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Speaker 1: Hello, tex Sins, Welcome to the show. Mark Vandermaer and

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Speaker 1: John Harris with you in the air conditioned cozy confines

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Speaker 1: of the Hundai Texans Radio Studio at NRG Stadium on

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Speaker 1: a very eventful day. Here, very eventful couple of days

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Speaker 1: in Texans camp as it continues. The team practicing under

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Speaker 1: the hot sun today. There was some cloud cover, but

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Speaker 1: I've been dramatic. It was really hot. They practiced midday

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Speaker 1: and then the media, as you've probably seen posts of,

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Speaker 1: was greeted to a well an indoor event. What's new

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Speaker 1: at NRG Stadium with a new video board. Heck, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that was cool with Mike Toman the president, new video board,

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Speaker 1: new food options, and look, the Texans are always trying

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Speaker 1: to take it up a few notches every year.

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Speaker 2: Why not? But this video board is for real. I

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Speaker 2: saw them installing this thing. You did too.

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Speaker 3: This thing is what did he say? Eight times? It's

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Speaker 3: the resolution on It's beautiful.

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Speaker 2: It's eight times of resolution.

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Speaker 1: There was some credible, there was some multiple just looking

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Speaker 1: at the video board and I'm not easily impressed with

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Speaker 1: these things.

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Speaker 3: The tail I was impressed.

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Speaker 1: I want to see Godfather Part one and two on

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Speaker 1: the video board.

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Speaker 2: We should have movie nights.

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Speaker 4: Yes, that'd be a money making idea. We're just idea

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Speaker 4: guys here. Yes we are movie night, bring you sleeping

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Speaker 4: bags on the field. Yeah, and movie night we get

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Speaker 4: to pick the movie. And yes, that that's the way

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Speaker 4: that it's beautiful.

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Speaker 3: Streen.

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Speaker 4: We've already told you about the speaker the sound system

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Speaker 4: because we were up. I was up working in the

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Speaker 4: booth one day because they were doing work in the studio,

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Speaker 4: so we just went up to the booth. I was

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Speaker 4: up in the booth and I'm writing and all of

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Speaker 4: a sudden, like the booth started shaking. I was like,

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Speaker 4: I thought it was thunder outside, and then it kept going.

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Speaker 3: I'm like the.

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Speaker 2: Under our broadcast booth, I don't.

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Speaker 3: Know, but they that place rocks.

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Speaker 4: And there was a kind of a hype video that

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Speaker 4: uh I heard your voice because they put it playing

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Speaker 4: over some highlights.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I was.

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Speaker 4: Like, man, it's like Marcus screaming at me. And I

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Speaker 4: know he's not, but it's just like the speakers are

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Speaker 4: that good.

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Speaker 3: So but it was deep and it had this effect

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Speaker 3: to it. Yeah, it's good.

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Speaker 4: So when you're in the stadium, you're gonna hear, and

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Speaker 4: I know that was one of the things talking to

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Speaker 4: different Texans personnel over the years.

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Speaker 3: Like when we go to other stadiums.

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Speaker 4: I can't remember what stadium we were in one year

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Speaker 4: last year and they were like, Wow, these speakers are good.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, well, Minnesota, mid Minnesota. I couldn't hear a thing.

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Speaker 5: They were doing a youth cheerleader performance at halftime, and

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Speaker 5: so they were practicing it right before I went on

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Speaker 5: with Sean and Seth on a pregame show, and it

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Speaker 5: was I mean, I couldn't hear myself.

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Speaker 4: Think I was yelling at Air. I'm like, Aaron, turn

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Speaker 4: up the station. I can't even he goes John, I'm

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Speaker 4: giving you all I've got. I literally could not hear

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Speaker 4: them when they would crank up the music. Luckily they

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Speaker 4: finished like two minutes before I did my hit, and

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Speaker 4: when every time they played the music, it was like, oh,

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Speaker 4: then a horn.

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Speaker 3: So the acoustics we got that, now, we got that.

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Speaker 3: Now we've got that. Now. I don't want the horn.

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Speaker 3: I hate that horn.

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Speaker 2: No, No, we don't need that horn. We don't just

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Speaker 2: need it to be great.

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Speaker 1: Like Mike said, he said that when big things happen

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Speaker 1: and they let that subwar for whatever sound effects system rip.

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Speaker 1: He said it much more eloquently than I just did.

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Speaker 1: It is gonna be really special and I can't wait

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Speaker 1: to hear that. That's one great thing. One of the

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Speaker 1: great things about coming this Saturday noonkick Carolina Panthers in town.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna hear that thing.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna see the video board, We're gonna get the

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Speaker 1: sneak preview of the regular season version of that, because

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Speaker 1: you know they're gonna unveil some new stuff for the

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Speaker 1: regular season, but they want to really take this thing

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Speaker 1: for a big test drive as far as game presentation goes.

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Speaker 1: And of course the team wants to test drive some

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Speaker 1: things as well. Absolutely, because here we go with the

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Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers coming in on Thursday, Johnny, and we saw

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Speaker 1: another spirited practice today in pads before we go anywhere.

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Speaker 2: And I know you mentioned it last night.

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Speaker 1: We had a lot of best of stuff from the

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Speaker 1: Monday Morning Show last night, but you mentioned Brev and

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Speaker 1: it's just one of those things that we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to live with here. It hits you on so many

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Speaker 1: different levels. You and I talk about it all the time.

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Speaker 2: We're in this building.

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Speaker 1: We see these players more than anybody, and Brev is

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Speaker 1: one of those guys that you see every day. I

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Speaker 1: saw him every day this offseason rehabbing the knee, getting ready.

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Speaker 1: He didn't do anything as far as team stuff in

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Speaker 1: OTAs in mini camp because he wanted to be sure

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Speaker 1: he was ready for training camp, and he was ready

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Speaker 1: for training camp. Unfortunately, he's gone for the year IR,

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Speaker 1: and when you're on IR before the Tuesday cuts on

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Speaker 1: August twenty sixth, that means you are out for the season.

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Speaker 1: It's not designated to return. He's done for the year

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Speaker 1: and this is his last year of his contract. We'll

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Speaker 1: see if they resign him. Whatever happens to him. Bred

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Speaker 1: can play football.

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Speaker 3: We know this.

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Speaker 2: He's just got to stay healthy.

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Speaker 1: And that was one of those freak things again, Johnny,

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Speaker 1: when he grabbed the knee, I felt like I was

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Speaker 1: looking right at him because I was even with the

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Speaker 1: goal line. It was just over the goal line, and

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Speaker 1: he just had this look of sort of disbelief on

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Speaker 1: his face for a moment, like I don't know, and

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Speaker 1: got he said, I'm good, but all of.

