1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: Welcome to everybody bringing you inside and RG Stadium, in 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: particular the Hunter Texans Radio studio for Texans All acts as, 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, joined by my good friend, 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 1: the voice of the Texans, Mark Van Mere Mark, how 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,079 Speaker 1: is your weekend? Are you happy about Cam Smith winning 6 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,919 Speaker 1: the British Joe Dirt wins the British? I mean I 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: was getting so many texts from people and all over 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: Twitter there's the Joe Dirt stuff because he kind of 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: looks like Joe Dirt a little bit. He played remarkably well. 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: I think it's really interesting how the media loves Rory 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 1: McElroy so much. I don't know why they love him. 12 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: When did that happen? I don't know. It's like Rory 13 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,279 Speaker 1: didn't lose it. No one say choke job and I 14 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: wasn't going to. But why are you telling me not to? 15 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: Why are you telling me what to think? Even the writers, 16 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: not necessarily the editorialists. Is that a word anyway? The 17 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,959 Speaker 1: opinion guys. So I was kind of surprised about that, 18 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: just the media being so in love with Rory. And 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: I think the golf media loves Rory because he's not 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:04,960 Speaker 1: on the live Tour, although afterwards, afterwards, the questions we're 21 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: flying to Smith about are you gonna be on the 22 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: Live Tour? He's like, my team handles all that. Yeah, 23 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: I'm just here too, you know. And there's a lot 24 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: of speculation, and I don't know if it's happening, yeah exactly. 25 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: I don't know what this is all going to mean eventually, 26 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 1: but it's a topic in golf. You know, what's good 27 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: for golf people talking about golf. So in that way, 28 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: the Live Tour is good, but I don't think it's 29 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: ultimately that good, so who knows anyway, Johnny, I love 30 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: watching the British loved watching Wimbledon last week, parts of it. Anyway, 31 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: I actually watched the Scottish Open two last week because 32 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 1: I'm a golf freak. At this time of year, you're 33 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: so starved for football that any sports morsel you get, 34 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: you're like, oh, this is so delicious. I've got like 35 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:46,639 Speaker 1: one little piece of shrimp cocktail here. In a couple 36 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: of weeks, we're gonna start feasting on football week from Friday. 37 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, So you can ask me 38 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: what I watched this week? Yeah, what did you watch this? 39 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: So in the fall. What do we do? We watch 40 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: on Saturday? Watch college football? So I watched twenty seventeen 41 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: Oklahoma versus Ohio State of course you did. I watched 42 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen Oklahoma versus Texas. I watched twenty sixteen Texas 43 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: Tech versus o U, which, by the way, Baker v. 44 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: Mahomes was good. Oh my god, it's unbelievable. Then Sunday, 45 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: NFL Network was running the top twenty or top twenty 46 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: five games of the year, so I watched the Rams 47 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:30,239 Speaker 1: Niners Week eighteen game. I watched the playoff game between 48 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,799 Speaker 1: the the ANFC championship game between the Bengals and the Chiefs, 49 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: and I turned it off before I got to Bill's Chiefs. 50 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: But that second half and overtime is football orgasmik. I mean, 51 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: it's it's unreal to watch those guys go after it 52 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: Alan Mahomes the way they did. I just that game 53 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: will leave such an impression because teams will think we 54 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: gotta have one of those guys. Let me break it 55 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: to you. Those guys are God. Those guys are a 56 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: different breed man. They are not out there. But it 57 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: was interesting watching that Texas Tech game. And I about 58 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: Mahomes in particular, because I'd watched Baker in twenty seventeen, 59 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: Like for some reason, they're popping up on this NFL throwback, right, 60 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: So that's where the Oklahoma games came up. And so 61 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: I'm watching Baker and I'm like, he legit was unbelievable. Yeah, 62 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: but the throws he made too, Yeah, the throws he 63 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: made were incredible. He made some dumb decisions at the 64 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: time he's Baker, but my goodness, well, if you go 65 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: back to twenty sixteen and you're watching Mayfield and Mahomes 66 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: go at it in Lubbock, Mahomes makes a couple of 67 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: throws where I shouldn't say we because I saw it 68 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: back then. Like I knew he was gonna be it 69 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: was gonna be feast or fan with him. But I 70 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: was all aboard the Homes training. I was. I was 71 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: ahead of it early. But when you look back, you 72 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: can see he just rolled left or unrolled left. But 73 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: he moved out of the pocket to the left and 74 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: just flicked at fifth yards and put it on a dime. 75 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,000 Speaker 1: There was one time he did on the left side, 76 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: and there was one time he's fading away. He's got 77 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: no power and he drops it in a bucket right 78 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: at the goal line. It's like you look at and think, 79 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: how did anybody not think this guy was going to translate? 80 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: At some point you think the team performance affected that 81 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: their defense was better. I performed better as a squad. 82 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: They won nine ten games instead of running Cliff's offense 83 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: and it's air raid and it's quick this, and it's 84 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: quick that. Back in fairness to the people who passed 85 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: on him, and you don't want to be that fair. 86 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: But Texas Tech quarterbacks, right, it hasn't always been great, 87 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: and they've had a lot of guys who will put 88 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: up a ton of numbers. Now I know that his 89 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: talent shine through in a butt so many of those players, 90 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 1: But you know, it's one of those things. I mean, 91 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 1: Texas Tech, how many guys have like set a record 92 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: and then the next guy breaks his record. You know 93 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: Kingsbury and then you have Graham, Harrold and bj and 94 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: all the guys who have played there. Sonny cumby Man 95 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: at two thousand and three Sason, when Simmons was playing 96 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 1: of Texas Tech plates incredible games. I was doing some 97 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: research on some of that. Just I don't know why 98 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: it popped up. But it's popped up, and I got 99 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: to thinking about great games in which quarterbacks have faced 100 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: one another, and I keep thinking, Okay, well, who was 101 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: a great quarterback in this year? Oh? They faced Texas Tech. 102 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: Who's quarterback? BJ Simmons, b J Simmons, PJ Simmons. It's 103 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: just I mean, he was just incredible in two thousand 104 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: and three. But we all should have seen the Mahomes thing, 105 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: like I feel like we should have seen it. But 106 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: either way, I am working right now, Mark on the extensive. 