1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: What's going on. Everybody, Welcome into a TGIF adition of 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: am your host this evening, John Harris. Glad to be 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: with you, seeing as we've been talking a lot on 5 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: the radio to one another. Well, i've been talking to you, 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: You've been listening, and I really really appreciate all of that. 7 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: But no Saturday show, no Sunday show. It's gonna feel 8 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: kind of naked to be out there to watch practice 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: all the way through, two hours out having to be 10 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: back on the radio. But I love being here and 11 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 1: so we have got plenty for you this evening. We 12 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: are going to hear from the following exclusive one on 13 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 1: ones with Eric Murray, Marlon Mack and Obo Okoronquo Plus 14 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: in the lab. Will get it going later in the 15 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: show with Dredoortia myself, but we kick it off. If 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: you missed this on Thursday, and you might have because 17 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: the Texans weren't working out and so maybe you felt like, hey, 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: I gotta go to other things. We had a chance 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: to catch up with GM Nick Kissario and get his 20 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: thoughts on the early part of training camp. NICKI general 21 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: impression is once you put the pads on, because like 22 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: we all talk about and you've said, everybody said, it's 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: not really football until they put the pads on. But 24 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: then you put the pads on and you start looking 25 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: going like what I see. If there's been some things 26 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: that have stood out to you while you've put the 27 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,400 Speaker 1: pads on from some of these guys here, Yeah, I 28 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 1: think one of the things that's really important is when 29 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: you do practice and pads, make sure everybody understands there's 30 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: a right way to practice in pads, so you can 31 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: get a lot of productive work done. So staying on 32 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 1: your feet, playing with good techniques, staying off the ground, 33 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: not going below the knees. There's no cut blocks or 34 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: anything like that. We're really not tackling the backs. But 35 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: when you do offensive players have the ball, the defense 36 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: is going to put pressure on the ball, which we've 37 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 1: seen that over the past few days. So you start 38 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: to see you in your mind, you train your body 39 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: and your mind for really what's gonna happen when you 40 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: get in the course of a game. So there's a 41 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: little more timing, little better execution. There's some mistakes that 42 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: are going to be made or in pass protection, if 43 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,240 Speaker 1: you don't set inside out or if you don't block 44 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: the tea correctly, So you can start to see some 45 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: of those things because there's a physical component that goes 46 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: along with that. So for the most part, the players 47 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: have done a good job working with each other. We 48 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: really haven't had too many dust ups or mix up, 49 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: so being able to get a good throats there. Three 50 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: days of productive work. So excited for the next three 51 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: days to see if we continue to make progress as 52 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: a team. Nick, what are you seeing so far with 53 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: Davis Mills and this passing attack that you're trying to 54 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: put together. Yeah, I'd say for the most part, the 55 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: quarterbacks has done a good job taking care of the football. 56 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: I mean SAMs maybe yesterday where the defense was able 57 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:31,920 Speaker 1: to get their hands on the ball, but overall, the 58 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,120 Speaker 1: decision making has been good. The ball placement has been good. 59 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: I think what you have to do as a quarterback 60 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: is sort of be able to take what the defense 61 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: gives you. So the way our defense plays, if depending 62 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: on a route, if it's a two man concept and 63 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: they're playing to split safety coverage, there may be only 64 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: so many areas that you can go with the football. 65 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: So okay, let's get it a back or get to 66 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: the alternative receivers. So being able to see the defense, 67 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: see the adjustment, understand where you need to go with 68 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: the football, and doing that quickly. And one of the 69 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 1: things that our defense has done a really good job 70 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: of in training camps far in the secondary are some 71 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 1: of the disguises, so showing one thing pre snap and 72 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: then post snap kind of rotating to something different. So 73 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,399 Speaker 1: as a quarterback you have to be able to see 74 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: that process that and understand, all right, where do I 75 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: need to go with the football. So for the most part, 76 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: they've done a good job all three players. You know, 77 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: Davis has done that, JD's done that, and Kyle's done 78 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: that as well. So I think yesterday, you know, there's 79 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: some plays and throws and maybe we want to have back, 80 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: but that's part of learning football and understanding what happened 81 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: on the play, and just I would say mitigating the 82 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: bad plays is the most important thing for a court 83 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: from a quarterbacks perspective, So through that lens, they've actually 84 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: done a pretty good job of that so far. Nick 85 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: Mark and I were talking about this and we sort 86 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 1: of joked as we were talking about the receivers and oh, 87 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: it's too early to talk about the fifty three man roster, 88 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: but yet I would imagine it's probably top of mind 89 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: for you probably at all times. A is it? And 90 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: be kind of how do you balance that out as 91 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: you watch and practice and you want to instruct a 92 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: player that maybe you don't see be on fifty three 93 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 1: man roster, but yet you still want to see that 94 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: guy get better? Is the fifty three man roster on 95 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: your mind at all times as you start thinking about 96 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: getting ready for that one? It's a great question. You're 97 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: always thinking about the team, the overall composition. So some 98 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: things have started to clare themselves a little bit understanding. 