1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Welcome into another edition of Texting the Huddle. I am 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: in d Kalou. Here is Drew Doherty sitting to my right, 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: Desmond King. I would say the pride of Iowa. But 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: I know you grew up in Detroit. But to make 5 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: sure you're real, I want to know what do you 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: think when I say, ain't no future in your front? 7 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: I want to see if you're really from the d 8 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,159 Speaker 1: well What comes to mind? Ain't no future in your front? 9 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: Ain't no future in your front? 10 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: I might be showing my age on this. Yeah, man, 11 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: I'm ninety four Flint, Michigan. You don't know Detroit. But 12 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: how far Flint from Detroit? 13 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 1: Why you know what I always thought Flint and start. 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 2: Here maybe I mean maybe back in the day. Maybe 15 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 2: back in the day, but you know, around my time, 16 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: I didn't do much traveling to Flint. 17 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: Okay, not me. So who represents the Detroit hip hop scene? 18 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: If if I wanted to test your your hip hop 19 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: not local hip hop knowledge? 20 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 2: Mmm, see the furthest I'm gonna go back. It's Blade 21 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 2: ice Wood. Okay, I'm gonna go back. I'm gonna have 22 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 2: to talk to someone about life. Oh geez, you know, 23 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 2: to confirm that. Just just tell them bust your life 24 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: or that is. 25 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: Okay, okay, cool, cool, Well I failed I failed the 26 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: test then with the wrong answers either way. One thing 27 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 1: you're not feeling is on the field, having a great career. 28 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: And we appreciate you being here with us. 29 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 2: Thank you for having me. 30 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 3: Appreciate But yeah, it's good to have you back. Man. 31 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,919 Speaker 3: You're you've been one of the favorites the last few years. 32 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 3: You left. What was it like, You're gone about two 33 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 3: months to three months and change. What's it like when 34 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 3: you get back in that locker room? How much different 35 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:43,680 Speaker 3: was it? How much of it was the same when 36 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 3: you returned? 37 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 2: Doesn't When I got back, it was just open arms. 38 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: You know. 39 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 2: First off, a lot of guys saw me. They was 40 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: like they was shocked. It's like, oh, what's up, Dan, 41 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 2: what's uping you back? I said back, like I never 42 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: left me. So it was good, you know, to come in, 43 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: you know, see familiar faces, see guys that I'm really 44 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: cool with that's on the team, and guys that I'm 45 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 2: familiar with around. They got my locker right right next 46 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 2: to Tavia Thomas again, so you know, that's that's that's 47 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 2: my ace boom coon right there. So we go way back, 48 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 2: and uh, like I said, it's just it's just been 49 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 2: like an open arm welcoming one, welcoming back here in Houston. 50 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: This is a lot about you, because you know my career. 51 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: I left Philly, came back after a stint with Washington, 52 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: and one thing the general manager mentioned when I came 53 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: back was, hey, you didn't burn any bridges. We appreciate 54 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: the way you left, and it was just the numbers 55 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: and now your back. So when they brought you back, 56 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,079 Speaker 1: I said, one, obviously they figured it out in two. 57 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: He must have done it the professional way on his 58 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: way out. So that does say a lot about you, 59 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: as absolutely. I know. 60 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: I just remember when I did talk to me going Nick, 61 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,239 Speaker 2: they just thank me for everything out that I did 62 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 2: do for the organization and say, you know, the door 63 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: is always open, you know, from my knowledge, just be 64 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 2: ready when your number is called. And you know they 65 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 2: called me up and now I'm here three weeks saying 66 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 2: back with the team and you know, I'm just doing 67 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 2: everything I can to help us win. 68 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:05,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, it really is like you never left. I mean 69 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 3: you jump right in, You're playing on defense, You're making 70 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 3: lots of plays there, you're turning punts. I mean, you've 71 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 3: been a playmaker. Your guy, or I guess should say 72 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 3: our guy, Jonathan Joseph, great Texans defensive back. I mean, 73 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 3: he's talked about you off the air. He's like, yeah, 74 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 3: that guy's got the best ball skills of any dB 75 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 3: in the room right now. So it was fun. I 76 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 3: imagine getting back and playing because you didn't get to 77 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 3: play too much in Pittsburgh. 78 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: Did you. No, I didn't. 79 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 2: I didn't play much in Pittsburgh. And I was actually 80 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 2: excited when I got there because, you know, just playing 81 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 2: for Mike Tomlin. I think everybody know, like, you know, 82 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 2: you got Mike Tomlin as the head coach, what can 83 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: you you know, what what can you not expect from him? 84 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: You know, it's a guy that's going to push you 85 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: to your limit. I got it, has high expectations for 86 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 2: all his players. And then it's just the organization that 87 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 2: they had, So I mean when I got there, maybe 88 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: it was just you know, they had the guys already 89 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 2: coming back from ir you know, things like that. So 90 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: you know, I just took that, walked with it and 91 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 2: saw myself back here for a circle. So I mean, 92 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 2: like I said, God always has a plan for everything, 93 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: you know, and as long as you stay on that path, 94 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 2: there's no other path other than guys. So that's all 95 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 2: I'm doing, is just following his path. 96 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 3: You've told it many many times. But for those that 97 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: don't know about it. You just mentioned Tavy or Thomas. 98 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 3: You guys go way back to Detroit. I mean, how 99 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 3: long have you guys known each other? How close are 100 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 3: you guys right now? And have you been throughout You've 101 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 3: got a big smile on your face. 102 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 2: We reflect it say eight nine years old, so uh 103 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: yeah that and I look at us, we hear in 104 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 2: the NFL. We both made it to the NFL and 105 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: playing on the same team. So it's it's like a 106 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 2: dream come true because we just kind of still visual 107 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 2: ourselves as these little kids playing football with these big 108 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 2: pads on so and now looking at us, looking at 109 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 2: us now, they just looked the same when we were 110 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 2: out there on the field. 111 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: We got each other's back. That's crazy because it's one 112 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: thing to have, like a high school teammate make it 113 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: to the league, but for you to have someone that 114 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: you've known since before you were attend Yeah, and not 115 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 1: just being the NFL, but be on the same team. 116 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: What was y'all's relationship, Like early on, were y'all going 117 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: against Oh yeah, yeah. 118 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:07,719 Speaker 2: We went against each other a couple of times. I 119 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 2: remember when he first was with Arizona. He was a 120 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,480 Speaker 2: rookie and we played them in the preseason. I almost 121 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 2: caught air interception that game, almost and then I kind 122 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 2: of looked at him on the side and I was like, 123 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 2: it was this close. 124 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: He was like, I know every time, and he tells 125 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: me that. He tell everybody that you can ask him. 126 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 2: He said, every time I play him or play against him, 127 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 2: he make a big play. He make a big play. 128 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 2: And I remember he was in Cleveland. It was twenty eighteen. 129 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 2: We was out there in Cleveland. We played them. I 130 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 2: actually made two people running to each other on a 131 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 2: punt return and he saw that too, So he was like, 132 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 2: it's just something about him. And then I had caught 133 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 2: you in his subjects, like it's just something about every 134 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 2: time I play against him, he do something. So I mean, 135 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 2: I mean, maybe that is the thing. But now we're 136 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 2: on the same team and we both excelling at a 137 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:57,239 Speaker 2: high level. 