 7: than that, you know, taking my coach after our Max

687
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 7: Championship game, sat down with him and was like, yoh,

688
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 7: I think I want to play d N.

689
00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 4: He said, that's fine with me.

690
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 1: So what'd you have to do physically to adjust to

691
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,840
Speaker 1: the new position I started.

692
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 7: I had started bulking up throughout that city. I was

693
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,160
Speaker 7: playing receiver at like two thirty five, so I.

694
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: Was already a bigger.

695
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 4: Yeah, I was right exactly. So I was. I was

696
00:32:59,120 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 4: a jump ball guy.

697
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 7: Wanted to you know, nobody could out physical meal in

698
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 7: that aspect, so.

699
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 4: I didn't have to do much.

700
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 7: I did start bulking up, and I got up to

701
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 7: two fifty towards the start of the next season.

702
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: So who inspired you at that position? Guys who were

703
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: maybe in the league already while you were still in college,

704
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: players you looked up to that motivated you to be

705
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 1: like that, Yeah, if possible.

706
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 7: This is a this is a stupid and slightly cocky,

707
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 7: you know statement, But I just remember watching Chase Young

708
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,200
Speaker 7: run around people, right, and I was like, it can't

709
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 7: be that hard, you know what I mean? Sure enough,

710
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:43,240
Speaker 7: it is. It is definitely that hard. You know, that

711
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 7: switch was not I stay on tape. I looked like

712
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 7: I fit, but I'm you know, it's still a work

713
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 7: in progress in terms of learning and being a d N.

714
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 4: But yeah, it definitely is not. It's not as easy

715
00:33:58,240 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 4: as I thought it was going to be.

716
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 1: Who are some of the guys on the Bears that

717
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 1: helped you along, Veterans that helped you along when you

718
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 1: were a rookie and the league.

719
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,759
Speaker 7: Robert Quinn watching him, he was a quiet guy, I

720
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 7: don't get me wrong, Like he didn't say much, but

721
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 7: just watching him, watching him work his moves.

722
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 4: It helped me a lot.

723
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:21,759
Speaker 7: Justin Jones was was around that my rookie year, and

724
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 7: then uh later on I think Jake Martin he just

725
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 7: signed with I think the Titans. He helped me out

726
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 7: a lot. That was just a couple of years ago.

727
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 7: So I've had I've had a few people that I've

728
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 7: been able to watch or sit down and talk to

729
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 7: and just be able to take in and learn.

730
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 1: Do you know much about Houston? What are your impressions

731
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,359
Speaker 1: of Houston so far? I know it's very early. It

732
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:45,880
Speaker 1: is early.

733
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 7: It's a rodeo here, so I know, I know, I know, Uh,

734
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 7: I think food is big, right even you know het

735
00:34:55,320 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 7: uh rodeo. That's really about it, Just the topic of.

736
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:01,279
Speaker 4: Your time being here.

737
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, second time being.

738
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,480
Speaker 4: Yeah. So we came out, we played I think.

739
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,280
Speaker 1: What years ago before? Yeah, we too, ye fall.

740
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,240
Speaker 4: Yeah.

741
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 1: But you had a great year with the Bears this

742
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: past season. What can you take with you from your

743
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: experience in Chicago that you could use here individually and

744
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 1: things you just want to see happen for yourself.

745
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 7: Just that confidence, especially towards the playoffs. When them playoffs

746
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 7: kicked in, it was like my back is against the wall,

747
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 7: you know, So being able to play with that, with

748
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 7: that kind of back against the wall mentality and just

749
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 7: let it loose, that was I mean, it was reaching

750
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 7: the playoffs and playing those two games were amazing, Like honestly,

751
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:42,760
Speaker 7: truly it was. It was a different kind of vibe,

752
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 7: and I think I understand why people will say, like

753
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 7: you you lift, or though that is a moment you lift,

754
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 7: or that electric stadium, the crowd into it just it was,

755
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 7: you know, it brings it brings chills.

756
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,400
Speaker 1: Well, we can't wait to see in action. Thanks a

757
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 1: lot to appreciate it. There's Dominique Robinson and brought in

758
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: for that edge depth that the Texans are looking for.

759
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,319
Speaker 1: Johnny and I talked about this in segment one. When

760
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 1: you look at defensive end, and of course you have

761
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: the two killers at each side, Will Anderson Junior and

762
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:13,799
Speaker 1: Daniel Hunter and then Dylan Horton helping out coming off

763
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,360
Speaker 1: the pine and Dominique Robinson. Now you have no Derek

764
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: Barnett yet, we'll see if that comes to fruition. Solomon

765
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 1: Byrd still here twenty twenty four draft choice and Xavier

766
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,759
Speaker 1: Thomas and again they might add some pieces here. And

767
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,520
Speaker 1: remember Barnett and Horton would play a lot on first

768
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 1: and second down, and they would bring in Will and

769
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,320
Speaker 1: Daniel for pass rushing downs, and if it was second

770
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 1: and very long, they might bring him in right away.

