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Speaker 1: What's happened and everybody, Welcome to a Friday edition of

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Hundai Texans Or Radio studio.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris Football and on the sideline reporter.

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Speaker 1: Glad to be with you, and nothing like ending the

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Speaker 1: week with a visit with Texans general manager Nick Cassario.

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Speaker 2: We'll get that in a little bit.

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Speaker 1: We'll also have a little where are they now with

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Speaker 1: roe Beart Smith, one of the last guys to wear

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Speaker 1: ninety nine before Travis Johnson wore it and then I

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Speaker 1: think J. J.

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Speaker 2: Watt has been the last to wear it.

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Speaker 1: So Robert Smith will be on the show here a

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Speaker 1: little bit, and then we'll go around the NFL because

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Speaker 1: as the DeAndre Hopkins world turns, took a trip to Foxborough,

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Speaker 1: which I would say surprising but a little bit a

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Speaker 1: little bit given the history of their offensive coordinator and

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins. But then again Bill Belichick will make the

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Speaker 1: decision on that, so we'll see what happens with DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 1: But Sunday he's going to Tennessee, so he's in New England,

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Speaker 1: He's at Tennessee and we'll see where the talented pass

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Speaker 1: catcher ends up very very soon.

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Speaker 2: Maybe not.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it takes all away training camp and waits for

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Speaker 1: a player to get hurt and then you can fill

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Speaker 1: in a spot. So we'll talk a little bit more

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Speaker 1: about the NFL goings on in our final segment, but

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Speaker 1: we kick it off with Nick Cassario.

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Speaker 2: We always a blast talking to Nick.

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Speaker 1: We talked about any number of things, including when Nick

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Speaker 1: was a kid, what did he do for summer vacation?

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Speaker 1: As I put up my hands in air quote form,

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Speaker 1: let's go mark me Nick.

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Speaker 3: Now we are delighted to be joined by general manager

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Speaker 3: Nick Cassario. Nick, how's it going? Happy summer and OTA's

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Speaker 3: a mini camp and everything else?

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Speaker 4: Good to be here, Good to see you guys.

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Speaker 3: Well, tell us how it's going right now, because we're

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Speaker 3: in that off season practice period before the long break.

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Speaker 3: So what are you seeing out there? What can you

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Speaker 3: share with us about that?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: Really, at this point, we've had a fairly productive spring

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Speaker 6: nine practices to this point, I have a few more

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Speaker 6: remaining next week kind of finish off with the mini camp.

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Speaker 6: It'll be very similar to what we've done here in

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Speaker 6: the last few weeks, but from the start to where

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Speaker 6: we are now as a team. We've made We've made

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Speaker 6: some progress. You can see both individual and collective improvement,

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Speaker 6: whether it's a position group, whether it's an overall group

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Speaker 6: offensively or defensively. The players have worked hard, they had

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Speaker 6: a good attitude, in good condition. Really, this is about

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Speaker 6: just sort of laying the foundation, getting everything installed, and

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Speaker 6: we come back in training camp kind of start back over,

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Speaker 6: but it'll move at a quicker pace and then we're

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Speaker 6: really getting ready to play football. So overall, we're pleased

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Speaker 6: with what progress that we made. And you can't speak

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Speaker 6: enough about the players, just their attitude, their approach, their

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Speaker 6: professionalism on day to day basis. The coaches have worked hard,

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Speaker 6: the players have worked hard. We've made progress. So we'll

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Speaker 6: see if we continue to build on it as we go.

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Speaker 4: Nick used the keyword install.

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Speaker 1: How important have these weeks during OTAs and mini camp been,

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Speaker 1: given the fact that new verbiage, new offense, new defense,

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Speaker 1: et cetera. How important have those week Spenser, You can

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Speaker 1: hit the ground running it in training camp.

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Speaker 6: No, it's huge, and this is a great opportunity to

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Speaker 6: maximize the time that you have with the players. We

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Speaker 6: go from phase two to phase three, you're implementing the

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Speaker 6: things that you've discussed in the classroom. Now there's an

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Speaker 6: application component once you actually get on the field, and

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Speaker 6: there's going to be things that happen at a different pace,

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Speaker 6: a different speed. And you can see just standing behind

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Speaker 6: both sides of the ball. That's where you start to

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Speaker 6: build a foundation, and you start to build the trust

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Speaker 6: with the players that are next to you, and then

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Speaker 6: you talk after the play what did you see on

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Speaker 6: that play? Well, here's the reason I made that call.

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Speaker 6: And then you go back and can watch it on

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Speaker 6: film and you correct it and you talk about it.

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Speaker 6: So there's been a lot of really good information flow

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Speaker 6: vice versa.

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Speaker 4: But this is really our.

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Speaker 6: Opportunity to practice what we've put in place, what we've

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Speaker 3: What can you tell us about the offense and how

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Speaker 3: it might look what you're seeing out here putting the

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Speaker 3: system in how Bobby Slowak's offense is going to operate.

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Speaker 6: The one thing about the spring that you probably offensively

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Speaker 6: way it's set up is it's the running game. So

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Speaker 6: kind of to John's question, that's more of in the classroom.

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Speaker 6: Here's the base, here's the scheme, here's how the plays

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Speaker 6: bit more about the passing game. So it's about the timing,

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Speaker 6: It's about the execution of the overall passing game, ball placement,

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Speaker 6: seeing coverage, reacting to what you see. I would say

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Speaker 6: it's gonna be a multiple offense. I think most offenses

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Speaker 6: you're gonna sort of build on that, but multiple formations,

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Speaker 6: multiple position groups.

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Speaker 4: I think the big thing from a player's standpoint.

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Speaker 6: Is schematically, you've probably run a lot of the same plays.

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Speaker 6: It's just how are we going to term it here?

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Speaker 6: How does Bobby call it? What is he looking for?

