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Speaker 1: What has happened? Everybody. Happy Friday to you wherever you are.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into Texans All Access from the Hondai Texans Radio studio.

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Speaker 1: Day three of training camp is.

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Speaker 2: In the books and it was, well, I'll put it

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Speaker 2: this way, I didn't even write Harris Hits for this

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Speaker 2: one today. And I am your host, John Harris, the

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Speaker 2: author of Harris Hits, author author football, and I saw

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Speaker 2: that report for your Houston Texas Longside and you heard

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Speaker 2: the voice, the voice of the Texans, Mark Vandermier. But Mark,

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Speaker 2: it was one of those days that you know, Harris

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Speaker 2: Hits had to sit on the sideline.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because they were going kind of three quarters in

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Speaker 3: the bubble. They went a little easier on themselves today

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Speaker 3: after days one and two. Tomorrow is going to be

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Speaker 3: heavy duty baby out in the outdoor elements in front

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Speaker 3: of the fans for the first time, and I think

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Speaker 3: this is a great time. The fans will give the

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Speaker 3: players even more juice back outside high energy practice. You

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Speaker 3: know they're gonna lay it all out there practice wise,

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Speaker 3: practice context of laying it all out there, and then

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Speaker 3: Sunday day off and then start the whole process again

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Speaker 3: on Monday. So I like that they did that. I

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Speaker 3: think it's smart. I taught to Frank Okam after practice.

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Speaker 3: We'll probably play that next week. But a good interview

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Speaker 3: with him because I said, how is camp different now

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Speaker 3: than it was in two thousand and eight when you

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Speaker 3: were drafted by the Texans as a defensive lineman?

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Speaker 1: Plenty different.

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Speaker 3: He had plenty to say about it too, and how

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Speaker 3: they take care of themselves now? And I said, well,

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Speaker 3: how do you build the intensity? The callousis that you

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Speaker 3: have to build and the intensity and everything else. And

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Speaker 3: he had some good answers about this, because you know

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Speaker 3: what the D line calls themselves.

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Speaker 4: Right, the engine, the engine.

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Speaker 1: The engine is.

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Speaker 3: If you're part of the engine, you got to be

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Speaker 3: ready to go at all times.

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Speaker 2: And those two and rod Right was on in the

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Speaker 2: loop today with Reggie and John. I haven't a chance

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Speaker 2: to talk to Reggie and John about it, but we

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Speaker 2: love our time with rod Right. We'd love it. I

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Speaker 2: know with Frank as well. We have absolutely enjoyed our

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Speaker 2: time with them. But those guys get coached hard. Yep,

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Speaker 2: they get coached hard. First day of OTAs, I think

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Speaker 2: it was first day OTAs no pads.

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Speaker 1: The contact has got to.

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Speaker 3: Be day icy, don't hurt anybody, don't hurt anybody.

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Speaker 1: You know you don't, you don't want to hurt anybody.

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Speaker 2: But also that you know there's gonna be some bodies

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Speaker 2: that run into each other because it's football, that kind

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Speaker 2: of thing. So they get done with a period. And

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Speaker 2: now keep in mind OTA's mini camp. Not everybody's there.

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Speaker 2: I think Sheldon wasn't there. Uh, Tommy was in practice,

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Speaker 2: but he was not in at the time whatever. And

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Speaker 2: I happened to be floating by, and there was a

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Speaker 2: special teams period and whoever was not on special teams

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Speaker 2: from the D line was sitting on the bench and

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Speaker 2: Rod right and they were getting the business handed to him.

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Speaker 1: Oh, and I'm like, it's the first day of OTAs.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: It isn't like you're let's ease into this thing. Is like, no, No,

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Speaker 2: we have a standard. You meet the standard, whether it's

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Speaker 2: a walkthrough, whether it's a meeting inside, whether it's a

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Speaker 2: team meeting, whether it's one on ones, whether it's inside Drew.

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Speaker 2: We have a standard and you better freaking match that

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Speaker 2: standard every.

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Speaker 1: Day and exceed it if you're gonna play for this team.

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Speaker 2: That's the expectation and that's I'm just I don't know

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Speaker 2: if that's what he said to him, but that's kind

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Speaker 2: of in my mind what I was thinking he was

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Speaker 2: saying to him. I just felt like, first day OTAs, man,

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Speaker 2: we don't ease into this. And like, if you're not

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Speaker 2: easing into it in the first day OTAs, you sure

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Speaker 2: as hell are not easing into it on day three

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Speaker 2: a training camp, even if you're not having all the contact,

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Speaker 2: because when they're out without pads, it's a contact sport

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Speaker 2: once if with the pads on, it becomes a collision sport. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: but that that has that has stayed with me. I

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Speaker 2: I I've already I love Frank Okamp and Rod right,

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Speaker 2: hell yeah, because that's what other that's what non championship

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Speaker 2: teams do. If here what championship, then the standard has

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Speaker 2: to be at such a level that every rep, every

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Speaker 2: getting him inside in the bubble, let's do it. That said,

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Speaker 2: the expectation is still you better know what you're doing.

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Speaker 2: You better go out on the field, know what your

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Speaker 2: responsibility is, know what your role is.

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Speaker 1: And go to the hilt.

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Speaker 2: Just don't tackle anybody, don't hit anybody, don't collide with anybody,

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Speaker 2: stay up and get a lot of work done.

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Speaker 1: And I feel like that's what today was. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: what it was.

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Speaker 3: It was also choreography for situational stuff that last second

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Speaker 3: field goal type stuff. Spike the ball, get it all

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Speaker 3: I thought it was pretty early to be doing stuff

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Speaker 3: like that, but why not. Why not get it in

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Speaker 3: their system early because every point is crucial, every possession

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Speaker 4: You've got to get points whenever you can.

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Speaker 3: How many times at the end of the first half

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Speaker 3: situation were they able to execute a lot, you know,

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Speaker 3: and as to do it, they go after it, they

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Speaker 3: get after it. There have been teams here in the past,

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Speaker 3: and I don't know, I don't know why the approach

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Speaker 3: something done before the break, to get something really positive done.

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Speaker 3: It was like, if it happens, okay, but if it doesn't, no, No,

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Speaker 3: this is we need to get at least three here

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Speaker 3: before halftime, and that's going to make a big difference.

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Speaker 3: It's always brought up, you know, back in the day,

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Speaker 3: the music and everything, and they would say, what do

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Speaker 3: the good teams do? They end the first half, Well,

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Speaker 3: they begin the second half, Well, they're really good in

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Speaker 3: that middle part of the game. Look, I think the

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Speaker 3: good teams do everything well, and you want to be

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Speaker 3: is really important early. Plus, I like the bubble, Johnny.

