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Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody. Welcome into a Monday edition of Texans

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Speaker 1: All Acts as a very special edition, and you're about

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Speaker 1: to hear why John Harris football analyst, side on reporter

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Speaker 1: alongside the voice of the Texans Lava Lava Lavas where

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Speaker 1: you could be like Paul Allen of Minnesota and say,

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Speaker 1: vox Okay, let me can I so Texans and Spanish

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Speaker 1: is down? It's correct? Uh yeah, but I don't know

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Speaker 1: if you'd call the team that. I think it's still Texans.

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Speaker 1: So when the NBA did their um where they would

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Speaker 1: trying to think of the right way of saying it,

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Speaker 1: but they would they would put the Spanish, yeah, with

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Speaker 1: the team across the chelseas, they would say ill heat.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, why would they put like il soul like

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Speaker 1: the sun? Right? I never understood that or porros, Well

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Speaker 1: what was the sun? The suns? The souls? Yeah, it

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Speaker 1: doesn't work in all translations. Right, Yeah, that's true. It's

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Speaker 1: a point. That's a very good and is it ell heat?

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Speaker 1: I mean I don't know what you say, right yeah? Yeah. Anyways,

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Speaker 1: either way, welcome to the show. We got plenty of

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Speaker 1: talk about we're going through right here from Terrence Brooks.

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Speaker 1: A little bit later, he was instrumental in raising money

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Speaker 1: for the people of Vivalda rob Elementary School. He and

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Speaker 1: Christian Kirksey Uh kind of spearheaded the efforts to raise

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Speaker 1: money for the people down in Valda. So we want

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Speaker 1: to hear from Terence Brooks. He chatted up with Deep City.

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Speaker 1: They also talked about Jason Petrie, the off season, OTAs, etc.

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Speaker 1: We're also gonna do a little Drew's dozen with one

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Speaker 1: of the newest Texans, and that would be Rashime Green,

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Speaker 1: who I think you and I've talked about the smart

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Speaker 1: vandom mirror. I think Rasheem Green could be a very

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Speaker 1: interesting chess piece used very intelligently with his defense. I

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Speaker 1: can't wait to see what they do with Rashieme Green.

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Speaker 1: One of those sneaky good acquisitions. Not exactly Marquee busting,

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Speaker 1: not gonna lead off Sports Center Sky Van Pelt is

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Speaker 1: not going to devote the entire eleven o'clock show to

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Speaker 1: Rehime Green being acquired by the Houston Texans, But this

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Speaker 1: could be really interesting once the season gets rolling. It

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Speaker 1: very well could. Plus, there's plenty of news around the

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Speaker 1: NFL that we're probably not going to talk about because

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Speaker 1: it's not our problem anymore. So we'll leave that for others.

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Speaker 1: But I don't want to say what is our problem.

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Speaker 1: But it was our absolute pleasure to be around Romeo Crenell.

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Speaker 1: And today Romeo Crenell's retirement from the Texans retiring from

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Speaker 1: the NFL was made public. It was put out there

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Speaker 1: about I don't know ten o'clock this morning, and both

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Speaker 1: Cal and Romeo made statements. Romeo said, and I quote

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Speaker 1: football has been my entire life and it's been a

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Speaker 1: dream come true to coach for fifty years. Many friends

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Speaker 1: to thank who have helped me and supported me throughout

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Speaker 1: my career. Especially want to thank the fans, owners of

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Speaker 1: the Giants, the Patriots, the Jets, the Browns, the Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: and the Texans for allowing me to contribute to the

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Speaker 1: game that I have loved so much for so long.

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Speaker 1: Mark here, there are a lot of stories we could tell.

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Speaker 1: In fact, this might turn into story time. You know

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Speaker 1: how you have like you know titles story time Colon

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Speaker 1: Romeo Cornell. I went to dinner with Bill O'Brien shortly

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Speaker 1: after he'd gotten a job, so he had been announced.

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Speaker 1: I think on the twenty ninth or thirtieth or so.

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Speaker 1: And that was like a Thursday Saturday night. I had

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Speaker 1: gone to dinner, my wife and I and at some

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Speaker 1: point he looked down on his phone. He looked up

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Speaker 1: said one word. He just said Romeo, and I knew

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Speaker 1: exactly who he was talking about. Yeah, And I was like,

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Speaker 1: at that dinner where he got the thumbs up that

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Speaker 1: Romeo Crenell was coming. And with Romeo Cranell coming, that

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Speaker 1: And so I don't say they were a package deal,

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Speaker 1: the door for Frabel to come, and they both ended

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Speaker 1: up coming and put together some great defenses. But I

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Speaker 1: just remember seeing Bill O'Briant kind of light up like

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Speaker 1: I got Romeo, Like we got Romeo coming to the Texans.

