1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome. It is the program that keeps you 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: up to date with your Houston Texans and plenty going 3 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: on in Texans Land, folks. It's Texans All Access here 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: from NRG Stadium, right across the hallway from the locker 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: room in the Hunday Texans Radio studio. Mark Vandermer with 6 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: you tonight, joined by John Harris, as we've got plenty 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 1: of Texans football to discuss. Stuff is happening at OTA's 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: work in progress and before you know what, the season 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: will be here Johnny, this time of year, you can 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: really feel it starting a bubble. I this time of year, 11 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: it's it's weird. It's this feeling of and Drew says 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: this all the time when we do film room. He's like, 13 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: can it just be September? Yet? You have that optimism, 14 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: and I can imagine what it's like at the college 15 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: level sometimes when you're your team and you know you're 16 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: in sec and it's like Alabama's out here and LSU 17 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: and you gotta go up against that beast in the 18 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: NFL every single year. You should feel like you got 19 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: a shot every year. I don't care what year you 20 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: had the year before. I always think about this. In 21 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety eight, the Saint Louis Rams were voted the 22 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: worst team of the nineties, the worst, right, the worst? 23 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 1: The next year, you want a championship? How about that? 24 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: I mean it can We've seen that. Look last year 25 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: the Jaguars. The Jaguars had been stacking some players and 26 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: then boom, the Jago board fell and it just went. 27 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: Flipped the script and go to the AFC Championship game. 28 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: And I'm hoping the Texans can get there this year. 29 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: It's funny because you mentioned it like that. With the 30 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: college level, Oh, we have to face Alabama LSU. We're 31 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: never gonna win the SEC. You know if a lower 32 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: level SEC team might say that or think that even subconsciously. 33 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: But I remember being at the University of Miami and 34 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: every year we had played Florida State and it was 35 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,759 Speaker 1: a monumental game. And Joe's a Ghaki who I did 36 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: the games with. He covered the Dolphins as well as 37 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: did the Hurricanes games. He just covered the Dolphins for 38 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: a local TV station. I said, well, what is the 39 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: NFL like? You know, what is that like? Because I 40 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: had never covered the NFL at that time. I was 41 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: covering a team that would have been actually send most 42 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 1: of its members to the NFL. Oh yeah, but he said, 43 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: it's like playing Florida State every week. You know, you 44 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: have those guys on the line of scrimmage every week. 45 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: Across the line of scrimmage. You are dealing with unbelievable 46 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: athletes no matter who you're playing. And that is what 47 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: makes this League of joy. So it's interesting you do 48 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: have a shot every year, yet you're playing the top 49 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: level competition. But everybody has that competition. The league is 50 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,640 Speaker 1: designed that way to be, even if you will. And 51 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: I was thinking about that today when we are coming 52 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: in from the field. I thought, here we are with 53 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: ninety guys out there or whatever, you know, sweating it 54 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,960 Speaker 1: out in the sun. And every team is doing that 55 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: right now. Every team is out there for OTAs. And 56 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 1: this is one of those things you're thinking, who's getting better? 57 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: Are the Titans getting better today or the Jags getting 58 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: better today? How are the cults looking? Is Andrew Luck 59 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: actually throwing a football? Things like that cross your mind. Well, 60 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: it's funny. On social media, I just I'm looking. I 61 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: can't I can't it enough, whether it's videos of players 62 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: going on the field, whether it's you know update, Hey, 63 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: Derek Henry says the Titans offense is gonna be way different, 64 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: Like I'm locked into some of those like okay, well 65 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: what's going on in Tennessee. And obviously we know Mike 66 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: Rabel taking over his head coach. But this is that 67 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 1: time where everything the twenty eighteen car is really shiny 68 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: and new. It still got the new car smell. But 69 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: at some point you start eating in it, you lose 70 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: the smell. You start going through some rough terrain, maybe 71 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: a pop a tire. Last year we popped all four 72 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 1: of them. You got a kid in the back gold face, yeah, 73 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: the goldfisher everywhere. Cereos are all over the place, and 74 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: then the juice box, oh no, oh man. Or then 75 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 1: it's milk and a sippy cup. And that's the worst 76 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: That was last year for us. That was milk and 77 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: a sippy cup stuck in the car. Last year was 78 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: kid projectile vomiting in the backseat, which we've all had 79 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: and did not get cleaned up. That sat that sat 80 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: in the August sun. I had a coaching buddy of 81 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: mine one time that took some cole slaw. He's stuck 82 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: it in my desk drawer. So he did. There. Yes, 83 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: that was the most foul smell I've ever that was 84 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: last year. That was last year. That's exactly what last 85 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: year was. I'd like for this year to have that 86 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: new car smell for as long as possible. The tires 87 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: are all pumped up and ready to go at a 88 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: moment's notice, and we can handle any terrain that's thrown 89 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 1: our way, because last year it was a lot of terrain, 90 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:18,840 Speaker 1: a lot of that, a lot of blowouts last year. 91 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, very much. So I didn't I didn't 92 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: think it was going. But all day I've been looking 93 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: at what what are all these NFL teams saying, Because 94 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: in the NFL, like you said, yes, the competition every 95 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: single week and it is always there, and yet every 96 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: team feels like we're that much closer. We're that much closer. 97 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I remember a couple of years ago when 98 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: when when Brock got here, everybody's like, we got our quarterback. Now, 99 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: you know, okay, here we go. And then of course 100 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: you get to the season and you know, the warts 101 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: are exposed and away you go. And so at some 102 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: point during the season reality hits and you find out 103 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: what kind of what kind of team you're gonna end 104 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: up having. And of course after the Sean went down, 105 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: we knew what kind of season was gonna was gonna 106 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: transpire after another quote, a couple of quotes losses. But 107 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: every team in the NFL feels like, Okay, we got 108 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: a shot, and they could talk themselves into it. Even 109 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 1: the Browns fans can talk themselves into it, even after 110 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: years of just dreadful play. They can look at and say, 111 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: look how much we changed our team themselves into six 112 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: and ten. They could talk themselves into it, though, you know, yeah, 113 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: I know, not all the way to a championship, but 114 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 1: they could. They could talk themselves into six and ten. Heck, yeah, 115 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: I forget what they were the year before. They started 116 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: six and three in twenty fourteen, and then the Texans 117 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: beat them, and then you know, the wheels came off 118 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 1: again for the Browns as usual. But they were six 119 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: and three at one point, leading the division. They had 120 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: that blowout win at Cincinnati. That's probably the stuff of 121 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: Cleveland lore right now, at least New Browns history since 122 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine when they re entered the league. All right, 123 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: A few of my takes from viewing the Texans today, 124 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: one would be Kiki Qt, who looks like he belongs. Now. 125 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: I'm not here to put Kiki Qt in the Pro Bowl, 126 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: especially if Bill O'Brien's driving home listening to the coach. 