1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,559 Speaker 1: To be able to take it to that next level. 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: That's what I'm excited about. Those avamental wide open across 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: the five peas in touchdown, Houston fires, somebody, this is intercepted. 4 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: Back to back possessions with picks for this Texans defense. 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: Takeaway number three on the day. Game day is every day, 6 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: five nights a week. HiT's keep on coming. No, it's 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: Texans all excess. Hello Texans. Let's letter rip tonight. As 8 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: the roster is never done, but we've gotten a lot 9 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,159 Speaker 1: closer to the completed product. Prior to opening day September 10 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: eleventh against the Indianapolis Colts. Mark of Adamir and John 11 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,200 Speaker 1: Harris with you, Johnny, how are you tonight? My friend? 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: We're looking at the list together basically for the first time. 13 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: We haven't really talked about it, so this is fresh 14 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: stuff here for everybody. Well, there is one thing we 15 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: talked about this afternoon. Man, we talked about it for 16 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: a while. That's true, we did. We weren't really arguing 17 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: with each other. I think we were sort of just 18 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: like letting it out, like talking it out and talking 19 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: it through. But Mark, I'll say, after I saw the list, 20 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: I really you know, there would be times. Okay, this 21 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: is an inside baseball thing, but there's certain practice training 22 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: camp practices, and then their regular season practices. And the 23 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 1: way that the regular season practices go, there's about a 24 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: ten minute stretching period in a twenty minute special teams period. 25 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: That's thirty minutes in which not a lot is going 26 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: on that we can actually write about or talk about. 27 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: And so sometimes my mind wanders. Sometimes Mark Vannimer just 28 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: doesn't even go out for that that part in practice. 29 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: But I do fifty three man rosters at that point. 30 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: And so the last time we had a practice, I 31 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: can't remember what that was, but I did the fifty 32 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: three man roster and I was off on two welcome back. 33 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: We got a you know, a little hiccup in the system. 34 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: It's you know, look, if you spent years at my 35 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: former radio station, you know how it goes. You just 36 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: gotta come back when you can when you can come back. 37 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,119 Speaker 1: But as I was saying, fifty three man roster was 38 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: I don't want to say it was, you know identified, 39 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: but it's one of the things that Nick Kissario loves 40 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: to talk about, and that is the roster will reveal 41 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: itself to you. I felt like this year was This 42 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: year was that year. This year was the year in 43 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:38,360 Speaker 1: which it really just revealed itself, if the one exception 44 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: of Marlon Mack as Mark Vandimir joins me back in 45 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: and Mark, I was just saying about Nick Caissario, the 46 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: one thing he likes to say to us is that 47 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: the roster reveals itself, and I started using that that 48 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,679 Speaker 1: kind of phraseology that that Nick uses. I think we 49 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: kind of, I don't know, we laugh at it a 50 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 1: little bit. We chucked out a little bit because the 51 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: way that he says it, but it really is true. 52 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: I felt like this roster this year probably revealed itself 53 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: more so than any roster of any other year. Like 54 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: just watching kind of see things evolved, and you're like, Okay, 55 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,639 Speaker 1: I got a feeling. I know what this fifty three 56 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: is gonna be as we get into a cutdown day. 57 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: And that's where we are right now. All right, let's 58 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: get to some of the headlines here. Quarterbacks. You have 59 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,119 Speaker 1: two of them. Jeff Driscoll did not make the initial 60 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: fifty three, and we'll see how that shape's moving forward. 61 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: We have two quarterbacks on this roster, Davis Mills and 62 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: Kyle Allan Johnny. Let's get right to the running backs here. 63 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: You mentioned Marlon Mack, so you're gonna go with Damian Pierce, 64 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: the rookie from Florida. Rex Burkhead is still around, the 65 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: ten year veteran from Nebraska, and he'll be a third 66 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 1: down back. He's a sub back. He's a guy who 67 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: can help your squad. Royce Freeman still on the roster, 68 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: and here is I'm not gonna call it a shocker 69 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 1: at all. We love the way he played in the preseason. 70 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: Dari ogunbo good special teams player, look good running with 71 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: the football the preseason games, and I think the big 72 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna call it an upset at all. I 73 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: think it's really good thing. And I know you agree 74 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: that the rookie from Central Michigan. We need some Chippewa 75 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: blood here. Troy Harriston, the fullback who hits us snot 76 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: out of people five eleven, two forty five, and he 77 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: saw him in the eye with Pierce on that initial 78 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: drive in the victory over the forty niners. Hairston makes 79 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 1: the squad and that is a beautiful thing. You are 80 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: going to go smash math Love he wants to be physical. 81 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: Love he wants to assert the physicality of his offense 82 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 1: and offensive line and all of that. You got Hairston 83 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: and Pierced behind this line. They're gonna have some fun 84 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: running out of the eye and whatever other formations. Peth 85 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: Hamilton comes up with Mark who Well, this is kind 86 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: of hard because fullbacks has sort of, you know, died away. 87 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: But one of the best fullbacks that's ever played this 88 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: game was a guy that signed with the Patriots and 89 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,919 Speaker 1: played with the Patriots for its entire career, and he 90 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: didn't play every play, but he was instrumental when the 91 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: Patriots wanted to go twenty one personnel twenty two personnel 92 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: and they would want to pound the rock. I remember 93 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen in particul Killer. They were struggling throwing out 94 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 1: the law at twenty eighteen, and in the playoffs they 95 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: decided we're gonna go twenty on personal over put James 96 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: Devlin from my university, from my Albam mater, from Brown University. 97 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: We'll put Devil in at fullbacker. We're just gonna pound, 98 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: and they did. James Devlin at Brown University was a 99 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: defensive lineman, edge rusher. Now I'm not gonna sit here 100 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: and tell you that it works all the time to 101 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: take a defensive edge rusher. But I remember seeing Harrison 102 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: the first time out at rookie minicamp, and I just 103 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: didn't know what they were gonna do with him because 104 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: he's six foot a shade under six foot, but he's thick, 105 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: and I thought that's not the build of somebody that 106 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: they played defensive end. So I knew he was gonna 107 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: change positions, but I thought they might they might move 108 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: the inside linebacker. Maybe that's the way to go. The 109 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,679 Speaker 1: next time we saw him, he was in a Blue 110 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: Jersey meeting. He was moving over to offense, and I thought, 111 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: that's brilliant. I want to see that because I thought 112 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: the Texas could have done that. Look at like Dylan Cole, 113 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: Dylan stuck behind a lot of linebackers, but Dylan was 114 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: a great athlete. Dylan would have been a great fullback. 