1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Welcome to the show. 2 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 2: Hope everybody is off to a great start this weekend, 3 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 2: as we get you in touch with some Texans here tonight. 4 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 2: A little bit later on, British Brooks, running back. He 5 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 2: got hurt last year, but he started out making the 6 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 2: fifty three man roster as an undrafted free agent. 7 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: Interesting guy. 8 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 2: We're gonna hear from him later on in the program. 9 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: Also Glenn Davis, Hey, what's he doing on the show? 10 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 2: Soccer guru Glenn Davis. Well, we've got the Gold Cup 11 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: Final coming up July sixth here at NRG Stadium, So 12 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 2: we'll dig into the soccer world a little bit as 13 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 2: only we can. 14 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: As Johnny can do anything. 15 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: I mean, Johnny's breaking down soccer teams like he breaks 16 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 2: down football teams. You got to hear this. That's later 17 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 2: on in the show as well. First up to Texans 18 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 2: Braxton Barrios. You'll hear from him second in this segment. 19 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 2: Wide receiver, known for a lot of things social media, 20 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 2: if you know, you know. But we're gonna talk a 21 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 2: lot about ball here with Braxton in a few moments. 22 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 2: But Jared Patterson, let's start off with him center for 23 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 2: your Texans. He started Game one as a rookie two 24 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 2: years ago. What's see up to? Johnny? And I had 25 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 2: a chance to visit with Jared Patterson here on the 26 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: hun Day Texans radio studio. 27 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 1: Jared, it's not frequent enough that we see you here. 28 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 2: I think it was a year ago, as probably last year, 29 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: so but it's great to see you. The quarterback of 30 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 2: the offensive line. Is that how you see? The center position, 31 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: got to make the calls, got to do everything. 32 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 3: So I love doing the most unique position. 33 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 4: Get the crowd, the first guy touched football, make the calls. 34 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 4: So I take take pride and that's pretty cool. 35 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 3: It's unique. 36 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 5: So Jared, first year as rookie, obviously get hurt in 37 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 5: the Carolina game. Second year, come back, fight your way 38 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 5: to get the center. You get to play in the playoffs. 39 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 5: And I bring that up because middle playoffs in the 40 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 5: first year, but you're not able to participate, but second 41 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,679 Speaker 5: year you are and you play a crucial role in that. 42 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 5: What was that like being able to play in the 43 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 5: playoff games last year against the Chargers. 44 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 3: And the Chiefs. 45 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: What was it like for you? 46 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 4: So cool because like the year before, unfortunately had so 47 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 4: many injuries and I was cleared by the end of 48 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 4: the season, but os of the rules and play at 49 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 4: the injured or we couldn't bring me back. So I'm 50 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 4: still happy that you know, we're winning, like have success 51 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 4: and going to the playoffs and competing for a championship. 52 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 4: But like deep down was like, oh, man, I wish 53 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 4: you're gould to be out there right, yeah, be on 54 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 4: the sideline because the environments are so awesome. But yeah, 55 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 4: going back to last year, obviously a little st struggle 56 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 4: at the end of the season, but you know, fair 57 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 4: strong Week eighteen, then going the wild card, and obviously 58 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 4: the lost in Kansas City, but just being able to 59 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 4: play in that environment, Like it wasn't too long ago. 60 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 4: I was sitting at home watching a TV out of 61 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 4: high school and college, Like, man, like that'd be so awesome. 62 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 4: Go be in the playoffs and know just how close 63 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 4: you are to achieving a you know, lifelong dream of 64 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 4: getting a Super Bowl. 65 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 2: So you're a confident guy, and there you are, Game 66 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 2: one of your rookie year. You're starting starting at center, 67 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 2: and I hate to say, did you expect that? 68 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: But I imagine that when that. 69 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: Moment arrived, you weren't that surprised. You felt like, yeah, 70 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 2: this is what I need to do, this is what 71 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 2: I meant to do. 72 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 4: I'll say the good thing for me, Like, yeah, I didn't. 73 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 4: I honestly didn't expect to be drafted, you know, the 74 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 4: sixth round, going into you know, the draft two years ago. 75 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 4: But it was like, it's probably the best thing that 76 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 4: happened to me because going into that, you know, I 77 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 4: I got hurt in camp my rookie year. I missed 78 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,399 Speaker 4: a couple weeks in my hamstring, and at that point, 79 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 4: I was just like, man like, I just want to 80 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 4: make the team at this point. And obviously, you know, 81 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 4: unfortunately some other things happened, other guys got hurt, and 82 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 4: I was starting before and I was already starting like 83 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 4: you know, three years prime like also want to make 84 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 4: the team now. All I got prepared to start on 85 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 4: Sunday against Baltimore. But in my head, I'm like, you know, 86 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 4: I'm a six round pick rookie. I'm like the expectations, 87 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 4: I know, like are very low, you know what I mean, Like, 88 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 4: there's there's no pressure for me right now. If if 89 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 4: I go out there and play play back, I know, 90 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 4: well we expected that, so I knew that bar was low. 91 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 4: So I'm like, I'm just do everything I can to 92 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 4: play the best ball I can and from there. Just 93 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 4: for that, I've honestly felt less nervous for NFL games 94 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 4: to college because in college I felt like I had 95 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 4: to play perfect, you know, you want to put the 96 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 4: great film out there and drave all a lot. I 97 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 4: don't worry about any about that now. I'm in the NFL, 98 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 4: so there's no pressure for me now to perform. 99 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 5: What's the difference in you, Jared, going into year three 100 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 5: versus being a rookie? 101 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: What what's kind of the biggest difference. 102 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 5: I know we haven't gotten into year three, but just 103 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 5: having played two years, how different are you now than 104 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 5: you were when you started that first week against Baltimore. 105 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 3: It's healthy as I've been in five years. Really. 106 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 4: Twenty twenty COVID No, it was healthy, but obviously no 107 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 4: no no activity can work in football. Twenty twenty one, 108 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 4: I had two foot surgeries, you know. Twenty twenty two, 109 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 4: my senior year spring I tore a peck, had peck surgery, 110 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 4: had some foot injuries. The off season kind of lingered 111 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 4: into twenty three. I had a hip injury at the 112 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 4: Senior Bowl. YEP, last year, I was healthy, but I 113 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 4: still had some My leg was still bothered me a 114 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 4: little bit from the injury year before. Yeah, you know, 115 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 4: knocking away. But this year is the best I felt 116 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 4: the off season. Nothing lingering from the year before. 117 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 3: Nothing. 118 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 4: I just you know, pay extra attention to in the 119 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 4: off season program. Like, I just felt like myself finally. 120 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,520 Speaker 4: I feel it's been a while, but it felt good. 121 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: So instead of rehabbing your stacking days. 122 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 4: Exactly, Yes, I can work on football stuff and not 123 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 4: to worry about you know this muscles week are I 124 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 4: gotta work on this and mobility, et cetera. 125 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 2: So yeah, tell us about Cole Popovich, how he's handling things. 126 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 2: He's the head man on the offensive line. Now he's 127 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 2: been here, but now he's the guy. 128 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, now pop pop saw. 129 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 4: We have a lot of respect for him, and obviously 130 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 4: you kind of build a relationship with him the past 131 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 4: two years. 