WEBVTT - Brennan Scarlett, Andre Ware and Clint Stoerner 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:02.760 What is up. Good people of Houston and all of 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:07.720 you listening over in London. Welcome in to Texans All Access. 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:10.239 I am your host, John Harris, football analyst and side 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:13.360 of the reporter, and yes, we are getting ready to 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:17.680 go over the Pond to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars. 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:20.560 Welcome into the show. I'm your host, John Harris, football 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:22.279 analysts and side of the reporter, and glad to be 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:27.160 with you tomorrow at this time. We will be in 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:30.360 or actually on our way to London tomorrow and then 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:33.480 Friday for our next All Access show will actually mine. 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:36.320 We'll be doing it from the barrow Boy and Banker 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:40.440 Pub that's been designated as the Texans Pub over in London, 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:43.760 So if you're on your way over then that's where 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:46.800 you should go. That's like, that's your hangout spot. That's 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:50.760 the place and Drew took dude Ahredy took a video 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:53.639 of that. He's already over there getting some pre roll 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.760 on staff. He's giving you kind of the sights and sounds. 0:00:56.800 --> 0:01:01.040 Apparently todayo's a beautiful day over in London. Doesn't sound 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.160 like it's gonna be that for the next few days, 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:05.600 but it does sound like for the game, just checking 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:09.399 BBC Weather that may before the game. It may not 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:13.119 be horrible, may not be horrible, but it'll be grant 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:16.200 cloudy apparently. But it does say that low chance of precipitation. 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.559 So keep our fingers crossed during a game that won't happen, 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:20.840 but we will get there. When we get there, we've 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:24.720 got plenty to do. On tonight's show, we have got 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:26.840 Brent Scarlett gonna join us for a deep sunt interview 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:28.920 of the week. Well, main, Clint Stern is gonna stop by. 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:32.200 We're gonna talk some ball. Then Frank Frangie, a good 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:33.920 friend of mine, a good friend of Mark's, is gonna 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.160 stop by as we have our men behind the Mike's segment. 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.200 Then we got our good buddy andre Ware gonna stop by, 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:43.600 followed by going behind enemy sidelines with DPC two with 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:46.800 j P. Shadwick. So we've got plenty to do, So 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:50.320 let's jump right in to our hot Reeves Hot reachs 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:53.560 presented to you by Geico fifteen minutes can save you 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:58.240 fifteen percent or more on car insurance. And we start 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:03.680 with our trip to London, leaving on Thursday after practice midday, 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:06.440 the team and all of us getting on the plane 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:09.680 flying over, gonna get over there Friday in the morning, 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:14.200 London time, and go right through the practice field, get 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:16.600 a good practice in after the eight and a half 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:19.520 eight eight and a half to nine hour flight, and 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:21.640 then got all kinds of things going on. So I 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:24.920 don't know if anybody is going over there or headed 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:28.640 over there already over there and listening, but that's gonna 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.480 be kind of be it practice on Friday, and then 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:33.959 Mark and I are gonna go over to the Barrel 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:37.200 Boy and Banker Pub. We're gonna be hanging out. Kevin Walter, 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:39.320 I know it's gonna be over there, gonna probably be 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:41.679 smother ambassadors and other people are gonna be over there. 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:44.360 A lot of people going over for this trip, and 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.320 for good reasons historical first time the Texas ever played 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:49.280 on European soil, so they will do that on Sunday. 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:51.640 So that's what you have to look forward to, this 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.600 trip to London. And it's weird, it's kind of it's 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.880 kind of been in the back of our minds for 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.320 a while, like that London trip is still it's still 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:03.359 kind of out there. It's still kind of out there. 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:05.120 But obviously we had to get through a number of 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:07.960 hard fought games, one score games. They've all be one 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.680 score excepting Atlanta game. Kind of having to get through 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.760 all of that, and now it's like, okay, now we 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:16.399 can focus on it. All that preparation that this whole 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:20.040 organization has been doing, Now we put it into focus. 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:24.200 Tomorrow the Texas will practice, we will fly out after that. 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:27.240 We'll get there on Monday morning. They will practice Friday morning. 