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Speaker 1: What's up?

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Speaker 2: Everybody.

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Speaker 3: Welcome into a Monday edition of Texans All Access from

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Speaker 3: the Monday Texans Radio Studio. We have a jam packed show.

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Speaker 3: We have Andre Johnson, he's a Hall of famer. We

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Speaker 3: have John McClain, he's also a Hall of famer. We

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Speaker 3: have Brevin Jordan. All three of them on the show. Now,

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Speaker 3: Brev's not a Hall of Famer yet, but there's still

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Speaker 3: some work to do in his players, so we'll give

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Speaker 3: him time. So to all famers in our favorite Brevin

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Speaker 3: Jordan on the show with us, John Harris, Mark Vandermer talking.

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Speaker 4: Texans Day five in pads.

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Speaker 3: Mark, let's just go with it, gut reaction to what

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Speaker 3: we saw today.

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Speaker 5: I thought it was a bit better for the offense today.

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Speaker 5: Yes it was not perfect, but there were some plays

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Speaker 5: made today and that's what you wanted to see.

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Speaker 4: Now they're in pads.

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Speaker 5: A little bit of a step forward for the offensive line,

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Speaker 5: for the execution of the passing game.

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Speaker 6: Again, not perfect at all.

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Speaker 5: I'm not saying it was a shining moment for this

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Speaker 5: offense and they're going to Canton now collectively, but we

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Speaker 5: wanted to see a step forward and we did that.

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Speaker 5: Said defense still made plays great, just great to see

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Speaker 5: them in pads. And this was a Houston Texans training

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Speaker 5: camp practice. This was every bit of ninety whatever degrees, humidity,

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Speaker 5: all of it. I'm sure the guys are feeling it

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Speaker 5: this evening, and they'll be feeling it for a while

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Speaker 5: because they'll be out there Tuesday, Wednesday, then another day

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Speaker 5: off Thursday before two more morning sessions and then you

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Speaker 5: go to the Greenbrier now Friday and Saturday. Get some

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Speaker 5: clouds in rain. No, they're rooting for that, There's no question.

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Speaker 2: They root for rain.

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Speaker 5: Yes, just anything to block that big ball in the

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Speaker 5: sky melting you and your spirit. But I thought there

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Speaker 5: were some good things today on both sides of the ball.

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Speaker 6: Is that fair?

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Speaker 4: I think that's a great way of saying it.

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Speaker 3: It felt like it took a little while for the

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Speaker 3: offense to kind of get out of its own malaise,

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Speaker 3: if you will.

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Speaker 4: I don't know if that's right way of saying it.

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Speaker 3: Like this defense, and we've been saying it, and I

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Speaker 3: think everybody knows it, but I think it bears repeating.

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Speaker 4: This offense is under construction.

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Speaker 3: Defense is in year three, like the construction project's never

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Speaker 3: going to be finished. But it's pretty darn close with

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Speaker 3: the defense, and you can tell you can you can

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Speaker 3: just see when that group runs on the field like

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Speaker 3: they're just there's just a different mentality right now then

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Speaker 3: it's ever been.

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Speaker 4: They fly around.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Kaylen Block had two plays that he made

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Speaker 3: a ball at one pick where he just came out

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Speaker 3: of nowhere, and it's it's plays that I don't think

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Speaker 3: we've seen a lot of safeties in the history of

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Speaker 3: this organization make. And then he had one he dropped

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Speaker 3: it and it was like, that's what he said this office,

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Speaker 3: He's like, man, if I'd have caught all the interceptions,

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Speaker 3: throwing my way into double digits, which is true. So

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Speaker 3: after practice, where was he.

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Speaker 4: A jugs machine junxst machine, Yeah, working out with.

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Speaker 6: That gets the ball?

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Speaker 5: The jugs machine who tangled with Nico in the end

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Speaker 5: zone in red zone where he was trying to thread

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Speaker 5: the needle. So who actually came up with that ball?

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Speaker 5: The official said nothing.

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Speaker 4: The one official nearest me said touchdown.

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Speaker 3: But they kept kind of fighting on the ground for

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Speaker 3: the ball, and I think eventually Kamari ended up with

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Speaker 3: the ball after it already.

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Speaker 5: I think said practice and it's over the journey is over.

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Speaker 3: But I love that rep though, because it's such a

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Speaker 3: competitive reph It's such it's a hard play for Kamara

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Speaker 3: to have to cover. I mean, look, Kamari's five ten,

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Speaker 3: five to eleven, one hundred and ninety. Now he's wiring

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Speaker 3: strong now, but he's not Nico. And Nico literally ran

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Speaker 3: into the goal line, blocked him out and had the ball.

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Speaker 3: But Kamaria was actually the fact that Kamari actually made

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Speaker 3: it competitive was I mean, a big feather in his

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Speaker 3: cap either way. I think one official near me said touchdown.

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Speaker 6: CJ.

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Speaker 4: Gardner Johnson was not happy about that at all.

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Speaker 5: My gosh, there was another play. Yeah, there was a

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Speaker 5: touchdown to Jayde Higgins. Jade and Higgins j CJ threw

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Speaker 5: a beautiful ball back in the end zone. They came

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Speaker 5: and Jaden ended up going to the corner and and

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Speaker 5: it looked like they got a little confused with the coverage.

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Speaker 4: Not too happy with that. Picked that thing.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, he slipped, he said, man, I don't even know

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Speaker 5: why it fell down.

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Speaker 4: I don't even know why.

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Speaker 5: And he was really hot, and I thought, this is

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Speaker 5: one of the reasons why you have him that high

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Speaker 5: standard of yeah, this is practice. We don't play till

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Speaker 5: five weeks from Sunday. But I got to get this right.

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Speaker 5: I am not giving up a touchdown to a rookie,

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Speaker 5: and he feels like he should have every ball that fire.

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Speaker 6: I liked seeing it.

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Speaker 3: I think it's filtering through that defense in some ways,

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Speaker 3: he's really big. Dial it down, man, but no way,

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Speaker 3: no way, let him cook.

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Speaker 5: Let him be that way. That's not a negative at all.

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Speaker 5: That's a good way to be to get everybody's pumped

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Speaker 5: up and focused.

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Speaker 3: And forced the offense to meet your standard, like, yeah,

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Speaker 3: this is the standard, guys, you know, step up and

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Speaker 3: meet this. I felt like that, and I don't know

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Speaker 3: if there was a specific play that did it, but

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Speaker 3: it just felt like the offense kinda got rocked early

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Speaker 3: and then kind of got on balance a little bit,

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Speaker 3: started protecting a quarterback a little bit better, and started

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Speaker 3: started dealing a little bit.

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Speaker 4: They did seven on seven red zone.

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Speaker 3: I feel like CJ is very accurate in that I

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Speaker 3: feel like David's throwing a ball. I said this morning,

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Speaker 3: I'll say it again today. I think he's stoning a

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Speaker 3: he threw extremely well, Johnny. Again, it was very notable.

