1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Welcome into Texans All Access. On a Tuesday from the 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Hyunday Texans Radio studio, I'm DPCDO with my good friends 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: Mark Vandermerger Doherty. How's it going you guys. Not the 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: quiet offseason that we're used to, not at all, not 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: a part point. Mark always jokes about how this time 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: of year is called the desert because at the end 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: of the OTAs until the start of training camp and 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: a mini camp start of training camp, there's not much 9 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: going on. You don't see the players, there's no practice 10 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: to cover, so hence there's not a lot of news, 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: and so we kind of stockpollow a lot of content 12 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: and sort of picked the carcass clean in that regard. Well, 13 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 1: that hasn't happened so far. Now. This is more like 14 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: a lot of patties in Southeast Asia. This is not 15 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: the desert, Okay. This is definitely active, not really active 16 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: right now. Maybe that's not the right word, but it 17 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: was about a week and a half ago and it's 18 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: resulted in a lot of conversation and I get it, yeah, 19 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: and I think there's probably more that's going to come 20 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: in the next few weeks, but we don't know what 21 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: it is. We don't know when it's going to happen. 22 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: But here's what we do know. The Texans are currently 23 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,839 Speaker 1: without a general manager. Chris Olson is acting and that's 24 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: been in the news sort of locally more so than nationally. 25 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: And we'll get to that in a little bit with 26 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: the national media is saying about the Houston Texans. But 27 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: for right now, there's a lot of different people speculating 28 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 1: on what the Texans are going to do. And I 29 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: was gonna ask about the MMQB article. I don't know 30 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: if you guys had read what Albert Rear had wrote 31 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: written had wrote, he said the Texans are sticking with 32 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: the status quo and they're gonna have Director of Player 33 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: Personel Matt Bazergan running the pro scouting side and college 34 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: scouting director James Lipfort is going to run the college side, 35 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: and both are going to report to coach Bill O'Brien. Now, 36 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: none of that has been announced formally, so I don't 37 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: know if that's speculation or he's hearing things. But I 38 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: don't want to get your thoughts on that and what 39 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: you think might happen, that could happen. I suppose that's 40 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 1: always an option. I guess just to go status quo 41 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: with what you have right now. Well, and I don't 42 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: know is that really status quo if it's brand new 43 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: based on what you were doing up until the week 44 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: and a half ago. So we'll see if that's the case. 45 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: I think, And I said, I used the metaphor last 46 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: night about the restaurant. You know, I've got a lot 47 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: of feedback on that. My restaurant metaphor is some people 48 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 1: on the outside act as if you're about to serve 49 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: dinner and there are no cooks in the kitchen because 50 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: one cook was removed. But there are plenty of cooks 51 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: in the kitchen, and there's a team of chefs as 52 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, and plenty of food, and we're 53 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: gonna serve the meal and it's gonna be good, you know, 54 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: I hope it's really good. But a meal will be served. 55 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: The question is how do they put it all together? 56 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: How do they put this team together? Is briare right 57 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: about that? I don't know. It's all about cal McNair. 58 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: What he decides is going to be right for this 59 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: franchise moving forward. And I really think they're processing. I 60 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: think that's a good word. You know. They said they 61 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: evaluated leading up to the dismissal of Brian Game. Right 62 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: now they're processing based on the fact that they couldn't 63 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: interview Nick Asserio because of whatever was going on in 64 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 1: his contract with the Patriots. So they are where they 65 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: are and where they are tomorrow I don't know, but 66 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: right now this is it and they can do business 67 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: like this. I don't know if they'd want to go 68 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: through a draft like this, but they could certainly do 69 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: business in June, July or whatever like this, and we'll 70 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: see where it goes from here. Both those guys, Basigan 71 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: and Lifford a Razor Sharp, they've been around for a while, 72 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: not with the Texans so much, but in the NFL. 73 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: Basigan with the Jets, Lifford with the Patriots, so they 74 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: know what's going on and all the guys underneath them. 75 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 1: It's a lot like Mark's analogy. You talk about a restaurant, Well, 76 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: it's like if a restaurant lost it's general manager, it's 77 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: still gonna function is you still have cooks and waiters 78 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: and everybody else going about their job doing their business. 79 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: Those guys, it's like a mechanism, it's a it's a 80 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: thing that just keeps going on and doing what it 81 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: has to do. The Scouts. Half the Scouts don't even 82 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 1: live in Houston. They live kind of in their territories. 83 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: You know. One guy lives in Austin and he covers 84 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: sort of the whole South in the state of Texas. 