1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: It's finally here. Bring it up. Time to put on 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: the pass and make some noise. Good time, good fois. 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you're ready. They're back. You are. Houston Texans 4 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: are in training camp and Texans Radio is giving you 5 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: a sideline pass. Welcome to Texans Training Camp Live, presented 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: by Xfinity Live from the Houston Methodist Training Center. Here 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: are your hosts, Mark Vandermere and John Harris looks. Twenty 8 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: first training camp of the history of the Houston Texans 9 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: starts now. Texans Training Camp Live. Mark Vandermir John Harris 10 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: with you, like the man said, and as promised. Right 11 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: out of the shoot, we are joined by General Manager 12 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: nicko Sario. Good morning, Nick, Good morning twenty first for 13 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: the Texans, twenty second for myself. Symmetry there. Yeah, absolutely, 14 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: Can we address something right out of the shoot? First, 15 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: we have to address this. So I go to my 16 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: closet and out the vest, knowing that the gym of 17 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: the Textans is on here, and I'm like, okay, I 18 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: gotta you know, pay homage. I wear the vest. I 19 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: come out here. No vest in the office, more of 20 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: an in the office attire as opposed to practice. So 21 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: we'll set that premise. Okay, okay, yeah, but how about 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: you have the long sleeves on, which is good for 23 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 1: the sun protection? And I really need to do this, 24 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: I mean, my gosh, and you have the best and 25 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: another show on. Of course, you're not gonna go vest 26 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: with no sleeves because that would be a little too 27 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: now showing off too west. Absolutely all right, So Nick, 28 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: what do we look at today? You mentioned OTA type 29 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: practices the first two days and the ramp up, So 30 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: when will we see the team in pads? How will 31 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: that process? Yeah, that'll be Monday. So really this is 32 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: almost an extension and continuation to some of the things 33 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: that we did and in the spring you have certain 34 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: time parameters that are in place as a part of 35 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: the NFL's protocols, so we'll get a lot of work done. 36 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: It'll be similar to I would say the spring practice. 37 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: It'll be a lot of emphasis on team. The contact 38 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: will be minimal, so it'll be more about timing, more 39 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: about execution, more about communication, and more about those types 40 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: of things. Nick, I know you address this and we 41 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: just want to discuss it with you. John Mechi the 42 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: unfortunate news that we got from him on Sunday before 43 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: guys reported how obviously you spoke very eloquently about him 44 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: and getting him back. From a football perspective, how does 45 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 1: it impact the receivers if at all? Yeah, not necessarily. 46 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: I think even when you start training camp, there's things 47 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: that could happen. You can have an injury during the 48 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: course of training camp or something that comes up and 49 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:24,679 Speaker 1: like cause you to change course or do something a 50 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: little bit different. So the focus will be on his 51 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: recovery from a health standpoint, as health and well being, 52 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: that'll be the emphasis. Football is secondary. You know, we'll 53 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 1: address it on our end from a football standpoint, but 54 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: that's what training camp is for, to see what players 55 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: can take advantage of our opportunities and put them in 56 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 1: a position for potentially a bigger role this season. From 57 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 1: a football standpoint, I guess we on this side of 58 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 1: the table label guys slot receiver or not. And I 59 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: know players can do multiple things, but you want them 60 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: to be multiple, right, you want them to be versatile. 61 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: I think it's a great point mark you don't want 62 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: to necessarily just if a player only does one thing, 63 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,399 Speaker 1: that's okay, but then he better excel at that one 64 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: particular thing. So the way the formationing goes. Sometimes the 65 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: formations reduced. Sometimes he's on the perimeter. Sometimes you're inside 66 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: the formation, but you're inside the formation. It might be 67 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: more of a schematic type thing. So I think the 68 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: emphasis is more on football players and what they can 69 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: do and what are some of their strengths and how 70 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,519 Speaker 1: you deploy those assets. Some of it is really situationally 71 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: based as well. When you look at where the league is, 72 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: it's a it's a a multi defensive back league. So 73 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: even against twelve personnel or Detroit or even against some 74 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: regular teams are playing some nickel defense. So it's just 75 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: a matter of who's in that extra spot, whether it's 76 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: a linebacker, whether it's a safe excuse me, a secondary player. 