132 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 3: I wasn't really surprised when. 133 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 4: He got the job because I know what type of 134 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 4: coach he is and what type of guy he is 135 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 4: and how much care he has. So he has a 136 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 4: lot of respects from all of us in the line room. 137 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 4: He respects us and about him like it's just work. 138 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 4: We're not gonna worry about. Obviously results are important, but 139 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,920 Speaker 4: you know, are you doing the technique, are you playing hard? 140 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 4: You know all those little things. That's what really matters 141 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,119 Speaker 4: at the end of the day. You know, the result 142 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,559 Speaker 4: of the plays resolved to play. But how's that play? 143 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 3: Look? 144 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 4: It could be you know, a nine nine yard touchdown run. 145 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 4: You know, did you do your job though? That's that's 146 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 4: what really matters to him. 147 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 2: So it's one of those don't focus on the outcome 148 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 2: as much as what's right in front of you. 149 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 4: Yes, exactly, yes, And I think that's what's really important 150 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:58,000 Speaker 4: to O line play. 151 00:05:58,080 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 3: Sometimes you get lost. 152 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 4: You know, you can run the A twenty times for 153 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:03,600 Speaker 4: one hundred and fifty yards, Well you got ripped off 154 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 4: a nine yard touchdown you got you know, you're only 155 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 4: after three yards to carry the other time. You know 156 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 4: that that that doesn't can't. I can't look at that stuff. 157 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 5: So in the playoff game against Kansas City, that was 158 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 5: one of the things that you guys did extremely well. 159 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 5: Like after Joe scored that touchdown, I remember looking up 160 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 5: at the scoreboard and it was like one for one 161 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 5: hundred and fifty yards. 162 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: They have like eighteen an awesome drive that might have 163 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: been our best driving. It was incredible. It was an 164 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: incredible drive. 165 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 5: But you guys are really running the ball exceptionally well 166 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 5: that that day against a pretty good front Chris Jones front. 167 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 5: What was kind of the key in that game, Jared? 168 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 5: That you think can carry over and there's a lot 169 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 5: of different pieces up front and it's a different scheme 170 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 5: and we'll ask about that, but what do you think 171 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 5: you can carry forward from that that you learned in 172 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 5: that game about the individuals up front that you can 173 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 5: carry forward into twenty twenty five. 174 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll say like that week, the two weeks prior 175 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 4: to kind of rant had like a similar run game plan. 176 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 4: A lot of that was dude, you know, no, Pop, 177 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 4: that's he he wanted to you know, kind of go 178 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 4: along with that. I think that's the bodies we have 179 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 4: in the room are great for what we were trying 180 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 4: to do. 181 00:07:10,760 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 6: Then. 182 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it just. 183 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: Shows that we have the ability to run the ball. 184 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 4: And now obviously we've got to be a lot more 185 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 4: consistent and everyone's gotta be locked into the communication and 186 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 4: how we're gonna run the play. 187 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 3: But I mean, I was like, you're. 188 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 4: Talking about I was probably one of our top five, 189 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 4: top three, if not the best drive we had all 190 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 4: last season. Unfortunately we don't win the game, but that 191 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 4: kind of shows that we, you know, we got the 192 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 4: guys for sure. 193 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 2: How is and how will be the dynamic in the 194 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 2: room with the new guys. You got Lake in, you 195 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 2: got Cam, you got all these new guys and in 196 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 2: addition to you guys who have been here. So how 197 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 2: is it different so far? What can you tell the 198 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 2: fans about that? 199 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, so you need you got some like really young guys. 200 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 4: We also got some really you know vet vets. Yeah, 201 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 4: but it's it's kind of interesting, you know, talking with 202 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 4: older guys like Cam, Trent and Length, just like how 203 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 4: much ball they've played and all the little in sites 204 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 4: about I guess d Line played, which run game, pass game? Like, 205 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 4: all those guys have been a tremendous help, and they've 206 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 4: they've been great as well, Like they're they're super solid, 207 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 4: all super great guys to get along with, and I'm 208 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 4: excited to have them be able to play next to 209 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 4: them this year. 210 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 5: Okay, we've got many camps this week, family barbecue Thursday, 211 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 5: and you guys are out of here. What's the Jared 212 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 5: Patterson plan for the off season. Now in the way 213 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 5: you're going home, you're staying here. 214 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 4: I might, I might go home see family for a 215 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,920 Speaker 4: couple of days back in California, But after that, it's 216 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 4: getting ready for camp. 217 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 3: In my opinion, like I'm always in the. 218 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 4: Opinion, like I'll like do vacation early right after the 219 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 4: season ends, so after that I can just focus on 220 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 4: I'm just getting better, because for me, every day is 221 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 4: an opportunity to get better. And then once the season starts, 222 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 4: you know, it's full go after you got locked in 223 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 4: on how much. 224 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 5: How much do you need that time right after this 225 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,319 Speaker 5: season because you play so many games, you play playoff games, 226 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 5: your body needs to rest. How much do you need 227 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 5: that time to get your body kind of just back 228 00:08:58,520 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 5: to just live. 229 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 4: That's a good question because year before I was hurt, 230 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 4: some of my off season kind of started earlier, you know. 231 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 4: But yeah, this year, actually playing through the whole season 232 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,680 Speaker 4: and getting through a lot of practices and games, I 233 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 4: definitely felt like I needed like at least. 234 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 3: Like two weeks to really hear. 235 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 4: The week after the KC game, I tried coming here lifting, 236 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 4: I'm like, mat feel terrible, man, I should not be 237 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 4: doing this right now. It's like giving myself like another 238 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 4: week off. Yeah, lifted hit like a vacation for a 239 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 4: little bit, and I came back. I felt good. Yeah, 240 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 4: it's definitely crucial to get that time off recover. 241 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,360 Speaker 1: All right. Jared, thanks a lot for joining us, Good luck, 242 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys. 243 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 2: Thank you Jared Patterson Center for your Houston Texans. Jake 244 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 2: Andrews also getting a lot of reps at Center. We'll 245 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 2: see how it all shakes out in trading camp. You know, 246 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 2: they have a lot of different directions they can go 247 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 2: with that O line and wide receiver too, very deep 248 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,959 Speaker 2: wide receiver room. Braxton Barrios a part of it as 249 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 2: training camp will begin the week of July twenty first. 250 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 2: Can't wait to see him out there with the guys. 251 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 2: Braxton Barrios. He's been with the Patriots, the Dolphins, and 252 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 2: he's now at Texan and we had a chance to 253 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 2: sit down with him in the Hyundai Texans Radio studio 254 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 2: in the day Texans Radio studio for the first time 255 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 2: in history. 256 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: It's Braxton Burrios history First. 257 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 3: Is true. 258 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: It's not a little exaggeration, but it is true. It's true. 259 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: It's true. 260 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 2: You're here now and you're a Houston Texan. And it's 261 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 2: funny because I was looking at your career path and 262 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 2: AFC East. I always say division teams tend to sign 263 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 2: players from within the. 264 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: Division, right, You're very familiar. 265 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, so now you are outside of the division, in 266 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 2: the AFC South, where you belong. 267 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: How's it been so far for you, bro, It's been awesome. 268 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 7: This uh, this facility, this coaching staff, the team, It's 269 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 7: it's been a very easy transition. Knowing a decent amount 270 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 7: of guys before getting here, and then obviously once Otia 271 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 7: started seeing everybody and getting to know the rest of 272 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 7: the crew, have a tremendous group in here. 273 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 5: Did you have any experience in Houston, Braxton, anybody from Houston, 274 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,040 Speaker 5: your family, anybody you knew? 275 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 3: What? 276 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:50,559 Speaker 1: Why Houston? 277 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 7: I have family outside of Dallas, so my dad, step mom, 278 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 7: and my brothers are outside of Dallas. The only time 279 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 7: I'd visited Houston before this was when the Miami Hurricanes 280 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 7: came here two years ago for the Final four. 281 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: So we came, we came for a day. 282 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 7: Didn't go well, got Mark knows, but they made it, 283 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 7: but they made it, so that was fun. 284 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: And then I guess to answer the second question, why not. 285 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 7: I mean, obviously it's a it's a very incredible capable 286 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 7: team with a great coaching staff. And again I think 287 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 7: the you know, ceilings the limit here. 288 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 2: So what was it like when you first got into 289 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 2: the league versus now? How is your game evolved? What 290 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 2: do you bring to the table now in twenty twenty 291 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 2: five because you were picked up by the Patriots at 292 00:11:36,040 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 2: twenty eighteen. 