WEBVTT - Top 5 Offseason Moves? It's Training Camp Eve! 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.240 Hello, Texans, Welcome to the show. We can't wait. It's 0:00:03.279 --> 0:00:06.360 training camp. Eve, it's officially training camp. If not, oh, 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:09.639 it's in three weeks or two weeks or a week 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:14.080 from Tuesday. No, it's tomorrow morning. Wednesday morning, we will 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:17.120 be out live eight to ten am and shot him 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:19.560 set before that. After that it's in the loop. We 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:22.239 will be covering camp practice number one. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:22.680 It's here. 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:26.600 It's football season. The off season is over, Johnny. Oh boy, 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:30.040 I'm so excited to say that, are you. Yeah, the 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:32.519 off season is over now, I am, and I'm not 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:34.760 because this time of year usually gets really busy trying 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:38.080 to set up everything for our first broadcasts. So you 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:40.800 feel like you feel like you could use another week 0:00:40.840 --> 0:00:42.800 for that. That yeah, but I don't want to wait 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.480 for football any longer. At the same time, that's well said. 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:47.159 That's exactly the way to feel about it. 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:49.080 I think is that, man, I wish I had a 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:51.720 week to do all those other things and then could 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:53.760 kind of just mentally clear my head for all that. 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:57.480 But then again, you kind of just dive right in. 0:00:57.760 --> 0:00:59.800 You don't get a chance to kind of ease your 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:01.280 way too. He's die right in it. 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:04.400 Let's go mysay professor in college. 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:06.760 When we did this huge project and I mentioned that, 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:09.080 you know, we could use another week, he gave me 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:12.440 the right phrase, which is work fills the time allotted. 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:15.240 If we gave you another week, you'd be saying that 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.880 in another week, right. I mean, it's just what happens, 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:19.560 because a lot of what I do or have to 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:24.280 prepare is dependent on other people as well and them 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:25.080 doing stuff. 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:28.520 But I'm not making excuses. It's just the way it is. 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:30.440 It's just so wait as you get ready for training 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:31.880 camp and it's starting tomorrow. 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:33.319 Yeah, and I'm sucked. I'm excited. 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:36.679 So since it is the end of the off season, okay, 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:40.679 the top five off season moves for your Texans and 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:42.640 they all relate to what's happening to a training camp. 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:44.600 Okay, they all relate. 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:47.640 And I'm gonna give you a couple of honorable mentions 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:50.480 to start it off. Okay, okay, all right, so these 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.400 are really acquisitions. All right, let's just call them what 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:58.120 they know, whether it be trayed draft, whatever, but honorable mention. 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:04.720 Second honorable mention Evan Brown. Signing of Evan Brown I 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.280 think deserves an honorable mention up here. 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:10.320 So I had a conversation. We had a media event 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.080 last night, which kind of kicks it off kind of 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:13.600 for us, like, all right, we get all the media 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.680 back together, and we're considered part of the media, even 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:18.799 though we're kind of not kind of are either way, 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.360 We got invited and we really appreciate Omar, David Lindsay, 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:23.720 et cetera, you know, asking us to be there. So 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:26.320 we were there and I was signing a conversation and somebody, 0:02:26.560 --> 0:02:30.120 somebody asked me, somebody being Landry Locker kind of asked 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:33.280 me about, you know, the interior offensive line and you 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:35.639 know what, what about rut Ledge, you know, who plays center? 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:39.320 All that kind of stuff. And as we were talking, 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:42.080 I remember saying, you know, look, Evan Brown is on 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.680 this team, and Evan Brown, I think can do. I 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.320 think everybody's gonna be asked to do some some things 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:51.520 for this offensive line this year. And I think having 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:53.639 a guy like that that's played center, that's played guards, 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:57.360 played both, he's stout, he could jump right in and 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.840 play either position. We know over the year years the 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.920 offensive line, I mean, what was it twenty twenty three, 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.160 the first year to meek, it was here like within 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:09.919 ten minutes Scotti Quisenberry ended up tearing as acl right. 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:12.680 Then later Juice got hurt. You know, Deeter had to 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:15.400 come in at center. You know, after Jared Patterson got hurt. 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:17.959 They went through like three or four different centers before 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:20.680 Deeter had to then finish off the year. So you 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.400 know you're gonna have years like that. You're gonna have 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:25.880 a rash of injuries and you're gonna need depth. And 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:27.440 one of the points I made the other day was 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:29.480 talking about the depth of the offensive lines, the depth 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:31.680 in general of the team, but the depth in general 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:36.080 on the offensive line in particular. They're I think in 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:38.840 a better shape than they've been in a long time, 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:42.360 and Evan Brown is a big factor in that big factor. 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.480 Yeah, yeah, I think it's a good one. So another 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.080 honorable mention, And I struggled with this one. This one 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.680 almost broke into the top five. Top five offseason moves 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:56.480 for your Texans. Okay, Caden McDonald honorable mention. Okay, I 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:58.240 think that this could be a really good player for 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:01.360 this football team. And it's a guy that maybe the 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:05.080 rookie season isn't one of those that explodes, but there's 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:08.280 some plays made maybe in the postseason it comes on 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.040 even stronger. Who knows, But I think in the years 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.520 to come, we're gonna look at Caiden McDonald and say, wow, 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:17.080 you know, I did a thing with Keeland Rutledge last 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:20.120 week for the Lux Partners, and if you're a Lux partner, 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.440 you know what that means. Sweets and all the treats 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.880 and sweets that go along with that lifestyle. So you 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:29.000 get exclusive content like me talking to Kailan Rutledge. But 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.040 he was talking about Kaiden McDonald. You know, he knows 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.240 who he is, and you know, I think they're both 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:36.320 from Georgia. Yeah, they didn't play against each other, but 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:37.720 they knew about each other, That's right. 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:38.200 Something like that. 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:41.039 Yeah, because Kiln Rylery has played Kristin Miller from Georgia, 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.040 but Kate McDonald's from Georgia. 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.520 So yeah, so they're all Georgia. Sure. 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:48.719 And then that led to the conversation, Man, there are 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:50.800 a lot of NFL players from Georgia and that has 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:52.400 been coming on strong in the last fifteen years. 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:52.800 Johnny. 