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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program that gets you

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Speaker 1: deep involved, deep dives with the Houston Texans. We're not

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Speaker 1: night either, because we're still in Phoenix at the NFL

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Speaker 1: Annual Meeting. And as I said, that's the formal name

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Speaker 1: of this thing, not the owners meetings. That's what everybody

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Speaker 1: Roots a little bit. Why do they call it the

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Speaker 1: owners meetings when the owners go to really all of

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Speaker 1: the meetings in the offseason and even during the season,

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Speaker 1: and this involves coaches, general managers, presidents and speaking of president. Yes,

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Speaker 1: Jamie Roots will join us during the program tonight, also

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Speaker 1: a little bit later on. Really looking forward to this.

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Speaker 1: Adam Kaplan of Sirius XM NFL Radio at Kaplan NFL

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Speaker 1: on Twitter. You want to hear what he has to

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Speaker 1: say about the NFL, about the Texans, about all of it,

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Speaker 1: and tomorrow night back in studio. But Brian Gain will

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Speaker 1: to say about these meetings, about the team, about all

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Speaker 1: of it. But let's start here. Bill o'b a lot

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Speaker 1: of him in this first segment. First of all, I

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Speaker 1: before the Tuesday session. Coach, when we started doing this,

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Speaker 1: Now you're one of the top ten guys in tenure.

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Speaker 1: What's it like to be here now? Is one of

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Speaker 1: the veterans. It does go by fast. Time goes by fast.

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Speaker 1: You know. I just think when you come to these

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Speaker 1: owners meetings, it's a great opportunity to get get to

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Speaker 1: see the other coaches, other people in the league that

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Speaker 1: a great event. And you know, it's been great here

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Speaker 1: because we've got a lot of football covered. It's the

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Speaker 1: I've been coming to these, and it's been really productive.

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Speaker 1: What's it like to talk to these guys as friends?

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Speaker 1: Yet you're so competitive on Sundays it's blood and guts then,

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Speaker 1: I mean, we have a great respect for each other.

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Speaker 1: certainly when you get into specifics and all those we

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Speaker 1: don't go, you know, that far into it, but you know, hey,

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Speaker 1: how are you handling your offseason program? You know, how

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Speaker 1: It's a good chance to catch back up with the guys.

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Speaker 1: Are you're excited to get coaching with your free agent

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Speaker 1: Try to initially just teach them about what we're all about,

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Speaker 1: you know, how we do things in Houston, not being

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Speaker 1: let's talk to them about our culture, the way that

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Speaker 1: What are the early stages of the offseason conditioning program, Like,

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Speaker 1: So it's three phases. The first phase is really mostly

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Speaker 1: Brian and his crew they're in crunch time with the draft.

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Speaker 1: I gotta paint the picture for you here because at

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen team. First up, obviously you've been hearing about

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Speaker 1: the twenty nineteen season. Here's more from Bill O'Brien on

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Speaker 1: the free agents. I think we've definitely improved the roster,

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Speaker 1: But it's it's not easy. Well, it's been a big

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Speaker 1: sports performance team believe, and they're amazing, I mean the

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Speaker 1: work that they're doing, how they understand our athletes and

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Speaker 1: how they can we can best prepare them we believe

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Speaker 1: that there is a great formula to be in Houston

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Speaker 1: and have training camp. But I know our fans are

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Speaker 1: gonna are gonna enjoy that. Sometimes I hear, well, this

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Speaker 1: is not going to sell tickets, or that's not going

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Speaker 1: to sell tickets. The Texas have been sold out since

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Speaker 1: the beginning of time, right, and it's it's not bragging,

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Speaker 1: but that's the fact there's a great demand. The waitlist

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Speaker 1: has now reached a record amount of people. Right. Well,

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Speaker 1: we've from the beginning said, you know, when winning and

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Speaker 1: losing will happen. I mean, if you take every sports

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Speaker 1: team that's ever played and aggregate their records, it's five hundred, right,

442
00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,240
Speaker 1: you're gonna lose, you're gonna win, and you can't be

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Speaker 1: dependent upon that. And so we've had to separate it.