293 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 7: Yep, yeah, I know it's crazy going into year eight. 294 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,559 Speaker 7: They say it flies, It really does fly. I honestly, 295 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 7: it's it's a it's a different world going into year 296 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:49,439 Speaker 7: eight than it was going into rookie year from a 297 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 7: development from size, speed, strength, even from the wealth of 298 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,720 Speaker 7: football IQ and knowledge that you accumulate, you know, pre 299 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 7: snap post snap. You know, the main thing about the 300 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,439 Speaker 7: game in the NFL is it just it goes faster, right, 301 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 7: you know, everybody's fast, everybody's big, everybody's strong, and so 302 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 7: the margin for air just you know, it's shrinks to 303 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 7: so thin. 304 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: And so I think really the. 305 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 7: Football knowledge and the recognition of coverage and you know 306 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 7: where the soft spot is and to see what the 307 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 7: quarterback is seeing and kind of feel what he's feeling. 308 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 7: You know, speed it up if they're if they're rushing, 309 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 7: you know, if they're blitzing, you know, if it's an 310 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 7: eight man drop, okay, we have time, depth and spacing. 311 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: You know. 312 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 7: It's really those things that have really evolved in those years, Braxton. 313 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 5: One of the things that we've talked about a lot 314 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 5: is outside receiver versus inside receiver. Outside receiver obviously recoveraging 315 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 5: to do those things, but inside there's reading coverage, but 316 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 5: there's managing all the chaos and all the trash and 317 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 5: everything that's in there. Like that's a big huge part 318 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 5: of playing when you're playing on the inside. How difficult 319 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 5: is it to kind of manage all that expecting, well, 320 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 5: I think the linebacker is going to move here, so 321 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,320 Speaker 5: I should go there. But then you've got a defensive 322 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,640 Speaker 5: tackle on might drop or whatever. How tough is it 323 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,559 Speaker 5: to act should kind of manage all that chaos on 324 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 5: the inside. 325 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 7: No, it's a lot, and it takes a lot, a 326 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:08,079 Speaker 7: lot of repetitions. And even when you've taken thousands of repetitions, 327 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 7: you're not always right. You know, you might have the 328 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 7: right queues and the right keys, and then all of 329 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 7: a sudden, they did something different, and you go to 330 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 7: the sideline and said, hey, they did something that we 331 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,559 Speaker 7: did not expect. You know, normally when they're in that look, 332 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 7: they roll to this and they didn't. And it's really 333 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 7: like it's it's all in preparation, really, you know, compartmentalizing. Okay, 334 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 7: it's too high. Who am I worried about? It's one high? Okay, 335 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 7: there's no safety. 336 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: What's going on? 337 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 7: So it's like really like breaking it down step by 338 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,559 Speaker 7: step to where like when the ball snaps, you're expecting 339 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 7: one of two things right instead of. 340 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 1: Like trying to read twelve things exactly. 341 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 7: And that's that's all it is, and that all is 342 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 7: preparation and experience of figuring out Okay, this is telling 343 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 7: me that I need to do this and just going 344 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 7: with it. 345 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,440 Speaker 2: I got to imagine you're a fan of the kickoff rule, 346 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 2: the dynamic kickoff that wassd in twenty twenty four and 347 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 2: this year touched back to the thirty five yard line. 348 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 1: You got to be a fan of this. I'm a 349 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: big fan of this. I was a fan last year. Obviously. 350 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 7: I don't think get spike the numbers that they wanted 351 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 7: to as far as returns go, and so now I 352 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 7: mean it's it's almost a punishment to the kickoff team 353 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 7: to kick it into the end zone. I mean, you 354 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 7: give it to the other team of the thirty five 355 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 7: yard line, and the scoring statistics you know from the 356 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 7: twenty five two years ago, if you start on the 357 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 7: twenty five versus when you start on the thirty five 358 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 7: are you know. 359 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: It's a big difference. 360 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 7: So I'm very excited, and I mean, really, at this 361 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 7: point in time, I feel like there's going to be 362 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 7: a return every single time unless it's a weird game 363 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 7: plan thing, but it's it should be fun. 364 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna get a lot. 365 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 5: Of Ops Braxton kickoff returns or punt returns. Which one's scarier. 366 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: Punt return by far, by far. 367 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 7: It's it's just different, Like you know, I think it 368 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 7: goes with time, right, kickoff return you have some time, right, 369 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 7: so like worst case scenario, you have a little time 370 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 7: to figure some things out of a punt return, you don't, 371 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 7: you know, it's bang bang pretty much always, So you know, 372 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 7: I'd say punk return is definitely the scarier and probably 373 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 7: harder of the two. 374 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: I got knocked out one time on a punt return. 375 00:14:58,280 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: I was like, that's the scariest thing I've ever done, 376 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: and I never did. You got video question, it's a 377 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: long time ago, the video. If you have your film. 378 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 2: Ago, how hard is it to make the decision? Am 379 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 2: I gonna fair catch this thing or not? Split second? 380 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: Yeah it is. I mean it's you know, balls kicked. 381 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 7: You track it right, figure out which way it's going 382 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 7: for a second, and then you take a quick look 383 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 7: at the gunners, see what happened. And again if it's single, 384 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 7: if it's vice, you know, all that comes into play, 385 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 7: which hash they're on, and then the direction of the 386 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 7: punt obviously, and so you check it. I go get 387 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 7: under it, check it one more time, and then I'll 388 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 7: check the gunners. 389 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: One more time. 390 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 7: So two to three, depending on the flight of the ball, 391 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 7: and you just you got to be confident. And that's 392 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 7: the biggest thing, like being like making a decision, being 393 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 7: decisive about it and going with it is the biggest thing, 394 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 7: you know, because as long as you're decisive, you're calm 395 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 7: in your mind, calming their feet, like you know, this 396 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 7: is what I'm doing. I think a lot of people 397 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 7: get in trouble when it's like, oh, what do I 398 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 7: here we go and like you have so many thoughts 399 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,240 Speaker 7: and again small bites, right, like make a decision, live 400 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 7: with it. 401 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, no doubt. Frank Ross, special Teams coordinator. How much 402 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:10,880 Speaker 5: did you know of Frank before you got here? Would 403 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 5: have been your thoughts about Frank and kind of how 404 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 5: he goes about doing his business, because that's a pretty 405 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 5: high energy guy. 406 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 3: It is. It is. 407 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 7: You know a lot of the Special Teams coaches kind 408 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 7: of like that they are. 409 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: It's like they're cut from the same cloth. 410 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 7: But we we've played against each other a few different 411 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 7: times Coach Ross, and I was very excited getting hit 412 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 7: with him. I think he's a I think it's a 413 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 7: great mind in Special Teams. He knows what he's doing, 414 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 7: and you know, the guys that really respect him and 415 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 7: want to play for him, and that's you know, that's 416 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 7: a big thing. The effort and the want to on 417 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 7: Special Teams is about eighty percent of it. 418 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: Braxton. 