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Speaker 3: Whenever I'm in the bubble, and this being the twenty

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Speaker 3: always brings me back to that that moment. For some reason,

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Speaker 3: the smell of the bubble is the same as it

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Speaker 3: it hasn't changed that much at least to me, but

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Speaker 3: it probably has over the years. I mean it's a

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Speaker 3: new bubble. I think they flipped the bubble twice. Probably

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Speaker 3: new air conditioning, I know, new lights and things like that.

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Speaker 3: Any case, in any case, the bubble is a good

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Speaker 3: place to watch because the visual is different in there

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Speaker 1: Lighting is different.

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Speaker 3: I was talking to our videographers about this. They don't

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Speaker 3: like it, a little different than they like. The photographers

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Speaker 3: hate the bubble. Yeah, the bubble's not but the lights

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Speaker 3: are better now than they used to be. They used

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Speaker 3: to really hate it. But I think that it's a

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Speaker 3: good place to watch things. And for the guys, Johnny,

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Speaker 3: you tell me because you played this game when you're

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Speaker 3: going that three quarter, Yeah, it's not about intensity, it's

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Speaker 3: about precision. It's a good time to work on your

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Speaker 3: precision on things.

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Speaker 1: Do you have pep in your step? This is I heard.

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Speaker 2: I heard this when I heard I heard Dimika Ryan

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Speaker 2: say it. And I'm always in tune to. I'm in

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Speaker 2: tune listening to for those sort of things like how

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Speaker 2: you know, like what's the acronyms, and then Nick.

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Speaker 1: Cassio said it the other day.

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Speaker 2: Precision effort, physicality, PEP, pepping your step.

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Speaker 1: That's what I call it.

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Speaker 2: You got pepping your step, precision effort, physicality. And I've

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Speaker 2: asked this question of both of them over the years,

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Speaker 2: because I know I definitely have asked it of Nick,

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Speaker 2: what's a non negotiable as it pertains to when you're

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Speaker 2: doing player evaluation, be it free agents or rookies coming

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Speaker 2: to the Texans, what are your non negotiables? I've asked

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Speaker 2: that of Demko. To be on this team, to be

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Speaker 2: on this defense, to be part of the offense, what

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Speaker 2: are your non negotiables? And it feels like those three

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Speaker 2: things stand out. You must be precise in what you're

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Speaker 2: doing everything. You're not just gonna go willy nearly fly

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Speaker 2: out there and like things are going to happen for you.

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Speaker 5: Effort.

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Speaker 1: We know this team, we know it's effort. And then last,

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Speaker 1: it's certainly not least its physicality.

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Speaker 6: I feel like those three letters, the accron and pep

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Speaker 6: pep in your steps. I'll say it, that seems to

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Speaker 6: fit almost even better than swarm because it encompasses everybody,

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Speaker 6: but it feels like those are these are.

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Speaker 1: The non negotiables.

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Speaker 2: If you don't have those three, if you're not precise

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Speaker 2: in what you do, you don't show the right kind

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Speaker 2: of effort or enough effort, and you were not physical,

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Speaker 2: you're not a Texan.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: And I feel like that encapsulates even more than the

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Speaker 2: smart dependable they've come up with in the past. I

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Speaker 2: feel like I feel like Pep, especially for this team,

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Speaker 2: this coaching staff, this personnel group, Nick, et cetera.

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Speaker 1: I feel like it fits that much.

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Speaker 3: If somebody asked me about this kind of stuff. You know,

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Speaker 3: every coach has their thing, I mean some more than others. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and Demiko a swarm in this now and everything that

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Speaker 3: Nick added to it.

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Speaker 4: I think it's important to have these things.

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Speaker 1: It's important, you know, do your job.

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Speaker 3: These cliches or acronyms, phrases, mantras, mantras very important because

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Speaker 3: you want to simplify it and you want to give

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Speaker 3: the guys something to go back to. This is the

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Speaker 3: religion of football right here.

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Speaker 4: In sports.

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Speaker 3: You need to be able to have that to rely

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Speaker 3: on to push you through those hard moments because this

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Speaker 3: is a grind and this time next week we'll be

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Speaker 3: talking about Okay, we're in game week Monday. Oh no,

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Speaker 3: Friday's game week Monday. John, Oh no, so you're not

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Speaker 3: gonna start with that, but no, it's gonna be also,

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Speaker 3: Oh wow, we've been in camp for a whild out

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Speaker 3: and they're gonna feel it. They're gonna feel it because

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Speaker 3: they have a day off Sunday, O day off Thursday,

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Speaker 3: and then probably the Sunday after that. If I'm not

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Speaker 3: that's right, both because a Saturday night practice a week

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Speaker 3: from tomorrow. Anyway, well, let's not too far ahead of

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Speaker 3: ourselves other than to say that you need things to

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Speaker 3: carry you through this time. And today it was just

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Speaker 3: great to see the guys inside run of those routes,

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Speaker 3: These came out in full pads today.

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Speaker 1: That's disease.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you want to be out there with your guys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because to pay attention to it.

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Speaker 3: I mean, these things are really difficult. You're watching TV

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Take a listen well, CJ.

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Speaker 8: First of all, great to see you. Always appreciate your time.

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Speaker 8: We're kicking off training caip year four for you, it

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Speaker 9: Yeah, you know, early on, you know, has some some

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Speaker 9: Yeah, like he but just more than just talent, just

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Speaker 10: Even if he's wrong, he's going a thousand percent.

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Speaker 9: I've been through, Like I, this isn't new to me.

438
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Speaker 9: You know, I've been through a bunch of my career

439
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Speaker 9: from high school to you know, playing out of high

440
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Speaker 9: state now playing here in the NFL, and I'm used

441
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Speaker 9: to adversity. I'm used to you know, you know, people

442
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Speaker 9: not believing in me, So you know that's kind of

443
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Speaker 9: something that I'm used to.

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Speaker 10: But you know, I also know that people do.

445
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Speaker 9: So, uh, then the work that I put in, I'm

446
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Speaker 9: I'm proud of myself on the off season I've had

447
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Speaker 9: and the steps that I've taken. And then as a group,

448
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Speaker 9: you know, the work we put in together. I think

449
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Speaker 9: you know where a group that you know has seeing

450
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Speaker 9: what it looks like when we're rolling and you know

451
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Speaker 9: those games we're like a little bit off is where

452
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Speaker 9: you know, we we dropped some games.

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Speaker 10: So I think if we go back.

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Speaker 9: And we look at, you know, some of the games

455
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Speaker 9: we had a lot of one score games, we win

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Speaker 9: those games, we you know, we could be on top

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Speaker 9: of the AFC, maybe even the best team in the league.

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Speaker 10: So that's definitely in and just capable for it.

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Speaker 9: So I believe, you know, the work that we put

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Speaker 9: in their OTAs and now going into training camp, you

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Speaker 9: know we'll be able to take that step.

