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Speaker 1: But with the virus and everything associated with it, I'm

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Speaker 1: doing fine. I'm at home and Watson, Florida. We're both

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Speaker 1: following every guideline we can. Sounds good, okay, General, So

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Speaker 1: Nuke gets traded to Arizona for a second round pick,

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Speaker 1: David Johnson coming here, a fourth rounder goes there. So

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Speaker 1: what do you make of it? As I was pointing

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Speaker 1: out in the first segment, look, this is not the

433
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Speaker 1: team they're going to go to battle with in September.

434
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Speaker 1: But as far as this trade goes and what might follow,

435
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,760
Speaker 1: you have to feel like they're gonna do more at

436
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Speaker 1: wide receiver, obviously probably in the draft, but maybe even

437
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Speaker 1: through free agency. What are you thinking? I just wrote

438
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Speaker 1: a column for tomorrow about how I think Bill O'Brien

439
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Speaker 1: will sign a receiver. The one i'd love to see

440
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Speaker 1: them get is Robbie Anderson from the Jets as Will

441
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,080
Speaker 1: Fuller type speed and it was productive for the Jets.

442
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Speaker 1: But there's a lot out there, but of course none

443
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Speaker 1: is as good as DeAndre Hopkins. And with the fortieth

444
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Speaker 1: overall pick, they could get a really good receiver prospect

445
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Speaker 1: because it is a great draft of receivers. It's talented,

446
00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,399
Speaker 1: it's deep, but you got to get the right one.

447
00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,120
Speaker 1: I also could see Bill O'Brien possibly packaging a deal

448
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Speaker 1: that could try to get back into the bottom of

449
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Speaker 1: the first round to get a receiver he likes. But

450
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Speaker 1: I think he will definitely get one in three agency,

451
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Speaker 1: and I think he'll definitely get one in the second round.

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Speaker 1: All right, what about David Johnson. What do you think

453
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Speaker 1: they're getting with him? Possibly? You remember when they made

454
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Speaker 1: the trade for Duke Johnson last year, Bill O'Brien, water

455
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Speaker 1: back who catched the ball really well out of the backfield.

456
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Speaker 1: Duke Johnson did that. He's really good at it now,

457
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Speaker 1: David Johnson and this Johnson and Johnson backfield. He is

458
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Speaker 1: a great receiver and he was a good runner. His

459
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Speaker 1: second year in the league, he was tremendous and the

460
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Speaker 1: Cardinals gave him a monster contract that he missed twenty

461
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Speaker 1: seventeen with the wrist injury. He came back in twenty eighteen,

462
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Speaker 1: ran for nine forty yards, seven touchdowns, covered three catching

463
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Speaker 1: and caught fifty passes. And last year, even though he

464
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Speaker 1: was he was benched and they brought in Kenyan Drake,

465
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Speaker 1: he was still a good receiver. He averaged ten point

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Speaker 1: three yards out of the backfield. So he's six one,

467
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Speaker 1: he's two twenty three, he's twenty eight years old, and

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien targeted him for he's seen something in David Johnson,

469
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Speaker 1: like you saw in Carlos Hide. I remember when he

470
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Speaker 1: made the trade for Carlos Hide. I just dawned about it.

471
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Speaker 1: I thought, well, they'll get six and seven hundred yards

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Speaker 1: out of him, and Hyde responded with his best season.

473
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Speaker 1: Johnson could respond, I doubt we'll see his best season

474
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Speaker 1: because two sixteen was tremendous, but he could get a

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Speaker 1: thousand yards like Carlos Hide and Duke Johnson have a

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Speaker 1: repeat of his first season with the Texans, they'd be

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Speaker 1: very happy with the backfield. But the key is I

478
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Speaker 1: feel a lot more confident in David Johnson because he's

479
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Speaker 1: had two good years then I do in a free

480
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Speaker 1: agent receiver knew coming into the system or a rookie

481
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Speaker 1: who was unproven. But that's the path they've chose to

482
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Speaker 1: take in and take, and the guy's got to be

483
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Speaker 1: the happiest player in the NFL right now. Is Kyler

484
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Speaker 1: Murray to get DeAndre Hopkins going into his second year.