419 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 2: I don't know how familiar you are with the inner 420 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 2: workings of social media, but you very You've been on 421 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 2: a few videos here and there from time to time. 422 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 2: I don't know we were told this, but that has 423 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,280 Speaker 2: to be part of your life as well, small part, 424 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 2: but it's a part of your life right there. Sure 425 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 2: that you've been viral in some cases and you're also 426 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: in the NFL. It's got to be kind of strange 427 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 2: but wonderful at the same time. 428 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, it's uh, you got to compartmentalize in 429 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,159 Speaker 7: a way, right, and it's you know, it's one of 430 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,119 Speaker 7: those things that now you just kind of have to 431 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 7: take it and strive, you know, like my day job 432 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 7: is my day job. 433 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: Would I do what I love to do. 434 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 7: And I'll do it until I can anymore, because this 435 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 7: is the one thing that that made me happy as 436 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:23,359 Speaker 7: a kid, right, and the one the one goal I 437 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,760 Speaker 7: had was to plan in the NFL. But uh, you know, 438 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 7: again a lot of other things come with that, and 439 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 7: you know, as life goes on, things change, and you know, 440 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 7: that's one of the big things that's changed over the 441 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,120 Speaker 7: last few years. And uh, you know, again, nothing, nothing 442 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,120 Speaker 7: distracts me from my day job. You know, nothing gets 443 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 7: in the way of that. That's that's always first. And 444 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 7: then you know, what you're do in your free time 445 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 7: is what you're doing your free time. 446 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 5: So looking back, you said you're eight, You're not you're eight. 447 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 5: You're eight, go all the way back to your rookie year, 448 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:54,479 Speaker 5: your eight. Braxton Barrios can sit down with rookie year, 449 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 5: Braxton Barrios. Well, one piece of advice would you give him? 450 00:17:57,200 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 1: Wow, that's a good one. 451 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 7: I would just honestly, you know, there's there's so many 452 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 7: things that go on just throughout an NFL season. I'd say, 453 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 7: no matter what, keep your head down and keep doing 454 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 7: what you do, keep doing with what got you here. Yeah, 455 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,040 Speaker 7: because I mean there's a thousand things social media, you know, 456 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 7: like players up, down, cut, release, traded, you know, like 457 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 7: there's so much that goes on in the business of football, 458 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 7: and it's like, you know, don't forget what what got 459 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 7: you here? 460 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 1: And yeah, that would be that would be the piece 461 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: of advice. 462 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,080 Speaker 2: When you were with the Patriots, you're around a quarterback. 463 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 2: I don't know if you recall Tom Brady at all, 464 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 2: but you were around Tom Brady. What kind of influence, 465 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 2: if any. I mean you must have had something on 466 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,239 Speaker 2: you on the whole team, but just being around his 467 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 2: level of professionalism. We were talking about possible distractions or whatever, 468 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:44,959 Speaker 2: but just being around Tom. 469 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, I I say like that that year, 470 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 7: I really think I got a PhD in football, just 471 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 7: you know, watching you know, watching him. 472 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: Of course, Kronk was there, Edelman was there, He had 473 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: Josh M. Daniels. 474 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 7: You have obviously Bill Belichick, I think, greatest coach, Paul. 475 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:02,920 Speaker 1: Nick in the building in a building. Nick Kayla's in 476 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: the Nick Kaylee. 477 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 7: Pop, Yeah, Pop was in there, Jerry, and you know, 478 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 7: and you know you have Matthew Slater. 479 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 1: I mean you have, like you have true Hall of 480 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:12,119 Speaker 1: famers there. 481 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 7: So to sit back and be a sponge and you know, 482 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,919 Speaker 7: soak it all up and to see like what professionalism 483 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 7: really looks like from a rookie year was I think 484 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 7: the greatest start I could have had. And yeah, I 485 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 7: mean I sat there in meetings obviously, it took as 486 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 7: many notes as I possibly can, which I still have 487 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 7: that notebook obviously, and you know he would stop and say, hey, guys, 488 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 7: like this is what I am saying, and this is 489 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:32,919 Speaker 7: what I'm thinking. 490 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:34,080 Speaker 1: So earlier when I. 491 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 7: Talked about like seeing what the qbcs and you know, 492 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,240 Speaker 7: zone is depth and spacing and man is beat your 493 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 7: man and win, like that was all from rookie year, 494 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,360 Speaker 7: Like that was all from that, from that study and 495 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 7: how he saw it and like now I'm like, hey, 496 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 7: if I can see with the quarterback season, I know 497 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,880 Speaker 7: his problems and I can help solve those, that makes 498 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,320 Speaker 7: me a lot more valuable to him. 499 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, very good stuff, Braxton, Thanks a love for joining us, 500 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 2: Good luck, Thank you guys. Great fun with Braxton BURIOSID Studio. No, 501 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 2: we did not pepper him with Alex Earl questions because 502 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 2: come on, it's the first time we met the guy. 503 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 2: We want to talk ball, get to know him and 504 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 2: maybe next time. 505 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 8: Na. 506 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: We don't really do that with the guys too much. 507 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: But he is unique. 508 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 2: He's really out there on social media with her and 509 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 2: I've been told the videos that she does with him 510 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 2: in them do a lot better. 511 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: So who knows. 512 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 2: Anyway, we do know a lot about soccer because n 513 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,959 Speaker 2: ourg Stadium one of the best soccer facilities in the country. Attractive, 514 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 2: matchup seven World Cup games next year, Gold Cup Final 515 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 2: coming up July sixth. We'll talk about that with Glenn Davis, 516 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 2: among other need to know stuff with football and back 517 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:41,719 Speaker 2: to the gridiron with British Brooks as well, a Houston 518 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 2: Texans running back that you got to know last year. 519 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:45,360 Speaker 2: But you're gonna get to know him a whole lot 520 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 2: more during training camp. It's Texans Radio back here in 521 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,000 Speaker 2: the Hunday Texans Radio studio Mark Vandermere with you John 522 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 2: Harris along for the ride, of course as always, And 523 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 2: next week more Texans interviews coming your way, British Brooks 524 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 2: coming your way a little bit later on in the 525 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 2: program here Texans running back. 526 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: But right now, let's talk the other football. 527 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:09,479 Speaker 2: Okay, soccer at NRG Stadium, July sixth, Gold Cup Final, 528 00:21:09,840 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 2: World Cup next year, seven games here in Houston. We'll 529 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,959 Speaker 2: talk about all of this with Glenn Davis, you know 530 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 2: the name. He's on a show on another part of 531 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 2: the dial, several shows as a matter of fact, and 532 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 2: Dynamo calls and the rest of it. Let's get into 533 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,720 Speaker 2: it with Glenn Davis soccer guru. Can I just call 534 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:28,960 Speaker 2: you soccer guru? 535 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 6: I don't you know you said that last time? It's okay, 536 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 6: It's okay, I did. I'm so repetitive. I did not 537 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 6: say did I say soccer? 538 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 3: Good? 539 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 1: But it needs to be repeated. It needs to be repeated. 540 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,400 Speaker 5: Because I know when soccer comes up or football comes 541 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 5: up in the city. 542 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 1: Glenn's the first and only person to go to buy 543 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: this city. 544 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I'd rather have former you know, cold 545 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 6: seven World Cups Thomas for the Chronicle seven years. 546 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 3: No. 547 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 6: And the reason I say that is is because that 548 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,720 Speaker 6: does show us that we do have a lot of 549 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 6: scer history down here. And I don't mean just me, 550 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 6: but there's a lot of soccer history link to the 551 00:22:04,760 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 6: World Cup. 552 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: But you know it is. 553 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 2: And since we're talking about you, Glenn, it is really 554 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 2: notable that you are the soccer guy in a huge 555 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 2: market like Houston. You're the guy, You're the go to guy. 556 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 2: Your opinion is the opinion that matters. I know there 557 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 2: are some others out there, but come on, let's be honest. 558 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 2: And I know you're humble and everything, but it is cool. 559 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 2: It's got to feel good that you are that highly regarded. 560 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 3: I'm very proud to. 561 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:32,160 Speaker 6: Be associated with Houston Soccer over and the soccer community 562 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 6: over all these years. Look, I came here in eighty four. 563 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 6: Professional soccer was a lot different looking. It's amazing what 564 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 6: I see now as far as infrastructure and the care 565 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:46,679 Speaker 6: of athletes and where the game is popularity wise, it 566 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,879 Speaker 6: was completely different. But I've been a part of the 567 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 6: US soccer community and everything, but that's not a good indication. 