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Speaker 1: over there and basically we'll get there in the morning

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Speaker 1: and we'll stay up and we'll practice and we'll get

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Speaker 1: used to everything that's going on over there, and then

428
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Speaker 1: you got to come back here and it's like, if

429
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Speaker 1: you had a game that next week, you will you

430
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Speaker 1: will struggle, you would you would be like, oh my gosh,

431
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Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on. It'll be it'll be

432
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Speaker 1: extremely tough, but it will be fun for all the gods,

433
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Speaker 1: especially for you guys, to get to go around site

434
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Speaker 1: seeing and seeing everything. It'll be a lot of fun. Yeah,

435
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Speaker 1: the Texans gonna do it. Sounds like practice on a

436
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Speaker 1: Thursday morning and then fly over play the game Sunday

437
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Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon, which has been an adjustment since you used

438
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Speaker 1: to go that. Teams are yeah, Step said, cutting that

439
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Speaker 1: week shorter, and Jacksonville has been winning those games over there.

440
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Speaker 1: I think they've kind of figured out what works. So teams,

441
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Speaker 1: I think it's a copycat league. They think, okay, well

442
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Speaker 1: that's clearly working for them. They have like what four

443
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Speaker 1: games a year there now, So that part of the

444
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Speaker 1: schedule might come out earlier in the day tomorrow. So

445
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Speaker 1: we're looking forward to seeing when the Texans play the

446
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Speaker 1: Jaguars in London. It'll be a Jacksonville home game. If

447
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Speaker 1: you Will, So that'll be cool, all right, Texans receivers.

448
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Speaker 1: I know you've been on sports radio sixtent a lot,

449
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Speaker 1: you're on weekly with the afternoon guys. But tell me something,

450
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Speaker 1: how good can this crew be? Because if you look

451
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Speaker 1: at and I hate talking about health, but it's a

452
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Speaker 1: it's a reality. I mean, this is what they need.

453
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Speaker 1: Fuller missing so much time, QT not able to do

454
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Speaker 1: everything he wanted to do because of health. But when

455
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Speaker 1: they were all out there, or at least when anybody

456
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Speaker 1: was out there, they were productive. When you took talk

457
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Speaker 1: about Fuller and Qt, to get all three out there,

458
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Speaker 1: how valuable would that be for this team? You would

459
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Speaker 1: you would, no doubt about it, have the best receiving

460
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Speaker 1: corps as far as receivers in the NFL by far,

461
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Speaker 1: though all three guys are there available and playing. How

462
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Speaker 1: they know they can play, how we know they can play.

463
00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:51,800
Speaker 1: Deandrew Hopping is obviously the best receiver in the league.

464
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Speaker 1: You're not gonna stop him. But if you have him

465
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Speaker 1: alongside Will Fuller, who can take the top off the defense,

466
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Speaker 1: who can run any route, who was proved that he

467
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Speaker 1: can catch the ball, I early his career is kind

468
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Speaker 1: of when he catches, his hands were kind of inconsistent.

469
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Speaker 1: He's prove that's out the window now. Um, I think

470
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Speaker 1: he is somebody that can be a Pro Bowl type receiver.

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Speaker 1: If you look at the stats last year, he only

472
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Speaker 1: played half the games and he's owner his way for

473
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Speaker 1: a thousand yards or multiple but possibly you know, a touchdowns.

474
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Speaker 1: And then you got a guy that Kiki who can

475
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Speaker 1: play in the middle, who can be the shield the

476
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Speaker 1: I guess the checkdown. You can say for for Deshne,

477
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Speaker 1: somebody he can trust and he knows he's going to

478
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Speaker 1: make the right decision in all his option routes. If

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Speaker 1: somebody's going to get open in the middle of the

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Speaker 1: field that can beat one on one coverage. Um. So

481
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Speaker 1: when we have three options like that, I mean you

482
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Speaker 1: have a chance to have especially nowadays in the offense.

483
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Speaker 1: You look at Jerry Goff, those guys are on their way.

484
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Speaker 1: The Rams had three guys on their way to a

485
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Speaker 1: thousand yards if Cooper Cup didn't get hurt. Um, you

486
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Speaker 1: could guys like the Falcons who have really good receivers

487
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Speaker 1: or whoever else you can have that. And I guess

488
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Speaker 1: the Browns now when you have Antnio Kallaway Jarvis and O'Dell.

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Speaker 1: But if you look at what these guys can bring.

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Speaker 1: I mean Keiki's first game eleven catches. Yeah, that's that's

491
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Speaker 1: as a rookie, that's unheard. That's that's that's that's unheard of.

