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Speaker 1: Just going on. Everybody.

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Speaker 2: Welcome in Texans fans everywhere into Texans All Access from

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Speaker 2: the Honday Texans Radio Studio.

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Speaker 1: I am your host, John Aris.

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Speaker 2: Football analyst, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: So glad to be with you.

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Speaker 2: About forty eight hours, maybe seventy two hours from the

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Speaker 2: draft being in the books, we still got plenty to

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Speaker 2: discuss because we've got Executi vice president and general manager

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Speaker 2: of your Houston Texans, Nick Cassario, gonna join us right

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Speaker 2: off the bat. McAfee and US priority level, Yeah, McAfee

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Speaker 2: probably is a little bit higher, but then it's us,

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Speaker 2: then it's Sean and Seth. We are at least two,

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Speaker 2: maybe one Sean Seth, like four or five down the list.

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Speaker 2: Now I'm kidding, I'm kidding. I love it when he's

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Speaker 2: on with them. He does a great job with them.

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Speaker 2: But we love having Nick Casario on with us. There

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Speaker 2: was so much to talk about from this particular draft,

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Speaker 2: bought the players themselves, the process, or any changes that

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Speaker 2: they implemented in this process. And then when it's all

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Speaker 2: said done and Nick is driving home on Saturday night,

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Speaker 2: what's he thinking, What's going through his mind? Symmetristic stuff

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Speaker 2: with Nick Cassio right here in studio.

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Speaker 3: With US executive vice president and general manager Nick Cassio.

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Speaker 4: Nick, congratulations on the draft. How's it going.

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Speaker 5: Oh, it's great to see. It's been a while.

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Speaker 3: Well, we have a lot of questions for you about

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Speaker 3: the draft and then some Let's start off with Keelan

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Speaker 3: Ruttledge and the offensive line in general, Nick, because you

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Speaker 3: added a lot this offseason in the draft and free

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Speaker 3: agency and your resignings as well.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that was a key part of it.

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Speaker 6: Kind of in the front end there with the resignings

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Speaker 6: of ed that was a big part of it, and

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Speaker 6: resigning a trend as well, who both played pretty.

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Speaker 5: Good football for US there last year.

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Speaker 6: Then made some acquisitions there in the freezing process with

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Speaker 6: the signing of wyt and Evan Brown as well. So

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Speaker 6: I felt there's four players with you know, NFL experience

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Speaker 6: that have played and or started a number of games.

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Speaker 6: In the draft, we were able to acquire, you know,

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Speaker 6: a few more players out of that mix you mentioned

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Speaker 6: with rut Ledge Air the first pick and then Fabesci

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Speaker 6: there in the fourth round. Two good football players who

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Speaker 6: have really good traits. Good makeup the right mentality, the

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Speaker 6: right mindset who collectively, organizationally, you felt pretty strongly about.

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Speaker 1: A You saved the draft party. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Everybody wanted the draft party to be a hit. You

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Speaker 2: made it a hit. You also said this after the draft.

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Speaker 2: I said the same thing too, So I want to

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Speaker 2: get your thoughts on it. You said after the draft,

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Speaker 2: You're like, I want up too spots. It's not really

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Speaker 2: trading up. You didn't really quote unquote technically you did,

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Speaker 2: but you really didn't. But you did go up two spots.

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Speaker 2: What was it that you felt like going up two

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Speaker 2: spots was doing to make sure you got hee him?

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Speaker 1: What was kind of moving up a little bit there, Nick?

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Speaker 6: In the first Yeah, Like we've talked a lot of

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Speaker 6: these moves are just about positioning, and you feel like, well,

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Speaker 6: we think we need to get to a certain point

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Speaker 6: just to make sure that we acquire the player and

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Speaker 6: not run the risk potentially of losing them. You don't

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Speaker 6: know exactly what's going to happen, but we just felt

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Speaker 6: we had to make a small, subtle move to get

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Speaker 6: we felt was probably going to go in about that range.

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Speaker 6: As we got a little bit closer to the draft,

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Speaker 6: it started a materialize. It was probably in the twenty

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Speaker 6: it was like, all right, well, if this is a

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Speaker 6: to make a small subtle move, then let's investigate and

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Speaker 6: see what our options are.

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Speaker 3: And along those lines, when Friday Night hits and Kate

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Speaker 3: McDonald you like him, picks or started to go and

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Speaker 4: But you got your.

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Speaker 6: Guy, sure, similar to the Rutlers discussion, really just make

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Speaker 6: We felt like at some point he was probably going

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Speaker 6: Therefore we made the move that we did. You know,

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Speaker 6: Had a really good season last year, really the most

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Speaker 6: of the things that Tommy showed during the season for US.

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Speaker 6: So a good football player that's young, that's strong, and

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Speaker 2: Nick on Friday morning, in afternoons, you lead up to

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Speaker 2: Friday evening and you're gonna make that pick. You're sitting,

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Speaker 2: I think, what six picks away from the first pick

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Speaker 2: kind of simulations to see what might happen in those picks.

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Speaker 2: How do you guys kind of handle that time between

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Speaker 2: Thursday night's end of the draft and then Friday start.

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Speaker 6: For sure, it's a little bit of everything. So look

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Speaker 6: at those first eight to ten picks. Let's say, because

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Speaker 6: we were picking thirty eight through your point, those first

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Speaker 6: What are some of the teams that may have needs

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Speaker 6: the cohort of players that we like? Okay, who do

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Speaker 6: we feel comfortable drafting. So those are the things that

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Speaker 6: one last checkpoint, then that's what we go through.

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Speaker 5: So it's pretty fluid.

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Speaker 6: We're kind of preparing for that pick, and then once

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Speaker 5: You're preparing for the rest of the evening. There.

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Speaker 6: At the time, I think we were scheduled to pick

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Speaker 6: third round, even though we didn't have a pick. We're

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Speaker 6: still looking if there was an opportunity that presented itself

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Speaker 3: With Klein and great interview, by the way, it was

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Speaker 3: wonderful to have mo on Friday night. How hard is

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Speaker 3: it to make that kind of decision? This guy, this

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Speaker 3: go get him. A lot of tight ends to choose from.

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Speaker 3: It's not later in the draft, but it's, you know,

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Speaker 4: How do you make that pick? Nick?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 6: He was a player that we kind of liked from

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Speaker 6: We probably can pretty consistent in how we felt about

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Speaker 6: We felt like if we'd moved back a few spots

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Speaker 6: just gotta be ready to pick soever you're gonna pick.

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Speaker 6: So we picked Marlin because that was a player that

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Speaker 4: Nick.

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Speaker 2: I heard this guy. I think it was a macview

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Speaker 2: show maybe today. Yeah, he said toughness and physicality winning

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Speaker 2: this league. Physicality you think you can see on film.

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Speaker 2: How tough is it to actually discern toughness in an

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Speaker 6: It's difficult, but there are things that you can look for.