568 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 6: I don't want to be the only person here. I 569 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 6: want to see other people emerge, and I think that 570 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 6: is part of what you can link to a bigger 571 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:04,000 Speaker 6: issue when it comes to relevancy of MLS and WSL 572 00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 6: teams that are in our market. I wish I wasn't 573 00:23:06,359 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 6: the only one. I wish there was other people out there, 574 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 6: you know, in mainstream media more, and I think that's 575 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 6: our problem. They're going to be forced to cover the 576 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 6: World Cup when it comes. Obviously you got no so 577 00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 6: everybody's scrambling now to figure out how you're going to 578 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,000 Speaker 6: cover the greatest sporting event in the world with seven 579 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:25,360 Speaker 6: games here, with all due respect to the NFL and. 580 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: The Super Bowl, I gotcha. 581 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:32,240 Speaker 6: But yeah, I am proud of that. It does make me. 582 00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 6: You know, that's the payback you get being in the industry. 583 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 6: On the other hand, it's not a good thing. There 584 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 6: should be other people, we should have more, and it 585 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 6: really has not developed the soccer media here. You know, 586 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 6: podcasting has people in podcasting, but it really has not 587 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 6: developed I think where I thought it might be. 588 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: Glenn, you mentioned World Cup. We'll get to that. That's 589 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six, twenty twenty five. 590 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 5: Before we get there, we've got Gold Cup and one 591 00:23:59,359 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 5: of the great things. 592 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: But Gold Cup is the finale will be here. 593 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 5: I believe it's July sixth, Gold Cup here at NRG Stadium, 594 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 5: which is going to be absolutely fantastic. It's a tremendous 595 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 5: event when national powers match up and all that. How 596 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 5: do you kind of handicap where gold Cup in what 597 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 5: we might be able to see in the finale here 598 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 5: in Houston. 599 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 1: How do you kind of look at the Gold Cup? 600 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: How do you kind of handicap it at this point. 601 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,320 Speaker 6: So the Gold Cup is going to rain the champion 602 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 6: of concer cap which is our region of the world, 603 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 6: and it's a Caribbean, it's North America, It's it's Mexico, Canada, 604 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 6: the Caribbean in Central America, and there's a lot of 605 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 6: passion at soccer people in all these countries. It is 606 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 6: always highly unpredictable. I would say it's very highly unpredictable. 607 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 6: There was tremendous passion for a national pride for all 608 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 6: these countries. When we get an El Salvador or Guatemala 609 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 6: or Honduras at Shell Energy Stadium, it's it's insane to 610 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 6: your point about July six and having the FI here, 611 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:06,080 Speaker 6: It's spectacular content. It's never happened before. We've never had 612 00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 6: the Gold Cup Final. We've had a lot of big 613 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 6: Copa America matches. We've had the greats of the world, 614 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 6: the brands of the world, the real Madrid's here at Energy. 615 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 6: We've had you know, Barcelona here, you name it, We've 616 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 6: had them all, Manchester United, Manchester City, all the big brands. 617 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 6: But this is just another feather in the cap. And 618 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 6: I would I always remind people when I get on 619 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 6: the air, the reason we got the World Cup coming 620 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 6: here is what's happened here at at Energy Stadium, because 621 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 6: that brought to the attention of everybody. And I'll go 622 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 6: back to Jamie Roots, okay, because he was the beginning 623 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 6: of purveying soccer in this building and had the vision 624 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:52,560 Speaker 6: to go to mister McNair's what I'm understanding, and that 625 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 6: that is what brought to the attention all the byproduct 626 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 6: of this market, which is a great youth community, great 627 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 6: adult passionate people from all over the world that love 628 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 6: the game. So the reason we have the World Cup, frankly, 629 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 6: in my opinion, is because we opened everybody's eyes with 630 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 6: the amazing attendance at these games. Here in this stadium. 631 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 2: All right, we're gonna bounce around a bit because we 632 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 2: are excited about Gold Cup. 633 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: Tidio. 634 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 3: That's the way I. 635 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 1: Do it, too, stream of consciousness. 636 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,679 Speaker 2: But the World Cup, and this is a great I 637 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,960 Speaker 2: hate to call it an appetizer or a dirv because 638 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 2: it's a meal, the Gold Cup final July six, But 639 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,400 Speaker 2: when the World Cup comes here, you are talking about 640 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 2: seven games. And it's been said to me in a 641 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 2: variety of different ways, the World Cup this is bigger 642 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 2: than the Olympics really because of what it means to people, 643 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 2: the passion they have for these teams. Olympics people, it's 644 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 2: a bandwagon thing. Everyone loves to get on their country bandwagon. 645 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: And some sports are bigger than others in different countries. 646 00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:54,000 Speaker 2: But this is international Soccer's championship and we've got seven 647 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,520 Speaker 2: of these babies here. And somebody told me this is 648 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 2: like seven Super Bowls in a way here at NRG State. 649 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: How big is it? Glenn? 650 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 6: Well, that's only if we don't get as Bekka Stan. 651 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,480 Speaker 6: But no, I'm just kidding, that's a joke. It is massive. 652 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 6: It is massive. That line the seven Super Bowls is 653 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:13,919 Speaker 6: the one that's out there, and I think that's a 654 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,399 Speaker 6: great way to kind of relate it to the importance 655 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 6: of each and every game. We won't know until next December. 656 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 6: Who's coming here. That's going to be you know, the anticipation. Yeah, well, 657 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 6: you know you go to bed at night going, well, 658 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 6: a Dutch be here. If the Dutcher here, I mean, 659 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:28,359 Speaker 6: it's going to be crazy. 660 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 3: They'll be. 661 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,399 Speaker 1: He'll be an orange. You know, man fights pain on 662 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 1: his face. 663 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 2: Wait, the Broncos can't be here at anything near when 664 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 2: that announcement occurs, because if I have to wear orange. 665 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 6: But but to your point it, I think there's a 666 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 6: lot of unknown to it. Honestly, I know the number 667 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 6: they're putting out there on past data is half a 668 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 6: million people. I think it's a million plus coming in here. 669 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 6: So you think about that from the standpoint of obviously 670 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:05,439 Speaker 6: everybody's thinking about it from a business standpoint, but the 671 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 6: amount of people traveling here. You had a lot of 672 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 6: people take off travel and saving money to go to 673 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 6: the Qatar World Cup or cutter Russia was before that, 674 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 6: So you know, maybe the US is where they want 675 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,640 Speaker 6: to come and We're gonna have an opportunity to show 676 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,360 Speaker 6: our city off too. I mean that's the other thing. 677 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 6: We got an amazing city and we'll be able to 678 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 6: show it off and be the great host that we are. 679 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 5: Glenn, I know a lot can change between Summer twenty 680 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 5: point five and World Cup twenty twenty six, but if 681 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 5: you had to pinpoint it right now, what's the best 682 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 5: national team in the world at this point? Spain and 683 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 5: Portugal went at it the other day in UAYFA Nations 684 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,520 Speaker 5: League and that was a hell of a finish, goes 685 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 5: to penalty kicks, Portugal finally beat Spain. But I'm watching 686 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 5: spain ton of talent, Nico Williams Layou. I mean, they 687 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 5: got just a ton of young dudes that are going 688 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,040 Speaker 5: to be really, really good and easy to play well together. 689 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: Board what's the best team in the nation right now? 690 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 5: And you think that can carry it forward for a 691 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:03,719 Speaker 5: year to work up between them. 692 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 6: So certainly, certainly, and I think you picked that too. 693 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 6: That would be in the category of favorites one hundred percent. 694 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 6: That was a great game, by the way. I mean, 695 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,520 Speaker 6: you know, you watch these guys and it's like you 696 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 6: see a seventeen year old kid doing what he's doing 697 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 6: under that pressure, you're just kind of blown away. Obviously, 698 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 6: Argentina is the defending champions. We've had MESSI play in 699 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:28,719 Speaker 6: this building. I think the nice comparison I always make 700 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 6: about in Argentina is they are a country that knows 701 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,920 Speaker 6: exactly what they are as a soccer team. They have 702 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 6: the whole pride and nationalistic thing behind him. It never 703 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 6: waivers to play for that country and to wear that 704 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 6: jersey is something off the charts incredible, which also is 705 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 6: playing in a World Cup. I mean it's very rarefied 706 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 6: air to play in a World Cup and be on 707 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 6: a World Cup team, right, But we also have to 708 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,479 Speaker 6: remember they're a country that they don't have a lot 709 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 6: of duel now nationals, so when they come together, these 710 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 6: guys number one know how they're going to play under 711 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 6: scalone and number two, I mean, you guys have Argentine 712 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 6: friends that are passionate. You realize how passionate these people 713 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:17,120 Speaker 6: are about their country, and that goes hand in hand. 714 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 3: With the football. There. 