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Speaker 2: A sudden reality set in.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure the pain set in and the guys came

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Speaker 1: over and everyone's heard about the scene and it was

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Speaker 1: just so emotional, and we wish him the best. He's awesome,

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Speaker 1: and I hope to see him around a lot as

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Speaker 1: he rehabs the knee again. Or I don't know which

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Speaker 1: I assume it's a knee.

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Speaker 2: I could be wrong.

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Speaker 1: The thing is, he's such a good dude and you

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Speaker 1: want to see him out there. He'll always have a

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Speaker 1: place in Texans lore for the long catch and run

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Speaker 1: touchdown he had the Cleveland playoff game, but I'd love

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Speaker 1: to see him do more stuff in deep steel blue.

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Speaker 2: In the future.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, he is a salt of the earth human being.

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Speaker 4: Every time he came in here with us, he had

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Speaker 4: a smileless face.

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Speaker 3: He was just.

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Speaker 4: He's just been such a great ambassador of Texans football,

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Speaker 4: what this program is all about. He had to go

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Speaker 4: through the ups and downs of multiple head coaches, multiple

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Speaker 4: offensive coordinators. You know that he got hurt in the

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Speaker 4: Bears game last year and you felt for him, and

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Speaker 4: you know he came back and I just remember seeing

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Speaker 3: He just had a hit pep and his step.

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Speaker 4: He was so excited about being back and playing football again.

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Speaker 3: And I think that and that's what hurt him.

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Speaker 4: Now, I'm not saying a damn word about all that

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Speaker 3: You know, emotions and who was crying and who wasn't.

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Speaker 4: And you know what if it guy cries because the

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Speaker 4: teammate got hurt, So be it right. You can miss

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Speaker 4: me with this freaking nonsense. Well, you know, quarterbacks shouldn't

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Speaker 4: be crushed. Whatever. I'll take my quarterback all day, every day,

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Speaker 4: because when he has that sort of emotion for teammates,

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Speaker 4: that tells you he cares. And you, I guarandamn to

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Speaker 4: you that every text in that locker room will stand

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Speaker 4: behind seven, every single minute of every freaking day.

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Speaker 3: Done. So back to Brev.

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Speaker 4: The irony of this, in some sense, in the sad irony,

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Speaker 4: is we watched on Saturday a guy do the exact

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Speaker 4: same thing. Rondell Moore had missed all of four with

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Speaker 3: Tackled by Jamal Hill.

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Speaker 4: He is going out for the second consecutive year as well,

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Speaker 4: and we just I mean, as he went down and

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Speaker 3: And then he got on the cart and he pounded

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Speaker 4: And you just knew, You just knew, especially when you've

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Speaker 4: had it the year before. He knew immediately what had

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Speaker 4: can you imagine this?

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Speaker 3: Just oh my heart went out to Rondelle Moore for that.

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Speaker 4: And I don't know Rondel Moore at all, but your

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Speaker 4: heart goes out to guys that do all the rehab

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Speaker 4: and we're just like, oh my god. And so when

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Speaker 4: Brev went down, I did think about Rondel Moore for

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Speaker 4: a second, like this can't be happening, and this cannot.

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Speaker 2: Be second practices.

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, the Laste Yes, at the Greenbrier, we

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Speaker 1: had the same or a similar scene with CJGJ.

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Speaker 3: And luckily he's not out for the year.

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Speaker 1: We think Ryan Dimico said he would be back at

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Speaker 1: some point, but he's not very definitive on that.

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Speaker 3: Of course, because they don't know.

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Speaker 1: But he's not on IR yet, but he could be

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Speaker 1: to return, or maybe he's back with the team week one.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but anyway, Brev is out. It's just

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Speaker 1: weird that you had back to back practices in completely

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Speaker 1: different environments and you had that scene repeat itself.

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Speaker 4: Exactly, and then in between that you've got Rondelle Moore

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Speaker 4: going down and you know from the vikings and the

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Speaker 4: of people that you know watch his fans, you know,

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Speaker 4: I mean, it's such a great, such a great sport

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Speaker 4: to watch, but man, it is it is violent, it

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Speaker 4: is dangerous. The guys that play this are special dudes.

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Speaker 4: And every now and again you get a guy that's

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Speaker 4: Scott everything that you're looking for, athleticism, smarts, a sense

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Speaker 4: of humor, a great smile, a great teammate, just a

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Speaker 4: great guy all round, and you just hate that it's

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Speaker 4: Brevin Jordan that has to go through this now for

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Speaker 4: a second year.

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Speaker 3: So that's you know, that's the hard part of all this.

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Speaker 4: Now, the football part of all this, if we transition

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Speaker 4: to that is okay, now there's no breath, so how

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Speaker 4: does that change?

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Speaker 3: Offensively?

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Speaker 4: Some of the plans you had so for Nick Cayley

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Speaker 4: and Jake Moreland tight ends coach, What okay, these are

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Speaker 4: the plans. We're gonna run some twelve personnel with Dalton

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Speaker 4: and Brev, or with Brev and Caid. Maybe it's a

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Speaker 4: thirteen personnel because Brev is such a good wide receiver. Well, okay,

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Speaker 4: you can't do that with Breav anymore. So how does

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Speaker 3: So it opens, I should say it opens.

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Speaker 4: It alters potentially what Nick Keley might have wanted to

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Speaker 1: It's a great opportunity for Leche or Keen or whoever

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, they're gonna keep at least three tight ends at

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Speaker 3: You can't so Brev.

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Speaker 1: I got a feeling that a lot of nice stuff

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Speaker 1: Injuries are part of football. We all know it. The

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Speaker 1: put that in air quotes right now. Because Tayor's three

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Speaker 1: We thought so we reported, man, I don't want to

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Speaker 1: I want Cam Robinson healthy. You guys figure it out.

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Speaker 1: The more healthy bodies, the better, the better the soup

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Speaker 3: That's right, Okay, I want you to rate this hot

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Speaker 4: Yet, all right, hot take, Texans offensive line as a

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Speaker 1: At this time, I'm going to rate that as a

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Speaker 3: I think he got a little ding with something.

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Speaker 1: All right, ding is one thing I love these dinged

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Speaker 2: No, he was not carting.

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Speaker 4: No, no, no, no, don't put that voodoo on video.

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Speaker 4: Don't put that no, no, no, he's not cut it off.

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Speaker 4: I was joking about that. But I saw a video today.

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Speaker 3: Maybe you stack stuff up.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he was one of those sitting on the little

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Speaker 1: I love it, man, I lost, just like I love

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Speaker 1: the super smity sports stuff. And you see the cars parked. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: big deal, No problem at all.

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Speaker 4: So Karoff was joking about that, but I do think

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Speaker 3: I think I'm not gonna worry. I'm not worry.