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Speaker 1: That's the primary purpose. We want to go out and win,

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Speaker 1: but we want people to come regardless, and so we've

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Speaker 1: really I mean, I hats off to the staff that

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Speaker 1: works at the Houston Texans. They have tremendous energy and passion.

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Speaker 1: They've just worked their tails off there in the process

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Speaker 1: right now of gems and step and all these processes

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Speaker 1: that we have to elevate our experience based on feedback

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Speaker 1: from fans, it's such a compelling experience that not only

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Speaker 1: do we sell out as many season tickets, we have

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Speaker 1: thirty thousand people, thirty thousand accounts and usually it's three

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Speaker 1: seats per accounts, so it's really ninety thousand individual tickets

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Speaker 1: that we could sell beyond the capacity crowds that we

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Speaker 1: have at in RG Stadium. That's just it's really it's

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Speaker 1: a testament to the McNair's, the vision that they had

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Speaker 1: for this franchise, the great stewards that they've been, the

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Speaker 1: wonderful job that are a team does in terms of

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Speaker 1: creating a great experience, and they absolutely believe I mean

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Speaker 1: that this We are here to win a championship for

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Speaker 1: the city and they want to be a part of

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Speaker 1: it absolutely. Jamie, what about lone Start Sports and Entertainment,

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Speaker 1: because I know there are a bunch of other events

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Speaker 1: every year. We talk about the college football games, some

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Speaker 1: of the soccer matches and things like that. What can

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Speaker 1: you share with us? Well, the first thing I'll say,

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Speaker 1: and directly related to the annual meetings here is is

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Speaker 1: a wonderful opportunity uh to visit with the you know,

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Speaker 1: the leadership of ESPN, Jimmy Pittaro, who's the who's the

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Speaker 1: CEO at Burke Mangus that oversees all of college for ESPN.

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Speaker 1: Wonderful people, tremendous partners they have. Houston doesn't know it,

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Speaker 1: but they have done a tremendous solid for this city

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Speaker 1: with the Bowl Game, our partnership that we have with

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Speaker 1: them for the Bowl Game of the Bowl Games become

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Speaker 1: one of the elite bowl games in America, the kickoff

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Speaker 1: game that we that we do annually. It's been just

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Speaker 1: a tremendous success with a wonderful chance to show off

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Speaker 1: our city and bring people into Houston and stay in

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Speaker 1: our hotel rooms and eating our in our restaurants. And

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Speaker 1: this year we'll have the well Washington State taking on

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Speaker 1: University of Houston, and then we'll have we'll have Rice

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Speaker 1: and University of Texas got the Battle of the Piney Woods,

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Speaker 1: which is such a great, great game. And at the

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Speaker 1: end we have the Bowl Game. Um, and we've got

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Speaker 1: Gold Cup. We'll welcome Gold Cup. And we've got a

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Speaker 1: very exciting soccer related announcement for July, and it's going

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Speaker 1: to be really a new level of of energy of

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Speaker 1: excitement of soccer, opportunity for the city and for the fans. Well,

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Speaker 1: we look forward to that announcement. Now, one more thing

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Speaker 1: where you related to the Texans London. People keep asking me,

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Speaker 1: I know they're asking you, what can you tell us

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Speaker 1: about the London trip? Will we anticipate this schedule to

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Speaker 1: be announced just before the NFL Draft a week prior

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Speaker 1: ish and uh, yeah, we will be playing in London,

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Speaker 1: will be playing the Jacksonville Jaguars. We think it will

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Speaker 1: be about midway into the season. We believe we're not

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Speaker 1: I haven't heard you know, definitively, but believe that we'll

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Speaker 1: play at Wembley and I'll be headed to London next week.

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Speaker 1: I'm doing an advance tour. I'll be touring Wembley and

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Speaker 1: the restaurants and other facilities that will be working with

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Speaker 1: to entertain clients and for staff and things that nature.

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Speaker 1: So we're getting prepared. But once we know the date,

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Speaker 1: Katie bar the door, that's going to be a very

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Speaker 1: big game. And what we're trying to get accomplished is

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Speaker 1: is Number one is to win. Okay, win the game.