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Speaker 3: He's throwing seeds. He's throwing right in front of the guy.

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Speaker 3: He's not thrown behind guys are on their hip or whatever.

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Speaker 3: It's right there, just a foot in front of him.

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Speaker 3: Bill Walsh style, and so accurate in this camp overall.

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Speaker 3: But that really's taking a gigantic leap from where we

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Speaker 3: saw him in the OTAs of mini camp. I'll tell

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Speaker 3: you that one of the best things to come out

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Speaker 4: And I hope he never sees the field. You'll understand when.

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Speaker 3: I say this, Oh, I know who you're gonna say,

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Speaker 3: rookie quarterback Graham Merch is throwing it.

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Speaker 5: Now, Johnny the one. Now, you and I weren't together.

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Speaker 5: I was on the other side of the field. I

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Speaker 5: was in the shade. By the way, I deserve credit

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Speaker 5: for being smart, Okay, I like it. You're out there

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Speaker 5: like baking like a raisin, and I am just and

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Speaker 5: you know what, I got down on a knee and

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Speaker 5: you know you don't do it practice.

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Speaker 4: You don't sit out.

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Speaker 5: But I was being polite because there were fans behind me.

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Speaker 5: I want to block their view. See that's my excuse

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Speaker 5: sticking to it with that. But Mertz in that period

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Speaker 5: and they're going toward the South ad Zona field one

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Speaker 5: in that period, he you saw what he did. He

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Speaker 5: kind of did a little heavy like a little like

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Speaker 5: just sort of almost side armed it to Jail and

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Speaker 5: knowl yeahs and no great catch, great play, nol he

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Speaker 5: gets open. How to drop? Yeah, I didn't like that,

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Speaker 5: but had a great play. You know, he makes plays,

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Speaker 5: There's no question. And he'll be the first to tell

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Speaker 5: you can't drop the football. We talked about this morning.

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Speaker 5: He can't have any more of that. Eighty two was

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Speaker 5: very very active, yep.

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Speaker 3: And it was telling like you could see him in

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Speaker 3: every a lot of the quarterbacks that all four quarterbacks

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Speaker 3: that threw the ball to him. He was the one

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Speaker 3: guy they were they were looking for. They were trying

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Speaker 3: to find eighty two today. For sure, I feel like

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Speaker 3: Jalen Knowle had a really solid practice. We talked about

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Speaker 3: Kaylen earlier. It was fantastic. He flew out of nowhere.

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Speaker 3: One interception, want to knock away? Uh, he was he

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Speaker 3: was great. D'Angelo Ross made another play on a PBu

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Speaker 3: that was really excellent. Paul got right to met you look,

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Speaker 3: I met you gonna have a catch, and then right

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Speaker 3: the last second DeAngelo popped it out.

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Speaker 4: He was really good. He had a pretty good practice.

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Speaker 3: Though, Yeah, I don't met you had a good practice

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Speaker 3: that There was that one, but he had another couple

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Speaker 3: ye seven on seven he got opened, he got one type,

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Speaker 3: he got wide open.

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Speaker 4: They ran a seam.

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Speaker 3: They looked like you ran like a four verts concept

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Speaker 3: against three deep and basically he just split the safety

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Speaker 3: in a corner and I remember, I think it was Davis.

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Speaker 3: David just put it on him and he ends on it.

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Speaker 4: Really really well. X had a good practice.

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Speaker 5: As we talk about the defense doing well, as we

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Speaker 5: mentioned these receivers, you think, okay, all right, there was

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Speaker 5: some real positive There were some.

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Speaker 3: Real positives on the offensive side. Defensive side. Darryl Taylor

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Speaker 3: Willy Anderson had won Will Anderson. I wrote this in

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Speaker 3: Harris Hitch. You'll see it. But at one point Will

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Speaker 3: Anderson was going against arionte Airstrie and I saw it

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Speaker 3: and I was like, oh, man, you got to see

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Speaker 3: this and you turn to the board, You're like, what

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Speaker 3: am I?

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Speaker 6: Oh, okay, there it is.

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Speaker 3: You like ze what he did, and it was it

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Speaker 3: was good because Will didn't use power. He had to

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Speaker 6: Didn't go one on one with the line d one on.

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Speaker 4: Ones at all today off no receiver DBS or O line.

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Speaker 4: But they did red zone seven on seven. They did

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Speaker 4: red zone seven on seven.

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Speaker 6: That was the first time we seen that.

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Speaker 3: During that period. They just had the offensive line defensive

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Speaker 3: line separate. Okay, now the protection today better protection today.

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Speaker 3: Wasn't perfect, but it was better. And I was that

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Speaker 3: was a step in the right direction. Now, back in

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Speaker 3: the day when things used to break down for Matt

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Speaker 3: Schob for Case Keenum, for Ryan Fitzpatrick, they looked up

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Speaker 3: one Andre Johnson and well so did we. It was

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Speaker 3: kind of a surprise to have mom, but we loved

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Speaker 3: having them on. Here's Andre with Mark and I Andre

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Speaker 3: good to.

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Speaker 6: See how's it going?

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Speaker 2: What's up? Man, what's it going on?

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Speaker 3: So?

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Speaker 5: What about this group? What can you tell us about

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Speaker 5: this receiver group? And we were just gushing about Nico

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Speaker 5: Collins and his abilities.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean it's an exciting group, a bunch of talent,

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Speaker 7: you know, just being out here the of the day Saturday,

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Speaker 7: it was watching the first practice, Well my first practice

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Speaker 7: is watching just a great group of talent, a bunch

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Speaker 3: What's one thing you miss about training camp? What's one

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Speaker 7: To be honest, is nothing I miss about you.

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Speaker 7: I don't miss any of it at all. Actually, when

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Speaker 5: Said you do miss the camaraderie in the locker room,

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Speaker 7: Man, that's that's the thing I would say, Like I

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Speaker 4: Know, and you won the belt.

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Speaker 2: Dre.

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Speaker 3: We're almost three hundred and sixty five days from when

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Speaker 3: Now you're removed when you think back to that weekend

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Speaker 7: Man, that was a hell of experience. I don't really

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 7: I was out here the other day and I was

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Speaker 2: I got to see.

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Speaker 6: He just he got the neck injury.

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Speaker 3: But he was a big, physical receiver that could go deep,

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Speaker 7: Yeah, he definitely physical, I mean, could do everything on

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Speaker 6: On Wait two more.

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Speaker 5: We were debating what could you still do out here

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Speaker 5: What about canes with Carson Beck? And isn't it weird

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Speaker 2: Ray?

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Speaker 6: Because you had cam Ward.

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Speaker 5: For one year Boom and now let's go get Carson

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Speaker 7: Listen, I h to be honest, I just I'm not

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Speaker 7: We'll just see what happens. I'm actually going down for

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm honorary captain.

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Speaker 7: For the game. So uh, it'll be an exciting time.