771
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,879
Speaker 1: They played it a variety of ways. They were trying

772
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: to preserve their bodies, Will and Daniel's and also get

773
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: production out of the other guys because they would produce.

774
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,839
Speaker 1: I mean, Derek Barnett is produced for this football team.

775
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,239
Speaker 1: So Dominic Robinson has a unique opportunity here to help

776
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: out and we'll see how it all comes together. It's

777
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 1: such a process. You know, we're on the air every

778
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,359
Speaker 1: night here. We don't even have off season conditioning yet.

779
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,280
Speaker 1: That gets started April twentieth and OTAs a few weeks

780
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 1: after that, so likely pointed out earlier. Many people thought, oh,

781
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 1: they're done, and you get Wyatt Teller midday today, And

782
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 1: that's just the way it goes in free agency, and

783
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,439
Speaker 1: that's the way it goes with Nick Cassario. Don't think

784
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 1: you're done, because you're never done. You're watching the house

785
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 1: being constructed, just like I did when I was a kid.

786
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,799
Speaker 1: My dad actually built a house with two three other

787
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: guys at the most I was a little kid observing this,

788
00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 1: and they hammered nails in the old fashion way. I

789
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: think the only time they had extra people was for

790
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:34,959
Speaker 1: the foundation poor and when they put up the main beam.

791
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,040
Speaker 1: Other than that, it was three four guys building an

792
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 1: entire house the old fashion way, like the Amish. No,

793
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: we weren't Amish anyway. Thank you for allowing me to

794
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 1: indulge in that childhood memory. Coming up, Dalton Schultz on

795
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 1: the show, and a little bit more on Wyatt Teller,

796
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 1: knew Texans offensive lineman and how that line's going to

797
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: look here on Texans Radio. Final thoughts of the evening

798
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 1: Here on Texans Radio. If you missed it earlier, we

799
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 1: talked about Wyatt Teller. The news broke midday that the

800
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,799
Speaker 1: Cleveland guard, well, let's not call him that anymore, a

801
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 1: guard who played in Cleveland out of Virginia Tech. Wyatt Teller,

802
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 1: three time Pro bowler, two times second team All Pro,

803
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 1: good offensive lineman injuries. Johnny pointed out, he's got to

804
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,319
Speaker 1: stay healthy now. He played in thirteen games each of

805
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 1: the last two years, so it's not like complete busts

806
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,919
Speaker 1: as far as injury laden seasons go. But you want

807
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,799
Speaker 1: to get thirteen plus out of him minimum, I would think,

808
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 1: But we'll see because Nick Cassario will probably be active

809
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: in the draft, he's not done in free agency. We'll

810
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 1: see how it all goes. But if you had to

811
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 1: put pencil to paper right now, like we talked about

812
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: earlier in the show, you might go Ursery left tackle,

813
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,399
Speaker 1: maybe Wyatt Teller left guard, Jake Andrews setter, maybe Evan

814
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,799
Speaker 1: Brown right guard, and Braden Smith right tackle. That means

815
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: Trent Brown is a swing tackle. What about Blake Fisher.

816
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 1: You still have a lot of guys here, Jared Patterson,

817
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 1: You have a lot of guys who can help the cause.

818
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:01,920
Speaker 1: So we'll see out all six out during training camp.

819
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 1: OTA's all of that, and with the acquisitions, they will

820
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 1: continue to make very exciting stuff that the Texans continue

821
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,240
Speaker 1: to add to this football team and the O line.

822
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: At this point this year versus this point last year,

823
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:19,319
Speaker 1: I think we'll all agree it's better. It's better right now,

824
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: we're all on paper here. It's March, but it's better

825
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 1: than it was and they'll continue to try to improve it.

826
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 1: They do not want to assume anything here, so you

827
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: feel a whole lot better though with this acquisition. He

828
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 1: was out there. They got him. Let's move on. The

829
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: Houston Texans march into twenty twenty six with a better

830
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 1: offensive line. All right, let's get to this Dalton Schultz.

831
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 1: We made a video with Dalton as he signed his

832
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 1: contract extension. Talk to him about being in the league

833
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: for a long time, being here for his fourth season,

834
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: coming up with CJ. Stroud and the Houston offense. Dalton

835
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,479
Speaker 1: Schultz in studio. This is the video interview. The video

836
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:00,799
Speaker 1: will be out soon enough. How's that for a release date?