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Speaker 1: It's a divisional rival, really important. Number two is to

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Speaker 1: host some really important partners with the team. Three is

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Speaker 1: to fully support the traveling Texans that we'll have a

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Speaker 1: big group that are over there. I want to make

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Speaker 1: sure that they have the all the support and resources

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Speaker 1: to have a memorable experience, something they'll never forget during

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Speaker 1: their lives. And then use you and your whole amazing

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Speaker 1: broadcast team to virtually transport all the fans in Houston

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Speaker 1: through you know, through TV, through digital, through radio, so

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Speaker 1: they feel like they're a part of that experience. You

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Speaker 1: don't do it very often, and so chances to see

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Speaker 1: what the team is doing across across the pond and

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Speaker 1: and feel like you're a part of it, and then

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Speaker 1: you know it's really going to be And it's a

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Speaker 1: great opportunity for us to build bridges for the city

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Speaker 1: of Houston because Great Britain is a very important trade partner.

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Speaker 1: So we'll work with the Greater Houston Partnership and the

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Speaker 1: Convention of Visitors Bureau to create those connections. And sports

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Speaker 1: is such a great connector we can. You know, we

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Speaker 1: debate about a lot of things, but we all agree.

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Speaker 1: We love sports. Whichever team you love, you love the sport,

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Speaker 1: you love the competition, and we saw it in Mexico.

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Speaker 1: It was just a magical platform to bring all of

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Speaker 1: Mexico closer to the city of Houston, and will do

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Speaker 1: the same with Great Britain. Great Jamie, thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for joining us. All right, Mark, there's Jamie Roots, president

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Speaker 1: of your Houston Texans. And I'm still kind of blown

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Speaker 1: away that you're going to get to watch the Texans

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Speaker 1: on the Texans app and on Houston Texans dot com.

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Speaker 1: And that's a partnership that the league has with Verizon

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Speaker 1: and Yahoo. They have involvement in it, so you'll hear

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Speaker 1: about all the details. But it's gonna be very easy.

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Speaker 1: Just go to the website or the YAP. Now. I

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Speaker 1: get tons of questions from people out of town. I

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Speaker 1: got a tweet from Brazil yesterday. Can we watch the

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Speaker 1: Texans in Brazil on the app? The answer is no,

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Speaker 1: because you know, Direct TV, International packages and game pass

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Speaker 1: those are all protected out of market and out of

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Speaker 1: market meeting out of the greater Houston area basically, or

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Speaker 1: wherever the TV map is for that weekend. Primetime games

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Speaker 1: are obviously a different story, but the Texans are going

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Speaker 1: to get a ton of primetime games this year. Come on,

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Speaker 1: you get de Shaun Watson, You're gonna be on national

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Speaker 1: television a lot like you were last year. Expect that

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Speaker 1: to happen. The schedule is going to come out within

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Speaker 1: three weeks. Did I just say that? Look, they don't

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Speaker 1: announce an actual date. In fact, that's one of the

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Speaker 1: items on the agenda here that no one's talked about.

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Speaker 1: Should they have a date? The answer is yes, But

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Speaker 1: it's difficult. It's harder than you think to put out

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Speaker 1: an NFL schedule. There are so many moving parts. All right,

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Speaker 1: We've got moving parts on this show, lots of guests

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Speaker 1: because we're in Phoenix at the NFL annual meeting and

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Speaker 1: Adam Kaplan, old friend of the program, coming up next. Man,

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Speaker 1: he knows this league backwards and forwards. You know, we

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Speaker 1: have Greg co Sell on every once in a while,

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Speaker 1: and I think co Sell the way he watches tape

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Speaker 1: on everybody is phenomenal. Kaplan does that. I just feel

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Speaker 1: like Kaplan watches every team, knows the buzz of every

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Speaker 1: team as well as Cosell knows the xs and ows

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Speaker 1: of this game. So you want to hear what he

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Speaker 1: has to say about the Texans, the AFC South, the

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Speaker 1: league at large, it's all coming up next on Texans

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Speaker 1: Radio here in Phoenix at the NFL meetings. Adam Kaplan

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Speaker 1: joining us right now Serious XM NFL Radio at Kaplin

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Speaker 1: NFL on Twitter with A. C. Kaplin. So, Adam, the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans from where you sit and you look at

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, you look at what this team did last year,

575
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Speaker 1: obviously not the exit they wanted. What are you thinking

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Speaker 1: here about what they've done so far or haven't done?