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:31.200 When they get there thereabouts front of like late morning, 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.640 early afternoon when they get there. Then they'll have a 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:38.480 walkthrough on Saturday, and then Sunday we'll kick off two 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:42.600 thirty London time, eight thirty back here if daylight savings 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:45.680 time in America and the United States. So make sure 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:48.680 you turn your clocks back. You've a manuel clock on Sunday, 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:53.680 and don't miss the kickoff. Actually you won't miss the kickoff, 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:55.520 you'll just be an hour early if you haven't set 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:59.920 them back. London's already gone back their daylight savings time, 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:02.360 so instead of being six hours ahead, which they typically are, 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:05.800 the only five through this week through Sunday, I'm sorry, 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:09.280 through Saturday, and then on Sunday they'll go back here 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:10.840 in the States, and so that I'll make a six 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:14.440 hour time difference. So eight thirty kick here, two thirty 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:19.320 kick at Wembley Stadium in London. All right, let's get 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.080 to our next hot read. That is going to be 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:27.400 some transactions. Yes, Texas add a couple of players to 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:31.600 the practice squad. Anthony Chesley corner out of Coastal Carolina 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:34.640 or rookie, and also Eddie Vanderdos. Now, if you follow 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.799 high school football recruiting at any point, then you should 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:40.080 remember the name. Eddie Vanderdos was a guy that was 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.880 committed to Notre Dame, ended up going to UCLA. Played 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.200 three years at UCLA Claire for the draft. Hasn't really 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.320 been able to find at home. But a very talented 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:50.520 interior player. Had some injuries when he was at UCLA. 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:51.840 I want to see add a knee injury when he 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:54.240 was at UCLA, but a very talented player. So two 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.560 players added to the practice squad Eddie Vanderdos and also 0:04:57.680 --> 0:05:02.440 Anti Chesley. Another transact Brian body Calhoun brought back. I 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:05.119 love it BBC. Ironically the week we're going to London, 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:10.080 BBC added to the roster for your Texans. Texans needs 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:13.719 some helping a secondary due to all the injuries. Unfortunately, 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:17.599 the other end of that transaction is JJ Watt going 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:20.840 to i R and he will miss the rest of 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:24.480 the season. So those are your transactions that have transpired. 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:28.719 Chesley vanderdos to the practice squad, BBC Brion Body Calhoun 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.160 goes to the fifty three man roster, and unfortunately the 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:36.520 great JJ Watt goes to R and our final hot read. 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:40.640 I'm gonna look for this because before Drew Dorty took 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:42.240 off for London, you get a chance to sit down 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:45.240 with a guy that's going to be the focus on 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:48.680 this defense Russian from the Edge with JJ Watton. Now 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.760 and I are, and that is Whitney Merciless. Drew caught 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.200 up with witt to talk about all kinds of different things. 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:56.640 Was it light going against Gardner, Minshew, going to London? 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:58.960 All the things that I'm sure Whitney thinks about. It 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.200 is off time set down with Drew. Here we go. 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.240 You are an international man of I'm not going to 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.719 say mystery, but you've been around the world. We've seen 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:09.480 your travels over the years in your time as a 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:12.520 Houston Texans. So let's start right there. How much of 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:16.760 a challenge is it actually playing a game overseas you think, 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.440 I know you've not played overseas. You played in Mexico City, 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.800 but you know the time zone difference thing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:23.880 from my travels across the world and all that, getting 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:27.560 adjusted tom wise, it's pretty difficult. And one way to 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:29.679 do that is as soon as you land, it's morning 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:31.560 and you got to stay up all day. Yeah, just 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.960 really try to force your body to acclimate and just 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:37.160 allow yourself to crash and then just like get in 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:40.040 sync with the time difference that's over there. And so 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:44.120 now I haven't done anything that's physically straining when I traveled, 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:46.279 so this would be a different experience as far as 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.680 that goes. And as for a few guys over there, 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:51.320 some guys probably maybe one or two have been over 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.960 to London to play a few times in the careers, 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:56.160 but for the majority of the team, we have not 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.240 done that. So it'll be interesting. Yeah, how energizing is 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:00.920 it to be in London and to get to play 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:02.280 in London they get to be in front of a 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:05.400 different crowd than you normally are. Yeah, it's gonna be exciting, 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.000 different venue cross the pond, Yeah, of course, that's good. 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:11.640 That's a cool thought. And also I hear those fans 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.880 are like absolutely crazy. Just talking to a few guys 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:17.560 around the league who've done that travel a few times, 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:19.440 and I'm excited to get in front of that crowd. 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:22.440 See how crazy it is the atmosphere. And hopefully it's 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:24.240 not too cold. Hopefully it's not too cold. It's a 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:26.200 little bit chilly this time here, but nothing you can't handle. 