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Speaker 1: What's happened?

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Speaker 2: Everybody, Welcome into a one of the editions of Texans

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Speaker 2: All Access.

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Speaker 1: From the Hunday Texans or radio studio.

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Speaker 2: I'm your host, John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter for

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Speaker 2: your Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Glad to be with you.

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Speaker 2: We got a very eventful couple of days coming up

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Speaker 2: for your Texans. Throughout the league, teams already slicing your

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Speaker 2: rosters down little by little. I don't think anybody's gotten

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Speaker 2: their full fifty three just yet, but you're seeing various

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Speaker 2: moves bleed out across various social channels, and the Texans

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Speaker 2: had one very important one that we need to hit

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Speaker 2: right off the top, and I will read straight from

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Speaker 2: the statement. So we are clear tomorrow at three pm

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Speaker 2: Central Standard time, when everybody needs to be down to

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Speaker 2: fifty three man roster. We e the Texans will officially

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Speaker 2: move running back Joe Mixon from the active NFI list

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Speaker 2: to the reserve non football injury list. Players placed in

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Speaker 2: the reserve Non football Injury List may begin to practice

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Speaker 2: and play after the club's fourth game of the regular season.

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Speaker 2: We will provide further updates at inappropriate time. Now, a

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Speaker 2: couple of things. Number one I think a lot of

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Speaker 2: us out there, and by a lot of us, I

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Speaker 2: mean fans, analysts, et cetera, et cetera, kind of saw

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Speaker 2: this coming. So this I think is just confirmation of

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Speaker 2: what we already knew. You know, It's like when you're

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Speaker 2: asked that question, Hey, uh, you think it's gonna rain

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Speaker 2: today and you look up sun no clouds, like, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I think we're gonna be okay, and the days ago,

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Speaker 2: the day goes through and you're like, yeah, confirmation it

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Speaker 2: didn't rain. Well, this is the confirmation that I think

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Speaker 2: we knew was coming, and so we're kind of rebracing

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Speaker 2: for it all along that Joe wouldn't be ready for

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Speaker 2: the first four games. Now what that means is Week

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Speaker 2: five is at Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: Now, one of the things that I said, I think

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Speaker 1: we're at the.

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Speaker 2: Greenbrier when I may, I said this, that's the last

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Speaker 2: game before a bye.

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Speaker 1: So you get through that game. Let's let's let's.

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Speaker 2: Just just go with me on this. Let's just say

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Speaker 2: were extended one more week, then you got to buy.

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Speaker 2: Then you don't play till Monday night at Seattle. Now, look,

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Speaker 2: when it comes to medical stuff, nobody ever knows to

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Speaker 2: be honest.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we're never gonna know medical staffs.

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Speaker 2: They're not out there, you know, tweeting, and players aren't

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Speaker 2: out there putting stuff out there. They're not about injuries

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Speaker 2: things like that for the most part, So we're not

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Speaker 2: gonna know exactly where Joe is in his rehab. I mean, look,

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Speaker 2: this this might just be you know, longer than four weeks.

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Speaker 2: This could be ten weeks, this could be fourteen weeks.

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Speaker 1: We don't know.

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Speaker 2: So there's no telling when Joe could honestly come back.

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Speaker 2: But let's just say it's with this mindset, this time

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Speaker 2: frame of four weeks that you definitely that when you

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Speaker 2: go on the active or the res deserved non football

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Speaker 2: injury list, you've got to wait out those four weeks.

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Speaker 1: So let's say waits out the four weeks.

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Speaker 2: At that point, if he's a thousand percent ready to go, okay,

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Speaker 2: let's play against Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: Let's rock and roll. Let's go.

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Speaker 2: I think with where the bye week is, just give

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Speaker 2: it one more week. That just gives you two more

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Speaker 2: weeks before you've got to play a game. And then

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Speaker 2: let's start it with Seattle and let's run it eleven

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Speaker 2: weeks straight. Uh, and let's go, you know, win a

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Speaker 2: lot of games with Joe fully healthy, hopefully at that point,

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Speaker 2: and let the running back room as it is right now.

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Speaker 2: We don't even know what that's gonna be. We already

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Speaker 2: said it's gonna be a tough cut. But let's let

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Speaker 2: the running back room as it sits right now go forward.

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Speaker 2: Nick Chubb, Damian Pierce, Dargon Muwally Wood, he Marks Juar Jordan,

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Speaker 2: British books. However, they're going to pare it down. We

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Speaker 2: don't know how many they keep. We don't know, but

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Speaker 2: that room. And I've said this for a while now,

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Speaker 2: and I think you've said it on Texas Monday this morning.

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Speaker 2: I'm okay with that group. I like that group. I

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Speaker 2: the first day camp. There was probably this in the

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Speaker 1: So that's the news as it sits.

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Speaker 2: The roster will get down to fifty three by three PM.

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Speaker 2: But at least the question a lot of people asking

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Speaker 2: their social media channels that release of Joe Mixon moving

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Speaker 2: from active NFI to reserve NiFi. He will miss the

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Speaker 2: first four games at a minimum, and then after that

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Speaker 2: work his way back into practice. Like I said, because

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Speaker 2: where the bye week is, there's in my mind there's

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Speaker 2: a thought, Okay, maybe keep them until after the bye week.

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Speaker 2: But again, Week five a's Baltimore, and you want to

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Speaker 2: go hit Baltimore in a face with everything you got,

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Speaker 2: including a hopefully at that time healthy Joe Mixon. So

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Speaker 2: that's down the road. We can handle that business once

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Speaker 2: we get there. We gotta beat the Rams in week one,

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Speaker 2: and that's a couple of weeks away. We're under two

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Speaker 2: weeks away from Texans v. Rams at three twenty five

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Speaker 2: Central Time on September seventh, and cannot wait.

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Speaker 1: Okay, let's get to our guest.

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Speaker 2: We had an absolute blast talking to Andre where in fact,

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Speaker 2: the first probably five to seven minutes of our discussion

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Speaker 2: maybe the funniest discussion we've.

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Speaker 1: Had in a while, and it deals with hot keys.

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Speaker 3: Here we go to Woody.

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Speaker 4: Over left guard across to five peason touchdown Houston, Woody

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Speaker 4: marks power running into the end zone, good blocking on

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Speaker 4: the left side, and the Texans are back in front

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Speaker 4: of Detroit.

