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Speaker 1: What is up? Everybody? Welcome to a Friday edition of

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Speaker 1: Texans All Acts, as from the Honday Texans Radio Studio.

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Speaker 1: I am John. We've got plenty for you tonight, GM

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Speaker 1: of those our sports entertainment David Fletcher is going to

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Speaker 1: join me in the next segment to talk about the

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Speaker 1: summer of soccer. Got a big one coming up, not

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Speaker 1: this Saturday, but next Saturday. Wait didn't he hype that

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Speaker 1: big weekend of football coming up in the second week

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Speaker 1: of September? Well, yeah, but summer soccers. It's a different flavor.

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Speaker 1: And that voice you're here, it's Mark vandam here. What's up?

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Speaker 1: Are you know what the sound of that is the

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Speaker 1: sound of no Friday news bomb exactly. We've had two

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Speaker 1: in a row. Now. I will say we are three

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Speaker 1: for three making statements on Fridays. It's just that the

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Speaker 1: statement that came today was was not a great one,

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Speaker 1: as we found the news today that my former coach,

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Speaker 1: coach recruited me to go to Brown University. You have

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Speaker 1: been here with the Texans, I believe for four years.

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Bernhard had passed away. Sad stuff, and Mark, I

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Speaker 1: there's so many different I just remember so much about Jimmy,

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Speaker 1: and I remember one of my favorite stories about Jimmy's

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Speaker 1: from Long Island. He coached in New York and then

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Speaker 1: he had been in Hofstra and he came to us.

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Speaker 1: In fact, Pat Kirwin was supposed to be and you

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Speaker 1: hear him on serious ex Sam NFL. He's fantastic. Pat

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Speaker 1: was supposed to come with Jimmy and a few of

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Speaker 1: the other coaches to come to Brown. Patches have been

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Speaker 1: one of my coaches, but it wasn't. But one of

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Speaker 1: my favorite stories I was. I was a junior and

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Speaker 1: we were in practice. It was late in the year,

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Speaker 1: and I made one of the better plays I'd ever

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Speaker 1: made in practice. I mean in practice, were game ever.

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Speaker 1: I was playing at two deep safety. I read the coverage,

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Speaker 1: I got a I had a combo route, I had

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Speaker 1: had to kind of stay over both. And I saw

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Speaker 1: the quarterback and threw it and I got over there

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Speaker 1: and I made the interception and I got my foot

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Speaker 1: in bounds and I'm like yeah, Like under my breath,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, he's made good play. It made a

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Speaker 1: huge play. Start to jog back to the huddle and

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Speaker 1: coach Bernhardt is just destroying one of our defensive linemen,

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Speaker 1: just destroying him RP Eddie on RP. I don't know

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Speaker 1: what what he did, but he's just gone off on him,

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, man, I just made the best playoffice

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Speaker 1: back then they did a whole life. I'm like, I'm

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Speaker 1: just you know, but I'm like, and so he just

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Speaker 1: proceeds to go off, like, stops practice and goes off

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Speaker 1: on RP for like ninety seconds to two minutes, just

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Speaker 1: going on. I don't remember what he did, and we're

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Speaker 1: all just in the huddle kind of like it's kind

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Speaker 1: And so he starts walking away from the huddle after

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Speaker 1: he's done with RP and he doesn't even turn back.

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Speaker 1: He's like, Johnny hell of a play, break him down.

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Speaker 1: And because every time after we had a turnover in practice,

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Speaker 1: you know, whoever made the turnover and got the ball,

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Speaker 1: you know, you'd break him down, you know, one through three,

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Speaker 1: win or you know whatever whatever he said. He actually

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Speaker 1: did see it, I mean he did, but he was

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Speaker 1: just walking away. He was like, Johnny Hell will play,

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Speaker 1: and it was like that was it. That was it.

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Speaker 1: And that was But it was so funny because I

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Speaker 1: like what happened. He saw it. He knew exactly what happened.

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Speaker 1: And I'll never forget that because he had a pointed

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Speaker 1: contention with RP for whatever reason. But yet he knew

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Speaker 1: play and that that just stood with me. And I mean,

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Speaker 1: Jimmy was fantastic. And and he was with was he

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Speaker 1: with Oba Penn State too? He was he was with

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Speaker 1: actually was coaching lacrosse. He was a heck of a

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Speaker 1: heck of a lacrosse player, heck of a lacrosse player.

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Speaker 1: And his boys are all across players. In fact, his

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Speaker 1: So he passed of cancer. Passed of cancer. Um. And

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Speaker 1: when he was here, he I remember there were a

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Speaker 1: go for some procedure. Yeah, I got some procedure. Um.

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Speaker 1: He had told me one point he thought he had

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Speaker 1: thoughts go out to his wife and his three boys.