138 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: You know, he can't admit it, but I bet when 139 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: he was on the other sideline. On the inside, it's like, yeah, 140 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: that's my boy. Yeah, you know, you. 141 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 2: Can't yeah for you when you when you're Yeah, definitely, definitely. 142 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,279 Speaker 2: And then that's just the thing, man, that's and that 143 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 2: goes with all of my guys that I've played played 144 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: with either in little league, high school and college ball, 145 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 2: Like whenever we see each other, man, we room for 146 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 2: each other, you know, like, yeah, we want to win, 147 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 2: but at the same time, we want to see each other, 148 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 2: you know, ball out and be successful. 149 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: All right, this will be the last time I bring 150 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: this up. Text him and before the end of the show, 151 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: just say, Hey, this old fool next to me is 152 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: testing me. Do you know who mc breed is? And 153 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: I bet I bet he knows, So hopefully we'll get 154 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: that before before the end of the show. You know, 155 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: you talk about twenty eighteen. You had that big game, 156 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 1: but obviously you had a big season because you're all pro, 157 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: not just as a dB, but as a punk return man. 158 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: I've always been amazed as long as I played the football. 159 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,039 Speaker 1: That's one thing I've never even tried. And Jacobe Jones 160 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: has gotten real close with and we would always talk 161 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: about this with punk return, Like I have to give 162 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,479 Speaker 1: it up to y'all because you're looking up at the ball, 163 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: but you you know you got ten beasts coming to 164 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: hit you. Like just kind of talk for the listener. 165 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: What's the mindset? Is it securing the ball first? Or 166 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: are you thinking about those guys coming down and get you. 167 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 2: Well, one, I'm gonna just say it starts with confidence. 168 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: It starts with confidence, and it takes a lot to 169 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 2: do it, honestly, because you got to learn how to 170 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 2: track the ball out of the air, Like you said, 171 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 2: you gotta learn how to focus on it. And it's 172 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 2: all about securing the ball. 173 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 3: First's to do by itself, you know exactly much. 174 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 2: Not even just what people coming at you. That's hard 175 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 2: to do by itself. Then you gotta think about, Okay, 176 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 2: once I catch this ball, my decision making is you 177 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 2: fair catching it or is you gonna You're gonna take 178 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 2: that chance and go run with it. Like you said, 179 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: there's ten other people coming down there for one reason 180 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 2: to get you, not nobody else. They not trying to 181 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 2: fool around and get blocked. No, they coming to get you. 182 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 2: So like you're thinking about all that. So like with me, 183 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 2: I try to be as calm as I can. I 184 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 2: remember my Special Teams coordinator George Stewart when I was 185 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 2: on the charges and he telled me when I was 186 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 2: back there, he said, stay cool under the fire, Stay cool, 187 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 2: learning the fire every time. Stay cool learning the fire. 188 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 2: So like that's what That's what goes on in my head. 189 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 2: I'm just trying to stay as calm as I can 190 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 2: and secure his ball first, and then once I do that, 191 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 2: then do whatever you can. 192 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: What's the progression? Like when do you say, Okay, I'm 193 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: gonna fair catch? When do you say they're too close 194 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: to me? Is it a feel or is it? Like? 195 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 2: I'm a chance taker? At times I take I take 196 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 2: some chances. Sometimes you can't be too too greedy, though, 197 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: because you can pay for it, and I have in 198 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 2: my career. 199 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: I have it. 200 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 2: Uh, But that's that's what you learn from. Like if 201 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 2: you don't do that, then you won't you won't never know, 202 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 2: you know what I'm saying. Can I take this chance? 203 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 2: Do I fair catch? You know what I'm saying? So 204 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 2: you have to do that sometimes I think in my 205 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 2: belief I have to. But I think I have some senses. 206 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 2: At times I do, and I could feel how close 207 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,200 Speaker 2: people get to me, and I think that's what based 208 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,439 Speaker 2: my decision off, Like, Okay, I can fair catch this, 209 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 2: but at the same time, like if I can like 210 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 2: move my body a little bit this way because I 211 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 2: feel coming from here, then I can probably make a miss. 212 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 2: So there's been times where it'd be somebody like maybe 213 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 2: five yards of space closing in and the ball is 214 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: just getting to my hands and I'm like, okay, I 215 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 2: can make a miss, and there's times that I'll just 216 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 2: fair catch it. 217 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: So it really depends. See, I ain't know punk, but 218 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,839 Speaker 1: I'll be fair catching before they even say make sure 219 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: everybody can fair catching it, because that's just one thing 220 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: I've always had a respect for. Even more so punk 221 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: return than kickoff return. I just feel like kickoff. 222 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 2: Return it's more direction of what kickoff returns, you know, 223 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 2: it's everything set up for you to go this way. 224 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: Perk return. 225 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 2: That's why I like punk return a lot more because yeah, 226 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 2: it's directional, but at the same time you can kind 227 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 2: of you can kind of use your own leverage against them. 228 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 3: So talking with cornerback Desmond King, but he's also an 229 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 3: excellent punt returner. You just said something pretty interesting, you said. 230 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 3: One of your first NFL special teams, coaches talked about calm, 231 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 3: you know, under pressure, et cetera, et cetera. Were you 232 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 3: always that way? Did you have to change some Were 233 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 3: you ever not calm when you were returning punts? 234 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: I did. 235 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 2: I did him in college. I did him in high 236 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 2: school too and little league. 237 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:32,079 Speaker 1: So I've been I've. 238 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 3: Been getting out there. 239 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 2: I think it's it's just always been that because I 240 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 2: played offense too, and in that corner, uh, playing defense. 241 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 2: I mean it's kind of the same thing. You know, 242 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 2: you don't want to be too antsie. You don't want 243 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 2: to be too you know, overwhelmed playing on the football field. 244 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 2: Just as an athlete, I think in any in any sport, 245 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,559 Speaker 2: you don't want to be too overwhelmed. You want to 246 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 2: be too hyped at times because it could put you 247 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 2: in a in a different spot, you know what I mean. 248 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 2: So I think just keeping that calmness with myself as 249 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 2: an athlete I think helped me as well. 250 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, you brought up your offensive background. I mean you 251 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 3: you've got your high school record for rushing yards all time. 252 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 3: So when you were growing up, did you identify more 253 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 3: with the offensive guys the defensive guys, Like, was you 254 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 3: who your favorite football players when you were growing up? 255 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 1: Barry Sanders and Avery. 256 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 3: So you just kind of split them on. 257 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 2: So that's why I start. So that's that's how I began. 258 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 2: That's how I began playing running back, and that's how 259 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 2: I began playing defense. And if you know, Avery had 260 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 2: a background and special teams per returner as well. 261 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 3: So just watching that yards or touchdowns and. 262 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 2: Just watching that and just like I'm like, Okay, I 263 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 2: like playing I like playing safety. 