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Speaker 1: Hello Texas, and welcome into NRG Stadium in the Hunday

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio Studio. Mark Vandermer with you, and this is

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Speaker 1: a very unique Friday. And I don't know if very

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Speaker 1: unique is redundant if you just say unique, because how

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Speaker 1: much more unique can you get? But I've got Drew

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Speaker 1: Doherty and Deep City with me, and usually this is

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Speaker 1: our Tuesday flood Ruckers show lineup, but it's on a Friday,

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Speaker 1: so I'm feeling festive, like I'm having comfort food, but

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Speaker 1: I'm not. And here we go, and now you're going

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Speaker 1: into the weekend, so it's just a double bust perfect

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Speaker 1: a cup of coffee and so you're shaking. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: drink coffee all day long when I'm broadcasting doing things,

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Speaker 1: or have other caffeine products. All right, here we go,

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Speaker 1: Top three stories heading into training camp because Mini Camp,

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Speaker 1: as we all know, is over, and I know we

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Speaker 1: still have the general manager situation left incomplete. There's really

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Speaker 1: not a whole lot to add right there until there is,

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Speaker 1: So let's find out all together all together now. Can't

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Speaker 1: wait to see how that resolves itself. But since we

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Speaker 1: really can't wave the magic wand to get that done, tonight.

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Speaker 1: Let's get this done as we're all looking forward to

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Speaker 1: what's happening on the field. And I pointed out this

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Speaker 1: week before what's most important is the game we love

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Speaker 1: So top three stories heading into camp following mini camp

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Speaker 1: and training camp won't begin till late July, but let's

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Speaker 1: start with you, DP. What's your I mean, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: first take the easy one. This could be one, two

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Speaker 1: the questions surrounding how the young guys are going to

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Speaker 1: do out there between Max Sharping and Titus Howard, are

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Speaker 1: both of them going to earn starting spots after training camp?

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Speaker 1: No one's seen this offensive line, the twenty nineteen version

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Speaker 1: stories heading into OTAs as well. I wrote something on

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans dot Com and I said, even though they're

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Speaker 1: not in pads, you don't really get a true sense

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Speaker 1: of how they're going to play together. That's what everyone's

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Speaker 1: going to be watching. And Bill O'Brien got asked about

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Speaker 1: it multiple times throughout his press conferences in the last month.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, I think once the pads come on,

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Speaker 1: that's what everyone's going to be watching the on line.

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Speaker 1: And it's been one of the key areas that the

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Speaker 1: Texans have been trying to improve. Yeah, that's that was

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Speaker 1: one of mine. And I can't wait to see how

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Speaker 1: how much it crystallizes basically the first day camp, through

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Speaker 1: through the games. I mean, it's going to change I

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Speaker 1: what we saw the first day camp compared to what

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Speaker 1: we see Monday night football at New Orleans when the

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Speaker 1: season opens. And I think Bill O'Brien said this the

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Speaker 1: other day, he said he really likes relative to not

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Speaker 1: But I wonder how much of that's going to change

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Speaker 1: the coach's perception of what they know about the players

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Speaker 1: players change. Is like all of a sudden, this player

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Speaker 1: I just I just think that you know, are the

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Speaker 1: till it plays out and give the job to somebody else.

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Speaker 1: I don't really know how they're going to handle it,

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Speaker 1: about now, please, okay, all right, coach, go to music,

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Speaker 1: go to the spot, because listen to Madonna, Super Tramp,

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Speaker 1: I think Max Sharping is is gonna be really good.

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Speaker 1: Julian Davenport does after that full season of playing basically

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Speaker 1: see how that pants out as well. Yeah. Absolutely, And

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Speaker 1: that's interesting that you say that about Max Sharping because

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Speaker 1: been steady. He played both guard spots last year, and

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Speaker 1: he's also if you talk to guys on the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: he's the guy that gets everybody amped up and always

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Speaker 1: And that I know that sounds kind of raw. Ron

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson is another one who gets people ready to

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Speaker 1: go and hold some accountable. I would have Web talking

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Speaker 1: that's what the more you can do things. One of

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Speaker 1: the best special teamers last year for the Texas. Speaking

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Speaker 1: of veterans, I just want to say Snil Kalimente is

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Speaker 1: eight years. Klimente has seven and then you've got Fulton

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Speaker 1: and Henderson with six years. Well there's right now. We

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Speaker 1: that applies to a number of position groups on this team.

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Speaker 1: Other storylines. Give me your second, the secondary, especially the cornerbacks.