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Speaker 6: You can look at how he finishes. Does he play

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Speaker 6: they have some grit that they have some toughness. What's

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Speaker 6: if you can just open up a book and say

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Speaker 6: you have to rely on sources. Talk to coaches, talk

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Speaker 6: then say, ultimately end we feel he has those qualities

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Speaker 3: Nick, not everybody has this in common. But we look

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Speaker 3: at wood Ads, we look at Bond. These guys were

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Speaker 6: How important or pertinent is that kind of thing. Yeah,

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Speaker 6: it speaks to their profile. Those individuals maybe a little

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Speaker 6: those two particular cases, they probably had opportunities to go elsewhere.

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Speaker 6: And honestly, it speaks to the program in me. Dabo

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Speaker 6: has run one of the best, best, most consistent programs

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Speaker 6: for as long as he's been there, and coach O'Brien

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Speaker 6: came into BC. I'm sure Lewis had an opportunity, maybe

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Speaker 6: including I think he wrote this single season reception record

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Speaker 6: for Boston College this past year. So in the end,

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Speaker 6: the player has to make an individual choice about what

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Speaker 2: Nick, one of the things that both you and Demiko

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Speaker 2: talked about, Hey, look, we're gonna find really good football players,

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Speaker 2: but the person matters, and it feels like this draft,

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Speaker 2: after Brooke would do an interview or Mark, we're doing

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Speaker 2: an interview with a player. You listen to the interview

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Speaker 2: and you go, oh, Okay, I get it, Like I

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Speaker 2: get why because we don't have that opportunity to meet him,

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Speaker 2: you guys obviously do. Why has that become such a

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Speaker 2: mantra for this particular organization and team?

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Speaker 6: Nick Well, I think is in the end, you're gonna

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Speaker 6: win with people, and you're gonna win with toughness, and

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Speaker 6: you understand you're gonna face some ups and downs and

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Speaker 6: you're gonna face some adversity. So who are the players

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Speaker 6: that can kind of handle that without sort of riding

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Speaker 6: the wave and just be consistent day after day, week

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Speaker 6: after week, month after month. Because that's what this league

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Speaker 6: is about ultimately. So it's seventeen opportunities. You get one

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Speaker 6: each week, and whatever happens the previous week, we have

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Speaker 6: to put that aside and then you have to be

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Speaker 4: But how difficult is that to research?

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Speaker 3: Because as we're talking to some of these players, Nick,

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Speaker 4: So what about to happen?

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Speaker 6: So any the players are who they are, We're not

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Speaker 6: So to your point, Mark, it's not easy to do,

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Speaker 6: say these are the things that are important. Who are

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Speaker 2: Nick, We've talked about this a little bit before, but

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Speaker 1: Did you see changes.

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Speaker 2: Kind of in what might be available on day three

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Speaker 5: Yes, it goes both ways.

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Speaker 6: So as you would think there was sixty seven underclassmen,

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Speaker 3: Nick, could you give us something on Wade wood As

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Speaker 4: And how happy is Frank Ross about these picks.

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Speaker 6: a Jake Hanson type of build transfer up player. He

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Speaker 2: Nick one of the questions I got a couple of

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Speaker 2: I was meeting with the ticket department. They asked me

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Speaker 1: He's a leader of that.

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Speaker 2: How much does winning or being a part of a

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Speaker 6: Sure, winning matters, and even go back to high school.

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Speaker 6: There's some players that are affiliated with very successful high

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Speaker 3: So usc a little bit of a theme the last three.

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Speaker 4: Drafts with certainly appears that way.

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Speaker 3: Getting selected, yes, and how much does that help though

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Speaker 4: And Ramsey had played with Jay Rock.

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Speaker 6: For sure, and they've actually had some turnover on the

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Speaker 6: You know, he was a player. Our grades were consistent

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Speaker 1: Nick.

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Speaker 2: As you went through this draft process this year, six draft,

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think we kind of always look at up

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Speaker 3: Will Bond have a quote easier time adjusting to this

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Speaker 2: So undrafted free agent process goes on. After the draft,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's where are we right now?

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Speaker 5: They've been in the weight room, they've been training. We're

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Speaker 3: So with the undrafteds, that's kind of a recruitment process, right,

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Speaker 6: would like it to be a part of it. And

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Speaker 6: if they have a better opportunity somewhere else, they feel

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Speaker 6: like that what's best for them, no problem.

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Speaker 5: Then we move on to the next player.

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Speaker 2: At some point earlier this week, nick I happened to

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Speaker 2: see a video I think maybe Seth put it up there.

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Speaker 2: It was Keeland playing basketball, and you watch it and like, dang,

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Speaker 2: that's a good drop step. I would not want to

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Speaker 2: play pick up ball against that guy. We talked about

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Speaker 2: this a little bit, but in this group in particular,

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Speaker 2: how did playing of other sports matter for the guys

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Speaker 2: that you brought in. I mean, Marlin had played soccer

451
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Speaker 2: and then he comes here and he plays American football.

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Speaker 2: But how did playing a second or a third sport

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Speaker 2: did you see kind of manifest itself in the guys.

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Speaker 6: It's always good to see when they can play multiple sports.

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Speaker 6: I think we're kind of right now hyper focused, especially

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Speaker 6: when kids are younger. Well, you only can play one sport,

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Speaker 6: only focus on one sport. In the end, you want

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Speaker 6: to let the player and the athlete just kind of

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Speaker 6: figure it out and you might see something since things

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Speaker 6: in another sport.

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Speaker 5: Oh that's interesting, all right.

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Speaker 6: It's not that it's necessarily going to apply apples to apples,

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Speaker 6: but it's always interesting when they're doing other things. It

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Speaker 6: kind of speaks to the athleticism, speaks to their thought process,

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Speaker 6: seeks to their mindset. So yeah, absolutely, I would just say,

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Speaker 6: even for this generation, I would encourage as many the

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Speaker 6: kids to play as many sports as possible until you

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Speaker 6: ultimately have to make a decision where that's going to

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Speaker 6: be your primary focus.

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Speaker 3: All right, So Johnny talks about driving home after the

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Speaker 3: draft is over. What about driving home on Thursday night

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Speaker 3: and Friday night? Can you sleep those nights or are

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Speaker 3: the wheels turning and you're thinking about all the possibilities.

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Speaker 4: How does that go?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you try to, but it's hard. Your head is

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Speaker 6: just racing and spinning and thinking about the next day.

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Speaker 6: You get home, you try to relax, and you try

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Speaker 6: to go to bed. I mean, honestly, it was hard

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Speaker 6: to do. Then you're up the next day and then

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Speaker 6: you're going all right.

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Speaker 3: So this this gets into my next question, Nick, because

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Speaker 3: we always ask you these things. You're a very healthy person.

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Speaker 3: Everybody listening watching, everybody is trouble sleeping. Okay, everybody, I'll

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Speaker 3: talk to trouble sleeping. What's the Casario method for getting

485
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Speaker 3: a good night's sleep? It's the world's greatest performance enhancing drugs.