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Speaker 7: I'm excited to see how this season goes, especially after Man.

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Speaker 7: When you have a Cam war leave man, it's hard

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Speaker 7: But we'll see rappers.

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 6: All right, last one from me.

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Speaker 1: Mark and I talk about this all the time.

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Speaker 3: It's been twenty four years since your two thousand and

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Speaker 7: Nah, We've I've had this conversation so many times.

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Speaker 7: I don't think you will ever see a team that

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Speaker 6: And you couldn't pay him to that.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, and the talent was so stacked to where you

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Speaker 6: And they did it.

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Speaker 4: Did they got run.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that's the only time they got any burns. So

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Speaker 7: I don't think it ever that will ever be matched.

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Speaker 7: Like it was we were scoring a point points like

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Speaker 7: I don't know what it was like. It was always

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Speaker 7: they would create something with special teams, Like they were

445
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Speaker 7: always like dial up some type of play or block

446
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Speaker 7: punt or something that would kind of change the game.

447
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Speaker 7: So I don't know what it was about. Yeah, they

448
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Speaker 7: kind of they kind of had our number, but.

449
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Speaker 2: We were able to skate escape.

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Speaker 6: So well.

451
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Speaker 5: The Big East was fun back then, and I think

452
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Speaker 5: you know, when you're in a league like that and

453
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Speaker 5: the short time that league was together, you developed some rivalries.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, definitely you always look forward to playing certain teams,

455
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Speaker 7: especially v Tech. That was that was that was like

456
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Speaker 7: the big thing, especially when Michael Vick was there, and

457
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Speaker 7: I mean two years prior to that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I've heard about the trip to Blab.

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Speaker 2: That was. That was tough. Man.

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Speaker 7: So yeah, that that It was a lot of fun though, man,

462
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Speaker 7: and created a lot of relationships with you know, Mike

463
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Speaker 7: Keith Buller, you know, just playing Syracuse and uh, it

464
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Speaker 7: just created relationship that you developed, you know over the years.

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Speaker 4: All right, Dray, thanks so much.

466
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Speaker 2: For joining us. We appreciate it, all right, appreciates.

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Speaker 5: That's Hall of Famer Andre Johnson. And it feels so

468
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Speaker 5: good to say that. It feels so good to say

469
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Speaker 5: hall of Famer Andrey Johnson, who's in so many halls

470
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Speaker 5: of fame. I was there when he got into the

471
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Speaker 5: Hurricanes Hall of Fame back in twenty fourteen. But to

472
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Speaker 5: get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame unbelievable.

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Speaker 3: But that was such a fun time talking with Andre

474
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Speaker 3: this morning, a little bit of surprise.

475
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Speaker 2: I had no idea. Who's standing there?

476
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Speaker 3: Mark asked me. He said, yeah, let's do it. And

477
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Speaker 3: we got a great time there with Andre Johnson. Now

478
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Speaker 3: we weren't lucky enough to do this, but in the loop,

479
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Speaker 3: John Lopez, Reggie had Tula had chance to catch up

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Speaker 3: with Brevin Jordan, one of our fames.

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Speaker 1: Well that for you.

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Speaker 3: Next to Texans Access look back this wonderful Monday at

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Speaker 3: Iss of Texans, All Act says we came up with

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Speaker 3: Andre Johnson Hall of Famer earlier in the show. If

485
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Speaker 3: you missed that, go to our podcast page Houston Texas

486
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Speaker 3: dot com. Look at the podcast, Go check out Harris Hits,

487
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Speaker 3: check out everything you need to know for everything going

488
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Speaker 3: on in this Texans training camp. Right there, a guy

489
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Speaker 3: back in training camp who I'm so happy to see

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Speaker 3: is number nine Brevan Jordan.

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Speaker 4: This morning with the end of loop.

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Speaker 3: Guys in Sports Radio six tenj On Lopez, Reggie Tula,

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Speaker 3: Brev sat down and well he was his typical wonderful

494
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Speaker 3: Brevan self.

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Speaker 6: Here we go.

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Speaker 8: I'm looking at number nine for your Houston Texans walking

497
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Speaker 8: towards us. That's Brevin Jordan. Excited to talk to him,

498
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Speaker 8: a potential breakout player for your Texans. And my man

499
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Speaker 8: looks fit. Man, my man looks good. Uh, he's got

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Speaker 8: the skull cap and everything. Joining us right now is

501
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Speaker 8: Brevin Jordan. Is he's about to get his headset on.

502
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Speaker 8: I mean dripping sweat right off of the practice field.

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Speaker 8: He's got himself a nice beverage, gonna get those elector

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Speaker 8: likes back.

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Speaker 1: Tell you is that gonna be enough? No imbout going

506
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Speaker 1: aside and get some pickle dude from Rice though, maybe

507
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Speaker 1: got a salt packet.

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Speaker 2: Man, you're a guy.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, does it work? I don't know if anything really works,

510
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Speaker 1: but you could try.

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Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying exactly?

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Speaker 8: No, I love that was that something that you just

513
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Speaker 8: figured out yourself or was that advice? Because one of

514
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Speaker 8: the things this is my first training camp, so I've

515
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Speaker 8: been really intrigued with what are the pieces of the

516
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Speaker 8: advice that either people are giving or have received about

517
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Speaker 8: training camp that has helped them the best.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, our nutrition is Our nutrition staff is unbelievable, Hannah

519
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Speaker 1: lad They do an unbelievable job of just preparing us

520
00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 1: before we come out here because this heat is you

521
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Speaker 1: can't you can't really be prepared for this. You have

522
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Speaker 1: to come out just try your best to just hydrate,

523
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Speaker 1: to get as much electrolytes in.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 1: So they do an unbelievable job with us.

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Speaker 9: Now listen, uh, we got a lot to talk about you.

527
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Speaker 9: You seem to be really in the mix this year, more.

528
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Speaker 10: So than ever.

529
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Speaker 9: But I gotta go back to last year when when

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Speaker 9: you hurt yourself, you gave no indication that it was

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Speaker 9: a bad injury.

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Speaker 6: Man, and you played on it.

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Speaker 1: Man, dude, what that was incredible to me?

534
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Speaker 9: Did you surprise yourself think it was like that bad man?

535
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Speaker 10: I had?

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Speaker 6: You played on it?

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Speaker 1: I played on it. I have no I still to this,

538
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Speaker 1: they have no clue what play I tore my a

539
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Speaker 1: cl on. It was just I don't even know how

540
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Speaker 1: to man. It was unbelievable. Like, we had an MRI

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Speaker 1: scheduled because I was dealing with this, like little knee

542
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Speaker 1: stuff here and there before the game, just because just

543
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Speaker 1: football stuff, you know, little stuff. But we when we

544
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Speaker 1: looked at the MRI before, I had an MRI before that,

545
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Speaker 1: it was fine. So we had an MRI schedule, just

546
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Speaker 1: trying to manage it throughout the season. And when we

547
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Speaker 1: scheduled the MRI and after the game, I took the MRI,

548
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Speaker 1: I thinking everything was fine. I walked home and went

549
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Speaker 1: came in the next morning. Everything was fine. And then

550
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Speaker 1: we went in the meeting and they said you tore

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Speaker 1: your a cl and I was just utterly shocked. I

552
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Speaker 1: had no clue it was a I was astonished A

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Speaker 1: hold on.

