1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: Happy month, everybody. July first, we are in the month 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: in which training camp will start. Twenty four days from today, 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: the Texas will hit the field. Mark and I will 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: be doing Texas Training Camp live the Houston Methodist Trainings 5 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 1: and are so excited to have it all back in Houston. 6 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: Welcome into tonight's show. This is going to be theme 7 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: week and I'm gonna be your host for that. John 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: Harris Football Analysts, the Side one Reporter And you're going wait, 9 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: a second theme week? What do you mean my theme week? Well, 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: let me give you a couple behind the curtain things. 11 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: First of all, everybody in the buildings out this week. 12 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: This is vacation for everybody. I'm not just talking players 13 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 1: and staff, coaches, etc. Everybody from accounting to HR to us. 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: Everybody's out of the building this week, so we're all 15 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: on vacation. Wink wink. Now, if something were to happen, 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: a football teams never really truly always on vacation. If 17 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: there was something that needed to happen, it'll happen. And 18 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: if it does, we'll break into the coverage throughout the 19 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: week and give it to you live. But the plan 20 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: is this week it's theme week. And what I mean 21 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: by that, well, every day this week is gonna have 22 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: a theme. Tonight's theme is called life in the NFL. 23 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: We got a couple of guys that played in the NFL, 24 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: one that played the NFL Europe. We've got one of 25 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: the best individuals you're gonna meet in the Texans building 26 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: who you may have never heard of, but when you 27 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: see the Texans play, it's pretty much a direct result 28 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: of what that guy does for those players every day. 29 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: And I'm talking about Director of Equipment Services, Mike Parson. 30 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: Mike is one of the best guys you're gonna find. 31 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: But every single piece of equipment, everything you see the 32 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: Texans wear, the coaches where, everybody where put on whether 33 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: it and it doesn't matter when you see him on 34 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: the side, that chee and gump, that's all Mike Parson. 35 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: He's all take control of all of that. Now this year, 36 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: I can imagine not going to Greenbrier probably makes Mike 37 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: gap here than anybody else. But Mike sat down with 38 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: Deep to talk about his life in the NFL, in 39 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,000 Speaker 1: his role, in his responsibilities here with the Houston Texans. 40 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: Here's Deep with Mike Parson. Let's talk about your typical 41 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: work week because right now, I know you're gearing up 42 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: for the season, but once the season hits, you're busy 43 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: every single day. So walk me through what a typical 44 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: game week sort of looks like for you. So the 45 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 1: biggest thing for us game week. It usually starts as 46 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: soon as the game is over and usually is all right, 47 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: let me see who traded jerseys? Oh, because this now 48 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: impacts your job. This is a big thing, and we 49 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: can attribute this to soccer. I think yes, uh, players 50 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: seeing guys swapping the jerseys. It's cool for fans and 51 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: people in the media to see. But is this a 52 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: huge headache for you because you gotta keep track of 53 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 1: jerseys and who gave away what. I wouldn't say it's 54 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: a headache. I will say it's more of a nightmare 55 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: because and the reason why why is that why can't 56 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: you just replace the jersey? Here's the deal. I know 57 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: that everybody think that we have the unlimited amount of 58 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: jerseys available to the players, which we don't. We kind 59 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 1: of don't, but we kind of do. And so as 60 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: soon as the game is over, I'm trying to figure 61 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: out who traded and automatically know that everybody wants to 62 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: Shaun Watson's jersey, so I'll order adequate amount of jerseys 63 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: for him. At the end of the year. Most people 64 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: won't Hopkins jersey. A lot of people want JJ jersey, 65 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: but JJ loves his jersey a certain way, so he don't. 66 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: He don't really trade it. He'll send him another jersey. 67 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: But the issue that comes in play is if you 68 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: have a short week, a Thursday night game and you 69 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: win that same uniform. We had this issue probably about 70 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: three years ago. We were going on the road and 71 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: I received the jersey the morning we left. Oh. So 72 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 1: that's that's why I said, that's a little stressful. It's 73 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: very stressful, and we have a backup jersey for everyone. 74 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: So yeah, I was gonna say, in the worst case scenario, 75 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna go out in something name worst case scenario, 76 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:19,839 Speaker 1: we haven't. It may not be exactly how they like 77 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: it exactly. And the thing is, we always want to 78 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 1: have the exact replica of a jersey for a player 79 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: available chest in case. I don't know if you saw, 80 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: I was gonna bring up DeAndre Hopkins one game where 81 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 1: his jersey was torn and hanging off his body, like, 82 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: are you thinking about instances like that. Does he have 83 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: time to even change I guess it's in the first half. 84 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: We could, we could have changed it, but he did 85 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: not want He liked it. He got a lot of 86 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: publicity for that. I kind of liked that. Trust me, Nike. 87 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: I had a message from Nike as soon as I 88 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: got on the bus. You tell about the game in Baltimore, right, Yeah, 89 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 1: it was before I even got on a plane. I 90 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 1: had a I had Nike people calling me. What were 91 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: they They were probably not happy, Well, they were worried 92 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: that it was an issue with them. Okay, the jersey, 93 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: but it really wasn't a man hot He had quite 94 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 1: a few defenders hanging on him, so that yeah, he 95 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: took the scissors to the jersey before the game and 96 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: then the guys they were they were holding him but him. 97 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: But through that experience, we were able to develop a 98 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: jersey for him that now he don't have to cut 99 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: it anymore. So that's one of them. So what does 100 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: he cut exactly? Is he giving himself a little bit 101 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: of space in the little space on his arms? Basically, 102 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: and every every every player on the team have a 103 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: certain way they like the jerseys, and I don't have 104 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: a life, so I know how they want him, and 105 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: I worked with my seamsters. She does a good job 106 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: of whatever specification they like him. Like the Shaun Less 107 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: jersey really tight, and he's probably on the quarterback in 108 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 1: the league where it takes two equipment managers to put 109 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: his shoulder pass on him. Because it's really really tight 110 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: and he needs it really tight. It's probably good for 111 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: him for for his game. I can see why it'sn't 112 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: for him. It's people might think it's a vanity thing, 113 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 1: but I would think also it's harder to grab onto 114 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: him when there's not a jersey floating around. Yeah, but 115 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: it's tight in his body, but he has enough space 116 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: in the arms for mobility exactly. Okay, so we worked 117 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: with Nike and we got that right. They love it, 118 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: but uh, that's that's the only thing about the jersey 119 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: trade is Okay, you worry about getting the product in 120 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 1: getting another jersey in. So after the game, you you 121 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 1: do your mental inventory of what jerseys you have, what 122 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: jerseys you don't have, and then what happens you send 123 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: them away to magically get washed clean for the next game. Yeah. So, 124 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 1: like I said, as a myth that players getting new 125 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: jerseys every game. That's not true. My staff they do 126 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 1: a very good job of meticulously. I mean you ought 127 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:58,279 Speaker 1: to see these guys. They're in there with serious cutting 128 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 1: threads that people don't see, taking double side of tape 129 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: and getting whatever little marks off the fabric to make 130 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,719 Speaker 1: it look brand new. We press them with our heat 131 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: press and people see me in that with a lighter 132 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: sometimes going to them just to make sure that the fabric. 133 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: If it's fraid that we just wanted to look good, 134 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: I think this is why people think that, because they 135 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: do look like brand new jerseys every single week when 136 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: they ran out there. But that's a testament to your 137 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 1: staff to metely dirty looking jerseys look like brand new 138 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: in just a week's time. Yeah, that's and that's our model, 139 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: really and truly is we don't We don't do this 140 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: for credit. We have a pride of the work that 141 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: we do and we want game day to be as 142 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: smooth as possible for the players and coaches. So all 143 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,800 Speaker 1: they have to do is just concentrate on playing the game. 144 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: They don't have to worry about anything. And that's part 145 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: of my job is one when we go on the road, 146 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: getting everything there for every department, where it's the equipment department, 147 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 1: the video department, the athletic training room, operations to nutrition, 148 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: weight staff, anything, pr staff, anything that needs to go 149 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: on the road. I'm basically in charge of getting it 150 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: to whatever city we're going to. So you take all 151 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 1: those jerseys, you get them ready for the next game. 152 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: What happens during the week with practice, because practice you've 153 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: but they've got their practice shows, they got their shorts. 154 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: Sometimes they wear their jersey their paths. Yeah, so we 155 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: were we have practice jerseys that we were so that 156 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: that that doesn't really EmPATH us. But each week it's 157 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: a routine for us. Mondays, if we're on the road, 158 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: you know, I'm calling the visiting city, clubhouse manager, I'm 159 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: calling the equipment guy, just confirmed that we're in whatever 160 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: colored jersey we're supposed to be in. And then on Tuesdays, 161 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: communicating with the airline, um, the weights, what what we're 162 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,680 Speaker 1: gonna be traveling with underneath the plane, making sure that 163 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,599 Speaker 1: trucking is lined up because we truck a lot of 164 00:08:55,640 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: stuff to the opposing city now, So it's just a 165 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: lot of logistical stuff, a lot of communication with the staff, 166 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: different departments. You may sure everybody's own the same. What 167 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: are you trucking to the games other than just the 168 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: gear that the players are solie believe it or not. Uh, 169 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: we spend a lot of time packing up stuff that 170 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: we may need that we never touch. Motto is better 171 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: than need and not better than need and have than 172 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,439 Speaker 1: having not having need. This sounds like my packing motto 173 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: because I take everything with me when I go into 174 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: everyone makes I know. I know what you mean, though 175 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: I don't and I don't even want. I don't even 176 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: want to tipt it better better to better to have 177 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: and not need than in need and that and not 178 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: have it. There you go, Now, I totally, I totally 179 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: co sponsor that method of packing. Yeah, so what does 180 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: that include? Who? Everything? Uh? Any type of T shirt, 181 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:54,720 Speaker 1: any type of bubblegum, any type of shoes, shower shoes, cleats. 182 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: We have extra cleats, uh, detached cleats in case we 183 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: want to grad field and the surface is not as 184 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: good if there's a possibility of rain. Even if there's 185 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: not a possibility of rain, we bring everything with us. 186 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: Cold weather Yeah, I was gonna say cold weather games, 187 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 1: you have to pack all the winter gear because you 188 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: don't know what it's gonna be like on the sidelines 189 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: for everybody. For everybody. That's for coaches, staff players. We 190 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: have all kinds of hot packs. We you know, I 191 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 1: picked some of my counterparts in the cold weather cities 192 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 1: because we had a lustral planning indoor facility every week 193 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: for home games. So you know, I have my friends 194 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 1: up in Philly and stuff like that, data give me 195 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 1: some of their tips that they use. But we try 196 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: to think of everything, try to make the player comfortable, 197 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: but don't mess with their performance. Okay, So when you're 198 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: talking about packing, I can't help but think about the 199 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: Greenbrier and how just a few years ago I remember 200 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: seeing you start taking inventory early on about everything that 201 00:10:58,120 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: needed to go up to the Greenbrier because you really 202 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: just had to move almost the entire facility there right 203 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: pretty much were you in charge, were you were in 204 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: charge of, like the weight room, like a lot of 205 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: the machines went up there as well. Yes, so everything 206 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 1: that came from Energy Stadium to the Green Borer. Uh, 207 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 1: I had to get it up there. And thank god 208 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: we have a good uh relationship with Jack Coo because 209 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: we took semis full of gear for every department up there. 210 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I remember seeing all the semi trucks. It 211 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: seemed like we basically emptied up the stadium into those 212 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: trucks pretty much. And you have to have it up 213 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 1: there because you're moving the entire operation and if somebody 214 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: needs something, you gotta have it right. There's no there's 215 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: no running out to the store over there. There's no Hey, 216 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: NFL store for equipment because you're isolated up there in 217 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: the beautiful mountains of West Virginia. Was that stressful for you? 218 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: The first year, it was very stressful because you just 219 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: didn't know what the spat. But last year was so 220 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: much easier because you know, we had one year being 221 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: up there on the our belt. We knew everybody up there. 