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Speaker 1: But Johnny, I think your take is not I do

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Speaker 1: believe that. Look, you don't have Laramie Tunsel here outstanding

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Speaker 1: going to take a minute here, it might not happen

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Speaker 1: Even after the injury yesterday, and as emotional as that was,

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Speaker 1: he's pointing around, he's he's really taking to this. He's

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Speaker 1: him operate this offense. Remember we call it the Patriot

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Speaker 2: So let's just go.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to trigger you, but I think Stroud

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Speaker 1: Stratt is only twenty three years old. It blows my mind.

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Speaker 3: He was throwing some seeds today.

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Speaker 4: I mean, he fastballs today, but there are some balls

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Speaker 4: that ninety nine mileur fastball. I mean, CJ is ninety

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Speaker 4: three to ninety four almost all the time. He's high

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Speaker 3: He got after it. There's a pick by Kamari. Let

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Speaker 4: Let me tell you how good Kamari Losster is getting

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Speaker 4: so on that play, He's got coverage on Christian Kirk

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Speaker 1: I mean, Johnny, I'm like, what, So did you see

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Speaker 1: what happened in red zone? Because you and I weren't

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Speaker 1: but where the plays designed?

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Speaker 1: not biting on this. Somehow they freed up they tried

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Speaker 1: to free up X and against a lot of corners,

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Speaker 1: X is going to be wide acre open, but not lasted.

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Speaker 1: He read it. He's smart. Nick Cassariu said, he practices

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Speaker 1: like a maniac. He loves these competitive opportunities. And then

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking, oh, why don't you try to go distinctly

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Speaker 1: for a play, and they do and he picks one

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Speaker 1: day stuff to go like all right, not a good

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Speaker 1: idea either, And I think the student's gonna have a

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Speaker 1: thousand interceptions. I mean, those two guys are like glue,

448
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Speaker 1: and then the guys in the middle are just gonna

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Speaker 1: feast if you can get that pass rush going. It's

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Speaker 1: very exciting to think about the full potential of this defense.

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Speaker 4: And week one it's getting diceier for the la Rams.

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Speaker 4: It is because Matt Stafford still hasn't practiced.

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Speaker 3: And who called that last.

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Speaker 4: Week we did we talked about that, were like this

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Speaker 4: back thing he might play. As time has gone on,

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Speaker 4: when Sean McGray stood up the and said, yeah, he's

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Speaker 4: gonna work out on Friday and everything goes well over

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Speaker 4: the weekend.

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Speaker 3: Who are you going to practice on Monday?

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Speaker 4: Well it's Tuesday, and he didn't practice Monday or Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so listen, it's getting shut.

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Speaker 1: Adam Schefter says that people in the building are still

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Speaker 1: confident that he's gonna be out there week one, that

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Speaker 1: if there were a game Sunday this week, he would

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Speaker 1: be playing. But I'm gonna call a little bs here.

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Speaker 3: Same.

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Speaker 1: Not that he's getting bad well, he is getting bad information.

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Speaker 1: I don't think the rams because look whoever he's talking to,

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Speaker 1: I don't think they're telling Chef to the whole story here.

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Speaker 1: If they were panicking or really concerned, would they tell him.

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Speaker 1: Would the leak that Schefter has access to tell him?

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Speaker 1: Maybe they would. I don't know, but let's just go

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Speaker 1: with what we know. We're talking about practice, Johnny. I

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Speaker 1: know Stafford's played a lot of football in this league

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Speaker 1: and maybe only needs two three weeks to get ramped

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Speaker 1: up for the opener.

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Speaker 2: Probably only needs that.

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Speaker 1: But if he's out because of the back, right, that's

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Speaker 1: bothersome that if he's not feeling. If he feels one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent, why not practice and put the red jersey

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Speaker 1: and another red jersey on him just like double red jersey.

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Speaker 2: Don't even breathe near him.

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Speaker 1: He would be throwing, right, because you got to get

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Speaker 1: rhythm with these guys, right, right, Devunta.

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Speaker 3: Adams is playing with them for the first time. Right.

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Speaker 3: I thought that Danie Rolosky had a great question.

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Speaker 4: Adam Schefter was breaking this down NFL LO and Dan

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Speaker 4: stopped and said, Hey, I got a question. Is he

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Speaker 4: not practicing because he's unable to function or it's pain?

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Speaker 4: That was a good question, like, yeah, is it can

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Speaker 4: he not function or is it painful to even try

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Speaker 4: and function? And Schefter said, I think it might be

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Speaker 4: a little bit of both.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a total guest chef.

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Speaker 3: It is guessed by Schefter. By though it was a

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Speaker 3: great question.

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Speaker 1: It's a difference. It's the same result if you can't

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Speaker 1: function or it's pain. Isn't it kind of tied into

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Speaker 1: I can't function because it hurts when I do this doctor,

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Speaker 1: and the doctor says don't do this.

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Speaker 4: Or or you're trying to do things like you're trying

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Speaker 4: to throw without triggering it.

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Speaker 3: So you're changing the way you throw or the way

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Speaker 3: you move because you're trying.

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Speaker 4: You know, you think about I remember when I had

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Speaker 4: had the issue back in twenty twenty. I found myself

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Speaker 4: kind of walking a little bit different because I didn't

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Speaker 4: want that thing to hurt with every step I took. Ye,

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Speaker 4: so I kind of I could see the difference between

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Speaker 4: the two. But it doesn't really matter because he still

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Speaker 4: hasn't practiced.

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Speaker 3: Now you said it.

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Speaker 4: Today is August twelfth, so we got nineteen days August seven.

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Speaker 4: There's twenty six days we're under. We're three three almost

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Speaker 4: almost four.

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Speaker 3: Weeks, three weeks from today. You've got to be practiced.

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Speaker 4: He's got to be practicing, getting ready for this game,

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Speaker 4: you would think. But that here's the thing. And Chefter

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Speaker 4: said of two, he's like, backs are tricky. That is

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Speaker 4: exactly right. Remember the most famous back here in Houston

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Speaker 4: when I got here in two thousand and seven, Tracy McGrady.

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Speaker 4: He used to have to sit in that gargoyle that

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Speaker 4: that we used to call him a gargoy because he

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Speaker 4: set in a big high share because that would help

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Speaker 4: his back. Larry Bird. When Larry Bird's back went Bird

526
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Speaker 4: was done, he was done, he was done. He would remember,

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Speaker 4: he would lie down on his belly watching the game

528
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Speaker 4: right in the corner, and he took shots in it.

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Speaker 4: It just never, it never worked, and he never he

530
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Speaker 4: never was the same. So Mike Sander from the Athletic

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Speaker 4: put together his quarterback tiers, asking all the executives around

532
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Speaker 4: the league and all that that staff for number five,

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Speaker 4: I mean top tier tier number one by all these

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Speaker 4: executives around the league. But that back is still an

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Speaker 4: issue September seventh, which I gotta think it's going to be. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: he's gotta practice, He's gotta practice some, but what are

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Speaker 4: you gonna do?