85 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: Another guy lives up in Seattle, covers the Northwest. I mean, 86 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: those guys are gonna go about their business like they 87 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: always have. The pro side guys the same thing. So 88 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: it's something that you can function with if this is 89 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: indeed the case, and it might not. You know, it's 90 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: it makes sense what Breer is saying. Wouldn't stun me 91 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: if that's what happens. But you can function like that 92 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: for a little bit, maybe even longer, and it's something 93 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,119 Speaker 1: that I could see happening. You know, people ask, well, 94 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: can Bill O'Brien handle everything? If it is indeed the 95 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: case that he's going to handle that part of it, 96 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: those guys would report to him. But to Drew's point, 97 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: they'll have enough guys to handle all those jobs, and 98 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 1: maybe he just makes decisions on certain things. You have 99 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: Chris Olsen, like you said, he's the one guy we 100 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: did that. Albert bru didn't even mention and he's been instrumental. 101 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: He's been instrumental in the cap space situation. Right, they 102 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: may all go to him on a contract situation. Can 103 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: we fit this guy in or can we not? Or 104 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: what is the cap situation? What's the financial implication? What 105 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: about negotiating all of that? And he is listed as 106 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: acting general manager right now. And I would love to 107 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: have him speak to the media, not because I think 108 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: that he's in control, but I think that I would 109 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: love to hear his voice on the air a lot 110 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: because of that Jersey accent. I want. Yeah, he's one 111 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: of the funnier members of this entire organization. He's got 112 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: a very nice Yeah, he's funny, he does and he's 113 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: super sharp. I mean he is razor sharp. And I'd 114 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: love to hear what he has to say anyway. But 115 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: the point is this, they got enough guys in place. 116 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: Call hasn't made any announcements, and we'll find out what 117 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: he does. And I think I get it that a 118 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: lot of people out there speculate because they don't have 119 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,280 Speaker 1: information coming from the franchise. These are reports coming from 120 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: other sources, if you will. So I just believe that 121 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 1: everybody's got to sort of stay put. We've got a 122 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: good team. To Drew's eternal point, that number four is 123 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: on this roster and you've got a quarterback, you've got 124 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: a going concern here in the NFL. Let's just see 125 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: no matter what happens, Brian Gaine was not going to 126 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: play quarterback this Season's not going to play quarterback this season. 127 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: Nickis Sarrio is not going to play quarterback this season. 128 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: The guy that you want playing quarterback is suiting up. 129 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: Number four is going to be ready to rock. It's 130 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: year number three. Who knows what he's learned, how he's progressed, 131 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,840 Speaker 1: just alone on the mental side, not to mention all 132 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: the other things that have gotten better around him, healthwise, 133 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: weapons wise, and I think the offensive line is going 134 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: to play better too. So I can't wait to see 135 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: what happens. You know, he Drew shouldn't get these little 136 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 1: bracelets made, but who's your quarterback? Just wear them around 137 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: whenever you go through his frustful situation. Do you think 138 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: it is? I mean, it's understandable that understand why there 139 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: is as it's very very understandable when you lose the 140 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 1: top decision maker in the organization. But you got to 141 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: remember that's still not the guy who is the most 142 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: influential on game day, and you still got that guy, 143 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 1: and he's looking like he's gonna be better than you 144 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: have those guys, really who are the most influential. You 145 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: have coach, you have quarterback, you have other brain trust members, 146 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 1: And as far as making the top decision maker, I 147 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: think that's definitely cal and I think a lot of 148 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: other things were done collectively anyway. But you know, clearly 149 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: Brian role of course manager and having football operations under him, 150 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:58,839 Speaker 1: But there are a lot of there's a team of 151 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: over twenty people involved with football operations, and those guys 152 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: are still here. I'm not diminishing those people, but I 153 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: think they would all tell you and they would all 154 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 1: agree with what I'm saying about Watson. You know, I 155 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: think they all recognize the structure. What have we yearned 156 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: for long for all these years? A quarterback? You have one, 157 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: and not that there were doubts going into last year 158 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: about him, but he was coming off the knee injury. 159 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: So let's see how it goes. Remember preseason Game one 160 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: in Kansas City, through four passes, it's like, okay, that's good, 161 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: get them out and I'll still be saying that against 162 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: Green Bay probably, But the point is when we just 163 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: saw him stand up and exited game Mobile, we were 164 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: happy with that. And now you saw him go through 165 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: that rough season physically but come out on top and 166 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: lead the team to eleven victories. Let's go in twenty 167 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: nineteen and see what happens. All right. Also going on 168 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: right now, you said that it's the desert, It's not 169 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: quite the desert around here just yet because we do 170 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: have players in the building. That's the rookies. I know 171 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 1: Drew wrote about it on Houston Texans dot com. What's 172 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: next for the rookies. They're here for another week or 173 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: so before and they depart from their I mean it depends. 