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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Welcome to the show. We've got a big

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Speaker 1: one for you tonight. As usual, cam Akers, you've heard

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Speaker 1: of him running back for your Houston Texans. He's going

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Speaker 1: to join John Harris other guests along the way, including

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Speaker 1: but not limited to Henry to At too as well,

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Speaker 1: who's been seeing a lot of action in this training camp.

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Speaker 1: As we are indoors now in the comfort of one

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Speaker 1: of the greatest inventions of mankind air conditioning. Thank God

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Speaker 1: for it, because we are outside today with the team.

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Speaker 1: Now we can't complain, Johnny, because they were practicing football

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Speaker 1: in heavy gear. Not all the pads, but a lot

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Speaker 1: of stuff enough anyway, in helmets and whatever else. Those

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Speaker 1: guardian helmets by the way, those Guardian caps, they can't

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Speaker 1: help with the cooling factor. No, if you can make

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Speaker 1: when you soak it in ice before you go out there.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, that's ideas. See now, that's an idea.

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Speaker 3: I'm full of ideas here.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we're just at you, guys. I mean that's

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Speaker 2: all we are. I mean, we just come up with

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Speaker 2: good ideas and.

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Speaker 3: We can help if you put the helmet in the freezers.

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Speaker 2: See, not the helmet, but maybe the I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Maybe I don't know how helmets are made now, but

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Speaker 4: back in the day, they used to have an inner bladder.

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Speaker 4: So they would take a needle and they would put

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Speaker 4: it in the top of your helmet there's a little

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Speaker 4: hole right, and they would pump up the bladder so

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Speaker 4: the bladder would stay firm on your head. So you

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Speaker 4: could have seems like a good idea. Yeah, you could

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Speaker 4: have maybe frozen that.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I just think when it's this hot, there's nothing you

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Speaker 1: There's nothing nothing you can I know this, and look, listen,

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Speaker 1: I'm an expert on this, really not. But if I'm

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Speaker 1: playing golf in this kind of weather, I will get

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Speaker 1: an ice towel and play ninth holes and no, if

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Speaker 1: I'm playing eighteen, I will just soak my head. I'll

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Speaker 1: if they have water coolers out of the course, I'll

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Speaker 1: you know, and just try to go that way.

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Speaker 3: And that really helps a lot. I mean, that really

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Speaker 3: keeps you cool.

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Speaker 4: So if you've been at a Texans practice, you'll you'll

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Speaker 4: know maybe what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 2: But there are different stations.

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Speaker 4: There are liquid stations that they've got the little water sprayer.

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Speaker 4: They've got water bottles, they've got coolers that have got

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Speaker 4: all kinds of gatorades and waters and all that kind

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Speaker 4: of stuff. You can have those every single station you look.

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Speaker 4: Ice towels.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the best thing.

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Speaker 4: And I don't know now, I remember back in the

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Speaker 4: day when I had an ice towel, they would put

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Speaker 4: some ammonia in it too.

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Speaker 3: Really, why is that?

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: If that help. I could use some of that right now,

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Speaker 1: give me some ammonia. But they would put that over

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Speaker 1: copper and blue velvet. No, I really don't. Sorry, that's

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Speaker 2: I remember the first time that they gave me one

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Speaker 4: I was in high school. They put the ice towel,

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Speaker 4: ice towel and had ammonia. It was just, oh man,

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Speaker 4: it was a revelation. It was like, this is awesome.

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Speaker 2: I love this.

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Speaker 4: And so you see players at all those stations, there'll

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Speaker 4: be someone from the medical team that will have one

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Speaker 4: and they're so helpful and they've got the cooling station

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Speaker 3: And you found a cooling station today.

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Speaker 1: By the way, Specialty, don't out me in front of

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Speaker 1: my media brethren who might be listening to the show.

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Speaker 3: We are listen. I won't say where it was, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, So the media they want to hear you because

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Speaker 1: they want to hear your breakdown of practice. Harris Hits

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Speaker 1: comes out every day of practice.

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Speaker 2: Every day.

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Speaker 1: That's worthwhile. Where we have enough practice to Harris Hit about. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I've had a little area to cool off today for

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Speaker 1: about eight nine minutes because there was a special teams period.

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Speaker 1: And even though this year I like the special teams

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Speaker 1: periods because they practiced a kickoff. I said, you know,

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Speaker 1: special teams because I want to watch team. Team is

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Speaker 1: eleven on eleven. That's the action I want to watch that.

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Speaker 1: I want to see Laramie Tunsel out of practice today.

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Speaker 1: Very cool to see Kamari Lassiter back at practice, Johnny,

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Speaker 1: very cool to see to see. Yeah, they're getting guys

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Speaker 1: then he left practice, so he wasn't out there today, right,

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Speaker 1: So we'll wait and see about him. You still have

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Speaker 1: a few weeks to go here, but we're getting closer.

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Speaker 1: We're getting closer to the opening day and those disturbing, despicable,

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Speaker 1: when you open the season at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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Speaker 4: Yes, and our good friend Kay Adams was there in Indianapolis.

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Speaker 1: I feel so betrayed. She spent time with us, you

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Speaker 1: and I. She talked with you and I off the

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Speaker 1: air for about forty five minutes, just chopping it up

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Speaker 3: No gain for.

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Speaker 1: Her as far as publicity, except we're talking about it now.

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Speaker 3: So maybe she knew that we would do that.

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Speaker 1: We'd forever rejoice over the time we spent with Kay Adams.

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Speaker 3: But she was there with the Colts today. Talked to

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Speaker 4: And she was like, Jonathan Taylor, are you gonna rush

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Speaker 4: for two thousand yards? That's the rumor? Are you gonna

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Speaker 4: do it? And I'm like, man, I just want to

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Speaker 4: stuff them. I'm tired of hearing about Anthony Richardson. And Oh,

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Speaker 4: the Colts are gonna be different because they've going Anthony Richardson. Look,

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Speaker 4: I think to see Richardson play a whole season before

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Speaker 2: In this.

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Speaker 4: Because he's two fifty and he has a forty inch

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Speaker 1: Okay, overreaction guy wants to know how he did in

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Speaker 1: his first preseason, adding Jo, he was not good.

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Speaker 3: Not good, Okay, good, not good.

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Speaker 1: So I watched. So you're saying he's a bust. I'm kidding, kiddy.

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Speaker 4: I watched. I watched that first half. No, I watched

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Speaker 4: his two drives. He's two four twenty something yards. He

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Speaker 4: Was he able to break a tackle? Ended up being

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Speaker 4: a long game. Then his second throw was nothing. But

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Speaker 4: the two other throws are so bad. They're really bad.

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Speaker 4: And that is kind of the Anthony Richardson experience. You

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Speaker 3: Next play, that's terrible.

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Speaker 2: That's unbelievable. Oh that's terrible.

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Speaker 4: And there's just not a consistency there, which I'm I'm

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Speaker 3: But he threw one that should have been a pick six.