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.920 You've played in much colder environments. And let's talk about 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:30.920 how this season has been for you. What's the deal 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.000 do you have? Is there like a magnet in your 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:36.040 body now because you're around the ball all the time, 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.800 it seems what's going on? Buddy? No, man, you know what, 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:41.840 God just designed that way for this year. I'm just saying, 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:43.720 you know, this is my thought. I just want to 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.600 get around the ball, just make sure that I'm creating 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.680 or impacting the game somehow, just to get the ball 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:52.440 back to the back to the offense, whatever it is 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:56.119 is stripping it, intersecting it, or recovering a fumble, pretty 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.560 much like it just happens to be just right there. 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:00.600 And so I just want to try to continue that forward. 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.440 You know, it's a slow down just a little bit. 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:04.680 But it's all good. It's been fun seeing you play 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.000 so well, and it's also been fun seeing these celebrations afterwards. 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.960 You're part of quote unquote the Rock Boys. Can I 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.480 know mostly what it is, but for those that haven't 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:15.640 heard it, can you kind of explain where that came from, 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:17.320 who the Rock Boys are and what's going on with 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.360 all that? Oh? Of course, I would love to elaborate 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:22.040 Rock Boys. It's a great shout out for everybody in 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:25.760 the in the linebacker group itself. So b Max, the manager, 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:27.720 he came up with it, you know the name. But 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:31.000 to go back to how it actually started was during 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:33.559 training camp. Yeah, it's like, okay, man, we make these 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.040 like great plays, you know, sacks and all that, and 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:39.439 guys are celebrating individually. So it's like, how do we 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.280 get because everybody's involved in the play to make it happen, right, 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:44.439 So how do we get more people involved and do 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:47.439 like a group celebrations. So we just it was just 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:49.520 me and Scarlett. We just messed around and it's just like, 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:51.480 you know, we're just playing a guitar, air guitar and 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.520 all that. Then Bmac jumped in and then now it 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:56.920 just snowballed. And then finally Bmac came up with a 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:59.400 name for it, and we've just been rocking with it 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.320 ever since. And so outside linebackers are the Rock Boys, 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:05.240 right BM Active Manager. Okay, that's how it is. And 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.400 then we got a collaboration with the LPC crew. Yeah, 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.160 the LPC crew is obviously the lunch pill crew, kind 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.880 of the interior defensive lineman. And you know, Dylan Cole 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:14.800 was sitting in your spot about a week ago when 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.400 we did this interview, and he said, he wedged himself 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:19.520 into the Rock Boys and he's the drummer because hey, 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.880 every good band needs a drummer. So that's kind of funny. 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.240 It's it's an inclusive process for guys that are making place. 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:27.320 Oh yeah, no doubt. And also, well we're still looking 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:30.280 for that singer as well too. I like it. I 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:33.319 like it. Well, how do the Rock Boys, how does 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:37.000 the LPC? How do they come together and compensate for 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:38.880 the loss of a guy like JJ Watt? I know, 0:09:38.960 --> 0:09:41.000 you don't, you know, replace a guy like that one 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:42.560 on one, but you gotta do things a little bit 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:45.320 differently now to kind of stem the tide. I suppose yeah, 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:47.319 no doubt. First of all, guys got it now. It's 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:50.920 the next man up mentality Scarlett. Let's see Charles Yea 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:54.679 Barghevas and also Jacob who got to step up their 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:58.200 game as well too, just replacing Way it's some form 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.760 of fashion, and also just the ski team as far 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:05.000 as replacing such a monumental guy on defense as well too. 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:08.080 So the thing is we've got to just locking our keys, 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:10.320 just play that a whole lot better affect the game 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.640 in some type of shape or form. And we've got 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:15.240 to get a lot of penetration up front in the 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:17.559 run game and the past game as well too. So 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:19.600 you know, it's nothing we're going to freak out about. 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.160 This has happened to us, you know before, and guys 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.280 stepped up then, and guys are gonna step up now. 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:27.160 And probably it doesn't hurt to have a mind like Romeo. 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.280 Cornell's helping orchestrate some of these things too, right exactly, Romeo, 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:31.920 he's gonna look at it, and I mean, of course 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.719 they they're already looking at it early on and all that, 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.040 and so pretty much he's gonna look at what he asks, 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:39.559 what the skill set is, and adapt to it. And 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:42.200 so that's that's literally what this league is all about 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:45.600 is just adaptation. Yeah, Sunday morning, it'll be Central Time, 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:47.240 it'll be breakfast with the Texans. You guys will be 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:48.760 playing in the middle of the afternoon. So let's talk 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:52.719 about the opponent. Gardner Minshew. He's not playing like a 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.319 rookie who was drafted in the late rounds who's just 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:57.960 coming in and has a mustache. This guy can play. 