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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Welcome to the show. Mark Vandermier with you

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Speaker 1: along with John Harris. We're in the Hunday Texans Radio studio.

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Speaker 1: Another busy day, not a practice day for your Texans.

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Speaker 1: That'll be tomorrow as they get to day eight of

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Speaker 1: training camp and we've got a lot going on Tonight.

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Alexander a visit with him. I know it's Thursday.

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Speaker 1: You're thinking, isn't it the General's night? And I know

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Speaker 1: Jonathan with the Chronicle, No, he has not replaced the

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Speaker 1: General on Thursday nights. It's training camp, so everything's a

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Speaker 1: little bit all over the place. The General will be

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Speaker 1: with us Friday morning eight thirty from the field, so

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Speaker 1: we'll get back to John McLean from the field Friday

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Speaker 1: morning eight thirty. It's gonna be a good visit as

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Speaker 1: we get into day eight. It's gonna be day eight,

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Speaker 1: day nine, and then travel to the Greenbrier for your Texans.

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Speaker 1: Also tonight. Mike Toman, President of the Texans. We'll hear

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Speaker 1: from him a little bit later on Justin Watson and

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Speaker 1: maybe a little Daria Gunbawally as well on the way out.

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Speaker 1: We'll see, we'll see how everything times out. Johnny, But

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Speaker 1: here we are Tomorrow. In pads are not prediction. We

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Speaker 1: don't know for sure unless you unless you found out.

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Speaker 2: I think in pads tomorrow, not in pads Saturday.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I think they'll go in pads, have a good

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Speaker 3: solid work Saturday.

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Speaker 2: But it's they're flying the Greenbrier.

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Speaker 3: So I think there's gonna you know, I think, I

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Speaker 3: don't see, I don't back off is not the word.

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Speaker 3: But I think the pads will be tomorrow, and I

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Speaker 3: think the nonpads yet spirited practice will be Saturday before

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Speaker 3: we then take the spirited nonpad practice.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you this question because I didn't do

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Speaker 1: this job. I love playing gridiron professionally, and I didn't

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Speaker 1: play in college and I didn't play anywhere. So here

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Speaker 1: we go. My question is this, When you have the

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Speaker 1: pads on, it's to prevent injury. When you don't have

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Speaker 1: the pads on, if they play spirited, would you rather

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Speaker 1: have the pads on because there's some cushioning of the

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Speaker 1: blow if you will a little bit.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you just it's you have to be really

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Speaker 3: disciplined about Look, you know what I mean, pads on

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Speaker 3: you've been you kind of get in that mode where

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Speaker 3: you're banging pads. Even when the pads go off, you

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Speaker 3: still kind of have that same mentality.

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Speaker 1: So you got to be really disciplined.

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Speaker 3: And then one of the things I've heard of Miko

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Speaker 3: say a number of times, Nick has said this as well,

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Speaker 3: you got to take care of everybody. Yeah, you got

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Speaker 3: to realize that you're all in this thing together, and

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Speaker 3: if the pads do come off, okay, hey, let's be

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Speaker 3: smart about this. Let's not let our competitive urges and

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Speaker 3: ability to kind of one up the other guy to

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Speaker 3: continue to win when it's really not that necessary. It's

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Speaker 3: necessary for everybody to get work. So you got to

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Speaker 3: be careful, take care of everybody. But invariably you have

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Speaker 3: guys that are trying to make this roster. Every single

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Speaker 3: thing they're doing is trying to make this roster. They're

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Speaker 3: trying to become starters. So I think it can be

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Speaker 3: a little bit tougher when you've been banging pads for

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Speaker 3: days after days and all of a sudden, okay, now

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Speaker 3: you're in shorts of T shirts, Like, Okay, the mentality

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Speaker 3: has to change a little bit and you have to

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Speaker 3: be very careful that the flip side of that is

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Speaker 3: you still got to go get work done. Yeah, you

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Speaker 3: still have to get the work done, whether you have

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Speaker 3: PADS on or whether you don't. So I'm curious to

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Speaker 3: see how they put it together. I do think it's

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Speaker 3: a split. I think it's one day and pads one

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Speaker 3: day not and then and the reason I think it'll

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Speaker 3: go that way, pads Friday a little longer, just bang Saturday,

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Speaker 2: Because we are traveling.

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Speaker 3: You get the day off Sunday and then Monday and

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Speaker 3: the great weather of white silver springs, which, by the way,

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Speaker 3: I checked the radar or the weather for white silver springs,

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Speaker 3: I don't know, about two or three o'clock on today.

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Speaker 2: This afternoon it was eighty six degrees.

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Speaker 3: I'm like the outrage, I'm not, no, we're going no, no,

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Speaker 3: like Michael Scott and YOVS ncy's Toby Flunderson.

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Speaker 4: No.

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Speaker 1: But then I looked at.

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Speaker 2: The forecast rest of the week and it's like not

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Speaker 1: So I'm like, Okay, I have to pack appropriately. I

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Speaker 1: haven't even packed yet. I'm saying I haven't either.

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Speaker 3: But the thing is is you kind of got to

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Speaker 3: pack a little bit of everything yeah, you do. That's

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Speaker 3: where you get stuck. It's one of these luxury problems. Okay,

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Speaker 1: As point I tell people who aren't from this city

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Speaker 1: when you talk about where you went on vacation, this

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Speaker 1: is not a vacation, but people can relate to this.

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Speaker 1: It's almost more important to tell the temperature of where

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Speaker 1: you were than the actual location.

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Speaker 2: Where'd you go?

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Speaker 1: Seventy six degrees? Where'd you go? Eighty one degrees? Oh? Nice,

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Speaker 1: whehere'd you go?

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Speaker 2: One hundred and four?

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Speaker 1: Oh you went to Phoenix? Yeah, you went the Phoenix,

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Speaker 1: got it? Or you just stayed here during the heat

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Speaker 1: wave two years ago? That's what happened.

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Speaker 2: How do we get through that?

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Speaker 1: That was miserable And that was Demko's first year and

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Speaker 1: they had a good year and they didn't melt down

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Speaker 1: right late in the season. Had had the clunker against

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Speaker 1: Cleveland here that was also without CJ. And there was

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Speaker 1: an expiration date on case Keenum. I guess yeah. After

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Speaker 1: the dramatic victory up there against the Titans. I will

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Speaker 1: always remember that game for the rest of my Texans days.