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Speaker 1: I think the safety position, we have a pretty good

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Speaker 1: because you have more story. Justin Reid had the least

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Speaker 1: The other two to Sean Gibson started all sixteen for

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Speaker 1: They want a playoff game, he's your third safety now,

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Speaker 1: I mean he's taking the spot of Andre Howe. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think you're looking really really good there

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Speaker 1: at cornerback are still there because absolutely a few storylines

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Speaker 1: have emerged throughout OTA's, specifically with the health of certain players,

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Speaker 1: because you see guys sort of get banged up come back.

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Speaker 1: I know Bill was asked about Bradley Roby, who came

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Speaker 1: the starter opposite Jjoe? Is it gonna be Boddy Calhoun.

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Speaker 1: here last year. This is where when I talked about options,

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Speaker 1: it out for that slot corner. Maybe Crawford as well.

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Speaker 1: I don't know who else. But when you look at

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Speaker 1: Joe doesn't realize that he's getting a little older, because

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Speaker 1: I think he could still. Ronnie looks pretty spry out there,

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Speaker 1: so that's great. But then you look at the opposite side.

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Speaker 1: You do have Kelly as a dark horse. You have

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Speaker 1: Roby who has a lot of experience. I think you're

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Speaker 1: better there than you think. I just don't think you're great.

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Speaker 1: You can't say that on paper right now, but I

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Speaker 1: think you're better than you were because Kareem had to

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Speaker 1: play inside a lot last year. You didn't have Kevin

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Speaker 1: Johnson all right, so that didn't work out. You got

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Speaker 1: You were playing guts of the game with Charisse Wright

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Speaker 1: and Deontay Burton and players like that and winning some

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Speaker 1: of these games, winning eleven games overall, I think you'll

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Speaker 1: find somebody, but you gotta stay healthy there. This is

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Speaker 1: it's I hate saying that. It's like saying you have

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Speaker 1: to outscore the opponent. But with health, I think you'll

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Speaker 1: have enough options to find something there that works. Something's

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Speaker 1: got to happen. Well, hey, with health, if we want

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Speaker 1: to play the with health games, Yeah, with health, you

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Speaker 1: You've talked about Hard Knocks. You've read about Hard Knocks,

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Speaker 1: give some acts. They'll check out of their building and

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Speaker 1: do everything at a hotel in a remote location. But

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Speaker 1: they have to give you something, and even something is

427
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Speaker 1: better than nothing. And I think they're never on it

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Speaker 1: obviously because they're in the playoffs every year, so they're

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Speaker 1: you know, automatically disqualified from having to participate in hard knocks.

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Speaker 1: So I'd like to see them just because we have

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Speaker 1: so many personnel people obviously from New England, and we

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Speaker 1: hear about New Win a lot, so I kind of

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Speaker 1: want to see for myself how they do it. I

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Speaker 1: think whenever they do this stuff on Bill Belichick to

435
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Speaker 1: see he does have a big respect for NFL films.

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Speaker 1: He's got a good ship. He's so good on that stuff.

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Speaker 1: He's really really he's really good to watch. He led

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Speaker 1: him in for the two thousand and nine season and

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Speaker 1: they wound up doing that Bill Belichick two Parts special,

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Speaker 1: So yeah, it would be good. That was a tremendous

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Speaker 1: special and that's still out there, and that's something that

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Speaker 1: gives you insight into him and them that you just

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Speaker 1: don't get. You see him, you don't see him like that,

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Speaker 1: You see him completely differently. Even in the two bills

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Speaker 1: with which Rogers did as well for I think it

446
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Speaker 1: was a thirty for thirty, yes, and that was great

447
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Speaker 1: but you still don't get the Belichick that you get

448
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Speaker 1: in the two thousand and nine special. And it was

449
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Speaker 1: a season that didn't go well for them in their context.

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Speaker 1: They lost in the first week in of the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: they lost the Sexans here the final game of the

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Speaker 1: regular season that was the Welker injury season. It was

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Speaker 1: still a winning season for them, still a playoff season,

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Speaker 1: but not not a super Bowl season, which for them

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Speaker 1: is a huge disappointment. But that part of it would

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Speaker 1: be interesting. I think the Broncos would actually be interesting

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Speaker 1: with Fangio taking over it, just to see how that goes,

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Speaker 1: because I'm really not sure how that's going to go.