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Speaker 1: He was He was as assistant to Bill O'Brien, sort

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Speaker 1: An extra set of eyes and ears for coach Obrian. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he was. When coach O'Leary was This was back in

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Speaker 1: And obviously, uh, Bill moved up the ranks and Jimmy

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Speaker 1: out to Jimmy and obviously everybody involved in Burnhart family.

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Speaker 1: But that was a that was a tough way to

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Speaker 1: to wake up to today. But that was a statement

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Speaker 1: that was put out today by the team and Bill

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Speaker 1: Lobrian and well, not delve anymore deeper into the JM

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Speaker 1: situation because thankfully no statement today on that aspect, and

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Speaker 1: take it one day at a time. So Mark, I was,

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Speaker 1: I was looking at this today. I don't know why

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Speaker 1: I probably could have done the NFC too, but I

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Speaker 1: the quarterback running back Why quarterback running back, wide receiver

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Speaker 1: trio in the afcay And for some reason, Lamar Miller

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Speaker 1: gets no gets no respect. I don't know why. I

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Speaker 1: just saw Maurice Jones drew oh yeah, had him ranked thirtieth. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: We talked about this last night with the general exactly.

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Speaker 1: You guys were talking about that. I'm dumbfounded by that.

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Speaker 1: But then I started thinking, well, what if you did

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Speaker 1: teams that have got a couple of good whiteouts. And

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Speaker 1: even though we've got a couple of them here, I

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Speaker 1: think you'd say that Hopkins is the number one Cleveland,

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Speaker 1: you'd probably say O B J, even though Landry's pretty

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Speaker 1: them considering what they gave exactly. You don't give that

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Speaker 1: up for a number two receiver, right Cleveland. But Charvis

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's why everyone thinks they're loaded. And on

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Speaker 1: paper they look pretty loaded. Right, However, on paper games

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Speaker 1: you'd be hard pressed to find a group a trio

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Speaker 1: that you go. You know what, that group quarterback, wide receiver,

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Speaker 1: running back is so much better, better than what the

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Speaker 1: Texans have with the Shawn Watson, Lamar Miller. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: let's start in the division. Okay, division, you have Luck

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Speaker 1: t Y and Marlon Mack. It's pretty good. It's a

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Speaker 1: good one. It's a good one. But I'll take if

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Speaker 1: you had a draft right now, let's leave the quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: out of it. Luck is so good, right, both so

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Speaker 1: it's Watson, but all right, whatever, but let's look at

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Speaker 1: the receivers. I think most gms are taken DeAndre Hopkins

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Speaker 1: pretty close. I think that's enough to say you're pretty

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Speaker 1: darn close. I know Luck as accomplished, He's played in

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Speaker 1: an AFC championship game and everything, but Watson upside is

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Speaker 1: still so that was why that was Luck's third year

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Speaker 1: year it is this year? Okay, good. I think that's

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Speaker 1: sort of a push. Tennessee and Jacksonville. You almost don't.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Davis and Henry, all right, Derrick Henry's good, Mark,

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Speaker 1: but Marioda, forget it's the quarterback, would take it out.

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Speaker 1: You know, like, if if you beat the quarterback, the

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Speaker 1: other two better be unbelievable. Otherwise we're not even having

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Speaker 1: a conversation. And Corey Davis, I think has made strides

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Speaker 1: he's not there yet, and Henry is. I think Henry's

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Speaker 1: probably the best back in the division. Right in a division.

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Speaker 1: I think you look at Jacksonville and you go Falls.

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Speaker 1: I don't think there is a good Fournette or bad

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Speaker 1: Fournite with the jackson Hide thing with him and with

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Speaker 1: Falls in Jacksonville, we don't know. We talked about it.

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Speaker 1: It's a different team now. I know it's the same system,

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Speaker 1: but it's a different team. He got different oh Limany

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Speaker 1: have different receivers more importantly, So let's just see how

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Speaker 1: that one goes. Now you're so, you're you're tied for

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Speaker 1: then you start going to other teams that you know

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Speaker 1: James Connor, and there's no Levion Bell there anymore. Right,

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Speaker 1: So Clayton and I were talking about Connor last night

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Speaker 1: because Connor was ranked something like twelfth or thirteenth in MJDS.

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Speaker 1: Poul and I thought, all right, I like Connor. Connor

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Speaker 1: stinks he's a good back, but is he that many

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Speaker 1: So I don't know that I buy that. I don't

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Speaker 1: I thought, the era of the running back is so

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Speaker 1: not now exactly you know it is. It is. There

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Speaker 1: are some really good running backs. No one's saying there's not,

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Speaker 1: David Fletcher Fletch, How you doing? First of all, I

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Speaker 1: Mexico trying to reclaim the title they have, not the

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Speaker 1: US one, the last Gold Cup back in twenty seventeen.

