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Speaker 1: What has happened to everybody?

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Speaker 2: Welcome to a Friday Nation of Texans All Access from

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Speaker 2: Monday Texans Radio Studio. In season, typically we have two hours,

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Speaker 2: but tonight John Harris and Mark Vandermier will have you

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Speaker 2: for this hour because well, the Brazilian is coming up.

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Speaker 1: As Mark likes to call it.

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Speaker 2: The Brazagers, the chiefs in Brazil. You can hear that

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Speaker 2: right here on Sports Radio six ten. So only one

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Speaker 2: hour tonight. We got a lot to do because Frank

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Speaker 2: Ross is going to join us a little later. Plus

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Speaker 2: Nick Caserio is gonna join us a little later, so

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Speaker 2: we had a.

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Speaker 1: Lot to do.

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Speaker 3: Mark, But what's your gut reaction La Sunday.

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Speaker 2: We've only played in La a couple of times in

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Speaker 2: the regular season since you and I have been doing

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Speaker 2: this whole thing. Your thoughts about facing the Rams.

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Speaker 4: We could talk all day, and we have all preseason

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Speaker 4: and offseason about the offense and how they're gonna put

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Speaker 4: the line together and everything like that. In recent developments

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Speaker 4: with injuries and such, I think we have to refocus

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Speaker 4: this zoom out and zoom back in on one of

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Speaker 4: the best defenses in the league. You are ready to

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Speaker 4: wreck shop this season, and it's time to do it,

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Speaker 4: especially against opponent number one and opponent number two. Take

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Speaker 4: it to them. These are two good quarterbacks you're facing

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Speaker 4: out of the gate, and I will not lump them together,

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Speaker 4: even though I just did. Matthew Stafford Johnny is tenth

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Speaker 4: all time in the NFL in history in passing yards.

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Speaker 4: He's gonna get to sixty thousand yards if he gets

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Speaker 4: to two hundred yards in this game. Sixty thousand yards.

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Speaker 4: And guess what, no one's gonna catch him for a

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Speaker 4: long time. Jared Goff is the next most likely active

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Speaker 4: guy to get him. Yeah, because Russell will sit. But

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Speaker 4: Russell Wilson's gonna be done before he gets a chance

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Speaker 4: to get to Stafford. Jared Goff is twenty five thousand

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Speaker 4: yards behind Stafford. Twenty five thousand yards. Holy well, he's

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Speaker 4: got sixty thousand.

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Speaker 1: You know. And and he'll get Dan Marino next. And

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Speaker 1: Marino put up.

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Speaker 4: A number that I thought no one's gonna get to

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Speaker 4: this for a long time, never because he put it

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Speaker 4: up in an arrow where no one was doing that,

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Speaker 4: and now guys do it. So Marino super impressive that

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Speaker 4: he could handle all those yards in his career. But

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Speaker 4: Matthew Stafford is one of the very best, and he's

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Speaker 4: prolific in all of that. But they can get to him.

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Speaker 1: Johnny.

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Speaker 4: We're talking about a team that had a team record

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Speaker 4: sacks performance last year, breaking their own record from the

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Speaker 4: year before. All right, your top two in sacks, wait,

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Speaker 4: and you're what fourth? And well your top four in sacks?

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Speaker 4: Your second and picks last year. That's right, second and picks,

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Speaker 4: top four in sacks. You keep that kind of thing going.

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Speaker 4: And I don't know where the rankings are going to be,

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Speaker 4: but you get after the quarterback, you take the ball away,

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Speaker 4: good things are going to happen.

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Speaker 1: And you got to do it Sunday. Yeah. Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: One of the guys that is going to be instrumental

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Speaker 2: in taking the ball away is Kaylen Bullock. He sat

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Speaker 2: now with ABC thirteen's Greg Bailey for a interview of

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Speaker 2: the game.

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Speaker 5: What kind of standard do you guys want to set

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Speaker 5: as a Texans defense in the season opening game in LA?

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Speaker 6: We just want to go out there and play our game,

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Speaker 6: play Texans football, and come out that game will win

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Speaker 6: and you know, leave good things on film. So when

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Speaker 6: Tim and base is and they know we about when

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Speaker 5: What kind of things have you guys talked about as

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Speaker 5: a secondary, about what you're capable of as a unit,

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Speaker 5: and what kind of tone you want to set for

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Speaker 6: We know we got the best secondary in the league,

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Speaker 6: the ball gonna come find us and we're gonna make

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Speaker 5: What makes it the best secondary? Kind of take me

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Speaker 5: through the personnel that you guys have, maybe outside of yourself,

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Speaker 5: because I know you don't want to talk about yourself

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Speaker 6: You know, we's got guys everywhere around the field, from

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Speaker 5: I say that being said, this is a heck of

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Speaker 5: a test. The Rams have exceptional personnel. What makes them

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Speaker 5: dangerous as an offense, beginning with their quarterback and receivers.

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Speaker 6: Matt Stafford. Of course, he been in this league for

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Speaker 6: it is and what he's capable of. And then of

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Speaker 6: course you got Davante Adams and Pooka. But other than that,

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Speaker 6: that's that's really all they got in their receiver corps.

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Speaker 5: Right, and they will they will test you Adams in particular,

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Speaker 5: maybe Nikoua as well.

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Speaker 7: What makes them so good?

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Speaker 6: I think Devanta Adams says for album is Debata Adams

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Speaker 6: that we all know who he is. And then Pookah

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Speaker 6: just a guy who's physical after cats, always getting open,

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Speaker 5: California homecoming for you, man? How excited are you for that?

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Speaker 5: Who's gonna be there?

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Speaker 6: I'm very excited just to be back home in California

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Speaker 6: and my whole family's gonna be there just to see

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Speaker 1: And what will that be like?

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Speaker 5: Is you get a chance maybe to look up in

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Speaker 5: all those people who have helped you achieve your dream

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Speaker 6: It's don't feel good, It's don't give me energy, and

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Speaker 5: There have fun back in the high school days in Pasadena. Man,

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Speaker 5: how big was the dream? What did you dream of

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Speaker 6: Just dreamed about moments like this, waking up every single

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Speaker 6: being an NFL football player. So I get to live

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Speaker 6: my dream every single day. And now I get to

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Speaker 6: this Sunday, I get to play back home in front

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Speaker 6: of all my family and friends.

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Speaker 5: How special is it that you get to go with

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Speaker 6: That was very special. I wouldn't trade this moment for

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Speaker 6: anything with these guys, these my brothers, everybody, every single

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Speaker 6: and we're really close.

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Speaker 7: So enjoy homecoming.

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Speaker 5: Enjoy Enjoy the opener against the Rams.

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Speaker 6: Appreciate it.

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Speaker 7: Thanks for your timing, Thank you great see.

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Speaker 2: You great stuff there from Kaylin and Greg. Appreciate them

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Speaker 2: for joining the show. Mark, We talked a lot about

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Speaker 2: the Rams and the Texans. We'll talk a lot more

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Speaker 2: with Frank Ross, with Nick Cassario. But every Friday night,

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Speaker 2: I do my predictions Yes, this is one of those

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Speaker 2: times where I let you into the layer. Oh, let

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Speaker 2: me get into the we start rocking some predictions. Okay,

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Speaker 2: now we do it. Gets to spread and for fun,

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Speaker 2: for fun, straight up and against.