127 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 1: I'm not putting him in Honolulu as it was in 128 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,239 Speaker 1: the past, or Orlando. These days, it does not putting 129 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: him in there. It doesn't matter a caveat you put 130 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: on it. Right now, he's ready to drive back here. 131 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: He's going to rip the headset off. Yeah. But I 132 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 1: gotta say that for a rookie, he just has this 133 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: look about him of Polish that you don't normally see 134 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: from most rookies, and he just looks comfortable out there 135 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: in this offense. He made several nice catches today and 136 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to seeing more from Kiki Hut. You 137 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: bring up a great point, Mark, and that is now, 138 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: there are players along along the way that can learn 139 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: what to do and how to do it, but it's 140 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 1: the ones that walk out there the first day and 141 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,919 Speaker 1: just do it the very first day. Yeah, and you 142 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: just go, okay, yeah, you could tell those guys, even 143 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 1: amongst all the talent that this organization does have, you 144 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: watch a guy like that walk out there and do 145 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 1: his thing, and you go, Okay, he gets it. He 146 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: looks professional, which I know he's supposed to be. It's 147 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: a silly thing to say in some ways, but it's 148 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,599 Speaker 1: not in the way of Again, the word polish comes 149 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 1: to mind, and it's not polished as in he's all 150 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: polished up, finished products. But he looks like he's off 151 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: to a good start and it's very early and you 152 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: just want to see him build on that. And that's 153 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: that's something that we I talk about this a lot 154 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: when I talk with people about this Texans offense, and 155 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: I just talk about offensive football in general. I think 156 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: it's for defense too, but I think just offensive football. 157 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: I kind of think about it like an onion, that 158 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: the more layers I have to it, that the more 159 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: layers that I can pull back from and go to, like, 160 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 1: oh oh man, I didn't even know it had this 161 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: kind of layer here. But you can keep pulling back 162 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: and pulling back, and there are just different layers along 163 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 1: the way that you're going to be that much better 164 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: of an offense. And I think in in fifteen and sixteen, 165 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: you just didn't. You weren't able to peel back too much. 166 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: You really were just you had the tight ends and 167 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: you had a hop and that was that. And the 168 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: run game was okay. But that's what you had. You 169 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: didn't have much more. You're relying so heavily on the 170 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: defense that the offense just had to take care of 171 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: a few things. You didn't have layers. Now I think 172 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: about this offense and I think, who there's Hopkins, there's fuller, 173 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: dynamic guys in the slot. You gotta got the key 174 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: key Qt's added, You got these young tight ends are 175 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: added to Ryan Griffin and Stephen Anderson. Well, you got 176 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: Lamar Miller and gat You have so many different layers 177 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 1: to this offense. And when you add a player like QT, 178 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: who is a natural slot receiver, right, I know the 179 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: things he did at Texas Tech. I know the route 180 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: trees are different. I know what they've done there is 181 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: different than what the Texans are doing and will do. 182 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: But when you can can as a rookie, when you 183 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: can look at it and be as fluid as he 184 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,199 Speaker 1: is and do it that quickly, he's gonna be He's 185 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: just gonna be just fine. But it just adds another 186 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: layer to the offense, and it just gives the Shaun 187 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 1: that many more weapons to pick from, because I think 188 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: it about like a like an arsenal. If I go 189 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 1: to my arsenal, Yeah, I want the biggest, baddest bazooko around. 190 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: The deep battle will flour. I want that all day long. 191 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: I want to take that all day long. But I'll 192 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,720 Speaker 1: take I'll take the little small things I can get. 193 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: If I just gotta throw it to QT and that's 194 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: six yards, i'll take it. If I gotta throw the 195 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: speed out the hop for eight, I'll take it. Yeah, 196 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: I want to go deep. That's my big weapon. But 197 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: if I can just take six and eight and five 198 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: and then I can take seven, I can hand off 199 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: with that nothing at all, and I'll take that all 200 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,040 Speaker 1: day long. I think that's what QT can give to 201 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: him and to me. The presence of QT then puts 202 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 1: pressure on some guys that have been here for a 203 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: couple of years to have to step up, and mainly 204 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:31,679 Speaker 1: Braxton Miller. I think Braxton Miller's gonna Braxton Miller is 205 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,559 Speaker 1: gonna have to fight to find reps and find opportunities. 206 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say it right now. Anybody who's a wide 207 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: receiver in this organization other than maybe DeAndre Hopkins and 208 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: Will Fuller has to note it well. Of course they 209 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: notice it too, and Fuller is thinking, I gotta stay 210 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: healthy because look how productive I was with watching the 211 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 1: seven touchdowns in four games. But he's put everybody on alert. Kikqt, 212 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 1: Yeah he has. I mean, you draft a guy in 213 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: the third round and he's making this kind of noise, 214 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: and again very very early, but I love seeing it, 215 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 1: and everybody is going to want to see him play, 216 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: and I can't wait for these preseason games to get rolling. 217 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: They'll open up against the Chiefs on August ninth. It's 218 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: a Thursday night and it'll be live right here and 219 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 1: also on ABC thirteen. Everybody wants to know about Deshaun Watson. 