485
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Speaker 1: I'm waiting. I think it'll be very interesting to see if,

486
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Speaker 1: unlike the Texans and the Cardinals, will Redo Hopkins last

487
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Speaker 1: three years on his contract. Do you feel like with

488
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Speaker 1: obviously we always thought if will Fuller can stay healthy,

489
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Speaker 1: I mean, we've said that that prefix an awful lot

490
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Speaker 1: when when describing Texans chances to do things. But Will Fuller,

491
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Speaker 1: I feel like when he's out there, he's kind of

492
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Speaker 1: the number one guy in the way he commands attention. Obviously,

493
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Speaker 1: Hopkins has all the numbers because he's available and he's

494
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Speaker 1: been able to make plays over the years. But what

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Speaker 1: about moving forward with Will and maybe what they could

496
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Speaker 1: possibly get out of Kiki QT. And you mentioned Kenny Stills.

497
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's been good for them in short time,

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Speaker 1: in short order. Well, you know, they can't count on

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Speaker 1: full full sixteen games. He's never played sixteen games. If

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Speaker 1: he could, that would be great because when he was

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Speaker 1: in they were seven points more on offense than they

502
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Speaker 1: were without him, and he's been tremendous when he's healthy.

503
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Speaker 1: One eight the Hopkins won QT. I don't know anybody

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Speaker 1: count on him considering the year he had as a

505
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 1: as a sophomore, but he flashed enough as a rookie

506
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Speaker 1: to show them what he's got the ability to do.

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Speaker 1: Kenny Stills, like Fuller Norton the last year of his contract.

508
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Speaker 1: I thought Mark, even with Hopkins, they might look at

509
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Speaker 1: the receiver in the draft just because of the second

510
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,800
Speaker 1: third guy Stiller and Stills are going into last year

511
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Speaker 1: of their contract, but now it becomes the biggest priority.

512
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Speaker 1: Bringing back Bradley Roby took the made that where it's

513
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,760
Speaker 1: not the top priority. Still need a corner, still need

514
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Speaker 1: a pass rusher, but the wide receiver is the highest

515
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Speaker 1: priority on this team right now and probably will be

516
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Speaker 1: going into the draft, no telling, no matter who they

517
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Speaker 1: saw in free agency, your reaction to the signing of Robi.

518
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Speaker 1: We talked about this a couple of times that after

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Speaker 1: the combine they into I think got a handle on

520
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Speaker 1: what some of these agents are going to want for

521
00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:51,240
Speaker 1: free agent corners. His deal three years as a maximum

522
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Speaker 1: value of thirty six. He'd have to stay healthy and

523
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Speaker 1: reach every and sentive to make that. So he didn't

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Speaker 1: break the bank. I thought at twenty even he'll play

525
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Speaker 1: at twenty eight. He might have gotten my money on

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Speaker 1: the market. But with them guess and they're going to

527
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,640
Speaker 1: pick up the fifth year option on Gary on Conley

528
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Speaker 1: and Lonnie Johnson Junior going to the second year, it's

529
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,000
Speaker 1: not as big a need. But I can still say

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Speaker 1: they take a receiver with the first pig in the

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Speaker 1: second round. Fortieth. Overall, I could still see him take

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Speaker 1: in a corner fifty seventh and then go with the

533
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,200
Speaker 1: next three pigs one and a third and two and

534
00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 1: the fourth looking at pass rushers. So and they're gonna

535
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 1: have to have to give a nostacle if DJ Reader

536
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:40,639
Speaker 1: signs with another team as expected day one a free agency.

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Speaker 1: Really it's just the legal tampering period, so nothing's official yet.

538
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,760
Speaker 1: But we have Tannehill that's official, staying with the Tennessee Titans.

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00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,400
Speaker 1: No surprise to you, I'm sure. And they tag Henry.