107 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: The only preview that you need as a fan coming 108 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 1: into training camp. It's gonna be one article, one document, 109 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: and you can have that with you at training camp 110 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: and you can read about particularly every player, I don't 111 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: care who it is. You can read about every player 112 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: on the entire ninety man roster. Yeah, the entire ninety 113 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: man roster. And I am about sixty finished. Okay, So 114 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,760 Speaker 1: I'm I'm putting some work in some stats how they 115 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: got here, Like I'm trying to make this vpre You 116 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: come to camp and you see that that's your starting point, 117 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: and then you go to my observations each day and 118 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: you're good to go. When it got me thinking as 119 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: I'm going through this roster, I'm like, oh yeah, I 120 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: can't wait to see this guy. Oh this with this 121 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 1: pressure on this guy. So it got me thinking about 122 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: some categories, some superlatives, and what's the opposite superlatives, some 123 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 1: opposite non superlatives under the radar, subtlety kind of here 124 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 1: we go. All right, So I'm gonna start with this 125 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: first category. Okay, I want you from the ninety man 126 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: roster in your opinion, not the general masses, don't. I mean, 127 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: not that I don't care, but not to them. You 128 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 1: the veteran on this roster that you think has the 129 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 1: most to prove in training camp. Now, I got different categories. 130 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: So the veteran with the most to prove I'll go first, 131 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: to give you a second to think ahead. I think 132 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: it's roster Blacklock. I've said this for a while. I 133 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: don't think it's too much to look at him as 134 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: such a young player. I know it's the class of 135 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Yeah, but you're right, he's a veteran. He's 136 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: in year three here. In year three is when you 137 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,200 Speaker 1: got a show. Hey I belong here. Yes, a lot 138 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: of guys drop off after year three who were drafted 139 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: relatively high. He was the fortieth overall pick. So I 140 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: understand what you're saying. Let's go the other way, all right, 141 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: how many players in Texans histories you can think of? 142 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: I can think of one right off the bat, but 143 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: his issue was injuries. But how many players can you 144 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: think of? Then? In the first couple of years were okay, 145 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: showed some flashes, but really hadn't hit on that potential. 146 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 1: But in year three it clicks. Clowney is the one 147 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: that comes to mind, But fourteen fifteen it was more 148 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: about the injuries that slowed him down. And then in 149 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: sixteen once JJ got hurt and they took Clowney and 150 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 1: kind of moved him around like the chess piece, then 151 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: all of a sudden you started seeing Clowney become what 152 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: Clowney became. First year thirteen, all right, so thirteen, so 153 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: year four, that's where he really started to shine, and 154 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: that earned him the big contract with Jacksonville. Right, And 155 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: we say a lot of times it's where you're drafted, 156 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: doesn't matter, all that kind of stuff, but AJ was 157 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: an undrafted free agent, yeah, on his first rookie contract. Basically, 158 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: I've got my veteran. By the way, Ross is on 159 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: that second contract. Here's the other thing about Ross. There 160 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: are a lot of additions at his spot. Malik got resigned, 161 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: They drafted Thomas Booker. We saw it, Roy. I mean, 162 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: I'm just talking about both interior spots, right. Michael Tuam 163 00:08:33,280 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: four showed some things. Now he's a different player than Ross, 164 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: but some interior guys showed some things last year and 165 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 1: did some good things. This is year three for Ross. 166 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 1: I think he's got a lot to prove in his camp. 167 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: But if he proves it, this defensive line can go 168 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: to a completely different level because the Malik plays at 169 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 1: his level, Roy does and continues to grow. And then 170 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: Ross says, you know what I'm taking over all a sudden, man, 171 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,599 Speaker 1: you got something because I think Booker is gonna be 172 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:03,959 Speaker 1: here for a while. I think Booker is gonna be 173 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: an excellent player. So my my vetant, the most approved 174 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: is Ross blacklock yours before you before we get to 175 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: mind before well, without getting into numbers, right, as far 176 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,160 Speaker 1: as numbers of snaps, give me a percentage of whoever's 177 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,960 Speaker 1: gonna play the most snaps on that D line? What 178 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: percentage of the snaps is that number right, Is it 179 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:28,079 Speaker 1: sixty percent Maleik or Roy Lopez place seventy percent of 180 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: the snaps or is it less? I think you hit it. 181 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: I think it's sixty percent Mileiku, that would be That 182 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 1: would be my answer, health permitting, I think fifty five 183 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: to sixty percent of the snaps in a leak. We've 184 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: said a million times they get seventeen guys in d line. 185 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: You're not carrying seventeen into the season. But the hope 186 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 1: is that with those seventeen there's some depth. You know. 187 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: By the way, just as an aside, we were talking 188 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: about twenty seventeen o'klomba games. I was watching Obo. Yeah, 189 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 1: Oka Roquell he's got something like twenty seventeen. He was. 190 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: He was a problem off the edge. I'm really curious 191 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: to see what he's able to do from the outside. 192 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: So he's in the category of sneaky hot signings like 193 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: we talked about last week, or acquisitions with Hime Green 194 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,719 Speaker 1: from Seattle, and then you look at Steven Nelson, you 195 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: look at Obo. It's gonna be interesting, all right. My 196 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: guy is Max Sharping because I'll stay with the homegrown players, 197 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: the players who not homegrown from Houston necessarily, but homegrown 198 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 1: that you acquired them from the get go as an organization. 199 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: I know that regime is gone. But he was drafted 200 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen and he was drafted to make a 201 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 1: difference on the old line. He was a second round pick. 202 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: And here you have players coming in, You have Kenyan Green, 203 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: you have other threats to play guard. Can Max shine 204 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: through and start or at least, well, you're not going 205 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: to rotate on the offensive line, but at least be here, 206 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: be one of the seven dressed on game day and 207 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: we'll see how the rest of it goes. And you know, 208 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: people get hurt spots, starting whatever, at the very least that, 209 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: but continue his career here as at Houston Texan. As 210 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: it is year four for Max, so I think it's 211 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: a big year for him. He'll be the first to 212 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: tell you that, Yeah, no doubt. Classified his contract is 213 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: contract year. It's his last year here on his rookie contract. 