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Speaker 1: Well, welcome in everybody to Monday edition of Texans All

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Speaker 1: Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host

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Speaker 1: this evening, John Harris, and we're kicking it off with

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Speaker 1: the voice of the Texans, Mark Van Mere Mark. Long time,

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Speaker 1: no talk. How are you? Yeah, Johnny, we talked this morning,

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Speaker 1: We'll talk again this evening, we'll talk again tomorrow. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna do a lot of talking here, but that's what

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Speaker 1: we do. Yeah, as this team gets closer to their

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Speaker 1: regular season. And what a busy week, Johnny. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they have so much to do in terms of Prepper

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Speaker 1: New England, getting guy into the fifty three, and oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: playing a game with the Cowboys, and you do need

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Speaker 1: to play that game. You will have to field a

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Speaker 1: team Thursday night against Dallas. Yeah, this week, I said,

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Speaker 1: I said last week, this is one of my favorite

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Speaker 1: weeks yet it's one of the most stressful weeks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: team lunching tomorrow. Yeah, you've got the game Thursday against

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. Right, and because it's Dallas, that adds

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Speaker 1: a little bit to it. I suppose Saturday, then you

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Speaker 1: got the cuts start to happen, so you're starting to

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Speaker 1: it down to fifty three. Then you got Advocate Texas kickoff.

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Speaker 1: Then on Monday you start prep for New England with

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Speaker 1: your fifty three man roster. It's it's a lot going

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Speaker 1: on the team lunch and stressful for me. Okay, I

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Speaker 1: know I'm seeing it and Vander Kids doing live kid reporter,

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Speaker 1: so this is a little stressful for me. He won't

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Speaker 1: freeze up live though. Now he's not gonna freeze, but

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be on the mic as a sort of

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Speaker 1: net if you will. Yeah, well, because he'd all have

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Speaker 1: a film comments to throw in and I'll evaluate as

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Speaker 1: we go along his performance. Poor kid. Oh, he'll be fine.

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Speaker 1: We are going to talk fifty three man roster in

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Speaker 1: just a second. We've also got Justin Reid coming up

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Speaker 1: on the show. We have also got a Dirty dozen

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Speaker 1: with Ryan Griffin and if you missed some good conversation

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Speaker 1: this morning with Spencer, Tim and Andrea where we have

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Speaker 1: that for you as well. Mark, we you and I

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Speaker 1: on air. Off air, we talk about the fifty three

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Speaker 1: man roster a good deal. I find my conversations with

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Speaker 1: Brian Gaine before the game off the air on the

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Speaker 1: air with him and you and I training camp, he

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Speaker 1: would often bring up the forty six man roster. So

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Speaker 1: sometimes it's almost when you look at the fifty three,

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Speaker 1: you almost gotta think, Okay, well what about the forty

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Speaker 1: six as well? But let's focus on the fifty three

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Speaker 1: man roster. We talked about in the broadcast the other day.

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Speaker 1: I said, wide receiver is the most difficult cut? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: what at that point? Beyond wide receivers? I think you

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Speaker 1: agree with me on that. At that point, what's the

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Speaker 1: most difficult cut, either player or position in your mind?

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Speaker 1: I think the most difficult cut. Well, there's some names

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Speaker 1: you know that are not gonna be on this football team.

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Speaker 1: But I think on the D line, you've got one

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Speaker 1: cut in particular that's gonna be tough because I don't

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Speaker 1: have them keeping more than six And in this argument,

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Speaker 1: Clowney is not a defensive line when he's an outside linebacker.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go with wat Reader and Covington up front,

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Speaker 1: and then I've got Brandon done. I have Angelo Blackson

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Speaker 1: gonna be tough for Carlos Watkins, but we'll see how

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Speaker 1: if there's six, those might be the six as Angelo Blackson. Look,

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Speaker 1: you evaluate evaluate these things a lot closer than I do.

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Speaker 1: But he's made plays, like I've called his name a lot.

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Speaker 1: And sometimes I'll get into nitty gritty the film all

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Speaker 1: it's as simple as that. Yeah, it's a simple Has

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Speaker 1: ones to sit down and do a fifty three man roster.

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Speaker 1: Our Buddy Wexy put one together, Patty stat puts one together.

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Speaker 1: He still has I believe practice squad eligibility. Do you

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Speaker 1: That's why I'm only keeping six. Only six. That's why

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Speaker 1: maybe they just flat out keep them. But Johnny, when

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Speaker 1: they drave to kell him by and edge of four,

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Speaker 1: they knew that they had five outside linebackers projected right,

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Speaker 1: because Brendan Scarlett. They know he's good, they know that

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Speaker 1: he could do some things for them, So they knew

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Speaker 1: it would come to this, we keep five or not.