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Speaker 3: So what's your solution, Nick.

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Speaker 6: Well, I'd say probably our dog is probably the best solution.

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Speaker 6: So our dog sleeps right next to me. I sleep

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Speaker 6: on downstairs on the couch because I get up super early,

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Speaker 6: so I don't want to disrupt the entire household. But

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Speaker 6: when I lay down, she's right next to me there so,

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Speaker 6: and then we put her music on. It helps her

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Speaker 6: fall asleep, but it probably also helps me fall asleep

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Speaker 6: as well.

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Speaker 2: Nick one of the one guy who had to do

496
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Speaker 2: something like that on Thursday night was Kayton and he

497
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Speaker 2: ended up staying in Pittsburgh for the draft. I think

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Speaker 2: there may have been one other that ended up leaving,

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Speaker 2: but he stayed. That mattered to you guys that he

500
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Speaker 2: had Yeah, I made the commitment to stay. I want

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Speaker 2: to stay and go through the process on Friday. And

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Speaker 2: that mattered to you guys that you saw your guy

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Speaker 2: being so committed that Hey, that's what we saw in

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Speaker 2: him on tape. We learned that of him, that he

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Speaker 2: is that kind of guy. Did that matter to you

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Speaker 2: guys at all? Yeah, it's a small part of it.

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Speaker 6: I mean, honestly, that's not wasn't probably an ideal situation,

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Speaker 6: because I'm sure there was excitement and aspirations about going

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Speaker 6: the night before. But look, it's a good example of

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Speaker 6: sometimes things aren't going to go the way that you

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Speaker 6: hope or want them to go. So how do you respond?

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Speaker 6: Do you just get up and move on to the

513
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Speaker 6: next play? Do you move on to the next day?

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Speaker 6: In a small snapshot, there's an example of he was

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Speaker 6: willing to do that probably wasn't easy for him to do.

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Speaker 6: I mean, the reality was he wasn't gonna last very long,

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Speaker 6: whether we picked him or someone else picked him. But

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Speaker 6: but yeah, I mean, it wasn't an easy situation, but

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Speaker 6: he made the most of it. So a credit to

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Speaker 6: him and you know Jer Rosenhaus for sticking it out

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Speaker 6: the way that they did.

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Speaker 4: Did you guys see Billy Miller announced some picks.

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Speaker 5: We did see that, Yes, we did. Very impressive.

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Speaker 6: They showed his highlight of the first touchdown. Yeah, in

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Speaker 6: the history of the organization fifth year.

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Speaker 5: There you go, there, you're very good.

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Speaker 4: All right, thanks a lot for joining us.

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Speaker 1: Good luck, Nick, Thanks fellas the absolute best.

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Speaker 2: That man right there, Nick Cassirio, jem manager and executive

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Speaker 2: president of your Houston Texans. Now, the eight gentlemen that

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Speaker 2: Nick and the Texans picked over the weekend will all

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Speaker 2: join us next in minus one. A little snaff who

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Speaker 2: with Kamari Ramsey, Mark did the interview Well we just

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Speaker 2: can't find it, but all seven others sat down with

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Speaker 2: both Brook Kirschoffer and or Mark vandermir Those interviews are

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Speaker 2: all next right here in Texans Access.

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Speaker 3: Right back into the mix here on Texans Radio tonight.

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Speaker 3: Great to have you listening, Mark Vandermer and John Harris

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Speaker 3: with you, and it's time for Tuesday Draft clearing house

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Speaker 3: of the content we had during the three days of

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Speaker 3: Mayhem in the NFL and a very productive draft for

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Speaker 3: your Texans. We just heard from Nick Casserio on the air.

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Speaker 3: Now let's get to some players that the Texans selected,

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Speaker 3: and we started off Thursday night with the selection of

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Speaker 3: Kielan Rutledge. And here's Brooke Kertschhaffer the best of that

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Speaker 3: interview with Rutledge, the first round pick of the Houston

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Speaker 3: Texans offensive linemen from Georgia Tech.

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Speaker 7: What does it mean to see that the Texans traded

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Speaker 7: up to get you? They wanted to wait no longer,

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Speaker 7: They did not want to wait until pick twenty eight.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean it's huge obviously for all them people

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Speaker 8: over there, man, you know, the McNair family, coach, Coach Ryan's,

553
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Speaker 8: the GM, Nick Casario, just all believing in me, just

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Speaker 8: you know, to make that call in the trade up. Man,

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Speaker 8: it's big time And obviously I can't wait to come

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Speaker 8: over here and get to work.

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Speaker 7: Man, speaking of that call, walk me through who called

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Speaker 7: you and what they say on that conversation.

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Speaker 8: Honestly, I don't even a lot of people I was just,

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Speaker 8: you know, just so ecstatic, man, Like you're waiting around,

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Speaker 8: you're hoping your name gets called. You're waiting for the call,

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Speaker 8: and then you get that call and it just kind of,

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Speaker 8: you know, all your motions take over and you just

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Speaker 8: next thing, you know, you see your name popping up.

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Speaker 8: So it was big time, man. I was just so

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Speaker 8: blessed to have that call.

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Speaker 7: We're looking forward to welcoming you. What would you say

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Speaker 7: you bring what separates you specifically at your position?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, just how I'm wired, how I'm mentally, how I finish,

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Speaker 8: how I strain, just the kind of mentality I bring

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Speaker 8: to offense line that's that's different than everybody. And I'm

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Speaker 8: gonna give my all for the use in text. And

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Speaker 8: so I'm excited to get up there and get to work.

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Speaker 7: Nick Cayley and c J. Stroud are gonna love here.

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Speaker 7: And you say that, what do you know about this

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Speaker 7: offense that you've seen and what you've seen from CJ?

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Speaker 8: Heck, yeah, he's a baller man. Huh. Been watching that

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Speaker 8: guy since he was, you know, in college dison it up.

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Speaker 8: So I can't wait to get there and just get

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Speaker 8: to work, man, and just you know, do whatever the

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Speaker 8: team's asked me to do, and just be a you know,

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Speaker 8: be a good piece for him and let's go win

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Speaker 8: some games and let's get in that Super Bowl. Man.

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Speaker 8: So I'm excited.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, primarily at right guard in college. You went to

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Speaker 7: two different universities, Middle Tennessee State, Georgia Tech. Talk to

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Speaker 7: the fans who don't know you yet kind of what

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Speaker 7: they're getting out of you and how you envision your

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Speaker 7: role to look with the Texans.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 8: Man, you're just getting a relentless worker, someone that's just

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Speaker 8: gonna come in every day, be the first and last

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Speaker 8: out kind of guy. I'm a guy that's blue collar, gritty,

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Speaker 8: wants to get after once I finished us in the dirt.

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Speaker 8: And you're getting a guy that's just a great teammate.