214 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: So that becomes all too important. Okay, go from veteran 215 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 1: with the most approve to the rookie with the most 216 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: to prove. Now that's tricky. It is tricky because you 217 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: come with a lot of excitement coming from college. I 218 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: think we probably would. Well, I don't want to speak 219 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: for you. Derek Stingley becomes that guy because he played 220 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,320 Speaker 1: three games in college that kind of thing. But I 221 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: think Damian Pierce has a lot to prove as a 222 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:43,439 Speaker 1: rookie because, not to mention that John McClain put the 223 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: hundred or the thousand yards, this year is a rookie season. 224 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: But because the Texans have not had success at the 225 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: running back position, and like you just said, they added 226 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,559 Speaker 1: Aja Can, they added Kenyon Green, let me Tunseil's coming back. 227 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: Titus Howard is going back to his original position. I 228 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: do think that Damien's gonna carry a significant amount of 229 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: pressure that the fans are gonna want to see him 230 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: prove it that he's the guy that he could take 231 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: over at running back. I would love to see him 232 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 1: DP get a thousand yards. I think that's a lot 233 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: to put on him based on the fact that in 234 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: a seventeen game schedule you had only seven players rushed 235 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,840 Speaker 1: for more than a thousand last year. So the league, 236 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: the way things are being handled in backfields all over 237 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: the NFL are different than years past. We see it. 238 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: It's a buy committee thing. Injuries, whatever comes into the equation, 239 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: load management, and I think even in twenty twenty there 240 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: were only eight maybe you had a thousand yards. I 241 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: might have them number wrong. I think Piers could have 242 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 1: a hell of a year and not have a thousand 243 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: yards based on this team was not good statistically in 244 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: running the football, meaning not good running the football last year. 245 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: They want to improve dramatically. We talk about it. You 246 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: get improve to the high teams and wouldn't that be 247 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: incredible as a leap for that team. I always go 248 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 1: to two thousand and seven when they went from twenty 249 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 1: eighth to fourteenth in total offense. Looks to me, I 250 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: see what you're saying, because the expectations are high. He's 251 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: got the big personality, he comes from an SEC school. 252 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: We need the running game to be saved. Can you 253 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: do it? It's not just about him, it's old line, 254 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: it's George Warhop coach and those guys as well. So 255 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: we'll see. But I understand where you're coming from. I 256 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: think Stingley is pretty obvious based on the fact that 257 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: you said that he's coming off the injury. He's coming 258 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 1: off not many games played recently in college, and when 259 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,959 Speaker 1: you're drafted third overall, the expectations go sky high. It's 260 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: like if he had dropped for some reason and you 261 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 1: got him where you got Kenyan Green, it changes everything everything. 262 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: But Green, I think becomes a player with high expectations. 263 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:49,319 Speaker 1: And hey, they reached up to not reached. They moved 264 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 1: up to get you. I hate to use that word 265 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,600 Speaker 1: reach because it has connotations. They moved up to get you. 266 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: And look, you warranted that pick. Can you live up 267 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: to it? And if he's not starting away, you know 268 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: what people are gonna say, Johnny, why is it he 269 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: starting right? Well, if he's not starting, I'm gonna say 270 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,839 Speaker 1: it like this, I'm hoping that they're extremely productive running 271 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: the football. And whoever they have in there, aj can 272 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: you know we talked about him, you know, we just 273 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: talked about Max. They gotta find a mix there at guard. 274 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: So I think Green is certainly gonna feel that a 275 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: little bit. But look, you're a rookie offensive lineman. It's 276 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: hard to come in, step in, you know, not everybody's 277 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: Quinton Nelson. It's a tough spot at guard to be 278 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 1: drafted in the first round, step in and make an 279 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: immediate impact, never mind earned the starting spot. And it's 280 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: gonna be interesting for the coaches. Is the experience good 281 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: versus maybe we get a little more production out of 282 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: a veteran. I don't know how they're gonna play that. 283 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: We'll see, we'll see. It's gonna be interesting. And you 284 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: bring up a great You bring up a great thing 285 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: when you mentioned the word guard. Now everybody compares to 286 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: Quinton Nelson, Like, how does this guy compare to Quinton? 287 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: And that's really it's really not fair because Quinton is 288 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: by far the best guard in the league. There aren't 289 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: there's nobody in his class. But when you draft a 290 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: player in the first round, Okay, well, is he Quinnon Nelson? 291 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,600 Speaker 1: Is he Quintnon Nelson? Is he that goody? And the 292 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 1: charges are gonna go through that too? Is Zion Johnson, 293 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: who I got the chance to see at the Senior 294 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 1: Bowl and I fell in love with. I thought he 295 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 1: would be a really good text and everything about him 296 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: was gonna be good. But I think he might transition 297 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: center at some point, whereas Green's gonna stay a guard. Okay, 298 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: I'm not exactly sure how to phrase this one, okay, 299 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: but here's how I wrote it down most and I 300 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: can't do this for a rookie but most improved veteran. 301 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: Now this is not anybody that was with the Texans last. 302 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: That was I'm sorry, that was outside of the Texas last. 303 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: So Stephen Nelson, I'm talking about him. Oh, both those guys. 304 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: I'm talking about a veteran that has been here for 305 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: a few years a few years, or a veteran that 306 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: got here last year, or guys they've drafted. But the 307 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: player that you expect to be most improved in twenty 308 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: twenty two, I'll go first, to give you a second 309 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 1: to think about it. I've got one. But do you 310 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: well it's gonna be Howard. Oh, you stole my answer. 