492
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Speaker 1: And then when he came back, he was making place

493
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Speaker 1: throughout the year. And they're gonna feed off each other.

494
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Speaker 1: They're gonna make each other better in practice, They're gonna

495
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Speaker 1: make each other brother in the game. It's going it's

496
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Speaker 1: gonna be a sight to see. I think if all

497
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Speaker 1: these guys can stay healthy and I think they will

498
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Speaker 1: figure it out. All right, we have some questions from

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Speaker 1: the crowd. We have a lot more questions for you

500
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Speaker 1: from us as well. But let's get to our first

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Speaker 1: question from Lawrence. Hello Lawrence, what's upming? What player did

502
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Speaker 1: you learn from the most in your rookie season? Your

503
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Speaker 1: rookie season? Wow? After coming out from Mountain Union my

504
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Speaker 1: rookie years, see, okay, I was drafted in Jacksonville two

505
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Speaker 1: thousan eleven. Um. The person I learned from most might

506
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Speaker 1: be Rachine mathist. Rachine matheist, cornerback. Yeah, cornerback for mon

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Speaker 1: You know what, he was just a professional of all professionals.

508
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Speaker 1: He really knew how to carry himself. He really knew

509
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Speaker 1: how to present himself. He really knew how to come

510
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Speaker 1: to work every day and do the right things and

511
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Speaker 1: just and just be a professional football player. For me,

512
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Speaker 1: I was a younger guy in the receiver room, but

513
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Speaker 1: a lot of receivers were young too, so they were

514
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Speaker 1: still trying to figure it out. But Rashine was a

515
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Speaker 1: guy that everybody trusted, everybody looked up to at that

516
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Speaker 1: point in time. He was one of the better cornerbacks

517
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Speaker 1: in the league, as you guys know, um, and he

518
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Speaker 1: was just an outstanding person on the north the field.

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Speaker 1: So Rashie Mathis was huge for me ro rookie year.

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Speaker 1: What do you think of Andrey Johnson joining the staff,

521
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Speaker 1: Like how he's going to be able to add to

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Speaker 1: that that's exciting coaching staff, that's exciting. Yeah, you've been

523
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Speaker 1: around him enough to know him, that's exciting. He's uh so,

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Speaker 1: I'm my question you guys, does he wanted to be

525
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Speaker 1: a coach He wanted to be a GM type scouting

526
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Speaker 1: type of rout Yeah. I think he's figuring it out maybe,

527
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Speaker 1: But I can't speak for him, and I haven't spoken

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Speaker 1: to him in detail about it, but I think he's,

529
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Speaker 1: you know, he's open to a lot of different possibilities.

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Speaker 1: I think he just likes to be around the guys

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Speaker 1: in the game. So I think in whatever capacity he

532
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Speaker 1: can help, he's willing to do that. And then wherever

533
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Speaker 1: there's a fit for him. Any anytime you can have

534
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Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame receiver in the building that wants

535
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Speaker 1: to be there, whether it's coaching with its scouting, or

536
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Speaker 1: its giving opinions on offense, whatever the case may be,

537
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Speaker 1: you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you know, take take

538
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Speaker 1: that in and really appreciate his willingness to be there

539
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,520
Speaker 1: and for the for the guys in the locker room

540
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 1: to see him every day. You gotta pick his brain.

541
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Speaker 1: You gotta, you gotta use them, You gotta, you gotta

542
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Speaker 1: find advice anything you can do so it would be good,

543
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Speaker 1: It really good a hesitant or guys to do that.

544
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: Though you brought up machine mathis like were you actually

545
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Speaker 1: asking him stuff like hey, what do I need to

546
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Speaker 1: do with do on this round? Blah blah blah blah,

547
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Speaker 1: or you it just it just gotta vary, like how

548
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Speaker 1: how often do young guys actually ask stuff of older veterans.

549
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Speaker 1: I think it once you get comfortable, you have you

550
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Speaker 1: understand he's just a human being like you, because you

551
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Speaker 1: look up to the guys coming in like, oh my gosh,

552
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Speaker 1: ands Andre Johnson, Oh my gosh, that's DeAndre Hopkins. And

553
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:44,960
Speaker 1: then after you get to know him, they joke with

554
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,000
Speaker 1: you and you hang out with him. You get more comfortable.

