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Speaker 1: Welcome into a tgifinition of Texas All Access from the

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Speaker 1: Honday Texans Radio studio. You know what that means. Thank God,

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Speaker 1: it's Friday, the weekend is here. We got you covered

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Speaker 1: for the next hour. I'm your host football analyst Inside

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Speaker 1: the Reporter John Harris, glad to be with you, and man,

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Speaker 1: we have got a jam packed show. We're gonna hear

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Speaker 1: from Jonathan Joseph back with the Texans. Talked about an

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Speaker 1: opportunity that had risen elsewhere, but he turned it down

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Speaker 1: to be able to stay here in Houston. Tyrn Matthew

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Speaker 1: we'll have a nice defensive back trio. Yeah, trio, because

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Speaker 1: those two I played defensive back too, so I'm a

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Speaker 1: little partial to the DBS in this building. I love

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Speaker 1: those guys. And Tyron Matthew and Jonathan Joseph are gonna

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Speaker 1: stop by. Drew Dorry's gonna come Bay. The next segment,

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Speaker 1: they talk about the schedule, what's the toughest game, what's

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Speaker 1: the sneakily ominous game, Which one's gonna come of, sneak

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Speaker 1: up on you and go. Man, that's a little bit

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Speaker 1: more us than I thought. Not John Krasinski, like silent

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Speaker 1: so we get we're gonna look at the schedule a

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Speaker 1: little bit different way. It did come out last night

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Speaker 1: if you missed at Houston Texans dot com. And gotta

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Speaker 1: give a ton of credit to my group that put

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Speaker 1: that video together. They, I mean, unbelievable group. My man

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Speaker 1: Kenny did an unbelievable job. And if you remember the

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Speaker 1: computer game when you were a kid called Backyard Football,

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Speaker 1: you will see this and love it. It's it's the

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Speaker 1: best one. And every team has come up with a

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Speaker 1: schedule least video, and they do different things. The Steelers

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Speaker 1: announced it. The Jaguars did babies, The Lions did a

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Speaker 1: really cool one. I thought, the Jets did Mario Kart,

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Speaker 1: they far they resourced, they sourced that out. We did

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Speaker 1: all this in house, and Kenny our graphics guru, motions expert.

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Speaker 1: He put together's backyard football video. It's fantastic. It is

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Speaker 1: so so good. Schedule released video. It's about two and

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Speaker 1: tells you everything. Here's the schedule, here's who we're gonna play.

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Speaker 1: It's it's really good. So the schedule came out. Mark

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Speaker 1: the website about quarterbacks. The Texans are gonna face, so

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Speaker 1: many interesting notes in there. One thing I did mess up.

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Speaker 1: I went to Mark yesterday. He is the historian. I

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Speaker 1: go to him and I couldn't remember the Texans having

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Speaker 1: off the show with general manager Brian Gaine on his

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Speaker 1: birthday Nolas Happy birthday, Ryan. He met with the media

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Speaker 1: It's as simple as that. I wish it were. But

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Speaker 1: Brian Gaine having to meet with the media on his birthday.

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Speaker 1: So happy birthday again, Brian. Now he mentioned Bill O'Brien.

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien sat down on Thursday with Drew Doherty to

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Speaker 1: talk not about the draft, but the schedule. Everybody's excited

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Speaker 1: the other one. And I think because you mentioned Cleveland,

428
00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,520
Speaker 1: I was almost not gonna say that, but I think

429
00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,600
Speaker 1: the other one, even though I don't think Miami's gonna

430
00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,879
Speaker 1: be very good, and I do think you'll see a rookie,

431
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,280
Speaker 1: but it's Thursday. Nay, it's Thursday night, but it's also

432
00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,240
Speaker 1: Thursday night after you went on to tango with those

433
00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:13,639
Speaker 1: suckers in Duval County who bludgeon folks and physical And

434
00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:16,840
Speaker 1: I know the Texans went to Cincinnati in Week two,

435
00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,680
Speaker 1: but remember they went to Cincinnati and without tight ends

436
00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:24,240
Speaker 1: um starting a rookie quarterback for the first time in

437
00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,479
Speaker 1: his career. I mean it was and a Texas won

438
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,440
Speaker 1: a football game, which I think years from now we'll

439
00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:30,680
Speaker 1: look back and go, you know what, that was a

440
00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 1: really good That was a great coaching job by that staff,

441
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,639
Speaker 1: Bill Bronett staff to get that win. Uh, showing a

442
00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:38,399
Speaker 1: lot of hoofspot to get that. But I think that