222 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: You knew what they had up there and where you're 223 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: gonna need absolutely And I enjoy going up there because 224 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: the weather was beautiful. You did, I thought you would 225 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: be like me, one of the few people just so 226 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: happy to not have to move up there. For I'm 227 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: happy we're not going back up there. But I did 228 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: develop a relationship with some people up there, and I 229 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 1: love golfing, and they have world class golfings. They do 230 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 1: they do and it's it's it's gonna be a place 231 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:36,719 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go vacation. But is that right? But now 232 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: you don't have to pack six semi jerks to get there. 233 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: And the biggest thing is I actually have a summer 234 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: now because used to I would only take one week 235 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: off the fourth of July week because it's just so 236 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: much to get packed up and just thinking about once 237 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: you get there. You already up there. Now you're thinking 238 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 1: about getting back because once you get up there, you 239 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: gotta get it back. You gotta go to Kansas City. 240 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: And we didn't even just come straight back because the 241 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: first year we went to Caroline, I played, then went 242 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: back and back, and the last year was Kansas City. 243 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 1: So then you have to figure out what goes back 244 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 1: to Houston because obviously you don't need all the machines 245 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: and the weights and stuff, and so you've got to 246 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: basically there's a fork in the road with the equipment 247 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: after that comes back. So what I did last year 248 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: was I was like, you know, we're gonna play in 249 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: Kansas City. So what I do is me and my guys, 250 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 1: all of our game trunks that we normally take on 251 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 1: the road with us, we left here in Houston, and 252 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 1: my clubhouse manager my trucker. They packed everything up on 253 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: the truck and I washed them with my checklist via 254 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: FaceTime and checked everything off, checked everything off the list, 255 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: and then that truck medicine Kansas City, and while we 256 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: were playing the game, all the semis that were at 257 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: the Greenbrier that was getting loaded on the last day, 258 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: they were being unloaded here because when we get back 259 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: from Kansas City, we need to be able to walk 260 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: into the facility and have it set up in ready, 261 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: it's ready to go. Like everything you need to be 262 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: leap frogging. There's no lad time. So do you have 263 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: nightmares about forgetting stuff? Because I always have this where 264 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:15,840 Speaker 1: I'm on my way to the airport and I'll go 265 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 1: through a mental checklist of what i could have forgotten, 266 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: which seems pointless because at that point I'm not going 267 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: to turn on and get it. But do you ever 268 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: like worry? Does this keep you up at night like 269 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: I may have forgotten something really important? No, my first 270 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: couple of years it did. But when you have such 271 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: a good group of co workers teammates like I have, 272 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: they don't. When I tell you the guys that I 273 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: work where they take pride in what they do, and 274 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: we have so many good processes that we do and 275 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: we really prepare, Like I mean, I say, you have 276 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: to be highly highly organized. Are you just a type 277 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: a personality outside of your job. You've got to be, Mike, 278 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: there is no way that you could do this job 279 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: and not be organized. I like organis, but but you 280 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: have to be able to adapt because in this business, 281 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: you don't know what's gonna happen, and it's always a 282 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: high pressure situation. Say like we have a helmet math 283 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 1: function doing the game, like a equipment break, you have 284 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: to get that fits because you don't want the player 285 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: to miss more than to play. It could be a 286 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: critical part of the game. So we have backups too 287 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: pretty much everything. And that's the only thing really and 288 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: truly that keeps me up is something happening during the game, 289 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: leaving something. It really doesn't keep me up because I 290 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 1: feel like we prepared. We prepared for that all week, 291 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: so you know, we got a good routine down. Because 292 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: I'm down on the sidelines and I've got to deal 293 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: with the weather as well. Mike's always looking out for 294 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: me too. And yeah, Johnny, you have you have stuff 295 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 1: for snow, you have stuff for rain, you need anything, 296 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: let me know. I mean, he's always looking out for 297 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: me when I and I appreciate that wholely. Mike is 298 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: such a well respected guy in the building. That's our 299 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: director of equipment service for our football organization, Mike Parson 300 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: coming up. How about a pro bowler? How about Wade Smith. 301 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: Wade was here for the draft with me and Sean Pendergrass. 302 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: I had a blast. I had a blast talking football 303 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: with him, talking about his days in at Memphis then 304 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: getting drafted. Well, Drew Dorty sat down and talked specifically 305 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: about that twenty eleven season. Boy was a special one. 306 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: Life in the NFL with Wade Smith. Next right here 307 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: in Texas All Access, we continue with our theme for 308 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: the day Life in the NFL with former pro bowler 309 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: Wade Smith. I'm a huge fan of Wade. I was 310 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: a fan of his on the field, but have done 311 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: a lot with Wade over the years and got to 312 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: do Draft Saturday with him and Sean Pendergrass. It was 313 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: just a blast. Well, he sat down with Drew Doherty 314 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: and talked about being a part of one of the 315 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: best offensive lines in the NFL at the time. And 316 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: the best offensive line and the Texas are put together 317 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: in twenty eleven, and he was part of a run 318 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: of a couple of playoff years in twenty twenty twelve. Well, 319 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: that offensive line was so good and whin it was 320 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,439 Speaker 1: a big part of that celebrating life in the NFL. 321 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 1: He's Drew Doherty with former pro bowler Waits maith me, 322 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: I never am ever gonna forget Thanksgiving Day seeing you 323 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 1: guys come off the field and you it was you specifically. 