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Speaker 9: Even after the adrenaline dropped.

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Speaker 1: I had no clue. Wow, I had no no, not really, man,

556
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Speaker 1: I really. I came in and it was just it

557
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Speaker 1: was regular. I thought I was completely fine.

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Speaker 9: Dang, you're John Wick.

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Speaker 1: Man. I had no clue. It was unbelievable.

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Speaker 9: Did you surprise yourself with your paying threshold that you could?

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, bro, I mean I've seen some ACL injuries. Man,

562
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Speaker 1: they look crazy like and for me to just go

563
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Speaker 1: out there and play on it in the way I

564
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Speaker 1: tore it, it was completely torn, like completely torn off the

565
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Speaker 1: bone like I was. I'm shot still to this day.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, but with ACLS, I mean, as you mentioned, it

567
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Speaker 8: could be really gnarly. I mean it takes a while

568
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Speaker 8: for you to get your confidence back. When did you

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Speaker 8: gain your confidence back? And also like do you feel

570
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Speaker 8: like the same player?

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Speaker 4: Is it kind of different now?

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Speaker 2: Man?

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Speaker 1: I got my confidence back. I want to say, like

574
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Speaker 1: month four, you know I was. I wasn't posting a

575
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Speaker 1: lot about it. I was trying to stay under the

576
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Speaker 1: radar about it. But our training staff, Rolling, Shannon, Randy,

577
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Speaker 1: that whole staff, they did an unbelievable job. I just

578
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Speaker 1: put my head down and just came in and worked

579
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Speaker 1: every day and in so shout out to them. They

580
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Speaker 1: did an unbelievable job. And now I'm man, I'm faster, stronger.

581
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Speaker 1: I ran twenty one point seven at one point throughout rehab,

582
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Speaker 1: So I'm feeling faster, stronger man, and I'm just ready

583
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Speaker 1: to go for the season.

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Speaker 9: If there is a silver lining and nobody ever wants

585
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Speaker 9: to get injured. It happened early enough. Yeah, so you

586
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Speaker 9: are you had all the rehab, you know, I'm sure.

587
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Speaker 9: I'm sure early in the off season you you felt

588
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Speaker 9: like you were good to go.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, man, I was man. By by spring, I

590
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Speaker 1: was I was just just just.

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Speaker 2: Just ready to do.

592
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Speaker 1: I was just watching, you know, but I was ready.

593
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Speaker 1: I was ready. And our training staff just did an

594
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Speaker 1: unbelievable jobs. They helped me get the confidence back to

595
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Speaker 1: push on it and and you know, be explosive off

596
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Speaker 1: of it.

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Speaker 8: Now we're talking to Brevin Jordan tied in for you

598
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Speaker 8: Houston Texans right here, and I mean, you've been a

599
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Speaker 8: guy who's been a candidate for breakout every year. It

600
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Speaker 8: feels like everybody's excited about the possibility of you having

601
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Speaker 8: your moment in the sun with this team. And I'm

602
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Speaker 8: really interested from your perspective, what for this year? Feels

603
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Speaker 8: like it gives you the opportunity to be that guy

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Speaker 8: for everybody that's looking at you.

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Speaker 7: Man.

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Speaker 1: Honestly, to me, that's all outside noise, bro. Like, I'm

607
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Speaker 1: glad people you know, thinking of me to have a

608
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Speaker 1: breakout year.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 1: But to be honest with you, I come out here

611
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Speaker 1: every day to work, to have a breakout, like every

612
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Speaker 1: day to meet at practice, this game day, like I'm

613
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Speaker 1: trying to prove it every day to my coaches, to

614
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Speaker 1: my teammates and myself that you know, I'm accountable, I'm

615
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 1: a reliable you can trust me to do my job.

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Speaker 1: So all that stuff is cool, man. But for me, Bro,

617
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Speaker 1: it's just let's go out here and let's win some games.

618
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Speaker 1: Let me do my part, let me be reliable to

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Speaker 1: my coaches and to my teammates, and everything will take

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Speaker 1: care of itself.

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Speaker 9: So when a new offensive coordinator comes in, I'm sure,

622
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,440
Speaker 9: like everybody else, you're like, what let me see about

623
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Speaker 9: this guy?

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Speaker 1: You know, Yeah, And all of.

625
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Speaker 10: A sudden, you're going on the list.

626
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Speaker 9: Wait a minute, he coached tight ends his whole line. Ye,

627
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Speaker 9: wait a minute, he worked with the tight ends in

628
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Speaker 9: the offensive line. Wait a minute, they're gonna use two

629
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Speaker 9: three tight ends.

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Speaker 10: That had to have been.

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Speaker 4: Music music to your ears.

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Speaker 2: Man.

633
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Speaker 1: When they hired Tayley, I was so hyped. I remember

634
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Speaker 1: it was it was early in I was it was

635
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Speaker 1: early in our rehab process. But I no so noted.

636
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Speaker 1: The none of the team was really in the building

637
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Speaker 1: like that, And I remember I seen Demiko, you know,

638
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Speaker 1: he was walking in the hallway and I just told him.

639
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Speaker 1: I just told him, like, man, great hire coach. Like

640
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Speaker 1: I was so hyped just looking at the resume that

641
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Speaker 1: he had, being with La, being with New England, being

642
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Speaker 1: around some great tight ends. Man, I'm excited. I'm excited

643
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Speaker 1: to create coach. His energy is infectus.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we've heard a lot about his energy.

645
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Speaker 8: Have you been able to feel the difference of having

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Speaker 8: that tight end experience.

647
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Speaker 4: Specifically with k Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Man, what it's It's funny, Like it'd be small things

649
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Speaker 1: like like on a chip block, if the defensive end

650
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Speaker 1: is a in a thirty five technique, he's way out

651
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Speaker 1: by the hash and you know, we want to get

652
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Speaker 1: in the receiver stands for some small as that. Kayla

653
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Speaker 1: would be like, hey, hey, no, getting the square stands,

654
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Speaker 1: It'll make your job easier. Like little stuff like that

655
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Speaker 1: that the offensive coordinator is not really thinking about. You know,

656
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 1: he has a lot to handle. He's worried about the

657
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Speaker 1: offensive line receivers and for him to have that keen

658
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 1: detail with the tight ends is some unbelievable joke. Bro,

659
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Speaker 1: It's gonna make our job a lot easier.

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Speaker 8: You're listening to klt AM klt F MHD two Houston.

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Speaker 9: Right, all right, So are you seeing it in practice now?