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Speaker 3: Shoot him up?

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Speaker 2: Every day conversation for a different day.

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Speaker 1: But do you think Stafford belongs in the same group

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Speaker 1: as Burrow, Alan mahomes Lamar Jackson.

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Speaker 3: I think that's Stafford. How do I put this?

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Speaker 4: I think Stafford to me is like Billy Joel, Like

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Speaker 4: he had some good albums you know that got kind

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Speaker 4: of panned by reviewers. He's still putting together a few hits,

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Speaker 4: but not like he was before.

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Speaker 1: I don't like the analogy. I don't like it. Billy

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Speaker 1: Joel to me is Tom Brady because he might not

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Speaker 1: like it, but.

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Speaker 4: You might think the musical analogies to you, point being,

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Speaker 4: I don't I think Stafford.

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Speaker 1: I think Stafford had a few hits, but he had

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Speaker 1: some bad album This is as well because my biggest

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Speaker 1: complaint with Stafford was he played in Detroit for double

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Speaker 1: digit how many years was it before he went to

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Speaker 1: the Rams?

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Speaker 2: And he only had four winning seasons in Detroit. So

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Speaker 2: if he's the.

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Speaker 1: Best quarterback in the world, or one of them, why

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Speaker 1: couldn't they get over the hump more often?

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Speaker 4: I think Stafford's and quarterback Stafford's best. You could put

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Speaker 4: him up in that group at his best. Yeah, when

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Speaker 4: he's he isn't that now, especially now his back injury.

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Speaker 3: It's nope, nope not.

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Speaker 1: Where was Sanchez drafted versus Stafford? They were drafted the

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Speaker 1: same year in two thousand and nine.

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Speaker 4: Sanchez was five or six because the Jets went and

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Speaker 4: got it and Stafford went number one, went number one overall.

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Speaker 4: Geez okay Mark Sanchez coming here in two thousand and nine,

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Speaker 4: Oh my guts. It's not one of the most gut

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Speaker 4: punch Texans losses. But I remember, oh it was drafting Cushing.

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Speaker 4: It was It was not good. It was not good.

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Speaker 1: Sanchez looked all world that day. Who's the title Dustin Keller?

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Speaker 3: Is that the name Dustin Keller? Good Pool was just killing?

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Speaker 6: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Good poll, Dustin Keller? Do tight end?

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Speaker 1: Rex Ryan? Oh that was terrible. Anyway, I don't want

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Speaker 1: to end this segment on that note, but we have to. Uh,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna get Jonathan Alexander in here, and also we

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Speaker 1: will visit with British Brooks. You've heard of him running back?

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Speaker 1: Is he a little full back too? Does he have

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Speaker 1: that in his DNA? He's got some we'll hear from him,

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Speaker 1: among other things here on Texans Radio. Back to it

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Speaker 1: here in the Hunday Texans Radio studio, Mark Vandermer and

585
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Speaker 1: John Harris. We're joined by Jonathan Alexander from the Houston Chronicle, and.

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Speaker 2: Boy, we caught up with you at the Greenbrier.

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Speaker 1: Everywhere around the planet, Jonathan, and right back here in studio.

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Speaker 2: How's it going.

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Speaker 7: I mean, it feels great to just get back to Houston.

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Speaker 7: I was looking back over things. I was in four

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Speaker 7: states in seven days.

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Speaker 2: Geez, that's a.

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Speaker 7: Lot, you know. I cut the West Virginia tip a

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Speaker 7: little bit short because I had to go to Cleveland

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Speaker 7: for a conference, but just to be in four stays

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Speaker 7: and seven days, it's just a lot.

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Speaker 2: That is a lot.

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Speaker 1: Indeed, what'd you make of practicing in the middle of

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Speaker 1: the day after.

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Speaker 2: Going to the Greenbrier last week? Not that I was

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Speaker 2: reacting to it or anything.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was tough.

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Speaker 7: I mean today was probably one of the hardest practices

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Speaker 7: I'm sure for the players to get through. Definitely from

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Speaker 7: me to get through. Man, you know, I suddenly I

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Speaker 7: missed the Greenbrier.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, oh yeah, big time, totally, especially on Tuesday. I mean,

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Speaker 4: it was tal de so Jonathan, let's just let's take

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Speaker 4: a thirty thousand foot view, so to speak, of this

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Speaker 4: team fully thought of Cossi, Derek Barnett back at practice

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Speaker 4: a little bit on Tuesday, was good.

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Speaker 3: Christian Harris get some defensive looks. He's been kind of

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Speaker 3: ramping up. That was good.

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Speaker 4: Damian Pierce ran the ball, man, it was good. You

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Speaker 4: got some guys back injured. Obviously lost Brev on Monday,

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Speaker 4: which is a huge blow, but starting to get a

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Speaker 4: few guys back healthy. What's kind of your thirty thousand

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Speaker 4: foot view as you look at things as this team

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Speaker 4: starts to round into maybe kind of rounding second, heading

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Speaker 4: to third, but joint practice with the Panthers, in the

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Speaker 4: game against the Panthers, and before we know we're playing

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Speaker 4: the Rams. Where do you kind of think this team

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Speaker 4: is right now? You think it's on the right track,

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Speaker 4: or you think there's still some things you want to

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Speaker 4: see from either side.

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Speaker 7: Of I definitely think they're on the right check number one.

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Speaker 7: That defense looks like it's really good, and they're deep,

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Speaker 7: particularly at the defensive line, the linebacker spot, cornerbacks are

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Speaker 7: building a little bit of depth. Safety has been a

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Speaker 7: little bit depleted, but I still think, you know, even

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Speaker 7: with CJ. Gardner Johnson's injury, they can still be you know,

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Speaker 7: good for this team. But it's a really deep defense. Offense,

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Speaker 7: you know, they started out slow at the beginning of

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Speaker 7: training camp, but really in this last week they've come

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Speaker 7: on together and really started to play well. Offensive line.

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Speaker 7: You know a lot of people might disagree with me

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Speaker 7: at this, but I really like the new offensive line combination.

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Speaker 7: And nothing against Cam Robinson, but I think Arianta Erstrie

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Speaker 7: is a natural left tackle, Tyers Howard is a natural

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Speaker 7: right tackle, and since they've made that change, their defense

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Speaker 7: has not given their offensive line has not given up

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Speaker 7: as many sacks as they did in the past, So

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Speaker 7: I think the offense is coming along. I thought they

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Speaker 7: looked pretty good on that first drive, and they just

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Speaker 7: have to keep it.

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Speaker 1: Up, all right, running the football, Chubb, Pierce thought, because mixing,

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Speaker 1: we still don't know, and I don't know if we

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Speaker 1: will know until what is it two weeks from today

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Speaker 1: when you get the cuts?