220 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien said earlier that Watson did some seven on 221 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,719 Speaker 1: seven stuff, some individual stuff. I can echo what the 222 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 1: coach said. I will echo what Bill O'Brien said. I 223 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 1: watched Watson work. Look, he throws the ball beautifully. He's 224 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: out there doing some stuff. You get the feeling he 225 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:32,959 Speaker 1: could probably do a whole lot more, but they're being 226 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,559 Speaker 1: very careful with him as they bring him along back 227 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: from the knee injury. He's got a brace on the 228 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: right knee. Everybody saw it on video, so he's protecting it. 229 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 1: That's what he should be doing. It's six months or so, 230 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: six and a half months after the injury. He's got 231 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,320 Speaker 1: another three months until you really want to see him 232 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 1: getting there full in the preseason and get his timing back. 233 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:55,839 Speaker 1: So you have another two and a half three months 234 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: to go here, Johnny. No need to rush anything with 235 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: the John Watson right now. Yeah, it's May twenty seconds, 236 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: so June twenty seconds to twenty second, roughly two months 237 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: before they go to training camp, right, But I'm okay 238 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: with him even taking it slow the first couple of 239 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: weeks of training camp. I'm with you absolutely, I have 240 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: no I have no qualms with that. I think to 241 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: the extent the Texas and I've said this before, I 242 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: think if if he does anything and OTAs at all 243 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: seven on seven and some one on ones, that's all 244 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: I really, that's all I really care to see. Because team, 245 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: there's so much happening at the feet of a quarterback 246 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: and team that you could put a red shirt on him, 247 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: you could put up, you could put a force field 248 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: around him, but he still might get rolled up on 249 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: or something something I would think how he got hurt 250 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: in the first place. More, yeah, I know, I know 251 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: was it was after the fashion he threw a ball 252 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: out to the left side towards our sideline and he's 253 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: standing there and Lamar is blocking Frank Clark who tried 254 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 1: to jump up. He flips Clark and all of a sudden, 255 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: for you know, boom, he late he lands on the 256 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 1: Sean's right knee. No, everybody said, well, it happened in practice. 257 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: I didn't. We have said some million times watching himself 258 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: said kind of happened. He just didn't know, and then 259 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: he got them practice it was like okay, and that 260 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 1: it was. He was just standing there. He was standing 261 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: after having thrown the ball, and two or three seconds 262 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 1: later that's when it happened. So from that perspective, I 263 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: don't want to see, don't need to see. The team 264 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: thing will come along in the in in due time. 265 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 1: He's had reps with the with the majority. I guess 266 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 1: you know things are changing in front of him. Obviously, 267 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: with four or five potentially new starters in the offensive line. 268 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: Is Bill brought his pointed out, but he has timing 269 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: with Hopkins. He's gonna find that way too. Valuable. Yeah, 270 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: I'll trade some of that timing in May for him 271 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: being fully and complete healthy September ninth or whatever it is. 272 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 1: He'll get every rep leading up to the season, you know, 273 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 1: as opposed to last year when when they announced that 274 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 1: Savage would be the starter and you knew it going 275 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: into New Orleans and all of that. Is that when 276 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:52,559 Speaker 1: they announced it, I guess they did, and then he 277 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: had the hurricane and everything, but his reps probably decreased dramatically. 278 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: He probably still had a bunch of reps, but he 279 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: wasn't getting all the first team reps because they had 280 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: to get Sad. It's ready for the opener. So now 281 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: he'll get all those reps and he'll be good to 282 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: go by then. It's funny you say that, though about 283 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: could he get hurt in eleven on eleven and OTAs 284 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 1: with the red jersey on and everything. I was watching 285 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: Weedon today and I was thinking, you know, every time 286 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,760 Speaker 1: Weedon threw a pass in eleven on eleven work, I 287 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: was thinking, how dangerous is this? And you're right, you know, 288 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 1: guys do get close. Weedon wasn't hit, of course, but 289 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 1: you never know. You'd hate obviously to see anything bad happen, 290 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 1: so don't risk it. And also the quickness with which 291 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: you need to move to execute those eleven on eleven 292 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: plays even in OTAs. You know, honestly, Watson have to 293 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: move that quickly right now. And Watson, like you said 294 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: last week, he's gonna roll out and extend plays. He's 295 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: even gonna do that in OTAs because he's hyper competitive 296 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,560 Speaker 1: and he wants to win. He wants to beat the 297 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: defense into submission, even on that practice field. So you 298 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 1: want to take it easy with him. And that's what 299 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: he was doing last year. And I felt it was 300 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: very valuable for the team last year to understand, especially 301 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: for the receiving man. Everybody, how long you got to 302 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: protect if you if you if you blow the block, 303 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: know that he's keeping the play alive. So go find 304 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: another different colored jersey you go block. I mean, those 305 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: are all kind of things that you have to learn 306 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 1: when you have a guy like Watson under under center. 307 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: But that said, I'll I'll give all that up. I'll 308 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: give all that up and ot and really, what are 309 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: you giving up? I think it's helpful in training camp 310 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: right for that to be there, because I do think 311 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: that is something that is a major part of how 312 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: this offense will play. Now, if I think about those 313 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: plays last year, Deshaun DeShawn often will move and scramble 314 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: to throw, but there were times we're here obviously scrambled 315 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: to run. I think the biggest thing is for a receiver, 316 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 1: where of those opportunities where he's scrambling to throw and 317 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: I gotta find myself open or get open for him. 318 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: Those are things that the receiving corps is gonna have 319 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: to absolutely, without question due And when you have a 320 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: guy that's as quick as Qt, that's where he can 321 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: make it all work. I'll tell you what seven seven 322 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: on seven today, Watson, it's in there and he's low 323 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: fiving with everybody. You know, just in the mini seven 324 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: on seven huddle, you just felt this sort of juice 325 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: the moment he got in the mix of those offensive weapons. 326 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: It was really fun to watch just that part of it. 327 00:15:14,040 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: It's one of those sort of intangible things that he 328 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 1: has to sort of get everybody going all right. Next up, 329 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 1: my biggest take from the offense today. I want to 330 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 1: get Johnny's take on my take. How about that Joe 331 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: Webb a player who I really like. That's part of 332 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: this team right now. We will talk with him in 333 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 1: the next segment here on Texans All Access. Keeping your company, 334 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: Mark Van Jermyer, John Harris here Texans All Access in 335 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: the Hunday Texans Radio studio. Okay, Johnny OTAs today's session 336 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: number two in the not full padded but uniform helmets 337 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: on eleven on eleven stuff. They're able to do that now. 338 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: This is that phase of the OTA experience for this team. 339 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 1: One of my big takes here from the offense. And look, 340 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: we're not gonna sit here and share military secrets of 341 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. But one thing I noticed right away 342 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: is that the ball's coming out very quickly, and I 343 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: almost didn't notice it, and until we started talking about 344 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: it afterwards, I almost didn't even think of it. In fact, 345 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 1: here's what it was. I didn't think of it while 346 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: I was watching. You know why because normally in my head, 347 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: when I'm watching practice and they go back to pass, 348 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: in my head, my clock is going up, throw it, 349 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 1: throw it, throw it. I never said I never said 350 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: that once today inside my brain, I never said throw 351 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: that football. The clock, the pass rush is there, it's 352 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: over three seconds, whatever the time is. I always have 353 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: this feeling of that ball's gotta be out. It was 354 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: out every time. He's getting the ball out very quick. 