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Speaker 1: the wire, now are you gonna do it or not?

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Speaker 1: six D linemen, yeah, see, I think I think that's

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Speaker 1: kind of the way I look at it. I'm keeping

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Speaker 1: ten front seven guys, Yeah, the right way of saying it. Yeah, ye,

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Speaker 1: Like I said, let's move on to the secondary now, okay,

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Speaker 1: all right, And at corner I'm gonna keep five cornerbacks

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Speaker 1: because Cavon Webster's on the team. Now, I'm always gonna

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Speaker 1: Texas made an official earlier today, they have signed Cavon Webster,

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Speaker 1: those guys have from one year to the next. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think that says a lot about the way they're

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Speaker 1: being coached, where they take the practice field and execute.

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Speaker 1: So you know, it's a blessing for me to be

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Speaker 1: part of this team to have offense like that. Man,

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Speaker 1: in the chance they hit the field, they have a

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Speaker 1: time to just strike the band up and put up

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Speaker 1: big time points. So it's a blessing for me to

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Speaker 1: be at this point my career to be playing with

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Speaker 1: offense like that. Well, I really like your perspective as

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Speaker 1: a coach on the field. So what are you observing

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Speaker 1: with special teams? How will they be different and better

435
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Speaker 1: this year? Man? I think speed man speed and the

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Speaker 1: guys that just want to get down there and get autter.

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Speaker 1: You know, guys that's physical, fast and can run and

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Speaker 1: can hit people and tackle and block. So I think

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Speaker 1: anytime you have guys with their mentality and guys knowing

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Speaker 1: their role, you're gonna have a much improved units. So hopefully,

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Speaker 1: so thanks a lot for joining us. Problem got you anytime?

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Speaker 1: All right? You still want to do that? Or like

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Speaker 1: every once in a while, or what do you want

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Speaker 1: to do Monday? To be cool? Because I think my

445
00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:11,040
Speaker 1: son I only have basketball football on Wednesdays, and we're

446
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Speaker 1: gonna keep with the defensive back theme, but we're gonna

447
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Speaker 1: go to safety in a rookie I could up with

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Speaker 1: Justin Reid after practice as well, how's your first training

449
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Speaker 1: camp preseason? Ben? You know, it was crazy to think about.

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Speaker 1: I was talking with some of the guys earlier about

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Speaker 1: when I first showed up here for a rookie camp,

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Speaker 1: and then I look back on it now it's four

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Speaker 1: months ago, and it feels like it was such a

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Speaker 1: long time ago. By at the same time, it feels

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Speaker 1: like it went by so quickly. Yeah, you know, and

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Speaker 1: we're already getting ready for the first game of the season.

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Speaker 1: How does that feel. You've gone through three preseason games

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Speaker 1: and now you got New England on the horizon. How

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Speaker 1: does that feel to be preparing for New England and

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Speaker 1: all a sudden you look up on the screen and

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Speaker 1: there's number twelve. I'm sure a guy that you probably

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Speaker 1: watched as you were growing up, Tom Brady, that you

463
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Speaker 1: were not getting ready to play? How does that feel?

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Speaker 1: Sort of surreal, fun, exciting goal. You can't you can't

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Speaker 1: overstate the value of these preseason games, especially for a

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Speaker 1: rookie like me to really get in and be able

467
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Speaker 1: to get on the field and play a live game

468
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Speaker 1: and get really comfortable in the system that we run here.

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Speaker 1: That experience on the field has been invaluable invaluable for me,

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Speaker 1: and I've been really I've really been able to settle

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Speaker 1: down and feel comfortable in the system and get to

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Speaker 1: know the guys and learn what guys do, what what

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Speaker 1: are our strengths, what our weaknesses and this that another

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Speaker 1: on the flip side of that, and preparing for New England.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's like you said, Tom Brady has been

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Speaker 1: in the league since I was a little kid, and

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Speaker 1: it's wild to me to think that my first real

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Speaker 1: game and then the fail I get to go up

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Speaker 1: against them. So that's something surreal for me to think about.

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Speaker 1: The other guy that I really hope I get to

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Speaker 1: go against one day is Larry Fitzgerald from the Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: because he's another guy that's I've looked up to whenever

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Speaker 1: I was a little kid. But Tom Brady, that's something

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Speaker 1: that's going to be an incredible experience for me, especially

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Speaker 1: getting up to go up and play in Foxborough. Justin

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Speaker 1: the communication that you guys have to have in the secondary.