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Speaker 2: Is it too?

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Speaker 1: It's three weeks it's three weeks from No, it's two

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Speaker 1: weeks from today that we get today, Yeah, two weeks

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Speaker 1: from today.

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Speaker 3: Geez, next week is Detroit And yeah.

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Speaker 2: What the heck's going on over here?

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Speaker 3: I'm telling you.

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Speaker 1: As you get older, time flys it flies fly said

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Speaker 1: it rounding second heading for third here to use the

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Speaker 1: baseball metaphor and metaphor in training camp. But Jonathan, what

660
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Speaker 1: do you make of that as we get closer to

661
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Speaker 1: the cuts.

662
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Speaker 7: Yeah, that's another one of the harder position groups to evaluate.

663
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Speaker 7: I mean, you bring in Nick Chubb because you think

664
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Speaker 7: he might have the ability to lead the offense. You

665
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 7: get Damian Pierce back, and from what everything, from what

666
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Speaker 7: I know, the coaching staff trust Damian Pierce. Plus he's

667
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 7: a good kick returner. Too, so I think, and Dari

668
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 7: look good in the preseason game. He's a do it

669
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Speaker 7: all guy. How do you let go of a guy

670
00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 7: like that? Woodie Marx is your rookie, fourth round rookie

671
00:29:59,000 --> 00:29:59,960
Speaker 7: you drafted in pretty hard.

672
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Speaker 3: That's a high investment.

673
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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what they're gonna do with the running

675
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Speaker 3: back room.

676
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Speaker 7: And maybe Joe Mixing stays on that list NFI list

677
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,080
Speaker 7: for the first few games of the season and then

678
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 7: they have enough room and they can see what Nick

679
00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:18,640
Speaker 7: Chubb does. But I think that's a hard running back

680
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 7: room to judge against.

681
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 4: Minnesota preseason game and a lot of stars played, and

682
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Speaker 4: all the stars played, there were a few guys. Was

683
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Speaker 4: there a guy or too Jonathan that you thought, Hey,

684
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Speaker 4: this guy looked really good and he's gonna play more

685
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 4: than likely this year because we know the guys in

686
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 4: the second half. There are a lot of guys that

687
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Speaker 4: might make a practice squad, may not make a roster.

688
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 4: But was there a guy or too that you thought,

689
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Speaker 4: this guy's got a chance to.

690
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Speaker 3: Play this year. And I liked what he showed on

691
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Speaker 3: Saturday against the Vikings.

692
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,000
Speaker 7: Yeah, a guy who was kind of completely changed my opinion,

693
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Speaker 7: Like I just didn't know what to expect of Braxton Barrios.

694
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, coming off the ACL injury.

695
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 7: Didn't see him at all in the spring, and he's

696
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,440
Speaker 7: performed well in training camp catching the ball, and he's

697
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 7: a valuable piece in the return game. And I wouldn't

698
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 7: be surprised if the Texans decided to keep seven receivers

699
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 7: on this team and have Rex and Burials be that

700
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 7: kind of specialty guy in return and be receiver. But

701
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 7: I think he looks good and he even said on

702
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,040
Speaker 7: Tuesday that he's getting better, he's getting stronger. He's not

703
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 7: one hundred percent so, and he ran some with the

704
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,960
Speaker 7: first team. So he's the guy who's impressed me. And

705
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 7: I think he's going to make this team if he continues.

706
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 1: Who's going to be the third leading receiver among the

707
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 1: receivers on the team, So I would figure Schultz would

708
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 1: mix into the top three, maybe Stover even, but I'm

709
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: not going to count them because they're tight ends among

710
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 1: the wide receivers.

711
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 2: Got Nico Kirk and then who what.

712
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Speaker 3: Do you think?

713
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 7: Okay, so early on I would have said Higgins, and

714
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 7: I still think Higgins has crazy ability. I think he's

715
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 7: maybe been a little bit nervous or maybe not had

716
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 7: as many opportunities. But somebody who really impressed me that

717
00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 7: first game is Jaillen Nole. I think they're gonna find

718
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 7: a way to get him on the football field, and

719
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 7: I think he's gonna make some plays. He in a

720
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 7: in a way, they have a little bit different games,

721
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 7: but in a way he kind of reminds me of

722
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 7: tink though.

723
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,239
Speaker 3: Okay, just in a way. Yeah, he's got that.

724
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 4: He's got that sudden ability to get out of his cuts.

725
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 3: You want to do you want a hot take? Go ahead,

726
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:21,240
Speaker 3: rate the hot take?

727
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 4: All right, Jayden Higgins will be one of the top

728
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 4: two receivers on this team that session a four.

729
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 2: That's a four.

730
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Speaker 4: Okay, wait wait, wait, hold on, Let's rewind that he

731
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 4: will be top two in either receptions yards, touchdowns yards.

732
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Speaker 1: I could see him making some big plays, right, Jonathan,

733
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: But reception Kirk is gonna catch a lot of balls

734
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Speaker 1: on this team, and obviously twelve is twelve.

735
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Speaker 3: Yep, yeah, I agree. I think.

736
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Speaker 1: So you're saying it, what a four, I'm saying a

737
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 1: four that's a four yards might be a three.

738
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Speaker 4: Okay, Okay. I just think eighty one is special. I

739
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 4: think that dude, watching him each day, watching what he does.

740
00:32:57,960 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 4: I'll give you a good example of it, both of you,

741
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,480
Speaker 4: and then you can use it for whatever you want.

742
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 4: On Tuesday, they're working on a drill or that.

743
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 1: I love how you're saying Tuesday like to help the

744
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 1: podcast audience was really helpful.

745
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 4: Sometimes you think in a podcast way. So today he

746
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 4: runs a route, he's on the outside, he runs a route.

747
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 4: I can't remember who's covering him. He runs hard, flat inside.

748
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 4: dB jumps him right there. He pivots and goes right

749
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 4: back out running a whip route, whips right back.

750
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:26,960
Speaker 3: Out wide open, catches it.

751
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 4: They're working down on the goal line, so it was

752
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 4: ended up being a touchdown. Dude, six four two fifteen,

753
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 4: and he's running slot receiver whip routes and winning and

754
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 4: getting separation.

755
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:38,800
Speaker 3: Who does that?

756
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, that dude, he's good. He's good.

757
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 4: He's I think he's gonna end up being pretty good.

758
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 4: But Jaalen Nole could do that, But Jalen Nole's five

759
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 4: to nine, one hundred and ninety. Jay Higgins is doing

760
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 4: it six four two fifteen. So he's just he's he's

761
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Speaker 4: different in a sense, he's even more different.

762
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Speaker 3: I think than Nico. I mean, Nico being six four

763
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Speaker 3: or whatever, Nico is.