715 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 6: Then you got the US where you got guys playing 716 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 6: all over the place. You got guys that are doing 717 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,440 Speaker 6: nationals that have probably never lived here. But we're maybe 718 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 6: born here. We have other challenges with the size of 719 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 6: our country, We have challenges with youth development. There's I'm 720 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 6: not going to get into the weeds on all that, 721 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 6: but I do think culturally our sport is incredibly different 722 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 6: on a landscape that has three traditional sports, including the 723 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 6: NFL as I look at you two guys, and it's 724 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 6: immensely different. And that doesn't mean we shouldn't be doing 725 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 6: better at some things. But the game is a very 726 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 6: commercial game in this country, and when I say that 727 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 6: is that there is a lot of emphasis on that, 728 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 6: and I do believe that can affect player development. 729 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: Along those lines. 730 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 5: Gland, of the seven games that we would have here 731 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,360 Speaker 5: for the World Cup, yep, what would be a home 732 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:11,320 Speaker 5: run for Houston to get this country here in Houston 733 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 5: for one of those seven games. 734 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 6: Yeah, well, I mean, I think any of those big 735 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 6: traditional countries that come with the pomp and circumstance would 736 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 6: be We're going to get some amazing teams here, that's 737 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 6: the bottom line, and we're going to be going, oh 738 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,760 Speaker 6: my god, you know, the German national teams playing in Houston, 739 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 6: or the Dutch national team or jeez, Brazil's coming here. 740 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 6: I mean we're going to get some big games and 741 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 6: they're going to come with droves of fans. 742 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 2: People who own apartments on VRBO want to know the 743 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 2: best country to visit here. 744 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I had. 745 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 5: Friends of mine in Green Bay. You but I have 746 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 5: friends family in Green Bay. They were vrbo ing and 747 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 5: oh no no the over draft weekend. I can imagine 748 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 5: what they could make for World Cup. 749 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 6: I'm clearing my house up right now. I'm locking stuff 750 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,239 Speaker 6: in one room and I'm putting that thing out here. 751 00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 2: You know, no, a lot of people are. But obviously 752 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 2: Mexico would be great. Team USA would be great. But 753 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,080 Speaker 2: we'll see, right, we won't. 754 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,240 Speaker 6: Know what I think those Yeah, I don't know. I 755 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 6: guess you know, I shouldn't say it. 756 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 2: It's all up North America, right, We've got Canada. We've 757 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 2: got Estadios Deca, well a legend. 758 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,000 Speaker 6: Steca kicks it off. Yeah, and you've been there. You've 759 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 6: got Monterey, you got Guadalajara. Okay, you got Canada involved 760 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 6: as well. I mean, the World Cup is about expansion. Now, 761 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 6: that's not gonna make it less expensing. 762 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 2: I think keep the Mexican national team exclusively in Mexico 763 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 2: or would they play in Canada. Canada plays in Mexico. 764 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 2: Team USA plays in Mexico. I don't know how they 765 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,360 Speaker 2: do it, right, do they care or not care? 766 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 1: How do they say? 767 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 6: I don't know if they've predetermined the sites for like 768 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 6: the knockout rounds and things, so I don't know, but 769 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 6: you do have to have Mexico open it up in As, 770 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 6: Texas legendary World Cup stadium. The seventy Brazil Plas team 771 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 6: won it plays the only guy who's ever wonted three 772 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 6: times the World Cup itself, been on three teams. 773 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: So all right. 774 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 5: I know it's a little different then say the draft, 775 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 5: but the draft basically is nothing happens, but a bunch 776 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 5: of names are called because but it's been becoming this 777 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 5: huge temp pole opportunity for the NFL. 778 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: Is the draw for World Cup. 779 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 5: Kind of like that in a sense where everybody's watching 780 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 5: and all of his name is basically drawn out of 781 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 5: a hat to come up with who's going to end 782 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,920 Speaker 5: up in each group? Is that kind of the way 783 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 5: that the draw in December is that kind of like 784 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:26,800 Speaker 5: what it is for. 785 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 6: Soccer fans, draw is huge because that's your pathway in 786 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 6: the World Cup, right, and that's your competition, so you know, 787 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 6: you know, we have the group of death and you 788 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 6: know everything that comes up like that. But you know, 789 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 6: in past history, you've watched World Cups where teams have 790 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:48,760 Speaker 6: had really good draws, where they've had lesser competition. Okay, now, 791 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 6: now you can navigate your World Cup a little bit differently. 792 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 6: You can conserve energy. You can do things in a 793 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,280 Speaker 6: way where you're spreading playing time out so that your 794 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,360 Speaker 6: your your key players are fresh, your game changers are rush. 795 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:04,400 Speaker 6: This has been a problem for the US. We burned 796 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,920 Speaker 6: so much energy in the group stages we did in 797 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,799 Speaker 6: the last World Cup that by the time we get 798 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 6: to the knockout stage, we are fatigued. And this is 799 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 6: called tournament navigation, and this is an area we got 800 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 6: to get better. I mean we Greg Burhalter got us 801 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,320 Speaker 6: to the next round as the manager. But these guys, 802 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 6: Surgenio dest Anthony Robinson, Adams, these guys were playing every 803 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:31,839 Speaker 6: minute and we have to somehow get through these groups. 804 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 6: Well right now, but the current state of the national team, 805 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:36,719 Speaker 6: we're wondering if we're going to get out of the group. 806 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,400 Speaker 6: But you have to kind of have an eye a 807 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,360 Speaker 6: little bit ahead, and that's the trickiest thing to do 808 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 6: as a coach or a manager. 809 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, otherwise you have to use up your resources and 810 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 2: energy just to get out of the group. 811 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 3: Got it. 812 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:51,280 Speaker 2: Glad Davis joining US talking soccer Gold Cup Final July 813 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:53,719 Speaker 2: sixth and RG Stadium. All right, I want to go 814 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,440 Speaker 2: abroad here for a moment and get into the weeds. 815 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 2: Because Johnny turned me on to Welcome to Rex, I did. 816 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 3: I got him. 817 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 2: I don't know if you've watched the show. I know 818 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,560 Speaker 2: you follow all of it, so you know what's happened 819 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:04,839 Speaker 2: to that. 820 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 6: I'm gonna be watched a single episode of Welcome directs life. 821 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,279 Speaker 1: So but you know what it is, right, I know 822 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:14,040 Speaker 1: the whole story. 823 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 3: Yeah. 824 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,920 Speaker 2: So, and what's the other actor's name, Rob mc rod mclaney. 825 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,120 Speaker 2: And they buy a team and they move up how 826 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,959 Speaker 2: many leagues, Johnny, they've had a three straight. 827 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:23,920 Speaker 1: Promotion, three promotions? 828 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:24,280 Speaker 3: Yeah. 829 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,240 Speaker 1: So they're in the chack Batship now. 830 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,360 Speaker 2: And the Championship for soccer for dummies people like me 831 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,080 Speaker 2: is not a championship. It's the name of the second division. 832 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,920 Speaker 1: Why do they do this just to confuse you for this? 833 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,880 Speaker 2: It's kind of it's kind of like the it's kind 834 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 2: of like college football when we went to FCS and FBS. 835 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 6: Right, But guys, you know what happens to me my 836 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:51,000 Speaker 6: entire career for thirty years in media is oh, Davis, 837 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:52,320 Speaker 6: you should call it football. 838 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,160 Speaker 1: It's football. It's not soccer, right right, right, But we 839 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:56,120 Speaker 1: can debate. 840 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 3: That a little bit. 841 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,440 Speaker 6: By the way, if you look back, do a google 842 00:35:58,480 --> 00:35:58,719 Speaker 6: on it. 843 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:03,720 Speaker 2: Really the name soccer versus football for the round ball sport. 