662
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Speaker 9: Because not only is he a tight ends coach, but

663
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Speaker 9: he uses two to three tight ends. It seems like

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Speaker 9: it's wide open even playing field for all four of

665
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Speaker 9: you guys.

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Speaker 2: Is it that? Yeah?

667
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Speaker 1: Man? I mean all of us are just coming out

668
00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,440
Speaker 1: every day working bro. We have a great room, we

669
00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 1: have a great staff, and they're putting us in positions

670
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,840
Speaker 1: to go out and be successful as a room. You know, today,

671
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 1: I think all of us how to try. I think

672
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 1: all of us had a play.

673
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 10: Call for us.

674
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 1: I think Luke Darling, kde or we all had catches. So,

675
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's unbelievable. Man. The tight end group

676
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 1: is definitely going to be involved in them. I'm just excited,

677
00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 1: you know, just to be a part of it. Now.

678
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 4: How much how exciting is it? And what's the difference?

679
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 8: Because I was thinking about this earlier today we were

680
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 8: watching the whole first four days I practice and we're

681
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 8: looking at the offense. I'm like, oh, man, blocking wise,

682
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 8: how much different is it to have the actual pads

683
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 8: on where you can get a grip on it that technically.

684
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 1: Man, I've been missing it. I was ready to go

685
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: this morning when they when I got up for this

686
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: morning and I was eating breakfast, I was just like sweating. Bro, Like,

687
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,239
Speaker 1: we got the pads on finally, Like I haven't put

688
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 1: on paths in so long, so to be blocking with

689
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 1: paths on, it makes our job a lot easier. Trying

690
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 1: to block, you know, Will Anderson and Daniel Hunter with

691
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,560
Speaker 1: no pads, it's it's pretty hard. Trying to block the

692
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,040
Speaker 1: way pads is hard enough, but trying to block them

693
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: without pads, it's it's pretty difficult. So it just feels

694
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 1: good to be bad.

695
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 4: Have you been able to tell the step up for

696
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 4: those guys this from last year to this.

697
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:56,680
Speaker 1: Year Daniel and Will? Yes, Yeah, dudes. I don't think

698
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 1: them dudes. Them dudes get their motors are so you know,

699
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: everybody sees what they do on Sundays. But I'm with

700
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,200
Speaker 1: them dudes five six days a week, seven days a week.

701
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 1: I see how they work. There's a reason why they're

702
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 1: so successful. So yeah, them boys are Unbelievabley're stepping up

703
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: every year.

704
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 10: You guys got to protect CJ. Stroud, you guys especially,

705
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 10: and last year.

706
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 9: I'm not trying to throw anybody under the bus, but

707
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:18,840
Speaker 9: to me, my words, it felt a little unfair. The

708
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,200
Speaker 9: tight ends were on an island so much. How is

709
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 9: that translated to this year with your blocking techniques and

710
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 9: your assignment?

711
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, man, I mean honestly, that's the position we play.

712
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 1: We have to be asked to lock on third down.

713
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 1: We have to be able to be IO on a

714
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 1: d N and tram to a middle linebacker, go runner

715
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 1: routes like that's our job. So last year was a

716
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: tough situation for us as a as a whole offense.

717
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,239
Speaker 1: But I think this year we learned from it. Last year,

718
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 1: We're gonna, you know, try to correct it and be

719
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Speaker 1: better this year.

720
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Speaker 8: All Rightsprevan, I'm not gonna try and influence the witness here. However,

721
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,400
Speaker 8: I mentioned this is my first training camp, my man

722
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 8: of the og here, he's been here a very long time.

723
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 8: He's trying to get me to carry his back. And

724
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Speaker 8: I want to ask you. I want to ask players.

725
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 8: I want to get your perspectives. Do I need to

726
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 8: carry the bag or is that something that I can

727
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 8: just let go? Is he just need to carry his

728
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 8: on back?

729
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 7: Bro?

730
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Speaker 10: You're good, bron You good.

731
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Speaker 8: This is why, this is why I drafted you in

732
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 8: the guys that I'm looking for, no doubt.

733
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Speaker 9: All right, let's talk about the guys inside of you.

734
00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:15,760
Speaker 9: You know there's everybody talking about the offensive line. What

735
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 9: do you I'm not gonna mention anything. Want you to

736
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 9: mention what you've been seeing. Man with the tackles.

737
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:25,240
Speaker 1: Man, our tackles are Tay Blake Fisher, they are. These

738
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 1: guys are doing an unbelievable job. Cam Translan out yet.

739
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: But man, we have an unbelievable group with our offensive

740
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 1: line as a whole. The mentality that we're establishing upfront

741
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: is it needs to be feeling, feel infectious, you know,

742
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: the whole team needs to be able to feel the

743
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: energy of the offensive line up the guys up front

744
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: getting started for us every Sunday. So I think we're

745
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 1: just establishing an identity of just competitive nature, just competitive toughness.

746
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 1: And I think he's gonna really show on Sundays. I'm

747
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 1: looking forward to, you know, everybody getting rid of that doubt,

748
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 1: getting rid of everybody's out of the offensive line and

749
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 1: just showing up on Sundays and having sevens back.

750
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Speaker 10: How do you respond to Saturday where they had some

751
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 10: success against you.

752
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,479
Speaker 1: Yeah, to talk about the defense, Yeah, I mean this year,

753
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 1: I think this week today we came out with just

754
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: a competitive nature with the pads are on. Is different.

755
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: Some bunch of guys out there, grown man with a

756
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: lot of testosterone. So, I mean it was it was

757
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 1: getting chirpy out there, but it felt good, man, It

758
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: felt good to just be out the passing.

759
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:19,959
Speaker 8: I think we responded to well to that. You get

760
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 8: a real good perspective of c. J. Stroud and we

761
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,480
Speaker 8: know that this offense is going to put a lot

762
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 8: more on him. He's talked about it. How is from

763
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 8: your perspective, how's he been handling kind of the additional

764
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 8: work workload that's been put on.

765
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: I mean that dude, that dude is so grown. I've

766
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 1: seen him. I've seen him since my rookie year, and yeah,

767
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: he's he's grown up and he's changed. But man, that

768
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 1: dude is so grown. He's like I'll be talking like

769
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 1: telling him, like, bro, you like thirty bro, thirty time already. Bro,

770
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: Like he handles his business so well and he's just

771
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,760
Speaker 1: so mature. So I seeing how he's going about his business, bro,

772
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: it just it motivates all of us. He's handling it

773
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 1: and he's running things much more man. He's running, he has,

774
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 1: he's hands on. He's hands on with a lot of things, motions, audibles,

775
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 1: he's he's on top of it.

776
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Speaker 9: And so I've been coming to training camps in the

777
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 9: NFL for over thirty years.

778
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,840
Speaker 10: He can't carry my backpack one day, one day.

779
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 4: Hold strong, you know you don't need it.

780
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: Your first one, my first one, Yeah, you might have

781
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 1: to do it time, just time I thought we were

782
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: gonna make it.

