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Speaker 1: Happy Friday, everybody, TG I f during training camp. Actually

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Speaker 1: it's our second Friday at training camp, and well the

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Speaker 1: first Friday it tried to rain. Today, well it rained,

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Speaker 1: and it rained a lot. But we welcome to the

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Speaker 1: show from the HONDAYE Texans Radio Studios, Texans All Access,

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Speaker 1: John Harris, Mark Vandermir trying to dry off still because

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Speaker 1: it was a wet one and Mark, I want to

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Speaker 1: go through training camp today. Just kind of your thought.

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Speaker 1: But there was a definitive winner to me, and it

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Speaker 1: was not the offense.

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Speaker 2: Yes, how about that? Not the athough although field goal.

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Speaker 3: Situation and to practice game on the line, so to speak.

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Speaker 3: Seven comes through.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So I'm gonna I'm just gonna say this right

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Speaker 1: now about I want to see how nicely I can

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Speaker 1: say this the offense and have a good day. That's

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Speaker 1: not really what I was gonna say. When I think

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Speaker 1: about today's practice. First of all, I probably need to

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Speaker 1: apologize to you because they had one on one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and ran off.

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Speaker 1: I didn't care. He looked over and you're like, Donny, Donny, oh,

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Speaker 1: it's one on ones Okay. I took off like Forrest Gump.

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Speaker 1: I was just like run Forrest from.

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Speaker 3: But you know what, you were there for most of

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Speaker 3: a break and got back kind of after the break

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Speaker 3: because I was wrapping up with Earl Mitchell, who will

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Speaker 3: hear from tonight, and then you were gone and I

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Speaker 3: thought I could vamp, you know, I just vamped for

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Speaker 3: ten minutes, but you were back in no time.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I looked at you. I caught your eyes like one

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Speaker 1: on ones and I was like, he speaks my language.

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Speaker 1: He knows exactly what that means. And so I went

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Speaker 1: over there and watched one on ones and it was good.

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Speaker 1: But I missed. I missed Will's first two reps against Titus,

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Speaker 1: and then I missed I missed one of shacks reps

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Speaker 1: against Foley. But I saw Shacks rep his second rep

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Speaker 1: against Foley. And Fully's a big dude, he has said

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Speaker 1: in this chair right next to us. We've seen how

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Speaker 1: big he is. And they were working on something and

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Speaker 1: Shaq is you know when defensive lineman take that one

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Speaker 1: long arm and they just drive it into an offensive lineman.

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Speaker 1: Shaq was doing that as an offensive lineman to Fatsukasi.

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Speaker 1: It was incredible. But the two guys fifty one and

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Speaker 1: fifty five Will Anderson Junior and Daniel Hunter.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I know where you're going. Holy cow, Johnny, it

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Speaker 2: was holy cow.

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Speaker 3: I thought they were just gonna have to stop practice,

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Speaker 3: and I thought, hey, maybe we can work against that

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Speaker 2: Because Daniil and Will were living in.

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Speaker 3: The backfield, a living just hello, yes, like right in

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Speaker 3: CJ's bread basket right there. Every single time. It felt

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Speaker 3: like yep, it was hard for CJ to get anything

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Speaker 3: done because he had no time. Those guys are ridiculously

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Speaker 3: good right now and probably consistent consistently will be good.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Daniel's got a body of work in this

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Speaker 3: league and will have the defensive rookie of the year

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Speaker 3: on her if they play anywhere near where they were

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Speaker 3: today in practice.

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Speaker 2: The Texans are really good shape with the pass rush.

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Speaker 1: Holy smokes. Now again, Lamor Tunssel not out there, so

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Speaker 1: Blake Fisher's over at left tackle, so he's getting a

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Speaker 1: baptist and by fire. So when they're one on one reps,

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Speaker 1: you know, I thought it was interesting because Blake was

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Speaker 1: hits different just watching Danill just work. So his first

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Speaker 1: Blake held up pretty well. On the next rep, Danil

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Speaker 1: fact like he started like he was going to go outside,

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Speaker 1: Blake stepped out, and then Daniel just goes inside quickness.

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Speaker 1: It's so hard to describe so quick. He's so quick.

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Speaker 1: And I'm saying right now, if those two guys are

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Speaker 1: They're healthy for thirty games. I heard Sean talking about today. Oh,

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Speaker 1: And you're right, it felt like one of those practices

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Speaker 1: Up with bat and balls down and after you do that,

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Speaker 1: practice if the offense wanted to do any and I

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Speaker 1: because it's Derek Barnett, Jerry hughes Den. You go autry like,

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Speaker 1: there's not much let up when you go to the

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Speaker 3: With that defensive anger, we have plenty of guys can

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Speaker 3: rush the passer. I'm wondering about Titus Howard, how Titus

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Speaker 3: Has Will jumped a level already as we sit here

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Speaker 3: just a week into training camp, and that is making

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Speaker 3: it tough on Titus. It's just difficult to get things

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Speaker 3: does change things. Even though they're in pads, it's not

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Speaker 3: had him. I would have had him well, Damian Piers,

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Speaker 3: Johnny and Damian Pierce. No, you wouldn't have maybe, but

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Speaker 3: then all of a sudden, you're five yards deeper than

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Speaker 2: But right now, it.

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Speaker 3: Looks like Will is outstanding. We already knew he's good. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: he's really good. He might he might be better than

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and to think about what we thought he was

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Speaker 1: better now, those guys are good tested. I mean, look,

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Speaker 1: be a test. But I don't know that they're facing this,

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Speaker 1: you know, not facing Trent, They're not facing Laramie, They're

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Speaker 1: Hughes dominated two years ago. He dominated Jordan Milata in

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Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes. So I go down and watch what I

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Speaker 1: I can't even see who's he's going against. But first

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Speaker 1: couldn't see who was turns around. I'm like, that's fifty two.

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Speaker 1: So now I've got to recalculate. Okay, Jerry's fifty two.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, Jerry Hughes looks like a veteran, but not

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Speaker 1: guy that maybe just got a new contract. He does

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Speaker 1: And if he's giving you those kind of pass rush

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Speaker 1: holy smoke.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and we haven't even gotten to what a Solomon

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Speaker 3: Bird do for this team. If anything, we'll find out

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Speaker 3: soon enough. I guess he's gonna play a ton of

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Speaker 3: these preseason games. But Jerry didn't have the off season

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Speaker 3: it took great care of his body. And Johnny I

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Speaker 3: go back to Hunter. I just think Hunter is a revelation.