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Speaker 1: That was a really cool moment. Well, look, you had

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Speaker 1: two of the greatest defensive coordinators ever in this building.

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Speaker 1: And look, Levey Smith, there's no slouch defensive coordinator. But

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Speaker 1: even looked at him as a head coach last year

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Speaker 1: when he was the coordinator of the defense with David

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Speaker 1: Culley here, I thought, we got a head coach coach

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Speaker 1: in your defense. And Romeo has been a head coach.

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Speaker 1: But Romeo is one of the greatest defensive coordinators. We

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Speaker 1: know that the rings speak for themselves, all of it,

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Speaker 1: but what he did hear. I know the Texans didn't

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Speaker 1: win rings, they won divisional championships, but they had some

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Speaker 1: high ranking defenses. We all know Wade Phillips did a

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Speaker 1: defense ever in twenty eleven. I mean it was. And

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Speaker 1: that was without what racking up double digit sacks. He

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Speaker 1: had Mario for five games. He had Watt as a rookie,

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Speaker 1: Number two in points is awesome, all right, So let's

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Speaker 1: overall in yards allowed. Romeo his first year twenty fourteen,

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brian's first year of Romeo's the defensive coordinator team

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Speaker 1: record thirty four takeaways. That was huge. Yeah. I mean

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Speaker 1: but takeaways they were number one in the league, and

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Speaker 1: that really helped out and enabled you to go right

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Speaker 1: back to a winning season after the two and fourteen.

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Speaker 1: Twenty thirteen campaign they finished middle of the pack in

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Speaker 1: all those takeaways well, twenty fifteen, third overall, twenty sixteen,

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Speaker 1: first overall in defense without having JJ Watt after week three,

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Speaker 1: that is humungous. How about this little ditty for you

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Speaker 1: two eighteen, they finished fourth in points. That's a nice

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Speaker 1: high ranking number right there. Romeo did a terrific job

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Speaker 1: here as defensive coordinator. I think the O'Brien era is

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Speaker 1: divisional round, Okay, Kubiak couldn't do it either, all right,

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Speaker 1: So that's fair. But I believe the offense and it's

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Speaker 1: weird to say this because it didn't feel like it.

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Speaker 1: Over the years, the offense had trouble rising to the

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Speaker 1: O'Brien years, the top ranked one was twenty and eighteen

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Speaker 1: when they finished eleven points in fifteenth in yards. And really,

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Speaker 1: I mean, we've been over this territory before, never higher

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Speaker 1: than thirteenth in yards in the O'Brien era. Offensively, that's

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Speaker 1: really strange to say. And that's with Watson for those years.

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Speaker 1: You brought up a point about Wade Begat Romeo Begat

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Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, you say Wade Romeo love you.

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Speaker 1: They just need one name. You know who, you know

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Speaker 1: who you're talking about when you're talking to defense football

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Speaker 1: you're talking about. That's a good point. Those those three.

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Speaker 1: the Steelers all those years. Sure, the thought to be

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Speaker 1: the inventor of the zone blitz debate that if you will,

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Speaker 1: Tom helped out dom Capers, I think would be in

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Speaker 1: fact that you know Dom Caper's being here, yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean four of the five we've mentioned, Vic Fangio, Vic

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Speaker 1: or four. Really strange to think about. How about this,

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Speaker 1: Gary Kubiak did a really nice job here, no doubt,

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Speaker 1: Gary hired a coordinator like Wade, which is easier said

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Speaker 1: It took him till twenty eleven, now two thousand and nine.

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Speaker 1: Even with Frank Bush as the defensive coordinator, they finished

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Speaker 1: looked better, But with Wade it was another level. With

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Speaker 1: Romeo it's another level yep. And I think with Lovey

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Speaker 1: I just find it interesting the fact that all those

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Speaker 1: The hashtag storytime. So for the first I don't know,

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Speaker 1: stuck him right over the center. He kind of played

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Speaker 1: that clowney role in some sense where he just would

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Speaker 1: play right over the center and then he just went

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Speaker 1: to work and then Clowney would would like fall in

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Speaker 1: behind him on certain blitz calls, and it was was wild.