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Speaker 1: I mean, the fans are kind of getting restless about

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Speaker 1: free agency and the offensive live, but they didn't pick

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Speaker 1: up Khalil reportedly and all of that. Yeah, so it's interesting.

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Speaker 1: So you know, it's funny on Twitter, you know, people

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Speaker 1: will ask me questions. They actually ask me that question.

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Speaker 1: Why are the Texans not being aggressive or they trying

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Speaker 1: to save money or are they trying to because of

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Speaker 1: compense story picks not signing on restricted free agents? Will

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00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 1: they signed players who are cut like Matt Khalil, who

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Speaker 1: would not cost him anything in the compensed story formula

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Speaker 1: because he's being really he's already his contract was terminated,

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Speaker 1: so it doesn't call it. No matter what you pay him,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't count towards the formula. I think the Texans,

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Speaker 1: like the Patriots, obviously the Bill Belichick, Bill O'Brien. Uh

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Speaker 1: sort of thinking here is that I think compensatories absolutely

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Speaker 1: for the future, are part of this. As a matter

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Speaker 1: of fact, I've never seen it like this in the

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Speaker 1: national Bookbilla. This is my twentieth year. I could go

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Speaker 1: through probably twelve teams. At the top of my head.

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Speaker 1: They're talent agents. We're not signing your player because right

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Speaker 1: now we're trying to get something back for draft picks

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Speaker 1: next year in terms of compensatory So I think it's

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Speaker 1: a factor. I don't think there's any questions a factor.

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Speaker 1: How big is what rains to be seen. But I

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Speaker 1: think that Shaun Gibson signing I thought was very, very smart,

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Speaker 1: who's a proven veteran, had an inconsistent year, but he's smart,

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Speaker 1: he's tough, He's been a great story of development. I

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Speaker 1: don't disagree with that. People who say that we're the

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Speaker 1: upgrades on the offensive line. Here's the thing. We have

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Speaker 1: a draft. Okay, I expect them to bring in competition

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Speaker 1: at least two offensive linemen. Why not you know you've

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Speaker 1: got plenty of pass rushers Clowne there on the franchise tag.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about that corner. They had

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Speaker 1: seemingly they had like six journeymen, like they had too

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Speaker 1: many journeymen. Get a little bit younger there. You know,

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Speaker 1: Kevin Johnson also has gone, so they have to replenish that.

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Speaker 1: So where are they as a football team? I think

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Speaker 1: like you have nine wins, ten wins, and as we

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Speaker 1: headed to the draft, now you call the game in Philly, yep,

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Speaker 1: I would tell you, And I've been to. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I've seen Joe Montana play, I've seen Tom Brady play.

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Speaker 1: I've seen I've been in great games. The Nick Foles

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Speaker 1: Shawn Watson battle was awesome just as a spectator. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I've seen few better quarterback battles. Do you remember when

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Speaker 1: cliente plan in Nick Foles? Did you think he was

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Speaker 1: really gonna get up and playing again? No, he missed

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Speaker 1: one place somehow, U and Watson was so similating and fantastic. Now,

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Speaker 1: Watson still at times holds on to the ball too low.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes he runs when he should throw the football. These

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Speaker 1: are the things that you continue to coach him. The

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Speaker 1: running quarterbacks, Steve Young went through this Ranald Cunningham went

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Speaker 1: through this. If you look at the running quarterbacks over

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Speaker 1: the years, as the mature, Cam Newton went through some

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Speaker 1: big way. That's why he's got hurt a lot and

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Speaker 1: just Shaun stuff. But at some point it's got to

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Speaker 1: be more about his arm, not about running a little bit,

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Speaker 1: be a little bit more accurate. But I'll tell you what,

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Speaker 1: so much fun to watch his leadership, enthusiasm for the game. Awesome.

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Speaker 1: What do you think of the signing of A. J.

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Speaker 1: McCarron for the Houston Texans? You know what, he's a

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Speaker 1: fine backup. He's only started three games, got a better

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Speaker 1: and average arm, has better and average size. He's fine.