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:57.000 I feel like prior to ten fifteen years ago, certainly 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:59.120 had a lot of players from Georgia, but not as 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:01.400 many as we have have now. Do you think that's 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:03.640 a relatively recent phenomenon. 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.720 I think Georgia high school football has been exceptional and 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.400 one of them. I mean, they have a lot of talent. 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.640 I mean theyn't get me wrong, but State Georgia pays 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:14.440 its coaches very very well. They pay like they do 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:17.680 here in Texas. Maybe not to that level, but pretty close. 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:22.120 We had a coach Jabar Gafney's high school coach was 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:24.920 a man named Welton Coffee and Rains High School in Jacksonville, 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.600 and he's the head coach. They went to a state 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:30.960 championship kind of out of nowhere in nineteen ninety seven, 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:32.520 I think it was. I think it's what it was. 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.600 Ninety six ninety seven, won a state championship. He hit 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:38.480 a stipend, a fifteen hundred dollars. Wow, So he decided, 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:40.400 you know what, forget this, I'm going to Georgia. He 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:43.960 got a job literally thirty minutes on the northern or 0:05:44.480 --> 0:05:47.000 north of the Georgia border. I can't remember what it was, 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:48.560 but it was a county, one of the county schools, 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:50.600 like Coldwood County or something like that, and he ended 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:54.039 up making sick Sick Bank. I mean he made a 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.560 lot of money to be a high school football coach. 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:58.920 And so that's what was happening in a lot of coaches. 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:02.159 They get they get taken, they get sucked into Georgia. 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.279 And so now you've got these great athletes, you know, 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:07.480 guys like Kamara Lasser, guys like Kiden McDonald, okay in 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:10.840 went to Ohio State. But they're getting coached by really 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:14.320 good coaches. The good coaches want to be there because 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:15.960 they can get paid. I mean, you think about it, 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:20.000 good coaches want to be somewhere where they're gonna get money. 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:21.640 And wellt Coffee is a great example of that. He 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:23.119 went up there, he got paid, and that has happened 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:25.560 to a lot of coaches in not only Jacksonville, but 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:27.880 in North Florida. They kind of get you know, sucked 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.640 across the line Valdosta. They'll pay a lot of money 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:32.119 to be the coach there, all that kind of stuff. 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.359 So that's I think helped that they're they're better coached. 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:39.280 But there are some really good programs, really really good 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.960 programs in Georgia, and that doesn't even count. You know, 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.120 all of the city schools that are in Atlanta. Uh 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.400 and then obviously the suburbs of Atlanta. I mean, it's 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:50.040 a really really good state. I just think they're getting 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:53.680 better coached, they're more polished now, and I think that's 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.479 given him better opportunity and it helps that a place 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:59.680 like University of Georgia, you can stay home and you can, 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:02.400 you know, be a really good player staying at home 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:04.320 to go University of Georgia before you end up going 0:07:04.360 --> 0:07:07.560 to the league. And obviously Kamari you approve that. Jordan Davis, 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:08.840 you know the guys that have all come out of 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:13.040 Georgia that have Georgia ties. So I don't I want 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:14.800 to say it's a recent phenomenon, but I think there's 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:16.560 a lot of factors that go into it that it's 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.600 not surprising now. But one of the best is, you know, 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:21.440 University of Georgia's you know, helping, but I think the 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:24.800 high school coaches being of a higher caliber because they 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:27.000 end up getting paid. So that's there. Speaking of can 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:28.280 I give you Honora mentional fast? 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.239 Yeah, well it might be part of my top five, 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:32.360 but go ahead try it. 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:34.640 Okay, Well, in your top five, do you have anything 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.760 having to do with coaches? No, So here's my top five. 0:07:38.800 --> 0:07:39.120 Okay. 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:43.680 The fact that, especially defensively, you have one hundred percent 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.480 continuity defensively at a go O case back, Vaso's back, 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:48.200 Online's back. 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:50.640 Does that count as an off season move or it's 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:52.320 it off season development or story? 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.360 Well, it depends on how you has how you look 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:58.800 at it. Because Unlin, Vasso, Burke all had different interviews 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.440 along the way. Yep, they could all They could have 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.560 all left, they could have taken a job. I mean, 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:05.560 Corey could have very easily have been I think it 0:08:05.600 --> 0:08:07.520 was Cleveland. Then he interviewed with He very easily could 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:10.800 have been the DC. So maybe the move is a 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:13.160 lack of a move, but it ends up being a 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:17.000 huge off season story in a sense that the coaching staff, 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:23.200 especially defensively, stayed very stayed what it was from last year. 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:24.960 Kind of mind blowing a defense like this. 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:28.920 Absolutely, they must think that is the mad scientist and 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:31.240 he does it all. Why wouldn't you hire one of 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:31.760 these guys? 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:34.959 That's right? Or or look, maybe maybe teams wanted to 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:39.680 and maybe the situation wasn't what they wanted. But either way, 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.040 you're bringing back your defensive staff and your defensive personnel 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.880 and adding Caiden McDonald and read Blankenship too. 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:48.400 I mean, there's so many coaches I don't want to sing. Well, 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.559 I'll single a couple out right here, and you agree 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:53.880 with me because you know I hate seeing anybody leave 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:58.959 really but Rod right, yeah, my gosh, the job he's 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:02.040 done with the D line. And then the guy who's 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:05.160 the assistant D line coach as of last year of 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:10.880 Frank Okamp, former Texan. He watched this. This is sneaky 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:14.640 hot right here. That guy is a head coach. And 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:15.920 I think there are a lot of people on the 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:18.680 staff like that, but I'll identify I like coming up 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:21.680 with the guy who's the assistant assistant, right, you know, 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:25.120 a guy who's way under the radar because. 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.559 I would watch out for him. Yep, I agree. 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.440 I think that he's got the chops. And there are 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:34.679 numerous others on this staff. But Frank Ocam, Now, Demiico's 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:35.960 not going to want to hear me say this. 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:37.880 What if people are listening. 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:40.199 See Bill O'Brien would have thought they're listening in New England, 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:42.760 they're going to steal him or something like that, and 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:44.360 he might have been right, you know, I mean if 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:46.520 they combed through all the team media to see what 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:48.640 guys like us say, you know, maybe that's an edge. 