443
00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,120
Speaker 1: game against Miami after playing Jacksonville because of how much

444
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,639
Speaker 1: you'll get beat up. There were twenty two guys on

445
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:49,280
Speaker 1: injury report that Monday and Tuesday after I'm sorry that

446
00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,680
Speaker 1: Wednesday after that Jacksonville game. Oh, I guess it would

447
00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,440
Speaker 1: have been Monday because it was a short week, But

448
00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,120
Speaker 1: that one to me, so I would say I would

449
00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,400
Speaker 1: put Browns one in Dolphins two. Okay, okay, number three

450
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,119
Speaker 1: game you are are? I think people are worried about,

451
00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 1: but shouldn't be. I don't want to say the easiest

452
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,359
Speaker 1: game on the schedule, but one that that bands are

453
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,680
Speaker 1: fretting about, or people that you talk to are people

454
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,440
Speaker 1: in building and fretting about. But you're like, I don't

455
00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,920
Speaker 1: think that's gonna be a tough game. You know, I

456
00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:21,280
Speaker 1: have one of mine. You want me to go with mine,

457
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,440
Speaker 1: I'll tell you I'm gonna go with Philly. I think

458
00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,920
Speaker 1: they're you know, I think they they were a good team,

459
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,600
Speaker 1: and they were the better team that day, but they

460
00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:34,480
Speaker 1: kind of have the lightning in a bottle feeling feeling

461
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Speaker 1: for me. I think they're gonna be good because they

462
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,440
Speaker 1: got a good quarterback. But I just see a regression

463
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,280
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen for those guys, and I think going

464
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,320
Speaker 1: up there, it's talked about how intimidating a place it is.

465
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Speaker 1: I think it's intimidating for fans. I don't think it's

466
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Speaker 1: intimidating for the players. I don't think at the end

467
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Speaker 1: of the day, these guys have any fear for their safety,

468
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Speaker 1: for their well being, for how they way. But you know,

469
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Speaker 1: I just that's not one that that really inspires a

470
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,199
Speaker 1: lot of fear in me. I just don't think it's

471
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,440
Speaker 1: gonna be a big deal to these guys that they're

472
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Speaker 1: playing the Super Bowl because by by Week sixteen, the

473
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: previous years super Bowl champion, that means very very little.

474
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Speaker 1: Here's you you hit the one that I was exactly high.

475
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:23,040
Speaker 1: In fact, I think the Texans catch a break because

476
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Speaker 1: I don't I agree there. I think there will be

477
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 1: some regression. To me, I still think Philadelphia found some

478
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,959
Speaker 1: of the secret sauce, and I think Carson Wentz will

479
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,240
Speaker 1: feel like he's got something to prove, to play all year, etc.

480
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:36,440
Speaker 1: I still think it's gonna be a tough team. I

481
00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,600
Speaker 1: just think where it's placed in the season. Week sixteen,

482
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Speaker 1: I think that game just my hunch tells me that

483
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,200
Speaker 1: that game isn't going to mean as much as it

484
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,680
Speaker 1: would if it were a Week seven or Week eight.

485
00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,000
Speaker 1: I just feel like that game is not gonna mean

486
00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,639
Speaker 1: much either. The Texans have it clinched. The Eagles have

487
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:59,879
Speaker 1: something clinched. There's nothing more that they can satisfy by

488
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: winning that game. On either side, somebody in that game

489
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,320
Speaker 1: is gonna have something clinched and it's not gonna matter.

490
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 1: But what if the Texans are fourteen and oh, John,

491
00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 1: well and they've locked up the division? Well, the chasing perfection,

492
00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:18,159
Speaker 1: I mean, how does that? How does But then but

493
00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,520
Speaker 1: here's the thing. If they were I wouldn't even at

494
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,399
Speaker 1: that point. I'd be like, whatever happened? To just keep

495
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,200
Speaker 1: everybody healthy. Yeah, the perfect season to me doesn't doesn't matter.

496
00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,520
Speaker 1: Let's win like two or three super Bowls at some point,

497
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:32,920
Speaker 1: then we can have a perfect season. And let's I

498
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 1: want a perfect season and a super Bowl, John, I do.

