WEBVTT - Texans All-Access: Inside the H-Town Huddle as Week 1 approaches

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<v Speaker 1>What's happened?

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody, Welcome into a one of the editions of Texans

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<v Speaker 2>All Access.

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<v Speaker 1>From the Hunday Texans or radio studio.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm your host, John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter for

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<v Speaker 2>your Houston Texans.

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<v Speaker 1>Glad to be with you.

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<v Speaker 2>We got a very eventful couple of days coming up

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<v Speaker 2>for your Texans. Throughout the league, teams already slicing your

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<v Speaker 2>rosters down little by little. I don't think anybody's gotten

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<v Speaker 2>their full fifty three just yet, but you're seeing various

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<v Speaker 2>moves bleed out across various social channels, and the Texans

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<v Speaker 2>had one very important one that we need to hit

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<v Speaker 2>right off the top, and I will read straight from

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<v Speaker 2>the statement. So we are clear tomorrow at three pm

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<v Speaker 2>Central Standard time, when everybody needs to be down to

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<v Speaker 2>fifty three man roster. We e the Texans will officially

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<v Speaker 2>move running back Joe Mixon from the active NFI list

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<v Speaker 2>to the reserve non football injury list. Players placed in

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<v Speaker 2>the reserve Non football Injury List may begin to practice

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<v Speaker 2>and play after the club's fourth game of the regular season.

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<v Speaker 2>We will provide further updates at inappropriate time. Now, a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of things. Number one I think a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>us out there, and by a lot of us, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean fans, analysts, et cetera, et cetera, kind of saw

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<v Speaker 2>this coming. So this I think is just confirmation of

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

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<v Speaker 2>asked that question, Hey, uh, you think it's gonna rain

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<v Speaker 2>today and you look up sun no clouds, like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I think we're gonna be okay, and the days ago,

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<v Speaker 2>the day goes through and you're like, yeah, confirmation it

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

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<v Speaker 2>we knew was coming, and so we're kind of rebracing

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<v Speaker 2>for it all along that Joe wouldn't be ready for

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<v Speaker 2>the first four games. Now what that means is Week

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<v Speaker 2>five is at Baltimore.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, one of the things that I said, I think

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<v Speaker 1>we're at the.

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<v Speaker 2>Greenbrier when I may, I said this, that's the last

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<v Speaker 2>game before a bye.

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<v Speaker 1>So you get through that game. Let's let's let's.

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<v Speaker 2>Just just go with me on this. Let's just say

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<v Speaker 2>were extended one more week, then you got to buy.

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

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<v Speaker 2>when it comes to medical stuff, nobody ever knows to

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<v Speaker 2>be honest.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we're never gonna know medical staffs.

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

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<v Speaker 2>out there putting stuff out there. They're not about injuries

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<v Speaker 2>things like that for the most part, So we're not

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

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<v Speaker 2>this this might just be you know, longer than four weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>This could be ten weeks, this could be fourteen weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's no telling when Joe could honestly come back.

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<v Speaker 2>But let's just say it's with this mindset, this time

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<v Speaker 2>frame of four weeks that you definitely that when you

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<v Speaker 2>go on the active or the res deserved non football

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

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<v Speaker 1>So let's say waits out the four weeks.

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

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<v Speaker 2>let's play against Baltimore.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's rock and roll. Let's go.

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<v Speaker 2>I think with where the bye week is, just give

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<v Speaker 2>it one more week. That just gives you two more

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<v Speaker 2>weeks before you've got to play a game. And then

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<v Speaker 2>let's start it with Seattle and let's run it eleven

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

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<v Speaker 2>lot of games with Joe fully healthy, hopefully at that point,

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<v Speaker 2>and let the running back room as it is right now.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't even know what that's gonna be. We already

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<v Speaker 2>said it's gonna be a tough cut. But let's let

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<v Speaker 2>the running back room as it sits right now go forward.

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<v Speaker 2>Nick Chubb, Damian Pierce, Dargon Muwally Wood, he Marks Juar Jordan,

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

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how many they keep. We don't know, but

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>I'm okay with that group. I like that group. I

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<v Speaker 2>like the young guys in that group. I like what

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<v Speaker 2>do I like you are? They've been saying it since

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<v Speaker 2>the first day camp. There was probably this in the

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<v Speaker 2>back of my mind with Joe, that it might be

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<v Speaker 2>a while before we see Joe, but not going to

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<v Speaker 2>be there for the first four games.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's the news as it sits.

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<v Speaker 2>The roster will get down to fifty three by three PM.

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<v Speaker 2>But at least the question a lot of people asking

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<v Speaker 2>about Joe Mixon was answered by the Texans today on

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<v Speaker 2>their social media channels that release of Joe Mixon moving

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<v Speaker 2>from active NFI to reserve NiFi. He will miss the

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<v Speaker 2>first four games at a minimum, and then after that

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<v Speaker 2>work his way back into practice. Like I said, because

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<v Speaker 2>where the bye week is, there's in my mind there's

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<v Speaker 2>a thought, Okay, maybe keep them until after the bye week.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, Week five a's Baltimore, and you want to

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<v Speaker 2>go hit Baltimore in a face with everything you got,

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<v Speaker 2>including a hopefully at that time healthy Joe Mixon. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's down the road. We can handle that business once

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<v Speaker 2>we get there. We gotta beat the Rams in week one,

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>Central Time on September seventh, and cannot wait.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, let's get to our guest.

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<v Speaker 2>We had an absolute blast talking to Andre where in fact,

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<v Speaker 2>the first probably five to seven minutes of our discussion

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<v Speaker 2>maybe the funniest discussion we've.

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<v Speaker 1>Had in a while, and it deals with hot keys.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go to Woody.

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<v Speaker 4>Over left guard across to five peason touchdown Houston, Woody

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<v Speaker 4>marks power running into the end zone, good blocking on

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<v Speaker 4>the left side, and the Texans are back in front

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<v Speaker 4>of Detroit.

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

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<v Speaker 1>I am just saying, did you say that's.

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<v Speaker 3>Gonna be hot key in the call?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So Ben, I'm gonna Ben, I'm gonna give you

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

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<v Speaker 2>but I know on in the loop what there's well,

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<v Speaker 2>they used the hot key. They have a hot When

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<v Speaker 2>I was talking about what he marks.

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<v Speaker 3>That's that's okay, wait play him back to back.

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<v Speaker 7>Ben, that is too good. Andres on the phone too.

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<v Speaker 7>This is Andre, Yes, that is that is hot key

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<v Speaker 7>right there.

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<v Speaker 8>My intent was then what he marks wasting basically, uh,

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<v Speaker 8>setting an example or telling you, hey, I'm arriving and

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<v Speaker 8>you know, there's this whole competition going on, but running

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<v Speaker 8>back and he's just making his mark.

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<v Speaker 9>No pun intended, but that's kind of where I was

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<v Speaker 9>coming from. I'm here to stay as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Well.

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<v Speaker 2>That that was my thought on draft day, like this

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<v Speaker 2>dude is coming to make an impact.

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<v Speaker 10>You didn't even up, you didn't even need to say

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<v Speaker 10>what you said, Dre. We got it all with this.

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<v Speaker 10>H see that that explains everything.

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<v Speaker 2>And on Draft weekend, I felt like, oh.

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<v Speaker 9>Hey, god it before we just started this morning. Because

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

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<v Speaker 9>in your in your in your daily travels, fans approach

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<v Speaker 9>you and you have conversations all the time. But I

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<v Speaker 9>bet you you haven't had a fan approach you and

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<v Speaker 9>tell you that they've listened to you for twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 9>two years. So big shout out to Sydney Evans. I

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<v Speaker 9>saw him in the gym this morning and we had

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<v Speaker 9>a nice conversation. But twenty two years he's been listening

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<v Speaker 9>to us, So thanks a bunch, Sidney.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a that's huge, that's that's nice.

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<v Speaker 10>You could shout out the name because that has happened

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<v Speaker 10>to me, and I never shout the person out. So

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<v Speaker 10>I'm really sorry now to everyone I haven't shouted out

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<v Speaker 10>to about long time listening to Texans Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, all I get is, well, where were you the

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<v Speaker 1>first eight years? Johnny?

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<v Speaker 3>That's what? Exactly Where were you, Johnny?

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<v Speaker 11>Now?

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<v Speaker 9>Where you were?

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<v Speaker 1>Where you are not?

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<v Speaker 6>Johnny?

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<v Speaker 2>That's true, that's true, And I get I get to

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<v Speaker 2>be back with the crew starting Sunday, September seven, so

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<v Speaker 2>as much they.

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

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, but I watched broadcast. It was awesome. Yeah, great,

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<v Speaker 10>we had did a great job. It was fun to watch.

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<v Speaker 10>And but you didn't have this, Johnny, you didn't have

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<v Speaker 10>this in the booth, Ben hit it again because see

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<v Speaker 10>you didn't have that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's my first time. It's my first time hearing that.

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<v Speaker 2>And normally when I'm on the sidelines, I hear those things,

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<v Speaker 2>so I would be like, oh, okay, we gotta we

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<v Speaker 2>gotta keeps.

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<v Speaker 1>But I didn't hear it until just now.

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<v Speaker 10>That is an Andre wear legendary hockey. I don't know

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<v Speaker 10>if it replaces the oh no though that yes.

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<v Speaker 2>See okay, oh no is my that's my fault because

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<v Speaker 2>that was the game against the Colts, and I remember

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<v Speaker 2>they were they were blitzing us, and I remember saying

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<v Speaker 2>oh no, and then I hear Andre say it right

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<v Speaker 2>after me, and I was like, oh no, I planted.

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<v Speaker 2>I planted to see Andre. It was a game against

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<v Speaker 2>the Colts. I think it was one we ended.

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<v Speaker 10>Up winning, which I really say was Thursday night. Maybe

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<v Speaker 10>it doesn't sound like it was going that well.

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<v Speaker 9>Recovered from thee Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't know. Uh. To me, my my favorite one.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, those are my two favorites, along with beating

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<v Speaker 2>the Steelers and their fans leaving and Mark's.

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<v Speaker 1>Like get out, get out. Yeah, there's that one.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I don't know if we have this one

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<v Speaker 2>on hockey with Kimmie Fairband and overtime beats the Titans.

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<v Speaker 1>You could put those things in the trunk.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, that was a great one. I felt deeper

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<v Speaker 3>for that.