77 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 1: And then when you get to multiple receivers eleven personnel 78 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: you're gonna have, so how many times you're gonna be 79 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: in eleven? Where are your receivers deployed? A lot of 80 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: receivers are going to move around the formation. Some of 81 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: it is scheme based, some of it is situationally based. 82 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: So I would say you don't necessarily which want to 83 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: pigeonhole a player into one particular area. I would say 84 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: that's really more situational specific Nick, you think back a 85 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: year ago and first training camp here in Houston. For you, 86 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: when you think about where this team is now, where 87 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: the program organization is now, is it where you're wanting 88 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: it to go. Is it on track with where you 89 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: wanted it to be when you're starting building this last year. Yeah. 90 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: I think the best way to approach it is we're 91 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: excited about the twenty twenty two season. I think the 92 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: commitment at the work ethic, the attitude of our players 93 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: throughout the course the offseason has been good. So now 94 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,719 Speaker 1: we want to transfer that in here into training camp 95 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: and see if we can continue to extend that. So 96 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: ultimately to be about performance, to be about execution. So 97 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: from that perspective, I think we're excited about what's in 98 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: front of us. So I think now the focus is 99 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: going out there each day and trying to improve as 100 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: an overall team in all three phases. What about install 101 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: versus improvement and fundamental work this time of year, particularly 102 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: early in camp, before you get into that second week 103 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: and toward the first preseason, it's a great question mark. 104 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: Right now it's a little bit more install, get the 105 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: calls in, and then next week there'll be a little 106 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: bit more of a focus on individual specific techniques because 107 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: when you put the pads on it really you're talking 108 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: about the running game, and I would say, you're talking 109 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 1: about pass protection and tackling in finishing place, So hand placement, 110 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 1: body position, leverage, all the fundamentals that going into being 111 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: a good football player. We'll have the opportunity to work 112 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: on those things really starting Monday, when we haven't had 113 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 1: the chance to work on that. I was going back to, 114 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: let's call it when we were in pads, which was 115 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: back in January. So that'll be the next step in 116 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: the overall phase of a player's development, and you'll see 117 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: more one on ones. You'll see O line, D line, 118 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: one on one, you'll see receiver, defensive back, and one 119 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: on one or you can actually work on some of 120 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: those fundamental techniques. So then you take the individual techniques 121 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: and do you apply them within a team setting, and 122 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: then the scheme. We'll have our playbook in if you will, 123 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: over the first couple of weeks, eighty five nine percent 124 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 1: of it, and then you'll pick and choose what you'll 125 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: use in the preseason games, and then once you get 126 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: to the regular season, it'll be about specific things against 127 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: that particular opponent and how we're going to use the 128 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: resources we have. You know, I'm gonna ask you about rookies. 129 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,919 Speaker 1: You just know it. Every conversation. Favorite topic I'm stick 130 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: in there the rookies. But I think it's important to 131 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: training camp. They've never been through this. They might have 132 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: done it an Auburn or LSU or a big time program, 133 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 1: but it's a different feel. It's talking to JJ earlier 134 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: or whenever our interns and he's like, whoa, it's just 135 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 1: different than OTAs. How do you help the rookies and 136 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: even some guys that are going through the first training camp? 137 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: How do you help them manage this? Absolutely it's about 138 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: education really more than anything else, and having the resources 139 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: available in the building. So we have a lot of 140 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: people in the building that kind of help facilitate their 141 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: movement throughout the course of the day. If they have 142 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: a question, well hopefully we can provide them an answer. 