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Speaker 4: He hit a Bronco defensive back right in hands and

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Speaker 4: just just dropped it. And then the other one he

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Speaker 4: went to hell. So he throws that. He threw that

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Speaker 4: like five yards over his wide receiver. Now he also

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Speaker 4: doesn't have josh downs, and that I think is gonna

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Speaker 4: hurt him too, because those throws a little short, quick throws.

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Speaker 2: Like his footwork for that is good.

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Speaker 4: When he has to hold it a little bit, then

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Speaker 4: throws are just all askew. So I watched that drive

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Speaker 4: I watched the Titans first half and so watched Levis

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Speaker 4: and he didn't really do much anything. He checked it down,

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Speaker 4: He checked it down. His backs do a good job.

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Speaker 4: Tony Pollard and Tyzi Spears, they're gonna be a little.

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Speaker 2: Bit of a problem. I could see that.

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Speaker 4: And he checked it down. Them, Pollard and Spears are

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Speaker 4: gonna be okay together. But I still don't believe in

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Speaker 4: the right side of that line. But I think Brian

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Speaker 4: Callahan's gonna make a difference.

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Speaker 2: But I don't know. This is the year and I

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Speaker 2: don't know that Levis is that guy. He just is.

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Speaker 4: There's so much inconsistency, you know. I don't know that

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Speaker 4: I can just norm if I can get there. But

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Speaker 4: I watched Kayleb Williams against the Bills. He looked pretty

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Speaker 4: goodly cow, he looked good. He looked really good. Now

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Speaker 4: was the Bill's number one unit too?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, the Bill's number one unit is not even

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Speaker 1: their number one unit anymore because I've had so much

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Speaker 1: loss on that side of the football. But maybe they

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Speaker 1: have time to get it together. Back to Richardson for

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Speaker 1: might not have to be that good if he sacrifices

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Speaker 1: Texans last year, he was six for ten for fifty

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Speaker 3: And he can do that.

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Speaker 1: He can do that and still not play well at

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Speaker 3: He might not be a good one, but he uses

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Speaker 1: If he can stay in the game and not get concussed,

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Speaker 1: he can be dangerous. And really, you want to see

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Speaker 1: Joe Flacco. You want to see Joe Flacco quarterback the Colts.

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Speaker 1: He's the new backup on the Colts. That's why I

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Speaker 1: want to see hitch your wagon at his star see

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Speaker 1: how it goes. Because Richardson, as long as he keeps upright,

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Speaker 1: I think he's going to find a way to keep

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Speaker 1: this team in games and win games with the legs

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Speaker 1: if nothing else.

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Speaker 4: He played four games last year, he finished one. I

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Speaker 4: think with the number he finished one.

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Speaker 3: Couldn't finish opening Day.

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Speaker 1: But he was back for a week two, right, so,

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Speaker 1: and we knocked him in the game and then he

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Speaker 1: came back again, I know so.

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Speaker 4: And that's been kind of a theme for him in

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Speaker 4: his career. So until that's broken or that changes. And

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Speaker 4: you know there are guys through time, like you know

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Speaker 4: Josh Allen, he's at Wyoming. You know he could be scattershot.

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Speaker 4: There's no doubt. I mean I saw it at the

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Speaker 4: Senior Bowl. The first day of the Senior Bow for

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Speaker 4: Josh Allen he couldn't hit the broadside of a barn.

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Speaker 2: But then his days war on.

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Speaker 4: He got better and better and he improved, and Josh

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Speaker 4: Allen was one of the outliers when it comes to

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Speaker 4: that sort of thing. Anthony Richardson has just never proven

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Speaker 4: he can stay healthy enough. Yeah, and that dates all

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Speaker 4: the way back to high school. And I've talked about

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Speaker 4: that a million times. But you know, go beat him

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Speaker 4: at their best. That's what Texans have to go do.

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Speaker 4: And look, last time they've the last time they've played

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Speaker 4: in all three AFC self buildings, they won Week eighteen,

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Speaker 4: Week fifteen, and then Week three. Those three last year

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Speaker 1: So let's see how they do this in a row

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Speaker 4: All right, I've been waiting to do this for a

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Speaker 4: I would ask you how much Houston? How you love

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Speaker 5: Something like that.

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Speaker 6: I was a trip to Ohio. It was good, man,

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Speaker 6: it was good. The team were able to get better

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Speaker 5: So I think we got somebody of end.

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Speaker 6: We're also able to grow closer as a team, get

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Speaker 5: So I think it was it was a good experience.

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Speaker 4: What's that running back room like? You're joined it this year? Obviously, DP,

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Speaker 6: Real vibrant man, real vibrant. Everybody doing their job, everybody

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Speaker 5: I'm just trying to get in where I fit in.

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Speaker 4: Okay, I gotta ask you this physically, how you feel

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Speaker 5: How you been feeling?

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Speaker 2: And why Houston? Why did Houston make sense for cam Akers?

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Speaker 6: I feel how I look, man. I feel smooth, I

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Speaker 5: I feel good man.

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Speaker 6: As far as why Houston, I think it was just

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Speaker 5: Mutual interest.

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Speaker 6: Mutual interest, and it's a super team, you know what

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Speaker 6: I mean, Come right in and compete, you know what

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Speaker 4: Okay, I'm gonna tell you about the time I first

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Speaker 4: heard about this kid Clinton High School playing Pearl High.

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Speaker 2: School and state championship game.

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Speaker 4: I hear about this kid who threw for over two

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Speaker 4: ran for five told seven. I was like, man, I

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Speaker 4: What do you remember about scoring seven in the state

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Speaker 2: That's your last game in high school.

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Speaker 6: No, it was my last game in high school, and

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Speaker 6: it was the most important one. It was the state championship.

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Speaker 6: That's what I remember the most, holding that trophy up.

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Speaker 6: Everything else was just happening, like it felt like slow motion,

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Speaker 5: You know what I mean. Great experience. I won one.

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Speaker 5: I wish I could have won one on every.

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Speaker 6: Level, but I skipped a college. Hopefully I can get

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Speaker 3: So yeah, no doubt. But the two hundred yards throwing,

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Speaker 3: that's the one that got me. So how many more

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Speaker 5: About two hundred?

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Speaker 6: More?

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Speaker 5: About two hundred? I haven't many I need to have.

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Speaker 5: So just just being ready whenever my number cough.

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Speaker 4: It is always ready for the half back pass. I

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Speaker 2: You've proven you can throw.

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Speaker 3: The other guys, I don't know if they've done that.

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Speaker 7: Camp.

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Speaker 3: We're glad you're in Houston.

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Speaker 4: Man, got a preseason game coming up against the New

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Speaker 4: York Giants. How excited are you to get here at

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Speaker 5: For you. How you feel feel great? Man?

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Speaker 6: Literally, it'll be my first time walking in walking in

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Speaker 5: I'm ready.

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Speaker 2: Cam appreciate it.

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Speaker 5: Thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I love that guy. He's fun to talk to. I

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Speaker 4: I'll just ask him this offhanded.

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Speaker 2: Have you ever hid somebody in a preseason game.

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Speaker 3: So not played him so other teams wouldn't see him?

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Speaker 3: That's right?

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Speaker 1: Have you ever done that? Did do that with Alvin Kamara?