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<v Speaker 2>That was yeah, that was That was one of my

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<v Speaker 2>favorites too, after beating the Oilers, Titans.

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<v Speaker 3>Whatever they were.

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<v Speaker 9>Was with us Mark, But do you remember the wow?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, Trump, he's quick with it.

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<v Speaker 9>But do you remember the wow? A long time ago?

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<v Speaker 9>It almost sounded like a cat.

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<v Speaker 10>Oh my gosh, Benny, I don't even know if Ben

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<v Speaker 10>has that. It's been a while since we played that one.

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<v Speaker 10>But Drey became another you know species at that point.

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<v Speaker 3>It was good. It was good anyway, all right, Dray.

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

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<v Speaker 10>but it was a wow where it was. It became

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<v Speaker 10>a me out.

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<v Speaker 3>At some point anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm gonna go to the position you play quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>Graham Mertz fourteen to sixteen. The other day, in his

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<v Speaker 2>first real extensive playing time, I mean even through practice

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<v Speaker 2>since the Minnesota game, he had three interceptions which weren't

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<v Speaker 2>on him.

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<v Speaker 1>What'd you a think about Mertz and B Dre? What

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<v Speaker 1>do you do with the quarterbacks?

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<v Speaker 11>We know?

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<v Speaker 1>CJ? And Davis? One? Two?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you keep two? Do you keep three? If you

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<v Speaker 2>keep three, who do you want to keep? Would you

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<v Speaker 2>like to keep all four? I don't think you can.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody's gonna have to have a spring toe today. Walk

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<v Speaker 2>in the hallway. Somebody put them on. Ir What are

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<v Speaker 2>your thoughts about what you're gonna do and what they're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna do with the quarterback position?

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, I think every team when when you start trying

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<v Speaker 9>to round out a fifty three man roster, and I

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<v Speaker 9>kind of go here first, there are some players you're

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<v Speaker 9>going to have to kind of take a gamble on.

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<v Speaker 9>And by that, I mean you're gonna have to put

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<v Speaker 9>him out there to hope sit there with your fingers

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<v Speaker 9>crossed for twenty four hours that they clear waivers. And

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<v Speaker 9>I think Graham Merz is that guy. You'd love to

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<v Speaker 9>bring him back of the practice roster, but you got

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<v Speaker 9>to expose him first in order to get him on

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<v Speaker 9>the practice roster. I think they have two solids and CJ.

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<v Speaker 9>Stroud and Davis Mills as solid as there is in

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<v Speaker 9>terms of starter and backup as there is around the league.

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<v Speaker 9>Davis Mills is much much improved and you feel really

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<v Speaker 9>good about if you have to go with him with

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<v Speaker 9>it in terms of a stretch of games. But with

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<v Speaker 9>Graham Merch, he's a draft pick that they spent a

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<v Speaker 9>six round pick on, so he's going to get the

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<v Speaker 9>benefit of the doubt. I think over Keaton Slovas, because

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<v Speaker 9>there's an investment there, also think they're going to have

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<v Speaker 9>to expose him in order to bring him back. And

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<v Speaker 9>he's there after cutdowns, he comes back and he's on

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<v Speaker 9>the practice roster or as your third quarterback. But there

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<v Speaker 9>are guys on the roster and he's not the only

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<v Speaker 9>one that they're gonna have to take a swing at

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<v Speaker 9>and put him out there and kind of subject them

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<v Speaker 9>to the waiver wied who if somebody wants them, if

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<v Speaker 9>somebody is hurting at that position, or bring him back

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<v Speaker 9>on the practice Russ and I think if it's going

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<v Speaker 9>to a practice roster somewhere else over staying with the

0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:35.800
<v Speaker 9>Texans where you just spent months learning this offense. This

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<v Speaker 9>is where you're going to come back to.

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

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<v Speaker 10>saying any of these guys are going to make the team.

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<v Speaker 10>They might make the practice squad. But Powell, Winfree, Cephis,

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<v Speaker 10>they combined for one forty eleven catches a touchdown and

0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:53.600
<v Speaker 10>this was on short order. Drace Cefiz was in Canada

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<v Speaker 10>last year, but the system is different. He comes back

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<v Speaker 10>two and a half weeks before the game, and then

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<v Speaker 10>the other guys get back or get to the team

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<v Speaker 10>that week and they go out and put up the

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<v Speaker 10>numbers I just described. And it wasn't just dink and dunk.

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<v Speaker 10>I mean, they were making plays. What did you think

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<v Speaker 10>of that performance?

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, I was very impressed with Powell Winfree and in

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<v Speaker 9>terms of him blocking, Cephas had obviously a pretty good

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<v Speaker 9>game as well. And they you know, with the addition

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<v Speaker 9>of the expansion of the practice roster going to sixteen,

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<v Speaker 9>one of those guys gave him themselves a chance, whether

0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:31.600
<v Speaker 9>Cephas or Powell. Powell came man, picked up things. He

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<v Speaker 9>made plays, not only on offense and catching the ball

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<v Speaker 9>as well as blocking. But he made some plays and

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<v Speaker 9>tackle of two on special teams. So when you can,

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<v Speaker 9>when you can affect the game as a receiver in

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<v Speaker 9>those three areas, you give yourself a chance. And then

0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.600
<v Speaker 9>he came in on such short notice and was able

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<v Speaker 9>to do exactly that. I think he's got a shot.

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<v Speaker 9>So him, he and Cephas practice roster guys maybe, but

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<v Speaker 9>they certainly did themselves well on Saturday. On Saturday, so.

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<v Speaker 2>We've had a lot of quarterback movement in the league

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<v Speaker 2>over the last I don't know, forty eight hours or so.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna ask you both this because we got to

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<v Speaker 2>see it Thursday in practice and then we got to

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<v Speaker 2>see it Saturday in a game after Jared Goff. How

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<v Speaker 2>bad is that situation in Detroit? Dre and Mark Dre

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<v Speaker 2>you go first.

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<v Speaker 9>I've got more confidence I think in Kyle Allen than

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<v Speaker 9>maybe a lot, And it's just because sometimes as a quarterback,

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<v Speaker 9>it's finding the right mix and chemistry. And I alluded

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<v Speaker 9>to this on the air. I think John Morton is

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<v Speaker 9>a heck of a football coach, and he's now their

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<v Speaker 9>offensive coordinator as well, Mark Brunell being their quarterback coach.

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<v Speaker 9>And then you got Marcus tuiasa SOPO who is just

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<v Speaker 9>kind of an offensive assistant but has played the position.

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<v Speaker 9>And I talked to Kyle down on the sideline before

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<v Speaker 9>the game and he's just like, you know, this is

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<v Speaker 9>like quarterback Heaven for me. He understands better, he operates better,

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<v Speaker 9>and it's just finding the right place at the right time.

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<v Speaker 9>I think that's set up for them. Would they love

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<v Speaker 9>to go seventeen games with Jared Golf and not have

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<v Speaker 9>to ever play Kyle Allen? Absolutely? Is it realistic? Probably not,

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<v Speaker 9>He doesn't have a big injury history. But if they

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<v Speaker 9>had to go a game or so with Kyle Allen

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<v Speaker 9>as their quarterback, I think they'd be Okay. Hnton Hooker,

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<v Speaker 9>he has had the job taken from him. He was

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<v Speaker 9>the quarterback going into the offseason and into training camp,

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<v Speaker 9>the second guy rather in the pecking order, and Kyle

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<v Speaker 9>Allen is just leapfrogging outplayed him in the preseason. And

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

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<v Speaker 10>Interesting point, I think Kyle Allen on this team right

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<v Speaker 10>now would do better than Kyle Allen on this team

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<v Speaker 10>in twenty twenty two.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree with that.

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<v Speaker 10>I agree with that, So that's it's certainly worth watching.

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<v Speaker 10>But we've got a long way to go here, and

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

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<v Speaker 10>to see them again because that would mean we're playing

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<v Speaker 10>them in February. Yes, that would be very nice. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 10>Drey thoughts on the defense here. CJ. Gardner Johnson, we

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<v Speaker 10>don't know the availability of him come cut down time

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<v Speaker 10>tomorrow at three. I mean, this is one of the

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<v Speaker 10>X factors, the variables that factors into if you put

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<v Speaker 10>together a roster, let's say it's approximately twenty five defensive

0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:26.920
<v Speaker 10>players twenty five offensive players. That's really going to create

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<v Speaker 10>some interesting situations in the secondary, his availability or not, and.

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<v Speaker 3>The D line as well.

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<v Speaker 10>You know they keep ten or nine guys that they

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

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<v Speaker 10>the big headline here is you are pretty thick.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 10>You could use some depth in the secondary at corner

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<v Speaker 10>and maybe it's safety of CJ. Gardner Johnson's not healthy,

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<v Speaker 10>But overall, defensively, this is as good a defense as

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<v Speaker 10>maybe you've ever put on the field.

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<v Speaker 3>And they've had some good ones here.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, there's some playmakers across the board, and with CJ.

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

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<v Speaker 9>way long though. We'll know tomorrow for sure exactly where

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<v Speaker 9>he's going to start the season or if he's ready

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<v Speaker 9>to actually start the season playing. If he is available

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<v Speaker 9>and ready to go, and there's still some extra time

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<v Speaker 9>before that Rams game, he I think he's gonna be

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<v Speaker 9>just fine. They'll be fine in the secondary and Petrick

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<v Speaker 9>can slide over and make some plays there.

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<v Speaker 11>M J.

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<v Speaker 9>Stewart I think has been another solid edition on the

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<v Speaker 9>back end, along with Bullock who's a playmaker, Stingley and

0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:36.280
<v Speaker 9>lass or Ballhawks. I think guys that may be the

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<v Speaker 9>fifty oh, fifty one, fifty two, and fifty three may

0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:45.680
<v Speaker 9>be in trouble. And I say that from a depth

0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:49.080
<v Speaker 9>standpoint because you mentioned it at corner. There's gonna be

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<v Speaker 9>some guys cut from other teams, and if you're the

0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:56.399
<v Speaker 9>last couple of guys that make this roster, you could

0:17:56.560 --> 0:17:58.920
<v Speaker 9>still be let go and then they pick up guys

0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:02.280
<v Speaker 9>off the waiver wire. Two add that depth at at

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<v Speaker 9>in the secondary, whether it's that corner and coort safety.