783
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 8: Has been an absolute pleasure, Brevian. I mean, we got

784
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 8: to do this again. And I know that you're working

785
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 8: every day like you you know, like it's it's game day.

786
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 8: We still are excited for the opportunity for your breakout

787
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 8: because I know that you talk about it. You're a fighter,

788
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 8: your families are fighters, so we're excited to see more

789
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 8: from you.

790
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: Appreciate you, bro, No, brev We appreciate you, my man.

791
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 3: Thank you so much for joining the guys. And we'll

792
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 3: get you on with Mark and I get you back home.

793
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 3: You just went to your beach house for a little

794
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 3: bit with the guys. Now you come back to your

795
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 3: primary residence with me and Mark very very soon. We

796
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,479
Speaker 3: alls had a chance to catch up with John McClain,

797
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:53,080
Speaker 3: the General. He will join us next. His thoughts on camp,

798
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,000
Speaker 3: thoughts on the running back position. We'll do all that

799
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Speaker 3: next right here in Texas All Access. We're going final

800
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Speaker 3: sleeping this Monday issue of Texas All Accent. It's from

801
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Speaker 3: New Texans Radio studio. I'm John Harris for pointal Sideline Reports.

802
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 3: Time to catch up with our good friend John McClain,

803
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 3: the General. We asked him about Joe Mixon to start.

804
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 10: They knew he was a work in progress.

805
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 11: He said at least two injuries going back to the

806
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,280
Speaker 11: hip drop tackle, which was two different times, it caused

807
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 11: him to miss games. So, because it's a national breaking

808
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 11: the news, I don't know anybody here that was surprised.

809
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,479
Speaker 11: I read where Nixon hasn't had a preseason carry since

810
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:33,919
Speaker 11: twenty twenty one.

811
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,920
Speaker 10: So him not getting to carry in preseason it's no

812
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 10: big deal. Now, if he's not ready for the Rams,

813
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 10: it's a big deal.

814
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 11: If we see Nick Casario bringing another veteran running back,

815
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 11: it's a big deal.

816
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 5: Can you tell anything about how Nick Chubb looks based

817
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,080
Speaker 5: on the performance out here or anything like that.

818
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 11: Well, the best thing about Nick Chubb is he's healthy.

819
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,840
Speaker 11: He's two years removed from that major knee surgery. So

820
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 11: usually it's the second sea and back when subconsciously they

821
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 11: believe they're back.

822
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 10: And he's playing for a lot, he's on a one

823
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 10: year contract.

824
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:10,479
Speaker 11: I expect whatever he's gotten left, they'll get the best

825
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,800
Speaker 11: of it. And you guys know, remember was it twenty

826
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 11: when he scored that winning touchdown in the hurricane in

827
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 11: Cleveland and they had to evacuate the stands and uh,

828
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:25,760
Speaker 11: he broke the Texans hard. So everybody in Cleveland loves Chubb.

829
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 11: People are falling in love with him here. I don't

830
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 11: know how many carries he's gonna get in pre season,

831
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:32,840
Speaker 11: but he's got to have some because he's got to

832
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 11: show him what he've got. We'll see a lot of

833
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 11: Woody Marks, a lot of Jeward Jordan and Darry goombawally

834
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 11: and but I'm thinking if if he if he's on

835
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 11: the roster for the first game, he's gonna play.

836
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 3: Chubb didn't score a touchdown. That was when he stepped

837
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 3: out of bounce at the two yard line.

838
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 10: That, yes, that's what it was.

839
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,840
Speaker 6: That's when I fell in love with Nick Chubb. That

840
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 6: was really smart, and I would not have scored.

841
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 3: I know, I went through that that hurricane, if you will,

842
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 3: and then and I saw him do that, I was like,

843
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 3: that was smart, that was really good. But again I

844
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 3: think that now, look that game was in twenty twenty.

845
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 3: It's five years ago. But that shows you to me

846
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 3: what Nick Chubb's all about. Now, he had had a

847
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 3: pretty good game to that point, but that run, that

848
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,919
Speaker 3: was a third and like two, we get the ball back,

849
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 3: there's a chance he turned the corner. He broke three

850
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:21,960
Speaker 3: tackles and then got up the sideline and then nobody

851
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 3: could catch him. So looks it's five years from that,

852
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,320
Speaker 3: so who's to say. But because he was so physical

853
00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 3: that day, our guys are like throwing their shoulders into

854
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,840
Speaker 3: him and arms and nothing happens. You got to you

855
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 3: gotta bring everything possible to come tackle him. John on

856
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 3: the other side of the ball to defense, they look

857
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 3: to me, as you shoulday, kind of in mid season form,

858
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,400
Speaker 3: and they should be because they've been together.

859
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,720
Speaker 6: But they added CJ. Gardner, Johnson other pieces.

860
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,480
Speaker 3: But Will Anderson Junior literally held him out of the

861
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 3: fourth period of practice the other day because it felt

862
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 3: like they had to because the offense is gonna get

863
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 3: anything done. They had to have Will off the field.

864
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 3: He looks as if he's gone to a different level

865
00:36:57,760 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 3: your thoughts thus far.

866
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 11: Yeah, there's all these great on Will Anderson, but they

867
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 11: can't block him. They're not They can't because they're not

868
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,800
Speaker 11: allowed to block him. You know, you don't have pads on.

869
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:10,280
Speaker 11: So I see all these things. Man Will anders is blowing.

870
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 10: By these people. Well he should be. They can't barely

871
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:14,359
Speaker 10: touch him.

872
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,800
Speaker 11: So today this is a better barometer because they'll be

873
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:19,719
Speaker 11: able to hit him.

874
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 10: But yes, he is by far the most impressive defensive

875
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 10: player out there so far.

876
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 11: And they've got so much depth in the defensive line,

877
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 11: and they got depth a linebacker. If Christian Eras comes back,

878
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 11: I believe it when I see it, because he looks

879
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,359
Speaker 11: more normal and strict than on the sideline.

880
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 10: At some point. Since he's not on the list, he's

881
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:42,319
Speaker 10: gonna come back.

882
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 11: Picking up EJ. Speed also was a big deal for

883
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 11: this defense. They could have the best secondary in the league.

884
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 11: Dimiko Ryans, the play caller, and Matt Burke. They do

885
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 11: a great job. Now they got to do the same

886
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 11: kind of job on offense.

887
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 5: Well, you're hearing in the back ride fans they saw us. Yeah,

888
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 5: they they're screaming for the Hall of Famer. But fans

889
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 5: are just saying a lot of Texans as they're coming

890
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:10,799
Speaker 5: in in full pads here ready to rock for day

891
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,919
Speaker 5: five of training camp. John, One thing I don't feel

892
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 5: like we have any extra clarity on really is the

893
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 5: wide receiver position. You know, we know Nico Collins, Christian Kirk's,

894
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:23,879
Speaker 5: et cetera, Higgins and Noel doing their thing, but it's

895
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:27,359
Speaker 5: not like anybody's really rising or falling on are perceived

896
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 5: and I stressed that word perceived depth chart of the situation.