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Speaker 3: I love JG. But this is a nice trade the

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Speaker 3: Texans made with the Vikings and Hunter. At one point

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Speaker 3: they put two tight ends over there. Yeah, but then

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Speaker 3: here it comes well because you have no help on

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Speaker 3: that side, and that makes it tough. I mean, Darry

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Speaker 2: I mean he's in there and third down a lot,

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Speaker 2: it's as difficult.

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Speaker 3: It's difficult against these guys, So tip your cap, give

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Speaker 2: Offense will improve.

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Speaker 3: What we always say, offense is creative, takes more time.

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Speaker 2: Defense is destructive.

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Speaker 3: You can destroy something a lot faster and air quotes easier.

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Speaker 3: I still think this is an offense in development the

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Speaker 2: They're not there yet. They're not going to be there yet.

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Speaker 2: But the line's got.

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Speaker 3: To be a key factor obviously, but they're not going

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Speaker 3: to be where they're going to be. I'm happy the

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Speaker 3: defenses apparently got an edge at this point. That's what

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Speaker 3: you want. We always say this this time of year.

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Speaker 3: If your offense is laying ways to your defense, your

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Speaker 3: defense stinks. Should be ahead of the offense in training camp.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and the elements did play a role in some respect.

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Speaker 2: Point good point.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the elements were, they were present, they were evident,

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Speaker 3: you see slipping, but they weren't. Your quarterbacks didn't throw

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Speaker 3: the ball exceedingly well, all of them.

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Speaker 1: I mean C J. Davis and Tim. None of them

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Speaker 1: the best all day was probably Tim Boyle. And and

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Speaker 1: what does this tell you? This stood out to me

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Speaker 1: during practice, Mark, I have kind of a theory and

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Speaker 1: kind of Ben Scaronic had himself a day. And I've

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Speaker 1: said that for a few days that Ben's kirna keeps

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Speaker 1: showing up. Whether he's with the twos or the threes,

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Speaker 1: he keeps showing up. And there were there other than receptions.

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Speaker 1: There was one time there was a holding penalty, defensive

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Speaker 1: somebody grabbing Skornic before he's about to make a catch.

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Speaker 1: He was the only one making catches and doing things

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Speaker 1: I'm like, then they go to punt team. He's the

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Speaker 3: He almost feels like that guy that there's a show

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Speaker 3: There was more shippiness today. We didn't think we'd see it,

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Speaker 2: We got another skirmish.

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Speaker 1: Well, like, what's going on? It happened again.

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Speaker 3: Did you see how fast the whole offense got over there?

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Speaker 3: Played, you know, pick up ball, and you can't his shot.

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Speaker 2: They look in mid season four.

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Speaker 3: Now I'm probably exaggerating that, in fact I am, but

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Speaker 3: I'm saying, Johnny, they got to find a way to

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Speaker 1: You know what I can't wait for what Alaric Jackson,

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Speaker 1: I do think the Rams did a nice job of boastering.

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Speaker 1: For maybe Yeah. But that's what makes that Rams joint

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Speaker 2: That's the big test. That's gonna be the test.

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Speaker 1: That's the one like just save until then and then

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Speaker 3: I think preseason games, let's just go with the four.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, absolute of days gone by?

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Speaker 3: I could see the offense or starting defense getting a

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Speaker 2: After the joint practice.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. That's why I think that joint practice is gonna

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Speaker 1: Now Laramy's not out there, Joe Mixon has not been

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Speaker 3: They're I saw mixing really with everybody today. You're right,

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Speaker 1: We broke those down this morning. We'll have that for

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Friday initiear that Texans All Access from

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Speaker 1: the Today Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Aris,

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Speaker 1: football analyst, sideline reporter, and each and every day at

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Speaker 1: nine o'clock during Tech since Training campb Live, I break

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Speaker 1: down a position today. It was line backers. But that's

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Speaker 3: It's time for a position group breakdown, and today it

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go as usual, in no particular order. Johnny,

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Speaker 1: year and then it kind of fell off as Christian

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Speaker 1: Harris started picking his game back up. But Henry could

436
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Speaker 1: play any of the positions. You like him on the outside,

437
00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,640
Speaker 1: but he can play the mic. He gets everybody lined up,

438
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,359
Speaker 1: could play any outside where he can use his speed

439
00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,960
Speaker 1: to help in pass coverage. I think last year was

440
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Speaker 1: a good year for Henry from a linebacker perspective, even

441
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Speaker 1: because he had attle diversity he had to deal with,

442
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Speaker 1: and I think he learned a lot. I think he's

443
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Speaker 1: gotten bigger. Just seeing him walk the hallways, he looks

444
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,480
Speaker 1: like he's a little bit bigger. I'd like to see

445
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,560
Speaker 1: him have a little bit more pop, tackle a little

446
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Speaker 1: bit better. I remember that was the one thing that

447
00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:24,919
Speaker 1: Nick Casario told us last year that we asked him, like,

448
00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:27,080
Speaker 1: Henry looks really good. OTA's like, what is it that

449
00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,160
Speaker 1: that MADEO and fourth round? And he said, honestly, he's

450
00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:31,200
Speaker 1: probably his tackling and you can see that in games.

451
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Speaker 1: But I think if that's improved, he's got a little

452
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Speaker 1: bit stronger on the offseason. With Christian Harris's status right

453
00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:38,840
Speaker 1: now kind of up in the air, we see a

454
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Speaker 1: lot of Henry toatoa these preseason games, and I think

455
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Speaker 1: what he'll show is what he's showed in those early

456
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Speaker 1: games last year, but I think you'll have a little

457
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Speaker 1: bit more pop in his pads, and I think he'll

458
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Speaker 1: tackle a little bit better, and I'll just give you

459
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Speaker 1: that much more depth at that position.

460
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Speaker 3: All right, let's talk about Harris because we haven't seen

461
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Speaker 3: him out here, so we're hoping for the best. And

462
00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,800
Speaker 3: they don't have to release anything injury wise right now.

463
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Speaker 2: They would week one.

464
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Speaker 3: I don't know if there are any decisions to be made,

465
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,160
Speaker 3: but let's see what happens with him because he looked

466
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,080
Speaker 3: so good at the end.

467
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Speaker 4: Of last year.

468
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Speaker 2: Got to get him out here.