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Speaker 1: The spread for entertainment purposes.

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Speaker 2: Entertainment purposes only. So we may not hit every game,

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Speaker 2: but we'll hit some of the more important ones. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: let's start at Indianapolis with the Miami Dolphins. They get

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Speaker 2: where Indianapolis is only a one and a half point favorite.

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Speaker 2: Who you got Tua in the Fins or Daniel Jones

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Speaker 4: I think people are forgetting that the Dolphins still have

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Speaker 4: all that offensive talent you described, and it's early.

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Speaker 1: There's no bloom off the rose yet. Yeah, they're still

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Speaker 4: And they're not great on defense in all likelihood, but

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Speaker 4: guess what, they can light that place up like a

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Speaker 4: get over the Colts. Maybe that's the wishful thinking in me.

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Speaker 4: You know, I hate the horseshoes so much.

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Speaker 1: That's the thing I always do.

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Speaker 2: I can't go against my heart in my head, so

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Speaker 2: if I want the Dolphins to win, I can't pick

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Speaker 2: against them. But I think the Dolphins are gonna win this.

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Speaker 2: I think they're gonna get enough offense. Luanna Roumo, new

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Speaker 1: But I'm with you. I think the Dolphins win this.

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Speaker 1: How about this one.

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Speaker 4: If the Dolphins don't win this one, they're in deep trouble, Johnny,

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Speaker 4: and we thought they might be, and I think they

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Speaker 4: still might be, right, but they gotta get this one.

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Speaker 4: It's not like you're playing a bad Jacksonville team. I mean,

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Speaker 4: Indy's got those assets we talked about Jonathan Taylor and

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Speaker 4: everything else we talk about with the Colts. But I

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Speaker 4: I mean, the Colts were having trouble stopping people last year, yes,

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Speaker 4: up Dolphins team. They're fresh now. I know they have injuries,

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Speaker 1: I think the Dolphins get it. The tuck rule part, well,

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Speaker 2: The Raiders are going to Foxborough, and anytime the Raiders

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Speaker 2: The Patriots are favored by two and a half at

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Speaker 2: he was actually the coach before Bill Belichick took over.

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Speaker 2: Raiders Patriots AFC battle tuck rule.

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Speaker 1: Wasn't there one in the seventies? Where's my sugar bear?

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Speaker 4: Hamilton sugar Bear Hamilton Ryth? Wasn't there an officials call

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Speaker 4: that was really bad? Raiders Patriots right in the postseason? Yeah,

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Speaker 4: playoff game, but it went against the Patriots, went against

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Speaker 4: the Patriots, Tuck Roll went against the Raiders, and here

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Speaker 4: we go. Look, I can't believe you summed up the

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Speaker 4: past when talking about either of these teams. I'd love

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Speaker 4: to open up with one of these teams, Johnny. I

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Speaker 4: know the Raiders is going to be better and the

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Speaker 4: Patriots will be better too.

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Speaker 1: Uh. I like the Raiders. I like that Raiders.

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Speaker 4: Rabel is a good coach, YEP, I guess he is,

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Speaker 4: because what happened in Tennessee, I can't even describe it

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Speaker 4: awful at the end. I don't really blame him solely

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Speaker 4: I think the fact that they put somebody on top

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: But here is in New England, and you pointed out

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Speaker 2: I you know what I'm gonna go with the I'm

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Speaker 1: That right is.

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Speaker 2: I'm going with Rabel. Okay, come on, Rapes, all right,

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Speaker 2: let's go down to Jacksonville, New County where the Carolina Panthers. Yes,

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Speaker 2: the Carolina Panthers take on the Jacksonville Jaguars, Whereas we

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Speaker 4: Maybe I should phrase it this way. I like Carolina

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Speaker 1: That's a good way of putting it.

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Speaker 2: And especially with their left tackle, we'll see what Josh

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Speaker 3: Everybody's curious what Travis Hunter does, so we'll see.

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Speaker 2: All right, let sco out to Denver afternoon game we

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, okay?

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Speaker 3: Is there any chance that Titans are yeah?

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Speaker 1: You can throw in a bed.

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Speaker 4: He's got a great arm as a matter of fact,

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Speaker 4: How many four thousand yard seasons have the Texans had

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: I like Vance, I really do like Man, I'm right,

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Speaker 2: You're right. I like Vance too, but I'm tired of

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Speaker 2: all the talk. Okay, Ravens bills. You got one word,

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Speaker 2: Ravens bills. Who you got? It's in Orchard Park, Ravens Bills.

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Speaker 1: Who you taking Ravens?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, me too. You know how I feel about the

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Speaker 1: I think. I don't even know.

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Speaker 4: I don't know who was in Two Villains, Yeah, two

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Speaker 1: The text to see that game.

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Speaker 2: I don't think we'll be in the air coming back

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Speaker 2: in this game, of course, the Special Teams Coordinator, Frank Ross,

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Speaker 2: the Boss, joins us next right here in Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: What's happening everybody?

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Speaker 3: A good Friday evening to.

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Speaker 1: You wherever you are.

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Speaker 2: I am your host for this evening, Texans All Access,

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Speaker 2: Jean Harris Football and the sideline reporter for your Houston Texans.

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Speaker 2: We had the opportunity to sit down with Special Teams

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Speaker 2: coordinator in one of our faves. Frank Ross burst into

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Speaker 2: in a wonderful interview.

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Speaker 4: Take a listen here in the Hyundai Texans Radio studio

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Speaker 4: with Special Teams Coordinator Frank Ross.

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Speaker 1: Coach, how's going great to see you? Great to see

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Speaker 1: you Week one? You know how I'm feeling. I'm ready one, feel.

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Speaker 4: Good and let's start where the real action is kickoff returns,

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Speaker 4: What did you learn from seeing the kickoff in the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think it's on both sides.

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Speaker 8: There was a lot not I would say new, because

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Speaker 8: It doesn't mean every team will, but we're now going

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Speaker 8: in coverage, what we learned was, hey, that hangtime does

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Speaker 8: And I think you saw that a ton more this

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Speaker 1: Kicking the ball.

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Speaker 8: So I think those are the things that are really

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Speaker 3: You played a number of sports growing up, baseball being

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Speaker 2: Of course, I would imagine that guys you have back there,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're in the meeting. No I wasn't.

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Speaker 2: I wasn't actually, But my dad and I have a

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Speaker 3: I got a lot of different theories, Like in victory.

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Speaker 2: Formation, right, when you're in victory formation, why do you

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Speaker 1: Best tackler? Why don't you put your best tackler back there? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, see I got it where Our dad's theory was

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Speaker 1: We know that thing in round.

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Speaker 2: But if you have somebody that's played shortstoppers, played you

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Speaker 8: Man, I'm telling you, I think you're in my Special

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Speaker 8: Teams meetings because I've used too many times the analogy,

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Speaker 8: Hey has a shortstop, we're almost creeping into the pitch.

