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Speaker 1: these other stars in the game today, but you're playing

426
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Speaker 1: against them, so it's not as big a deal, right,

427
00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:11,720
Speaker 1: exactly exactly. No, I'm with you. I'm with you on that,

428
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,760
Speaker 1: and uh, that's exactly how it was for me, Like

429
00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,719
Speaker 1: getting a chance of meeting like Tylaw champ Bailey, Like, uh,

430
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,720
Speaker 1: me and my cousin just raised about those those guys

431
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,680
Speaker 1: and all that I'll say even every I mean, having

432
00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,919
Speaker 1: a chance to be in the same locker room as

433
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 1: him all star started then still start. Sorry, yeah, that

434
00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,679
Speaker 1: he's now going to the hell all the bay. Still Wait,

435
00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,000
Speaker 1: you were on the field. We talked about this a

436
00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,919
Speaker 1: little bit, but I want you to expand on this.

437
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,960
Speaker 1: You were down on the field for the game. Yeah,

438
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,439
Speaker 1: that had to be pretty tough. I know, the honors

439
00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,320
Speaker 1: was really cool. They had you guys out there together.

440
00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,119
Speaker 1: They give you know, JJ presents Chris with the award

441
00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,240
Speaker 1: at the game. But being on the field, see the

442
00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,120
Speaker 1: two teams in the sidelines, is that pretty tough. Yeah,

443
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,760
Speaker 1: it definitely is. I mean, you know, when you have

444
00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,240
Speaker 1: a chance to get there, it's even tougher. Yeah. Uh,

445
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,760
Speaker 1: you know talking to guys like mark Ingram Uh, let's see,

446
00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,400
Speaker 1: I've seen Drew at one point, Drew brees Y, Yeah exactly,

447
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,159
Speaker 1: So I can only imagine how tough it is for

448
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,120
Speaker 1: those guys as well too. It's guys like guys don't

449
00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,640
Speaker 1: go to the game really, they like, we could watch

450
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,480
Speaker 1: the game at home if we want to. It's not

451
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,840
Speaker 1: really any point because we play the game and you know,

452
00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,240
Speaker 1: when we're in the playoffs, especially like we got a

453
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,919
Speaker 1: chance to make that push. But being there on the field,

454
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,719
Speaker 1: it's like it's like putting salt into pretty much. Yeah,

455
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 1: that's tough. I mean when it was in our building,

456
00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,440
Speaker 1: being able the press box was so horrible. This still

457
00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,040
Speaker 1: gets it because the Patriots. The Patriots were in his

458
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:34,760
Speaker 1: press both, oh man both. So I just had to

459
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,639
Speaker 1: get out of it. I couldn't even handle it emotionally.

460
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,440
Speaker 1: It was just terrible. And then they win the game

461
00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,159
Speaker 1: that way in his booth, My players have to be

462
00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,960
Speaker 1: rejoicing about that Super Bowl. I mean, all this talk

463
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,639
Speaker 1: about fifty four, fifty one and these high scoring games

464
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:49,560
Speaker 1: and then it's thirteen to three. I can see how

465
00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,920
Speaker 1: it was boring, no doubt, you know. But as a

466
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,520
Speaker 1: defensive player, like exactly, it's a good kind of boding

467
00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,800
Speaker 1: because I'm like, oh, they're doing his dad their job,

468
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 1: Like upfront sh Russ and the passer dvs. They're shutting

469
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,440
Speaker 1: them down pretty much, uh, not letting the run game

470
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,120
Speaker 1: get established. So it was really great to see all

471
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 1: like defense come up and like really win championships and whatnot.