115 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,480 Speaker 1: It's an interesting transition to go from defensive line in 116 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: college to fullback in the NFL. But if you have 117 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: the mindset I'm gonna go hit that guy as hard 118 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: as I possibly can and open a hole, then my 119 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: running back can then follow me through. Then you got 120 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,039 Speaker 1: an opportunity and that's what Troy Harriston showed. And I 121 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: saw him going on a locker room where we were 122 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: in LA and I just looked at him and I said, 123 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: you could play on my team anytime, and he just 124 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: kind of chuckled a little bit. But it's true. I'll 125 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: take that guy all day, every day. I was very 126 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: glad to see hopefully he stays in the roster and 127 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: continues to give this team what they've been looking for. 128 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: And that's a physical presence as he goes to block 129 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: people on the edge, as he goes to block linebackers 130 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: on io, all those kind of things. Troy Harriston could 131 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: definitely provide that. You know, if they're very successful running 132 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: the football this year, they're not going to run out 133 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: of the eye all the time. Harriston won't be in 134 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: the game all the time. Pierson'll be my game a 135 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: lot more than Harriston and Pierce. But this duo is 136 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: really interesting. The energy is infectious. These guys play with 137 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: a lot of juice. It's gonna be fun to watch. 138 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: Now there are five running backs, including the fullback Hairston, 139 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: so Quesenbury didn't make it. You know that Jenevich was 140 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: shown the door last week or whatever it was, and 141 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens with those guys. But five running 142 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: backs including the fullback. If you told me that Mac 143 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: wouldn't be among five, if they kept five, I'd say really. 144 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: But remember this is a fluid situation, and for all 145 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: we know, Nick Kissario is either making a deal for 146 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: somebody right now. One of these guys will be gone. 147 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: I can tell you it won't be Pierce for sure, 148 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: but one of these guys might be gone, or they 149 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 1: make room for him somehow. Another back they acquire, either 150 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: a waiver claim or a free agent pickup or a 151 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: trade whatever. Everything is possible. Still, so keep that in mind. 152 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,679 Speaker 1: This is an initial they gotta get down to fifty 153 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: three to three o'clock kind of roster. Johnny, let's go 154 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: to receivers here, as there are only four. I say 155 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: only because that's a pretty low number for an NFL team. 156 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: It's happened here before. But we'll see. I mean, you 157 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: get the feeling and acquisition is coming here. And again, 158 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: when I say five running backs, that would mean you'd 159 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: have to musical chairs or you have to subtract one 160 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: to add another. But the receivers are as you can well, 161 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: imagine Brandon Cooks and Nico Collins, Philip Dorset who we 162 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: really like. He's got to stay healthy, but when he's 163 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: healthy he makes plays. And Chris Moore caught the touchdown 164 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: against the forty nine ers. He's looked good at camp. 165 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: If you've been watching camp practices. More has definitely improved 166 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: from a year ago. He's a six year veteran, but 167 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: he's headed in the right direction. There's still some upside 168 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: for him there despite being in the league for a 169 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: few years. So that's good. But again, we'll see no 170 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: Chris Conley on the roster. That's a little bit of 171 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: a surprise. We'll see what happens with the practice squad 172 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: with Johnny Johnson and Jailing Camp who aren't on the 173 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 1: fifty three. But there's a lot to chew on here. Johnny, 174 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: as you look at these four wideouts, yeah, no doubt. 175 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: The fact first of all, just four, the fact that 176 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: you have four And the first thought is, man, you 177 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 1: know you're gonna play three receivers at some point, right, 178 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: So what that doesn't give you a whole heck of 179 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: a lot from a depth perspective, But then step back 180 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: and realize you have some guys that running back that 181 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: can catch them all the backfield. They kind of act 182 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: as slow receivers, and Brevin Jordan is probably more receiver 183 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: than he is tight end. So you keep Brevin Jordan 184 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: what you're gonna keep Brevin Jordan anyways, But you have 185 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: Brevin Jordan, and he kind of becomes like the fifth member. 186 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: He kind of becomes Tito of the Jackson five. You know, 187 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: he can be that fifth member of the of the 188 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: wide receiver group just as much as he can be 189 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 1: the second or third member of the tight end group. 190 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: So you have that m plus what we saw a 191 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,080 Speaker 1: training camp, and we don't know how much Pep is 192 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: gonna You know, Pep could go out there the first 193 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: game of the year and he could just go five 194 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: wide somehow with the four wideouts he's got and Brevin 195 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: and just sling it if you wanted to. I don't 196 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: expect him to do that, but he could. But what 197 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 1: we saw a training camp was a lot of twelve personnel, 198 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 1: a lot of two tight ends on the field, a 199 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 1: lot of twenty two personnel, a lot of two tight 200 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: ends in the field. There are even times there are 201 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: three tight ends onto the field. So they're gonna use 202 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: the tight ends, and that I thought was another one 203 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: of the stories, the fact that Mason Shrek and Seth 204 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,040 Speaker 1: Green were released. Now they can come back on the 205 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:20,240 Speaker 1: practice squad, but they were released, which tells me a 206 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: Farah Brown hopefully is closer to coming back and being 207 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: being well. And it also means to me that Tiguan 208 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: Quatoriano will seemingly be closer to one hundred percent. He's 209 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:34,719 Speaker 1: been kind of banged up throughout training camp, kind of 210 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: in and out at times, so that tells me maybe 211 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: they feel better about how Tigan's feeling and maybe he 212 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,319 Speaker 1: can come along at a solid rate to provide some 213 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: play next to Farah Brown and Brevet Jordan. Yeah, I 214 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: saw a tweet that Teagan was going to be headed 215 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,920 Speaker 1: for short term I r I think was Aaron Wilson 216 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: or one of those guys. But interesting. We'll see how 217 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 1: they play that because he's on this roster right now 218 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: and Anthony o' claire not around. Look, he was banged up. 219 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: Wanted to see him get healthy. You know, they like him, 220 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: but it is what it is. Right there could be 221 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: a deal in the works. They made a trade for 222 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: Shaheen in the training camp. Period, but that was called back, 223 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: as we all know, because of failing the physical, like 224 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: you said, So we'll see where it goes. Offensive line, 225 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: and I know offensive line talk is so exciting on 226 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: sports talk radio, but it should be because Kenyan cream 227 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: making a lot of noise nationally after knocking some people 228 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: around in the preseason finale against San Francisco. That was good. 229 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:37,440 Speaker 1: The rookie from Aggie Land so obviously Kenyon. You have 230 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: Laramie of Titus, you have Justin britt you still have 231 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: a j. Cann of course from the Jaguars, and Charlie 232 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 1: Heck as a swing tackle. Austin Deculus makes it. The 233 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,959 Speaker 1: rookie from LSU very nice. Scott Quazenberry's your backup center. 