429
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Speaker 1: It was like, I wanted to see our defense gone

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Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen. I wanted to see our defense on

431
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Speaker 1: the field more than I wanted to see the offense.

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Speaker 1: At some point, I was like, I don't even care

433
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Speaker 1: if the offense does. I really don't. I want to

434
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Speaker 1: see what this defense does because Clowney's moving around. Your

435
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Speaker 1: ninja obviously didn't have any watt but when he was

436
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Speaker 1: playing out of his mind. H B. Mack was in

437
00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:30,480
Speaker 1: his second year, you had, you had Cushing and it

438
00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,000
Speaker 1: was just a defense that was really really it come

439
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:37,840
Speaker 1: together and eat and before before he had gotten hurt,

440
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Speaker 1: Kevin Johnson was on his way, and that was a

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Speaker 1: defensive thing. Romeo was ready to do something big with. Yeah,

442
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Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, number one defense in the league. Would have

443
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Speaker 1: been fun to watch them with a better offense, but

444
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Speaker 1: you had what you had right there. I don't know, man,

445
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Speaker 1: you know you bring up all those names, Ninja. What

446
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,879
Speaker 1: popped out to me was they won a game and

447
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Speaker 1: in the locker room post game, he puts on the

448
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Speaker 1: Cowboy and that was a thing. In the eleventh season.

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Speaker 1: I think was that the eleventh season of the twelfth

450
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Speaker 1: season when they were wearing the cowboy hats. But I

451
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Speaker 1: loved it when I saw that because I thought, forget

452
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 1: about that. You know who cowboys, yes, but just we're

453
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Speaker 1: in the cowboy hats. I thought, they've got a thing

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Speaker 1: going on. You know, you like it when your team

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Speaker 1: has something like that going on and they're winning and

456
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Speaker 1: everybody's coming together. Now, I thought the Letterman Jackets were

457
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Speaker 1: gonna do that. But obviously I was wrong about that,

458
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Speaker 1: And that's the only time I've ever been wrong about anything,

459
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,479
Speaker 1: so very strange. Yeah, it happens, It happens. It happens

460
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Speaker 1: to the best of us. Now defensively in twenty twenty two,

461
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,240
Speaker 1: could be a couple of guys that factor into that.

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Speaker 1: Rashim Green and Terence Brooks. We'll do a little Drew's

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Speaker 1: Dozen with Rashim and then dpcity did a little mini

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Speaker 1: deep slant with Terrence Brooks. That's next on Texans Axis,

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Speaker 1: Texans Axis, Texans Axis, Texans's gonna everybody walking back this

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Speaker 1: Monday edition of Texans All Access. I'm your host, John

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Speaker 1: Harris Football and on the sideline, reporter, glad to be

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Speaker 1: with you this evening. We had a little Romeo retrospective

469
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Speaker 1: Romeo Cornell announcing his retirement and said in his statement today,

470
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Speaker 1: fifty years of coaching. That's uh wow, that is just incredible.

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Speaker 1: The number of players that have played for him throughout

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Speaker 1: his time as head coach, whether it was with Cleveland

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Speaker 1: or the Kansas City Chiefs, or as time as a

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Speaker 1: position coach with the Giants and the Patriots. DC is

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Speaker 1: the Patriots here with the Texans. Just a fabulous, fabulous

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Speaker 1: guy and love seeing him right off into the sunset

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Speaker 1: after just taking an incredible, incredible career. Now two guys

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Speaker 1: that would have loved playing I think for Romeo Cornell,

479
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Speaker 1: Terrence Brooks and Rashime Green right here first from TB

480
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Speaker 1: eight Terrence Brooks, who had a chance to catch up

481
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Speaker 1: with DBC. This was last week as they discussed what

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Speaker 1: had happened in Vivaldi raising the money for rob Elementary School,

483
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Speaker 1: talking about the safety group in general. Here's a little

484
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Speaker 1: many deep slant with Terrence Brooks, my good friend Deep City.