143 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: I think the big thing with any player is specifically rookies, 144 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: is just establishing a consistent routine each day, even within 145 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: the context of you're going to practice, then you're gonna 146 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: have an off day, So what do I do on 147 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: my off day to maximize my recovery, there's some extra 148 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: work I can do. I can anticipate what the install 149 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: is going to be for the next day. So it's 150 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: really more about personal accountability and commitment and your work ethic, 151 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: in your attitude, and just being smart and diligent with 152 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 1: the time that you have. You just have more free 153 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,600 Speaker 1: time as an NFL player, but it doesn't necessarily mean 154 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: you have less time. So you have to just use 155 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: your time wisely and figure out a routine that works 156 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: for you. So I think you can optimize your performance 157 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: each day. Nick, the old cliche is this time of year, 158 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: defense should be ahead of the offense because they're looking 159 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: to destroy something and the offense is looking to create something. 160 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: Where do you stand on that? How accurate is Yeah? 161 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 1: The reality is each side of the ball is gonna 162 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: make good plays and we're gonna have bad plays. And 163 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: so the idea behind practices go out there, run plays, 164 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: execute the plays, go back review them. If there was 165 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: an air or a gap, let's figure out what happened, 166 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: understand why, and then here's what we're gonna do to 167 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: fix it. And then those good plays kind of keep 168 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: stringing them together. But when you're working amongst yourself, somebody's 169 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: gonna have the advantage on a particular play. If we 170 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: turn the ball over, then it's either the defense created 171 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: that turnover, they took the ball away, to use Love's term, 172 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 1: or offensively, we gave it to them. So if we 173 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: gave it to them, all right, we have to be 174 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: more conscious of taking care of the football. So you're 175 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: looking at everything. You're looking at both sides, and think 176 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: from Love's perspect even though he's calling the defense, he's 177 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: still looking at the offense and trying to look at 178 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: the overall execution. And then you factor in the kicking game. 179 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: So each day, something good's gonna happen, something bad's gonna happen. 180 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to get something fixed. What you don't 181 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: want to do is start to see the same mistakes 182 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: over and over and over and have air repeaters. That's 183 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: what you want to avoid. How important is Monday when 184 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,679 Speaker 1: you put the pads on, especially for the big fails 185 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: when you haven't seen him, Like you said, haven't seen 186 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: big guys in pads since January. Now, all of a a sudden, 187 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: we're almost all the way to August. What's the biggest 188 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: thing about Day one and pads coming up on Monday. Absolutely, 189 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: that's real football. I mean, that's where you can measure. 190 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: You can work on blocking techniques, you can work on 191 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:34,839 Speaker 1: double teams, you can work on your hand placement, you 192 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 1: can work on leverage, leverage, body control, body position. That's 193 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: how football is played. Can you defeat blocks? Can you 194 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: get off a block? Can we move a defender on 195 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: a double team block and then allow the entry point 196 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: for the back. Those are the things that you're gonna 197 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 1: have the opportunity, and you're really your body in your 198 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 1: mind are going to go through a little bit in 199 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: an adjustment period. It's just psychologically, you have a little 200 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: bit extra weight. You've been running around in shorts, you 201 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: have your helmet on, you have the guardian caps on. 202 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:02,719 Speaker 1: Now you're gonna shoulder pads, You're gonna add lower pads, neatpadstipads. 