540
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Speaker 1: They lose Jack Conklin. Your thoughts on their situation, Dalco

541
00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 1: could lose Dennis Kelly, tim Kelly's younger brother, Texans offensive coordinator.

542
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,160
Speaker 1: His contracts up, so they got to find the right tackle.

543
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,280
Speaker 1: And they wanted Tanny Hill all along. They were never

544
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,280
Speaker 1: seriously interested in Brady. They just let the media do

545
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,400
Speaker 1: their bidding. They never denied it because that was good

546
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 1: for the Tanny Hill negotiations. What a great deal for him,

547
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: three fourths of a great season and capitalized, big time

548
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 1: Market's all about timing, you know that. I know that,

549
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: and boy did he take advantage of it. And I

550
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,640
Speaker 1: think I have no idea where Brady's going, I guess

551
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,440
Speaker 1: I guess it will go Tampa back to New England. Yeah,

552
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: I mean, we all want to see in the San

553
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: Francisco thing didn't work out. I wasn't surprised that they

554
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: wanted to stick with Garoppolo at all, really, considering he

555
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:48,920
Speaker 1: just brought them to a Super Bowl. He missed one

556
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,560
Speaker 1: big throw at the end. I get it, he didn't

557
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 1: win the game. He didn't play great in the fourth quarter,

558
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,919
Speaker 1: but he got them there or helped to any year

559
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,879
Speaker 1: before he was out with a tour in ACL I

560
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,920
Speaker 1: would say that's pretty good rebound. And yeah, I didn't

561
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,359
Speaker 1: do that then of the fourth quarter. But what Brady

562
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,119
Speaker 1: do to beat Tennessee at home in the playoffs? Nothing?

563
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 1: And so I don't blame them for sticking with Garoppolo,

564
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,920
Speaker 1: not needing another and then needing another quarterback in a

565
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,879
Speaker 1: year or two. And it'll be a surprise, you know,

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Speaker 1: if if the Raiders all of a sudden step up

567
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 1: and they're interested, even though they've praised the heck out

568
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: of Derek Carr, but all of a sudden they step

569
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Speaker 1: up and they want to bring Brady in there, and

570
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 1: that would make a whole lot of sense. But the

571
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:36,679
Speaker 1: Buccaneers have not tried to hide their interest or gm.

572
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,360
Speaker 1: Jason Light came from the Patriots one Super Bowl rings there.

573
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 1: He knows Tom Brady very well. Bruce arians is getting

574
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 1: in retirement age. So if if they signed him and

575
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Speaker 1: it does work out for two years, he just tired

576
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,920
Speaker 1: walk away. I'm guessing right now he'd like to go

577
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 1: out and to blaze the glory with Tom Brady at

578
00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 1: his side. The Forest. Buckner goes on the forty nine

579
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Speaker 1: ers to the Colt for the thirteenth pick, and I

580
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: don't like seeing Buckner in the AFC South at all,

581
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 1: But a lot of people are saying the thirteenth pick really,

582
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,040
Speaker 1: and then all the money you have to pay Buckner

583
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: might not have been worth it. It's kind of Unballard like.

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00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 1: I guess they saw a tremendous need there, and they've

585
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 1: also let go of Marcus Hunt. I was very, very

586
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: surprised when I saw that for that pick they might

587
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 1: have been able to get the second best defensive tackles

588
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: on Ken Law from South Carolina. I was just stunned

589
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 1: they gave up a pick that high. But Chris Ballard

590
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 1: knows what he's doing. I also thought maybe they would

591
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: take Henry Rubs the third with that pick, and so

592
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:43,040
Speaker 1: many things are changing. I'm doing my seventh mock draft

593
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: tonight that'll be posted Tuesday morning on Texas Sports Nation.