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Speaker 1: That is one of the memorable ones. My friends, That's

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Speaker 1: one of those games. That's one of those games that

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Speaker 1: needs to be in a its own special box. That's

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Speaker 1: a good offseason shows all games that deserve their own

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Speaker 1: little shrine in the Texans Hall of Fame, if you will,

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Speaker 1: not as inductees, but these are special moments that we

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Speaker 1: never want to forget. Beating the Titans the first time

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Speaker 1: we played them in oiler uniforms and fairbaren kicks a

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Speaker 1: field goal for the win. Keenum gets the start. It

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Speaker 1: was so wonderful all the way.

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Speaker 2: It was so awesome. And that game did not start well.

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Speaker 3: The case through the pick six to Farley I think

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Speaker 3: it was, and we're down, but they kept they kept

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Speaker 3: coming back it, kept making plays. They just won play

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Speaker 3: after the next. I remember there were so many different

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Speaker 3: stars that day. Motor had that great screen catch. Dalton

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Speaker 3: Schultz had one of the catches of his career. Remember

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Speaker 3: when he stole that one away from Roger McCrary. Like Case,

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Speaker 3: it's a third down, Cases just got to get it off.

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Speaker 3: He's fading backwards, he just floats it and somehow mccrary's

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Speaker 1: And steals it from him. That was beautiful.

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Speaker 2: And then Noah Brown, no Brown with the game tying touchdown.

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Speaker 1: How about Motor with the catch and run to set

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Speaker 1: up a field goal for the Wine the screen. That

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Speaker 3: I mean, when you look back some of the wins

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Speaker 3: who the players were that made plays like Noah Brown

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Speaker 3: made some humongous plays.

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Speaker 1: Guys, you're here anymore.

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Speaker 2: You just think about those humongous plays for us.

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Speaker 3: What about at Cincinnati Mike Bood has a really a

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Speaker 3: really key catch and gain to get out of bounds

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Speaker 3: before Noah Brown's catch that set up the field goal.

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Speaker 3: Like Mike Brown today who hit the game winning field

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Speaker 1: Do you remember, Oh that was Ammidola?

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Speaker 2: Matt E Mondola? Why Kaymi Matda Moondola.

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Speaker 1: That's beautiful that, you know what. I know that, But

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Speaker 1: it's an easy miss if you're not paying attention. Totally totally,

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Speaker 1: all right, the guy who is making some plays out here. Look,

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Speaker 1: the quarterback is going to be a big topic in

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Speaker 1: training camp or any team. So you tell me CJ. Stroud.

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Speaker 1: Here he is in year three. This is the time

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Speaker 1: of year when you want to be trying new things.

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Speaker 1: He's learning the new offense. How's it going so far?

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Speaker 1: We have a long way to go in camp, but

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Speaker 1: how's it going so far? For number seven? John?

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Speaker 3: I think he's right on track with where he needs

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Speaker 3: he has made some just incredible throws. He made one

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Speaker 3: throw down the sideline ton Eco. He goes in man coverage,

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Speaker 3: Kamari was on him one on one, and I mean,

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Speaker 3: Nico's got obviously a physical advantage in that case, but

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Speaker 3: Kamari is great in no situations.

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Speaker 2: If you remember in the Bills game from from the

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Speaker 3: Trying to get out of the end zone late in

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Speaker 3: Colevian and Keon's like six four to ten and Kamari

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Speaker 3: it out and the next two plays they were in complete.

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Speaker 3: Texas were able to kick field goal a little bit later.

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Speaker 3: But so CJ was like, I'm taking that, I'm taking

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Speaker 2: Threw a beautiful backshort of ball to Nico.

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Speaker 3: Nico adjusts to it, makes the catch, and you're like, yeah,

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Speaker 3: that's the combination right there.

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Speaker 2: There have been throw to throw that.

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Speaker 3: CJ had Christian Kirk on the over route that was brilliant.

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Speaker 3: I mean Kirk had maybe a step I think it

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Speaker 3: CJ threw that ball, which I think he throws exceptionally well. Right,

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Speaker 3: what do you say, Bill Walsh, one step ahead, one

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Speaker 3: one foot in front of him, one foot in front

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Speaker 3: of that's perfect. I mean Kirk was able to run

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Speaker 3: right through the catch. And you're like, that's that's the CJ.

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Speaker 3: We know there's so many things that he's dealing with

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Speaker 3: that are new. You don't want to get in a

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Speaker 3: situation where you're making excuses for CJ. You don't want

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Speaker 3: to do that. Well, it's a new offense, that's a

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Speaker 3: new coordinator, it's a new all line coach, whole line

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Speaker 3: is completely new. He's got new receivers thrown to. He's

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Speaker 3: good enough to overcome all of that. But but we

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Speaker 3: do have to in a sense grade him early in

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Speaker 3: training camp on a little bit of a curve. And

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Speaker 3: that's why I say, I think he's trending perfectly. He's

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Speaker 3: trending the way that you want him to be because

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Speaker 3: it isn't perfect. Things are new. At the line of scrimmage,

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Speaker 3: he's in a lot more control. But as they give

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Speaker 3: him more and more pieces to this offense. As they

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Speaker 3: go through, I think you're going to see more and

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Speaker 3: more success for CJ. Such that when we get September seventh,

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Speaker 3: he's sitting the ground running and he's gonna be very

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Speaker 3: difficult to stop.

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Speaker 1: Very good stuff. There. Can't wait to see him back

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Speaker 1: in action. A guy who's always in action at training

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Speaker 1: camp is from the Houston Chronicle, and that would be

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Alexander Johnny and I caught up with him and

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Speaker 1: asked him how camp is going in his eyes so far?

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Speaker 5: Definitely competitive, man, It's been a good first few days.

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Speaker 5: Obviously the past came more in the last three, so

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Speaker 5: it's been a little bit more exciting and I'm really

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Speaker 5: interested to see what happens in West Virginia.

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Speaker 2: Jonathan, I'm still a question and a thought.

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Speaker 1: I'm not concerned, but a question.

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Speaker 3: Or what would that curve be given everything he's kind

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Speaker 5: Yeah, dude, the first part of this training camp, you

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Speaker 5: And then you got to worry about c J. Stroud

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Speaker 1: The offensive line, what do you think it ultimately is

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Speaker 1: What do you think it overall here?

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Speaker 5: Jonathan, Yeah, I think he's starting to take shape right now.