203 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: It's a little bit extra weight. So it's going to 204 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: take some getting acclimated to and adjusted to. So that'll 205 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,839 Speaker 1: be probably first and foremost what everybody's thinking about. Nick. 206 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: I know, you want to run the football better. You 207 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: have some familiar faces on the offensive line, you have 208 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: some new faces on the offensive line, this blocking scheme, 209 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: how different is it from what we saw last year? 210 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: What are they working on now to change and improve 211 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: in that category? Yeah, running the football, it's about the 212 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: offensive line, it's about the tight ends, it's about the back. 213 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: So it's about creating entry points, about creating angles. It's 214 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: understanding the front, it's understanding what we're trying to accomplish 215 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: on the play. So that's where really kind of the 216 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: focus in the emphasis will be. So in order to run, 217 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: in order to be a good offensive team, you have 218 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: to be able to run the football to some degree. 219 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 1: And conversely, on the defensive side of the ball, you 220 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: have to be able to stop the run. So being 221 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: able to run the ball, being able to stop the run, 222 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: playing physical, and playing good in the kicking game, those 223 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: are the components that can went to potentially giving you 224 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: the opportunity to be a decent team. So we need 225 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: to improve in all areas. I would say that's an 226 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: area we can only go up. Hopefully we can make 227 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: some progress, but it's a collective effort. It's the backs, 228 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: it's the offensive line, it's all those it's the five 229 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: of them, it's the fullback if he's involved in the play. 230 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: It's the tight end. So it's a communicative effort and 231 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: it's a collective effort, and it just takes more than 232 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: one person. Nick, you mentioned something earlier that maybe fans 233 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: are not familiar with the Guardian cap. The NFL has 234 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: taken a huge stance in safety, and if you're out 235 00:10:23,559 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: of practice, you're going to see the players looking a 236 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 1: little bit different because it looks like they got a 237 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: gizmo helmet on and like, wait, what is that? What 238 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: is the Guardian cap and why was it brought into 239 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 1: play this year? Yeah, great question. Actually, there's a few 240 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: teams that kind of experiment it last year kind of 241 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: on a pilot basis. But it's an extra layer of 242 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 1: protection on their helmet that goes on over the top 243 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: of their helmets, so the offensive, a defensive line, and 244 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: the linebackers kind of the front seven. What it does 245 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,439 Speaker 1: it helps minimize the impact of contact. So even though 246 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: it looks like it's a big balloon on their head, 247 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,079 Speaker 1: it's really for their health and safety and when there's 248 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 1: a collision, So if two players both have the cap 249 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: and there's some kind of collision, and minimizes the percentage 250 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: of the actual impact of that hit. So if you 251 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: have a guardian cap with a non guard you know, 252 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: offensive line blocking a safety and there's so even though 253 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: the defensive back doesn't have the cap, there's still a 254 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: reduction in the overall impact. So the league has been 255 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: very proactive on health and safety and it's really for 256 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,080 Speaker 1: the benefit of the players. So that was the institution 257 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 1: of that particular device. All right, Nick, we know you 258 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: need to watch practice. One more for you? Where will 259 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: you go from here? Where will you watch practice from 260 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,440 Speaker 1: and what are you looking for? First? Is there an 261 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: area you want to float to first? Yeah, Once we 262 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: get to the team piers stand behind the drills and 263 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,719 Speaker 1: just kind of watching the play and just kind of 264 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: following the script, looking at the play. Call what's the assignment? 265 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 1: Who executed? What are we taking away from your throwing 266 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: time right now? No, I think I might be retired 267 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: from throwing. I always say this whenever we bring a 268 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: player into work out. If we have to throw to 269 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: the player, then I'll handle that. Plenty of produces. All right, 270 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: Nick for joining us. Thanks guys, appreciate it because Saria 271 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: general manager of Houston Texans. Great to have him on 272 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: as always as it's Texans training camp live, and we're 273 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: gonna keep it right here. Got a big crowd of 274 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: media right in front of us. I mean, this is 275 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: a throng of media. The first day of camp is 276 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: always really amazing. Actually all of camp is, but the 277 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 1: first day I think you get a little extra. You 278 