324 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 1: I remember like identifying coming off the field because you'll 325 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: have just played three four days earlier, a long overtime game, 326 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,360 Speaker 1: and you want against Jacksonville and then you win this 327 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 1: That was an improbable win the way the game was 328 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: going against Detroit. I mean everything swung off that four 329 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: set touchdown quote unquote. I mean I thought the fans 330 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,120 Speaker 1: were there was like it was close to a riot 331 00:17:36,160 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: because they were throwing stuff on the field. Yeah, yeah, 332 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:41,159 Speaker 1: I mean they were, they were angry. Just five. But 333 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: I remember you coming off the field and it looked 334 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: like you y'all lost the game, all of you guys, 335 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: But I remember you, and then you've told us after 336 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:49,360 Speaker 1: the fact about your ribs. Yeah, just like, oh, man, 337 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 1: that makes sense. It's just absolutely spent man, because I 338 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: broke my ribs in the first quarter of that game 339 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 1: against Jacksonville. And if you remember that, that was the 340 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 1: game that dre five quarter game basically scores a touchdown 341 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: on the screen pass um. And then we had the 342 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,200 Speaker 1: back door that with a Thursday morning game. It wasn't 343 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: even Thursday nine eleven am game in Detroit. Had to 344 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: travel and so and it was going against UH and 345 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: Dominican Sue and Nick Fairley. That that wasn't like there 346 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,640 Speaker 1: was no UH. There was no break or anything like that, 347 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: playing within the UH, playing with the H. Not a 348 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: flat jacket, but what is the UH? I can't even 349 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 1: think of the name. Yeah, And so it was rough. 350 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: It was definitely rough. It was definitely painful, but it 351 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: was it was a lot better feeling knowing that we 352 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 1: came out with two ws. I think it would have 353 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: been even worse if we would have lost um those 354 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 1: games UM in overtime. It was a fun season. I 355 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 1: mean the sunset on Thanksgiving Day, you guys had ten 356 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: wins in the bank and you'd win another game and 357 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,720 Speaker 1: then New England on Monday. In football, happen. But that 358 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 1: was a fun season. Me. You were you were really rolling. 359 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: I had what a five game win streak, in a 360 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 1: six game win streak there at one point, Yeah, eleven 361 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,119 Speaker 1: and one. That was a nice start. Yeah. Man. We 362 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 1: played some games that people wouldn't necessarily think we're gonna win. 363 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 1: Went on the road and beat Chicago seven Chicago, both 364 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: of us were seven to one at the time. It 365 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: was I think it was Sunday night football, big time 366 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: game and it was one of It was our type 367 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 1: of game, you know what I mean. We won the game, 368 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: running the ball up front area and had a big game. Um, 369 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: playing against a formidable defense and the Bears back then, 370 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,640 Speaker 1: as you know, Brian Urlacker and Lance Briggs and guys 371 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: like eight fumbles a year. Yeah, Peanut Tiam Tillman and 372 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: Julius Peppers. They had a Peppers here and um, the 373 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 1: field was terrible. It was rondam would throw back to 374 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,239 Speaker 1: like the way the Patriots fields used to be back 375 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: in the day, where it was just slosh out there 376 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: and um and it was cold, wed and you know what, 377 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 1: we we grounded out of w And those are like 378 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: the games that you really enjoy, especially as offensive linement 379 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 1: where you know, it's like the game is on our back, 380 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: let's go out and get it. And we went out 381 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 1: and got it. Yeah, I mean our defense played really well. 382 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 1: I thought Danielle Manning was really cool for him to 383 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: go back to Chicago, and I think he got at 384 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: least one interception, maybe two, but he um, he made 385 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: some big plays up there, and so that was just 386 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: an overall that was That was one of the highlights 387 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 1: I think of that season. It was it was a 388 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,160 Speaker 1: cool season. A couple of your teammates. Heere, your teammates 389 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: are now coaching again. Hear their assistance. You got t J. Yates. 390 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: He's helping out on the offense, cushing his assistant strength 391 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: and conditioning, in addition to doing some other things as well. 392 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 1: But Yates, that's that's pretty cool. I mean he's a 393 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: former quarterback, so he can obviously help out with the 394 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: Shawn Watson and AJ McCarron. But that's not I mean 395 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: having to be in a quarterback. You know the offense, 396 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: you have to know all the offense, so he can 397 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:32,439 Speaker 1: kind of help out in some other areas as well, 398 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: maybe offensive line, even shivers, running backs. Right, you think 399 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,719 Speaker 1: about TJ. He's already a hero in the city. If 400 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: you yeah, I mean he led us on the drive 401 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,879 Speaker 1: to to win our first division against Cincinnati back in 402 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: twenty eleven, and you know, won some big ball games 403 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: against the Falcons, and when people kind of looked at 404 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: us as like, Okay, you lost Matt Shove, you lost 405 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: your quarterback. You have no shot because you lost Shove 406 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: and you lost Matt liner. Um. And so you have 407 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 1: this this third stree quarterback that's a rookie. He comes 408 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: in and tjb just became TJ and he throughout his 409 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: career with the Texans, he just coming there and win 410 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: a big game that people didn't think that he could do. 411 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: And so you have that kind of cache. He's definitely respected. Um. 412 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: In the locker room. There's there's still some guys that 413 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: are still around from those days. And and TJ just 414 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: always struck me as a type of guy coming a huddle, 415 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 1: super cool. Um. Never never the game was never too 416 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: big for him. And you gotta kind of have that 417 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: mentality as a coach. You gotta be able to be 418 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: even killed and be able to understand that you're gonna 419 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,479 Speaker 1: go through adversity, but you're gonna have to fight your 420 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: way through it. And so I think, you know, TJ 421 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: being a coach, it just makes too much sense. And 422 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: it's really cool that he gets to come back here 423 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: to Houston and that that, and and the fact that 424 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:45,479 Speaker 1: he's such a young coach that I think he can 425 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: he can bridge, um, some of the differences that you 426 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 1: might have going on between a coaching staff and the 427 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: current players. And so I think he's gonna he's gonna 428 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: be well represented um throughout the team because he's gonna 429 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: be able to communicate with the guys in ways that 430 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: maybe you know, older coach may not and be able 431 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: to see it from that perspective and be able to 432 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: relay those type of messages back and forth between him 433 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: and in the higher ups. It's wild. You talk about 434 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: the connection. So he can connect with guys like Jonathan Joseph, Yeah, 435 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: who was here when he was here. J J. Watt, 436 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 1: who was here when he's here, But then you forget 437 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,960 Speaker 1: about it. He was he was playing two seasons ago. 438 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,160 Speaker 1: So like Julian Davenport played with him, Yeah knows him. 439 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:26,640 Speaker 1: And Julio Davenport is still in the almost the infancy 440 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 1: of his NFL career and there's a lot of guys 441 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: that are his age that no TJ played in We're 442 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: in the locker room, They're in the locker room, we're 443 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: in the huddle with him. Yeah, and in critical situations, 444 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: critical moments, and know that like this is that's TJ. 445 00:22:38,920 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: And I think I think from a coach, I mean 446 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: from a player's perspective, it's like, man, wow, like like 447 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: you think about him and Cushing, like Cushing being in 448 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 1: the weight room. Yeah. Um, it's awkward, it's funny, but 449 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: it's cool at the same time, you know, talking to 450 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: some guys about like what is it like seeing clishe 451 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: as a coach now, and they're like, you know, Clishes, 452 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: he's completely, you know, all in on being a coach. 