311 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: I knew I was gonna steal it because I knew 312 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: you're gonna steal mine. So I went with Titus Howard 313 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: because Titus look, is he a guard? Is he a tackle? 314 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: He wants to be a tackle. These guys have all 315 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:22,280 Speaker 1: been doing camps and workouts and different media people catching 316 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: up with them around town during the desert and everything, 317 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: and he's talked about wanting to be one of the 318 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 1: best tackles in the league, and that's a goal for him. 319 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: He wants to shine, he wants to show out, show up, 320 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: show out, let's see if Titus can do it at 321 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: right tackle and Laramie's got to hold it down at 322 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: left tackle stay healthy. Clearly you need that pillar there 323 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: in Laramie tunsel because if you have a stud left tackle, 324 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: a pro Bowl left tackle playing the whole way, my gosh, 325 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 1: everything could feed off of that on the offensive line. 326 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: It's not like it doesn't matter. It matters greatly, deeply 327 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: to have Laramie there as your rock, and then it 328 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: all flows from there. But if Titus and Laramie can 329 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: hold down the edges, oh my gosh, this team can 330 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,919 Speaker 1: do a lot of fun things. Yeah, Titus was Titus 331 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 1: was actually the second player I thought about. I thought 332 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 1: about two players and they played the same position. So 333 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: since you took Titus, I'm gonna take both these guys 334 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 1: at the same position. And one has been a guy 335 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 1: there's draft in twenty twenty one, but I don't know. 336 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: I mean, I still think he's gonna be really improved. 337 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: The other one has been around for a while. He 338 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 1: came back from a catastrophic injury, and he shows flashes. 339 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: And that's Brevin Jordan and Farrell Brown. I think there 340 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: are a lot of things When I think back to 341 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 1: Pep Hamilton's offense in fourteen and fifteen with the Colts. 342 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: I think about Duane Allen and Jack Doyle. I think 343 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 1: about those guys being together, the way that they used 344 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 1: multiple tight ends and the way that Pep has used 345 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,000 Speaker 1: multipit ends. Well, we saw an OTAs in minicamp. We 346 00:17:58,040 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: saw a lot of sets with two tight ends, and 347 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: I think those two guys out on the field and 348 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: we talked about this. I can't remember it was on 349 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 1: there off the air, but when you use those two 350 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: guys at tight end, you don't always have to get in, 351 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: you know, in a set that is, you know, two 352 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: running backs or the under center with one of running back, 353 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: you could spread, spread, spread teams out once you put 354 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: those two in there. So if you're matching personnel and 355 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: not matching the exact players, then you could get in 356 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: a situation where, oh, they're in, they're in twelve personnel, 357 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: one running back, two tight ends. We're gonna put our 358 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: bass unit out on the field. But then all of 359 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: a sudden, you gotta cover Jordan and you could have 360 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,359 Speaker 1: cover Pharrell Brown and one and they're spread out and 361 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: one of them is a linebacker. Now now you can 362 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: create some issue with that. But I think Brevin last 363 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 1: year needed that first half of the year to kind 364 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 1: of get up the speed. But he got at the 365 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,719 Speaker 1: speed pretty quickly in the last half of the year 366 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: twenty catches and showed what he could do. Pharaoh's flashes 367 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: have been lightning strikes, but we need it to be 368 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: consistent electricity. Those lightning strikes have been great Game of 369 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,679 Speaker 1: twenty twenty against the Patriots and he's running over everybody. 370 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: He has that in him. He makes the one in 371 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: to catch against the Jacks, but then he also has 372 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: a fifteen year penalty. He's gonna holding penalty. It's the inconsistency. 373 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: But I think if Farrell who by the way, in 374 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: ots in mini camps, as I was looking at him, 375 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: a thought, well he slimmed down a little bit. It 376 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 1: looks like he's in really good shape. He could stay healthy. 377 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: I think Brevin Jordan and Farrell Brown can be two 378 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: guys together could really rise at the tight end position. 379 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: You know, the tight end position. We've come into the 380 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 1: training camp period of the off season. Well, it's really 381 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:37,840 Speaker 1: now the preseason. Historically here in recent years, like all right, 382 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: Darren Fells, Oh, he's not going to be part of 383 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: it anymore. Jordan Thomas, Oh, he's not going to be 384 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 1: part of it anymore. So maybe I should rephrase it 385 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: entering the off season thinking this guy's really gonna make 386 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 1: Hay next year. Thomas is definitely gonna make Hay. Fells 387 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 1: is definitely gonna make Hay. You know, Fedora Wentz unfortunately 388 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:57,800 Speaker 1: has to retire. You know, Farrell Brown is here for 389 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: a reason. He's got the ability to really be a 390 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 1: difference maker on this team because he's different, obviously than 391 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: Brevin Jordan. If you could get Pharaoh to play at 392 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,159 Speaker 1: a consistent high level week in week out, my gosh, 393 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: that's gonna rise the tide for Brevin Jordan as well. 394 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: And you know he's gonna get better year one to 395 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: year two. Look, I always say they all got to 396 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: get better. If they don't get better, they're done. You're done. 397 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: You can't stay the same in this league. You get 398 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:28,119 Speaker 1: better or you die. Your career dies. So I fully 399 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 1: expect Brevin Jordan to get better, especially the way he 400 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: looked during parts of the OTAs that we saw. So 401 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,640 Speaker 1: I'm excited about that tight end group. Okay, last one, 402 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,640 Speaker 1: what do you got it's a veteran and a rookie. 403 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: You can answer it once or you can answer him separately. Okay, 404 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: And this one's a fun one because it's just your opinion. 