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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program. We're inside inn

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Speaker 1: RG Stadium and we are less than seventy three hours

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Speaker 1: from the start of the twenty nineteen NFL Draft, which

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Speaker 1: takes place in Nashville. But the picks will be made,

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Speaker 1: actually decided here at NRG Stadium for the Houston Texans

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Speaker 1: and then piped into Nashville where they will be announced.

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Speaker 1: And DeAndre Hopkins has the second round selections. I believe TJ.

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Speaker 1: Yates on the third will have been Ardrick McKinney in

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Speaker 1: the fifth round outside n RG Stadium during the kids triathlon.

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Speaker 1: So we have a lot of fun stuff coming up

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Speaker 1: this weekend, a lot of really interesting stuff as the

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Speaker 1: Texans make their picks for twenty nineteen. There's no bigger

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Speaker 1: story in sports right now than the NFL Draft, so

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Speaker 1: let's get to it. John Harris and I here in

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Speaker 1: the Hyunday Texans Radio Studio have a big show for

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Speaker 1: you today. Next segment, we will go over some first

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Speaker 1: round draft choice, health situation items from the Houston Texans

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Speaker 1: over the years, and in the final segment, more on

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Speaker 1: possible picks for the Texans and the NFL Draft in general.

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Speaker 1: But we begin with a conversation with general manager Brian

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Speaker 1: Gain here from the Hunday Texans Radio studio, and we

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Speaker 1: begin by asking, Brian, are you ever done? Are you

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Speaker 1: ever done with preparation for the NFL Draft. It's got

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Speaker 1: to be always something extra you can do. You feel

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Speaker 1: that's a very good question, Mark, and I would say

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Speaker 1: that this process will take us all the way up

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Speaker 1: to Wednesday night before the draft. I would say ninety

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Speaker 1: seven percent of the process is done from the player evaluations,

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Speaker 1: the medical portion of it, the security, the background checks.

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Speaker 1: At this stage right now, it's more about maybe some

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Speaker 1: we're doing a lot of film study behind the scenes

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Speaker 1: at the moment, just to make sure that our thoughts

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Speaker 1: were right coming out of the April meetings. So we're

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Speaker 1: getting down to the nitty gritty, but really it's just

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Speaker 1: player versus player. In certain parts of the board. We

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Speaker 1: like to think we know who the top twenty five

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Speaker 1: might be there when we're picked at twenty three, fifty four,

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Speaker 1: fifty five, maybe even eighty six. What those options might be.

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Speaker 1: We have a gap obviously in our in our draft

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Speaker 1: board because we don't have a fourth round selection right now,

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Speaker 1: so we'll have to wait till five as it relates

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Speaker 1: to figuring out what might be there. But we think

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Speaker 1: we think we're gonna get four very good players in

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Speaker 1: the top eighty six selections here, so we're excited about that. Brian.

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Speaker 1: A lot of times with you know, guys in the media,

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Speaker 1: everybody comes up with a mock draft and everybody kind

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Speaker 1: of pokes fun at it. But I would imagine in

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Speaker 1: some way you have to do some sort of exercise

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Speaker 1: to figure out, Okay, who could potentially be fault, Who

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Speaker 1: could get to us at twenty three, who could get

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Speaker 1: to us at fifty four, fifty five. Do you guys

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Speaker 1: even look at those mock drafts, maybe some that are

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Speaker 1: you know have been right, that are connected to the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Do you look at stuff like that as you kind

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Speaker 1: of go through your scenarios to this draft. Yeah. Number one,

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Speaker 1: We lean heavily at that stage. You know, some of

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Speaker 1: it's rumor mill but but but equally about you know,

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Speaker 1: but we really have more on ourselves where we'll do

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Speaker 1: these are the options that are coming closer to us.