355 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: And this is Brandon Weedon we're talking about. We're not 356 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,120 Speaker 1: even in eleven out eleven work with Deshaun Watson, yet 357 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Weedon and even Stephen Morris. That ball 358 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,280 Speaker 1: came out quick. I bet that those are the marching 359 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 1: orders of Bill O'Brien. We want to get it out 360 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 1: faster than ever. I think he always does. But they're 361 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:55,920 Speaker 1: really hearing it and they're abiding by that right now. 362 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: I remember in twenty fourteen, we're playing to Bengals here 363 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: now during the game. I can't hear what's going on 364 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 1: in the sidelines, obviously have you and Andre my ear? 365 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: But I went home to watch the game and the 366 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: parabolic mike's on the sideline pick up a lot. So 367 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: Ryan Mallett was starting in that game, because that was 368 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: the game after Cleveland played Cleveland on the road one 369 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 1: that game, Mallet came back and started against Cincinnati and 370 00:17:22,320 --> 00:17:26,360 Speaker 1: Mallet took a snap and you could hear somebody, I'm 371 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: talking second and a half two seconds after he got 372 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: the snap. Throw it, throw it, throw it, throw it, 373 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: throw it. And I ran it back and I was 374 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: like it was Obie and that thought of And look, 375 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: when you have a guy with a big arm like Mallet, 376 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: sometimes those guys can drive coaches crazy because they're gonna 377 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: hold it because they know they just need a little 378 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: bit of a spot and then zip. And so Mallet 379 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: ended up getting some pressure and runner bounds. You had 380 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: to throw it away, but he had it for maybe 381 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 1: two seconds. Ball in hand, thousand and one, thousand and two, 382 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 1: throw it, throw it. That's been something and I remember 383 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 1: what the Patriots. That was one thing with Brady. The 384 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: ball was out. He just dealing, just dealing. Gee wants 385 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: to get the ball out. Bill Brian wants him to 386 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 1: get the ball out. And again going back to our 387 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: discussion about not having things happen at your feet, at 388 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 1: your legs, that's kind of one of the things. The 389 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 1: ball gets out of there hot and you get it 390 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 1: out quickly. Those defensive lineman art could continue to rush 391 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: up field those five or seven step drops. That ball 392 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: is coming out fast. Know where you're going with it. 393 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: Let's throw the ball and let's move. When you throw 394 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: the ball fast, it's like a pitcher working fast. A 395 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 1: pitcher works fast. The fielders feel better, pitcher works fast, 396 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: everything's working better behind them. Everything ends up as a 397 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,919 Speaker 1: unit being a lot better in that regard. When you 398 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 1: when you sit and hold the ball, and hold the ball, 399 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,600 Speaker 1: it exposes an offensive line. Receivers sometimes aren't able to 400 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: get to their routes, or sometimes don't they get to 401 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: the route too early. Hey where's the ball. The ball's 402 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: not coming out, then they gotta address it's just a mess. 403 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:56,479 Speaker 1: But the ball's coming out fast, and it's coming out 404 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: as quickly as you want. Then those receivers know, hey, look, 405 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,880 Speaker 1: if I get to my spot, I'm getting football, get 406 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: crisper routes, You get better protection because you don't have 407 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: to hold for that or you don't have to hold 408 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: that protection for that long, and everything moves better at 409 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: a faster rate. I'm I'm of a mindset that this offense, Yes, 410 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: it will help the Shawn Watson. I think his offense 411 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: will help Brandon Wheaton because that was Brandon's offense in 412 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: Oclhoma State when he was coming out of college. That 413 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: was his offense. It was catching ball, fake zone, it 414 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: was zone stick, it was RPOs. I mean, there were 415 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,399 Speaker 1: all kinds of things that they were doing in Oklahoma 416 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: State at the time. But the ball came out quickly. 417 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: That's a great point. And you're making me even more 418 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: upset that Brandon Wheaton was cut prior to last season. 419 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 1: It's funny because this time last year we were talking about, Hey, 420 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: Savage looks really good at OTA's. But I was still 421 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 1: and honestly, here I was still sort of internally complaining 422 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,719 Speaker 1: that the ball wasn't coming out quickly enough. That it 423 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: was being completed for sure, But here you were in 424 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: OTA's and it wasn't coming out as fast as I 425 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: thought it should come out. And who am I other 426 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,199 Speaker 1: than the play by a play guy andization's history. I 427 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: have seen every throw. Yes, and now that I'm coaching 428 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: flag football at a very high level, I know what 429 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,399 Speaker 1: I'm talking about. Twelve year old flag football coach knows 430 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: what he's talking about. Oh, speaking of flag football, I 431 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,239 Speaker 1: knew we got to get into some other things. Oh, 432 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: you want to talk about next segment, next segment, next segment, 433 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,919 Speaker 1: you're gonna tell me about the new football league. I 434 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: saw this new football league. People are gonna want to 435 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 1: hear about this. Yo. Absolutely, that's coming up in about 436 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: the ball doesn't come out as fast in that league. 437 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 1: It does, but just know that it comes out silky smooth. 438 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: But I know it is so good. All right, some 439 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 1: other things before we get to Joe Webb here, and boy, 440 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,680 Speaker 1: we're not even gonna get to the defense today maybe, 441 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: but the offensive line a lot of different guys in 442 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: different spots. Some of it due to some injury issues, 443 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 1: you know, Nick Martin or whatever. H And again, I 444 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: don't want to scare anybody, this guy is still coming 445 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 1: back from injuries. But some of it due to the 446 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:55,439 Speaker 1: fact that they they want to get a look at 447 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: different guys in different spots, and do you know your 448 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: role and do you know where you're supposed to be? 449 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 1: You know, really on Davenport, I know you had the 450 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 1: interview on yesterday with him left tackle getting some time there, 451 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: but they're able to move him around a little bit, 452 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: and I want to say able. I mean they want 453 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: to be able to get a look at him in 454 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: various spots. They want to get a look at Seantrelle 455 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: Henderson in various spots. They made no secret about that. 456 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: They love versatility up front and they'll find a way 457 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,119 Speaker 1: to get their best five on the field. Do you 458 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: get that feeling anyway, Yeah, and that's this is the 459 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 1: time to try and figure that out, because if you're 460 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 1: thinking about it, this isn't a group that's been together. 