234 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,440 Speaker 1: We saw plenty of him, and Justin mccraig could play 235 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: center as well. You have nine old lineman here, Johnny, 236 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 1: I don't think there are any real surprises here based 237 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: on what you had in cap. Again, maybe another pickup 238 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: is on the way at an exchange if you will swap, 239 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: but this is what you've got right now, these nine 240 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: old lineman. Yeah, I don't think there's any any surprises 241 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: from from the old line at all, you know, there 242 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: was you know, people saw Max Sharping's name go up, 243 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: and you know, I don't think Max has had the 244 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: training camp that he probably wanted to have or that 245 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 1: he thought he could have. Um, you know, centrical boy, 246 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: he was a guy that was brought in because he 247 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: had experience with George Warhop. But I think what you 248 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: saw from Austin Deculus out on the edge was promising, 249 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: very promising, whether he's a rookie or not. And Charlie 250 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,840 Speaker 1: heck continues to improve. Uh, and you're not gonna keep 251 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: five tackles and so obviously somebody becomes expendable and that 252 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: ends up being set away he out at tackle. But 253 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: nine alignments about right. I think last year it was seven. 254 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: It was seven last year, which I thought, oh boy, seven. Um, 255 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: I don't know how much I love having seven. Nine 256 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: I feel better about because the nine you look at 257 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: and think, yeah, like I said, the roster revealed itself 258 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 1: and you know it got like Justin McCrae, how vital 259 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 1: he can be being a center and a guard. Paul 260 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 1: excuse me. Scott Quisenberry could play both center and guard. 261 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: Austin Deciels could play left and right tackle. Charlie could 262 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: play left and right tackle. So you've got some some 263 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: roster flexibility there with your offensive line. But if you said, hey, 264 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: they're keeping nine, these have the been the exact nine 265 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: I would have picked. These are the nine that have 266 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: looked probably the best throughout training camp and onto the preseason. 267 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,200 Speaker 1: And it's sad about Max Sharping's second round pick from 268 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, that he couldn't make this roster, that he 269 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: couldn't continue his career here. Showed a lot of promises 270 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:47,319 Speaker 1: rookie year. It just didn't hold and go up the 271 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,199 Speaker 1: way you wanted it too. And maybe he gets another 272 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: opportunity somewhere else and shines or maybe here, who knows. 273 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't mean it's the end, but it's 274 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: bad that it didn't happen here for him. Also too 275 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: bad in the too bad department. As we flipped to 276 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: the defense here, there's some really good news on this 277 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: defensive line. It we'll get to it. But Ross Blacklock 278 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: reportedly traded today. You read those reports and heard them earlier. 279 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: Ross Blacklock over to Minnesota, no longer part of this franchise. 280 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: We all know he was the fortieth pick in that 281 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: twenty twenty draft We know how they got the pick, 282 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: and I'm sure they went over that material very well today, 283 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: but you could see it happening because they got so 284 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: deep here. This is what you call, in a way, 285 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: a luxury problem. We can't hang out of the guy 286 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: we took in the second round of twenty twenty because 287 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: there's a lot of talent here and they need to 288 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: play in front of him, and you can't keep everybody. 289 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: So they made that move. So it's a good news 290 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: bad news kind of thing. And it's too bad Ross, 291 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: because he's a text and he's a local guy. You 292 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: wanted to see him make it. It just didn't work out. 293 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: You know, you got Ross Blacklock on another team right now. 294 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: And another TCU guy came into the offseason. That would 295 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: be Jerry Hughes, the thirteen year veteran, and obviously he's 296 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: on this roster. Obo O'caronquo is on the fifty three, 297 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: and he was banged up a little bit last week, 298 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: so you would project that he should be okay. Not 299 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: an ir situation, but you never know. Again, things can change. 300 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: But Johnny, when you look at this, they kept ten 301 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: defensive lineman. You and I were talking about it would 302 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: it be nine or ten. You know, love, he loves 303 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: these d linemen, loves to rotate them in and out. 304 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: And one thing I knew, Nick Cassirio, by the way, 305 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: is going to join us. Twenty four hours from now, 306 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: six o'clock tomorrow night. Nick Casserio will join us, and 307 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: it'll be on six ten the next morning. But I 308 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: know one thing he's gonna say is the coaches know 309 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: that it's really a number of forty six, not fifty three. 310 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: They're looking at who they can take to the game 311 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: on Sunday. You will have an inactive list, and yeah, 312 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: you want to be able to draw from that when 313 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: you need it. But they're looking at who's playing. Well, 314 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: not everybody's gonna be active in this D line group 315 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: of ten, but man, oh man, do they look deep 316 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: deeper than last year. And last year's group made play, 317 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: So that's a good thing. Yeah, there's no doubt you. 318 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: I asked you and Andre during the game. It's a 319 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: nine ers, I challenge you to come up with nine. 320 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: And I felt pretty confident I could get to ten, 321 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,360 Speaker 1: Like I felt good, like, okay, these would be the 322 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: ten I would come up with. But getting to nine, 323 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 1: I'm like oh boy, because now at nine, I'm thinking, well, 324 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 1: I know that Hughes Lopez, Malague, John Obo, Mario Rashime Booker, 325 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: because he's a rookie. Those guys are pretty you know, 326 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: pretty locked in. But are you gonna force me to 327 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: choose between highest four? I mean I would pick Hinish, 328 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: but man, DWAMP four has been really, really good. But 329 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 1: the fact he kept ten I think speaks to where 330 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: how much dwam fours improved and the type of player 331 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: that Hinih is is growing into. I mean the fact 332 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: that you have a second year guy in DWAM four, 333 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: you have a rookie and Booker and a rookie and 334 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: Hinish that you feel like you could put on the 335 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: field against Indianapolis and one and they could go hold 336 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,199 Speaker 1: their own. I mean, that's it's a big feather in 337 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,520 Speaker 1: your cap to let them. You say draft and develop, 338 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 1: I mean dwem for you wouldn't say draft and developed, 339 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: but he got here last year as a rookie, so 340 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 1: they've essentially developed him over the last couple of years. 