764
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Speaker 4: Nico's very fluid and runs, but Nico's got that pomer

765
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Speaker 4: to him. You know, Higgins has got that smooth like

766
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Speaker 4: you don't think he's running that fast, and he's running

767
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Speaker 4: away from everybody.

768
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Speaker 2: I think Nico, don't you think Jonathan.

769
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Speaker 1: Nico kind of developed his style as he kept playing

770
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Speaker 1: because year one I didn't see this kind of stuff.

771
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Speaker 1: I guess we had no one to get him the

772
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Speaker 1: ball that consistently, right.

773
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I thought he wasn't as polished as a catcher

774
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 7: like I thought. I thought he would do some things

775
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,600
Speaker 7: like he would go for a jump ball and catch

776
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 7: it down low, and I think he I don't know.

777
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Speaker 3: Year three, he just I don't.

778
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 7: Know who he trained with, but he just really turned

779
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 7: into a complete wide receiver. And then he runs like

780
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Speaker 7: a gazelle.

781
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:38,800
Speaker 3: His strides are just crazy.

782
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Speaker 7: So I remember, I just never forget Derek Singley telling

783
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 7: me the one thing about Nico is, you know, he

784
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 7: has the ability to move like a small receiver. Like

785
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 7: a lot of big receivers are very stiff at the

786
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 7: top of their routes, but Nico is very, very fluid

787
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Speaker 7: and that that's what makes him great.

788
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Speaker 3: Jonathan. Let's look ahead.

789
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,960
Speaker 4: We still got the Panthers throughout the Lions and a

790
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 4: lot of work to do before September seventh against the Rams. However,

791
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 4: Los Angeles Rams have an issue at quarterback, and that

792
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,320
Speaker 4: is a thirty eight year old with a bad back.

793
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 4: Do you think that Matt Stafford is going to end

794
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 4: up playing September seventh against the Texans or do you

795
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 4: think it's some version of Stetson Benett Jimmy Garoppolo.

796
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,359
Speaker 7: That's a good question. I've been wondering that. I mean,

797
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 7: he came out to Price recently. I'm sure they're going

798
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 7: to play it extra safe with him, make sure he

799
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Speaker 7: doesn't get hit so he can be available week one

800
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 7: because they're going up against the good Texans defense and

801
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 7: they're gonna want everybody on hand for that game.

802
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 3: So I think he'll play.

803
00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 1: Okay, I want to ask you this because Shador Sanders

804
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 1: looked pretty good in the preseason opener and ends up

805
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 1: having it. I'm not gonna call it a confrontation, but

806
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:50,720
Speaker 1: a little player reporter conversation with Tony Grossi, who's basically

807
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,520
Speaker 1: the John McClain of the Cleveland Browns, if I'm labeling

808
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 1: that correctly, right. Have you ever had that kind of

809
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 1: interaction with a player hey write something better about me

810
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: or that, even if it's playful, because they did have

811
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: a laugh.

812
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 2: At the end of it. I thought a lot was

813
00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 2: made of it.

814
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Speaker 1: And Ian Rappaport made a great point that this kind

815
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 1: of thing happens probably more than you think. You just

816
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 1: don't see it on videos, so you're not seeing these

817
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:12,320
Speaker 1: interactions your thoughts.

818
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Speaker 7: I think it happened a lot more back in the

819
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 7: day when players were really reading articles. I think players

820
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 7: players today more so see social media in the comments

821
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,359
Speaker 7: people make. But you know, those interactions are ideally what

822
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,239
Speaker 7: you want as a journalist. You want to know what

823
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,960
Speaker 7: people are thinking, whether they have a problem with what

824
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 7: you wrote, whether it's fair, because the primary my primary

825
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 7: goal is to make sure I'm fair even if I

826
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 7: criticize you, And you want people to have that type

827
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 7: of relationship with you, that they can talk to you,

828
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 7: that they do see you as a human. So you know,

829
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 7: I applied, you know, Shador feel like he could talk

830
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:52,479
Speaker 7: to that reporter in that moment. But yeah, I haven't

831
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 7: had a ton of those moments because I just don't

832
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,839
Speaker 7: think players really pay for a subscription to read as

833
00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 7: much as they used to.

834
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: Right, that's a good point, that would be, Hey, what

835
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: do you say about me on your podcast?

836
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:05,919
Speaker 3: Yeah? Exactly sure.

837
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 4: And then everybody here is at that point, Hey did

838
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,760
Speaker 4: you hear that somebody went on the Kelsey podcast?

839
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 2: Somebody won?

840
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:13,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, somebody somebody went on there.

841
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, Ts Yeah, Ts went on there, started spouting off

842
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 4: about new albums.

843
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 2: Well, there was a social media influencer a practice today,

844
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 2: I believe.

845
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:22,160
Speaker 3: Oh, yes, she was there.

846
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:23,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, she was, definitely.

847
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 3: She was definitely.

848
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:30,280
Speaker 1: Significant other Jonathan Caroline, Panthers coming here for joint practice,

849
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: beer tomorrow, practice on Thursday, play the game on Saturday.

850
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 4: Obviously you're from Carolina. Just your thoughts about seeing the

851
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 4: Panthers coming in here, just a different colored jersey for

852
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,479
Speaker 4: these guys to hit a little bit. But your thoughts

853
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 4: about the Panthers and kind of what they're kind of

854
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 4: what their outlook might be with Bryson's third year.

855
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think they're a team on the rise. I

856
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 7: don't know if they'll make the playoffs this year, but

857
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 7: you know, you certainly saw some improvements last year from

858
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 7: the previous year. Dave Canalis is obviously a good coach,

859
00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 7: knows offense really well. Bryce Young went from really bottom

860
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,359
Speaker 7: tier quarterback to you know, looking really good, looking really

861
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,800
Speaker 7: special at times last year, so I continue, I'd expect

862
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 7: to continue to see that jump. I think it was

863
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 7: a lot of confidence with Bryce Young early in the year.

864
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 7: Now you're starting to see him confident and playing crazy

865
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 7: out of his mind.

866
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 3: Yeah.

867
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 7: So I think the Panthers are going to have a

868
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:21,319
Speaker 7: good team. They're probably going to surprise some people this year.

869
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Speaker 7: I think they're probably gonna be around five hundred.

870
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:23,760
Speaker 3: Probably.

871
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:28,919
Speaker 1: Boy Canalis deserves a lot for the Mayfield resurrections, right right.

872
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: I know Liam Khne gets a lot of credit there,

873
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,879
Speaker 1: but I'm hoping it was all Canalis because I don't

874
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 1: want to see Liam doing anything.

875
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 3: With Trevor Lawrence. Yeah, now with Blondie.

876
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:40,279
Speaker 1: Jonathan is like, you guys are so bitter, especially me.