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:49.080 I don't know. 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.559 Yeah, like they're gonna buy like Bill O'Brien bought what 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:55.320 we were selling. But I agree with you. When these 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:57.400 coaches sit down, I think Stevian Otta Okay is going 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:58.679 to be a head coach someday. 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.880 One I mean the other one, I'm going I'm going 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:05.480 to layer under, you know, because someday, you know, we 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:08.600 because it's well documented. We had the flour here, Mike 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.720 McDaniel here, we had Rob Salah here, We've had so 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:13.120 many guys here, you know who. 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:16.360 I'm excited to see. Speaking of assistant to the assistant. Look, 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.840 you know Ben mcgames has been tremendous. 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:20.079 Oh yeah, there's another one. 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:25.120 But his his wide receiver assistant is aka kiddn Play 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:26.640 Taekwan Underwood. 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:26.920 I know. 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:28.960 And the first time I see him in the whole way, 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.040 I started hearing like, you know, a host party in 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.720 my head because he's got that game play haircut. But 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.720 I think he's a guy, and I go back to this. 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:38.440 I hear people say this a lot. In fact, I 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:40.720 heard somebody talking about this the other day. Oh, he 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:42.679 was a great player, so he'll be a great coach. 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:48.760 I'm like, no, No, Sometimes you're best coaches are the 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:51.480 guys that got the most out of themselves as players 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:54.280 so often, but they understand the game, they understand how 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:56.280 it works. And I think Taekwan is one of those guys. 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:58.640 And he's the assistant wide receivers coach Taekwan Underwood, So 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:01.280 I'm I'm really excited about what he brings to the 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.520 party as well. I watch him out at OTA's and 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.920 he's just got good vibes. He's very positive, he's always 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.320 just kind of running and moving to the next next one, 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:12.920 and I just think he's got the right mentality, especially 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.640 to coach that particular position. But I think he's got more. 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:17.800 He's got more in the hopper than just being wide 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:20.520 receivers coach or if that's where it stops, whatever, He's 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:22.600 gonna be a tremendous one. But I think tak One 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:24.599 Underwood is a guy, like you said, the assistant to 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.040 the assistant. I think he's gonna be fun. 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.400 Well, here's the thing. So many players during their career 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:31.120 you could identify them as coaching prospects because of their 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:34.480 intellect and they appear to have the goods to teach others, 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:35.680 But are they going to. 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:36.240 Want to do it? 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:37.520 That's a big question. 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:38.920 You just never know who's gonna want. 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:41.560 To do it. Wait, by the way, by the way, 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:44.679 did you see who was helping out Mike Vrabel what 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:46.400 Patriots practiced last weekend? 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:48.600 The puppy. Oh no, that was a different thing. 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:53.880 No, what potential wide receivers coach DeAndre Hopkins. 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:57.240 Oh yeah, I did see this. Interesting I saw that. 0:11:57.320 --> 0:12:03.760 I just went so Vrabel, Yeah, Vrabel, of all people, Rabel, 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:05.520 all right. 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:06.000 I guess so. 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:08.000 I mean the thing I forgot is you coached him 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:11.720 at Tennessee. But I think, I mean, I think Hop, 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.199 you know, it's it's gonna be tough for Hop to say, 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:17.040 guy's got drops, what do you do? And Hop's like, well, 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:17.640 you catch the ball. 0:12:17.679 --> 0:12:19.640 Just catch the ball. Catch the ball, I mean, just 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:22.120 high point the ball. You just go get it. You 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.319 just go get it. But Pop was one of the 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:25.959 best I ever saw. 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.560 I mean obviously catching the ball, but body controlling the sidelines, 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:32.440 getting two feet in bounds. It was funny because I 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.480 feel like Hop, you know, you and I talked about 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:37.760 this over the years, about how the ball would be 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.000 thrown by the sidelines, and it changed the way that 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:43.400 you would call the game because at first, at first 0:12:43.440 --> 0:12:45.760 you would be always out of bounds, but then when 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:47.280 you show the ball staring Hop. 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.440 You would kind of and you'd wait, you wait for 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:49.840 the official. 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.280 You have to wait for the official because he would 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.040 do some things and then you'd see the replay like, 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:54.560 holy crap. 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:56.319 I don't know how the officials see that. You have 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:58.599 to look to make sure the ball is secure and 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:00.560 the feat you see both. 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:01.360 I don't. 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.040 I don't know, you know, I'm just gonna call it 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:04.600 in and then go ahead and review it if you 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:05.040 need to. 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:07.880 Co Hopkins though, how about that? Now that's not set 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:10.160 in stone because I still think DeAndre wants to play. 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:15.439 Yeah, but if he coaches, that's unlikely. I mean in 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:17.760 terms of a projection I would have had while he 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:18.480 was Yeah, yeah. 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.040 Exactly, I didn't. I didn't think hop would have been 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:20.360 a coach. 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:22.559 Andre Johnson, who sat in the chair you're sitting and 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:24.920 told us the story of you know, when hop was 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:25.480 a rookie. 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:27.440 He's like, well, why don't we just throw the throw up? 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:31.199 To throw the ball up, you know, and Andre's explaining 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:33.679 route running and everything, Andrey Johnson would be a hell 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:36.160 of a coach, but he doesn't want to do it right. 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:37.319 Otherwise he'd be doing it. 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.040 That's right. So there's a lot that goes in. 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:40.360 There's a lot of guys goes in. 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:42.520 I mean, it's I mean, it's it's. 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.520 A I mean, he would be a hell of a coach, 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:47.200 but you know, he doesn't want to coach. He wants 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.600 to He is a hell of a coach in basketball. 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.640 You know, he wins all these tournaments, these national tournaments 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:54.959 with his team and everything. But uh and he and 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:56.839 he or it goes deep at the very least and 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:59.160 wins some and he just doesn't want to do the 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:03.680 full time, you know, twenty six hours a day football coach. 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.640 Now that's a grind of a different type. Okay, so 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:08.040 we got off the track, Yeah we did. So we 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:11.840 haven't getting back to the top. So we did honorable mention. Okay, 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:12.880 you're going to reverse order here. 