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<v Speaker 9>So uh there, I mean some guys that make it

0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:12.160
<v Speaker 9>and feel like whoa, they'll exhale today, but then once

0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:15.960
<v Speaker 9>the wave of wire starts to present itself, there still

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<v Speaker 9>may be some some movement.

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<v Speaker 2>We need Austin Brateman to be healthy. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a different discussion too. But I'll ask you this

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe it fits into this, and I'm about to

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

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<v Speaker 1>We've been talking all the good, the good, the good,

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<v Speaker 1>the good.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's bring it down a notch because all three

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<v Speaker 2>of us have a concern maybe a couple, maybe more

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<v Speaker 2>than a couple, but we at least have a chief

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<v Speaker 2>concern about something.

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<v Speaker 9>Where you're going before you finish your question.

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<v Speaker 2>But go, okay, what is your one concern heading into

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<v Speaker 2>week one? Like your chief concern? There might be a

0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:50.640
<v Speaker 2>couple that are come buzzing, but you're like, man, there's

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<v Speaker 2>one right here in front of us. What's your major

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<v Speaker 2>concern each of you going into Week one?

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<v Speaker 1>Dray? Was that the question you were thinking I was

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<v Speaker 1>gonna ask.

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

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

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<v Speaker 9>Because you haven't seen if it's Cam Robinson at left

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<v Speaker 9>tackle or or Ursery who's at right time? I mean

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<v Speaker 9>it's it's a mixture of of of guys, and the

0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:20.520
<v Speaker 9>chemistry up up front needs to be there with those

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<v Speaker 9>five more so than anywhere else on this football team.

0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:27.760
<v Speaker 9>I think CJ has blended well with new receivers, the

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<v Speaker 9>rookies Noel and as well as Higgins. Uh. You've had

0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:34.320
<v Speaker 9>some superb play from the tight end group. Uh, and

0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:38.520
<v Speaker 9>there's some consistency there, but it doesn't work unless the

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<v Speaker 9>five guys up front, UH, do their their their portion

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<v Speaker 9>of bits and hold up up front. And you haven't had.

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<v Speaker 9>If Cam Robinson's going to start a left tackle, well,

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<v Speaker 9>it'll be the first time they're all out there together, uh,

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<v Speaker 9>this this preseason or to start the season. And that's

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<v Speaker 9>kind of not That's not where you want to have

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<v Speaker 9>it happen. So I I just get I get agitated

0:20:02.800 --> 0:20:05.520
<v Speaker 9>sometimes when guys you think guys can go and they're not,

0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:08.280
<v Speaker 9>and then they pull the move on you, and so

0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:11.480
<v Speaker 9>on and so forth, because you know your position. Every

0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:14.480
<v Speaker 9>one of them is important on this team, but none

0:20:14.600 --> 0:20:16.639
<v Speaker 9>more important than the five guys up front.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Mark, what's your your chief concern going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Trey's a good one.

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<v Speaker 10>You guys hit on it because I think, and I

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<v Speaker 10>could be wrong, it's pretty easy to name nine offensive

0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:29.200
<v Speaker 10>linemen who make this football team, but it's not easy

0:20:29.320 --> 0:20:31.199
<v Speaker 10>to know exactly how they're going to line up.

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<v Speaker 5>And I don't know if we still know what what

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<v Speaker 5>are they doing?

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<v Speaker 10>In the joint practice it was Robinson left, Ursery right correct?

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<v Speaker 1>No, No, Titus is that right?

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<v Speaker 11>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>Titus was that ro.

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<v Speaker 1>And Urcery had left, and then Cam was at the

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<v Speaker 1>left with the twos.

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<v Speaker 3>Cam was at the left with the twos. I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>sure that's it.

0:20:49.560 --> 0:20:52.199
<v Speaker 10>I think it's entirely in play that Robinson starts at

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<v Speaker 10>left tackle, but I could be wrong because Titus could

0:20:55.760 --> 0:20:58.720
<v Speaker 10>play any one of three spots. Still, I think it's

0:20:58.760 --> 0:21:00.840
<v Speaker 10>also in play that they move back to left guard.

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

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<v Speaker 1>Could.

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<v Speaker 5>So the whole thing's a big mystery. And Dre's right.

0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:10.080
<v Speaker 10>They got to get the chemistry quickly because you're going

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<v Speaker 10>on the road to play against a tough team that

0:21:11.760 --> 0:21:14.359
<v Speaker 10>knows how to get after the quarterback. Now on the

0:21:14.440 --> 0:21:17.280
<v Speaker 10>road against them, Look, they're on off. It's one of

0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:20.000
<v Speaker 10>those things. Rams will be on offense. It'll be quiet

0:21:20.040 --> 0:21:22.880
<v Speaker 10>for them. I don't think that building gets exceptionally loud.

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<v Speaker 3>I could be wrong. We'll see whose house.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it's well, yeah, see I knew it.

0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:32.080
<v Speaker 2>I knew it because they're gonna throw that out there

0:21:32.160 --> 0:21:34.440
<v Speaker 2>and marks if you described the actions going.

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<v Speaker 1>Koop's house, Cook's house, Yeah, I.

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<v Speaker 9>Mean it's in my DNA. You hear that and he

0:21:42.000 --> 0:21:44.840
<v Speaker 9>just that's an automatic response for me and most trum.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's true.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't imagine the Texans will have a pretty decent

0:21:48.720 --> 0:21:49.520
<v Speaker 2>throng of fans.

0:21:50.240 --> 0:21:52.840
<v Speaker 5>I would think, so we won l A. Yeah, there

0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:53.960
<v Speaker 5>are a lot of creaks.

0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:58.200
<v Speaker 9>The Texans fans travel well, man, we go everywhere we go. Now,

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<v Speaker 9>what I want to see is that that the game

0:22:00.920 --> 0:22:04.680
<v Speaker 9>in Seattle. How you know, let's see who's really committed

0:22:05.160 --> 0:22:07.960
<v Speaker 9>when you when you start talking about going way up there.

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<v Speaker 5>And on Monday night, eighth Pacific.

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<v Speaker 9>Time camp part.

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<v Speaker 2>It's uh seven Pacific time kick it's ten eastern.

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

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<v Speaker 10>is on ESPN Plus, not ESPN ESPN Plus.

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<v Speaker 9>If you're traveling for that one as a fan, you're

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<v Speaker 9>essentially taking off baby maybe three days, Yeah, to travel

0:22:30.320 --> 0:22:33.160
<v Speaker 9>the day of the game and obviously the day after

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<v Speaker 9>because you're not coming right back after the game because

0:22:36.000 --> 0:22:38.480
<v Speaker 9>it's so late, so you're you want to make that's

0:22:38.520 --> 0:22:40.840
<v Speaker 9>a that's a mini vacation, so to speak.

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<v Speaker 10>Right, you'll never catch a red eye out of Seattle

0:22:43.000 --> 0:22:45.840
<v Speaker 10>after that game, so you're staying Tuesday and coming back,

0:22:45.880 --> 0:22:47.360
<v Speaker 10>and you might be You're right, you might be taking

0:22:47.359 --> 0:22:50.880
<v Speaker 10>a red eye Tuesday, because why those West coast trips.

0:22:50.600 --> 0:22:52.080
<v Speaker 3>Are just awful to get back from.

0:22:52.160 --> 0:22:54.080
<v Speaker 2>Those are two places on the West Coast and aren't

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<v Speaker 2>bad to be staying in LA and Seattle.

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<v Speaker 3>It's true, but.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just saying it's pretty nice.

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<v Speaker 10>I just think that ten Eastern started. That'shoulda be weird

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<v Speaker 10>for the league, that is. Do you think people are

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<v Speaker 10>going to sign up for ESPN Plus to watch that game?

0:23:07.119 --> 0:23:10.080
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if locally you'll be able to see it.

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

0:23:11.960 --> 0:23:13.240
<v Speaker 10>believe it's on ABC thirteen.

0:23:13.359 --> 0:23:16.639
<v Speaker 9>Anyway, we have a negative body clock effect, Mark, you know,

0:23:16.680 --> 0:23:18.160
<v Speaker 9>we used to talk about that a lot.

0:23:18.320 --> 0:23:19.480
<v Speaker 1>I go on the other way.

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<v Speaker 5>It's going the other way.

0:23:20.480 --> 0:23:22.959
<v Speaker 10>I usually think not, but they might have other ideas,

0:23:22.960 --> 0:23:24.760
<v Speaker 10>so we'll see how they handle it. Drey, I gotta

0:23:24.760 --> 0:23:27.640
<v Speaker 10>ask you about this because it is so late. Well

0:23:27.640 --> 0:23:29.280
<v Speaker 10>we're going to get back at like eight in the morning,

0:23:29.359 --> 0:23:31.160
<v Speaker 10>but we'll just suck it up. You know, it's it's

0:23:31.200 --> 0:23:32.360
<v Speaker 10>a privileged so.

0:23:32.400 --> 0:23:35.520
<v Speaker 5>Anyway, Uh, we are the home of the.

0:23:35.080 --> 0:23:37.800
<v Speaker 10>Texas Bowl, all right, and so we talk a little

0:23:37.800 --> 0:23:40.320
<v Speaker 10>college football here. And I know that you're vaguely familiar

0:23:40.359 --> 0:23:43.800
<v Speaker 10>with the subject, Dre on ESPN Friday nights usually, but

0:23:43.920 --> 0:23:46.920
<v Speaker 10>we've got a little ditty this Saturday, and it's time.

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<v Speaker 10>I mean, here we go. It's college football season here.

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<v Speaker 10>Do you have a game this weekend or are you

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<v Speaker 10>off this weekend?

0:23:51.440 --> 0:23:55.159
<v Speaker 9>I do actually this weekend. I'm on on Saturday to

0:23:55.240 --> 0:23:59.040
<v Speaker 9>start the season, and I'll be up at A and

0:23:59.200 --> 0:24:02.800
<v Speaker 9>M with A and M hosting UTSA. That would be

0:24:02.840 --> 0:24:04.879
<v Speaker 9>a fun one. That's one that I can drive to

0:24:05.040 --> 0:24:06.879
<v Speaker 9>and then come on back to the house and watch

0:24:06.880 --> 0:24:11.399
<v Speaker 9>everybody else do their thing with it. Normally would be

0:24:11.440 --> 0:24:16.400
<v Speaker 9>Colorado hosting Georgia Tech, but I'm gonna have Colorado two

0:24:16.480 --> 0:24:19.359
<v Speaker 9>weeks later, so it never made sense to have us

0:24:19.400 --> 0:24:21.760
<v Speaker 9>on Colorado two out of the first three weeks, so

0:24:21.800 --> 0:24:24.080
<v Speaker 9>there was a little shuffling and a schedule for us.