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Speaker 8: Your feet are hot. Okay, we're talking about cut off angles.

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Speaker 8: that's outfield or speed. Yes, So, yeah, that's extremely accurate.

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Speaker 8: You answered the question essentially in yourself. It's something like,

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Speaker 4: How difficult the conditions, it's so Fi. It's a unique environment,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know about the LA Stadium.

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Speaker 1: But you know, put it down wherever it is, we're

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Speaker 4: But when you're doing pregame warm ups, you need to

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Speaker 8: So we definitely have to get out there and you know,

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Speaker 1: Oh god, you.

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Speaker 2: Gotta take a thirty minute break because it's technically in

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Speaker 1: But well, you know we'll play by air. Yeah, anything

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Speaker 1: You've got both spectrums.

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Speaker 2: Coach in, a kicker in Kymie Fairbairn, who has done

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Speaker 8: Rookies come in every year and they got to perform

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Speaker 8: want growing pains, but you want growing progress. And so

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Speaker 8: to me, Tommy Townsend and Keymy Fairburn have done an

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Speaker 8: outstanding job of setting the table and leading for our

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Speaker 8: specialist room with with Austin and for that guy to

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Speaker 8: come in here work like he does you know no bs, yes, sir, No,

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Speaker 8: sir doesn't say anything, but he just goes to work.

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Speaker 8: So to me, like we'll find out where Brink is at,

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Speaker 8: but I'll just work with that any day guy who

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Speaker 8: wants to do it the right way.

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Speaker 1: And to me, that gives you a chance to be successful.

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Speaker 8: So excited, man, he should be excited working with such

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Speaker 8: experienced veterans of Emy and Tommy and guys that know

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Speaker 8: how to do it, know what they want and have

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Speaker 8: instructed and encouraged and grown as a group together.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we have a chance if those guys

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Speaker 1: go out there and do just as you said.

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Speaker 4: For both Tommy and Emy, how hard is it to

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Speaker 4: simulate pressure in practice, whether it be physical pressure or

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Speaker 4: game situation pressure.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I think it's very hard to simulate because there's

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Speaker 8: no bodies falling on the ground and the rush isn't

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Speaker 8: live if you will, you know, if if you're practicing

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Speaker 8: punt protection and they we we bust a punt protection

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Speaker 8: and practice, the guy doesn't come and rush and take

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Speaker 8: the ball off the foot, you know, like you would

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Speaker 8: in a game. Right, So for me and I think

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Speaker 8: if you ever ask one of those guys like it

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Speaker 8: is an internal game, those guys are pros. Pros at

468
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Speaker 8: the mental performance side of how they dial in and

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Speaker 8: compete on every single rep and every single kick of practice.

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Speaker 8: That way, when you step on the field and it's

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Speaker 8: a game winner, you've done it every time you've taken

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Speaker 8: a kick. So that amount in practice, so that amount

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Speaker 8: of mental focus and internalized self created pressure, all that

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Speaker 8: other stuff. Their job is to focus on that pig

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Speaker 8: skin in front of them and kick it or punt

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Speaker 8: it or catch it and set it down. Like they

477
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Speaker 8: have to have some version of don't want to call

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Speaker 8: a tunnel vision but narrowed focus.

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Speaker 2: Coach Each week we asked Nick Caseeri, hey, give us

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Speaker 2: a scouting report of what the Rams have whatever team

481
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Speaker 2: we're playing offense, defense, and he always get some special teams.

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Speaker 2: You talk about Chase Blackburn being a special team coach,

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Speaker 2: got played in the league for a long time. What's

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Speaker 2: your scouting report on the Rams special teams for Yeah? Yeah,

485
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Speaker 2: Chase is an unbelievable coach. Admiration for him for a

486
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Speaker 2: number of reasons. But first, when you take over a program,

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Speaker 2: when he went to the Rams, when you take that

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Speaker 2: over and it's a completely new roster, they've turned the

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Speaker 2: back end of the roster enormously.

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Speaker 8: And then you're using wide receivers in coverage. Both of

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Speaker 8: their gunners are wide receivers. You're using three rookies specialists

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Speaker 8: at different points, snapper, they're all in year two or three.

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Speaker 1: So when he gets there, he's got rookies.

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Speaker 8: And to take that a simplistic approach, maybe they're less

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Speaker 8: or more talented in years past. They're pretty good right now,

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Speaker 8: less or more talented in years past. And make it functional,

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Speaker 8: competitive and limit any unnecessary risk. That's a hell of

498
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Speaker 8: a job. He coaches the he played, which is it

499
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Speaker 8: ain't gonna be pretty, but it's gonna be nasty, it's

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Speaker 8: gonna be complete, it's gonna be physical, and it shows

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Speaker 8: so to this year's players, like I had already alluded

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Speaker 8: to the two gunners, one's the Texas kid Whittington Xavier Smith,

503
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Speaker 8: a dynatic. Both of them are returners and gunners blockers.

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Speaker 8: They're specialist. Ethan Evans is one of their captains. He

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Speaker 8: can hammer the ball the length of the football field

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Speaker 8: as a punter. He also is a kickoff guy for them.

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Speaker 8: They've got a couple of real special teams linebackers Spates.

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Speaker 8: He hasn't played last year, but when last time we

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Speaker 8: played them at home, Troy Reider, he's a bowl. They

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Speaker 8: got an undrafted rookie making the team in Dolak from Buffalo.

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Speaker 8: So all these guys to me are Chase Blackburn reincarnated

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Speaker 8: playing football.

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Speaker 1: And when you go against that, you.

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Speaker 8: Know you're gonna get every single time, focused, intentional, best effort.

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Speaker 8: Whether it's the most exotic scheme or simplistic scheme. They're

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Speaker 8: gonna do things the right way. So for us, we

517
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Speaker 8: need to make sure that we are sound, we match

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Speaker 8: that intensity and physicality because they limit return yards. They

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Speaker 8: I think they're one of a team not to allow

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Speaker 8: one of four teams not to allow a twenty yuard

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Speaker 8: part return.

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Speaker 1: So like, and that's not with you know, perfect coverage

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Speaker 1: across the board, but that's holistically. They do it together.

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Speaker 8: So for us, we have to make sure that we're

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Speaker 8: winning our one on one matchups and playing sound ourselves.

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Speaker 1: Great stuff, coach, Thanks a lot, good luck to you,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, good to see you, guys. Let's go week one.

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Speaker 1: Let's go.

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Speaker 2: Like I said, that man has got energy for days

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Speaker 2: and days, and that's a good thing, especially on special

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Speaker 2: teams as you talk about going against a guy like

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Speaker 2: Chase Blackburn on the other side who had a long

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Speaker 2: career in the NFL highlighted by his special team's work

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Speaker 2: as a player. So big opportunity for the Frank Ross

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Speaker 2: and the special teams and Frank toles is back in

536
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Speaker 2: the spring, and I thought this was very telling that

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Speaker 2: divisional playoff round lost to the Chiefs. He took very

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Speaker 2: personally and said, I've got to change to get back

539
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Speaker 2: to doing what we do in setting a standard. And

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Speaker 2: I think the Texans have definitely done on special teams.