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Speaker 8: Awesome man, always great team. I appreciate your talking about

463
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Speaker 8: see a week once, sir.

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Speaker 2: Great stuff from those two happen to see two days later,

465
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Speaker 2: Evan Washburn up with Josh Allen. I was like, yep,

466
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Speaker 2: Van Washburn's gonna be in the building for Bill's Texans,

467
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Speaker 2: which he thought that was going to be the case.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see them again at some point.

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Speaker 10: Now.

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Speaker 2: I had a chance a couple of days ago to

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Speaker 2: catch up with one of my one of my new favorites.

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Speaker 2: It's been around here for a year plus, he's going

473
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Speaker 2: into year two. It's ariantae Urserie. Stick around for his

474
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Speaker 2: answer to who he would want at dinner with him.

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Speaker 1: It's a bunch of Michaels.

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Speaker 6: Here's Tay with me, all right, standing with a guy

477
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Speaker 6: hasn't been here all that long. He's one of my faves.

478
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Speaker 6: Arianta Ersrie Tay. I wants you to think back to

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Speaker 6: day one last year as a rookie. I want you

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Speaker 6: to think about today, your first day in year two.

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Speaker 6: How different of a player are you from year one

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Speaker 6: a year two?

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Speaker 11: Yeah, man, I will say, you know, mentally, physically, I

484
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Speaker 11: feel like I got it stronger, I gotten better, you know,

485
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Speaker 11: just with the help of my peers. Taking a time

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Speaker 11: out of my own to find out what I need

487
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Speaker 11: to work on, what's things I need to tighten up

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Speaker 11: so I can be ready to propel for my second year.

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Speaker 11: So just coming out here today, man, was it was

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Speaker 11: a hell of a feeling be out here, back out

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Speaker 11: here with the gods. It was just con continue to

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Speaker 11: get better.

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Speaker 12: Man comfort level.

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Speaker 6: When you can walk in a huddle and you hear

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Speaker 6: a full play call, you're like, hey, I'm accustomed to

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Speaker 6: hearing that as opposed to a rookie.

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Speaker 12: What's that been like? Just absorbing the play call all

498
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Speaker 12: that kind of stuff? You second year?

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Speaker 11: Yeah, man, I say, I'll say, like, definitely, the the

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Speaker 11: difference between last year and this year is just the tempo, uh,

501
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Speaker 11: being more confident, hearing the play before the play even

502
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Speaker 11: comes out of CJ mem I already know what you

503
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Speaker 11: gonna say, so uh being the first guy to the ball,

504
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Speaker 11: uh getting down, getting ready to get, you know, and

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Speaker 11: just ready to ball, ready to play fast.

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Speaker 6: Mindset of the offensive line in twenty twenty six and

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Speaker 6: fuse like they're being some guys at it to the room.

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Speaker 6: You like to say, the glass eaters, all that kind

509
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Speaker 6: of stuff, and of course people point to you and say, yeah,

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Speaker 6: that guy's a glass eater as well.

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Speaker 12: What's the the culture of been talented the offensive line

512
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Speaker 12: room this year?

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Speaker 11: I would say nasty, tough, and you know it's gritty.

514
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Speaker 11: Those three words right there, Just nasty, tough and gritty

515
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Speaker 11: boys that want to work, Guys that push each other,

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Speaker 11: Guys that hold each other accountable. No matter who you

517
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Speaker 11: who you are, and where you at on depth chart,

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Speaker 11: it doesn't matter.

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Speaker 5: Everybody works hard.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 6: Summer got a chance to get away from here for

522
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Speaker 6: Minnie Camp. I knew you were here for a bit

523
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Speaker 6: because I would see you. But what was the summer like?

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Speaker 6: In between Mini camp and between the started training camp.

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Speaker 11: I talked to Will, and you know he talked about

526
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Speaker 11: it's all about having that balance, you know, Uh, spending

527
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Speaker 11: time with your family, making sure that you're working out

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Speaker 11: so you can stay in shaven. Uh, you know, just

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Speaker 11: be ready to come back for camp.

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Speaker 12: She get home against some barbecue, second rate go barbecue.

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Speaker 5: I was down there in Dallads eight hunches of bunch.

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Speaker 6: Okay, but you know where the best barbecue is right

533
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Speaker 6: kids in city?

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Speaker 5: Baby?

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Speaker 6: No, Okay, see this debate, have this debate that started

536
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Speaker 6: production meetings that I still can't get my man around.

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Speaker 6: So my Houston barbecue people. You've got to bring my

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Speaker 6: man around. Okay, So let's go away.

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Speaker 5: From football for a little bit.

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Speaker 12: We talk about football day. Let me go away for football.

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Speaker 6: So this summer I had an opportunity. I don't say

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Speaker 6: we called it an opportunity, but I had to go

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Speaker 6: to La. My wife had a bunch of stuff in LA.

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Speaker 6: That had to drive back from LA all the way

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Speaker 6: back to Houston. It's about twenty four hours. I did

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Speaker 6: by myself.

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Speaker 5: I like that.

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Speaker 8: It's fine if.

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Speaker 6: You had to make that trip, but you had to

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Speaker 6: pick one teammate to go with you for that whole trip.

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Speaker 12: One teammate. Who would it be? What one teammate? Would

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Speaker 12: it not be?

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Speaker 7: Who you want?

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Speaker 12: Who would you want to have on a trip? Who

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Speaker 12: would you know?

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Speaker 11: I'm not taking love everybody, but one teammate probably yeah,

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Speaker 11: probably probably Kamar just because he on defense. But one guy,

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Speaker 11: what take with me is why telling him?

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Speaker 12: Yeah, what's he been like? To have him in the

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Speaker 12: room to share?

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Speaker 6: Man?

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Speaker 11: Super fun god, that brings energy, the same guy every day,

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Speaker 11: you know, loves family and he introduced me to his family,

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Speaker 11: introducing him on my family. So relationship in the bond

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Speaker 11: that we built, so quick, it's been good.

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Speaker 12: Okay, I like it.

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Speaker 9: Uh.

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Speaker 12: This is when I asked the coach assistant coaches in

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Speaker 12: the off season.

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Speaker 6: For person dinner. You're one four person dinner dinner live.

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Speaker 6: You could pick any other three to join you at

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Speaker 6: a dinner. You can talk about anything, you ask anything.

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Speaker 6: What three individuals, people, entities would you want with you

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Speaker 6: at dinner?

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Speaker 12: You can pick to anybody.

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Speaker 11: I'm gonna say Michael Jordan, Okay.

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Speaker 10: I like it.

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Speaker 5: I like it, uhcause.

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Speaker 12: You're you're a hooper. I mean you you played balling,

580
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Speaker 12: you played bowing high school, you know.