499
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,640
Speaker 1: I want that, but I just want I just want

500
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:38,520
Speaker 1: to be able to win one. So who's You're not

501
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: worry You're with me, I'm with you. That was That

502
00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,040
Speaker 1: was the one that I came up with right away. No,

503
00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,200
Speaker 1: not at all. But it's just for me. It's it's

504
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:48,800
Speaker 1: where it is on the schedule. I just have a

505
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,120
Speaker 1: feeling that you'd spot. Yeah, it may it may not matter,

506
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 1: it may not matter whatsoever. All Right. Number four favorite

507
00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:02,120
Speaker 1: road trip. Now my favorite road trip? Are you saying

508
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,920
Speaker 1: historically no? No, No, I'm saying just based on the schedule, Yeah,

509
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,080
Speaker 1: when times all that kind of stuff, what's your favorite

510
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,880
Speaker 1: road trip? And my mine? Mine became very easy once

511
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 1: the schedule came out New York Jets man at Christmas time,

512
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 1: I know. And it wouldn't matter what time of your

513
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,960
Speaker 1: if she love going to New York, She's like, we're going.

514
00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:27,680
Speaker 1: I would not want to visit all right, not would

515
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:29,200
Speaker 1: not want to live there, I don't think, but I

516
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 1: I love visiting. There's nothing like New York City. I

517
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,120
Speaker 1: cannot wait. I'm with you on our because we had. Dude,

518
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,119
Speaker 1: we had so much fun in fourteen when when when

519
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,760
Speaker 1: we went because we got to going day early, we

520
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,240
Speaker 1: got all day Saturday. You mean it was a good time.

521
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 1: It was really fun. And I I mean as soon

522
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Speaker 1: as I told my wife that we were playing the

523
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Speaker 1: Jets on my anniversary, our anniversary should say it could

524
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 1: be twenty three years on that day, my wife was like,

525
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 1: we're going nice and my guests would be that she

526
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:00,960
Speaker 1: would want me to stay over for Sunday and I

527
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,440
Speaker 1: could fly back on myself. They'll probably stay the rest

528
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Speaker 1: of the week at that point. Maybe meet in Philly

529
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: after that. I don't know, but I don't I wouldn't

530
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,159
Speaker 1: want my wife to experience the link at all. In

531
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 1: a Texans you get a Texans garb. But going to

532
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 1: New York. When I saw that, I texted her right

533
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 1: away and just said, uh, we're playing the Jets interactress.

534
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,760
Speaker 1: My daughter went nuts. She's always wanted to go to

535
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,000
Speaker 1: New York. And that's natural because she's an actress and

536
00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,400
Speaker 1: she's she's gonna be a superstar. Swim Day on Broadway.

537
00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,520
Speaker 1: They went break. They went break a couple of years ago.

538
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,160
Speaker 1: Was sixteen I think, No, No, it was this passing

539
00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:39,320
Speaker 1: or twenty seventeen spring break. They went to New York. Um.

540
00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:43,159
Speaker 1: I got them flights and Broadway tickets and so they

541
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:44,879
Speaker 1: could go up and see much of it was. They

542
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,760
Speaker 1: loved it. They loved it. I mean it was fantastic. Okay, yeah,

543
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 1: one schedule Festivus moment. Now, if you remember SEINFELDT second

544
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:58,520
Speaker 1: to think on this, you remember seinfeld George Costanza's dad

545
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 1: came up with Festivus, the airing of the Grievances, and

546
00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:06,240
Speaker 1: he came up all these different things, and so Mark

547
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:07,680
Speaker 1: and I talked about that. We joked about that the

548
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,000
Speaker 1: other day. Mark's always got these grievances he has with

549
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: the schedule. Now most of his were satisfied. He was

550
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 1: always worried about the Colts. He wanted to flip that

551
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 1: that happened. Mine was actually ruled the NFL in voked

552
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 1: this year, and that was if you travel, you travel

553
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 1: on a Monday, four Monday night game, you shouldn't travel

554
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 1: that following week. And they they've eliminated that for all teams.

555
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:35,120
Speaker 1: The Texas had happened twice in four years. So one

556
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: schedule Festivus moment for you. I'm gonna go off the

557
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: reservation here, go ahead. Why couldn't the NFL have scheduled

558
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: the Texans out so that me and my wife could

559
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,400
Speaker 1: go to one Universe of Texas game in Austin this year?

560
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 1: I didn't. I'm not a long word, but she is.

561
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 1: And it's fun to go to Austin. Man, We're still

562
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 1: gonna go to Austin. But the bye week the Horns

563
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 1: are they're up in Lobbock actually taking on Texas Tech.

564
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,160
Speaker 1: But that's just a tougher, you know, because the kids

565
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 1: aren't yeh uh. And then the Thursday night or doesn't

566
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 1: sync up their way, and then the Monday night or

567
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,119
Speaker 1: they're away, it just doesn't sync up. So that's my

568
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 1: totally selfish Yeah. I mean, that's nothing at all to

569
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 1: do with the they didn't know schedule festivous moment. Man,

570
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 1: that's what it's all about. Mine is no prime time

571
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,479
Speaker 1: road game. You like those? I love love prime time

572
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:36,280
Speaker 1: because they blow up the week. You know, they blow

573
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 1: up the week and separate it in a nice way.