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Speaker 2: But the proof is in the pudding in the Week

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Speaker 2: one pudding against the La Rams.

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Speaker 1: All right, coming up.

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Speaker 3: Nick Cassario joined us this week to give us a

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Speaker 3: scouting report on the Rams.

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Speaker 2: How to preseason go. We'll do all that next with

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Speaker 2: Nick right here in Texans All Access. We go on

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Speaker 2: Finals segment this Friday edition of Texans All Access. Typically

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Speaker 2: we have two hours on a Friday end season, but

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Speaker 2: tonight cut short a little bit because of the Brazilian

551
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Speaker 2: as Mark likes to call it, Chiefs chargers in Brazil

552
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Speaker 2: will take over at the top of the hour, So

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Speaker 2: only one hour tonight, and no better way to finish

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Speaker 2: up that hour on a Friday than to hear from

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Speaker 2: Nick Cassario. Nick sits in with myself, John Harris, and

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Speaker 2: Mark Vandermire each and every week. I love the scouting report,

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Speaker 2: It's my favorite thing. But we hit a number of

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Speaker 2: things here with Nick. Plus get updated what's going on

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Speaker 2: with Nick and everything in his life, his kids, everybody right.

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Speaker 4: Here and us now in the brand new Hyundai Texans

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Speaker 4: Radio Studio is executive vice president and general Manager Nick Cassario.

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Speaker 1: Nick, great to see him.

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Speaker 7: Fellows, great to be here.

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Speaker 1: You like the new studio, It's awesome. Congratulations, We're searching

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Speaker 1: for compliments here. I like that he congratulates us, of course.

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Speaker 4: Of course, well, after camp is over, preseason, over initial

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Speaker 4: fifty three set, how do you feel going into week

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Speaker 4: one with everything that's been done?

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Speaker 7: Productive offseason, productive preseason. Hopefully we got a lot of

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Speaker 7: work done here in training camp. The team is in

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Speaker 7: place for the time being. As you all know, there

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Speaker 7: will likely be a number of moving parts throughout the

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Speaker 7: course of the year, But as far as the players

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Speaker 7: that are in the building between the roster and the

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Speaker 7: practice squad, feel pretty good about the group we've assembled,

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Speaker 7: and hopefully it gives ourselves a decent opportunity to get

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Speaker 7: ready for a really good RAMS team that we'll talk

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Speaker 7: about in a few minutes.

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Speaker 2: Nick, one of the things I asked to me, Coden,

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Speaker 2: I'll ask you going away, getting to the Green Brier

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Speaker 2: for a week, kind of being away from everything, getting

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Speaker 2: joint practice with Detroit before we played the preseason game,

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Speaker 2: those time frames, getting away, how valuable were those two

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Speaker 2: instances for this team.

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Speaker 7: We felt they were tremendously productive, and they were each

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Speaker 7: kind of different. The whole notion behind the Greenbrier was

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Speaker 7: just to kind of relocate, kind of give us a week.

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Speaker 7: Not an isolation, but just kind of a way we

589
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Speaker 7: have to deal with the heat in Houston. It's real,

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Speaker 7: we all know that, but in an effort to make

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Speaker 7: sure that we optimize the player's performance and give them

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Speaker 7: recovery and some of the other things, and the Greenbrier

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Speaker 7: has enough facilities, a lot of resources that are available

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Speaker 7: to us, we're able to kind of simulate the processes

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Speaker 7: that we have in place. And when you're out there

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Speaker 7: by yourself, literally that's all you have is one another

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Speaker 7: to be around and rely on.

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Speaker 1: So you meet, you.

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Speaker 7: Practice, you eat together. You're doing things collectively as a team.

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Speaker 7: It's an opportunity for the team to grow. Dimiko has

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Speaker 7: talked about that it's vitally important. And then with the

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Speaker 7: Lion situation, similar but a little bit different with shorter timeframe.

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Speaker 7: Went out there simulate the travel we practice with another team,

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Speaker 7: got really really good work done to professional teams and

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Speaker 7: organizations that have some mindset, had a good day's work.

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Speaker 7: We kind of knew going into the game that the

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Speaker 7: practice was going to be for a certain cohort of players,

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Speaker 7: and there was another group that was going to play

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Speaker 7: in the game on Saturday. Had a really good day

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Speaker 7: of practice and then kind of had the off day

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Speaker 7: and then kind of the day before game or routine.

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Speaker 7: But we felt overall, but though both of those opportunities

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Speaker 7: are really productive for our team on a lot of

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Speaker 7: different levels, and.

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Speaker 4: The offensive line made progress throughout the preseason, Nick, is

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Speaker 4: it safe to say week one we don't see the

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Speaker 4: finished product quite yet. It takes a few more weeks

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Speaker 4: to gel as an offensive line, especially a newly constructed one.

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Speaker 7: In many ways, Yeah, as a team, you're always gonna

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Speaker 7: have moving parts in training camp and the spring is

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Speaker 7: one component of the team building and working with one another,

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Speaker 7: but you're really not practicing, and then once you get

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Speaker 7: the training camp, it's an opportunity for different people to

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Speaker 7: work with one another. The big thing on the offensive

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Speaker 7: line is consistent communication on a snap to snap basis.

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Speaker 7: You're gonna have sixty five to seventy plays offensively, the

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Speaker 7: more that whoever's going to be on the field can

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Speaker 7: work together. But by the same token, we know, if

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Speaker 7: something happens in a game, if you lose a player,

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Speaker 7: somebody else is going to have to go in there.

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Speaker 7: So you're trying to mix and match and simulate as

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Speaker 7: best you can what's going to happen when a group

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Speaker 7: is playing together. So work through practice here this week,

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Speaker 7: we put five out there on Sunday against the Rams.

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Speaker 7: Whether or that's the same group at the end of

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Speaker 7: the year, we'll see. Sure there's gonna be some changes

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Speaker 7: and things that we're gonna have to deal with during

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Speaker 7: the course of the year, but overall feel like we're

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Speaker 7: in a pretty good spot with that group.

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Speaker 2: I hardly ever ask you about somebody that I don't

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Speaker 2: think is gonna play, but I hope we never see

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Speaker 2: this young man on the field yet he made to

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Speaker 2: fifty three man roster and it's Graham Mertz. I feel

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Speaker 2: like that Minnesota game and I set it off in Nick.

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Speaker 2: The Minnesota game not really emblematic, but what he did

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Speaker 2: throughout training camp. What did you see from Graham throughout

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Speaker 2: the entire training camp that made you feel comfortable keeping

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Speaker 2: him on the.

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Speaker 7: Sure Really, from the time he walked in the building

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Speaker 7: in May to kind of this point here, has been

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Speaker 7: very consistent. He was in a situation where his season

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Speaker 7: was cut short at Florida last year, with the injury

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Speaker 7: pretty well documented. I think they actually talked about it

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Speaker 7: on the whole sec show in Netflix, which happened to watch,

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Speaker 7: and it was a good snapshot of where he was,

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Speaker 7: some of the things that he had to go through

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Speaker 7: from the injury to the time that we drafted him,

658
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 7: and then when he walked in the building. Graham's really smart.