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Speaker 5: Through seven days, we've seen nothing but Cam Robinson this

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Speaker 5: Center is the wild card. Obviously, they've switched a lot

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Speaker 3: Andrews earlier this week and of last week, Jonathan, there's

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Speaker 2: It was sort of vague.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's the one concern I have, you know, you know,

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Speaker 5: Damian Pierce went down. And obviously Nick Chubb is is proven,

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Speaker 5: I do actually like Juar Jordan. I mean, he didn't

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Speaker 3: Out, all right, I this question is for both of you,

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Speaker 3: either a question, okay, better defensive player of the year

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Speaker 1: Jonathan, you go first.

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Speaker 3: Better defensive player of the Year candidate Derek Stingley Junior,

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Speaker 1: I mean, Daniel is such a freak of nature, you know,

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Speaker 3: I see him on the field during practice and I

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Speaker 1: Like, on the field, I.

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Speaker 3: Want to stay as far away from him as possible

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Speaker 3: Like he's he's that kind of guy and that smile

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean they've actually surprised me a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Demiko Ryans talked about coaching, how he's handling it, delegating,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know that delegating thing.

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Speaker 5: Delegating is a huge thing for him. You know, kind

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Speaker 5: about getting more opportunities. I think Demiico sis a lot

435
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Speaker 5: of potential in his assistant coaches, and they appreciate that

436
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Speaker 5: because many of them do want to be coordinators or

437
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Speaker 5: head coach in the future, and they believe that these

438
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Speaker 5: opportunities will help them.

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Speaker 2: True or false or I should say this way, buy

440
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Speaker 2: or sell?

441
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Speaker 3: The Anthony Richardson hype continues to grow in Indianapolis, Johnson,

442
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Speaker 3: are you buying or selling?

443
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Speaker 5: I'm selling that. I think Richardson still has a long

444
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Speaker 5: way to go before he can prove himself. I do

445
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Speaker 5: think at some point Daniel Jones will he might even

446
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Speaker 5: start week one, you know, for his team, or if

447
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Speaker 5: it start Richardson, I think Daniel Jones will, you know,

448
00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,000
Speaker 5: win that job. I saw a story where Chris Bileatt

449
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,880
Speaker 5: said that they're taking a patient route with Anthony Rigidson.

450
00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,560
Speaker 5: They understand that he just has had a lot of experience.

451
00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:41,119
Speaker 5: He should have sat and wised. Definitely admitting that. But

452
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Speaker 5: so I'm not buying on the hype this year. I

453
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Speaker 5: think it's gonna take some time for him to go

454
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Speaker 5: up into a serviceable quarterback and he still has that potential.

455
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Speaker 5: But I still think Daniel Jones is gonna win that quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Battle Man training camp is the most reactive time of

457
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Speaker 1: year when you see these little videos like Lady richards Yeah,

458
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Speaker 1: look at this throw by Anthony Richardson. I'm like, Okay,

459
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Speaker 1: good throw. But it was you know the guy was covered,

460
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Speaker 1: he made the catch.

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Speaker 4: Good.

462
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Speaker 1: Good, But you know what does that mean? Right? We

463
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Speaker 1: see it out here because you know how many reps

464
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Speaker 1: does CJ get the starting quarterback or any quarterback get

465
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Speaker 1: throughout a training camp session? Shot twelve to fifteen? Yeah, yeah,

466
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Speaker 1: if that right? If twelve to fifteen plays in a

467
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:28,040
Speaker 1: regular game, that's nothing right, it's but we evaluate it

468
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Speaker 1: like it's the be all, end all Jonathan better year

469
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Speaker 1: Jacksonville or the Colts. Pick one who's gonna have a

470
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Speaker 1: better record at the end of twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 5: I think it's a Colt just still have a solid team,

472
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Speaker 5: you know, aside from their quarterback situation. I think think

473
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Speaker 5: took a lot of steps to get better this offseason

474
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Speaker 5: and sign some pretty good free agents. So for that reason,

475
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Speaker 5: I think they'll be better than Jaguars. I think the

476
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Speaker 5: Jaguars are on the come up, but I think it

477
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Speaker 5: may take them just a little bit of time to

478
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Speaker 5: get better and improve.

479
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Speaker 4: In the near future.

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Speaker 3: Jonathan the number, I'm going to say this for both

481
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Speaker 3: of you. I'm gonna set the number at sixty eight

482
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Speaker 3: point six percent of offensive and defensive plays throughout the year.

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Speaker 3: For Travis Hunter, are you going over under? So, if

484
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Speaker 3: we're doing a little bit of math here of total

485
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Speaker 3: plays of total play, say a game has one hundred

486
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Speaker 3: and thirty offensive defensive plays, sixty five on each side,

487
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Speaker 3: about that, that would mean that you're talking about nine wait, wait,

488
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Speaker 3: ninety one plays per game for a full seventeen season.

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Speaker 2: Are you going to go over or under my percentage number?

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Speaker 5: I think I'll go over. I think they're going to

491
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Speaker 5: try to utilize him as much as possible possible. Now,

492
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Speaker 5: whether his body holds up, you know, I don't know,

493
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Speaker 5: but you know they've been using him on both sides

494
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Speaker 5: of the ball, one practice on offense, one practice on

495
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Speaker 5: defense in training camp, so I think they more than

496
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Speaker 5: I think it's more than likely they planned to use

497
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Speaker 5: him alive this season.

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Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on Matt? Are you going over

499
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,880
Speaker 1: under a net? Oh? Sorry, Johnny, I'm gonna go under.

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Speaker 1: That's a lot of that's a lot of a lot

501
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Speaker 1: of snaps, A lot of snaps to a big percentage,

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Speaker 1: a lot of snaps. And talk about you know, people

503
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Speaker 1: reacting to videos. I saw one of him making a

504
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Speaker 1: one handed pick or something, but it was on air

505
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Speaker 1: or whatever, and it was like you can tell that

506
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,200
Speaker 1: he's going to be a supreme corner in this league

507
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Speaker 1: just by this highlight alone, because the ball looks different.

508
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Speaker 2: Nobody like him.