897
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 11: Your thoughts, well, they can't under the circumstances with no Ning.

898
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 11: I think that will take place in the joint practices

899
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 11: in the preseason games because the Flokies are gonna play.

900
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 11: You know Nico, I wouldn't put him out there for

901
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:49,439
Speaker 11: one play, and I believe you know it'll be It'll

902
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,480
Speaker 11: be Nico, Jayden Higgins, and Christian Kirk and then Jalen

903
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:55,800
Speaker 11: Noel will get a lot of playing time.

904
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 10: And those will be your first four receivers.

905
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 11: And after that it's a crapshoot because there's a lot

906
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,760
Speaker 11: of guys who were kind of equal at this point.

907
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 10: One of the guys I.

908
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 11: Like is Xavier Rutgens because he plays special teams. He's

909
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:12,279
Speaker 11: made some big plays in his career. It's his third year.

910
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,760
Speaker 11: He'll do anything the coaches.

911
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 10: Want him to do. I hope he makes the team.

912
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 3: John is their player or two cut on your radar

913
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 3: screen that has been on the roster previously, has played

914
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:24,600
Speaker 3: started previously.

915
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:25,239
Speaker 2: That you think is.

916
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 6: Perhaps not gonna make the fifty three man roster.

917
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 11: Ooh boy, I thought you're gonna ask me if that

918
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 11: dead has has a chance to start or play, well,

919
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:36,719
Speaker 11: do that.

920
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 6: One do both of them? Do both of them?

921
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:40,799
Speaker 3: That the guy that's gonna maybe be questionable for the roster,

922
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 3: but a guy maybe that could step up and in

923
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 3: some playing time starter role.

924
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 10: John Mitchee the third, it's got to be make or

925
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:47,439
Speaker 10: break for him.

926
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:52,280
Speaker 11: You know, he's he's two years removed from beating cancer

927
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 11: and they've got depth at that position. If they thought

928
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,879
Speaker 11: that he was gonna take that next step and play

929
00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 11: the way expected when he was drafted in the second

930
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 11: round before the cancer, I don't think they would have

931
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 11: drafted two receivers in the second and third round, and

932
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 11: really any of those were. Hutchinson's an other one. You know,

933
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 11: he could be gone and he's contributed at times. You know,

934
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:19,080
Speaker 11: will Brevin Jordan. Will Brevin Jordan be around him with

935
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,279
Speaker 11: all the time he's missed and a guy who's really

936
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 11: got a step up. I'm interested in Blake Fisher and

937
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:30,000
Speaker 11: Jews Scrugs. Those two guys were second round picks. They

938
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 11: weren't drafted to sit on the bench, and they need

939
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 11: those guys to play, Scrugs third year, Fisher's second.

940
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 10: You guys know how that second guitar player.

941
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:44,279
Speaker 11: Should be showing his biggest improvement. So can Fisher and

942
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:48,880
Speaker 11: Cam Robinson keep erry Ontaersey Nursery on the bench for

943
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 11: at least a while? No, But if they don't, then

944
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 11: somebody is going to be the odd man out. And

945
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:58,160
Speaker 11: I'm gonna guess it's going to be on the right

946
00:40:58,280 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 11: side with Blake Fisher.

947
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 3: Down right in pen area out to Arstree be one

948
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 3: of his team's top three offensive linemen this year.

949
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 5: As a rookie offensive lineman, as a whole, as a Okay,

950
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 5: it's funny because we're doing our training camp special with

951
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 5: Air Sunday night at ABC thirteen at eleven o'clock, and

952
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 5: I interviewed Titus Howard for it. You've been interviewing guys

953
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 5: from the Special as well, and they had, you know,

954
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 5: the little title underneath your name, So me voice of

955
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,719
Speaker 5: the Texans. What should I put under Titus Vandermere? Should

956
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 5: I put right guards and put guards?

957
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 6: Shod? I put tack?

958
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 5: He said tackle, because Titus, I believe is still listed

959
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 5: as a tackle on the official roster.

960
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 6: I said, you can't put tackle.

961
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:42,920
Speaker 5: He's offensive. Just just generalize. It's my It's the Vandermere

962
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:46,480
Speaker 5: motto of journalism. When in doubt, be vague, you can

963
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:47,320
Speaker 5: sell yourself.

964
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:48,480
Speaker 2: It's fine.

965
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:53,040
Speaker 10: They have me down for media. Yeah, he said, what's amiliation?

966
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 10: Are you media?

967
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 11: I said, well, I'm Texans Radio kr IVY Sports Radio sixteen,

968
00:41:59,040 --> 00:41:59,839
Speaker 11: so we'll put.

969
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:00,800
Speaker 2: You for me.

970
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 10: I don't think you need a Titus is gonna play guard? Yeah,

971
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 10: we know he is.

972
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 11: And if he's playing tackle means somebody got hurt or

973
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 11: somebody's been really bad. But considering Ariante, his experience at

974
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 11: Minnesota and uh, the way Cold Baba Vich is coaching

975
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:20,960
Speaker 11: him and what he's talking about, it won't surprise me

976
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,280
Speaker 11: if he's not starting at one of those spots.

977
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 5: The irony of Titus, though, being locked in at right guard,

978
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 5: a position he hasn't played right guard this year. Okay, fine,

979
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 5: you know he's the he's the lock right now, Whereas

980
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:37,320
Speaker 5: in the past it's been like, well, Titus could be

981
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 5: a tackle, he could be left guard. He could you know,

982
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:40,439
Speaker 5: you can move him around. He could be left tackle

983
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 5: if you need him to be left tackle. But it's

984
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:42,959
Speaker 5: interesting that they.

985
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,120
Speaker 10: Played pretty well at left guard last year. I thought

986
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 10: for sure he'd be back at left guard.

987
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 3: I think the biggest thing for Titus, as it is

988
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 3: for a lot of players, they go to a different

989
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,920
Speaker 3: level when they understand what their role is and accept it.

990
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:59,880
Speaker 3: And I think Titus was in okay tackle, but he

991
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,400
Speaker 3: showed you when he jumped in the lineup against Miami.

992
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:05,439
Speaker 6: He can be as good a guard as he wants

993
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,959
Speaker 6: to be. And I think he's in much better shape

994
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:09,200
Speaker 6: than he.

995
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 2: Was last year.

996
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 6: He's still still big, but he's moving.

997
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:14,359
Speaker 3: Well, he holds up and I think the way they're

998
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 3: gonna run the ball with double teams and things like that,

999
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 3: running more duo, I think that's gonna help Titus. It's

1000
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 3: gonna help the center whoever the center ends up being,

1001
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 3: which ends up being John the biggest competition piece seemingly

1002
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 3: on that on the offensive line, I think Ers is

1003
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 3: gonna be one of the tackles. I think Titus is

1004
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,759
Speaker 3: that right guard. I don't have a clue of who

1005
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,239
Speaker 3: the center is gonna be. And they've rotated Jake, they've

1006
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 3: rotated Jared. Those two been going back and forth. What

1007
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:41,439
Speaker 3: are your thoughts on center?