659
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 7: Katie works very hard. The big thing from his standpoint

660
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 7: is working on his lower body strength and flexibility and

661
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 7: just playing football when you haven't been hit in a while,

662
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,160
Speaker 7: when that's the first time you're playing football, there's going

663
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:18,880
Speaker 7: to be an adjustment period that we all have to

664
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Speaker 7: go through, that all the players have to go through.

665
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 7: But he's handled everything. He understands kind of what his

666
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 7: role is on the team, and he's prepared. He's smart,

667
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,480
Speaker 7: he works hard, and then when he went out there

668
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 7: against the Lions, took advantage of his opportunity. But as

669
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 7: a player, we drafted him for a reason because we

670
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 7: felt this is a player that we wanted to work

671
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 7: with on our program, and he's certainly made progress and

672
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 7: glad he's here.

673
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 4: Nick some of the new additions when you acquire them,

674
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 4: Christian Kirk, CJ. Gardner, Johnson, players like that, do you

675
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 4: know automatically he's going to play in this spot and

676
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 4: this is what he's gonna do, or is it Let's

677
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 4: get everybody together and figure it out sort of as

678
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 4: we go on.

679
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 7: Well, that's a great question mark in some cases, yes,

680
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 7: some cases not necessarily. As an example, what safeties do

681
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 7: they have multi position flexibility? Are they a safety only?

682
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 7: We've seen CJ play a lot of football. He played safety,

683
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 7: He's actually played some nickel, he's played some dime, and

684
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 7: then at Kirk he's played inside the formation, outside the formation. Really,

685
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 7: what we try to do is say, who are the players,

686
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 7: how do we best allocate our resources and put them

687
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,160
Speaker 7: in a position where they can maximize their overall skill set.

688
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 7: But I would say both players have a certain degree

689
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 7: of flexibility. How we actually deploy them will probably change

690
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 7: during the course of the year.

691
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 1: So I've waited this long.

692
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 2: I can't believe I've made it this long without talking

693
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 2: about the little longer I know, but I just feel

694
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 2: like it's time.

695
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,320
Speaker 1: I mean, we've been talking about this for a while.

696
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: We're talking about twenty twenty five. The schedule comes out,

697
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 1: it's the Rams week one.

698
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 2: Okay, It's an NFC team, which is always kind of

699
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 2: fun in a sense because we don't get to see

700
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 2: this team often, which makes the scout of report for

701
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 2: the Rams all the more interesting. It starts with Matt Stafford,

702
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 2: we think deal with the back issue, but one of

703
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 2: the best defensive lines in the league, offensive line that's

704
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 2: worked together, a couple of really good backs. What are

705
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,760
Speaker 2: your thoughts about the Rams and what you'll see scouting

706
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 2: report for the Rams here we go.

707
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 7: Sure, great program top to bottom, significant challenge in front

708
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 7: of us. It starts to the top, you know, with

709
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 7: coach McVeigh and unless they put together an unbelievable team,

710
00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 7: They've had a program that's been in place for a

711
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 7: number of years. Kevin Demoff is involved in in their

712
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 7: program as well, so they have really good leadership on

713
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 7: the top end, a good coordinator. They have a lot

714
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 7: of continuity and a lot of stability that's been put

715
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 7: in place. On the defensive side of all, Chris Shulos

716
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 7: defensive coordinator, verly good, really good coach, and Chris kind

717
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 7: of bought his time and did a really good job

718
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,920
Speaker 7: last year with his opportunity. Happened to coach one year

719
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 7: at John Carroll as well, so he has a feather

720
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 7: in his cap. And Chase Blackburn in the kicking game,

721
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 7: you know, played in the league and it's done a

722
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 7: good job in a kicking game. So really good coaching staff,

723
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 7: really good coordinators, and offensively and defensively, they have a

724
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 7: lot of good football players. You started you mentioned the

725
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 7: defensive side of the football. Probably we'll see how it goes.

726
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 7: We're going to see a number of good fronts throughout

727
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 7: the course of the year. But really one through four,

728
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 7: in one through five if you include poona four who

729
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 7: they signed in the offseason. He was kind of a

730
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 7: little i would say, an underrated not really talked about

731
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 7: very much, but he's gonna help their team. Between Fisk, Kobe,

732
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 7: you know, Young and Verse and Ford, everything starts with

733
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 7: the front. I mean, they have done an unbelievable job.

734
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 7: They cause a lot of problems, so I mean that's

735
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 7: gonna be a big part of the game. Have a

736
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,760
Speaker 7: number of players at the linebacker and secondary level, very instinctive,

737
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 7: some younger players, some veteran players. I think Landman who

738
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 7: they signed in Atlanta from Atlanta have been a very

739
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,720
Speaker 7: productive football player. Sounds like he's the start at MIC

740
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 7: and be the signal caller. It's funny when you look

741
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 7: at the actual composition of the linebacker room. All those

742
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 7: players are undrafted, so it's a great job by their

743
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 7: group finding players who maybe aren't highly thought of, but

744
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,720
Speaker 7: are good football players and have found a way to stick.

745
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 7: Curle is gonna make a big impacts. Made a good

746
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 7: impact for him. They draft the Kitchens last year, so

747
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,600
Speaker 7: good safety group. And then I would say Lake kind

748
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 7: of fills some of the roles that Petrie does for us,

749
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 7: kind of nickel to safety, another undrafted or late round player,

750
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 7: and I have his experience at corner with Witherspoon Williams.

751
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 7: So this is a pretty deep football team on the

752
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 7: defensive side of the ball. On offensively, you mentioned it, Johnny.

753
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 7: Everything starts with Matthew I mean, one of the best

754
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 7: quarterbacks in the history of the league, borderline Hall of Famer.

755
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 7: He's going to be there. He's as tough as any

756
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 7: player in the league. And if he can't go, I mean,

757
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 7: they basically have another starting quarterback in Jimmy Garoppolo. Adams

758
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 7: is obviously a big signing for them this offseason. I'd

759
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 7: say the Adams acquisition, along with the drafting of Ferguson

760
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,400
Speaker 7: at tight end, it's going to make a big imprint

761
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 7: on the offense, and they drafted Hunter in the fourth round.

762
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 7: Similar we drafted Woody Marx, and I think he's probably

763
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 7: gonna make a little bit of impact for him at

764
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 7: some point. Understanding Kyrins is good of an all round

765
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 7: back in the league, but deep at tight end, good

766
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 7: receiver group, and you throw a Puka in there. Who

767
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 7: I mean, Puka's career kind of speaks for himself to

768
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 7: this point. And then they have some players in the

769
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 7: kicking game that can be a factor. So this is

770
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 7: a very good football team. They won the NFC West,

771
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 7: they made it the divisional round, had Philly on a rope,

772
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 7: So we understand a challenge in front of us on

773
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 7: a road opening day, so which brings some challenges in

774
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 7: and of itself, but hopefully our team will be ready

775
00:33:58,880 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 7: to go.