264 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:53,959 Speaker 1: I want to play defense. 265 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 2: And then Barry Sanders just growing up out of Detroit, 266 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 2: everybody loved Barry. Sure, everybody loved barr Barry did it, 267 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 2: did it did on his own, you know what I'm saying. 268 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 2: So I think that's what kind of pushed me. And 269 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 2: then I had my little league coach me and Ti 270 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,719 Speaker 2: Gery's little coach. He actually played with Barry Sanders. He 271 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 2: was his backup. Who was that Johnny Oglespy Okay recipe, 272 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 2: So you know it's my coach. That was my little 273 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 2: league coach, and that's who actually put me in the 274 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 2: number twenty. So once he gave me that number, he 275 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 2: was like all my running backs worth twenty for me 276 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 2: because of Barry Sanders. So that's why I became like, Okay, 277 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 2: I like wearing twenty. I liked Barry Sanders, and then 278 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 2: I discovered that I read at that age as well, 279 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 2: So it was just like it's a whole story behind everything. 280 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: Have you had a chance to meet he's one of 281 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:42,719 Speaker 1: those guys yet? No? Yeah, because I mean Barry I 282 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: actually met. The first time I met Barry Sanders was here. 283 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: He was doing something for one of the Super Bowls 284 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: here in Houston, and there was some promo and I 285 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: got a chance to meet him there, But no, you talk. 286 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: He never played against him. My rookie year was like 287 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: one of his last years. But our teams ever faced 288 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 1: each other, but always just grow up and myering them. 289 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 2: So you watching him live on the field, what was 290 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 2: your first take? 291 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: First of all, so the one game, but I wasn't playing. 292 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: It was my rookie year and either I just didn't 293 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: get in or I wasn't dressed that year. It was 294 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: truly like a watching a video game. Just how quick 295 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: he moved east and west. Our d line did a 296 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: great job. Change in the line of scrimmage didn't matter 297 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: because you're not hitting him with for the first two 298 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: or three people and the things there's only like a 299 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,840 Speaker 1: handful of players where you watched him play, and you're like, Okay, 300 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: no one else can even do that. You might as 301 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: well not even try to coach that because no one 302 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: else can do it. So just for me, because I 303 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: love football growing up, I was just a football fan. 304 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: Even as a kid. It was like watching Michael Jordan 305 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: on the football. That's amazing when I had a chance 306 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: to do. 307 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 3: That, and you played in high school. He played in 308 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 3: high school. Priest Holmes, I mean amazing running back as well. 309 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 3: How do you even compare those two guys, Priest and 310 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 3: Barry Sanders, You. 311 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:57,680 Speaker 1: Know, different styles, but similar It sounds crazy for me 312 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: to say similar impacts. I mean, Barry Sanders is the first. 313 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: He's a Hall of Famer within the Hall of Fame. 314 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: But when Priest Holmes had his three years before he 315 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: got injured, he had three years where he was scoring 316 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:10,680 Speaker 1: like twenty six. I think he may have gotten up 317 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: to thirty touchdowns in the season when he was at 318 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: his prime. Similar as far as making guys missed. So 319 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: it's just fun to watch those type of guys, especially 320 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: when one's on your team, all right, so more more enjoyable. 321 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: Pick six to the house, Well, that's redundant. Pick six 322 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: or a punk return to the house. That's tough. 323 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:33,040 Speaker 2: I've actually I've changed a lot of momentum games with both. 324 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 2: But for me, I think I will go pick six. 325 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 2: I think I will go pick six only because only 326 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 2: because it just it's just it's like a it's a 327 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 2: momentum boost for your defense. Like it's that confidence that 328 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 2: y'all have, that swagger that y'all build him. Like when 329 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 2: you when you catch a pick and you're going back 330 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 2: in for a touchdown, it's like, oh yeah, oh yeah, 331 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 2: we're here, We're about to get another one. Yeah, because 332 00:14:58,560 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 2: we're going right back on the field, we about to 333 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 2: get another one mine as well. So it's like, I 334 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 2: think it's more of a defensive boost confidence for us, 335 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 2: and and it just means it just means a lot more. 336 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 2: I like the part return too, but pick six, yeah, definitely, 337 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 2: It's just it boosts the whole team because you never 338 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 2: know who I was about to get one. 339 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 3: It's true, Yeah you almost had to fuck well you 340 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 3: did have a funnel return for six, and yeah, we 341 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 3: know what happened with that with the officials the other game. 342 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 3: But I was looking at your bio and I just 343 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 3: learned this today. You want to stay titled as a 344 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 3: one hundred and fifty pounder in wrestling? Like how deep 345 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 3: did you take wrestling? After that? 346 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: That was it? 347 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 3: That was your junior and then you're done. Yeah, how 348 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 3: long had you been wrestling? 349 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 2: I think it was really just that year, might have 350 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 2: been two years. 351 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 3: You didn't do wrestling before that, and you just hop 352 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:47,800 Speaker 3: in and. 353 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 2: Just hopped in it, just hopped in and I had 354 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 2: so I actually I was. 355 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: I was. 356 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 2: I was trying out for this other little league team 357 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 2: before I I went back to the team that me 358 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 2: and Tells first started with. I was on this other 359 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 2: team and I was over there and I met a 360 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 2: lot of guys that was over there, and they had 361 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 2: a wrestling team. And I didn't know that until I 362 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 2: had to go over there and try for that team, 363 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 2: and that I was like, yeah, we got a wrestling team. 364 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 2: We kind of put our guys in, you know, helped 365 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 2: them with football. 366 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 1: It's okay. 367 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 2: So I remember my background. I ran track, played football, 368 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 2: So what what wrestling do you? I mean, it just 369 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 2: helped them tackle form tackle, not just throw your body 370 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 2: in there form tackle. So I was like, I'm gonna 371 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 2: try it out. So my first time going in there, 372 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 2: I remember this. 373 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: Uh. I honestly believed that. 374 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 2: I think he's family because he has the same last 375 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 2: name as my mom Pole and I'm going against meach 376 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 2: and he put me in this cradle and I couldn't breathe. 377 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: So I'm in there, You're like, God, get them off 378 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: of me, get him off for me. I don't want 379 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: to do this, get him off with me. 380 00:16:58,040 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 2: I was like, no, no, no, You're gonna stay in 381 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 2: here and you're gonna fight. 382 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: You're gonna do this. 383 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 2: So that's what really got me into it, because I'm like, 384 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 2: I ain't letting nobody else do that to me, right, 385 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 2: So like I'm like okay, So after all, like doing 386 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 2: it for that time, it really did help me on 387 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 2: another level, not even just wrestling, not even just football, 388 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 2: and put me in shape. 389 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 3: I was gonna say, the training field, that's pretty. 390 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 1: It's it's intense. 391 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 3: Like to give people an idea because that's not as 392 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 3: big a deal down here. You know, there's not as 393 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:33,840 Speaker 3: many wrestling teams down here. 394 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:38,479 Speaker 2: Well one you're in there wrestling for time, right is 395 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 2: this is non stop, so you it's a different type 396 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 2: of endurance you gotta have for it. We're doing handstands 397 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 2: on the wall upside down like all type of stuff. 