844 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 2: Oh interesting anyway, but what do you think of that? 845 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,759 Speaker 2: Because promotion is a thing, relegation is a thing in 846 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:15,360 Speaker 2: England and other leagues around the world. It's so exciting 847 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 2: and what they've done is really interesting because I think 848 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:21,839 Speaker 2: it's more of an international marketing lesson, or as much 849 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:25,879 Speaker 2: of an international marketing marketing lesson as it is a soccer. 850 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:27,920 Speaker 1: Lesson, if you will, with what they're doing with that club. 851 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,560 Speaker 6: Yeah, the reck some things unbelievable. Those guys are intelligent guys. 852 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,479 Speaker 6: They are obviously great businessmen. They link a TV show 853 00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 6: with it. It gives it a broader appeal globally. And 854 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 6: not only that they're now winning, they have more resources. 855 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,359 Speaker 6: It's affecting the mood of a provincial town. I mean, 856 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 6: that's the thing that we miss with some of our sports. 857 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,399 Speaker 6: Here these countries, these are teams that win or lose, 858 00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 6: you're going to support because it's the only show in 859 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:56,759 Speaker 6: town and it's very much provincial. It affects mood, it 860 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:01,080 Speaker 6: affects spending, habits, it affects all these different things. Promotion 861 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,279 Speaker 6: relegation is I think awesome because there's consequence. 862 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 1: I think it's awesome. 863 00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 6: I think when you compare that to MLS, which is 864 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 6: a bit of a problem MLS, eighteen to thirty teams 865 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,839 Speaker 6: can make the playoffs. I mean that's honestly, it's too much. 866 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,239 Speaker 6: It's like, hey, we're all playing, we're all going to 867 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 6: get a medal, and we can all take our time 868 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 6: putting our team together because bottom line is, we just 869 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,960 Speaker 6: have to be eighteen out of thirty. It's one of 870 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,319 Speaker 6: the negatives of MLS. And I say that as a 871 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 6: huge fan of MLS. Right now, come playoff time, it's awesome, 872 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,279 Speaker 6: it's exciting, it's awesome, but you know, you're kind of 873 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 6: waiting till August to really kind of get there. I've 874 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,920 Speaker 6: always thought that they could knock off four playoff teams 875 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,719 Speaker 6: and it would increase consequence. You would have to make 876 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 6: player moves a little bit more urgent, you'd have to 877 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,600 Speaker 6: take a little more risk with player moves. 878 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 1: I think it would just ratchet it up. 879 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,640 Speaker 6: And I think, you know, if it allows a coach 880 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 6: to come on and say, you know, it's a long season, 881 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 6: we got a lot to una, you know all that, 882 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,800 Speaker 6: and that's repeated, that isn't good for a fan base. 883 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 6: I'm sorry, it's not good for a fan base. So 884 00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:15,040 Speaker 6: that's the challenge. But promotion relegation is amazing because it's 885 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,920 Speaker 6: it's so much about money. Let's let's do a local example. 886 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,640 Speaker 6: Jeff Luna Blue crosse sports. Right, he got his team 887 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,240 Speaker 6: that was in the second division right into the first 888 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 6: in Spain. So now all of a sudden they're playing 889 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:30,719 Speaker 6: Real Madrid and Barcelona. His group, their team got there. 890 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,640 Speaker 6: Legas is the name of the club. This year, it 891 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,479 Speaker 6: went down to the last game of the season. They win, 892 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 6: they made a bit of a push, they get some 893 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,760 Speaker 6: results at the end, it's not enough, so they're going back. 894 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,320 Speaker 2: Down then going back down. Yeah, Glenn, where can people 895 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:45,840 Speaker 2: catch you? 896 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,719 Speaker 1: Now? Apple TV? You go to the special feed with 897 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:50,080 Speaker 1: you got to go to. 898 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,120 Speaker 6: The local feed and don't ask me how to get 899 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:53,279 Speaker 6: there because I don't know how to. 900 00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:58,200 Speaker 2: Get away the mark because I know you're watching me 901 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,239 Speaker 2: every time on the local Dynamo. 902 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:01,120 Speaker 1: Figured it out. 903 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,360 Speaker 6: Now it's supposedly not very difficult for people like me. 904 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,080 Speaker 3: It is. It's Apple. 905 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:10,160 Speaker 6: I have every Tuesday night for two hours Soccer Matters 906 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,800 Speaker 6: on ninety seven to five. And then I just launched 907 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,680 Speaker 6: a new show. It's a World Cup show with a 908 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,719 Speaker 6: lot of great sponsors, which is it's all World Cup. 909 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:22,080 Speaker 6: So I'm bringing guys on to recount experiences, maybe give 910 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:25,920 Speaker 6: us a little behind the scenes coaches from different countries 911 00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:28,879 Speaker 6: and you know, tie in a lot of the World 912 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:30,879 Speaker 6: Cup connection that we have in Houston. When it comes 913 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 6: to players comes to play playing in the in the Astrodome, 914 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,399 Speaker 6: I mean, there's a lot of really cool stuff out 915 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,719 Speaker 6: there that which I don't want to be the only 916 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:42,759 Speaker 6: guy talking about it. I know there's other people that 917 00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:43,680 Speaker 6: can and will. 918 00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:45,879 Speaker 3: So that's it. 919 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,839 Speaker 2: When did play play in the astrodome with the cosmos 920 00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:51,000 Speaker 2: with the cosmos? 921 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:51,879 Speaker 3: He did? 922 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, wow, yeah, on that surface, on that surface which 923 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,239 Speaker 1: we would not see today. No. 924 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,279 Speaker 6: But you know, like I always tell P, well, you 925 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,640 Speaker 6: don't know how fortunate I was because I got to 926 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,240 Speaker 6: see him regularly when he was on the New York Cosmos, 927 00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:07,520 Speaker 6: because I grew up in New Jersey. So unless you 928 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:11,759 Speaker 6: lived in Brazil where Santos played, or New York and 929 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:15,839 Speaker 6: New Jersey, you didn't regularly get to see a guy 930 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,880 Speaker 6: like that because players weren't switching. 931 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: No Internet, no way to see the guys. 932 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,839 Speaker 6: And think about it, a brazil national team back then 933 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,680 Speaker 6: was all Brazilians that played in their country in their league. 934 00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,160 Speaker 1: Right, so you only saw them in the world. 935 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,520 Speaker 6: Well, now they're over in Europe, and this is also 936 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:36,920 Speaker 6: where people get into the conversation about well it's harder 937 00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:41,120 Speaker 6: to keep that Brazilian samba jogo beneatho going. 938 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:45,840 Speaker 1: You know, yeah, that's what I always said. All right, Glen, 939 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,720 Speaker 1: thanks so much for being with us. Have fun. 940 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,560 Speaker 6: John Mark, thanks as always. I always enjoy the discussion. 941 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:52,279 Speaker 6: I appreciate it. 942 00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,040 Speaker 2: There's our buddy, Glenn Davis, and in podcast form you 943 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:57,960 Speaker 2: can hear even more of that interview as we dive 944 00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,960 Speaker 2: deep into a lot of soccer related topics that you 945 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:01,960 Speaker 2: are going to want to know about. Man, it's such 946 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,759 Speaker 2: a treat for me because I'm soccer for dummy guys. 947 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,240 Speaker 2: I follow the Premier League. I like going to Dynamo games, 948 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,680 Speaker 2: but I always need to know more, and you need 949 00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 2: to know more about. 950 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:11,560 Speaker 1: The Texans running back crew. 951 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,759 Speaker 2: British Brooks a part of that class if you will 952 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,279 Speaker 2: that room, and you're gonna want to hear from him. 953 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:22,640 Speaker 2: He's next here on Texans All Access, final segment of 954 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:25,040 Speaker 2: the evening, and we'll find out how this player fits 955 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,799 Speaker 2: into the running back mix when training camp gets going 956 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 2: on later in July. British Brooks, who kind of burst 957 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:35,080 Speaker 2: onto the scene last preseason and made the fifty three 958 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,360 Speaker 2: man roster, got injured, but he's back looking for more, 959 00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,880 Speaker 2: looking to do some damage, and he visited with Johnny 960 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 2: and I in the Hyundai Texans Radio studio British Brooks. 961 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,359 Speaker 1: Last year at rookie Mini caamp. 962 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,840 Speaker 2: Johnny and I are out there watching and I'm like 963 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,359 Speaker 2: this British Brooks guy looks interesting and eventually you make 964 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:57,600 Speaker 2: the roster and I know everything didn't go according to plan, 965 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,480 Speaker 2: But what led to that? When did you start feeling like, 966 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:01,960 Speaker 2: you know what, I can make a difference here and 967 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,319 Speaker 2: I can really make an impact on this football team. 968 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:05,560 Speaker 7: Uh. 969 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:08,320 Speaker 8: I feel like the moment I decided to keep playing football. Honestly, 970 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:12,279 Speaker 8: after my senior season, I pretty much put the Clees down. 971 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:14,840 Speaker 8: Then a couple of months later, I woke up and 972 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 8: I was just like, I'm gonna give it a shot. 973 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,680 Speaker 8: So and I just feel like this when everything. 