341 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: Highness not drafted but signed here and developing here. And 342 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 1: then of course Thomas Booker drafted and hopefully going to 343 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 1: develop here for a long time, but to see youth 344 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: on a defensive line that could also step up. There's 345 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 1: not this gap between here are your front four and 346 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 1: here's your other five. This is a group that has 347 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: seemingly depth that when the first group comes out or 348 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: whatever combination would you come up with, you don't drop 349 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: off when you go to any one of the young 350 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: guys that can go in the game. Yeah. Look, Kurt Highness, 351 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: this is an interesting story from our point of view 352 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 1: and everyone who listens to Texans Radio because OTAs we 353 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: saw Highness shout there, and it wasn't like last year 354 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: when we saw Roy Lopez. When you and I saw 355 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: Roy Lopez at OTAs, we were thinking, that guy looks 356 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: like he's gonna be very interesting, you know, just on 357 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: the hoof, as you would say, right yes, on those 358 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: two three twenty three trunk legs. Let's just see how 359 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 1: he can play. Though heiness didn't quite have that physically 360 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: imposing presence or the same kind. He's only six two, 361 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: three hundred pounds my gosh, But anyway, Roy Lopez mentioned 362 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: him by name in the interview we did with Roy 363 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: right at the end of Mini Camp or right around 364 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: Mini Camp, right we interviewed Roy Lopez and he's talked 365 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 1: about hiness a little bit. We were like, all right, 366 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. Undrafted rookie whatever. Anyway, heinis makes 367 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: his team now, and he was impossible not to notice 368 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: during camp and then in the preseason games and last 369 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: one especially. So the rookie from Notre Dame is on 370 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 1: this squad, and this is the NFL. Baby rookies come 371 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: in and if you're not ready to hold your own, 372 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: you're gonna be on the outside looking in and looking 373 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:51,400 Speaker 1: at a guy like an undrafted free agent taking your spot. 374 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: Here is Kurt Heinish, Ladies and gentlemen. It's gonna be 375 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:56,679 Speaker 1: fun to watch. Now. You do have ten defensive linemen. 376 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: You do have eight linebackers, Johnny, And this is where 377 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,280 Speaker 1: it gets interesting. If you do pick up another receiver, 378 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: where is the spot the vacancy going to be created? 379 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: Is it with the linebacker group? You have eight linebackers, 380 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: you have twenty seven defensive players. That's a pretty healthy 381 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: number right there. So we'll see. But the linebackers are 382 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 1: right now. Anyway, Christian Harris is on the fifty three, Johnny. 383 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: That's as good in development as you can imagine right now. 384 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 1: You know, we thought maybe I are. We'll see. I mean, 385 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: everything's still possible. I guess, but I are. But Christian 386 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: Harris is on the fifty three. Jake Hanson, Yeah, the 387 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 1: undrafted rookie from Illinois, Lovey Smith product, Jake Hanson, who 388 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,640 Speaker 1: played well in the preseason games. He's on this fifty three. Obviously, 389 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: Camu Blake Cashman. There was no doubt about him when 390 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,160 Speaker 1: we started watching training camp practice in these preseason games 391 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: that he was gonna make it. Christian Kirksey, the OG 392 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: of this group. Neville Hewitt, really good taggler. Jalen Reeves 393 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: may have been played well in camp and in the 394 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 1: preseason games. Wallow has been banged up, but you know 395 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: they like him a awful lot draft choice from last year. 396 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: And those are your linebackers going into twenty twenty two. 397 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: Now again, this could change moving into opening week. Yeah, 398 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 1: and I think part of it we'll have to potentially 399 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 1: do with Christian Harrison. One other thing about the roster. 400 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 1: Keep this in mind, there are sometimes and I'm not 401 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 1: gonna I don't know all the reasons why, but if 402 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,920 Speaker 1: you remember last year, remember the Texans head to quote 403 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: unquote release John Weeks and then they turned right around 404 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 1: and brought him back. That could happen for a veteran, 405 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,479 Speaker 1: we don't know, but I remember when that happened almost 406 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: immediately because people are like, well, Weeks he's the best 407 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: snapper in which he is. But then you find out, Okay, 408 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: it's a procedural thing that they gotta go through. Weeks, 409 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,159 Speaker 1: he's coming back. It's could be all good, but you 410 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: just gotta go go through this mechanism. You mentioned. Christian Harris. 411 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 1: I'm very curious where he is in in his return 412 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: because he's been out for probably a couple of weeks, 413 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: maybe two, two and a half weeks. In the beginning 414 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: of camp, well, he was excellent, I mean excellent. You're 415 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: watching him going, okay, well, the future is right there. 416 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: Forty eight's the future, thirty two is making some plays. 417 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 1: That's Garrett Walldow, that's the future. Boy. They're gonna have 418 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: a pretty stout linebacker crew. Then Christian Harris goes down, 419 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: and then you've got Garret Wallow who went down, and 420 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: you don't get a chance to see those guys in 421 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: the preseason games, and those guys would have shined those 422 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: preseason games, but it opened up the door for Blake 423 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: Cashman to come on in and show what he could do. However, 424 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: I do feel like if there is a waiver, claim, 425 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 1: a trade, a player acquisition of some sort, I don't 426 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: think you can keep eight linebackers. I don't think you 427 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 1: can keep them unless one could play corner. Because I'm 428 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 1: looking at corner thinking there, if my math is right, 429 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: I see three corners of the guys that actually play 430 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: corner and play a corner alone. Now Desmond King can 431 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: go over there and play corner, so you've got that. 432 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: But I would think if you're gonna if you're gonna 433 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: add somewhere, linebacker might be the spot. And ultimately you 434 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: might go to the D line and think, but these 435 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 1: guys can all contribute. Linebackers can all contribute on special teams, 436 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 1: So maybe we do keep eight. I don't. I just 437 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 1: I don't see that happening. But that's a pretty mean 438 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: We said it along. D line linebackers were the most 439 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: impressive groups that we saw during training camp. So if 440 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: a player is added, that might be the group. And 441 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: and maybe it's the rookie Hanson that you could try 442 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: and bring back on practice squad. I don't know, but 443 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: Jake Hanson can do some things now. And if somebody's 444 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: gonna know what that guy can do when he's healthy, 445 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 1: it's Lovely Smith. In the two years, the last two 446 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: years under Lovely Smith at Illinois, Jake Hanson led the 447 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: nation in those two years combined takeaways in nineteen to twenty. 