555
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:48,399
Speaker 1: You just but a relationship with him and you end

556
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,199
Speaker 1: up being friends and you just talk to him how

557
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Speaker 1: you talk to him. Then the questions start coming, and

558
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:53,760
Speaker 1: then they start giving you advice and they come hey,

559
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,639
Speaker 1: or if they see something in you, they'll come to

560
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Speaker 1: you like, hey, you got some talent. But it made

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Speaker 1: me work on A, B and C, so it would work.

562
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,720
Speaker 1: Both points worked both voys. All right, let's get two

563
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Speaker 1: more questions from the crowd. Mary, what's your question? What

564
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:09,800
Speaker 1: kind of advantages do you think having Andre Johnson? Well,

565
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Speaker 1: we just we just answer that. I know the PA

566
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,760
Speaker 1: might not be getting over there. Let's get to Debby's question.

567
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Speaker 1: Who's next? Okay, one more before the break here, what

568
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Speaker 1: kind of late rounds field of a receiver would you

569
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Speaker 1: look for to help compliments? Oh, that's that's tough. So

570
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Speaker 1: I love the high State receivers. I absolutely love them,

571
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Speaker 1: whether it's Johnny Dixon or is Terry what's Terry's last name,

572
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Speaker 1: mcclell h Terry. I think one of those two guys

573
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Speaker 1: being a second, third, second or third day receiver cannot

574
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Speaker 1: only help you with depth, but you'll need a guy

575
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Speaker 1: that's gonna be a four or five receiver that can

576
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Speaker 1: play on special teams, that can run down on kickoffs,

577
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Speaker 1: that can possibly return kicks or or return punts um

578
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,720
Speaker 1: and you need a guy that can it's gonna work

579
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Speaker 1: his butt off and understand, listen, I know my role.

580
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 1: I can accept my role for the betterment of the team.

581
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 1: And those guys at Ohio State with with the head coach,

582
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 1: I'm sorry to the head receiver coach being Brian Hartline,

583
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 1: a former nfrond wide receiver. He had those guys in

584
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Speaker 1: that mindset like, hey, it's not all about you scoring touchdowns,

585
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:20,159
Speaker 1: not all about you getting all the yards winning. And

586
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,359
Speaker 1: if you look at their routes in the game, they

587
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,560
Speaker 1: those guys are ready. Man, those those three or four

588
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 1: receivers coming out this year, those guys are ready. So

589
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:32,600
Speaker 1: Tomia Johnny Dixon. Terry can't say Terry McLaurin there. It

590
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,480
Speaker 1: is one of those two guys will be really good

591
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Speaker 1: and litter rounds very cool. All right, Cecil is with us.

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Speaker 1: We are at food Rockers the Greenway location fifty out

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Speaker 1: in Wesleyan. We have one more question from the crowd

594
00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,520
Speaker 1: from Mark. We just said back surgery, So we're gonna

595
00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 1: make you stand up and wait to ask it last.

596
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: And we'll talk about the draft a little bit because

597
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Speaker 1: it's coming up next week with Cecil Shorts here on

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Speaker 1: Everybody here have the app by the way. Good, yes, good,

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Speaker 1: all right? Everybody here going to the draft party by

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Speaker 1: the way, because we still have some tickets to give away.

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Speaker 1: Good Draft party. One week from Thursday, Mark Vader may Er, Dpcito,

609
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Speaker 1: Drew Doherty, and Cecil Shorts is with us. So the

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Speaker 1: draft is coming up. What was it like for you

611
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 1: when you got selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars out of

612
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Speaker 1: Mount Union dream comes true? I mean, who gets drafted

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Speaker 1: from Division three school? So we're all did We're all

614
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Speaker 1: in the living room and my agent had just caused

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Speaker 1: Day three to draft. I got drafted fourth round, and

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Speaker 1: my agent just called me and says, hey, there's not

617
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,359
Speaker 1: a lot of receivers coming off, so then maybe I

618
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: had to wait till the fifth or six rounds. So

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Speaker 1: I'd like kind of threw my pin down. I was like,

620
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: all right, you know, let's here we go. Long ride.

621
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Speaker 1: You have no control what's going on. You just got

622
00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 1: to sit and wait for a phone call. So I'm

623
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 1: sitting there and about you know, fifteen twenty minutes later,

624
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 1: jackson ended up calling me in the house. It goes crazy.