398 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: Man. 399 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 2: It's just it's intense. So like I like it. 400 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: I like it. So if I could actually. 401 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 2: Find an off season program of doing like some type 402 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 2: of training like that that's more like what MMA, now, 403 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 2: that'd probably be like more MMA. Yeah, so maybe maybe 404 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 2: I'll do that this off season, kind of like try 405 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 2: something new, because I ain't done that since then. 406 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: So yeah, so you first, you can't breathe and just 407 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: fast forward only two three years and winning state. I 408 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: want to stay the title. So did your coaches really 409 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 1: nail down the techniques with you? 410 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,160 Speaker 2: Like, yeah, I end up starting learning more like single 411 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 2: edged takedowns, double edged takedowalds. I learned the cradle because 412 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 2: I actually put somebody in it and I was like, oh, 413 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 2: yeah that feels good. Now I see it now, I 414 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 2: see now I see how I felt. So I'm like, okay, 415 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 2: So yeah, they they taught me a lot of things, man, 416 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 2: And I honestly think one thing that I did learn 417 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 2: about it was the focus that you got to have. 418 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 2: And I was just talking to Steve Nelson about this 419 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 2: the other day because, uh, in the walkthrough, I think 420 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 2: on Saturday he I think he tried to do something 421 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 2: but I blocked it like real fast. He was like 422 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 2: he was on it. I say, yeah, man, the risk, 423 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 2: the risk to tell you everything. 424 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 3: Is natural for you. It was just natural today. That's cool. 425 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 1: I have multiple questions. I'm impressed by this. So my 426 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: first question, why did you stop after when it state? 427 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 1: Was it like I've already accomplished what I needed to. Uh? 428 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 2: Nah, it was just more like, well, my track coach 429 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 2: was my uncle, so he had me doing indoor track, 430 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 2: outdoor track, so I was doing all that. I remember 431 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,919 Speaker 2: I tried to play basketball and I was I was, actually, 432 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 2: I'm pretty good at basketball, so I was. This was 433 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 2: my senior year in high school. So I'm like, I'm 434 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,879 Speaker 2: gonna try everything. I'm gonna go play basketball too. So 435 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 2: I'm in mid practice, mid practice, my uncle comes in there. 436 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 2: He say, you ain't no basketball player. Get your butt 437 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 2: out here on this track before I mess you up. 438 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 2: So I'm like, I ain't trying to see him. 439 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 3: It's like George Fan's mom when George left the basketball 440 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 3: court to go play football. 441 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 2: I don't want to see him mad, so I'm like, yeah, 442 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 2: talk this up. I never played basketball with the boys 443 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 2: because I never played organized basketball for no team. 444 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:11,399 Speaker 3: Just messing around, that's how you played it. 445 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 2: That's how I started playing basketball. So I go play 446 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 2: with my friends, being a gym, shoot around, all that, 447 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 2: but I never played officially fourteen. 448 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: That's then my last question from the wrestling. You were 449 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: only one fifty as a junior. Okay, talk about that, 450 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: because that's that's not a lot of weight, right ya, 451 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: that's not that's not. 452 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 3: But isn't that the more kind of competitive wrestling. 453 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's more, it's more skilled. 454 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 3: I watched the movie Vision. 455 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 1: Question, Yeah, that's. 456 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 2: That's the more skilled division weight weight class. 457 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:43,399 Speaker 1: How did you put on the weight before you went 458 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:43,679 Speaker 1: on too? 459 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 2: Iowa Iowa did that? 460 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:46,400 Speaker 1: Okay? 461 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 3: I was gonna ask did you have to cut weight 462 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 3: to get to one fifty or you write it? 463 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 2: I was I was small. I was small in high school. 464 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 2: I was really small in high school. 465 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 1: I think my. 466 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 2: Senior year, I think I was about one, like a 467 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 2: high sixties seventy, and then I got the Iowa and they, 468 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 2: I mean I put weight on when once I got 469 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 2: the Iowa. You know that's a that's a strength program there. 470 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 3: Yeah. 471 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're gonna they're gonna do that. They're gonna put 472 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 2: the weight on you. You're going to strip, you're gonna 473 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 2: be that's the strength program development, Like we want our 474 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 2: guys to do this, do this, do this. So I 475 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 2: mean that's that's what kind of program you should want 476 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 2: to be in. You know, a program that's going to 477 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 2: have something mapped out for you. So I was I 478 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 2: was cool. So once I got there, I think my 479 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,679 Speaker 2: freshman year I got up to like one eighty. 480 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, the right way. So it sounds like that 481 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 1: sounds like you obviously competed in a lot of different sports. 482 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:39,120 Speaker 1: Now because I have some young kids playing and sodas drew, 483 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,440 Speaker 1: they're so focused on just playing one sport. Do you 484 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 1: like that or do you subscribe more to play as 485 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: many different sports as you can. 486 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 2: I mean, look, I'm gonna just give all the credit 487 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 2: to my mom my, mom my, stepdad. Like those was 488 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 2: the one my coaches, my mentors, those are the ones 489 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,400 Speaker 2: that put me out there. My uncle put me out there. 490 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 2: I remember, I'm running track. I'm running track. It's poorn 491 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 2: raining like hard. They threw me in the eight hundred 492 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,919 Speaker 2: meter race. What was your your events typically though I 493 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 2: was a long distance runner. Really I ran open fo, 494 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 2: I ran open eight, I ran all the relays two, four, 495 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 2: bout four. 496 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 1: They even threw me in the mile. 497 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:20,560 Speaker 3: What was your mile time for? 498 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: Like? It was a good time. 499 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,920 Speaker 2: Actually, I actually placed in Junior Olympics in the mile 500 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 2: and the eight hundred. 501 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 3: Did you do any jumps or any other stuff? Just track? 502 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 1: It was all track. It was all track. Uh. 503 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 3: This guy, this guy won the Texas Relays and the 504 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 3: high back in the day hundred pounds ago. 505 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: But yeah, but the thing about the eight hundred or 506 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: four hundreds of miles get you ready for football practices, 507 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. So when we're running gassers, 508 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 1: you're probably come on, just do it. Yeah, I can 509 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,120 Speaker 1: run for a long time. 510 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 3: Those can all be agonizing in their own distinct ways 511 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 3: to I ran track in high school, and that's one's 512 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,439 Speaker 3: a sprint, but really not so much of a sprint. 513 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 3: And then you at the eight hundred, which is kind 514 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 3: of a sprint if you're a distance runner. 515 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's more of a sprint now. Yeah, oh yeah, 516 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 2: two times it was ridiculous now like they it ain't 517 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:11,120 Speaker 2: even the same. It's night and day. 518 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: Four hundred is the hardest race. Yeah that you know 519 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,239 Speaker 1: you talked about how your coaches threw you there. I 520 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 1: remember remember I was I was undersized, I was defensive end. 521 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: In my freshman year, my coach threw me in the 522 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: mile relay, right, and I didn't know. I just jumped 523 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,159 Speaker 1: like he mentioned, and I was mad. You know, I 524 00:23:29,359 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: was hot, and after the race, I'm breathing hard, my 525 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 1: chest is burning. And then when I finally calmed down, 526 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: the coach just said, I just wanted to see if 527 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: you would do it, like you'll never have to do 528 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 1: it again. I love the lessons like these coaches and 529 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: his uncle and stepdad and mom. When you're not just 530 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: throwing a certain sports with certain events, they're really just 531 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: testing your heart, right, you know what the. 532 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 2: Guy you're gonna be never back down a challenge. 