453 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: And it's it's cool to see um and like I said, 454 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: them having that ability to to be a coach and 455 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,479 Speaker 1: be respected. But at the same time, guys respect them 456 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: from the fact that what they did on the field 457 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: and what they did amongst the guys that are already here. 458 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,880 Speaker 1: UM I thought as a great thought process and implementation 459 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 1: of a culture here with the Texans by getting guys 460 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: like that to come back and coach. And it's something 461 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 1: that I've seen done, Like in New England, there's a 462 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: bunch of guys that are former players that that end 463 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:32,400 Speaker 1: up coaching up there and then they end up going 464 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 1: either staying there or going throughout the league. And hopefully 465 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 1: we can keep a t Jy Tiers as long as possible, 466 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 1: maybe eventually be an offensive coordinator, saying with Brian Cushing 467 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: and go from there. But yeah, I think I think 468 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 1: it's definitely gonna help all the guys on the team 469 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: with those guys being here. So what happens twenty eleven 470 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 1: If Albert Haynesworth doesn't squish Matchhop's foot, Matyall plays the 471 00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: wrest of the season, I'm probably wearing a ring on 472 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 1: my finger to big. Yeah, that was the type of 473 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:02,400 Speaker 1: team we have. Man, If you just give us two 474 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 1: out of them, we might have had like six or 475 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: seven key injuries that year. But let us keep match 476 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: Shop and let us keep Mario Williams. Just let those 477 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 1: two guys stay healthy for the entire season. Mario had 478 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,959 Speaker 1: five saxon five games and he goes out for the year, 479 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 1: and you have a guy like Brooks Read comes in 480 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: and has his best year of his career as a rookie, 481 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: you lose match shot. At the time, I think we 482 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:28,920 Speaker 1: were seven and three, I believe. And you know, when 483 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: you look at what happened in the playoffs, and some 484 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: of the games were lost down the stretch. A lot 485 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,639 Speaker 1: of times we were playing against the Ravens on the 486 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: road and we turned the ball over a little bit 487 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: too much. You know, it didn't it was a loss. 488 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: I still say that's one of the five best games 489 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 1: in this team's history. I mean, it was an amazing game. 490 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 1: It was an amazing game. And just looking at it 491 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: from the perspective of a guy that's up front, our 492 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: offensive line and our defensive line dominated that football like 493 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 1: we dominated that football game. And so usually when the 494 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,040 Speaker 1: offense and the defensive line dominates the game, you're gonna 495 00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: win the game. And the reason we didn't win the 496 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: game is because you know, we had a enough punt. 497 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: We had too many interceptions to me turnovers, and so 498 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: that was what called cost this game. It was still 499 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: a close game. We had the ball at the end 500 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: of the game to try to tie it up and 501 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,239 Speaker 1: send it overtime. But you turn the ball over too 502 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 1: much in the playoffs on the road against a really 503 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: good team. It's a recipe for for taking an L 504 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: and you know you can't get those those games back. 505 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:21,600 Speaker 1: And so I think that if you know, if you 506 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,239 Speaker 1: had match shot a quarterback, those turnovers, I don't think 507 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: they're gonna be there. I think that if you have 508 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,800 Speaker 1: Mario Williams still playing um stand up outside linebackers, I 509 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: mean that's it's even more dominating of a performance that 510 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 1: you have against the Ravens and we beat them and 511 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: then we go up I think we would have probably 512 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,359 Speaker 1: had to play in New England that next week, and 513 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: I think would have went up there and beat them, 514 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 1: and then I don't super, well, that's okay, that's if yeah, 515 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:46,400 Speaker 1: if your record to stay the same, but you gotta wonder, well, 516 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 1: what the record have been better with those two guys 517 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,199 Speaker 1: you're talking about. That's a good point. We probably win 518 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: a couple more beer. Maybe you have a home game, 519 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: think about that, at a home AFC championship game, and 520 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 1: maybe we didn't, maybe wouldn't had to go on the 521 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,119 Speaker 1: road to play Baltimore. Maybe would have been here to 522 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: play Baltimore. A lot of things down, no effect, butterfly effect, 523 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: all those type of things, couldn't should have would have. 524 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: But we when you look at that team and you 525 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: look at the amount of talent that was on that team, 526 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: I think on the offense there was at least I 527 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,959 Speaker 1: want to say, nine guys that either had already been 528 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 1: to a Pro Bowl, went to the Pro Bowl that year, 529 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,800 Speaker 1: or went to the Pro Bowl within two years. And 530 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: then the same with the defense. I mean you got 531 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: guys like Glover Quinn that was on that defense, Connor Barwin, 532 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: Antonio Smith, Damko Ryan's Um, Jonathan Joseph, Daniel Manning, Kareem Jackson. 533 00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: Like I'm I'm counting on my finger, I'm at nine now. Um, 534 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: that's just ridiculous amount of talent we had on the defense. 535 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,159 Speaker 1: And then you didn't look at what we had on 536 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 1: our offense. You had Duwayne myself, Chris, you had Winson, 537 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 1: Mike Brazil. Uh, you had Andre Johnson, you had Owen Daniels, 538 00:26:56,720 --> 00:27:00,560 Speaker 1: Arian Foster. I mean you even had think about running backs. 539 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 1: Our running backs were deep. That was the year that 540 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: Ben Tate almost had a thousand yards rushing Like we had. 541 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 1: We had a really good scheme that we could line 542 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,560 Speaker 1: up and put out there against anybody and be successful 543 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 1: on offense. Um, you had Way Phillips in his first 544 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: year as a defensive coordinator. You know throughout the history 545 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 1: of the league what that means. It's a major turnaround. 