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Speaker 1: It's a deep slant one one present of y Xfinity

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Speaker 1: joining me today. Defensive back Terrence Brooks Terrence. We walked

487
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Speaker 1: out for OTAs the team, the players, the staff, they're

488
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Speaker 1: all wearing orange. Really cool unifying moment, and you guys

489
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Speaker 1: are doing it for the victims of Vivaldi. Tell us

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Speaker 1: a little bit about the team and how y'all are

491
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Speaker 1: spearheading that effort. We're really just trying to do anything

492
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Speaker 1: we can. We know, you know, just throwing money or

493
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,320
Speaker 1: doing things like that doesn't take away the pain of

494
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Speaker 1: those losses. But for the most part, we just wanted

495
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Speaker 1: to show our support for them because a lot of

496
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Speaker 1: these guys out here we have kids, and we never

497
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Speaker 1: want to see that happen, especially when that's a safe

498
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Speaker 1: place that you think you're taking your kid too. So

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00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 1: it definitely hit home with a lot of us, and

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Speaker 1: we just wanted to show our efforts in some type

501
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Speaker 1: of way. I heard that you and Christian Kirksey were

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Speaker 1: really the two that led the efforts with your teammates.

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Speaker 1: How did you guys come up with the idea? How

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Speaker 1: did you approach the players about it? I'm really right

505
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,639
Speaker 1: away when we heard the news, we're like, what can

506
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Speaker 1: we do, whether that's trying to attack mental illness or

507
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Speaker 1: just trying to help out these families in any way can.

508
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Speaker 1: We just wanted to figure out something, and you know,

509
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Speaker 1: through going through the Great Resources or the Texans, we

510
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,320
Speaker 1: were able to get some stuff together and work with

511
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Speaker 1: some great people just to see what we can do.

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Speaker 1: And just the efforts that we've been able to get

513
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Speaker 1: together for them, it's been awesome. So I hope we

514
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,640
Speaker 1: could do so much more and actually, you know, show

515
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Speaker 1: our presence at some point too, so that would be awesome.

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Speaker 1: All right, So between you and the players, you guys

517
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Speaker 1: raise two hundred thousand dollars of your own money and

518
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Speaker 1: the mcnairs came in and they matched it with another

519
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Speaker 1: two hundred thousand, and so four hundred thousand dollars to

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Speaker 1: the victims. I mean, that's got to feel amazing to

521
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Speaker 1: be able to do that. Oh, it's awesome, and I

522
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Speaker 1: mean it really just makes us feel better because we

523
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Speaker 1: know it's going to a good place as well. But

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Speaker 1: thank you to the McNair's too for their efforts as well.

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Speaker 1: But like I said, anything that we can do just

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Speaker 1: to help those families and just bring them some type

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Speaker 1: of ease and just kind of clarity with everything they

528
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Speaker 1: have going on, that we would love that. That's all

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Speaker 1: going to the Rob School Memorial Fund, and if fans

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Speaker 1: want to donate, they can also zell mill checks as well.

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Speaker 1: So it's an ongoing effort. And the Orange is really

532
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Speaker 1: for national gun awareness, so you want fans to come

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Speaker 1: out and sort of support as well. For sure, bring

534
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Speaker 1: it all out as much other as you can, just

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Speaker 1: to raise out awareness. And especially for Missus Pendleton down

536
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,960
Speaker 1: in Chicago who was gunned down in a playground. That's

537
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 1: something that you never want to see and things like that,

538
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,959
Speaker 1: you just is really heartbreaking. So any type of awareness

539
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Speaker 1: that we can bring it just get people talking and

540
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 1: you know, thinking about that cause and just doing whatever

541
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Speaker 1: they can to fix it. I mean, that's that's all

542
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,399
Speaker 1: we want, all right. So your teammates came together. It

543
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 1: seems like you guys have so much chemistry. I mean,

544
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,359
Speaker 1: you've only been here, this is your second year with

545
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Speaker 1: the team. So what is it like in the locker room.

546
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,480
Speaker 1: You've got a few returning players, You've got some new guys.

547
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:27,960
Speaker 1: It seems like you guys are really getting along on

548
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:29,640
Speaker 1: and off the field. For sure. We have a great core.

549
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: I mean I love the guys that they brought in

550
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:32,919
Speaker 1: as me as well. I love that I'm here. I

551
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 1: love Houston, I love this coaching style. I love he's

552
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,360
Speaker 1: doing a great job, and I feel like we really

553
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:38,880
Speaker 1: are jelling well. We got a lot of guys who

554
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 1: have come from different teams out of played together, so

555
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 1: you already have a little bit of chemistry in that sense.

556
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,400
Speaker 1: But just having guys you know, like Rex Birkehead Pharaoh,

557
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,439
Speaker 1: all those guys like that, I mean they there are

558
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,919
Speaker 1: core pieces for this organization. I mean, as long as

559
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 1: we can keep us strong and bring those other guys

560
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 1: along with the rookies as well, I feel like this

561
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: is gonna be a great season. You're speaking of rookies.