533 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 3: Do you guys ever have to do hurdles? 534 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 2: I never did the hurdles I wanted to. 535 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 1: I just wasn't I would try to jump so over 536 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: it would take so long. I just wasn't good. I 537 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: didn't understand the concept of skimming over over the hurls. 538 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 1: All right, So now you're at Iowa. You play early, 539 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: you know you have success early on. Can you kind 540 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 1: of talk about the transition from high school to playing 541 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: big time college football. I got there. 542 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 2: They actually they actually offered me a scholarship Batson athlete. 543 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 2: So I was doing both sides. I was running back 544 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:28,679 Speaker 2: and I was playing dB. And I remember in training 545 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 2: camp we had guys like start going down and you 546 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,959 Speaker 2: know stuff like that. So my defensive coordinator, Phil Parker, 547 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 2: he he was like, yeah, we're going to need you 548 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 2: on this side. So I ended up making the too 549 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 2: deep roster going into the first week and we had 550 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 2: an injury go down at corner. I remember seeing it 551 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 2: and I'm sitting on it. I'm sitting on the sideline. 552 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,199 Speaker 2: I remember seeing it. And then next thing I hear 553 00:24:54,320 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 2: is King. I'm like king, I said, huh, he said 554 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,719 Speaker 2: get out there. I was like, I'm strapping my helmet up. 555 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,200 Speaker 2: I'm just a freshman. I'm a true freshman at this point, 556 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 2: like this is my first collegiate football game. 557 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 3: Who are you playing? 558 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:16,320 Speaker 2: Jimmy Ward playing? And now you senior year. They had 559 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 2: just came off the Orange Bowl playing Florida State in 560 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 2: the Orange Bowl. Them guys won Night Max Championship like 561 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 2: all that. So I'm playing Jimmy Ward. Holy cow, that's 562 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 2: how I met Jimmy. Now with teammates. 563 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,320 Speaker 1: I love how you're sitting there. They say your name 564 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: and you're like me, I'm fing high school ball this 565 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 1: time last year. 566 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,960 Speaker 2: I'm shocked, and I remember seeing them playing Florida Stay. 567 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 2: I'm like, oh, man, we got them, guys. 568 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: We won. 569 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 2: I get out there and I'm like, oh, they about 570 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:48,399 Speaker 2: to throw the ball at me. They did throw the 571 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,640 Speaker 2: ball one time and I broke it up. Oh I'm 572 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 2: good now. I feel good. Now, I feel like, okay, 573 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 2: I'm back in my element. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling good. 574 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 2: I'm feeling real good. So like just getting that opportunity 575 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 2: to go out out there, you know, and getting that 576 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 2: trust from my decordinator, like for him to actually put 577 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,679 Speaker 2: me out there before, Like we had guys that was 578 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 2: already like a true freshman. We had some redshirt freshmen. 579 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 2: Out of all people, he told, we had guys that 580 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 2: I came with, came in with in my class that 581 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 2: was freshman. So I'm like, out of all people, he 582 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 2: just King Sorright made the right choice. 583 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 1: All right, So. 584 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 2: From that point on, I just I mean, I was 585 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 2: feeled into that position. 586 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 1: That's big. That's big. And not only that, you know, 587 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 1: you were playing both sides, so you were going against 588 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: and you were chosen above guys that were specifically you 589 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,760 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, dB, So that says a lot 590 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: about your what they thought about you early on in 591 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 1: your crib. Iwa, all right, We're gonna take a quick 592 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 1: time out. Desmond King sitting in the huddle with us. 593 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,439 Speaker 1: Don't touch that doll, leave it right here. Welcome in, 594 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: Welcome back, Texans huddle. I am in d Kalu hes 595 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: Drew Doherty, Desmond King in the huddle with us. All right. 596 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: During our quick little break, we found out something else 597 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,719 Speaker 1: about this man, this renaissance man who will take you 598 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,000 Speaker 1: down as a wrestler every sport, yeah, will outrun you 599 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: as a track athlete, and obviously one of the best 600 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,439 Speaker 1: football players in the world, or he would not be 601 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 1: in the NFL. But and I knew, I knew something 602 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: when you asked me a question, a good question. I said, 603 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: this guy is comfortable from the mic, but this isn't 604 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 1: your first time from the mic. Let's talk about that. 605 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna just start with well, high school. I 606 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 2: went to a career technical high school. 607 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: So we school. 608 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,160 Speaker 2: We spent like a half a day at our homeschool 609 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 2: and then a half a day at the career tech school. 610 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,280 Speaker 1: And you can go do culinary. 611 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:37,520 Speaker 2: Yards, you can do digital or mask colm like stuff 612 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:42,640 Speaker 2: like that. So I went into the mass communication broadcast 613 00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 2: journalism era, so we learned how to do segues and 614 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 2: you know, stations, tapes, records, all that. So that's why 615 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 2: I became more comfortable talking in front of Mike's interviews 616 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,399 Speaker 2: like stuff like that. So that actually helped me as 617 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 2: well profession. 618 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 1: Well, maybe it's not that you're natural, and I can 619 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 1: just tell because, like you said, you're comfortable. Then when 620 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 1: you threw the question at me, I was like, I 621 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,200 Speaker 1: like this, this guy's been there. So I'm going to 622 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,919 Speaker 1: challenge you coming out of our next break. Since we're 623 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: talking segways, guess who's gonna bring us back me yep, yeah, 624 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: Desmond King is going to bring us back out of 625 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 1: that next break. So what else do you do? Because 626 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 1: I know, you know, just from my playing days, you 627 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: have to do something to get your mind off football. 628 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 1: You'll go crazy. You'll literally go crazy. Are you into 629 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 1: video games? Cooking? What does Desmond King do? Just to 630 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: kind of step away from the game. My top three. 631 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 2: Would be traveling, video games, bowling boldly. 632 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 3: What's the best you ever bowled? High score twenty? It's 633 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 3: pretty good. 634 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 1: I don't know. 635 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 3: That's good. That's really good. How long did you go? 636 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: Okay? 637 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 3: Do you wear one of those like gloves? 638 00:28:58,640 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: I got my towel with me though. 639 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna go ahead and spin 640 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 2: the ball on the top for sure, just to keep 641 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 2: the oil, you know. But when I played in California, 642 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 2: we went twice a week, Me, Melvin Gordon, Keenan Allen, 643 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 2: Casey Hayward. 644 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 3: All right, Andre Johnson hell of a bowler too. Remember 645 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 3: that he's the ball? And and do you how often 646 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 3: do you go? 647 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: Now? 648 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 2: I really ain't. I really haven't been. 649 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: I've been. 650 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 2: I've been in Houston a couple of times. Actually, I 651 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 2: actually have a Texans bowling ball. Really, I bought that 652 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 2: in Vegas. Now do you use I haven't used it yet. 653 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 2: I haven't used it yet. I want to use it. 654 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 2: I haven't used it yet. It's like blue red and 655 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 2: with a little bit of orange in it. 656 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: It's nice. Now, as far as gaming, what what are 657 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: your top three games? Well, first of all, what gaming 658 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: console is that? What they call it? Are you PlayStation five? 659 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: I had? 660 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 2: I had Xbox, but I'm a PlayStation five guy. PlayStation Tony. 661 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,400 Speaker 2: We're gonna go. We gotta go Madden. You gotta go Madden. 