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Speaker 6: What is a coaching point? I think the preciseness and

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Speaker 6: the precision and the positioning of where you're supposed to

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Speaker 6: be on a play is critically important, and those are

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Speaker 6: things that you can work on during practice, you can

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Speaker 6: work on after practice, you can work on your own

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Speaker 6: in kind of pods or individual groups. Not to get

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Speaker 6: Case has done a great job of taking some of

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Speaker 6: the younger players, or taking the position group in the

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Speaker 6: morning before we meet or before practice and going through

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Speaker 6: the script, so there's an opportunity for to hear it called,

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Speaker 6: to hear the information to kind of what's my assignment

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Speaker 6: on the play. Then you get in a meeting to

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Speaker 6: So that's you're trying. You're trying to build and get

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Speaker 6: as many reps as you can. However you can do it.

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Speaker 6: So I think in training camp we'll have a better

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Speaker 6: idea the combination of the running game how it fits

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Speaker 6: with the offense. But the running game is certainly going

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Speaker 6: to be an important part of what we're doing offensively.

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Speaker 1: Nick rookies coming off of their draft experience, however, you

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Speaker 1: want to look at it. You want to see a group, obviously,

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Speaker 1: see them all improved. But this rookie group in particular,

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Speaker 1: there obviously was a lot of spotlight because you have

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Speaker 1: picks number two and three in CJ and Will. But

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Speaker 1: overall as a group, what have you seen from the

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Speaker 1: to see in that particular group.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, really three things attitude, work, ethic, and progress. So

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Speaker 6: in those three areas, the whole group is really done

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Speaker 6: a good job. They've had a good attitude, they've been

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Speaker 6: about work. They understand it's about competition. They understand it's

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Speaker 6: not about whatever expectations somebody or we may or may

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Speaker 6: not have for them. It's just about show up each day,

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Speaker 6: be consistent, be intentional with your work, and try to

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Speaker 6: make individual improvement and then try to make collective improvement

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Speaker 6: within the group that you're a part of. So from

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Speaker 6: that perspective, I mean, knock on wood, they've been out there,

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Speaker 6: they've been available, the attitude has been good, the work

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Speaker 3: Nick, the media is able to watch some practices and

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Speaker 3: there's a lot of talk about who's running with the

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Speaker 3: ones and the twos and the threes. Is there anything

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Speaker 3: less relevant right now than that? Discuss that phase of it,

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Speaker 3: that part of it for us and what to read

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Speaker 3: into those things.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, probably not. It's kind of a fun story to

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Speaker 6: talk about. But in the end, the spring is about

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Speaker 6: installation of your offense. And really what you're doing is

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Speaker 6: multiple people are working with multiple players. So because when

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Speaker 6: you think of the overall arc of the season, at

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Speaker 6: some point, whoever is in the building sixty five to

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Speaker 6: We're managing count rep count load. Some of that is

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Speaker 6: based on sports signs. Some of that is based on

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Speaker 6: what we need the player. If we get to a

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Speaker 6: point we need to pull back some we've seen enough

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Speaker 6: of certain players. Other players are going to get more reps.

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Speaker 6: So everybody works with one another. You're communicating with each other. Honestly,

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Speaker 6: it doesn't really matter who's on the field. At some point,

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Speaker 6: somebody's gonna have to be on a field. But even offensively,

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Speaker 6: you're gonna have eleven personnel, you have twelve personnel, you

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Speaker 4: You gonna have jumbo. Same thing on defense. You have

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Speaker 6: Have a dime group, And there's gonna be different people

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Speaker 6: as an example, Brandon Hill's taking some reps inside of

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Speaker 4: He's primarily been a safety. But if you enhance your.

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Speaker 6: Overall ability to learn multiple spots and show that you

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Speaker 6: you might do in a kicking game.

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Speaker 4: That's what the spring is really about. The rest of it.

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Speaker 6: I mean, it's a fun story for people to talk

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Speaker 6: about it right about but at any end it real

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Speaker 4: Get into the end of it.

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Speaker 1: Then you got this big break where the players are

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Speaker 1: players to take out of the building before they come

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Speaker 1: back into a first training camp.

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Speaker 6: Be smart, make good decisions, don't lose sight of the

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Speaker 6: work that you have to put in and continue what

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Speaker 6: you've established and put in place before training camp. So

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Speaker 6: the worst thing any player can do is when we're

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Speaker 6: done next week, really four to five weeks of sitting

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Speaker 6: to help you get ready for training camp. It's not well,

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Speaker 6: we'll get ready in training camp for the season. It

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Speaker 6: really doesn't work that way. So you have to have

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Speaker 6: the right mindset. You can be a little bit more

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Speaker 6: strategic with how you maybe you structure your day, but

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Speaker 6: have a plan. Wake up each day, what's my routine?

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Speaker 4: What am I going to do?

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Speaker 6: When am I trying to accomplish? Conditioning and work? Those

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Speaker 6: can there's plenty of things that you can work on

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Speaker 1: Nick, when you were a New England, you guys did

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Speaker 6: No, it really be a great opportunity for our team

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Speaker 3: We had a big town hall with the season ticket members,

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Speaker 3: Well, he was around somewhere taking a lot of pictures

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Speaker 6: No, I think that the support what it shows is

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Speaker 6: It's a it's a different type of forum, but it

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Speaker 1: I want it known I did not plant the best question.

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Speaker 4: I want to know right.

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Speaker 2: Fast question.

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Speaker 6: Huge important for all of us, and I think we

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Speaker 6: So which is it. It's great. I mean, honestly, really

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Speaker 6: I think one year we went to Lake Chautaqua. That

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Speaker 6: was kind of other than that. If we went away,

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Speaker 6: it was traveling for baseball. We had a baseball tournament

443
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Speaker 6: in Columbus or wherever it was, New Philadelphia, Ohio. That

444
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Speaker 6: was our vacation and that was what we look forward to.