405 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,160 Speaker 1: I mean, he's all our opinion. But it's has nothing 406 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: to do with what we've seen already. It's just who 407 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 1: you like to watch. Who are the veteran and rookie 408 00:20:55,920 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: you're most excited to watch in training camp? And you 409 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 1: cannot use quarterbacks. You cannot use Davids. He does not 410 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: count of most excited that you are to see in 411 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: camp a veteran and a rookie. I'm gonna leave Cooks 412 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: out of it because it's the Michael Jordan Award. You know, 413 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: Cooks is gonna have practice as a training camp where 414 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: you're like, okay, Cooks, bubble wrap, You're beautiful, we love you. 415 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: Did you see the video that I think Brevin posted it. 416 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: I don't know who it was, but they're having a 417 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 1: throwing session somewhere and Brandon's in full gear. He just 418 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: doesn't say yeah, yeah it was, took the uniform from 419 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: his locker and just laughed for the exactly mini camp 420 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: and training camp. I'm gonna go Philip Door said, I've 421 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: been on this train for a while, the Philip Doors 422 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 1: set train of you know, let's see what he can 423 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: do with his second season here as he got here 424 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: last year, made some players got hurt, stay healthy. Let's 425 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:52,359 Speaker 1: see what you can do, big fella. As far as 426 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: the rookie, I want to see Metchi. You know, how 427 00:21:54,840 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: about Metchi's older brother playing in the CFLs pretty cool? Yeah, 428 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: his story Matchi's story. His background, it's incredible. I mean, 429 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 1: I feel like just to tell the whole story, you 430 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 1: could do like we you know, our man Tyler Suttar 431 00:22:10,520 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 1: does the fifty three to documentary. You could spend a 432 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: fifty three just on his background. Yea, his backgrounds. It's incredible. 433 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 1: But I think it's also molding him into the player 434 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 1: that he is so all right, uh player. I'm most 435 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: excited to seeing camp. It's aj Cann wowsive and nobody 436 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 1: will nobody will pick him, but hey, I was a 437 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: huge aj Can fan when he was back in South Carolina. 438 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: Loved him, loved him. He's gonna be a really solid 439 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: player in the NFL, and he has been. He's also 440 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 1: coming off injury, and I think he is the one 441 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: piece that I don't want to say we don't know 442 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,360 Speaker 1: about We talked about Kenyan Green earlier, but we don't. 443 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: Larry meant laugh Titus right, justin BRIT's gonna be at center. 444 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: I think we had pretty feeling about those three, right. 445 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: Kenyan Green was drafted in the first round to play, 446 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: so he's gonna be one guard. So when you mentioned 447 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:05,120 Speaker 1: Max Sharping, Max sharping, aj Can, I'm excited to see 448 00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 1: a competition, but I want to see what aj looks 449 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: like coming back off the injury. And I love to 450 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: watch guys that match a little bit, and I think 451 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: he's got that in him. And so my veteran is 452 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: aj Can, which I should make my rookie Kenyan Green, 453 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: but I won't. The rookie is easy. It's Jallet Petrick. Yeah, 454 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 1: I mean he you just you've mentioned before, you can't 455 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: miss him. He was the show stopping during I mean, 456 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: I'm to the point where, okay, he's not bubble rap 457 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 1: because he's a rookie. Thing obviously needs seasoning, but so far, 458 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 1: so good. I want to see the other rookies, especially 459 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: when's met she gonna start really practice. Yeah, that's a 460 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: big es. We don't know he'll probably start out on 461 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: PUP but we don't know. We haven't heard anything, so 462 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: don't quote us on that. But and maybe he doesn't, 463 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: maybe he's fine. I don't know. Is that the most 464 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 1: this is my last one, but I know we get 465 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,800 Speaker 1: to it. Is that the most I said most interesting 466 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: non player development in camp? But it has to do 467 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: with the player. But I think that's the biggest storyline 468 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: that we're still sort of waiting for. I mean, obviously 469 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: we'll see all these players developed, I mean sting practice 470 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 1: full yet so, but the biggest kind of off the 471 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: field story for them is when is Metchi ready? H 472 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's got to be. And thank goodness, 473 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 1: that's the biggest off the field story, if you know 474 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,680 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. Okay, I know exactly what you're saying. 475 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: I know they'll they'll always be asked about it. They 476 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: will at least once, and then people will move on. 477 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,919 Speaker 1: The story that has hijacked the entire narrative, not the 478 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: entire but a lot of the narrative for the last 479 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,679 Speaker 1: year and a half. But I think it's great to 480 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: have that over with. Yes, and we're talking ball and 481 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: it starts a week from Friday and it's a beautiful thing. Hey, 482 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: it does. And one of the guys, I'm even more 483 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 1: excited to see a training camp. It's another question Berry, 484 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: but not David and that's Scott. But Paul, he's a fullback. 485 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: They're dying. We don't want them to die. Mark and 486 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 1: I had a chance to catch up with Paul Quisenberry. 487 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 1: That's next, the Texans Delaxis. Next, the Texans Delaxis, Next, 488 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: the Texans Delaxis, next the Texas Well Mac Texas All 489 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: Access from the Monday Texans Radio Studio. I am your host, 490 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter. And before we get 491 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 1: to our now good friend Paul Quessenberry, just want to 492 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: send thoughts and prayers out to Susie Galvan if you 493 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: know you know, Susie, we'd love you and we will 494 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: say a prayer for you and your family for everything 495 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: that's gone on. But I want to make sure that 496 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 1: we give that shout out to our good friends Susie 497 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: Galvan in the Texans offices. All right, let's talk a 498 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: little Paul Quessenberry. We had an opportunity to catch up 499 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: with the fullback. Yes, there are multiple full backs on 500 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: this team. You thought it was dead, but it's not. 501 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: Fullback is still alive and well. Now in some cases 502 00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: they're more like smaller guards and they just hit anything 503 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: that moves in a different colored jersey. And I'm cool 504 00:25:57,320 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: with that. I'm totally incompletely cool with that. I think 505 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: Paul Quisenberry is too. Had a great time talking to 506 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 1: one of three Quisenberries to play for the Texans. Now, 507 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 1: we didn't get a chance to talk to Scott, and 508 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,600 Speaker 1: we have talked to David plenty of times when he 509 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 1: was with the Texans starting in twenty thirteen. This is 510 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: I think probably the second or third time we'd be 511 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: a chance to talk to Paul. And we love talking 512 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:24,320 Speaker 1: to the former former Naval Academy superstar fullback Paul Quisenberry. 