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Speaker 1: You know, last year he thought I think he probably

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Speaker 1: thought he'd get a better deal, and he did, and

641
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Speaker 1: you know, he moved on from Buffalo to the Raiders

642
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Speaker 1: and then it didn't work out there. He's a he's

643
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Speaker 1: a fine, a little bit better and average backup. You know,

644
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Speaker 1: where are you in the best receiver in the league debate?

645
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Speaker 1: I mean, I know it's hard to weigh these things

646
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Speaker 1: out because you have different guys with different skill sets

647
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Speaker 1: and they're all sort of they have their own different

648
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Speaker 1: version of artistry. If you will. But what do you

649
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Speaker 1: think I would say? Despite what happened last season? Antonio

650
00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:00,120
Speaker 1: Brown then Hopkins. I know he Hopkins was hurt when

651
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 1: he played Philly when he came in. He's had footnecker injuries.

652
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 1: This guy doesn't his time. He's tough. If if you

653
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: and I were running football team and you said, Okay,

654
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: what these guys are available, who are you gonna sign?

655
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Speaker 1: I actually might sign Hopkins over him Antonia Brown. Antonia's

656
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:21,320
Speaker 1: got more versatility. Here's why Hopkins is younger. Antonia turns

657
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 1: what thirty one? Yeah, but Hopkins has been I think

658
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,080
Speaker 1: early in his career, I wasn't sure if he'd be

659
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Speaker 1: a star. And then he started a sin and a

660
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Speaker 1: sin and a sin, And you know, I don't see

661
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Speaker 1: the thing as fans complain that he gets the ball

662
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 1: too much until they stop him. Folks, he needs to

663
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Speaker 1: keep getting the ball like he is now. Will Filler

664
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Speaker 1: unfortunately got hurt. He suffered a significant injury. I know

665
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 1: they like Vincent Smith. You're probably gonna see more of

666
00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: him next season. But they that's another just wedn't mentioned.

667
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: That's one that they really needed to attack. Probably need

668
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Speaker 1: to add a veteran or two and also did addressed

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Speaker 1: in the draft Adam kaplan joining us on Texans Radio

670
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Speaker 1: in Philadelphia. You have Carson Wentz back at the Helm there,

671
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: Nick Foles goes to Jacksonville. What's Foles going to do

672
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: in North Florida. Yes, So even before they added John D.

673
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 1: Philippo as the OC, he had believe people don't want

674
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Speaker 1: to believe. This is absolutely truth. He had nothing to

675
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: do with Foles Falls being their targeted, nothing to do

676
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Speaker 1: with the offense coordinator. They when they had their free

677
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: agent meetings in January, before they had actually hired this guy,

678
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 1: Falls was their entire offseason. They were going to get him.

679
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 1: The Giants I think had mild interest, but they were

680
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: going to sign Nick Foles and it was going to

681
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: be a multiple year deal. They felt that he could

682
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Speaker 1: be their starter for minimum two years. Ironically, that's the

683
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 1: structure the contract. It's phenomenal structure. It's it's the highest,

684
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Speaker 1: it's right up there with Kirk Cousins structure. He is

685
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 1: a three year structure. Nika has a massive two year structure.

686
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Speaker 1: So he will be their starter for two years no

687
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: matter really what happens. Based on contract structure he gives

688
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Speaker 1: him leadership. You know, you look at his starts over

689
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Speaker 1: his career. The problem is he hasn't done it in

690
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Speaker 1: a full season, but he's done it in spurts, and

691
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Speaker 1: there have been some dry spots. There have been some problems.

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Speaker 1: You know, he was going to retire until he inter

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Speaker 1: reed talked him out of it. So we know the

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Speaker 1: worst of Nick. We know the best of Nick has

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Speaker 1: been the last two years of I mean, you just

696
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Speaker 1: you can't write a script like this. It's incredible the

697
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Speaker 1: confidence that he plays with. And he doesn't really get

698
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Speaker 1: rattled mark like he used to like the Texans defense

699
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: based on how aggressive they are earlier in his career.