509
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Speaker 1: You know, the Jags are the best, and it's not

510
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,880
Speaker 1: always them putting it out as an organization, but it's

511
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Speaker 1: the best at the overreaction to training camp videos, The

512
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Speaker 1: best one ever, the all time winner is Trevor Lawrence

513
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Speaker 1: in a drill where he had dummies rushing literally like

514
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Speaker 1: coaches holding pads, rushing into the backfield and he throws

515
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Speaker 1: a touchdown past to Tim Tebow. That was the Internet

516
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Speaker 1: exploded him him both both the defense out there, bro

517
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Speaker 1: t Bow is going to be a great tight end.

518
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Speaker 1: Lawrence is going to be their best quarterback ever, and

519
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Speaker 1: obviously if that has not came to being. What's your

520
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,280
Speaker 1: reaction to Matthew Stafford's back problems not participating? What do

521
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Speaker 1: you think happens Week one? It's all speculation, but it's

522
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Speaker 1: worth talking about.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, beck issues are a tough thing, and you don't

524
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Speaker 5: want to put quarterbacks in that situation. I doubt he'll

525
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Speaker 5: probably play in the preseason, but you don't want to

526
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Speaker 5: put them in a situation where they get hit. I know,

527
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Speaker 5: the Texans are hoping that he probably doesn't play because

528
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Speaker 5: he gives them the best shot to win that game.

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Speaker 5: And if he is out, you know, I think the

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Speaker 5: Texans win that pretty handily as long as they're expecting it.

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Speaker 5: And I'm sure that the Rams won't reveal who's going

532
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Speaker 5: to be starting that Week one game. They'll try to

533
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Speaker 5: make it a little bit of a mystery. So the

534
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Speaker 5: Texans have the plan for both. But yeah, back injuries

535
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Speaker 5: are of a great concern.

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Speaker 1: Jonathan, Are you hiring an executive assistant for when the

537
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 1: Panthers up here? For all the podcasts and interviews you're

538
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:03,720
Speaker 1: gonna have to do because you covered that team and

539
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 1: this too.

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Speaker 5: I usually have so much I can't even keep up

541
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Speaker 5: with it. So yeah, I might have to get get

542
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 5: an intern or something to help me out keeps check them.

543
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,359
Speaker 1: Hey, but we still got a visit with you.

544
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 2: Look, with AI, you can do anything.

545
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:21,639
Speaker 3: Now, you can be in five different places potentially with AI.

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Speaker 1: Wait, we can create an AI Jonathan Alexander and just

547
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Speaker 1: talk to the AI Jonathan. Maybe all right, so we're

548
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Speaker 1: gonna make out there. We're gonna make a role.

549
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Speaker 2: I don't want to do that, but if we're forced to.

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Speaker 1: We're forced to, Jonathan, I.

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Speaker 5: Keep the real one, the real one be talking to

552
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Speaker 5: you the AIE.

553
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Speaker 1: I like that. I like good answer, good. Hey, what

554
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,439
Speaker 1: do you have going out of the Chronicle for us?

555
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Speaker 1: Jonathan got a few stories.

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Speaker 5: Obviously, we've been talking a lot about what we've seen

557
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,880
Speaker 5: in camp. Today we dropped a story about who's standing out,

558
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 5: who's not standing out so much, And in the near

559
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,879
Speaker 5: future we'll have a story on Sheldon Rankins and in

560
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Speaker 5: his journey back to the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Beautiful Jonathan, thanks a lot for joining us. We appreciate it.

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Speaker 5: Thanks for having me.

563
00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,360
Speaker 1: There's our visit with Jonathan Alexander from the Houston Chronicle

564
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,200
Speaker 1: coming up. Plenty of stuff. Justin Watson wide receiver, Mike Toman,

565
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: team president, dari Goodbowally running back. You've heard of him.

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Speaker 1: It's all happening here on Texans Radio, back in the

567
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Speaker 1: Hunday Texans Radio studio. But we're gonna take it outside

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Speaker 1: after a practice. John Harris catching up with Texans running

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Speaker 1: back Swiss Army Knife, dari agunb Darry.

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Speaker 2: First of all, just how you doing.

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Speaker 7: I'm great, man, I'm great. It's a beautiful day. Been

572
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 7: a great start to the season. I'm feeling really good, man.

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Speaker 3: Okay, coach has been talking you up a little bit.

574
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Speaker 3: What's been good? Does far and camp for you?

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Speaker 7: Just you know, the team, you know, I think we

576
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,439
Speaker 7: really have a good team. You know, things have been

577
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 7: looking very good for us. We're picking up the plays

578
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 7: really well. Defense is flying around, special teams have been

579
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Speaker 7: very violent, very physical. So it's been a great start

580
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,160
Speaker 7: to camp. And personally, you know, I've been like I said,

581
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Speaker 7: body's feeling really great and things are a thing that

582
00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 7: looking really good. So I'm happy with We'll brat right now.

583
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Speaker 3: So you've learned new offenses throughout your time in the NFL.

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Speaker 3: Is there a secret to it that you kind of

585
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 3: share with the young guys, like, Hey, this is one

586
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 3: of the things that I do. I do index cards

587
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,639
Speaker 3: or I you know, I'm just in my playbook.

588
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,679
Speaker 1: What is it that kind of helps you learn a

589
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 1: new system?

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00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 7: Well, I mean index card is is a tip, but

591
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Speaker 7: I mean it's just really taking the time, bro. I mean,

592
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 7: however you learn best, I mean that's you, but you

593
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 7: just got to take the time to do it. It's

594
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Speaker 7: not it's not just gonna happen You're not just gonna

595
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Speaker 7: pick it up in meetings. It's just extra time that

596
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 7: you have to put into I guess mastering the actual

597
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,600
Speaker 7: x's and o's. Obviously, on the field you'll get the reps.

598
00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 7: You'll get the reps, you'll get the physicality and all

599
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Speaker 7: that stuff.

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Speaker 6: But it actually takes like time.

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Speaker 7: It takes real time to pick up plays, pick up playbooks,

602
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:46,240
Speaker 7: pick up systems.

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Speaker 6: And I've been able to do that throughout my career.

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Speaker 3: So training camps, you've been through a lot of ben

605
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Speaker 3: and Jacksonville, You've been in Tampa, You've been through some

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Speaker 3: hot ones.

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Speaker 1: It's hot here.

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Speaker 2: What's kind of the biggest key of getting through training camp?

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Speaker 1: Not only healthy, but.

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Speaker 3: Just in a good positive mindset, prepperration for each practice.

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Speaker 6: You know what I'm saying, every practice.

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Speaker 7: I mean it's not a game per se, but I

613
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 7: mean you got to go into it with that mindset.