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Speaker 6: And my parents were phenomenal about that. They never missed anything.

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Speaker 6: They always got us there. They were always supportive of

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Speaker 6: what we were trying to do. So very fond memories

448
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Speaker 6: in the summer, so it wasn't as uh Honestly, these

449
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Speaker 6: summers are a little bit slower paced than they were

450
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Speaker 6: growing up.

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Speaker 4: For you know, for my.

452
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Speaker 3: Brother and I was Cedar Point there when.

453
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Speaker 4: You were Cedar Point in Sandusky.

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Speaker 6: Yes, I wasn't a big I know this is a

455
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Speaker 6: shocking development, but I wasn't a big Cedar Point guy

456
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Speaker 6: because it was not that I didn't have time for it.

457
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Speaker 6: But I know everybody thinks I was miserable as a kid,

458
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Speaker 6: didn't have any fun. But I enjoyed sports and I

459
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Speaker 6: enjoyed working, so that was where the focus. But yes,

460
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Speaker 6: Mark Cedar Point was in Sandusky, Huge, Yes you had

461
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Speaker 6: Cedar Point in Jyaga Lake. We're sort of the two

462
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Speaker 6: amusement parks. But I was usually going to the baseball field,

463
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Speaker 6: so that's where I was going.

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Speaker 3: I've got one more football one for you, because now

465
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Speaker 3: that you've watched the whole staff coach for a few

466
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Speaker 3: weeks before you were working with them draft evaluation, player acquisition,

467
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Speaker 3: but now actually watching them on the field coaching, and

468
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Speaker 3: this kind of ties into what happened last night. The

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Speaker 3: vibe of Dimico Ryans and what he brings and the energy.

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Speaker 3: What are you seeing out there on the field in

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Speaker 3: that department the vibe Nick.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Well, I'd say just from a coaching perspective, it's energy,

473
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Speaker 6: it's communication, and they're really good teachers. And so there's

474
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Speaker 6: a lot of detail that goes into and Demiko is

475
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Speaker 6: big on fundamentals. Focus on your fundamentals and being intentional

476
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Speaker 6: with your movements on each play, whether it's your first step,

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Speaker 6: whether it's a linebacker that initial step, how you take

478
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Speaker 6: on a block, how your feed or position as a

479
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Speaker 6: receiver where you're supposed to be on the route. I'd

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Speaker 6: say the level of detail and coaching and focus. It's

481
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Speaker 6: been a lot of fun to watch. We've got a

482
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Speaker 6: good combination of some younger coaches and some veteran coaches,

483
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Speaker 6: good clear communicators, and really what you want to do

484
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Speaker 6: as a coach is just provide the player of the

485
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Speaker 6: information that they need and then not over coach it.

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Speaker 6: But no one, okay, will address that in the meeting

487
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Speaker 6: room or know how to address it. So a lot

488
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Speaker 6: of this is how you handle your players, and every

489
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Speaker 6: coach is sort of have to learn the nuance of

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Speaker 6: how the player absorbs information, how he takes the information,

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Speaker 6: how does he handle adjustments, how does he handle if

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Speaker 6: there's a mistake or something on the play.

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Speaker 4: But the staff's worked really high.

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Speaker 6: They got a great attitude, They've got a lot of

495
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Speaker 6: energy on a day to day basis, and really starts

496
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Speaker 6: at the top with Demiko and it kind of trickles

497
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Speaker 6: down to the coordinators and in the position coaches. But

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Speaker 6: it's been a lot of fun to work with this group.

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Speaker 6: They're all a bunch of great I would say people.

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Speaker 6: In addition to being you know, really good coaches.

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Speaker 3: Nick, thanks a lot for being with us. Have a

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Speaker 3: great summer. If we don't see it, but we're going

503
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Speaker 3: to see you anyway. But thank you for the visit.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, guys. I always appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: The feeling is mutual with Nick Cassari.

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Speaker 1: I love having Nick in studio, catching up before football

507
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Speaker 1: ops essentially goes on a break. We were on a

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Speaker 1: break name the show. If you can, Ah, good on you?

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Speaker 5: All right?

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Speaker 1: I said earlier, where are they now? Robert Smith coming

511
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Speaker 1: up next with Drew Dory. This is gonna be some

512
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Speaker 1: fun stuff. Stay tuned right here to Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: Maybe it's just me, but I got back to Houston

514
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Speaker 1: in two thousand and seven, and so those years two

515
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Speaker 1: thousand and two through two thousand.

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Speaker 2: And six, I'm always intrigued.

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Speaker 1: I'm always asking Mark Vandermure about those years and what

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Speaker 1: happened during that time. So I always love a little

519
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Speaker 1: where are they now with those players that didn't get

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Speaker 1: a chance to see Starting in two thousand and seven,

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Speaker 1: Robert Smith was one of them. He caught up with

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Speaker 1: Drew Doherty for a little wat and to Texans All

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Speaker 1: Access style, let's go Robert Smith or Drew Dory.

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Speaker 7: Let's go, ladies and gentlemen.

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Speaker 8: The great Robert Smith joins us here on where are

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Speaker 8: they now? You played for the Houston Texans back in

527
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Speaker 8: that first decade of the century. Doesn't feel it makes

528
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Speaker 8: me feel old having to say that, because you and

529
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Speaker 8: I are the same age. But goodness gracious, a while back,

530
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Speaker 8: but you played here. It was an interesting time and

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Speaker 8: we're gonna get into that. But Robert Smith, how you

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Speaker 8: doing and where are you these days?

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Speaker 5: Oh? Man, I'm doing great.

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Speaker 9: I appreciate you asking me and having me on, but

535
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Speaker 9: I'm still here out in Houston, you know, out here

536
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Speaker 9: living with my family and joining this good Texas weather man.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, indeed, Now you're like me. You've you've got five kids.