562
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Speaker 1: Jalen Petrie, he's in your group. What have you thought

563
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Speaker 1: about him so far? It's early, but you know you've

564
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:02,960
Speaker 1: had a chance to sort of to get to know

565
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,119
Speaker 1: him a little bit better. I mean, everybody is. We

566
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Speaker 1: see his potential, we see what he can do. We're

567
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:08,760
Speaker 1: glad to have him on board. We know the kid

568
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 1: can play as well as the other safeties too. We

569
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 1: have a lot of great pieces back there, but with him,

570
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 1: we're all. You know, we're still hard on him as well,

571
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Speaker 1: just like the coaches are hard on us and he's

572
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,520
Speaker 1: still learning just like any other rookie. But for me,

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Speaker 1: I try to make sure I throw him any type

574
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Speaker 1: of knowledge just to give him that one up and

575
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,479
Speaker 1: get him going faster. So and for me, as long

576
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: as the team together, whoever's out there, because the standard

577
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: doesn't change whatsoever. So whether he's out there and me

578
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,320
Speaker 1: or Ik or any of those other guys, we make

579
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 1: sure that we're on point. Are you got a little

580
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:34,679
Speaker 1: bit more of OTA's left? And then you go into

581
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 1: veteran mini camp in the secondary? What are your goals?

582
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 1: What are some things that you can work on. I

583
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,479
Speaker 1: know it's not fully padded fullhead in practice yet, but

584
00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:42,760
Speaker 1: what are some things that you can get better at

585
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,800
Speaker 1: in these next few hole Just being generals out there.

586
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 1: We know we're like the quarterbacks of the defense along

587
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: with Christian Kurtzy down there too. We just just really

588
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 1: want to be felt out there. That's our biggest thing.

589
00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 1: And we know a lot of people kind of treat

590
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,200
Speaker 1: us like the underdogs and whatnot, but we kind of

591
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 1: take that and let that be fuel for us each

592
00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 1: and every day. And as for the safeties, we just

593
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: want a ball. We gotta be dogs out there for sure.

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Speaker 1: All right, good stuff, Terrence, Thanks so much, congrats on

595
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: all the efforts and looking forward to see what more comes.

596
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 1: Appreciate you. Terence Brooks, we didn't know. I knew the name, obviously,

597
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 1: but we didn't know him hardly at all. When he

598
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 1: came in our studio last year during media days and

599
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 1: we were talking about ball. Everything was going fine, and

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Speaker 1: I asked him if the twenty thirteen seminals were one

601
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Speaker 1: of and he goes, no, no, no, not one of

602
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Speaker 1: the greatest college football team of all time. And I

603
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: was like, that's bold. But Terence Brooks was part of

604
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 1: one tremendous football team that was led by Jamis Winston

605
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 1: way back in the day. But you go back and

606
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 1: look at that team with Kelvin Benjamin at receiver, DeVante

607
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 1: Freeman at running back, James Winston at quarterback. You know

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Speaker 1: the one area I felt like on that twenty thirteen team,

609
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 1: it was not great upfront, not tremendous upfront on the

610
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 1: offensive line, but Timmy Joern again Bjorn Werner, but there

611
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 1: were some dude, Terence Brooks alongside Jane Ramsay both points safety.

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00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 1: At that point, team was loaded loaded for bear. So

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Speaker 1: maybe we'll get Terrence Brooks on during media days that

614
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Speaker 1: we can extend that conversation but good stuff, and really

615
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:15,360
Speaker 1: truly appreciate the efforts that he, Christian Kirksey, and these

616
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Speaker 1: Texans made to help out rob Elementary School, place where

617
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Speaker 1: our head athletic trainer Roland Ramirez went to elementary school.

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Speaker 1: And I actually didn't know that until we talked with

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Speaker 1: Brevin Jordan last week. Had no idea. I love row

620
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Speaker 1: He's just He's salt of the earth. So I love

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Speaker 1: seeing the Texans take the opportunity using Roland as inspiration

622
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 1: to make their efforts financial and otherwise down to the

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Speaker 1: great people of Vivaldi to help them out. Obviously at

624
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Speaker 1: a time of need. Now, speaking of need, the Texans

625
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,200
Speaker 1: after the draft was over, needed to find some edge

626
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 1: rush help. They signed Mario Addison and Jerry Hughes. Those

627
00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: two had experienced with Jacques. Is there who is the

628
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,720
Speaker 1: new defensive line coach? When Jacques was up with Buffalo

629
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Speaker 1: and so and Nikossario. I've seen those guys twice a

630
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: year for the last how many every years as well

631
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,360
Speaker 1: up in Buffalo when Nick was with New England. But

632
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 1: the first name that came out as soon as I saw.