461 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 1: I mean, even Julian's in his second If you think 462 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: about the guys here, Dad Ports in his second year here, 463 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: Collomte's in his first year here, Nick Martin is really 464 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,400 Speaker 1: in his he's his third year, but in his second 465 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: year as a player. He banged up right now. Henderson's 466 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 1: in his first year here, Kyle Fuller's in his second 467 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: year here. David Kozenberry has been here the longest, but 468 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 1: he's really only been on the field for a year 469 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 1: and some change. So you're talking about guys that, first 470 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: of all, are new to one another, but they're also 471 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: new the organization too, so they haven't been together. It's 472 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: not group that's been been there for a while and 473 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: you feel like you gotta make some chow. Okay, Well, 474 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 1: this left guard has been there for five six years 475 00:22:05,680 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: and now you gotta put it in a new left guard. 476 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: And it's not really that. It's them getting used to 477 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: each other. What can they all do that I think 478 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: is is I don't say up in the air, but 479 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: really will be. It'll be something we talk about from 480 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: here until Game one against the New ENGLD Patriots until 481 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: Week seven against the Jacksonville excuse me, Saxonville. Oh gosh, yeah, yeah, 482 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna have to get ready for that. Should I 483 00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: throw out of Saxonville when the Texans sack Blake Bortles 484 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 1: this year? Nope, Nope, that's theirs. That's that's theirs. I mean, 485 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: I hate to say it against them, it's there. I 486 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 1: want to see if NFL Films picks it up. What 487 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: speaking of, I did the night I was watching h 488 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,439 Speaker 1: I love the Top one hundred Players series. By the way, 489 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,640 Speaker 1: there now through fifty one, I'm sorry, fifty one through 490 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: one hundred, right, the only Texan that's been unveiled is 491 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,600 Speaker 1: JJ Watt. So that means if the three players that 492 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,840 Speaker 1: I think, four players that I think are gonna be unveiled, 493 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 1: Watson's higher than fifth. The Watson case Keenum. At fifty one, 494 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: they had three quarterbacks. Who was Watson, I'm sorry, not Watson? 495 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 1: A Keenum rivers and car wered fifty one to sixty. Wow, 496 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: So that would Watson ahead of them. So Watson, Clowney, Hopkins, 497 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 1: and I think Tyre Magic is gonna make it. I 498 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: think those four make it are in the top fifty. 499 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: If you told me hanging a pause, I know we're 500 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: on seven different times right now. If you told me 501 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen, oh, Keendom's gonna be on the NFL 502 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: Top one hundred shows number fifty one, I'd say, really, yeah, really, 503 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: But he did make it, and that is phenomenal for him. Yeah. 504 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:42,280 Speaker 1: But the fact that Watson's gonna get higher than fifty 505 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:46,200 Speaker 1: ranking status from six and a half games played is amazing. 506 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: Mark the I know you know this, but we would 507 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: get I would get on social media after a game, 508 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: just want to see what everybody's tweeting out there. I 509 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: love seeing the videos of other teams. I love seeing 510 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,479 Speaker 1: the press conferences of other teams. You would get on 511 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: social media and you would see other NFL players talking 512 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: about Dashaun and what he's doing, and they're talking about 513 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: DeAndre and what he's doing with Hopkins and Watson, Watt 514 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: and Clowney. With those four in particular, you have players 515 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: that everybody in the league is not only aware of, 516 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: but it's talking about on a daily base. Like them, 517 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: They genuinely like them, They like Watson. You know, I 518 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: tweeted out something that O'Brien said. I paraphrased a quote 519 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: and it got retweeted by Albert Breer. It had fifty 520 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 1: thousand plus impressions by two pm today. So, yes, people 521 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 1: are hungry for Watson news. They're Watson fans. All right, 522 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: Before we go any further here, we promised this, so 523 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: let's get to it. Joe Webb quarterback, receiver, special teams 524 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: player extraordinaire. What is he? He does a lot of 525 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: different things. Deep Cito and I caught up with him 526 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: to talk about what he does well when one of 527 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 1: the first things that was told to was the more 528 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: you could do, the better, you know. So I came 529 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: into the league drafted as a receiver by Minnesota, out 530 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: there doing recommend account. They put me a quarterback, and 531 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,400 Speaker 1: they changed me back over the quarterback, and so out 532 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: there three or four years, switched me to receiver. Got 533 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: the Carolina played a lot of us all four special 534 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: teams while I was a backup quarterback and play receiver too. 535 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: So it just been out throughout my whole career. How 536 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: hard is it to maintain backup quarterback knowledge and proficiency 537 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: while you're working on all the other stuff. Well that's 538 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: my natural position, quarterback and everything that's just grew on 539 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: to me, right. You know I did it in the 540 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: college too. You know when my college quarterback, who was 541 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: Sam Hunt today, the big country singer, you know he 542 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: was my quarterback in college. Yeah, did you know he 543 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 1: was going to be a country singer. I had a 544 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: pretty good idea, yeah, because he used to bring his 545 00:25:55,640 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: guitar and be pretty good. Good, he's good. I was 546 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: playing receiver, he was playing quarterback. So I've been doing 547 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: it for a minute. So what do you do in 548 00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 1: your spare time? You seem as like you're a guy 549 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: of many talent. You can pick up different things. You 550 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: must be a natural athlete. I guess you could say 551 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 1: play a lot of sports and stuff like yea man 552 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:20,160 Speaker 1: grown up. I had three brothers, so we played basketball, baseball, football, 553 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 1: Who could run the fastest and byte race, you know, 554 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 1: all types of things. So my brothers they really my 555 00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: oldest brothers. I had three oldest brothers. I'm the youngest, 556 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: so they really you know, took me in and that 557 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: gets you good fast too, the older brothers, Joe Webb 558 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: joining us. All right, So when you go to UAB. 559 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: You said you were playing some wide receiver while Sam 560 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,719 Speaker 1: is the quarterback. How did the transition go from you 561 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 1: to quarterback? Did they know you were a quarterback when 562 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: you first got in there? How did that all go? Yes, 563 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: they gave me a scholarship as a quarterback, but I 564 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,200 Speaker 1: was I think I was two years behind Sam, and 565 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:56,680 Speaker 1: so when Sam graduated, I was becoming a junior. So 566 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,920 Speaker 1: that's when I can played quarterback my junior and my scene. 