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Speaker 8: I'm gonna hold people accountable and I'm gonna push a

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Speaker 8: standard for the whole team. So I'm ready to get

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Speaker 8: up there and just get to work, man. And you

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Speaker 8: know about me, like I can play all three in tiers. Obviously,

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Speaker 8: I just played right garden college, but you know, I'm

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Speaker 8: comfortable snapping, playing left anything team needs me to do. Man,

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Speaker 8: I'm I'm there, and I'm I'm gonna be the guy

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Speaker 8: they can call on. So I'm ready. I'm ready to

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Speaker 8: get to work.

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Speaker 7: What do you know about Houston any any potential ties

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Speaker 7: to Texas?

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Speaker 8: No, I went up there, and I went up there

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Speaker 8: and trained, not in Houston, but in Texas. I went

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Speaker 8: up there and trained during the pre draft process, so

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Speaker 8: i got a little taste of Texas. Man, So I'm

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Speaker 8: ready to get up there.

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Speaker 7: Man.

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Speaker 8: Everything's bigger in Texas, That's what they all say. So

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Speaker 8: I'm ready to get up there and just get acquainted

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Speaker 8: with the culture and just man, I'm just so ready

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Speaker 8: to get after it.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 7: What was that pre draft process like? Did you talk

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Speaker 7: to any Texans representatives at that time?

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Speaker 8: Heck, yeah, the Texans have been been one of the

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Speaker 8: teams that, you know, kind of I knew were a favorite.

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Speaker 8: I knew that this was very possible. So they've really

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Speaker 8: liked me from the jump. You know, GM over there

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Speaker 8: is from He's a tech guy, so he's a you know,

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Speaker 8: if you're a tech man, wants a tech man, always

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Speaker 8: a tech maan. So I'm just blessed for you know,

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Speaker 8: obviously lip over there, the assistant GM being able to

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Speaker 8: be a little police in that and call on a

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Speaker 8: tech guy. It was great.

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Speaker 7: What was that like getting to talk to him and

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Speaker 7: at least having that familiarity because I think it's been

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Speaker 7: probably over fifteen years since a Georgia tech guy was

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Speaker 7: drafted by the Texans.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, just so so blessed obviously for him

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Speaker 8: to i mean, just be from tech, understand how what

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Speaker 8: it is to be a tech man, and for him

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Speaker 8: to call on me, man, it was just a big blessing. Obviously,

638
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Speaker 8: he's been in this whole process and you know, wanted

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Speaker 8: me over there, and I wanted to be over there,

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Speaker 8: So that's one of the places I want to be.

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Speaker 8: And just I mean, I can't I don't even know

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Speaker 8: what to say. Just so grateful, so so blessed to

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Speaker 8: have this opportunity.

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Speaker 7: Well, Kilan, you see the helmets behind me. We can't

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Speaker 7: wait to see you in one of those. Welcome to Houston.

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Speaker 8: Yes, ma'am, thank you.

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Speaker 3: There's Kilan Rutledge with Brook Kirschhioff for on Thursday Night,

648
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Speaker 3: more best of draft conversations from the content clearing House

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Speaker 3: of the Texans Draft. It was Katie McDonald to kick

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Speaker 3: things off Friday night for the Houston Texans defensive tackle

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Speaker 3: from Ohio State. Here's Brooke and Cayden.

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Speaker 7: How much are you looking forward to when you step

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Speaker 7: on the field seeing Will Anderson and Daniel Hunter on

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Speaker 7: your left and right.

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Speaker 9: Man, I ain't got nothing to worry about. All I

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Speaker 9: gotta do is all I gotta do is worry about what.

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Speaker 9: How can I help them? How can I help my

658
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Speaker 9: defense out? How can I get my defense off the field?

659
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Speaker 9: No setting them up, you know, to go get those

660
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Speaker 9: sacks and just making their life easier. That's all it is.

661
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Speaker 7: You talk about making guys life easier. I've heard you

662
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Speaker 7: quoted saying you welcome double teams. Take us inside your game.

663
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Speaker 9: Oh well, you just see on film where a guy

664
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Speaker 9: that plays the one technique at a high high rate,

665
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Speaker 9: a high production rate.

666
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Speaker 8: And like I said, this is still.

667
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Speaker 9: Of the draft.

668
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Speaker 7: What were the conversations like with the Texans coaching staff

669
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Speaker 7: front office? And have you had a chance to talk

670
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Speaker 7: to Matt Burke, your new DC yet?

671
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Speaker 9: Oh yeah, I talked to coach Burke, and I talked

672
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Speaker 9: to coach Ryans and GM Nick. Like I said, they

673
00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,159
Speaker 9: know what they're going to get. Like I said, they

674
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Speaker 9: trust me and they trade it up for me. So

675
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Speaker 9: that means a lot to me.

676
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Speaker 7: What do you know about Houston and the Houston fans?

677
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Speaker 7: What do you want fans to know about you?

678
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Speaker 9: I just know I'm originally from Texas, Texasarcanada, so I

679
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 9: know all about the rodeo, I know about horses, no tractors.

680
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 9: I know all about Houston and Texas. But it's a

681
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Speaker 9: little city vibe. So no, it's gonna it's gonna be.

682
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Speaker 9: I can't wait. And the fans, they're excited now. I

683
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,359
Speaker 9: embrace the fans when I seen them in the stage.

684
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Speaker 8: So it was awesome.

685
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Speaker 7: Well, we are so excited to welcome you. What do

686
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Speaker 7: you want to leave the fans with that? Are going

687
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Speaker 7: to be listening to this on the radio back in Houston.

688
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Speaker 9: Like I said, this is still of the draft and

689
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Speaker 9: I'm coming ready to compete and go win the Super Bowl?

690
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Speaker 9: Why not?

691
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Speaker 4: All right?

692
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Speaker 3: Brooke Kirkshopper and Kayden McDonald. On Friday Night, we continue

693
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Speaker 3: with our draft conversations. Marlon Clyde, this is a good

694
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Speaker 3: one tight end from Michigan and Brooke and he caught

695
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Speaker 3: up as Clyde was nabbed by the Texans in the

696
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Speaker 3: second round.

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Speaker 7: Marlin, congratulations and welcome to Houston. How far shupp are

698
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Speaker 7: you to be a Texan?

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 10: I'm fired up. I just want to win games. I

701
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 10: want to to do whatever it takes to win games.

702
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Speaker 10: And the coaching staff, I was able to meet with

703
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Speaker 10: them and I texted coaches one and I said, bring

704
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Speaker 10: me home. Let's work and it worked out. So I'm

705
00:29:11,360 --> 00:29:12,160
Speaker 10: super pumped up.

706
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Speaker 7: What were your conversations like through the draft process with

707
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Speaker 7: the Texans front office and coaching staff.

708
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Speaker 8: Yeah, it was.