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Speaker 6: Your routine has to be the same every day, and.

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Speaker 7: Like I said, just being prepared to get out on

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Speaker 7: the field every day, your body mentally, all that it's

617
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 7: every day has to you have to attack it. And

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Speaker 7: that's what I've been able to do. Being in Houston

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Speaker 7: is no joke. You know, this heat is real and

620
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Speaker 7: you see it time and time again. Guys kind of

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Speaker 7: kind of fall victim to it. But like I said,

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Speaker 7: I've been able to take take care of my body,

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Speaker 7: take care of my mind so that when I'm out

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Speaker 7: in the field, I.

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Speaker 6: Can just worry about playing ball.

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Speaker 3: On the same note, we will go to West Virginia,

627
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Speaker 3: and I know your rookie year, we went to West Virginia.

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Speaker 3: That's a whole different ball game.

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Speaker 1: Is it not.

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Speaker 3: How important is it to get up there a from

631
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Speaker 3: a weather standpoint, takes some of the heat off you,

632
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Speaker 3: but be also have the camaraderie being.

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Speaker 6: Together for a week exactly.

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Speaker 7: I mean, it's not much to do out there away

635
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Speaker 7: from ball, so it's a chance for the whole.

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Speaker 6: Team to just kind.

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Speaker 7: Of be all about the team, all about football and

638
00:29:58,280 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 7: like you said, get out of this heat a little bit,

639
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,720
Speaker 7: and so you could just really focus on playing not

640
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Speaker 7: not the extra stuff that comes to playing ball in Houston.

641
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Speaker 7: So it's gonna be fun, you know, it's definitely gonna

642
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Speaker 7: be fun. I'm sure coach is gonna be able to

643
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Speaker 7: give us some activities and stuff to do as a team.

644
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Speaker 7: But like I said, being able to just play fast

645
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Speaker 7: and physical without having to worry about the heat. Is

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Speaker 7: that it's gonna be an advantage for us, Darry.

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Speaker 3: What's it like to have your family here after practice?

648
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Speaker 3: That long, hard practice hot? Everybody's tired, You're tired. You're

649
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Speaker 3: seeing the same guys, the same guys in the media room,

650
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Speaker 3: and then you see your family after practice.

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Speaker 4: What's that like?

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Speaker 6: Nah, it's just crazy, bro, It's a dream come true.

653
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Speaker 7: Man's just being able to, like you said, go through it,

654
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 7: go through these tough days and then be able to

655
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:37,920
Speaker 7: look in the stands or look on the field after

656
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,040
Speaker 7: practicing and see my girl and see my daughter.

657
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 6: Man, it's a blessing, bro.

658
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,680
Speaker 7: Some that you won't forget something that hopefully they don't forget.

659
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 7: And like I said, it makes it all worth It

660
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 7: makes you remember why you're doing it. Man.

661
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Speaker 3: Okay, I can't remember who was We were talking to

662
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 3: you the other day and they said, there are now

663
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 3: rooms inside the building where some UNO is taking place.

664
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Speaker 2: Are you a part of the UNO gang that.

665
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 6: I am? I am at this camp.

666
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 7: I have zero wins so far, which is terrible. I

667
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 7: usually in one of the guys on a leaderboard for

668
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:10,080
Speaker 7: the wins.

669
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 6: This camp.

670
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 7: No wins for me so far, but you know it's

671
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 7: it's early still, I got time get by.

672
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 6: But yeah, I gotta pick it up.

673
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, you definitely have to pick this up.

674
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 3: I'm a little I'm a little disappointed. I'm not disappointed

675
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 3: anything you do at any point, but telling me that

676
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 3: you gotta get you gotta get going.

677
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 2: You gotta get it going. Cali gofs.

678
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 3: You gotta get it going, and once you do, you

679
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 3: start rolling.

680
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 2: Dara Goomble, you're absolute best man.

681
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 3: Appreciate your time, you say, your brother, thank you.

682
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: Johnny's visit with Dara. Now, let's visit with the president

683
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 1: of your Texans Mike Toman. He's been here for a

684
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: half year now. How are things going?

685
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 8: The excitement is here, summer is over and football is here,

686
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 8: and you could not be more excited.

687
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 4: I mean, look at this crowd.

688
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 8: It's uh with the guys walking out, it's pretty intense.

689
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 1: Mike.

690
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 3: How do you I mean just being here, this is

691
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 3: the first time seeing training, this training camp, seeing the

692
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 3: fans excitement. What's it like for you just to first

693
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 3: time being able to see it? Is it kind of

694
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 3: mind blowing in a sense? Is it like, Yeah, this

695
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 3: is what I expected. What's that kind of been like

696
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 3: the first reaction to see it?

697
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 8: You know, that's a great question, John, because it's one

698
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,160
Speaker 8: of those things where since I've been here, you could

699
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 8: feel the energy, you could feel the energy inside the building,

700
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 8: you could feel the energy talking to Nick and coach

701
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 8: and then having the opportunity to see it all.

702
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 4: Come together in one place.

703
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 8: So it's like one of those where you were expecting

704
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,959
Speaker 8: it because you could feel the energy, but nothing, nothing

705
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 8: can take the place actually being here and seeing it.

706
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: Well, we have a lot of listeners, Mike who here

707
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: that you're the president of the Texans, So let's get

708
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: into the areas of emphasis for you because you work

709
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:43,479
Speaker 1: closely with Nick and Tamiko the entire organization. But how

710
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 1: does all that fit in with the McNair's and everything.

711
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: What can you tell the listeners about that your role?

712
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 4: Yeah?

713
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 8: Absolutely, I mean I think one thing it is is

714
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 8: one team, and that's one of the things that was

715
00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 8: really stressed upon with Callan Hannah when had a chance

716
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,600
Speaker 8: to first for the opportunity to come in and so

717
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 8: I just I remember talking with Cal and saying, we

718
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 8: have all these great initiatives, certainly on the business side.

719
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 4: We all have all these great.

720
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,280
Speaker 8: Moments ahead of us getting ready for the season.

721
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 4: Where should we focus?

722
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 8: And as cal went through, you know, he didn't hesitate.

723
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 8: He was like the people and the culture, and so

724
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 8: right out of the gates, that has.

725
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 4: Been a big focus.