567 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: But they wanted you on the field when you're a 568 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: freshman sophomore. Yes, sir, that's correct. It's funny how that 569 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: does happen to some guys in college, but it doesn't 570 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: usually happen in the NFL. When you're with the Vikings 571 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 1: and they say, yeah, we drafted you as a receiver, 572 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 1: but we want you to play quarterback. What was that like? 573 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: How did that go down? It went down right out 574 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: the minute count? You know that. Then we would go 575 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: back home, you know, we want to go back home 576 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: for about two weeks. So they give me a call, Hey, 577 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: we like the way you did a quarterback. We go 578 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: get you a shound. We gonna switch your positions. Or 579 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: they sent me a play booth or I had to 580 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: learn the France and coverages and all that. All that 581 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: so um, and I was kind of happy because quarterback 582 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,119 Speaker 1: is my natural position and right and I could do 583 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: it though it comes natural to me. You started a 584 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: playoff game for them at lambeau Field. That's crazy. Yeah, 585 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,439 Speaker 1: that's crazy experience, man, very code. It was the greatest sperience. 586 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,479 Speaker 1: All right, So what do you want to do here? 587 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,000 Speaker 1: How do you think you fit in here? How do 588 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: you think it's all gonna happen? No, I'm all for 589 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 1: the team. You know, team first. You know, whatever coaches 590 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,440 Speaker 1: need me to do, we had to you know, uh, 591 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: you know, quarterback roads, SIVA roads, special teams roads. So 592 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 1: I'm all about you making the guys around me better. 593 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 1: When you are in the meeting rooms and you see DeShawn, 594 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: what's that like the relationship that you have with him 595 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: and Brandon Weedon, who's had so much experience, Yeah, it's great, 596 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,680 Speaker 1: No mean, no, guys, you know, we had great conversations. 597 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: We're getting along so well. And I also knew those 598 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 1: guys before I came here. You know, I watched the 599 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: Sun watching career through our Clemson and also last year. Yes, 600 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 1: and Brandon reading and I watched him when he got drafted, 601 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: you know, things like that. So I mean I followed 602 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: those guys career. I always followed quarterbacks on career. How 603 00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: do you like Houston? I love it. I'm back in 604 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: the South. Yeah, you're from Birmingham, so here you are 605 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: close enough, I guess for now. Oh yeah, man, I 606 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,400 Speaker 1: love it. Man, it's hot. You know, it's human. This 607 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: is I like it. You know, good food, good people. 608 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: You know you can't you can't beat it. Well, we're 609 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing on the practice field. Thanks about y'all. 610 00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: All right, thank you, so, Johnny. With Joe Webb, I 611 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: think when people ask the question is he a quarterback 612 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: or a receiver or does he play special teams? I 613 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: think the answer is gonna be yes. Yeah, absolutely. I 614 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: don't think he's there. There's nothing on a football field. 615 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: I don't think Joe Webb can't do. I'll pass, protect, 616 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,280 Speaker 1: and rush the quarterback. Okay, take those aside. But I 617 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,920 Speaker 1: think Joe Webb is he's one of those guys that 618 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 1: he does things as a football player. I remember when 619 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: Tim Tebow was coming out into the draft into what 620 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: twenty ten, and I remember people ask me about him. 621 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: I said, you know, the one thing about Tebo is 622 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: I don't think he's a great quarterback, but he's a 623 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 1: really good football player. And I think Joe has proven 624 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: he's a better quarterback than Tibo ever was. But Joe's 625 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: a football player. There's a lot of different things that 626 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: you can do with Joe Webb. I'm I'm excited to 627 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: see what they do with Joe if, if, when Joe 628 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: is fully healthy. But I think bringing in Stephen Morris, 629 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 1: letting him have some reps. I mean, look, the guy 630 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: had some some good years at the University of Miami 631 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: before Brad Kaya did. Man, those are two names that 632 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: a lot of people talked about didn't turn out exceptionally 633 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: well at this point. But you know, who's to say 634 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 1: it can't happen to me? Like a differ Case Keeno. 635 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: I mean Case was around, kind of hang around, start 636 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:04,000 Speaker 1: a little bit here and him. No one could have 637 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: predicted this, But I love having a guy like Joe. 638 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 1: Those are always the guys I love having on my 639 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: team that could do a million different things. And I 640 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:15,240 Speaker 1: loved being one of those guys on the team because, 641 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,719 Speaker 1: all right, what you need, I need a personal protected 642 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: for punt all right, I've got it, yep. I need 643 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 1: somebody to play in the slot, and I don't know 644 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: catch catch this little outrun all right, I got it. 645 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: Run down special teams on punt return or punt team, 646 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: go make a tackle? All right, I got it. Those 647 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: are the kind of things you you that's a player 648 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,720 Speaker 1: you want and need to have in this league of 649 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: forty six players on Sunday. All right. Next up, a 650 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: little bit on the defense. But Johnny's football league that 651 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: he discovered that you're gonna want to hear about. Plus Patriots, 652 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: is there really a problem there? And other stuff from 653 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 1: the AFC South One of the star players. Is he 654 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: different body wise? We'll talk about that and more on 655 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: Texans Radio. Texans at OTA's day two of the eleven 656 00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: on eleven full uniform stuff, Sam's pads that we mean 657 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 1: without pads. That happened today, John Harris and I in 658 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: the Hunday Texans Radio studio with you. Great to have 659 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: you along for the ride. Before we talk more NFL football. Johnny, 660 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: there's a new football league out there. I guess it's new. 661 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: You discovered it. You showed it to me. I was dying. 662 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: It is so funny, yet maybe we shouldn't be laughing. 663 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: What is this thing? So I'm stumbling around on my 664 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,080 Speaker 1: direct TV and I'm in the six hundred sections, so 665 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,520 Speaker 1: I'm checking out Big ten Network and SEC Network and 666 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 1: a few channels down below ESPN Classic is eleven Sports, 667 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: and I had done a couple of football games for 668 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: eleven Sports, and I know you did a little bit 669 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: for eleven Sports. The Southland Conference is connected to eleven Sports, 670 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: and so I see eleven Sports. It just as football, right, 671 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: And I'm a sucker. So I clicked to that station. 672 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: I don't know what I'm gonna see. I'm thinking this 673 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: is probably soccer, so I click it, and all of 674 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:04,080 Speaker 1: a sudden, I see what looks like these Arena League 675 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: old school arena league like zoobas looking uniforms and neon 676 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: green on one side and then all black on the other. 677 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,040 Speaker 1: And then I look and the guys in the back 678 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,959 Speaker 1: of their jerseys have like Twitter handles or nicknames. I'm like, 679 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: what am I watching it? It's the Baltimore Vikings and 680 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 1: then the other side the spank Town Boys with a 681 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: Z and I'm like, what is that? What am I stumbling? 