174 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: They may not go anywhere. Not many of them are 175 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: gonna leave it. If they leave, it's for like the 176 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: weekend or a long weekend to see family. But most 177 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: of these guys, if not all of them, are staying 178 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: right here, getting indoctrinated into program and lifting weights and 179 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,440 Speaker 1: staying on the nutrition plan that they've got. Well, Glaspia 180 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: lives in Katie, so he doesn't have I actually I 181 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: actually met him today in the cafe and I introduced 182 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: myself to him because you know, we're gonna be seeing 183 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: these guys a lot, but during rookie minicamp, during OTAs, 184 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: we don't really have a chance to get to talk 185 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: to the players. But it's kind of awkward because you're 186 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: writing stories about them and I'm also sharing their Twitter 187 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: on likes and stuff, so I feel like I should 188 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: at least let them know, Hey, I'm the person that 189 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: takes your tweets and puts them on Twitter for which 190 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: this is an easy class to root for. They've got 191 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: a lot of charisma and look, you want to see 192 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: it on game day on the field those results. But 193 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: Glaspia Sharpie, these guys seem like old souls in a way. Yeah, 194 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: I mean they really. It seems like a really good 195 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 1: group of guys. And you know, I know it sounds 196 00:08:56,640 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: kind of cliche to say that, but but it is. 197 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: So let's just see how it works out. You know. 198 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: O'Brian asked about them on the podium on the at 199 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: the podium. He was asked about them consistently obviously during 200 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: the OTA period, and he would say stuff like them, 201 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: they got a long way to go. Good guys are 202 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:11,760 Speaker 1: got a long way to go. He doesn't want to 203 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: give them anything right now, and I get it because 204 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: they got to fit in. They gotta make the team. Yeah, 205 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:18,760 Speaker 1: they still love the high school locker. It's like they 206 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 1: haven't even put on the pads yet. So that's that's 207 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: still to come. Also, the veterans, we've seen a few 208 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: veterans around the building as well, the guys that are rehabbing, uh, 209 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 1: you know who want to stay here and train. JJ 210 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: Watt is very active as well. I know he's in 211 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: Houston because he tweeted about it this morning and all 212 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: this was good. This, this brought up a question for me. 213 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 1: Hold on, let me let me find the tweet for you. Okay, 214 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,400 Speaker 1: he said, when I grew up in Wisconsin, if the 215 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: weather was going to be eighty five degrees, we basically 216 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: had a statewide heat emergency. Today I caught myself looking 217 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: at the weather forecast and thinking, oh, nice, the high 218 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: is only going to be ninety five today. Yeah. Yeah, 219 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 1: he's clos he's a Houston. This is when I go 220 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: back to Indianapolism, visit my family. When it's in the 221 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: low eighties, the news they start telling you to drink 222 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: more water, stay out of the sun, and I just 223 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: laugh here the women put on boots when it's like 224 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: I was gonna say, they also laugh here when we 225 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:15,160 Speaker 1: get out our jackets when it's sixty first us. Yeah, 226 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 1: you see, the others are coming out, the scarves are 227 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: coming out. That's he's also JJ also tweeted about what 228 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: a Burger the other day as well. If he starts says, 229 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: starts saying fixing two and y'all, I mean, is that 230 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: the true test? He's almost there? What a burger? By 231 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: the way, I think that the new people are really 232 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 1: into the Texas culture, so they're gonna do what they 233 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: can to preserve that they know what it's all about. 234 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 1: They're trying to do that. I love that because it 235 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 1: remind I had the reverse when I was in Michigan 236 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: when it was around zero for a couple of weeks, 237 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: and then one day it was twenty degrees and I 238 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: walked out of my house and I said, oh, it 239 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,959 Speaker 1: feels warmer today. It's all relative. It felt warm. So 240 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 1: and now I'm such a Texan. I mean, I loved 241 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: I love the heat. I'm like, bring it up. Well, 242 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: you're gonna experience plenty of it during training. Key, I know. 243 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: So we're back. I don't want I don't want to 244 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: hear any complaints. I will not complain about the heat. 245 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: I think I'm I've lived more. I've lived more of 246 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: my adult life in Houston than I have an Indianapolis. 