594
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 1: I got to change a lot of things around, including

595
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 1: the Texans based on moves that have happened the last

596
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: couple of days. What about the Jags with the tag

597
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 1: of Yannick and Gockway not a surprise there, probably setting

598
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,240
Speaker 1: up a trade, and also Clai Campbell being shipped off

599
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: for a coach and general manager like Doug Moron and

600
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,960
Speaker 1: Dave Calwell, who we think are coaching and general managing

601
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,960
Speaker 1: for their jobs. They're getting rid of players for draft choices,

602
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 1: and that's for a team building for the future. So

603
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 1: it's very strange. Indeed, usually they'd be a team trying

604
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,760
Speaker 1: to acquire veteran players to help them bounce back, but

605
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 1: instead they're getting rid of key players who've been very

606
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 1: good for them. And I was stunned because getting the

607
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: four and five for a j boye plays Campbell doesn't

608
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: seem like much. Yeah, it doesn't really seem like bus

609
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 1: at all. Right, let's go around the league here outside

610
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,280
Speaker 1: of the AFC South Dallas with the tag of dak

611
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 1: Byron Jones gone to Miami. By the way, what do

612
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: you think of the Cowboys? They's good for him. Miami

613
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,280
Speaker 1: had more money to spend and kept than any team,

614
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 1: and that's great. And I'm guessing and Marty Cooper is

615
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 1: going to sign with another team as well. And everybody

616
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: knew Jones is gone, but they tried to get Cooper's

617
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: side and he couldn't do it. I'm not saying he

618
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 1: won't go back there, but that's two key players off

619
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys and that's not good. Tenny Bridgewater and the Bears,

620
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: there are talks reportedly. Do you think he ends up there?

621
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Speaker 1: What could happen to him? If Bridgewater goes there, doesn't

622
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 1: expect to be the starter. I can't believe after eight

623
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Speaker 1: I think the Bears do with they seven, nine or

624
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 1: eight and eight, I can't remember, But I can't imagine

625
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,840
Speaker 1: they would give up on Trabisky. If I'm Bridgewater, I

626
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 1: sit tight and I see what's out there that I

627
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 1: might could get a starting job. But maybe they feel like, hey,

628
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 1: Chicago's like Tennessee and Ryan Tanny a good place to

629
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,720
Speaker 1: go to get your foot in the door, make sure

630
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: it never comes out. Clowney to the Giants general, they

631
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: does a great deal for the Giants. They play well.

632
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 1: I guess they're playing at four three Joe Judge and

633
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 1: new coach comes from New England where they play at

634
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 1: three four. Clowney does both of course, and Seattle wanted

635
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 1: to keep him, but they didn't want to pay him

636
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: a lot of money. Clown He's going to be under

637
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:11,600
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure with the Giants if with all

638
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,520
Speaker 1: that media up there, and they'll be all over him

639
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Speaker 1: if he's not consistent. So do you think there's a

640
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: big move coming for the Texans as far as free

641
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 1: agents signing, I mean fairly big marquee catching move. Or

642
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: are we looking at a lot of acquisitions like last year,

643
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 1: which were good acquisitions like Gibson and Fells and those

644
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,680
Speaker 1: types of players. I think more along those lines. I

645
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 1: think this any move they make on a wide receiver

646
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 1: is going to be big because of who he's supposed

647
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: to replace. And if he was a name or somebody

648
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 1: like that, then that'd make it bigger. But I don't

649
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: see Bill O'Brien when he's trying to resign his players,

650
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: trying to sign extensions with Watson, Tunzil and cunning him

651
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 1: going out there and spend fifteen or sixteen million on

652
00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 1: a player. If he's going to do that, he could

653
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 1: keep DJ Raider. I think Reader's gone. But if they

654
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: want to make a splash with some player, they could

655
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 1: just resign Raider as they did Roby. And so I

656
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 1: think it'll be just like last year. All right, So

657
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 1: what are you have in the chronicle? You mentioned that

658
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 1: column tomorrow on possibilities at receiver for the Texans. This

659
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: Opkins trade is so big. We've got Brian Smith, Jerome

660
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 1: Solomon may Aaron Wilson, we're all writing about it. We

661
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: got stuff on Texas Sports Nation as well. This is

662
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:35,240
Speaker 1: gonna resonate for quite a while. Trading a player this big,

663
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: this important, and this valuable in this history of this franchise.