682 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, I gotta wait for this. So 683 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: then I'm listening to the broadcast. One guy and he's 684 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,520 Speaker 1: he's the best. He is the absolute best. He I 685 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: mean he literally has very high he he It's almost 686 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: like when you go to the Rucker and there's that 687 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 1: guy that's calling the Rucker action. That's kind of like 688 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: what he's doing on a broadcast on eleven Sports, and 689 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 1: it's full contact notepads, seven on seven football, bull contact notepads, 690 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: and for some reason it works. We watched a bunch 691 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: of it. It was all for some reason. It nobody 692 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: got hurt and anything we saw, I'm sure people do 693 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: get hurt. Yeah, I'm sure they, dude, but it wasn't 694 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: like they were banging heads. They have helme, they don't 695 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 1: have helmets, so they're not gonna hit you. They're not 696 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 1: gonna lead with the head, right, They're not gonna put 697 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 1: their head in jeopardy if they can help it. Obviously, 698 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,920 Speaker 1: there must be some collisions from time to time that 699 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 1: are less than favorable. But if you think about it, 700 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: they played rugby like this. Who's the dude who was 701 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: drafted as a left tackle, Jordan Milatta. Yeah, he's probably 702 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: thinking I get to wear this uniform. I get to 703 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,960 Speaker 1: wear all this gear, this protective stuff. Gosh, but the game. 704 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 1: The Baltimore Vikings are the top team in A sevenfl 705 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 1: A seven. They're six and zero. They've scored one hundred 706 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: and forty nine points and only given up thirty six. 707 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: And as I was turning on, they were up thirteen 708 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 1: to nothing on the spank Town Boys. And then it's 709 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: so awesome. These their name, they're the Baltimore Gators. Okay, 710 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: the PA I'm not sure, Pa Patterson Patterson, New Jersey. 711 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:02,680 Speaker 1: That's why Patterson Immortals with a Z. So all the 712 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 1: teams must be in that eastern seaboard Maryland, New Jersey, 713 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 1: Delaware area. Yeah, Unfortunately, the Silk City Animals are on five. 714 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 1: What what is happening in Silk City? Fire or everybody? 715 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:16,520 Speaker 1: But I mean, we watched it, the best one. I 716 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:20,040 Speaker 1: was watching and listening, and so we were watching the 717 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: one I was showing you. The time in between plays 718 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: was cut out, so you didn't really get the true 719 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: greatness of the announcer. But they don't snap the ball. 720 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,279 Speaker 1: The ball starts in the hands of the quarterback. He 721 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,479 Speaker 1: puts it out there and as soon as he moves 722 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:39,120 Speaker 1: the ball they go, but there's motion, there's all it was. 723 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 1: It was interesting thought of a lot of people were 724 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,280 Speaker 1: saying the problem in the NFL with concussions as helmets 725 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: their weapons. Take the helmets off, and everyone's thinking, you're crazy, 726 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 1: Maybe we should go back to leather helmets. I don't know. 727 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,520 Speaker 1: In flag football, I'm talking about twelve year old flag football. 728 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: A lot in flag football, we have to wear these 729 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 1: little sort of tiny padded help They kind of look 730 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,800 Speaker 1: like if you squint your eyes, they look like helmets, 731 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 1: you know, from a distance. The players when you when 732 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 1: you see them in the distance, they do look like 733 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: those old school leather helmet guys and those rock me 734 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,320 Speaker 1: like at seven on seven when they do the Elite eleven, 735 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: those guys the players are now wearing those. Yeah, just 736 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 1: kind of a preventative. It's minimal protection, but it's there. Yeah, 737 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: And it's like forty Elite eleven or seven on seven. 738 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:28,640 Speaker 1: They're not supposed to be contact, right, but invariably, Look, 739 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,800 Speaker 1: you have guys fighting for football. Oh you don't do it. 740 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,440 Speaker 1: Bigger they are the more you get because you have 741 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,360 Speaker 1: jump all situations, guys sitting the ground, whatever things happen, 742 00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 1: all right, let's get to some other stuff now. I 743 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,520 Speaker 1: like talking about that. You know what, I attribute this 744 00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:45,800 Speaker 1: to offseason. Yes, we are starving for football action. Please 745 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:47,960 Speaker 1: bring it soon. It was fun to watch them on 746 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: the Houston Methodist Training Center practice fields today. The Texans 747 00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:53,600 Speaker 1: out there all week. No, not open to the public. 748 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 1: The reason why I bring that up is because I 749 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,680 Speaker 1: get those questions every year. Is it open to the public. 750 00:35:57,719 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: I think it's a good question. They open training camp, 751 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,600 Speaker 1: practice is up when they're here. Is this open? No, 752 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 1: it is not, but we will cover it for you. 753 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,120 Speaker 1: Houston Texans dot com go check out the videos from 754 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: today's work. All right, Johnny, the Patriots, Brady, not at 755 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:15,040 Speaker 1: OTA's Belichick. I'm only going to talk about the guys 756 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:16,919 Speaker 1: who are here, not the guys who are not here. 757 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 1: And you know, Belichick could say anything like I love you, 758 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 1: and it would sound horrible if he says it. It 759 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: is press conference monotone delivery, So who knows how things 760 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,399 Speaker 1: are really going. Of course, Brady doesn't have to be there, 761 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:34,040 Speaker 1: and the older he gets, probably the more he shouldn't 762 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: be there, you know, to risk anything. Yet you get 763 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: the feeling maybe he should be there because he's so competitive, 764 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:41,960 Speaker 1: But what else do you have to do if you're 765 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,880 Speaker 1: if you're still a professional football player. Well, it's a 766 00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:48,120 Speaker 1: it's a great point. It's funny because when you when 767 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,799 Speaker 1: a team wins a championship and you ask him, hey, 768 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,920 Speaker 1: what was the key to winning the championship, how often 769 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,360 Speaker 1: do you hear, well, look, we were all together for 770 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,120 Speaker 1: the conditioning program, we were all there for OTAs. It's 771 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:02,000 Speaker 1: where our team ending starts, and then through training camp, 772 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 1: et cetera. You you always hear about that. The flip 773 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,640 Speaker 1: side of it is is if you don't have a guy, 774 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:12,400 Speaker 1: does that mean The one thing it does is it 775 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,200 Speaker 1: allows Brian Hoyer for them to get a lot of 776 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 1: reps in an offense that he knows and knows pretty well, 777 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,520 Speaker 1: so he gets a lot of reps. I can't go 778 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:20,120 Speaker 1: I can't go there with you. But but no, that's 779 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,560 Speaker 1: what I'm saying that the positive of that is is 780 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,719 Speaker 1: really minimal. If you had a Garoppolo, for instance, then 781 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,799 Speaker 1: I'm with you because because you're developing a younger guy 782 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:31,600 Speaker 1: and you want to see him get those reps. Hoyer, 783 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:33,560 Speaker 1: it's like, you know, he's been alread, he's played here 784 00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:35,720 Speaker 1: in two thousand and nine. But that's what I'm saying, 785 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,759 Speaker 1: you're not really Brian Hoyers, that is seeing what he 786 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,560 Speaker 1: can do, what he can to do, You're not gonna 787 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,920 Speaker 1: get getting him extra reps with Edelman and Gronk, and 788 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:50,200 Speaker 1: if Gronk's even there, I think I never really want 789 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: to make a big deal out of something that's supposed 790 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,800 Speaker 1: to be voluntary or that is voluntary that these players 791 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:59,040 Speaker 1: show up to. But it's a thing with everything. Listen, 792 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,439 Speaker 1: you we You can poo poo it all you want, 793 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:05,880 Speaker 1: but all the Austin when Amndola signed with the Dolphins, 794 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,719 Speaker 1: there were guys on social media saying, hey, man, go 795 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 1: be free, go go. I mean, it just starts to 796 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:13,920 Speaker 1: pile up after a while when you look at it 797 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:17,680 Speaker 1: and go maybe maybe they just have had enough of 798 00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,719 Speaker 1: the way things are done. And I can't remember. I 799 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,640 Speaker 1: just I understand what you're saying. I can get it. However, 800 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:27,399 Speaker 1: you're going to the Super Bowl every year? How bad 801 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,400 Speaker 1: is life? You're going to the AFC Championship Game of 802 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. You could open up a restaurant under 803 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:33,879 Speaker 1: your name, even if you're a role Matthew Slater could 804 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:36,080 Speaker 1: open up Slaters and if he does that in any 805 00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:39,360 Speaker 1: other city doesn't mean anything in New England. He's a legend. 