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Speaker 1: You hear people talk about it, but as a rookie,

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Speaker 1: how valuable is that the communication, especially amongst the secondary.

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Speaker 1: You guys are a pretty tight group, but just a communication,

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Speaker 1: how important is that? From play to play for everybody

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Speaker 1: to be on the same page and for the communication

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Speaker 1: to be you it's you're in vialable, you know. It's

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Speaker 1: always say whenever the secondary makes mistakes in the six

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Speaker 1: points because we're the last line of defense, and if

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Speaker 1: things go over the top of our heads where we

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Speaker 1: leave a guy uncovered, typically those are the big plays

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Speaker 1: in the game, you know. So one of the most

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Speaker 1: important things that we do is communicate to each other

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Speaker 1: so that we're all on the same page. We know

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Speaker 1: who has who, who's dropping the wear, so that way

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Speaker 1: we get everything covered up. How much assurance do you

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Speaker 1: get being back there with a guy like Tyrn Matthews

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Speaker 1: that has been around play with your brother back in college.

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Speaker 1: How much assurance do you get with some veterans like him,

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Speaker 1: like Jonathan Joseph, like Kareem Jackson that you have back there.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna lean on them a little bit if you're

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Speaker 1: not quite sure you got them to rely one of

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Speaker 1: those guys. They have their veteran experience, they've been in

509
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Speaker 1: the league for years, and they always show me new things,

510
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Speaker 1: new tips to look at, new ways, just to play

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Speaker 1: half a second faster by just taking my eyes to

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Speaker 1: maybe this person instead of that person on a play

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Speaker 1: to get it faster. Read. So those guys with the

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Speaker 1: experience that they've learned throughout their trip, they've been passing

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Speaker 1: that knowledge onto me to make me a better player

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Speaker 1: as well. I gotta ask this, because I'm a big

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Speaker 1: college guy. How the Cardinal gonna do this year? The

518
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Speaker 1: Cardinal they're loaded talent wise, skill wise, they are loaded,

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Speaker 1: and it's going to be real excited to see they're

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Speaker 1: missing number eight though. Now you're thirty eight, but you

521
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Speaker 1: were number eight, but they're missing you though. Yeah. But

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Speaker 1: those guys, they'll be fine. And some of the young

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Speaker 1: bucks coming up, like Malik Antoine, he just moved over

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Speaker 1: to the safety position and he was like my little

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Speaker 1: protege whenever I was still there, and I'm expecting big

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Speaker 1: things out of him in the whole secondary with Frank Ben,

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Speaker 1: all those guys, Boogie Simmons, all those guys man running

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Speaker 1: backs pretty good too. Justin appreciate it, man, thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you, appreciate it. And we cannot finish up this

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Speaker 1: segment without a little bit of Drew's Dirty dozen. He

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Speaker 1: caught up with Ryan Griffin at the end of the

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Speaker 1: last week here's the Dirty Dozen with Ryan Griffin. Time

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Speaker 1: to do Dirty dozen questions. We start things off with

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Speaker 1: your best football trade? What is it? Oh, my versatility?

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Speaker 1: I would say, you know, I have a chance to

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Speaker 1: line up with a lot of different positions, and you

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Speaker 1: know I take pride of that. What's been your most

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Speaker 1: improved football trade this offseason? I say my footwork. You know,

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Speaker 1: I've really been dialed in on, you know, my steps

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Speaker 1: and muscle memory and how to block, you know, nine

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Speaker 1: techniques to a six thingame, So I'd say my footwork.

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Speaker 1: Which of your teammates talks the most trash? I like

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Speaker 1: when Hop gets going. You know it's not very often,

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Speaker 1: but when Hob gets going, it seems like, you know,

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Speaker 1: our offense is moving at a quicker pace. So I

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Speaker 1: like when Hops talking, And I mean I can't hear

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Speaker 1: some of that stuff, but seeing it, you can tell

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Speaker 1: when it is happening, it looks like there's a fury

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Speaker 1: behind it. Right. Sure, I don't think Hopps wanted to

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Speaker 1: start talking, but if someone talks to him, then you know,

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Speaker 1: it gets ratchet up a little bit. So it's a

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Speaker 1: lot of fun out there. Who's your most underrated teammate?

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Speaker 1: My most underrated teammate probably Shane Leckler. This guy's day

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Speaker 1: in day out, comes in here and works like he's

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Speaker 1: a rookie even though it's year nineteen for him. So

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Speaker 1: really happy is on my team and very underappreciated. Which

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Speaker 1: teammate gets you the most amped up? Definitely was Brian Cushing,

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Speaker 1: So I'm still looking for the guy right now. Cush

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Speaker 1: was the guy last year and you know the previous years.