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Speaker 1: Not that they were trying to hide him from other teams, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you were talking about that, but not to hide him

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Speaker 4: I just remember we were up there and I was like,

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Speaker 2: They didn't play in the preseason game.

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Speaker 4: Of course at that point, you know, Harvey hit and

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Speaker 4: This is bizarre? And then I don't think he was hurt.

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Speaker 4: I bring it up with cam Akers because I'm like,

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Speaker 4: he's gotten to a point where he's taking some reps

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Speaker 2: Taking some reps with CJ.

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Speaker 3: Like, are you saying he's reaching bubble rep status? Johnny,

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Speaker 3: I don't know about that.

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Speaker 2: But I'm I just don't know.

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Speaker 4: I got to thinking about it, like is that a

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Speaker 4: he's healthy.

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Speaker 1: Oh you're actually saying could you potentially cut him and

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Speaker 4: Cut him, just not play him in preseason games? Oh,

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Speaker 4: just not play him in preseason games.

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Speaker 2: And kind of I don't.

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Speaker 3: Unleash him against the Royal Blue, right right?

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Speaker 2: Maybe so?

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Speaker 4: So, I don't know either way, but Ill said Joe

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Speaker 4: Mixon was back today. Joe Mixon, Laromy Tunsel. They're kind

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Speaker 3: He's so quick to the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 4: Very rarely are you're gonna have a TfL against Joe.

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Speaker 4: He's so quick to make a decision. It's like one

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Speaker 2: He can run through that.

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Speaker 4: So even if he picks the wrong hole, he's still

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Speaker 4: he picked up seven eight yards because the linebacker wasn't

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Speaker 3: Was not one ounce, not one ounce of pressure.

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Speaker 3: That's beautiful and that's so fun to watch. That's what

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Speaker 1: Great and Titus coming back great to see as well,

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Speaker 1: and also great to see you've got Blake Fisher if

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're here today.

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Speaker 1: From Serrious x MNFL radio and they did their afternoon

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Speaker 1: show here and Jim was saying, man, I actually like

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Speaker 1: about Kenyan Green and he thought, all right, if Green's playing, well,

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Speaker 3: Whole thing just elevates.

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Speaker 3: So the line they need time together.

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Speaker 1: You've talked about it. Andre has talked about it, and

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Speaker 1: you had three more spots in the backfield, and Mixon's

443
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Speaker 1: definitely got one. And after that, I am not convinced

444
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Speaker 1: of anything, but I'm starting to get really convinced that

445
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Speaker 1: cam Akers has to be on this football team.

446
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Speaker 4: So I heard Sean talking about this this morning and

447
00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:51,360
Speaker 4: had a long drive because my family's here, so we're

448
00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:53,639
Speaker 4: we're down at Galveston staying for a few days, so

449
00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,199
Speaker 4: I'm driving from there each day, and so I had

450
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Speaker 4: a chance to listen to them, and Sean was talking

451
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Speaker 4: about position battles and he said, I have one lock

452
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Speaker 4: and running back.

453
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Speaker 2: And that's mixing, and I was like, Okay, huh, interesting.

454
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Speaker 4: Because I do feel like there is there is a

455
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Speaker 4: competition at that position beyond Joe, and I think, like

456
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Speaker 4: you said, I think a large part of that is

457
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Speaker 4: because the rise of Cam Akers.

458
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Speaker 3: I think Cam is really I don't know if he's

459
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Speaker 3: not surprised, but.

460
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Speaker 4: I think it's Okay, that's the guy I remember I

461
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Speaker 4: remember before the injuries, before the achilles. I'm seeing that explosiveness.

462
00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,800
Speaker 4: I'm seeing that vision and that burst, the twitch, the suddenness.

463
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Speaker 3: I'm seeing all of that that I remember from him. Uh.

464
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Speaker 3: And I think that's hugely important. Of course, Demiko knows.

465
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Speaker 4: Tomko coached against him when he was at the Rams,

466
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Speaker 4: when he was a defensive coordinator there.

467
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

468
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So I think that with Cam Akers, as long as

470
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Speaker 1: he's not hurt, he's on.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I would call him a lock Johnny at this point.

472
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and they're gonna hang on to him some Wait now,

473
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Speaker 1: unless he tears it achilles again.

474
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Speaker 3: Bad injury, Oh yeah, exactly. If it's something just mild

475
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Speaker 3: and aggravating.

476
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Speaker 1: Gosh, I hate injuries. It's the worst thing about sports

477
00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:16,680
Speaker 1: to the sports heroes getting injuries. That and contract negotiations.

478
00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:20,800
Speaker 1: Talked to the Jets that and contract negotiations are just terrible.

479
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Speaker 1: But you know, I don't begrudge people getting their money,

480
00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,160
Speaker 1: but it's just awful that we have to hear about

481
00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:26,720
Speaker 1: it all the time.

482
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Speaker 3: Not that I condemned them for it.

483
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Speaker 1: It's just as a fan, you want everybody to be

484
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Speaker 1: happy and paid and just let's play ball and follow

485
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Speaker 1: the sports.

486
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Speaker 4: Absolutely, and the Texans will be affected positively negatively depending

487
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Speaker 4: on you know how you hate injuries too, I'm with you.

488
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Speaker 4: I mean, JJ McCarthy look really, really good the other

489
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Speaker 4: day against the Raiders in his preseason output in the

490
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Speaker 4: Raiders or the Vikings, fans are really excited as well

491
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Speaker 4: they should be. And then come to find out he

492
00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,520
Speaker 4: went and talked to the Trainks after the game, was like,

493
00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,399
Speaker 4: how my knees kind of bothering me. And now he's

494
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Speaker 4: got a torn meniscus and now there's no telling where

495
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Speaker 4: he's gonna the one he's gonna get back.

496
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Speaker 3: It could be four to six weeks, it could be

497
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Speaker 3: three to six months.

498
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Speaker 4: You're like, oh my gosh, they did a brilliant job

499
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Speaker 4: in a draft kind of letting JJ follow them at

500
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Speaker 4: eleven and then they get Dallas Turner later, but like, man,

501
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,960
Speaker 4: they got the guy, and then he's showing it off

502
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Speaker 4: and he's getting fans excited.

503
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Speaker 3: I mean, think about that, Think about last year CJ.

504
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Speaker 3: You know, we're getting excited.

505
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Speaker 4: We see him against at Dolphins, he throws those dimes

506
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Speaker 4: he dropped on on Robert Woods on the sideline, and

507
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,600
Speaker 4: then we wake up on Sunday morning, it's like, yeah,

508
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Speaker 4: CJ's got a tornmentus because I mean I would just

509
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Speaker 4: I would have been gutted.

510
00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, completely gutted at that point.

511
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Speaker 4: That's what they have and that's what they have, and

512
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Speaker 4: that could impact the Texans because Texans schedule to play

513
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Speaker 4: them week three.

514
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so if that if.

515
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Speaker 4: It's more than four to six weeks, even if it's

516
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Speaker 4: four to six weeks, he's then got a few more

517
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Speaker 4: weeks to ramp up after that. Now you went to

518
00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:51,960
Speaker 4: the season, we're not going to see him. So I

519
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 4: would imagine we're not going to see JJ McCart donald,

520
00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:55,080
Speaker 4: see Sam Darnold.