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00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 1: I think you can get the Nick not anymore. It

701
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: doesn't phaze him, and he doesn't hold it on the

702
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Speaker 1: ball like he used to. He's very decisive, and he's

703
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Speaker 1: back with a coach who sort of knows him. He

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Speaker 1: had him for one year or John did in Philly

705
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Speaker 1: as a quarterbacks coach. So that'll be a pretty good marriage.

706
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Speaker 1: But they are they just don't have enough talent. Talent

707
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Speaker 1: on offense. You know, they've got Dedy Westbrook, who's a

708
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Speaker 1: standing young slot receiver who could probably play him on

709
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Speaker 1: the outside. They're not going to have Lee until it's

710
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Speaker 1: probably late July early August come back from his Aco reconstruction.

711
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Speaker 1: So they've got a lot of work to do. It's

712
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 1: a good division. I'll tell what the Colts the Cults

713
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 1: were better less than we expected. Now. Obviously the quarterback helps. Right,

714
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Speaker 1: it's a good division and Tennessee obviously very competitive. Adam

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Speaker 1: kaplan joining us on Texans Radio Texans to play in

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Speaker 1: the AFC West. There's no question who the favorite is there.

717
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Speaker 1: Does San Diego stay at that level that they were

718
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Speaker 1: at last year? But what do you think? Well, if

719
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Speaker 1: the okay, the Chargers right now, here's the thing. Cream

720
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Speaker 1: Hunt's gone from the Chiefs. Yeah, and Tyreek Kill may

721
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Speaker 1: not be playing for them again. We don't know that.

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid addressed it at the owner's meantings. I thought

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Speaker 1: he was very fair about it. He actually acknowledged if

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Speaker 1: we go in the same direction as Cream Hunt, which

725
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Speaker 1: means released, we want to know, we want all the information,

726
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Speaker 1: and that's where they're at with that. So are giving

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Speaker 1: any credit for not running away from it. He's very

728
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Speaker 1: honest and they need, as he said, they need more information.

729
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Speaker 1: They need to know what happened. But you don't have

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Speaker 1: Tyreek kill the most dangerous de threaten the game. It's

731
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Speaker 1: a little changes everything everything. Okay, what about the Chargers

732
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Speaker 1: though they're good, they're real good. I was with them

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Speaker 1: two days when the Saints came in training camp. Actually

734
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Speaker 1: I was with them separate times twice in training camp. Um,

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Speaker 1: if if Hill's gone, the best team in the AFC West,

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question about it. Wow. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Chargers are really good. Chargers are really good. I've been

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Speaker 1: asking a lot of people about Flacco in Denver. Your thoughts, um,

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Speaker 1: he needs a tight end. I talked to Brandon stokely

740
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Speaker 1: about that. Brandon came on a show and serious and

741
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Speaker 1: said that when he is with Joe and Baltimore, he

742
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 1: needs a good slot and he needs a tight end. Uh.

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Speaker 1: The thing with last season was Joe is not healthy.

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00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 1: He played very well before he got hurt. He has

745
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,239
Speaker 1: a he had a partially toward hip labram, which will heal.

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Speaker 1: Doesn't need surgery. I don't know if you'll ever be

747
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,280
Speaker 1: the seam. That Super Bowl run in twelve was your magical.

748
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Speaker 1: It was really really I've been following, I've been covering

749
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Speaker 1: Joe since so seven at Delaware. To me, there it'll

750
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 1: be a defensive dominated team. You know, they'll run the football,

751
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,759
Speaker 1: uh Scandrello there oc is a guys in cold plays

752
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: before at this level. So there'll be an okay team.

753
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Speaker 1: But there if Sayers comes back well from his achilles injury,

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00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 1: that would help. Uh. But there's so I think there's

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Speaker 1: I think they're an eight eight ninety seventeen. I think

756
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Speaker 1: that's what they are as we see uh seven sixty

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Speaker 1: in Denver my man Mason yep across the way. All right,

758
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 1: So tell me about these young quarterbacks here. When we

759
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 1: look at Watson and t Bisky, and when we look

760
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 1: at Lamar Jackson making the playoffs, Mayfield did really well,

761
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 1: and you look at Mahomes obviously, does that put extra

762
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,319
Speaker 1: pressure on Murray? These young quarterbacks coming in and the

763
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 1: teams to draft them higher than they might ordinarily see?