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Speaker 1: But I'm still looking for that guy right now. All right.

561
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Speaker 1: To be determined who calms you down the most? Which

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Speaker 1: teammate does that? D Watt for sure. Deshaun's out there.

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00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: He's so laser focus. You can't help but just to

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Speaker 1: get locked in with him, and you know when he's

565
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Speaker 1: running things, you listen to what he's saying. What's your

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Speaker 1: perfect breakfast? Probably pretty game meal. I just have my

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Speaker 1: armlet him have a little Western him, some peppers and

568
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Speaker 1: mushrooms and you know, get to work. All time favorite

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Speaker 1: NFL player who was retired, who's retired? Maybe Ben Coates?

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Speaker 1: How about Ben Coates or Drew bloodsoe all those old Patriots.

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Speaker 1: As a big Pats fan back in the day, Tay

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Speaker 1: Law Laurie Malloy, Willie McGinnis, I mean, you name it. All.

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Speaker 1: Those old Pats are probably my favorite players. For those

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Speaker 1: of you who don't know, Ryan grew up in Londonderry,

575
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Speaker 1: New Hampshire, so that was your local team. You didn't

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Speaker 1: grow up down here and roof of the Pats. No,

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Speaker 1: I was a fan of Steve mcnarra. Know he was

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Speaker 1: an Oiler and so a lot of different guys, but yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Pats were my favorite for sure. If you could

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Speaker 1: talk with any animal on Earth and have that ability,

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Speaker 1: or be able to speak any human language, which would

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Speaker 1: you choose? Oh, I'd probably take Mandarin Chinese, just because

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Speaker 1: of the China. I'm saying, like every language, you can

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Speaker 1: speak every language on Earth. Yeah, hell yeah, I'll take

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Speaker 1: I'll take that over speaking of some animal. What do

586
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Speaker 1: they gotta say? I mean, I already we know everything

587
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,800
Speaker 1: there is to know about animals. They don't even know

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Speaker 1: anything about themselves like we know. So I'll take the

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Speaker 1: every human language. Thanks, Ryan Griffin, appreciate the time. Thanks

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Speaker 1: to When we returned a little, Andre Ware and Spencer Tillman,

591
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Speaker 1: they'll give us their thoughts on the fifty three man roster.

592
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Speaker 1: Mark and Ile pined out it earlier? What did they

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Speaker 1: have to say? Wow? That? Where you next to Texas

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Speaker 1: Axis one, final segment of Texas All Access on this

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Speaker 1: wonderful Monday evening from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I

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Speaker 1: am John Harris, your host, will kick off this segment

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Speaker 1: with our good friend game analyst Andre Were Okay, So Andre,

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Speaker 1: wide receiver. We're just discussing the situation. We've got obviously Hopkins, Fuller,

599
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Speaker 1: Kiki QT and Ellington Coats and then in Miller we uh,

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Speaker 1: you've got Vincent Smith. You've got a lot of guys

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Speaker 1: to consider here. What do you make of the wide

602
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Speaker 1: receiver group? I think it actually boils down. I think

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Speaker 1: it's six, But I think it boils down to wa

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Speaker 1: Smith and Coats and who the coaches feel are they're

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Speaker 1: the most comfortable with. I mean, you've got a couple

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Speaker 1: of young guys, You've got a guy betteran guy that

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Speaker 1: that can actually return kicks for you, and Coats in

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Speaker 1: a pinch. So I think it's it's those three for

609
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Speaker 1: really one one spot. Andre the running back position. And

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Speaker 1: I say running back because the guy about to ask

611
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: you about isn't really technically a running back, but he's

612
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Speaker 1: been around here since twenty fourteen, and it feels like

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Speaker 1: each and every year we talk about keeping a fullback,

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Speaker 1: well if you got to do short yardage stuff, but

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Speaker 1: we've seen Bill O'Brien, especially in the game against San Francisco,

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Speaker 1: spread the team out once you got through the goal line,

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Speaker 1: not use a fullback. Do you think Jay Pross still

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Speaker 1: has a spot on this ball club? Oh boy, that's

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Speaker 1: a great question, Johnny. When you start to look at

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Speaker 1: you know, other things, and I know Jay has been

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Speaker 1: an excellent special teams player for a while, but then

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Speaker 1: you've got a couple of guys to say, Joe Webb,

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Speaker 1: and whether or not you keep him as a special

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00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 1: teams player, that's a spot. Chris Thompson was a just

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Speaker 1: a kind of a special teams player a year ago,

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Speaker 1: and that's really been Jay's forte and his roster spot

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00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:57,959
Speaker 1: on this team has really been through special teams. There

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Speaker 1: are a whole lot of short yardage situations where they're

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Speaker 1: going to the fullback. They do some of that. Now.