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:00.520 I mean, he's got them in position they're due. Really well, 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:02.959 what was the challenge initially when you saw him? And 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:05.120 how has he kind of grown over the last month 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.559 or so? Man, So, Okay, the biggest thing is the 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.960 first time that we faced him. His composure is unusually 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:12.920 kind of reminded me of de Shaun Watson's composure when 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.080 he first came into the league, right, And the guy 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:17.880 just goes out there with a not care attitude, honestly, 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:19.959 And so he's just trying to win a game and 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.719 he's a competitor and I'd love to see that, and 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:26.200 it makes it tough for defenses to contain him. He's 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:29.199 good at scrambling, making plays with either his feet or 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:32.320 scrambling outside the pocket and throwing balls downfield getting out 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:34.559 of sacks as well too, So that'll be challenging. So 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:36.679 we've got to be able to contain him seeing him 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.760 grow over the letting you know, the course of the 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:40.959 season since we've last seen him, he's done exactly that. 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:44.000 His confidence has definitely been boosted more and more and more, 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.600 and he's been more confident in his level of play 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:51.319 and just making some health five plays out there. It's 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.640 actually impressive for a rookie. And so I think they've 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:55.200 done a great job as far as getting him ready 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.720 to play week to week. And you know, he's really 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:00.679 embraced the embraced his role as far as that goes. 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:02.760 And so we're gonna have to contain them in the pocket, 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.960 allowing play quarterback, get them rattled off the spot. Really 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.319 come there, we gotta we gotta be humming, But first 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:09.640 of all, we gotta take care of that run. So 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.199 we turn them into a one dimensional team. How hard 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:14.120 is it to be humming against that offensive line? What 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.880 have you seen from them? Man? The group? There are 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:19.120 some holes in the group that you could take advantage 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:21.160 of on one on ones and things like that. They're 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:23.200 still solidly at the end of the day, no doubt, 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.520 and you cannot underestimate your opponent because that one time, 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.520 you know they will get you and flighting you on 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:31.679 your back, no question is. So we've got to be 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:33.719 great up front, run some stunts things and things to 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:36.040 that nature, and so I think all we gotta do 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.559 is just be conscientious of our rush so we don't 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:41.560 get broken off for like a twenty yard run by 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:43.959 Minshu himself. You've seen a lot of variations of the 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.079 AFC South in your time. Is a Texan, I think 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.320 this has got to be the toughest, most rugged version 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.200 of it, you know, midway through the season that you've 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.880 ever seen, Right, all four teams are above or at 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.800 five hundred. Yeah, it's a pretty tough division, man, it is. 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:59.000 It is. And you know, saying it's my time coming 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:02.160 into the league, you know, yeah, there's been some there's 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:04.840 been one team that's always dominated, of course, the Colts whatnot, 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.000 and so, but over the course of years, as these 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:09.640 teams have built themselves up, you know, with the rosters, 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.240 with the coaches, the staff and things of that nature, 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:15.760 it's being it's become super super competitive over the last 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.400 few years or so. Then that's exactly what you're seeing 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:20.559 right now. What has always been one of my favorites 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:23.400 to sit down and talk ball with, talk off the field, talk, 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:26.640 travel anything. Whit is kind of a go to and 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:28.000 I was glad that Drew had a chance to catch 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:29.760 up with him before Drew got on the bird and 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:33.160 went over to London early and awaits the team's arrival 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.840 early Friday morning. But there you go, a little bit 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.000 of hot rage brought to you by Geike Go Fifteen 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.599 minutes can save you fifteen percent or more on a 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:44.599 car insurance. Now. I don't know if you happen this 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:47.880 year on Instagram, I had this sent to me via 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.319 text from some people in the building and they said 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:53.720 a picture and it was of four different characters I'll 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:57.480 put it that way, the Rock Boys. And in that 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:01.520 group you had Bernardrick McKinney, yeah, Whitney Merciless, and you 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:05.280 also had Brennan Scarlett and they were dressed up as kiss. 