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Speaker 5: I'm just saying, that's gonna be a hot key.

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Speaker 1: I am just saying, did you say that's.

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Speaker 3: Gonna be hot key in the call?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Okay, So Ben, I'm gonna Ben, I'm gonna give you

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Speaker 2: a challenge. I don't know if you can do this,

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Speaker 2: but I know on in the loop what there's well,

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Speaker 2: they used the hot key. They have a hot When

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Speaker 2: I was talking about what he marks.

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Speaker 3: That's that's okay, wait play him back to back.

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Speaker 7: Ben, that is too good. Andres on the phone too.

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Speaker 7: This is Andre, Yes, that is that is hot key

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Speaker 7: right there.

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Speaker 8: My intent was then what he marks wasting basically, uh,

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Speaker 8: setting an example or telling you, hey, I'm arriving and

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Speaker 8: you know, there's this whole competition going on, but running

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Speaker 9: No pun intended, but that's kind of where I was

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Speaker 9: coming from. I'm here to stay as well.

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Speaker 3: Well.

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Speaker 2: That that was my thought on draft day, like this

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Speaker 10: You didn't even up, you didn't even need to say

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Speaker 10: what you said, Dre. We got it all with this.

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Speaker 10: H see that that explains everything.

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Speaker 2: And on Draft weekend, I felt like, oh.

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Speaker 9: Hey, god it before we just started this morning. Because

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Speaker 9: this rarely has happened to me. I'm sure you guys,

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Speaker 9: in your in your in your daily travels, fans approach

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Speaker 9: you and you have conversations all the time. But I

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Speaker 9: bet you you haven't had a fan approach you and

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Speaker 9: tell you that they've listened to you for twenty twenty

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Speaker 9: two years. So big shout out to Sydney Evans. I

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Speaker 9: saw him in the gym this morning and we had

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Speaker 9: a nice conversation. But twenty two years he's been listening

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Speaker 9: to us, So thanks a bunch, Sidney.

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Speaker 3: That's a that's huge, that's that's nice.

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Speaker 10: You could shout out the name because that has happened

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Speaker 10: to me, and I never shout the person out. So

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Speaker 10: I'm really sorry now to everyone I haven't shouted out

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Speaker 10: to about long time listening to Texans Radio.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all I get is, well, where were you the

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Speaker 1: first eight years? Johnny?

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Speaker 3: That's what? Exactly Where were you, Johnny?

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Speaker 11: Now?

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Speaker 9: Where you were?

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Speaker 1: Where you are not?

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Speaker 6: Johnny?

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Speaker 2: That's true, that's true, And I get I get to

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Speaker 2: be back with the crew starting Sunday, September seven, so

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Speaker 2: as much they.

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Speaker 1: Love being with TV, I'm back with the Fam on Sunday.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, but I watched broadcast. It was awesome. Yeah, great,

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Speaker 10: we had did a great job. It was fun to watch.

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Speaker 10: And but you didn't have this, Johnny, you didn't have

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Speaker 10: this in the booth, Ben hit it again because see

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Speaker 10: you didn't have that.

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Speaker 1: That's that's my first time. It's my first time hearing that.

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Speaker 2: And normally when I'm on the sidelines, I hear those things,

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Speaker 2: so I would be like, oh, okay, we gotta we

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Speaker 1: But I didn't hear it until just now.

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Speaker 10: That is an Andre wear legendary hockey. I don't know

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Speaker 10: if it replaces the oh no though that yes.

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Speaker 2: See okay, oh no is my that's my fault because

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Speaker 2: that was the game against the Colts, and I remember

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Speaker 2: they were they were blitzing us, and I remember saying

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Speaker 2: I planted to see Andre. It was a game against

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Speaker 2: the Colts. I think it was one we ended.

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Speaker 10: Up winning, which I really say was Thursday night. Maybe

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Speaker 10: it doesn't sound like it was going that well.

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Speaker 9: Recovered from thee Yeah.

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Speaker 1: We didn't know. Uh. To me, my my favorite one.

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Speaker 2: I mean, those are my two favorites, along with beating

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Speaker 2: the Steelers and their fans leaving and Mark's.

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Speaker 1: Like get out, get out. Yeah, there's that one.

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Speaker 2: And then I don't know if we have this one

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Speaker 2: on hockey with Kimmie Fairband and overtime beats the Titans.

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Speaker 1: You could put those things in the trunk.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, that was a great one. I felt deeper

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Speaker 2: That was yeah, that was That was one of my

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Speaker 2: favorites too, after beating the Oilers, Titans.

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Speaker 3: Whatever they were.

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Speaker 9: Was with us Mark, But do you remember the wow?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Trump, he's quick with it.

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Speaker 9: But do you remember the wow? A long time ago?

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Speaker 9: It almost sounded like a cat.

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Speaker 10: Oh my gosh, Benny, I don't even know if Ben

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Speaker 10: has that. It's been a while since we played that one.

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Speaker 10: But Drey became another you know species at that point.

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Speaker 3: It was good. It was good anyway, all right, Dray.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, Now that that wasn't the one though. That's a wow, yes,

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Speaker 10: but it was a wow where it was. It became

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Speaker 10: a me out.

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Speaker 3: At some point anyway.

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Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go to the position you play quarterback.

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Speaker 2: Graham Mertz fourteen to sixteen. The other day, in his

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Speaker 2: since the Minnesota game, he had three interceptions which weren't

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Speaker 1: What'd you a think about Mertz and B Dre? What

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Speaker 1: do you do with the quarterbacks?

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Speaker 11: We know?

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Speaker 1: CJ? And Davis? One? Two?

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Speaker 10: What do you make of these receivers. Now, I'm not

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Speaker 9: they certainly did themselves well on Saturday. On Saturday, so.

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Speaker 2: We've had a lot of quarterback movement in the league

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Speaker 9: I've got more confidence I think in Kyle Allen than

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Speaker 9: it's finding the right mix and chemistry. And I alluded

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Speaker 9: And then you got Marcus tuiasa SOPO who is just

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Speaker 9: And I talked to Kyle down on the sideline before

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Speaker 9: like quarterback Heaven for me. He understands better, he operates better,

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Speaker 9: I think that's set up for them. Would they love

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Speaker 9: to ever play Kyle Allen? Absolutely? Is it realistic? Probably not,

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Speaker 9: He doesn't have a big injury history. But if they

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Speaker 9: I would imagine as they're backup at this point in time.