427
00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,120
Speaker 1: So Mexico is definitely UM trying to fight their way

428
00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:21,000
Speaker 1: back a very important time for their for their team

429
00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,199
Speaker 1: as UM they've got a new coach and in Tata,

430
00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,440
Speaker 1: who's uh you know, taking a lot of uh of

431
00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:29,359
Speaker 1: uh scrutiny with making some big changes to the roster.

432
00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,760
Speaker 1: But you've got some uh, you've got a mix of

433
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Speaker 1: really really promising and great h young superstars. UM. You've

434
00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,399
Speaker 1: got old old standards um and and great players like

435
00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,600
Speaker 1: Ochoa who's been back in goal, and um As has

436
00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,520
Speaker 1: performed well. UM. Guardado has had a great tournament so far.

437
00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,200
Speaker 1: Scored a couple of goals the other night. So you know,

438
00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:51,080
Speaker 1: when you look at the style of play that they're

439
00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,920
Speaker 1: playing in the opportunity to play for a championship, this

440
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,399
Speaker 1: will be that first step, uh and being in what

441
00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,800
Speaker 1: is truly their home venue. UM, it's gonna be a

442
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,000
Speaker 1: great night from Mexico, but there gonna be three other

443
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,280
Speaker 1: teams trying to trying to win as well. I wouldn't

444
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,720
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be opposed to see in Canada and a

445
00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,800
Speaker 1: rematch with Mexico looked like there was a little minor

446
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:12,360
Speaker 1: dust up with Tata, the Canadian national coach. Now both

447
00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,280
Speaker 1: of them played it down afterwards and saying that neither

448
00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:16,920
Speaker 1: one of them, one of them spoke English and the

449
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,960
Speaker 1: other one didn't, so they didn't maybe understand exactly what's

450
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,879
Speaker 1: going on. But that always adds a little bit of

451
00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,800
Speaker 1: flavor when you have It's funny, that's the part of it. Fletch.

452
00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,840
Speaker 1: I never, I never thought about this, but I should have.

453
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Speaker 1: But you've seen in the NFL the coaches are personalities

454
00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:34,640
Speaker 1: across the league. You know, you know who the head

455
00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,720
Speaker 1: coach is for each team. You see the personality of

456
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,960
Speaker 1: that coach on the sideline. It's that way in soccer, Tune.

457
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,159
Speaker 1: I never really thought about it that way, that the

458
00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,880
Speaker 1: coach is. First of all, it's a lightning rod for criticism.

459
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,159
Speaker 1: I mean, we've seen that all. It doesn't matter how

460
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,359
Speaker 1: successful you are. I mean when you hope solo given

461
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,359
Speaker 1: Jill Ellis, you know, all kinds of grief for some

462
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,080
Speaker 1: of the decisions she's made. And look at what the

463
00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,200
Speaker 1: women's national team has done. But I noticed it watching

464
00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:03,920
Speaker 1: all or nothing, just the lightning rod that the manager

465
00:23:04,160 --> 00:23:08,360
Speaker 1: is for a soccer organization. And then the international coaches

466
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 1: are that much more so. Tata taking over, it's like

467
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 1: whoa man there's there's got to be so much pressure

468
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,680
Speaker 1: placed on him to be able to produce at a

469
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 1: high rate, especially for a country like Mexico. No question,

470
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,320
Speaker 1: I mean you look at it. I mean in that culture,

471
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,320
Speaker 1: it's flag country, Mexican national team and really and and

472
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:31,159
Speaker 1: sometimes that order may even change, to be honest, Uh,

473
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 1: it's it's an incredibly important part of the culture. UM.

474
00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,800
Speaker 1: And and represent your your country, your flag is the

475
00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,600
Speaker 1: ultimate opportunity as a player. So there's great pride, especially

476
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Speaker 1: in these international championships. I mean the Gold Cup is

477
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 1: um uh is the championship in this region. UM, just

478
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,159
Speaker 1: like the euro just like Copa going on right now

479
00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,119
Speaker 1: down in South America. UM. So these are big time titles.

480
00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,320
Speaker 1: You know, Careers are made, legends are made by performing

481
00:23:57,359 --> 00:24:00,159
Speaker 1: at the highest levels in these tournaments. So to to

482
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,359
Speaker 1: bring it back to NRG for the first time since

483
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,119
Speaker 1: twenty eleven, it's gonna be incredibly exciting. You know. As

484
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,399
Speaker 1: as we speak, they're they're they're playing over it as

485
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,960
Speaker 1: sold out BA BVA Stadium right now with Jamaica and

486
00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: El Salvador and then later tonight hun Duras will take

487
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:19,560
Speaker 1: on Kurasu. UM all very very important to our community

488
00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 1: as as our leadership focuses on being a host city

489
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Speaker 1: for the twenty twenty six World Cup. UM, we're making

490
00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 1: our case with every single one of these major international matches.