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:14.080 I'm going to reverse order. 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:19.480 Top five off season stories or acquisitions, moves, moves moves 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:24.440 for the Houston Texts. Number five, the acquisition of read 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:26.680 blanket ship. He's a top five. 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:27.320 Now. 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:29.080 We could talk all we want about other things, and 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:33.680 they're coming. Don't worry but read blanket Ship. My gosh, 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.920 you know you have a beautiful house and you put 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:41.640 an addition on it. Did you need the addition? You 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.800 know it was a luxury? This is called a luxury Johnny. 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:48.240 Well maybe it's a necessity. I don't know, but I 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:50.480 think the health of m J. Stewart factors in here. 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:55.240 But all that aside, you have m J. Stewart in 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:59.000 the building and at some point we'll be ready and 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:02.280 then you're looking at let's get even better, right because 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.840 them Jay can help us no matter what. Absolute But 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:09.280 read blanket Ship steps into the starting lineup with Calen Bullock, 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:11.120 Petrie Nickel. 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.960 You know who else is out there? This is ridiculous. 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:18.000 This is absolutely phenomenal that you acquired Read blanken Ship. 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:19.760 There are a couple of ways, like when you use 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:21.920 the house comparison like do you you know, do you 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:22.280 need this? 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:22.880 Do you need that? 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:24.520 And it hit me like there are a couple of 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:29.479 things like maybe you have a an electric stove. Reblanket 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:31.040 ship is gas because a lot of people want to 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:33.720 use gas in cooking, Like, yeah, the electric stove is good, 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:36.240 it's good, but all but you can get gas. 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:36.960 I have induction. 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:40.920 That's good. I never liked the induction. 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:42.240 No, I don't. I don't like it much either. 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:44.680 I'd rather have a gas but but but you get 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:46.960 the point. It's like having you know, you've got a house, 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:52.680 and you had you know, you've got like neighborhood security. 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:55.000 But then you put in a ring at your you 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:58.520 know what, you know whatever, the doorbell ring security service. 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:01.520 You know, that's kind of reblank It's It's something that 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.040 I didn't think they were going to. I thought that 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:07.480 might be something they approached the draft. I thought it 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:11.240 might be something that I don't say they look past. 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.720 But they survived last year the best defense in the league, 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:16.920 and they had four or five guys playing in that 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:20.560 particular position. But they decided, look, we've got we got 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.480 to lock this down with somebody that we trust, somebody 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:30.440 that can, you know, be versatile, dependable, physical, helping run past. 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:33.360 I think they found that reblanket ship. I remember I 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.760 was driving somewhere and I heard reblankets. Oh my god. 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:40.280 I mean it was one of the acquisitions that I 0:16:40.440 --> 0:16:43.480 was so excited about because I really felt like that 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:47.120 was the Okay, we've done everything on this house. Now 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:49.200 we just put the ring camera on. It's it's hugely 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:51.360 important for a lot of houses. And we've just put 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:53.400 that on and this house is ready to go. Yeah. 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:54.200 I like it all right. 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.200 So that's number five off season moves for your Texans 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:59.280 on the eve of training camp beginning. 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:03.400 What are they well? Five is Reid blanket Ship. Four. 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:06.240 I'm gonna chick it out here a little bit. I'm 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:10.520 gonna say Braiden Smith, but I'm gonna say right tackle. Okay, 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:14.119 right tackle? Oh, okay, we know the left tackle is 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:18.880 arianta URSII. Right tackle. What they did here they not 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:22.720 only signed Braiden Smith, but they reupt Trent Brown. Yeah, 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:27.760 therefore you have solidified right tackle. You have built pillars there. 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:30.800 And Blake Fisher is still on his football team and 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:33.960 is a swing type guy. I would imagine Trent would 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:35.919 play left tackle if you needed him to. 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:39.399 Could would good. Maybe Blake does. I don't know. 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:41.160 I don't want to see it. I want to see 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:44.760 Tay out there seventeen games plus, thank you. But the 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:48.040 point is this, I like what they did here because 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:49.399 they made it so. 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:53.400 Trent is not the guy who has to play at all. 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:55.840 Maybe, but if you need to play him, you can 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:59.120 and Braiden Smith, but he's got injury issues. Maybe well 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:02.399 you have Trent Brown and hopefully Braiden can go the 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:04.960 whole way. But if you can't, you got Trent Brown 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:06.520 to go some of the way and then you still 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:06.960 have Blake. 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:09.280 I like what they did here at right tackle. 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:12.719 Most years, let's just say most years. There have been 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.360 some years where Plan A wasn't a good plan for anybody. 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:19.680 You're like, who's our starter? You don't even know? Now you're 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:23.840 satisfied with Plan A, B and C. Like you just said, 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:26.840 you just laid it out, Braiden Smith, Blake Fisher, Trent 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:32.119 Brown and whatever order you got plans. You don't just 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:36.520 have all plan. If something doesn't work out or there's 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.600 an injury, you can go to Plan B, whatever that 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:41.399 ends up being. But you have options. And there have 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:43.920 been years there haven't even options. There have been years 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.680 where you thought the plan you had was gonna be good, 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:48.520 and then a training camp you get guys banged up, 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:51.040 and then VOILA. For a million bucks, you get George 0:18:51.080 --> 0:18:53.640 Fant and you got more than a million dollars worth 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:55.960 of value from him. And that's the way it's worked out. 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:56.560 In some years. 0:18:57.320 --> 0:19:00.359 This year, I think you've got the plan for that 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:05.159 particular position for the entire season, not just well this 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:07.640 will get us by. I feel like that's the plan, 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:10.879 whether it's you know, Braden starts, Trent's ready to go 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:13.520 at a moment's notice. Look, it'd be great if every 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:15.840 all of them could play all seventeen games. But as 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:18.480 we said earlier, we know we know on the offensive 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:20.240 line doesn't always happen. So I like the way you 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:22.800 phrased that right tackle. I might even move that up. 