513 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 1: Here we go. What's it like this year? The system, 514 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 1: the adjustment, Pep Hamilton's offense take us through that. So far, 515 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: so good for me personally and as a unit. I 516 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: feel like everyone's really coming along really, you know, taking 517 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 1: in the new offense and you know right where we 518 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 1: should be at this point with the off season program 519 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 1: and for me specifically. Coach Hamilton loves the fullback in 520 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: the twenty one personnel package, so it's good for me 521 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,920 Speaker 1: because that's what I'm here to do and I'm looking 522 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: forward to doing it. So do you and Janevitch have 523 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,080 Speaker 1: a friendly competition going? How do you guys handle this? Yeah, 524 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: you know, obviously it's competition is just a thing that 525 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: is constant in the game of football, and it is 526 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:10,720 Speaker 1: even in a more heightened degree in the NFL. But 527 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: my kind of philosophy on it is we're here to 528 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,160 Speaker 1: make each other better. We share this moment in time 529 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: in our life. And you know, Jane's a good friend 530 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 1: of mine and I don't know what he's gonna say 531 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: about me. Well we'll tell you, actually, but yeah, you 532 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,120 Speaker 1: know I'll do anything to help him. I know he'll 533 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,360 Speaker 1: do anything to help me. And may the best man win. 534 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 1: And that's just how you know, we both understand the 535 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: value in that. And ultimately the best player is going 536 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 1: to be what's best for the team. And if you 537 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: have that many guys on the team that win those 538 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 1: those hard competitive battles, then you're gonna put the best 539 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 1: guys on the field and have the best chance to 540 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: win at the end of the day. So that's really 541 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: what it's all about. Paulis might be a tough question, 542 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: but around the league and in different levels of football, 543 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: the fullback has not been prioritized as hopefully it's going 544 00:27:57,080 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: to be here. I know it might be hard for 545 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 1: you to answer because that's a position you play, and 546 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 1: you play it well. Why do you think more teams 547 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,360 Speaker 1: don't utilize more twenty one personnel or want to put 548 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: somebody like a hammerhead like yourself. They're in front of 549 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: a running back to go block and open up holes. 550 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: Why is the fullback I don't say dying, but why 551 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 1: is the fullback not utilized like it possibly could be? 552 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 1: I wish I had a perfect answer for that question 553 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 1: that addresses the entire league and how they're approaching their 554 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: offensive play style. But coach pet Hamilton has expressed multiple 555 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: times that just appreciates what the twenty one personnel package 556 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,239 Speaker 1: brings the game. The defense has to honor it, they 557 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: have to respect it, and it gives him the ability 558 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,680 Speaker 1: to set things up and kind of keep them guessing. 559 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: So as for the rest of the league, I don't 560 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: don't know. Yeah, so what about the quiescent barriers? Is 561 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:51,840 Speaker 1: this some sort of takeover to be one of the 562 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: power football families in the NFL? Yeah, is that the 563 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 1: goal or one of them? Anyway? My goal is to 564 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: make the roster and play football on Sunday and help 565 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: this team win football games. You know. I feel like 566 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,120 Speaker 1: my brothers have that same goal in mind for themselves 567 00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 1: as well. Whatever happens with our family name and the 568 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 1: game of football is kind of out of our hands. 569 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: And of course I'm very proud of my name and 570 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,320 Speaker 1: who I am, and you know, both my brothers are 571 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: playing in the NFL as well. It's really cool and 572 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: it's really cool to be playing with Scottie here in Houston. 573 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,800 Speaker 1: But I think the legacy will just kind of come 574 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: when we accomplish more in this league. So that's how 575 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: I feel about it. Paul, what's the age difference? Is 576 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: David the oldest? Ye you're the middle and Scott's the youngest. Correct. 577 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 1: So Scott then comes here and obviously played you both 578 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: play at all. It would be interesting to see him 579 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 1: play defense because then he would take it all out 580 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: on you for being the older brother and all the 581 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: beatdowns I'm sure you probably gave him. But has there 582 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 1: been any point at which you're in the huddle and 583 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: you just kind of look over and go kind of cool, 584 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:01,920 Speaker 1: my brother's in the huddle with me. Does that happened 585 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: at all? Yeah, not just in the huddle, but like 586 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: every day in general. Yeah. I keep you know, I 587 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 1: keep telling I have the same conversation over because everyone's like, 588 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: what's it like having your brother used. I'm like, you know, 589 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,800 Speaker 1: it's really cool, Like it is freaking awesome. But when 590 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: he first signed here, I wasn't too sure, like how 591 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: it was going to be, Like our lives have taken 592 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 1: such different paths and we've both been so busy and 593 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,120 Speaker 1: what we have been up to in the last couple 594 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: of years, and wasn't sure how it's gonna be. And 595 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 1: he shows up, we start going to work, working out, training, 596 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: you know, going on the field, getting in the huddle. 597 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 1: I'm like, dude, I'm I'm playing with my brother man, 598 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 1: Like I see this guy every day. And where I 599 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: tell people is like I haven't spent this kind of 600 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: time with him since we were kids, and it's pretty 601 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: cool because it just it reminds you daily, like how 602 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,360 Speaker 1: special it is to be playing a game like this 603 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,800 Speaker 1: is just kind of the same stuff we were doing 604 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: when we were little kids, you know, running around with 605 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:56,240 Speaker 1: mom and dads and and uh yeah, I love it. 606 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: It's freaking awesome. Well, you talked about a moment in 607 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: our lives with Andy Vich, but here you are with 608 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: your brother. I mean, talk about a moment in your 609 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:07,320 Speaker 1: lives and for an organization that drafted your brother David. 610 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: And obviously everybody's very familiar here with his story, and 611 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 1: what is your memory of that as he went through 612 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: that here in Houston, and the organization stuck by him, 613 00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 1: and the treatment right here at the Texas Medical Center 614 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,239 Speaker 1: and everything involved with that. I mean, I remember him 615 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,520 Speaker 1: training on the hill when you walk over the bridge. 