491
00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 1: UM sold out building over a BBA tonight. That's a

492
00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,560
Speaker 1: great story. Gonna have a big sell out here. But

493
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Speaker 1: I encourage you, if you, if you can, to get

494
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Speaker 1: in UM and join us for that next Saturday night

495
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,880
Speaker 1: and then later this summer, you know we've got we've

496
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Speaker 1: got another blockbuster matchup over here at NRG with Real

497
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 1: Madrid and Bayern Munich on July twentieth. Last week, just

498
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,160
Speaker 1: announced the Dynamo We're gonna be facing Club America UM

499
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Speaker 1: July twenty fourth over at BBVA. So the summer of

500
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Speaker 1: soccer in Houston continues. It's off to a fantastic start

501
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:00,520
Speaker 1: and you don't want to miss being a part of

502
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,720
Speaker 1: it next weekend. There's no there's no question. Now this

503
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 1: is gonna be maybe the weirdest question you get from me.

504
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:10,119
Speaker 1: But will they play on our turf or will they

505
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,000
Speaker 1: play on grass? No, they won't. It's uh, actually we

506
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:16,760
Speaker 1: will bring in a temporary field grass surface. Uh. They'll

507
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 1: start that on Monday. It's a process that we've perfected

508
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,280
Speaker 1: over the years being a venue that does have field turf.

509
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: And before that, UM, you know, we had the we

510
00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,480
Speaker 1: had the grass trade. So we've we've had we've had

511
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 1: to be creative in order to continue to be a

512
00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:35,320
Speaker 1: premier destination for for soccer at this level. UM, and

513
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:38,680
Speaker 1: uh it is something that um, you know, is you

514
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,639
Speaker 1: know in my seat is a very important part of

515
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,639
Speaker 1: making sure you get right. If if that pitch isn't perfect,

516
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:45,920
Speaker 1: then um, you got a lot of issues that you

517
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 1: don't want to have. But very confident in the team

518
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,959
Speaker 1: that we'll be working with to do that. And uh,

519
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,639
Speaker 1: looking forward to a spectacular field, a spectacular atmosphere, and

520
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 1: a spectacular night of soccer next Saturday. So if you

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Speaker 1: can make it out here, UM, I encourage you to

522
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,440
Speaker 1: do so. You know you've been out here. I know

523
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,880
Speaker 1: you'll be out here if the schedule allows. You don't

524
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,440
Speaker 1: want to miss when, um, when when international soccer is

525
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 1: at its best, and next Saturday night it absolutely will

526
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Speaker 1: be here. June twenty ninth, Mexico Costa Rica will be playing.

527
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,880
Speaker 1: We don't know exactly who yet, that will be determined.

528
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,080
Speaker 1: Ticketmaster dot com is where you want to go to

529
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Speaker 1: get your tickets. And then July twentieth, Real Madrid Bayern

530
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,640
Speaker 1: Munich to get tickets same thing Ticketmaster, ticketmaster dot com

531
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Speaker 1: All the information is on our website LSSE dot net.

532
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,439
Speaker 1: Um but um, it's gonna be a lot of fun

533
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 1: and we're looking forward to kicking it off. And I'm

534
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,000
Speaker 1: looking forward to getting myself back into shape so I

535
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 1: can hang with these guys soon. Yeah. Yeah, Saturday, Saturday

536
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 1: might be a little tough for you. You're gonna you're

537
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:44,400
Speaker 1: gonna be tooling around a golf card. I would imagine

538
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:45,920
Speaker 1: a lot I will be, But I could the driver.

539
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,680
Speaker 1: I could promise you this the the and this is

540
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 1: evidenced after many of our matches. The the post match

541
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,120
Speaker 1: stat the postmatch staff soccer event is just as epic

542
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:57,560
Speaker 1: to watch is some of the games we have here

543
00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,359
Speaker 1: on the field. So I'm looking forward to getting back

544
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,399
Speaker 1: in the fold for that next year. Let's you're the

545
00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 1: best man. Thank you for time. I have become such

546
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:08,240
Speaker 1: a big soccerficionado. I cannot wait for June twenty ninth.

547
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,200
Speaker 1: Mark's gonna join us again, and we're gonna talk about

548
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,679
Speaker 1: the NFL top one hundred players. According to an NFL

549
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 1: media savant. We'll do that next right here on Texans

550
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,280
Speaker 1: All Access. One final segment of Texans All Access from

551
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Speaker 1: the Hyunday Texans Radio Studio. I am your host, John Harris.

552
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: Mark Vanimer joins me again and Mark, you know, each

553
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:34,000
Speaker 1: and every summer, a favorite show on television comes on

554
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 1: NFL Network and it is the NFL Top one hundred.

555
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:42,120
Speaker 1: I love this one. I love the NFL Top one hundred.