448 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,640 Speaker 1: That dude can ball, and when he's healthy, he can 449 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: really ball. But it's just a matter of and he's 450 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,360 Speaker 1: a rookie amongst a group with some veterans and then 451 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 1: some young dudes that have been banged up. So we'll 452 00:22:56,320 --> 00:23:00,920 Speaker 1: see how that comes to fruition. But that seven has 453 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 1: been as deep as we've seen it in quite some time. 454 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: With the defensive backs obviously, Steven Nelson, Derek Stingley Junior, 455 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: those are your corners, Petrie and Jo. The safeties, you 456 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: have Desmond King as a nickel. You know, tav R. 457 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,159 Speaker 1: Thomas is on this fifty three, and I'll be curious 458 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: to see what they do with him. He's a little 459 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,159 Speaker 1: nicked up. And Eric Murray still on the squad. You 460 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 1: and I were a little surprised that Terrence Brooks did 461 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: not make it onto this, but we'll see how they 462 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 1: play him moving forward. M J. Stewart, also on the 463 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,679 Speaker 1: fifty three is safety, but you're right, there's not a 464 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 1: lot of depth there at corner. You would expect that 465 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,679 Speaker 1: they might go looking there and they'll have to make 466 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: a spot available. So as we read these names, you 467 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 1: gotta keep that in mind. Nick would be the first 468 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: to say, again, Nicko surio tomorrow six o'clock. Right here, 469 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: He'll be the first to say, it's fluid, baby, It 470 00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: is never done. We just had to get to a 471 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 1: number by three o'clock today and then we're going to 472 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: take it from there. And that is absolutely the case. 473 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: I don't have to remind everybody what happened on Labor 474 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: Day three years ago, Labor Day weekend, when I mean 475 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:13,600 Speaker 1: the roster just got rocked Laramie, Carlos Hide, the team 476 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: looked very different, Kenny still's very different going into opening 477 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 1: week at New Orleans that year. I'm not saying something 478 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,119 Speaker 1: like that's gonna happen this year, but you never know 479 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 1: what these guys have up there. Sleep and the specialists, 480 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 1: of course, Kamie Fairbair and Cameron Johnston and John Weeks. 481 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,240 Speaker 1: I have to mention Weeks because the twelve year vet, 482 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: the longest tenured Texan. He's seen some things, Okay, he's 483 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:40,159 Speaker 1: seen some regimes, he's seen some success, some seasons that 484 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: weren't so successfully, seeing an awful lot here, and he's 485 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 1: back for another run. All right. When we get back, 486 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 1: we'll talk about some of the nuances, especially on offense here, 487 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:50,720 Speaker 1: what is this going to look like? This could be 488 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 1: a whole lot of fun. We know about the defense, 489 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 1: We know takeaways, sacks, We know the number twenty of 490 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: combined sacks and takeaways in the preseason. What about on offense? 491 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: The way this thing's shaping up as we have it 492 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 1: right now? It's Texans Radio. More Texans Radio is on 493 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: the way. Texas Children's Hospital is proud to be the 494 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,600 Speaker 1: official children's hospital of the Houston Texans and local sponsor 495 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 1: of Play sixty. Getting kids moving for just sixty minutes 496 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,399 Speaker 1: a day can improve bone health, fitness, brain function, attention, 497 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: and academic performance. 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Hey, 507 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 1: guess what. Now we're working on this ramp over here. 508 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: And that's just an NFL roster. It's always gonna be 509 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:16,199 Speaker 1: worked on. But it is a pretty big day because 510 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: they had to waive a lot of guys, release a 511 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: lot of guys. The waved guys passed through a different 512 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,719 Speaker 1: process of waivers. I'm not gonna explain it all right now, 513 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,640 Speaker 1: just trust me. They're not with the team. They could 514 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:29,000 Speaker 1: come back on the practice squad. That's how that goes. 515 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,360 Speaker 1: They have not announced a practice squad yet. I haven't 516 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: seen any reports on any signings on the practice squad 517 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,880 Speaker 1: because the wave guys have to pass through waivers. See 518 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: that would make sense anyway. Johnny Shaquille Leonard passed as physical. 519 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: Reportedly that's great, and by great, I mean that's too 520 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: bad for the Texans. It's good for Shaquille Leonard. I 521 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: still encourage him to sit out the year just for 522 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 1: safety purposes. Well, here's the thing it's gonna be. That 523 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: game is gonna be the first time he will have 524 00:26:56,119 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: had pads on since January eleventh. It'll be nine months 525 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: since he's hit anybody. So you know there's gonna be 526 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: some rust. There's gonna be some overaggression, him trying to 527 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 1: do too much if he plays. Let's keep that in 528 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 1: mind too. If he plays, they've been targeting week one 529 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 1: all along for Shiell Leonard to come back. Will he 530 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: be ready to go? If he is, great, let's go. 531 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,960 Speaker 1: Let's hammer, let's dance. Ken you Green, Justin britt Aj 532 00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,960 Speaker 1: Can you gotta handle to Forrest Buckner, Grover Stewart and 533 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: make sure somebody gets a had him fifty three, Because 534 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: fifty three running the football, he's gonna be punching, he's 535 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: gonna be stripping, he's gonna be pulling it out. You 536 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: got to frustrate fifty three all day long. Your goals 537 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: should be no dancing, none of that maniac stuff. Hit 538 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 1: him right in the mouth or make him run around you. 539 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 1: He's two hundred and fifteen pounds and he's gonna be 540 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: playing his first football in nine months, So make him pay. 541 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:50,000 Speaker 1: I've done kind him a one eighty on that mark. 542 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: I kind of want him to play. I kind of 543 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,880 Speaker 1: want him to play, really because you're not well. Yes 544 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,159 Speaker 1: and no. First of all, you kind of have to. 545 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: But second secondly, like I said, he could have some 546 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: serious russ as he's out there in the field. I 547 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: mean when you in practice and training camp, Okay, it's 548 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,479 Speaker 1: a little different deal. Now he's playing a lot of football. 549 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: He can get back up the speed relatively quickly. Well, 550 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: sometimes that's not happening in week one. I mean think 551 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: back to the players that we have had over the years, 552 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 1: high profile players that have been out for a while 553 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: and then had to come back in week one or 554 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: came back in week one. I don't remember any of 555 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: them that you went, oh, yeah, that dude's back. It 556 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: was like, no, it's kind of a slow burn. Just 557 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: kind of stay with me here because it'll get better. Interesting, 558 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: that's the way I kind of look at this with him. 559 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,959 Speaker 1: He's gonna be a little bit he's not gonna be 560 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: himself right away, and I'll take that in week one, 561 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: all right. So let's do a little more likely to happen. 