0:24:24.400 --> 0:24:26.520
<v Speaker 9>We'll have Colorado right on the campus at u of

0:24:26.720 --> 0:24:30.760
<v Speaker 9>H after week two, and that's a trip to Louisville,

0:24:30.800 --> 0:24:34.399
<v Speaker 9>so A and m Louisville U of H are the

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<v Speaker 9>first three weeks, all.

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

0:24:38.359 --> 0:24:38.679
<v Speaker 3>Nice.

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<v Speaker 9>Indeed, the third week I don't even have to leave

0:24:41.680 --> 0:24:44.880
<v Speaker 9>the city because I think the Texans had the Titans

0:24:44.920 --> 0:24:49.080
<v Speaker 9>at home that weekend, So that's gonna be a fun, fun,

0:24:49.119 --> 0:24:49.600
<v Speaker 9>fun deal.

0:24:50.000 --> 0:24:52.800
<v Speaker 10>The one I want your opinion on is the Texas

0:24:52.880 --> 0:24:56.960
<v Speaker 10>Longhorns at Ohio State Saturday, eleventh Central.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's go, what do you think.

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<v Speaker 9>I think it's a tough football game for Texas because

0:25:03.080 --> 0:25:07.040
<v Speaker 9>you are replacing two offensive tackles that went to the NFL.

0:25:07.160 --> 0:25:10.920
<v Speaker 9>I think there's another one or two offensive linemen that

0:25:11.400 --> 0:25:13.879
<v Speaker 9>are being replaced as well. You're replacing a lot of

0:25:14.200 --> 0:25:18.400
<v Speaker 9>players on defense. Running back, your top receiver and golden

0:25:18.560 --> 0:25:21.840
<v Speaker 9>is gone. So just you know, plugging arch in and

0:25:21.920 --> 0:25:26.080
<v Speaker 9>thinking oh, it's National championship time doesn't work. I saw

0:25:26.119 --> 0:25:28.760
<v Speaker 9>that with Sam Bradford, who was a Heisman Trophy winner,

0:25:29.600 --> 0:25:34.200
<v Speaker 9>get hurt when he when Oklahoma one year, replaced four

0:25:34.240 --> 0:25:37.840
<v Speaker 9>offensive linemen, had all skill position players coming back. He

0:25:38.400 --> 0:25:42.480
<v Speaker 9>took a beating in the opening game against BYU ultimately

0:25:42.520 --> 0:25:45.800
<v Speaker 9>lost that game. He was out of the game. They

0:25:45.880 --> 0:25:48.159
<v Speaker 9>knocked him out with a shoulder injury because they just

0:25:48.280 --> 0:25:52.840
<v Speaker 9>kept pounding in the offensive line. The chemistry just hadn't developed,

0:25:53.160 --> 0:25:55.280
<v Speaker 9>and he took a lot of punishment. Sam Bradford, I'm

0:25:55.320 --> 0:25:57.439
<v Speaker 9>talking about and now I'm not saying that happens with

0:25:57.560 --> 0:25:59.760
<v Speaker 9>arch but I'm saying, you got a lot to replace

0:25:59.800 --> 0:26:04.159
<v Speaker 9>a him. And last I checked, no quarterback to Superman

0:26:04.560 --> 0:26:07.560
<v Speaker 9>without the five guys in front of him holding up.

0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:10.160
<v Speaker 9>So there, and you're and that game's on the road.

0:26:10.240 --> 0:26:12.480
<v Speaker 9>So if you're asking me why I'm picking to win it,

0:26:12.520 --> 0:26:15.320
<v Speaker 9>I'm gonna go Ohio State from the simple fact that

0:26:15.320 --> 0:26:18.919
<v Speaker 9>they're at home. They're replacing a lot, including the quarterback,

0:26:19.280 --> 0:26:22.600
<v Speaker 9>but it's a home game for them, and that that

0:26:22.760 --> 0:26:25.040
<v Speaker 9>in and of itself is the reason I'm picking them.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, can't wait for that one, or should I

0:26:27.480 --> 0:26:30.840
<v Speaker 2>say can't wait for that one?

0:26:31.960 --> 0:26:32.800
<v Speaker 1>It's gonna be awesome.

0:26:32.880 --> 0:26:36.159
<v Speaker 2>Can't wait Texas for the Ohio State arch Manning getting

0:26:36.160 --> 0:26:38.960
<v Speaker 2>to start for ut. That is probably the sexiest thing,

0:26:39.040 --> 0:26:43.520
<v Speaker 2>Julians saying, the young man from Ohio State starting U.

0:26:43.800 --> 0:26:45.720
<v Speaker 2>And if there's somebody who knows all about starting at

0:26:45.720 --> 0:26:48.199
<v Speaker 2>Ohio State for the first one, a big one like this,

0:26:48.280 --> 0:26:48.760
<v Speaker 2>it's CJ.

0:26:48.920 --> 0:26:49.320
<v Speaker 1>Shroud.

0:26:49.560 --> 0:26:52.800
<v Speaker 2>He knows all about that. Okay, we get back. Let's

0:26:52.800 --> 0:26:55.000
<v Speaker 2>talk to our guy in d Clue. We had plenty

0:26:55.000 --> 0:26:57.480
<v Speaker 2>to catch up with n D my broadcast partner on

0:26:57.640 --> 0:27:00.719
<v Speaker 2>preseason games. He was awesome to work with. Weklu all

0:27:00.760 --> 0:27:03.879
<v Speaker 2>with us next right here in Texas All Access. Welcome

0:27:03.880 --> 0:27:06.600
<v Speaker 2>back to Monday Initiative, Texans All Access from Monday Texans

0:27:06.760 --> 0:27:11.720
<v Speaker 2>Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harrits, football analyst, sideline reporter.

0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:16.119
<v Speaker 2>And it has been a big, big day for a

0:27:16.160 --> 0:27:18.760
<v Speaker 2>couple of guys that were holding in. In fact, I

0:27:18.760 --> 0:27:21.440
<v Speaker 2>don't even know they're holding out in the NFL. Trey

0:27:21.480 --> 0:27:24.360
<v Speaker 2>Henderson looks like he's about to get a deal, making

0:27:24.440 --> 0:27:26.879
<v Speaker 2>him one of the highest paid defenders for twenty twenty five.

0:27:27.600 --> 0:27:31.160
<v Speaker 2>Tompelo Serro Ian Rappaport both reporting that, so it looks

0:27:31.160 --> 0:27:34.280
<v Speaker 2>like they're getting a contract. On to Terry McLaurin got

0:27:34.320 --> 0:27:39.320
<v Speaker 2>a new contract today, So hold in get.

0:27:39.119 --> 0:27:41.920
<v Speaker 1>Money or hold out get my I don't know either way.

0:27:42.080 --> 0:27:44.760
<v Speaker 2>Michael Parsons still waiting to see what's gonna happen with

0:27:44.840 --> 0:27:46.359
<v Speaker 2>him in Dallas, but it does look like to the

0:27:46.400 --> 0:27:52.280
<v Speaker 2>bigger holdouts hold ins from this summer, Trey Hendrickson will

0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:55.400
<v Speaker 2>apparently be signing a deal with the Bengals sometime soon,

0:27:55.400 --> 0:27:58.239
<v Speaker 2>and Terry McLaren already did that, and so leclaren back

0:27:58.280 --> 0:28:02.040
<v Speaker 2>at practice, and now Hendrickson gets back at practice. I mean, honestly,

0:28:02.040 --> 0:28:05.119
<v Speaker 2>can we just say, hey, I want money and you

0:28:05.160 --> 0:28:06.879
<v Speaker 2>know what, let's just get this deal done.

0:28:07.119 --> 0:28:09.399
<v Speaker 1>With two weeks right after preseasons over? How about that?

0:28:10.280 --> 0:28:12.280
<v Speaker 2>Because that's what we're doing. I mean, that's what these

0:28:12.320 --> 0:28:14.639
<v Speaker 2>guys are doing. You know, you can go back and forth.

0:28:14.680 --> 0:28:19.440
<v Speaker 2>Now the Mica stuff, that feels like it's getting personal

0:28:19.880 --> 0:28:20.560
<v Speaker 2>in Dallas.

0:28:20.960 --> 0:28:23.639
<v Speaker 1>But then again, I think a lot.

0:28:23.520 --> 0:28:26.720
<v Speaker 2>Of people, as I see it, it'll get done. Not

0:28:26.760 --> 0:28:28.840
<v Speaker 2>worried about it. If I'm a Cowboys fan, I think

0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:32.320
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna get done. What may not in the future, though,

0:28:32.800 --> 0:28:35.280
<v Speaker 2>is how long Mike ends up in Dallas, especially if

0:28:35.359 --> 0:28:37.640
<v Speaker 2>David Mulaghetta, who I think is one of the better

0:28:37.640 --> 0:28:40.120
<v Speaker 2>agents in the game, and that to me is what's

0:28:40.160 --> 0:28:42.320
<v Speaker 2>gonna end up being something down the road.

0:28:42.560 --> 0:28:45.320
<v Speaker 1>Do the Cowboys no longer drafted David Mulagetta client.

0:28:45.320 --> 0:28:47.200
<v Speaker 2>I know we talked about that in Houston because everything

0:28:47.240 --> 0:28:48.960
<v Speaker 2>I went down with the Shawn et cetera, et cetera.

0:28:49.640 --> 0:28:52.640
<v Speaker 2>But this one is maybe getting to that point where

0:28:52.640 --> 0:28:54.640
<v Speaker 2>the Cowboys like, we're not gonna take a move aget

0:28:54.680 --> 0:28:57.280
<v Speaker 2>a client, were good, leave a good leave good player

0:28:57.320 --> 0:29:00.000
<v Speaker 2>on the draft board for the rest of US teams

0:29:00.120 --> 0:29:02.200
<v Speaker 2>that will because I know the Texas is dealt with

0:29:02.240 --> 0:29:04.600
<v Speaker 2>davidget in the past. They made things happen, made things

0:29:04.600 --> 0:29:07.360
<v Speaker 2>work with him. Maybe Cowboys notn't going to do that.