469
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Speaker 1: Oh he was so disruptive as the year wore on.

470
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Speaker 1: And it's interesting because everybody thought, ooh, hey, Demiko Ryans

471
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Speaker 1: is here.

472
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Speaker 4: Man.

473
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Speaker 1: That means Christian Harris is really gonna step his game up.

474
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Speaker 3: And then those high expectations weren't really met early in

475
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Speaker 3: the season, and I think Christian got down on himself.

476
00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:27,280
Speaker 1: I think he lost his confidence. But about midway through

477
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Speaker 1: the year, I think it was I think it was

478
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Speaker 1: the either the Cincinnati game or maybe the Carolina game

479
00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,920
Speaker 1: before the or Tampa Bay game. Somewhere around that seven

480
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Speaker 1: eight week seven eight nine. He started making a few

481
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Speaker 1: more plays and it's like, Okay, he's starting to get

482
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Speaker 1: this thing a little bit. And then you'd see him

483
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,359
Speaker 1: make a few more plays and you're like, Okay, now

484
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,520
Speaker 1: only is he getting this, he's now an impact player.

485
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Speaker 1: Then by the time we got to the playoffs, he

486
00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,600
Speaker 1: was a game changer, and you just started seeing the

487
00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:53,800
Speaker 1: light go on in so many different ways. And now

488
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,280
Speaker 1: he's blitzing. Now he's spying on Lamar Jackson. Now he's

489
00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,280
Speaker 1: dropping in coverage and picking the ball off and taking

490
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Speaker 1: it to the house. He's making all those plays, and

491
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,960
Speaker 1: you just want to see him build off of that

492
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,240
Speaker 1: and become, you know, the Dray Green Law to the

493
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,800
Speaker 1: Fred Warner, or maybe he becomes the Fred Warner, the

494
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Speaker 1: guy that can drop thirty yards in coverage and still

495
00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,600
Speaker 1: be a factor and just be relentless and ferocious like

496
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:22,600
Speaker 1: Fred Warner. Is that Demko Ryans really single handedly built

497
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,240
Speaker 1: a former safety at EYU and Fred Warner into the

498
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,440
Speaker 1: best linebacker in the game. And I think people think, hey,

499
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,200
Speaker 1: maybe he can do that Christian Harris, And I think

500
00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,440
Speaker 1: Christian Harris could definitely do that. So he's got every ability,

501
00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,480
Speaker 1: every ounce of ability you want, except right now, he's

502
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Speaker 1: not healthy. Right, However, how many times you said it

503
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,200
Speaker 1: when we play game six weeks Yeah, okay, get yourself healthy,

504
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 1: be ready to go. We don't need Christian Harris ninety

505
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 1: eight percent. In week four preseason he tweaked something else.

506
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Speaker 1: We need Christian Harris one hundred percent. We walk into

507
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Speaker 1: Lucas Oil week one.

508
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Speaker 2: Opening night is six weeks from last night. Just to

509
00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 2: get everybody.

510
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Speaker 3: Situated there time wise, all right, I'll get back to

511
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:01,440
Speaker 3: some of the bigger names.

512
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:01,960
Speaker 1: A couple of guys.

513
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,400
Speaker 3: Let me give you a two at a time here

514
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,440
Speaker 3: with some of these guys who are fighting for spots,

515
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,919
Speaker 3: maybe making an impression. You tell me Jamal Hill, a

516
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:15,160
Speaker 3: rookie from Oregon, and Tarique Barnes, rookie from Illinois.

517
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Illinois that you'll go Treak Barnes, teammate of Jake Hansen.

518
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:20,320
Speaker 1: You know somebody that we'll talk about.

519
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Speaker 4: Uh.

520
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Speaker 1: I think you know Barnes is a rookie. It's gonna

521
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,479
Speaker 1: be fighting for tom on special teams. But he can

522
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,679
Speaker 1: run a little bit. He can be disruptive. You know

523
00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 1: he was that at Illinois.

524
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Speaker 3: I think you still got to learn and then some

525
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,399
Speaker 3: weirds still learn to play linebacker and he's got to

526
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Speaker 3: learn to play that in his system.

527
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Speaker 1: But Jamal Hill Oregon, you're gonna talk about run. That

528
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,960
Speaker 1: dude can fly now. He's a former safety and you

529
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,480
Speaker 1: can tell he's packed on a little bit of weight.

530
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,199
Speaker 1: He's not what he not what he used to be

531
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Speaker 1: weight wise.

532
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Speaker 3: He's listed at two twenty seven. Yeah, I think he's

533
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:49,479
Speaker 3: a little heavier than that. But his speed is very,

534
00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,520
Speaker 3: very impressive. He's one of the guys that I am

535
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,359
Speaker 3: really curious to see in game action. And how he.

536
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,879
Speaker 1: Fits into this defense because he can really fly. Now,

537
00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 1: you know he's gonna be a factor special teams, But

538
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,000
Speaker 1: does he break into that group? Does he give you

539
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 1: enough that you feel like.

540
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:09,760
Speaker 3: Okay, game day, I'm carrying what five linebackers, four linebackers,

541
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Speaker 3: and he's gotta be one of them because I gotta

542
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Speaker 3: have him on special teams and in a pinch at

543
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 3: will linebacker. But he's a guy you definitely draft and

544
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,600
Speaker 3: develop and see where he is in a couple of years,

545
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Speaker 3: and I think he can end up at some point

546
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 3: being a starter for you down the line.

547
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Speaker 1: If that's not this year.

548
00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,919
Speaker 3: Boy, Jamal Hill's wearing number fifty six, and that's just

549
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 3: one of those numbers that it just.

550
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:29,359
Speaker 2: Never looks right with somebody.

551
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,920
Speaker 1: Where's that number? You know, certain numbers.

552
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,719
Speaker 2: Don't look right, like fifty nine, which is worn by

553
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:35,240
Speaker 2: Marcus Harris, a defensive tackle.

554
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,320
Speaker 3: Right now, moving on with the linebackers breaking them down,

555
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 3: Let's get to Neville Hewitt here, who can play linebacker. Well,

556
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 3: he's an outstanding special teams player. We had him on

557
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,359
Speaker 3: the show recently. But you tell me about Nevill Hewitt

558
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:49,960
Speaker 3: in this group?

559
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he is as good a run stuffer

560
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 1: as you're gonna find. Fortunately, that's not the game play today.