877
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,280
Speaker 1: He doesn't feel this way about you, but he feels

878
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:44,919
Speaker 1: this way about me. He's so petty and better. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I am out of the play by playboys, Jonathan. What

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Speaker 1: do you have going on on the chronicle for us?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 7: I got story this weekend or Thursday on cave Stover

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Speaker 7: and then this weekend on How twenty twenty three, the

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00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 7: draft class coach everything kind of change everything for most

885
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Speaker 7: things for the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, awesome, Thank you very much, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: There's our visit with Jonathan Alexander. Always a pleasure to

888
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 1: catch up with the Texans beat writer for the Houston Chronicle.

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00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: Don't go to chron dot com, go to Houston Chronicle

890
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: dot com, says Jonathan. I'm just doing his promo work

891
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:22,200
Speaker 1: for him. Also, British Brooks doing work on the practice field.

892
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,640
Speaker 1: Johnny Harris has a visit with him that's coming up,

893
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 1: among other things. Next here on Texans All Access. Final

894
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: Lap around the Track tonight with British Brooks. John Harris

895
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: catches up with the running back after practice and then

896
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: we'll review afterwards.

897
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 4: All right, Training Camp twenty twenty five with one of

898
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 4: the hotter ones today, my man.

899
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 3: British Brooks.

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00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,439
Speaker 4: Okay, British, I gotta ask you this straight out, how

901
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 4: good does it feel to hit another human being like

902
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 4: you did against Minnesota?

903
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:47,560
Speaker 3: And real good?

904
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,399
Speaker 6: Just blessed to be back out here with the team,

905
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 6: you know, just have another opportunity to just keep getting

906
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,240
Speaker 6: better every day, you know, and God just keep putting

907
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 6: me in positions to show who.

908
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 3: I am and what he's doing me.

909
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 4: So I'm watching you from the far corner and we

910
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 4: have on TV, and you know they teach you in

911
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,120
Speaker 4: TV like don't respond at the play by play guy,

912
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,080
Speaker 4: And as soon as you hit that, man, I thought,

913
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 4: I just.

914
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 3: Blurted out, Oh, I was like, it was such a

915
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 3: great hit. When did you know? Oh, I got this

916
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 3: dude to my sights.

917
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 6: As soon as I came off the block, I look

918
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 6: and I just kind of fixed my face mask and

919
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 6: I seen him and age like if he cuts in

920
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 6: and I just know it's me and I just seen.

921
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:24,040
Speaker 3: Him cut in, So I just shot my shot.

922
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:27,239
Speaker 4: How does that charge up special teams or just any

923
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,839
Speaker 4: any offense defense, special teams When you make a hit

924
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 4: like that. You did that last year in the games

925
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:35,560
Speaker 4: you were running through guys, you made blocks that got

926
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 4: people excited. What does that do for the sideline and

927
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:39,879
Speaker 4: for the different units when you make a hit like that,

928
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 4: and I always just pumped them up.

929
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 6: Man gives the whole team jews. I mean, special teams

930
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 6: got special players. So like we just we do what

931
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,959
Speaker 6: we're supposed to do and you know, make plays and

932
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 6: make him look special. So I mean making a play

933
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 6: like that is not only like exciting for me, but

934
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 6: just exciting for the team to coach, the coaches, the players,

935
00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 6: and all the way down to the trainers, and.

936
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 4: The TV got upstairs too, they get excited about that. Okay,

937
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 4: I've been saying this for a while. You did get

938
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 4: the face Minnesota, but it's only a game. Now, you

939
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 4: bring a different color jersey in here on your turf

940
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 4: to Carolina Panthers. What's that gonna be like British to

941
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 4: just see a different colored jersey to be able to

942
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 4: practice against instead of seeing your same guys day after day.

943
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 6: Uh, you know, we're gonna wrap our style, the Houston

944
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 6: tex style. You know, Coach Demico harps on it every

945
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 6: day and all our coaches do the same. So we're

946
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 6: gonna keep our head. Now, we're gonna work regardless of

947
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,720
Speaker 6: who who comes in here, could be the elementary school

948
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:30,839
Speaker 6: down the street. I mean, we're gonna, we're gonna work.

949
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,439
Speaker 6: So you know, we're gonna get to it. We're gonna

950
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 6: get out there and we're gonna.

951
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 4: You guys take a lot of pride in that and

952
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,400
Speaker 4: this being your turf. I would imagine that's more probably

953
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 4: more important to you guys maybe than anything. Nobody's gonna

954
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,120
Speaker 4: come in here and try and punk you guys. You

955
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 4: guys are gonna get up on top no matter what.

956
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:47,239
Speaker 4: Is that kind of the way you guys don't look.

957
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 6: At this of course. I mean, like I said, repping

958
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 6: our style, like that's our style. Were taking it where

959
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 6: we go. We going down the street to CBS. We

960
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 6: taking that style with it. So you know, being at

961
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:58,839
Speaker 6: home it shouldn't make a difference, but we should have

962
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:00,120
Speaker 6: a lot more pride.

963
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 4: In tailback, fullback, special Teams' is a lot you can do.

964
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:05,440
Speaker 3: Run the ball hard.

965
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 4: Tell me about this running back room that's got a

966
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 4: lot of different guys in and give me a little

967
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 4: bit on yakup to throw him in that big old

968
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 4: running back room that you got.

969
00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,320
Speaker 6: Uh, it's a lot of different personalities, but at the

970
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 6: same time we all mixed together, which is which is crazy.

971
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 6: Like we got super Joe Nick Damien, got two superstars

972
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,359
Speaker 6: in the room, all pros and the the most down

973
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 6: to earth people. You know, Dar is one person that

974
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 6: I looked up to highly respect him. You know, anything

975
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 6: I got going on. I asked him talk to him

976
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 6: about it. Uh, doll o the same way. Uh, I

977
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 6: mean JJ, They're just the same way. You know, one

978
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 6: of the older people in the in the in the group.

979
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 6: So and then you got my boys Award.

980
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:44,839
Speaker 3: We we we we.

981
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 6: On the stream together, like if you see him, you

982
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,279
Speaker 6: probably gonna see if you see me, probably gonna see

983
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:50,640
Speaker 6: himwhell and then Woody's the same way. You know we

984
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 6: uh the man and playing the myth right there? What

985
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 6: is the same way, Like we all mix and max

986
00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 6: max together. So it's like, no, no one's sticking out,

987
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 6: no one's like bad at it.

988
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 3: Toude. We all great people in that room. Okay, So

989
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:09,279
Speaker 3: no longer a rookie. That's Woody's job. So what are

990
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 3: the snacks that Woody has to.

991
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:12,279
Speaker 4: Bring into the room to make sure he doesn't get

992
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 4: any kind of rookie business going his way?