562 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: It's sort of a muted down version, but related to 563 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 1: the roster. Okay, with these running backs and fullbacks meaning 564 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 1: one fullback, I'm just looking at the positional roster here 565 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,080 Speaker 1: it says fullbacks. But they know what we mean and 566 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: we know what they mean. Troy Harriston is your fullback. 567 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: We talked about him in the opening segment, undrafted rookie 568 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: from Central Michigan. So you could have two rookies lining 569 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: up in the eye. Damian Pierce obviously the tailback. Your 570 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 1: other backs, Royce Freeman, Rex Burkhead. Dare Johnny more likely 571 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: to happen? Burkehead to be second and carries on this 572 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 1: team or somebody else more likely to happen? What do 573 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: you think second and carries? Obviously a healthy Pierce you 574 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: would assume is going to get the bulk of the carries. 575 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: I think I'm very safe to say that. Yeah, I 576 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: think that's the one thing. And I know you're not 577 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: talked about this, and I as I, you know, drove 578 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: and thought and drove and thought and thought more about it. 579 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: And I don't think anybody really understood how good Damian 580 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: Pierce is gonna be And I think had they known that, 581 00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: maybe there was maybe there was a little different approach, like, 582 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: hey man, Pierce is really good. He is going to 583 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:04,600 Speaker 1: be RB one note in week ten, not in week nine, 584 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: but in week one he's gonna beat RB one. And 585 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: maybe had they had they known that, maybe there's a 586 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: different approach, maybe they would have looked at it differently. 587 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: Maybe not. Maybe this was what they thought all along. 588 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: As soon as we saw Damian Pierce, we realized, Okay, 589 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 1: it didn't take a low. I didn't even take us 590 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: seeing him in that game against the Saints, we already 591 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: knew this dude is a flat baller. Now game speed 592 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: picks up. If anybody is gonna adapt to it, I 593 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: think he's going to Jim Naggi, who is the senior 594 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 1: director of the Senior Bowl. He had a tweet earlier today. 595 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: I thought it was pretty interesting. Somebody had posted something 596 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: about Damian Pierce, and he retweeted and said, you know, 597 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: when we knew Damian Pierce was gonna be great when 598 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: on the opening kickoff of the game, his GPS number 599 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 1: was the highest number they had measured on a kickoff 600 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: coverage unit. And I wrote back and I said, Jim, 601 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,320 Speaker 1: I said, if Damian Pierce is covering kickoffs for US 602 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 1: this year, we're all fired because he's not gonna be 603 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: governing kick cuffs. That dude's gonna be running the rock. 604 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: But I what the plan is behind him, I don't know, 605 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 1: but I do think they will look at running backs 606 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: that are out there and running backs that are on 607 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: other rosters. You look at around. I just picked up 608 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: the AFC East. I just started looking at I started 609 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,840 Speaker 1: with the AFC East. Haven't gone through all of them, 610 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 1: but Alexander Madison from the Vikings as his name has 611 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: been out there. But you look at players that haven't 612 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,800 Speaker 1: been let go or released and you're like man Miles 613 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: Gaston in Miami. He was a starter for them. He's 614 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: number three on a depth chart right now. That's a 615 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: guy who's had a lot of cares. He carried it 616 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 1: against US, didn't have it Tom, but he had some 617 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: really nice key runs at times against US last year. 618 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 1: You have Zack Moss who's third in Buffalo they just 619 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: drafted the second round or last year, and James past 620 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: year and James Cook go with Devin Singletary. Is that 621 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,680 Speaker 1: the type of player that ends up in Houston. Maybe 622 00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: one that Nick's got to make a move for, as 623 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 1: opposed to, Hey, we're gonna go to the wave wire 624 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: and claim this guy. Running backs just the really interesting 625 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: position to evaluate, because you know, it feels like it 626 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,520 Speaker 1: feels like old guys kind of get shoved to the side. 627 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: But you want to have one in your room, right, 628 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: You want to have a vet like Rex Burkhead in 629 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,440 Speaker 1: your room because he's seen it all done at all, 630 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: you know. So you get some young legs to go 631 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: in with some vets and you mix it together and 632 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:22,920 Speaker 1: hopefully it's a running back boom. You basic get you 633 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,120 Speaker 1: something this year. I mean, I have no problem at 634 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 1: all with that. The ten year veteran on the team, 635 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 1: a true team leader. Look, when you think about it, Johnny, 636 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 1: if you don't have Burkehead on the team, you're leaders 637 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 1: on offense. Brandon Cooks and stop me as far I'm 638 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: not saying, you know, Davis Mills not a leader, but 639 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 1: he's a second year quarterback. Right, you need elder states 640 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: but on the team, and you probably need more than 641 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: Cooks to get that job done. So that's a good 642 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: thing to have Rex Burkhead around. And look, I'm wondering here, 643 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 1: when you dress people, all right, you get to the 644 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,080 Speaker 1: forty six on game day, is Freeman down or is 645 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: it a Gunbuale down? And that'll be interesting to see 646 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: how they handle that part of it because special teams 647 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: obviously are gonna factor a great deal into it. Let's 648 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 1: talk tight ends here for a moment, because you're three 649 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,560 Speaker 1: right now, are Brevin, Jordan, Tigan, Quaturiano and Pharaoh Brown. 650 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: Now we know that Teagan had an issue injury wise, 651 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: so we'll see where that goes, if that affects his 652 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: status for week one how much. But I'm wondering a 653 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: healthy TQ and a healthy Faraoh. I think Quaturiana is 654 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: gonna catch some passes this year if he's healthy, and 655 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,719 Speaker 1: it's gonna be interesting to see how they use him 656 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 1: and farre you know they want to use them both 657 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: at the same time. They might use all three of 658 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: these guys right and ually go smash mouth and we'll see, 659 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,440 Speaker 1: because you know, Brevin's gonna lead them in catches. But 660 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:49,760 Speaker 1: it'll be interesting to find out how they factor those 661 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,320 Speaker 1: two the other two tight ends into the offensive equation 662 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: and if they pick up somebody else, because again, when 663 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 1: you have twenty three offensive players on the fifty three 664 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:02,840 Speaker 1: twenty seven to defensive players. Defensive players you're looking at, 665 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: there's some availability here. They're gonna pull a slot out 666 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 1: and put a player in there, and probably on the 667 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball, though we did talk about 668 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: some defensive possibilities like corner, and you don't it doesn't 669 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 1: have to balance. So the fifty three man roster, you 670 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: don't have to have twenty five, twenty five and three. 