561
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Speaker 1: I think Nevill hewittt in the mid nineteen nineties, I

562
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:00,639
Speaker 1: think Nevill Hewt would have been starting line back and

563
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 1: twenty hundred and thirty tackles a game because you're running

564
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,440
Speaker 1: two backs, iso you're doing all the kind of things

565
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,760
Speaker 1: that Neville Hewitt is absolutely perfectly made to stop. But

566
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,840
Speaker 1: that's not the game anymore. Nevill's not great in pass coverage,

567
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,080
Speaker 1: but he's a hell of run stuffer, and so sometimes

568
00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 1: he ends up being a third linebacker on the field

569
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,360
Speaker 1: when you know you're facing a team that's gonna run

570
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,439
Speaker 1: because he is so physical. But man, on special teams,

571
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:26,600
Speaker 1: he is an absolute superstar. You've got to have Neville

572
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:29,399
Speaker 1: Hewitt for special teams. Now, how that fits into the

573
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:32,400
Speaker 1: new kickoff don't know, but I know on punt kickoff

574
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 1: the last few years, there have been very few players

575
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,959
Speaker 1: on this team as good on special teams as he is.

576
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 2: Max Tooley is a rookie for BYU. His hometown Bountiful, Utah. Yeah,

577
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 2: that's a town in Utah.

578
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,439
Speaker 1: At BYU. I'd watched you know, a few games here

579
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Speaker 1: or there, and I was watching a game against Oklahoma

580
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,800
Speaker 1: I think was last year, and he's wearing number thirty one.

581
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Speaker 1: I think he's forty five for US. Now he's wearing

582
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,680
Speaker 1: thirty one. I'm like, man, thirty one can move, kind

583
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 1: of tall, lanky, but he can move and he's making plays,

584
00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,040
Speaker 1: and I thought, Okay, let's see where this goes. He

585
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,880
Speaker 1: ends up signing with the Texans and he's got four

586
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,679
Speaker 1: opportunities and special team or I mean special teams, but

587
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: also get an opportunity in one of those linebacker positions

588
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,159
Speaker 1: to see if he can't get under practice squad at

589
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: a minimum, and then work his way up from there. Again,

590
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,680
Speaker 1: how many times have we seen guys earn your spot

591
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:16,879
Speaker 1: on practice squad. You're around, you're hanging around, You're hanging around,

592
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,639
Speaker 1: a spate of injuries, hits, all of a sudden, you

593
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 1: get on in the field on special teams.

594
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 3: On game day, you make a play, and who knows

595
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 3: what happens there. But Max two a good athlete long

596
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 3: I think he's gonna fit this defense.

597
00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 1: Very smart. Just watching pre physical guy too, so you

598
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:37,200
Speaker 1: could tell that the linebackers have a type here in Houston.

599
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 1: And one of the things and one guy that will

600
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:42,800
Speaker 1: talk about number zero here in a second. They all

601
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:46,880
Speaker 1: can run. They all can run. That is an absolute must.

602
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: You can't just add, well, you know he's gonna plug

603
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,680
Speaker 1: gaps and you'll be a two hundred and fifty pounds

604
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,240
Speaker 1: linebacker and just you know, a bruiser. No, no, no, every

605
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 1: single linebacker on his field can fly.

606
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,200
Speaker 3: You know that Peter King segment of his column, which

607
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 3: was I think or ten things?

608
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 1: I think, I think, yeah, I think, I think.

609
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,159
Speaker 3: What do you think they think of Jacob Phillips right now?

610
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,119
Speaker 3: Who we've talked about a bunch. We're calling him the

611
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 3: Blake Cashman Award winner. Maybe that's what we want him

612
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 3: to win because that would mean he stays healthy and

613
00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 3: becomes a really good playmaker because he's healthy.

614
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 2: He hasn't been healthy yet in his pro career.

615
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,200
Speaker 1: I mean, Jacob Phillips is a lottery scratch off ticket

616
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,119
Speaker 1: in some sense. He went and bought it for a buck.

617
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: Not really hurt you. Really, you scratch it off, you

618
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,200
Speaker 1: match three sevens, and you win seventy five thousand dollars.

619
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 1: I mean, that's you'd love to be in that situation.

620
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 1: And I think Jacob Phillips is the guy that kind

621
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 1: of gives it to you in Austin. He's a guy

622
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,400
Speaker 1: that long fast and as long as he stays healthy.

623
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: I think if I'm Damiko Ryans and Billy Davis Libackers coach,

624
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 1: I'm watching each day going Okay, he's making strides, and

625
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,120
Speaker 1: one of the reasons he's making strides is because he's

626
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: here every day. He's stacking good day after good day. Now, okay,

627
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: he passed that test. What's the next hurdle? The next hurdle?

628
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 1: Preseason games? Is he doing preseason games? Can he stay

629
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,080
Speaker 1: healthy at all those? That obviously is the thing he

630
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 1: is going to be heard from in these preseason games,

631
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 1: and you can't miss him. He looks like a small

632
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 1: forward out on a field, but he runs in. His

633
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:17,200
Speaker 1: pass coverage has been tremendous, tremendous. He had won on

634
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 1: Kate Stover the fight day what day was at two

635
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,720
Speaker 1: days ago Wednesday. He had a great play in Kate

636
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: Stover knocking the ball away at PBu. He's had about

637
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 1: three or four PBUs maybe more than that, but those

638
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: are the ones that I can remember seeing. So coaching

639
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: staff is just like, okay, they hurt a number one

640
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 1: pass the test. All right, if we cast his ticket

641
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,400
Speaker 1: in now, it's probably worth about five bucks. Well, let's

642
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 1: see if we can't make it worth a little bit more.

643
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 1: My point in that isn't you didn't have to pay

644
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 1: a whole lot to get him because he just could

645
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 1: stay healthy. So if he does stay healthy, you've got something.

646
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: You've absolutely got something with Jack and Phillips.

647
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,000
Speaker 3: All right, let's get to Jake Hansen, who's named after

648
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 3: Jake Ryan in the movie sixteen Candles, which is a

649
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 3: better movie. Sixteen Candles are pretty in pink sixteen Candles

650
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 3: they both have Molly Ringwold. I think sixteen Candles as well.

651
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Speaker 3: Pretty pick was a huge hit though, and that was

652
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Speaker 3: discussed in that Brat Pack documentary.

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Speaker 1: Seen it.

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Speaker 2: I never I haven't finished it yet.