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Speaker 5: And I love his story.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, Jordan's with you for sure.

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Speaker 5: Michael Jackson. Okay, Michael B. Jordan.

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Speaker 12: Wow, that's so you're staying straight.

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Speaker 5: Michael, I like you. Michael B. Jordan, Yeah, okay, favorite actors.

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Speaker 12: It's me this what you've been watching lately, TV movies,

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Speaker 12: what you've been on.

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Speaker 5: I just got into The Odyssey, okay.

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Speaker 12: Thoughts Film review thumbs up, thumbs down.

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Speaker 11: It was a great movie, ten out of ten. It's

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Speaker 11: a little long, but you know, it's it's worth it

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Speaker 11: and it's very interesting. Yeah, you know, I think you

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Speaker 11: know you should go watch it.

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Speaker 12: Okay, I'll definitely, I'll definitely go watch it.

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Speaker 6: You're two expectations for you, but just for yourself, what

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Speaker 6: do you what do you want to accomplish? I mean, look,

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Speaker 6: the team wants to do great things and win a

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Speaker 6: lot of games and go win championships and such, but

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Speaker 6: just you in focusing on year two, what is it

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Speaker 6: that you want to do? What's your goal trying.

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Speaker 5: To accomplish in year two? Man?

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Speaker 11: I think just the intentionality to really really get better,

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Speaker 11: Like I'm talking about owning off the field.

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Speaker 5: I'm talking about, you know, changing.

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Speaker 11: Your lifestyle, just wanting to be better, you know, just

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Speaker 11: being better than everybody around you and you know, and

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Speaker 11: hopefully that elevates everybody else. So I think every day

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Speaker 11: just trying to push myself. You know, I'm not trying

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Speaker 11: to always be perfect, but I'm aiming to be perfect

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Speaker 11: and I feel like if I'm doing that, then I'm

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Speaker 11: hitting the right direction.

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Speaker 12: It's the man ariatte Er, Sri, keep your eyes on

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Speaker 12: the folks.

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Speaker 2: He's the best, Yes, sir, Thank you all right? Great

615
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Speaker 2: stuff from Tay and CJ and Evan. We get back.

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Speaker 2: Jonathan Alexander from the US to Chronicle joined US gave

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Speaker 2: us his thoughts and what he's seen thus far in camp.

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Speaker 1: It's next Texans All Access.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, everybody to a Friday editione of Texans All

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Speaker 2: Access from not at Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host,

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Speaker 2: John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans.

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Speaker 2: It's time to catch up with our good friend from

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Speaker 2: the Houston Chronicle, Jonathan Alexander Tredy.

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Speaker 1: Camp has started.

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Speaker 3: He's got thoughts, Jonathan, our first official visit of the

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty sixth season.

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Speaker 4: How's it going.

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Speaker 13: It's going well, and I'm glad to be back. Glad

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Speaker 13: football is back. It was too long of a break, for.

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Speaker 1: Too long a break. How'd you fill that break?

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Speaker 13: Yeah, I mean I took a few days, a couple

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Speaker 13: of weeks off, went to Puerto Rico, went to Galveston.

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Speaker 1: Worked on me and Dalveston.

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Speaker 13: Yes, working on some bigger projects, so I ken't be

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Speaker 13: pretty simple.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you did work on a lot of things. Give

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Speaker 3: us a couple of highlights off season stories that you

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Speaker 3: really liked, one or two that you really liked, because

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Speaker 3: I know you did some features and things.

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Speaker 13: Yeah, I think my favorite one was the story on

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Speaker 13: Keeland Red ledge and really just finding out about his

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Speaker 13: journey and how he got to this point in his

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Speaker 13: life and how he almost lost his foot, how he

644
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 13: almost didn't played football, and really kind of how he

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Speaker 13: was able to overcome a lot of the things in

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Speaker 13: it's earlier life that allowed him to overcome a new amputation.

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Speaker 13: So that was one of my favorite stories. It's funny

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Speaker 13: because I asked Keelan did he read it yesterday? And

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Speaker 13: he was like, nah, damn read it. He was like,

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Speaker 13: but my wife read it and she said it was good.

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Speaker 13: And I said, Okay, I guess that's good enough.

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Speaker 2: I mean the player giving your thumbs up, He's like,

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Speaker 2: but family members mostly the wife giving you your thumbs up.

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Speaker 1: That's one of the things that Mark and I talk

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Speaker 1: a lot about.

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Speaker 2: At least I said to Mark Jonathan, is I get

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Speaker 2: a chance to sit down or we get a chance

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Speaker 2: to sit down with players? Yeah, there are new whether

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Speaker 2: free agent's, rookies, et cetera. And they leave, walk out

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Speaker 2: of the building and look at market.

661
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Speaker 7: Like I get it.

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Speaker 1: I get it. And what I mean is I get.

663
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Speaker 2: Why the Texans made him a draft pick or went

664
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Speaker 2: out and sought him in free agency. As you got done.

665
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Speaker 2: Speaking with Kielan, did you go, oh, yeah.

666
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Speaker 1: I told get why the Texans drafted this.

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Speaker 13: Guy, because you know, the with the culture of Demiico

668
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,159
Speaker 13: Ryans has Bill exactly along with Nick ca Sarrio. You know,

669
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Speaker 13: they want guys who are football focused, guys who may

670
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Speaker 13: have a little ads to them but keep it about football,

671
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Speaker 13: who are going to stay clean off the field and

672
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Speaker 13: keeling religion.

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Speaker 7: Is all of that.

674
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Speaker 13: He he is the type the guy who's going to

675
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 13: push you into the ground. He's going to play to

676
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,920
Speaker 13: the end of the whistle. He's going to focus on football.

677
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 13: He's football the main thing. You know, that's his primary focus.

678
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,119
Speaker 13: He wants to be the best that he can be

679
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 13: to protect quarterback c J. Stroud And you know everything

680
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 13: he said, everything he's about is what the Texans want

681
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 13: to be about.

682
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Speaker 7: So didn't surprise me at all.

683
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Speaker 3: Early observations about the offense through two days. I know

684
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Speaker 3: they're not in pads, but here we are. We got

685
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Speaker 3: to talk about it. What do you think of Jonathan.

686
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Speaker 13: Yeah, I think compared to last year, they are definitely

687
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Speaker 13: ahead of where they were. They seem a little bit

688
00:28:57,360 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 13: more calm. You know, obviously with Nico Collins, in the lineup.

689
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Speaker 13: You know that that offense is always going to be

690
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Speaker 13: dangerous when you have a guy like him, But now

691
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Speaker 13: you're adding guys like Jayden Higgins, who who appears to

692
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Speaker 13: be taking a step in my opinion, even though it's

693
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Speaker 13: only two days. He made some nice plays and everything

694
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Speaker 13: I've heard from people inside the building is like he

695
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 13: came back different like that.