538
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Speaker 8: You've got four kids. We both have twins. You've got

539
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Speaker 8: You've got some kids that their chips off the old block,

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Speaker 8: aren't they athletically? Because your brother in law, Travis Johnson

541
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Speaker 8: was telling me a little bit about them about a

542
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Speaker 8: week or so ago.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean they're getting there, you know, Like you said,

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Speaker 9: I have two daughters that's older then I got my

545
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Speaker 9: twins sons. Now that they're they're fifteen years old, you know,

546
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Speaker 9: and those guys about big as me right now.

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Speaker 5: So you know, it's it's just a good thing to

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Speaker 5: sit back.

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Speaker 9: And kind of watch them going to their own to

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Speaker 9: be able to do something that they seem like they

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Speaker 9: loving to do, and to be around to help, you

552
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Speaker 9: know what I mean.

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Speaker 5: So I think that's the most important part for me.

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Speaker 7: Does that feel like a luxury?

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Speaker 8: You know, being able to be that involved because you

556
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Speaker 8: know a lot of us are parents, our dads, our moms.

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Speaker 8: They were working and they didn't have the time that

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Speaker 8: perhaps you might have right now.

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Speaker 9: I mean, yeah, you know that was a big thing

560
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Speaker 9: for me during the later parts of my career. I

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Speaker 9: wasn't able to be here in Houston with them because

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Speaker 9: when my daughters was growing up, once we got down

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Speaker 9: here in Houston, I didn't want them traveling with me

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Speaker 9: anymore because I wanted them to be stable, be in

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Speaker 9: a school system, be around people that they can call friends,

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Speaker 9: you know, for life. And now I got time now, well,

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Speaker 9: you know, I guess since the last couple of years,

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Speaker 9: I don't want to tell my age that I don't

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Speaker 9: play no more.

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Speaker 5: You know that I got time now.

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Speaker 9: The way I can grow up, I can interact with

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Speaker 9: my boys, help them with football, do some of the

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Speaker 9: things with my daughters.

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Speaker 5: So I mean, it's been a blessing with that.

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Speaker 8: I won't give your age away because it's the same

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Speaker 8: as mine, so I'll just say we're twenty nine.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, keep it at that way.

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Speaker 8: You're not from here. You played your college ball at

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Speaker 8: Michigan State. You played in some other places in the NFL,

580
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Speaker 8: but you decided to settle here and make Houston your home.

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Speaker 5: How come?

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Speaker 9: I mean, it was just like a home feeling always.

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Speaker 9: Like you say, I'm originally from Flint, Michigan. I started

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Speaker 9: off playing with the Tennessee Titans down there in Nashville,

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Speaker 9: and then once I got here, man, from the first day,

586
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Speaker 9: it's just felt like.

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Speaker 5: Home, you know.

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Speaker 9: I told my wife, we always felt like we was

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Speaker 9: going to stay either on the outskirts of Michigan or

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Speaker 9: down in Nashville. As soon as I got here, I

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Speaker 9: told my wife, I'm like, man, I think this is

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Speaker 9: where homes should be for us.

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Speaker 5: You know.

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Speaker 9: It was just a homey feel, a lot to do,

595
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Speaker 9: great weather, great people, great atmosphere, you know, and I

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Speaker 9: just loved it. And it's been it ain't been nothing

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Speaker 9: but great since then.

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Speaker 8: It's changed a lot since you decided to come to Houston,

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Speaker 8: since you came to Houston, tell me about those playing

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Speaker 8: days when you got here and what it was like

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Speaker 8: as a Houston Texan it because it was still in

602
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Speaker 8: the early days of the franchise.

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Speaker 5: Really yeah, I mean it was great. Man. It was hot.

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Speaker 5: I know that, you know hasn't changed. The first thing

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Speaker 5: that's stracted with me was it was hot. But no.

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Speaker 9: I came in with a couple of guys, some of

607
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Speaker 9: them with vets and some were younger, you know, the

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Speaker 9: guys like.

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Speaker 5: Jamie Sharper, Kylie Wong.

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Speaker 9: Those guys I actually knew before because they played with

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Speaker 9: my oldest brother in Minnesota and Baltimore. So it was,

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Speaker 9: you know, sort of like a little home filling with

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Speaker 9: those guys. But as far as coming in, you know,

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Speaker 9: we was trying to build something special at the time because,

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Speaker 9: like you said, it was just getting back around down here.

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Speaker 9: So it was kind of challenging, but at the same time,

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Speaker 9: it was fun. You know, that's what you want as

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Speaker 9: an athlete, that's what you want as a person. You

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Speaker 9: wanted to have to get pushed, you want to have

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Speaker 9: to try to figure some things out. And grow together.

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Speaker 9: And that's what we did.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, who did you find yourself linking up with and

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Speaker 8: becoming friends with on this team? I know you had

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Speaker 8: a lot, but who are some of the guys that

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Speaker 8: back then you kind of felt a kinship with and

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Speaker 8: kind of form bonds with?

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Speaker 5: Gary Walker for sure?

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Speaker 9: You know my brother in law, Travis Johnson for sure, Andre,

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Speaker 9: Dante Robinson, Jabbar Gaffney.

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Speaker 5: Corey Corey Butfer you know, Cory Sears. You know those guys.

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Speaker 5: I love self pain.

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Speaker 9: You know, those guys was always good guys and somebody

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Speaker 9: that I click with.

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Speaker 1: Just right off the bat, he listened to Robert Smith

635
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Speaker 1: former Texan with Drew Doerdy And where are they now?

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Speaker 5: Man?

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Speaker 8: You just named a bunch of names and put those

638
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Speaker 8: names in a bag, and they are a bunch of

639
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Speaker 8: unique characters. I mean, that had to be a lot

640
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Speaker 8: of fun. I can see why you'd be buddies with

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Speaker 8: those guys.