99 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: We still have we haven't played a preseason game yet, 100 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: so there's things that we've seen to this point. There's 101 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: going to be things that we see once we actually 102 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: get into games. But you're always trying to plan a 103 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 1: little bit and trying to figure out we're gonna have 104 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: called seventy players in some capacity that we're gonna want 105 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: to work with and when we get to the final cutdown, 106 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: so we can't keep everybody, but if we can find 107 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: a way to keep players that we want to continue 108 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: to work within the program, like that's part of our 109 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: job and responsibility, just trying to figure out the right 110 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: group of players to do that with. So the final 111 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: cuts are the final cuts. The fifty three will be 112 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: the fifty three, But I wouldn't say that would necessarily 113 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: be a finite resolution to what the team composition is 114 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: going to look like once we actually start the season. 115 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: In your experience, are there players in training camp, practice 116 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: who look a certain way? Then the lights go on 117 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: they might not look as good or of the opposite 118 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: some guys, but all of a sudden game time and 119 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: it goes up another level or two. It's a great 120 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: question market. Really it goes both ways. So you might 121 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: have one perception or one thought about based on practice, 122 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: and then you get into the game and something happens 123 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: either direction that causes you to say, all right, you 124 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: know what, maybe let's go take another look at that, 125 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: or what's the reason, what's the rationale behind it? Is 126 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: there's something that we can do either to maximize or 127 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: performance better than the practice field or look good in practice, 128 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: didn't play as well in the game. Okay, what happened? 129 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 1: What's the dynamic behind it? And see if we can 130 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: come up with a solution as to how we can 131 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: improve whatever has happened so it happens all throughout the league, 132 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: will certainly happen when some of our players, really some players, 133 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: when they just have the opportunity to play, to get 134 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: on the field, there's a certain comfort level. And there's 135 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: been plenty of players throughout the course of I would 136 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: say my years have taken advantage of our opportunity, and 137 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: you really wanted to let the competition play itself out 138 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: and not have any predetermined notions about how you think 139 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: it's going to go. Nick, A lot of people are 140 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: talking about the positive vibes at camp, and I know 141 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: this is kind of hard to quantify, but Lovey Smith 142 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: and his staff and the players, the fans and a 143 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: dance and it just seems to be a great environment 144 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: and the players are responding to it. The interaction with 145 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: the fans. Can you speak to that at all and 146 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,160 Speaker 1: how that might be affecting the team, help them the 147 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 1: team and the fan and team synergy if you will. Yeah, No, 148 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: I mean, look, we've had great support with the open practices. 149 00:06:17,279 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: I think we've had full stands for you know, the 150 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: practices that have been available to the public. So ultimately 151 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 1: we appreciate the support of the fans and O Love 152 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:29,599 Speaker 1: He's talked about their importance when we get into NRG, 153 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: so it kind of all plays off one another. I 154 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 1: think the most important thing is for our players is 155 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: to have a good attitude, to have a good mindset, 156 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: have a good work ethic, and have good execution. So 157 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: good execution leads to good football. Good football leads to excitement, 158 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: and that's where the fans can sort of interface a 159 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: little bit more with a team. So it's great to 160 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:48,919 Speaker 1: interact with the fans. I've had the opportunity to go 161 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: over there and just spend a little bit of time 162 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: after practice, and they're very supportive and they're very excited, 163 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: and you know, it's our responsibility to try to give 164 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: them a product that they can be excited to watch 165 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: during the course of the seasoning. Some autographs going through 166 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: I call that the gauntlet where you walk through and 167 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: I try to stay out of harm the way. Nobody 168 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: really wants my autographs. Have you signed the red helmet yet? 169 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: I think I've signed like one or two red helmets, 170 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: like yeah, so yeah, it's it's it's obviously there's gotten 171 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: a lot of positive feedback, it sounds like, so, I mean, 172 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: who knew? I mean, who knew. I'm not a design 173 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: questions aren't for me, So I'm not mister fashion not 174 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: at all. Try to stay out of that. Yeah, but 175 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,080 Speaker 1: it's gonna give you an energy boost. The red helmet. 176 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: All right. We reached that time of the program where 177 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: I asked the proverbial question about the rookies. But I 178 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 1: think it's important, Nick, because in training camp, you might 179 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: see a rookie on a day flash and then I 180 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: don't know, maybe a missus practice the next day for something, 181 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: maybe he's dinged up, whatever. It feels like the most 182 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: successful rookies have been the ones that are just there 183 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: every day because there's such an experience of being in 184 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: an NFL practice and going through this process. The rookie 185 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: group that you have, now, what have you seen from 186 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: them from that regard, Yeah, every day is an opportunity 187 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,119 Speaker 1: to get better. So if you approach it through that lens, 188 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: I'd say for the most part, they've been on the field, 189 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: they've been active participants. You know, we've had a player 190 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: or two, we've had a manager a little bit. I 191 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: mean Tristan just started practicing yesterday. Tq's kind of been 192 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: in and out, and then there's been kind of a 193 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: group of players that's been on the field every day. 194 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: If you're on the field every day, then you have 195 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: the opportunity to improve, You have the opportunity to get 196 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,680 Speaker 1: the reps, you have the opportunity to experience to play, 197 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: you have the opportunity to watch yourself what happened on 198 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: the play and go back to study. So from that perspective, 199 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: you know, I'd say it's been fairly positive. I think 200 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: the attitude of the group has been good. They work 201 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: really hard. They say less and do more, which is 202 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 1: something that you like to see, especially from younger players. 