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Speaker 10: Interesting point, I think Kyle Allen on this team right

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Speaker 1: I agree with that.

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Speaker 10: I agree with that, So that's it's certainly worth watching.

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Speaker 10: But we've got a long way to go here, and

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Speaker 10: you know, hopefully for them Goff stays healthy. I'd love

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Speaker 10: them in February. Yes, that would be very nice. Indeed,

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Speaker 10: Drey thoughts on the defense here. CJ. Gardner Johnson, we

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Speaker 10: don't know the availability of him come cut down time

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Speaker 10: You know they keep ten or nine guys that they

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Speaker 10: keep nine, you're cutting some interesting names. But I think

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 10: You could use some depth in the secondary at corner

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Speaker 10: But overall, defensively, this is as good a defense as

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Speaker 3: And they've had some good ones here.

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Speaker 9: Gardner Johnson, you just don't know. We won't have the

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Speaker 2: We need Austin Brateman to be healthy. By the way,

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Speaker 2: ask you've been talking about Oh, the depth is good.

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Speaker 1: We've been talking all the good, the good, the good,

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Speaker 2: So let's bring it down a notch because all three

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Speaker 9: Where you're going before you finish your question.

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Speaker 9: Pretty much? And you know, I think it's the inevitable.

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Speaker 9: It's it's the guys up front, how how do they play?

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Speaker 9: I think CJ has blended well with new receivers, the

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Speaker 9: If Cam Robinson's going to start a left tackle, well,

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Speaker 2: All right, Mark, what's your your chief concern going on.

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Speaker 2: Trey's a good one.

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Speaker 10: You guys hit on it because I think, and I

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Speaker 5: And I don't know if we still know what what

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Speaker 10: In the joint practice it was Robinson left, Ursery right correct?

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Speaker 3: Cam was at the left with the twos. I'm not

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Speaker 10: I think it's entirely in play that Robinson starts at

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Speaker 10: also in play that they move back to left guard.

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Speaker 10: I don't think they will, but I think that's a possibility.

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Speaker 5: So the whole thing's a big mystery. And Dre's right.

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Speaker 10: They got to get the chemistry quickly because you're going

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's well, yeah, see I knew it.

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Speaker 2: I knew it because they're gonna throw that out there

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Speaker 2: and marks if you described the actions going.

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Speaker 1: Koop's house, Cook's house, Yeah, I.

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Speaker 9: Mean it's in my DNA. You hear that and he

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Speaker 9: just that's an automatic response for me and most trum.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's true.

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Speaker 2: I don't imagine the Texans will have a pretty decent

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Speaker 2: throng of fans.

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Speaker 5: I would think, so we won l A. Yeah, there

449
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Speaker 5: are a lot of creaks.

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Speaker 9: The Texans fans travel well, man, we go everywhere we go. Now,

451
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Speaker 9: what I want to see is that that the game

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Speaker 9: in Seattle. How you know, let's see who's really committed

453
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Speaker 9: when you when you start talking about going way up there.

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Speaker 5: And on Monday night, eighth Pacific.

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Speaker 9: Time camp part.

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Speaker 2: It's uh seven Pacific time kick it's ten eastern.

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Speaker 10: So it's seven Pacific, ten eastern. And that game nationally

458
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Speaker 10: is on ESPN Plus, not ESPN ESPN Plus.

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Speaker 9: If you're traveling for that one as a fan, you're

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Speaker 9: essentially taking off baby maybe three days, Yeah, to travel

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Speaker 9: the day of the game and obviously the day after

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Speaker 9: because you're not coming right back after the game because

463
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Speaker 9: it's so late, so you're you want to make that's

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Speaker 9: a that's a mini vacation, so to speak.

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Speaker 10: Right, you'll never catch a red eye out of Seattle

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Speaker 10: after that game, so you're staying Tuesday and coming back,

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Speaker 10: and you might be You're right, you might be taking

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Speaker 10: a red eye Tuesday, because why those West coast trips.

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Speaker 3: Are just awful to get back from.

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Speaker 2: Those are two places on the West Coast and aren't

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Speaker 2: bad to be staying in LA and Seattle.

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Speaker 3: It's true, but.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying it's pretty nice.

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Speaker 10: I just think that ten Eastern started. That'shoulda be weird

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Speaker 10: for the league, that is. Do you think people are

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Speaker 10: going to sign up for ESPN Plus to watch that game?

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Speaker 1: I don't know if locally you'll be able to see it.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, locally, it'll be on over the air TV. I

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Speaker 10: believe it's on ABC thirteen.

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Speaker 9: Anyway, we have a negative body clock effect, Mark, you know,

481
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Speaker 9: we used to talk about that a lot.

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Speaker 1: I go on the other way.

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Speaker 5: It's going the other way.

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Speaker 10: I usually think not, but they might have other ideas,

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Speaker 10: so we'll see how they handle it. Drey, I gotta

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Speaker 10: ask you about this because it is so late. Well

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Speaker 10: we're going to get back at like eight in the morning,

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Speaker 10: but we'll just suck it up. You know, it's it's

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Speaker 10: a privileged so.

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Speaker 5: Anyway, Uh, we are the home of the.

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Speaker 10: Texas Bowl, all right, and so we talk a little

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Speaker 10: college football here. And I know that you're vaguely familiar

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Speaker 10: with the subject, Dre on ESPN Friday nights usually, but

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Speaker 10: we've got a little ditty this Saturday, and it's time.

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Speaker 10: I mean, here we go. It's college football season here.

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Speaker 10: Do you have a game this weekend or are you

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Speaker 10: off this weekend?

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Speaker 9: I do actually this weekend. I'm on on Saturday to

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Speaker 9: start the season, and I'll be up at A and

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Speaker 9: M with A and M hosting UTSA. That would be

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Speaker 9: a fun one. That's one that I can drive to

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Speaker 9: and then come on back to the house and watch

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Speaker 9: everybody else do their thing with it. Normally would be

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Speaker 9: Colorado hosting Georgia Tech, but I'm gonna have Colorado two

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Speaker 9: weeks later, so it never made sense to have us

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Speaker 9: on Colorado two out of the first three weeks, so

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Speaker 9: there was a little shuffling and a schedule for us.