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Speaker 1: That that could be. I think the Chargers fascinating one

460
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Speaker 1: because they're they're playing they're the second Fiddles, Yeah City,

461
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Speaker 1: they don't have the fan support that they used to,

462
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Speaker 1: They're playing in a soccer stadium. Their quarterback is really charismatic,

463
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Speaker 1: really a goofball, borderline hall of famer. I think he

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Speaker 1: is a Hall of Famer, but some people would argue otherwise.

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Speaker 1: I think that'd be a really fascinating team to cover

466
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Speaker 1: because they've got so many obstacles to overcome, yet they

467
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Speaker 1: want a playoff game last year. That's a that's a

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Speaker 1: fascinating crew. By the way, back to the Jags for

469
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Speaker 1: a moment, they released a bit of content. I think

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Speaker 1: you texted this to me. I didn't see it until

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Speaker 1: you gave it to me. Jalen Ramsey getting out of

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Speaker 1: the car as he arrived. You gave that to us.

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Speaker 1: That was a little slow most shot with the music

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Speaker 1: in the background, and and some of the things we

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be doing things that we I even joked, I'm like, so,

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Speaker 1: what would happen if we just had a player Sloma

477
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Speaker 1: walking in for mandatory minie. Let's put a highlight reel

478
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Speaker 1: of that. Well. I know that he's good friends with

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Speaker 1: one of their videographers. Oh is he? Yeah, because he

480
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Speaker 1: always would refer to him by name and some of

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Speaker 1: their videos, and I met the videographer actually at the

482
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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl too, so I feel like he probably a

483
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Speaker 1: text was probably exchanged. I'm totally guessing here, but hey,

484
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Speaker 1: I'm going to show up if you want to film it.

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Speaker 1: And of course, doing what they do, and they're allowed

486
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Speaker 1: to do stuff like that, they put that little video

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Speaker 1: together for him. By the way, my favorite, maybe it's

488
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Speaker 1: my favorite ever piece of behind the curtain content from

489
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Speaker 1: the NFL does come from the Jaguars. And it was

490
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Speaker 1: a long time ago, and a guy named John Henderson

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Speaker 1: playing on that D line. And I don't know if

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Speaker 1: you remember what I'm talking about here. Why here it is.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna get slapped. This is the trainer doing it,

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Speaker 1: even the big guy. You know they everybody say it

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Speaker 1: don't get butterflies, but they do. I told him doing

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Speaker 1: it hard too, So you know, I'm giving a little

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Speaker 1: girl slap, give me some. I'm gonna wake me out. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's one more. I think it was a Monday night game.

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Speaker 1: I was trying to get you stuff for that one,

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Speaker 1: so I had to double snap call Joe. That ain't

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Speaker 1: even good enough. Oh gosh, that is my favorite cringe.

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Speaker 1: When I watched that feels like I'm watching like an

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Speaker 1: episode of the Office. On this Barry Michael Scott Dwight

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Speaker 1: shrewd like an exchange you would see here, even though

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Speaker 1: he plays for the enemy. I've always loved that one.

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Speaker 1: I thought you're gonna say me on Jalen two point

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Speaker 1: zero Television, how I made a cameo that was pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Jail and two point zero that was your favorite Jaguars content.

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Speaker 1: So I actually sometimes slapped myself before lightly, though not

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Speaker 1: push ups. You're cold. I do that. And Patti Smith

511
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Speaker 1: sometimes we'd be taping these Fox shows and have to

512
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Speaker 1: do two of them back to back, and we'd be

513
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Speaker 1: getting tired doing these stand ups or training camp out

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Speaker 1: of the field or whatever, and I'd say, you gotta

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Speaker 1: slap me, wake me up, and she would slap me hard. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: oh yeah, like definitely wake me up, Patty. She relished that,

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Speaker 1: she enjoyed it absolutely absolutely. All right, guys, thanks a lot.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for you coming up on the program. I'll lay

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Speaker 1: out the training camp schedule for you, including when the

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Speaker 1: open practices are. Also. Peter Calumby, linebacker from Stanford entering

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Speaker 1: his second year. He joins us. Josh Ferguson. We mentioned

522
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Speaker 1: him a bit, a running back you're not hearing much about.

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien mentioned him the other day. He's in the

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Speaker 1: mix in that position group. Let's talk with him as

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Speaker 1: well as Texans All Access continues keeping you informed on

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Speaker 1: everything to do with your Houston Texans. Mark Vandermayer with

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Speaker 1: you in the Hunday Texans Radio studio. Coming up an

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Speaker 1: interview with Josh Ferguson running back, he's in the mix.