696
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Speaker 7: Confidence probably helps.

697
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Speaker 13: But he's bigger, he's faster, like you know, and he's

698
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 13: been working hard. So if you could get him, and

699
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,600
Speaker 13: then whatever you can get from Tank, you know, hopefully

700
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Speaker 13: is you know, the old Tank.

701
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Speaker 7: But even if you get you.

702
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Speaker 13: Know, three fourths of what he was, and then you

703
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Speaker 13: add a lot to your offense, which was very much

704
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Speaker 13: needed last year.

705
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Speaker 7: So I think right now it's on the right path.

706
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Speaker 1: We had this conversation at the end of the last segment.

707
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Speaker 2: We're talking about David Montgomery, what he marks the running backs,

708
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Speaker 2: et cetera.

709
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Speaker 1: Job.

710
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Speaker 2: How do you see that playing out? And include you

711
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Speaker 2: are Jordan and that too, because I think you are

712
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Speaker 2: is gonna have a role somehow with this offense in

713
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Speaker 2: a ball carrying capacity, catching the ball back for whatever,

714
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Speaker 2: how do you look the running back situation I know it.

715
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Speaker 1: May not be the favorite for fantasy owners.

716
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Speaker 2: Out there to not have total clarity every single week,

717
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Speaker 2: But from your standpoint, how do you think the running

718
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Speaker 2: back carries, touches, et cetera get divvied up?

719
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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 13: I mean, I think David Montgomery is going to get

721
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Speaker 13: the bulk of the carrieres, but that doesn't mean he'll

722
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Speaker 13: get all of them, right, Like, they have trusting Woody

723
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Speaker 13: marks and they think he definitely has big playability, particularly

724
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Speaker 13: in the passing game. And then you have Jawar Jordan,

725
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Speaker 13: who's a beast against whenever the Texas offense needs to

726
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Speaker 13: run outside his own scheme. So I think you may see,

727
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Speaker 13: you know, situations like that where they say, Okay, we

728
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 13: need to do outside his own so we're gonna run

729
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Speaker 13: him a little bit more.

730
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Speaker 7: So I think you'll see them mixing match.

731
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Speaker 13: But I do think, you know, David Montgomery, they brought

732
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Speaker 13: him here to be the lead back, and when I

733
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Speaker 13: watch him play, he reminds me a lot of Joe Mixing.

734
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Speaker 13: And he's not trying to avoid any tacklers. He's trying

735
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Speaker 13: to go through tacklers, right, And I think he's going

736
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Speaker 13: to be critical in their red zone offense, and so

737
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Speaker 13: they're gonna lean on him. But I think Woody Mars

738
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Speaker 13: is also going to play a big role in Juar

739
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Speaker 13: Jordan's gonna see some touches.

740
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Speaker 3: To Jonathan Alexander of the Houston Chronicle joining us. So

741
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Speaker 3: you're covering the whole team, and you're also covering the CJ.

742
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 3: Stroud contract situation. I know these questions have come up

743
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,760
Speaker 3: press conferences with everybody. So how are you approaching that?

744
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 4: What are you.

745
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 3: Thinking moving forward here in the immediate future, Jonathan.

746
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean this move.

747
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 13: We'll play a huge part, or this potential move play

748
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 13: a huge part in the future ramifications of the Houston Texans.

749
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Speaker 13: So I'm always keeping my eyes on it because obviously

750
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Speaker 13: he can break it any moment. I've been told by

751
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 13: multiple agents that Nick Asiria is a guy who's gonna

752
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 13: call you when he's ready to make a deal, and

753
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 13: you know things can happen very quickly at any point,

754
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 13: so you know, you know, it sounds like c J.

755
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Speaker 13: Stroud and the Texans have had good conversations into me.

756
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 13: Nickose Ario's comments really indicate that they are behind and

757
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:03,480
Speaker 13: committed to CJ.

758
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 7: Strout.

759
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Speaker 13: Now, whether that deal gets done before the season or

760
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 13: next off season. You know it, We'll have to wait

761
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 13: and see. But it's something that I'm always paying it.

762
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Speaker 13: I'm always gonna be paying attention to because it'll be

763
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Speaker 13: huge when it happens. In the meantime, balancing, balancing everything

764
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Speaker 13: else that happens is along with cam.

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Speaker 1: That was one of the things that Nick said.

766
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Speaker 2: We got to talk about, not CJ in particular, but

767
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Speaker 2: negotiating contracts, and he said, agents and people know I'm

768
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 2: a bottom line person, like I this is what I think,

769
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Speaker 2: and there's not gonna be wishy washy. It's like, that's

770
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Speaker 2: what we think. The value is is what we think

771
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Speaker 2: the contract is not so much take it or lead.

772
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Speaker 2: But if we're not, okay, well let's reconvene later. Let's

773
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Speaker 2: look at this at a at a different time. And

774
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Speaker 2: I just thinking about it after he said it, was like, Yeah,

775
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 2: that seems to make sense the way that he approaches

776
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Speaker 2: his business.

777
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Speaker 1: Jonathan.

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Speaker 2: I know it's only been two days you've watched this team,

779
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:06,000
Speaker 2: but has there been anybody that you go that guy.

780
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Speaker 1: I hadn't really been paying attention to that guy.

781
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 2: That guy is standing out a little bit, or maybe

782
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 2: it's a star that you think is you know, still

783
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 2: playing at a pretty high level even through these first

784
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Speaker 2: couple of days. Do you have a name or two

785
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 2: that are kind of like, you know what, I really

786
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 2: need to continue to watch this guy or these guys.

787
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Speaker 7: Well.

788
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Speaker 13: I talked a little bit about him earlier, like I

789
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 13: got bogged down in the tank, Dell coming back, you

790
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 13: know the noise which he is, but that I forgot

791
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 13: about Jaden Higgins and the potential impact.

792
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Speaker 7: That he can have one it's a great one.

793
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Speaker 13: But outside of him, I don't know. Something is just

794
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 13: telling me, like Camri Laster is gonna eat take it

795
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,640
Speaker 13: and even another step this year. Oh, one person I

796
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 13: did say is already starting to show out.

797
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 7: Henry Toto made a huge play in the backfield.

798
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Speaker 13: He was great yes yesterday broke up that uh screens

799
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Speaker 13: and I just I think this is the final year

800
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Speaker 13: of his rookie deal as well. He's obviously motivated to

801
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Speaker 13: earn a contract. I think he's gonna have a good

802
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 13: years long as he stays healthy. But Kamaria Lassiter, I

803
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:12,840
Speaker 13: just think, you know, a lot of probably disrespect in

804
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 13: the top one hundred player rankings and a lot of

805
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,840
Speaker 13: the other rankings he definitely should be in there. I

806
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 13: think all of that motivates him. He might not say

807
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,279
Speaker 13: it publicly, but I think all of that motivates him,

808
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 13: and he rises to the occasion every time.