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Speaker 9: We'll have Colorado right on the campus at u of

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Speaker 9: H after week two, and that's a trip to Louisville,

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Speaker 9: so A and m Louisville U of H are the

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Speaker 9: first three weeks, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, also driving to two of the three. Man, that's nice.

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Speaker 3: Nice.

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Speaker 9: Indeed, the third week I don't even have to leave

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Speaker 9: the city because I think the Texans had the Titans

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Speaker 9: at home that weekend, So that's gonna be a fun, fun,

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Speaker 9: fun deal.

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Speaker 10: The one I want your opinion on is the Texas

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Speaker 10: Longhorns at Ohio State Saturday, eleventh Central.

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Speaker 3: Let's go, what do you think.

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Speaker 9: I think it's a tough football game for Texas because

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Speaker 9: you are replacing two offensive tackles that went to the NFL.

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Speaker 9: I think there's another one or two offensive linemen that

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Speaker 9: are being replaced as well. You're replacing a lot of

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Speaker 9: players on defense. Running back, your top receiver and golden

526
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Speaker 9: is gone. So just you know, plugging arch in and

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Speaker 9: thinking oh, it's National championship time doesn't work. I saw

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Speaker 9: that with Sam Bradford, who was a Heisman Trophy winner,

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Speaker 9: get hurt when he when Oklahoma one year, replaced four

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Speaker 9: offensive linemen, had all skill position players coming back. He

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Speaker 9: took a beating in the opening game against BYU ultimately

532
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Speaker 9: lost that game. He was out of the game. They

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Speaker 9: knocked him out with a shoulder injury because they just

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Speaker 9: kept pounding in the offensive line. The chemistry just hadn't developed,

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Speaker 9: and he took a lot of punishment. Sam Bradford, I'm

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Speaker 9: talking about and now I'm not saying that happens with

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Speaker 9: arch but I'm saying, you got a lot to replace

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Speaker 9: a him. And last I checked, no quarterback to Superman

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Speaker 9: without the five guys in front of him holding up.

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Speaker 9: So there, and you're and that game's on the road.

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Speaker 9: So if you're asking me why I'm picking to win it,

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Speaker 9: I'm gonna go Ohio State from the simple fact that

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Speaker 9: they're at home. They're replacing a lot, including the quarterback,

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Speaker 9: but it's a home game for them, and that that

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Speaker 9: in and of itself is the reason I'm picking them.

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Speaker 2: Oh boy, can't wait for that one, or should I

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Speaker 2: say can't wait for that one?

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be awesome.

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Speaker 2: Can't wait Texas for the Ohio State arch Manning getting

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Speaker 2: to start for ut. That is probably the sexiest thing,

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Speaker 2: Julians saying, the young man from Ohio State starting U.

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Speaker 2: And if there's somebody who knows all about starting at

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Speaker 2: Ohio State for the first one, a big one like this,

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Speaker 2: it's CJ.

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Speaker 1: Shroud.

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Speaker 2: He knows all about that. Okay, we get back. Let's

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Speaker 2: talk to our guy in d Clue. We had plenty

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Speaker 2: to catch up with n D my broadcast partner on

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Speaker 2: preseason games. He was awesome to work with. Weklu all

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Speaker 2: with us next right here in Texas All Access. Welcome

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Speaker 2: back to Monday Initiative, Texans All Access from Monday Texans

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Speaker 2: Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harrits, football analyst, sideline reporter.

563
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Speaker 2: And it has been a big, big day for a

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Speaker 2: couple of guys that were holding in. In fact, I

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Speaker 2: don't even know they're holding out in the NFL. Trey

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Speaker 2: Henderson looks like he's about to get a deal, making

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Speaker 2: him one of the highest paid defenders for twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: Tompelo Serro Ian Rappaport both reporting that, so it looks

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Speaker 2: like they're getting a contract. On to Terry McLaurin got

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Speaker 2: a new contract today, So hold in get.

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Speaker 1: Money or hold out get my I don't know either way.

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Speaker 2: Michael Parsons still waiting to see what's gonna happen with

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Speaker 2: him in Dallas, but it does look like to the

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Speaker 2: bigger holdouts hold ins from this summer, Trey Hendrickson will

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Speaker 2: apparently be signing a deal with the Bengals sometime soon,

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Speaker 2: and Terry McLaren already did that, and so leclaren back

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Speaker 2: at practice, and now Hendrickson gets back at practice. I mean, honestly,

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Speaker 2: can we just say, hey, I want money and you

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Speaker 2: know what, let's just get this deal done.

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Speaker 1: With two weeks right after preseasons over? How about that?

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Speaker 2: Because that's what we're doing. I mean, that's what these

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Speaker 2: guys are doing. You know, you can go back and forth.

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Speaker 2: Now the Mica stuff, that feels like it's getting personal

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Speaker 2: in Dallas.

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Speaker 1: But then again, I think a lot.

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Speaker 2: Of people, as I see it, it'll get done. Not

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Speaker 2: worried about it. If I'm a Cowboys fan, I think

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Speaker 2: it's gonna get done. What may not in the future, though,

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Speaker 2: is how long Mike ends up in Dallas, especially if

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Speaker 2: David Mulaghetta, who I think is one of the better

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Speaker 2: agents in the game, and that to me is what's

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Speaker 2: gonna end up being something down the road.

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Speaker 1: Do the Cowboys no longer drafted David Mulagetta client.

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Speaker 2: I know we talked about that in Houston because everything

595
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Speaker 2: I went down with the Shawn et cetera, et cetera.

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Speaker 2: But this one is maybe getting to that point where

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Speaker 2: the Cowboys like, we're not gonna take a move aget

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Speaker 2: a client, were good, leave a good leave good player

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Speaker 2: on the draft board for the rest of US teams

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Speaker 2: that will because I know the Texas is dealt with

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Speaker 2: davidget in the past. They made things happen, made things

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Speaker 2: work with him. Maybe Cowboys notn't going to do that.

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Speaker 2: So thank you Jerry and for many things, including twenty

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Speaker 2: seventeen Hurricane Harvey. Okay, let's get to our conversation with

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Speaker 2: our good pal in d klue. We caught up with

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Speaker 2: him and talked about everything we saw in the preseason.

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Speaker 1: We had a really fun time talking Andy.

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Speaker 3: We have Eddie Kalou on the line.