655
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Speaker 3: Johnny's good because I'm tired of them whining about being

656
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Speaker 3: brat Pack members because they think that's a bad thing

657
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Speaker 3: to be called the brat Pack.

658
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Speaker 1: It's a good thing you're called the brat Pack.

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Speaker 3: The rat Pack was the rat Pack with Sammy Davis

660
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Speaker 3: and Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and they didn't complain about

661
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Speaker 3: being called rats, which.

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Speaker 1: Is worse than brats. So just embrace it and have

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Speaker 1: a good career.

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Speaker 3: He's bitter Andrew McCarthy because he's had a terrible career.

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Speaker 1: That's my breakdown of the brat Pack.

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Speaker 2: Thank Anyway, what about Jake Canson.

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Speaker 1: Well, you get to when you get to the end,

668
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Speaker 1: he kind of has that realization Oh he does. Okay,

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Speaker 1: all right, it's not all there, ye.

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Speaker 3: But self awareness what I was in something. You can't

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Speaker 3: get this kind of breakdown anywhere else anyway, what he

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Speaker 3: got on the Canson Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Guys, just when he has been on the field, he's

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Speaker 1: made plays for this organization. You think back to twenty two,

675
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 1: were playing that free he's in cold game up at Tennessee,

676
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: punches that ball away from Derek Henry and the guy

677
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Speaker 1: spot in the fourth quarter on the field, he finds

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Speaker 1: the football.

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Speaker 3: He's as smart as he gets. His dad was a player,

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Speaker 3: I believe at p YU and was a good player

681
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Speaker 3: at BYU.

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Speaker 1: He's the kind of guy that with his speed, with

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Speaker 1: his smarts, you look at it and go, okay, should

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Speaker 1: he be a starter?

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Speaker 3: Man?

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but you don't want to give him

687
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Speaker 1: up because you know at some point he's gonna have

688
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Speaker 1: to go on the field and you're gonna be able

689
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Speaker 1: to trust him in every situation possible. I saw him

690
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Speaker 1: a couple of days ago run down an outside zone

691
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Speaker 1: and you're like, man, he's got speed, he's got smarts,

692
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Speaker 1: good size, excellent tap. He's a really good football player.

693
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Speaker 1: And you know he's gonna be as special teams too.

694
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Speaker 1: So I think Jake Cansen's got to be in that

695
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Speaker 1: linebacker mix and the forty six man on game day

696
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Speaker 1: for sure.

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Speaker 3: Okay, let's get to zero zero. Aziz al Shire, who hit?

698
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Speaker 3: Who is coming off a year in Tennessee which was

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Speaker 3: really productive coming off the forty nine ers, really productive

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Speaker 3: with Demiko Ryans as his head coach or defensive coordinator there,

701
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Speaker 3: And here he is, Johnny.

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Speaker 1: How's he looking. I've wanted a Zizel Shyer for a

703
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Speaker 1: long time. I wanted him in twenty twenty three, didn't

704
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Speaker 1: get him. He went to Tennessee. I was angry. Came

705
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Speaker 1: up again. This year he's a free agent, Like, okay,

706
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Speaker 1: maybe we get him this year. We're losing Blake Cash

707
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Speaker 1: and Milake's going back to his hometown of Minnesota. Maybe

708
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Speaker 1: we get azas first night at free agency. Boom, there

709
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Speaker 1: it is the Nico Autry and zizel Shy and I thought, Man,

710
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Speaker 1: if it stopped there, I felt like, that's pretty good.

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Speaker 1: I love those two guys. Disease is smart. I remember

712
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Speaker 1: you and I we were on a headset before before

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Speaker 1: the Tits game week. What was that fifteen? The one

714
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: up there? Yeah, and I remember you said, hey, John,

715
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Speaker 1: I talked to Mike Heath and Mike said that the

716
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 1: flu was running through the locker room and that Azz

717
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: had gotten basically struck down with the flu. Yep, And

718
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Speaker 1: he said, but he's gonna give it a go and

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Speaker 1: we'll see what he's got. Yeah, that dude bawled out.

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Speaker 1: I can't in my mind the whole game like ors

721
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Speaker 1: at some point where you're gonna see a Z's go

722
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Speaker 1: out of this game. I don't think he missed a play.

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Speaker 3: He was a stud that day, and that just confirmed

724
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Speaker 3: what I thought about him.

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Speaker 1: He is the leader of the defense. He and CJ

726
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: are talking about ball all the time. What the look.

727
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: Some of it's talking trash, but a lot of it

728
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 1: is just you see the hands kind of going through.

729
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: They're talking about routes and they're talking about different things.

730
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Speaker 1: Auzz is the guy you want in the middle. I

731
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Speaker 1: know we talked about last night with the general We've

732
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Speaker 1: I asked Andre that question yesterday. Which player can you

733
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Speaker 1: ill afford to lose throughout this year offense? Defense? Caziz

734
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Speaker 1: al Shire is definitely one of my top three. You

735
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Speaker 1: have to have that dude running things in the middle. Look,

736
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Speaker 1: this linebacker group I think is good. Christian Harris isn't

737
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Speaker 1: gonna play your mic. Henry could play your mic. But

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Speaker 1: I'd rather in that sense have is he's playing next

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Speaker 1: to Henry. Is he's playing next to Christian? Is he he's

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Speaker 1: playing next to Henry and Christian? Yeah, I'd like to

741
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Speaker 1: have that as opposed to what could potentially be no disease.

742
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Speaker 1: I think disease is the perfect fit in this defense

743
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Speaker 1: for a number of reasons. And I'm so glad the

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00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:12,280
Speaker 1: zero is here. That's right, baby, the zero is here.

745
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Speaker 1: The zero is our hero. Dise's el Shire. He is

746
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Speaker 1: gonna be fun to watch for sure.

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Speaker 4: Boy.