625
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 1: So it's pretty cool. So a little bit of a

626
00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,560
Speaker 1: surprise because you were all prepared to sit till the

627
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 1: fifth or sixth Yeah, we were prepared to sit fifty

628
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Speaker 1: six seventh um. And it's funny because my dad had

629
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Speaker 1: a whole clipboard of every receiver that came out in

630
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Speaker 1: two thousand and eleven. So he scratched off Julio Jones,

631
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Speaker 1: A J. Green. He was going out a line Randall

632
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Speaker 1: Covin they get drafted. He just going down. He's like

633
00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 1: we got someone someone someone somethingthing. You coming up, You're

634
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 1: better than him. Go, I'm like here we gonow. Yeah,

635
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,200
Speaker 1: it was a pretty good class. What was your pro day? Like?

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Speaker 1: Where was it? So? I did a pro day at

637
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: my school, and uh, it was just was it all

638
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 1: about Union guys? It was a few Mount Union guys,

639
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 1: a few local guys okay, and then we had like,

640
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 1: you know, four or five scouts there. Um, it wasn't

641
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 1: like super big like you know, ut prod it was,

642
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: but we have four or five scots there and they

643
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: came and they tested and uh, you know, they kind

644
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 1: of checked us out. So I did. The only thing

645
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 1: I did was run. It was like extremely cold. We

646
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 1: had the D three school. We don't have an indoor

647
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: facility to run route, so it was like twenty five

648
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 1: degrees outside and you had done the combine and I

649
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 1: just done the combine. I didn't run like I wanted to.

650
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 1: Everything else I did pretty well. So they were like

651
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 1: just running the forty so I kind of no indoor

652
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 1: facility of Mount Union, no inc. But they have ten

653
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:36,640
Speaker 1: fields or something like that, right, I thought they have

654
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,120
Speaker 1: this huge pro have a Yeah, we got about four

655
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 1: or five. There we go. Yeah, all about it. Tom

656
00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,720
Speaker 1: Caper's alma mater. Okay, Mark, who had just Yeah you

657
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,120
Speaker 1: just had back surgery, bubblehead. Mark. Oh he's not any hurry, Mark,

658
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: You've made him wait through the whole Yes, no, hurry

659
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 1: the next hour. We'll have your question from the crowd here,

660
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 1: go ahead, Mark, what's your question? Will you be doing

661
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: radio analysts jobs full time in the near future? That's

662
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: a good question. I would love to. I think it's

663
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 1: a it's a lot of fun. Um. I love doing

664
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 1: the pregame show thanks to market thing. That was a

665
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,640
Speaker 1: lot of fun. I was nervous at first, but I

666
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 1: enjoy doing it and just to be around the game

667
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:14,959
Speaker 1: and talk about the game. I would I would love

668
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: to do that full time. Uh, just like these guys

669
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: are doing here, so um hopefully. I mean it's it's

670
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: a tough business to get into. It's a lot of competition,

671
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 1: so I'm just trying to grind and work my way

672
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 1: up and just be patient through the process and we'll

673
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: see what happens. What would you have to be nervous

674
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 1: about as a former player, You've played for this team,

675
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: you know this team, Like, what are you nerves? I'm thinking?

676
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: Should we be nervous? Was the thing that was the

677
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: most nerve wracking about doing radio different and not having

678
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,360
Speaker 1: a practice so you can't you can't practice. Yeah, you

679
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 1: can't practice. You can only prepare. You just prepare and

680
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: go on and talk about what you know, and you

681
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,360
Speaker 1: know as time goes on. I did. It was awesome

682
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: being on there with Shane pendergrass Man. He did a

683
00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 1: great job of helping me out on there, Paul Gallin,

684
00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 1: they do a great job of helping me, give me

685
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 1: little tips here and there. But after after a few weeks,

686
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 1: I kind of got the hang of it, and then

687
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 1: I kind of just this went with the flow. It

688
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: was fun cecil, if you weren't nervous, you'd be a psychopathopath.

689
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 1: I didn't expect him to get nervous. I was like,

690
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 1: well you, I mean, you know this team, it's a

691
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 1: performance of a sort, so it is a performance. People

692
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,480
Speaker 1: are lactually listening, you know what I mean? Yeah, that

693
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: there is that, there is that. How have you enjoyed

694
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: You've done some TV as well, how have you enjoyed

695
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,840
Speaker 1: that versus radio? And then you see some of your

696
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:30,120
Speaker 1: former teammates going into coaching. So how did you decide

697
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 1: to take that split from not staying in the coaching

698
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 1: realm but sort of going broadcasting in that way. Well,

699
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: I've seen coaching is just too much for my family

700
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: and I and where we are. I got seven kids,

701
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 1: a wife. I need to be home with them, you know,

702
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: and I need flexibility to be able to be home

703
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 1: with them and take care of the kids and be

704
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: there with my wife and go on you know, date

705
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 1: nights and stuff like that, whereas coaching coaches are going

706
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: on date nights. Now. I mean, you guys know, coach

707
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:55,960
Speaker 1: coach O Brian's in the building every day all days.