521
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Speaker 3: Yeah, who has got a few wins. Well, he's got

522
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Speaker 3: one win. Oh geez, the Carolina Panthers game.

523
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Speaker 2: Panthers game.

524
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Speaker 3: He played brilliantly in that game.

525
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Speaker 1: He looked like he looked like the quarterback that people

526
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Speaker 1: hope for when they sign him. He has that, like

527
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,960
Speaker 1: you would say, in his bag. He's got that club

528
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,600
Speaker 1: in his bag to play that well. He also has

529
00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:20,760
Speaker 1: another club that doesn't play quite as well.

530
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Speaker 4: His expiration date, as you say, is usually about week

531
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Speaker 4: four or five. Well, wait, it's week three when we play.

532
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Speaker 1: Him, but we got them week three. I like my

533
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,080
Speaker 1: chances in that one. I'm cocky about that one shining.

534
00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,040
Speaker 1: Let's get after the quarterback, let's get the pass rush going.

535
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Speaker 3: How many times have we won up there? None? None,

536
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Speaker 3: But we haven't been up there much though.

537
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Speaker 1: We're in the Homer Dome the Hanky Dome whatever they

538
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,440
Speaker 1: used to call it, because I know they changed the

539
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:52,000
Speaker 1: name several times. Eight and we were there, that's it.

540
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Speaker 1: Oh wait, that's it, only time sixteen. We were up

541
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Speaker 1: there in the new building.

542
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Speaker 2: Yeah, new building.

543
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, so the Homer Dome only once, but we're

544
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Speaker 1: there for a preseason game or two.

545
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Speaker 4: Dominated I remember one preseason game that was it thirteen, No,

546
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Speaker 4: it was eleven.

547
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Speaker 1: Last Arian had the hamstring and tweeted out the X ray.

548
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Speaker 1: He said something about this is not awesomeness. I forget

549
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 1: the exact words, but it was really funny.

550
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Speaker 3: I remember that, Oh God, we will.

551
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Speaker 1: Not give medical information except here's my X ray, go

552
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:35,159
Speaker 1: ahead and interpret it. And every amateur doctor in the

553
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,720
Speaker 1: world was weighing in on the Arian Foster injury because

554
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 1: remember the year before, we opened against the Colts about

555
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Speaker 1: thirty one yards. The next year we opened against the

556
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Speaker 1: Colts at home and Ben Tate ran for like a

557
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Speaker 1: buck fifty or something and we dominated again. It was

558
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,119
Speaker 1: Kerry Collins playing quarterback that year. That was the Manning

559
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:53,879
Speaker 1: is Gone year, and that was a great year. Arian

560
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Speaker 1: Arian came back had a great season that year, but

561
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Speaker 1: he missed the first game or two with the injury

562
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Speaker 1: that he.

563
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Speaker 2: Out of this.

564
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Speaker 3: So that I remember that was the Minnesota trip. That

565
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Speaker 3: was the Minnisota Show.

566
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Speaker 1: I think that was preseason game four, if I'm not

567
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,760
Speaker 1: mistaken up there, because I remember I saw the Mary

568
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Speaker 1: Tyler Moore statue.

569
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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, you know that.

570
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Speaker 1: You played a hellimum fictional character if they make a

571
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Speaker 1: statue of that character, like Sylvester Stallone and the Rocky statue,

572
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 1: Mary Tyler Moore statue. I don't know how many others

573
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Speaker 1: are around the country like that, but the fact that

574
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Speaker 1: Mary Tyler Moore has a statue based on the character

575
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Speaker 1: that you played on the TV show and Kids. It

576
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,680
Speaker 1: was a long time ago. It was a great TV show,

577
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Speaker 1: trust me, she was awesome. I gotta tell you. One

578
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Speaker 1: of our video guys today, Shane, he does a great job.

579
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Speaker 1: He was an intern now he's full time. He humored

580
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Speaker 1: me today, Johnny I went there. We were talking about

581
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,200
Speaker 1: me doing a fake opening for some video he wanted

582
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Speaker 1: to do, like pretending we were on the air.

583
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

584
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Speaker 1: I have to think I still have to do that

585
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Speaker 1: for him. But anyway, I'm outing us now. Yeah, we're

586
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Speaker 1: talking about I said, it's like Broadcast New is where

587
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,640
Speaker 1: William Hurt fakes crying on the news story?

588
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Speaker 3: He said, is that that movie in the seventies. I'm

589
00:25:06,080 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 3: mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.

590
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Speaker 1: I said, no, no, no, that's network. But it's in

591
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Speaker 1: the same genre. This is about ten years later. I said,

592
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Speaker 1: thank you very much, though, for not completely going blank

593
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Speaker 1: on me while I'm giving a totally dated reference on

594
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Speaker 1: the movie Broadcast News, which is a great movie.

595
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Speaker 3: Everybody should see it.

596
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Speaker 2: That is too funny.

597
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Speaker 3: I mean, I that was thirteen years ago.

598
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Speaker 4: The Arion did that. It was thirteen years ago. It

599
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Speaker 4: feels like it was just yesterday, but I was thirteen.

600
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and that was a trip to Minnesota.

601
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Speaker 1: That's why we brought it up because they don't have

602
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Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy and likely won't week three when the Texans

603
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Speaker 1: take them on.

604
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,680
Speaker 3: So let's see, let's reset here.

605
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Speaker 1: Week one, you get Anthony Richardson, young quarterback, second year,

606
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Speaker 1: not too many starts. Week two you get rookie quarterback

607
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Speaker 1: Caleb Williams, right, second start.

608
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Speaker 3: In all likelihood correct.

609
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Speaker 1: Week three you get Sam Darnold, a bunch of starts,

610
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:02,800
Speaker 1: but hasn't really been as great as they want. So

611
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:04,800
Speaker 1: that's not a bad start really when you look at

612
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: opposing quarterbacks. Although Williams full of surprises, he have the

613
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Speaker 1: game of his life, you never know a lot of

614
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 1: people thought, oh CJ. Stroud, rookie quarterback. I'm sure the

615
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,360
Speaker 1: Jags were thinking that when the Texans visited them week

616
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Speaker 1: three last year, and then look what happened at Jacksonville

617
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Speaker 1: at home.

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Speaker 3: By the way, that's a great.

619
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Speaker 1: Cautionary tale for whatever the Bear is bringing here a week.

620
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Speaker 2: Two that's exactly right.

621
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Speaker 4: And watching that Bears offense against the Bills, And look,

622
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Speaker 4: when you're facing a quarterback like Kayleb Williams, the first

623
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Speaker 4: time you're facing I don't care if your NFL defense

624
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:38,000
Speaker 4: or not, the first time you face him, he's gonna

625
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,920
Speaker 4: do something in that game where you're like.

626
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,479
Speaker 2: WHOA, what just happened.

627
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, there's the little flick screen he had to DeAndre Swift.

628
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:46,720
Speaker 3: That was great.