709
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Speaker 10: It was fun because those were people that stood out

710
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 10: to me from the beginning. I think, you know, because

711
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,640
Speaker 10: Ryan's and his philosophy of the game. Uh, you know,

712
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Speaker 10: I know the kind of player that he wants and

713
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Speaker 10: I think that that's the kind of player that I am.

714
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Speaker 11: And I'm super pumped up that he chose me to

715
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Speaker 11: be on his squad.

716
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Speaker 7: So we've heard you say bring me home, and the

717
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 7: Texans have been on your radar. You like everything that

718
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,360
Speaker 7: they're about. Why is that what has stood out about

719
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Speaker 7: the way they play, especially on offense.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I think I think just the people that they

721
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Speaker 10: have on the team. I think it starts with the leadership.

722
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Speaker 10: I think that's where where it starts. I've been I've

723
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,560
Speaker 10: been on teams where you know, we've we've won every

724
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Speaker 10: single game and won a national championship in you guys stadium,

725
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 10: and I've won in that stadium, and I think, you know,

726
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Speaker 10: I've seen what it takes to be at that level.

727
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Speaker 11: I've been a part of it.

728
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Speaker 10: And I think that whole coaching staff was the closest

729
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Speaker 10: to the most successful people that I've been around in

730
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Speaker 10: my life.

731
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Speaker 7: All Right, you probably have the most unique background when

732
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 7: it comes to introduction to American football. Looks like you

733
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 7: started with soccer and then made the transition. Talk to

734
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Speaker 7: us and take us through what your football background looks

735
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Speaker 7: like and how you first joined the sport.

736
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Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean I started playing football not too long ago.

737
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Speaker 10: So I played soccer for about twelve years. Growing up

738
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Speaker 10: in Germany. It was different. There's no pee wee football,

739
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Speaker 10: there's none of that stuff. So played soccer all growing up.

740
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Speaker 10: And twelve years later, twelve years later, I was finally

741
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Speaker 10: honest with myself and looked at myself and it was

742
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Speaker 10: a little too tall for the sport, and you know,

743
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Speaker 10: that wasn't going to be my route.

744
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Speaker 11: And I've always felt like I had something else in me.

745
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Speaker 10: I always felt like I was the tallest kid, the

746
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Speaker 10: fastest kid in class in school, so I felt like,

747
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,280
Speaker 10: you know, why not do something different? And I got

748
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Speaker 10: in touch with a local football club, the Colonne Crocodiles,

749
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Speaker 10: and started playing there fell sport right there and then,

750
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Speaker 10: and yeah, the rest is kind of you know, just

751
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Speaker 10: been a journey for me and.

752
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Speaker 7: Then a journey to Georgia to get to the United

753
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Speaker 7: States to play here and then eventually get recruited by Michigan.

754
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Speaker 7: How does that maybe make you different in terms of

755
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 7: the mental toughness and everything that you've gone through to

756
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 7: go through this sport?

757
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Speaker 10: This man, I think, you know, the stuff that I've

758
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:21,959
Speaker 10: gone through, like you just said, I think the adversity

759
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,520
Speaker 10: I face of my life with you know, moving over

760
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 10: here to chase this dream of you know, you know,

761
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 10: having my name called a couple of minutes ago.

762
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Speaker 11: I think it takes a lot.

763
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Speaker 10: And you know, at fifteen years old to make that

764
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Speaker 10: decision to move across the entire you know, ocean and

765
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Speaker 10: to the other side of the world, but by yourself,

766
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 10: Like my family didn't come with me. It was it

767
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 10: was just myself. So I think it takes a lot.

768
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 10: I had to turn into a man. I matured right away.

769
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Speaker 10: And but also like I didn't speak in the English

770
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Speaker 10: when I first moved here. So wow, I think I've

771
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 10: been through so many things, you know, from you know,

772
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 10: making sure that my laundry is done, to waking up

773
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Speaker 10: for a class and high school at fifteen years old

774
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Speaker 10: even when I didn't want to go, making sure I

775
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 10: still did, and doing all this stuff that you know

776
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 10: that I had to do to keep myself alive. I

777
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 10: think it just shows the kind of person that I

778
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 10: am and what I'm going to bring to the Texans.

779
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:11,960
Speaker 7: How'd you learn how to speak English? Was it on

780
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 7: the practice field too? Moving over here and playing football

781
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:17,440
Speaker 7: in the United States?

782
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Speaker 11: Yeah, yeah, it was.

783
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Speaker 10: It was all everything, to be honest, Like moving over here,

784
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 10: I knew that those people weren't going to start speaking

785
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 10: German to me, so I had to make that decision

786
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,640
Speaker 10: right away. And obviously, like you know, I had to

787
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 10: put myself in the worst possible situations where you know,

788
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 10: there were conversations of thirteen fifteen people and I had

789
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 10: to just join and you know, start you know, trying

790
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 10: to speak English. And that's that's really how it worked out,

791
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 10: and it got better and better and better, and my

792
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 10: now fiance that we always joke about it because she's

793
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,360
Speaker 10: always like the first time we met, I have no

794
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 10: idea what you were saying. So I guess it still

795
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 10: worked out. But yeah, it's it's been quite the journey.

796
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 7: Yeah, it worked out. Becoming a team captain, especially at Michigan.

797
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 7: What did that mean to you to get that title?

798
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean everything, being a leader of a group

799
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Speaker 10: of young men. I think you know, I was one

800
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,200
Speaker 10: of the older guys on the team and and somebody

801
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 10: that has been through it all, uh, through you know,

802
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 10: perfect seasons, to losing losing games over and over again,

803
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 10: and you know a lot of off the field stuff

804
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,600
Speaker 10: within the building, and just having the honor to lead

805
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,239
Speaker 10: these men, uh, these young guys that I look at

806
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 10: as my little brothers. Being an example for those guys.

807
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 10: And I'm not a ra ra speech kind of guy.

808
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 10: I'm gonna you know, I'm I'm gonna do do all

809
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 10: the right stuff at all the you know, at the

810
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 10: right time. And I think that's something that they really,

811
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 10: uh you know, looked at it at all times. They

812
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 10: saw me doing the right stuff on and off the field,

813
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:38,800
Speaker 10: and uh, I was somebody at day leaned on and

814
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 10: decided to to, you know, make me captain before the season,

815
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Speaker 10: and it was the biggest hon in my life.

816
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 7: You're not gonna be the lone Michigan man too in

817
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 7: the locker room. I'm sure you are already excited to

818
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 7: join back up with Nico Collins. What excited you about

819
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 7: joining back up with him and just this offense as

820
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Speaker 7: a whole? What do you bring?

821
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Speaker 4: Yeah?

822
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 10: Yeah, what I bring is a is a tough, physical athlete.