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Speaker 1: I know he likes to be Versatilo on offense, and

631
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Speaker 1: from week to week the game plan changes. They don't

632
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 1: want to sew the same thing in consecutive weeks, so

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Speaker 1: then there's a fullback involved, but it's only like maybe

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Speaker 1: a player two, and then he's regulated back to special team.

635
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Speaker 1: So that's that's that's gonna be a tough roster spot.

636
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,360
Speaker 1: I know they like him, I know they like the

637
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: way he blocks as a lead blocker, but it's just

638
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 1: gonna be hard justifying that spot with the limited amount

639
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 1: of what they ask him or what they get out

640
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 1: of him. All Right, Andrea, I want to tell you

641
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 1: and Johnny I think I told you guys off the air,

642
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 1: but my quarterback idea, and see what you think of it, Okay,

643
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 1: because I'm gonna keep Joe Webb and I'm gonna keep

644
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,240
Speaker 1: branding Wheaton now unless somebody amazing gets released. But that's

645
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: not going to happen. So on game day on my

646
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,560
Speaker 1: forty six, I deactivate Whedon and I have Joe Webb

647
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: playing Special Teams and he's my backup quarterback because if

648
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: God forbids something happened to de Sean, I can get

649
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 1: through the day with Joe Webb. Now, if I have

650
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 1: to start two or three games, I'm gonna start bread

651
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: and Weed and I get it. But in a given afternoon,

652
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,560
Speaker 1: I'll take my chances and bring Joe Webb in at

653
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: quarterback if I have to to kind of fake my

654
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 1: way through that game and let him run around and

655
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 1: make plays and beat Jolton. Joe Webb, what do you

656
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 1: make of that kind of thinking? I don't really even

657
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,280
Speaker 1: think you have to fake your way through it. I

658
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,920
Speaker 1: think I think Joe's a comparable backup that can can

659
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: get things done in a pinch to close out a

660
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 1: game where you don't really have to go away from

661
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: what you do offensively. Now, maybe the problem with that

662
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,080
Speaker 1: is who do you give the reps too during the week,

663
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 1: Because in case that situation happens, and I'll shoot holes

664
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 1: in it. As I told you before, what if what

665
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: if Joe gets hurt playing special teams and then something

666
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,480
Speaker 1: happens to Shaun in the game? I cannot live it?

667
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: Fear where are you at that point? But I like

668
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 1: the idea. I do like it. I think I happen

669
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: to think Joe's gonna make the team. You know that

670
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 1: it Maybe maybe I'm crazy, but I like what he's

671
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 1: done on special teams. I actually pointed out to Johnny

672
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 1: off the air on a couple of occasions the blocks

673
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 1: that he's thrown. Guys can't release and get past him

674
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: and cover on on punt returns because he's so big

675
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: and he's so strong that he just holds guys up

676
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 1: and they're frustrated. And his athletic ability allows him to

677
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 1: do that too. So at six four, two thirty, he's

678
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 1: almost a perfect prototypical special teams guy that you can

679
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: use in the variety of ways, and and you just

680
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: don't get that athletic at a lot of spots on

681
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: special teams when that's been certainly an area that needs

682
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: to be improved. Hey, when was the last time you

683
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 1: played special team? Probably my first week or so on

684
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 1: campus that you have h and then it was then

685
00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 1: it was all quarterback after that. But yeah, I actually

686
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 1: and I was. I was Joe Webb. That my nickname

687
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 1: at the University of Houston when I first got there

688
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: was mister Versatility. I played running back, I played slot receiver,

689
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 1: and then I played on special teams until they got

690
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 1: smart and movement to quarterback. They got smart, and that

691
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 1: was all that. All that was in conjunction with playing quarterback.

692
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: So I was then I became a full time quarterback,

693
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: and that was you know, the story is what it is. Well,

694
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 1: slash player turned Heisman, and I think it turned out

695
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,840
Speaker 1: pretty well for you Tree, There's no question about that.

696
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: Drey defensively, we found out this morning the Texans signed

697
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: Cavon Webster. Corner had spensive time at Denver then last

698
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: year's with the Rams, but he rupshot is Achilles in December.