0:29:07.400 --> 0:29:10.920
<v Speaker 2>So thank you Jerry and for many things, including twenty

0:29:10.920 --> 0:29:14.240
<v Speaker 2>seventeen Hurricane Harvey. Okay, let's get to our conversation with

0:29:14.320 --> 0:29:16.680
<v Speaker 2>our good pal in d klue. We caught up with

0:29:16.760 --> 0:29:19.240
<v Speaker 2>him and talked about everything we saw in the preseason.

0:29:19.240 --> 0:29:20.640
<v Speaker 1>We had a really fun time talking Andy.

0:29:21.000 --> 0:29:22.840
<v Speaker 3>We have Eddie Kalou on the line.

0:29:22.880 --> 0:29:25.120
<v Speaker 10>He did a great job in the preseason broadcast booth

0:29:25.120 --> 0:29:28.960
<v Speaker 10>with Johnny Harris and Kevin Koogler and d We thought

0:29:28.960 --> 0:29:31.960
<v Speaker 10>the story of the game was again running the football.

0:29:32.000 --> 0:29:33.880
<v Speaker 10>The running backs we could talk about Mertz. I think

0:29:33.920 --> 0:29:36.800
<v Speaker 10>that's a one a type story. But what did you

0:29:36.880 --> 0:29:39.600
<v Speaker 10>make of what you saw Saturday preseason finale as we

0:29:39.680 --> 0:29:42.000
<v Speaker 10>head for cutdown day tomorrow at three?

0:29:42.840 --> 0:29:44.760
<v Speaker 6>You know, I saw a lot of guys competing, and

0:29:44.840 --> 0:29:47.320
<v Speaker 6>like you said with Mertz, I saw a guy that

0:29:47.600 --> 0:29:50.760
<v Speaker 6>if they decided to go with three quarterbacks, you have

0:29:50.840 --> 0:29:52.560
<v Speaker 6>a young, developmental type guy.

0:29:52.440 --> 0:29:53.800
<v Speaker 11>That you're gonna keep on the roster.

0:29:53.960 --> 0:29:57.160
<v Speaker 6>But again, that's a luxury that too many teams don't

0:29:57.160 --> 0:29:59.360
<v Speaker 6>get it to keep three quarterbacks. But I just really

0:29:59.400 --> 0:30:03.000
<v Speaker 6>liked the way they finished the preseason. I like the

0:30:03.040 --> 0:30:05.800
<v Speaker 6>aggressiveness of the play because you feel like that's just

0:30:05.840 --> 0:30:07.800
<v Speaker 6>not the players out there, that's just the culture of

0:30:07.840 --> 0:30:10.680
<v Speaker 6>that entire team. So it just felt good finishing the

0:30:10.680 --> 0:30:11.320
<v Speaker 6>way they did.

0:30:12.280 --> 0:30:17.200
<v Speaker 2>Andy, how tough is this weekend as both a player

0:30:17.240 --> 0:30:20.160
<v Speaker 2>that could be cut and versus a player who's locking

0:30:20.200 --> 0:30:22.480
<v Speaker 2>the roster, but it's seeing some of his boys get

0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:24.760
<v Speaker 2>cut throughout this weekend? How tough is this as a

0:30:24.800 --> 0:30:27.200
<v Speaker 2>player to kind of get through this before you can

0:30:27.280 --> 0:30:28.760
<v Speaker 2>kind of get to the first week of practice for

0:30:28.800 --> 0:30:29.200
<v Speaker 2>week one.

0:30:30.120 --> 0:30:32.000
<v Speaker 6>It's funny you asked that John, I was talking to

0:30:32.080 --> 0:30:34.520
<v Speaker 6>my son who's a Baylor. Now he's at that age

0:30:34.520 --> 0:30:37.000
<v Speaker 6>where guys he's played with are on the bubble. They're

0:30:37.000 --> 0:30:39.200
<v Speaker 6>trying to make teams. And I told him, man, these

0:30:39.240 --> 0:30:41.600
<v Speaker 6>next few days are the worst and the best days,

0:30:41.920 --> 0:30:44.760
<v Speaker 6>you know, these guys' lives, because some guys are gonna

0:30:44.760 --> 0:30:48.720
<v Speaker 6>be told, hey, the dream is over, you know, and

0:30:48.760 --> 0:30:51.680
<v Speaker 6>you're always gonna think to yourself, if I get cut,

0:30:51.760 --> 0:30:54.320
<v Speaker 6>someone else will pick me up. I'll go to the UFL,

0:30:54.400 --> 0:30:56.479
<v Speaker 6>get more film, and get back into the NFL. So

0:30:56.720 --> 0:31:01.280
<v Speaker 6>you never have that that just hard end. You know,

0:31:01.360 --> 0:31:05.240
<v Speaker 6>that herd stop. But for many guys that would be

0:31:05.240 --> 0:31:07.360
<v Speaker 6>the last time that they play. But the cool thing

0:31:07.400 --> 0:31:09.600
<v Speaker 6>on the positive side, you're gonna have some guys who

0:31:09.640 --> 0:31:12.800
<v Speaker 6>weren't drafted, who were drafted sixth, seventh round and they

0:31:12.840 --> 0:31:15.120
<v Speaker 6>end up making the team, and those are joyous stories.

0:31:15.120 --> 0:31:17.360
<v Speaker 6>So such an emotional roller coaster when you look at

0:31:17.360 --> 0:31:19.120
<v Speaker 6>the big picture of cutdown day.

0:31:19.680 --> 0:31:22.080
<v Speaker 2>Okay, mark Im, I'll let you have a second. Yeah,

0:31:22.080 --> 0:31:25.520
<v Speaker 2>I wanna build on that. Talk about sixth round surprise,

0:31:25.600 --> 0:31:29.680
<v Speaker 2>seventh round surprise. Nick Asio has made deals at different

0:31:29.720 --> 0:31:32.960
<v Speaker 2>points throughout his career as GM, and they got a

0:31:33.000 --> 0:31:35.160
<v Speaker 2>sixth round pick back or they have a pick swap

0:31:35.240 --> 0:31:37.480
<v Speaker 2>of fifth and a six, those kind of things. To

0:31:37.600 --> 0:31:40.720
<v Speaker 2>Indy's point, you never know when that pick swap is

0:31:40.760 --> 0:31:44.160
<v Speaker 2>gonna end up being the player that comes here and

0:31:44.160 --> 0:31:46.760
<v Speaker 2>stays for however long. I mean, Henry Toto is a

0:31:46.760 --> 0:31:49.479
<v Speaker 2>fifth round pick. Jared Patterson was a sixth round pick.

0:31:49.520 --> 0:31:52.080
<v Speaker 2>Those guys have started for this team. So when there's

0:31:52.080 --> 0:31:54.960
<v Speaker 2>a deal made today even early tomorrow, that we hear

0:31:55.000 --> 0:31:58.840
<v Speaker 2>about where Nick has traded a player from this roster

0:31:59.080 --> 0:32:01.600
<v Speaker 2>and gotten a sick round pick for him, that's.

0:32:01.480 --> 0:32:02.520
<v Speaker 1>Not something to scoff at.

0:32:02.520 --> 0:32:04.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's a victory in some sense that somebody

0:32:04.920 --> 0:32:07.360
<v Speaker 2>that probably would have been cut ends up being a

0:32:07.360 --> 0:32:10.440
<v Speaker 2>player down the road. Hey man, this guy ends up

0:32:10.440 --> 0:32:11.920
<v Speaker 2>being a player for us for the next four or

0:32:11.920 --> 0:32:14.040
<v Speaker 2>five years or more that we end up getting on

0:32:14.120 --> 0:32:16.560
<v Speaker 2>late on Day three because in training camp of twenty

0:32:16.600 --> 0:32:18.680
<v Speaker 2>twenty five, this guy was a pretty good player and

0:32:18.720 --> 0:32:19.680
<v Speaker 2>we got a trade out of it.

0:32:20.440 --> 0:32:20.720
<v Speaker 9>You know what.

0:32:20.760 --> 0:32:23.400
<v Speaker 6>I'm so glad you bring that up, John, because and

0:32:23.480 --> 0:32:25.640
<v Speaker 6>I know you're gonna feel me on this, because you're

0:32:25.680 --> 0:32:27.240
<v Speaker 6>like me when it comes to, you know, being a

0:32:27.240 --> 0:32:30.800
<v Speaker 6>football nerd. That's why I never quite understand when people

0:32:31.320 --> 0:32:33.600
<v Speaker 6>kind of turn their nose up during the draft when

0:32:33.600 --> 0:32:36.320
<v Speaker 6>we get to the fourth, fifth, sixth round because if

0:32:36.360 --> 0:32:38.920
<v Speaker 6>you look at a roster, I don't know the exact number,

0:32:39.240 --> 0:32:41.880
<v Speaker 6>and I don't want to tell you anything false, but

0:32:41.960 --> 0:32:45.360
<v Speaker 6>there's more guys on a roster from like fourth round

0:32:45.480 --> 0:32:48.040
<v Speaker 6>and below. But you know there's a stat something like that,

0:32:48.280 --> 0:32:51.920
<v Speaker 6>and those are the guys that you get value. If

0:32:51.960 --> 0:32:53.760
<v Speaker 6>you look at the roster, you could point out four

0:32:53.840 --> 0:32:57.160
<v Speaker 6>or five six guys that are either starters or contributors

0:32:57.160 --> 0:33:00.479
<v Speaker 6>that were drafted after the fourth round. So no, if

0:33:00.520 --> 0:33:02.920
<v Speaker 6>you could pick up those six round picks, I never

0:33:03.000 --> 0:33:07.280
<v Speaker 6>quite understood the thought during the draft, Oh, just trade

0:33:07.280 --> 0:33:09.640
<v Speaker 6>away that sixth round pick, it doesn't matter, or just

0:33:09.720 --> 0:33:12.440
<v Speaker 6>waste it on a kicker, you know, it doesn't matter.

0:33:12.520 --> 0:33:15.400
<v Speaker 6>Like there's some gems, in my opinion, that you could

0:33:15.400 --> 0:33:17.280
<v Speaker 6>find in the later rounds. And when it's all said

0:33:17.320 --> 0:33:18.440
<v Speaker 6>and done, it's a numbers game.

0:33:18.720 --> 0:33:18.880
<v Speaker 9>You know.