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Speaker 1: It's certainly a big deal and we'll talk about it

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Speaker 1: next General, thanks so much for joining us. We appreciate

666
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: the time, My pleasure mark anytime. So John McClain joining

667
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 1: us on a very busy Monday. As free agency, the

668
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 1: legal tampering period as it is referred to, is underway,

669
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 1: free agency begins for sure on Wednesday, that's when teams

670
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: can start to affectually announced deals, and that's when we'll

671
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: get some information going on Houston Texans dot com. If

672
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 1: you're looking at the website for the Hopkins deal, you're

673
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,279
Speaker 1: not gonna find it there. These are reports teams can't

674
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:13,280
Speaker 1: announce this. Well, they're not gonna announce it right now anyway.

675
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 1: I want to remind you though, with everything going on

676
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,480
Speaker 1: right now, as talking to some friends at Houston Methodist today,

677
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: and they have something very cool called Virtual Urgent Care,

678
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 1: and you can actually visit with a professional if you

679
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,720
Speaker 1: think you have symptoms, whatever's going on with you medically,

680
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: even if it's nothing to do with the virus, you

681
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 1: have something else and you don't want to go in

682
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 1: and maybe get exposed or whatever. If you're just a

683
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,760
Speaker 1: little bit apprehensive about that, this Virtual Urgent Care app

684
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 1: is the way to go. You go out, go to

685
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: your app store, download the Houston Methodist app and learn

686
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:49,879
Speaker 1: about Virtual Urgent Care. It's super easy, super convenient, and

687
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: they are there to help you. I just want to

688
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 1: remind you about that, and I'm gonna be referring to

689
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: that a little bit throughout the week here because people

690
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 1: need all the help they can get there during these times.

691
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: I want to talk a little bit about my Hopkins memories,

692
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,800
Speaker 1: what he meant to this franchise, where they go from here,

693
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 1: And look, I knew that this this show was coming

694
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: earlier the day after this news broke around mid day,

695
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: and I thought, Man, you know where am I gonna

696
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 1: go with this? Because I know it's it's hard for

697
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 1: people to take. I talked about my kids reaction. I

698
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: talked about a number of different ways we can feel

699
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 1: about this. I know everyone's feeling the pain about it,

700
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,400
Speaker 1: but I'm going to share some things with you about

701
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 1: the way I feel about it and the way I

702
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: where I think it's all going. And I'll give you

703
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,879
Speaker 1: some historical examples to sort of back some things up here.

704
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 1: That's all gonna happen next on Texans Radio touch Down

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00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:51,560
Speaker 1: Texans Radio continues in a moment back to the show

706
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 1: that keeps you up to date on the Houston Texans

707
00:35:54,680 --> 00:36:00,879
Speaker 1: Texans Old Exis. I think the vander families listening. I'm

708
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: Alexa downstairs, I believe as we're broadcasting from my house

709
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:08,399
Speaker 1: this evening because I'm working from home like a lot

710
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: of you, and the stadium is semi open for players

711
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 1: who are getting treatment and a few other crew member

712
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: staff members. We're gonna shoot a TV show there this week,

713
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: but really not a whole lot going on. It is

714
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: kind of different. I think it reminds me of a

715
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: hurricane in that, and there are numerous ways it does.

716
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 1: But in that you sort of discover things or rediscover

717
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 1: things that you might have forgotten about, like your house.

718
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 1: You're not here. Is often some of you who work

719
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: all day long, and you know you're I was. I've

720
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 1: been home all day working, but also with the family.