699
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 1: And we've seen Richard Sherman get back, we've seen the

700
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 1: ata Foreman is still on pup. We don't know where

701
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: Webster is, but signing a corner at this point, Kevin

702
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: Johnson still in the concussion protocol, Aaron Covid didn't play

703
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: the other day. Kareem had to bump out with the

704
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 1: first group and played corner a little bit. Sonny, a

705
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: guy like Webster feels like it's a no lose situation,

706
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: even if he's not quite ready to go in week one.

707
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 1: What do you think about the secondary of the way

708
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,120
Speaker 1: it's come together and adding a guy like Webster, Well,

709
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 1: I think they're protecting themselves in case you get to

710
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,920
Speaker 1: week one and then all of a sudden, you need

711
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 1: you need some help. They know him, they've worked out

712
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 1: against him, you know, with the Texans in joint practices

713
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: with the Broncos over time. They've they've seen him with today,

714
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: the way guys heal up today, I would expect him

715
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: to be back. Otherwise I don't think they would have

716
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,959
Speaker 1: taken a flyer on him. So I think when you

717
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 1: look at what's gone on behind J Joe and Kevin

718
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 1: Johnson and Kareem and the other corners, Aaron Covin, I'll

719
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 1: throw his name and there there needs to be somewhat

720
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 1: of an upgrade. They're waiting on one of these young

721
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: corners to come around. It just hasn't happened throughout the preseason.

722
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: So now you got to protect yourself and you go

723
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,600
Speaker 1: out and you get a veteran in case something happens,

724
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: and I look for him to contribute in some ways.

725
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 1: They perform relatively early. Andre, what about the offensive reps

726
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,720
Speaker 1: this preseason? You feel like they got enough? You feel

727
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,279
Speaker 1: like you're comfortable. I mean that's probably not a great

728
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: word going into New England, but how are you feeling

729
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:22,319
Speaker 1: about that side of the football going into the opener? Yeah,

730
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 1: I just believe you know, off the especially offensively, you

731
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,440
Speaker 1: just need to have some continuity. You guys need to

732
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 1: be on the field in the game time situation. You

733
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,839
Speaker 1: can't simulate it in practice and then turn it up

734
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 1: on game day. Now, with that, there's some gray area

735
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,359
Speaker 1: because you're trying to not totally understand it, you're trying

736
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 1: to protect against injury. I think it may be a

737
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:47,400
Speaker 1: slow start to the season for everybody across the board

738
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,360
Speaker 1: on offense, and it's usually that way to start a

739
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 1: season because defenses are built faster. It's you know, seek

740
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 1: and destroy and that kind of deal, and you can

741
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 1: play reckless and just go get after people, where as

742
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: an offense, you gotta work like hands in a glove

743
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,279
Speaker 1: and all fingers working together to get something going. So

744
00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,239
Speaker 1: you look at the Rams, for instance, sitting out there,

745
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 1: their skill position players. That's not hard to just I mean,

746
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 1: it is hard to just jump in and all of

747
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 1: a sudden have the same production that you had a

748
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 1: year ago. It's almost impossible. So I look for across

749
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: the board, not just the Texans, but everybody, because everybody

750
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: seems to be doing it, with exception maybe San Francisco

751
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: not playing their skill position players, and it's I think

752
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a low productive first couple of weeks

753
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,280
Speaker 1: because of it. There is a good friend game analyst

754
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,839
Speaker 1: Andre Ware for preseason TV. Well there's one more left,

755
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:46,439
Speaker 1: I mean, Spencer Tillman will have you covered one final time.

756
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: On Thursday night he talked about the punter situation. Yeah,

757
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 1: the punter situation with Mark and out this morning, Spencer,

758
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,919
Speaker 1: we're talking about the Potter situation. I know we don't

759
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 1: normally begin with this kind of, you know, microtopic, but

760
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 1: Trevor Daniel has putted very well for this team and

761
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 1: there's a lot of talk about him possibly being the

762
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: guy and maybe you move on from Shane Leckler. What

763
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,799
Speaker 1: do you make of all that, Spencer, As they've got

764
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: that tough call to make, along with a bunch of

765
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 1: other tough calls. Every coach knows that there's an inflection

766
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: point and it's sometimes that's hidden and it's not obvious,

767
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 1: but there are always a lot of indicators as to

768
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: win the times to do that, and obviously, if you're

769
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: forty plus forty one plus man, you got to start

770
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: thinking pulling that trigger at some point time. If you're

771
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, so listen, I'm not saying that the time

772
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: is now. They don't pay me enough money to make

773
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 1: that decision, But what I can tell you this, Trevors

774
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 1: has performed at an exceptional level, and you have to evaluate,

775
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,879
Speaker 1: like you do it every position. What is the long

776
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: term upside from this? Or how we situated from an

777
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: offensive standpoint? Can we see ourselves in close battles where

778
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,319
Speaker 1: it may feel position maybe one way that we try

779
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: to win games or what you know, the context is

780
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,120
Speaker 1: going to determine what you do. I think that Trevor

781
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: has acquitted himself well, I think that he deserves it.