0:33:18.920 --> 0:33:21.000
<v Speaker 6>The more you bring in, some guys are going to

0:33:21.040 --> 0:33:23.600
<v Speaker 6>fail that are higher picks. Other guys are going to succeed.

0:33:23.720 --> 0:33:26.680
<v Speaker 6>So I'm all for getting as many picks as possible.

0:33:27.600 --> 0:33:31.040
<v Speaker 10>Wow, it's interesting because like at a sales organization, you

0:33:31.040 --> 0:33:33.760
<v Speaker 10>have the eighty twenty rule. Eighty percent of the stuff

0:33:33.800 --> 0:33:35.600
<v Speaker 10>is sold by twenty percent of the staff, and those

0:33:35.600 --> 0:33:37.960
<v Speaker 10>are your key salespeople and the rest of the staff.

0:33:38.120 --> 0:33:39.720
<v Speaker 3>You're like, all right, you guys, do whatever you do.

0:33:39.880 --> 0:33:43.560
<v Speaker 10>But on a sports team, especially an NFL team, those

0:33:43.720 --> 0:33:47.400
<v Speaker 10>eighty percent who aren't making the money that the twenty

0:33:47.400 --> 0:33:49.600
<v Speaker 10>percent are, because the twenty percent are going to make

0:33:49.600 --> 0:33:53.120
<v Speaker 10>eighty percent of the money roughly, those eighty percent have

0:33:53.240 --> 0:33:55.280
<v Speaker 10>to do great jobs for you. Otherwise you're not gonna

0:33:55.280 --> 0:33:57.880
<v Speaker 10>win as a team. You're just gonna have this lopsided situation.

0:33:58.160 --> 0:34:00.520
<v Speaker 10>And d I want to get give me two of

0:34:00.560 --> 0:34:04.640
<v Speaker 10>your favorite defensive linemen not named Will Anderson or Daniel Hunter,

0:34:05.040 --> 0:34:07.240
<v Speaker 10>because those guys are easy pickings.

0:34:07.280 --> 0:34:08.840
<v Speaker 3>And I know you love Will Anderson.

0:34:08.880 --> 0:34:10.960
<v Speaker 10>You have actually said, and I'm going to out you

0:34:11.000 --> 0:34:13.640
<v Speaker 10>off the record that you want to adopt him. But

0:34:13.760 --> 0:34:17.120
<v Speaker 10>we won't tell anybody but other than those guys who

0:34:17.200 --> 0:34:20.080
<v Speaker 10>impressed you on this D line, because I'm looking at

0:34:20.080 --> 0:34:23.440
<v Speaker 10>tough decisions there, especially if they want to keep and

0:34:23.480 --> 0:34:25.960
<v Speaker 10>I think they do six linebackers. If they want to

0:34:26.040 --> 0:34:29.480
<v Speaker 10>keep ten dbs, this gets really tough at the end

0:34:29.480 --> 0:34:30.320
<v Speaker 10>of that D line.

0:34:30.120 --> 0:34:32.480
<v Speaker 3>Group, so give me two or three of your favorite guys.

0:34:32.840 --> 0:34:35.240
<v Speaker 6>Well, I like those inside guys. You know, Ceti, Cossi.

0:34:35.360 --> 0:34:37.080
<v Speaker 6>We didn't get to see it. We did not get

0:34:37.120 --> 0:34:39.080
<v Speaker 6>to see a lot of him during this preseason, but

0:34:39.480 --> 0:34:42.839
<v Speaker 6>the eleven games he started last year you understood why

0:34:42.840 --> 0:34:44.960
<v Speaker 6>he's been around in this league for as long as

0:34:45.000 --> 0:34:47.360
<v Speaker 6>he has. And get another guy that was either drafted

0:34:47.440 --> 0:34:50.360
<v Speaker 6>later or even undrafted, if I'm not mistaken, Tim Settle,

0:34:50.440 --> 0:34:52.600
<v Speaker 6>Like I think Tim Settle's a dog. And when I

0:34:52.600 --> 0:34:54.719
<v Speaker 6>say Doll, I mean in a good way, like that's

0:34:54.719 --> 0:34:57.200
<v Speaker 6>one of those guys you just want to play with.

0:34:57.320 --> 0:35:01.840
<v Speaker 6>Sheldon Rankins. I really like those three guys interiorly. So

0:35:02.600 --> 0:35:05.279
<v Speaker 6>when you look at the Will Anderson's Daniel Hunter, they're

0:35:05.320 --> 0:35:08.239
<v Speaker 6>gonna get all the press, as they absolutely should, but

0:35:08.320 --> 0:35:11.000
<v Speaker 6>a lot of those sacks are they're getting is because

0:35:11.000 --> 0:35:14.440
<v Speaker 6>they're beating the tackle around the edge, and those guys

0:35:14.440 --> 0:35:16.520
<v Speaker 6>in the middle aren't given the quarterback any room to

0:35:16.560 --> 0:35:21.040
<v Speaker 6>step up. So I just really think those those interior linemen,

0:35:21.160 --> 0:35:26.680
<v Speaker 6>the feder Pascity, Tim Settle, Sheldon Rankins, those are guys

0:35:26.719 --> 0:35:29.800
<v Speaker 6>that don't get their due. They're kind of like offensive

0:35:29.840 --> 0:35:32.480
<v Speaker 6>linemen where they do the grunt work and the teammates

0:35:32.680 --> 0:35:35.120
<v Speaker 6>they appreciate it, but they don't get the press clippings.

0:35:35.680 --> 0:35:38.239
<v Speaker 2>And we were talking about earlier. Obviously Graham was really good.

0:35:38.239 --> 0:35:42.040
<v Speaker 2>Graham Mertz at quarterback on Saturday. We saw three preseason

0:35:42.040 --> 0:35:45.359
<v Speaker 2>games together. Keithon Slovas threw it pretty well. We know

0:35:45.440 --> 0:35:47.640
<v Speaker 2>that CJ. Stroud is a starter for this team, and

0:35:47.760 --> 0:35:50.440
<v Speaker 2>Davis Mills is definitely and he's throwing it well throughout

0:35:50.480 --> 0:35:52.200
<v Speaker 2>all training camp. He's thrown it as well as I've

0:35:52.239 --> 0:35:55.560
<v Speaker 2>seen him. How would you go about handling this quarterback

0:35:55.640 --> 0:35:58.239
<v Speaker 2>situation going forward? With these four? You'd love to be

0:35:58.280 --> 0:36:00.319
<v Speaker 2>able to keep four, but then you have to kind

0:36:00.320 --> 0:36:03.600
<v Speaker 2>of get creative. Do you want Mertz exposed to Waivers

0:36:04.320 --> 0:36:06.480
<v Speaker 2>Slovas out there? How do you go about this quarterback

0:36:06.520 --> 0:36:07.879
<v Speaker 2>situation with three and four?

0:36:07.880 --> 0:36:10.080
<v Speaker 1>Do you keep three? D you keep two? How would

0:36:10.120 --> 0:36:11.480
<v Speaker 1>you do it? GM?

0:36:11.640 --> 0:36:12.799
<v Speaker 3>And d Klue.

0:36:13.520 --> 0:36:16.200
<v Speaker 6>Unfortunately, because I feel like you're gonna have to carry

0:36:16.200 --> 0:36:19.600
<v Speaker 6>an extra safety and an extra running back due to

0:36:19.680 --> 0:36:21.920
<v Speaker 6>injuries to some guys that you just know you're not

0:36:21.960 --> 0:36:25.239
<v Speaker 6>gonna cut, So I'm thinking you have to keep two quarterbacks.

0:36:25.719 --> 0:36:29.000
<v Speaker 6>I love Davis Mills as your backup quarterback, and with

0:36:29.120 --> 0:36:31.759
<v Speaker 6>Graham Mertz, you put them on practice squad and if

0:36:31.760 --> 0:36:34.160
<v Speaker 6>somebody signs them to their active roster, you shake his

0:36:34.239 --> 0:36:34.560
<v Speaker 6>hand and.

0:36:34.480 --> 0:36:36.640
<v Speaker 11>Said, you know what you earned it, go make that money.

0:36:36.680 --> 0:36:41.719
<v Speaker 6>But you know, with every scenario, the rainbow situation is, oh,

0:36:42.000 --> 0:36:43.840
<v Speaker 6>let's keep this guy, let's keep that guy. But the

0:36:43.880 --> 0:36:47.600
<v Speaker 6>reality you only have fifty three spots. You're gonna have

0:36:47.640 --> 0:36:50.640
<v Speaker 6>to keep an extra running back and extra safety. So

0:36:51.120 --> 0:36:53.319
<v Speaker 6>I don't think the Texans have that luxury in my

0:36:53.400 --> 0:36:56.680
<v Speaker 6>opinion of keeping three quarterbacks. Now. Nick to Cereal gets

0:36:56.680 --> 0:36:58.480
<v Speaker 6>paid a lot of money, has done an awesome job

0:36:58.520 --> 0:37:00.880
<v Speaker 6>over the years, so he figures out a way to

0:37:00.960 --> 0:37:02.400
<v Speaker 6>keep three quarterbacks.

0:37:02.440 --> 0:37:03.319
<v Speaker 11>More power to him.

0:37:03.360 --> 0:37:07.560
<v Speaker 6>But I think what Mertz did this past weekend, he

0:37:07.719 --> 0:37:10.360
<v Speaker 6>just allowed everyone else to notice that, Hey, if you

0:37:10.400 --> 0:37:12.600
<v Speaker 6>need a number two, check out this film.

0:37:12.640 --> 0:37:13.479
<v Speaker 11>I might be that guy.

0:37:14.120 --> 0:37:19.400
<v Speaker 10>We said, GM and D Kalud, not Mertz's agent. D Geez,

0:37:19.480 --> 0:37:22.040
<v Speaker 10>what are you doing to me over here? I need

0:37:22.080 --> 0:37:25.000
<v Speaker 10>Mertz on this football team now because and look, I

0:37:25.040 --> 0:37:27.120
<v Speaker 10>know I'm going a little Mertz crazy this morning, but

0:37:27.400 --> 0:37:28.759
<v Speaker 10>I liked what I saw and.

0:37:28.800 --> 0:37:29.640
<v Speaker 3>Here's the moment.

0:37:29.760 --> 0:37:30.120
<v Speaker 1>Let's go.

0:37:30.239 --> 0:37:30.960
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, here's the thing.