556
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 1: Now I'm surprised you love it so much. Why I

557
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,359
Speaker 1: love it? I love the way they do it. I

558
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:49,679
Speaker 1: love to see, first of all, where the Texans are

559
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 1: ranked in this thing, and how many they get on there.

560
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 1: What the league thinks about other players throughout the league? Oh,

561
00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: why is that guy on there? Oh man, he's lower

562
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: than I thought. That guy needs to be high. You

563
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,800
Speaker 1: know that kind of thing. I love those kinds. I

564
00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: think it's impossible to rank these guys when you have

565
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,440
Speaker 1: one days. How many people are on a roster? Fifty three?

566
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: All right, so that's two full teams. Basically, let's take

567
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:18,160
Speaker 1: the specialists out two full teams of players. How hard

568
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 1: is this? Very? Very hard? I say, because you have

569
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 1: to have so many quarterbacks in there, it's gonna be

570
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 1: skewed towards the quarterbacks and skill people. I do like

571
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,120
Speaker 1: hearing what the players say about each other. That is cool. Yeah,

572
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: no doubt. Now that won't be unveiled. Well, they veil

573
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,920
Speaker 1: them ten at a time, right every week. That leads

574
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Speaker 1: drive to the season. So NFL Network won't kick theirs

575
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,719
Speaker 1: off until July twenty second. But our friend Pete Prisco

576
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:48,680
Speaker 1: at CBS Sports did his Top one hundred. Smart, So

577
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: how many Texans do you think made the top one hundred?

578
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 1: How many te Prisco's Top one hundred. How many do

579
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Speaker 1: you think made it top one hundred? Five? Gotta go

580
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 1: a little lower, unfortunately, four three? Yes, full you stink Prisco.

581
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,280
Speaker 1: Okay now, and I'd say that to his face. There's

582
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: a good or bad. There's a good and bad to this. Okay.

583
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 1: The bad is he only got three. But the good

584
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 1: is those three are ranked in the top twenty five

585
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 1: in his top twenty five. All three? Who are they Watson? Oh?

586
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: He doesn't have Watson in the top twenty five, No way,

587
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 1: So Watson is not even a top one hundred player

588
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 1: to Pete Prisco, exactly, he got DeAndre Hopkins and J. J. Watt.

589
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,480
Speaker 1: And who's the third Clowney. He loves Clowney because he

590
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:46,520
Speaker 1: saw Clowney destroy Jacksonville last year in North Florida because

591
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: he's a North Florida guy. So he saw that game,

592
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 1: and that was the game where everybody went nuts on Clowney.

593
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:55,960
Speaker 1: Baldinger included did that video. I mean Clowney was Forest

594
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,959
Speaker 1: Whittaker and fast times at rich Bot High. In that game,

595
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 1: he was he absolutely crossed the Jaguars. He is, You're

596
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 1: exactly right. JD came in at number twenty five. Yep,

597
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 1: according to Prisco, three of the top twenty five players. Now,

598
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 1: I think what he says about JD has been interesting.

599
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 1: One he says he is a good pass rusher, not

600
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: a great one, but he's also really good against the run.

601
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: His sack numbers do need to go up. So he

602
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: was in the top twenty at twenty one was Kelsey,

603
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 1: twenty two is Camera Jordan, twenty three is Alvin Kamara,

604
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Speaker 1: which is gonna leave me to something else in a second.

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Speaker 1: Twenty four is Tyreek Hill. He said his status was

606
00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: season up in the air, but he's on the field.

607
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 1: He's electric playmaker. So three Texans coming into top twenty five.

608
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 1: So Connie at twenty five, where do you think Watt is?

609
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Speaker 1: Wat is in Prisco's mind? Watt is eleven you're very

610
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Speaker 1: close ten. Yeah, Watt comes in at ten, hop comes

611
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Speaker 1: in at eight. Tell me the only team in the

612
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: NFL that had two players in the top ten. The

613
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 1: only team in the NFL had two players in the

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Speaker 1: top ten. And you just said it. I did. Wat's ten,

615
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: Hopkins is eight. Oh that one right? According to Chris,

616
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Speaker 1: I thought we were going like other right, there you

617
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Speaker 1: have it. Yeah, there you have the Texans they had

618
00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 1: they had what at ten? Hopkins at eight? Who does

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Speaker 1: he have? Who does he have? Number one? I'll get

620
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: I'll let you guess. It's not a quarterback. It's not

621
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Speaker 1: a quarterback. He has Aaron Donald number exactly right. He said.

622
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Speaker 1: It's hard to imagine him playing much better he to

623
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Speaker 1: the past two years, but he continues to work at it.

624
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 1: So why not. So Donald at one. Then he goes

625
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 1: quarterback at two, Mahomes quarterback three, Aaron Rodgers where six?