782
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: Right now. If you're looking purely, if you're doing a

783
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 1: blind audition and you're making a decision right now, I

784
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 1: think you pull the trigger. And I know that's not

785
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 1: a popular thing to say from a sure Hall of Famer.

786
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: I know it's not, but man, at some point, somebody

787
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 1: has to make that decision. Spencer, what do you do

788
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 1: with Jay Prosh with considering the roster that we're looking at,

789
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:26,480
Speaker 1: knowing how difficult the numbers fifty through fifty three are

790
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 1: going to be on this team? What do you do

791
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,959
Speaker 1: with Jay Pross? Do you keep him considering what they've

792
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 1: done offensively with this? Sean, how do you look at

793
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 1: Jay Prost going forward? Listen? I'm partial, Jay Pross I

794
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: really like him a lot, and I would say this

795
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,399
Speaker 1: until I can find me another back that's not named

796
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller that can pass port back. I don't get

797
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: rid of Jay Prosh. I just I just don't see it.

798
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: I was looking at one particular play where you know,

799
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: Troy Mayne was coming over to help and it was

800
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:56,320
Speaker 1: a complete a pass. It was end up being a touchdown,

801
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:58,799
Speaker 1: but it was a nat you know what, close to

802
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: being a sack on the quarterback where he got kind

803
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 1: of not parallel to the line of scrimmage but sideways,

804
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 1: almost rolled up Kendall Lamb. And it's one of those

805
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 1: days where a young guy's got to be able to

806
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,439
Speaker 1: front that guy up in stone him in the hole.

807
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,720
Speaker 1: And he could have done that if the linebacker didn't

808
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 1: have a running start and got to a main kind

809
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: of turned sideways and Brandon was able to get the

810
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 1: ball out, but it could have easily gone the opposite direction.

811
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 1: And we're having a totally different conversation about that. So

812
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 1: back to your question, I think, until I'm sure that

813
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: I'm going to be able to protect my quarterback, remember now,

814
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 1: who's back there. If it is Sweed and it's in

815
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 1: the game, you got to protect him, So I'm concerned

816
00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,240
Speaker 1: about that. I'm concerned about the toads and the carriers,

817
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,280
Speaker 1: this fight that you got to kind of a new,

818
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: up ramped, lighter version of Lamar Miller. That's great, but

819
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: you need somebody else that can help protect the quarterback.

820
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 1: So I would keep him. I think that that's going

821
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:49,719
Speaker 1: to be an easy to call for me if i'm

822
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:54,720
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien. Spencer Martitis rankt plays tackle and guard. Kendall

823
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: Lamb is grading out well according to Pro Football Focus.

824
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,480
Speaker 1: So what do you make of the offensive line tackle

825
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: situation right now? Well, yeah, I think the tackle situation

826
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,759
Speaker 1: is in a good position. I think Julian is going

827
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 1: to do a fantastic job. He's got that kind of

828
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: sewed down over there, uh central kind of you know,

829
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,399
Speaker 1: I'm concerned a little bit, but I think he's gonna

830
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: be fine. He's got a nasty situation he's got to

831
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,720
Speaker 1: deal with. But the bottom line is guys um Obviously,

832
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 1: if they can, they can manage it. Otherwise they wouldn't

833
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: have signed him. You know, you When a guy is

834
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: ailing in that way, it's a nasty thing to have

835
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: to deal with. But he's gonna be fine. So I

836
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 1: think the tackle situation is in a good spot. The

837
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: flexibility because you've got so much athleticism up there, I

838
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 1: think is going to be an asset for the team

839
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: to tackle Spencer. Defensively. The first group plays eight plays,

840
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 1: gave up, well, I don't know, so you gave up.

841
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: They held them to negative one yards and turned in interception.