721
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 1: I mean, my seven year old is running around here

722
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 1: playing with bay blades. You know what those things are,

723
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: And I feel like that's the only sporting enjoyment we

724
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: have is watching him play bay blades. I feel like

725
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: gambling on bay blades. Actually, that might be a cool

726
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: thing to do. I've never even heard of these things

727
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,359
Speaker 1: until a few weeks ago, and he's obsessed. Anyway, It's

728
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,879
Speaker 1: fun stuff doing that. I know that the big news

729
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 1: of the day, obviously, the biggest news of the day

730
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 1: is anything involving coronavirus. And if you missed it, the

731
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 1: mayor and County judge announcing today that Houston bars, restaurants

732
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 1: closed other than for takeout, And I think they want

733
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,879
Speaker 1: to be very supportive, as supportive as they possibly can

734
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: be if small businesses, any kind of businesses during this time,

735
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 1: but also to prevent the gatherings from taking place, spreading

736
00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 1: the virus potentially, and no one knows. Look, I look

737
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 1: at the number of Harris County cases and it's still

738
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 1: pretty low. But the testing hasn't been that extensive. And

739
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 1: we'll just pray that the number stays manageable here in

740
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: Houston as you see other cities start to swell up

741
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,839
Speaker 1: with the number of cases and fatalities and everything like that.

742
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 1: So let's all get through this together. Like I said,

743
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 1: work together and be there for each other digitally as

744
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 1: much as possible. I was talking to our crew today

745
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,360
Speaker 1: and I said, you know, in this day and age

746
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 1: of all of us being on our phones too much,

747
00:37:55,640 --> 00:38:00,520
Speaker 1: probably you know, our savvy are gravity us with the

748
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 1: phones comes in handy during this because we're so used

749
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:07,200
Speaker 1: to communicating digitally anyway, and that's what we're doing lately.

750
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 1: So so many of us working from home, and you know,

751
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:11,360
Speaker 1: thank god, you know you have a job where you

752
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: can work from home, most not most but many of you,

753
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 1: some of you don't, and our hearts go out to you.

754
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 1: So I'm again, I'm hoping we can find a way

755
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: to get through this together somehow. So, DeAndre Hopkins, this

756
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:27,399
Speaker 1: is a huge deal. I was not expecting this. Today

757
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 1: people are asking me, was I surprised. Look, it's professional sports.

758
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: I'm never that surprised about anything because I think anything

759
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: is possible. You have players getting compensated. It's pro sports.

760
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,399
Speaker 1: People make decisions. People are looking at the long term,

761
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: people are looking at the short term, people are looking

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00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: at a variety of things. He is one of the

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00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,240
Speaker 1: greatest players in the history of the franchise. There's no question,

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00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 1: and I've always said it that the Texans have been

765
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,360
Speaker 1: blessed to have one of the top three receivers in

766
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: the game in their stable ever since year two when

767
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 1: Andre Johnson was draft did and I look at the

768
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,760
Speaker 1: people involved in the organization right now and the moves

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00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: they've made, and what's been going on in the last

770
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 1: couple of years, and look, you win eleven games, you

771
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 1: win ten games, you go to the divisional round. Look,

772
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 1: I know that no one's cracked open the champagne for

773
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl championship. I know this has not happened.

774
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: I know we haven't been to the AFC Championship game.

775
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: I'll remind you guys of this time and time again,

776
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 1: not of that, but of the fact that, all right,

777
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: despite that, you're looking at one of the more successful

778
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: teams in the NFL, and they're going to find a

779
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: way to be ultra competitive again and battle for this division,

780
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: get in there again, hopefully with a better record where

781
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,479
Speaker 1: he can play that divisional round at home and maybe

782
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: the next one as well, and take it from there.

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00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:44,239
Speaker 1: They have to get to that level, and they're trying

784
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: everything they can. I can guarantee you this. They would

785
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 1: not have made this move that they didn't think somehow

786
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 1: it's going to make them better. I know it's hard

787
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,880
Speaker 1: to see, and I think the job of the sports

788
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 1: media is not to freak out when something like this happens.

789
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 1: Although I get it because he's a great player and

790
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,720
Speaker 1: he's loved I mean, I love DeAndre Hopkins as a player,

791
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: love what he's done for this team. But also things

792
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 1: are done for a reason, and you want to try

793
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,839
Speaker 1: to look through that and figure out what they might

794
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,200
Speaker 1: be thinking and might be doing. Now you might be saying,

795
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Speaker 1: as you're listening to this, I don't want to. I

796
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 1: don't see it, I don't understand it. I think it

797
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: makes no sense what I've heard all the complaints. Okay,

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00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: and look, I'm not going to take that away from you.