708
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: It's a tough it's a tough job, especially at that level,

709
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 1: even a collegian left level. You got guys like you did.

710
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:03,320
Speaker 1: You're there during the season and then you got to

711
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: go recruit, and recruiting is is tough. So eventually I

712
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: think I will get into coaching. Um, that's one of

713
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 1: my goals before forty does get into coaching, but it'll

714
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 1: be it'll be the high school level. Oh sure, it

715
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: would be to high school a little bit more reasonable

716
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 1: hours and your kids will be older. But from what

717
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: I hear, Texas high school football is very very serious. Well, yeah,

718
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: I saw Bill O'Brien in the cafeteria the other day

719
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 1: and I made a I was talking to somebody about

720
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,719
Speaker 1: vacation plans, and you know, going on vacation once OTAs

721
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: and stuff is over, and Bill is just giving me

722
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 1: that look that he likes to give where you just

723
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: sort of glarers And I said, so, Bill, where where

724
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 1: are you going on vacation. I'll go on vacation after

725
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 1: maybe after the Texans and the Super Bowl. Maybe go

726
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: on vacation, probably in the summer. You could by the

727
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: time you get into high school coaching, you could field

728
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 1: half a team, but your family basically. So, yeah, how's

729
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: it going. It's going well. So we just had triplet girls.

730
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: Uh there are seven months as of tomorrow. Wow, congratulation,

731
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 1: there'll be seven months. So we have a seven kids

732
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: under seven. My oldest son is uh, he's seven playing

733
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 1: baseball right now, doing awesome at six of the fourth,

734
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: then Peyton, she's five. She was doing well. My tent

735
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: and my second oldest son, and my last son. He's

736
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: had heart surgery. So he had heart surgery. Um, I

737
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 1: guess about a month ago. But he's doing extremely well.

738
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: He's pretty much back to normal now. Um, so we're

739
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: happy with that, right. I saw that thing on Instagram. Yeah, yeah,

740
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 1: he was cool. He was holding the bottle on Instagram,

741
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,480
Speaker 1: helping feed the triplet. So he's yeah, he's coming back

742
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,240
Speaker 1: to himself and recovering well. And then my daughter Harper,

743
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: she's like our explosive baby. She's just everywhere all the time.

744
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,360
Speaker 1: And then the triplets. Everybody's healthy and fine. He's keeping

745
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 1: us busy. There's a lot going on. Yeah, I would

746
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: say that's probably keep close to baby. That sounds like

747
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: a problem. Actually, yes, she's everywhere all the time. You

748
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,600
Speaker 1: built in babysitters once once the kids get a little

749
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 1: bit older. Yeah, a lot of babies for free, for

750
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,320
Speaker 1: free to we're not paying for free cecil shorts with us,

751
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 1: all right. I have this not theory. It's not really

752
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 1: that unique, but I think that when players come into

753
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,000
Speaker 1: the league, a lot of guys come out of college

754
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,520
Speaker 1: very talented, obviously capable of a lot of great things.

755
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 1: But you've got to get better. You have to find

756
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: a way to get better right away and every year,

757
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: right you have to keep on getting better. Yeah, and

758
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: does that is that really the main ingredient that separates

759
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: so many of the good players of the guys who

760
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,239
Speaker 1: can stick around for a while as opposed to the

761
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 1: guys who just sort of flame out fast. Yeah, that's

762
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 1: it's tough getting to the league, it's even tougher staying,

763
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 1: so you can figure out how to stay. So what

764
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 1: makes you good? I think it's important to know your

765
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: stimps and know your weaknesses, and of course you're gonna

766
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 1: work on your weaknesses, but also you got to enhance

767
00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: your stimps as well. So this understanding what you're good at,

768
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: what you're not good at? How can I get better?

769
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: Who can I surround myself with that will help me

770
00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 1: get better from a veteran standpoint, just from getting a vice?

771
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,840
Speaker 1: Who should go training with that? Maybe is a cornerback

772
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: guru that works with you know, Jonathan Joseph, Or who

773
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,239
Speaker 1: can I help with I dealt with hand strings this year?

774
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,320
Speaker 1: Who can I go to an offseason? Is it somebody

775
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 1: in building, like a rolling rolling in the training room

776
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 1: does an awesome job to help me strengthen my champ strings.