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Speaker 10: He did a great job in the preseason broadcast booth

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Speaker 10: with Johnny Harris and Kevin Koogler and d We thought

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Speaker 10: the story of the game was again running the football.

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Speaker 10: The running backs we could talk about Mertz. I think

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Speaker 10: that's a one a type story. But what did you

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Speaker 10: make of what you saw Saturday preseason finale as we

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Speaker 10: head for cutdown day tomorrow at three?

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Speaker 6: You know, I saw a lot of guys competing, and

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Speaker 6: like you said with Mertz, I saw a guy that

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Speaker 6: if they decided to go with three quarterbacks, you have

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Speaker 6: a young, developmental type guy.

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Speaker 11: That you're gonna keep on the roster.

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Speaker 6: But again, that's a luxury that too many teams don't

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Speaker 6: get it to keep three quarterbacks. But I just really

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Speaker 6: liked the way they finished the preseason. I like the

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Speaker 6: aggressiveness of the play because you feel like that's just

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Speaker 6: not the players out there, that's just the culture of

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Speaker 6: that entire team. So it just felt good finishing the

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Speaker 6: way they did.

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Speaker 2: Andy, how tough is this weekend as both a player

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Speaker 2: that could be cut and versus a player who's locking

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Speaker 2: the roster, but it's seeing some of his boys get

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Speaker 2: cut throughout this weekend? How tough is this as a

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Speaker 2: player to kind of get through this before you can

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Speaker 2: kind of get to the first week of practice for

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Speaker 2: week one.

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Speaker 6: It's funny you asked that John, I was talking to

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Speaker 6: my son who's a Baylor. Now he's at that age

637
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Speaker 6: where guys he's played with are on the bubble. They're

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Speaker 6: trying to make teams. And I told him, man, these

639
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Speaker 6: next few days are the worst and the best days,

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Speaker 6: you know, these guys' lives, because some guys are gonna

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Speaker 6: be told, hey, the dream is over, you know, and

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Speaker 6: you're always gonna think to yourself, if I get cut,

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Speaker 6: someone else will pick me up. I'll go to the UFL,

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Speaker 6: get more film, and get back into the NFL. So

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Speaker 6: you never have that that just hard end. You know,

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Speaker 6: that herd stop. But for many guys that would be

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Speaker 6: the last time that they play. But the cool thing

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Speaker 6: on the positive side, you're gonna have some guys who

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Speaker 6: weren't drafted, who were drafted sixth, seventh round and they

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Speaker 6: end up making the team, and those are joyous stories.

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Speaker 6: So such an emotional roller coaster when you look at

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Speaker 6: the big picture of cutdown day.

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Speaker 2: Okay, mark Im, I'll let you have a second. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I wanna build on that. Talk about sixth round surprise,

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Speaker 2: seventh round surprise. Nick Asio has made deals at different

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Speaker 2: points throughout his career as GM, and they got a

657
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 2: sixth round pick back or they have a pick swap

658
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 2: of fifth and a six, those kind of things. To

659
00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 2: Indy's point, you never know when that pick swap is

660
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 2: gonna end up being the player that comes here and

661
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 2: stays for however long. I mean, Henry Toto is a

662
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,479
Speaker 2: fifth round pick. Jared Patterson was a sixth round pick.

663
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 2: Those guys have started for this team. So when there's

664
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 2: a deal made today even early tomorrow, that we hear

665
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 2: about where Nick has traded a player from this roster

666
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 2: and gotten a sick round pick for him, that's.

667
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 1: Not something to scoff at.

668
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 2: I mean, that's a victory in some sense that somebody

669
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 2: that probably would have been cut ends up being a

670
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 2: player down the road. Hey man, this guy ends up

671
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 2: being a player for us for the next four or

672
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 2: five years or more that we end up getting on

673
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,560
Speaker 2: late on Day three because in training camp of twenty

674
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 2: twenty five, this guy was a pretty good player and

675
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 2: we got a trade out of it.

676
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 9: You know what.

677
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Speaker 6: I'm so glad you bring that up, John, because and

678
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 6: I know you're gonna feel me on this, because you're

679
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 6: like me when it comes to, you know, being a

680
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 6: football nerd. That's why I never quite understand when people

681
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 6: kind of turn their nose up during the draft when

682
00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 6: we get to the fourth, fifth, sixth round because if

683
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 6: you look at a roster, I don't know the exact number,

684
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 6: and I don't want to tell you anything false, but

685
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 6: there's more guys on a roster from like fourth round

686
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 6: and below. But you know there's a stat something like that,

687
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 6: and those are the guys that you get value. If

688
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 6: you look at the roster, you could point out four

689
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 6: or five six guys that are either starters or contributors

690
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,479
Speaker 6: that were drafted after the fourth round. So no, if

691
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 6: you could pick up those six round picks, I never

692
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 6: quite understood the thought during the draft, Oh, just trade

693
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 6: away that sixth round pick, it doesn't matter, or just

694
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 6: waste it on a kicker, you know, it doesn't matter.

695
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 6: Like there's some gems, in my opinion, that you could

696
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 6: find in the later rounds. And when it's all said

697
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 6: and done, it's a numbers game.

698
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 9: You know.

699
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 6: The more you bring in, some guys are going to

700
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 6: fail that are higher picks. Other guys are going to succeed.

701
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 6: So I'm all for getting as many picks as possible.

702
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 10: Wow, it's interesting because like at a sales organization, you

703
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 10: have the eighty twenty rule. Eighty percent of the stuff

704
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 10: is sold by twenty percent of the staff, and those

705
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 10: are your key salespeople and the rest of the staff.

706
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 3: You're like, all right, you guys, do whatever you do.

707
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 10: But on a sports team, especially an NFL team, those

708
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 10: eighty percent who aren't making the money that the twenty

709
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 10: percent are, because the twenty percent are going to make

710
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 10: eighty percent of the money roughly, those eighty percent have

711
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 10: to do great jobs for you. Otherwise you're not gonna

712
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,880
Speaker 10: win as a team. You're just gonna have this lopsided situation.

713
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:00,520
Speaker 10: And d I want to get give me two of

714
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 10: your favorite defensive linemen not named Will Anderson or Daniel Hunter,

715
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 10: because those guys are easy pickings.

716
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:08,840
Speaker 3: And I know you love Will Anderson.