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 1: might get some TV affiliates from San Antonio, Austin. They 279 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: come in, people come in from all over the state 280 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: because an NFL team is hard at work. Here we 281 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: see Mills slinging it in on air drills to the 282 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: receivers right now. But can we address a good elephant 283 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: in the room. Remember last year all right at these 284 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: people were here, but they were doing one thing, wearing masks. No, 285 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: they were filming one particular player. Who oh yeah, you 286 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: know what I did? I did the Watson walk. Yeah, 287 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: because I walked along the end zone on field one. No, 288 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: I did not yell at Burman for stop filming me. 289 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: Burmant No, I didn't have to say that, because he wasn't. 290 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: I went through the gauntlet. It's a good gauntlet. The 291 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: gauntlet I call it of fans lining up down the 292 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,679 Speaker 1: stairs from the bridge that should be called the battle 293 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 1: Red Bridge, but from the North Bridge that goes across Kirby, 294 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,199 Speaker 1: and people who have been here to camp are familiar 295 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: with this scene. Fans line the little alleyway that the 296 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 1: players walk through. Now, if I'm walking through Alan Johnny, 297 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 1: they're asking for autographs and stuff, but it's fun and 298 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,959 Speaker 1: signing the ball and taking pictures. If I'm walking through 299 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,560 Speaker 1: with players, I become much less important. And if I 300 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: want to get through fast, I get behind a wall 301 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: of players and I just duck down low like I'm 302 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: carrying the ball, and they're lead blocking for me and 303 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: there's no problem at all. So that's how I handle 304 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: the good Gauntlet, as I call it. Well, I wouldn't 305 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: want to be a player that was walking through there 306 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: and they're calling for you and not them, so oh yeah, 307 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 1: that would kind of work. I'm gonna make this team 308 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: because they just they went for the older guy and 309 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: I don't even know what he does. You know, I 310 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: don't know certain players who who like know me right away, 311 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: like Demiko Ryan, like knew who I was right away. 312 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: You know. Yeah, I respect that of course because it's me, 313 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: But seriously, like they have an awareness they see the 314 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 1: whole thing because a little old me if they're aware 315 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:11,719 Speaker 1: of that, then you know they're aware of a lot 316 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: of things, right, Yeah, I mean from that perspective, last 317 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 1: year's training camp was so different because there was such 318 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: a focus. And I walked over at seven thirty in 319 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: the morning. I walked over because Nick was gonna be 320 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: meeting with the media and I wanted to hear the 321 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: first few questions to juxtapose it to last year, because 322 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: last year, the first three or four comments, questions were 323 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,720 Speaker 1: all about Sean and he walked in and he answered 324 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: a question or he talked about John Metchi and then 325 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: he answered I can't remember one question. I think it 326 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: may have been dealing with the Dearis Henderson's situation, talked 327 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: about that, and then the rest of them were football questions, Hey, 328 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: what are you doing about this? How does this look? 329 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: And it was so different because the first thirty minutes 330 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: last year were well, what are you gonna do? How 331 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: are you gonna go about it? What's this? It's a 332 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: legal situation, and it was just too much. And he's 333 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: over there answering football questions. And that's kind of why 334 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: I asking the question. I don't want to say it, 335 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: but if you think about where he was he's going 336 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: into his first training camp in Houston. He's putting this 337 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: thing together. He's got this huge, huge, just burden of 338 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: what do you do with that situation? And maybe he 339 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,359 Speaker 1: didn't feel it because he just do you work and 340 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: you you go. But I can imagine just the sense 341 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 1: he had with that coming into this camp that's not there, 342 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: that's not here, and you said it on radio last night, 343 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: there's they're just I don't want to say this is 344 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 1: camp feel good, but in some sense, the vibes are 345 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: so much better than they've been for a number of years. 