837
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 1: Soon enough? We'll see when. But Schultz in studio here

838
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: on Texans Radio. It's year nine in college. If I

839
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 1: told you you're gonna be entering year nine at some

840
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:14,879
Speaker 1: point signing a contract extension, what would that be? Like?

841
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 4: It's crazy.

842
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:19,239
Speaker 6: This whole like journey of ball feels like a kind

843
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 6: of just like a happy accident in some ways. Like

844
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:24,759
Speaker 6: I didn't know what a scholarship was when I got

845
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 6: a scholarship in high school. I wasn't a lot of

846
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 6: these guys like dream about this. Like I just kind

847
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:33,920
Speaker 6: of found myself in the position to like be doing this,

848
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,319
Speaker 6: and so like in college, if you would have told

849
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 6: me freshman year that i'd be nine years in. I

850
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 6: don't know if I want to believe you, you know

851
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,800
Speaker 6: what I mean, Like, that's why I went to Stanford.

852
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,319
Speaker 6: I was like, well, football doesn't work out, you know,

853
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 6: at least at least school might so. But yeah, dude,

854
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:49,360
Speaker 6: I'm ecstatic.

855
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 1: We got a lot of rookies coming in, young players,

856
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 1: guys who've maybe been here a year. What advice would

857
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: you have for them to last as long as you

858
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,600
Speaker 1: have and go beyond that as well?

859
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 6: To longevity in this league is hard and I've seen that,

860
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:08,920
Speaker 6: and I would say for me, what really helped me,

861
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,600
Speaker 6: especially my first couple of years, was looking at the

862
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,839
Speaker 6: people that have been there a decade, have been there

863
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 6: a long time, and literally all I try to do

864
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,880
Speaker 6: was just do exactly what they did. Pattern my habits

865
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 6: exactly like they did. Do the little things like the

866
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 6: post practice work exactly like they did, do the pre

867
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:31,719
Speaker 6: practice activation exactly, like they did watch film the same

868
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 6: way as they did. I had a lot of people

869
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 6: that were very willing to like take me under their

870
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 6: wing in a sense when I was young and kind

871
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 6: of bring me along, and that helped me tremendously just

872
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:45,839
Speaker 6: to kind of build that foundation, and so that's kind

873
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 6: of something that I try to do now because like

874
00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 6: I had guys doing that for me, and you know,

875
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,399
Speaker 6: in this part of my career, like I would love

876
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 6: to do that for anybody that is willing, And so yeah,

877
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 6: I think just be open, listen, listen, and learn from

878
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:01,880
Speaker 6: the guys that have done it, because it's proven.

879
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:05,360
Speaker 1: What's the hunger like for you and the team having

880
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 1: been so close to your goals, to your ultimate goals

881
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: right there and knowing that, hey, we're about to settle

882
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 1: up here for another opportunity. What's that like for you?

883
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 4: In the squad all.

884
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:19,719
Speaker 6: Time high, like you know, going against our defense and

885
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:21,440
Speaker 6: practice all the time, like I know what we have

886
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,120
Speaker 6: on the defensive side of the ball, and then being

887
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 6: you know, next to the guys on offense, like I

888
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 6: know what we have there too, And I mean I

889
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 6: feel like it's cliche, but like really I feel like

890
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 6: we're really close, and you know, close is never good enough,

891
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 6: and obviously we fell short, but like that makes me

892
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 6: super excited to get back on the horse and like

893
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:42,439
Speaker 6: go at it again because at the end of the day,

894
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 6: like you got twenty two guys to step on the

895
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:49,240
Speaker 6: field each way that are competitors, and like there's nowhere

896
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,359
Speaker 6: that we'd rather be than in between those white lines

897
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 6: on a Sunday afternoon. So I'm excited to saddle up.

898
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 6: And the more and more I'm kind of in this league,

899
00:42:57,640 --> 00:42:59,600
Speaker 6: the more and more I just fall in love with

900
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 6: the work, the off seasons, the training, the training, the OTAs.

901
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,880
Speaker 6: Everything is just that much more fun because it's like

902
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 6: you get a little bit more out of it the

903
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 6: longer you're in it. So every year the passes, Man,

904
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 6: I'm just up. I'm excited. So I'm excited to get

905
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 6: back on the worst and do it again.

906
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 1: How about year four with CJ, Year two with Nick Caley,

907
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:22,919
Speaker 1: the continuity, A lot of good playmakers coming back.