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Speaker 9: Oh yeah, you know. And and most of them are

643
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Speaker 9: the opposite of me. You know, I'm kind of quiet,

644
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Speaker 9: laid back. Of those guys I'll go and speak, they

645
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Speaker 9: mind do something crazy, probably except for Andre, you know,

646
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Speaker 9: he's just as quiet as me. You know, I think,

647
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Speaker 9: you know, that's something that made us click like we did.

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Speaker 9: But the other guys, ooh, they'd have totally opposite.

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Speaker 7: I want to get it down in a moment. But

650
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Speaker 7: since you brought them up now, I.

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Speaker 8: Know you'll agree with me, and you'll agree with most

652
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Speaker 8: of the people listening or watching this. But there are

653
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Speaker 8: a few out there who still need to be convinced.

654
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Speaker 8: But explain why Andre Johnson belongs in the Pro Football

655
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Speaker 8: Hall of Fame?

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Speaker 9: Oh man? The bigger question is why not? You know

657
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Speaker 9: what I mean? What I mean, what more can he do?

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Speaker 9: You know, this is a guy that basically on the

659
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Speaker 9: offensive side of that ball, carried this team. You know,

660
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,560
Speaker 9: he embodies everything what the Texans wanted, what we was

661
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,119
Speaker 9: trying to build in the early years, seemed like what

662
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:11,920
Speaker 9: the city wants.

663
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 5: What the statement is about.

664
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 9: He embodies that he's a hard worker, I mean, besides

665
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 9: him being a heck of an athlete. To me, unstoppable,

666
00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 9: you know what I mean. So the hardest question is

667
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 9: why is he not in there? First of all, because

668
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 9: this is given and it should be there already.

669
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 5: Yeah.

670
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 7: I think the answer to that is just ignorance.

671
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 8: Really, people just don't know enough because if you watched

672
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,880
Speaker 8: him for any amount of time, I mean, goodness, gracious, yeah.

673
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,120
Speaker 9: I mean you can't deny. You can't deny what he did,

674
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,639
Speaker 9: what you know, and what's what's for him? You know,

675
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,280
Speaker 9: I think it's eventually for him, Like we say, you know,

676
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:45,359
Speaker 9: I mean, you know, we feel like he should already

677
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:45,880
Speaker 9: be in there.

678
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 5: But you can't. You can't. You can't deny what's going

679
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,320
Speaker 5: to happen for him. And he's going to get in there,

680
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:51,240
Speaker 5: no doubt.

681
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 8: I can't wait when he did until he does. Hey,

682
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 8: you brought up Travis to your brother in law. What's

683
00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,520
Speaker 8: it like being a brother in law of Travis? Because

684
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:03,119
Speaker 8: he is a lot of fun to talk with. It

685
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 8: seems like he knows just about everyone in the world

686
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,520
Speaker 8: of entertainment and sports, so on and so forth. But

687
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,360
Speaker 8: you got a special relationship with the guy.

688
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 5: What's that like? Oh? Yeah, no, I mean Travis.

689
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 9: You know, from day one, it's always been like a

690
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 9: brother brother relationship between us. When he first came in

691
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,720
Speaker 9: here with me being an older player going into my

692
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,160
Speaker 9: fifth year, him being a rookie.

693
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,919
Speaker 5: You know, from the first day when he got in

694
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,120
Speaker 5: here of camp, he came.

695
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 9: And sit right next to me during the meetings, you know,

696
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,560
Speaker 9: So we were stuck together on wantly, you know, but

697
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 9: we ended up building a great bond from there and

698
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,880
Speaker 9: just always hung out. But you know, to your sense

699
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 9: with Travis, Travis is a very smart guy, you know

700
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 9: what I mean. He's very informative. He very smart. Like

701
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:44,080
Speaker 9: you say, he knows a lot of things. He knows

702
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 9: a lot of people. And that's something that like a

703
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 9: characteristic of his that I always loved about him. It

704
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 9: ain't too much that he doesn't know, you know. He

705
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 9: knows something about every little thing. He's a smart guy.

706
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 9: So I mean, like you said, he got an outgoing personality.

707
00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 9: Once again, there it go. He oppositely me.

708
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 5: So I love to be proud because I don't have

709
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 5: to say you do nothing.

710
00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 8: Yeah, you're right about that. He is well versed in

711
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 8: just about every subject and current event there is.

712
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 7: So he's a.

713
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 5: He's y likable. People love him, you know what I mean.

714
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 5: So that's a great thing.

715
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 8: And you're always you're probably always in good supply with

716
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 8: cigars beating around that guy, right.

717
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:21,960
Speaker 5: Oh man, he loves him, So I let him go

718
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 5: ahead and sponsor that.

719
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 7: For me, it's not bad. That's not bad.

720
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 8: Hey, memories on the field as a Texan, What were

721
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 8: some of those for you.

722
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:34,480
Speaker 5: On the field as a Texan?

723
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean I think overall that first year man

724
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 9: when we went seven to nine, Man, you know we

725
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 9: for you. Yeah, those first I'm not mistaken. Those first

726
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 9: couple of games a little rocky, and then we came on.

727
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 9: We found our rhythm for a couple of games we

728
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 9: beat I think then a good Kansas City team, a

729
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 9: good Titans team and uh, you know Oakland. You know,

730
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 9: we got those guys and we just was out there.

731
00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 9: We was enjoying ourselves. We was having fun, you know,

732
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 9: flying around and just enjoying each other out there on

733
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 9: that field as well as off the field.

734
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 5: So, like I said, that goes back to something earlier.

735
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 9: We just was trying to build something special in this team,

736
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 9: and I felt like it was coming.

737
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 1: This is Robert Smith for ad defense lineman for the Texans,

738
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 1: and Drew Doherty.