809
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Speaker 7: So I think he's gonna have another good year.

810
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Speaker 2: He's one of those guys that he will put not

811
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 2: just a chip on his shoulder, the whole damn bag's

812
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 2: going on his shoulder, like every single practice, every single game,

813
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 2: like it fuels as if he's got you know, Bobby

814
00:34:42,640 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 2: Bouchet sounds going on in his head.

815
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Speaker 1: He said, you're not good, You're too small.

816
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,759
Speaker 2: He ran four to six, and inside he's like, no, man,

817
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 2: watch this, watch this bank Dereck Henry in the safety

818
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 2: for safety against the rape like he does those kind

819
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Speaker 2: of things.

820
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Speaker 7: Nahgree, he's Jonathan.

821
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Speaker 4: You brought up Henry.

822
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 3: So the linebackers, you know here we are. We Gotasease Henry.

823
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Speaker 3: Those are your top two and you're good to go.

824
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 3: But the depth is taking a hit with the EJ.

825
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 3: Speed in the offseason, obviously, and then you have Jake Hanson,

826
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 3: who's your leading special teams tackler.

827
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,279
Speaker 4: He gets hurt. We don't know what the situation is.

828
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 3: Hoping for the very best, but all of a sudden,

829
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,320
Speaker 3: that depth gets tested behind those top two guys.

830
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 4: What about that?

831
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Speaker 13: Yeah, you know, and I wrote a little bit about

832
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:26,479
Speaker 13: that yesterday that you know, the depth there is being

833
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:30,680
Speaker 13: tested right now because with E. J. Speed having suffered

834
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Speaker 13: that injury in the offseason, you know, they really don't

835
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 13: know whether he's going to return. Who knows how long

836
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 13: Jake Hanson will be out, but any loss from any

837
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 13: extended period of time puts a lot of pressure on

838
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,800
Speaker 13: you know, those rookies too. If he does have to

839
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 13: miss time, well, they've got to perform. You know, that

840
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 13: could be good and bad because now they have a

841
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 13: better chance of making this roster. But you know they're

842
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 13: gonna need those guys to play well because at some

843
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 13: certain point Jamal Hill, Aidan Fisher, Wade Wood as Marte

844
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 13: Mapu are going to be called apoing and who's going

845
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,319
Speaker 13: to stand out? And I think they'll be looking these

846
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 13: next few days to see who that's going to be.

847
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, and the guy that enters that spot might end

848
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 2: up having to do it on special teams first. Yeah,

849
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 2: more than likely having to do it on special teams first.

850
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 2: And turning around, we talked about the contract with CJ.

851
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 2: Let's talk about the ballplayerj And just two days in

852
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 2: and we've seen every single rep he's had in practice

853
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 2: since he's been here in games. We've been here for

854
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 2: all that. Jonathan, you have as well your thoughts about

855
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,800
Speaker 2: the progress the maturation of c J.

856
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,400
Speaker 7: Stroud, at least early in camp.

857
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 13: Yeah, you know, you know, first, I think it starts

858
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 13: with like he had to be kind of coming in

859
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:48,479
Speaker 13: or you would think that he had to be coming

860
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 13: into this season with a lot of pressure, just given

861
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 13: how last season ended, the criticism, the heavy criticism nationally

862
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 13: to him, and when I see him, he just it

863
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:03,320
Speaker 13: doesn't seem like it is violas him. He seems under control.

864
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:07,240
Speaker 13: He seems unbothered by it. And I think even David Montgomery,

865
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 13: who's about to walk by soon, talked about it a

866
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 13: little bit.

867
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Speaker 7: He said, just not much phases him.

868
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Speaker 13: And I think that's ideally what you want, because you

869
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 13: want to see him move on from what happened, and

870
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 13: so far I've seen him be under control, look a

871
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 13: little bit more comfortable. Being this is second year in offense.

872
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 13: You know, Demika Ryans talked about you know, they're trying

873
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 13: to do a better job of being efficient, pre pre

874
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 13: snap and that's going to handle a lot of issues.

875
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 13: So so far the throws of you know, always throwing

876
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 13: a nice ball. Now can the pieces around him help

877
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 13: elevate him? I think you're starting to see that, and

878
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 13: we'll see more of that in the coming days.

879
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 3: Jonathan Montgomery has the wired ear pods as opposed to

880
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 3: the wire less, and I'm back on the wired because

881
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 3: a lot of guys are, actually, but that's not why

882
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 3: I'm back on it. I'm just on them because I

883
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 3: would lose the wireless, so I need the wire.

884
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 4: To hang on to them. But this is a thing.

885
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 4: What do you do?

886
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 13: So they have become more in style yep, but you

887
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 13: know what, I am so bad with Louis. I should

888
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 13: do wired, but I'm I'm very obsessive about or not obsessive.

889
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,200
Speaker 13: I like to look at New York Times wirecutter and

890
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:23,680
Speaker 13: say what are the best earbuds to use? And right

891
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 13: now I'm on wireless. Okay, soon I could go back

892
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:26,560
Speaker 13: to wired.

893
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 3: All right, So never mind about that, So thank you

894
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,239
Speaker 3: for that information. Back to football. So here we are

895
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 3: in camp and we haven't taught to you this offseason

896
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:41,720
Speaker 3: much at all. So AFC South Jags Colts.

897
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 7: Who do you feel.

898
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,280
Speaker 3: I mean, obviously the Jags are the biggest challenge here.

899
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:50,800
Speaker 3: We looked at their offseason and said, you know, things

900
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,720
Speaker 3: have to go right for them because they lost formerly

901
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 3: known as Etn now Itchen, but Travis who had a

902
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,440
Speaker 3: great year last year, and I don't know if Towton

903
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,280
Speaker 3: can have a great year for them like he did

904
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 3: like him did. But what are your thoughts on them

905
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 3: and what they did and didn't do and how they

906
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:07,399
Speaker 3: might be in twenty twenty six.

907
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,600
Speaker 13: Yeah, I was surprised that they didn't re up their

908
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 13: running game, you know, on the same level as h M.

909
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 13: You know, I thought he was such a big part

910
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 13: of that offense. But I think they'll be solid team.

911
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:22,879
Speaker 13: I just think they'll probably struggle given that they're playing

912
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 13: the first place schedule. Like I mean, their schedule isn't horrendous,

913
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 13: but it is it is tougher than what they had,

914
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 13: definitely tougher than what they had last year. Right, So

915
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 13: I think they'll still be a good team. They have

916
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 13: solid pieces. They'll be getting Travis Hunter back. You know,

917
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 13: those head dressers on that team are really good. But

918
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 13: you know, I do think that they'll they'll likely have

919
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 13: some struggles with their schedule and getting past some of

920
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 13: the guys they have.