629
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Speaker 4: But the first third down he has, he drops in

630
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Speaker 4: the pocket, stays in the pocket, kind of maneuvers and

631
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Speaker 4: then throws a laser shot to DJ Moore for a

632
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Speaker 4: first down. Then a couple of days later he has pressure,

633
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:04,919
Speaker 4: so he rolls right, he's running full speed and throws

634
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:08,439
Speaker 4: the ball probably thirty yards on a dime like on

635
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 4: just It was a great throw to cole come out

636
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 4: on the sidelines completion. He was four first first four,

637
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,520
Speaker 4: and I think he ended up four for seven. But

638
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,640
Speaker 4: he started four for four, then DJ Moore dropped one.

639
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:25,679
Speaker 4: Then he hit Dj Moore again and more could have

640
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 4: caught it, should have caught it, and then he had

641
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:29,440
Speaker 4: to throw one kind of a way.

642
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,040
Speaker 3: He threw it high to Roma dunes in.

643
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 2: The back of the end zone.

644
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,200
Speaker 3: He could have gone seven for seven.

645
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:36,399
Speaker 4: Legitimately, against the Bills, and I mean he scrambled for

646
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,159
Speaker 4: a first down and slid like he did in the

647
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 4: Hard Knocks. He needed to slip and slide. That didn't

648
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 4: need to slip and slide. This time he looked good.

649
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,440
Speaker 4: He looked like as we would say, you look a okay.

650
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,159
Speaker 4: He fits like he just looked out of place. He

651
00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,879
Speaker 4: was in complete control, and the Bills were playing I

652
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,040
Speaker 4: think every starter that they're gonna play.

653
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,200
Speaker 3: The only guy who don't remember seeing was Von Miller.

654
00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 3: I don't know Milana will played. And does that really

655
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,199
Speaker 3: matter as much these days?

656
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 2: Yeah?

657
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,479
Speaker 3: So at Oliver went on that game a little bit

658
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,200
Speaker 3: banged up, and you know that.

659
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,199
Speaker 4: I just the Bills. Then I wanted the Bill's offense,

660
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,719
Speaker 4: and I thought they I don't know this, well, we're

661
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:13,640
Speaker 4: going to see them here.

662
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Speaker 3: Interesting, We're going.

663
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Speaker 1: To see them here for a nooner and the Texans

664
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Speaker 1: will be wearing the h Town blue unis in the October.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait for that, all right. Coming up on

666
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Speaker 1: the show, Khalil Davis. You had to visit with him

667
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago, but I visited with him today

668
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Speaker 1: and Khalil brought up something that I think needs attention

669
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Speaker 1: from everybody who has a sibling, but also football stuff

670
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Speaker 1: with Khalil as we talk about the Texans defense coming

671
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Speaker 1: up here on Texans Radio, keeping your company and your

672
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 1: drive home, your drive to work, your drive wherever you're

673
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 1: driving to, or if you're at home listening on a podcast,

674
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: or on the smart device that you have in your house,

675
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 1: because you could say, hey, smart device. I don't want

676
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: to say the name because it might respond to me,

677
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 1: Hey smart device. Put on Sports Radio six ' ten

678
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 1: and you'll get the show. And I think you can

679
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,520
Speaker 1: even ask for Texans All Access after Hours and get

680
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: it on the smart device. If I'm not mistaken, because

681
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 1: it's on the Odissey app. You can always go to

682
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Speaker 1: the Odyssey app later and find our show. It instantly

683
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: appears almost after we're done. Then we put it on

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans dot com later. Did you know that you said.

685
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,600
Speaker 3: Texans All Access after hours?

686
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Speaker 1: Oo, Texans Alexis after hours.

687
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Speaker 3: That could be interesting.

688
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: Barry White music, Oh yeah, man, I don't know if

689
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: that's gonna catch on.

690
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, that might have some issues.

691
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 3: I'll tell you what we're gonna start featuring. Though.

692
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Speaker 1: In some of our radio programming is a bunch of

693
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Speaker 1: new podcasts that the Texans are putting out. One include

694
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Speaker 1: I can't should I even publicize this. I don't know

695
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 1: if we're ready to announce. I'm gonna hold that back.

696
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 1: Just get ready. We got some cool podcasts starting up.

697
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: You already know about Andre Johnson and Goat Talk. He's

698
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 1: doing more of those. But we're gonna do some other

699
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 1: ones too, with names you know, and they're gonna be interesting.

700
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Speaker 3: So stay tuned for that.

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Speaker 1: All right, Johnny, We're gonna talk d but first let's

702
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 1: talk to one of the defensive linemen who I know

703
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 1: you love and you've caught up with. We had him

704
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Speaker 1: in the TV production meeting last week, Khalil Davis, and

705
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 1: I talked with Khalil Davis after a hot practice and

706
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 1: talked about how camp was going for him.

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Speaker 8: Overall, it's been going pretty good. The main thing is

708
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 8: to stay healthy. I stayed healthy. I've tried to show

709
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 8: you that I'm you know, I'm there for this team

710
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 8: whatever they need for me. But overall it's been going good.

711
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 8: Just trying to grow into that next role that they

712
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Speaker 8: have for me.

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Speaker 1: This year, You've been with a bunch of NFL teams

714
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Speaker 1: and you were in the USFL. What's really clicked for

715
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Speaker 1: you in Houston.

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Speaker 8: Really just the you know, perfect timing. Really, I just

717
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,640
Speaker 8: got blessed last year with the new coach, new system,

718
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 8: and uh I get picked I got picked up at

719
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Speaker 8: the right time. But really I just I just fit

720
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Speaker 8: this this system. Joe in this system, and you know

721
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Speaker 8: it fits my speed, playing fast, getting up fields.

722
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Speaker 3: So not this passed offseason.

723
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Speaker 1: But when you're in the USFL then coming to the NFL,

724
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Speaker 1: played in a ton of games, what did you learn

725
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,920
Speaker 1: from the USFL experience that's helped you the NFL.

726
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,720
Speaker 8: Really I treated it like I was playing in the NFL.

727
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 8: Every game. I just tried to prepare like as if

728
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Speaker 8: I was preparing for an NFL game, And when I

729
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,000
Speaker 8: got here, it was it was second nature to me.

730
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Speaker 8: So really I had prepared myself and I was ready

731
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Speaker 8: for anything that you know, they were gonna throw at me.

732
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Speaker 1: Allow me to reminist. You have a Super Bowl ring

733
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Speaker 1: with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. What was that experience? Like

734
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: Tom Brady at the helm, all of it.

735
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Speaker 5: It was really awesome.

736
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Speaker 8: I was a rookie with a bunch of vets, so

737
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Speaker 8: just to see all those guys work and you know

738
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Speaker 8: what they put in every day. Tom Brady man, he's

739
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 8: probably the hardest worker I've ever seen. And you know

740
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Speaker 8: he's a quarterback, but he was there at four thirty

741
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Speaker 8: every morning, first one in the building, the last one

742
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Speaker 8: to leave. And nadmikin Sue was man. I watched him

743
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 8: come in same thing their four thirty, getting his work

744
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Speaker 8: out in and really just to watch those guys work,

745
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Speaker 8: and I really got to soak everything in, Khalil.