823
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,680
Speaker 10: I think I can do whatever he's asking me. But

824
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 10: to be honest with you, I don't care if I

825
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 10: have to play quarterback, receiver, defensive end, whatever it is. Like,

826
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 10: I want to play and I want to win. I

827
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:12,320
Speaker 10: hate losing. I can't stand to lose. So whatever it takes, however,

828
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 10: I can help the Texans and you know the organization

829
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,240
Speaker 10: to bring a Super Bowl to Houston.

830
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Speaker 11: Uh, that's that's what I'm gonna I'm gonna do.

831
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Speaker 7: What have you seen from CJ. Stroud and how much

832
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,920
Speaker 7: are you looking forward to catching some passes from him?

833
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 4: Yeah?

834
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 11: I mean he's a baller. I think we all know that.

835
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 5: Uh.

836
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,919
Speaker 10: You know, I had the opportunity to watch him play

837
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 10: in person because we we've played that that team down

838
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,320
Speaker 10: there quite quite often.

839
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 11: Oh yeah, we play him every year.

840
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 10: But to be to be on one side with him

841
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 10: now and having a stud uh at the quarterback position,

842
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,600
Speaker 10: that's that's obviously huge for for my position. But from

843
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 10: what from what I've heard, uh, you know about him

844
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:48,760
Speaker 10: being a leader on the team, I think that's awesome

845
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 10: and I can't wait to be around him and learn

846
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:51,399
Speaker 10: from him as much as I can.

847
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 7: All right, from Germany to Georgia, Michigan now to Houston, Texas.

848
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 7: What do you want the fans that are going to

849
00:34:58,160 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 7: be listening to this on the radio here in Houston

850
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 7: and to know about you and what and what you

851
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:02,160
Speaker 7: want to bring.

852
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think what they should know is that I'm

853
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 10: gonna bring physicality to Houston. I think you know that's

854
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 10: that's the kind of play style I play with. I

855
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 10: got the play making ability, but I'm gonna be a

856
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 10: locker room guy. I'm I'm gonna make sure that everybody's

857
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,240
Speaker 10: doing good. I'm gonna I'm gonna make everybody feel loved,

858
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 10: and if you see me around, I'll talk to you

859
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 10: like you know, we're brothers. And uh, I'm never too

860
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,920
Speaker 10: good for anybody. I love talking to people and I

861
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 10: just can't can't wait to come down there and uh

862
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:28,320
Speaker 10: see what it's all about.

863
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 7: Well, we see the goatee. It's time for a cowboy

864
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:31,800
Speaker 7: hat and cowboy boots.

865
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Speaker 10: Right, Oh yeah, oh yeah, I already got the I

866
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 10: already got those. So I'm ready to come back to

867
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 10: Houston win some games.

868
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,239
Speaker 7: Well, thanks Marlin, it was so good getting to know

869
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:40,440
Speaker 7: you and to Houston.

870
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Speaker 11: Thank you so much.

871
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,839
Speaker 3: Great conversation there between Marlon Klein and Brooke Kirkshopper. As

872
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 3: our draft content clearing house continues out of Texans Tuesday, that's.

873
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 4: A lot of alliteration.

874
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 3: We move on to Saturday. But betchy Waiwu offensive lineman

875
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 3: from oh you and he's from Texas, so that's cool.

876
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,440
Speaker 3: He gets to play pro football in the lone Star state.

877
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 11: It's a blessing, man, you know.

878
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 12: I get to stay at home, My family gets to

879
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 12: come to all the games.

880
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 3: You know.

881
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:10,240
Speaker 12: I just I can't express how much God has blessed

882
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 12: me and how much I'm grateful that, you know, this

883
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 12: amazing program has chosen me.

884
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:16,359
Speaker 3: Hey, for the fans who don't know much about your game,

885
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,359
Speaker 3: fora betcy, what are they getting in your game as

886
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:20,720
Speaker 3: you join the offensive line.

887
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 12: Man, you're getting a violent player, you're getting a extremely

888
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 12: smart player, you're getting a physical player, and you're getting

889
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:27,879
Speaker 12: a finisher. So you know, I hope to display all

890
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 12: that stuff on the field this year.

891
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 4: So what do you know about the Texans so far?

892
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 4: Fa BECI.

893
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,040
Speaker 3: I know that there are a lot of teams that

894
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 3: could have taken you, But what about Houston?

895
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 4: What do you know?

896
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,160
Speaker 12: I mean, I don't know, I know a lot. You know,

897
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 12: you know, it was one of my team favorite teams

898
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 12: growing up. You know, my favorite player growing up used

899
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,759
Speaker 12: to be JJ Watt, you know, dominating on that edge.

900
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 12: So you know, it's really a gym come true. Man,

901
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,279
Speaker 12: It's like a full circuit thing for me. So I'm

902
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:55,399
Speaker 12: extremely grateful.

903
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 3: Hey, so you're from the Dallas area, right and you

904
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 3: go to north Chester to begin your college career and

905
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 3: lit in Oklahoma, So it's kind of like you stayed

906
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,240
Speaker 3: pretty close to home with both of your college choices.

907
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 4: Was that important to you and why.

908
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 12: It was important to me because you know, my family

909
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 12: is a big part of my career. You know, my

910
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:14,400
Speaker 12: family has supported me through this whole thing, even you know,

911
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 12: me being a walk on at un T. You know,

912
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 12: they they they were the support system, you know, pushing me,

913
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 12: driving me, helping me, you know, perseview through every day,

914
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 12: you know. And I also, you know, really just appreciate,

915
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 12: you know, the way that they take care of me

916
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 12: and the love that they give me.

917
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:31,719
Speaker 11: So you know, I'm very grateful for it.

918
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 3: So you walked on at North Texas, so not a

919
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,439
Speaker 3: lot of big schools were on to you. But once

920
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,800
Speaker 3: you got there, what happened to you, FABECI what transformed

921
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 3: in your game at North Texas?

922
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:42,879
Speaker 11: I mean it was the same thing, man.

923
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,319
Speaker 12: It was just extremely hard work. You know, every day

924
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 12: you have to put it in, so that consistent hard work,

925
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 12: you know, grinding every single day into you know you

926
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,720
Speaker 12: can't go anymore, and always constantly trying to get better.

927
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:55,320
Speaker 11: I think that's where changed.

928
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 12: You know, you could see the work I was putting in,

929
00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 12: and you can see the impact was having.

930
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 4: What do you know about Houston as a city, fa bet.

931
00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:04,240
Speaker 12: You Oh, I got a lot of family in Houston,

932
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 12: you know, you know, it's a little human in Houston.

933
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 12: I got a lot of traffic, but we got traffick

934
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 12: up here too, man, So I think I'm gonna acquily

935
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 12: make extremely well.

936
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:13,719
Speaker 4: What more for you?

937
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 3: What was the pre draft process like for you, all

938
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 3: the workouts combined, whatever you went through to get to

939
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 3: this day.

940
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,880
Speaker 12: Man, it was a lot, but you know, I'm extremely

941
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 12: grateful for it. It was a lot of fun. You know,

942
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 12: I'm a big weight room guy, so I love to

943
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 12: be in the weight room.