777
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: So we just figuring out little things that get you

778
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 1: better each and every year, and the good players find

779
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:24,800
Speaker 1: ways to do that. I know you had mentioned that

780
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:26,840
Speaker 1: this time of year you're there to work out and

781
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 1: talk to the guys and have conversations with some of

782
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,800
Speaker 1: the new guys. Today to Seaun Gibson said something interesting.

783
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,920
Speaker 1: He was talking about how much he's been picking Justin

784
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: Reid's brain, and obviously Justin Reid just only being in

785
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 1: a second year, the fact that he's so intelligent, Like,

786
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 1: what are some of those conversations like as players, Like,

787
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 1: what are some of the things that you were talking

788
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 1: about this time of year? Well, number one, you're just

789
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 1: checking on each other's families, making sure everybody's good mentally,

790
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: physically healthy. And then as far as football, you might

791
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: go in a room and watch some film and just

792
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: I mean for Gibson and Read, they might go in

793
00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 1: a room and watch some film together. It's like, hey,

794
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,359
Speaker 1: what do you see? What would you call on this play?

795
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: Or if it's three by one, three receivers on one

796
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,799
Speaker 1: side to tight end here what would what situation or

797
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: what call would you would you make on this play?

798
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 1: Or what do you see on this play? Or how

799
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: do you view this formation or whatever's going on? Just

800
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:14,800
Speaker 1: to learn their verbiage, to learn how they think, um, this,

801
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: little things like that. And I think the more you

802
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: hang out with each other, the more you you really

803
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 1: build a relationship with that person and understand them, um,

804
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,879
Speaker 1: the better you are communication wise on the field. Hey,

805
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 1: with all that in mind, you played with him DeAndre Hopkins.

806
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 1: How much has he grown since then when you guys

807
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:35,880
Speaker 1: were together, And how how much do you like enjoy

808
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 1: seeing the stuff he's worked on? Because last year in

809
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 1: August I asked him, you know, what would you work

810
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 1: on this offseason? He said, well, I don't think my

811
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,040
Speaker 1: hands were good enough, and so I was doing this

812
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: and I was like, what the hell do you mean

813
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: your hands enough? But he did. He was He's catching

814
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 1: golf balls and catching tennis balls and doing stuff like that.

815
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 1: How much fun has it been to see that? And

816
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,920
Speaker 1: how much has he grown since you played with him?

817
00:36:55,960 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 1: He's grown tremendously, honestly, Um, And honestly, I think year

818
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: before he might have had a drop or two. This

819
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: year didn't have any drops, so maybe his hands didn't

820
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,840
Speaker 1: get better, if that's even possible. But to see his

821
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 1: growth from a leadership standpoint, I think I came in

822
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:12,239
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen. That was the first year he was not

823
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 1: there when Andre, so that was the first year he

824
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: was the man without without Dre being there. So I

825
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 1: think that was a big step for him. And during

826
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: that year you can see how he was trying to

827
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: figure out what did I do? What should I do?

828
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 1: Do I speak up now, how do I lead? How

829
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 1: do I go about doing certain things? And now for

830
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: him to be there now, to be the best in

831
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: the games, it's just so fun to see. I mean,

832
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 1: you can see the hard work that he puts in,

833
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 1: the effort that he puts in his route running. To me,

834
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 1: is was got better from the twenty fifteen when I

835
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: was there with him. He can run any route in

836
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 1: the route tree and and it's crazy because you can

837
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:48,799
Speaker 1: have great coverage on him, but he can still able

838
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,840
Speaker 1: to get open. And then his number one strip is

839
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: going up and catching the ball, So you can have

840
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: likedep can be all from me right now he can

841
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:56,919
Speaker 1: go over there to this catch the ball no matter

842
00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 1: what the situation he's in, so to see him him

843
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: continue to get better. I can see him to learn

844
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: how to be a leader on and off the field.

845
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 1: UM to really bring in a young quarterback like Deshan

846
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: and give him a trust factor. UM, give him somebody

847
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: that Deshann can depend on. It. It's just fun to

848
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: see and I'm really happy for him. So, Deshaun has

849
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 1: played about a season and a half quite but he's

850
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: he's just about there. What are you expecting. What's the

851
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,319
Speaker 1: next step for him as he continues to progress in

852
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,799
Speaker 1: his career. UM, To be honest, I expect him to

853
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 1: be as it might be too big, and I'm not

854
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: gonna say to anything's too big for him. I expect

855
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 1: him to be an mv PE caliber player a year

856
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,719
Speaker 1: in a year out. That's just from what I've seen

857
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 1: this past year and a half. I expect him to

858
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: be that type of guy. Russell Wilson just got paid

859
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 1: this year, the highest paid player in the NFL. I

860
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: think when DeShawn times come, he will be the highest

861
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 1: paid player in the NFL. I just I just see

862
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 1: that for him. He can be that good and if

863
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 1: you solidify some things on offense and defense, he can be.