662 00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 2: I do not play with the Texans I have. I 663 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 2: have one time, and I play really good with him. 664 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 2: But I'm I'm more of a random guy. 665 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't just pick a team. 666 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 2: I think if you just pick teams, then you just 667 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 2: get stuck with you know, one playbook or one skill 668 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 2: set or one you know, a couple of players that 669 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 2: you got. 670 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: So just doing the random. 671 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 2: Thing, I feel like it gives you variety of options. 672 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,000 Speaker 2: In my head, I think it helps me coach. I 673 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 2: want to become a coach someday. 674 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: I do. 675 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 2: I want to become a coach someday. 676 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 3: Different level, high school, college. 677 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 2: I think I'm gonna probably start college, start college when I'm. 678 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 3: Doing all right, you don't mind the recruiting aspect. 679 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 2: I think I think my platform would give me to 680 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,640 Speaker 2: not not Dion Sanders platform, but I think you know, 681 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 2: my my, my planing forum would definitely help me in 682 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 2: the recruiting are for so absolutely I think you will. 683 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: And just the way you communicate too, that's gonna be. 684 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, you got skins on the walls. I mean, yeah, 685 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 3: you've done stuff. 686 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: All right. 687 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 2: So Madden Call of Duty and uh two K. 688 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 3: And talk with Desmond King, cornerback for the Houston Texans. Now, 689 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 3: when you're playing Madden, are you like my sons who 690 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 3: when they play, they've each got their own teams that 691 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 3: they've made. And I went in there the other day 692 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 3: and there was I was like, who who's playing quarterback 693 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,239 Speaker 3: for the Texans at C J. Stroud. I was like, well, 694 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 3: why is he seven feet tall? Because it made him 695 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 3: seven feet tall? And he's throwing a Tyreek hill and 696 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 3: the Kelsey and he's got Will Anderson and one of 697 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,960 Speaker 3: the Bosa's and yeah, he's got people all over the team. 698 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,479 Speaker 3: I was like, do you ever lose? He's like, no, No, 699 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 3: I scored seventy eighty points a game. Yeah, congratulates Bill. 700 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 1: You can build your own team on there. 701 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 2: I'm not too much into that because that's that's the 702 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 2: one aspect that I probably do have to learn if 703 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 2: I will eventually become a coach, Like, you got to 704 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 2: learn how to put a team together, right, you know 705 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 2: what I'm saying. You got to learn how to the 706 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 2: salary caps and all this. Like I don't know, I 707 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 2: don't know. I can't do all that right now. That's 708 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 2: that's a lot of work. That's a lot of work 709 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 2: for what I got going on. Sure, Like I got 710 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 2: to put my own film study in and all this 711 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 2: other stuff, so I think I can. That's that's a 712 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 2: little bit too much time. 713 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: Right right. What about so when I was playing, I'm 714 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: not gonna say fantasy football was just now you know, 715 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: coming along, not that old even more. But players didn't 716 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 1: play it. So what about now? 717 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, they make they make their own 718 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 2: like franchise league all this stuff. 719 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: Now. Yeah, see, we were a little what's the word 720 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: I'm looking for, hesitanting incredulous because we didn't like the 721 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: idea of, oh if somebody goes down, there goes my points. 722 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's a you know, fellow football player. We're 723 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: more concerned about their injury. But yeah, that's interesting to hear. 724 00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 1: So are you part of a fantasy. 725 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 2: Football Like I said, I can't even just scheduling. Yeah, 726 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 2: it's just a whole bunch of stuff. I have one 727 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 2: year old daughter that I have now, so it's like, 728 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,239 Speaker 2: all right, so now I got to learn how to 729 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 2: manage time and stuff that I got to do. So yeah, 730 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 2: that's that's just what's been going on now. I can't 731 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 2: do a lot now. 732 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 1: When you think of becoming a coach, what you will 733 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,120 Speaker 1: be if you set your mind to it. Are you 734 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: thinking offensive side? Defensive side? That you know both sides 735 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:26,400 Speaker 1: of the ball. 736 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 2: I know so much about defense, why wouldn't I want 737 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 2: to be like offensive coordinator? I know the weaknesses, I 738 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 2: know defenses. I can read them, you know what I mean. 739 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 2: So that's kind of tough because I am a defense guy. 740 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 2: I love defense. I love defense, but like loving defense, like, 741 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 2: why wouldn't you want to tear a part of defense? 742 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:46,160 Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Like, you know the ends 743 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:47,360 Speaker 1: and alls, you know this? You know that? 744 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 2: So I don't know, I haven't. I haven't made my 745 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 2: mind up on that yet. 746 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's been a lot of guys who've had a 747 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 3: defensive background and then wind up. You know. Rick Dennison 748 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 3: was around here. He was an offensive coordinator. Interview for 749 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 3: head coaching jobs. I mean Bobby Slow because the offensive coordinator, 750 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,120 Speaker 3: he's a defensive background even though he played receiver in college. 751 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,120 Speaker 3: But yeah, it's that's not unprecedented. If you were to 752 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,279 Speaker 3: go that route and do that makes sense. 753 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:09,919 Speaker 1: Well, you know what I'm hearing when he says that, 754 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 1: just go straight to head coach. Just go straight to 755 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,640 Speaker 1: head coach. At some point, what would you would you 756 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:22,719 Speaker 1: prefer staying like in a collegiate level where you're still teaching, 757 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: or would the ultimate goal be to be a head 758 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: coach In the end, It'll be teaching, It'll be teaching. 759 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:29,280 Speaker 1: You know. I got guys. 760 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 2: I got guys that I actually played college collegiate ball 761 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,919 Speaker 2: with right now. That's coaches in college and they doing 762 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 2: it at a high level. 763 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,479 Speaker 3: It sounds like fun when you hear them talk about 764 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:40,920 Speaker 3: sounds Oh yeah, something you want. 765 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:41,279 Speaker 1: To jump into. 766 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I already got my mind, Like we already you 767 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 2: know how they talk about the Shanahans and uh and 768 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 2: and and Tony Dungee's, and we're trying to be like that. 769 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:52,800 Speaker 2: We want to put our own really group together, you 770 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,319 Speaker 2: know what I mean. So, like, we got guys in 771 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 2: the defensive background, receivers, DBS quarterbacks like t J. Benett 772 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,760 Speaker 2: I went to school with, So I know at some point, 773 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:03,800 Speaker 2: come be a oc A song, come to be quarterback. 