626
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 1: All right? He says, his regular season numbers weren't great,

627
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 1: but he turned it on the playoffs, which we have

628
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: come to expect. I know some will question him being

629
00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: this high. You should. So he's got Aaron. Now the quarterbacks,

630
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Speaker 1: he's got Mahomes at two, Rogers at three, Brady at six,

631
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Speaker 1: and those are the only quarterbacks he's got at top ten.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you this. I don't know this for a fact.

633
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,280
Speaker 1: This is just an opinion, and you know, I hate

634
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: the Patriots like poison. But Brady is so important and

635
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 1: so valuable that I believe if you put any other

636
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: quarterback on the New England Patriots, they don't win the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I agree with Aaron Rodgers, Mahomes Watson, who

638
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Speaker 1: I don't care who you put on that team. That

639
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Speaker 1: team with that coach and that fit and the culture,

640
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 1: created the systems, the culture. Brady not even being in

641
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Speaker 1: the building during the spring doesn't matter because his presence

642
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: is there, not literally, but you still feel the presence

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Speaker 1: of championship vibe, winning all the Super Bowls and oh yeah,

644
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,640
Speaker 1: he'll be back, so let's get ready for him. That

645
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 1: is so crucial to everything involved with that squad. I

646
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: think they're that good. I think that well, say that

647
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 1: they're they're very good. Obviously they're champions. But I'm saying

648
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Speaker 1: that if you just dissect them and pull apart in

649
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: reverse engineer the roster, you're gonna come out with players that.

650
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: All right, some really good players there but how many

651
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: how many non Brady Patriots are in the one hundred? Yeah,

652
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Speaker 1: Brady at six, Stefan Gilmour at thirty. Uh, Trey Flowers

653
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: is out the Lions, Edelman at ninety and Shack Mason

654
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Speaker 1: a hundred. So Trey Flowers where though, where does he win? Flowers?

655
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Speaker 1: Lions now? But he's the Lions. He was eighty one

656
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Speaker 1: and elements one hundred see Edelman's ninety. Shack Mason is

657
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 1: one hundred, Shack Mason, and I was one of Shack

658
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Speaker 1: Mason's biggest fans. Shack Mason didn't sitting in the top

659
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Speaker 1: one hundred. You don't play with New England now, couldn't

660
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: have been another guard maybe, So if that were the case,

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Speaker 1: I'm with you. If it's not Brady. First of all,

662
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Speaker 1: it's not Brady. They're not beating the Chiefs. No, they're

663
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Speaker 1: they're not they're not winning that round. Now. Obviously they

664
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Speaker 1: destroyed the Chargers, but they're not beating the Chiefs. And

665
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 1: the defense came up large in that Super Bowl, let's

666
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Speaker 1: beyond I mean the Rams. For whatever reason, the offense

667
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 1: didn't show up, didn't make plays, Brandon Cook didn't catch

668
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,120
Speaker 1: big passes all that kind of stuff. But this goes

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Speaker 1: without saying. I mean, they've got one wide receiver, they've

670
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:11,880
Speaker 1: got a good guard. But that in and of itself

671
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Speaker 1: is the reason why Brady's gonna be number six on

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Speaker 1: this whole thing. Yeah, that he's number six. It's kind

673
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Speaker 1: of amazing. Proven himself. This just him, He's proven himself.

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Speaker 1: Now people will say, wait a second way to second way. Second, No,

675
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Speaker 1: no Watson, that is correct, No Watson. In fact almost

676
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Speaker 1: and this is where it gets a little bit sticky. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Let's there's Mahomes Rodgers. These are the quarterbacks in order.

678
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Speaker 1: Mahomes Rodgers, Brady, Breeze, Luck, Ryan Wilson, Philip Rivers, Ben Roethlisberger,

679
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Speaker 1: Cam Newton, Carson Wentz, Jared Goff, Baker Mayfield. Those are

680
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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. Okay, I want to ask you this. You

681
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 1: and I have a league, and we have all these teams,

682
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Speaker 1: and we're gonna draft quarter This is the quarterback round.

683
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 1: Everybody's got a draft a quarterback, and what order are

684
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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks going in based on last year's performance? You know,

685
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 1: and we only have to play a season. We don't

686
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Speaker 1: have to play for five or ten years. We only

687
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Speaker 1: have to play a season. I believe that Watson is

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Speaker 1: going ahead of at least three of those guys. No

689
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: doubt he's going ahead of Wentz for sure. He's going

690
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: ahead of golf. If you're going on just last seaar

691
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Speaker 1: you go one season, I think if you have ten seasons,

692
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Speaker 1: one season. I mean, no disrespect to golf, I guess

693
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Speaker 1: it sounds like that, but you're being replaced by Deshaun Watson. Sorry,

694
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Speaker 1: he's awesome. Okay, not that you're not, but he's just

695
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Speaker 1: that much better that I would take him ahead of you.