574
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,200
Speaker 1: Meaning if you play a Thursday night or on the road,

575
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 1: you leave on Wednesday, so it's like you have a

576
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,200
Speaker 1: two day work week and you come back and you

577
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: have Friday and then you have the weekend off. Or

578
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:48,560
Speaker 1: if you play on Monday night, it's sort of the

579
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 1: same thing. You get back Tuesday. There's no it's just

580
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 1: a nice blowing I liked. I'm with you on that's

581
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 1: a good one, you know. With with uh, you know,

582
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 1: with our road games, we you know it's Cincinnati last

583
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 1: year where the primetime game and Cincinnati last year and

584
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,880
Speaker 1: we got guys together. That's been one of our things

585
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 1: at the Greenbriers. We get a group of guys together

586
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,320
Speaker 1: to go play ball up in the summit and so

587
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: we just run basketball. And so that's what we did

588
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 1: last year. We went and found either I think it

589
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 1: was a twenty four it was a twenty four Our

590
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: Fitness or LA Fitness and Sinc. And we went and

591
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: we I think it was four of us. I think

592
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: it was four of us. And we went in and

593
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 1: they had a they had a smaller quarter. It's not

594
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: a full size quarter. It's a little smaller court. And

595
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 1: we went in there and played played four on four

596
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 1: and we ran dudes off the floor. That's my And

597
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 1: again that was that was personal. I love I love road.

598
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 1: I know we get back late and he cares everything up,

599
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,240
Speaker 1: but the we don't have time road games. There's I

600
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: mean so much. I love it true. That was a

601
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: good time. Excellent job, brother John, excellent job by you,

602
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 1: but excellent job by these listeners, no doubt about that. Drew,

603
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 1: appreciate you stopping by. Coming up next, Tyronn Matthew, Jonathan

604
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: Joseph me and Mark VanderMeer. You put us in the room,

605
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 1: We're gonna put together some pretty good radio. Have those

606
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 1: interviews for you next right here A Texansal Access one

607
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: final segment on this wonderful Friday evening. Hopefully you all

608
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 1: have a great weekend. I kicked my weekend off from

609
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Speaker 1: the Honday Texans Radio studio doing this Texans All Access episode.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harriswappails and slim reporter and a

611
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: former defensive back. And I say that because I am

612
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 1: partial to defensive backs all throughout this land. Now, I

613
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 1: was not very good, but the two guests that we

614
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 1: have coming up in this segment are very good. We

615
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:36,680
Speaker 1: have the venerable Jonathan Joseph and new to the Texans

616
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. And I told him this as he

617
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 1: walked in and we got a chance to talk to

618
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: him now a second time in about a month, and

619
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: I said, Tyran, this is just I love you being here.

620
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 1: It's just surreal to see you. I just never thought

621
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: it was gonna happen. He chuggles and laughs at it,

622
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 1: but it is. It's sort of surreal. You watch Tyran

623
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 1: Matthew walk in like it's so cool but yet so surreal,

624
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,600
Speaker 1: like does this really? Does this exist? Do we have

625
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: the honey Badger? Yes we do, and we caught up

626
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: with both guys. Let's start with our talk with Jonathan Joseph.

627
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,880
Speaker 1: All right, So how does it feel to be back again?

628
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 1: Oh man, this is great to be back, you know

629
00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:16,080
Speaker 1: in the floor of things obviously, first time being well,

630
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: second time being a free agents been a while since

631
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 1: that happened. But you know, the process was I wouldn't say,

632
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 1: I guess it was smooth. You know, it's a little

633
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: different for me. I haven't been free agent in years,

634
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: but it was cool. How did the family way into

635
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 1: this decision? Because I know you're pretty dug in on

636
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: the west side of town. You're like the school and

637
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: the whole situation. So how much of that was a factor?

638
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 1: That was the number one factor? You know, I think

639
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,200
Speaker 1: he came down well, I knew it came down between

640
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: us in Oakland and you know, have a little relationship

641
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: with Pauly Gunther from Cincinnati. You know, No, John Grewding

642
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 1: pretty good. I know a lot of the guys in

643
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: the Oakland team. But just you know, moving across to

644
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 1: the west side, I mean the west coast. You know,

645
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 1: for our flight, my family wouldn't be going there with me.