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:09.160 That was really really cool. Well, dpcit who had a 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.719 chance to catch up with Brennan Scarlett and ask him 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:13.520 about that. And we'll have that for you on our 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:15.880 Deep sunt Interview the Week brought to you Bykesfinity. Next 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:19.000 on Texas All Access. There are only a few things 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:22.680 I like to do more than watch football, hang a family, 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.160 go to the beach. One of them is to teach math. 0:14:25.920 --> 0:14:27.880 So I'm calling all you Houston area teachers. You want 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:29.960 to bring a little Texas football to your classroom? 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Good? 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:41.080 Thanks for having me. I love the Rock Boys this year. 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.160 I feel like every year at a certain position group 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:46.080 really stands out as bringing the juice and the adrenaline. 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:50.560 And it's usually dB, sometimes it's wide receivers, but the linebackers, 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:53.040 the Rock Boys have really come into their own this year. 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:56.720 What's going on with the energy of that position group? 0:15:57.320 --> 0:15:59.280 We just got we got a lot of good guys 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.640 in the room, a lot of playmakers in the room, 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.360 so a lot of opportunity to get out there and 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:08.240 rock out with the boys, and so the linebackers this 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:11.120 year just kind of taking that and you know, everybody 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:15.240 grabs an instrument and yeah, I would think we were 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:17.040 talking to Whitney Boddy. He said it was. It sort 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:20.160 of came about in training camp. You guys just messing around, 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.240 decided to whip out some instruments and that became a 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:25.080 celebration which became the Rock Boys. And now you guys 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:28.280 have your own T shirts. You provided the group of 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:32.200 T shirts recently. Yeah, we're we have a uniform now, 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:35.760 Oh it's a uniform. Okay, we do have a uniform. Um, 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:39.600 so it's not just straight chaos anymore. We've got some 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.800 structure to the rocket. Yes, you definitely. Well what happens 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:47.840 to the teenage mutant ninja turtle all black? Um, the 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.240 game day fits that you guys see that is that 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:55.000 separate from the Rock Boys. Okay, that is specifically in 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:59.080 the inside linebacker room. The outside linebackers don't take oh 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:05.640 I see game group matching the matching here unless it's 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:08.320 a Rock Boys. Sure, unless it's the Rock Boys shirt. 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:12.199 But um, yeah, that's the insiders thing. You guys are 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.360 so calm and collected off the field, and then you're 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:15.960 on the field and you become the Rock Boys. I 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:19.280 want to talk about that transition one day in practice. 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:21.440 You know, we watch a little bit of practice. We 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:24.119 watch you guys activate, which is the warming up period. 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:27.879 And then afterwards the entire team got into a huddle, 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:30.119 and I want to say was Bernardick McKinney was in 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:33.359 the middle and started doing his pregame huddle. You'd think 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:35.120 it was a game day and you guys just were 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:38.639 just so energized. I find out later that that was 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:42.119 a walkthrough. It was not even a little practice. But 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:44.280 the energy that you guys bring, Like, when does that 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:46.440 transformation sort of when do you guys just put on 0:17:46.520 --> 0:17:49.199 those rock boy hats and really get to work? How 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:52.080 about you think? I think just as soon as you 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.760 step on the field, you know, it's uh, you know, 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:59.280 we train all year round for the opportunities that we 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:03.119 have in the season, you know, so you know, you 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:05.840 have a lot of built up excitement and energy, and 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:10.359 you know the best way to perform it is using 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:14.240 that energy, you know. And you know, having obviously the 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:17.520 games you got sixteen for sure opportunities to go out 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.480 there and show your stuff. But even in practice, like 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.520 you know, those are limited opportunities too, And you know 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:26.640 all offseason you train and train and then you get 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:29.960 those limited opportunities, So you might as well come listen, juice, Yeah, 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.280 you definitely do. So you're four for you and you 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.359 came I mean we remember when you were here as 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:37.240 an undrafted and here you are year four. You signed 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:40.520 the big contract extension before the season started. What about 0:18:40.560 --> 0:18:43.960 those limited opportunities for you, because Bill Obriant says you've 0:18:44.000 --> 0:18:47.920 done a really great job of taking your limited opportunities 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:51.120 and turning into your role on the team. Now, how 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:54.200 did you manage that? Because now it seems like you're 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:56.439 getting better and better because you have all the opportunities, 0:18:56.520 --> 0:18:58.320 But how did you sort of make that jump? I 0:18:58.480 --> 0:19:01.080 imagine it was harder early on when you weren't on 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:05.280 the field as much. Yeah. Yeah, I think the biggest 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:09.240 thing for me is just to continue to grow every day, 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:13.040 you know, regardless of what those opportunities look like. You know, 0:19:13.240 --> 0:19:16.800 find a way, whether it be in practice, sitting back 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:20.040 and watching JJ Watt rush or watching the Whitney Merciless 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:22.760