726
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 8: Now we've been focusing in on making sure not only

727
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 8: that we have a great culture, but ultimately a world

728
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 8: class culture with world class expectations. And the methodology behind that,

729
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 8: you know, is to make sure that that translate, translates

730
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 8: into a world class experience for our fans. And so

731
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 8: that's where all my time has been spent.

732
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 3: All right, Mike, you have experienced so playing football you

733
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 3: played in college. How how do you bring that into

734
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 3: this job? Your kind of experience playing a game back

735
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 3: in the day.

736
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Speaker 8: You know, I think there's there's a bunch of levels

737
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 8: of it. One you just have such an appreciation for

738
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 8: what the team is doing and going through and the

739
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 8: level that they're doing. And I think the uniqueness is

740
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 8: that you can really sense how special it is because

741
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 8: when you've been into a bunch of different locker rooms,

742
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,399
Speaker 8: you play at a different levels, you see a lot

743
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 8: of good things, but that's different than seeing something special

744
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 8: and so I think the energy from the McNair's on

745
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 8: down through the team, what we have here.

746
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 4: Is really really special.

747
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 8: So John, I'd say like the past experience helps me

748
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 8: appreciate the actual moment itself.

749
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 1: That's right, all right. So fans are here watching practice.

750
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 1: Soon enough they'll be inside NRG Stadium watching games. And

751
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,360
Speaker 1: I know there have been some changes video board. What

752
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 1: can you tell us about the experience inside the stadium

753
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: how it's going to be different this year.

754
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 4: I think it'll be significant.

755
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 8: I really think when our fans walk in, it'll be palatable,

756
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 8: like they'll be like, gosh, what is different? And I'll

757
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 8: point out a couple of the pieces, certainly the sound system.

758
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,400
Speaker 8: You know, when we get in there, it is a different,

759
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 8: different deal.

760
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 4: It will absolutely.

761
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,400
Speaker 2: I'm talking at our studio the other day, I'm like,

762
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 2: what is going on?

763
00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 3: I had no idea and I walked in near the walls, like,

764
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:01,240
Speaker 3: oh my gosh.

765
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 4: I know it's like is that a concert right now?

766
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 4: Is that live?

767
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: Yeah?

768
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 4: It will be.

769
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:07,279
Speaker 8: I think that'll be one of the things that the

770
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 8: fans will pick up on and hopefully the opposing team

771
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 8: will pick up on right out of the gates. But

772
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 8: you hit it also, you know, we have we're updating

773
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 8: the roof, we have an updated video boards, so I

774
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 8: think the whole sensory portion of coming in has been amplified.

775
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: Well, I know that you're also working on other things

776
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,959
Speaker 1: and many articles have been written about it, you've talked

777
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: about it. But what can you tell us about new

778
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:38,360
Speaker 1: facility perhaps stadium upgrades over the next few years or

779
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 1: whenever that might take place. What can you share with

780
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:41,239
Speaker 1: us about that, Mike?

781
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 4: You know, on the stadium front, you know, we've had

782
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:44,320
Speaker 4: a great summer.

783
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,720
Speaker 8: You know, we we've been working together with the county

784
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 8: and the Sports Corps and our great partners at the Rodeo,

785
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 8: and we've been making progress. We've been working through focused

786
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 8: in on a renovation in doing doing the appropriate studies

787
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:03,359
Speaker 8: to make sure that we're looking at everything the right way.

788
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 8: And so we're running through those studies and we're looking

789
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,879
Speaker 8: forward to to ultimately what the outputs are.

790
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 3: Mike, being on a team side alife, because you've done

791
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 3: so much in your career on the other side, but

792
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 3: now you're on a team side, what's the view like

793
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 3: on this side as supposed to be on the other side.

794
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:21,839
Speaker 3: But also because you have that experience on the other

795
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 3: side bringing that to your job as well. What's that

796
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:25,879
Speaker 3: kind of been like for you being on the team

797
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 3: side for the first time in a while.

798
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,919
Speaker 8: You know, nothing's better, you know, to be a part

799
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:35,400
Speaker 8: of a true team and to be fully immersed in

800
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 8: it and understand this special situation on the Texans and

801
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 8: how close it is with the community, how it's a

802
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 8: part of the community. You don't get that from the

803
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 8: other side of the table, which was my former life

804
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 8: on really kind of.

805
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:52,080
Speaker 4: The agency third party service platforms. Now that brings a

806
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 4: unique side of it, you know.

807
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 8: I think there's a deeper appreciation for how all the

808
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 8: different stakeholders can contribute to a great atmosphere for the fans,

809
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 8: And so I think that gives me the vantage point

810
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 8: to see how we can work closer and better with

811
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 8: our partners at the end of the day, to just

812
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:10,840
Speaker 8: make sure you have the best experience on Sundays or

813
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 8: game days when everybody comes into.

814
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: NRG or game days, because we have games all over

815
00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 1: the place. Mondays, got Thursdays, and that's the price you pay.

816
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 1: Is a good team the price you pay. But it's

817
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:22,160
Speaker 1: a wonderful place, depend.

818
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 4: Great, great indicator. Yeah, great indicator. When you're a good team,

819
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 4: you get some of the primetime spots.

820
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 1: All right, So your rocket, the new tea, the new

821
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: T T shirt. Mike, what about this the te logo?

822
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 1: Because I see Cal mcder over there wearing it, Hannah

823
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,319
Speaker 1: McNair wearing it. We've got it going on.

824
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 8: Oh yeah, I mean Hannah's so fired up about the

825
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:42,359
Speaker 8: tea right now.

826
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 4: I think she just wanted I think I think it's something.

827
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: I think it was directed at me.

828
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 4: I was trying to cover for you there.

829
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: That's right, she's been.

830
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 3: That's been about a twenty four hour thing that I've

831
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:57,280
Speaker 3: been like, oh my gosh.

832
00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 8: But you know, we're really excited about the tea. You know,

833
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 8: we have such a unique brand. We have such a

834
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 8: good team that focuses in on our brand and how

835
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 8: do we express it out to the market, And you know,

836
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 8: the tea is a fun way to do that.

837
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 4: I know that was a Cal favorite as well.

838
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:15,120
Speaker 8: I do want to state and I think everyone wants

839
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,839
Speaker 8: to the EAH is going nowhere, the H is there,

840
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 8: but here here's another, you know, way to get closer

841
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 8: to the brand.

842
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 4: And have fun with it.

843
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, the T's not going to be at a helmet

844
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: for cos, but it will be on some other things

845
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: and that's pretty cool. And it looks great by the way.