739
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 2: You know where are they now?

740
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 8: You know, it's an interesting that that season is a

741
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,240
Speaker 8: really interesting one because he'd had the first two o

742
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 8: two oh three or you're an expansion franchise and not

743
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 8: much great is going to happen, win, loss, wise when

744
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 8: you're that young. But in December, y'all were seven and seven.

745
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 8: I mean, you had a chance there and you were

746
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 8: that close. It's kind of the combo of having a

747
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 8: pretty solid defense, a good running back in Dominic Davison,

748
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 8: you had Andre Johnson doing what he did. It was

749
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 8: a really pretty you know, I don't want to say forgotten,

750
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 8: but it was a kind of an underrated Texans team

751
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,040
Speaker 8: from the from the early days.

752
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 9: When you agree, yeah, I would, I would definitely agree.

753
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 9: And like you said, they was the year, maybe like

754
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:53,480
Speaker 9: a year or two before I came. That's when the

755
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 9: franchise got back going here and guys were still trying

756
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 9: to build them.

757
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:58,719
Speaker 5: But guys was out there strapping. Man. We had some

758
00:30:58,760 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 5: good players.

759
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 9: Some good bads, like you say, some good young guys

760
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 9: and Dominique Davis, Andre Johnson, David Carr at the time,

761
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 9: you know, young Jonathan Wells. You know, it was just

762
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 9: like a whole bunch of different people that we had

763
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 9: to combine together with young, old and you know some

764
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 9: mid So I think, like you say, it's an underrated team.

765
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,719
Speaker 9: You know, we probably probably should get a little bit

766
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 9: more respect.

767
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,239
Speaker 5: I'm quite sure. If the record was a couple more

768
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 5: womens away, we will be getting that.

769
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 4: We will, Yeah, no doubt.

770
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,840
Speaker 8: Hey, Flint, Michigan, you wind up becoming a Spartan, And

771
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 8: it just seems so hard to believe for some out there,

772
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 8: not for me, not for you. But before he won

773
00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 8: all those titles and pumped out all those victories as

774
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 8: the head coach of Alabama, way back when Nick Saban

775
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 8: was a really good head coach for the Spartans at

776
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 8: Michigan State, what was it like playing for him there

777
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 8: in the late nineteen nineties.

778
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 5: I mean, it was great.

779
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 9: I mean when I look at it, I still see

780
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 9: the same Nick Saban, you know what I mean.

781
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 5: He's a guy he keeps you.

782
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,479
Speaker 9: You gotta be you got you gotta do what you're

783
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 9: supposed to do when you're supposed to do it, be

784
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 9: accountable for what you're doing. And I see he still

785
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 9: goes by a lot of them rules and a lot

786
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 9: of things that he did at the time.

787
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 5: But the coach Saban gonna be coach savant man.

788
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 9: I think he got way more personality than what people

789
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 9: gives him, you know what I mean.

790
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 5: That's really he got points. He got times where he

791
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 5: a fundy guy.

792
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 9: Man, he's a jugged guy, but people don't see it.

793
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 9: They just see, you know, Saturday or when he's talking

794
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 9: to the media and he gets a little upset and

795
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:30,080
Speaker 9: they highlight that. But he's really a great I mean,

796
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 9: like a real great person, you know, one of my

797
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 9: one of my all time favorite coaches, favorite people in

798
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 9: this world.

799
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 8: Yeah, you bring that up and we all see externally

800
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 8: the kind of gruff exterior. But you can't go in

801
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 8: and recruit so many great, great players you be in

802
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 8: one of them over the three four decades that he

803
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 8: was a head coach, If you don't have that personality

804
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 8: and that sense of humor like you're talking about, can

805
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 8: you give us some just an insight into a little

806
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 8: bit more of that, because clearly he's got that.

807
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 9: Yeah, I mean, I think he's great because one thing

808
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 9: about coach Saban, what you see is what you get.

809
00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 9: He's one hundred percent authentic, Like he's going to be straight.

810
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,920
Speaker 9: He's a straight shooter. He's going to tell you exactly

811
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 9: how it is. What do you expect, what you can do?

812
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 9: What is he trying to push you to? What is

813
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 9: your goal? Him pushing you towards your goal and him

814
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 9: making you be accountable and stick to that goal. You know,

815
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 9: some coaches get there and they switch it up on you.

816
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 9: He ain't that type of person.

817
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 5: You know.

818
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 9: He'll sit there, he'll look your parents in the eye,

819
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 9: look you in the eye, and let you know what

820
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 9: it is. And he sticked by what he going And

821
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 9: it's just a look in a field that you can

822
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 9: sense when someone is real and he's.

823
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 5: A real dude.

824
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 8: So with all that in mind, I'm guessing you're a

825
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 8: big fan of guys like Henry Toto, the linebacker that

826
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 8: the Sections drafted out of Alabama this year, as well

827
00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 8: as the clear one Will Anderson Junior, the defensive end.

828
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:51,720
Speaker 8: They obviously have a lot going for him, but to

829
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 8: have flourished under that guy as their head coach kind

830
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 8: of adds a little something extra, don't you think?

831
00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, for sure, for sure.

832
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 9: I mean, first of all, like you say, those two

833
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 9: guys are amazing, you know what I mean, It ain't

834
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 9: I didn't just start watching them this year. I've been

835
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 9: watching those guys, you know, from from their first year

836
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 9: out there. You know, I don't seen the development of

837
00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 9: you know, the guy like Will Anderson. He was one

838
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 9: of my favorite college players period you know, the last

839
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:16,880
Speaker 9: couple of years, not just this past year, the year before,

840
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 9: always said you can see something special in it. But

841
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,800
Speaker 9: like with that with coach Savan, you know, those guys

842
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 9: are pro ready because that's what he does with his player.

843
00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:25,360
Speaker 5: He gets them pro ready.