346 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: And I love that you can come out here and 347 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: you can watch ball and you can talk about ball, 348 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: you can talk about the players, you can talk about 349 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: what's going on as opposed to your media member. The 350 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 1: first ten tweets are all about, well, Deshaun took a 351 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: left foot before his right foot. Deshawn's playing safety with 352 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: Scout team, Like, you don't have to go through all 353 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: of that. So it's freeing and gives all of us clarity. 354 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: And now that it's over, I won't mention him ever again, 355 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: ever again. We move forward in twenty twenty two, going forth. 356 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna I'm gonna hold you to that. 357 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: You know, I believe you, though, Johnny, I don't think 358 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: I could stay away from it because when the suspension 359 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:14,760 Speaker 1: comes and how that affects things in the draft pick 360 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: and all of that. And I've been watching the videos 361 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: as everyone has from the Lake Erie Shores. I don't 362 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: want to get into that right now. Though. Let's get 363 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: into this. So we brought up the Metchi situation. Obviously, 364 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: Nick is right. The health the human is the most 365 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 1: important thing, the human aspect of this, and let's hope 366 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: Metchi gets better fast for his own sake and then 367 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: get to football later. But let's take this from a 368 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: football standpoint, because if he was in this camp full, 369 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: that would really be different. I'm watching the receivers right 370 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: now and I see year two wide out Nico Collins. 371 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: Go to work, Johnny, give me an NFL comp on 372 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: Nico Collins, and I've got one, and I want to 373 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 1: see if I'm right about this, because I respect your opinion. 374 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: You just wrote a write up on every player on 375 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 1: this roster. It's on Houston Texans dot com. I tweeted 376 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: it out, so you tell me, is Aj Green a 377 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 1: pretty good comp on Nico Collins? And look, I'd love 378 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: him to be as good as AJ Green, But body type, 379 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: the way he plays is that pretty decent? Or am 380 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: I missing something? I think you're right. I think AJ's 381 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: ball skills were beyond anybody's at his particular size. That okay, see, 382 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 1: I think a guy at his size has those ball 383 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,040 Speaker 1: skills is Mike Williams. But I think Nico's got a 384 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,679 Speaker 1: little bit more twitched. But Mike Williams ball skills are 385 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: incredible as are and as we're AJ Greens. I think 386 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: AJ had incredible body control when he came into the league. 387 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: I mean the way he worked the sidelines, his ability 388 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: to make the right catch at all times. And AJ 389 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: came into the league. What's the right way of saying this. 390 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sit and say Nico's too nice, but 391 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,160 Speaker 1: I think, and I've said this, Nico needs to kind of, oh, 392 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 1: he kind of needs to unleash you know, the Cam Newton, 393 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 1: you know celebration where he's doing the Superman needs to 394 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,120 Speaker 1: do that because when we see Nico kind of get 395 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 1: a little burrup his saddle, like whoa, Okay, he found 396 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: his Bobby Bouchet and now he's offen playing. I think 397 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:02,879 Speaker 1: aj has always had that when he plays. I mean 398 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,239 Speaker 1: AJ comes to Suberville, South Carolina, and he's just an 399 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: absolute ball. He played safety, he loved to hit people, 400 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 1: and he carried that forward in the way that he 401 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,639 Speaker 1: played receiver. That's but his ball skills and his body 402 00:18:11,640 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 1: control for AJ Green were just we're just incredible. But 403 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 1: Nikos got that. He's got that ability. Things have got 404 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: to happen a little bit quicker, a little bit faster, 405 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: and he's got to be a ball magnet at all times. 406 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: So I think he's on his way to being that. 407 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: AJ Green was already that at this point, and AJ 408 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: Green worked a sideline like no other, And that's where 409 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: Niko's really got to be a factor. At six four 410 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: two fifteen, like Hop was, quarterbacks here knew they could 411 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 1: throw the ball a yard or two out of bounds, 412 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: and Hop still had an opportunity to get it. That's 413 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 1: where that's where Niko's gotta be. That catch radius can 414 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 1: move out of bounds and be away from a defensive back. 415 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: Davis has got to understand that and know, hey, he's 416 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: still opened, even though as close as we are it 417 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: looks like he's covered. Hey, throw it through that spot, 418 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: Niko can get it, but j Green's a pretty pretty 419 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,879 Speaker 1: good comp. It's interesting. I've been thinking about player comps. 