247 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:12,679 Speaker 1: So I think I'm officially you're the only person that's 248 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: happy that, other than all the fans, they get to 249 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: attention the fans. I'm happy for the fans as well. 250 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 1: I'm happy for myself and the fans, but I'm happy 251 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:21,760 Speaker 1: that we're back in Houston, and it just, I don't know, 252 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:24,920 Speaker 1: I feel like we're so much more connected. It's being here. 253 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: It's there's there's no question about it. We tried our best, 254 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: and I think we did a pretty good job bring 255 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: the best purpose of camp. Yeah, bringing the Greenbrier to 256 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: Houston through our digital, social, TV radio channels. We did 257 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: our best, but it's not the same. Being back is 258 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: going to be really cool for the fans, for everybody 259 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: in Houston. But we will be in Green Bay for 260 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: a week, so that'll be good for JJ's really more 261 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: like a few days but well less than a week 262 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,679 Speaker 1: for the bit joint practices and uh, the preseason game. 263 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: All right, We've got more coming up in this show. 264 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 1: We're gonna hear from Drew sat down with Bradley Roby, 265 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 1: will be coming up later on in the show. Mark 266 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: and Johnny sat down with wide receiver Stephen Mitchell and 267 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: I had a chance to talk to Mike Parson, director 268 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:03,839 Speaker 1: of Equipment Services. We'll get to know a lot of 269 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: a little bit about his job. I've got a podcast 270 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 1: going up later on in that. But next, what are 271 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: the national media networks saying about the Houston Texans. What 272 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: they are saying and what they're not saying. It's going 273 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: to surprise you. That's all coming up on Texans All Access. 274 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: Don't go anywhere, Welcome back Texans All Access. Another fine segment. 275 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: The national media always talking about NFL, whether it's the 276 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: off season or it's in season. And Mark told me 277 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 1: about this ESPN. Was it ESPN that did this five 278 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: in and five outs? That was ESPN NFL Live. And 279 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: they have the Texans out of the playoffs, by the way, 280 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,599 Speaker 1: So it's the five teams that are now in the 281 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: playoffs that weren't last year there or any five And 282 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: I just caught a little bit of it. They were 283 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: going over teams that are likely to be back teams 284 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: that are not going to be back in their estimation, 285 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: their prediction and whatever. Fine, you can predict whatever you 286 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: want to predict. But they didn't mention the GM situation 287 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: because I'm thinking all these national shows are gonna be 288 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: talking about this incessantly. No, and they pretty much just 289 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: go with on field stuff, you know, off field stuff 290 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 1: when it's dramatic and interesting. But to them, it's just 291 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 1: not that interesting. So who's in or who's out of 292 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: the playoffs, it's far more interesting from a national content standpoint, 293 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: and that's what they were focusing on. The Other one 294 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: was NFL Network because they had teams that have not 295 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:21,000 Speaker 1: won the Lombardi Trophy whose drought might end. And the 296 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 1: Texans were third in Terrell Davis's chart. Yeah, they were 297 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:29,079 Speaker 1: behind the Chargers and the Vikings and Max Starks, the 298 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: farmer tackle for the Steelers. He's now a commentator on 299 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: NFL Network if people didn't know, And he had the 300 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: Chargers first as well, And I thought, that's not a 301 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: bad pick the Chargers based on the fact of what 302 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: they did last year and their quarterback. Quarterback they won 303 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: a playoff game on the road. Rivers has been there before. 304 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: In a lot of postseason mix, and if they stay healthy, 305 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: they got a shot to do some things in the postseason. 306 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: That's not a bad pick, but I do like that 307 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 1: somebody picked the Texans right there along with the Chargers 308 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: and the Vikings. I'm a little surprised over the Vikings. However, 309 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,079 Speaker 1: maybe I shouldn't be, because I think Gary Kubiak's influence 310 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: on that offense is gonna be really good. You still 311 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: have Mike Zemma as the head coach. I know some 312 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: of the talent has changed over for sure. I don't 313 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: have a ton of faith in Kirk Cousins, but I 314 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: think that Kubiak with Cousins could be a pretty interesting mix. 315 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 1: And I don't think he's taken that job without the 316 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: recommendation of the Shanahans, who worked closely with Cousins and 317 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 1: know what he's all about, and he feels like he 318 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: can work with him. So we'll see how that goes. 319 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 1: Do you think that's gonna be a nice union? But 320 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: I still cannot wait to see the possibility with a 321 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: possibility teas that come from the union of Watson with Hopkins, 322 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: Fuller and QT as well as the tight ends. I mean, 323 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,600 Speaker 1: I just I really think health stays cool with everybody. Ye, 324 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: this we're sitting on a powder keg. Yeah, and you 325 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: on per you mentioned that a bit yesterday. And since 326 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: I was bringing up the coaching thing, I don't know 327 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: if we talk enough about Carl Smith. Yeah, Carl Smith 328 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: is coach to we all call him Tater now min No, 329 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: I don't want to call him tator quarterbacks coach. He 330 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: said he got that nickname in community college. You're kidding. Yeah, 331 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 1: he said that someone he was throwing he used he 332 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: used to be a quarterback, and a coach said that 333 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: he threw it, just threw it just like a tater 334 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: or something in reference to how he was throwing it. 335 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 1: And then he said it three times and he said, 336 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: your name is your nickname is not Tater? Did did 337 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: you uncover the bit of information that I don't want 338 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: to let that? Oh you don't. Let's wait, Yeah, that's 339 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,160 Speaker 1: this is pretty big stuff. I want to wait. I'm 340 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: sitting Carl Smith as a pioneer in summers in the NFL. 341 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: I'll think about it. He coached. I don't like that 342 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: he brought it up, but now we're not going to 343 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: bring it up. He coached in the USFL. Bring it up, 344 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: spill the beans a little bit. Let's just the worst 345 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: quarterback procedure. We don't wait, all right, why is it 346 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 1: in June? Why would you tell Mark a secret that 347 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: you didn't want anyone didn't know? Don't you know? Don't 348 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: you know? Mark VanderMeer. Let's just hold off on. I 349 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: want to do a show on that. Anyway, We're We 350 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: talked to Carl shortly after he got here. Johnny and 351 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: I We're gonna reair that during the fourth of July 352 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: week because it was so good. It's so great, and 353 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: I could spend hours talking with him, especially about the 354 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Stars and the Boston Breakers. And by the way 355 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: he remembers the game, a game I saw in Boston 356 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: with the Stars losing to the Breakers in the last 357 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: play of the game, a deflected touchdown catch. Does anybody 358 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 1: care about this? No? But I do, well. I like. 359 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: I like. The reason he chose to come be the 360 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: quarterbacks coach here because his favorite colors navy blue, and 361 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: so he likes the Texans. Is that he didn't he 362 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: say that or something that Navy I'm like, we don't 363 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: call it, I know, not Navy, but just him saying 364 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: that with a straight face made me like him even more. 365 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: I like the fact that when they When he was 366 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: asked when the media had a chance to talk to 367 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 1: him for the first time about meeting Deshaun Watson, what 368 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: that was like, he recalled meeting him at the combine 369 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 1: when he was still on the Seahawks staff, and he 370 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: said that he was so impressed with the fact that 371 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,719 Speaker 1: Deshaun came out to the station, to the train station 372 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: to talk to teams. Which I was asking him a 373 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,880 Speaker 1: little bit about this afterwards off the record, I said, Okay, 374 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: explain this to me, because we're not with the coaches. 375 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: You know how that works. How did they decide who goes, 376 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: you know, meets with the coaches in the hotels and 377 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: and he said that really just it's just the top 378 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: guys they you know, every team can interview only so 379 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 1: many players. They get interviewed in the hotel room, and 380 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: Deshaun obviously gets a lot of those. So a lot 381 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 1: of those guys choose not to go to the train 382 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: station just to talk to everyone else. But Deshaun was 383 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 1: one of those players that did at Indy in Indy right, 384 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: So he said a depot building yeah, so he said that. 385 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: That to him said a lot. The fact that Deshaun 386 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: was out there talking to all the other teams when 387 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 1: he had a list of interviews that he had to 388 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: conduct inside as well, Mark Kid, because look what happened. 389 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,120 Speaker 1: Somebody traded up to get him. They Houston Texans. Yeah 390 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 1: so or anybody could have theoretically done that, but the 391 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: Texans did. So. I want to go back though, to 392 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,840 Speaker 1: your guy, taydor Smith, and I want to want to 393 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: focus on this. Okay, brought up the USFL. So when 394 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: was that around eighty three, eight forty five? There are 395 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 1: not many coaches still in the NFL that we're coaching 396 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:10,240 Speaker 1: professional football back then. Okay, it's like you're handful. Yeah, 397 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: and that says I think two things. One, you know 398 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,560 Speaker 1: a lot, you have great experience, and you are a 399 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 1: really good coach. But two, maybe just as important, you're 400 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: able to adapt. I mean, you're able to change with 401 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: the times, innovate with the times, improve with the times. 402 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: Because a lot of people from then can probably still coach, 403 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 1: but they can't coach in today's NFL, or can't get 404 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,719 Speaker 1: their message across or get their points across effectively like 405 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: this guy. So I think that's very very important. It's 406 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 1: somebody that even though he might have more years, he's 407 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:45,679 Speaker 1: able to change and innovate and do things like Romeo Cornell. 408 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,679 Speaker 1: I mean, they've Romeo has been around. Romeo has been 409 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: around as long, if not longer, than Carl Smith. They 410 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,840 Speaker 1: coached against each other a lot of times. Carl Smith 411 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: was with the Saints way back when late eighties, early nineties. 412 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: You gotta believe, and you gotta know. New York Giants 413 00:18:58,200 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 1: played them in the NFC a few times in the 414 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: ular season. So I think that's very very important, those 415 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 1: two things about his experience, the stuff he knows, and 416 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,439 Speaker 1: the way he's been able to adapt. And I think 417 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,919 Speaker 1: he's seen it all just from his demeanor and what 418 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: I'd read about him even before he arrived here was 419 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 1: that he's just so calm even when quarterbacks make mistakes. 