472
00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 1: With the last couple of days we've been talking about

473
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Speaker 1: the coaching changes on the defensive side. A couple of

474
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,680
Speaker 1: guys added the coaching staff. Did you know very well

475
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:17,720
Speaker 1: you can speak on a Keem Dent coming in his

476
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 1: defensives just sitting and some guy named you might know

477
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,280
Speaker 1: all that did the strength and issuing staff. What about

478
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,199
Speaker 1: the two guys being added petit because I know you

479
00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,200
Speaker 1: know them very well. Oh yeah, man, it's really cool

480
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,400
Speaker 1: to have have those guys back in the building. And

481
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 1: uh man, just what they bring to the team, what

482
00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:36,159
Speaker 1: they've always brought in our locker room, locker room and

483
00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,119
Speaker 1: also the meeting room too. They're just going to apply

484
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,280
Speaker 1: it from coaching standpoint and to have that great rapport

485
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,560
Speaker 1: with them. Uh, it's gonna be a gonna make it

486
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,879
Speaker 1: even that much more fun. Uh, looking really forward to it.

487
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,040
Speaker 1: And I know it's gonna be crazy, especially with Kush

488
00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:55,879
Speaker 1: because uh especially in the weight room. Oh boy, but

489
00:23:55,960 --> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 1: he goes from teammate to coaching coach, all right, just

490
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,600
Speaker 1: making sure gonna fly. Just listen to how that sounds

491
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 1: coach could could coach. You know, I wish I was

492
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,439
Speaker 1: sitting with you, Whitney, because I want to hear you

493
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:14,359
Speaker 1: evaluate food. You know you the restaurant tour. Yeah, how

494
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 1: has your food knowledge expanded over the last five or

495
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:22,880
Speaker 1: six years, ah man, amazingly, like the football knowledge. Yeah, oh,

496
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,200
Speaker 1: straight up, Like now I know what I eat sometimes,

497
00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,600
Speaker 1: uh you know, whether it's like chives things like that

498
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,480
Speaker 1: that's in a dish or like a polenza stuff like

499
00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,919
Speaker 1: you could identify things. Yeah, exactly, like you usually just

500
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,280
Speaker 1: taste it, and also the spice as well to pick

501
00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 1: it out of there. Sometimes I'm always off and maybe

502
00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 1: um just depending, but it's gone up tremendously and just

503
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 1: describing food, whether it's like velvety or uh you know, yeah,

504
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,560
Speaker 1: you're getting like, uh, you know, aromas of like I

505
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,199
Speaker 1: don't know, a rose or something like that. So like

506
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,159
Speaker 1: kind of describing it is uh has become kind of

507
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,520
Speaker 1: uh my own culture. Yeah, I've adapted to that in

508
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 1: some way. At the super Bowl as you kind of

509
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,040
Speaker 1: have that same feeling as you're going around a different

510
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 1: parties are going on a different establish are you kind

511
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,280
Speaker 1: of scouting it out like oh no, no no, let's see

512
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,919
Speaker 1: what they've got. Yeah, yeah, no doubt. You know, I'm

513
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:11,959
Speaker 1: just going there. Okay. You know these lights right here,

514
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:17,200
Speaker 1: they're a little too dim. Scene. How's the energy? The energy? Yeah, yeah,

515
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 1: exactly so which fifth are we on? Now? Fourth? Mediterranean?

516
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 1: It's so is that the fourth or the fifth? Third? Third?

517
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,000
Speaker 1: Fourth is coming up? Okay? What happens when you get

518
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,880
Speaker 1: to five? You stop? Man? Stop or continue on? Really? Yeah?

519
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,960
Speaker 1: Got the option? Never the whole is greater than some

520
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 1: of its parts. Mark with Chris, you never know, right,

521
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 1: He's yeah, yeah, exactly in the you know, the landlords

522
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 1: has got to open that option up pretty early to say, hey,

523
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Speaker 1: you know, all right, wait, I'm gonna I'm gonna throw

524
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Speaker 1: it on a table right now. I'm telling you what's

525
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:54,679
Speaker 1: a killer idea? Breakfast? Breakfast, breakfast, but breakfast for dinner

526
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,200
Speaker 1: and a really chic way. Ye, thank you, but call

527
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 1: you Whitney's Milk Shake Emporium. Okay, because shakes are in,

528
00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,720
Speaker 1: people will automatically go to a fight for the milkshakes.