717
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 10: You have actually said, and I'm going to out you

718
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 10: off the record that you want to adopt him. But

719
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 10: we won't tell anybody but other than those guys who

720
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 10: impressed you on this D line, because I'm looking at

721
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 10: tough decisions there, especially if they want to keep and

722
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 10: I think they do six linebackers. If they want to

723
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 10: keep ten dbs, this gets really tough at the end

724
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:30,320
Speaker 10: of that D line.

725
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 3: Group, so give me two or three of your favorite guys.

726
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,240
Speaker 6: Well, I like those inside guys. You know, Ceti, Cossi.

727
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 6: We didn't get to see it. We did not get

728
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 6: to see a lot of him during this preseason, but

729
00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 6: the eleven games he started last year you understood why

730
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 6: he's been around in this league for as long as

731
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 6: he has. And get another guy that was either drafted

732
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,360
Speaker 6: later or even undrafted, if I'm not mistaken, Tim Settle,

733
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 6: Like I think Tim Settle's a dog. And when I

734
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 6: say Doll, I mean in a good way, like that's

735
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 6: one of those guys you just want to play with.

736
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 6: Sheldon Rankins. I really like those three guys interiorly. So

737
00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 6: when you look at the Will Anderson's Daniel Hunter, they're

738
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,239
Speaker 6: gonna get all the press, as they absolutely should, but

739
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 6: a lot of those sacks are they're getting is because

740
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 6: they're beating the tackle around the edge, and those guys

741
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,520
Speaker 6: in the middle aren't given the quarterback any room to

742
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 6: step up. So I just really think those those interior linemen,

743
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 6: the feder Pascity, Tim Settle, Sheldon Rankins, those are guys

744
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 6: that don't get their due. They're kind of like offensive

745
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 6: linemen where they do the grunt work and the teammates

746
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 6: they appreciate it, but they don't get the press clippings.

747
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 2: And we were talking about earlier. Obviously Graham was really good.

748
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 2: Graham Mertz at quarterback on Saturday. We saw three preseason

749
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 2: games together. Keithon Slovas threw it pretty well. We know

750
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 2: that CJ. Stroud is a starter for this team, and

751
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,440
Speaker 2: Davis Mills is definitely and he's throwing it well throughout

752
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 2: all training camp. He's thrown it as well as I've

753
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 2: seen him. How would you go about handling this quarterback

754
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 2: situation going forward? With these four? You'd love to be

755
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,319
Speaker 2: able to keep four, but then you have to kind

756
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 2: of get creative. Do you want Mertz exposed to Waivers

757
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,480
Speaker 2: Slovas out there? How do you go about this quarterback

758
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:07,879
Speaker 2: situation with three and four?

759
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 1: Do you keep three? D you keep two? How would

760
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: you do it? GM?

761
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:12,799
Speaker 3: And d Klue.

762
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 6: Unfortunately, because I feel like you're gonna have to carry

763
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 6: an extra safety and an extra running back due to

764
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 6: injuries to some guys that you just know you're not

765
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,239
Speaker 6: gonna cut, So I'm thinking you have to keep two quarterbacks.

766
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 6: I love Davis Mills as your backup quarterback, and with

767
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 6: Graham Mertz, you put them on practice squad and if

768
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 6: somebody signs them to their active roster, you shake his

769
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 6: hand and.

770
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 11: Said, you know what you earned it, go make that money.

771
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 6: But you know, with every scenario, the rainbow situation is, oh,

772
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,840
Speaker 6: let's keep this guy, let's keep that guy. But the

773
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 6: reality you only have fifty three spots. You're gonna have

774
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,640
Speaker 6: to keep an extra running back and extra safety. So

775
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,319
Speaker 6: I don't think the Texans have that luxury in my

776
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 6: opinion of keeping three quarterbacks. Now. Nick to Cereal gets

777
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 6: paid a lot of money, has done an awesome job

778
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 6: over the years, so he figures out a way to

779
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 6: keep three quarterbacks.

780
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:03,319
Speaker 11: More power to him.

781
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 6: But I think what Mertz did this past weekend, he

782
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 6: just allowed everyone else to notice that, Hey, if you

783
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 6: need a number two, check out this film.

784
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:13,479
Speaker 11: I might be that guy.

785
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 10: We said, GM and D Kalud, not Mertz's agent. D Geez,

786
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 10: what are you doing to me over here? I need

787
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 10: Mertz on this football team now because and look, I

788
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 10: know I'm going a little Mertz crazy this morning, but

789
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 10: I liked what I saw and.

790
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:29,640
Speaker 3: Here's the moment.

791
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: Let's go.

792
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, here's the thing.

793
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 10: Yeah, prisoner of the moment is a great way to

794
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 10: put it, because ND I look at what Mertz did,

795
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 10: and I'm looking around the league saying he's better than

796
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 10: that backup.

797
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 3: He's better than that backup.

798
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 10: It's not just now, it's what he can do for

799
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,360
Speaker 10: you in the future, because they draft all these rookies

800
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 10: and you want to catch lightning in a bottle somewhere.

801
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 10: And I'm not saying he's the guy, but he looks

802
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,359
Speaker 10: pretty good to me. I think if you let him go,

803
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 10: you expose him, somebody might take him. And by might,

804
00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 10: I mean will. I think that he's got a good

805
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:03,280
Speaker 10: chance to get scooped up by one of these teams

806
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 10: that's not so thick at the quarterback position, certainly as

807
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:07,640
Speaker 10: a number three maybe.

808
00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 3: So I feel like I got to keep him on

809
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 3: the roster.

810
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 10: But you already shared how you felt about that, and

811
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 10: I get it, and you mentioned this the running back position.

812
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 6: I really like, and that's British Brooks, Like, that's the

813
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 6: guy that I can just see him behind that starting

814
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,880
Speaker 6: offensive line. I can just see him playing with ones

815
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 6: that having success if they open up holes. But isn't

816
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,240
Speaker 6: that the case every year? Going back to Jonathan Grimes.

817
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,399
Speaker 6: I remember. I don't know if y'all remember that name.

818
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:35,720
Speaker 11: Listen.

819
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,760
Speaker 6: I know y'all do, but I remember thinking, Johathan Grimes,

820
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 6: oh man, this is gonna be the greatest story in

821
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 6: the world. For some reason, it seems like the running

822
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 6: back position is at one position where there's always going

823
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 6: to be three or four guys that are let go

824
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,719
Speaker 6: that you can envision them playing and playing a lot

825
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 6: for your squad.