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Speaker 1: The thing is it's the one position you can't take

765
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Speaker 1: a quarterback high enough. You just have to get it right. Yeah,

766
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: if you don't get it right, you ruins your football team.

767
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 1: When the Raiders missed them, JaMarcus Russell had rowin though

768
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: now that contract was in the old CBA, so where

769
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:31,319
Speaker 1: it was really ominous when you because of guaranteed money.

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Speaker 1: Now it doesn't hurt quite as much if you miss

771
00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,279
Speaker 1: on the quarterback, but it hurts it sets you back.

772
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: And you know when you get it right at quarterback,

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Speaker 1: you just built around like the Falcons did win to

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Speaker 1: mitrof directed Matt Ryan. I mean they made the playoffs

775
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,760
Speaker 1: the next year. Right, you get it right with Deshaun Watson.

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Speaker 1: Think about it, Mark, had he not suffer that that

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Speaker 1: ACL entry in practice, which is although some people for

778
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,200
Speaker 1: speculating he might have gotten hurt that Seattle game. Nevertheless,

779
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 1: look how well he played. He was ready. He may

780
00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: not have been the MVP, but I'll tell you what

781
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 1: the track he was on. He was on the Carson

782
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 1: Wentz track two years ago before questions towards a cl

783
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: he probably would have been the MVP. Ye Watson is

784
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Speaker 1: He's an amazing guy. Who really is it? Is there

785
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: pressure to draft Marie Well, again, we don't know what

786
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Speaker 1: Arizona's gonna do. We have to see what Arizona does

787
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Speaker 1: or are they going to keep the pick. If they

788
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:21,760
Speaker 1: keep they have to take Bosa if he's there. Obviously,

789
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: we just have to see what who is there anyone

790
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: who's going to make a trade up because the Jets

791
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,839
Speaker 1: don't need a quarterback, they need a pass rusher. Right

792
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: pass rushers, as you know when you have a great one.

793
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: And the Texans when everyone's healthy, they're right out there

794
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: with having the best pass rush. It helps her secondary

795
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Speaker 1: without Gronk and New England. Are people making too big

796
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: a deal of it? Clearly it's one of the best

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00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 1: to ever play that position, maybe the best. But by

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Speaker 1: the way, what do you think of that is that

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Speaker 1: he'll get in. As a matter of fact, here's a

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Speaker 1: pretty good story. So Patriots has told me literally the

801
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: year that he was drafted. I can't remember if he

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00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,360
Speaker 1: had played the first season or was before the draft.

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Speaker 1: He said, we think he has a potentially be a

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame player. And I'm going to talk to

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Speaker 1: that guy soon and I want to get it. I

806
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 1: want to ask him when, if if he remembers when

807
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 1: he told me that was it before the season, after

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00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 1: the season, but despite the back surgery, despite not playing

809
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 1: his final year and the I don't know what did

810
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 1: draws and I say he had thirteen surgery something like that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the guy's toughness. I'm probably the most uncoverable

812
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: tight end I've seen in my time twenty years covering

813
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 1: the league because six six and a half in his length. You've,

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00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 1: I know, you've called games against the Patriots. He changes

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Speaker 1: the game. And we know we remember when Hernandez and

816
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,719
Speaker 1: grond played together. They were changing the game. Yep, that

817
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: was that was a set in which we never got

818
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 1: to see what we're which is shame, real shame. How

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Speaker 1: long does it last? Brady and Belichick in New England

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Speaker 1: and I get the s s every year, I'd never

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Speaker 1: believe the rumors a year ago. Yeah, I would say

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Speaker 1: that Tom would retire first. Probably the best way to

823
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 1: look at it. It's amazing. You know, they've had to

824
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,560
Speaker 1: put up with some stuff Tom with his having his

825
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 1: trainer around and all this stuff. Do you know what,

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Speaker 1: He's a great guy. He's toughest, nails, best quarterback in

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Speaker 1: NFL history. You're really gonna walk away from that. I'm

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Speaker 1: carefully turns forty two in August. Especially, he's the best

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Speaker 1: quarterback in my lifetime. Better than far. We can go

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Speaker 1: throw the lists. Yep, he's just he's the best. I mean,

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Speaker 1: sits round pick. It's really remarkable. And I remember talking

832
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Speaker 1: to Patriots about it. They said, look if we would

833
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Speaker 1: have been that some point, would we Jeff Murlier? Look

834
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Speaker 1: how many times we missed on him? Yeah, everybody did.