633
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 1: I remember my reaction being yo, wow, okay. I didn't

634
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 1: even realize he was a free agent Mets Rashim Green

635
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: six foot four, six foot five, two seventy nine coming

636
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 1: inside outside long armed. A lot of potential in front

637
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,640
Speaker 1: of him for Rashim Green. And when you come to Houston,

638
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Speaker 1: there's pretty much one thing you have to do other

639
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Speaker 1: than just eat at every great place in sight. It's

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Speaker 1: due a little Drew's Dozen with Drew Doherty. So here

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Speaker 1: we go, number ninety two defensive line, and machine Green

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Speaker 1: is with me. Rashim. It's good to be with you.

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Speaker 1: Let's start things off. There are four Green on the team,

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Speaker 1: including you, plus a Grenard. Have you ever been in

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Speaker 1: that highly concentrated a spot with all these Greens other

646
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Speaker 1: than like a family reunion? This is why the first

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Speaker 1: place I've been where there's been multiple people in my

648
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Speaker 1: class or a team that hasn't just a name Green.

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Speaker 1: Pretty cool. You know, do you guys and none of

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Speaker 1: you are related, but do you guys kind of feel

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Speaker 1: like way back, you know, we've all got some sort

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Speaker 1: of bonds, maybe because I feel like a lot of

653
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: my families fund like the South and like you know,

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Speaker 1: I mean, they're not really from California, so I fely

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Speaker 1: there might be some. It's a really nice answer because

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Speaker 1: I would have expect you to like, uh no, not really.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's rank the other greens. Do you get

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Speaker 1: Rashime Green, the green Hornet green eggs and ham Tom

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Speaker 1: Green the actor, and the color Kelly green? Where do

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Speaker 1: they rank? You said, the color Kelly green? Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: don't think I've heard of that. You've never seen the

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Speaker 1: color Kelly green. It's kind of like a vibrant green,

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Speaker 1: like the color of the grass almost. So if I

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Speaker 1: had the rank them green Eggs in hand was like

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Speaker 1: what was probably one of my favorite books growing up?

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Speaker 1: And I'm gonna say me and then like the rest,

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Speaker 1: you know, it doesn't really matter. You're all type for third, yeah,

668
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Speaker 1: tied for third? Or time for last? Right? Yeah? Third? Last?

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Speaker 1: You know. Since you've gotten to Houston, what's been your

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Speaker 1: favorite thing about the city. My favorite thing about the

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Speaker 1: city probably how like probably how spaced out things are

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Speaker 1: compared to like California. I feel like you still get

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Speaker 1: the city, but then you still got like a lot

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Speaker 1: of space. It doesn't feel crammed. I don't know, it's

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Speaker 1: just like a nice not fig area. I mean, like

676
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 1: the weather's cool, so you don't mind driving a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I actually like driving, so I don't mind driving. What

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Speaker 1: are you listening to when you're driving? Or is it silence?

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't drive in silence. I think that is,

680
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Speaker 1: you know, pretty bizarre. If you're driving silence, that's, you know,

681
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: pretty weird. But I agree you're a weirdo if you're

682
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Speaker 1: driving silence. But if I'm listening to something, it's probably

683
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Speaker 1: probably something like I feel like it depends in the morning.

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Speaker 1: Probably nothing like too too crazy. I'm figuring if probably

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Speaker 1: give you an example of a song, probably like something

686
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Speaker 1: from Blast. He's a singer rapper out in La Michael

687
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 1: Jackson cameo, you know, like, I mean something like a

688
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 1: little slower, but something like a nice little vibe, just

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Speaker 1: so never waking me up in the morning. What are

690
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 1: like three or four of your favorite Michael Jackson songs?

691
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: Three or four rock My World? Remember the time thriller

692
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,759
Speaker 1: Human Nature, Human Nature? Perfect dude, Let's let's sing a

693
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,360
Speaker 1: little human Nature. I'll do the I'll do the do

694
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,400
Speaker 1: do do do? Do? They never like to sing? Do

695
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 1: they know? Or who is a teammate that amps you up?