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Speaker 1: This is the order we see it, So we wait

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Speaker 1: and see, Brian, when trades happen on draft weekend, how

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Speaker 1: And you've got to keep that cell phone handy just

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Speaker 1: in case it's a combination of both. Mark, I've been

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Speaker 1: in situations where you've rehearsed it numerous times, made countless

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Speaker 1: But we have a system in place where we field

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Speaker 1: We stay there, we take our player, we look at

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Speaker 1: not saying that you will always rely on your scouts,

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Speaker 1: but did you have as much viewing of the players

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Speaker 1: there was some challenges to do that, John, but I

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Speaker 1: able to delegate far more to this year, just being

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Speaker 1: able to be with those guys in one cycle. But

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Speaker 1: at the same time, I took every opportunity to go

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Speaker 1: sure that I've seen every player, how many we ever

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Speaker 1: In Day three, Brian, undrafted free agents, you mentioned in

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Speaker 1: our scouts obviously given guys grades, whether they're a Draft

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Speaker 1: begin that process much earlier at the recruiting process and

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Speaker 1: it feels like it's a defensive lineman class that is

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Speaker 1: definitely the strength of this draft where would you see it?

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Speaker 1: you think the strength lies per in the unit's quarterback,

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Speaker 1: you see the strength in this draft? Yeah, on defensive

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Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of volume with edge players.

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Speaker 1: you're going to get a good player at corner. I've

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Speaker 1: used this analogy. Is there a Patrick Peterson in this draft?

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Speaker 1: Perhaps not, but I think there's some some solid to

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Speaker 1: there's some versatile offensive linemen there in the middle rounds,

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Speaker 1: you do that, you've been doing a heck of a job.

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Speaker 1: And by hitting, I mean two really solid starters out

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Speaker 1: of those two picks out of the four we had

433
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Speaker 1: to run there for a while, the first round draft

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Speaker 1: picks that were still with the team. That was just

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Speaker 1: I mean, it was it was incredible. It was incredible

436
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Speaker 1: to think about when you started looking around the league

437
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Speaker 1: at that point. But I just started thinking about in

438
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Speaker 1: the division, how has it gone for teams in the division?

439
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Speaker 1: With their draft picks. And you know, Malie Hooker missed

440
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Speaker 1: about half the year with an acl but then made

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Speaker 1: it back last year. But Ryan Kelly has been in

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Speaker 1: and out of the lineup with some injuries, but he's

443
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Speaker 1: played for the most part. You know, Andrew Lux had

444
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Speaker 1: to deal with his thing. You know when Jacksonville, Leonard

445
00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,480
Speaker 1: Fournette was not ever on IR last year, but he

446
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,440
Speaker 1: missed a significant amount of games where Ramsey's played every

447
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Speaker 1: single one, Yannick and Goquay has played. It was a

448
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Speaker 1: third round here, but he's played pretty much every single one.

449
00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:14,359
Speaker 1: Tavian Bryant was not hurt last year. He played in

450
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Speaker 1: every single game, even though he was a backup. But

451
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Speaker 1: for the most part, Jacksonville has had relative relative health,

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Speaker 1: and they were really healthy in twenty seventeen. Tennessee is

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Speaker 1: the one that's probably had it, maybe not on par

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Speaker 1: with us, but Mariota has been in and out of

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Speaker 1: the lineup, and I think at one point he went

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Speaker 1: on I R When I say fifteen is a huge

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Speaker 1: part of their problems. Jack Conklin was tremendous as rookie,

458
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Speaker 1: but then injury problems hit late in the year. In

459
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Speaker 1: twenty seventeen because when acl and he really has not

460
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Speaker 1: found that for him. So Tennessee's had to deal with

461
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Speaker 1: it as well. But I don't know that any team

462
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Speaker 1: that you could look at across the board and said,

463
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Speaker 1: last four first round draft picks have all gone on

464
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Speaker 1: ir for at least half a year. We get if

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Speaker 1: we can get beyond that. To that point, we talked

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Speaker 1: about the big you know, the Big five. If Watson, Hopkins, Fuller,

467
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Speaker 1: Watt and Clowney were to all play, to your point,

468
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Speaker 1: like if they played all somewhere between thirteen to sixteen games. Now,

469
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Speaker 1: obviously QT becomes a big part, but just those five,

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Speaker 1: if they played the entire season together thirteen to sixteen games, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: maybe Clowney is dinged up here or maybe you know,

472
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Speaker 1: Hops dealing with something. It's gonna happen. But if you're

473
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Speaker 1: playing the majority of games, where can this team end

474
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Speaker 1: up being I think that's been the problem. I think

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Speaker 1: people outside and I don't want to I don't want

476
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Speaker 1: it to be the making excuses. My point being, you

477
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Speaker 1: gotta be healthy. But I think people outside the building

478
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Speaker 1: look at it and look at a team and go, well,

479
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Speaker 1: you know, they ended up getting knocked off by the Colts,

480
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Speaker 1: and that's the way you look at it. But it's like, man,

481
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Speaker 1: if this team could all be healthy, you're missing Fuller.