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:25.320 You get that four, I might even move that up 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:27.840 to three or two because how important the offensive But 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:30.040 I want to hear the rest, to hear the rest 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:33.600 before I make that assessment. But if you gave it, 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:35.400 gave it to me a blind ranking, I probably would 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:36.000 have put it too. 0:19:36.160 --> 0:19:38.800 Okay, it's the top five offseason moves on the eve 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:42.359 of training camp beginning. So five read blanket ship four, 0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:46.120 the right tackle, the right tackle acquisition, slash keeping Trent 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:51.560 Brown yep number three the drafting of Keeland Rutledge. I 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:53.679 did that thing with him last week, Johnny, And what 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:56.440 strikes me about him is there are certain rookies who 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:59.719 come in who are so mature, they don't seem like 0:20:00.560 --> 0:20:03.159 and he's one of those guys. He just doesn't seem 0:20:03.200 --> 0:20:05.720 like a rookie already. You know, I'm not going to 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:08.840 compare him to Dimico Ryans. Oh wait, I am, because 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:12.439 Demiko as a rookie, I know, different positions, different sides 0:20:12.520 --> 0:20:15.400 of the ball. But Dimiko as a rookie was so mature, 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:18.240 didn't seem like a rookie. Never mind on the field 0:20:18.320 --> 0:20:20.359 and cap and all that. I'm just talking about talking 0:20:20.359 --> 0:20:22.959 to him straight up as a rookie because I did 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:26.320 a couple of events prior to the opening gun that 0:20:26.560 --> 0:20:28.320 two thousand and six season. We used to have so 0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:30.440 many more events pre season, right. 0:20:30.640 --> 0:20:32.960 We had that thing at Keema Boardwalk with the rookies. 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:34.640 Oh man, that awesome. 0:20:34.840 --> 0:20:35.199 Yeah. 0:20:35.200 --> 0:20:39.200 Well for me, now, it was pretty hot, and it 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:42.760 was really hot because you know in the band stages 0:20:42.880 --> 0:20:45.160 at Keema, you know, in the open area there. We'd 0:20:45.160 --> 0:20:47.600 go up there and didn't have the cheerleaders and the 0:20:47.640 --> 0:20:48.720 whole thing, and it was awesome. 0:20:48.840 --> 0:20:49.239 It was. 0:20:49.600 --> 0:20:51.760 And that then, I mean, it must have been the 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:55.240 first nine ten years of franchise history. The rookies on 0:20:55.359 --> 0:20:57.480 Labor Day weekend at Keema boardwalk. 0:20:57.640 --> 0:20:58.240 That was a thing. 0:20:58.320 --> 0:21:01.000 Yeah, that was a thing. I did it every year, 0:21:01.160 --> 0:21:03.480 was bring it back. It was kind of fun. It 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:05.359 was fun. It would have been better at night as 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:08.480 far as temperature, but Demiko was at that one and 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:12.200 that was really cool. Anyway, Rutledge, I think super mature 0:21:12.960 --> 0:21:16.720 obviously plays well. I think that this guy playing center 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:19.399 in all likelihood is going to be a difference maker. 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:20.920 I think if he doesn't play center, he's going to 0:21:20.960 --> 0:21:23.240 be a difference maker at guard. Either way, he's a 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:26.119 difference maker on your old line. First round draft choice, 0:21:26.320 --> 0:21:26.679 let's go. 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:30.919 I think it was funny talking to Kate Stover. He 0:21:31.000 --> 0:21:34.040 was the one who said it in only the way 0:21:34.080 --> 0:21:38.040 that Kate Stover can say it on radio. When we 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:42.320 asked about look, everybody talks about, oh, the Texans defense 0:21:42.320 --> 0:21:44.480 has swarm. At Texas defense is swarming. Oh yeah, but 0:21:44.480 --> 0:21:46.560 what about the offense? Is the offense mirror that? And 0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:48.920 he's like, look, we get ticked off or we're tired 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:52.439 of that. But I think they finally have the personnel, 0:21:52.920 --> 0:21:57.560 including Caid, including Keelan Rutledge, that has that mentality that 0:21:57.640 --> 0:22:01.960 thinks like the defense does across the board. And I 0:22:01.960 --> 0:22:05.000 feel like Keithen Rutlige kind of epitomizes that. It's I 0:22:05.040 --> 0:22:06.919 mean the Wednesday before the draft and I was on 0:22:06.960 --> 0:22:09.119 a sean it Seth I said those exact words, like, 0:22:09.440 --> 0:22:12.720 you want to change the mentality, you oftentimes have to 0:22:12.800 --> 0:22:15.120 change the personnel. And I think the personnel they've brought 0:22:15.119 --> 0:22:17.800 in to do that. You mentioned Braden Smith, Trent Brown 0:22:18.560 --> 0:22:22.960 from from last year. They've they've wanted to reset that 0:22:23.240 --> 0:22:28.600 offensive line room such that the personnel just naturally thinks 0:22:29.040 --> 0:22:31.159 like the defense does. If you want to put it 0:22:31.240 --> 0:22:33.960 in those terms, Keelan Rutligs is key to that. Wyatt 0:22:34.000 --> 0:22:36.080 Teller is key to that. Ed Ingram is key to that. 0:22:36.600 --> 0:22:40.040 Drafting Arianta erstri He is certainly key to that. And 0:22:40.080 --> 0:22:42.520 the more guys you have that think that way, the 0:22:42.560 --> 0:22:45.120 better off you're going to be. Because you know, if 0:22:45.200 --> 0:22:48.159 if we talk about you know different you know rooms, 0:22:48.200 --> 0:22:51.240 you know position rooms. You know there there are rooms 0:22:51.280 --> 0:22:54.600 that you know, one guy can infect the entire room 0:22:54.680 --> 0:22:56.560 with a bad attitude or whatever it might be, whether 0:22:56.560 --> 0:22:59.399 it's a receiver dB or you know, offensive line or whatever. 0:23:00.040 --> 0:23:02.840 But if you've got enough guys in there that think 0:23:02.880 --> 0:23:06.640 the way that Keiland Rutlish does that can be powerful 0:23:06.680 --> 0:23:08.680 as well for the guys that maybe you don't always 0:23:08.680 --> 0:23:11.119 think that way. So I think hopefully you put that 0:23:11.160 --> 0:23:13.159 culture in Keilan Rutlis will be a big part of that. 0:23:13.520 --> 0:23:16.800 Okay, So he's three in our top five offseason moves. 0:23:16.920 --> 0:23:19.280 I would that three is probably about that's where I would. 0:23:19.080 --> 0:23:19.760 Put It's okay. 0:23:19.880 --> 0:23:22.680 Now with the top two, you would think that I 0:23:22.760 --> 0:23:25.480 might have struggled a bit who's one and who's two 0:23:26.040 --> 0:23:28.600 in the top five offseason moves in the eve of 0:23:28.640 --> 0:23:32.240 training camp, But I did not struggle with this, Johnny. 0:23:32.320 --> 0:23:36.199 It was pretty clear to me that number two in 0:23:36.240 --> 0:23:40.160 the top five is the acquisition of David Montgomery. Okay, 0:23:40.280 --> 0:23:44.479 running back for your Texans, a man who will change 0:23:44.520 --> 0:23:49.919 things in the running game, and acquiring him and really 0:23:49.960 --> 0:23:54.360 nobody else told me a couple of things. One they 0:23:54.480 --> 0:23:58.480 like him a lot, sure. Two they like Woody marks 0:23:58.480 --> 0:24:01.760 a lot. Yes, they love what he marks. And I 0:24:01.800 --> 0:24:03.800 think they feel like this one. Two is gonna be 0:24:03.800 --> 0:24:08.160 pretty good, right. Three at a third Okay, they think 0:24:08.200 --> 0:24:12.600 Jamar Jordan can play, and I think they're right, because, Johnny, 0:24:12.720 --> 0:24:16.000 where else are they going to find running back? 0:24:16.080 --> 0:24:16.280 Help? 0:24:16.320 --> 0:24:18.800 British is on the team, right, Jawar is on the team. 0:24:19.600 --> 0:24:20.960 Who's your guy from Yale again? 0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:22.640 Oh, Josh Pittsenburger. 0:24:22.720 --> 0:24:24.320 Let's go Pittsenberger IV. 0:24:24.720 --> 0:24:26.960 Pittsenburger is gonna be one of those camp stars, I'm 0:24:26.960 --> 0:24:29.640 telling you, and and he's gonna light up telling you 0:24:29.680 --> 0:24:33.480 midway through the third quarter of a couple of preseason games, 0:24:33.480 --> 0:24:34.200 he's coming in. 0:24:34.119 --> 0:24:36.960 To find out football is all about baby, and. 0:24:36.920 --> 0:24:39.159 People are gonna be like pitts a Burger And you 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:40.600 never know, maybe he turns intwo. 0:24:40.720 --> 0:24:43.520 I'm telling you, he scores a touchdown that first preseason game, 0:24:43.560 --> 0:24:47.280 and I will go. I will have replays and everything 0:24:47.320 --> 0:24:49.359 going on TV. Dave Keene's gonna get sick of me. 0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:51.840 Have you already gotten the TV graphic on him? 0:24:52.960 --> 0:24:55.200 The NFL. I'm making sure when I send in because 0:24:55.240 --> 0:24:57.080 Dave wants us to send in kind of our storylines. 0:24:57.119 --> 0:24:59.960 I'm making sure that sneaking it right in there. Good. 0:25:00.560 --> 0:25:02.640 It's a good one because it's preseason. He always gonna 0:25:02.680 --> 0:25:04.520 be there. I like him. Mark. 0:25:04.560 --> 0:25:06.280 You know, I've been a big fan of mot Coomery 0:25:06.320 --> 0:25:08.760 for a while. I just I love his running style. 0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:11.680 I love to come on Iowa State. I love Guys, 0:25:11.680 --> 0:25:16.040 when I when I think about just playing defense, I 0:25:16.080 --> 0:25:22.119 think about how difficult it would have been. In my mind, 0:25:22.160 --> 0:25:23.400 I got to tackle this guy. 0:25:23.680 --> 0:25:24.879 Yeah, this is tough. 0:25:25.160 --> 0:25:27.920 And when you watch him, even in OTA's in mini camp, 0:25:28.560 --> 0:25:30.720 I would have some pretty good angles to see him 0:25:31.280 --> 0:25:33.560 run the button. Look, it's not one hundred percent, it's 0:25:33.600 --> 0:25:36.240 not with pads. I get all that, But when you 0:25:36.400 --> 0:25:40.200 just watch him just make those powerful cuts and jump 0:25:40.240 --> 0:25:42.760 cuts and just getting in out of holes and just 0:25:42.840 --> 0:25:45.080 making peoples he was making. He was taking every run 0:25:45.119 --> 0:25:47.359 like it was a run in the super Bowl. And 0:25:47.400 --> 0:25:49.640 I think he's got so much more left in the tank. 0:25:49.680 --> 0:25:51.199 I thought it was a great acquistion. I'm wh we 0:25:51.200 --> 0:25:53.280 trade for him, like, and I know people got all 0:25:53.400 --> 0:25:56.440 up in their feeling, Well, you gave up three different pieces, like, man, 0:25:56.480 --> 0:25:58.240 you kidding me. You gave up a seven to twenty 0:25:58.280 --> 0:26:00.000 twenty seven. You gave up a guy that what probably 0:26:00.080 --> 0:26:01.760 wasn't gonna make your team as much as we loved him, 0:26:01.800 --> 0:26:04.399 juice scrugs, he wasn't gonna make your team. And you 0:26:04.400 --> 0:26:06.359 give a fourth rounder and you got David Montgomery, a 0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:09.320 guy that you think has got plenty of juice left 0:26:09.359 --> 0:26:10.760 and hoping that he does. 0:26:11.080 --> 0:26:13.719 I got a staff for you. Go ahead, I can 0:26:13.840 --> 0:26:15.840 throw a bunch of numbers out there. Yeah, here's what 0:26:15.920 --> 0:26:19.159 I like. Okay, thirty three thirty three touchdowns in the 0:26:19.240 --> 0:26:23.320 last three years. David Montgomery. We struggled with last year 0:26:23.359 --> 0:26:27.400 for sure scoring touchdowns. All right, these are rushing touchdowns 0:26:27.480 --> 0:26:30.280 and he's not even the top running back on the team, right, 0:26:30.320 --> 0:26:32.359 and he gets into the end zone thirty three times 0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:33.399 in the last three years. 