529
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,440
Speaker 1: Maybe that's not good. Huh. I don't know. I'm gonna

530
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,119
Speaker 1: work on but breakfast, breakfast, I'm with you on end.

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Speaker 1: Everybody loves breakfast. Who doesn't? Yes, I love breakfast, especially

532
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,760
Speaker 1: when I'm meeting at night. I can imagine I can

533
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 1: imagine Christ come up with something. There's no dinner, I mean,

534
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 1: or may think about it. Gour may breakfast. Bring him.

535
00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:24,320
Speaker 1: I want to see what he said. I want to

536
00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 1: know he said, some prest on that table. You will,

537
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:29,919
Speaker 1: I mean the way that thing's gonna be dressed. You're

538
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:31,719
Speaker 1: gonna be like, man, there's no way this is breakfast

539
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,640
Speaker 1: right here. I'll tell you what I'll do there this second.

540
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 1: In a second, All right, what do we know? You

541
00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 1: gotta go eat? Thank you very much, appreciate it, no problem.

542
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,360
Speaker 1: He appreciate Whitney merciless here at the Houston Sports Awards,

543
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 1: John Harris and I will continue the program as they're

544
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 1: getting ready to hand out some hardware. Tonight. It's Texans Radio.

545
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 1: I'm Bill O'Brien and you're listening to Texans Radio for

546
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,200
Speaker 1: all the latest news and videos on our favorite team.

547
00:26:54,600 --> 00:27:02,760
Speaker 1: Check out Houston Texans dot com. No back to more

548
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:08,760
Speaker 1: Texans Talk on Texans All XS. Boy, this is a

549
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: name droppers Paradise and since I'm a junior varsity name dropper,

550
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 1: I mean, my gosh, we just saw him. Malaje while

551
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 1: walked by Brian Cushing was hounded earlier because he's taken

552
00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:26,400
Speaker 1: over as strength and conditioning assistant coach. And we'll see

553
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:30,800
Speaker 1: if you know we're we're working. That's the word in

554
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 1: the business. He doesn't own radio show. Eventually, like you

555
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 1: could do no, we could do it. We could do

556
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 1: it weekly, the the Weekly Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach show.

557
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 1: I don't know if that is gonna play putting that

558
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:45,720
Speaker 1: on a piece of paper and sliding it across the

559
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,840
Speaker 1: desk to your head, coach and going, we'd like to

560
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 1: do this, because you remember that time that we went

561
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,919
Speaker 1: to Washington and we we got to listen to the

562
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Speaker 1: RG three Moms Show. I mean that was oh the

563
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Speaker 1: RG three mom show. That was That was the most

564
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Speaker 1: bizarre radio show. That was awesome, like show RG three's Mom,

565
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,400
Speaker 1: RG three's Mom. Yeah, it was her show. Yeah yeah.

566
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Speaker 1: I don't think that would be very popular with coach

567
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 1: O Brian to have a a Brian come on around here. Uh,

568
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 1: to have a quarterbacks mom do a show? Yeah that

569
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,119
Speaker 1: were any player's mom, no, you know, unless she was

570
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:27,879
Speaker 1: already an established yeah show host, video or TV. You know.

571
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,600
Speaker 1: It's interesting now that we bring on our next guest

572
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 1: because at that same training camp is when I had

573
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Speaker 1: I had this woman walk up to me and I

574
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,240
Speaker 1: had no idea who it was, and she started talking

575
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: to me about some of the great things that I'd written,

576
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 1: and she loved how I talked about her. Brian. I

577
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,960
Speaker 1: met Brian Cushing his parents. They had a great conversation

578
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 1: with him at that same training camp, and I asked

579
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 1: her I told her that story about RG three Mom

580
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: show and She's like, no, I wouldn't do that. Yeah,

581
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: since she wouldn't do the show. No, she just likes

582
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 1: she having some input and getting out of there. So

583
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 1: it sounds about it sounds about like my mom. Yep.