546 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: It's gonna be it was a major turnaround, and it's 547 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,399 Speaker 1: gonna be a group that's a dominating group and so um. 548 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: But like I said, to get in the playoffs, you 549 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,480 Speaker 1: can't turn the ball over. Yeah, be able to protect 550 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,119 Speaker 1: the football. And that's what we did not do and 551 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: that's why we did not win, win at all. I 552 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: will never forget that night doing radio after Jacoby Shoes 553 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 1: pumped that ball off his head. Oh, it's still like 554 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: a cringe. I was doing a national show at the time, 555 00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,200 Speaker 1: and I spent the whole first segment talking about that 556 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:46,959 Speaker 1: one play. Oh, oh my goodness. In our final segment, 557 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: we're celebrate life in the NFL. The guy played in 558 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: the NFL, but he also played in NFL Europe, and oh, 559 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 1: he's got some great stories and he is one of 560 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,760 Speaker 1: the best guys you're gonna want to meet. How about 561 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,200 Speaker 1: Clint Sterner's life in the NFL. Next right here in 562 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 1: Texas Access one final segment of Texans All Access on 563 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 1: this Monday evening, and it's the start of our theme 564 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 1: week and tonight's team is Life in the NFL, and 565 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,920 Speaker 1: we had our director of Equipment Services, Mike Parson on 566 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 1: this kick off the show. Then we had former pro 567 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: bowler Wade Smith in the last segment, and we turned 568 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: this last one over to well, I want to call 569 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: it Clint Sterner story Time, which is all kinds of fabulous. 570 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 1: But if you haven't heard Clint Sterner on Sports Radio 571 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: six ten year mission out a little background on Clint. 572 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: Clint played at Baytown Lee High School. Tremendous high school player. 573 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: He went to Arkansas, had a great court at a 574 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: great career as a quarterback at the University of Arkansas. 575 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: He moved on to the Cowboys and played for the Cowboys, 576 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: started a game one that start, even though there were 577 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: some people kind of passing around a little bit of 578 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 1: shade his way, which was not deserved at all. And 579 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: I say this, Clint Clinton was Clint was never gonna 580 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: be a guy that could. You know, He's not gonna 581 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: be Troy Achman, He's not gonna be Brett Farve. But 582 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 1: Clint was smart, he was tough, he was all the 583 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: things you wanted at quarterback. He just he wasn't six 584 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: four two twenty five. But if I had ago started 585 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 1: college team and I needed somebody to start it with, 586 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: Clint Stirner was the type of quarterback because he's a 587 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: guy who bounced back from some adversity. In the nineteen 588 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: ninety eight Arkansas and Tennessee on the ropes and Clint 589 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 1: unfortunately fumbled Tennessee gout in the ball. Finished off an 590 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: undefeated season with that game, and when I won a 591 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 1: national championship, Clint bounce back the next year and was tremendous, 592 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: absolutely tremendous. And then he had some time with Dallas Cowboys. 593 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:44,479 Speaker 1: He also spent some time in what was called NFL Europe, 594 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: and he sat down with Drew Doherty after a stint 595 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 1: on Texas three sixty and talked about that time time 596 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: of his as a player, his life in the NFL, 597 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: and also his life in NFL Europe. Let's go back 598 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: about just under twenty years. You're a young guy right 599 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 1: out of college and you're getting paid to do your 600 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: job in a foreign country. What was NFL Europe like, 601 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 1: Well you add to that, I mean I was a 602 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: South Texas guy and I had left the state of 603 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: Texas one time in my life before um, I guess 604 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: before I started going on I go went on a 605 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 1: couple of recruiting trips, but it was like LSU, Yeah, Nashville. 606 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 1: I had never left this four or five state region 607 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 1: in my life. You know, I would call it the 608 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,240 Speaker 1: Deep South, you know, I'd never left that Arkansas, Oklahoma, 609 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: in Tennessee obviously, Louisiana, and I had gone on a 610 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: family trip. We drove over to Mobile, Alabama. One time. 611 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: We got there and there was the tide had come 612 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: up and gone back down, and there were jellyfish everywhere. 613 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 1: I was like, get me the hell out of here. Literally, 614 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: there was jellyfish everywhere, all over the front yards of 615 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: these beautiful homes that were on the on the gulf, 616 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: and uh, you couldn't step on the because they stening 617 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: your feet. So it was a hell of a trip. 618 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: But anyway, you know, add that to the mix, and 619 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: so when I get sent over there, I'm nervous. Well 620 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: years this again, two thousand. So it's just I got 621 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,720 Speaker 1: played with the Cowboys for a year in the off season. 622 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,120 Speaker 1: The way that works is the team was required to 623 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,320 Speaker 1: send five guys over there that was on their roster 624 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 1: and then they had to pick up guys off the 625 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,960 Speaker 1: streets and sign them to the off season roster and 626 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,840 Speaker 1: send them over. But you had a players. The league 627 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 1: was made up of most e was mostly there for 628 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: a players. They would send their five guys over and 629 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 1: half the teams in the league would actually use it. 630 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: The other half didn't want it to be around. So 631 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 1: it was a little bit of a battle from an 632 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: ownership standpoint, but from a players standpoint, it was it 633 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 1: was a lot of fun. Man. We go to We 634 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,880 Speaker 1: go to Tampa Bay for three weeks for training camp. 635 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: It was a really cool set up that they put 636 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 1: us up. They feed us obviously, go to worst places 637 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: in the Yeah, that's a fun place. And we were 638 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: in Saint Pete too, So we were right on the water, 639 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 1: I mean one team. One team was actually on the beach. 640 00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 1: We were kind of we were on the opposite like 641 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 1: an on a on a bay, on an inlet in 642 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: the inland side of it. And this is you're all 643 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,120 Speaker 1: of you, guys. All six teams broke you up by 644 00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: your team, right, All six teams go to Tampa for 645 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: training camp, and each team had a team hotel in 646 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: a different part of Tampa clear Water that that whole region. 647 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: There were there other team Like so you had a 648 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: few Cowboys teammates, but weren't there some other NFL teams 649 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:16,240 Speaker 1: that had Yeah, yeah, so we had Green Bay. It 650 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: was Cowboys, Green Bay, Denver Kyle. The Redskins had to 651 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,719 Speaker 1: be kind of weird. Yeah. Well, now because we all 652 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: had the same uniform on and we look, we were 653 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: all fighting to get a job. That nobody was coming 654 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:30,720 Speaker 1: over to Europe that had made two million dollars a 655 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: year before. I mean, everybody coming over there was minimum 656 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: or trying to get trying to get a jersey essentially. 