203 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: Understanding that they haven't experienced any of this on a 204 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: lot of different levels. So they've embraced the program, they've 205 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: embraced the competition, and they've embraced the challenge and the 206 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: opportunity that comes along being out there day after day 207 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: and being consistent with your performance, because ultimately, consistency is 208 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: what's going to win in this league. Well, last year 209 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: you talked about we're building a program here, and the 210 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: class you drafted last year now they're in their sophomore season, 211 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: so to speak. In this league, and it seems like 212 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 1: they're handling themselves very well. What about them, Yeah, I'd 213 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: say all five of them have definitely improved relative to 214 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 1: where they were called a year ago at this time. 215 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: So it speaks to their attitude, it speaks to the 216 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 1: work ethic, it speaks to the work that they've put 217 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: in the offseason program with you know, Mike Eubanks and 218 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: the sports performance group and staff, and they've been available 219 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: and they've been on the field. They've reshaped their bodies, 220 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: they've gotten stronger, they're more experienced, they have a routine 221 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 1: that's been established, and now they're able to go out 222 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: there and just focus on playing football and improving, improving 223 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: as a player. And all five players you've seen kind 224 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: of each day, I would say, remnants and you know, 225 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: samples of that. So the goal is to continue to 226 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: do that. I think Nico mentioned something yesterday when he 227 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: got asked a question. It's really about stacking good days 228 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 1: on top of each other, and really that's the most 229 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: important thing. Don't get too far ahead of yourself, kind 230 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: of living the present, focus on what you have to 231 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: get accomplished that day. Then once you get through that day, 232 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: kind of rewind what happened. All right, go to the 233 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,240 Speaker 1: next day and see if you can continue to make progress, 234 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: because that's how you're ultimately going to get better as 235 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: a player. When you get done with practice, nigging, you 236 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: guys come off the field and you pull up your 237 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: at a computer and you go to watch practice. Are 238 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: you looking through an evaluation lance? Are you looking through 239 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: because we know you got the coaching background too, you 240 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:09,440 Speaker 1: look at through a coaching background. Hey, they should have 241 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: done this on this particular play, And how tough is 242 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 1: that to be watching for an evaluation? But then you 243 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: see something from an ex no standpoint, You're like, wait 244 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: a second, we should have done this or they should 245 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: have done that. How going through the film after you 246 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: get through practice, how long has all that taken? How 247 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: do you kind of balance those two aspects? Yeah, No, 248 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: it's it's really it's looking at everything. I mean, I'll 249 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:30,719 Speaker 1: watch every play, every drill, watch a kicking game, and 250 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: just try to You're looking at a number of different things. 251 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: So we've run a lot of team plays, so when 252 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: the team plays, you're looking at the actual play call. 253 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: What's a call on offense, what's a call on defense? 254 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: Do we execute the assignment? Our players in a right spot. 255 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: If something is a miss or what happened, maybe making 256 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: a little note and then you know, whether it's PEP 257 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: or a coach or whomever, just say, hey, you know 258 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: what about what happened on this play? What are your thoughts? 259 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,560 Speaker 1: Because sometimes you make a judgment about what happened and 260 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: you attribute, you know, to one player, it might be 261 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: about another player. So you just want to make sure 262 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 1: you have the overall comprehensive unders standing. So you're looking 263 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: at it through that lens and then you're looking at it. 264 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,719 Speaker 1: I would say from a competition standpoint, like I'd say 265 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 1: the punt return drill that Frank and Shawan did yesterday 266 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,440 Speaker 1: was a really good drill because you're able to see 267 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: I would say a lot of different factors. Engage blocks 268 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: to feet, blocks, run. You see their short space quickness, 269 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: You see the ability to get off blocks and play 270 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: with power. They play with good body position, You see 271 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,079 Speaker 1: some speed, and you see the players that want to compete. 272 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: I think, I mean Frank was, I don't think he 273 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: was more excited about practice than he was all year. 274 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: I mean, this is stopped me on the way. That 275 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 1: was like his favorite drill. So he stopped me on 276 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: the way over and he had a smile from ear 277 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: to ear and I was like Caddy to Canary and 278 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: he's like, hey, let me tell you what we're doing 279 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: today practice, And like in thirty seconds he told me 280 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: and then he took off running like a four three 281 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: forty just to go out to sea. Well, and really, 282 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:45,319 Speaker 1: if you just think about the drill, so it was 283 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: one on one punt return versus punt protection, So it 284 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 1: really comes down to technique and does the player do 285 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: it the right way? It's not about scheme, but ultimately 286 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: that's what football boils down to. Can you execute the 287 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: fundamentals the proper way. Can you play with the right 288 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: body position? Are your feet outside the framework? Do you 289 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 1: have your hands inside? You play with knee bend? Can 290 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 1: you get in a good position trail technique position on 291 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: a part return? So you're looking at fundamentals and it 292 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 1: takes scheme out of it, which ultimately that's what kind 293 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,319 Speaker 1: of football boils down to. Boy, he's one of those guys. 294 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,680 Speaker 1: I felt like running through a brick wall after listening 295 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: to him yesterday. John Carroll, Guys, my goodness, they had 296 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: a picture John, you got retweeted on my timeline, there's 297 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: like six of you from John Carroll. I'm like, man, 298 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: one of them was a visitor, so he's not part 299 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: of the program yet. So I met one of your 300 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: sports science guys on the hallway. He might have been 301 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 1: new this year or something. What is the sports science department? 302 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: Those personnel members? Can you share with us some of 303 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,199 Speaker 1: the things they do. Yeah, it's really an awesome group. 304 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: We've hired some folks here over the spring, you know, 305 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 1: we brought some people on board over the past two years. 