846
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 3: Okay, so okay, this is all great about all the

847
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 3: business ops stuff. R Okay, fine, you know football, What

848
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:32,839
Speaker 3: do you see out on this field?

849
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 1: What are you excited about this year on the field?

850
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,760
Speaker 4: You know, I'm excited on on the actual progress.

851
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 8: I think Nick and coach have put together a great

852
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 8: team and as I said, there's there's something special about it,

853
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 8: and so they they've kind of put it on a

854
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 8: bunch of different levels and.

855
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:49,800
Speaker 4: It's great to see it all come together.

856
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,800
Speaker 8: The new guys that are out there competing, and certainly

857
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,480
Speaker 8: we have we have our veterans out there. I mean,

858
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 8: the defense looks out they're they're almost you know, from

859
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 8: from my eyes, which you have to discount, do owt

860
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 8: about ninety percent, but from my eyes, you know, they

861
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,879
Speaker 8: look like they're ready to roll. But it's been great

862
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 8: to see the guys competing out there.

863
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: Mike Toman, president of the Texans with us, all right,

864
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: I want to get into this a little bit. You

865
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 1: went to Georgetown, now, Mike, I missed the old Big East. Okay,

866
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,400
Speaker 1: I know we still have a Big East. The Requiem,

867
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 1: Yes exactly, that's ye for thirty was amazing, right, I mean,

868
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,280
Speaker 1: the really old Big East is great, but it lasted

869
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 1: for a long time. And you know, I was with

870
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 1: the Hurricanes when we were in the Big East and

871
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:30,240
Speaker 1: the rest of the Big East hated us like poison.

872
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,319
Speaker 1: They just wanted us for the football part of it,

873
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: right when the Big East had football. But what about

874
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,320
Speaker 1: those days? Because you played late nineties around two thousand

875
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,440
Speaker 1: ish for Georgetown, you played football. What was it like

876
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:41,799
Speaker 1: being part of that whole experience?

877
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 4: It was great. It was a new program for us.

878
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,440
Speaker 8: We were new to Division one, Double A at that point,

879
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 8: and so you know, I think I think it was

880
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 8: It's special when you can kind of be a you know,

881
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 8: a band of brothers coming together to do something new,

882
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 8: and that was the experience it was, you know, like

883
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:02,920
Speaker 8: sports in general, and why we feel so strongly about

884
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:07,239
Speaker 8: making football accessible out to the market through flag football

885
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 8: and youth football and our commitments there, the point is

886
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 8: that it can be such a great experience, It can

887
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 8: be such a healthy experience for the individuals and the

888
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:16,240
Speaker 8: team overall.

889
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:17,360
Speaker 4: And that's how I feel about it.

890
00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 8: I feel you know, I feel very fortunate to have

891
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,360
Speaker 8: played on the hill top end. I actually was walking

892
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 8: down here and got a text from one of the guys.

893
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 4: That I was playing with.

894
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 8: Just because it's a band of brothers, you kind of

895
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 8: you have these experiences together that stay with you forever.

896
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 1: Wow, Mike, you mentioned it a little while ago. Flag football.

897
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 1: We've got some flag footballers over here. Flag football has

898
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:38,720
Speaker 1: been a really big emphasis. We talked to with Hannah

899
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Speaker 1: and Cal about that yesterday.

900
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 3: From your perspective, how big is that that push been

901
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,840
Speaker 3: for flag football, not only in Houston but in the

902
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:46,480
Speaker 3: state of Texas.

903
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 4: You know, I think it'll be one of the biggest things.

904
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 8: I think we'll look back at this moment and just

905
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:54,359
Speaker 8: be like, Okay, this was the moment, because ultimately, if

906
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 8: you look at the growth, I mean, I think we

907
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 8: grew participation over five hundred percent on the girl's flag

908
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,880
Speaker 8: last year, and that's just a great indicator. You know,

909
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 8: our focus is to make sure that the Texas is

910
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 8: the next state that sanctions.

911
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:07,800
Speaker 4: It at a high school level.

912
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 8: But John, I keep going back to the more accessible

913
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 8: we can make football yes to everyone.

914
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:16,359
Speaker 4: And flag is one of the best ways to do that.

915
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 8: Boys and girls at a youth level, it builds so

916
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 8: much character. It gives them such a skill set to

917
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 8: be successful later in life, whether they play football or not.

918
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:29,239
Speaker 8: There are so many studies and case studies on that.

919
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,440
Speaker 8: It's like one of those things where it just makes

920
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,319
Speaker 8: sense to push everything behind.

921
00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 1: Absolutely all right, I'm going to ask you this every

922
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 1: time we talk, because a month or two goes by,

923
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:42,760
Speaker 1: So Houston, State of the Union. You and Houston right now,

924
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,520
Speaker 1: because that's obviously you've been here before, but you've been

925
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:48,919
Speaker 1: here about six months or so plus, and every month

926
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,760
Speaker 1: that goes by, it's more getting acquainted with this city.

927
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,800
Speaker 1: So your impressions as we speak, as.

928
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 4: We speak to yes, yes today, I mean it's the best.

929
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 8: You know, My family's loving. My wife and I were

930
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 8: just talking the other day. We're like, you know, there's

931
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:07,839
Speaker 8: something so unique about Houston. It just feels homie. And

932
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 8: what makes that so unique is the size of it.

933
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:14,280
Speaker 8: You know, you talk about the fourth to the third

934
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 8: largest city in the United States and for it to

935
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,920
Speaker 8: feel homie, that was the word we kept using. I

936
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 8: think it's one of the biggest compliments I can give it.

937
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:24,239
Speaker 8: You know, we couldn't be.

938
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:25,720
Speaker 4: More excited to be a part of Houston.

939
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:27,839
Speaker 1: Mike, thanks so much for joining us. We appreciate it.

940
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 4: Always great seeing you guys.

941
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 1: Great to catch up with Texans, prays Mike Toeman. Now

942
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 1: Justin Watson in the on deck circle. He'll finish us

943
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: off here tonight on Texans All Access. Final set of

944
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:45,919
Speaker 1: reps tonight on Texans Radio. Mark VanderMeer with you, and

945
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 1: let's get to Justin Watson. Receiver that the Texans got

946
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 1: from the Kansas City Chiefs and free agency. He's got

947
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 1: some rings Chiefs Tampa. He's been around the block, played

948
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 1: at Penn. Johnny likes him because he's an Ivy leaguer

949
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 1: among other things. He's a good player and he's got

950
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,239
Speaker 1: a factor into this mix. It's gonna be a real

951
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: tough cut at receiver, as we've discussed many many times.