746
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Speaker 1: How true is that that the quarterback can affect the

747
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: defense too? Culture wise? You have CJ here, You worked

748
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Speaker 1: with Brady. How does that work really? From they have

749
00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,680
Speaker 1: a lot of similarities. CJ has that mentality. I'm not

750
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Speaker 1: gonna lose that at any time. And if you can

751
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 1: get a quarterback that thinks like that, the whole team

752
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,479
Speaker 1: can feed off that. And I feel like that's what

753
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Speaker 1: we have.

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Speaker 3: Here all right.

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Speaker 1: We know you have a twin brother, And how often

756
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 1: do you guys communicate?

757
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 3: And how do you communicate?

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Speaker 8: Every day? We communicate through text. If I don't if

759
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 8: I can't get him on a call, we text. But

760
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 8: I try to speak to him every day and he

761
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 8: tells me how his camp is going.

762
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Speaker 5: I'm telling him what I'm you know, doing over here.

763
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Speaker 5: So it's pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: Who wins the wrestling matches if you still have them?

765
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Speaker 1: Do you do arm wrestling? Full out wrestling? How do

766
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Speaker 1: you compete with each other? Because I know it's got

767
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Speaker 1: to happen.

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Speaker 5: You know, that stopped.

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Speaker 8: The last fight we ever had was we were in

770
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Speaker 8: the same hotel room for the NFL Combine and we

771
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Speaker 8: had a big fight, and I think it was just

772
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Speaker 8: we knew we were both parton ways and it was

773
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Speaker 8: kind of like that last fight of I'm Gonna miss you.

774
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 8: We just didn't know how to communicate that, so we stopped.

775
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 8: After that, it was over it, No more fights. It's

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Speaker 8: all love from here on out.

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Speaker 3: That's beautiful. Khalil, thanks a lot for joining us.

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Speaker 2: Good luck to you. Thank you all.

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Speaker 1: Right, before we get into the football stuff, I re

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Speaker 1: imported at the end there that he and his twin

781
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 1: brother they fought at the combine because they knew they

782
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Speaker 1: weren't going to see each other much anymore, and instead

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Speaker 1: of expressing their love another way, they did it by fighting. Yes,

784
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Speaker 1: And this is how my eleven year old communicates too.

785
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Speaker 1: He gets out the boxing gloves. I'm like, oh, you're

786
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Speaker 1: expressing your love for me by boxing. He said, that's

787
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: exactly it, and he starts punching.

788
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 3: Away, flailing away at me.

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Speaker 1: So I can identify with the Davis brothers in doing this.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely. This will tell you a little bit.

791
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Speaker 4: I think about how far Khalil Davis has come too

792
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Speaker 4: his brother on.

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Speaker 2: So we played.

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Speaker 4: So that production meeting was Thursday, So it was Thursday

795
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Speaker 4: morning before we took off checking Twitter, and his twin

796
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 4: brother had signed somewhere in the league.

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Speaker 2: And I can't remember.

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Speaker 4: Daddy Cincinnati, okay, and it's and Carlos, right, I think

799
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Speaker 4: Carlos Carlos, brother of Khalil Davis signs with the Cincinnati Banks.

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Speaker 3: Oh not.

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Speaker 2: I thought that was really cool because.

802
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Speaker 4: It's like we're recognizing that Khalil has already kind of

803
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Speaker 4: made his mark with the text and all that. Brother

804
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,520
Speaker 4: of Khalil Davis. I thought that was really cool. So

805
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 4: we said that to Khalil. He's like, yeah, I saw that.

806
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 4: That was pretty cool because you know, as a brother,

807
00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 4: you're like, yeah, they had to been to me, of course.

808
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 4: But just a gentle soul for a guy that big,

809
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 4: that quick, that disruptive, he's such a gentle soul and

810
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Speaker 4: I'm so glad that he's here. He told the story

811
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Speaker 4: into production meeting, and he's told it to me before

812
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 4: and us before because we asked him, you know what

813
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 4: are you working on the story that I don't know

814
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Speaker 4: that I've ever I've ever told this. In the Atlanta game,

815
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Speaker 4: he forces a fumble, big fumble, get on it. We

816
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,800
Speaker 4: end up getting points. We don't win the game, obviously,

817
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 4: but Khalil is our player of the game. So I'm

818
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 4: talking to him after the game and I'm doing on

819
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Speaker 4: my phone so do all the interviews, and so I

820
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 4: asked him during the interview, I said, you know what,

821
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Speaker 4: you know, how did that fumble come to be? You

822
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Speaker 4: know what what happened? Take me through it. And as

823
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Speaker 4: he's explaining, he nearly knocks the phone out of my

824
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 4: hands well because he's using his hands to show how

825
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 4: it happened. And he's like, yeah, Coach Ryan's has been

826
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Speaker 4: after me all year about using my hands better, using

827
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Speaker 4: my hands better.

828
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Speaker 3: So I was like, but don't do it to my

829
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Speaker 3: phone during the.

830
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Speaker 4: Years, but it just showed how much that he had

831
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 4: grown throughout the year because he got much better his hands.

832
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:20,600
Speaker 2: He's much better now.

833
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,839
Speaker 4: He's so quick and strong, so I think I think

834
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 4: he is such a perfect fitness interior defensive line room.

835
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Speaker 4: I'm curious how that all comes to fruition. We've unfortunately

836
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 4: not had a chance to see Tim Sedtle junior at

837
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 4: defensive tackle, but we've seen a lot of others, and

838
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 4: I know wide receivers the toughest. We've talked about that,

839
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:40,919
Speaker 4: we talked about running back a little better. That's gonna

840
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 4: be a tough one. Interior defensive line. Trying to figure

841
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 4: out what and who you're keeping at the interior defensive

842
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,240
Speaker 4: line is going to be as difficult.

843
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 2: As those two.

844
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Speaker 1: Well obviously, fully m hm, obviously, Well, Denico's gonna come back,

845
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: so Deniko Autrey, you can deal with that later. That's

846
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 1: a later problem. You're going to get him back after

847
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: six games. But not gonna worry about that right now

848
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 1: because things happen. So Mario Edwards making this football, yeah, absolutely.

849
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 1: And Mario has been around for a long time and

850
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 1: here he is. I was talking to Jim Miller about

851
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 1: him and he said, yeah, he he's got a lot

852
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 1: of aggression on the field between the lines, you know,

853
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:17,319
Speaker 1: and he's got to be careful not to pick up

854
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 1: the Antonio Smith like fifteen yard are every once in

855
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 1: a while too. But you'd rather have guys that have

856
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: to pull back from that than to make more aggressive.

857
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 1: So Mario's got that side to him. I think Khalil's

858
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 1: got to be on it. And then you look at Kurt.