306 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: So they're looking at it just from a I would say, 307 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: a player performance perspective and looking at some of the 308 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: volumes and some of the speeds and some of the 309 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: loads that take place during practice. And really they take 310 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: the information disseminate that disseminated too, you know myself to 311 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: Lovey and so we can evaluate and it's really I 312 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: would say, a comprehensive approach and just a collaborative effort 313 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: to make sure if maybe there's some things that we 314 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: need to do in practice to modify or adjust. But 315 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: there are kind of experts in their area, so we're 316 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: really lean on them and listen to their input and ultimately, 317 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 1: you know, try to take the information and make the 318 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: right decision, but have a lot of really i'd say 319 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: gifted people, very skill and very knowledgeable about their specific subject. 320 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: How long did it take for you when you first 321 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 1: start here about sports science and some of the things 322 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 1: that the people in that realm we're talking about, for 323 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: you to knock come on football. How long did it 324 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: kind of take you to get over that sort of hurdle? 325 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: Because I would imagine there are going to be a 326 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: lot of skeptics. They are like, wait a second, we 327 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: got this, we practice, We're fine. How long did it 328 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: kind of take you to get over that hurroom? Yeah? No, 329 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: I mean really, it's the sport is evolved in that area, 330 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: and I think the more progressive you are and your 331 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,840 Speaker 1: thought process, the better. And I think a lot of 332 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 1: it is about education and just understanding some of the 333 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: dynamics that go into it. So it's say, from a 334 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,160 Speaker 1: personal perspective, it was educating myself so you can as 335 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: the right questions and not really jump to any sort 336 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 1: of conclusions. So there's a lot of data and information 337 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: that's available, and our job is to try to use 338 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: it to the best of our ability to make the 339 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 1: right decision. For the team. Nick, how much water should 340 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: I drink before I go out to the field in 341 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 1: the morning, and should have salt in it or something? 342 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 1: What do I do here? Yeah, Well, if you're gonna 343 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: sweat and you're gonna lose a lot, then you should 344 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: probably have some type of electrolight or you know, I 345 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: can't show it here, but you know I have some 346 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: electrolytes or some things that I drink before practice. But 347 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: stay in hydrate. Hydrated is important because of how the 348 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: body responds, especially in our weather is important. And it's 349 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: it's we're kind of laughing, but all of this is 350 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: really related, yes, and it factors in the overall performance 351 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: of the player on the field. So our job is 352 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: to educate them onto as to why this is important. 353 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: Not drink a bunch of water because you know I'm 354 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: gonna try to. There's actually a science and data that 355 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: suggests if you do these things, your body is going 356 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: to be adequately prepared and then as well after practice, 357 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: here are the things that you have to do to 358 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: help aid in your recovery. I bet those boys that junction. 359 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: Would I like for Bear Bryant to get that information 360 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: from the sport. How about ALFs member we had was 361 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 1: coached by Lovey the Big Sandy, and he even saying, 362 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: you guys don't eat water. Yeah, you need to play 363 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,880 Speaker 1: Bear Bryant back in the day. Nick, we have a 364 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: lot of old school people in football, but there's nothing 365 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: wrong with that very much. Has there ever been a 366 00:15:19,240 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: moment where you're like, WHOA, I just met such and 367 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: such because you've been around him and at some point 368 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: you don't take it for granted, but I mean, heck, 369 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: you're around Tom Brady almost every single day. I mean, 370 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: it doesn't get any better than that. But it was 371 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: there ever a kind of hall of fame somebody that 372 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: went into Hall of Fame at some point where you're like, Wow, 373 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: that was really cool. I just met X. Yeah. No, 374 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: I've had a good fortune of being around a lot 375 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: of good players. I think one thing that we actually 376 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: did we actually made a trip to the Football Hall 377 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: of Fame. I forget what year it was, And I 378 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: think just that overall experience kind of puts in perspective 379 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: let's say, the level of greatness and the standard of 380 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: excellence that is required to be really great in this league. 381 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: So I would say that experience, more than anything else 382 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: because when you're around players and team and different people, 383 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: you're trying not to get too caught up in that 384 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: because ultimately we're working together and trying to put together, 385 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: you know, a good product on the field. So, you know, 386 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: fortunate has been able to be around a lot of 387 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: good players over the course of my twenty some odd 388 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: years in the league. But i'd say when you walk 389 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: into the Hall of Fame and you see some of 390 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 1: those busts and you go, wow, I mean, holy cow, 391 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: I mean we actually, you know, Bill had a really 392 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: good has a good, really good relationship with Jim Brown. 393 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: I'll never forget the first time that Jim kind of 394 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: came out to one of our practices. I can't remember 395 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: if it was at the Super Bowl or wherever it was, 396 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: but I would say his presence and demeanor, I mean 397 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: when he walks in, you're going, whoa, Yeah, I mean, 398 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: this guy was a badass, but he's very dignified and 399 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: you know, he's just got a presence about him. So 400 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 1: when I was you know, at the time, I forget, 401 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: I wasn't in the league for that long, but going, wow, 402 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 1: this guy likes pretty impressive. Jim Brown. Yes, it's always 403 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 1: the people. Am I right, that you were a fan 404 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: of before you got into the business. That strike you 405 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: the most in a way, right, Yeah, Because when you're 406 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: growing up as a kid, you're watching that look Jim 407 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: Brown like I was. I wasn't even have thought by 408 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: that time, But then you go back and you see 409 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: some of the highlights, a legend, holy cow. And then 410 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: I would say, from Jim's perspective, I'd say the impact 411 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: that he had on the game in a short period 412 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 1: of time, and then what he's done off the field 413 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,640 Speaker 1: and his kind of post football career, I would say 414 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: speaks volume to who he is just as a human being. 