864
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 1: You take care of him. I mean this year, thinking

865
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,360
Speaker 1: about it, he played through God, I still don't know

866
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: what was going on with his chest when he had

867
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: to drive the Jackson ribs. And the tough of a

868
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: guy is that to still be able to stand in

869
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 1: the pocket and make the rows and make plays and

870
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: not miss a game this year. I mean, he's he's incredible,

871
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:14,960
Speaker 1: and I think the sky is there's no limits of

872
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,839
Speaker 1: his ability and um, to me, I think he's an

873
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 1: MVP caliber player from this year on. How much is

874
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,000
Speaker 1: it going to help the receivers that he's one hundred

875
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: percent healthy, Not that there was a lot that you

876
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,960
Speaker 1: can do this time of year, but the fact that

877
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: he is out there and he's one hundred percent and

878
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: he can really be working with those receivers. It's all

879
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,799
Speaker 1: about timing. It's all about timing nowadays. So they might

880
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 1: they might get together once or twice a week maybe now,

881
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,719
Speaker 1: but as time goes on, especially right before training camp,

882
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 1: you gotta break after I think mandatory mini camp, you

883
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:45,760
Speaker 1: gotta break up training camp. Yeah, just shinning and de hopping.

884
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 1: All those guys. They'll get together and they'll work on

885
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 1: their timing, and that's huge man for him to come

886
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:54,399
Speaker 1: to off season healthy. And those guys, I mean, they'll

887
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,360
Speaker 1: probably go fly to you know, somewhere nice. They'll be

888
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:58,239
Speaker 1: somewhere else, but we need to do this in p

889
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,439
Speaker 1: you know, go to go to the pair. He would

890
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:05,799
Speaker 1: just overseas, wasn't Heah that goes somewhere really nice and

891
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 1: to enjoy it. But they're gonna work extremely hard and

892
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,439
Speaker 1: it's all about timing. The more you are the same

893
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 1: Patriot to quarterback, the better you're gonna be in the field.

894
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:14,880
Speaker 1: What do you think about Damerius Thomas he signed with

895
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,840
Speaker 1: the Patriots today. That's interesting. That's interesting for a veteran

896
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 1: receiver coming off an injury like that. I mean, as

897
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,240
Speaker 1: a former receiver, do you find that encouraging that guys

898
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: can still find jobs in the league or does that

899
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,880
Speaker 1: is that something to be said about about him and

900
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 1: the Patriots for that matter. It's encouraging for older guys

901
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: um that have you know, suffered a serious injury Achilles tending.

902
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 1: There's no joke. We've just seen, uh you know the

903
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,800
Speaker 1: basketball player to Marcus Cousins and how he had to

904
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:41,720
Speaker 1: go battle back through that. And they had another injury

905
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: last night. And it was kind of related to the

906
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:48,959
Speaker 1: Achilles tendon so and Deonta Foreman too young. It's tough

907
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:51,120
Speaker 1: and he's young. He's a young guy, right, so it's

908
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: it tough for a young guy. You know, it's gonna

909
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:54,239
Speaker 1: be tough for a thirty two thirty three yearld receiver.

910
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:56,319
Speaker 1: But it's exciting. I'll hope he does well with it.

911
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:59,479
Speaker 1: I thought he was a great addition when he was here. Um,

912
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,400
Speaker 1: but the pay tetris man and anytime you get a

913
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: chance to go there, you want to, you wanna go.

914
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:08,680
Speaker 1: Foreman showed a lot of stuff his rookie year, a

915
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:11,919
Speaker 1: lot of ability. Has the injury and last year really

916
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 1: didn't get out there much. In one game he caught

917
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,319
Speaker 1: a touchdown pas against the Philadelphia Eagles. Up was pretty cool.

918
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 1: But what about his potential what he could possibly bring

919
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:25,200
Speaker 1: this year. Well, I think for him, he understands this

920
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 1: his thirty year, correct, so he understands how big of

921
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 1: a year this is for him. And how he has

922
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 1: attacked this offseason is his show was a lot of

923
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 1: maturity on his part. So I'm excited to see him

924
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 1: move forward. But if he's healthy. His rookie year, he

925
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,719
Speaker 1: was catching slants in the slot enemy and going for

926
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:47,479
Speaker 1: forty yards. He was explosive player, especially being so big,

927
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 1: he can run in between the tackles, so he can

928
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: be him and Lamar can be a great one two

929
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 1: punch if healthy, and then maybe him even taking over

930
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,360
Speaker 1: the reins because this is the last year for Lamartin's contract.