657 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: So um, they had we had little stickers on the 658 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 1: back of our helmet, you know that that told what 659 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,719 Speaker 1: team you were with. Um, but man, it was cool. Man. 660 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 1: I went over there. We went Scotland, and Scotland is 661 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: a tough, tough place to live. I enjoyed it. I 662 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: wasn't really a big Braveheart guy, you know, so, um, 663 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: I got into Braveheart. I watched the movie. I traveled 664 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 1: to the countryside, saw the castles were really cool. I 665 00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: could have done all of that in about a week 666 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 1: or two and come back to the States, but I 667 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: had to stay there for three months and so the 668 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,600 Speaker 1: weather was awful. Um it was. It would rain it 669 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,760 Speaker 1: literally the first they told us about this weather issue, 670 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,560 Speaker 1: and literally the first practice we practiced at a soccer facility. Right, 671 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: Soccer is real big over there, so the facilities weren't bad. 672 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 1: But we get there and we're walking out to the 673 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,720 Speaker 1: field and I'm like, we get to the practice field 674 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: and it's it's the field was built. It's like they 675 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: took up built a big hill and cut one hundred 676 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: yard and top off of it, you know, so you 677 00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: had one hundred yard Your field was lifted like ten 678 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: or twelve feet off the ground on this hill so 679 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:32,080 Speaker 1: it wouldn't flood. Yeah. I was like, what the hell 680 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: is this? Why are we practicing on a hill? And 681 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,240 Speaker 1: they said, well, because it rains so much and and 682 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 1: the ground is so saturated that they have to lift 683 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,080 Speaker 1: it to keep it, you know, the field from really 684 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: just tearing up essentially. And so we go to practice. Man, 685 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: it rains, it sleets, and its sunshines all in a 686 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,200 Speaker 1: two hour span. And I thought, right then, boy, this 687 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: is gonna be a hell of a three months now, 688 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a hell of a run. Here, boys, 689 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 1: buckle up so um, But yeah, I mean, what were 690 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: you doing when you were not doing football all stuff? Well, 691 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,280 Speaker 1: we were in a team hotel, so it's actually like 692 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: a big I mean I was taking I was not 693 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: in a fraternity. We had like a dorm, you know. 694 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: I mean you had you get really close to the 695 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 1: guys that you played over there with because some of 696 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 1: them that are married, they're away from their wives. I mean, 697 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,880 Speaker 1: everybody's away from family. It's all you got. It truly 698 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,800 Speaker 1: is a situation where it's all you got and so 699 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:19,400 Speaker 1: you make the best of it. Uh. The thing was 700 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,279 Speaker 1: a lot of guys are video where video game guys, 701 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: so they loved it. They just hold up in the 702 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,360 Speaker 1: room and play video games all day. I'm not a 703 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,719 Speaker 1: video game guy, so I was. I was always out 704 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: running the streets, going trying to find a good restaurant, 705 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 1: or trying to go to a soccer game, or or 706 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 1: just out cutting up somewhere. We had a casino across 707 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 1: the street, underground casino across the street, and uh, I 708 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,719 Speaker 1: spent way too much time in there and way too 709 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: much of my weekly my weekly check in there. But 710 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 1: but now, I mean it was good. I enjoyed the 711 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: hell out of it. Looking back, it's one of those 712 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:48,560 Speaker 1: things where I never would have went to Scotland. Yeah, 713 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: and not to mention when you're in Scotland, when you know, 714 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: we played in Barcelona, Spain, you played in Berlin, Germany, 715 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:57,280 Speaker 1: played in uh Ducel, North Germany. You know you played 716 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: in all these different in those places. Yeah. Yeah, they 717 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:02,839 Speaker 1: took us. So so when we traveled, this is cool. 718 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: When you traveled. We would usually travel. When I was 719 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,319 Speaker 1: in Scotland, we traveled by plane because it was an 720 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 1: island obviously. But when when I was in Amsterdam a 721 00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,560 Speaker 1: few years later, the Dolphins sent me to Amsterdam, we 722 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 1: actually did everything by train. So it was it was 723 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: really cool that you would you would travel out of 724 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:20,080 Speaker 1: day in advance and you'd leave the day after sleep. 725 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,839 Speaker 1: You'd actually have a day to hang out after the game. 726 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:24,839 Speaker 1: You knew, a man, let you hear it, that's really 727 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:26,520 Speaker 1: the only time to let your hair down a little bit. Wow. 728 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,279 Speaker 1: And the cool thing was was you like, we'd be 729 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 1: in Berlin and I'd have four dudes that I played 730 00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,840 Speaker 1: college ball with that were with other NFL teams that 731 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 1: were with the Berlin team, and so I could after 732 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:36,799 Speaker 1: the game, we could hang it at the coolest bar 733 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,880 Speaker 1: in Berlin because we usually had the sponsorships with the 734 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 1: league and the team and um and catch up with everybody. 735 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,000 Speaker 1: If your family came over, it was it was a 736 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: great time to to travel and see the city that 737 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,399 Speaker 1: I remember seeing the Brilliant Wall for the first time. 738 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 1: The crazy thing is as Americans, we study it growing 739 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: up and you know what it is from from the day. 740 00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:57,920 Speaker 1: I can remember in elementaries talking about, you know, the 741 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,359 Speaker 1: Berliant Wall and just general studies, and so it's made 742 00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: up to be this you think in your in your 743 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,560 Speaker 1: mind is separated two countries, or its separated a country 744 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:09,239 Speaker 1: and half right to two countries essentially, and in your 745 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 1: mind you think it's just this huge wall. In reality, 746 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,800 Speaker 1: I've seen bigger wall. I mean, Jerry Jones got a 747 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,240 Speaker 1: bigger wall around around his compound in Highland Park, Texas. 748 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,560 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not that big, and it was it 749 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:21,440 Speaker 1: was just it was crazy. We had guys picking up rocks. 750 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,279 Speaker 1: I got picked up a rock and that was from 751 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,400 Speaker 1: where it crumbled. Picked up a rock and threw it 752 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:27,200 Speaker 1: up against the wall. And in a local it was 753 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,640 Speaker 1: like hey, no, no, no, no, don't you can't you 754 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 1: can't do that kind of deal. So it's one of 755 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 1: those things where it's a I guess I don't know exactly, 756 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:34,920 Speaker 1: I don't remember all the history behind it, but it's 757 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,759 Speaker 1: a it's kind of a landmark or a monument, for 758 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,720 Speaker 1: a lack of better terms, that that people just protect. 759 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,440 Speaker 1: And so it was cool, man. It was those countries 760 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,319 Speaker 1: are older than our I mean there's buildings in those 761 00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 1: countries that are older than our country. Yeah, and to 762 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,600 Speaker 1: think of that as just went to Paris, imbe I 763 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:52,799 Speaker 1: went to Paris to a bunch of guys. At first, 764 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 1: I was like, Pars, I ain't going to Paris with 765 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:55,759 Speaker 1: a bunch of dudes. And then I was like, oh, 766 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,680 Speaker 1: it was really cool. Yeah. I mean, you know, we 767 00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 1: saw the Notre Dame, which just burned down obviously, but 768 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,160 Speaker 1: I mean hearing the stories behind that of how old 769 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 1: that building is and how it's older than our country, 770 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,720 Speaker 1: I mean, that's kind of stuff is amazing. That's stuff 771 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,360 Speaker 1: I never would in South Texas, in Baytown, Texas, I 772 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:12,799 Speaker 1: don't know that I've a guy too far away from 773 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,600 Speaker 1: the chemical plants had it not been for football. So 774 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,960 Speaker 1: it was a cool experience, man. Man Kunstner is absolutely 775 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 1: a riot. He is. He's a smarter football guy. He knows, 776 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:26,560 Speaker 1: he knows the game. He played quarterback. He's teaching quarterbacks 777 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 1: right now. He is molding young quarterbacks. Love to listen 778 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:31,960 Speaker 1: to him on Sports Radio six ten. I love it 779 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,799 Speaker 1: when he's in studio when I'm on because I would 780 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 1: love to do more radio with him, because I think 781 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: the two of us would do some some badass football radio. 