0:37:31.040 --> 0:37:33.000
<v Speaker 10>Yeah, prisoner of the moment is a great way to

0:37:33.000 --> 0:37:35.759
<v Speaker 10>put it, because ND I look at what Mertz did,

0:37:35.800 --> 0:37:37.880
<v Speaker 10>and I'm looking around the league saying he's better than

0:37:37.920 --> 0:37:38.480
<v Speaker 10>that backup.

0:37:38.560 --> 0:37:39.680
<v Speaker 3>He's better than that backup.

0:37:39.719 --> 0:37:41.920
<v Speaker 10>It's not just now, it's what he can do for

0:37:41.960 --> 0:37:45.360
<v Speaker 10>you in the future, because they draft all these rookies

0:37:45.440 --> 0:37:47.600
<v Speaker 10>and you want to catch lightning in a bottle somewhere.

0:37:47.640 --> 0:37:50.239
<v Speaker 10>And I'm not saying he's the guy, but he looks

0:37:50.280 --> 0:37:52.359
<v Speaker 10>pretty good to me. I think if you let him go,

0:37:52.600 --> 0:37:56.480
<v Speaker 10>you expose him, somebody might take him. And by might,

0:37:56.560 --> 0:38:00.000
<v Speaker 10>I mean will. I think that he's got a good

0:38:00.239 --> 0:38:03.280
<v Speaker 10>chance to get scooped up by one of these teams

0:38:03.520 --> 0:38:06.520
<v Speaker 10>that's not so thick at the quarterback position, certainly as

0:38:06.520 --> 0:38:07.640
<v Speaker 10>a number three maybe.

0:38:07.960 --> 0:38:09.200
<v Speaker 3>So I feel like I got to keep him on

0:38:09.239 --> 0:38:09.600
<v Speaker 3>the roster.

0:38:09.680 --> 0:38:12.040
<v Speaker 10>But you already shared how you felt about that, and

0:38:12.080 --> 0:38:16.160
<v Speaker 10>I get it, and you mentioned this the running back position.

0:38:16.400 --> 0:38:19.040
<v Speaker 6>I really like, and that's British Brooks, Like, that's the

0:38:19.120 --> 0:38:22.960
<v Speaker 6>guy that I can just see him behind that starting

0:38:23.000 --> 0:38:26.880
<v Speaker 6>offensive line. I can just see him playing with ones

0:38:26.920 --> 0:38:30.359
<v Speaker 6>that having success if they open up holes. But isn't

0:38:30.360 --> 0:38:33.240
<v Speaker 6>that the case every year? Going back to Jonathan Grimes.

0:38:33.280 --> 0:38:35.399
<v Speaker 6>I remember. I don't know if y'all remember that name.

0:38:35.440 --> 0:38:35.720
<v Speaker 11>Listen.

0:38:35.960 --> 0:38:38.760
<v Speaker 6>I know y'all do, but I remember thinking, Johathan Grimes,

0:38:38.760 --> 0:38:41.200
<v Speaker 6>oh man, this is gonna be the greatest story in

0:38:41.239 --> 0:38:43.480
<v Speaker 6>the world. For some reason, it seems like the running

0:38:43.480 --> 0:38:46.360
<v Speaker 6>back position is at one position where there's always going

0:38:46.440 --> 0:38:49.080
<v Speaker 6>to be three or four guys that are let go

0:38:49.360 --> 0:38:51.719
<v Speaker 6>that you can envision them playing and playing a lot

0:38:51.719 --> 0:38:52.400
<v Speaker 6>for your squad.

0:38:53.120 --> 0:38:56.520
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, British Brooks is when we've talked about, but we haven't,

0:38:57.000 --> 0:39:01.160
<v Speaker 2>so I'll go to that realm. Yakub can play full back,

0:39:01.440 --> 0:39:03.600
<v Speaker 2>and he's a true fullback. I don't know how much

0:39:03.680 --> 0:39:06.200
<v Speaker 2>Yakub could play tight end because a lot of times

0:39:06.320 --> 0:39:08.200
<v Speaker 2>you're thinking about what are we keep it at tight end?

0:39:08.239 --> 0:39:09.640
<v Speaker 2>You bring in the full backs, you bring in the

0:39:09.640 --> 0:39:12.680
<v Speaker 2>tail the tight ends. You kind of like British Brooks

0:39:12.680 --> 0:39:15.719
<v Speaker 2>does tailback pretty well. I think he could play full back,

0:39:15.719 --> 0:39:17.600
<v Speaker 2>and in fact, in one of the practices I remember

0:39:17.640 --> 0:39:20.680
<v Speaker 2>seeing him at fullback. So it was kind of going

0:39:20.719 --> 0:39:22.440
<v Speaker 2>back to that thought of, well, maybe he can be

0:39:22.480 --> 0:39:25.120
<v Speaker 2>a fullback, and then you know, on special teams you

0:39:25.120 --> 0:39:27.360
<v Speaker 2>could argue he was the best special teams player this

0:39:27.360 --> 0:39:28.799
<v Speaker 2>team had he had a couple. He had a rock

0:39:28.840 --> 0:39:32.839
<v Speaker 2>solid tackle against Minnesota. I'm with Indy, I just wish

0:39:32.880 --> 0:39:35.000
<v Speaker 2>that's a guy that I could keep around in some way,

0:39:35.000 --> 0:39:37.560
<v Speaker 2>shape or form, But my numbers get squeezed so much.

0:39:37.600 --> 0:39:40.080
<v Speaker 2>To Indy's point, safety, you probably got to keep an

0:39:40.120 --> 0:39:41.640
<v Speaker 2>extra one because you don't know the health the CJ.

0:39:41.760 --> 0:39:43.200
<v Speaker 1>Gardner Johnson and then.

0:39:43.160 --> 0:39:45.440
<v Speaker 2>Running back is one you just you don't know how

0:39:45.440 --> 0:39:48.040
<v Speaker 2>it's gonna play out. But when you're talking about guy

0:39:48.160 --> 0:39:50.400
<v Speaker 2>forty eight, forty nine to fifty, they got to be

0:39:50.400 --> 0:39:52.719
<v Speaker 2>able to do multiple things for you or be a

0:39:52.880 --> 0:39:55.959
<v Speaker 2>specialist in a particular area, like maybe you're a pass

0:39:56.040 --> 0:39:59.399
<v Speaker 2>rush specialist. I don't know, but that might be. You know,

0:39:59.800 --> 0:40:01.920
<v Speaker 2>the thing for British Brooks, the one for me and

0:40:02.040 --> 0:40:04.319
<v Speaker 2>d is linebacker, and that's the one.

0:40:04.360 --> 0:40:06.120
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, Man, he got his ease.

0:40:06.200 --> 0:40:07.839
<v Speaker 2>He's gonna got a little minor thing, but I guess

0:40:07.880 --> 0:40:10.560
<v Speaker 2>he's gonna be okay injury wise. You got Henry, you

0:40:10.640 --> 0:40:12.719
<v Speaker 2>got Christian, you got e J. Speed, And I know

0:40:12.880 --> 0:40:14.640
<v Speaker 2>you and I talked a lot about EJ. You pointed

0:40:14.640 --> 0:40:16.920
<v Speaker 2>out the first game and that he was tremendous. How

0:40:16.920 --> 0:40:19.399
<v Speaker 2>would you look at the linebacker situation with guys behind

0:40:19.480 --> 0:40:22.719
<v Speaker 2>him like Jake Hanson, who is pretty good in preseason,

0:40:23.040 --> 0:40:26.759
<v Speaker 2>You've got Jamal Hill, You've got Nick Neemon, and then

0:40:26.760 --> 0:40:27.760
<v Speaker 2>you got the two rookies.

0:40:28.320 --> 0:40:29.960
<v Speaker 1>I think linebacker gets pretty.

0:40:29.680 --> 0:40:31.520
<v Speaker 2>Tough as well, especially because those guys can all be

0:40:31.560 --> 0:40:33.560
<v Speaker 2>pretty good on special teams in d What are your thoughts.

0:40:34.920 --> 0:40:37.520
<v Speaker 6>That's a very tough one and it just goes to

0:40:37.640 --> 0:40:41.680
<v Speaker 6>show how many great players you know great in college

0:40:42.040 --> 0:40:45.560
<v Speaker 6>don't make it in the NFL because we're naming some guys,

0:40:45.600 --> 0:40:50.360
<v Speaker 6>whereas casey Oside, whether it's Jake Hanson Woodard who shown

0:40:50.440 --> 0:40:53.319
<v Speaker 6>up on film during the preseason, but they're not gonna

0:40:53.320 --> 0:40:57.040
<v Speaker 6>be able to keep them. I actually think John it's

0:40:57.200 --> 0:41:00.520
<v Speaker 6>easier at the linebacker position than some of the others.

0:41:00.680 --> 0:41:03.520
<v Speaker 6>And when I say easier, because they have so many

0:41:03.520 --> 0:41:06.520
<v Speaker 6>good guys in depth, the biggest question is gonna be

0:41:06.640 --> 0:41:08.880
<v Speaker 6>how are you gonna get ej Speed on the field.

0:41:09.040 --> 0:41:09.480
<v Speaker 11>How are you.

0:41:09.440 --> 0:41:13.759
<v Speaker 6>Gonna get Henry toatoa Christian Harris all those guys on

0:41:13.800 --> 0:41:16.240
<v Speaker 6>the field together, or you're gonna have to do different

0:41:16.280 --> 0:41:20.560
<v Speaker 6>packages to meet Jake Canson if healthy, you leave them

0:41:20.600 --> 0:41:22.680
<v Speaker 6>all because of what he does with special teams and

0:41:22.719 --> 0:41:25.600
<v Speaker 6>every time he plays, if somebody goes down, he always

0:41:25.640 --> 0:41:29.440
<v Speaker 6>he's very solid. He's a solid player where you're not thinking, oh,

0:41:29.880 --> 0:41:32.879
<v Speaker 6>you know, Jake Canson has to start because ex players down,

0:41:32.960 --> 0:41:35.160
<v Speaker 6>so there's gonna be this big hole. So I think

0:41:35.239 --> 0:41:39.000
<v Speaker 6>Jake Canson is a must than Casey Osi with what

0:41:39.080 --> 0:41:41.920
<v Speaker 6>he does physically. If he could just learn, be in

0:41:41.920 --> 0:41:44.600
<v Speaker 6>the system, be on practice squad, but being that playbook,

0:41:44.600 --> 0:41:46.759
<v Speaker 6>and really fight for a spot next year, I think

0:41:46.800 --> 0:41:48.200
<v Speaker 6>that would be the ideal situation.