584
00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 1: How excited are you about this opportunity. I'm looking forward

585
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: to it. I've you know, kind of just over into

586
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 1: the opportunity and I'm just excited to be back around

587
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:10,560
Speaker 1: the building, around the guys. Um clearly missed the game. Yeah,

588
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: and if any to be back in any form of fashion, Um,

589
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 1: it was something I wanted to do. Brian. What was

590
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 1: the biggest thing about being away from the team last year, Like,

591
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 1: what was the what was frustrating aspect for you? Um?

592
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: Locker room during the week and definitely Sundays, UM, and uh,

593
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 1: just watching the games and still thinking you can help. Yeah, Um,

594
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,160
Speaker 1: still thinking you can play. And that's one of those

595
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,480
Speaker 1: things I'll never go away. It's just the passion of

596
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 1: feeling the emotions when the game would come on and

597
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,840
Speaker 1: hearing the national anthem and seeing the opening kickoff, and

598
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 1: it's like a complete adjustment to just tone it back

599
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 1: a little bit. And yeah, because the first time since

600
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 1: you were like a baby, I mean you probably don't

601
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:58,120
Speaker 1: remember not Yeah, so it's uh, it's definitely tough. Um,

602
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,760
Speaker 1: it is the transmitional period. But you know, I think

603
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: as as quick as you can get back up on

604
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 1: your feet and figure something out that you are determined

605
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 1: and motivated about it, it's just the best opportunity and

606
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:12,719
Speaker 1: a chance you have. Have you talked to other players

607
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 1: former players about and had you about the adjustment of

608
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: not sharing and you were probably hoping like well or

609
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,160
Speaker 1: seeing what was out there. I imagine this decision didn't

610
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 1: come overnight, right. Well, you know, with two of my

611
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,960
Speaker 1: previous linebacker coaches, I had Johnny holland Mike Raymiyum. You know,

612
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: two guys that I can lean on tremendously for that.

613
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 1: And you know, the one thing about playing is you

614
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 1: never know when you're gonna be done, and you think

615
00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 1: you're gonna play forever no matter what people tell you,

616
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 1: and you know, that's kind of how some of the

617
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 1: experience that I hope I can pass down to some

618
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,440
Speaker 1: of the guys just kind of, you know, I'm not

619
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: saying this is your year, but have an idea of

620
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,240
Speaker 1: what really, you know, gets you going in the morning,

621
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Speaker 1: so you can transition easily and hopefully do something that's

622
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,480
Speaker 1: related to that. And then Damiko Ryan's also I still

623
00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,719
Speaker 1: talked to Miko probably once a week. You know, he's

624
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 1: coach now in San Francisco now, he loves it, and

625
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: it was one of the first guys to text me

626
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 1: after you heard the news and kind of figured that

627
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 1: that's right at my alley and something I would do quickly. Brian,

628
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: we're just talking to Whitney a little while ago, so

629
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: just so you're prepared, he's not gonna call you coach, Kush,

630
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,959
Speaker 1: that's fine. Just making sure that's fine. But along those lines.

631
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 1: And this is kind of weird because I had the

632
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 1: same situation happened with your head coach because we were

633
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 1: teammates and then he became our graduate assistant while I

634
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 1: was still playing it. So it was weird for a

635
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 1: little bit of time, and then we just kind of

636
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: realized Okay, this is the way. It's got to be

637
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 1: kind of thought about that. These are guys you played with.

638
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: But then all of a sudden you've got to be

639
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: the instructor, the leader of the coach if you will. Yeah. Absolutely,

640
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: I mean clearly the job comes first. You know, I

641
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 1: have a job to do and I have to really

642
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 1: relay that as best as I can to them. And uh,

643
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 1: I mean the guys on team are great, you know,

644
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 1: they've they've kind of always i think had an idea

645
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:52,000
Speaker 1: that I probably get back into coaching in some form,

646
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 1: you know, So just seeing him in there and obviously

647
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 1: initially it's a lot of excitement, a lot of happiness

648
00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,760
Speaker 1: and just both ways. Um, you know, I'm just thrilled

649
00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 1: to be back there and see the guys. You know.