993
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,760
Speaker 6: You know, we gave you know, I did my time

994
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:20,279
Speaker 6: in the running back room and then I did it

995
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 6: a little bit of time and tied end room. Yeah,

996
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 6: they we gave your ward a little little run for

997
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:26,200
Speaker 6: his money.

998
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:27,839
Speaker 3: Yeah. But what he's been good.

999
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:29,960
Speaker 6: You know, he's asking for a requests, he's he's getting

1000
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 6: the snacks in there. And I'm not a big I'm

1001
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 6: not a big gall on chocolate, but I've been eating

1002
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 6: a lot of nutty buddies, so I told him those

1003
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 6: those were legit. So other than that, he brought some

1004
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,800
Speaker 6: nutral greens, which you know, people weren't too surprised, me

1005
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,480
Speaker 6: too too happy with, but you know, we sat down

1006
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 6: and ate him and we're grateful for him that he's

1007
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:49,839
Speaker 6: doing stuff like that. So okay, the only person happy

1008
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:51,359
Speaker 6: with the nutri green is gonna be lied and you

1009
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 6: know that loudly happy with that. Nutty bodies that's a

1010
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 6: big in the Harris household. Everybody eats some salads to

1011
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 6: good ude, British.

1012
00:43:57,960 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 3: I appreciate your time. Best of luck this week, Matt,

1013
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 3: thank You're appreciate you.

1014
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 1: There's John Harris on the practice field with British Brooks

1015
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 1: and John I'm gonna go full Bryant Gumble on HBO

1016
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:10,120
Speaker 1: Real Sports after they've rolled the story and he has

1017
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,720
Speaker 1: the reporter in house of them. So tell me, John,

1018
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 1: what was it like visiting with British Brooks? How do

1019
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:17,840
Speaker 1: you see him fitting into this group? This is a

1020
00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 1: big week, big couple of weeks here for guys like

1021
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: British Brooks. I mean, it's time to start talking about

1022
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 1: that because the last house on the left is Detroit

1023
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 1: a week from Saturday. It's approaching. These guys got to

1024
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 1: show out to show that they belong here. I'm not

1025
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:35,400
Speaker 1: saying British doesn't. But look, we talked about it with Jonathan.

1026
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: The running backs, there are a lot of them on

1027
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 1: this roster.

1028
00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1029
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 4: Absolutely, you realize we are a week from tomorrow we're

1030
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 4: flying to Detroit, Wow, for joint practice on third. I

1031
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:49,760
Speaker 4: mean that's crazy, yeah, crazy, how fast this is gone?

1032
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,760
Speaker 4: But either way, Yeah, British, British one of those guys

1033
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 4: that because he can play tailback, because if you can

1034
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 4: play full back, probably you can line up at the

1035
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:01,200
Speaker 4: wyan line tight end just because you'll he'll go fist

1036
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:04,080
Speaker 4: the cuffs with somebody and be physical and special teams

1037
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 4: by that hit.

1038
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 3: I was asking about that.

1039
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 4: Hit and he said, as soon as The best thing

1040
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:11,720
Speaker 4: you said in interview was when he got off the block,

1041
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,680
Speaker 4: he saw it coming. He said, if this guy turns back,

1042
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 4: I'm gonna nail him. He said he fixed his face mask. No,

1043
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 4: he just was ready to hammer him. I thought it

1044
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 4: was great but he's everything you want in a Texan

1045
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 4: that you know that's not gonna get twenty carries a game,

1046
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:32,200
Speaker 4: that's not gonna catch eight passes a game or make

1047
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 4: twenty tackles. I did find it funny afterwards when when

1048
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 4: he makes that hit and D said, I thought that

1049
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,080
Speaker 4: was a linebacker because he had a forty number on

1050
00:45:44,320 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 4: and then he looked up and saw his British Brooks

1051
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 4: and so British.

1052
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:48,479
Speaker 3: After the interview, he's like.

1053
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:50,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, man, they were sitting on the broadcast, I was

1054
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,000
Speaker 4: a linebacker and I said no, no, no, I said,

1055
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 4: Indy thought you were a linebacker because of number forty

1056
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:56,319
Speaker 4: four and how hard you hit him.

1057
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 3: That got back to him.

1058
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:01,279
Speaker 4: Yeah, I said, Indy's a former NFL defensive he knows

1059
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 4: what a good linebacker looks like. And he thought that

1060
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:05,600
Speaker 4: because of the number forty's. Oh okay, I get it,

1061
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 4: I get it.

1062
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:06,919
Speaker 3: This is a big week.

1063
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 4: British Brooks, John Metchi, Braxton Barrios, these guys have shown

1064
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:18,160
Speaker 4: some good showed some good things against the Minnesota Vikings

1065
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:20,319
Speaker 4: in that preseason game. But now you got the joint

1066
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 4: practice on Thursday, you got the game on Saturday against

1067
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 4: the Panthers. Those are big, big moments for guys like them,

1068
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:29,120
Speaker 4: Rush Yeast, Russ Yeast is one of those guys that

1069
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:30,799
Speaker 4: you know, they brought in Jalen Mills and by the way,

1070
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,800
Speaker 4: Jalen Mills had a great practice, knocked the ball away,

1071
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:34,360
Speaker 4: I mean, he was.

1072
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,399
Speaker 3: All over the point, had a moment at least that's right.

1073
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 3: And Russe has had a really good camp.

1074
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 4: But Russ is the kind of guy you you're like, Okay,

1075
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 4: hopefully you get CJ. Gardner Johnson back. You don't know

1076
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:47,879
Speaker 4: when Jalen Reid is gonna come back. You hope it's soon,

1077
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:49,480
Speaker 4: but but you don't know because Jalen got hurt in

1078
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 4: Houston before he went to the Green Bronx. That's a

1079
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:57,239
Speaker 4: good step, but with it with both those injuries, and

1080
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 4: Russ has put great things on tape and can he

1081
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:04,080
Speaker 4: continue that over this next week. If he does, that

1082
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:05,719
Speaker 4: makes it really hard at that position, in a lot

1083
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:06,360
Speaker 4: of other positions.

1084
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 3: But British is right now.

1085
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 1: Mix it's a breadth of fresh air at safety. Desn

1086
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 1: Hills and Yeast making plays because CJ. Gardner Johnson's got

1087
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 1: to get back. We'll find out more as the week continues.

1088
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:19,399
Speaker 1: Another practice tomorrow. We'll be back on there tomorrow night

1089
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:23,840
Speaker 1: at six with an assistant coach and also Casey Osai,

1090
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:27,279
Speaker 1: who's making a good impression in this camp. His brother

1091
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 1: plays for the Bengals. We'll talk about it all tomorrow.

1092
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,319
Speaker 1: That's it for the show. Area forty five coming out next.

1093
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:34,120
Speaker 1: Have a great night, Go Texans.