859
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: You're right, you start to get to some numbers here

860
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 1: on the Entiretis, Harris Sosa, McTelvin Ai. Yeah, those guys, Yeah,

861
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 1: I mean they deserve heavy consideration because those guys could

862
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 1: turn into playmakers for you. This could be their real

863
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,359
Speaker 1: coming out parties this season. Let me ask you this

864
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 1: about Khalil Davis. He was on that Tampa team as

865
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:54,320
Speaker 1: a rookie. He's bounced around. He's been on six NFL teams,

866
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 1: including this one, and a USFL team, right, and you

867
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: asked him about the USFL season and playing all and

868
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: I asked him the same question in this interview because

869
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: I stole it. But playing all those games and then

870
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,320
Speaker 1: playing all these games, there's something that clicked for him though,

871
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: and he really I don't think he could define it

872
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: even but maybe it's just consistency, Johnny, just being able

873
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: to do the same thing day and day out. And

874
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 1: get better at it. The ten thousand hours thing, however,

875
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: you wanted to find that. Yeah, he didn't even he

876
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: really didn't even bat an eye. I was like, I

877
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 1: did the math form. I said, look, you played ten

878
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 1: games in the UFL, and then you turned around and played.

879
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,399
Speaker 1: You played the preseason games three and then I think

880
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: he was inactive for the first game.

881
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 2: And he played fifteen.

882
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,359
Speaker 4: Regular seasons, sixteen regular season games and then both playoff games.

883
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 2: And I was like doing a mathmat.

884
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:41,399
Speaker 4: I was like, the twenty eight football games, Like, how

885
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 4: did you do it? He said, I didn't even think

886
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 4: about it. I just couldn't think about it. I just thought,

887
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 4: what's the next thing I have to do? The next

888
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 4: thing is practice on Monday, practice on Tuesday, practice on Wednesday.

889
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 2: Like, what's the next thing?

890
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 4: He never he never even thought about that, and healthy

891
00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,280
Speaker 4: in state, healthy and got to the end of the season.

892
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 3: He said, it was at the end of the season when.

893
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 4: He realized, okay, wow, my body needs a little bit

894
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 4: of a break.

895
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:06,479
Speaker 3: Yeah, and it did.

896
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 2: He played twenty eight.

897
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 4: Football games and almost thinking a calendar year, right, I

898
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 4: mean not even twelve months, because you started in what

899
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 4: February or March?

900
00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,280
Speaker 3: So it was like nine months. He played twenty eight games.

901
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,279
Speaker 4: And look, he didn't play every single snap in all

902
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 4: those games, but still that's a lot of games to

903
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 4: mentally get yourself ready for, physically, get yourself ready for,

904
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Speaker 4: go out there and perform.

905
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 2: And then they had playoff games in the UFL.

906
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,440
Speaker 3: They had playoff games here in Houston.

907
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 4: So he was but he was consistent, and he was

908
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 4: consistent in a sense that he got incrementally better every

909
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 4: time he went out on the field.

910
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 2: That was huge.

911
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,360
Speaker 1: He's almost a case study for eighteen game schedule. But

912
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,359
Speaker 1: he doesn't play every snap. I know this, that's right,

913
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,880
Speaker 1: that's the quarterback. He's getting a limited number of snaps

914
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: per game, but he's effective within those snaps. I'm not

915
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,880
Speaker 1: taking anything away from it, right, but it is guys

916
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,720
Speaker 1: who do that, who play like USFL or UFL.

917
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,799
Speaker 3: Now you said UFL for last year he was still

918
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:04,360
Speaker 3: in the USFL.

919
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 2: It was USFL last year.

920
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: It was former Texansflex Magou who's now in Green Bay.

921
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 4: So here's how I separated Klill Davis USFL, Malik Fisher UFL.

922
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:15,920
Speaker 2: And that's another guy, Malik Fisher.

923
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 4: If you've watched him in practice, which which I have,

924
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Speaker 4: and not even just practice, but even in the game

925
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,319
Speaker 4: against Pittsburgh, in the game in the Hall of Fame

926
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,240
Speaker 4: game against the Bears, it wasn't perfect.

927
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Speaker 2: He drew a holding penalty against the Steelers.

928
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 4: But in practice I remember the first few days I

929
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 4: was like, Okay, I don't know how this is gonna go.

930
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 4: But then you'd start seeing, Okay, that was a pressure,

931
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,359
Speaker 4: all right, that was good. That was a good rush. Okay,

932
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 4: played the run pretty well. The holding penalty drew against

933
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 4: the Steelers, he set the edge really well. And look,

934
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Speaker 4: I know you can't keep everybody, but I remember asking

935
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 4: Nick Cassari about that. Did Khalil playing in the USFL

936
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,879
Speaker 4: and his success last year make you look at Malik

937
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 4: Fisher and go, hey, wait a second, why not take

938
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 4: the risk. He's already kind of in football shape, right,

939
00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 4: Let's take the risk. We'll see what ends up happening.

940
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 4: And he's gotten better. I've written his name down a

941
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 4: number of times over the last how many, ever, you know,

942
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,280
Speaker 4: the last couple of weeks of practice, I thought on highways,

943
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 4: really good, he's just getting a little bit better, a

944
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,839
Speaker 4: little bit better, and who knows if you put him

945
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 4: on practice squad, and you work with him for a year,

946
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 4: because here's your case study in that Ali Gay. Ali

947
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:21,360
Speaker 4: Gay played a bunch of snaps against the Steelers the

948
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Speaker 4: other night, and I thought played pretty well all things considered.

949
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:28,040
Speaker 4: And now I see even practice shutting down a run

950
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,160
Speaker 4: at the end of prime single handle is shutting down

951
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 4: a run. You're like that, dude's just getting confidence and

952
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 4: every he's just whatever rep you give me, with whatever rep,

953
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:38,840
Speaker 4: whatever group I go out with, I just take it

954
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 4: and I get better with it. And I love that,

955
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 4: and I want that to be a hallmark of this organization.

956
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 4: Maybe Ali Gay and Milake Fisher and even Khalil, maybe

957
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 4: they don't play with the Texans for the majority of

958
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 4: their career.

959
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 2: I hope they do, but maybe they don't.

960
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 4: But what you end up finding here is that this

961
00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 4: is a place that grows and develops players.

962
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: So Tamika Ryan's wants send everybody to the league, whether

963
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:05,600
Speaker 1: it's here or somewhere else, preferably not in the division though.

964
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 1: Coach right coming up, Henry to Atta and Nick Broker,

965
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,840
Speaker 1: what do they have to say about this camp and

966
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: about the immediate future of the Texans. It's Texans All

967
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 1: Access so much to do, so little time. Let's get

968
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: right to it. Henry to atoa second year linebacker from Alabama.

969
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 1: John Harris, checked in with him after a hot practice Tuesday.

970
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,440
Speaker 4: Henry Houston turned it up today. Oh yes, this is

971
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 4: what we're used to in Houston. But good work, get

972
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:31,720
Speaker 4: back the pads on how you feel?

973
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 7: Great teams doing well? I think we needed this kind

974
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 7: of day, hot day, come out, compete. You know, these

975
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 7: are the dog days that it's gonna make us, you know,

976
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 7: who we want to be throughout the the end of

977
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 7: the year to play in February where we want to be, So,

978
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 7: you know, we need these.

979
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:46,240
Speaker 5: Kind of days signs.

980
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 3: How was it getting a chance to hit a different

981
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 3: college jersey?

982
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 4: How that feel the other night?