650
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 1: At the same time, I do have to bark some

651
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 1: orders here and there and the kind of you know,

652
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 1: get them in line, but you know, they are all

653
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: respectful and then just great guys all around. Well, you're

654
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: the all time leading tackler in the history of the

655
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,959
Speaker 1: franchise has been around a long time, so imagine there

656
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: was some coaching on the field that you did as

657
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: a player, helping out in the weight room. Whitney talked about,

658
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 1: oh boy, the weight room. So in the weight room,

659
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: that dynamic of being in there with the guys, and

660
00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: even Seth talked about, hey on a Monday after a game,

661
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 1: that ability to work out, that ability to push guys

662
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: to work out what they might not want to That

663
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: that kind of thing's got to help from you. It does,

664
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,360
Speaker 1: I think, and you know, just having gone through it,

665
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 1: having led by example when I did played, showing guys

666
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:46,120
Speaker 1: that it can be done in a certain way. And

667
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: you know, whether it's it's Monday or Sunday, it's a workday,

668
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:50,760
Speaker 1: anytime you're in the building, so you know, get the

669
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,960
Speaker 1: most out of the opportunity you're there. Brian, We talked

670
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 1: to coach O'Brian about your role and he said one

671
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 1: of the things that you also would help with his

672
00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 1: sort of rookie transition because you've gone through that, Yeah,

673
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 1: your first round draft pick, you go through that transition

674
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: becoming a professional. And we always got the impression from

675
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: coach that he just loved the way you attack things

676
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: as a professional. Well, how important is that part of

677
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: your role When guys come in to building coming from

678
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 1: college where they were they were the dude and allso

679
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: it's like, hey, you gotta go to work now. How

680
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 1: important is that part of your role for this team?

681
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 1: You know. I just the way I look at it

682
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 1: is just kind of keeping it open to our policy,

683
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 1: you know, and any guys I want to talking about anything,

684
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: I'm excited to. Um. You know, I had a lot

685
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: of good mentors when I came into the league, and

686
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 1: just being able to share my experience and let them

687
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: know really how unbelievable opportunity this is. And this is

688
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 1: coming from someone who played almost a decade and it

689
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: was you know, kind of over before I knew it

690
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 1: or I anticipated and to make the most out of

691
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 1: every single day year over there. Um. Obviously, like you said,

692
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 1: there's a transition from being a rookie in the past

693
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: six months before being drafted, UM, coming in being tell

694
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: how great you are? Right, And so you come into

695
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: a building with established football players in the National Football

696
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 1: League and it's kind of an eye opening experience. But

697
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 1: you also at the same time have to ease into

698
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 1: this and just really keep an open mind, learn as

699
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 1: much as you possibly can. And you know, the good

700
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 1: opportunity about that there's a ton of different guys with

701
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 1: different backgrounds in the building that can all kind of

702
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,799
Speaker 1: share that experience in different ways. So you know, if

703
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: one guy's not getting through clearly to you, doesn't mean

704
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: he's wrong, It just doesn't. It means that you guys

705
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: aren't on the same page. So there are a lot

706
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 1: of other guys too that can kind of relate with

707
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 1: people better. You know. I just I just hope I

708
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 1: can be one of those guys. Brian want more for you.

709
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:39,759
Speaker 1: You made so many plays as a tech san I

710
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 1: mean I could list them all here. Well maybe not all,

711
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: but a lot of them. But it's funny because like

712
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 1: Andre Johnson, you know, Andre made a ton of plays,

713
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:50,280
Speaker 1: but one of the most lasting memories is Courtland Finnegan

714
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 1: with him, and one of the most lasting memories with

715
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:58,319
Speaker 1: you is So how do you recall that and where

716
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,440
Speaker 1: do you stack that up in terms of your personal

717
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: memories on the field. I mean, it's a different memory. Um,