616 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: He was on that hill all the time. We were 617 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,920 Speaker 1: going to rename it Questbury Hill and eventually able to 618 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 1: ring that bell and get out of treatment be cancer free. Yeah, 619 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 1: it was. You know, obviously when my brother first got diagnosed, 620 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: it was a devastating thing for him and for our family. 621 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: And I just remember like being in shock, like I 622 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: couldn't believe it. How does a guy go from literally 623 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:54,480 Speaker 1: the peak of his you know, physical capability to such 624 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 1: a low place and then to come back and you know, 625 00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:00,320 Speaker 1: the support of the Texans organization in the McNair fan Emily, 626 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:06,480 Speaker 1: you know, mister McNair he would go to the hospital 627 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,400 Speaker 1: often and spend time with my brother in the hospital, 628 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,360 Speaker 1: and I just remember thinking, like, damgn man, Like that's 629 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: a very committed, very busy man, and with a lot 630 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: of things going on in his life, and for him 631 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: to take the time to go spend you know, some 632 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 1: time with my brother in the hospital, It's like, that's 633 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,719 Speaker 1: pretty a special deal. And I just remember being so 634 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,800 Speaker 1: thankful that he was here in Houston and that they 635 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: were looking out for him the way they were, because 636 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: I don't want to say it would be different elsewhere, 637 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 1: because I don't know, but he was just very fortunate 638 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 1: that they looked out for him that way, and then 639 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,400 Speaker 1: for him coming back and getting to play again, and 640 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 1: you know, he's had a couple of good, successful years 641 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: playing ball, you know, on the back end of you know, 642 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: just being in such a dark spot. It's just freaking awesome. 643 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: I'm so proud of him. I'm very happy for him, 644 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,200 Speaker 1: But I hate that it's with the Tennessee Titans, always 645 00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,760 Speaker 1: with Buffalo now always with Buffalo. That that's okay, we 646 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:02,800 Speaker 1: could be happy with it. I didn't like it. The 647 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: tight yeah that was And I saw him last year 648 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: on the field before we played him and and uh 649 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 1: his game a big hug and he's like, yeah, you know, 650 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: I've got I've got a kid now. I was just like, wait, 651 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 1: well and it just I was so happy for him. 652 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: But Paul, people listen to the the interview, like, mob manner guy, 653 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 1: how the heck does he play fullback? Because my oppression 654 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 1: of a guy that plays fullback and plays it the 655 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: way that you do, you unfortunately you don't get a 656 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: lot of carries, you don't get a ton of touches 657 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,720 Speaker 1: the passing game. So your sole goal is that guy's 658 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 1: in a different color of jersey and I'm gonna go 659 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: ruin him. Do you have to go somewhere different mentally 660 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,040 Speaker 1: when you get on a field, when you know that's 661 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 1: the job that you're about to do because you're a 662 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: mild manner yes or no, sir kind of guy. But 663 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 1: then you go on the field and it's gotta be 664 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: a different mindset. No, how do you look at it? 665 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: To play fullback? You gott it definitely think different, think differently. 666 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 1: You gotta be gratty and you kind of gotta want it. Um. 667 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 1: You know that physical island kind of nastiness that's required 668 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,080 Speaker 1: to be good at it and if I was like 669 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 1: that walking around people like, dude, what's your problem? You know, 670 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,399 Speaker 1: I don't want to I don't want to walk by 671 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,600 Speaker 1: that Guy's a weird though. So yeah, when you get 672 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 1: to you know, training camp practices and on a game 673 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 1: day and stuff like that, you kind of got to 674 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: click into that place, that little, you know, kind of 675 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: dark spot, Yeah, and just apply it there and go 676 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: do your thing, get it all out, and then let 677 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,160 Speaker 1: it leave it there until next week. So well, Paul, 678 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,359 Speaker 1: we really appreciate the visit. Thanks so much of the time, 679 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 1: good luck, So thanks for having me. Guys appreciate it. 680 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,840 Speaker 1: YEA last question I asked him about that dark spot 681 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 1: as he called it. There is that spot you have 682 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 1: to go to when you go between the lines. And 683 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,200 Speaker 1: it's not something that we talk about or we glorify, 684 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,359 Speaker 1: but I think it's especially for that position. Man. You know, 685 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,520 Speaker 1: I'm about hit that two hundred and forty five pound 686 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: linebacker on his lead zone, whatever the play might be, 687 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: and I gotta go somewhere mentally because this is going 688 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:14,400 Speaker 1: to be a car crash and I mentally have to 689 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,439 Speaker 1: be able to do that and do it well. Man, 690 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,360 Speaker 1: I gotta go someplace different mentally. And I have such 691 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 1: respect and so much respect, all the respect in the 692 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 1: world for the guys that play that position and to 693 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,359 Speaker 1: play the linebacker and to play fullback, and look, it's 694 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 1: for anybody such foot on the field, but those positions 695 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:40,839 Speaker 1: in particular, the collisions are just inhumane. It's unbelievable. I mean, 696 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,920 Speaker 1: listen to this podcast but Andrew Luck done by Zach 697 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,719 Speaker 1: Key for the Athletic and I can't help. But as 698 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:48,719 Speaker 1: he talks through some of Andrew luck injuries, one of 699 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:50,960 Speaker 1: him he's talked about in particular was the ruptured spleen 700 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 1: that he had in twenty fifteen I think it was, 701 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,719 Speaker 1: and he was urinating blood. He's thrown up blood and 702 00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 1: the doctors told him it was as if he was 703 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,880 Speaker 1: in a car crash. He got hit by a linebacker. 