842
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 1: And it's something we haven't really talked about Spencer. I

843
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 1: know that interception was against Sean Mannion. I get that

844
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 1: before a team that was one of the worst teams

845
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: last year in turning teams over. How value was it

846
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 1: for that first group to go out there and get

847
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:09,880
Speaker 1: a turnover with their three series was absolutely huge and

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Speaker 1: a matter of fact that you want to use that

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Speaker 1: by comparison. Alternately, I think the Rams may have been

850
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: like ninth and turnover margin they were plus seven, So

851
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Speaker 1: they were what they were in large part because the

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Speaker 1: opportunities they created for their vaunted offense, and they're going

853
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:24,719
Speaker 1: to that offense is going to continue to get better

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Speaker 1: for the Rams when they get all their pieces, and

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Speaker 1: that we certainly know that they were playing with their

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Speaker 1: second line player. So the same kind of comparison applies

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Speaker 1: on the defenses and offense that we can extrapulate is

858
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Speaker 1: going to be pretty darn good for the Texans when

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Speaker 1: they get all their pieces in there. There's no way

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00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:44,280
Speaker 1: you can't have a reasonable expectation if particularly as close

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Speaker 1: and backed up as they were to the opponent's end

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00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: zone when that occurred. And we know the ridiculous statistic

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Speaker 1: about when you know Obi's got a lead at halftime,

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Speaker 1: you're like twenty one and one or whatever. When the

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Speaker 1: Texans going with the lead at halftime, that that's something

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Speaker 1: that if you can play with the lead, with the

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Speaker 1: type of history that we have of protecting leads, I

868
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:04,880
Speaker 1: think it's going to be a very very difficult situation

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Speaker 1: for teams to come back and beat the Texans. Given

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00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: the offensive firepower and an affinity and a characteristic trait

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00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 1: of being able to turn people over, that combination is

872
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 1: absolutely lethal. And even though we're in this wide open

873
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,279
Speaker 1: spread error we're points or score relatively quickly in the

874
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,239
Speaker 1: rules are certainly lending themselves to more story. It's going

875
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,840
Speaker 1: to be tough if you can combat that with a

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00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 1: lethal offense and then a turnover machine on the defensive

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Speaker 1: side of the ball. That combination is going to be

878
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:34,240
Speaker 1: a bond, a very important one. Specier. We were talking

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00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: about it. Defensively, they have to get off to a

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00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 1: good start, and you know, Andrea and we were discussing

881
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Speaker 1: this part of it. The offense hasn't played much together

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Speaker 1: in the preseason, and this is really league wide. Most

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00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: of the offenses, most of the starters have now played

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00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 1: much in the preseason. It might take a little while

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00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: to get the offense cranked up for any team, really,

886
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Speaker 1: And what are your what are your thoughts on that

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Speaker 1: as you go into the first part of the regular

888
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 1: season Anyway a few weeks, Mark, I think you're absolutely right,

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Speaker 1: and I think you're hitting on something that fans need

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Speaker 1: to be patient with. Despite the fact that it shines

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00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:10,400
Speaker 1: back and everybody's been coalescing around the idea of what

892
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:12,720
Speaker 1: it's going to be like when his knee is healthy,

893
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,840
Speaker 1: that's already a done deal. But because this is a

894
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 1: multiple offensive scheme, and because there are so many different

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00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,319
Speaker 1: ways that they can score, we haven't even heard from

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00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 1: the Star in the last two weeks that define the

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00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: first game. For example, there are opportunities there to hit

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Speaker 1: people who may not play a role. This team kind

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Speaker 1: of reminds me, and obviously I'm comparing old stages, but

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Speaker 1: I'm talking about the overall philosophy. It reminds me of

901
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 1: the old forty nine er teams that I used to

902
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 1: play on where one year Tom Rathman had like eight

903
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:44,480
Speaker 1: hundred yards receiving. It's crazy, that's your fullback. But it

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00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,800
Speaker 1: can happen, man, It can happen because you feature guys

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00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 1: depending on what defenses are trying to do to you

906
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,799
Speaker 1: for that given year. And so if you've got one

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00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,600
Speaker 1: guy that you can build some things around, you may

908
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: not even see that guy, but you can trust him.

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Speaker 1: You look, I'm gonna need you in week nine, week eight,

910
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,880
Speaker 1: and he's got to be content with that. The textans

911
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 1: have so many opportunities to score that it may the

912
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:09,840
Speaker 1: execution may not be there the way you want it

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00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 1: to be there because reps are going to be limited

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Speaker 1: to particularly once they start fining real bullets. So I

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00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,280
Speaker 1: think you raise a significant point that I think people

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00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: need to be aware of and be patient with. Will

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00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: they ultimately get to where they need to be with

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Speaker 1: they're consistent and then that dangerous that absolutely they're going

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Speaker 1: to be there, but it may take them a little

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Speaker 1: bit awhile. A huge thanks Dispenser, to Andre, to Mark,

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Speaker 1: to j Joe, to Justin Read, to Ryan Griffin to

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Speaker 1: Jude Doherty. Thank you all for listening. We'll see tomorrow buddy,

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Speaker 1: and as always, go Texans,