931
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 1: Not sure how they want to do with that um,

932
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 1: but Lamar can be h I'm sorry not Lamar uh

933
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:07,319
Speaker 1: Leonce can be a great addition to the offense. And

934
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 1: then that's just another weapon for the sign to use.

935
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 1: You got the three receivers that we that we to

936
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 1: me can be the best receiver Cord in the league. Now,

937
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 1: you got the former No. One Once that coming out

938
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: of the backfield, lining up playing receiver in the slot

939
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: outside you can throw screens to him. You got Lamar

940
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:22,319
Speaker 1: who can do different things. You got the young tight

941
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 1: ends who do different things. Come on. Now, that sound

942
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 1: like a top five offense to me. And that's that's

943
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: one of the big things that it's not just the

944
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:35,280
Speaker 1: offensive line that's responsible for the sacks, but getting better upfront.

945
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: That's something that they've said they've got to do. O'Brien said,

946
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: they've got to do. Yeah, Gain said, they've got to do.

947
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:41,719
Speaker 1: How do they do that? How much of it's through

948
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: the draft? How much of it's through some of these

949
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:46,439
Speaker 1: additions that we've we've seen in Khalil Henderson coming back

950
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 1: from from injury. You know, I think they like Henderson.

951
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,080
Speaker 1: I think he's mentioned he's gonna fight for the right

952
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 1: tackle spot and starting spot there. Khalil is somebody that

953
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: he had I think an injury bug the last few

954
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,359
Speaker 1: seasons or a little bit so. But if he comes

955
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: and plays up his potential, he can be a guy

956
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 1: that can be a bridge guy for whoever. You I

957
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:05,399
Speaker 1: do believe there on the draft one in his first round,

958
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 1: second round, whatever the case may be, you're gonna bring

959
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 1: a tackle or two in. That's just that's just what

960
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,839
Speaker 1: it is. So he can be the man this year

961
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 1: and maybe he's signed a long term deal, or he

962
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,120
Speaker 1: can be the bridge guy and then he can still

963
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:17,840
Speaker 1: be around and maybe the swing tackle, you know what

964
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: I mean. So I think, uh, showing up the offensive

965
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 1: line to be a huge thing for me. I would

966
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:29,279
Speaker 1: like to go through the draft, just because you can

967
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 1: through the draft. When you draft guys, you can kind

968
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 1: of mode them to how you want them to be.

969
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 1: Whereas and you can teach them exactly the technique and

970
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 1: everything how you want them to be. Whereas if you

971
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 1: get a guy from that's been around six seven years,

972
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:44,839
Speaker 1: they already have a mindset. And some of the guys

973
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 1: are like, why wha listen to you? Or why would

974
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:48,839
Speaker 1: why would this work? Or I like this better. So

975
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 1: for me, if you want to go with a franchise

976
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 1: type of guy, guy that can change your franchise can

977
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 1: be there next to Wayne Brown or somebody in Waite Smith,

978
00:43:57,680 --> 00:43:59,359
Speaker 1: wherever the case may be, I would go. I would

979
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 1: go through the draft and really build that way, and

980
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,560
Speaker 1: that way you got. You got this guy for a

981
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 1: long time, and you got to sign Watson for a

982
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: lone time. See, so when are you on with the

983
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 1: afternoon guys regularly? Wednesday is the four o'clock Wednesdays the

984
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 1: four o'clock every Wednesday. So tomorrow at four o'clock you'll

985
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 1: be on with Sean Pendergast and Rich Lord, Yes, two

986
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 1: great guys. And Saturday night he's coming on Texans three

987
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Speaker 1: sixty with me. That is gonna be very cool. Texans

988
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,319
Speaker 1: three sixty Saturday nights at eleven and we'll be on

989
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Speaker 1: Texans All Access tomorrow night live right before the schedule

990
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 1: gets released. Then we'll go live on all the social

991
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,359
Speaker 1: media channels, and I think Sports Radio six ten has

992
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Speaker 1: got a schedule release special cooking up as well at

993
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Speaker 1: seven o'clock tomorrow night. So that's gonna do it for

994
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Speaker 1: us tonight. Here from Bud Rutgers, how about a hand

995
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996
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997
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Speaker 1: and George Georgie, we love you. Have a great night, everybody.

998
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