420 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: You know about a lot of players in college going 421 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: the NFL draft, and it's an interesting process trying what 422 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: do you match up? And so the first thing you 423 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: look at his size, and so AJ Green does match up. 424 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: But Nico's ball skills have gotten better. And I think 425 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 1: that's the thing in preseason and training camp, preseason, I'm 426 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: gonna be looking for how does he manage the sideline? 427 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 1: Hows he worked the sideline, because Hop took that year 428 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 1: one to year two level when he mastered that, when 429 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: he mastered the sideline, and how he worked the sideline 430 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: with his hands and catching everything over there, that's when 431 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: he went to a different level. All right, So we 432 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 1: have four quarterbacks out here. Kevin Hogan missed a little 433 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,159 Speaker 1: bit of OTA's I don't even know the reason. I 434 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 1: think he had some kind of personal issue, nothing serious, 435 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: I guess, I don't know, but he came back, didn't 436 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: do much at the end of OTAs a mini camp. Right, 437 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,040 Speaker 1: But Hogan's out here along with Driscoll backing up Alan 438 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: and Davis Mills. So what do you think they're looking 439 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 1: for with Hogan and Driscoll here, because I gotta say 440 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: Kyle Allen as firmly entrenched as the reserve to Davis Mills, 441 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: but you're looking for a third maybe and maybe there's 442 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,440 Speaker 1: a nice, little healthy competition there that we'll see played 443 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 1: out in the fourth quarter of these preseason games coming up. Yeah, 444 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: I think with both of them, you look at what 445 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 1: I want to use the words the elite traits, but 446 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: what's the trait that keeps that guy around? For Drisco, 447 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,920 Speaker 1: it's always his athleticism. For Hogan, it's going to be 448 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 1: a cerebral aspect of understanding this offense. It's pretty familiar 449 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: to what he was running at Stanford. And when you're 450 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: the third quarterback, you've got to be a resource in 451 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 1: the quarterback room for the starter. You've got to be 452 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: able to say to the starter, Hey, look, you missed 453 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 1: You missed this right here, and I saw this because 454 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: you know we did this, you know, three years ago 455 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: against the Cleveland Browns, and this is how we did this, 456 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: and this is how we approached this. You missed this 457 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,919 Speaker 1: and not say Kyle Allen can't do that, But the 458 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: more guys you have in the room, especially when the 459 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: starter is young, to be able to say, hey, look, 460 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: this is what we're seeing, this is why we missed 461 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: that play. Let's gone the next one. So I think 462 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: that's where Kevin Hogan's value is hugely important. Driscolls is 463 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,439 Speaker 1: his athleticism. Hogan's is the understanding of this offense, the 464 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: ability to mentor a young guy that went to his university, 465 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: and that's gonna play out in the preseason. If Hogan 466 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 1: is effective throwing the ball in the preseason, then that 467 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 1: might give him the lean. If Jeff's athleticism gives you 468 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: something a little bit different than maybe you stick with 469 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 1: him as the number three. We know this, you're not 470 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 1: keeping four, No way, you'd only keep four if you 471 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: had some young I can do multiple things kind of guy. 472 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: Or yeah, Joe Webb on the team, who we absolutely 473 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: still adore. I will always love Joe Webb and respect 474 00:21:38,359 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: him and never forget the time that he had to 475 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: play the entire preseason premare against Green Bay because everybody 476 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: else well, they weren't going to play. Watson and A. J. 477 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: McCarron got hurt and Webb played the whole game. So 478 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,679 Speaker 1: that was kind of cool. All right, we're seeing drills 479 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: right now. They're running the Oklahoma. No they're not. What 480 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: is this drill they're doing over here, Johnny? This is 481 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: special teams drill. Well, actually it's it's special teams can 482 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: buy with various units and they're just working on angles 483 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: and you'll you won't hit anybody, but you're gonna tap off. 484 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: I think the most difficult thing to do in football 485 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: is to tackle in the open field. Is not the guy? Yeah, 486 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: well yeah that don't level the guy. Don't level the guy. 487 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,000 Speaker 1: But also make sure you know there's Tremont Smith. He 488 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: catches the ball. Now he's gonna try and shake the defender. 