646
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 1: I had to travel back and forth. There's just a lot.

647
00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: Then at the end of the day, you know, I

648
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 1: wanted to be here first and for more so you

649
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 1: know the Texans step that made it happen and we

650
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,840
Speaker 1: both knocked it out. Jonathan. When I think about the

651
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,240
Speaker 1: last time you're a free agent, that was a weird time.

652
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,840
Speaker 1: That was a lockout year, and then I don't think

653
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: you signed until like what training camp. How different was

654
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: this time you said it was pretty smooth versus that time.

655
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: I mean, how difficult was that back in twenty eleven

656
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: when you had the lockout going on as crazy as

657
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:24,840
Speaker 1: it sounded like this time. I was in the Bahamas

658
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,640
Speaker 1: the whole time for six seven days because it was

659
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 1: spring break, and you know, I flew right back from

660
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: here the same day and signed back here. And that time,

661
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: when the season was over in Cincinnati, I left and

662
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 1: went back to North Carolina because it's a lockout, and

663
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: stayed away the whole time, two weeks before the lockout

664
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: was lifted, and then I came back to Ohio. That

665
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,719
Speaker 1: Friday night, I think it was the lockout was being

666
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 1: talked about the next morning was gonna be lifted. They

667
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 1: did the lockout, and that Saturday I was on the

668
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 1: flight to Houston and signed here with the Houston Texans.

669
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 1: And I never been back to Ohio other than to

670
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,800
Speaker 1: play Jonathan Joseph joining us. So what about your new

671
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: additions here with Aaron Colvin and Tyron back to you,

672
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 1: I think it's big auditions for us. You know, you

673
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 1: look at Covid, a guy that played the slot for

674
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 1: Jacksonville for a couple of years and played at a

675
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 1: high level of the top defense, and he's a guy

676
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,880
Speaker 1: that can play multiple positions. Um, he's a tough guy.

677
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: You look at Tyron also, guy that can play multiple

678
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,440
Speaker 1: positions with a leader on the back end for Arizona.

679
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 1: It's a tough guy, guy that want to win. So

680
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 1: I think the more guys you can add like that

681
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: to a team that we already have no better overall

682
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 1: will be Jonathan rack moving back in his defensive coordinator.

683
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: What's your thought amongst the guys from you bringing a

684
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 1: guy like that back because that's so much experience in

685
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 1: this league. I think it's good, you know, to get

686
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: back to the basics and things, a lot of the

687
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 1: fundamental things. I think he's been sitting back, you know,

688
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: helping out in certain ways, and I'm sure he's eager

689
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: to get back into it. You know, the first time

690
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 1: I've seen him. We kind of laughed about it and

691
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 1: joked about it, you know how excited he was. I

692
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: think some of the younger guys on this team to

693
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 1: be good for him also to use some of that

694
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 1: knowledge and experience and take that game to the next level.

695
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 1: So I think, all in all, it's smooth transition being

696
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 1: a veteran. What's your approach going to be like this year?

697
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: I mean, does it change overall? I know we've talked

698
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: about this kind of thing before as you get a

699
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:12,719
Speaker 1: little bit older, but what about this year? All in Yeah,

700
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:14,880
Speaker 1: for me, it is year to year right now, and

701
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 1: I'm not looking at saying, well, I want to play

702
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 1: four years. I want to play one year. I'm gonna

703
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: give him all that I got this year. So I'm

704
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 1: approaching this year the same way that I approached two

705
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:23,759
Speaker 1: thousand and six when I was a rookie. You know,

706
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 1: we got a new strengthening conditioning thing here. Whether I

707
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,800
Speaker 1: look in those guys and I'm all in on that.

708
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,359
Speaker 1: I haven't did that type of training since probably two

709
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 1: thousand and seven, two thousand and eight, like combine type

710
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: of training, you know, football specific things like that. It

711
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 1: was always just you know, building your body up for

712
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: the season and going that way. And I haven't had

713
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: a personal training probably eight nine years, So it's kind

714
00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 1: of like getting back to the basically again for me. Also, Joe,

715
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,239
Speaker 1: last year, that was frustrating year in a lot of

716
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 1: for levels. From the time you walked into two thousand

717
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,839
Speaker 1: and eleven, this defense had been one of the top

718
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 1: defenses entire league, and then last year, whether it's injuries

719
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 1: or just tough play at times, what's the biggest thing

720
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,279
Speaker 1: that's got to turn around for you guys to get

721
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 1: back in the upperrational on defenses where you belong, back

722
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 1: to the basics, you know, obviously getting our healthy guys back,