826
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, British Brooks is when we've talked about, but we haven't,

827
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 2: so I'll go to that realm. Yakub can play full back,

828
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 2: and he's a true fullback. I don't know how much

829
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 2: Yakub could play tight end because a lot of times

830
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 2: you're thinking about what are we keep it at tight end?

831
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 2: You bring in the full backs, you bring in the

832
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 2: tail the tight ends. You kind of like British Brooks

833
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,719
Speaker 2: does tailback pretty well. I think he could play full back,

834
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 2: and in fact, in one of the practices I remember

835
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 2: seeing him at fullback. So it was kind of going

836
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 2: back to that thought of, well, maybe he can be

837
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 2: a fullback, and then you know, on special teams you

838
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 2: could argue he was the best special teams player this

839
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:28,799
Speaker 2: team had he had a couple. He had a rock

840
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,839
Speaker 2: solid tackle against Minnesota. I'm with Indy, I just wish

841
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 2: that's a guy that I could keep around in some way,

842
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 2: shape or form, But my numbers get squeezed so much.

843
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 2: To Indy's point, safety, you probably got to keep an

844
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:41,640
Speaker 2: extra one because you don't know the health the CJ.

845
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: Gardner Johnson and then.

846
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 2: Running back is one you just you don't know how

847
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 2: it's gonna play out. But when you're talking about guy

848
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 2: forty eight, forty nine to fifty, they got to be

849
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 2: able to do multiple things for you or be a

850
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,959
Speaker 2: specialist in a particular area, like maybe you're a pass

851
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:59,399
Speaker 2: rush specialist. I don't know, but that might be. You know,

852
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 2: the thing for British Brooks, the one for me and

853
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 2: d is linebacker, and that's the one.

854
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: I'm like, Man, he got his ease.

855
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,839
Speaker 2: He's gonna got a little minor thing, but I guess

856
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 2: he's gonna be okay injury wise. You got Henry, you

857
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 2: got Christian, you got e J. Speed, And I know

858
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 2: you and I talked a lot about EJ. You pointed

859
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 2: out the first game and that he was tremendous. How

860
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,399
Speaker 2: would you look at the linebacker situation with guys behind

861
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,719
Speaker 2: him like Jake Hanson, who is pretty good in preseason,

862
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 2: You've got Jamal Hill, You've got Nick Neemon, and then

863
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:27,760
Speaker 2: you got the two rookies.

864
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:29,960
Speaker 1: I think linebacker gets pretty.

865
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 2: Tough as well, especially because those guys can all be

866
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 2: pretty good on special teams in d What are your thoughts.

867
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 6: That's a very tough one and it just goes to

868
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 6: show how many great players you know great in college

869
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,560
Speaker 6: don't make it in the NFL because we're naming some guys,

870
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 6: whereas casey Oside, whether it's Jake Hanson Woodard who shown

871
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,319
Speaker 6: up on film during the preseason, but they're not gonna

872
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 6: be able to keep them. I actually think John it's

873
00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 6: easier at the linebacker position than some of the others.

874
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 6: And when I say easier, because they have so many

875
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 6: good guys in depth, the biggest question is gonna be

876
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 6: how are you gonna get ej Speed on the field.

877
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 11: How are you.

878
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,759
Speaker 6: Gonna get Henry toatoa Christian Harris all those guys on

879
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:16,240
Speaker 6: the field together, or you're gonna have to do different

880
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 6: packages to meet Jake Canson if healthy, you leave them

881
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 6: all because of what he does with special teams and

882
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 6: every time he plays, if somebody goes down, he always

883
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 6: he's very solid. He's a solid player where you're not thinking, oh,

884
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,879
Speaker 6: you know, Jake Canson has to start because ex players down,

885
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 6: so there's gonna be this big hole. So I think

886
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 6: Jake Canson is a must than Casey Osi with what

887
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 6: he does physically. If he could just learn, be in

888
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 6: the system, be on practice squad, but being that playbook,

889
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 6: and really fight for a spot next year, I think

890
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 6: that would be the ideal situation.

891
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:52,359
Speaker 10: And Dy, what is this week like for players? I

892
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,880
Speaker 10: know it's different from when you played because the practice

893
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,480
Speaker 10: squad was a very different thing. It was ten people.

894
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,720
Speaker 10: I think the number changed while you were playing throughout

895
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 10: your twelve year career. You were in the league for

896
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 10: a long time. But anyway, it's different now with the

897
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,879
Speaker 10: sixteen player practice squad. There are more job opportunities than ever,

898
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 10: in opportunities to get elevated to the active roster than ever.

899
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 10: But what is it like when teammates of yours might

900
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,439
Speaker 10: be getting cut, when you might be getting cut?

901
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 3: What is this week like for players?

902
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 6: It's tough, I mean, and again and you mentioned that

903
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 6: it just depends where you are in your career. So

904
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 6: in my twelve years, the first three years, I'm sitting

905
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,839
Speaker 6: right now looking at my phone praying that I don't

906
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,359
Speaker 6: get that call. You know, you're praying that your phone

907
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:38,560
Speaker 6: doesn't rain because this is cut down day. And then

908
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 6: you're kind of anxious. You get excited as it gets

909
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:45,279
Speaker 6: closer to Tuesday at three o'clock. But then if you're

910
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,200
Speaker 6: a guy that you know you're going to make the team,

911
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,360
Speaker 6: you're feeling bad and you're looking at the waiver wire.

912
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,440
Speaker 6: You're kind of getting online seeing which one of your

913
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,400
Speaker 6: boys got cut. And then when it's and you know,

914
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 6: you're like, you have a feel. I hate to admit it.

915
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 6: There were times, and look this is coming from a

916
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 6: guy who was cut his second year, but there are

917
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 6: times when I wasn't gonna get cut. Where me and

918
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 6: the guy right next to my locker, Derek Burgens, we

919
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 6: were trying to determine, Okay, who's gonna be the fifty

920
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 6: three man roster, and we're putting a list together and

921
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,839
Speaker 6: a guy walks by us and we're like, nah, he's cut.

922
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,239
Speaker 6: They were, you know, trying to play GM but but

923
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:21,520
Speaker 6: then when it happens, we feel bad like like we

924
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 6: feel bad because it's like we know the work that

925
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 6: they put in. So for a guy like the guys.