952
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 1: And at a chance to visit with Justin Watson after practice.

953
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,840
Speaker 1: We're talking a little bit with Texans team president Mike Tolmant.

954
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,160
Speaker 1: Before this interview, you said you don't think the heat's

955
00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:17,359
Speaker 1: that bad relatively.

956
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 9: Well, like you said, I know what it can be here.

957
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 9: I think we've been getting lucky so far. And like

958
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:22,880
Speaker 9: I said, Hey, we're standing up right. We're doing a

959
00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:24,600
Speaker 9: great job. So no complaints.

960
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: How is it in Kansas City because that can get

961
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 1: hot too, It.

962
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,880
Speaker 9: Can get hot, but nothing's like Houston. But this has

963
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 9: just been really cool. Just the energy of these last

964
00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:34,080
Speaker 9: three days with the pads on. The fans have been

965
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 9: bringing it. So if this is what it looks like

966
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 9: at training camp, I can't wait to see what energy

967
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:37,880
Speaker 9: looks like.

968
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 1: As you've progressed through your career, you must do a

969
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: lot of extra stuff to get ready for camp, just

970
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 1: to get ready for games in general.

971
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,640
Speaker 9: Yeah, I think the longer you stay in this business,

972
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 9: you know what you need. So each day after practice,

973
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 9: if there's a rep that I didn't get a throw

974
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,799
Speaker 9: on or something, and I saw another receiver run, I thought, hey, man,

975
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:56,799
Speaker 9: that's a good route I could work on that. I'm

976
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 9: pulling one of the young quarterbacks and kind of teaching

977
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 9: him at the same time sharpen than myself.

978
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 1: What about the development of this offense, I know it's

979
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: a bit of a work in progress. What are you

980
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 1: seeing justin I've just seen it improving each day.

981
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 9: We just keep finding new answers through each install that

982
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,640
Speaker 9: we put in. Obviously, It's a great challenge going against

983
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:16,919
Speaker 9: maybe the best defense in the NFL that's been together

984
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 9: for a long time.

985
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 4: They have all their calls in.

986
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:21,200
Speaker 9: So, like I said, for us, having some success with

987
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:24,360
Speaker 9: how early on we are in our install process has

988
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:25,760
Speaker 9: been exciting to see.

989
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:27,239
Speaker 1: What's it going to be like for you and the

990
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 1: team to go to the Greenbrier next week.

991
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 9: It is gonna be a breadth the fresh air, literally,

992
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 9: you know, just we already heard him in one day

993
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:37,360
Speaker 9: with a high s seventy seven or something. So, you know,

994
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,080
Speaker 9: just looking forward to getting away and join some time

995
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:42,000
Speaker 9: with the team, join some good weather, and you know,

996
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:43,080
Speaker 9: and still practicing.

997
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:46,279
Speaker 1: Hard preseason games on the horizon. As a veteran, how

998
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:47,280
Speaker 1: do you approach those?

999
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 9: Yeah, you know, just like any other week, Just like

1000
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 9: any other game. It's a chance just to get all

1001
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:55,000
Speaker 9: your processes going. You know what time do I have

1002
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:56,719
Speaker 9: to start getting ready pregame? You know what am I

1003
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:59,359
Speaker 9: eating before the game? Everything leading up to the game,

1004
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 9: and then obviously gonna play you know, some portion of

1005
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:01,839
Speaker 9: the game.

1006
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 4: That's football.

1007
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:03,360
Speaker 1: That's the easy part.

1008
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 9: But I think it's just you know, getting your cadence

1009
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:07,720
Speaker 9: for prepping yourself.

1010
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:09,320
Speaker 4: So that week one you're ready.

1011
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 1: Hit the ground roll and want to know you set

1012
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,839
Speaker 1: so many records at Penn are you still aware of them?

1013
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 1: Do you watch the Quakers play or their progress online

1014
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 1: or however you can do that.

1015
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 9: I do watch them play, and you know, I always say,

1016
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 9: I mean, I hope the next guy breaks it, but

1017
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 9: you know whatever, in week nine, Week ten comes and

1018
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 9: there's a receiver that's pretty close to some of my

1019
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 9: single season stuff. You know, I'm hoping for the win

1020
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 9: more than I'm hoping for the record to get broken.

1021
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:35,840
Speaker 1: How many people mistakenly think you went to Penn State.

1022
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:36,719
Speaker 6: All the time.

1023
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 9: We used to have shirts that said not Penn State

1024
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:40,359
Speaker 9: right on them, even in the city of Philadelphia.

1025
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:41,359
Speaker 4: But man, that's great.

1026
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 9: Those who know about, you know, the great University Pennsylvania

1027
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 9: and the Morton School business, they know.

1028
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 1: I'm in the group that thinks the Palestro is the

1029
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,279
Speaker 1: most underrated building for college basketball.

1030
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:50,840
Speaker 4: Your thoughts.

1031
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 9: I've seen some great games in there, you know, I

1032
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:57,480
Speaker 9: Villanova's come through. It's just it's a neat piece of history.

1033
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 9: I was blessed in college. That's where we played our

1034
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,400
Speaker 9: pickup basketball games. So just to play, you know, in

1035
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 9: one of the Monuments of Basketball was really neat in college.

1036
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 1: Nice. Justin, thanks for joining us, good luck, thanks so much.

1037
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:12,200
Speaker 1: All right, there's Justin Watson. Now we've got some announcements.

1038
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:16,320
Speaker 1: It's like the end of church announcements here they are. Okay,

1039
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,840
Speaker 1: we're back on the field eight to ten am tomorrow.

1040
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,160
Speaker 1: John McClain will join us, and dclue is gonna be

1041
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 1: out there. It's going to be fun. And Sean and

1042
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,520
Speaker 1: Seth will be there at eight and you'll also have

1043
00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: in the loop there at ten. So a regular practice day,

1044
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 1: nothing regular about it. These are really fun this time

1045
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,160
Speaker 1: of years. We ramp up toward preseason game number one,

1046
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 1: and it's going to be a week from Saturday, three

1047
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1048
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1049
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1050
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1051
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1052
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1053
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1054
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1058
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1060
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1063
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