482
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Speaker 1: You missed Fuller for half the year. You had other

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Speaker 1: pieces back last year and that's why you were able

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Speaker 1: to get to eleven to five. But you add Will

485
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Speaker 1: to that and he's healthy for a full year. What

486
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Speaker 1: can this offense end up being qt As you said,

487
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Speaker 1: this offense can end up being Yeah. I don't want

488
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,399
Speaker 1: to get too far ahead of myself, but if you

489
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Speaker 1: get an offense of line in front of the Sean

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Speaker 1: that is able. Let's just say, just cut the sex

491
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Speaker 1: in half. I know it's a big number, but cut

492
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Speaker 1: from sixty two to thirty one. Just cut him in half,

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Speaker 1: and then at that point you're running the football a

494
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Speaker 1: little bit better, and you're doing a lot of other

495
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Speaker 1: things better, and it just makes the whole The target

496
00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,360
Speaker 1: should be zero, but thirty five to forty, I feel

497
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Speaker 1: like I've done something there between. Whatever Watson does to

498
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Speaker 1: adjust his part of the game or his part of

499
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Speaker 1: the equation, whatever they do to improve the line, you

500
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Speaker 1: get that going. But you gotta be able to run

501
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Speaker 1: the ball. We all know that, all right, next up,

502
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:41,920
Speaker 1: a little bit more on the draft and maybe a

503
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Speaker 1: lot more on the draft. How about this, Why is

504
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Speaker 1: the draft moving around the country, What is different about

505
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Speaker 1: this year's draft, and what are some of the mock

506
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Speaker 1: draft saying. Now, with a few days to go before

507
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Speaker 1: the Texans and the rest of the NFL, before everybody

508
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Speaker 1: makes their picks, it's Texans Radio. It's Texans Radio here

509
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Speaker 1: in the Hunday Texans Radio studio. Mark Vandermeyer, John Harris

510
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,719
Speaker 1: with you NFL Draft on Thursday, and it will be

511
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Speaker 1: broadcast by everybody. Everybody in the world will be carrying

512
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Speaker 1: not quite but the draft is a weird thing, Johnny,

513
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Speaker 1: because you could basically cover the draft from almost anywhere.

514
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Speaker 1: It's just information. Yeah, and ABC will broadcast all seven rounds.

515
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Speaker 1: The third day will be a simulcaster of the ESPN

516
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Speaker 1: stuff Saturday afternoon sports programming. Okay, but the first two

517
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Speaker 1: nights they're gonna do their own show. Robin Roberts is

518
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Speaker 1: going to anchor the first round with the College Game

519
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Speaker 1: Day crew. I'm not sure how Friday is going off hand,

520
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Speaker 1: but they're gonna do their own thing, and ESPN will

521
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Speaker 1: do a different thing. NFL Network has their thing we

522
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Speaker 1: have our thing right here on Sports Radio six ten,

523
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Speaker 1: Texans Radio on the Texans app, so we'll have it

524
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Speaker 1: off for you. By the way, it's our lineup goes

525
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Speaker 1: like this, Me Johnny andre Ware on round one from

526
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Speaker 1: NRG Stadium from the draft party. That's always cool. Robert

527
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Speaker 1: Hensley alongside Friday night, Johnny and I in studio with

528
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Speaker 1: Paul Gallant. On Saturday, it'll be Sean Pendergast, John Harris

529
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Speaker 1: and also Wade Smith and the first part of the day,

530
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Speaker 1: second part of the day me Johnny and Mike Meltzer

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Speaker 1: to finish it off, and we'll Brian Gain on a bunch.

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Speaker 1: Brian Gain will be on Friday and Saturday. Bill O'Brien

533
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Speaker 1: will be on with us and we'll go over what

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Speaker 1: goes down at the NFL Draft. So we'll be with

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Speaker 1: you for every single pick. You're listening right here. But

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Speaker 1: it's funny because everywhere I go people ask me, are

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Speaker 1: you going to go to Nashville for the Draft? No.