944
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 2: You know.

945
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 12: I was up at five am every morning with my coach,

946
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 12: my trainer. It was awesome, dude, Like you know, just

947
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 12: having just to work out and my worry about anything else.

948
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:38,840
Speaker 12: You know, trying to hit your you know, trying to

949
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:42,919
Speaker 12: maximize your numbers, maximize your potential. That's what I'm all about.

950
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 4: So it was awesome, all right for bet You.

951
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,880
Speaker 3: Well, you get the Texans hat on. It's a good

952
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,320
Speaker 3: look for you. Welcome to the team. Can't wait to

953
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 3: see you in Houston. Thanks a lot for joining us.

954
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 12: Thank you, man.

955
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 11: I appreciate you guys.

956
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,440
Speaker 4: Man fora bet you way. We really brings the energy.

957
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 3: Draft Content clearing House continues, Wade would as excited to

958
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:02,800
Speaker 3: get to work as a Texans linebacker and special teamer.

959
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 13: I'm just so excited to learn and get better and

960
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 13: then go play with some dogs too, you know, just

961
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:10,800
Speaker 13: go put my hat in somebody.

962
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 3: Wait, this is not your actual job interview, but I

963
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 3: believe you'll probably be asked to play some special teams.

964
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:18,440
Speaker 4: How do you feel about that?

965
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 13: Hey, that's how I got to get on the field.

966
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:22,280
Speaker 13: I'm down for whatever.

967
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 4: Wait.

968
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 3: One thing that jumps out about you is that you

969
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,839
Speaker 3: spent your whole college career at Clemson. Tell us why

970
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:29,839
Speaker 3: and how that worked out for you in an era

971
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 3: where so many guys are transferring around all the time.

972
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean, Somepson's a special place, first of all.

973
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 13: And I'm not a quitter. I'm not just going to

974
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:41,320
Speaker 13: give up and waiver for some money for some change.

975
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:45,839
Speaker 13: You know, I don't. That's not really my goal monetary status. Yeah,

976
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 13: I'm not a quitter.

977
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 4: Did I read correctly that your brother's also at Clemson?

978
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:49,799
Speaker 5: He is?

979
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:50,240
Speaker 13: Yes.

980
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 3: What is it like having a family member in college

981
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 3: with you on the team.

982
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 13: It's awesome. I mean, obviously, like we challenge each other,

983
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 13: we get after it. But I mean, that's my best friend.

984
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 3: How many great players have come out of the Tampa area.

985
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 3: What drew you to Clemson? And talk about your hometown

986
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,160
Speaker 3: a little bit. What's special about it to you.

987
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 13: Well, I mean, when it's so hot, I think it

988
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 13: brings a little something out of you that other places

989
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 13: don't have. And I wasn't a highly recruited guy, you know,

990
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,359
Speaker 13: Florida schools, they didn't recruit me, so I always kind

991
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 13: of took that personally. And then when Clemson came in

992
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 13: the picture, it was game over.

993
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 3: We got a guy on the team named Jake Hanson

994
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 3: who's very familiar with that kind of story from the

995
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,880
Speaker 3: Tampa area and ended up at Illinois and with the

996
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 3: Houston Texans. Tell us what you know about Houston, if anything, Texas,

997
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 3: any familiarity history, what do you got.

998
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 13: I've actually never been to Texas before. I mean, I

999
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 13: guess we played against Texas at Texas, but I don't

1000
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,240
Speaker 13: really count that. I've never like walked around in Texas,

1001
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 13: so I really don't know anything at all, honestly.

1002
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 4: But you know about practicing in the heat, so that's

1003
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 4: gonna help.

1004
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 13: Here, right exactly. It'll be very similar to home, which

1005
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:55,800
Speaker 13: I'm excited about.

1006
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:56,440
Speaker 5: All right.

1007
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 3: Wade, thanks a lot for joining us and welcome to

1008
00:40:58,760 --> 00:40:59,320
Speaker 3: the Texans.

1009
00:40:59,719 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 13: Thank you.

1010
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 3: Linebacker Wade wood as from Clemson. Now, after picking defensive

1011
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,240
Speaker 3: back Kamari Ramsey in the fifth round out of USC.

1012
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 3: Let's keep that USC defensive back pipeline going. In the

1013
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 3: sixth the Texans got Lewis Bond, a wide receiver, all

1014
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 3: time leading receiver in Boston College history and played for

1015
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 3: Bill O'Brien in Chestnut Hill and the offense very similar

1016
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:22,399
Speaker 3: to what the Texans run.

1017
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 14: Yeah, I would say Kote O'Brien did a good job

1018
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 14: of installing a pro style offense. So anywhere I went,

1019
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 14: I would feel good because of the college I came from,

1020
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,880
Speaker 14: So I know there's going to be some similarities in football.

1021
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 3: Is football at the end of the day, Lewis, in

1022
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 3: an era where guys transfer a lot, You've stayed at

1023
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 3: Boston College. Why and how important was that to you

1024
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 3: to be able to do that?

1025
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 14: Yeah, that's just kind of how I was raised. My

1026
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 14: mom instilled a loyal te me, so once I got

1027
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,760
Speaker 14: to b C and I had to honor that commitment,

1028
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 14: that's really it my mom raised. That's how my mom

1029
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:54,920
Speaker 14: raised me.

1030
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 3: You are the all time leading receiver in the history

1031
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 3: of Boston College. What about that achievement? What does that

1032
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 3: mean to you?

1033
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 4: Lewis?

1034
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,879
Speaker 14: It just proved my work my work that I did

1035
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 14: from the moment I stepped on BC campus to the

1036
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 14: moment I left. It just proved that the work gonna show.

1037
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 14: I've been saying that since last year, like whatever I

1038
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 14: do in the dark gonna come to the light. So

1039
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,320
Speaker 14: I'm ready to do that again at the next level.

1040
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,840
Speaker 3: Can you tell the Texans fans what kind of receiver

1041
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 3: they're getting in Lewis Bond A.

1042
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 14: Smart, physical, tough receiver, not too big for anything. I'll

1043
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,439
Speaker 14: do any type of dirty work, special teams, whatever. I'm

1044
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 14: just ready to play football again.

1045
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,840
Speaker 3: All right, Lewis, Hey, thanks a lot for joining us. Congratulations,

1046
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 3: best of.

1047
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 14: Luck, Thank you, you have a guy A great day.

1048
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 3: Final pick up the twenty twenty six NFL Draft for

1049
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:42,240
Speaker 3: the Houston Texans was Aiden Fisher, a linebacker in round seven,

1050
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 3: who thought, maybe I'm not getting drafted, maybe I'm gonna

1051
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 3: be an undrafted free agent.

1052
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 4: But that his phone rang.

1053
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,440
Speaker 15: I thought it was a print call. So I answered

1054
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 15: the phone, and I was like, man like, who is this?