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Speaker 1: They've got a lot of bodies. Look at a lot

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Speaker 1: of position groups. You get a lot of bodies. It's

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Speaker 1: a ninety man roster. That's the whole idea of this

532
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Speaker 1: time of year. Mix them all up, see what you got,

533
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Speaker 1: Try to get everybody acclimated. You never know what's going

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Speaker 1: to happen injury wise, and training camp. I would imagine

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Speaker 1: that the coaching staff at this point, if they had

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Speaker 1: to fill out a fifty three, could do a pretty

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Speaker 1: good job of it. And maybe you're just trying to

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Speaker 1: determine the final five or six spots, but maybe not.

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Speaker 1: And you also have to survive training camp. You have

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Speaker 1: to go through some bit of training camp. And I

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Speaker 1: know what a lot of you are thinking, well, g Mark,

542
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Speaker 1: after the fourth preseason game, they always seem to pick

543
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Speaker 1: up some guys who helped them out. Some might, some

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Speaker 1: might not. Last year certainly paid off special teams wise,

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Speaker 1: especially when you look at Buddy Howell and j Moore

546
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Speaker 1: and players like that. And then during the season you

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Speaker 1: acquire a guy from the Philadelphia Eagles like DeAndre Carter.

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Speaker 1: Now that doesn't fit into this argument here, But my

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Speaker 1: argument about the other guys that you acquire that were

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Speaker 1: on waivers following that fourth preseason game, waived by other teams, Well,

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Speaker 1: they went to our camp, they went through the rigors

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Speaker 1: of it, and they're ready to go. Now you have

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Speaker 1: to get them acclimated to what you're doing on special teams,

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Speaker 1: whatever else you're doing in your system. But at least

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Speaker 1: they went through it and they're in football shape, so

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Speaker 1: it is important. Now training camp. I'll get to Josh

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Speaker 1: Ferguson in just a moment. Also Peter Callum by coming

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Speaker 1: up as well here on the program. But training camp,

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Speaker 1: we have our dates and it all starts Thursday, July

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Speaker 1: twenty fifth at the Houston Methodist Training Center. Now I

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Speaker 1: can see that they're practicing a little bit later than

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Speaker 1: usual considering its home practice. They're starting these practices at

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Speaker 1: nine ten am Central time, which is a little bit different.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see how that plays out. I would imagine

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Speaker 1: they would do some inside outside. We'll see how they

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Speaker 1: play it, especially early on the public practices don't start

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Speaker 1: right away. So what you have here is Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

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Speaker 1: They're practicing at the Houston Methodist Training Center, all those

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Speaker 1: practices at nine ten, then they get the mandatory players

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Speaker 1: day off. Now all of a sudden, you're almost in

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Speaker 1: week two, but not quite. You've got practices on July

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Speaker 1: thirty first and August first. Now you're gonna have open practices.

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Speaker 1: Six training camp. Practices are going to be open to

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Speaker 1: the public starting Thursday, August first. Saturday that week will

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Speaker 1: be open, and then you're gonna go right to Saturday

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Speaker 1: of the next week because on August fourth, they're gonna

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Speaker 1: fly to Green Bay and get ready to practice with

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Speaker 1: the Packers. They'll travel August fourth, that's a Sunday, and

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Speaker 1: on Monday and Tuesday they'll practice at the Don Hudson

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Speaker 1: Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and we will be there

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Speaker 1: to bring it to you live here on Sports Radio

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Speaker 1: six ten. And I bet that the Sports Radio six

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Speaker 1: ten guys are planning on making the trip as well. Heck,

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Speaker 1: they went to the Greenbrier. This is almost as much fun.

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Speaker 1: I think it's more fun really when you're looking at

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Speaker 1: lambeau Field and the Packer Hall of Fame and there's

587
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Speaker 1: so much to talk about there in Wisconsin. Now, on

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Speaker 1: that day of that week, just to walk through. They'll

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Speaker 1: play the Packers on Thursday, August eight. That's the first

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Speaker 1: preseason game. Last night we talked about it, Johnny and

591
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Speaker 1: I discussed it about twenty four hours ago, that it's

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Speaker 1: golden that you get to face Aaron Rodgers and Matt

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Speaker 1: Stafford in the first two preseason games. Now, as far

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Speaker 1: as in the game itself, probably not a whole lot

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Speaker 1: of Aaron Rodgers that first week. Maybe he doesn't play

596
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Speaker 1: at all, I don't know, but you're gonna see him

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Speaker 1: on the practice field, and that is so valuable. They

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Speaker 1: will have practices with the Lions the following week. But

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Speaker 1: remember you start on a Thursday, So after that first

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Speaker 1: preseason game, you'll have practices at home Saturday, Sunday, Monday,

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Speaker 1: and then a player's day off, and then you'll go

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Speaker 1: against the Lions on Wednesday and Thursday of that week

603
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Speaker 1: two of the preseason. So that's gonna be very cool.