1008
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:46,479
Speaker 11: I'm gonna say Andrews since he's been doing first team

1009
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:50,320
Speaker 11: more going back to the start of the off season program,

1010
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,360
Speaker 11: I think what everybody put out their day in fans

1011
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 11: will not be the starting offensive line for the Rams,

1012
00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:00,600
Speaker 11: and Cam Robbins will not be or will will not Okay,

1013
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:03,839
Speaker 11: there will be changes, okay. And can Cam Robinson hold

1014
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 11: down left tackle or is that whereseer He's gonna start.

1015
00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:07,480
Speaker 10: On left us?

1016
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:09,560
Speaker 6: I think it's too early to tell. They need to

1017
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 6: see more, and that's fair.

1018
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 11: One guy's career is going up, yep, and that's Ariantay.

1019
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:18,800
Speaker 11: Where Robinson's on one year deal, he's playing for money

1020
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 11: and Fisher's the one.

1021
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:21,799
Speaker 6: And also we.

1022
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 10: Can't forget Jews scrubsw Scrugs at guard.

1023
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:25,319
Speaker 2: They like him.

1024
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:29,279
Speaker 11: Can jew Scrugs become a starters guard because he wasn't

1025
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:29,720
Speaker 11: the center.

1026
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 5: It's funny when Scruggs is healthy. He's got to be healthy.

1027
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 5: Johnny gotta be health. I mean, duh, but he's got.

1028
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:39,440
Speaker 5: He has not been able to maintain health and that's

1029
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 5: been a big stemy to his career. Let me ask

1030
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:45,719
Speaker 5: you this general. Demiko Ryans was asked about delegating. I

1031
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:48,400
Speaker 5: see Matt Burke with the walkie talkie calling defensive plays

1032
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 5: out here. Is that a training camp thing? What are

1033
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 5: we gonna see week one against the Rams? Is to

1034
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 5: me go back on the calls? Or does he delegate

1035
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 5: that to Burke?

1036
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 10: Do we know Demiko loves calling the defense.

1037
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:00,440
Speaker 11: I knew he was gonna do it all along because

1038
00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:04,280
Speaker 11: he loves doing it now delegating. He was asked about

1039
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:08,800
Speaker 11: calling a defense or Matt. I think he's given He

1040
00:45:08,920 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 11: knows what Matt can do. Matt's been a defensive coordinator

1041
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:14,359
Speaker 11: in the NFL and he does a really good job.

1042
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:17,319
Speaker 10: But I'd be stunned if Tomko gave it up.

1043
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,120
Speaker 11: But I'll never forget when I was in Denver doing

1044
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 11: a big story on Gary Kubiak before he'd been named

1045
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 11: the coach because Bob McNair told me they're not iron

1046
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:29,319
Speaker 11: him and he wouldn't talk to me. But Shannan said,

1047
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 11: Gary's gonna be like me. He's gonna be like every

1048
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 11: other play caller becomes in a coach. He's gonna call

1049
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:39,399
Speaker 11: the signals and then he's gonna realize being a head

1050
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 11: coach has so much responsibility. He's gonna give it to

1051
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 11: somebody else. So I'm thinking that about Dimko too. Just

1052
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,520
Speaker 11: don't know if it be in the third year.

1053
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 10: Things have worked out so well the way they're doing it.

1054
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:57,239
Speaker 11: Why Tampa was something that has worked so well and

1055
00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:00,400
Speaker 11: has the potential to work even better with all the

1056
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 11: talent they have on defense general.

1057
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,800
Speaker 5: One more thing you mentioned Bob McNair, Well, the co founder,

1058
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:08,840
Speaker 5: Janis McNair, was announced on Saturday. We'll get into the

1059
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 5: ring of honor very special. Your thoughts on that.

1060
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:15,239
Speaker 11: I know when we told her she was in the

1061
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 11: Houston Sports Hall of Fame surprised her. She said, I

1062
00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:20,960
Speaker 11: don't deserve that. And I asked, Cal, what's the first

1063
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 11: thing your mom said when you told her? I don't

1064
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,440
Speaker 11: deserve that? And I went down her tent and congratulated

1065
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:29,719
Speaker 11: her she said. At first, I was embarrassed, and then

1066
00:46:29,840 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 11: I thought about it. I'm going to be up there

1067
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:34,920
Speaker 11: with Bob forever, and I said, well, it'll probably be

1068
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 11: two places.

1069
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:39,880
Speaker 10: You're up there with Bob forever. He's so humble. I

1070
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:43,959
Speaker 10: met her in nineteen ninety seven, early after the Oilers left,

1071
00:46:44,400 --> 00:46:45,799
Speaker 10: and I've.

1072
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:48,800
Speaker 11: Liked and respected her ever since. She is so humble

1073
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,080
Speaker 11: and it means so much to her. Cal got choked up.

1074
00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:56,120
Speaker 11: I've never seen Cal get choked up. And I'll guarantee

1075
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:59,360
Speaker 11: you when they're out there for Denver and they're putting

1076
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 11: is mom, I'm up there with his dad.

1077
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 10: He's gonna get choked up, big Jack.

1078
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 5: That's tough, and I love the way she looks at

1079
00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:07,919
Speaker 5: it that way. And we don't know exactly how they're

1080
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 5: gonna do it. I think a big possibility would be

1081
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,080
Speaker 5: Robert and Janis McNair up there, which would be fantastic.

1082
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,399
Speaker 3: Well, I can't wait for that Denver Broncos game, which

1083
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 3: I believes Week nine, that is when Janis McNair will

1084
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,120
Speaker 3: go up into the Ring of Honor. So looking forward

1085
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 3: that appreciate the General for stopping by as he does

1086
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 3: each and every week during training camp. Big thanks to

1087
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:31,000
Speaker 3: the Goat Hall of Famer Andre Johnson, to Brevin Jordan.

1088
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:32,920
Speaker 3: Of course the guy's on in the loop, John Lopez

1089
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:34,799
Speaker 3: Reggi had two two tremendous guys to do a great

1090
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 3: job and have done great job with those interviews as well.

1091
00:47:37,239 --> 00:47:39,080
Speaker 3: That's why we wanted to feature him here. It's all

1092
00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:41,800
Speaker 3: of you for listen. Thank you so very much. We

1093
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:44,759
Speaker 3: back in the morning. Texas training camp live at eight

1094
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,080
Speaker 3: field Side in pads.

1095
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:48,240
Speaker 6: Going to be a blast.

1096
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 3: Hope we see you there, but if not, we know

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Speaker 3: you're there in spirit. Appreciate you listening. We'll see them

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Speaker 3: on as always, Go Texans.