844
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,399
Speaker 9: You know, it'd be a lot of coaches that's there

845
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 9: and try to do things just for a team and

846
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 9: do this just to help they benefit them. But he

847
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,120
Speaker 9: gets you ready for the next level. And you gonna

848
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,760
Speaker 9: see that, I'm guaranteed. Then this guy Will Anderson and

849
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 9: you know, both of them, they're gonna come out here.

850
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 5: They're gonna shine, you know what I mean.

851
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 9: I see they gonna be top two of the top

852
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,879
Speaker 9: defensive rookies out there this year.

853
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, it's just a few weeks in. It's

854
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 8: OTA's and it's May, but they both looked pretty impressive

855
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:54,280
Speaker 8: so far. And I mean, I think that's saying something

856
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:55,440
Speaker 8: a little something, don't you.

857
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 9: Yeah, for sure, they look like they probably are already

858
00:34:58,120 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 9: a two or three year vet out there. You know

859
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 9: the way going because once again, like I said, that's

860
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,480
Speaker 9: the program he runs you. He runs a pro style,

861
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 9: a pro style atmosphere, a pro style team, a pro

862
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:09,120
Speaker 9: style scheme.

863
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,760
Speaker 5: So you know, you come in those guys already.

864
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 9: I guarantee if they started, if the game, if the

865
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 9: if the game started next week, he would be ready

866
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 9: and he'd be out there playing.

867
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 8: They'd be set to go. Well, listen, you're a Hustonian.

868
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 8: You obviously have a deep tie to this franchise. I

869
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 8: mean you and I we were up on the deck

870
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 8: at one of the games this year. I did the

871
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,319
Speaker 8: kind of the intro like, hey, everybody remember Robershman, you

872
00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 8: did this the autographs.

873
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 7: We had fun. What were your thoughts When.

874
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 8: The Texans signed the Miko Ryans to be head coach.

875
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:44,719
Speaker 5: Oh man, it was like a brush of fresh air breath. Man.

876
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 9: This guy, for one, he's a very likable dude. Man,

877
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 9: he could communicate. Miko's a good spirit, good person.

878
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 5: You know what I mean. But he's also a true competitor,

879
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 5: you know what I mean.

880
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 9: It's as crazy as it might seem, like you say,

881
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 9: like his heart is gold, but he's a he's a competitor.

882
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 5: He's a different guy when you're out there.

883
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 9: So I mean, with a guy like him getting an

884
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 9: opportunity like this man, it's unbelievable.

885
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:07,760
Speaker 5: And I hope.

886
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 9: You know, I hope, and I know he will take

887
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 9: full advantage of this and he's gonna shine because he's,

888
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 9: like I said, he's a good person. People like him.

889
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,320
Speaker 9: He's probably gonna be a player's coach. He understand the players.

890
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,759
Speaker 9: He understands the different walks of life with everybody. So

891
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 9: him being that middle linebacker. They didn't just call it

892
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 9: captain for nothing. There was a reason then, you know,

893
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,800
Speaker 9: even though he was younger than some of those guys

894
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 9: calling him captain. It's amazing, man. I hope nothing but

895
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 9: great things come for him. You know, while he's up

896
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 9: here coaching, you.

897
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 8: Know, he's energized the team, he's energized the offices up here,

898
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,400
Speaker 8: he's energized the fan base, and you know the national

899
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 8: media has taken notice too. But one underrated aspect of

900
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 8: folks that he has energized is you guys. The former players.

901
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 8: You saw it on the day he was announced and

902
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 8: when he met with the media here. There are a

903
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,879
Speaker 8: lot of it in the building. Some guys that didn't

904
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:58,840
Speaker 8: play with him, they played after him, or they played

905
00:36:58,840 --> 00:36:59,399
Speaker 8: before him.

906
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 7: Some player with him, but it doesn't matter who.

907
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 8: All of those guys are pretty pumped that he is

908
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,240
Speaker 8: now in charge of the Texans.

909
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 9: Oh yeah, for sure, because I mean, you know, just

910
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,479
Speaker 9: like me, they feel good things coming.

911
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 5: They feel that was the right choice.

912
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 9: They feel like he's a good step towards you know,

913
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 9: where you want to see the team going, the atmosphere

914
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 9: of the city. He can relate to all that. He's

915
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 9: a winner. He done prove that. You know, he's a leader.

916
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 9: He's for real. He understand what he's doing even when

917
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 9: he's coaching. Look at the teams he was the coordinator of.

918
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,960
Speaker 9: I mean they balled out, so you can only imagine

919
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 9: what they're gonna do when he when he's the leader

920
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 9: of his own team, you know what I mean.

921
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 5: And like you say, we're excited.

922
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:36,879
Speaker 1: Man.

923
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,920
Speaker 5: Excited That ain't even a word. Man, if it was

924
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:41,560
Speaker 5: something better, man, that's what we is.

925
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 9: We want to see Dimico go out here because we

926
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 9: know he gonna put his all into it. We know

927
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 9: he gonna have those guys pumped, and we know that

928
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 9: he gonna bring the best out of everybody.

929
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 4: Yeah you're here.

930
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 5: Yeah, I love it.

931
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:53,759
Speaker 7: I love it.

932
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 8: Hey, So, other than Travis, what other former Texans do

933
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 8: you kind of keep in touch with and are still

934
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 8: in regular contact with oh Man.

935
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 5: A lot of them.

936
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,120
Speaker 9: You know, like I said earlier, you know, me and

937
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 9: Gary still good friends. Dante, you know, I still see

938
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 9: dre Corey Brown for everybody, man, whether you know it

939
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 9: or not. Man, when you come and you build those relationship,

940
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,280
Speaker 9: those bonds, some of them go way beyond sports.

941
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:18,919
Speaker 5: That you know from from day one.