0:26:33.720 --> 0:26:35.040 Sign me up for some of this. 0:26:35.800 --> 0:26:39.200 How much do you think one hundred percent truth Serum 0:26:39.240 --> 0:26:42.720 and Nick Serio and Dimiko Ryans, how much do you 0:26:42.920 --> 0:26:46.679 think when they talked about obtaining David Montgomery? Do you 0:26:46.720 --> 0:26:49.160 think they talked about and said, hey, remember seeing him 0:26:49.320 --> 0:26:52.919 enjoy practice last year? Sure, I guarantee you that was 0:26:53.040 --> 0:26:53.679 that was part of it. 0:26:53.720 --> 0:26:55.640 Well, that's something we could talk about with Nick when 0:26:55.640 --> 0:26:59.879 we have him on on Thursday morning. Because they scout everybody. 0:27:00.119 --> 0:27:03.080 I mean, there's no better places houses than your very 0:27:03.119 --> 0:27:07.200 own league. And note to self, he might be available 0:27:07.240 --> 0:27:10.560 next year via trade, so maybe won't want to go 0:27:10.640 --> 0:27:11.040 after him. 0:27:11.080 --> 0:27:12.840 Let's monitor it. They monitor everybody. 0:27:12.840 --> 0:27:14.800 It's a thirty two team league and they got guys 0:27:14.840 --> 0:27:19.280 Galore upstairs, whose job it is to survey and spy 0:27:19.560 --> 0:27:23.919 not you know, not ill that's a bad word to examine, 0:27:24.680 --> 0:27:29.040 analyze every player in the practice gate, you know, vanderm 0:27:29.080 --> 0:27:30.760 Meracusa Texas spying. 0:27:31.720 --> 0:27:34.879 Oh shoot, anyway you can that. 0:27:38.040 --> 0:27:42.360 Okay, Now you say number one. Now I'm curious, number one, number. 0:27:42.040 --> 0:27:43.440 One off season move. 0:27:43.520 --> 0:27:45.000 I thought that was going to be number one. 0:27:45.800 --> 0:27:50.000 I thought about it, But as I think about it deeply, deeper, 0:27:50.720 --> 0:27:53.040 this is the number one off season move for your 0:27:53.080 --> 0:27:56.879 Houston Texans. And to me, I think there's a considerable 0:27:56.960 --> 0:27:59.280 gap between one and two. And that is the acquisition 0:27:59.440 --> 0:28:04.240 of whyatt teller? Whyatt teller? And look, people. 0:28:04.160 --> 0:28:06.840 Say, well, you know, maybe end of the career ish. 0:28:06.560 --> 0:28:08.119 And is he going to be able to stay healthy? 0:28:08.119 --> 0:28:10.439 And I'm not going to say I don't care. I 0:28:10.480 --> 0:28:12.719 care about that, but I want him in this building. 0:28:12.800 --> 0:28:14.720 I want him in that room. All the reasons you 0:28:14.760 --> 0:28:18.320 pointed out about the offensive line getting swarmy or whatever, 0:28:18.880 --> 0:28:21.040 all of that, you're bringing in a bunch of guys. 0:28:21.080 --> 0:28:24.280 You're bringing in Braden Smith. You've drafted Keelan Ruttledge from 0:28:24.280 --> 0:28:26.040 the Benchi wee wu. Let's see what he does. We 0:28:26.080 --> 0:28:28.360 talked about Evan Brown. You re signed and by the way, 0:28:28.560 --> 0:28:30.720 ed Ingram I did not forget about you. You're in 0:28:30.720 --> 0:28:32.200 the honorable mentioned category two. 0:28:32.240 --> 0:28:33.000 At the very least. 0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:37.280 The resigning of Editingram is huge because you don't have 0:28:37.320 --> 0:28:39.520 to do anything at that spot and you know that 0:28:39.560 --> 0:28:43.200 you're gonna be okay. But with Wyatt Teller, you need 0:28:43.240 --> 0:28:45.440 that guy in the room. You know, Rutlers can be 0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:47.640 that guy eventually, and maybe somebody else as well. 0:28:47.640 --> 0:28:48.640 Maybe Tay is that guy. 0:28:48.680 --> 0:28:52.320 I like Tay's attitude too, Johnny, but we experienced his 0:28:52.440 --> 0:28:54.640 rookie season. I don't know if he's ready to take 0:28:54.680 --> 0:28:57.320 over the room just yet. Right think he's question than 0:28:57.320 --> 0:29:00.920 we think maybe. But Whyatt Teller is? I know this 0:29:01.480 --> 0:29:03.840 and you get a bunch of guys together. I think 0:29:03.880 --> 0:29:06.000 this is a very key individual to have in that 0:29:06.120 --> 0:29:09.880 room psychologically and physically. So let's see how it all 0:29:09.880 --> 0:29:12.000 plays out on the field. You had to improve the 0:29:12.040 --> 0:29:14.560 offensive line, and I'll say this tomorrow morning, we're gonna 0:29:14.560 --> 0:29:16.120 talk about it. I think we're gonna lead off the 0:29:16.160 --> 0:29:18.600 show with the old line because that's the story that's 0:29:19.040 --> 0:29:21.719 down and the quarterback. Maybe I don't know if we're 0:29:21.720 --> 0:29:24.080 going to do one tomorrow because we got Nick Casarius 0:29:24.080 --> 0:29:25.680 press conference and a lot of stuff going on. But 0:29:25.720 --> 0:29:31.240 the point is this, they will be better than they 0:29:31.240 --> 0:29:35.840 were last year period. Now, how much better remains to 0:29:35.880 --> 0:29:38.720 be seen, but I will guarantee they'll be better. 0:29:39.200 --> 0:29:41.160 Will they be a lot better? I hope so I 0:29:41.160 --> 0:29:43.960 think they will. But at the very. 0:29:43.840 --> 0:29:48.040 Least, they'll be better. And better is good. Better could 0:29:48.120 --> 0:29:50.360 get you there. A lot of other things have to 0:29:50.400 --> 0:29:53.600 go right, but better could get you there. Even a 0:29:53.640 --> 0:29:56.400 little bit better could possibly get you there. You know 0:29:56.480 --> 0:29:58.480 what if Sean and Seth always say I think Seth 0:29:58.600 --> 0:30:00.680 is a guy who says stuff like this a lot. 0:30:00.880 --> 0:30:02.880 If they get just and maybe Sean too, if. 0:30:02.800 --> 0:30:05.720 They just get average play just whatever, the middle of 0:30:05.760 --> 0:30:09.000 the road is right on the offensive line, they can 0:30:09.080 --> 0:30:12.080 do X right obviously quarterbacking, you know, you can't shurt 0:30:12.120 --> 0:30:12.360 it over. 0:30:12.400 --> 0:30:15.960 I get it. But I think they could be better 0:30:16.520 --> 0:30:18.160 than that with this group. 0:30:18.600 --> 0:30:20.960 Yeah, I agree, And I was wondering. I was like 0:30:21.080 --> 0:30:23.280 number one, and then I remember, oh, I already mentioned 0:30:23.320 --> 0:30:25.800 whyatt telor and so yeah, I think because I mentioned 0:30:25.840 --> 0:30:27.880 keeping track of talking about geez. 0:30:29.080 --> 0:30:29.160 No. 0:30:29.280 --> 0:30:31.320 But but as we were talking about things, I mentioned 0:30:31.360 --> 0:30:33.240 the name Wyatt teller and so when you're like, what 0:30:33.320 --> 0:30:36.400 would be you know, oh yeah, and then you said it, 0:30:36.440 --> 0:30:38.640 and I think again it goes back to like you 0:30:38.640 --> 0:30:42.160 said what I was talking about earlier, and I think 0:30:42.160 --> 0:30:44.160 people get a little bit tired of hearing this, but 0:30:44.200 --> 0:30:48.040 I think that's what today's NFL really is all about. 0:30:48.160 --> 0:30:51.920 You look at teams and places with good cultures, and 0:30:51.960 --> 0:30:55.960 you're looking at division winning teams, conference winning teams, super 0:30:55.960 --> 0:30:57.120 Bowl championship teams. 0:30:57.280 --> 0:30:58.080 Yeah. 0:30:58.160 --> 0:30:59.960 I remember last year's they were going into the sea, 0:31:00.200 --> 0:31:02.240 and of course I follow all the teams just falling 0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:05.320 from Afar and watching the Seahawks, and you could just tell, man, 0:31:05.320 --> 0:31:08.080 there's a good vibe around this team. If Sam Darnold 0:31:08.080 --> 0:31:10.560 could play well, you know, they added Grace Sable to rookie. 0:31:10.640 --> 0:31:12.640 He came in and did really good things for them. 0:31:12.840 --> 0:31:14.560 They had a couple of tackles that had been there, 0:31:14.600 --> 0:31:16.560 and they played a little bit better, but it was 0:31:16.600 --> 0:31:19.040 like they're the vibes that they had. The other thing 0:31:19.080 --> 0:31:20.360 you have to have, I think. 0:31:20.560 --> 0:31:20.720 Is. 0:31:22.240 --> 0:31:27.720 You have to have players that speak the same language 0:31:28.200 --> 0:31:32.200 as the position coach. And Cole Popovich to me, he 0:31:32.920 --> 0:31:35.080 we seen Cole. Cole said in his seat, and we 0:31:35.080 --> 0:31:37.360 asked Cole about the offensive line last year after they 0:31:37.360 --> 0:31:38.880 had played better. 0:31:40.000 --> 0:31:42.120 What did he say? Oh, he was not happy. 0:31:42.400 --> 0:31:44.200 He was not happy. He he is a guy that 0:31:44.360 --> 0:31:47.320 challenges them, he coaches them hard, and I think he 0:31:47.400 --> 0:31:49.440 wants guys that respond to that. 0:31:49.560 --> 0:31:52.200 What I just said about that being better, he would 0:31:52.760 --> 0:31:54.080 hate that. 0:31:54.360 --> 0:31:57.640 He's like a little bit better. It is not good 0:31:57.640 --> 0:31:57.800 of it. 0:31:57.960 --> 0:31:59.800 I'm glad you said that because I know people out 0:31:59.800 --> 0:32:02.080 there hear that and go average. I don't want to 0:32:02.080 --> 0:32:03.720 have That's not That's not what. 0:32:03.720 --> 0:32:06.080 I was I wasn't saying that. I was saying, get 0:32:06.160 --> 0:32:08.320 us to at least that, get us at least that. 0:32:08.920 --> 0:32:14.040 But our expectation is with these individuals, these acquisitions, because 0:32:14.080 --> 0:32:16.840 you mentioned right tackle, which ends up being a couple 0:32:16.800 --> 0:32:21.160 of guys, whyatt teller Keelan Rutliche. We're talking about what 0:32:21.200 --> 0:32:26.200 could be seventy five to the the crux of this 0:32:26.280 --> 0:32:27.320 offensive line. 0:32:27.080 --> 0:32:31.360 And people hyper examine in progress, trade versus free agent 0:32:31.480 --> 0:32:34.320 versus whatever. Who cares how they all got the You 0:32:34.320 --> 0:32:37.600 know you didn't trade two ones for Sauce Gardner. 0:32:37.640 --> 0:32:42.480 Oh stop me, sorry, Sorry, all shows violence today, go 0:32:42.520 --> 0:32:46.160 around the league later and coming up the best of 0:32:46.200 --> 0:32:50.080 the choice cuts of off season interviews on the Way 0:32:50.120 --> 0:32:54.040 next year on Texans Radio, give it Things Moving run 0:32:54.080 --> 0:32:56.520 along here in the Hunday Texans Radio studio on the 0:32:56.560 --> 0:32:59.640 eve of training camp, I was outside earlier at. 0:32:59.520 --> 0:33:02.280 The Houston that his training center, checking out our broadcast 0:33:02.320 --> 0:33:06.000 position for the first day of practice open practices get rolling. 0:33:06.080 --> 0:33:06.520 Saturday. 0:33:06.560 --> 0:33:09.440 Tickets are already distributed, so if you have friends who 0:33:09.480 --> 0:33:11.320 are going or whatever, maybe they can hook you up. 0:33:11.760 --> 0:33:15.480 But they are all out of tickets for open practice. 0:33:15.920 --> 0:33:18.720 And that'll be Saturday. They have eight open practices, but 0:33:19.160 --> 0:33:21.800 you'll have three practices before we get to that point. 