1055
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:53,879
Speaker 15: Like not a good time? And I got to talk

1056
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 15: to coach Billy and coach Demico Ryans And now I'm

1057
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 15: out of lost the words. I'm so blessed and it's

1058
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 15: been a really long day, but man, is it worth it?

1059
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:04,879
Speaker 8: Now?

1060
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,360
Speaker 3: Give me something on the journey from the National Championship

1061
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 3: game you played really well and the victory to now

1062
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 3: the whole pre draft process is such a process.

1063
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 4: What was it like for you? Aiden?

1064
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 15: I mean, nothing in my life has come easy, and

1065
00:43:20,239 --> 00:43:24,200
Speaker 15: I don't know why that would change today. So I

1066
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,359
Speaker 15: just had such a long journey through my life and

1067
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 15: you know, my career and being able to take what

1068
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:32,400
Speaker 15: I learned from Indiana and that that brotherhood, that camaraderie

1069
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 15: that we built, It's just something I'm gonna carry on.

1070
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 8: I'm gonna keep being a leader.

1071
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 15: I'm gonna keep you know, leading you know men and

1072
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 15: my teammates and try to elevate other people's games. But

1073
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:43,560
Speaker 15: I think that's the biggest thing I'll take away is

1074
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 15: just soak up the moment, embrace other people, and don't

1075
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,239
Speaker 15: be afraid to step on toes and get some leadership going.

1076
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 15: That's gonna take a team a long way.

1077
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 4: Aiden.

1078
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:55,880
Speaker 3: Tell the Texans fans what kind of player they're getting

1079
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:57,239
Speaker 3: in you.

1080
00:43:57,239 --> 00:44:00,359
Speaker 15: You're getting the hardest worker in this draft. I can

1081
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,080
Speaker 15: promise you that you're gonna get a guy that's coming

1082
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,680
Speaker 15: in Day one. I'm gonna put my head down and

1083
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 15: I'm gonna work my butt off. I don't care if

1084
00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 15: you want to play me on special teams, defense, you

1085
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 15: want to play me at fullback, I'll put one hundred

1086
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,279
Speaker 15: pounds and I'm gonna take that role on and I'm

1087
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,840
Speaker 15: gonna run with it. I'm all about the team and

1088
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:17,759
Speaker 15: I'm all about winning, and that's all I want to

1089
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:19,800
Speaker 15: do and that's not gonna stop when I get to Houston.

1090
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:23,240
Speaker 3: Aiden, thanks so much for joining us. Congratulations once again,

1091
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 3: Thank you so much. I appreciate it. There's your draft

1092
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 3: class content clearing house from over the weekend, the twenty

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Speaker 3: twenty six Texans Draft in the books. Coming up next

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Speaker 3: on Texans All Access, Johnny Harris has stuff going on

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Speaker 3: around the NFL.

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Speaker 4: It's Texans Radio.

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Speaker 2: We Go one final segment in this edition of Texans

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Speaker 2: All Access from today Texans Radio Studio, and appreciate you

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Speaker 2: be with me, John Harris Football on the sideline Reporter

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Speaker 2: for your Houston Texans go Round the NFL. One of

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Speaker 2: the big stories coming out of the draft at the

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Speaker 2: end of it was the status of Diego Pavia, the

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Speaker 2: quarterback from Anna. Vanderbilt kind of took the nation by

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Speaker 2: storming the last Cup years. Very braggadocio young man, some

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Speaker 2: Heisman finals.

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Speaker 1: I think he was a Heisman runner up.

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Speaker 2: He signs a three year deal as an undrafted free

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Speaker 2: agent to go to Baltimore, which, yeah, it's kind of

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Speaker 2: a good spot for him.

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Speaker 1: Don't play probably right away.

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Speaker 2: Needs to learn the pro game, learn things, show that

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Speaker 2: he is willing to do the small things to be

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Speaker 2: a backup there. So diego Pavia going to the Baltimore Ravens.

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Speaker 1: This one was interesting. I saw this this.

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Speaker 2: Morning and I had to read this a couple times

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Speaker 2: and make sure I kind of understood what was happening here.

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Speaker 2: The Pittsburgh Steelers have placed an unrestricted free agent tender

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Speaker 2: on Aaron Rodgers. Now it's not something that's used a lot,

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Speaker 2: but it what it does is it affords the quarterback

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Speaker 2: the opportunity to accept a ten percent raise from his

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five salary with the Steelers in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: It also grants the Steeler free agent compensation in a

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Speaker 2: form of a twenty twenty seven pick if the quarterback

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Speaker 2: chooses to sign elsewhere. If Rogers does not sign with

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Speaker 2: the team by the first day of training camp. The

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Speaker 2: Steelers her own exclusive negotiating rights with the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: How about that. I didn't even know you could.

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Speaker 2: You could do that in essence, So, yeah, Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 2: looks like it's Pittsburgh or if he is gonna sign

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Speaker 2: with somebody else, Pittsburgh compensation. If he is gonna sign

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Speaker 2: some sort of offer sheet or whatever, looks like the

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Speaker 2: Steelers have an opportunity to match that and he can

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Speaker 2: stay a Pittsburgh Steeler. Now, Steelers did have Mason Rudolf

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Speaker 2: in the fold. They drafted Drew Aller during a twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty six draft. That doesn't make your team all that

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Speaker 2: much better. Rogers probably would going back, but no decision

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Speaker 2: has been made. But the Steelers have put an unrestricted

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Speaker 2: free agent tender on Rodgers, something very rare if you will.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: One of the stories on Thursday night NFL drafty into

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Speaker 2: it was where Ty Simpson was going to go. Coming

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Speaker 2: out of it, we're starting to learn that the Los

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Speaker 2: Angeles Rams had a whole heck of a lot more

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Speaker 2: interest in Ty Simpson than it first appeared. Simpson sent

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Speaker 2: out with our friend from ESPN, Sarah bar shop, and

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Speaker 2: he said, and I quote, we try to keep this

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Speaker 2: under wraps as long as we could. It was something

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Speaker 2: to where I knew they were interested, but they wanted

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Speaker 2: to make it private and didn't want people to know

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Speaker 2: they were interested. So I had some secret meetings with

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Speaker 2: Coach McVeigh, and I just was trying to be on

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Speaker 2: script and do what everybody told me and not to

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Speaker 2: tell anybody. Look at that little ruse the Rams had

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Speaker 2: going on. Tell Ty Simpson, look keep this quiet and

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Speaker 2: we'll draft you at number thirteen. The sneaky little Rams.

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Speaker 2: I wonder if they were sneaky when they told Matt Stafford.

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Speaker 2: That's a story for another day, but that's the show.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate NIF for stopping by, to all you guys for listening,

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Speaker 2: and to Mark as always, but guys back at sports

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Speaker 2: Rato six ten.

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Speaker 1: We'll see tomorrow and as always, go Texans.