983
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 3: Oh man, it was fun.

984
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 7: I don't think I got on a tackle seat, but

985
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:54,399
Speaker 7: anything in black I was trying to hit.

986
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 5: So I was gonna pay.

987
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 7: I was trying to hit somebody. You know, that's what

988
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 7: you do it for. Yeah, you know you you you

989
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 7: work so hard thought the offset and throughout training camp,

990
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 7: like when you line up against somebody else, it is

991
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 7: what you live for preseason or not.

992
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,160
Speaker 4: What was that week in Ohio like for you guys,

993
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 4: you got the Hall of Fame ceremony. Obviously you played

994
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 4: the Hall of Fame game first, then you got the

995
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 4: ceremony for Andre. Then you guys are together for that

996
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,799
Speaker 4: week of practice. What was that week like and how

997
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,399
Speaker 4: do you feel like it was advantage for you guys?

998
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:16,719
Speaker 3: Man?

999
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 7: I think it was huge because we were able to

1000
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 7: just bond as a team for nine days do things together.

1001
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 7: You know, we're off the first two days were there,

1002
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,359
Speaker 7: so we're able to just bond, find time with your

1003
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,720
Speaker 7: position group of the defense offensively, you know, just spending

1004
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:31,760
Speaker 7: time with the guys. And I think the coach Demico

1005
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 7: does a great job of telling us like the best

1006
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,800
Speaker 7: teams of the tight team. So you know, it was

1007
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 7: great for us to be able to bond and get

1008
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:39,240
Speaker 7: together and just build as a team.

1009
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 4: In your second year, how much more comfortable do you feel?

1010
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,960
Speaker 4: I mean, I know you played, you know, somewhat like

1011
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 4: this at Alabama and Tennessee, But how does it feel

1012
00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 4: kind of second, you're hearing the same things hearing from Demico,

1013
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 4: same guys next year, how's that kind of feel?

1014
00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 7: It feels great? Man? You know, you get more comfortable

1015
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 7: around the guys. You you start to learn the system more.

1016
00:42:58,120 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 7: They say, you make your biggest do from year one

1017
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 7: of year two. So it's great, you know, and that

1018
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:03,919
Speaker 7: Jita bugs are being a rookies out of me now,

1019
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 7: So you know, I'm excited.

1020
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 5: You know.

1021
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:07,840
Speaker 7: We gotta hope it's a great vets around our defense

1022
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 7: that you're able to learn from and grow. So that's

1023
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 7: what I'm most excited about.

1024
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 4: Okay, I gotta ask you this because I'm a huge

1025
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:14,919
Speaker 4: college football fan, had been for a long time.

1026
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 2: Were you shocked when coach Saban retired?

1027
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:18,239
Speaker 7: Oh my gosh, I'm sad.

1028
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 3: It was the sadest down earth.

1029
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 1: Lie.

1030
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 7: I was so sad, you know. But he deserves a break.

1031
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:25,879
Speaker 7: You know, his resume speaks for himself. He's the greatest

1032
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 7: coach of college football all time. You know, he deserves

1033
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 7: his break.

1034
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 2: How's he gonna be on TV?

1035
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 5: Who's that coach? Be great? All right?

1036
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 7: He might tell those secrets here on there? All right?

1037
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 4: How's your linebacker room this year? Is he's added to

1038
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 4: the group, Jacob Phillips, Del Sean. You got a new

1039
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 4: couple of new guys in there. You know, Billy's in

1040
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 4: there with you guys. Now, this year is your linebackers coach,

1041
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:47,759
Speaker 4: how's the linebacker room this year?

1042
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 5: Different?

1043
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 3: Man.

1044
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,160
Speaker 7: I think we have a lot of experience in the system.

1045
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,160
Speaker 7: Having disease come. He knows a lot about the system.

1046
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 7: He knows exactly how Demico wants it. So being able

1047
00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:58,839
Speaker 7: to pick his brain. You know, he's been a huge

1048
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,440
Speaker 7: part of our our group this year. So you know,

1049
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,879
Speaker 7: big tops to him the vet. But we've been great.

1050
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:04,000
Speaker 5: Man.

1051
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:05,759
Speaker 7: We're all hungry guys, ready to compete, ready to get

1052
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 7: on the field and play some ball. But you know

1053
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:08,760
Speaker 7: that ruins full of dogs.

1054
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,919
Speaker 4: Okay, you got twenty seconds or less. Tell me why

1055
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,920
Speaker 4: California high school football is better than Texas high school football.

1056
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,840
Speaker 7: Go California. That's all you need to know. This is California.

1057
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 7: You know you got the seven teams. You got Dallas A,

1058
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:24,720
Speaker 7: you got Dallas out in the North, Moda Day, sanje On, Bosco, Serva,

1059
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 7: you got he Come.

1060
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,640
Speaker 4: On now, okay, all right, I'll give I'll give you

1061
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:30,560
Speaker 4: that because those teams can beat anybody anywhere.

1062
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 3: Henry appreciate its time.

1063
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 5: Man, thank you, say.

1064
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: Baby, I'm not a gambling man, but before this interview,

1065
00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 1: I would have taken everything I own to Vegas to

1066
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:44,479
Speaker 1: bet that Johnny Harris would ask Henry Toatoa about Daly

1067
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,680
Speaker 1: Style High School. And we saw that movie When the

1068
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: Game Stands Tall, which is about their one hundred and

1069
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 1: fifty one game winning streak from ninety two to three.

1070
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 1: I think part of it. Anyway, Jim Cavizel plays the

1071
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 1: head coach. I wanted to know about Jim Cavizl, but

1072
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:00,960
Speaker 1: that did not come up in in the interview anyway.

1073
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 3: That's Henry to Atoa, and.

1074
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:04,920
Speaker 1: Time constraints mean that we're not going to get to

1075
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 1: the Nick Broker interview, but maybe tomorrow as we have

1076
00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 1: another full show for you. It's gonna be a lot

1077
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:13,359
Speaker 1: of fun as we check in after another practice. They've

1078
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 1: got two more before they take on the Giants on

1079
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: Saturday at noon.

1080
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 3: Can't wait for that. It's a noonkick.

1081
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 1: Another reminder, get the butts in the seats, yours, other

1082
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,880
Speaker 1: people you're going with, and have some fun because the

1083
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 1: Texans take the field at NRG Stadium for the first

1084
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,319
Speaker 1: time in twenty twenty four. And we're gonna be live,

1085
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 1: of course, right here and on ABC thirteen. Johnny'll be

1086
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: in the booth with Ndy Kalu and Kevin Coogler, Shelby

1087
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 1: Coppage on the sideline. Great coverage of the game on

1088
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:43,520
Speaker 1: the radio, on TV, wherever you can consume it. All right,

1089
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: that's going to do it for tonight's show. Thank you

1090
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:49,000
Speaker 1: Byron for producing. Area forty five is coming up next

1091
00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:52,480
Speaker 1: with information that you cannot live without. The guys are

1092
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,640
Speaker 1: coming up there in the on deck circle swinging the

1093
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:59,040
Speaker 1: headsets right now. Get ready, have a great night, Go Texans.