974 00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:19,799 Speaker 1: Clicked, why'd you put him down? 975 00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:20,879 Speaker 5: Uh? 976 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:24,160 Speaker 8: Just to I guess the sour taste just left the 977 00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 8: bad taste in my mouth my senior year, so I 978 00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,120 Speaker 8: was just ready to just move on. 979 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,280 Speaker 5: So, sitting here today, did you make the right decision? 980 00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:34,279 Speaker 5: Under I should say, did you make the decision you're 981 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,480 Speaker 5: most happy? You're you're happiest. 982 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:37,680 Speaker 3: With one hundred percent? Why? 983 00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,960 Speaker 8: Because I know, like the day I woke up and 984 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,560 Speaker 8: I was like, you know, it's like my heart won't 985 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,960 Speaker 8: let me stop playing. Yeah, like I wanted to, but 986 00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:46,880 Speaker 8: my heart won't let me. 987 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,560 Speaker 5: I I knew a guy that had that same recollection. 988 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,759 Speaker 5: I think Mark Nosen too. You remember Dj Reader? 989 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:53,239 Speaker 1: Yeah? 990 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:55,840 Speaker 5: Dj Reader playing in the league, one of the best 991 00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:56,840 Speaker 5: defensive tackles. 992 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:58,960 Speaker 1: He had that kind of situation in college. 993 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,839 Speaker 5: He had lost his father and he was distraught and 994 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,759 Speaker 5: wondered whether we want to play football game? And it 995 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:09,640 Speaker 5: was a camaraderie was Dabbo Sweeney got him back playing football, 996 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,160 Speaker 5: ends up being a fifth round pick, comes here, turns 997 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,360 Speaker 5: himself into a Pro Bowl defensive lineman. 998 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,360 Speaker 1: So you know, you can find the love for the 999 00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:18,800 Speaker 1: game at any point. 1000 00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,480 Speaker 5: But the fact is, once you stopped playing, like you know, 1001 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,239 Speaker 5: you can't get it back. But the fact that you 1002 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:27,439 Speaker 5: did the one thing you also did last year after 1003 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,279 Speaker 5: having a great preseason running the ball, they said hey, 1004 00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,919 Speaker 5: can you play full back? And you end up moving 1005 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:34,560 Speaker 5: down and playing fullback. Can you take us through that 1006 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:36,560 Speaker 5: experience and what that was like for you? Had you 1007 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,560 Speaker 5: played full back before, how much had you played What 1008 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:40,920 Speaker 5: was kind of that process. 1009 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,880 Speaker 1: Like for you never played full back before? 1010 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:44,799 Speaker 8: So it was at first it was kind of just 1011 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,600 Speaker 8: like all right, like fullback segments running back, but in 1012 00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:51,080 Speaker 8: reality is really not like, yeah, you got to learn concepts, formations, Yeah, 1013 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,000 Speaker 8: a different type of blocking and all that stuff. So 1014 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:56,720 Speaker 8: it was the first couple of weeks was definitely tougher, 1015 00:43:57,239 --> 00:44:00,880 Speaker 8: just trying to like learn and process everything. So but 1016 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,840 Speaker 8: I feel like soon as like I started like putting 1017 00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:05,600 Speaker 8: things together, it was easier now. 1018 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,600 Speaker 5: And as you were doing that, was there in some 1019 00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:10,640 Speaker 5: way did you look at it and say, hey, they 1020 00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:12,279 Speaker 5: want to get me on the field in some way. 1021 00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,000 Speaker 5: They want me on this roster in some way, and 1022 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:15,160 Speaker 5: this might be the way to do it. Did you 1023 00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:16,160 Speaker 5: kind of look at it like that too? 1024 00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,120 Speaker 8: Oh ye, one hundred percent. You know, anything to do 1025 00:44:19,160 --> 00:44:20,880 Speaker 8: what they needed me to do. So it wasn't a 1026 00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,759 Speaker 8: question of me not doing it or trying to question 1027 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:25,640 Speaker 8: them what to do. So it was just like, I'm 1028 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:27,560 Speaker 8: all ears open for everything. 1029 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:28,040 Speaker 3: Nice. 1030 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:31,879 Speaker 2: Is it difficult being a rookie learning a system then 1031 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:34,480 Speaker 2: going into year two learning a different system? And I 1032 00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:36,560 Speaker 2: know there's some similarities here, but what can you tell 1033 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:37,560 Speaker 2: us about that part of things? 1034 00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:39,480 Speaker 8: I feel like for me, it's not because I got 1035 00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,759 Speaker 8: you know, I seasonin injury week five, So it was 1036 00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:44,280 Speaker 8: kind of just like as soon as I was getting 1037 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:46,759 Speaker 8: the offense, it's just kind of just like came to 1038 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,160 Speaker 8: a hope. But I was still just like learning, talking 1039 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:53,279 Speaker 8: to like people like Bread Daltin kid Troy Harrison, and 1040 00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:55,520 Speaker 8: they still were just like filling me in on like 1041 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:57,919 Speaker 8: little stuff that I should know. So like now coming 1042 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,719 Speaker 8: around the second time, it's like I can take what 1043 00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:03,640 Speaker 8: I learned from there and apply it here, So I 1044 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:04,800 Speaker 8: feel like it's been easier. 1045 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:07,200 Speaker 1: What did that preseason mean to you? Last year British. 1046 00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,560 Speaker 5: I mean, because to be honest, and there are a 1047 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:11,640 Speaker 5: lot of people that were watching the preseason games and 1048 00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,480 Speaker 5: we're calling them and it's like we're telling people who 1049 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,280 Speaker 5: Bridge Brooks is. Like there were a lot of people 1050 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,840 Speaker 5: that didn't know who you were. They just knew you 1051 00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:21,480 Speaker 5: were some undrafted free agent aside from North Carolina, and 1052 00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,520 Speaker 5: then all of a sudden, like, damn, this is one 1053 00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:26,040 Speaker 5: of the most impressive dudes we're seeing in the preseason. 1054 00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,239 Speaker 5: As we were going through those preseason games, kind of 1055 00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,239 Speaker 5: what were you feeling and experiencing. Were you kind of 1056 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,120 Speaker 5: getting that same feeling because you had some some bang 1057 00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:34,799 Speaker 5: up runs in those games. Were you kind of getting 1058 00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:36,600 Speaker 5: that confidence as that preseason was going along? 1059 00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:37,520 Speaker 3: Oh ye, one hundred percent. 1060 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:39,880 Speaker 8: I felt like I was playing like freely, like I 1061 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:42,399 Speaker 8: didn't have any restraints. They were just telling me just 1062 00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,440 Speaker 8: just go just go out and play. Yeah, and I 1063 00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:45,719 Speaker 8: felt like that's what I did. 1064 00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:47,720 Speaker 1: Did your confidence build over that time? 1065 00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:50,879 Speaker 8: Oh yeah, one hundred percent, especially just during camp two 1066 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,640 Speaker 8: and uh, even during the spring, just putting in the reps, 1067 00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:57,960 Speaker 8: putting in working out, Yeah, making sure I know the 1068 00:45:57,960 --> 00:45:59,960 Speaker 8: playbook so I can you know, I don't got to 1069 00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:01,239 Speaker 8: think once of all this not right? 1070 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:03,360 Speaker 2: What's it going to be for you during the break 1071 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:06,600 Speaker 2: between mini camp training camp, having that time off. 1072 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,600 Speaker 1: But it's not really off as it British. 1073 00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:11,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, never, it's never. It's never off. 1074 00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:13,839 Speaker 8: It's one hundred miles an hour, you know, you know, 1075 00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:15,719 Speaker 8: coming off of Inrey. I got cleared a couple of 1076 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,200 Speaker 8: weeks ago, so I already feel like I'm behind on 1077 00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:20,560 Speaker 8: eight ball, even though I might not be. I feel 1078 00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:22,160 Speaker 8: like I got to work even harder just to get. 1079 00:46:22,000 --> 00:46:22,560 Speaker 3: To where I was. 1080 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:24,560 Speaker 1: All right, how excited are you to get the pads 1081 00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:24,880 Speaker 1: back on? 1082 00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:30,040 Speaker 8: I don't think y'all understand just having football taking away? Yeah, 1083 00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:33,000 Speaker 8: and then it makes you have like a whole new 1084 00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:34,160 Speaker 8: perspective on it. 1085 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,480 Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh that's awesome. Can't wait to see out there. 1086 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:37,520 Speaker 1: British thanks a lot. 1087 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:38,200 Speaker 3: Yes, sir, thank you. 1088 00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,239 Speaker 2: All right, there's our friend, British Brooks, one of the 1089 00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,799 Speaker 2: Texans running backs vying for action. Can't wait till camp 1090 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,400 Speaker 2: gets started. We've got interviews galore next week. You'red to 1091 00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:50,000 Speaker 2: hear from I don't know how many, at least ten 1092 00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:53,319 Speaker 2: Texans next week, so stay tuned for that Weeknights at 1093 00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:56,840 Speaker 2: six This is Your Place and Texans All Access podcast 1094 00:46:56,920 --> 00:47:01,200 Speaker 2: on Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, Autossey app, Texans Website, 1095 00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:04,320 Speaker 2: Houston Texans dot com, all of it. Thanks to everyone 1096 00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:06,760 Speaker 2: for being on the show. Have a great weekend everyone. 1097 00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:09,880 Speaker 2: Area forty five is next. Stay tuned, Go Texans,