774 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:05,800 Speaker 2: And I know he's going to do it because like 775 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 2: me and CJ, like we're really close. My mom, his 776 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,440 Speaker 2: mom our families is like really close. So that's the 777 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,800 Speaker 2: thing about building relationships with guys that you be around, 778 00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 2: even if it's just in the NFL or if it's 779 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 2: collegiate like that's you build those relationships. And these are 780 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,239 Speaker 2: guys that you've been in football with for so much time. 781 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,840 Speaker 2: They got the same mindset as you, So why not 782 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,760 Speaker 2: built that same mindset as the rest of these coaches 783 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:30,560 Speaker 2: that's in the NFL. 784 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 1: Let me ask you how do you feel about I'm 785 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 1: all for the NIL. It needs to be there. Guys 786 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,239 Speaker 1: need to be getting paid off their likeness. But one 787 00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 1: thing I'm noticing. I have a son that plays a 788 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 1: Baylor and it feels like every year you have to 789 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: re recruit the guys on your roster. Are you okay 790 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,480 Speaker 1: with a transfer portal? Are you okay guys not sitting 791 00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:51,839 Speaker 1: out a year? Just what's your thought on that. I'm 792 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,120 Speaker 1: not familiar with any of it. I didn't have it 793 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,239 Speaker 1: when I was in college. I don't agree with it. 794 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,280 Speaker 2: I mean, you go and transfer a portal, you putting, 795 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:03,319 Speaker 2: you put yourself behind thousands of hundred thousands of other 796 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,799 Speaker 2: players now instead of just not just waiting your turn, 797 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,400 Speaker 2: but compete. Showed them that you that you're worthy to 798 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,319 Speaker 2: do that, showed them, you know, gain the trust. That's 799 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 2: what it's really about, you know what I mean. So, like, 800 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:19,239 Speaker 2: I know guys that done that, and it kind of 801 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,239 Speaker 2: it put them in good positions. Sometimes it put them 802 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 2: a step back. So I'm not a big fan of 803 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,600 Speaker 2: the portal or the nil things because, like I said, 804 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,880 Speaker 2: it could either it could boost you or it can 805 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:31,839 Speaker 2: hurt you. 806 00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: Now, when I think of nil and tell me if 807 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,359 Speaker 1: I'm thinking of it incorrectly, and the portal, I think 808 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: of them as two separate things. Like when I think 809 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,120 Speaker 1: ni l as the deals right right, like Desmond King 810 00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:45,080 Speaker 1: is falling as a sophomore at Iowa. Okay, if a 811 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,439 Speaker 1: car company wants to say here goes a car, I'm 812 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,279 Speaker 1: okay with that. Where it gets a little tough is 813 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,359 Speaker 1: oh I'm at Iowa. And because I bought out now 814 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,920 Speaker 1: Alabama saying here goes three hundred thousands come here that 815 00:36:57,040 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 1: that part is a little hard for. 816 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,920 Speaker 2: Me, and I think that's and that's where I mean, like, Okay, 817 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:03,719 Speaker 2: it can put you in a good position or it 818 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,279 Speaker 2: can put you in a bad one, because I know 819 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 2: a lot of guys that take nil deals and they 820 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:13,399 Speaker 2: forget they why on why they're doing it while you're 821 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 2: out there really on the field, you know what I mean. 822 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:17,960 Speaker 2: So I think that's that's from my mindset that when 823 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:19,560 Speaker 2: I'm out here on this field, like, yeah, I made 824 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,400 Speaker 2: it to the NFL, but what's was my motivation on 825 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:25,120 Speaker 2: why I'm out here on this field? Like everybody see me, 826 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,879 Speaker 2: I'll be on this side of the field. I'm run 827 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:33,280 Speaker 2: all over here and make a play because that's my why? 828 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,520 Speaker 3: Was that one of the toughest things about competing in 829 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,880 Speaker 3: college And maybe maybe some of that happens here. I 830 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:43,840 Speaker 3: don't know, but you have and you're wired your way, 831 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,279 Speaker 3: and you say there are guys that are you can 832 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:48,480 Speaker 3: tell that they don't have the right why and you 833 00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 3: got to depend on them. How hard is that for you? 834 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 3: Or was that for you? Or do you just try 835 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 3: to block that out and move move on? 836 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:56,000 Speaker 1: There? 837 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,680 Speaker 2: There has been times where I would notice you know 838 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,880 Speaker 2: with things, and I do it. I can, you know, 839 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,759 Speaker 2: but you want to control what you control, so you 840 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 2: don't want to put too much, too much focus and 841 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,200 Speaker 2: effort into something that's not invested. As long as as 842 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 2: long as you got the right people around you, it's 843 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 2: gonna gravit, it's gonna gravitate you. I mean, everything's just 844 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:17,120 Speaker 2: gonna come together. 845 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,400 Speaker 1: That's strong because most of the young guys like yourself 846 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,240 Speaker 1: and their twenties that I meet, they're all for the 847 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,359 Speaker 1: nil transfer portal, but they don't know why. You know, yeah, 848 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 1: we should get paid, and I do agree with part 849 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:33,480 Speaker 1: of that. But what makes it so tough is you 850 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:37,240 Speaker 1: We're saying a young man between the ages of seventeen 851 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,520 Speaker 1: and twenty two should have to stick with a program 852 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:43,200 Speaker 1: for four years. But then you have a coach who 853 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,040 Speaker 1: when he has a great season as a coach, he 854 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,520 Speaker 1: rips up his contract go somewhere else. So as long 855 00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,600 Speaker 1: as they could just somehow make it even and make 856 00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,240 Speaker 1: it the same for both, you know, coaches and plays 857 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: like maybe make a coach way to have a year 858 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: sit out a year just right player? 859 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,239 Speaker 2: Yeah, just with that, like I feel like I feel 860 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,000 Speaker 2: like it just put like like I said, put people 861 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,720 Speaker 2: in positions where it can either help her. Take away from. 862 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:05,640 Speaker 1: It all, right, well, one thing we won't do here 863 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:09,080 Speaker 1: in Texan Huddle. Take away from the conversation. One more 864 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,760 Speaker 1: segment to go. You definitely want to stick around because 865 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,560 Speaker 1: Desmond King is gonna bring us back. You don't want 866 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,280 Speaker 1: to miss that Texan Huddle right. 867 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:22,319 Speaker 2: Here, here alive with Desmond King on Texas Huddle. The 868 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,839 Speaker 2: next topic that we're going to have and I'm gonna 869 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,240 Speaker 2: have this one for you, klu What is your favorite 870 00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 2: restaurant in the city of Houston. 871 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,520 Speaker 1: First of all, great job of bringing us back, so 872 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,960 Speaker 1: you do stay away from the mic. I need I 873 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,320 Speaker 1: need this gig. Just how pay for my kids Jordan's 874 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:40,840 Speaker 1: But uh, you know what, lately, I'm not like a 875 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,879 Speaker 1: big fancy restaurant guy. You know some of them. I'm 876 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,400 Speaker 1: just not a big fancy restaurant guy. I recently discovered 877 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:50,360 Speaker 1: these Pokey bowls and there's one by my office. And 878 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,800 Speaker 1: do you know what the Pokey bowl is? It's basically 879 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: like sushi. But yeah, the bowl man, When I say that, 880 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:57,239 Speaker 1: I think I'm addicted to them. 881 00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I'm addicted to them. That's a big 882 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,840 Speaker 2: thing for you. I just discovered a few months, especially 883 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:03,560 Speaker 2: Orange County. 884 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,440 Speaker 1: Are you a poke bo guy? Because people don't like Ross. 885 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:06,919 Speaker 3: I'm more. 886 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,280 Speaker 1: I'm more. I'm more Nagary. Okay. 887 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,279 Speaker 2: I like Nigary, So I like to see them make 888 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,600 Speaker 2: it and just bring them out. So I go to 889 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:19,000 Speaker 2: a place called Ako, it's in It's in the heights, okay, 890 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:20,759 Speaker 2: And I go there and I just tell them, just 891 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:23,719 Speaker 2: bring out your best Nigary. Nice and they bring out 892 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 2: like seven eight. They just keep going. I'm like, all right, 893 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:26,959 Speaker 2: I'm good. 894 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:29,560 Speaker 1: You have to be careful how you ask for that, 895 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,600 Speaker 1: because they just gonna bring out their favorite black person. 896 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,600 Speaker 1: You know, if you say the tooth fast, like, hey, 897 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:37,680 Speaker 1: bring me out your best gear hold on like Drew's 898 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:40,800 Speaker 1: acting like that ain't funny. But it's okay. You can laugh. 899 00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,280 Speaker 1: You can laugh that. You just have to be careful 900 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:47,080 Speaker 1: how you ask for the geary. It's good. 901 00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,719 Speaker 2: I like it, man. It's it's a nice place. It's 902 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:50,800 Speaker 2: a very nice place. 