776
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 4: A lot of people talk about, well, Dimiko has seen

777
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,680
Speaker 4: them before as a defensive coordinator, but can you discuss

778
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 4: the way they've evolved running the football.

779
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: They've changed things a little bit.

780
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure. It really goes back to when Kyle

781
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,120
Speaker 7: when they drafted Kyrone, then Kyron is playing a little

782
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,040
Speaker 7: bit more. They started to go to a little bit

783
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 7: more gun pistol not necessarily under center. You saw that

784
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 7: evolved and something Shawn had talked about, not this year,

785
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 7: but previous years, how they made a subtle tweak. And

786
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 7: I think that's kind of the brilliance of Sean is

787
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,319
Speaker 7: just his ability to kind of see things and make

788
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 7: some adjustments. And all good coaches do that. You kind

789
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 7: of have some core things that you believe in, some

790
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 7: things in place, but then at some point you have

791
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 7: to evolve and make an adjustment or make a change,

792
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 7: and they did that offensively. So their run game certainly

793
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 7: has evolved over the course of time.

794
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 2: Nick, what's the biggest challenge in week one from a

795
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 2: preparation standpoint? Because you don't want to overdo it, but

796
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 2: you don't want to make sure that you want to

797
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 2: make sure you got everything in that you want to

798
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:53,440
Speaker 2: have in for this plictar?

799
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:54,879
Speaker 1: How tough is that in week one?

800
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,680
Speaker 2: And also on that the non scouted look something they show,

801
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 2: you're like, WHOA, we haven't seen that. How quick do

802
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:02,759
Speaker 2: you have to be able to adapt to those things

803
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 2: and get them taken care of so they don't fester

804
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:05,399
Speaker 2: throughout the game.

805
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 7: Really, that's what week one is about across the league.

806
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 7: A lot of unknowns from a personnel standpoint, schematic standpoint,

807
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:12,799
Speaker 7: what are some of the tweaks that teams have made.

808
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 7: So really you have to go back to your fundamentals

809
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 7: and your foundation, your core principles, some of the things

810
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 7: that you've been doing going all the way back to

811
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:20,879
Speaker 7: the spring, and then once you get into the game,

812
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,399
Speaker 7: the game will start to evolve. Then you can figure

813
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,319
Speaker 7: out how do we need to adjust or a little

814
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:26,800
Speaker 7: bit less of this, a little bit more of this,

815
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:28,279
Speaker 7: and just kind of figure out how the game is

816
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 7: being played. I think the big thing is from a

817
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 7: personnel standpoint, how are they going to deploy some of

818
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:34,759
Speaker 7: the new players, Where are they going to line up?

819
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 7: What's their role in the offense? Between Ferguson, between Adams?

820
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 7: Does that affect Puka? Are they going to use multiple backs?

821
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 7: So there's always some unknowns that take place, especially the

822
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 7: opening game and in the RAMS case, none of these

823
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 7: players that we're going to see on Sunday have seen

824
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 7: a snap in a preseason, so we have to be

825
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,439
Speaker 7: prepared for a number of things. But it just goes

826
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 7: back to basic fundamentals and hopefully communication and making sure

827
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 7: that we're doing the right things.

828
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 4: Playing on the West Coast, and Demiko told us going

829
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 4: out early for that, what is the key or a

830
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,080
Speaker 4: few of the keys in a West Coast game, bodyclock,

831
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 4: whatever else comes into play.

832
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:08,919
Speaker 7: It's just acclimating to the overall climate. So just gives

833
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 7: us an extra date. It kind of gets simulated, get situated,

834
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 7: get maximized. The rest go through a normal Saturday preparation.

835
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 7: The game is later, it's early, but it's late depending

836
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:23,319
Speaker 7: on the time zone that you're in, So all those

837
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,919
Speaker 7: things kind of factor into the calculus. And we felt

838
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 7: that was the best thing for the team. And we've

839
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,400
Speaker 7: always talked about whatever we can do to help the

840
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 7: players to maximize their performance on Sunday, We're gonna look

841
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 7: at and if we have to make a tweak along

842
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 7: the way, then then we'll do that.

843
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 2: Because it's an NFC team, a team we see every

844
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 2: four years, and last time we saw them twenty one,

845
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 2: I guess was here, does it make the preparation more

846
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 2: difficult because you haven't seen them at all? How does

847
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 2: it kind of make the preparation because this is not

848
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 2: team we face all the time.

849
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 7: Yeah, with the NFC West in particular, we haven't seen

850
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 7: this group since three or four years ago, whatever it was,

851
00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 7: So that game is probably not going to be relevant.

852
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 7: What you have to go back through and go back

853
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 7: through the twenty four season, what happened, What are some

854
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 7: of the things they did, and then evaluate their personnel,

855
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,560
Speaker 7: look at the preseason. Who are the new personnel, how

856
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,320
Speaker 7: are they using them, what are they doing? The preseason

857
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 7: is really not a big scheme sort of that's not

858
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 7: the theme. It's just more about getting the players to execute.

859
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 7: So they'll be an adjustment period like we just talked about,

860
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:22,800
Speaker 7: and we'll have to be ready to handle something without

861
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 7: a doubt.

862
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 4: Well, so much talk in the preseason about getting down

863
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 4: to the initial fifty three and you always talk about

864
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 4: the practice squad and you got so many of your

865
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 4: guys coming back to you, which is great. How tough

866
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 4: is it now? Who is going to dress on Sunday?

867
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,320
Speaker 4: And the guys that don't dress are good players? Whoever

868
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,840
Speaker 4: it is, they're really good players, and that's going to

869
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,520
Speaker 4: be tough to lay that news on them, if you will,

870
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 4: and just get ready to play.

871
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:46,839
Speaker 7: For sure, Mark, I mean, we're we have anywhere from

872
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 7: five to seven inactive players based on if there's elevation,

873
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 7: So if you don't elevate anybody, then you go from

874
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,759
Speaker 7: fifty three you can only take forty eight to the game,

875
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 7: So you're gonna have to tell somebody you're not playing.

876
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,120
Speaker 7: That is a pretty good football player. So I just

877
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 7: have to be honest with them, just to communicate with

878
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,319
Speaker 7: them their role could change or evolve during the course

879
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 7: of the year. Part of their responsibilities to prepare as

880
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,720
Speaker 7: if they're going to play, including the practice squad players

881
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 7: like we've talked about, and whoever, whatever decision we make

882
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,840
Speaker 7: for that game, then we have to deal with it.

883
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 7: And then once we get through the RAMS game, then

884
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 7: what's our preparation look like for the Tampa for the

885
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,919
Speaker 7: Tampa game? And are we using the same group. There's

886
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 7: always a lot of moving parts and it's never easy,

887
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 7: especially if a player has earned the opportunity to play.

888
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,879
Speaker 7: But per the rules, you can't take everybody to the game,

889
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 7: so sometimes you have to make some difficult decisions.