718
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 1: probably on my proudest moment. But at the same time,

719
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: I kind of I think if anything, I just kind

720
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 1: of showed up serious. It was about my job, and

721
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 1: it was really willing to do anything. Um, you know,

722
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,800
Speaker 1: winning was the number one thing to me in the world, um,

723
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 1: you know. And it was kind of a switch that

724
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,080
Speaker 1: when I went onto the field, it was it was

725
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 1: on and it was full go um and uh, it's

726
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 1: that's really just a mentality I've had playing the game

727
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 1: ever since being a little kid. I was just so

728
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,840
Speaker 1: happy to be on the field and then so happy

729
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 1: and just humbled again to be on the field for

730
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 1: my job. Um, and to just keep that in perspective

731
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 1: every day about you know, how grateful it was for

732
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,959
Speaker 1: your opportunity and just wanted to make the most of it. Brian,

733
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: thanks a lot for joining us. Have a great night.

734
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,960
Speaker 1: Take thank you, Thank you very well. All right, Brian

735
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,919
Speaker 1: Cushing joining us here at the Houston Sports Awards, making

736
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 1: his way over to dinner. As uh, they're gonna get

737
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: things started, start handing out the hardware, like we said,

738
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: we're gonna keep it right here for a few more

739
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:04,799
Speaker 1: moments and joy. What Brian said was very poignant. I

740
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 1: thought about about retiring and moving on to that next phase.

741
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 1: I mean the way he talked about loving being on

742
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: the field. I my heart went out to him at

743
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,359
Speaker 1: that moment because I thought, and I've talked about this,

744
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: but I don't know I didn't play. You did, Like

745
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,960
Speaker 1: I can still broadcast for a very long time, you know,

746
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: God willing. You know, you gotta stop, like he said,

747
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: you gotta stop playing at some point, and that's got

748
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 1: to hurt. And for you was in college, and I

749
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 1: know that had to hurt because you were playing since

750
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: you were a little kid. Yeah, at least, you know,

751
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: for me, I think one thing that he said that

752
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: stood out to me was when you get to the NFL,

753
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: you you never know when it's going to happen. At

754
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 1: least for me, I knew I could kind of prepare

755
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: myself for it. But even when it was even when

756
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:45,319
Speaker 1: it was over. I remember when I got my first job,

757
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 1: I was actually in coaching and coaching these middle school

758
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,680
Speaker 1: kids and they're like, you're in charge of him, you

759
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 1: got to do this. And I remember going to our

760
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: first game and I felt like I was playing and

761
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: that and that's when I really that's when I really

762
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 1: really missed it. I missed it at that moment, and

763
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: I was like, WHOA, I wish I were going out there,

764
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 1: not obviously because I want to play againt midle school kids,

765
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:07,799
Speaker 1: but just I would it's just to put the gear

766
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 1: on again, to go out there with my teammates and

767
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: look him in the eye like we're gonna make this stop,

768
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: We're gonna make this catch, we're gonna make this play.

769
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,799
Speaker 1: That that's a feeling that not a lot of not

770
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,240
Speaker 1: everybody on this earth can do when they realize eleven

771
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 1: guys have to go out there and they have to

772
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,479
Speaker 1: all be in the same page, and they execute each

773
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:29,280
Speaker 1: particular job, and then when the balls snapped, it's unbelievable chaos.

774
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 1: And I think that you live in that chaos for

775
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 1: so long, you're so used to it, and then when

776
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 1: you're out of it, you're like, WHOA. So I can

777
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: imagine for him tacking on another almost ten years after

778
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,120
Speaker 1: college is and I can imagine what that was like

779
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: for him watching last year team having success. Your linebackers

780
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 1: are playing pretty well, but even when Zach went down,

781
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,319
Speaker 1: it's like, I'm ready to go, I can go in.

782
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 1: I can imagine he probably felt that way. And our

783
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: buddy Ted Johnson used to say this, and I used

784
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,359
Speaker 1: to I used to totally agree with this. He used

785
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 1: to say, I got three plays in me, no matter what,

786
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 1: whenever you need me, I've got three plays. That's it.