696
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 1: What Texans teammate amps you up? Get you excited? What

697
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,800
Speaker 1: Texans teammate asks me up? I'll probably have to say

698
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Speaker 1: Jordan Jenkins. I mean, well, what, like the guy's real cool?

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00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: I mean, like the guy always brings it every day,

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00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,319
Speaker 1: you know, I mean he's real funny too. How's line

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00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,359
Speaker 1: in general? Hold the line dura? But if I had

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Speaker 1: to say one guy, I would have to say him, Now,

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00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,760
Speaker 1: which teammate calms you down? Brings it down? A watch

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00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:39,919
Speaker 1: what it needs to be brought down? I can't say

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Speaker 1: any you know. I mean, like, y'all, let me get

706
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,840
Speaker 1: me a riled up. Do you have a go to

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00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:47,839
Speaker 1: dish that you cook? A go to dish? Probably past

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00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 1: out tour Laney with some like chicken sausage cut up

709
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 1: in it and then like some vegetable or some fruit.

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00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 1: Pasta and sausage was the go to dish last week

711
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Speaker 1: of Stephen Nelson. So like, maybe you guys compare notes.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm pretty you know, starting when it

713
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:04,759
Speaker 1: comes to I like to I like to eat, you know,

714
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 1: pretty much the same things. I don't like to switch

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Speaker 1: it up. You keep it consistent yeah, how long have

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00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 1: you been like that? Forever? As far as long as

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00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,840
Speaker 1: I can remember. What was your favorite TV show growing up?

718
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 1: My favorite TV show growing up? Da, that's tough about

719
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 1: the months. How I will be talking. Let's say when

720
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Speaker 1: you're nine or ten years old, it was like fifth grade,

721
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 1: fourth grade? Probably South Park? All right? Favorite South Park

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00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 1: character cart Man? You do any of the voices? No? No,

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Speaker 1: all right, no problem with that. Well, this has been

724
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Speaker 1: a lot of fun. We appreciate the time, Racheeme Green,

725
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Speaker 1: hope you enjoyed it, and welcome to Houston. You said

726
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Speaker 1: the weather. You like the weather, but it is hot

727
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: and humid today. Outside the heat, I mean you got

728
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: nice clear skies. It like drizzles here and there, but

729
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Speaker 1: I mean it's sunny even. I mean it's not as

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Speaker 1: bad as they of the cold. I mean, if I'd

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Speaker 1: rather be hot in the cold saying yeah, you're a

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Speaker 1: good spot, then if that's the way you feel that, yep. Hey,

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Speaker 1: we're happy you're here. Thanks so much, good luck, and

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Speaker 1: we even got the fun he Drew's dozen music to

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Speaker 1: go along with it. So appreciate Drew and Rashim for

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Speaker 1: stopping by. I've said this a few times ready about

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Speaker 1: Rashim Green, and I know when the season gets here,

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Speaker 1: I'll probably say it a few more times. Can't wait

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Speaker 1: to see the pads go on. He had his best

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Speaker 1: season last year with Seattle, but changing defenses, looking for

741
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 1: something maybe a little different, and sometimes you let a

742
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Speaker 1: young guy kind of fall through the cracks because you

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Speaker 1: prioritize some other areas and being by a bang. Rashim

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Speaker 1: Green ends up being a Texan and hopefully Seattle Seahawks

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Speaker 1: fans during the twenty twenty two year watching what's going

746
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: on down here, going wait, why did we let him go?

747
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 1: That guy's crushing it with the Texans. That's my ultimate

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Speaker 1: hope is that's the way Seattle Seahawks fans feel. Well,

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Speaker 1: I know Seattle Seahawks fans are gonna say that during

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Speaker 1: the year when they face the Los Angeles Rams because

751
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: ninety nine is coming back. Let's go around the NFL.