0:33:21.880 --> 0:33:23.960 Will they be in pad Saturday or not? I cannot 0:33:23.960 --> 0:33:27.000 tell you right now. I would think probably not. Maybe Monday. 0:33:27.440 --> 0:33:30.400 Sunday's a day off. One thing about Tamiko Ryans he 0:33:30.520 --> 0:33:33.840 takes Sundays off. Now you might think, well, is that good. 0:33:34.200 --> 0:33:36.200 Shouldn't they be working all the way through. No, he 0:33:36.360 --> 0:33:39.680 times it that way because Sunday is an important day, right, 0:33:39.800 --> 0:33:42.280 So he takes it off instead of and I'm sure 0:33:42.320 --> 0:33:44.320 the coaches are working, by the way, but instead of 0:33:44.360 --> 0:33:47.960 having it off day Tuesday or whatever, he wants to 0:33:48.040 --> 0:33:51.400 time it. So days off ten to be on Sundays 0:33:51.480 --> 0:33:54.200 during training camp, and that's just the way he rolls, 0:33:54.240 --> 0:33:56.200 and it's worked out pretty well. This is the greatest 0:33:56.240 --> 0:33:59.480 era of Texans football. I will say that again. And 0:33:59.560 --> 0:34:01.680 Tamiko Ryans is off to the hottest start of any 0:34:01.720 --> 0:34:04.000 coach in the history of the franchise, no question about that, 0:34:04.040 --> 0:34:07.480 with three consecutive winning seasons. Now, he's not the only 0:34:07.560 --> 0:34:10.280 coach to start his tenure with three consecutive winning seasons. 0:34:10.280 --> 0:34:13.400 That was Bill O'Brien the other one in twenty fourteen, fifteen, 0:34:13.440 --> 0:34:17.120 and sixteen, But in twenty fourteen no playoffs nine and seven, 0:34:17.160 --> 0:34:20.239 twenty fifteen playoffs nine and seven, didn't win the playoff game, 0:34:20.520 --> 0:34:23.360 and twenty sixteen finally won a playoff game and lost 0:34:23.360 --> 0:34:26.759 in the Divisional Round two. The new nemesis, They're really 0:34:26.800 --> 0:34:28.799 not a new nemesis. They've always been a nemesis. They're 0:34:28.840 --> 0:34:32.600 not the nemesis. The nemesis is the Horseshoe, the Colts. 0:34:32.840 --> 0:34:36.520 But the Patriots are a close second. And I've said 0:34:36.520 --> 0:34:39.600 it before, the Patriots at Foxborough are an all time 0:34:39.680 --> 0:34:43.919 Texans villain for me, period full stop. I'm still saying 0:34:43.960 --> 0:34:46.720 full stop. I guess I have to phase that one out. Anyway, 0:34:46.760 --> 0:34:50.680 I promise some best of stuff from our off season interviews, 0:34:50.960 --> 0:34:53.080 and here's a few things, and I thought i'd focus 0:34:53.120 --> 0:34:55.440 it on a theme here. I got four cuts here. 0:34:55.880 --> 0:34:58.520 The theme is how is the offense doing? 0:34:58.560 --> 0:34:58.759 Now? 0:34:58.840 --> 0:35:02.920 This is certainly after OTAs and going into mini camps. 0:35:03.000 --> 0:35:06.319 So these four players all had a good taste of 0:35:06.360 --> 0:35:10.600 how the offense was progressing throughout the offseason and had 0:35:10.719 --> 0:35:14.720 comparative analysis based on what they've seen before. For instance, 0:35:15.000 --> 0:35:20.239 the longest tenured Texan position player is Davis Mills. How 0:35:20.280 --> 0:35:24.040 about that, now, Fairbaron Kaemi Fairbairn is the longest tenured player, 0:35:24.520 --> 0:35:28.440 but Mills drafted in twenty twenty one the longest tenured 0:35:28.560 --> 0:35:32.080 position player. Not not my much, because that night Nico 0:35:32.200 --> 0:35:35.560 Collins was drafted. The next day Brevin Jordan was drafted. 0:35:35.600 --> 0:35:37.560 But you get my drift here. Mills kind of the 0:35:37.560 --> 0:35:40.360 spokesman now for the team. Not really, I'm going a 0:35:40.360 --> 0:35:43.279 little too far with that, but he's a guy's been 0:35:43.320 --> 0:35:45.600 around here for a while, right. If you live through 0:35:45.640 --> 0:35:47.960 twenty twenty one, you know that was a big struggle. 0:35:48.280 --> 0:35:51.160 If you live through twenty twenty two, that was another 0:35:51.200 --> 0:35:53.880 big struggle with a tie to open up the season. 0:35:54.160 --> 0:35:57.560 Twenty twenty one was a much rougher season, more blowout losses. 0:35:57.719 --> 0:36:00.160 Twenty twenty two a lot of close games, but that 0:36:00.560 --> 0:36:04.080 really the kind you want, and twenty twenty three the 0:36:04.120 --> 0:36:05.719 rest of the story the Demico Ryan's ever. 0:36:05.800 --> 0:36:07.040 Anyway, let's get to Mills here. 0:36:07.440 --> 0:36:10.080 How is the offense this year under Nick Kelly his 0:36:10.120 --> 0:36:15.520 second years offensive coordinator? Mills in year six of his career, 0:36:15.800 --> 0:36:19.000 how does the offense compared to this time last year? 0:36:19.239 --> 0:36:22.120 I think this time of year right now, we're I mean, 0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:24.239 I think light years ahead of where we were last year. 0:36:24.280 --> 0:36:27.319 We're in a really good spot. It's always nice going 0:36:27.360 --> 0:36:29.200 into year two of an offense instead of having to 0:36:29.239 --> 0:36:32.640 fully install the entire thing for the first time. I've 0:36:32.640 --> 0:36:35.319 been through that a couple of times here, but year 0:36:35.360 --> 0:36:38.600 two of the offense, that's a big jump to build 0:36:38.600 --> 0:36:40.920 off what we did well last year, but also adding 0:36:41.040 --> 0:36:45.080 new things. And I think coach Kayley's done a great 0:36:45.160 --> 0:36:48.560 job really taking inside of all of his players, especially 0:36:48.600 --> 0:36:50.480 us in the QB room, really kind of building an 0:36:50.480 --> 0:36:54.279 offense around us and around CJ to things that he 0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:56.480 does really well and things he's done in the past 0:36:56.480 --> 0:37:00.279 that he feels really comfortable doing so, I mean, really 0:37:00.320 --> 0:37:02.560 an open book with how we've been installing plays up 0:37:02.600 --> 0:37:05.440 to this point. And we obviously have the base installs 0:37:05.440 --> 0:37:07.640 of what the foundation of this offense is, but then 0:37:07.680 --> 0:37:10.279 there's things He's like, all right, what do you guys 0:37:10.320 --> 0:37:11.560 want to put in to add to the end of 0:37:11.560 --> 0:37:13.839 this install that we can run and rep and make 0:37:13.840 --> 0:37:17.040 sure everyone's comfortable with, because once you get later in 0:37:17.040 --> 0:37:20.600 the season, a lot of it really is just game 0:37:20.640 --> 0:37:23.600 plan and making sure we have content concepts that are 0:37:23.880 --> 0:37:26.880 built in to go against these certain defenses. And a 0:37:26.920 --> 0:37:29.000 lot of times or from times in my past, when 0:37:29.000 --> 0:37:31.560 you're in OTAs, you're really running like the foundation plays. 0:37:31.600 --> 0:37:33.960 But it seems like we're already kind of getting ahead 0:37:34.000 --> 0:37:36.520 to work some of those game plan related plays that 0:37:36.560 --> 0:37:38.959 you might only get to run a handful of times 0:37:38.960 --> 0:37:42.160 of season. But if we're already getting reps this early 0:37:42.200 --> 0:37:45.440 in the spring, it's it's valuable because it's kind of 0:37:45.480 --> 0:37:48.160 just everything starts loading into that memory brank in our 0:37:48.760 --> 0:37:51.520 in our heads and we're able to pull back on 0:37:51.560 --> 0:37:54.279 some of that training that we put in to make 0:37:54.320 --> 0:37:55.400 it effective in the season. 0:37:55.520 --> 0:37:57.400 What can you tell us about Jerry and how he's 0:37:57.520 --> 0:37:58.319 impacted the room. 0:37:58.680 --> 0:38:01.600 He's been great. Nothing about respect and good things to 0:38:01.600 --> 0:38:04.440 say about him. Knows the offense extremely well, and he 0:38:04.480 --> 0:38:07.319 does a great job coaching and kind of portraying his 0:38:07.440 --> 0:38:10.680 knowledge to us as players. So I'm excited to be 0:38:10.680 --> 0:38:12.319 in the room with him. He was there last year, 0:38:12.320 --> 0:38:14.319 but he's taken on a bigger role this year. It's 0:38:14.320 --> 0:38:14.920 gonna be fun. 0:38:15.000 --> 0:38:15.279 All Right. 0:38:15.280 --> 0:38:17.840 There's Davis Mills from where we talked to him prior 0:38:18.000 --> 0:38:21.399 to Mini camp on the offense this year versus last year. 0:38:21.719 --> 0:38:24.239 Let's get to the same kind of question here, but 0:38:24.320 --> 0:38:27.920 with Cad Stover, who's entering year three of his career. Man, 0:38:27.960 --> 0:38:29.560 he's looking for a big one here. He's looking for 0:38:29.600 --> 0:38:31.959 a big year. Got hurt early last year, came back. 0:38:32.200 --> 0:38:34.239 Wasn't a kind of season he wanted. Let's see what 0:38:34.280 --> 0:38:36.920 he does in twenty twenty six. Anyway, Stover at the 0:38:36.960 --> 0:38:40.040 same point prior to Many Camp offense this year versus 0:38:40.160 --> 0:38:40.680 last year. 0:38:40.960 --> 0:38:43.480 It's been good obviously, just getting to know like I'm 0:38:43.480 --> 0:38:46.320 getting those James obviously smart mine really good in the 0:38:46.320 --> 0:38:50.120 blocking game wise, like fundamental wise, really really really educated 0:38:50.160 --> 0:38:52.480 with that. We've taken a lot of good steps as 0:38:52.480 --> 0:38:55.200 far as an offense, We're in a much higher developed 0:38:55.239 --> 0:38:58.920 area than we were last year, as far as fundamentally wise, 0:38:58.960 --> 0:39:01.919 as far as understanding of concepts and what we want 0:39:02.040 --> 0:39:04.839 looking to get done. So, I mean, I think we're 0:39:04.840 --> 0:39:07.799 in eight. We're light years above where we were last 0:39:07.880 --> 0:39:08.960 year at this time, that's for sure. 0:39:09.120 --> 0:39:12.000 Kate Stover right there referenced James. That would be James Ferrence, 0:39:12.080 --> 0:39:14.960 tight Ends coach and ference was with the Texans briefly 0:39:15.040 --> 0:39:18.520 during the Bill O'Brien era as an offensive lineman, son 0:39:18.600 --> 0:39:22.080 of Kirk Farrence, the head coach of the Iowa Hawk. 0:39:22.080 --> 0:39:24.239 Guys who's been there for a thousand years. I like 0:39:24.280 --> 0:39:26.560 guys who stay. I like guys who stay for a 0:39:26.600 --> 0:39:29.880 long time in their spot in college. I know, college 0:39:29.960 --> 0:39:33.040 is just crazy, not what it was. It's completely off 0:39:33.080 --> 0:39:35.359 the rails right now. We don't have to get into 0:39:35.400 --> 0:39:39.000 that at this particular moment, do we anyway? Stover on 0:39:39.320 --> 0:39:41.640 year one versus year two offense. Now, let's get to 0:39:41.800 --> 0:39:45.080 Jake Andrews center. Can't wait to see how that competition goes. 0:39:45.200 --> 0:39:47.200 Camp opens tomorrow. It's underway. 0:39:47.280 --> 0:39:47.520 Now. 0:39:47.640 --> 0:39:51.040 You want to see the offensive lineman in pads? YadA, YadA, YadA. 0:39:51.120 --> 0:39:55.640 But there's no stopping every human who's observing camp from 0:39:55.680 --> 0:39:59.400 evaluating what they're seeing from snap number one going to 0:39:59.440 --> 0:40:01.560 be the classic overreaction under reaction. 0:40:02.400 --> 0:40:05.520 Is it one or the other? We'll see, we'll discuss. 0:40:05.880 --> 0:40:07.480 We got nothing else to do until they play a 0:40:07.480 --> 0:40:10.320 game August thirteenth, except listen to Texans Radio every morning 0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:12.560 eight to ten live from training camp and the sports 0:40:12.640 --> 0:40:15.480 Radio six to ten shows until the station converts to 0:40:15.560 --> 0:40:17.160 ninety five seven the fan. You say, how I worked 0:40:17.200 --> 0:40:19.160 in all the promo stuff on the runway to the 0:40:19.239 --> 0:40:21.719 Jake Andrews cut. And this is a question right before 0:40:21.760 --> 0:40:26.600 mini camp about the offensive line personality, the gelling of 0:40:26.640 --> 0:40:29.719 the different types of characters in the room. How's it 0:40:29.800 --> 0:40:32.319 working at developing this swar mentality? And then you get 0:40:32.320 --> 0:40:34.920 to year one versus a year two offensive progress. 