787
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,320
Speaker 1: But I've got three plays, and he always wanted somebody

788
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: to just call his bluff, if you will, to just

789
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,960
Speaker 1: give him a chance, just three plays. And I'm sure

790
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 1: that's the way Brian feels, and I would imagine he

791
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: probably feels like he could have more. But that's why

792
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: that's who I was thinking about, Well about Brian was

793
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: about ted because that was always his thought. Give me

794
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: three plays, that's it. That's all I want. I just

795
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: want three plays to go back out there, to put

796
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,760
Speaker 1: the gear on, to strap it up, to call my defense,

797
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:26,319
Speaker 1: and to go find the gay at the ball bring

798
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 1: him down. There's just something about that that that was

799
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 1: such a part. You said he's the all time grading,

800
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,839
Speaker 1: the all time leader in Texans and tackles. I mean,

801
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:36,880
Speaker 1: that's what he did for ten years, and all of

802
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,439
Speaker 1: a sudden, it's he's done. Like WHOA. I think he's

803
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 1: found a great role. And it's it's funny because I

804
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 1: think I've sort of found myself when I got into

805
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: the building because I was around a team again, and

806
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: I think that's the way he's gonna feel. It's only

807
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 1: a year, but you get that feeling of being around

808
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 1: a team again, because that's really what you've been doing

809
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 1: when you've been playing football, as you've been around a

810
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:01,799
Speaker 1: team every single day, for every single fall day, month,

811
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: whatever whatever it is. And then that's the part that's gone.

812
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,399
Speaker 1: That part is gone, and how do you replace that.

813
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: That's that's really difficult. I love it for him that

814
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 1: Yates and Dent are also joining the staff at the

815
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: same time. Yeah, so that former teammates, guys you know

816
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 1: that are doing that. And because you mentioned it, you're

817
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 1: with a team and it's not just the players, it's

818
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: the coaching staff that that kind of is your team.

819
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 1: You know, you're the management now, so it's a little

820
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: bit different. It's a little bit different, but he'll mix

821
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 1: it up with these guys. It's gonna be good. I

822
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:35,480
Speaker 1: found tonight. You know. It's funny because I came down here.

823
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: We didn't know exactly who we're gonna have on the show.

824
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 1: To have Cal on the show and hear what Cal's

825
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 1: vision is for twenty nineteen, and he talked about I

826
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: know what the fans want, and we are aware of

827
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:50,160
Speaker 1: it and we're on the same page in many instances,

828
00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:52,399
Speaker 1: you know, he was saying stuff like that. I thought

829
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 1: it was pretty cool. So I'm sure the guys on

830
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: six ten will be running that audio will have it

831
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,839
Speaker 1: for you as well. Yeah. You know, the one thing

832
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: that I think people don't or sometimes miss is that

833
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:07,879
Speaker 1: cal Hannah, you me. I mean, obviously they own the team.

834
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,360
Speaker 1: We work for the team, but it's it's our team.

835
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 1: We we want what the fans want. We want to

836
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:16,200
Speaker 1: go win a championship. Two that's what that's what we're

837
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,479
Speaker 1: we want to see. I mean, talking to Whitney about

838
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 1: being down in the field at the Super Bowl, I

839
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:21,840
Speaker 1: thought it was interesting he mentioned as we were talking

840
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 1: and one of the guys he talked to was Drew Brees,

841
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 1: and he just said, Drew was just just I rate

842
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: still you know the fact. So it's it's what everybody wants.

843
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 1: We all want to go win a championship. The fans

844
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 1: want it, we want it, the players want it. Everybody

845
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 1: wants to go win a championship and do it. And

846
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 1: I think each year that goes by, it just becomes

847
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 1: that much more I would say important, but it just

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Speaker 1: becomes that much more of a oh, let's go get this.