671 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: I mean you can you just you go with right 672 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 1: right exactly. But yeah, twenty seven, Yeah, it typically works 673 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: out where it's twenty six, twenty four, twenty five, twenty five. 674 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:36,800 Speaker 1: You very rarely get to twenty three twenty seven. But again, 675 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: as as Nick will tell you, the rosters like and 676 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: for those accountants out there like me, they'll tell you 677 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:45,480 Speaker 1: it's like a balance sheet, a balance sheet, a snapshot 678 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: in time. This is the fifty three man roster today, 679 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 1: but what will it be tomorrow, what will be the 680 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:51,759 Speaker 1: day after that, what will be the day after that? 681 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 1: Every single balance sheet looks different. It's always as of, well, 682 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:58,359 Speaker 1: that's the fifty three man roster as up. So when 683 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,319 Speaker 1: I look and I don't know if we're doing us 684 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 1: on social or not. But I've seen teams that are 685 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:05,160 Speaker 1: like here the pictures of the guys on the fifty 686 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 1: three man roster, and I'm like, why don't you just 687 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,600 Speaker 1: show who's not part of it right now? Because that 688 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:16,439 Speaker 1: thing changes so often that why do you go about 689 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: and do it either way? Anyways, That's just that. Maybe 690 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:21,759 Speaker 1: that's just me. But with tight ends, a Teagan's the 691 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,319 Speaker 1: obviously the key with is he gonna go on short term? 692 00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 1: I R what's gonna be the deal with Tigan, Because 693 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:33,120 Speaker 1: if you don't have Teagan, Pharaoh can hold his own 694 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,319 Speaker 1: on you know, as an inline blocker, you can hold 695 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,719 Speaker 1: his own. But Teagan is a level above both the 696 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:43,400 Speaker 1: other tight ends as an inline blocker, and Pharaoh can 697 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:44,920 Speaker 1: do both. He can be a receiving tight end, he 698 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,279 Speaker 1: can be a blocking tight end, and I like him 699 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,799 Speaker 1: in that dual role. But if he's got to be 700 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: the guy at the end of the line of scrimmage 701 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 1: and just going to battle, then he becomes less of 702 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 1: a weapon in the passing game, and I want him 703 00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 1: to remain a weapon in the passing game. So I 704 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: don't know how this will go down. If Tigan does 705 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,919 Speaker 1: go the short term I are do they look at 706 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 1: at an in line? Why that can be physical? I mean, 707 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: do they play a sixth offensive lineman? I mean. The 708 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:14,840 Speaker 1: nice thing about this mark is the fact that we 709 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 1: can actually talk about all this now because that game is, 710 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 1: you know what, what are we now? Twelve days away? 711 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,320 Speaker 1: We could talk about it now and can start getting 712 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 1: ready for the Colts. Kind of like we talked about 713 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,360 Speaker 1: the Colts last night in a game preview. Kind of 714 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 1: a weird way of doing it, but we did that 715 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 1: last night. In some sense. I'm ready to play this weekend. 716 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 1: I don't know about them. You know, it's ez for 717 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,919 Speaker 1: me to say, just play this weekend. Let's kick off 718 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: the season Labor Day. You know. John McClain always says 719 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: they'll never do it because the ratings are too low. 720 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 1: Everybody goes away? Does everybody really go away for Labor Day? 721 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:51,040 Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, people driving right now on your way home, 722 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: are you really going away this weekend? Some of you are, 723 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,799 Speaker 1: some of you are not. If the Texans were on, 724 00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 1: you'd probably watch. I'm betting Ohio State Notre Dame on Saturday. 725 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 1: It gets a killer number. That's just my bed and 726 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,319 Speaker 1: we'll see how I do with prediction. Anyway, Let's get 727 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:11,240 Speaker 1: to some other aspects of the roster also around the league. Next, 728 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,840 Speaker 1: what are some of the big things that happened today 729 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,920 Speaker 1: as teams got down to the fifty three at three o'clock? 730 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:22,960 Speaker 1: It's Texans Radio Checksans Radio continues in a moment, two 731 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,319 Speaker 1: is better than one? How many times have you heard 732 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,560 Speaker 1: that one? More than once? I bet because it just 733 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 1: adds up. For example, there are two, not one, great 734 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,759 Speaker 1: reasons to fill up with Chevron with Tekron Number one 735 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: unbeatable cleaning power and number two, or maybe this should 736 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:41,719 Speaker 1: be number one unbeatable mileage. Plus Chevron puts Tekron in 737 00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 1: every grade, every gallon of their gasoline. So that's two, 738 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,319 Speaker 1: no way, three unbeatable reasons to go with the one 739 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:52,439 Speaker 1: and only Chevron with Tekron. Care for your car, Care 740 00:37:52,480 --> 00:38:02,520 Speaker 1: for your car. We return to Texans all access. Busy, 741 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:07,160 Speaker 1: busy day. It doesn't stop here. Mark Vandamarin, John Harris 742 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,880 Speaker 1: with you. We talked football all day. In fact, we 743 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,959 Speaker 1: should just mic ourselves up all day long, so people listen, 744 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,959 Speaker 1: you know, Yeah, I'll do with it what you will. 745 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,360 Speaker 1: Texans Dad a fifty three at three o'clock today, the 746 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,520 Speaker 1: roster a fluid thing. I can't say that enough for people, 747 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,440 Speaker 1: but I will tell you this recapping some things here. 748 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,560 Speaker 1: Two quarterbacks on the roster Davis Mills, Kyle Alan, Jeff 749 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,759 Speaker 1: Driscoll not on the roster. We'll see what happens with him. 750 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,880 Speaker 1: Because everybody has practice squad eligibility. I mean, I really 751 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,479 Speaker 1: think that Joe Namath has practice squad eligibility in this 752 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:42,920 Speaker 1: version of the league right now with sixteen players and 753 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,840 Speaker 1: the veterans having a lot of availability, or the squad's 754 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:50,560 Speaker 1: having a lot of availability for veterans. Anyway. Four receivers 755 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:55,000 Speaker 1: Philip Dorset, Nico Collins, Brandon Cooks, Chris More, Chris Conley 756 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,840 Speaker 1: does not make it. Running backs you have Damian Pierce, 757 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,799 Speaker 1: Rex Burkehead, Royce Freeman, dari Ogunbowali, and Troy Harriston the 758 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:07,200 Speaker 1: fullback rookie from Central Michigan. No Marlon mack on this roster. 759 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:12,000 Speaker 1: And three tight ends Brevin Jordan, Tigan, Couteriano, Faraoh Brown, 760 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:16,760 Speaker 1: Ross Blacklocke traded today to the Minnesota Vikings for US six, Right, Johnny. 