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Speaker 1: The thing is the draft is so movable. Yeah, the

539
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Speaker 1: NFL team personnel members who go to the draft, it's

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Speaker 1: you know, nothing not to make light of them, but

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Speaker 1: you know, Brian Gain and Bill O'Brien are here in

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Speaker 1: the Energy Stadium. They're not going to the draft. You

543
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Speaker 1: don't have to send people. He used to be that

544
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Speaker 1: way back in the day, like Pete Roselle at the

545
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Speaker 1: Sheraton in New York posting the draft. Now you're just

546
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Speaker 1: really phoning in your picks and everybody does it from

547
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Speaker 1: their building. That's why the draft was such a movable event.

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Speaker 1: You only had twenty three players this year. Twenty three

549
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 1: players and Roger Goodell and whoever else you need to

550
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,919
Speaker 1: create a spectacle in that particular city. It's not like

551
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Speaker 1: the Combine, where you have hundreds of people that have

552
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 1: to get very specific jobs done and physicals and the

553
00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 1: measurements and everything else. That's a whole different deal moving

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Speaker 1: that around the draft. I don't want to say it's

555
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,440
Speaker 1: easy to move around because these cities Chicago and Philly

556
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:28,639
Speaker 1: and Nationale, they put on great shows. But it's not

557
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,040
Speaker 1: like you have to put the whole league there. Really,

558
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: it's a TV show that you're setting up. Yeah, no doubt.

559
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,359
Speaker 1: I had tune in radio a couple of years ago.

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Speaker 1: They texted me and I've been going on with them. Yeah,

561
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Speaker 1: during on Tuesdays throughout the year and they're like, hey, man,

562
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Speaker 1: we know you really know the draft to it. We'd

563
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 1: love to have you on. I was like, oh, yeah, cool,

564
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Speaker 1: I can come on before we start our show on Thursday.

565
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Speaker 1: And they're like, well, you're gonna be in I think

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Speaker 1: it was Philly, right, And I was like, no, I

567
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Speaker 1: never go to Philly do all the draft stuff. You

568
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Speaker 1: know here where we do it. He goes, oh, okay,

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Speaker 1: well let me get back to you. I was like,

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Speaker 1: all right, thought it was weird the asset, And so

571
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Speaker 1: when I got back on with him the next time,

572
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:05,159
Speaker 1: I said, well, hey, y'all need me for a drafting

573
00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,680
Speaker 1: like no, no, no no, we're really looking for somebody that's

574
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Speaker 1: gonna be in Philadelphia. I was like, why I didn't.

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Speaker 1: I didn't get it. I'm like, well, what are you

576
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 1: gonna do there? I mean you can, what are you gonna? Hey?

577
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Speaker 1: How's this scene? And feeling oh, it's crazy. Look at

578
00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 1: all these people. I could have told you I'm looking

579
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Speaker 1: at a TV on a monitor. I was like, do

580
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Speaker 1: you want to talk to me about the draft picks?

581
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 1: You want to talk to me? What's going on? I

582
00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: don't need to be in Philly for that at all.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we've proven that the last few years. We've

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Speaker 1: talked about every one of these draft picks, the texts

585
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 1: have had and every team has from right here in

586
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Speaker 1: these in these spots. Dre was sitting right here texting

587
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,919
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson last year from the green room, you know.

588
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,600
Speaker 1: So that perspective, that's all you need to do is

589
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 1: just just be there, you know not And I love

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Speaker 1: the fact that it has moved around. I'm curious to

591
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 1: see how it's gonna roll in Nashville. It's funny because

592
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Speaker 1: we do follow a few people that are Titans oriented,

593
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Speaker 1: and there has been some consternation about what the NFL

594
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,680
Speaker 1: has done in certain places, like they've gone through and there,

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Speaker 1: I guess there was an area where they had to

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Speaker 1: put the stage and they had to knock down some

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Speaker 1: trees and there were some things about that. So it's

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Speaker 1: gotten a little bit crazy. But I wouldn't mind it

599
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Speaker 1: coming through Houston because I just would like to kind

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Speaker 1: of see how they set it up. But you know

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Speaker 1: what it is in some sense, Mark, when I think

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Speaker 1: about the draft, and you've said this, a lot of

603
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Speaker 1: people have said this. As far as events for the

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Speaker 1: NFL go, it's number two yeah, and number one is

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Speaker 1: the super Bowl. Well, why does everybody want to broadcast

606
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Speaker 1: the draft because only one network gets to broadcast the