890
00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 2: Nick, you mentioned one of the most I think unheralded

891
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,760
Speaker 2: assets of Matt Stafford's game, and that's his toughness. Beyond

892
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 2: that and including that what makes him so difficult to face,

893
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 2: especially in Week one.

894
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,479
Speaker 7: A gifted thrower can get the ball to any parts

895
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 7: of the field. He probably hasn't seen it. You're not

896
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 7: going to show him anything that he hasn't seen. He's

897
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 7: been in the league over many years. He's been in

898
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:55,240
Speaker 7: the league, so his ability to understand and process information

899
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 7: at a high rate of speed is one of his strengths.

900
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 7: And he can literally get the ball to any part

901
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:02,399
Speaker 7: of the field. He can kind of adjust his arm

902
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 7: angle and his arm slot, and it's hard to get

903
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 7: to him. I mean, he gets rid of the ball,

904
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 7: is a quick release, and he's willing to hang in

905
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 7: the pocket and take a hit to deliver the ball

906
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:15,919
Speaker 7: under duress. Massive amount respect for Matthew and what he's done,

907
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 7: and he's earned all the accolades that he's received.

908
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:19,279
Speaker 1: Week one.

909
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 4: When you look at all the analytics, all the data

910
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 4: you have medically or whatever else on guys going the

911
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 4: full distance in a game versus whatever they've done in

912
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,800
Speaker 4: the preseason, I felt like there were a lot of

913
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 4: reps in that joint practice with the Lions, a lot

914
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 4: of reps for the ones and the twos. But this

915
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 4: is a full game, now, how does that come into play?

916
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 4: And I got to think it really affects week two

917
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 4: as well.

918
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,800
Speaker 7: Yeah, we really the first three to four weeks of

919
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,760
Speaker 7: the season, you're kind of all, right, where are the players?

920
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,800
Speaker 7: They have they built up enough capacity to make it

921
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 7: through an entire game. Defensively, we rotate a lot of

922
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 7: players in on the front anyway, so you're probably gonna

923
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 7: we're gonna use our depths, We're gonna use everybody. But

924
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,440
Speaker 7: nobody's played a full game to this point. So sixty seven,

925
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 7: sixty five seventy plays and he just side of the ball.

926
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 7: Nobody has played that amount in a real game in

927
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,400
Speaker 7: twenty twenty five, and they've done it previously, sure, so

928
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 7: we're gonna have to monitor that and see what their

929
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 7: loads are, what are their speeds, and then their recovery

930
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 7: after the game. But the first week, the first few

931
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 7: weeks are all kind of tied together because then you

932
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:18,360
Speaker 7: might have to look at practice. How do we just

933
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,719
Speaker 7: practice and then we're gonna be so it's gonna be

934
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,439
Speaker 7: a long week, but then it's gonna be a short week.

935
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 7: So how you handle that in the early part of

936
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,720
Speaker 7: the season, you know, will be important part of our process.

937
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 2: Nick, right before the roster is unveiled, announced Joe's gonna

938
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,360
Speaker 2: be out at least the first four weeks. How do

939
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 2: you like that running back room? What do you like

940
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 2: about that running back room? Starting with Nick and what

941
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,319
Speaker 2: you got in there? Yeah, we think it's a pretty

942
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 2: versatile room.

943
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 7: They've all played other than Woody, have all played good

944
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,959
Speaker 7: football at different points of their career. They've all helped

945
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:49,319
Speaker 7: their respective teams, you know, when they've been called upon.

946
00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,600
Speaker 7: So we're gonna need everybody not only in that room

947
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,840
Speaker 7: but throughout the team as well. But I feel like

948
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 7: we have pretty good depth. They're all kind of different

949
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 7: in terms of what they bring to the table. Nick

950
00:40:58,239 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 7: is his own entity. DP has the that he brings

951
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 7: to the table. Daa probably has the most comprehensive role

952
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,439
Speaker 7: because he has a role offensively and in a kicking

953
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 7: game as well. And then Woody has a pretty good

954
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,360
Speaker 7: skill set. So how we're actually able to incorporate that

955
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 7: with any offense, We'll kind of have to see how

956
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 7: it unfolds.

957
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:15,440
Speaker 4: So I know there's a whole thing going on in

958
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 4: this building with you and your staff deploying guys out

959
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:22,240
Speaker 4: to watch college and start scouting. We'll start, you've already started,

960
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,319
Speaker 4: but for the six draft. I don't want to bog

961
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,320
Speaker 4: us down in draft talk, but that's underway.

962
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,840
Speaker 1: People do it. Oh, I know you like this, you

963
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 1: like this part, but you're already examining everything there is too.

964
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure, we've we've had folks out of training

965
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 7: camp over the month August, and then the first real

966
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,800
Speaker 7: weekend of college football was this past weekend, so we

967
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:46,280
Speaker 7: had area scouts, national scouts, scouting directors at different games.

968
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:47,879
Speaker 7: There was a number of good games over the course

969
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:50,000
Speaker 7: of the weekend, so that information is starting to come

970
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:53,440
Speaker 7: back to us. I get a weekly update usually Monday

971
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 7: or Tuesday from what everybody saw that particular week and

972
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 7: started to start to build up you know my document

973
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 7: as well. So done a lot of work on a

974
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:03,320
Speaker 7: lot of players over the course of the spring, and

975
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 7: then we'll be selective here picking you know, picking the

976
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 7: spots here during the course of the during the course

977
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 7: of the season, might be an opportunity to get over

978
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 7: the sc game they're playing, I want to say, Saturday

979
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:15,759
Speaker 7: night or something like that. So we'll try to maximize

980
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,359
Speaker 7: our opportunities and try to utilize our resources as best

981
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 7: we can.

982
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 1: So this happened in week zero at Stanford I'm going

983
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 1: somewhere with this. Stanford Hawaii.

984
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 2: Stanford kicked the ball off and the ball hit the

985
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,600
Speaker 2: ground and it popped up in the air, and it

986
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 2: keep was standing at the one yard line and he

987
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 2: then waved a fair catch and caught the ball, thinking well,

988
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 2: the balls should go to the twenty five yard line.

989
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 3: And it got me thinking about had they talked about that?

990
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 7: Do you do?

991
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 2: You do you guys as a staff sit and talk

992
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 2: with the players about particular new rules or new things

993
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 2: that have popped up that.

994
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: They should be aware of.

995
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 2: Because he didn't realize it, and I don't know if

996
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 2: you ever knew it, But is that something that you

997
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,080
Speaker 2: guys talk about as a staff.

998
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 7: Nick, Yeah, there's so many rules you have to be

999
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 7: careful of, inundated with too much information. But what are

1000
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:58,399
Speaker 7: the ones that are relevant and what are the ones

1001
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 7: that are kind of germane maybe that are new or

1002
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:03,880
Speaker 7: new ish. Really in the NFL, to kickoff sort of

1003
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 7: adjustment or rules are probably the biggest thing. There's some

1004
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 7: other minor tweaks that they've made, but just understanding the rules,

1005
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 7: what happens where the ball is kicked, if it's kicked here,

1006
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 7: here's what happens, or if this action takes place, here's

1007
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 7: what happens, so you prepare for it. Inevitably, there's going

1008
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:20,479
Speaker 7: to be things that come up in the game maybe

1009
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 7: we haven't talked about or that we haven't practiced, but

1010
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,520
Speaker 7: it's a learning opportunity. So you take the information and

1011
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 7: the next time that you're put in a position, hopefully

1012
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:29,200
Speaker 7: you make the right the right decision.