761 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 1: They gave US seven and Ross for US six, so 762 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:21,759 Speaker 1: they get something out of the deal instead of a 763 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,440 Speaker 1: cut and Max Sharping not on this roster either, and 764 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:29,960 Speaker 1: those are the big headlines. Really you mentioned this little 765 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:33,880 Speaker 1: thinne corner. According to this roster, there is some flexibility 766 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:35,320 Speaker 1: with some of the players in the back end to 767 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,720 Speaker 1: be able to do that, but you would think they'd 768 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:41,160 Speaker 1: go looking for some additions. They're twenty seven defensive players, 769 00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:45,239 Speaker 1: twenty three on offense, and the three specialists. Anything else 770 00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:46,959 Speaker 1: you want to mention before we go around the league 771 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:50,200 Speaker 1: here briefly, No, I think, like we said earlier, the 772 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:54,840 Speaker 1: roster indeed revealed itself to us and the only two 773 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,680 Speaker 1: that but really it was only one. I mean because 774 00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,200 Speaker 1: Terence Brooks m J. Stewart, I didn't you know was 775 00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,080 Speaker 1: one I had the other way, but I could see it, 776 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,200 Speaker 1: you know, Terrence over MJ. I mean you could see 777 00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,799 Speaker 1: it either way. But Marlon Mack, I think, is the 778 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,520 Speaker 1: one that caught people's attention. I think, what if there's 779 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,120 Speaker 1: any ninety nine point nine percent guarantee is that thirty 780 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 1: one's taken the first carry week one. That's about the 781 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,759 Speaker 1: only thing from there. But there's a lot still that 782 00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:24,800 Speaker 1: needs to be done. Twelve twelve days, thirteen days. I 783 00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,359 Speaker 1: don't know what the number is now to be ready 784 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:30,360 Speaker 1: for September eleventh Indianapolis Colts. And we've seen it before 785 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,480 Speaker 1: we like you mentioned twenty nineteen. I remember twenty fourteen 786 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:35,480 Speaker 1: with the Maris Johnson got picked up off waivers. He 787 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,719 Speaker 1: started in the slot against the artist formerly known as 788 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:43,319 Speaker 1: the Redskins. So this is not all the way to 789 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,319 Speaker 1: the opposite side. This is not in stone and it 790 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 1: never will be. And you're right, you can never remind 791 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:53,440 Speaker 1: people and off, hey, the fifty three man roster remains fluid, 792 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 1: never written in concrete. Yeah, it would be funny if 793 00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,080 Speaker 1: the because we often compared selected to fifty three to 794 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,960 Speaker 1: the NCAA tournament, you know, the bracketology stuff, and I 795 00:41:04,040 --> 00:41:06,800 Speaker 1: tease you about being Dick Vitale, like you have sixty 796 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,080 Speaker 1: five players on our fifty three man roster and stuff 797 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:10,759 Speaker 1: like that, and he would have seventy five players in 798 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,560 Speaker 1: his ncuba A tournament projection. But the difference is that'd 799 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,920 Speaker 1: be cool if the NCAA tournament you could like lobby 800 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:19,839 Speaker 1: say this team should be out, you know, make your 801 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:24,399 Speaker 1: case after they're selected, debated, cut them. Now they get 802 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:28,040 Speaker 1: cut by losing anyway, Johnny, Today, I don't think there 803 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:32,160 Speaker 1: are any real mind bending headlines here from the league. 804 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,839 Speaker 1: John Gruden spoke, but I don't care about that right now. 805 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:37,320 Speaker 1: We're not going to get to that. The Raiders waived 806 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,120 Speaker 1: Alex Leatherwood. Somebody's gonna pick him up and take a 807 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,160 Speaker 1: chance on him. You think he should move to guard 808 00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,560 Speaker 1: I think you have some company there. Let's see what 809 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,120 Speaker 1: else here. I don't see too much else. I mean 810 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:52,560 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo. That story broke yesterday, which is a real 811 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:56,360 Speaker 1: interesting story. The Texans made Trey Lance looks so bad 812 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,839 Speaker 1: that the forty nine ers kept Jimmy Garoppolo after all, 813 00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,920 Speaker 1: Well that a headline, Yeah, I think it's a headline. 814 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:04,680 Speaker 1: And then six and a half billion dollars. They got 815 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,759 Speaker 1: his contract down too. But Jimmy and turn got a 816 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,920 Speaker 1: no trade clause, so it's not like forty nine ers 817 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,080 Speaker 1: could just go trade him anywhere. Jimmy's got to be 818 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:14,040 Speaker 1: able to say, hey, yeah, I'll go there. I mean, 819 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 1: for example, not not to say whether Jimmy would go 820 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:17,760 Speaker 1: to Detroit or not, but what happens if Jared Goff 821 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,319 Speaker 1: goes down and Detroit's like, we gotta make this move 822 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:22,239 Speaker 1: for Garoppolo. Garoppolo is like, no, you know what, I 823 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,200 Speaker 1: don't want to go to Detroit. He's got that opportunity 824 00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:27,200 Speaker 1: now because he's got that no trade clause in his contract, 825 00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:28,640 Speaker 1: which I don't know if he had it before. But 826 00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,200 Speaker 1: I think the Raiders of the Story mark the Raiders 827 00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,240 Speaker 1: of the story with Leatherwood. He was a twenty twenty 828 00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,279 Speaker 1: one first rounder. And I don't I don't blame Josh 829 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,440 Speaker 1: McDaniels or Dave Ziegler. They're going in fresh eyes and 830 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:40,200 Speaker 1: if they don't work for them, they used to go over. 831 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,200 Speaker 1: They don't have any skin in the game. They didn't 832 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,880 Speaker 1: make those draft picks. So here's what the Raiders last 833 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,680 Speaker 1: oh Man listen to this. Twenty twenty one, they drafted 834 00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,399 Speaker 1: Alex Leatherwood. He's cut. Henry Ruggs, they drafted in first 835 00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:54,760 Speaker 1: round twenty twenty. He unfortunately had du and killed somebody. 836 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:58,120 Speaker 1: He's cut. Twenty twenty. Second first round pick was Damon Arnette. 837 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,279 Speaker 1: He was cut after a year the twenty nineteen at 838 00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:05,040 Speaker 1: three first round picks after the quil Mac trade. Fifty 839 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:09,200 Speaker 1: year declined, fifth year declined, fifth year option declined. It's 840 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:11,120 Speaker 1: not been a good run of three years for the 841 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,359 Speaker 1: Raiders from the draft perspective for sure. Well and the 842 00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:16,480 Speaker 1: fresh eyes thing. You could say that about Nick as 843 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: Sarrio here with Ross Blacklock and Max Sharping. You know, 844 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:22,480 Speaker 1: he gave them a chance, but ultimately he decided Look 845 00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,480 Speaker 1: and with the help of Lovey Smith. I mean, Nick 846 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,080 Speaker 1: will be the first to tell you the coaches have 847 00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:29,920 Speaker 1: input in this, but they decided to move on, move 848 00:43:30,040 --> 00:43:33,120 Speaker 1: in another direction and take this thing as far as 849 00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,800 Speaker 1: they can take it. So we'll see what happens. Davis, Mills, 850 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:41,400 Speaker 1: Kyle Allen your quarterbacks. Like I said, Pierce and Hairston 851 00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:45,319 Speaker 1: out of the eye formation bludgeting people. I am here 852 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:49,239 Speaker 1: for it. Can't wait September eleventh against the Colds, and 853 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:51,960 Speaker 1: tickets are available and the Texans have all sorts of 854 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:55,760 Speaker 1: great interesting ticket packages for you. Houston Texans dot com. 855 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:59,960 Speaker 1: Go ahead and click the mobile site the desktop site. 856 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:03,360 Speaker 1: The app said smoke Signals will get to you. Johnny. 857 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:06,560 Speaker 1: Thanks a lot, looking forward to tomorrow. Nick Cassio six 858 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:10,680 Speaker 1: pm right here as we talk to him about this 859 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,600 Speaker 1: roster and what is to come opening week against the 860 00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,960 Speaker 1: Colts September eleven. Thank you Austin for producing. Have a 861 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:18,960 Speaker 1: great night. Everyone. Go to the website to find out 862 00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:22,520 Speaker 1: more about this roster Houston Texans dot com, Good Evening 863 00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:27,160 Speaker 1: and Go Texans. Stay tuned for more on the Houston 864 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:32,279 Speaker 1: Texans and the NFL on Texans All Excess. 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