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Speaker 1: Matt Patricia comes into town with his squad and you'll

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Speaker 1: see how you measure up against the boys from the

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Speaker 1: NFC North, and then on Saturday take on the Lions. Now,

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Speaker 1: they don't publish a schedule following that because that Week

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Speaker 1: three game is the Dallas game up there, you're gonna

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Speaker 1: have more like a normal game week. I hesitate to

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Speaker 1: use the word normal, but they like to get into

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Speaker 1: a regular game week prep thing for that third preseason

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Speaker 1: game and before you know it, Like I always say,

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Speaker 1: once that first preseason game hits, it goes by so quickly.

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Speaker 1: I think it's great that they're opening on a Thursday.

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Speaker 1: More and more teams are doing this. Why because it

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Speaker 1: extends training camp. You get to start practices two weeks

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Speaker 1: before your first preseason game. That means you get to

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Speaker 1: open practice a couple of days earlier. And believe me,

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Speaker 1: the coaches want to take advantage of that opportunity. Remember

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Speaker 1: two years ago, the Texans were playing to Carolina Panthers

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Speaker 1: on a Wednesday night to start the preseason in Charlotte

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Speaker 1: because the PGA Championship was there and there weren't enough

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Speaker 1: first responders or police officers available to staff that game

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Speaker 1: on a Thursday night, so they went on Wednesday. But

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Speaker 1: they got to open camp early. And that was at

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Speaker 1: the Greenbrier. And that was fun for some people, and

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Speaker 1: by some people I mean me because I really enjoyed

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Speaker 1: it up there. But it was a lot of work. Well,

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Speaker 1: and by work, I mean doing what I'd love to do,

630
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Speaker 1: which is talk about Texans football. I also like talking

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Speaker 1: to players like Peter callum By out of Stanford. He's

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Speaker 1: in his second year now and he played a lot

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Speaker 1: of special teams last year, made some plays for this squad.

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Speaker 1: So we talked to him, John Harris and I did

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Speaker 1: here in the Huntday Texans radio studio about what it

636
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Speaker 1: was like to embark on his second season with the Texans.

637
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: Oh years, who you know. I'm more familiar in the system,

638
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 1: I know all for linebacker spots, and I have a

639
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: lot of experience on special teams. So I'm just looking

640
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 1: forward to contributing more on defense and being a dog

641
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,720
Speaker 1: on special teams out there, Peter, if you have a

642
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 1: choice to play insider, play outside, and take everything out

643
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: with the coach stick, whatever we will tell us, we

644
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: tell them they're not gonna heard. Would you pick inside

645
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 1: or outside or does it matter? Whatever you get trying

646
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: to which one would you pick? And why? I mean,

647
00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 1: it's whatever gets me on the field. But I mean

648
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 1: I've experienced at both. In high school I was more

649
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 1: of an inside linebacker and college I was more of

650
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: an edge defender. Um so I'm not really sure with

651
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:00,800
Speaker 1: what I like, but I have a lot of fun

652
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: playing inside linebacker, and I like that they I think

653
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 1: they're gonna have me working out of inside primarily this spring,

654
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 1: and I'm happy about that. Yeah. What is that like

655
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 1: when you're a rookie and you're learning all that stuff

656
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 1: and then you you need things to be second nature

657
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 1: on the field, in the field of play, during practice, whatever,

658
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: What is that process like for you? Yeah, it was

659
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 1: really interesting because obviously they dropped me as an outside linebacker.

660
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 1: We had a few injuries, and then they bumped me

661
00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: inside and towards the middle of the season and it

662
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: was just it was like a whole new world. You know,

663
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 1: being off the ball back there outside you kind of

664
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: see half the field. Inside linebackers you kind of got

665
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 1: to see the whole field. You gotta do the more uncoverage.