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00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: The biggest news coming out of Los Angeles with defensive

753
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 1: players year Aaron Donald's sticking around to the tune of

754
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 1: a lot of money. We'll discuss that next on Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access X. On Texans All Access, it's gone. Everybody

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Speaker 1: walking back to Monday edition. Last segment of the show,

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter, glad

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Speaker 1: to be back in the saddle again. And that's one

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Speaker 1: of Mark's favorites. But I'm not gonna sing it. I'll

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Speaker 1: let him sing it when he gets in tomorrow. Looking

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Speaker 1: forward to tomorrow's we'll be out for another I think

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Speaker 1: it's the last ota that we'll get a chance to

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Speaker 1: see in twenty twenty two. Then next week is the

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Speaker 1: mandatory mini camp, so we will be out there for

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Speaker 1: all every day of that mini camp next week, and

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Speaker 1: then it's desert time. Man, it is gosh, it's it's

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00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: right here, it's around the It's just crazy. It's absolutely crazy. Now,

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Speaker 1: crazy might be what the Rams did, but actually probably not,

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Speaker 1: because the Los Angeles Rams have made Aaron Donald a very,

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Speaker 1: very rich man. In an unprecedented move, Los Angeles Rams

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Speaker 1: have let's just say, adjusted Aaron Donald's contract. They have

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Speaker 1: added thirty I'm sorry forty million dollars to his contract

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Speaker 1: and no new years were added. He makes sixty five

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Speaker 1: million by twenty twenty three and ninety five million by

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. He is now the first non quarterback

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Speaker 1: to go over thirty million dollars a year. That's insanity

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Speaker 1: in some respects, but the market value says that's exactly

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Speaker 1: what he's worth. I have no qualms with a guy

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Speaker 1: that has strung together the career that he has. He

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Speaker 1: has been unbelievable for the Los Angeles Rams ninety five

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00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 1: million dollars through the next three years. He was previously

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Speaker 1: do a nine point two five million dollars base salary

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two, fourteen million twenty twenty three, and

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Speaker 1: sixteen point seven six million in twenty twenty four At

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Speaker 1: forty million dollars over the next three years since he

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Speaker 1: was drafted in twenty fourteen, eight time Pro Bowlers, seven

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Speaker 1: time All Pro, three time Defensive Player of the Year.

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Speaker 1: He was twenty fourteen's Defensive Rookie of the Year. Won

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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl last year, and I contend that last

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Speaker 1: year that Super Bowl is not won by the Rams

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Speaker 1: if they don't have Aaron Donald. Aaron Donald impacted every

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Speaker 1: single Bengals offensive play. The Bengals had to know and

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00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:59,879
Speaker 1: tried to figure out where Aaron Donald was on every

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Speaker 1: single play, and the Rams did a wonderful job, especially

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, of setting up situations for Donald

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Speaker 1: to get one on one, because when he got one

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00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 1: on one, it was curtains for everybody in orange and black.

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Speaker 1: He was absolutely dominant. Now, it wasn't just one game.

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Speaker 1: He was like that in the playoffs. In the NFC

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Speaker 1: Championship game, he harassed Jimmy Garoppolo, who then threw an

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Speaker 1: interception to Travan Howard, and that game. He was phenomenal

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00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:33,840
Speaker 1: throughout the twenty twenty two season. Now, his numbers in

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00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two season were not and I don't

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Speaker 1: want to say they were. They were bad, and not

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Speaker 1: bad by by any means. They just weren't what Aaron

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Speaker 1: Donald has done before. Until they got to the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: In the playoffs, he was unbelievable, absolutely phenomenal. And I

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Speaker 1: don't even know it was really his numbers in the

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00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,160
Speaker 1: playoffs that that stood out. It was really just the

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Speaker 1: games and the plays that he impacted. Absolutely dominated during

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. So from that perspective, Aaron Donald gets P

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Speaker 1: A I. D Pack as well he should. We've seen

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00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 1: a lot of contracts go to a lot of guys

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00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,520
Speaker 1: this offseason. A J. Brown Tyreek killed about to Adams,

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Speaker 1: really non quarterbacks getting big time contracts. I don't know

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00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: that I can argue with any of them. Really, those

817
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:34,319
Speaker 1: guys all deserve to get mad money. Aaron Donald, though,

818
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: deserves it more than most. There was some talk about

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Speaker 1: him retiring. Look, whether you want to buy that or not,

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00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: those guys go through hell up front, man, and he

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Speaker 1: has lived to tell about it and be that dominant

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Speaker 1: at six foot two, five pounds. It's just unbelievable. Congratulations

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Speaker 1: to Aaron Donald and the Rams as he stays in

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Speaker 1: LA with a new contract in hand in Congratulations to

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Speaker 1: you for being our friend and for listening to our show,

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Speaker 1: and thank you for doing that. A big thanks to Mark,

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Speaker 1: to DP Rasheem Green, Terence Brooks, to Drew Doherty, to

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Speaker 1: Austin Mendez, to all of you for listening. Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much. We'll see tomorrow and as always, go Texans,