908
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 6: There is a lot of good playmakers coming back, and

909
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 6: I'm excited just to see kind of like Kales settle

910
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:32,759
Speaker 6: in and bring some new wrinkles in and like see

911
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:35,080
Speaker 6: what see how we kind of develop this stuff, you

912
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:36,960
Speaker 6: know what I mean. There's always a big jump from

913
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 6: any offense from the first year you do it to

914
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,640
Speaker 6: the second year, and I'm just I'm excited to see

915
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 6: what kind of what kind of comes out in these

916
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:49,319
Speaker 6: next few months as we get into OTAs.

917
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 1: Setting the tight ends receptions record for the Texans and

918
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 1: also leading the team in catches. What about that? I

919
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,879
Speaker 1: know it's individual stuff, it's a team effort, but that's

920
00:43:57,920 --> 00:43:59,040
Speaker 1: a heck of an accomplishment.

921
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 8: Your thoughts as far as like the record stuff like

922
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 8: that's just kind of a byproduct of what I put in,

923
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 8: which again is like why I love the work because

924
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:10,800
Speaker 8: I can you can look at that after the season

925
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 8: and go like, well, that happened because of what I

926
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 8: did in OTA's what I did in March, what I

927
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,319
Speaker 8: did in June, the work that I put in in July, Like,

928
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:22,480
Speaker 8: that's just that's a result of that.

929
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 6: And I think anybody that kind of has things like that,

930
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 6: the guys that the guys that hit all pro Daniel

931
00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:31,359
Speaker 6: and will like, they'll tell you the same thing too.

932
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 6: It's the work that you put in on the front end.

933
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:37,440
Speaker 6: That's just that's a byproduct. So I'm grateful that that happened.

934
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,320
Speaker 6: But like you said, dude, it's a new year, and

935
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 6: now can you do it again?

936
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 1: What is it like for you to see free agency

937
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 1: going on and watch Nick Cook and all of that,

938
00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: seeing players add into the squad. What is it like

939
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 1: for you being a veteran seeing new players come in

940
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 1: like that.

941
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,160
Speaker 6: Dude, It's it's fun, especially just there's a lot of

942
00:44:56,200 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 6: guys that you know, you have an opportunity to be

943
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 6: on the same team with that you've been walking around

944
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 6: the league for years that I'm really excited to like

945
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,239
Speaker 6: get in the building and like have them on your

946
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:10,320
Speaker 6: side now you know, playing against them. So yeah, I'm

947
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:13,239
Speaker 6: I'm always excited to see like good talent. And then

948
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,240
Speaker 6: obviously with the draft, everybody comes in the young hungry

949
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 6: rookies like almost like to fire and everybody just to

950
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,279
Speaker 6: you know, young guys come in the first year, they

951
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 6: don't they don't know any better, they're just juiced uff

952
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 6: to be there. And that's kind of you know, it

953
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:30,480
Speaker 6: helps everybody. So yeah, I'm I'm excited at whenever whenever

954
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:31,800
Speaker 6: we get new faces.

955
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:35,440
Speaker 1: I'll stand and congratulations, Dalton, thank you. There's our video interview.

956
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 1: I say that because you could tell by the audio

957
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 1: it's not quite our normal audio quality, but it's good.

958
00:45:40,719 --> 00:45:43,160
Speaker 1: It's good stuff from Dalton Schultz. Love hearing from him

959
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,719
Speaker 1: entering year four as a textan year nine overall, all right,

960
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 1: all our analysis comments about Wyatt Teller and the offensive

961
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,960
Speaker 1: line earlier in the show. So this show will be

962
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,239
Speaker 1: up in podcast forms soon enough on the Audissey app

963
00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:58,799
Speaker 1: and then on Spotify, Houston Texans dot com, all of

964
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 1: it so you can enjoy what John Harris had to

965
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 1: say about that. In fact, Johnny was on in the

966
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 1: Loop today when the news broke, so he gave his

967
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:10,400
Speaker 1: initial reaction with John and Reggie cool stuff. But we

968
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:12,600
Speaker 1: heard from him tonight as well on Texans Radio and

969
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 1: tomorrow night's show is absolutely packed with all sorts of audios,

970
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 1: so you don't want to miss that, including Red Blankenship

971
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:21,960
Speaker 1: joining us on the show, and Defensive inventory as Johnny

972
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 1: and I look at the entire defense all three position

973
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:28,319
Speaker 1: groups and how things might play out this year. But

974
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 1: it's really inventory and where they're at right now with

975
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: acquisitions to come, because once again, they are never done.

976
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,200
Speaker 1: But we are done for this show coming up next

977
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:40,560
Speaker 1: Area forty five. Have a great night, everyone, Go Texans