666
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: But it's good now that I know how all the

667
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: pieces of the puzzle that is a defense work together

668
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: with my experience playing outside, so I can tell the

669
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 1: outside guys what to do. I can see who's wrong,

670
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 1: who's right. I know what the defensive backs are doing now,

671
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 1: so the defense is becoming more second nature than me

672
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 1: just no matter what position I'm playing, because I know

673
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 1: how everything fits together. We know you're a smart guy,

674
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: we know that for sure, But how often and how

675
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 1: difficult is it that you want the Stanford that you're

676
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,680
Speaker 1: expected to be this well, you should know what you

677
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 1: do when you want to Stanford? Do you have you

678
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 1: ever heard that sort of thing? I mean at Stanfordvius

679
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: you probably heard all the time, But when you got here,

680
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 1: did you hear that? Like the stereotype of Stanford guys

681
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 1: are so smart they should know everything that if you

682
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 1: ever made a mistake, it's like all you went to Stanford,

683
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:15,479
Speaker 1: he should know if you ever heard anything like that? Oh,

684
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 1: every day every day, um me Scarlett bad and mostly

685
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 1: if we make a mental air, which which is rare,

686
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: by the way, but if we make it. But if

687
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 1: we make a mental air, um, you know they're gonna

688
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 1: be like Stanford. You want to Stanford stan education. There's

689
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: that Standford education and we laugh about it, but we

690
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 1: don't really like it. We laugh about it, you know,

691
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 1: it's all the good spirits, I guess Peter Calumbay with us.

692
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: How tough is it to be really good at special

693
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: teams and good at your regular position. Um. Yeah, because

694
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 1: you know, it's two completely different worlds, normally different sets

695
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 1: of two different sets of film to study every week,

696
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: So you just gotta kind of did divvy up your

697
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 1: time and kind of figure out like, Okay, let me

698
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: watch special teams film for this first thirty minutes, let

699
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: me watch defensive film for the next thirty minutes. Kind

700
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,160
Speaker 1: of figure that out because it's two completely differ from

701
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 1: worlds and you're dealing with different players. But I learned

702
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 1: from guys in the past, and guys like Dylan Cole,

703
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: Brendan Scarlett, Brian Peters, they handled it well, so I

704
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 1: kind of just gleaned off them and see what they do. Peter,

705
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: what moment from last year stands out? Eleven wins, nine

706
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: game winning streak. Is there a moment for you in

707
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 1: your rookie year that stands out that you remember more

708
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: than any other. Yeah. I had a pretty good hit

709
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 1: on the Dory Jackson on that Monday night game and

710
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 1: the stadium went crazy, and I came back to my

711
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 1: phone after the game, and like everybody I ever knew,

712
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 1: it was like, oh my god, Oh my god, like this.

713
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: I saw that, and I was like, well, that's pretty cool.

714
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,280
Speaker 1: That's pretty cool because you know, Monday night that's the

715
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 1: biggest stage, so the whole country was watching. I think

716
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 1: I got the text from McCaffrey. I hadn't heard from

717
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: him in like a year, and he was watching too,

718
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,280
Speaker 1: because he ended up the game the Monday. So that's

719
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 1: pretty cool. That is very cool. All right. So being

720
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 1: a year two, what is it like seeing the rookies

721
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 1: now and the looks on their faces and everything? Because

722
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 1: I remember you, you didn't have that wide eyed look.

723
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: Really felt like really comfortable right away, it seemed anyway

724
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: from the outside looking in. I don't know if it

725
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 1: felt that way on the inside. So what does it

726
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,720
Speaker 1: like seeing these guys now? Um, well, for one, definitely

727
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 1: was not comfortable, but I'm just a pretty even killed guy.

728
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,800
Speaker 1: But not seeing the rookies, you know, they they're scared,

729
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: not scared, but you know, they just they just don't

730
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: know what's about to happen because this level of football

731
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:24,160
Speaker 1: is like nothing they've ever done in their lives. So, um,

732
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 1: you know, I just try to give them words of

733
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 1: encouragement whenever I can, you know, tell them what to

734
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: do if I'm in there with him or something like that.

735
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 1: But It's pretty funny to see how worried they are about,

736
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 1: you know, some simple things like in a walk through.

737
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 1: You know, they're all like freaking out and I'm like,

738
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 1: we're not even playing yet. You know, all right, you're

739
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 1: ready for some either wars. It's very very simple. It's

740
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,359
Speaker 1: good your Stanford gout. You'll be able to figure this out.

741
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: All right, there we go again. I got that because

742
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 1: I went to Brown so I used to hear that.

743
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,719
Speaker 1: Uh youn NBA fan Yes, Okay, Clay Thompson or Steph

744
00:34:55,800 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: Curry Chotte guy figured that, all right. Retro video game

745
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 1: either NBA jam or Mario Kart Mario Kart oh man, Okay,

746
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: do you play? Now? Do you play video game? I

747
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,920
Speaker 1: don't anymore, not as much as I used to. But um,

748
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 1: I'm pretty good at FIFA. OKAYI those DeAndre. Really, a

749
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 1: film is being made of your life, The Peter Calumbai Story.