926
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 11: We've mentioned the British book Brooks, excuse.

927
00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:33,640
Speaker 6: Me, the Jay Kanses, they're they're they're thinking to themselves, Hey,

928
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,799
Speaker 6: I did all I could and I can't control certain things,

929
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:38,799
Speaker 6: so now it's in God's hands. It's not in my

930
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:42,320
Speaker 6: hands anymore. But when you don't get that call after

931
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 6: the deadline man mark, it is such a great feeling,

932
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,240
Speaker 6: like you just feel this relief, You feel the weight

933
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,480
Speaker 6: that's been lifted off your shoulder. And but what sucks

934
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 6: then is the fifty one, fifty two to fifty three.

935
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 6: You're never really comfortable, like you're never you're never really comfortable,

936
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:03,360
Speaker 6: so you're always looking over your shoulder. You know that

937
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 6: every Tuesday, every NFL team's bringing in about twenty guys

938
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 6: to work them out as they try to improve.

939
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 11: So just depend on where you are in your roster.

940
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:15,359
Speaker 6: But for the guys that end up making it that

941
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,600
Speaker 6: we're on the bubble, it's a beautiful, beautiful feeling.

942
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 2: All right, We get back a little bit of news

943
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,399
Speaker 2: around the NFL ready here in Texas, All Access scene

944
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 2: a bit.

945
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: What's up everybody.

946
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,800
Speaker 2: We got one final segment here on a Monday, the

947
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:36,080
Speaker 2: issue of Texans All Access from Monday Texans Radio Studio.

948
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 2: I am your host, John Harris, So glad a to

949
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 2: be back from Detroit, b to be your host. Appreciate

950
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,279
Speaker 2: you being with us. We got plenty of stuff going

951
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 2: on in Texans world this weekend, in particular the fifty

952
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 2: three man roster cut down. Now, as Nick Cassario outlined,

953
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:59,160
Speaker 2: as Zmiko Ryans reiterated, probably won't know what the fifty

954
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 2: three man roster is in full until tomorrow at three.

955
00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:08,840
Speaker 2: The Texans have been fairly consistent with doing everything possible

956
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:13,239
Speaker 2: to make trades, to make moves, and then taking it

957
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,120
Speaker 2: all the way to the three pm deadline. So I

958
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:18,960
Speaker 2: think that's when we'll find out everything. There will be

959
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 2: drips and drabs tomorrow that come out. Somebody's saying, go

960
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 2: by to Houston, hate the Houston, thanks for the opportunity.

961
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 2: You may see a few other things as well, So

962
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:33,880
Speaker 2: just keeping all of that in mind as you go

963
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:35,799
Speaker 2: through the rest of tonight, that might be something that

964
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 2: pops out. The news of today in our Texans world

965
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 2: is the fact that Joe Mixon will be moved from

966
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 2: the active NFI to reserve NFI. And what that means is,

967
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 2: in other words, because there's so many NFI pup in

968
00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 2: c'son pup IR designated return, it gets kind of confusing.

969
00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:00,640
Speaker 2: Basically moving Joe from the list he was on to

970
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:03,359
Speaker 2: this new list that they're gonna move him to, it

971
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 2: means he's out the first four games. In those games,

972
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,720
Speaker 2: the Texans are at LA to take on the Rams,

973
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 2: they're at home taking a Bucks, they're on the road

974
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 2: to take on Jacksonville, and then they're at home to

975
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 2: take on Tennessee. He's eligible to start practicing heading into

976
00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:19,400
Speaker 2: the week against Baltimore.

977
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:20,440
Speaker 1: Then there's the buye.

978
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 2: So the question becomes, well, they want to just give

979
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 2: him another couple of weeks to make sure he's a

980
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,279
Speaker 2: hundred percent ready to start basically the second half of

981
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,400
Speaker 2: the year in Seattle Monday night, so you get an

982
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,600
Speaker 2: extra week in a day.

983
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:35,879
Speaker 1: If that's the case. Joeby chomping at the bit. Joe

984
00:46:35,880 --> 00:46:36,479
Speaker 1: wants to play.

985
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 11: Now.

986
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 1: I know Joe and I know how he reacts, and

987
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 1: he wants to play. Now. This is killing him. That said, I.

988
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:48,879
Speaker 2: Think the Texas running backs are going to be quite okay.

989
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:52,520
Speaker 2: Some other news around the league. Trey Hendrickson getting a

990
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 2: deal done. He's getting more money this year, still will

991
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,279
Speaker 2: be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year.

992
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:00,239
Speaker 2: Terry mclaarin signed his deal with the Washington Command. There's

993
00:47:00,239 --> 00:47:05,320
Speaker 2: three years, ninety six million dollars, so I was glad

994
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,239
Speaker 2: for that. I like Terry McLaurin. He's one of my

995
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:11,560
Speaker 2: non favorite Texans. Sotory with non Texans. Yeah, he's one

996
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:13,400
Speaker 2: of my favorite non Texans in the league.

997
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:14,319
Speaker 1: I like him.

998
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,640
Speaker 2: I loved him at the Senior Bowl. I just thought

999
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 2: he was a player of the Texans would highlight didn't

1000
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 2: get their hands on him, but it happens. Jacoby Myers

1001
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:28,560
Speaker 2: wide receiver, requests the trade from Las Vegas Raiders. Kind

1002
00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 2: of like the Texans are pretty good shape receiver wise,

1003
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:33,680
Speaker 2: so I don't think they'll get in that mix whatsoever.

1004
00:47:33,760 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 2: But Jacoby Myers wants out of Las Vegas.

1005
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 3: Uh.

1006
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 2: They were trying to get a deal done or he

1007
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:42,239
Speaker 2: wanted to, guess the Raiders didn't want to, so they

1008
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,360
Speaker 2: are at an impasse at this point and he wants

1009
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 2: to move on.

1010
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 1: So that's gonna do it. For today's news, tomorrow's news.

1011
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 2: Oh boy, get ready because there's gonna be a fifty

1012
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:52,799
Speaker 2: three man roster.

1013
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 1: Mark and I will talk about it.

1014
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 2: I'll take your calls tomorrow night, so make sure you

1015
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,319
Speaker 2: are locked and loaded tomorrow night for Texans All Access. Well,

1016
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Speaker 2: seeing that everybody dot int as always go Texans