696
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Speaker 1: At this point, we gonna have the Mahomes debate all

697
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Speaker 1: day long. It's gonna be interesting to see what Mahomes

698
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,239
Speaker 1: does for an Encorey was sensational, So it's hard to

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Speaker 1: put Watson ahead of Mahomes right now. I get that

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Speaker 1: fifty touchdown passes, I mean getting me. I don't think

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Speaker 1: he gets to fifty again. I don't know. I don't know,

702
00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 1: but he but you know, I'm just saying that he

703
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 1: doubled them up in TDS is basically yes, I mean

704
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 1: it was. It was a monumental year for Mahomes. But

705
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: when I look at the rest of that field, who Ryan, No, No,

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Speaker 1: I'm not doing it cam a banged up cam. No,

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Speaker 1: I'm not doing it with Cam either, because I love

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00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 1: I love cams and a lot of people do. By

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00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: the way, that NFC South they got some qbs. You're

710
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 1: kidding me, and we're playing them. Well, that's the other

711
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,320
Speaker 1: thought on that, forgetting that Atlanta is coming here and

712
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,239
Speaker 1: they're pretty good. You know, you could say what you want,

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Speaker 1: they're pretty They're gonna be tough. I think Atlanta is

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Speaker 1: gonna be of the teams that you look at it

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00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: and go, oh man, I've got the Chiefs and the

716
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 1: Colts and the Chargers and never talk about Atlanta. Atlanta

717
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Speaker 1: is one team we don't talk about. I'll tell you

718
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,320
Speaker 1: another one that we It's not like you're you're putting

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00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: an automatic double next to them. But I think some

720
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 1: of the fans do you have the Raiders coming in

721
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,839
Speaker 1: here and geez, you know we talk about quarterbacks. Well,

722
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,320
Speaker 1: they have Derek Carr and they got some Antonio Brown's

723
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Speaker 1: gonna be here. Yeah, you know, I know he said

724
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Speaker 1: that that thing could fail spectacularly. The Raiders expert like

725
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 1: might but they might be really good on some Sundays,

726
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: and you hope it doesn't happen here. Yeah, no doubt

727
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown, Prisco has a number fifteen. Geez that high. Yeah, So,

728
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Speaker 1: I mean he's still based on showing up to work

729
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,839
Speaker 1: and work I guess not. The Raiders only had two

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Speaker 1: on there, and Derek Carr was not one of them.

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Speaker 1: Now people have asked about Watson, Where where is Watson? Well,

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Speaker 1: he was in the others receiving votes. He was. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he was in the others receiving votes. Uh, he was

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Speaker 1: down there. No other Texans listed in here in the

735
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: just missed category. But a lot of a lot of

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman in here. David Decastro's in here, a lot

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Speaker 1: of defensive linemen. Kwan Short from the Panthers listen, talk

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Speaker 1: about maybe the best defensive Texans might see all year

739
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,799
Speaker 1: that Panthers defense is going to And now they've got

740
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Speaker 1: Jerald McCoy. Now we're gonna face Jeryal McCoy with your

741
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 1: way where there's the box of the Panthers. But now

742
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,359
Speaker 1: we got to face Sue as well down with Tampa Bay.

743
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Speaker 1: But here's the other thing that's throw out to me, Marcus,

744
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,320
Speaker 1: I was looking at this, Prisco says. At the beginning

745
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: for the record. This is him speaking for the record.

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00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 1: The Chargers have the most players in my top one

747
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,920
Speaker 1: hundred with eight, followed by the Cowboys with seven, and

748
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,120
Speaker 1: the Saints and Chiefs with six each. I read that

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00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 1: sentence and they went, oh boy, because what's the common

750
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Speaker 1: thread of three of those four playing them? We play

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Speaker 1: three of those teams, And not only that, we faced

752
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Speaker 1: three of those teams in the top in the first

753
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:35,400
Speaker 1: six weeks. Rip off the band, aid, Johnny, let's go.

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00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 1: The Saints have six players on here, play them week one.

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00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 1: Then you got the Chargers with eight, We faced them

756
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: week three, and then the Chiefs we faced week six,

757
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:46,719
Speaker 1: and all on the road, all three of those on

758
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Speaker 1: the road. Oh man, yeah, you're right. Then I went

759
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: I looked at the top twenty seven. I don't know

760
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:53,800
Speaker 1: why I got. I got past Clowney and then I

761
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 1: saw Matt Ryan. I was like, okay, I'm stopping there.

762
00:38:56,960 --> 00:39:01,360
Speaker 1: Of the top twenty seven players, we will face fifteen

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00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: of them, and of those fifteen, we will face twelve

764
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 1: of them in the first seven weeks of the year.

765
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,279
Speaker 1: Can we try to play in the whack this year

766
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: or something? I mean, it's really tough, but you know,

767
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 1: John McClain said to me last night, if you want

768
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: to be the best, you gotta beat the best. I

769
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: hate that. I'd rather play everybody with their backup quarterback.