489 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: And the defenders are all type. But you've got to 490 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 1: be in the right position, breakdown feet hot, and then 491 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,119 Speaker 1: tag off on the guy whichever side you're supposed to be. 492 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: So if he goes to the sideline, you should tag 493 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: off on his inside hip because he's going to the sideline. 494 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: If he's going inside, you want to be on the 495 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: outside hip. So that's what you're looking at here. I 496 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: love the drills that are done without pass I love them. 497 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: I mean, I love this drill. This is well. As 498 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: a player, I used to hate this because this is 499 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 1: really challenging and difficult, but it still makes you better, 500 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 1: especially tackling in the open field. And of course they're 501 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: all coaching keys. Keep your head up, butt down, feet hot. 502 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 1: Those things you learned that they're doing right now. That's 503 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: what you should be teaching your guys, and I hopefully 504 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: you are even flight football in particular, because that's where 505 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 1: they can learn it. If you get in the right 506 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: position where you can pull a flag as opposed to 507 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: being overextended. Yeah, but if you have them in a 508 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 1: good basketball stance as they approached the ball carrier, boom, 509 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: they're able to pull off actually on you side, depending 510 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,840 Speaker 1: on where the cut is. So pretty exciting. These drills 511 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: to me are all exciting. So you know me, I'm 512 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,199 Speaker 1: I'm I'm loving every aspect of it, except for the 513 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: fact that I can't see it clearly. So I'm a 514 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 1: little mad at love you for putting the practices at 515 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: eight And I've told him, but it's okay. Flag football 516 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:36,199 Speaker 1: coaching tip right here. Yeah, get really fast guys on 517 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,800 Speaker 1: your team with great athletic ability. That's my philosophy. In 518 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 1: other words, I'm a better GM than I am a coach. 519 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: You sound like an nil collective. Get really fast, guys, 520 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 1: can you run? Okay, you're on the team, can you 521 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: Because grabbing a flag is hard. Listen, a lot of 522 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: these guys play tackle and they'll end up just kind 523 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 1: of taking the guy down sort of. You're not supposed 524 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: to do that. Yeah, And sometimes it's called and sometimes 525 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: it's not. Flag football. If you want your kid to 526 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: play tackle football, eventually start him at flag football and 527 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: play it for two three years. There's no question pulling 528 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: a flag is a lot harder to tackling. Yeah, and 529 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,000 Speaker 1: once you learn how to pull a flag, you'll be 530 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: that much better being to grab whatever you can. Yes, whatever, 531 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 1: whatever clothing you got, don't let go, do not ever 532 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: let go. If you don't have the flag, don't worry 533 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 1: about it. Yeah. I'd rather have the penalty than give 534 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:27,679 Speaker 1: up a touchdown. All right. That's it for flag football 535 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: coaching tips today from Texans training camp, where, of course 536 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:33,639 Speaker 1: there's not a cloud in the sky for the opening 537 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: day of camp because that's just the way it is 538 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: here in Houston where we love it. But love has 539 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 1: started practice early and by the way, I'm Monday right 540 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 1: out of the shoot, Lovey Smith, right here on these 541 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,360 Speaker 1: airwaves walking out to the practice field. We're gonna have them, 542 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:51,199 Speaker 1: So that's gonna be fun to catch up with the 543 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 1: head coach of the Texans, who will be live on 544 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: these airwaves after practice as well. Landry and Lopez are 545 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: gonna be out here I guess still two o'clock today, 546 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 1: God less them, and they'll have a player as well. 547 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: Tonight at six we're gonna have players. Reaction to day one, 548 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: everything we've seen out here at the very first Texans 549 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 1: training camp practice coming up? What is John McClain, the 550 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 1: general he's out here, what is he seeing? Day one? 551 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 1: It's Texans Training Camp live. More Texans Radio is on 552 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: the way. What if your preferred hospital could also be 553 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: your primary care provider? 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