0:40:35.560 --> 0:40:38.480 It's of the utmost importance. I mean, if I know 0:40:38.560 --> 0:40:40.400 a guy's watch name and his kid's name, and I 0:40:40.440 --> 0:40:43.520 know why he does it, you know, it makes it 0:40:43.520 --> 0:40:44.600 so much easier to go out there and be able 0:40:44.640 --> 0:40:47.560 to play for him, and likewise he plays for me too, 0:40:48.280 --> 0:40:50.160 and so just being able to get to know guys 0:40:50.160 --> 0:40:53.799 on a deeper level than just football has always been 0:40:53.800 --> 0:40:57.480 really important for me personally. Like I said, you can 0:40:57.520 --> 0:40:59.719 start to build that relationship and that trust together, and 0:40:59.760 --> 0:41:02.400 I trust you and you trust me, it's bound to 0:41:02.440 --> 0:41:03.759 go a little bit more smooth out there. 0:41:03.960 --> 0:41:06.279 Where's the offense this year versus last year? 0:41:06.400 --> 0:41:09.719 Jake a big step ahead. I mean at this point 0:41:09.800 --> 0:41:12.640 last year we had probably less than half of what 0:41:12.680 --> 0:41:13.359 we have in now. 0:41:13.480 --> 0:41:13.840 Wow. 0:41:14.480 --> 0:41:16.680 So it's been really fun to kind of see the 0:41:16.680 --> 0:41:19.760 growth that you know, Kaylee and Pop and Jerry, Everybody's 0:41:19.760 --> 0:41:22.120 been able to kind of kind of lead us through. 0:41:23.320 --> 0:41:24.879 You know, when you have a guy like CJ back 0:41:24.920 --> 0:41:27.279 there in Davis and all these guys that have, you know, 0:41:27.440 --> 0:41:29.640 yet another year under their belt in the same systems, 0:41:29.800 --> 0:41:32.319 there's always going to be improvements. And you're light years 0:41:32.320 --> 0:41:33.319 ahead in the year two. 0:41:33.600 --> 0:41:36.480 That's Jake Andrews and light years ahead sounds like a 0:41:36.520 --> 0:41:38.480 theme to me. It sounds like the guys have all 0:41:38.480 --> 0:41:41.200 discussed this and decided they're light years ahead of last year. 0:41:41.640 --> 0:41:43.520 Light years is a long time. Look, I'm a big 0:41:43.600 --> 0:41:48.000 sci fi fan. Light years is a long time and 0:41:48.120 --> 0:41:51.799 a long distance. So it's great progress. That sounds like 0:41:51.880 --> 0:41:55.040 quantum leap stuff to me. I can't wait. If they're 0:41:55.040 --> 0:41:58.080 a quantum leap better on offense than last year, sign 0:41:58.160 --> 0:41:59.400 me up for that every time. 0:41:59.800 --> 0:42:01.320 Just give me some good improvement. 0:42:01.360 --> 0:42:03.959 You know, the offense last year fourteenth in the league 0:42:03.960 --> 0:42:07.040 in passing. Nobody's throwing a parade for fourteenth in the 0:42:07.080 --> 0:42:09.360 league in passing. But the way people talk, it's like 0:42:09.400 --> 0:42:12.319 they were bottom three. Now they were bottom third of 0:42:12.360 --> 0:42:15.600 the league in running the football, and that's not going 0:42:15.760 --> 0:42:18.240 to get it done. They were eighteenth in offense overall. 0:42:18.440 --> 0:42:20.279 Not gonna get it done. And that's why you made 0:42:20.320 --> 0:42:22.359 all the improvements. We talked about it in segment one. 0:42:22.440 --> 0:42:25.600 We're all gonna watch starting tomorrow camp gets underway. Let's 0:42:25.600 --> 0:42:29.320 get to one final cut here, British Brooks, same question, 0:42:29.520 --> 0:42:33.240 same topic, offense this year versus last year. Through OTA's 0:42:33.280 --> 0:42:35.840 heading into mini camp and as we embark on training 0:42:35.880 --> 0:42:36.520 camp tomorrow. 0:42:36.600 --> 0:42:37.360 One hundred percent. 0:42:37.440 --> 0:42:40.000 I mean we came out basically just saying like we're 0:42:40.040 --> 0:42:42.360 gonna we're gonna go right into it. We're gonna install, 0:42:42.440 --> 0:42:44.600 we're gonna get to the you know, the knee gritty 0:42:44.680 --> 0:42:47.080 like not not just the basics, even though we do 0:42:47.160 --> 0:42:48.759 you know, hone in on the basics all the time, 0:42:48.800 --> 0:42:51.920 but now it's like we need to be progressing a 0:42:51.920 --> 0:42:53.719 lot faster than than we did last year. And it's 0:42:53.719 --> 0:42:55.680 like you can definitely see that with like just being 0:42:55.680 --> 0:42:57.359 in the offense for a second year. 0:42:57.480 --> 0:43:01.480 Now there's British Brooks on the offense improvement year one 0:43:01.520 --> 0:43:02.680 to year two under Nick Caley. 0:43:02.719 --> 0:43:04.880 Okay, that's gonna do it for those cuts. 0:43:04.920 --> 0:43:08.640 That was the theme the offensive improvement and camp against tomorrow. 0:43:08.640 --> 0:43:09.080 Can't wait. 0:43:09.120 --> 0:43:12.360 By the way, British going into year three man time 0:43:12.640 --> 0:43:17.759 Freaking flies running back competition. We mentioned Pittsenberger from Yale 0:43:17.840 --> 0:43:19.839 in the opening segment, but I can't wait to see 0:43:19.880 --> 0:43:22.600 Jamar Jordan out there. Of course Montgomery, but we expect 0:43:22.640 --> 0:43:24.160 big things from him. I don't want to see too 0:43:24.239 --> 0:43:27.040 much from him, actually see a little bit, see a 0:43:27.080 --> 0:43:30.200 little bit. Put him in bubble wrap. Woo, he marks 0:43:30.200 --> 0:43:32.480 two bubble wrap. I don't want to see too much 0:43:32.480 --> 0:43:34.160 of these guys. I want to see them gel with 0:43:34.200 --> 0:43:36.960 the offense, yes, but I don't want to expose them 0:43:37.000 --> 0:43:40.680 too much. You got huge games to open this season 0:43:41.120 --> 0:43:45.120 at Reliant Stadium, and in fact, something is happening this 0:43:45.200 --> 0:43:48.160 year with the schedule that only happened once before the 0:43:48.400 --> 0:43:49.560 history of the franchise. 0:43:49.680 --> 0:43:50.200 What is it? 0:43:50.520 --> 0:43:54.560 I'll tell you next on Texans All Access Final Lap 0:43:54.600 --> 0:43:57.400 around the Track here tonight before we get to training camp. 0:43:57.520 --> 0:44:01.359 Live shows tomorrow morning, starting off with Panting Pendergast at 0:44:01.400 --> 0:44:03.800 six am on Sports Radio six ten, soon to be 0:44:03.880 --> 0:44:05.480 ninety five to seven of the fans. See I said 0:44:05.480 --> 0:44:07.360 it again, getting you ready for August thirteenth, when the 0:44:07.360 --> 0:44:09.839 station flips to FM. You'll still get it on six 0:44:09.840 --> 0:44:11.960 to ten, but it'll be called ninety five to seventh 0:44:11.960 --> 0:44:14.000 the fan And why wouldn't you go to the FM 0:44:14.200 --> 0:44:14.800 at that point? 0:44:14.880 --> 0:44:15.480 Yes? Please? 0:44:15.960 --> 0:44:19.279 It'll happen the day of our first Texans preseason game 0:44:19.280 --> 0:44:20.160 against the Chargers. 0:44:20.160 --> 0:44:20.640 Can't wait? 0:44:20.760 --> 0:44:23.600 Okay, So tomorrow morning at six p and p and 0:44:23.640 --> 0:44:25.759 then eight am, Johnny and I for a couple of 0:44:25.800 --> 0:44:27.960 hours as the team takes the field, and then in 0:44:28.040 --> 0:44:31.000 the loop has you for the rest of practice. They'll 0:44:31.000 --> 0:44:35.000 probably get a player live. In fact, I'll virtually guarantee that. Okay, 0:44:35.360 --> 0:44:37.560 I said something that's happening this year with the schedule, 0:44:37.600 --> 0:44:40.480 now that it's camp time. A lot of my casual 0:44:40.520 --> 0:44:43.239 sports friends and you're thinking, Mark, you have friends, Yeah, 0:44:43.280 --> 0:44:45.360 I do. I have friends and some friends follow sports 0:44:45.400 --> 0:44:46.040 more than others. 0:44:46.160 --> 0:44:46.720 It's weird. 0:44:46.840 --> 0:44:49.799 I know that people wouldn't follow sports as deeply as 0:44:49.800 --> 0:44:51.680 you and I do, but it does happen. So people 0:44:51.719 --> 0:44:53.799 are asking me, Hey, who do they play this year? 0:44:53.840 --> 0:44:57.600 Are you serious? Okay, the schedule's loaded. Cowboys Week four 0:44:57.640 --> 0:44:59.719 at home. Everyone's looking forward to that one. But I'm 0:44:59.760 --> 0:45:02.759 looking forward to Week one Buffalo, Are you kidding me? 0:45:02.840 --> 0:45:05.320 This is a war? And then week two the Bengals. 0:45:05.520 --> 0:45:08.080 So back to back games at home to start the schedule. 0:45:08.480 --> 0:45:10.319 Did you know that this is only the second time 0:45:10.360 --> 0:45:13.880 in the history of the franchise that this has occurred. 0:45:14.120 --> 0:45:17.880 The only other time was twenty sixteen. And the Texans 0:45:17.920 --> 0:45:21.840 did well the first two games. They beat the Bears 0:45:21.880 --> 0:45:24.880 who opened up the season, and that was brock Osweiler. 0:45:25.320 --> 0:45:28.800 And then in week two it was a bloodbath against 0:45:28.920 --> 0:45:31.360 Kansas City and they won the game Travis Kelce played. 0:45:31.400 --> 0:45:34.120 There was no Mahomes yet. I mean Mahomes existed, but 0:45:34.239 --> 0:45:36.680 not in professional form. That was Alex Smith. 0:45:36.960 --> 0:45:37.799 But that was a war. 0:45:38.200 --> 0:45:39.640 And then they had to go on the road short 0:45:39.640 --> 0:45:41.640 week at New England. You know what happened there? They 0:45:41.640 --> 0:45:43.680 got shut out. That really hurt a lot but anyway, 0:45:43.719 --> 0:45:45.360 they did open to and Zho and they did go 0:45:45.440 --> 0:45:48.600 nine and seven and win the division that year. Other 0:45:48.640 --> 0:45:51.840 items from the schedule that are interesting because here we are, 0:45:51.960 --> 0:45:57.319 we're embarking on football season. Thirteen of the fourteen opponents 0:45:57.719 --> 0:46:01.920 this year were on the schedule for the inaugural season 0:46:02.120 --> 0:46:04.360 of two thousand and two. I think that's cool because 0:46:04.360 --> 0:46:08.080 here we are celebrating the twenty fifth year franchise history 0:46:08.320 --> 0:46:12.640 and we've got thirteen of those fourteen teams on the schedule. 0:46:12.640 --> 0:46:14.839 You're thinking, well, don't they play seventeen games? But you're 0:46:14.880 --> 0:46:18.200 thinking or not thinking about duplicate games that the Jags, Titans, 0:46:18.200 --> 0:46:18.640 and Colts. 0:46:18.640 --> 0:46:19.520 Don't. Forget about that. 0:46:20.239 --> 0:46:24.040 But I think that is super interesting that they play 0:46:24.480 --> 0:46:28.560 all those squads from the inaugural season, especially Dallas Week four. 0:46:28.600 --> 0:46:31.080 That's going to be a huge celebration of the twenty 0:46:31.080 --> 0:46:35.000 fifth year. That game and other news and notes. Just 0:46:35.080 --> 0:46:36.280 know that camp starts tomorrow. 0:46:36.320 --> 0:46:36.640 Okay. 0:46:36.840 --> 0:46:40.080 As I said from the get go, eight open practices 0:46:40.520 --> 0:46:43.200 practices one, two, and three are not open to the public, 0:46:43.280 --> 0:46:46.239 but they are live on the radio. Baby, we will 0:46:46.280 --> 0:46:49.400 have them for you, and we are super fired up 0:46:49.440 --> 0:46:51.880 to be with you live from the Houston Methodist Training 0:46:51.920 --> 0:46:54.880 Center tomorrow morning, six am, P and P. Eight o'clock, 0:46:54.920 --> 0:46:57.920 Johnny and I take over. Looking forward to it. Thanks 0:46:57.920 --> 0:47:00.640 so much for listening. Area forty five coming up next 0:47:00.640 --> 0:47:02.320 to have a great night, Go Texans.