770
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: But that's just face. This is whatever works. But it's exciting.

771
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,279
Speaker 1: This is great. This is what you live for to

772
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 1: be part of this campaign. Playing these guys, I'm seeing

773
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:37,799
Speaker 1: how you do. Let's win some games. So here's who

774
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 1: we will face. In the first seven. We'll face number two,

775
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. We will I will face Von Miller, but

776
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: that's a little later in the year. Then we will

777
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 1: face Julio Jones is number seven. Face him in week

778
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 1: four Atlantis before Carolina. Then we'll face number thirteen, Luke Keikley.

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Speaker 1: By the way I was watching, I was watching some Panthers.

780
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Speaker 1: That was why I watched the Panthers and Redskins, and

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Speaker 1: Luke Keikley's unbelievable. He's great. There's another rant I want

782
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Speaker 1: to go on because Doug Ferrard did his top eleven

783
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: linebackers and he doesn't include either Bmac or Zach in it,

784
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Speaker 1: and I'm like, it's ridiculous. He's got Joe Schoberg on there,

785
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,399
Speaker 1: and I wanted to puke I mean, I like Joe

786
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: to show, but then like, come on, man, Joe, Lorenzo, Alexander,

787
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,320
Speaker 1: he's got them anyways. But watching Keikley play football is

788
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: it's it's absurd in the sense that he knows where

789
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: the ball is going every play. Yeah, the only reason

790
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,279
Speaker 1: he doesn't make the only reason he doesn't make a

791
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,360
Speaker 1: play is if he misses a tackle, which doesn't happen often,

792
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: or there's somebody else beats him to the ball so much.

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00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 1: When you lost to Carolina last time, one of the

794
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: things he didn't play. He didn't play, and who was

795
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 1: his replacement that day? And he had a j Klein

796
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 1: had a pick a pick. Well it was the pick,

797
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,279
Speaker 1: but what happened on the next play they threw a

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00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 1: deep for a touchdown. That's why I felt like and

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Speaker 1: then six uh Michael Thomas, number fourteen receiver the Saints.

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Speaker 1: They'll face Klais Campbell in week two and number seventeen,

801
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,880
Speaker 1: face Drew Brees number nineteen week one, Andrew luck was

802
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,440
Speaker 1: number twenty. We'll face him twice. We'll face him in

803
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 1: week seven. Kelsey at twenty one, Cameron Jordan at twenty two,

804
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamar at twenty three, Tyreek Hill at twenty four,

805
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan at twenty seven. We face all those guys. No,

806
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,279
Speaker 1: we don't know what'll happened with Tyreek, but we face

807
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,000
Speaker 1: all those guys in the first seven weeks on the year.

808
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,479
Speaker 1: I'm not saying Matt Ryan's no good, but you can't

809
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: name Matt Ryan the twenty seventh best player in this league.

810
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 1: He's just not. He's just not the twenty seventh best

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Speaker 1: player in the National Football League now, is what Prisco says.

812
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 1: His twenty eighteen season was better than his MVP season

813
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 1: in sixteen. With better protection this year, the numbers should

814
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 1: go up. Well that if you're using that as your argument,

815
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 1: what is it? It's a projection or is this where

816
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: you're at right now? I guess it's a projection. It's

817
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,360
Speaker 1: probably a little bit of both, probably a little a

818
00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: little bit of both, because he's got Odell Beckham junior

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Speaker 1: at twelve and ob J was hurt and my A

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00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:02,360
Speaker 1: and god knows what this you're in the same with

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Speaker 1: Antonio Brown. You went at my a as well, so

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00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 1: as rough as ob J below Hopkins. Oh yes, commercials

823
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 1: so good, the one with the football and everything. But

824
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: to have o Odell Beckham Junior. I they just put

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00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 1: that in because it's a highlight. You have him make

826
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: that catch over the table. It's just that part of

827
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 1: it gets me so upset when I see it. He

828
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 1: didn't even make the best catch in that stadium that year.

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Speaker 1: That's a good point. Hopkins made that catch. Good Hopkins made,

830
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: but the nation doesn't know that as much. In fact,

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Speaker 1: if Hopkins were in that commercial somehow, they would have

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Speaker 1: had leg Yeah, they would have done that. That's what

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00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: they because that's that's kind of making the rounds a

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Speaker 1: little bit more as well. And that one didn't counting

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Speaker 1: County Jimmy Christmas. Mark appreciate it, Thanks Johnny. And there

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Speaker 1: you haven't shown a book spick Thanks to Mark. To

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Speaker 1: David Fletcher June twenty nine. Have it circled the soccer

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Speaker 1: of summer starts then, in appreciate you guys listening. We

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Speaker 1: will see you on Monday and as always, go Texas.