607
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Yeah, but anybody and everybody that wants to

608
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Speaker 1: broadcast the draft go ahead. They can do it except

609
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Speaker 1: except to get in the building. So Fox is not

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00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: doing it this year, and the NFL had toyed around

611
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Speaker 1: with the idea of all that networks doing it, and

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Speaker 1: I think they want to go there eventually be like

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Speaker 1: they will have it to be like Election Night. It's unbelievable, really,

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Speaker 1: It's like comes so far, NBC is gonna be the

615
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 1: the offensive draft, like they're heavily all the defensive, all

616
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Speaker 1: the defensive picks get reamed, and then you know Fox

617
00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 1: ends up being more about the defensive side and nobody

618
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 1: cares about offense over there is that where we're going.

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Speaker 1: You know, the difference between now and ages ago is

620
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Speaker 1: so interesting because for instance, you've been to Vegas where

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Speaker 1: all right, you've been to the Nugget on the Strip

622
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Speaker 1: and everything, and you go into some of those older

623
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Speaker 1: casinos like Binyons. I don't know if it was Binyons itself,

624
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:27,680
Speaker 1: but about ten years ago I was doing a bunch

625
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Speaker 1: of shows when the Nugget reopened under Fatita and everything,

626
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: and we'd go across the street to some of the

627
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Speaker 1: older places just to check them out and the sports

628
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: book and at least one or two of them was

629
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Speaker 1: literally a dry erase board. You know. It was like

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Speaker 1: Calves Celtics minus six. Who you got. Yeah, it was

631
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Speaker 1: so funny. And that's how the draft used to be, right,

632
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 1: the draft used to be child like that. Well you

633
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 1: see the thirty thirty on I forget who it's on though,

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Speaker 1: it's on the class of eighty three of quarterbacks. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: l waita Marino. Yeah, el waita Marino. That's the one.

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Speaker 1: That's what That's what it's called. So the draft is

637
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: literally hotel in New York and Pete Roselle's up there

638
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: and given the picks, and he's at a podium and

639
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: I think a podium says the hotel name on it's

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00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 1: Sheridan or something. It's not even like NFL. They barely

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Speaker 1: have an NFL Mike flag. I mean all these things

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Speaker 1: were afterthoughts back in the day. I love watching like

643
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Speaker 1: old sports video and you see where they missed out

644
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Speaker 1: on branding opportunities. They would never miss out on today.

645
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Speaker 1: The greatest games ever played in the NBA Boston Phoenix

646
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Speaker 1: Triple overtime seventy six Finals. Right. If you look at

647
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Speaker 1: press row, you can see the legs of everybody. It's

648
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Speaker 1: just a table on the sidelight. They don't even have

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Speaker 1: a banner, like a regular banner there. Wow, it would

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Speaker 1: be led today hill. Of course, yesterday I was watching

651
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Speaker 1: the show called Hey Rookie. They followed particular rookies and

652
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Speaker 1: they're following I'm trying to remember who they're following, but

653
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 1: Trace mcsoriley was one of them, and uh trying, I

654
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,520
Speaker 1: can't remember who else, but I know Trace mcstorier was

655
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Speaker 1: one of them. They're a few others and there's a

656
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Speaker 1: first rounder in that mix as well. Oh, Devin White

657
00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 1: from LSU. And they got some really good, really good footage.

658
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 1: But the first episode was not really about them. It

659
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: was about really the history of the Combine. Oh gosh.

660
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: And it wasn't all that long ago mark where we

661
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: couldn't even watch what was going on at the combine.

662
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 1: I mean, if you tell somebody that loves watching the Combine, hey,

663
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 1: you couldn't watch this ten years ago, twelve years ago. Yeah,

664
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 1: it'd be further back. I think it was a four

665
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 1: or five. They showed clips and there would be nobody

666
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: in the stands, I mean no body, he was the

667
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 1: teams were barely there and that was it. That was all.