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Speaker 1: Go ahead. Have we have to have a professional sports

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00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: funeral for DeAndre Hopkins today? We do because he's not

801
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 1: a Texan anymore, and that does hurt. There's no way

802
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,920
Speaker 1: around that. There's no way around that. But believe me,

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00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,879
Speaker 1: opening Day September, we're gonna be out there at NRG

804
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,720
Speaker 1: Stadium if it's a home opener, or rode up wherever

805
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 1: they are and watching this thing. And you've got a quarterback,

806
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,880
Speaker 1: and you're gonna have a good team out there fighting

807
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: to get off to a good start in what is

808
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,439
Speaker 1: still a sixteen game schedule, of course, but probably going

809
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,360
Speaker 1: to seventeen by twenty one. Anyway, we're all gonna be

810
00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 1: out there and we're all gonna be hoping for the

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Speaker 1: very best. And I guarantee also, and I said this

812
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:07,319
Speaker 1: with Johnny that who's ever in that receiver group right now,

813
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 1: it's gonna look different on Opening Day. And I like

814
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,600
Speaker 1: those guys, but you know, they're gonna reshape things. They

815
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 1: know the issues that they have, and they're going to

816
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:17,839
Speaker 1: do whatever they can to take care of it. Look,

817
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 1: it might not work, might not work. I've seen it

818
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: here before, and I mentioned, you know, the vy thirty

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Speaker 1: nine yard touchdown running overtime, which is still by the way,

820
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 1: still people ask me sometimes, what was the toughest loss ever?

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Speaker 1: Was it that playoff game this past season twenty four? Nothing? Look,

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Speaker 1: that was brutally tough. VY thirty nine yard run is

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00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: the toughest because I know right now they're gonna have

824
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Speaker 1: a good I know they have Deshaun Watson, They've got

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Speaker 1: a quarterback. At that moment in oh six, when that

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Speaker 1: TD run took place in overtime, I thought, oh, we're

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Speaker 1: screwed for ten years. I really thought that because I

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00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 1: thought the Titans were gonna win four Super Bowls, and

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Speaker 1: you know at that very moment, you know, you have

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00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 1: a lot of emotion in a moment like that, and

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00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 1: I thought the Texans were really up against a quarterback. Wise, well,

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00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,040
Speaker 1: the following year they brought in Shop and I know

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00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 1: he didn't win a Super Bowl. Believe me, you don't

834
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 1: have to remind me, but they had some good years.

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00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: They were one of the better offenses in the National

836
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 1: Football League, one of the top three for several years

837
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 1: in terms of putting up yards and maybe not necessarily

838
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:18,880
Speaker 1: all the points they needed all the time, but eventually

839
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Speaker 1: it brought them to their first playoff berth and second

840
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: playoff berths. So anyway, things happened in professional sports and

841
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 1: we got to get through it. But I'm not going

842
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: to take the pain away right now. I mean, I

843
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:33,280
Speaker 1: know it hurts, and I'm eager to see what's next.

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00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: You know, McLean didn't think there was a big free

845
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,200
Speaker 1: agent signing coming for this team because it's just not

846
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,919
Speaker 1: the way they appear to be handling it with Bill

847
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,040
Speaker 1: O'Brien in charge. But you'd ever know. I will also

848
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:47,440
Speaker 1: say this that the players they signed last year and

849
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:50,719
Speaker 1: free agency really helped this football team. Darren Fells was

850
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 1: a revelation to tight end. They still have them in

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Speaker 1: playing this thing for real. Well, that's gonna do it

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Speaker 1: We're gonna try to distract you. I guess today we

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Speaker 1: with this virus, fighting it, dealing with it, and I

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Speaker 1: really hope everybody does their very best to stay home,

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Speaker 1: stay healthy, get acquainted with each other again, and we're

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Speaker 1: gonna be back with you tomorrow night at six. Go

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Speaker 1: great night everyone. Thank you Ben for producing Go Texans.

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