750
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 1: Who plays you? Either Chadwick Boseman, Michael b. Jordan or

751
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: Channing Tatum. Okay we've had all three. Now that's the

752
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 1: first vote for Chadwick Boseman. Very very nice. Okay, you're

753
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 1: a boxer and you step in the ring against one

754
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 1: of these two in their primes, either Muhammad Ali or

755
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: Mike Tyson. Are you saying I'm trying to win. I'm

756
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 1: just saying you're going into trying to live. It's it's

757
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 1: up to you however you perceive it, either Muhammad Ali

758
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: or Mike Tyson. Some people would say I'd rather face

759
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 1: this guy because I want to against the Beast, or

760
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,279
Speaker 1: I want against Ali. Just say I want to get

761
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,080
Speaker 1: its Ali. It's up to you how you see it.

762
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 1: I think I'd rather face because I think I'll have

763
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:04,799
Speaker 1: a bit of a chance. See there we go. Peter,

764
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,240
Speaker 1: thanks left for joining us. Good luck this year. There's

765
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 1: Peter callum By, one of seventy five players on the

766
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 1: roster from Stanford. Now it just feels like that you

767
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:16,160
Speaker 1: have four players from Stanford. You have Brennan Scarlett, Justin Reid, Johnson,

768
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 1: Battamosi and Peter callum By. These Stanford guys are great.

769
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,800
Speaker 1: We did a fifty three that's our episodic series on

770
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,360
Speaker 1: different players and how they made their way out to

771
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 1: the roster. Justin Reid was the subject of one of

772
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 1: them and it was a great feature. It's on Houston

773
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 1: Texans dot Com. Just search for it. On Google, you'll

774
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 1: find it. It's up on YouTube as well, and we

775
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: talked with David Shaw. They're talented head coach out there

776
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,360
Speaker 1: who I always felt like could get a gig in

777
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: the NFL. But he's happy at Stanford, and who can

778
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: blame him. It's such a beautiful place to coach football

779
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 1: of any kind. And I gotta say this, Josh Ferguson's

780
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: coming up right now. And this is a running back

781
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,319
Speaker 1: who I said it was a mix. It's a big

782
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,919
Speaker 1: mix of players. We'll see how it shakes out. He's

783
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,720
Speaker 1: a speed guy. You know that Lamar Miller and Deante

784
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 1: Foreman are the guys, but as we all know, injuries occur.

785
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:07,399
Speaker 1: Sometimes other guys rise to the top for some reason.

786
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: Sometimes you just need a spot start, or you need

787
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 1: big plays out of your third back. Think of what

788
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,359
Speaker 1: Alfred Blue was able to do for this team over

789
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 1: the years. Now he's in Jacksonville Jaguar. In any case,

790
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 1: Ferguson's a super nice guy. And Johnny and I interviewed

791
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 1: a bunch of players throughout OTAs and some of these

792
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,640
Speaker 1: guys who may or may not be on the fifty

793
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,800
Speaker 1: three man roster, you get the feeling that it's so

794
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,399
Speaker 1: hard for the coaches once they get to know these

795
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 1: guys and then eventually you might have to cut some

796
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: of them. I mean you do have to cut some

797
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: of them. You have to cut ninety down to fifty three.

798
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 1: You get to do the practice squad as well. But

799
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 1: super nice kids and you just want to see them

800
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: find a way in the game of professional football. And

801
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 1: Ferguson is just a super guy that I had never

802
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,880
Speaker 1: met before, but we had him here in studio and

803
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 1: asked him all sorts of stuff, like what it was

804
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: like to join the Houston Texans in twenty eighteen to

805
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 1: become part of the outfit here. It was awesome to

806
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: join the team last year and watch the success they

807
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: did have. And I'm really excited about this upcoming season, Josh.

808
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,399
Speaker 1: For people that haven't had a chance to see you play,

809
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: and I remember seeing you at Illinois and I was like, well,

810
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 1: he's got some juice. What would you tell the Texans fans? Like,

811
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 1: hey man, I had a chance to you play, Like

812
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 1: what are you all about? Like what will fans see

813
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 1: when they get a chance to watch you play? Yeah?