668
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: And then you started they would kind of they kind

669
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 1: of panned through some prospects and they got to like

670
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, and then they had a shot

671
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 1: of Dashaun throwing a deep ball and had all these

672
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: people up in Lucas Oil, like up at the top

673
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 1: they were watching because I guess fans get to go

674
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: in on the Saturday. Yeah, And it was like that

675
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: was just unheard of, sure, unheard of years ago. And

676
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,239
Speaker 1: then they talked about the very first combine and what

677
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 1: the combine was about and basically what was happening for

678
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 1: the late seventies early eighties. Players would have to go

679
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 1: to these like almost regional combines. They go to all

680
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: these little ones, and they just said, why don't we

681
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:19,560
Speaker 1: just put it all in one spot, And that's how

682
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 1: it ended up in Indianapolis so they could have everybody

683
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 1: show up there. But when they showed the early days

684
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 1: the combine, they have like Tom Brady highlights from the

685
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: combine and it's I mean, it's it's a ghost town.

686
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 1: Cry it's a ghost town. I it's SD it is

687
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 1: and it's like there's nobody, nobody in the place. There

688
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: are RCA dome. It's terrible footage. It's all about Brady

689
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: himself tweets out the old picture of him. That was awesome.

690
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:48,440
Speaker 1: That was I mean, he's not a flattering pick. He's

691
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: good on Twitter. I thought it was interesting. He said something, Oh,

692
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:55,719
Speaker 1: it was Belichick's birthday. It was Belichick's birthday and I

693
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 1: wanted to tweet him so badly and I didn't. But

694
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 1: it was Belichick's birthday, said birthday, coach, even though you'll

695
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:05,680
Speaker 1: never see this, and I was like, careful that Tom.

696
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: I guarantee you that Bill Belichick has his ways of

697
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: knowing what goes on Twitter. I guarantee you all thirty

698
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:16,520
Speaker 1: two NFL they know what's going on Twitter. They may

699
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: not be following you at Coach Belichick, but I guarantee

700
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: you at Tom Brady twelve has got a follower that

701
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Speaker 1: is Bill Belichick in some way, shape or four. Oh sure,

702
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 1: no doubt, especially when tet involves him directly, It's gonna

703
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 1: end up on his desk exacted out. Probably, there's absolutely

704
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 1: no question in my mind. I thought that was interesting

705
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: to look at the combine and then thinking about Tom Brady.

706
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 1: But he tweeted out that picture, and it's like, oh, man,

707
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: of all the different things we're talking about the combine,

708
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 1: that guy has become the greatest football player of all time.

709
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 1: It's incredible. Well, things have obviously changed, and this week

710
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,800
Speaker 1: they're gonna be in Nashville. Like we said, it really

711
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: should be in Houston at some point. I hope Houston

712
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 1: gets it. I hope he Houston gets off super Bowl first.

713
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 1: It's a choice. Well, you'd rather a super Bowl, of course,

714
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 1: but the way that Houston does the super Bowl means

715
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:09,840
Speaker 1: that the Houston community can put on a great the county,

716
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: everybody involved, put on a great draft. You go downtown

717
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 1: Discovery Green, you have the two big hotels, you have

718
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 1: that sandwiching the Discovery Green area, you have the George R.

719
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 1: Bred I mean, you'll be fine. You'll be fine with

720
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 1: the NFL Draft. Here plenty of room for it. You'll

721
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 1: just have to make sure the astros are well. I

722
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 1: guess they would have to be out of town or

723
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Speaker 1: maybe not. I mean maybe you can work it out

724
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 1: like Friday Saturday might be. I mean, if you get it,

725
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: you're gonna get it ahead of time. You're gonna find

726
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,399
Speaker 1: out more than likely a year they have to be out.

727
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: You could not do a Friday night with the Astros.

728
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: Pould do it? You couldn't. But you could also make

729
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 1: the plea at that point that if hey, we're gonna

730
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,840
Speaker 1: put this thing in Houston, you can also call MLB

731
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:50,280
Speaker 1: and just say, hey, for this weekend Houston, can you guys,

732
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 1: well don't you get some Fridays off? Now? It's a

733
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 1: weird scheduling year and league. It's an odd Yeah, very

734
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,399
Speaker 1: odd your which, by the way, that's the one thing

735
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,400
Speaker 1: I haven't crushed check yet is are the Astros playing

736
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: in any of the towns that we will be going to?

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00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,319
Speaker 1: I know they won't. They're not going to Indianapolis, They're

738
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Speaker 1: not going to London. But are they in l Are

739
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 1: they in LA? They're not going to London? But are

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00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:15,959
Speaker 1: they going to Kansas City? Could they be in Kansas City? Uh? Maybe?