806 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:42,280 Speaker 1: Matthew Slater is a legend in New England. And he's 807 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: just a special teams guy. But what of their teams? 808 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:48,080 Speaker 1: As Tom Brady played for? What other team? Yeah, well, 809 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 1: any other NFL team? What team is Matthew Slater played for? 810 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:53,920 Speaker 1: And Matthew Slater hasn't made one of their team? Has 811 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,319 Speaker 1: Grant paid for in the league? Right? My point is 812 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:02,479 Speaker 1: your perspective of their perspective in some such because it's 813 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,480 Speaker 1: only the Patriots way looking at it. If they were 814 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:08,759 Speaker 1: to step into the Browns building, or they were to 815 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 1: step into I don't know, the Chiefs building, they would 816 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:15,560 Speaker 1: walk in and go whoa, whoa, whoa, We'll wait a second. This, No, 817 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:19,279 Speaker 1: this is how you They would have an appreciation for 818 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,200 Speaker 1: how things are done. And I'm not saying that they don't. 819 00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:25,360 Speaker 1: But when you have that, that's your sole perspective. You 820 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:28,040 Speaker 1: hear from all your other teams, other teams. You know, 821 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:30,040 Speaker 1: we have guys you know from other teams and they're 822 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,279 Speaker 1: talking about how they do things and they've seen a 823 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:35,400 Speaker 1: press conference. Um, and you know Gronk in particular, you 824 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,319 Speaker 1: know Gronk just wants to let it all go. But 825 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:39,799 Speaker 1: then when he celebrates and you know, has an end 826 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:43,040 Speaker 1: zone celebration, he ends up getting not fine for it, 827 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,600 Speaker 1: but he gets ah, you know, he gets a talking 828 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,040 Speaker 1: to about it. You know, that's not the way we 829 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,439 Speaker 1: do things here in New England. And look, Gronk could 830 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,120 Speaker 1: go do the he could do that somewhere else and 831 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,080 Speaker 1: everybody'd be like, oh great, and Gronk's like, yeah, I 832 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,760 Speaker 1: can Gronk spike wherever and I could talk about whatever. 833 00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:58,759 Speaker 1: But man, you know what, we're not winning and we're 834 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 1: not getting in the end zone either as much. Right, 835 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:03,920 Speaker 1: And there's that exactly. You know, you do bring up 836 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,279 Speaker 1: a good point. That's all they know. And maybe they 837 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,080 Speaker 1: do get tired of it after a while, but you 838 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,360 Speaker 1: know what they should all and Brady's been around forever, 839 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,920 Speaker 1: so his perspective is different. But these younger guys just 840 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,960 Speaker 1: get on your knees and thank your creator that you 841 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:18,919 Speaker 1: play for a team that goes to the super Bowl 842 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:23,759 Speaker 1: every year. That is great living in professional sports. All right, 843 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,400 Speaker 1: One more thing, Leonard Fournette apparently slimmed down in Jacksonville. 844 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,680 Speaker 1: What do you make of that? If anything? I think 845 00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:32,080 Speaker 1: you needed to. I think you needed to. It's funny. 846 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:35,040 Speaker 1: I was thinking about Fournette this morning because I saw 847 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:38,839 Speaker 1: something on Twitter. Somebody was somebody made a comment, Hey, 848 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,040 Speaker 1: they show Casey Hayward and Leonard Fournette, and Fournette was 849 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:44,960 Speaker 1: fifty eight on the player's list and Hayward was fifty nine, 850 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:47,360 Speaker 1: and the tweet was which one would you rather have? 851 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,680 Speaker 1: And my answerent reaction was, I'll take Hayward because he 852 00:40:49,719 --> 00:40:52,359 Speaker 1: can cover somebody. Wow. And then I got me thinking 853 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:58,400 Speaker 1: about Fournette, and look, Fournette. Fournette's Fournette is the proverbial 854 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:02,120 Speaker 1: home run hitter. He's gonna strike out a lot because 855 00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:05,000 Speaker 1: he's not a guy that makes people miss. He's just 856 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:08,399 Speaker 1: blunt trauma. He just runs guys over. But the thing 857 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:10,920 Speaker 1: is is if you if you miss up front and 858 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,400 Speaker 1: he slips it, He's got four four speeds, so he 859 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:18,360 Speaker 1: can take one. One guy's out of place on the defense. 860 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,120 Speaker 1: He can take that ninety like he did against Pittsburgh. 861 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,560 Speaker 1: But he's gonna be to me if you are sound 862 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,719 Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, Leonard Fournette is 863 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,560 Speaker 1: not gonna be able to beat you like other backs 864 00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:31,239 Speaker 1: in this league can beat you, but he's just gonna 865 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:34,560 Speaker 1: take a toy saw that Game one. He just he's 866 00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:39,600 Speaker 1: just gonna pound and pounds and then Bortless play actions. 867 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:43,799 Speaker 1: So to me, Fournette's perfect for the offense, but he's 868 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:47,720 Speaker 1: not the type of running back that you can rely 869 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,800 Speaker 1: on the offense on like you couldn't have. Oh, I 870 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,520 Speaker 1: don't know. I shouldn't say it that way because the 871 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,439 Speaker 1: focus is gonna be on him, but you can bring 872 00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,520 Speaker 1: a lot of people to the party to stop him, right, 873 00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:59,920 Speaker 1: But that does open up things for Blake Bortles, and 874 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,560 Speaker 1: that's where Bortles I think improved last year because he 875 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,799 Speaker 1: did see some more openings because of Fournett's presence. I 876 00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:07,440 Speaker 1: just think there are some other running backs in the 877 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,200 Speaker 1: league that I would want. David Johnson, Levion Bell. I 878 00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,520 Speaker 1: think those are guys that I would absolutely take before 879 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,200 Speaker 1: Leonard Fournette. Fournette's gonna be a couple of yards here, 880 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:19,040 Speaker 1: a few yards there, ninety five to the house, you know, two, 881 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:20,719 Speaker 1: three weeks later, whatever the case might be. So he 882 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,480 Speaker 1: might be bottled up for a while, but if you 883 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:26,759 Speaker 1: give him one opening, he's taken off. So I'm not 884 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:28,759 Speaker 1: surprised at all that he's slimming down. I think he 885 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:30,360 Speaker 1: needs to. I think if he wants to have a 886 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:32,080 Speaker 1: little wiggle to his game where he can make people 887 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:34,440 Speaker 1: miss a little bit more, that's gonna help him, because 888 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:36,680 Speaker 1: if he runs with that style, he's out of the 889 00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:39,399 Speaker 1: league in six years. All right, Johnny, thanks a lot 890 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,560 Speaker 1: for joining us. Yeah, Mark, thank you. That's John Harris. 891 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,440 Speaker 1: Read his stuff on Houston Texans dot com. You can 892 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,120 Speaker 1: listen to the show later on iTunes or tune in 893 00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:51,320 Speaker 1: or wherever fine podcasts are available. Thanks so much to 894 00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:53,560 Speaker 1: Joe Webb for being down the program tonight. Have a 895 00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:55,440 Speaker 1: great evening everyone, and go Texans.