921
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 2: Okay, one of the stories and when Mark Roth daviously

922
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 2: south and maybe think about it. Jonathan Taylor needs a deal.

923
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 2: B Jon Robinson needs a deal. Jamior Gibbs needs a deal. Now,

924
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,879
Speaker 2: two of the three of those are hold ends. Yeah,

925
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 2: they're there, so they don't get fine, but they're not

926
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 2: doing anything until they end up getting a deal. Now,

927
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 2: Taylor is doing work and he's convinced, Hey, yeah, I'm

928
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 2: gonna be a cult for life.

929
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 1: He's he went through this.

930
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,920
Speaker 2: Before with his second contract, he's about to go on

931
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 2: a third.

932
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:15,320
Speaker 1: Do you think there's any.

933
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 2: Possibility of any of those three moving on or do

934
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 2: you think that teams will eventually find a deal for

935
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 2: those three because they are that important to the offense

936
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,360
Speaker 2: even though they're running backs.

937
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think all three of those guys stay.

938
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,279
Speaker 13: Of those three that if there was one that was

939
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 13: a go, you know, probably B John Robinson. But I

940
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 13: don't think that's the case because I think they invested

941
00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:40,239
Speaker 13: so much into him. But I think all of those

942
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 13: guys make sense. You know, as you reference Jonathan Taylor's

943
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 13: comments about want to stay there. You know, the Lions

944
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 13: just traded away David Montgomery, so you know they're investing

945
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,319
Speaker 13: heavily on him, and then b John Robinson is is

946
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:57,720
Speaker 13: is what makes.

947
00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:58,160
Speaker 7: Their engine go.

948
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:00,959
Speaker 13: So you know it's a good day for running backs,

949
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 13: but particularly compared to how it was a few years ago.

950
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:07,240
Speaker 13: They're starting to get paid in its deserving because running backs.

951
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 13: You know a lot of offenses are putting their focus

952
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:10,120
Speaker 13: on the running game.

953
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 2: Yes, sir, that's the man, Jonathan Alexander Love get a

954
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:16,240
Speaker 2: chance to talk to him. Coming up, one of our

955
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 2: good friends, one of my favorites.

956
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 1: I get a chance to work with her on preseason games.

957
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:26,359
Speaker 2: Shelby Coppage TV sidelline reporter for your preseason games, will

958
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,720
Speaker 2: join us next right here in Texans All Access's and everybody,

959
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 2: welcome back to this Friday is Year Texas All Axis.

960
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 2: Jean Harris football and sideline reporter and TV preseason game

961
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,439
Speaker 2: analysts alongside my friend Indy Klue and play by play

962
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 2: man Kevin Coogler for your Texans. Also joining us, Shelby Coppage,

963
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,880
Speaker 2: gotta be a great friend, does a tremendous job on

964
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 2: the sidelines for TV.

965
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 1: Shelby sat down with Mark and me.

966
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 2: We talked about a number of different things, including her

967
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,120
Speaker 2: busy schedule this offseason.

968
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 3: Shelby Coppage also national play by play announcer for Love Volleyball.

969
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 4: Yes, how about it?

970
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:06,919
Speaker 14: How's it going to always random? For a ready throw

971
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:07,200
Speaker 14: to me?

972
00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 1: Mark?

973
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 14: Love it?

974
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 5: We go?

975
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 4: Here, we go?

976
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 3: So, yeah, you've done so much.

977
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,480
Speaker 4: I mean, how do you keep track of it all?

978
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 3: Because national announcer for Love Volleyball and obviously the football

979
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 3: stuff and everything else you do is so much.

980
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 15: It's so much, but it sounds you and John understand it.

981
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,959
Speaker 15: It's so fun and so even on the days where

982
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,360
Speaker 15: I'm like ugh, I have to like get up in

983
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 15: this hotel and go to work, like oh wait, my

984
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 15: job is to cover League one volleyball or whatever team

985
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:35,959
Speaker 15: it is on the road.

986
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 14: So it's so much fun. I'm so blessed. But it's

987
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,319
Speaker 14: definitely like it. It's it's a lot, as you know.

988
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 3: So you do the astro studio stuff too sometimes, which

989
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,319
Speaker 3: is really interesting, and we'll forgive you for that.

990
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 14: Hey, when you can't use me, I want someone else.

991
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 15: But you know, right when the astros called me, I

992
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 15: called Mark first. I was like, hey, Mark, can I

993
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 15: still do the Textans games if I cover for the

994
00:42:56,480 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 15: Astros here and there?

995
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 1: He said, yes, if the colts call, then they'll be

996
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 1: a fight. Yeah, goodbye.

997
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 14: I' not doing that.

998
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,320
Speaker 2: It will be a fight at that's totally understandable. What

999
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 2: would you say, Shelby, is your downtime of the year?

1000
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 2: I think for Mark and I it's pretty easy. It's

1001
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,439
Speaker 2: like when they leave for Ota mini camp until today. Yeah,

1002
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 2: that's called our downtime. If you will, what's your downtime?

1003
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 15: So I actually just got two puppies this time, so no,

1004
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 15: So basically even when I don't have calls or anything,

1005
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,279
Speaker 15: I'm just with puppies all day.

1006
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:25,839
Speaker 14: I'm stimulated all day.

1007
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 15: It's been so much fun and like good you know,

1008
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:30,800
Speaker 15: timing for summer to be able to train them before

1009
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:31,760
Speaker 15: the fall starts.

1010
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 14: So it's been a really fun summer.

1011
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:35,200
Speaker 1: Wow, what kind of dogs?

1012
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 15: A German shepherd and then a mutt so kind of

1013
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:42,760
Speaker 15: cane course so much he's huge.

1014
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:45,920
Speaker 3: Now I know you lost your long time Yeah, I

1015
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,280
Speaker 3: love it bad May this off season.

1016
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, condolence is about that.

1017
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 14: I know that's very tough.

1018
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 4: And Johnny lost two dogs last year.

1019
00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:55,279
Speaker 3: I know it's very tough, but so you went to

1020
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,920
Speaker 3: the well pretty quickly to get a new set.

1021
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: As it turns out, just one.

1022
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:04,239
Speaker 15: I literally got uh the puppies the day after I

1023
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:08,919
Speaker 15: was done traveling for the spring. So like I called breeders,

1024
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 15: like when do you have an eight week old ready?

1025
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:11,759
Speaker 14: Like timed it.