415 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: Is the Otto Graham the most underrated old time quarterback 416 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: in NFL history? Maybe? Probably We're gonna have like another 417 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 1: draft last season, so we'll do that another time. I 418 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 1: like Otto. Nick, thanks so much for joining us. We 419 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,160 Speaker 1: really appreciate the time and looking forward to the rest 420 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: of the practices. Thanks, guys, appreciate it. There is general 421 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: manager Nick Cassio. We had fun time talking with Nick 422 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: and I love the story talking about Jim Brown. That 423 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: was very very cool, And we talked to him on Thursday, 424 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: which Thursday morning, which there was the Jacksonville Las Vegas 425 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: game at night, and a guy that he's very close 426 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: to and actually the brother of Ben McDaniels, wide receivers 427 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:08,520 Speaker 1: coach for the Texans, Josh McDaniels coached in that game 428 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: last night for the Las Vegas Raiders in his home 429 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: high school stadium. That that is very very cool. But 430 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: I off the air, I love talking with Nick. I 431 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: would love to talk to him about just the history 432 00:18:22,119 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: of the game. And I know his former boss was 433 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,080 Speaker 1: a big, big, big history of the game guy Bill Belichick, 434 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: very very much. So we had a blast chatting it 435 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: up with Nick Caserio and it was so much so. 436 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: We always record shows. We very rarely do it live. 437 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: We did the first day of training camp, and that's 438 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: kind of obvious because we're out of our element. We 439 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: weren't in studio like we always are whenever we went studio, 440 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 1: we're always recording the interview. So when we got to 441 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: the very end there and Mark says, hey, thanks Nick, 442 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: I completely and totally forgot we were live. I started 443 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: to say something and I went, oh god, we're live. 444 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: As Mark was sending it to a break. Thank god, 445 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: he sent it to a break right at that moment 446 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: because I almost started saying something to Nick. I thought 447 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 1: we were, you know, doing a recording like we had 448 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: always done, but no, we were doing it live and 449 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: it was fun and Nick is always great to have 450 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 1: on and you can hear him again with us. So 451 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 1: I gotta check the dates. I'll give you the dates 452 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 1: later in the show, but Nick will be back on 453 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: with us. I believe it's gonna be Wednesday of next week, 454 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,360 Speaker 1: so we'll get his updates as we get ready for 455 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: the Saints coming in on August thirteenth, Saturday thirteenth, the 456 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: first preseason game of the year at NRG Stadium is 457 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: going to be a blast. Can't wait. But we got 458 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: a little bit of work to do before then, and 459 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: three key guys getting that work done. You're gonna hear 460 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:54,679 Speaker 1: from next Eric Oboe and Marlin right here on Texans 461 00:19:54,760 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: All Access Access Access. Welcome Friday issue of Texas All 462 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 1: Access from the Monday Texans Radio studio. I am John Harris, 463 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 1: football analyst, sideline reporter, and each and every day after 464 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: practice we get an opportunity to talk to a player 465 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: one on one mano almano. Correct. I hope I said 466 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 1: that correct, because I used to say, mano amano, that's man, 467 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: that's man and man. But mano almano is man two man. Right. 468 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: I hope I got that right because miss Elson, my 469 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,480 Speaker 1: Spanish two teacher, would be very very disappointed with me 470 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: wherever she may be. So I hopefully got that right. 471 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: Either way, we got exclusive one on ones every day, 472 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: and we got no one, not too but three for 473 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: you this evening, and we are going to start with 474 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: Obo okarron Quo. And I'm telling you right now, forty 475 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: five has had the best camp I've seen. Not today today, 476 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 1: Bean Friday, he was not at practice and not going 477 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: out of so I hope he's okay. Hey, I hope 478 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: there's no injury, and you know, maybe they're just give 479 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: a day arrest. I don't know. He's been fantastic. He's 480 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: done some of the more physical things, most physical things 481 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,360 Speaker 1: I think I've ever seen in a training camp. And 482 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: when you bring together a young man from a Leaf, 483 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 1: you might as well have an interview with a young 484 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: man from Houston aka Drew Doherty Stuart right here, a 485 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: little Drew's doesn't with Obo okun Quo, Drew, take it away. 486 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: Obo coun Quo joins me, now, and this is fun 487 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: because it's home grown talent talking to me. You were 488 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: from a Leaf, You're from Houston. Let's start there. How 489 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: sweet is it to be back in the place you 490 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: grew up? Oh man, this is a real feeling, you know, 491 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: just being able to be here, see how the people 492 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: I grew up with. It's been a real it's been 493 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: real cool. What's the first place you went back to 494 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: that you had to get back to when you move 495 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: back home. I went to my high school. I went 496 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 1: to a Leaf, Taylor, you know, take that my whole 497 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: stumping ground. Still was cool. What was reception like? They 498 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: were definitely happy to see me, but Sharon, definitely happy 499 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: to see me. Who are some of your coaches that 500 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 1: you love the most, that you love seeing when you 501 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 1: got back? A lot of them are gone, but plus 502 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 1: Brian Randall, he was my defensive coordinator and head coach 503 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: when I left, and then John Lanza, the defensive line coach, 504 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 1: but they both went to other high schools. You went 505 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 1: to high school there, then you go to Oklahoma for college, 506 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: been in the league. You're an adult now and you 507 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 1: come back to the place you grew up. How different 508 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: do you see the city versus back when you were 509 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: leaving high school. Well, I didn't have a license back 510 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: in high school, so I wasn't driving anywhere. I didn't 511 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 1: know how big the city was. You know, it's so 512 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: big and then at the same time it's so small 513 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,920 Speaker 1: because everybody knows each other. But it's been really cool 514 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: just to be back. Being adult in the city is 515 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: a little different than being a teenager in the city. 516 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 1: You know, just being able to go to different restaurants, 517 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: just seeing how many of the infrastructure has changed so much. 518 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: It's been cool. What's been your favorite spot that you've 519 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: that you found that you got back? Favorite spot? I 520 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 1: don't want to give any shout outs, but but just 521 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: Society is so good. I eat there like three times 522 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: a week. Oh and Joey's. I go to Joey's Uptown too. 523 00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: The other two of my spots that I frequent that good, 524 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:01,880 Speaker 1: didn't Oh all right, so you like those two spots. 