420 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: The way he approaches the game, he's just very even keel. 421 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: There's something very calming about that for quarterbacks who are 422 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,679 Speaker 1: under a lot of pressure as it is. And I 423 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: know he got asked about Deshaun Watson and the sacks 424 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:27,680 Speaker 1: and how do you prevent that, and he said, well, 425 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 1: he hasn't been sacked yet it was Otis And also 426 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: he hasn't lost a game yet. Do the defensive guys 427 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: last longer than the offensive guys? I want to see 428 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: a study on this, because Wade Phillips is still in 429 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: the league and Dick lebou just laughed and things like that, 430 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: and maybe those guys. It goes back to the old thing. Defense, 431 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: you're trying to destroy something, offense, you're trying to build something. Sure, 432 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 1: so I think that part of it is interesting. And 433 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: when you said stuff he knows. I thought you were 434 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: talking about a potential decongestent issue. But it's stuff he knows. 435 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 1: God it tell Yeah. He said, it's so fast was 436 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: the information we know he's talking about Carl Smith? I said, 437 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:11,040 Speaker 1: does he need a Yeah or a Romeo? Right? Think 438 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: about it. You've been able to adapt and survive. I mean, 439 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 1: that's that's in it's in itself. That's pretty amazing. But 440 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: never mind all that the grind these hours here we 441 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,800 Speaker 1: are and most of the coaches now take this long. 442 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: For them, it's about a four week break, four or 443 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: five week break where they go wherever they go, they 444 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 1: go where they can completely unwind and just unplug. And 445 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: you know, Obviously they're going to check their email and 446 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: everything to be available for communication. But this is the time. 447 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: I mean, O'Brien once joked with me about when I 448 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: said coaches don't get enough sleep. Maybe or I threw 449 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: that question or comment out there too, and he said, yeah, 450 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: you get your sleep in the off season. You sleep 451 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:48,919 Speaker 1: in the off season. I'm thinking, I don't know if 452 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: it works that way, but this is the time where 453 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 1: they can get some rest, get some sleep because it's 454 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 1: about to go down. Yeah, they're still in the building. 455 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna stick around until the rookies leave. 456 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: Yeah as well. But to your point about older defensive 457 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: coordinators and younger on the offense, I think a lot 458 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: of that people wanted to see creativity and new and 459 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: fresh ideas. But there's guys like Carl Smith that are 460 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,679 Speaker 1: able to adapt with the games. That's why he's been 461 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: thin stick around. That's where I was going with that. Yeah, well, 462 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: but I think it's just a matter of if you're 463 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: innovative and you're creatives, I think help Maybe maybe market 464 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 1: needs extra sleep in the off season. I'm thinking, But 465 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 1: I'm going back and I'm thinking about offensive coordinators or 466 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,199 Speaker 1: offensive types who have lasted forever in this league. You know, 467 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: guys like Sid Gilman back in the day. There aren't 468 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,560 Speaker 1: I think there are more defensive guys who have been 469 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: able to coach that long than offensive coaches. But maybe 470 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 1: I'm wrong. Maybe offensive coaches become head coaches and then 471 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: their career either goes left or right. Belichick is a 472 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: defensive guy at heart, but he can do anything. You know, 473 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: Parcels can do anything. Now he didn't obviously he's been 474 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 1: done for a long time now. But I'm just thinking 475 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: about coaches without that kind of versatility, but maybe have 476 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: started out of the defensive side. All right. Right on 477 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: Houston Texans dot com, We've got the Texans Top one hundred, Yeah, 478 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: that we unveil every week. I'm so excited about this 479 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 1: because I know this was really just a labor of love. 480 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: Every to plan this entire thing out top one hundred moments, 481 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: to rank them, and then to have a schedule, and 482 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: really our video team, our Drew Mark, you got Johnny. 483 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: Everybody puts forth the effort to put out a really 484 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: cool moment in Texans history. And this week no exception. 485 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: I think today's number eighty three, Deshaun Watson giving his 486 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: game check to the three cafeteria workers just a few 487 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: years ago. We were obviously all here for that. And 488 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: then yesterday's which most people probably don't know about in 489 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:42,120 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven, and Mark you were called this story. Yeah, 490 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 1: I talked about it a bit last night with the 491 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: mom Greene and Jason Simmons and exchanging the number, and yeah, 492 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: the down payment of a house for a single woman 493 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: thirty seven with an autistic child a tremendous story. So 494 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: it's organizational moments, not just on field moments. And I 495 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,640 Speaker 1: like that today is Deschans And maybe you could argue 496 00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: that that should be ranked higher, given up the game 497 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,439 Speaker 1: check as a rookie to the cafeteria workers after Harvey. 