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Speaker 1: He was showing it off on Friday at practice. Are

749
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Speaker 1: we get back? It's Earl Mitchell. Time man. We had

750
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Speaker 1: fun time talking with Earl Mitchell, former Texan, former North

751
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Speaker 1: Shore High School Mustang. He will join marking me next

752
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Speaker 1: right here? On Texans All Accent. All right, we go

753
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 1: on final segment of this initiative, the Texans All Acts

754
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: says Training Camp practice number seven of the books. Go

755
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,280
Speaker 1: check out Houston Texans dot com and get my Harris

756
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 1: hits for day number seven. Go check them out lengthy

757
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:51,319
Speaker 1: one today because long practice not a great practice, especially offensively,

758
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 1: but got it done. Nonetheless, practice tomorrow and Saturday. Day

759
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Speaker 1: off on Sunday, and then it's practice Monday, practice Tuesday,

760
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 1: flight Ohio, play game Thursday. Holy smokes, I can't believe

761
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Speaker 1: it is here. Earl Mitchell, former defensive tackle for the Texans,

762
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Speaker 1: also played around, played with another couple of teams in

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Speaker 1: the league, but he's a Texan at heart. North Shore

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Speaker 1: High School Mustang. It's always fun catching up with Earl.

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Speaker 1: We caught up with him this morning.

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Speaker 3: Joining us right now is a Texans legend and high

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Speaker 3: school football legend from the city of Houston.

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Speaker 2: North Shore Mustang. Earl Mitchell. Earl, how's it going?

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Speaker 4: Hey going? Breathe? I'm happy to be out here.

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Speaker 2: Until they're unrabeled.

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Speaker 3: Our engineer, get the equalizer ready, because Earl's gonna blow

772
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Speaker 3: out the base. The subwhoopers of our audio gear here

773
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Speaker 3: with his Berry white type pipes.

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Speaker 2: That's right, Yeah, there it is.

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Speaker 3: Anyway, So practicing in the ring take me there first.

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Speaker 3: What's the benefit? What do you gotta watch out for?

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Speaker 4: Oh Man?

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Speaker 5: First off, you know you think of like places where

779
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,840
Speaker 5: would you rather be than playing this? You could be

780
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 5: in this or one hundred and ten degree weather. But

781
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 5: I really I think it's a great up ortunity for

782
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 5: the players to, you know, get a chance to practice

783
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 5: in the rain. You're going to have to deal with

784
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,279
Speaker 5: adversity if you go to places like Chicago, go to

785
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:12,800
Speaker 5: places like Seattle, you have to be prepared for those elements.

786
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Speaker 1: Absolutely got to be prepared. But Earl, you got a

787
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Speaker 1: leader with this team that you know very well. And

788
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people around the league are like,

789
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: oh man, what what the Texas did last year? I

790
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 1: think there are a lot of surprises for a lot

791
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,840
Speaker 1: of people. My guess is players that played with Vico

792
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: Ryans knew exactly what the Texas were getting a head coach.

793
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Speaker 1: Are you surprised at all with what de Vico did

794
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 1: last year?

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Speaker 5: Absolutely not, absolutely not. H You know, I got a

796
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,320
Speaker 5: chance to play it with Demko. I knew the player

797
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 5: that he was. I got coached by him when I

798
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 5: was a player in San Francisco, and he did an

799
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Speaker 5: Amagian job with the young players, developing those guys, and

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00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 5: he's doing the same thing out here. So I'm not

801
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Speaker 5: surprised about the success they had last year. I'm not

802
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Speaker 5: surprised of the success they all.

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Speaker 4: Have this year.

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Speaker 3: What do you think of the system they run, Earl,

805
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Speaker 3: The way they handle things on the D line with

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Speaker 3: that four man's front, and every.

807
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Speaker 2: Team would love to get pressure with.

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Speaker 3: Just four But what are your thoughts last year, what

809
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 3: they did and how they'll approach it this year.

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00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, they just let their guys just go.

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Speaker 5: They just line up in there, just in this the

812
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 5: tax style defense that that I remember that he implemented

813
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 5: with us on Instant and fran though the last couple

814
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Speaker 5: of years, and it was just so much easier to

815
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 5: not read and react. You could just go and just

816
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 5: get just attack and you know, make plays in the

817
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 5: backfield and take away a lot of those responsibilities and

818
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 5: give that lots of the linebackers.

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Speaker 1: Ear The obvious answer to the question is when you

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Speaker 1: have really good edges, how much easier is it for

821
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Speaker 1: defensive tackles? A is Well, you know there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of tension paid to defensive ends that are really good.

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Speaker 1: This team has really good defensive ends. How does that

824
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 1: end up making life for defensive tackles interior guys that

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Speaker 1: much easier?

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Speaker 5: Oh sure, Well, when you have guys like taking care

827
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Speaker 5: of the contain the edges, you know, guys on the

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Speaker 5: inside can you know, really just penetrate and you know

829
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Speaker 5: they don't have to, you know, focus on holding up

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00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 5: guys as much, and you know they could just just

831
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Speaker 5: just attack their gaps, use their hands and just to

832
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Speaker 5: you know, be focused on getting more sex and that

833
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,399
Speaker 5: helps out the defensive ends and all around the entire

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Speaker 5: the entire defense.

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Speaker 2: Earl Mitchell with US Earl.

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Speaker 3: As your career evolved, what was your approach to training camp?

837
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Speaker 1: What was important for you?

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Speaker 3: How did you change your routine, if at all, and

839
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Speaker 3: how did you change the way you take care of

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Speaker 3: your body and get ready to play football.

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Speaker 5: I think every aspect of the off season was a

842
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 5: different preparation of whether the OTA's training camp, preseason, regular season.

843
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 5: I approach every single aspect of those phases differently, and

844
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Speaker 5: training camp was a big part of it. Just making

845
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Speaker 5: sure that you can you know, play through injuries, play

846
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Speaker 5: through adversity. That was the time to really kind of

847
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Speaker 5: kind of check your check your ego at the door

848
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 5: type moments where you're.

849
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Speaker 4: Going to get tired.

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Speaker 5: It's you know, day day four, day five, Like it's

851
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 5: just a different it's a different aspect, different animal to

852
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 5: handle those adversity moments in training camp are feature for

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Speaker 5: that early.

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Speaker 1: I know you played on the other side of the

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Speaker 1: ball off Madre Johnson, but you're a Houstonian, uh in

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Speaker 1: North short or Houstonian. What's it like for former players

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Speaker 1: guys that played here with Andre to see him going

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Speaker 1: into the hall.

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Speaker 5: Oh, it's amazing, you know. I was telling Andre yesterday.

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Speaker 5: Actually we had our Legends Legends day here and I

861
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 5: was in high school. You know, we played in the

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00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 5: state championship game and he came up to me when

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00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,760
Speaker 5: I got drafted and told.