525 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: You like being back, Let's say, for the rest of 526 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: your life. When you walk into a room and they're 527 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: gonna play an entrance song for you, what song you 528 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: want them to play? Oh, that's a that's a question. 529 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: Return to the met I really I love the Old School. 530 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: That's a good one. That Did you ever mess around 531 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: with Morland Mac and sing that with him? I could. 532 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: He's a cool guy, so I'm sure he's hit to that. 533 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 1: That's a song that kind of just it stands the 534 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: test of time for sure, just a timeless song. What's 535 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: the last meal that you cooked? The last meal I 536 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: cooked air friar salmon. I used some lemon pepper. I 537 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 1: put a lemon on there. Well, I don't know if 538 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: that did anything for the taste, but it looked cool. 539 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: What's your go to dish that you cook? Go to dish? 540 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: I would say I make a I make a nice 541 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:49,879 Speaker 1: little cilantro lime rice with with some garlic, shrimp. You know. 542 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 1: I had some asparagus, some potatoes. That's that's my go to. 543 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: Look out popados, but that sounds good. Hello, Okay, what's 544 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 1: the last gift you get somebody? I last the gift 545 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: that I gave somebody. I'm a big gift giver, So 546 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: could I actually have one my friends? One of my 547 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: best friend's birthdays today. It's in my locker right now. 548 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:12,879 Speaker 1: I was gonna drop it off to him after I 549 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,440 Speaker 1: buy him a lens for his camera. Okay, we'll hold 550 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 1: off on saying who it is and we'll wait to 551 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: publish this until it goes out. But a lens for camera, 552 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: that's that's no small gift. That's I mean, he's a 553 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: he's a really talented photographers that you know. I always 554 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 1: want to give him more tools for his tool belt. 555 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,120 Speaker 1: That's awesome, man. Now you're we got to get into 556 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:31,360 Speaker 1: photography with you because you're a hell of a photographer. 557 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: That's how I met you. I was in Las Vegas 558 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 1: at the draft. Backstage you were doing we were waiting 559 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: on the two picks who wound up not being you know, 560 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: in Las Vegas you were backstage shooting some stuff for 561 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 1: the NFL and it was awesome. I mean, how much 562 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: fun did you have just doing that at Vegas? Oh? 563 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: That was so fun, you know, being able to shoot 564 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: those guys and talk to them about just the process 565 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: and just the experience of being at the draft. It 566 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 1: was really cool. Do you ever find yourself after practice, 567 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: before practice, when you're walking out you see all these 568 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 1: big lenses, like, I wonder what that is? Right? I 569 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: know what that is? When do you ever thinking photography 570 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 1: when you're when you're not actually on the practice field 571 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: doing stuff. Oh it's funny. Sometimes I walk out here 572 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 1: and I'll be like, oh, that's a sunny East seven 573 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 1: there three. I have that too, But I'll be like, well, 574 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: that's a nice lens. Wonder what Glasta has. You know, 575 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: they don't have to snap back like try to go 576 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,199 Speaker 1: to work. Yeah, it's distracted. Guy. Could I could imagine 577 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: you just want to ring with the Rams. You want 578 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 1: to ring win rings here with the Texans. But we 579 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: got to talk a little bit. Plant two is what 580 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:28,119 Speaker 1: you say? I like that? What was the ring ceremony? Like? 581 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 1: How sweet was that for you? Being a part of 582 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,159 Speaker 1: all that? Man? The ring ceremony was just so it 583 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 1: was so amazing. Man, just being able to just celebrate 584 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,440 Speaker 1: with like your coaches, like the guys you go out with. 585 00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: You know, that's opportunity. A lot of guys want to 586 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: get to have, you know, just to be able to 587 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: see their coach, the fun side of their coaches, you know. 588 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 1: But when you went, that brings out the fun side 589 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: of everybody. So it was really cool just to be 590 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: able to celebrate my old coaches, my whole teammates, that 591 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 1: that one last time that will all be together, you know, Yeah, 592 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: that's really cool. And if there's a spectrum of a 593 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 1: guy getting the ring, putting it in his closet and 594 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,679 Speaker 1: never wearing again, to the guy who wears it all 595 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: the time, where are you gonna fall in that spectrum 596 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:04,919 Speaker 1: as far as how much you're gonna wear this ring, 597 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna bring it out. It's gonna be 598 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: like it's gonna be like my Sunday's best. I'm gonna 599 00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 1: bring it out when when it's time to bring it out. 600 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 1: You know nothing wrong with that. You gotta bring it 601 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: out when you got to right, Yes there, all right, Obo, 602 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 1: We could go on and on and on. I really 603 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 1: do a time. We can't wait to see you guys 604 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: bring some rings here to Houston. Welcome back to Ashtown. Man. 605 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,479 Speaker 1: We're happy for you, man, I'm happy to be here. 606 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: Thank you. Man. I'm telling you that guy has been 607 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: all kinds of phenomenal and practice and hopefully you can 608 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 1: get back on the field very very soon and we 609 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 1: can see him those preseason games because he is going 610 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: to make the people in a leaf very very proud. 