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Speaker 1: How about this? Thirty one teams feel like crap? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: pretty much. I mean you could say, all right, if

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Speaker 1: you're in the regular season in your Cleveland and you

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Speaker 1: know that the playoffs are not going to happen, but

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Speaker 1: you have an encouraging year, you might have a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a different feeling right now, but you just

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Speaker 1: feel you know, everybody feels awful when they end the

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Speaker 1: season with the loss that knocks you out. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it just doesn't feel good. Now we're moving on already,

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Speaker 1: I get it, changes are underway, but you still don't

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Speaker 1: feel good about the way it ended, no matter who

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Speaker 1: you are, no matter how. The Rams don't feel good,

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Speaker 1: the States don't feel good. I mean, obviously the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: don't feel and they had great seasons. I remember thinking, well,

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Speaker 1: you know, after this is over, if the Patriots win,

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Speaker 1: you know the Rams will feel good. You know they

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Speaker 1: got there for the first time since ninety nine. They

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Speaker 1: gotta go. After what happened and how it went down,

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Speaker 1: and the fact that it was a winnable game where

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Speaker 1: you just had to score fourteen points, I guarantee you

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Speaker 1: they're feeling like this is the biggest missed opportunity of

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Speaker 1: all time for them. So they're feeling even worse than

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Speaker 1: I would expect. Thirty one to thirty they would feel

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Speaker 1: like it was a big missed opportunity because of you know,

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Speaker 1: in that kind of game, you're like, well, if we

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Speaker 1: had only done this or that, like the Texans against

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia one stop, and you know, maybe something plays out differently,

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Speaker 1: and who knows how. I watched that game a little

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Speaker 1: bit the other day. We were doing film room, and

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Speaker 1: so we had a couple of the couple of the

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Speaker 1: plays that I picked. One was the first third and

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Speaker 1: eleven where de Sean shook off everybody and that hit

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Speaker 1: Jordan Nakins, and then the other one was Vincent Smith.

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Speaker 1: And I'm just watching those plays and I'm remembering that day,

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Speaker 1: and I just the one thing that stands out to

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Speaker 1: me was Vincent had to go down a kickoff team

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Speaker 1: right afterwards, and so when he comes back for a

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Speaker 1: kickoff team, I saw him and I just gave him

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Speaker 1: his big hug, and you know, Vincent doesn't sale whole lot,

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Speaker 1: but he had to smile on his face and he

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Speaker 1: just was like he was almost kind of laughing, chuckling, like,

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Speaker 1: oh my god. And I thought, she's gonna be the

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Speaker 1: greatest moment of his life. And then of course Foles

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Speaker 1: goes down and gets to stop because did the Texans

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Speaker 1: kick it to the one and bait the return? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they baited the return and got him at about the

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Speaker 1: eighth to ten yards line. Do you remember I can't

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Speaker 1: special team. That's a big special teams play special so well,

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Speaker 1: Drew and I were talking about this, but you got

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Speaker 1: him at the ten right there. I don't know. That's

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Speaker 1: what happens about that game. Think about the the domino

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Speaker 1: effect of that Eagles game if it goes together direction. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Well that's a lot of teams I know, but that's

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Speaker 1: this team story. Johnny, thanks a lot. You've got a

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Speaker 1: mark there. All right, Houston Sports Awards. We'll talk about

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Speaker 1: it tomorrow, I would imagine, and you know they will

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Speaker 1: on Sports Radio SIXTN. Hey, thanks a lot for those

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Speaker 1: guys for the setup tonight as we dropped in. Did

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Speaker 1: the program here tonight Tomorrow night, John McClain our special

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Speaker 1: guest on Texans All Access at six pm. As it

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Speaker 1: is five nights a week. Go to Houston Texans dot

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Speaker 1: com for the Bill O'Brian podcast on the coaching changes.

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Speaker 1: Check that out. Have a great night everyone. Thank you, George,

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Speaker 1: thank you, Joseph, thank you all. Have a great night

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Speaker 1: and go Texans. Can't get enough Texans Radio. We've got shows,

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