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Speaker 4: Me how he was at that game.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and so it was just an honor just to

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Speaker 5: know that he was there, and you know, it was

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Speaker 5: just under the you know, play with him because I've

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Speaker 5: admired his career, you know since day one, and to

869
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Speaker 5: play with him was a was a special moment for me.

870
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 2: You went to the forty nine ers after being here.

871
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 3: That must have been a really nice surprise the way

872
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 3: camp went weather wise versus your high school college because

873
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 3: you're in Arizona and pro career so far before he

874
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:48,279
Speaker 3: went to the forty nine ers.

875
00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 5: For sure, it felt like paradise compared to Houston. And

876
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 5: I remember we actually came here when I was with

877
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 5: the Niners to practice to get the Texans off for

878
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,840
Speaker 5: training camp. So I remember going in front of the

879
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 5: team in Sant France and I had to get their

880
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 5: minds right. I had to make sure that they would

881
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 5: hydrate them and preparing to put this trip because it

882
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 5: was going to be brutal, but it was. It was

883
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:08,360
Speaker 5: a good time and it gave me a lot of

884
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 5: nostalgic moments.

885
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,400
Speaker 3: Earl, what's it like being part of the Texans Legends community?

886
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,360
Speaker 3: These are the former Texans players and you're all legends

887
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 3: because you were in the league. I know you guys

888
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,359
Speaker 3: have a tight knick group. We had travisov the other day,

889
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 3: we had Mike Quinn on the other day. What is

890
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:23,720
Speaker 3: it like being part of that group.

891
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 5: It's honored to be a part of it. I think

892
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,960
Speaker 5: Kandas she does a great job she's the director of

893
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,359
Speaker 5: alumni or relations and with the Texans Legends to give

894
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 5: us that space to you know, come back and network

895
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,560
Speaker 5: and communicate and just give us that locker room fill again.

896
00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 5: And I'm honored to be a part of it, given

897
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,560
Speaker 5: the opportunity to go back into the community and just

898
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 5: have fun and just give back er.

899
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:47,600
Speaker 3: I think about you a bunch, because we've got some

900
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,880
Speaker 3: guys one in front of us. Jalen Petree played at

901
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 3: Stafford Stafford High School, now playing for his hometown team

902
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 3: Kenyan Green.

903
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: Same thing. It's task to see to A and.

904
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:56,200
Speaker 4: M and then here.

905
00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:00,359
Speaker 1: What was it like playing in your hometown as a pro.

906
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 1: You did leave to go to college, but then you

907
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 1: come back here and I know that's out of your

908
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 1: hands in some sense because you drafted. But being able

909
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:07,839
Speaker 1: to come back home and play here as a pro,

910
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 1: what was that like?

911
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 4: It was honor. First off.

912
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 5: You know, it's a different it's a different game because

913
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 5: you get to come back with training camp, you get

914
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:19,759
Speaker 5: to see your family, and there's a lot of adversity

915
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 5: that you know, you don't have to deal with because

916
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 5: other players are are struggling in that aspect. But I

917
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,719
Speaker 5: was you know, I was grateful that my family was

918
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 5: here every day after train to camp, meeting them to

919
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 5: get to get to hang out them for like thirty

920
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,120
Speaker 5: seconds of the hotel.

921
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 4: Yeah and yeah, it was.

922
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 5: It was definitely an honor just to have friends from

923
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 5: high school family come into that. I was training to

924
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 5: camp practices and urmy on Yeah, earl.

925
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:46,480
Speaker 3: What was it like being part of the off seasons

926
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 3: going into twenty twelve? And I hesitate to say twenty thirteen,

927
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 3: but there were some high hopes going into twenty thirteenth.

928
00:41:52,560 --> 00:41:54,000
Speaker 2: I equate this.

929
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:57,839
Speaker 3: Offseason to the twenty twelve one where expectations were through

930
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 3: the roof because you went to the divisional round, thought

931
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 3: was it match stays healthy?

932
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 2: Who knows what was the build up like for you?

933
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 3: And compared to this, if you could, because you live

934
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:08,799
Speaker 3: in Jab, you're experiencing it like the rest of us.

935
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:13,000
Speaker 5: It's definitely similar. I really feel the same energy that

936
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 5: the techniqus had, that momentum Dad carries us into, you know,

937
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 5: potentially good season. So you know, the guys that's doing

938
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 5: a good job is just not getting caught up in

939
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 5: it and just the stand of course, and I think

940
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 5: the Miko's he's he can. He's a he was, he

941
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 5: was a part of that time, so he knows like

942
00:42:29,719 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 5: the dangers of you know, messing up those opportunities and

943
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 5: just make sure that you don't get to focus on

944
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:38,240
Speaker 5: the good.

945
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:39,560
Speaker 4: Things, Earl.

946
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 3: Wednesday, we had what they call a fight, a fracus.

947
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,399
Speaker 3: That's dust stuff right here on this field right here now.

948
00:42:47,239 --> 00:42:49,720
Speaker 3: I would imagine during your time as a player, especially

949
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 3: in training camp, you got in a few of those.

950
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 3: My question with that is you're getting those with the offense.

951
00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 3: They still wear the same logo with you.

952
00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,839
Speaker 1: What's the most important thing after a fight like that

953
00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:02,800
Speaker 1: happens for both sides, to make sure that it doesn't

954
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,320
Speaker 1: become a fracturing like it was in ninety three or

955
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,359
Speaker 1: the Oilers there was a fractions all over the place.

956
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,279
Speaker 1: How do you make sure that doesn't fracture? When you

957
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 1: have something like that happen on Wednesday, you.

958
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 5: Just go to the locker room afterwards, make sure y'all

959
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 5: have some you know, uncomfortable conversations, just to make sure

960
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,240
Speaker 5: that y'all are protecting the team. And I know to Miko,

961
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 5: he definitely went in after just made sure that you know,

962
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:25,720
Speaker 5: they're just all about protecting each other. You know, frustrations happened,

963
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:27,560
Speaker 5: but you know, just a part of the game and

964
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 5: just h you know, hopefully this guys just h you know,

965
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,840
Speaker 5: just take that moment, reflect and just overcome.

966
00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:34,759
Speaker 2: Can that be good for a team?

967
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 4: It could? It could.

968
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 5: I think having that at that fire in you is important.

969
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 5: You know, you want to see guys like a fight

970
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,279
Speaker 5: for each other and you know and get mad when

971
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 5: you know you're trying to protect you know, our number

972
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,719
Speaker 5: one guy. So we have a we have a lot

973
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 5: of number one guys out here, so it's just important

974
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 5: just we just in protect each other. Earl.