611 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:40,360 Speaker 1: So okay, Obo, Cronquo and we Drew Doherty. You had 612 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: two Houston Homeboys. Now Houston is my home. But I 613 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:50,360 Speaker 1: was born in Wisconsin. Eric Murray grew up in Wisconsin, 614 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: So let's do guy next. I had a chance to 615 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: catch up with the Texans safety Eric Murray. We talked 616 00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: about any number of things right here, all right, John 617 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: Harris catching up with I should say fellow safetycause I 618 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,480 Speaker 1: played safety way back in the day. I know I 619 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: don't look like it, Eric Murray, but I did. I 620 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: had the skills. You got more skills than that. How's 621 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 1: it going? Second year in this system? How much does 622 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,959 Speaker 1: that help you? Being in a system for a consecutive 623 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 1: year like that, It definitely helped with some familiarity with 624 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: the you know, the concepts and stuff, and you able 625 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: to play faster once you knock the rust off, and 626 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: it's just easier to convey some of the problems to 627 00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,880 Speaker 1: the younger guys and stuff like that. So I really 628 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:31,439 Speaker 1: like it as a veteran and I watch there are 629 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: so many things when you think back to a rookie 630 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: and you think, man, I was doing things by the books. 631 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: Is what the playbook and the scheme told me to do. 632 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,359 Speaker 1: But as a veteran, you kind of fear yourself going 633 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,160 Speaker 1: I know my responsibility is, but I'm gonna trust this hunch. 634 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: I see this, I might do this. You do that 635 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: a little bit more as a veteran, not like you're 636 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,879 Speaker 1: going out solo and doing your thing, but you're just 637 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: trusting your instincts a little bit more. You definitely pick 638 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 1: up on the keys and tendencies. And once you've got 639 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,479 Speaker 1: your keys down and you know so for sure tendency, 640 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: you definitely feel a little risky outdure go get the football. 641 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure coach Lovely loves Zach Lovey Smith takes over 642 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: his head coach. I don't know if you don't have 643 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: had a chance to talk about that. What does that 644 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: mean for you? What that mean for the team to 645 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: bring him back as the head coach. M I thought 646 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: it was the important step of moving forward and bringing 647 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: him back as a head coach. I mean, he's a 648 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,680 Speaker 1: reputable coach. He's been in the league a long time 649 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: and he's done it before, so it was his track 650 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 1: record has proven and I'm glad we did that. As 651 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: a veteran, you got some young dudes, maybe guys that 652 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 1: have come from other teams. What's it like in that 653 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: secondary now with that mix of guys back there. Some 654 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: guys were here last year and got a chance to 655 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: know each other and Bob. But now you bring some 656 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: young dudes into the freight. How's that secondary room coming together? 657 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: It's coming together pretty well. I think everybody's juggling them 658 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: weather really get really well. Even in the young guys, 659 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 1: it feel like they've been here for a while because 660 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: it's just so many so much carry over now. Yeah, 661 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: so it's like it don't feel like a drop off 662 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:45,880 Speaker 1: or anything like that, and everybody, you know, coming together. 663 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 1: What have you Guys's defense been doing well thus far? 664 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 1: In your opinion of training camp? Just visioning the punchous 665 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: man the punchou's been crazy. I'm sure you've seen it. 666 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: But just getting that ball and really taking the ball 667 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: away rather than just waiting for the offense to give 668 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: it to us. I gotta think that's sort of freeing 669 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 1: in some sense. I know we're all taught, you know, 670 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 1: you're a wrap up, but then to come in there 671 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: and dudes wrapped up and you're literally just taking up 672 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: Mike Tyson punch and knocking it out. That's gonna be 673 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: a fun way to play in some sets. Oh yeah, definitely. 674 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: And they just taking wind out of the sales at offense. 675 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: You know, they get momentum and they get hitting play 676 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: after play after play, and once that ball hit the ground, man, 677 00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,160 Speaker 1: it really knocked the wind out of him. So I 678 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: like that. I had asked Eric that question about being 679 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: a veteran complaint some hunches a little bit. You could 680 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: also do that in the second year of a system, 681 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,479 Speaker 1: when you know it a little bit better, Like, Hey, 682 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:33,320 Speaker 1: I know where I need to be on this particular play, 683 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: so maybe I can slow play some things. Maybe I 684 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 1: might show the quarterback my eyes and I'm really not 685 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: doing this, or maybe I'm gonna give the receiver some eyes, 686 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 1: but I'm really trying to get the quarterback to throw 687 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: me the football. Those kind of things I started seeing Eric, 688 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: and I started seeing I've seen Eric do those things 689 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,920 Speaker 1: that he's gotten comfortable in this defense playing at the 690 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,360 Speaker 1: safety position. I mean, look at twenty twenty, he had it. 691 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:57,800 Speaker 1: He was playing everywhere the NFL back for the guy 692 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,719 Speaker 1: you should have been at safety, but he was all 693 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: over place, having to do a lot of different things. 694 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty one, he settled in safety, played all 695 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: out pretty well, and then he came back in twenty 696 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,719 Speaker 1: twenty two settled in a safety as well. All right, 697 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: let's finish up and watch this. You had Oboe Conqua 698 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 1: and Drew Doherty, both grew up in Houston. You had 699 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: myself and Eric Murray originally me from Wisconsin. Eric Murray 700 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: from Wisconsin. Marlin Mack is from South Florida. Mark Vanimir 701 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: got to South Florida and cut his teeth at the 702 00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: University of Miami. So that's the closest I could get 703 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: with that comparison. But the Voice of the Texans did 704 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: catch up with the running back Marlin Mack, who has 705 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 1: had a really solid training camp. Here's what these two 706 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 1: had to say. All right, how's the camp going for 707 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: you so far? Marlin? Kevin's going well. Man, getting used 708 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 1: to playing football once again with the guys, getting these 709 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: pass on banging, man gay back in the flow of football, 710 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: getting the body used to all the bankers and bruises, 711 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: and getting the body healthy. Camp in Indianapolis versus camp 712 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: in Houston. H still huts in bow, a