903 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:55,399 Speaker 1: You have to dress up. No, no dress up. You're 904 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,040 Speaker 1: gonna miss this in about ten years, twelve years down 905 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,360 Speaker 1: the line when you retire. One of the things I 906 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:02,319 Speaker 1: never thought I miss that I missed when I was 907 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,480 Speaker 1: on playing, no matter where you go, if you're a 908 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,120 Speaker 1: current NFL player, you could get away with just wearing 909 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,959 Speaker 1: sweats and size. Like we used to have our uh 910 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:15,480 Speaker 1: D line dinners at like Stak forty eight, and we're 911 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 1: just wearing sweats and slizes. But then as soon as 912 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 1: I retired, I was like, oh, I actually got to 913 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:20,839 Speaker 1: put on pants now. 914 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,239 Speaker 2: And I think I think the only thing with me 915 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,239 Speaker 2: is I'm gonna dress up when I go to like 916 00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,279 Speaker 2: dinners with my with my family, my lady, you know 917 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,040 Speaker 2: what I mean. But outside of that, you want to 918 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,440 Speaker 2: see me in a pair of pants. You want to 919 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:36,920 Speaker 2: see me in a pair of pants, man, And I. 920 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:40,520 Speaker 3: Got shorter, Like I'm sweat sweats top bottom. 921 00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:44,160 Speaker 2: I about them always. 922 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:44,600 Speaker 3: Forty eight degrees in the in the stadium. 923 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,080 Speaker 2: You know, if you're in the au, man, it'd be 924 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,920 Speaker 2: it'd be so coding. During the meetings, I just got 925 00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:52,960 Speaker 2: to have an oversized hoodie, baggy sweatpants and crocs or something, 926 00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:54,560 Speaker 2: and I'm good there it is. 927 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, enjoy that, all right, Drew. What's your favorite 928 00:41:57,920 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: Ni Gary Me or Desmond? 929 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,640 Speaker 3: I like many restaurants here in Houston, but I'm fans 930 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 3: of both of you, and now I'm on record is 931 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,440 Speaker 3: with each of you knows that there's so many places here, 932 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,279 Speaker 3: but you bring up the Heights someplace new. It's a 933 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,919 Speaker 3: Korean steakhouse called Karne, but it's with a k k 934 00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:18,279 Speaker 3: a r any man. I went there with some old 935 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:18,759 Speaker 3: friends that. 936 00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:21,800 Speaker 1: In the Heights. 937 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,800 Speaker 3: It's in the Heights. Yeah, it's in the Heights. Really 938 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:29,600 Speaker 3: really really good, very very unique Karne like meat. It's 939 00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:31,759 Speaker 3: Korean k very good. 940 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm gonna put that on my list. 941 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:34,800 Speaker 3: Put on. You won't be disappointed. 942 00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:35,840 Speaker 2: I like Korean barbecue. 943 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:36,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're gonna love this. 944 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:40,480 Speaker 1: Better restaurants Cali or Texas, Texas? 945 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,680 Speaker 2: Why you're getting variety? Got options Cali? I didn't have 946 00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:51,000 Speaker 2: many options. It's a lot healthier, It's a lot it's 947 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,759 Speaker 2: a lot healthier out there, for sure. I think I 948 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:57,439 Speaker 2: kind of did more of the the habachi out that way. 949 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,200 Speaker 2: Salmon I would probably do like salmon bowls and stuff 950 00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:04,359 Speaker 2: like that. I didn't get too big into the poke 951 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,040 Speaker 2: bulls though I had one. I had one before. I 952 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,440 Speaker 2: didn't get too big into it. I think that's what 953 00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:11,360 Speaker 2: really got me into just eating sushi. 954 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,080 Speaker 1: And I never thought, you know, growing up in San 955 00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,359 Speaker 1: Antonio that I went to school here in Houston. So 956 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,280 Speaker 1: I was introduced to sushi when I was in Philly 957 00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:21,799 Speaker 1: and never thought I would like until I tasted it, right, 958 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,359 Speaker 1: because it's fresh, you know, fresh, right, Like I said, 959 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,840 Speaker 1: when I discover those poke bowls, it kind of changed 960 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,360 Speaker 1: me for that. All Right, we don't have much time left, 961 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:34,080 Speaker 1: so we'll talk a little football thoughts on like just 962 00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:36,839 Speaker 1: the I didn't know we're coming off you know, disappointing week, 963 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,120 Speaker 1: but overall the excitement, you know, can you talk about 964 00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:43,360 Speaker 1: the excitement here in Houston behind the football team. 965 00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:46,360 Speaker 2: Let's just start back. You know, twenty twenty one, me 966 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,560 Speaker 2: coming to Houston, I didn't really know much, you know 967 00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:52,279 Speaker 2: about the team, didn't know much about the city. I 968 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:55,080 Speaker 2: came down here with just you know, high hopes, you know, 969 00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,839 Speaker 2: to just come here, you know, play football and win. 970 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,160 Speaker 2: And you know, going through those two years from twenty 971 00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:04,040 Speaker 2: twenty one to twenty twenty two, we went what five. 972 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,760 Speaker 1: Games two years, six games two years. 973 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:09,279 Speaker 2: Something like that. I'm like, man, it's tough. It's tough 974 00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:12,480 Speaker 2: because I'm just like coming from the Tennessee. You know, 975 00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:14,800 Speaker 2: we make it to the playoffs, we win the division, 976 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:19,120 Speaker 2: win the AFC South that year in twenty twenty. Before that, 977 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,239 Speaker 2: I was with the Chargers. You know, I make it 978 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,800 Speaker 2: to the playoffs. They're twenty eighteen, and it's like, all right, 979 00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:27,840 Speaker 2: something got to happen at some point, you know what 980 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:31,279 Speaker 2: I mean. So now fast forward to now you got 981 00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:34,440 Speaker 2: you got an up and coming team that's that's in 982 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,719 Speaker 2: position to make a good run into the playoffs, a 983 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,400 Speaker 2: really good run. You know, we got a couple guys down, 984 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:44,600 Speaker 2: but it's the next man of mentality. So with this city, 985 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,879 Speaker 2: like we we see guys they win in, we want 986 00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,000 Speaker 2: the We want the city to be behind us always. 987 00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:52,840 Speaker 2: Now when we losing, now, when we're down. 988 00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,239 Speaker 1: Like every time. That's how it's supposed to be. 989 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:58,320 Speaker 2: You know, you see you see all these other teams, 990 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,640 Speaker 2: they fan bases, they traveling. We want the city behind 991 00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,279 Speaker 2: it so we can keep that momentum rolling, keep it going. 992 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:06,640 Speaker 2: Because we got well, there's four games left in the season. 993 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:09,640 Speaker 2: It's win and stay in. Baby, can't lose no more. 994 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:11,920 Speaker 2: It's win and stay in. That's my mentality. So I 995 00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,480 Speaker 2: want to just get these guys that had that same 996 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,799 Speaker 2: mentality because every play is gonna be critical. When we 997 00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,880 Speaker 2: step out there. Every play, every play gonna be critical. 998 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,840 Speaker 2: So these last four games means a lot for this 999 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,360 Speaker 2: city because the last time they was in the playoffs 1000 00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:28,120 Speaker 2: was twenty nineteen, and we know how that year went. 1001 00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,040 Speaker 2: So why not? Why not us? We got full games 1002 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:31,760 Speaker 2: to make it happen. 1003 00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,880 Speaker 1: You know what, I don't think there's anything else to say. 1004 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:37,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, before we wrap it up that it makes me 1005 00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:40,319 Speaker 3: happy that guys like you, Desmond and Malik Collins came 1006 00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,680 Speaker 3: here and we're here during pretty lean times, are getting 1007 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,320 Speaker 3: to go through this and getting to see this because 1008 00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:49,400 Speaker 3: you know you, guys, y'all made plays on teams that 1009 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:51,319 Speaker 3: just didn't have you know what it took to win 1010 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,439 Speaker 3: with a bunch of games. And I'm glad you're here 1011 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:55,040 Speaker 3: now making plays on the winter. 1012 00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:56,719 Speaker 1: We glad to be here too, man. 1013 00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:58,640 Speaker 2: Like I said, we're here for the city, We're here 1014 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,799 Speaker 2: for the team organization. Like I said, these we got 1015 00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:02,960 Speaker 2: four games to make happen. 1016 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,120 Speaker 1: All right, that's the voice of Desmond King. This has 1017 00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:09,440 Speaker 1: been Texan huddle. I'm indeed he's Drew Man. You're awesome. 1018 00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:13,360 Speaker 1: When y'all get in the playoffs, we're gonna request for 1019 00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:16,239 Speaker 1: you to come back. Don't forget about us because uh, 1020 00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:18,560 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously what you do on the fields appreciative, 1021 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,600 Speaker 1: but the type of person you are, you know you 1022 00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:24,000 Speaker 1: have another fan right now me, so we appreciate you 1023 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:25,879 Speaker 1: spending the time. Thank you so much. All Right, that's 1024 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,520 Speaker 1: going to do it for Texans Huddle. Stay tuned, Texting 1025 00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:29,920 Speaker 1: all Access coming up next