1013
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,840
Speaker 4: The thirty five yard line touchback feels radical in that

1014
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 4: everything's going to be returned now because you don't want

1015
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 4: to give up the thirty five yard lines. So we're

1016
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 4: going to see a lot more action and the way

1017
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,360
Speaker 4: Emy kicks the ball off a lot of bad hops

1018
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:43,280
Speaker 4: off his kickoffs.

1019
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:45,279
Speaker 1: If he can get it to squib inside the twenty.

1020
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,640
Speaker 7: Yeah, everybody'll probably have a philosophy that they're going to

1021
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:50,240
Speaker 7: go with during a year. The ball handling will be important,

1022
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 7: and the kicker's ability to change his directory and put

1023
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 7: the returner in a difficult spot. That'll probably be a

1024
00:43:57,680 --> 00:44:00,600
Speaker 7: part of the strategy. And the calculus that's involved something

1025
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 7: that we spend time on here in the spring. Once

1026
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 7: you get into the game, kind of see how it evolves.

1027
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,640
Speaker 7: But really the line of demarcation, there is the twenty

1028
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:10,359
Speaker 7: yard line. So whatever you're gonna do, better make sure

1029
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 7: it gets past the twenty because if it doesn't and

1030
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:13,760
Speaker 7: then the ball is at the forty, then you basically

1031
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 7: cut the field in.

1032
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 1: Half at that point.

1033
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 2: With what we would think is gonna be more returns

1034
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:22,000
Speaker 2: in the game, does that, as you're talking about kind

1035
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,120
Speaker 2: of bridging the gap the conversation of the twenty twenty

1036
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 2: six NFL Draft, because we're gonna have more returns, does

1037
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,239
Speaker 2: that add that other wrinkle to it that you want

1038
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 2: to see from? Hey man, this guy returns kicks, you know,

1039
00:44:34,719 --> 00:44:36,640
Speaker 2: like Ancepsion for A and M. He returned to plot

1040
00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:38,840
Speaker 2: the other night. Hey he becomes maybe a little bit

1041
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:40,839
Speaker 2: more valuable because now the return game is that much

1042
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 2: more value because we have more returns than we've ever had.

1043
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,879
Speaker 7: No, it's a good question, Johnny. Let's say case by case,

1044
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:50,240
Speaker 7: more than likely ball handling. The ball handlers, they're probably

1045
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 7: gonna put a premium on that. But I would say

1046
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 7: kickoff or turn through the years, sometimes it's a trainable skill.

1047
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:57,799
Speaker 7: Maybe you have a player that hasn't handled the ball,

1048
00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,600
Speaker 7: but you try him back there, I'd say Pierce is

1049
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 7: really example that we didn't draft Piers because we thought

1050
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 7: he was going to be a kickoff return. He's kind

1051
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 7: of evolved in that because of his ability to make

1052
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 7: plays with the ball in his hand. Punt return is

1053
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 7: a teachable skill or trainable skill. You've seen a number

1054
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:12,879
Speaker 7: of players that hadn't done it before that they learned

1055
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 7: it once they get in the NFL. So it depends

1056
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 7: on the player's capacity and ability to take coaching and learn.

1057
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 7: If they've done it, they have experience doing it, we

1058
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 7: certainly make a note and then we're going to evaluate

1059
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:24,800
Speaker 7: it and if it's something that we can incorporate to

1060
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 7: our advantage, and we'll certainly look at.

1061
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:29,760
Speaker 4: I've got one more so quick family update, Nick, because

1062
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:32,440
Speaker 4: this is your fifth season that you are starting here

1063
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:33,960
Speaker 4: with the Houston Texans organization.

1064
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:36,280
Speaker 1: That means your girls have grown up here. They're Texans

1065
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 1: now does it feel like it? How are they doing?

1066
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:39,200
Speaker 1: Give us an update?

1067
00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 7: No, they're doing great. We've been rock and rolling for

1068
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 7: the last couple of weeks at school. They're active. Is

1069
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 7: all get up so between cross country, soccer, field, hockey.

1070
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:53,400
Speaker 7: Our youngest is a big cheer fan, so she's immersed

1071
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,879
Speaker 7: in that process. So she's actually decent, so we'll see

1072
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,840
Speaker 7: how far that goes. But no, it's hard to believe.

1073
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 7: I mean, they love being here. We've been here. It's

1074
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 7: like you mentioned, it's our fifth season. So grateful for

1075
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 7: the opportunity, excited to get started. And yeah, they're immersed

1076
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 7: in the culture. They don't have a choice, but they're

1077
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 7: happy to be here.

1078
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,319
Speaker 1: Very good, All right, Nick, thanks a lot, good luck.

1079
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 2: Thanks fellas, there is Nick Caserio joining us, and that

1080
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,399
Speaker 2: was some great stuff. You want to see the video

1081
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:22,279
Speaker 2: check out on YouTube. But appreciate Nick for coming in

1082
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 2: with us each and every week. And it's such a

1083
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,520
Speaker 2: great job. With Sean and Seth on Sports Radio six

1084
00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 2: to ten as well. But we get a chance to

1085
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 2: talk to him every week. I love the scouting reports.

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Speaker 2: Those are my favorites. But he's the best and we

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Speaker 2: appreciate him. We appreciate Frank Ross, John Carroll represent Yo.

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Speaker 2: Cannot wait. Week one, Sunday kickoff three twenty five. Listen

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Speaker 2: to us on Sports Radio six ten, Mark Andre and myself.

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Speaker 1: We'll have the call.

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Speaker 2: You have the pregame starting at twelve twenty five with

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Speaker 2: Sean and Seth. You'll have the post game, right after

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Speaker 2: we finish with Teran Peddergas and Clint Sterner. Hopefully they

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Speaker 2: are talking to a very happy Texan and text and

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Speaker 2: fan base.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully we're talking about a win. Going one to O

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Speaker 1: what you gotta do?

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Speaker 2: Like LSU last week, the head shirts just said one

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Speaker 2: to oh, that's the way you gotta start.

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Speaker 1: One to oh.

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Speaker 2: It's a third straight road opener for Tamiko Rans as

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Speaker 2: head coach of the Texans, and hopefully, like I said,

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Speaker 2: we finished one and oh. Appreciate everybody for being involved

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Speaker 2: on the show. Thank you so much for listening. We

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Speaker 2: will see you on Sunday. Have a great night, everybody.

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Speaker 2: Enjoy Chiefs and Chargers, the Brazilian up next right here

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Speaker 2: on Sports Radio six ten.

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Speaker 1: See you on Sunday, and as always, go Texans.