lot of banging, 713 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,040 Speaker 1: a little more heat down here, more sweating, more mentally 714 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: focus down here too. Aus. So what is it like 715 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: to be with a divisional opponent? I mean you squared 716 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 1: off and had some big games against the Texas. Yeah, uh, 717 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: just just a different vibe. But now I'm on the 718 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: other obviously side, So same thing that I used to 719 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: play for going against tests, and I gotta play against 720 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 1: a coach. How special will it be to go against 721 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: them on opening jack? It would be very special. Man, 722 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 1: old teammates man playing of the guys used to play 723 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: a practice with, but now match ope side, so they 724 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: go be going one hundred and ten. I'm gonna go 725 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: huntred ten and we just all still love at the end. 726 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 1: How hard is the past protection part of your position, 727 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: especially for the young guys. I know you're a veteran, 728 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: but that phase of the game very hard. I mean, 729 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 1: that's probably the most hardest thing to get used to 730 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,000 Speaker 1: coming from the college to the NFL level. But once 731 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,840 Speaker 1: you got a group of guys leaders up front of 732 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,360 Speaker 1: the old line who help you out, Like JB guys 733 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: just help you, coach you to it, Coach dB. Just 734 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 1: just keep steps step step out up every day, just 735 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: getting used to it. I think it would be pretty 736 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: good after a while. What's the mindset when you're carrying 737 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 1: the ball in this environment? You guys are in full 738 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: pads for this practice. But you know you're not gonna 739 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 1: get tackled. You're gonna get some thud and they're trying 740 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 1: to take the ball away anyway, right, Always be on 741 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: ten because hey putting. Even when you jog back to 742 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: the huddle, man, I always got to protect it. That's 743 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: what Coach Levy's teaching them. Guys. Man, Even when I'm 744 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 1: walking back to the huddle a sideline and I gotta 745 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 1: bother one hand and they punch, and so I just 746 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 1: gotta stay alert and be on my toes every time. 747 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: What is the rest of your day like? After practice? 748 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,640 Speaker 1: You guys practice eight to ten every morning, you have 749 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 1: a big day ahead of you with meetings? What is 750 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 1: that like? So right now, once we get done, probably 751 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,520 Speaker 1: do the etch word, but then head in, gotta get 752 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,920 Speaker 1: recovery and I have to recovery a little bit. We 753 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 1: actually gotta lift. And then once we live, you get lunch, 754 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 1: and then we try to chill to meetings and wants 755 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 1: meet to start like one, two, and then we'd be 756 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,720 Speaker 1: meeting all the way to like six, and then after 757 00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: that walk throughs and things like that. That's the day. 758 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 1: How much sleep do you get a night. I mean, 759 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: do you get enough to reach juven eight and everything? 760 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 1: This is pretty taxing every Yeah, every day I try 761 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,480 Speaker 1: to get like eight plus U if the bed probably 762 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 1: like ten, wake up at like six am, probably like 763 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 1: five footy five. But I always try to meet a 764 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: bed or in bed at least nine to like ten, 765 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,280 Speaker 1: so I'll get some sleep. As you've gotten advanced in 766 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: your career, have you changed the way you take care 767 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: of your body? What you eat that kind of thought? Yeah, 768 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,520 Speaker 1: definitely certain get certain things you don't eat before a game, 769 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: file food and all of that. But you just got 770 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,040 Speaker 1: to know, I take care of body. Give him a sage, 771 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:31,240 Speaker 1: just um, everything from treatment, ice all that. You gotta 772 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,719 Speaker 1: take care of everything, all right, Marlin, thanks a lot 773 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: for joining us, A good lot, Mary, thank you well. 774 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: I love what Marlin Mack is bringing to this running 775 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: back room, and I love what he's bringing to this field. 776 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:46,320 Speaker 1: He looks fresh, he looks sharp, he looks very very good. 777 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: Now can you recapture what he had three years ago 778 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, But it's hard, but he looks about 779 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,040 Speaker 1: as good as I can remember him. He looks excellent 780 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,160 Speaker 1: in all drills. But when he gets the ball boy 781 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 1: that burst. That juice is there for Marlin Mac. The 782 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 1: juice is also there for a little in the lab, 783 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,840 Speaker 1: and that's coming up next with myself and Drew Doherty. 784 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 1: Right here in Texans All Axis boxis boxis we go 785 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,960 Speaker 1: on final segment this Friday issue of Texans All Access. 786 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 1: It's Shorty here to finish up. I'm John Harris, Football 787 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:23,719 Speaker 1: and Outsideline reporter, your host going around the NFL, and 788 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,879 Speaker 1: it's all about alternate helmet time. We know we've talked 789 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: about the batter red helmet the Texans are gonna be 790 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 1: wearing November third, and on the second day of practice 791 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: July thirtieth, on the back Saturday for the NFL, the 792 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:41,200 Speaker 1: Eagles unveiled a black helmet. It looks kind of sharp. 793 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: I gotta admit. The Jets also unveiled a black helmet. 794 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 1: Now the green on the black helmet for the Jets, 795 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,440 Speaker 1: I don't know. The Eagles, I think did it right. 796 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: They just took the green off all together and went 797 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 1: black with the white Eagles wings. I think it looks 798 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: pretty sharp. I think these alternate uniforms are gonna absolutely brilliant. 799 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,719 Speaker 1: They're gonna look awesome. The sits Eddy Bengals unveiled a 800 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,919 Speaker 1: white Bengal helmet. They've teased this for about ten days 801 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: now and they finally put the helmet out and it 802 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,319 Speaker 1: looks pretty sharp. They're gonna wear those with the white pants, 803 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:19,280 Speaker 1: white jerseys and go full on Stormtroopers. Wow. Wow, Wow, 804 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:24,760 Speaker 1: that's going to look nice. A couple of Ravens placed 805 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: on the early training camp pup list, JK. Dobbins and 806 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:32,360 Speaker 1: Gus Edwards, in addition to Pro Bowl tackle Ronnie Stanley. 807 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 1: Ravens started camp already and it will start for your 808 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,440 Speaker 1: Texans next Friday, a week from today. Can't wait. Big 809 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 1: thanks to Mark, to Drew, to Quentin Demps, to my 810 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,719 Speaker 1: man Austin Mendez and all of you for listen. We'll 811 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 1: see you next time. It has always go text