723
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 1: getting the pass rushing those guys back in the back end,

724
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,359
Speaker 1: us holding up probably in you know, we can't give

725
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,399
Speaker 1: up those big plays and things like that, or there's

726
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,960
Speaker 1: big runs or a big passing plays, and we've made

727
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 1: a name for ourselves, you know, for years here as

728
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 1: a top defense, and you know, obviously one year that

729
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,399
Speaker 1: puts a bad feeling, in bad taste in your mouth

730
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 1: because you know the success you've had and it's what

731
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 1: you've done for me lately, league, So you got to

732
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: listen to it all offseason. You know, come back and

733
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 1: watch it, and for me, I like watching it because

734
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 1: it just likes more fuel to the fire. So it's good. Yeah,

735
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 1: you look at this defense and you mentioned some of

736
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,760
Speaker 1: the things, and you have to be excited about the offense.

737
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 1: I mean, the balance of this football team could be

738
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,200
Speaker 1: very good in twenty eighteen. Absolutely, you look at a

739
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:46,839
Speaker 1: lot of pieces they added over there, and we still

740
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 1: have the draft coming up. But the more weapons you

741
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: can have for a guy like the Sean, the belt

742
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:52,800
Speaker 1: off your team you want to be because you know,

743
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 1: hops wanna do you know you have guys like Lamar,

744
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,760
Speaker 1: of guys batting back forming from injury, Will Fuller Bracks

745
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 1: and got the stable receivers now, So I think the

746
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,800
Speaker 1: more you can do that added several offensive linement, I

747
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: think we get back into, you know, a program with

748
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: the strength and condition and just getting that close team

749
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 1: group back together and everybody fighting together and pulling for

750
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,960
Speaker 1: one another. And obviously he's only done it for six

751
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,959
Speaker 1: and a half games. But the guy like the Sean,

752
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 1: what when did you guys realize, Okay, this guy's the

753
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: real deal. Greenbran probably one day he probably zipped about

754
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,399
Speaker 1: five or six passes into exotic coverage that we thought

755
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,479
Speaker 1: we had, but for whatever reason, he kind of figured

756
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: it out and was putting some balls that we haven't seen,

757
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: you know, in tight windows in a while. And I

758
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 1: was like, this guy's putting pretty good here. He's gonna

759
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,239
Speaker 1: be really good. And then preseason came around and I

760
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 1: started to see the same thing on a consistent basis.

761
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: And you know, those six seven games he played in,

762
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: he made some great plays, some uncanny plays, you know,

763
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,239
Speaker 1: just natural instincts and stuff. So he's the guy that

764
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: works hard, easing here early. He puts the time man,

765
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 1: So sky's a limit. Thankfully, Johnathan Joseph is not in

766
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 1: silver and black in twenty eighteen. Thankfully. The newest member

767
00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,479
Speaker 1: of the Texans secondary I guess just the most recent

768
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 1: one that I think of, Tyrone Matthew. Oh yeah, we

769
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: love the honey Badger. He's gonna love Houston. Houston's gonna

770
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 1: love him. It's gonna be a hopeful, sweet marriage. And

771
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 1: Tyron joined us when the team commenced it's conditioning phase

772
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 1: in the offseason. We read your tweet have you been

773
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 1: getting a lot of help really, maid? And some other

774
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,359
Speaker 1: things you put them out there at the ends. Well,

775
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,320
Speaker 1: you know a lot of people have reached out to

776
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 1: me and you know, offered to clean my house for free.

777
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: And you know, also it's a crazy thing. But um,

778
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: you know, um, like I said, man, I just you know,

779
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 1: I want everybody to feel like they're part of my success,

780
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 1: which I do think I will be successful this year.

781
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: And you know, I think it's important to you know,

782
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: to make especially make the community feel like they're involved. Tyron,

783
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 1: we talk all the time about everybody getting back together.

784
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: It's so different for you in that you're new to

785
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 1: the mix, but really not because you knew JJ coming in.

786
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: I'm sure you knew other guys coming in, But what

787
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: was your light getting together with the guys knowing that, Okay,

788
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 1: this is my team twenty eighteen, He's boys. Wasn't like

789
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:03,720
Speaker 1: getting together with everybody's conditioning started? You know, it's exciting.

790
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 1: You know, Um, I think you know, like I said,

791
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,879
Speaker 1: you know earlier or you know, when I first sign

792
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: is that I do believe that I have something very

793
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 1: in common with the guys in the locker room. And

794
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 1: you know, they've had to face some anniversity last year

795
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 1: and I'm not new to that. I'm very used to it,

796
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 1: and I just wanted to come somewhere where guys were hungry.