1026
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 15: So I had a few months after padme just traveling

1027
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 15: and everything. But like you need your attention, you know, yous,

1028
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 15: Like he can't be at home doing nothing, you know

1029
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:23,680
Speaker 15: when I'm waiting for my games and stuff. So uh,

1030
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 15: Leyah the German shepherd was a little expensive a breeder.

1031
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:28,560
Speaker 14: Then Coop on the rescue.

1032
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 15: Is the joke is his name is Coupon because he

1033
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 15: was so cheap compared to leya coop.

1034
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 14: So you know, people like adopt don't shop. Well I

1035
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 14: did adopt.

1036
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 15: And also the ones that already bore need homes too.

1037
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,400
Speaker 15: The breeders, what do you do with these puppies?

1038
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 4: They need homes to do point they exist.

1039
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: There's my there's my daughter and her little guy Domino

1040
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:46,200
Speaker 1: that she.

1041
00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 3: Just got was a rescue.

1042
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 2: He's tiny, tiny, but he he's a he's a sweetheart.

1043
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 2: And my daughter just she was she was fostering him yeah,

1044
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:01,319
Speaker 2: and I he didn't realize they called it this a

1045
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:03,239
Speaker 2: foster fail when she adopts, so she.

1046
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,440
Speaker 3: In love with him and she's foster failed.

1047
00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 2: She fell in love with him and so literally Saturday

1048
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 2: went in, signed the papers, paid her two nd fifty

1049
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 2: bucks and Domino is hers, and I'm like.

1050
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,200
Speaker 14: And Domina is also yours too, whenever daughter is busy.

1051
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 1: Yes, that's exactly.

1052
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 2: And he she was worried about how and I never

1053
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 2: really thought about this, but how rescues in particular react

1054
00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:27,840
Speaker 2: to men, and so yeah.

1055
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,640
Speaker 4: Because men could be jerks to drives or whatever.

1056
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:31,600
Speaker 1: And so I walked in and he just kind of

1057
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:34,200
Speaker 1: sniffed me and he jumped up on me. I was like, well, yes,

1058
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:35,759
Speaker 1: we're all good because you're a you.

1059
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 10: Yeah.

1060
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:37,399
Speaker 14: And also, like.

1061
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 15: Hats scare dogs two sometimes, so like if you're on

1062
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 15: a new adopt hat, don't worry like hotter sunglasses.

1063
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:43,359
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's training caps.

1064
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:46,720
Speaker 3: So we're talking about puppies, but' rame Mike Vrabel raybel

1065
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 3: so on you.

1066
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:48,840
Speaker 4: That's all we'll say about that. Shelby.

1067
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 3: Let me ask you about League one volleyball. Yeah, all right,

1068
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,800
Speaker 3: So we have the Houston franchise and going through a

1069
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:56,839
Speaker 3: lot of different things with that. It's awesome. This will

1070
00:45:56,880 --> 00:45:59,640
Speaker 3: be the second season that the Texans have control of

1071
00:45:59,640 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 3: the France and things are evolving because you had six teams,

1072
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:06,239
Speaker 3: now you're gonna have ten. And tell us I like

1073
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:08,879
Speaker 3: to point this out about volleyball. Yeah, it's training camps

1074
00:46:08,880 --> 00:46:11,319
Speaker 3: that we're talking about volleyball. Just briefly though, tell me

1075
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:15,600
Speaker 3: so it's important, tell me about the caliber of play,

1076
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,000
Speaker 3: because what strikes me is you might think is this

1077
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 3: a minor league.

1078
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:20,360
Speaker 4: That it's not a minor league.

1079
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,800
Speaker 3: These are major league players, but you get that access

1080
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:25,560
Speaker 3: that you have with minor league teams where they can

1081
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:26,880
Speaker 3: sign autographs and things like that.

1082
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:27,359
Speaker 4: Your thoughts.

1083
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 14: Yeah, so it has over twenty Olympians.

1084
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 15: That was just last season, so this year they've added

1085
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 15: even more. So imagine like the best players in the

1086
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:40,080
Speaker 15: world overseas coming here so much less the USA Olympians,

1087
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:43,320
Speaker 15: but we got the Brazil, the Japan like the best

1088
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 15: of the best.

1089
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 14: And the best thing.

1090
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 15: About volleyball is, unlike baseball, you can know when it's

1091
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,919
Speaker 15: an awesome play. So you can walk in knowing zero

1092
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:55,680
Speaker 15: about volleyball and know, dang, that was a crazy hit

1093
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 15: or a crazy.

1094
00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 14: Dig like base. To me, all the pitches look the same.

1095
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:00,560
Speaker 14: I can't tell.

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Speaker 15: Like when Nico Collins makes a huge catch in the

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Speaker 15: end zone, we can all appreciate how magnificent that is.

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Speaker 15: That's volleyball, every single play, and so that's okay if

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Speaker 15: no one really knows like League one, it's pretty new.

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Speaker 15: But when you come to a game like you will

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Speaker 15: understand how important this is. We have the best of

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Speaker 15: the best athletes and also the Barry Center. I know

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Speaker 15: the Texans are building a new place for the team

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Speaker 15: to play, but it was insane, like thousands of people,

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Speaker 15: hundreds of about thousands of girls waiting after the game

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Speaker 15: was over to get autographs. Like this girl you know,

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Speaker 15: might not know her Madison Skinner. She's gonna be an Olympian,

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Speaker 15: played at Texas. She's everything. When she walked out, girls

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Speaker 15: were screaming like their one direction, Like if you have

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Speaker 15: daughters or whoever, like take them to these volleyball games,

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Speaker 15: and especially like Texans. The Texans can see important. It

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Speaker 15: is like they literally wanted in on this team.

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Speaker 14: You have to go. It's awesome.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: My thoughts on being here at camp and Texans pre

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Speaker 3: TV rolling in two weeks from tomorrow.

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Speaker 15: First thought was, it's kind of cool. There's a breeze,

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Speaker 15: like I'm not I'm not you. You just got here, nice,

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Speaker 15: I just got here. Yes, I did just get here.

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Speaker 15: But like it's been a little cooler.

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Speaker 14: I see.

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Speaker 15: I'm really loving already seeing like CJ, you know, get connections.

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Speaker 15: I love the handshakes, already excited to see him with

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Speaker 15: the helmet off, the haircut, but the vibes are super high.

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Speaker 14: Media is so excited to be here. Yeah, it's awesome.

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Speaker 1: It is awesome. She's awesome, This show is awesome. You're

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Speaker 1: awesome for listening.

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Speaker 2: Everybody back at sports Radio six ten, Slash ninety five

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Speaker 2: seven the Fan, They're awesome. Practice number four tomorrow, Harris

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Speaker 2: Its will be up later in the day. Make sure

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Speaker 2: you check it out. We'll see you then, everybody, and

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Speaker 2: as always, go Texans,