975
00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:56,239
Speaker 1: I my conspiracy theory.

976
00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 3: I watched the DBS make some hits and I was

977
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 3: like the DBS when looking for a fight on Wednesday,

978
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 3: do you ever go into a practice maybe I'm looking

979
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 3: for a fight, but you knew, like, okay, today.

980
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 1: We're gonna let loose like offds live better. Be ready

981
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:09,720
Speaker 1: there could be some stuff happening.

982
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 4: Oh for sure. I mean you already.

983
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 5: You can feel the energy before practice even starts, like

984
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 5: you know, guys are coming in gripen, whether the injuries

985
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 5: or just you know, just having a bad day overall.

986
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 5: So or you know, they watched the practice film from

987
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 5: the day before. Yeah, it's usually those moments where guys

988
00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 5: watched the film from the day before and they want

989
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 5: to come in and make sure that they want to

990
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:31,400
Speaker 5: correct the mistakes that they made. So, you know, just

991
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 5: just got to just make sure you keep a calm

992
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 5: mind frame and just try to play with.

993
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 1: Your you know, making making the right decisions, get work done.

994
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 3: Yes, early, you played for a little program called North Shore. Okay,

995
00:44:43,200 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 3: we're familiar with it. We're familiar with their work. And

996
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:49,560
Speaker 3: you played pro ball in Miami's Seattle too, right. But

997
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:54,799
Speaker 3: San Francisco, So California, Florida, Texas and hotbeds for high

998
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 3: school football. I'm sure you have had conversations with so

999
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 3: many people about why check since football is the best

1000
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:02,240
Speaker 3: in high school.

1001
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts?

1002
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:07,200
Speaker 3: What are some of the compare and contrast conversations you've

1003
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:08,440
Speaker 3: had with people about this stuff.

1004
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 5: Texas built toughness, I think, you know, you know a

1005
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,439
Speaker 5: lot of people talk about Florida. I think they got

1006
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 5: speed down, but when it comes to just Texas, Uh,

1007
00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:20,800
Speaker 5: these players are way tough that the heat it really

1008
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:23,640
Speaker 5: just just bears downs on us and uh, it.

1009
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,600
Speaker 4: Just really just makes it separates us from everyone else.

1010
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:30,080
Speaker 3: Absolutely, Earl is such a joy to catch up with you.

1011
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:33,439
Speaker 3: If you, me and Johnny are forming a singing group,

1012
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:34,319
Speaker 3: you take the low.

1013
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 1: I'll take the like the baritone. The next level up.

1014
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 3: Johnny's got to sing high because no one else can

1015
00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 3: do it here, I guess, so we'll do it anyway.

1016
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 3: It's it's always wonderful, my friend. Thanks a lot for

1017
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:44,600
Speaker 3: being with us.

1018
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 4: Appreciate you.

1019
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,880
Speaker 1: Now. I apologize because I took off like a shot

1020
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: right here in the end of that interview, because well

1021
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:53,319
Speaker 1: it was one on one time and I had to

1022
00:45:53,320 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 1: get all the way over the field too for O

1023
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:58,080
Speaker 1: line D line, So I was running like Forrest Gump

1024
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: trying to get over there. I got over there, couple

1025
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:01,360
Speaker 1: of rests, but I got over there in.

1026
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:04,600
Speaker 3: The rain, took some notes, struck my notebook, so I

1027
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:05,879
Speaker 3: had to take notes on my phone and the rest

1028
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:06,239
Speaker 3: of the day.

1029
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:08,640
Speaker 1: But go Reid Harris hits and you could check that out.

1030
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:08,799
Speaker 4: Hey.

1031
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 1: A couple of items, one in particular throughout the league

1032
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:16,440
Speaker 1: to a tongue of Ia Looa gets his deal four years,

1033
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: two hundred and twelve million dollars.

1034
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,799
Speaker 3: Well that's pretty good for four years fifty three apy

1035
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:24,760
Speaker 3: somewhere in there.

1036
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 1: I believe that's what it is. So yeah, two hundred

1037
00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,799
Speaker 1: twelve million dollars and I believe one hundred.

1038
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:36,600
Speaker 3: And sixty seven million guaranteed. That is the largest four

1039
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 3: year extension in the in NFL history because all the

1040
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,279
Speaker 3: other deals have been five years. He gets a four year,

1041
00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 3: So four years, two hundred and twelve million dollars to

1042
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 3: a tongue of I looa gets that deal done.

1043
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 1: Wow. Now we just wait on Jordan Love. Now we

1044
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,359
Speaker 1: wait on Dak Prescott. It's been a lot of talk

1045
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 1: about Dak.

1046
00:46:56,120 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 3: Being a sixty million dollars ap y. We'll see Tua

1047
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:06,879
Speaker 3: gets fifty three over four years to.

1048
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 1: Stay with the Miami Dolphins. Man, think of quarterbacks that

1049
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:11,680
Speaker 1: deserve noviy to a deserved Did I think I had numbers

1050
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:15,080
Speaker 1: about right comparatively to what other guys have gotten? I

1051
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:19,400
Speaker 1: suppose would rather have Tua than Trevor Lawrence? Would I

1052
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:22,440
Speaker 1: rather have Tua than Dak Prescott? Man? Stuff, he's in that,

1053
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,520
Speaker 1: He's in that mix, there's no question. And we'll see

1054
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:28,719
Speaker 1: him December fifteenth at Energy Stadium with that big contract

1055
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: in toe. So that's gonna do it a big thanks

1056
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 1: to Mark for always being here. To Earl Mitchell for

1057
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:35,239
Speaker 1: joining us.

1058
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:39,440
Speaker 3: He was great, former Mustang, former Texan, former Arizona Wildcat

1059
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 3: as well. That's from my buddy Tommy and all of

1060
00:47:42,040 --> 00:47:44,960
Speaker 3: you for listening to everybody back in studio Sports Area

1061
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:45,359
Speaker 3: six ten.

1062
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:48,560
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. We'll see you on Monday. Practice

1063
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:50,239
Speaker 1: on Sunday, so make sure you check out Harris hits

1064
00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:51,400
Speaker 1: Houston Texas dot com.

1065
00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:54,040
Speaker 3: We'll see you again on Monday. Everybody, thank you for

1066
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 3: being here and as always, go Texans