498 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: That's the beauty of this list. I mean, you can 499 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: make really valid arguments for stuff up and down the 500 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 1: list that, ye, stuff that's ranked this high should be 501 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 1: a little lower, and vice versas the stuff really at 502 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: the bottom should be ranked a lot higher. That's what's 503 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: fun about this. I haven't heard too many squawking or 504 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: balking at what we've put up so far, but I 505 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: love it. I mean, just the person you were, you 506 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,199 Speaker 1: were here in the building, when that went down with 507 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: the Jersey Exchange. You remember that, ye feel pretty vividly. 508 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: A big story, huge story. You know that story we 509 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: didn't put up there. David Carr getting a haircut the 510 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: first time that the Texans won back to back. They 511 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 1: had never won back to back and at some point 512 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: they were going to and Carr's hair was growing, and 513 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: he said a haircut. Oh four, I'll get a hair cut. 514 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: When they went back to back. There was actually I 515 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: can't believe I'm going here a media gathering for this, 516 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:54,760 Speaker 1: and he has up getting a tiny little trend because 517 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,960 Speaker 1: Melody didn't want him to get his hair cut. I 518 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,439 Speaker 1: feel like put it out just to tweet that Melody David, 519 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,120 Speaker 1: because we've got back at forth on Twitter a few tabs, 520 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: especially when Derek was breaking into the league. The car family, 521 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: they're fun, all right. A cool moment for you on 522 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 1: or off the field, Drew. It's like a zillion I 523 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,679 Speaker 1: mean anything in particular, what was what's yours? I'll give 524 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: you mine, Okay, So I think this is on the list. 525 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson's first start at Cincinnati the Thursday night game, 526 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: short week. Everyone was super nervous for him. I remember 527 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 1: being on the bus, the early bus, and he gets 528 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,199 Speaker 1: on the bus too, and usually the players are on 529 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: a separate bus, but for some reason, he was on 530 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: the early bus head to get the stadium early. He 531 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 1: was wearing a tuxedo with the bow tie, and he 532 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: sat in the front seat. Actually he walked towards the 533 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: back and someone said, Deshaun, we have a seat for 534 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: you up at the front of the bus because the 535 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 1: bus was pretty full. He sat down on the front 536 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: and I just remember that entire ride to the Cincinnati 537 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 1: Stadium just feeling so nervous for him. And he was 538 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: just because tight ends, no tight ends. He just got 539 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: a short week. He just gotten stomped three days before 540 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: Tom Savage got sacked like a million times. I was 541 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 1: really w worry that this was his first starting. He 542 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: was just bobbing, has said to the music, just totally calm, 543 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: came out with a wind. Well. Higher up on the 544 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: list is the day and the night that Watt got 545 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: drafted to Sean Watson got drafted in ten, eleven, twelve, 546 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 1: and thirteen. I was at the airport the morning after 547 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: when the first round picks come to town. So it 548 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:21,920 Speaker 1: was always kind of interesting because I'd have this big 549 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: bag with me and a microphone in one hand. And 550 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,479 Speaker 1: so JJ Watt comes out of the security area at 551 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: the airport and he's got a Texans cap on, and 552 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 1: I kind of put my hand up and I say, hey, JJ, 553 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: welcome to Houston. My name's Drew Doherty with the Houston Texans. 554 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,240 Speaker 1: You please put this microphone on. We're gonna record everything 555 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 1: about your first day. And they're like, they're still kind 556 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,239 Speaker 1: of in that that honeymoon phase where they've just been 557 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,440 Speaker 1: picked and they're excited. Yeah. And so I saw his 558 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:54,679 Speaker 1: first day in Kareem Jackson's first day, DeAndre Hopkins, you 559 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: ride in the limit with him. You see their first 560 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 1: look at the city and the first look at the stadium, 561 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: and the first interactions with the head coach and the GM's. 562 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: It was always really interesting to see those guys and 563 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,840 Speaker 1: how they went about things. I've told this story many times, 564 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: but JJ Watt drafted during the lockout, so players hadn't 565 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:13,919 Speaker 1: been in the building for like a month. Well, the 566 00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:17,959 Speaker 1: day after the first round of the draft, they lifted 567 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: the lockout just for that day so that all the 568 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: first rounders could do their press conferences. So JJ Watt 569 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 1: comes in the building, meets meets Wade Phillips up in 570 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: the offices, basically outside where our offices are right now, 571 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 1: and Wade comes out and they exchange pleasantries, and Wad 572 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 1: it's like, you want to go downstairs sandwich, and JJ, 573 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,640 Speaker 1: to his credit, said no, I'd actually like to check 574 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: the playbook out since I don't have much time and 575 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: I know I gotta leave soon. Is that possible? And 576 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 1: they said sure, and they walked right into that meeting 577 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,880 Speaker 1: room right across from our offices, went over the playbook. 578 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,440 Speaker 1: A sandwich or two was brought up for JJ and everybody. 