704 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:07,399 Speaker 1: And that happens regularly in this game. And it's incredible 705 00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: what these guys put their bodies through. But mentally, they 706 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,080 Speaker 1: gotta go somewhere different to be able to do it. 707 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 1: And I know Paul asked to do that on a 708 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,920 Speaker 1: pretty daily basis for the job that he's asked to do. 709 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 1: But man, that was fun talking to him. We now 710 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,000 Speaker 1: I shouldn't say we've talked to all three Quisinberries. I 711 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,439 Speaker 1: have because I interviewed Scott at the Senior Bowl many 712 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,960 Speaker 1: years ago, and I think David was still with us, 713 00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:33,319 Speaker 1: and so I've interviewed all three NFL Quisenberries. Put that 714 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: on my track record. Very very proud of that, because 715 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 1: that is one heck of a family, David and Scott 716 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,759 Speaker 1: and Paul Scott and Paul now with the Texans and 717 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,719 Speaker 1: Paul Quisenberry, who you just heard from. All Right, we're 718 00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 1: gonna go around the NFL. One wide receiver has a 719 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,279 Speaker 1: ninety nine on Madden. I have a little bit of 720 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:56,440 Speaker 1: an issue with that, and yes, Madden ratings matter. Just 721 00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:00,319 Speaker 1: asked Keenan Allen because he's none too happy about is 722 00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,759 Speaker 1: talking about that. Next right here in Texas Axis. This 723 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,960 Speaker 1: is Axis. We're in funnel segment of this edition of 724 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 1: Texas All Access. Come and at you big thanks to 725 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,480 Speaker 1: Buck wesn' bury and of course Mark for joining me 726 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,160 Speaker 1: for the first couple of segments. I am John Harris, 727 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:19,279 Speaker 1: football Analyst, sideline reporter, so glad to be with you, 728 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,239 Speaker 1: and I love getting the opportunity to go around the 729 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:25,000 Speaker 1: NFL and talk about things that are happening, especially when 730 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:28,760 Speaker 1: the Madden ratings come out. And I know Madden ratings 731 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:33,759 Speaker 1: don't mean a ton, but it's good talking fodder, if 732 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:38,320 Speaker 1: you will. And I was struck today by what Madden 733 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,560 Speaker 1: had come up with for its receivers. The top ten 734 00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:49,919 Speaker 1: wide receivers in MAD twenty three now not under any pretenses, 735 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think they'll have Brandy Cooks in 736 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 1: at top ten and I wish they did, but they don't, 737 00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: are not going to, so really, no Texas evolved, but 738 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,640 Speaker 1: I thought this was interesting. And what goes into this. 739 00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 1: The number one wide receiver is assessed by Madden, and 740 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:08,040 Speaker 1: Matt does a pretty decent job, at least the players 741 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:13,360 Speaker 1: believe it. Of how they get rated. DeVante Adams the 742 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,240 Speaker 1: number one wide receiver in the game of ninety nine, 743 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,200 Speaker 1: which is it's awesome. That's the highest gate can't get 744 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 1: a hundred day go to ninety nine, the mont the Adams. 745 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,480 Speaker 1: There's no other ninety nine, which makes Cooper Cup number 746 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: two number at a number ninety eight. I don't buy that. 747 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,799 Speaker 1: I don't get it. Cooper Cup is fantastic. He's the 748 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,400 Speaker 1: best wide receiver in the game. Barnard I look the 749 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,440 Speaker 1: moont the Adams is fantasy. He's a great player. It's 750 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,560 Speaker 1: arguing like what's better strawberry pie or key Line Piet 751 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,160 Speaker 1: Like it's just a kind of you know, whichever flavor 752 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,880 Speaker 1: floats your boat. But Cooper Cup comes in number two 753 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:51,120 Speaker 1: and and that was kind of the one I had 754 00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 1: one of the biggest issues with. Here's the other one. 755 00:38:53,800 --> 00:39:00,320 Speaker 1: You'll recognize a name missing, Tyreek Hill ninety seven, DeAndre 756 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,040 Speaker 1: Hopkins number four and ninety six. I don't think you 757 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:05,439 Speaker 1: can argue with any top four DEFANDGGS top five ninety five, 758 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,719 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson. Jefferson comes into six and ninety three. Mike 759 00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:10,719 Speaker 1: Evans's next, Mike Evans, Mark and I talked about this 760 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,640 Speaker 1: soft the year. He's one of the most underrated players ever. 761 00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:15,560 Speaker 1: He's gone for a thousand yards every single year in 762 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 1: the league, consistent, not a diva, works his butt off, 763 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,400 Speaker 1: offered to give up money so they could keep Chris Godwin. 764 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,720 Speaker 1: They're in Tampa Bay and he's just he's awesome. Galveston 765 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,759 Speaker 1: ball love him because the local guy. Mike Evans ninety two, 766 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,720 Speaker 1: so he's seventh. Hey, Terry McLaren and Keen Allen about 767 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,960 Speaker 1: tie for eight. Keenan own had a massive problem with this. 768 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,920 Speaker 1: He just posted a video of him laughing and then saying, 769 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:43,759 Speaker 1: who's saying these things? Who's rating these these guys in 770 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,480 Speaker 1: these receivers? Because this isn't right. So Key, now that's 771 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:50,719 Speaker 1: the second year in a row. I mean, keen Allen's fantastic. 772 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:52,160 Speaker 1: I don't know that I can make it his or 773 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,239 Speaker 1: keenan down above any of those other guys, though, but 774 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,920 Speaker 1: I think Hinder ninety one I could do that. I 775 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:58,839 Speaker 1: think could get him to ninety three. I don't think 776 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,799 Speaker 1: Mike's and ninety three. I think he's an Andy five 777 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 1: and last in the top ten at least. Anyway, it's 778 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:11,360 Speaker 1: Mary Cooper. Now there's no Jamar Chase, there's no Deebo Samuel. No. 779 00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,880 Speaker 1: I don't know exactly how they're rating Deebo Samuel. They 780 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:15,839 Speaker 1: put him in the wide receiver category or they put 781 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,799 Speaker 1: him in the weapon X category. I don't know, but 782 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:20,759 Speaker 1: I know Deebo Samuel based on the play that I 783 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:22,920 Speaker 1: saw last year, even the first half of the year 784 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,360 Speaker 1: where he was receiving receiver, only his numbers were going 785 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:26,880 Speaker 1: to be off the chart. Why the heck is he 786 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,600 Speaker 1: not on the top ten. You can't tell me a 787 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:31,600 Speaker 1: good conscious that the Cowboys gave up on a top 788 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:35,160 Speaker 1: ten receiver like Amari Cooper. Mark Coopers is not a 789 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:37,440 Speaker 1: top ten receiver ins league. It's a very good receiver, 790 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,399 Speaker 1: and eventually Jacoby Brisett and Shawn Watson will like throwing 791 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,400 Speaker 1: to him. But that's really all they have in Cleveland. 792 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,520 Speaker 1: I just don't buy it. Not aheaded Jamar Chase, not 793 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:49,640 Speaker 1: adeaded Deebo Samuel and Cooper cup at ninety eight. Hey Man, 794 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:53,160 Speaker 1: Matt can get you go in just a little bit. 795 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,160 Speaker 1: It got me going today as I was looking through 796 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,320 Speaker 1: those ratings. I do think about the Adams should be 797 00:40:58,320 --> 00:40:59,920 Speaker 1: a ninety nine. I don't think there's any question with 798 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,400 Speaker 1: That's going to be a battle. We saw him in 799 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:04,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, We're gonn see him again in twenty twenty two. 800 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:09,880 Speaker 1: Danta Adams, Derek Carr. He's an exquisite route runner, tremendous hands, 801 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:15,480 Speaker 1: a great physically gifted receiver with the football like you 802 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:19,239 Speaker 1: to match. Davanta Adams is gonna be a handful when 803 00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:22,799 Speaker 1: we face them in oh in Las Vegas. That's gonna 804 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,120 Speaker 1: be fun in Las Vegas in October Davanta Adams in 805 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,680 Speaker 1: ninety nine, the only wide receiver in ninety nine in 806 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,040 Speaker 1: the league. Again, a big thanks to Bauk we wasn't buried. 807 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,239 Speaker 1: To Mark Vanimir, to all of you for listen, Thank 808 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:36,160 Speaker 1: you so much. We'll see tomorrow and as always, go Texans.