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Speaker 1: Adam thanks a lot joining us. There's Adam Kaplan from

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Speaker 1: Sirius sex Sam NFL Radio formerly a ESPN knows the

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00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: league as well as anybody around here. And there's a

838
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 1: ton of media guys around here just crawling, just aching

839
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 1: for stories, hanging out in the lobby, the lobby here.

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00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:44,399
Speaker 1: I wasn't gonna name drop on the show, but John

841
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:46,319
Speaker 1: Harris isn't with me here, and I just have to

842
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 1: do it alone, I guess. But it's unbelievable. And I

843
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,320
Speaker 1: wrote about this on Houston Texans dot com. I was

844
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: at the party last night. They have a huge, huge

845
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 1: reception on Monday night of the NFL annual meeting. And

846
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,279
Speaker 1: you're out there with the coach and the owners. So

847
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: you have billionaires partying, if you will, with media guys.

848
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Speaker 1: They're not really partying with them, but they're all sort

849
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Speaker 1: of hanging around talking, socializing. It's really a sight to see.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you'll be on the food line getting shrimp

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Speaker 1: cocktail and there's Sean Payton, or there's Ziggy Will for

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Speaker 1: somebody that you really know from watching coverage of this

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Speaker 1: league and all of a sudden, you're with them. And

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Speaker 1: I share this with you, not to name drop, although

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Speaker 1: I guess I mean that's what it is, but just

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Speaker 1: to let you know I'm a fan of this league too.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I grew up watching this league, So just

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Speaker 1: to be around these people, I want to share that

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Speaker 1: with you and how amazing that is just to be

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Speaker 1: here now. Hopefully we're bringing some of that to you

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Speaker 1: and you'll see some of this on Texans three sixty

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Speaker 1: on Saturday night, eleven o'clock, ABC thirteen. We'll have more

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Speaker 1: interviews on the show coming up tomorrow and Thursday. Brian

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Speaker 1: Gaine joins us tomorrow. Pete Prisco from CBS Sports will

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Speaker 1: join us tomorrow as well a few other things on

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Speaker 1: the way out here. You know, Bill O'Brien talked about

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Speaker 1: the April fifteenth day. What is that. That's the beginning

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Speaker 1: of the strength and conditioning program. That's two weeks from Monday,

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Speaker 1: and that's a nine week program. That's the Texans offseason

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Speaker 1: with the coaching staff. Now they can't practice starting two

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Speaker 1: weeks from Monday, but they'll be with Mike U Banks,

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Speaker 1: they'll be doing strength and conditioning, they can meet, they

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Speaker 1: can do some classroom work. They go in phases like

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Speaker 1: you said earlier in the show, and it's really pretty

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Speaker 1: cool how they ramp up because to me, this is

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Speaker 1: kind of like training camp. This is the way training

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Speaker 1: camp used to be. Training camp used to be six

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Speaker 1: weeks prior to the first preseason game. Now you only

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Speaker 1: get two. You really have to hit the ground running

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Speaker 1: when they get here in late July with two weeks

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Speaker 1: to go before the first preseason game. So what they're

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Speaker 1: doing in these nine weeks is installing a bunch of stuff,

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Speaker 1: you can talk about training camp as oh, it's getting

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Speaker 1: in shape getting ready for the season. They've got to

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Speaker 1: be in shape when they get back to Energy Park

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Speaker 1: in late July, which will be in Houston, training camp

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Speaker 1: will be So that'll be great for the fans and everything.

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Speaker 1: Like we talked about with Jamie and you heard about

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Speaker 1: from Bill O'Brien, well that's gonna do it here from Phoenix.

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Speaker 1: Really want to thank you for listening to the show tonight.

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Speaker 1: All these shows will be podcast on Houston Texans dot

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Speaker 1: articles about what Bill O'Brien had to say today. Have

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Speaker 1: a great night everyone, and go Texans.