579 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: But it was, you know, it was a real glimpse 580 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: of and a real foreshadowing of what we were to 581 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: see from him later that Yeah, it was pretty cool. 582 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,400 Speaker 1: All right, now we're to take a break. We come back, Mark, 583 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: I want to hear from you your favorite moment. And 584 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: then we got a lot of interviews to get to 585 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: Bradley Roby, Stephen Mitchell. That's all coming up. Texans All 586 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: Access one final segment. Welcome back, Texans All Access one 587 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: final segment. Before the break, we were talking about Texans 588 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,640 Speaker 1: Top one hundred moments that's on Houston Texans dot Com 589 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: Right now, we're counting those down throughout the summer leading 590 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,119 Speaker 1: up to Week one Game one at New Orleans. So 591 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: I think that that means the series ends on Monday night, Monday, 592 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 1: during the day before the Monday night game against New Orleans, 593 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,359 Speaker 1: and that'll be the day I was hired. Just kidding, kidding, 594 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 1: it's my number one moment. Your higher is that your 595 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 1: favorite moment I started? I started. My first Texans event 596 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 1: was February eighteenth, two thousand and two, the expansion Draft. 597 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 1: That was a great memory. So when you're talking about 598 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: personal moments and my one hundred or whatever or what's 599 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: in my top it's very difficult. Other than just relaying 600 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,240 Speaker 1: what's on field, you know, I've I have some of 601 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: my favorite games. I should do a thing on my 602 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: favorite favorite personal favorite games. But I can tell you 603 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: this as far as the biggest games, and I get 604 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: asked this a lot. Do I ever get nervous the 605 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 1: games I've been nervous about on the year going into 606 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: the game one the top two, I well, maybe the 607 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 1: opener was probably a little nervous for that, but in 608 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: a good way. I love being nervous. I think it's 609 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 1: a great thing. People should welcome being nervous. It means 610 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,400 Speaker 1: something exciting is about that. I think you're a sociopath. 611 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: If you don't get nervous in big moments, I think 612 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:26,879 Speaker 1: you're strus. When I'm nervous, I'm like, oh, yes, I'm nervous. 613 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:30,240 Speaker 1: I means it's exciting. Great. I'm not like walking the 614 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 1: plank here. This is fun. So anyway, uh, the opener 615 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 1: the first playoff game here at home. I wanted to 616 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:39,400 Speaker 1: get that right in the I mean, I want to 617 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,479 Speaker 1: get everything right. But that was a real pressure cooker 618 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: there and Monday Night football this year after mister McNair passed, 619 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 1: I was I was actually really kind of because I was, 620 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 1: it was moving, I was nervous. I wanted to get 621 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: it right. There were so many reasons why I wanted 622 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: to get it right. And then you have a huge play, 623 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: that huge play, and I was so happy. Was perfect. 624 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: It was perfect. Yeah, the Lamar Miller run, it was fun. 625 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,719 Speaker 1: That one's for you, I think, yea, yeah, that was 626 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: that was fun. I was glad in the moment, so 627 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: happy to be able to be on the mic for 628 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:11,720 Speaker 1: that and to get that right. When you as an 629 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: announcer When you do that, you're like, Okay, that was 630 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: that was great. That was fun, and you know it 631 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,920 Speaker 1: really was. It was. It was bitter sweet because of 632 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: Bob's passing, but it was great to have that moment. 633 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: What can I say? It was a great moment all around. Uh, 634 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: looking forward to more of those from you, Mark. Maybe 635 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: maybe next year we'll have Mark being number one. Yeah, 636 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: the revised the revised version, Mark gets to call the 637 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: super Bowl our top Oh, that would be lovely, that 638 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: would be so nice. It's like the Blockbusters Employee's Choice. 639 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: Remember that section of Blockbuster yea, like the row of 640 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: that fifteen videos staff recommendation favorites. The Wizard. I was like, yeah, 641 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,640 Speaker 1: you just follow random all right. One guy that does 642 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: have a super Bowl experience, Bradley Roby, drew you hat 643 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: to chance to sit down with them. Here is your 644 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,600 Speaker 1: interview with Bradley Roby one on one. Okay, complete this sentence. 645 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:10,040 Speaker 1: The Texans secondary is abouts to be the best because 646 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: we're here. Besides being here, what else gives you that confidence. 647 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 1: We've got a lot of ballers in secondary, got a 648 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: great defense, great pass rushers. You know, secondary needs a 649 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: great pass rush, so they get after that quarterback will 650 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 1: make plays. Would you have that at the expectation? First, 651 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,959 Speaker 1: you don't expect to be, then you're never going to be. 652 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,959 Speaker 1: So that's why I say that confidence is important too, though, 653 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: right it's everything. Where do you get your confidence? Hardware, dedication, God, past, 654 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: the present, future, all that. Let's talk about some of 655 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: that hard work because we've seen a little bit of 656 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 1: the videos. You're working out with Hopkins and four Men 657 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,640 Speaker 1: and those guys. What have you learned from them and 658 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,719 Speaker 1: what's that been like for you since you've gotten your