741
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 1: I think they try to avoid that though Kaufman Stadium

742
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Speaker 1: in our head stage. That's true, that's true together, that's true.

743
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: They true, They do try to avoid those because they

744
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:25,399
Speaker 1: share the parking lot. Yeah, which is what they tried

745
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,880
Speaker 1: to do in avoiding the Eagles, you know, for the Eagles.

746
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:29,359
Speaker 1: That's why the Eagles are on the road three weeks

747
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 1: in a row, because they anticipated a potential Phillies World Series.

748
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 1: So that's where that ended up going. So you're right,

749
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 1: But I would think if they they announced now they

750
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Speaker 1: haven't announced twenty twenties draft site, right, I don't believe,

751
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,240
Speaker 1: But I think they announced these things a year ahead

752
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 1: of time, so you would have time to say to

753
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball, Hey, we're gonna be there. Can you

754
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: guys keep the Astros out for that particular week? Uh,

755
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,239
Speaker 1: you know, here's our here's our concession back to you.

756
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: I'm sure there's kind of a quid pro quol with that,

757
00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: but I don't think they Vegas next year. Oh that's right, boy.

758
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,400
Speaker 1: All of a sudden, you know what, we really need

759
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: to do the show from the draft of the road

760
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 1: might not be a bad thing. Never mind what I said,

761
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: I was kidding. Don't you know what joke when you

762
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,400
Speaker 1: hear it, Friday Night show starts and Johnny's nowhere to

763
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Speaker 1: be found. Where's Johnny I'm at the blackjack tables and

764
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 1: I can't pull myself away. Could you imagine? I mean

765
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 1: a lot of trouble. All right, So I'm gonna throw

766
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:31,359
Speaker 1: some draft draftable guys. Okay, your way. You tell me

767
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,359
Speaker 1: if they're gonna be there or not. Okay, all right,

768
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 1: at number twenty three, at number twenty three, okay, Andre Dillard. No.

769
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Speaker 1: You know, it's funny because every mock draft mark that

770
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,439
Speaker 1: I have seen whenever there are no rules for making

771
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: a mock draft, but the one thing when you're looking

772
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: at a mock draft, you know they're gonna be trades.

773
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 1: And the one thing you look for trades are excess

774
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: draft capital, and the Texans have that with a second.

775
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,120
Speaker 1: Every mock draft I have seen, probably starting in the

776
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 1: middle of last week, has the Texans moving up. I've

777
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 1: seen them trading up to eight. I've with Detroit. I've

778
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:07,879
Speaker 1: seen them trading to Miami, and both those make sense

779
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:11,399
Speaker 1: because they've got New England ties, you know, with Bob

780
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:15,720
Speaker 1: Quinn in Detroit and then Chris Greer and Brian Floores

781
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,399
Speaker 1: is taken over Miami. I've seen them. When I saw

782
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 1: today had them moving to seventeen with the Giants every

783
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: single mock draft has had the Texans moving up all

784
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:30,280
Speaker 1: to take what player. Andre Dillard, all to take that player.

785
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 1: So I don't think he gets the twenty three aggressive

786
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,319
Speaker 1: but I know, and be darned good. I mean, you're

787
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:38,839
Speaker 1: moving up to take a tackle. And we just did

788
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 1: a whole show last week on the inexact science of

789
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 1: the draft and especially at this particular position. Yeah, and

790
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,399
Speaker 1: it would be tough, but I don't think. I don't

791
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 1: think Dillard gets the twenty three. Joan Taylor the number

792
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: one tackle off the board. I think it should be Dillard,

793
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:53,359
Speaker 1: but I think Taylor's is gonna go because I think

794
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,360
Speaker 1: he's gonna go Jacksonville, and Jacksonville needs more of a

795
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: right tackle than a left tackle because they've got Cam Robinson.