0:41:49.120 --> 0:41:52.359
<v Speaker 10>And Dy, what is this week like for players? I

0:41:52.400 --> 0:41:54.880
<v Speaker 10>know it's different from when you played because the practice

0:41:54.880 --> 0:41:57.480
<v Speaker 10>squad was a very different thing. It was ten people.

0:41:58.000 --> 0:42:00.720
<v Speaker 10>I think the number changed while you were playing throughout

0:42:00.719 --> 0:42:02.319
<v Speaker 10>your twelve year career. You were in the league for

0:42:02.320 --> 0:42:04.640
<v Speaker 10>a long time. But anyway, it's different now with the

0:42:04.680 --> 0:42:07.879
<v Speaker 10>sixteen player practice squad. There are more job opportunities than ever,

0:42:07.920 --> 0:42:10.880
<v Speaker 10>in opportunities to get elevated to the active roster than ever.

0:42:11.320 --> 0:42:14.440
<v Speaker 10>But what is it like when teammates of yours might

0:42:14.440 --> 0:42:16.439
<v Speaker 10>be getting cut, when you might be getting cut?

0:42:16.680 --> 0:42:18.520
<v Speaker 3>What is this week like for players?

0:42:19.040 --> 0:42:21.560
<v Speaker 6>It's tough, I mean, and again and you mentioned that

0:42:21.880 --> 0:42:24.120
<v Speaker 6>it just depends where you are in your career. So

0:42:24.760 --> 0:42:28.840
<v Speaker 6>in my twelve years, the first three years, I'm sitting

0:42:28.920 --> 0:42:31.839
<v Speaker 6>right now looking at my phone praying that I don't

0:42:31.880 --> 0:42:34.359
<v Speaker 6>get that call. You know, you're praying that your phone

0:42:34.400 --> 0:42:38.560
<v Speaker 6>doesn't rain because this is cut down day. And then

0:42:38.600 --> 0:42:41.480
<v Speaker 6>you're kind of anxious. You get excited as it gets

0:42:41.520 --> 0:42:45.279
<v Speaker 6>closer to Tuesday at three o'clock. But then if you're

0:42:45.320 --> 0:42:47.200
<v Speaker 6>a guy that you know you're going to make the team,

0:42:47.760 --> 0:42:50.360
<v Speaker 6>you're feeling bad and you're looking at the waiver wire.

0:42:50.440 --> 0:42:52.440
<v Speaker 6>You're kind of getting online seeing which one of your

0:42:52.480 --> 0:42:55.400
<v Speaker 6>boys got cut. And then when it's and you know,

0:42:55.560 --> 0:42:58.600
<v Speaker 6>you're like, you have a feel. I hate to admit it.

0:42:59.080 --> 0:43:02.680
<v Speaker 6>There were times, and look this is coming from a

0:43:02.680 --> 0:43:04.960
<v Speaker 6>guy who was cut his second year, but there are

0:43:05.000 --> 0:43:07.400
<v Speaker 6>times when I wasn't gonna get cut. Where me and

0:43:07.440 --> 0:43:10.279
<v Speaker 6>the guy right next to my locker, Derek Burgens, we

0:43:10.280 --> 0:43:12.200
<v Speaker 6>were trying to determine, Okay, who's gonna be the fifty

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<v Speaker 6>three man roster, and we're putting a list together and

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<v Speaker 6>a guy walks by us and we're like, nah, he's cut.

0:43:16.880 --> 0:43:19.239
<v Speaker 6>They were, you know, trying to play GM but but

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<v Speaker 6>then when it happens, we feel bad like like we

0:43:22.280 --> 0:43:24.920
<v Speaker 6>feel bad because it's like we know the work that

0:43:24.960 --> 0:43:28.279
<v Speaker 6>they put in. So for a guy like the guys.

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<v Speaker 11>We've mentioned the British book Brooks, excuse.

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<v Speaker 6>Me, the Jay Kanses, they're they're they're thinking to themselves, Hey,

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<v Speaker 6>I did all I could and I can't control certain things,

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<v Speaker 6>so now it's in God's hands. It's not in my

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<v Speaker 6>hands anymore. But when you don't get that call after

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<v Speaker 6>the deadline man mark, it is such a great feeling,

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<v Speaker 6>like you just feel this relief, You feel the weight

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<v Speaker 6>that's been lifted off your shoulder. And but what sucks

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<v Speaker 6>then is the fifty one, fifty two to fifty three.

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<v Speaker 6>You're never really comfortable, like you're never you're never really comfortable,

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<v Speaker 6>so you're always looking over your shoulder. You know that

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<v Speaker 6>every Tuesday, every NFL team's bringing in about twenty guys

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<v Speaker 6>to work them out as they try to improve.

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<v Speaker 11>So just depend on where you are in your roster.

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<v Speaker 6>But for the guys that end up making it that

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<v Speaker 6>we're on the bubble, it's a beautiful, beautiful feeling.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, We get back a little bit of news

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<v Speaker 2>around the NFL ready here in Texas, All Access scene

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<v Speaker 2>a bit.

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<v Speaker 1>What's up everybody.

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<v Speaker 2>We got one final segment here on a Monday, the

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<v Speaker 2>issue of Texans All Access from Monday Texans Radio Studio.

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<v Speaker 2>I am your host, John Harris, So glad a to

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<v Speaker 2>be back from Detroit, b to be your host. Appreciate

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<v Speaker 2>you being with us. We got plenty of stuff going

0:44:46.320 --> 0:44:49.680
<v Speaker 2>on in Texans world this weekend, in particular the fifty

0:44:49.680 --> 0:44:55.160
<v Speaker 2>three man roster cut down. Now, as Nick Cassario outlined,

0:44:55.320 --> 0:44:59.160
<v Speaker 2>as Zmiko Ryans reiterated, probably won't know what the fifty

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<v Speaker 2>three man roster is in full until tomorrow at three.

0:45:03.440 --> 0:45:08.840
<v Speaker 2>The Texans have been fairly consistent with doing everything possible

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<v Speaker 2>to make trades, to make moves, and then taking it

0:45:13.280 --> 0:45:16.120
<v Speaker 2>all the way to the three pm deadline. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's when we'll find out everything. There will be

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<v Speaker 2>drips and drabs tomorrow that come out. Somebody's saying, go

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<v Speaker 2>by to Houston, hate the Houston, thanks for the opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>You may see a few other things as well, So

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<v Speaker 2>just keeping all of that in mind as you go

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<v Speaker 2>through the rest of tonight, that might be something that

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<v Speaker 2>pops out. The news of today in our Texans world

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<v Speaker 2>is the fact that Joe Mixon will be moved from

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<v Speaker 2>the active NFI to reserve NFI. And what that means is,

0:45:51.280 --> 0:45:53.920
<v Speaker 2>in other words, because there's so many NFI pup in

0:45:54.040 --> 0:45:57.640
<v Speaker 2>c'son pup IR designated return, it gets kind of confusing.

0:45:57.719 --> 0:46:00.640
<v Speaker 2>Basically moving Joe from the list he was on to

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<v Speaker 2>this new list that they're gonna move him to, it

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<v Speaker 2>means he's out the first four games. In those games,

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<v Speaker 2>the Texans are at LA to take on the Rams,

0:46:08.719 --> 0:46:11.040
<v Speaker 2>they're at home taking a Bucks, they're on the road

0:46:11.040 --> 0:46:13.000
<v Speaker 2>to take on Jacksonville, and then they're at home to

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<v Speaker 2>take on Tennessee. He's eligible to start practicing heading into

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<v Speaker 2>the week against Baltimore.

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<v Speaker 1>Then there's the buye.

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<v Speaker 2>So the question becomes, well, they want to just give

0:46:23.280 --> 0:46:25.040
<v Speaker 2>him another couple of weeks to make sure he's a

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent ready to start basically the second half of

0:46:27.320 --> 0:46:30.400
<v Speaker 2>the year in Seattle Monday night, so you get an

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<v Speaker 2>extra week in a day.

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<v Speaker 1>If that's the case. Joeby chomping at the bit. Joe

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<v Speaker 1>wants to play.

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<v Speaker 11>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>I know Joe and I know how he reacts, and

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<v Speaker 1>he wants to play. Now. This is killing him. That said, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Think the Texas running backs are going to be quite okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Some other news around the league. Trey Hendrickson getting a

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<v Speaker 2>deal done. He's getting more money this year, still will

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<v Speaker 2>be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the year.

0:46:57.680 --> 0:47:00.239
<v Speaker 2>Terry mclaarin signed his deal with the Washington Command. There's

0:47:00.239 --> 0:47:05.320
<v Speaker 2>three years, ninety six million dollars, so I was glad

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<v Speaker 2>for that. I like Terry McLaurin. He's one of my

0:47:07.760 --> 0:47:11.560
<v Speaker 2>non favorite Texans. Sotory with non Texans. Yeah, he's one

0:47:11.560 --> 0:47:13.400
<v Speaker 2>of my favorite non Texans in the league.

0:47:13.760 --> 0:47:14.319
<v Speaker 1>I like him.

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<v Speaker 2>I loved him at the Senior Bowl. I just thought

0:47:16.640 --> 0:47:19.680
<v Speaker 2>he was a player of the Texans would highlight didn't

0:47:19.680 --> 0:47:23.680
<v Speaker 2>get their hands on him, but it happens. Jacoby Myers

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<v Speaker 2>wide receiver, requests the trade from Las Vegas Raiders. Kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like the Texans are pretty good shape receiver wise,

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<v Speaker 2>so I don't think they'll get in that mix whatsoever.

0:47:33.760 --> 0:47:37.000
<v Speaker 2>But Jacoby Myers wants out of Las Vegas.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>They were trying to get a deal done or he

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to, guess the Raiders didn't want to, so they

0:47:42.280 --> 0:47:45.360
<v Speaker 2>are at an impasse at this point and he wants

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<v Speaker 2>to move on.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's gonna do it. For today's news, tomorrow's news.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh boy, get ready because there's gonna be a fifty

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<v Speaker 2>three man roster.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark and I will talk about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll take your calls tomorrow night, so make sure you

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<v Speaker 2>are locked and loaded tomorrow night for Texans All Access. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>seeing that everybody dot int as always go Texans