782 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,440 Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that. I mean Ted Johnson I 783 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,480 Speaker 1: used to do that. I think Clinton I would do 784 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,840 Speaker 1: and have some some a lot of fun doing that. 785 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 1: But that was life in the NFL. One guy on 786 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 1: one side of it, Mike Parson, our director of Equipment Services, 787 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,319 Speaker 1: talking about his life in the NFL what he has 788 00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 1: to do. Wade Smith talking about the great years he 789 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,319 Speaker 1: spent here with Houston Texans as a Pro Bowl guard. 790 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,840 Speaker 1: And then Clint Sterner talking about his life in the NFL, 791 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,600 Speaker 1: including his stint in the NFL Europe. And he wasn't alone. 792 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 1: There were a lot of guys that had to spend 793 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,680 Speaker 1: some time in NFL Europe. Some guys absolutely loved it. 794 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 1: Some guys look back on it with fondness. Some guys 795 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,919 Speaker 1: like I didn't really want to go. But I think 796 00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,960 Speaker 1: there are guys with a lot of memories of that 797 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:24,000 Speaker 1: time in NFL Europe. In fact, Hall of Famer Kurt 798 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,560 Speaker 1: Warner with the NFL Europe and really it's kind of 799 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,200 Speaker 1: where he got his career kickstarted again. So appreciate Mike 800 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:35,239 Speaker 1: and Wade and Clint for their stories of life in 801 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 1: the NFL. Now, Tomorrow's theme Texans Top one hundred moments. 802 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:44,800 Speaker 1: Now only the auditory ones. When why I tell you 803 00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,520 Speaker 1: about the Texas Top one arm moments. If you're gonna 804 00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:48,399 Speaker 1: wait a second, what are you talking about? John? Well? 805 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,800 Speaker 1: We have been celebrating the Texans Top one Arm moments 806 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,279 Speaker 1: for about I guess three weeks now, and we're leading 807 00:38:54,400 --> 00:39:01,000 Speaker 1: up to the moment number one being unveiled on Monday Night, Monday, 808 00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: September ninth, leading up to the game against the Saints 809 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,960 Speaker 1: in the Astronaut Monday Night Football, the opener for the 810 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen season. Now, yes, the texts have only been 811 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,160 Speaker 1: around since two thousand and two. They are the youngest 812 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: NFL franchise. But look, we're not gonna let the Bears 813 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,200 Speaker 1: and Packers have all the fun just because they're a 814 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,719 Speaker 1: bunch of old guys. If you've following me a little franchises, 815 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 1: I should say. So we decided to get on the 816 00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,439 Speaker 1: fun and we decided to celebrate not just on the field. 817 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:28,680 Speaker 1: I mean you can look at the Bears and the 818 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:32,440 Speaker 1: Packers and just say, okay, one hundred, one hundred players, 819 00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:34,239 Speaker 1: one hundred moments. I mean you go all the way 820 00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:37,320 Speaker 1: back to the twenties, you guys like Don Hudson and 821 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,600 Speaker 1: George Hallis with the Packers and the Bears. But with us, 822 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,319 Speaker 1: well it only goes back seventeen years. We thought, look, 823 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,960 Speaker 1: let's celebrate what the franchise has done as an NFL franchise. 824 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 1: So we started counting them down, and we decided that 825 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:54,719 Speaker 1: we were gonna give an opportunity to count down that 826 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:58,759 Speaker 1: moment in some particular way. So we've done some off 827 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,120 Speaker 1: the field, we've done some on the field field, and 828 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,960 Speaker 1: I think one the other day that Mark wrote about 829 00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,840 Speaker 1: was the Expansion Draft. Getting Gary Walker and Seth Payne 830 00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,759 Speaker 1: in that expansion Draft, getting those guys to come here 831 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:14,000 Speaker 1: from Jacksonville and being a part of those early Houston 832 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,359 Speaker 1: Texans defenses was just that was a huge coup at 833 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,279 Speaker 1: the time. But Drew Dorny and I have been doing 834 00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,719 Speaker 1: Bonus in the Labs, so if you heard it in 835 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,600 Speaker 1: the Lab podcast, we've been doing that each and every week, 836 00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:29,880 Speaker 1: and we kind of nerd out and talk about different 837 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,279 Speaker 1: things that you know, we normally wouldn't talk about on 838 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: Texans All Access or you wouldn't think we would, and 839 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:38,799 Speaker 1: we kind of dive deep into things such as which 840 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,680 Speaker 1: three oilers would you want to put on this twenty 841 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,640 Speaker 1: nineteen Texans squad? You know, we do things like that, 842 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,880 Speaker 1: and so we decided, let's do some bonus in the 843 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:51,080 Speaker 1: Labs discussing these top one hundred moments, and so we've 844 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,040 Speaker 1: got a few of those for you tomorrow, the ones 845 00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,719 Speaker 1: that we have done. JJ Watt against the Colts in 846 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,080 Speaker 1: twenty twelve. Yeah, that's a game that people forget about. 847 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,720 Speaker 1: They forget a lot about that, especially in that twenty 848 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,799 Speaker 1: twelve season because they remember the Monday night loss at 849 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,880 Speaker 1: New England. But the Texas had turned back around and 850 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,640 Speaker 1: faced the Colts and the Colts were on fire sort 851 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,879 Speaker 1: of like last year, that on fire, and Watt was unbelievable. 852 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,400 Speaker 1: He was incredible in that game. The Texans wont a 853 00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,759 Speaker 1: a vision that day, the only time or the first 854 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,120 Speaker 1: time they had wanted a division at home because they 855 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:24,279 Speaker 1: had won it in Cincinnati the year before, so they 856 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,480 Speaker 1: won it at home. It's great to celebrate that at 857 00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:29,279 Speaker 1: home with the fans. They did that with a great 858 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,680 Speaker 1: game by JJ Watt. Daniel Manning as a name people 859 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,279 Speaker 1: have heard since twenty eleven around here. In twenty twelve, 860 00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,279 Speaker 1: he had a great comeback game against his former team 861 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:40,080 Speaker 1: in the Chicago Bears. Whitney Merciless had three and a 862 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,520 Speaker 1: half sacks against the Tennessee Titans, a game that I 863 00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,200 Speaker 1: distinctly remember for a number of different reasons, and it 864 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:49,040 Speaker 1: was the turning point, the turning point of that twenty 865 00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:52,040 Speaker 1: fifteen season. And then JJ Watt in twenty fourteen, in 866 00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:53,600 Speaker 1: the great season that he had could have been an 867 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:56,880 Speaker 1: MVP season if Aaron Rodgers wasn't so great with the 868 00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:01,239 Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers, but he was incredible against the Bills. Yes, 869 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,120 Speaker 1: he had one pick six, but we had nine quarterback 870 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,480 Speaker 1: hurries that day as well. So we will celebrate the 871 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,360 Speaker 1: Texas Top one hundred moments tomorrow as our theme. We 872 00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:12,480 Speaker 1: continues on Tuesday. Big thanks to Wade, to Clint, to 873 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,839 Speaker 1: Mike for joining us on this show. Appreciate you guys. 874 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:17,640 Speaker 1: We'll see tomorrow and as always, go Texans.