796
00:37:57,680 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: So I think Jacksonville makes a lot of sense for

797
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 1: Juwan Taylor. Buffalo makes some sense where Juan Taylor could

798
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: play him opposite Dean Dawkins at right tackle. I think

799
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 1: Taylor's gonna be the first off the board. I think

800
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:09,760
Speaker 1: it should be Dillard. I think Dillard's a better overall

801
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 1: player for the passing game in particular, but they're they're

802
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 1: really close to me. Is Cody Ford there at twenty three. Yes, okay, yes,

803
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:22,240
Speaker 1: I think he is there. Do you take him? Well,

804
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:27,439
Speaker 1: I mean if Jonah Williams, Juan Taylor, and Andre Dillard

805
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,880
Speaker 1: off the board, I would, and I would, he is said,

806
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: and I heard an interview with him saying he thinks

807
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 1: he can play left tackle. Now, I don't know. I

808
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 1: think that's a bit much for him. But I think

809
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 1: at guard he's a mainstay. But I think he could

810
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 1: play right tackle. You're not gonna draft a guard that high, though, No,

811
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,720
Speaker 1: unless it's Quinn Nelson. Okay, he's not available, Greg Little.

812
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: He'll be there at twenty three. Would you take him?

813
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 1: Everybody else is gone that we just mentioned except for

814
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,880
Speaker 1: Cody Ford. I put him in the mock draft for us.

815
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 1: The mock draft I did. I had the Texans taken

816
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,439
Speaker 1: him just because I think he is a bona fide

817
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: left tackle. I don't think you have to pla him

818
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 1: any of their position. He's just got to learn how

819
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 1: to play left tackle. So the one worry I have

820
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: with him is I just don't know in the run

821
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: game what we're gonna get from him. I just don't

822
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:14,560
Speaker 1: know that he's gonna fit us in the run game,

823
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: I think pass protecting wise, he would he'd come around,

824
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 1: but I I'd look, I'd look at the corners at

825
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,720
Speaker 1: that point he's on the board. Okay, Caleb c garry,

826
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 1: he'll be there at twenty three, and I would absolutely

827
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 1: take him in a heartbeat. I love Caleb Mcglet take

828
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: him twenty three. I'll take him a twenty. Throw a

829
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 1: monkey ranch at you, all right, you got greg little

830
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 1: Caleb McGarry and Greedy Williams there there at twenty three.

831
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,839
Speaker 1: Who you take him a cornerback by the way, boys

832
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,840
Speaker 1: and girls from El. This just is them as players.

833
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: I have no idea what they are off the field,

834
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: some of that other stuff. But I would take Greedy

835
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: because we need somebody that can cover t Y Hilton

836
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: and go find him at thirteen and say, look, you

837
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:57,839
Speaker 1: and I are gonna go at it all day long,

838
00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: and you'll get me some and I'm gonna get you some.

839
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: So you're gonna go get a Dalton. I'll get Risen

840
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: Dalton Riisener in the second round. I would love to,

841
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:07,320
Speaker 1: but he's not gonna be there. But I'll tell you

842
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:11,320
Speaker 1: what i'd take though, I'd take Greedy Williams and Titus Howard.

843
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 1: So Titus Howard from Alabama State, he'll be there in

844
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 1: the second round, I hope. So I got my fingers crossed.

845
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 1: There have been some teams sniffing around in the first round.

846
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,240
Speaker 1: But if he gets through the first round, then maybe

847
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 1: I gotta shot at him the second If all right,

848
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 1: So let's say it took Greedy. Greedy is somehow available,

849
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,759
Speaker 1: and you're there at tenth pick in the second round.

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Speaker 1: You're thinking Titus Howard is gonna be gone. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: use both of my twos to move up in this

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Speaker 1: hypothetically diverse and take Titus Howard. Are you happy? Are

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Speaker 1: you going away Friday Night happy with that? If I

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Speaker 1: walk away with Greedy Williams and Titis Howard, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: feel pretty good about that. But I would like I

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Speaker 1: would like to have I would like to have another

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Speaker 1: another play. I'd like to have that third player like

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Speaker 1: Pipkins or somebody like that. I mean, he's probably a

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Speaker 1: he's probably a play or I'm sorry early day three guy.

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't see him going into in the

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Speaker 1: day two range. But I would like to have two

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Speaker 1: players in that second round. Now what I might do

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Speaker 1: is take fifty four, and I might use that and

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Speaker 1: move up and maybe use maybe my fifth and maybe

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Speaker 1: next year's third or something. I might do that, but

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Speaker 1: I want to stay with my two second round picks.

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Speaker 1: I want two shots at it. I'm with Brian on this,

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Speaker 1: I want two at bats in the second round. Sounds good, Johnny,

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Speaker 1: thanks a lot, appreciate it. Mark than all right, thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening. Go check out the podcast Houston Texans dot

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Speaker 1: great night everyone, and go Texans.