797
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: You know, I didn't want to necessarily go somewhere where,

798
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 1: you know, guys were coming off a thirteen to three season. Yeah,

799
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 1: but you know, I want to go somewhere where, well,

800
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 1: where I feel wanted, but where guys are going to

801
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,240
Speaker 1: compete and work hard. Is it fun to be around

802
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 1: the guys right now, even though you're not really playing

803
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 1: football right because we always say when players retire, the

804
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: first thing they say is what they missed the most

805
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: is the guys in the locker room and just being together. Yeah. Absolutely,

806
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 1: you know, I think you know, even you know what

807
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 1: happened with me a month ago, you know, getting released

808
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,759
Speaker 1: and you know, um, you know instantly you feel like

809
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,040
Speaker 1: you're not a part of a team, and so you know,

810
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 1: just to be back into a locker room with guys,

811
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 1: working out with guys, you know, having guys push you

812
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: to your limit. I think all those things, you know,

813
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,520
Speaker 1: go a long way. Tyrn. How important has it been

814
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,280
Speaker 1: this offseason for you? I saw Pat Peterson mentioned talking

815
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 1: about you and how much he's gonna miss you because

816
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 1: you guys go way back. Which, by the way, the

817
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 1: twenty ten LSU secondary is ridiculous. I looked at that

818
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 1: depth chart one day. It's ridiculous, that said. The one

819
00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 1: thing he pointed out I thought was interesting to ask

820
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 1: you about. He said, this is the first offseason you

821
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 1: have been going through some sort of rehab. How important

822
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 1: has that been to your progress this offseason that you

823
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,879
Speaker 1: haven't had to rehab you could just prepare for the season. Well,

824
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: you know, you know, I think is everything that I've

825
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:41,800
Speaker 1: really built myself on, and that's just been ultimately confident

826
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: in who I am. And I think if you hit

827
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: the ground enough for you get injured enough that you know,

828
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,319
Speaker 1: it kind of DNSR confidence, right, And that's all I've

829
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,440
Speaker 1: ever been, right, was this confident little guy who played

830
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 1: with amongst bigger guys. And I think that's what always

831
00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 1: separated me. In a minute, I lost my confidence. And

832
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,840
Speaker 1: it didn't matter or whether or not I caught, you know,

833
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: interceptions or I caught tackles. It was he was missing something,

834
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:07,400
Speaker 1: you know, and that was my confidence. And you know

835
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 1: it's obvious for guys like me because those are the

836
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 1: things that separate me well, playing safety, playing slot, corner,

837
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 1: playing corner, I mean, does it all mean anything to

838
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,160
Speaker 1: you as far as what matters most. You just want

839
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 1: to be back there making plays. Yeah, absolutely, you know,

840
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 1: like I said, you know, I think part of the

841
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 1: reason I chose the Texans was, you know, I did

842
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,719
Speaker 1: come from you know, LSU and Arizona and where I

843
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 1: played you know, five six different positions. I never really

844
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:35,320
Speaker 1: could focus on being a safety or a corner I

845
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: had so much on my plate, and I think part

846
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: of the reason I chose this team was that, you know,

847
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:43,680
Speaker 1: they committed to me as being a safety man. So

848
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: for me, I could really focus on the craft. I

849
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,839
Speaker 1: could really get better at a position versus just going

850
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 1: out there relying on instincts. Like you know, it doesn't

851
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 1: work all the time. And so I'm just happy that

852
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,800
Speaker 1: I could commit to playing safety for now. And you know,

853
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 1: obviously it with different game plans that may change, but

854
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 1: you know, for now, it's just I can get better

855
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 1: at a position, and I'm excited about that. Tyren. I

856
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,200
Speaker 1: know that there are some players you've already know, you've

857
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,839
Speaker 1: already you already knew coming here, But if you made

858
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 1: a connection with anybody here on the team thus far,

859
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 1: maybe in the secondary, Yeah, yeah, me and Jay Joe Man.