814
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: Speed guy, quickness. I like to catch the ball and

815
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: really do whatever I'm ask but catching has been a

816
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: little bit of my ford say since college, so definitely

817
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: looking to exploit that a bit. What is it like

818
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,360
Speaker 1: as a professional when you're I mean, you've been with

819
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,839
Speaker 1: two other squads that are bitter rivals of this team,

820
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: you know, the Patriots and the Cults My gosh. So

821
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,080
Speaker 1: what is it like though, when you have different addresses

822
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:41,879
Speaker 1: like that where you're working and you're trying to catch

823
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:45,719
Speaker 1: on and just operate on a consistent basis for many years? Yeah? Yeah,

824
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: last season was a bit more difficult than the season's

825
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:52,280
Speaker 1: past with all the moving, but it was a blessing disguise.

826
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 1: I learned a lot about myself, learned a lot about

827
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,320
Speaker 1: being a professional, and it's good to be in a

828
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: bit of a home now. So Josh, what about this

829
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,880
Speaker 1: running back room? Yea, Lamar got Theonta guys have been

830
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 1: around for a little bit. You're in there, buddies in there,

831
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: and then you bring in I guess he's in your

832
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: room because he's a full back. Colin Glaspia twelfth Man

833
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: comes in. What's that running back room? Like? It's thick

834
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: in there, man, It's thick in there, No doubt. The

835
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 1: competition is hot, but that's unfull football. Shoot, that's a

836
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 1: sports in general. So I'm excited to be a part

837
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 1: of it. Who've got some good guys. It's been a

838
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 1: pleasure learning from Lamar and competing with the rest of it.

839
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 1: OTA's for the running backs, you're not really getting hit,

840
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 1: So what's really important to you in that environment? Say,

841
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 1: the first step for a guy like me is the

842
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: showing that you can learn the playbook. Go out there

843
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 1: and execute the playbook. You know, catch the ball, make

844
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,359
Speaker 1: all the right cuts, the right reads, and fulfill all

845
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 1: your assignments and techniques. So I think that's the biggest thing,

846
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,439
Speaker 1: showing that you have the mental capacity to play this game.

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Speaker 1: There's Josh Ferguson. We visited with him in the Hunday

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Speaker 1: Texans radio studio. That was actually prior to the OTA

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Speaker 1: sessions getting going. And one note on running backs. Dad

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Speaker 1: had been in the league. Dad haven't done a ton,

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Speaker 1: and you're wondering is this really worth it to them,

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Speaker 1: to the organization that picks them up. I always go

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Speaker 1: back to Justin Foreset. Justin for Set was a player

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Speaker 1: who really hadn't done much. He came here and backed

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Speaker 1: up Arian Foster did a really solid job. Forever be

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Speaker 1: known for the guy who had the touchdown that wasn't

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Speaker 1: but was against Detroit Thanksgiving twenty twelve. Well, a couple

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Speaker 1: of years later he's in Baltimore and he is blowing

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Speaker 1: it up fourteen hundred plus yards, a ton of touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: goes to the Pro Bowl. You just never know how

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Speaker 1: careers are going to go. There are too many examples

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Speaker 1: of guys who, I hate to say come out of nowhere,

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Speaker 1: but guys who are not overnight successes, but then they

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Speaker 1: become successful due to hard work. Maybe some luck involved,

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Speaker 1: maybe not. Maybe some luck in terms of you didn't

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Speaker 1: get hurt or somebody else did that gave you an opportunity,

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Speaker 1: whatever the case is. That's why it's worth sticking around

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Speaker 1: as long as you possibly can in this business. All right,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for the show tonight. A couple

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Speaker 1: of pointers, here pointers, a couple of reminders. Here's a pointer.

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Speaker 1: Watch Texans three sixties Saturday night at eleven on ABC thirteen,

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Speaker 1: John Harris and Rude Doherty, and Johnny's gonna talk not

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Speaker 1: only about the Texans, but a bit about the biggest

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Speaker 1: weekend in Houston football. History. Maybe I don't think I'm

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Speaker 1: over hyping it. Because when you have the Texans home

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Speaker 1: opener against the Jaguars on Sunday, you have the Long

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Speaker 1: Horns in town on Saturday night playing Rice, and the

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Speaker 1: night before that you have the Cougars and the Cougars.

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Speaker 1: This is a good Cougs team taking on Mike Leech

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Speaker 1: and Washington State the Friday night before. That's a triple

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Speaker 1: header Friday, Saturday Sunday at NRG Stadium in September. He'll

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Speaker 1: talk about that on Texans three sixty. It's been a

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Speaker 1: pleasure to have you listening to the program tonight. Thank

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Speaker 1: you Brandon for producing. Have a great evening and go Texans.