860
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 1: We we hit it off quick man, and you know, obviously,

861
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 1: you know, he's been this league a long time, and

862
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 1: just to be around a guy like that, I've always

863
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 1: come from. I've always had guys that were veterans in

864
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:29,360
Speaker 1: this league right and to come to come to a

865
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 1: place and I still have that. I think it's important

866
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,880
Speaker 1: for me to continue to rely on those guys, And

867
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: not that I necessarily need him, but I think it's important,

868
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 1: you know, for their wisdom. You know, even some of

869
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:41,440
Speaker 1: these guys is strictly off their character. You know, I

870
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 1: can learn a lot from them, and you know, I

871
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:45,319
Speaker 1: think it means a lot to me. Do you sense

872
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 1: that when young guys get in the mix that they

873
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:51,320
Speaker 1: look at you that way? Yeah? Yeah, so you know,

874
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,799
Speaker 1: and I've been blessed manum to go through what I've

875
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: went through and to kind of come out on the

876
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 1: other side of it. And you know, I feel like

877
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: it's my responsibility to be that for those guys, because

878
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,359
Speaker 1: I had plenty guys that were that for me. So yeah,

879
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 1: I just try to take that ball by the horn man,

880
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:09,359
Speaker 1: and um, I try to live up to what those

881
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 1: guys believe who I am. How important will this phase

882
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:14,560
Speaker 1: be to you. As far as you're working out, you're

883
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 1: getting stronger, everybody's conditioning. But also the meetings part of it,

884
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:20,359
Speaker 1: like getting together every day in the classroom. So yeah,

885
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 1: just asking just asking questions, you know, because UM, you know,

886
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:27,359
Speaker 1: I think every team you go to UM, the communication

887
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: is different, the terminology is different. So just to be

888
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,759
Speaker 1: sitting in the meeting room and understanding, you know, how

889
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 1: guys talk, how guys communicate, what the coaches are communicating.

890
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 1: I think all those things kind of help you, especially

891
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: when you're when you're hungry, when you're confident, and you

892
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 1: just need things to kind of slow it down. So

893
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 1: I've been I've been fortunate, but it's been a good

894
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: two days for them. Turn What the responsibility of playing

895
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:52,759
Speaker 1: safety to be the guy in charge? How much more

896
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 1: important is that for you to pick up the scheme

897
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 1: as opposed to maybe a corner that says, you know what,

898
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna lock this guy down. I got him on,

899
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:02,120
Speaker 1: I won the whole game. So safe, you gotta know

900
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: what everybody's doing back there. You got to be in charge.

901
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 1: How much more important is it for you to make

902
00:43:06,160 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: sure that you know everybody's doing not just you, but

903
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,720
Speaker 1: everybody else back there. Yeah, I think it's very important.

904
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: And you know, I always go to my past because

905
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 1: you know, I think that's what I can learn the

906
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,400
Speaker 1: most from. And I think it was a reason that

907
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 1: I played five six different positions, Like I can understand

908
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:25,320
Speaker 1: what those guys are going through and being a safety

909
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 1: now I can communicate with those guys and I'm sure

910
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:30,440
Speaker 1: they'll make it easier for me because not many safeties

911
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 1: play corner. They don't really understand how those guys filled

912
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 1: on the island. And I think me being out there,

913
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,720
Speaker 1: it gives me, it gives me an advantage. All Right, Houston,

914
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,440
Speaker 1: so far, it hasn't been that long because inside you

915
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 1: have to go back, you have to get shifted and

916
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:47,839
Speaker 1: get situated. So what do you think, Well, as a town,

917
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 1: it's it's a beautiful place. Obviously, I gotta wake up

918
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,920
Speaker 1: a little bit earlier to kind of beat the traffic.

919
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:57,399
Speaker 1: But I'm excited, and you know, I'm excited to get

920
00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 1: my family out here. They'll be out here later on

921
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:02,800
Speaker 1: this weekend. I'm excited to eat some barbecue and so

922
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 1: I'm just excited to be around the people, you know,

923
00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: and I think it's important for me to indulge in

924
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 1: a community and embrace the community. Those are two football

925
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 1: playing dudes right there, Jonathan Joseph and Tyron Matthew. A

926
00:44:15,640 --> 00:44:18,000
Speaker 1: lot of respect between those two as well, which I

927
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:22,279
Speaker 1: thought was very interesting, and talking with both about how

928
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 1: they feel about one another was very very cool. Now

929
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 1: they're in the same locker room makes it even better.

930
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,279
Speaker 1: We had a great show. We had GM Brian gained

931
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 1: from his press conference today. We had Bill O'Brien talking

932
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:35,040
Speaker 1: about the schedule. We had Drew doherty stopping by. We

933
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:39,360
Speaker 1: had the Honey Badger, Tyron Matthew and Jonathan Joseph on

934
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: the show. It was a jam pack Friday show. Thank

935
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:45,439
Speaker 1: you all for participating, Thank you all for listening. Thank

936
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 1: you my guys back in our studio over at Sports

937
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: Radio six ten. Have a great weekend everybody, and we'll

938
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 1: see on Monday, and as always, go Texans.