942
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 9: And there's a lot of those guys man, that that

943
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 9: I still hang out with and.

944
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 5: Kick it with.

945
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 9: Even like when I was coming home when I went

946
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,479
Speaker 9: to another team. You know, the guys Ryan Dane, which

947
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,360
Speaker 9: is a good friend of mine. I see those guys,

948
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,000
Speaker 9: you know, Wade Smith around and you know, all these

949
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,160
Speaker 9: type of guys, Fred Weary and Milford.

950
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 5: Brown and all those guys. Man them my guys.

951
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 9: So we still all talking, you know, somebody, it was

952
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 9: like we never stopped playing.

953
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 7: That's fantastic.

954
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 8: Well, Robert, what's next for you? Man's what's on the horizon?

955
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:48,799
Speaker 5: Man? The horizon for me? Man?

956
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 9: Right now, Man, I'm just kind of enjoying man, watching

957
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:54,840
Speaker 9: my watching my sons grow, watching my daughters grow. Man,

958
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 9: Because you know, those last couple of years when I

959
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,280
Speaker 9: wasn't here, I felt like it was a big void

960
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,520
Speaker 9: in my life. Now I'm filling that void with this

961
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 9: time with them even started back then with my daughter's

962
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 9: getting up, being able to take them to school pick

963
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 9: them up.

964
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:07,399
Speaker 5: Man.

965
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,239
Speaker 9: I took pride in that, you know what I mean,

966
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:10,880
Speaker 9: because it was something that I wasn't able to do.

967
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 9: But the next thing was that to go see them grow,

968
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 9: get them off man, and hopefully try to find something

969
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 9: that I just love to do it again, just as

970
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 9: much as I did in football with my life.

971
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 8: You know, at the words, what's fantastic to hear. Hey, Robert,

972
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:26,080
Speaker 8: we really do appreciate the time. It's great to catch

973
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 8: up with you. Can't wait to see again at a

974
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:31,280
Speaker 8: Texans game or Texans event. Until then, man, take.

975
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,839
Speaker 5: Care, I'll see you at camp.

976
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:34,319
Speaker 7: Yes, sir, Yes, sir.

977
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 2: All right. That was robertr Smith with Drew Dorian Little.

978
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 2: Where are they now? Well? Where is he now?

979
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 1: Well, we'll talk about that next and who is he

980
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,400
Speaker 1: We'll talk about that next on Texans All Access. We're

981
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: gonna follow a segment this Friday, Nation of Texans All Access.

982
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harrison, Football Analyst, Sideline Report. I

983
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 1: hope for you guys have a great weekend watching my

984
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 1: squad Manchester City taking an inner Milan for the Champions League.

985
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 1: This will be the trouble. They've won the Premier League,

986
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,320
Speaker 1: they won the FA Cup. This will be the trouble.

987
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 1: It doesn't happen often, and so hopefully that happens on Saturday.

988
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 2: And I'm pumped.

989
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 1: I'm as pumped for this as I've been for any

990
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: athletic contest in quite some times. So go get that trouble,

991
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 1: man City. I will be going crazy watching it game

992
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,919
Speaker 1: on Saturday. Now, let's get there round in the NFL, and.

993
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 2: Let's start on the media.

994
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: NFL side with this one. One of the four following

995
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 1: teams will be chosen for hard knocks, the New York Jets,

996
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,800
Speaker 1: even though Robert sala doesn't want it. The Chicago Bears

997
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:39,399
Speaker 1: could be interesting, the New Orleans Saints, and who's got

998
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:45,400
Speaker 1: joint practices with the Saints, the Washington Commanders. One of

999
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,279
Speaker 1: those four teams will be chosen for hard knocks. The

1000
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 1: Robert Salaz said he doesn't want.

1001
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 2: It, which means they very well.

1002
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:55,919
Speaker 1: Could get it. So keep it on the Jets, Jets, Bear,

1003
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 1: Saints Commanders. Now let's go around the world. DeAndre how

1004
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: Hopkins style as he visited with New England and he's

1005
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:09,120
Speaker 1: going to Tennessee on Sunday, And if you think about it,

1006
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:13,239
Speaker 1: it makes sense. Tennessee, Tim Kelly's offensive coordinator. He's got

1007
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,880
Speaker 1: experience with hop you know, he's gonna know the offense,

1008
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 1: the verbiage, all that kind of stuff. Hop will New

1009
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:20,879
Speaker 1: England same thing. You know, it's Bill O'Brien. And look,

1010
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:22,840
Speaker 1: I know there's been a lot of talk about that.

1011
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:26,879
Speaker 1: I mean, I've i've probably engaged in it about you know,

1012
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:31,240
Speaker 1: New England and Bill and Bill O'Brien and DeAndre Hopkins

1013
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: because they worked together and all that kind of stuff

1014
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,280
Speaker 1: because obviously at the end it was not great in Houston.

1015
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:39,920
Speaker 1: But time heals wounds, and so maybe that's what's happened.

1016
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,320
Speaker 1: But New England taking a look at DeAndre Hopkins, Tennessee

1017
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,239
Speaker 1: taking a look at DeAndre Hopkins. Those are the two

1018
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: that are getting visits. So we'll see what happens with DeAndre.

1019
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:53,040
Speaker 1: Is Houston in the mix in that? That's a great question.

1020
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 1: I you know, obviously he went to Instagram, you know,

1021
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 1: social media the last couple of days and was you know,

1022
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 1: poking around. He lives in Houston, He's got family in Houston.

1023
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: I think his kids are in Houston. So there's a

1024
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:10,320
Speaker 1: lot that Houston has to.

1025
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 2: To bring to DeAndre Hopkins.

1026
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 1: Does he want to be with the Texans again, that's

1027
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 1: a I don't know, that's hard to say. I mean,

1028
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: it seems as if there's an interest there with DeAndre Hopkins.

1029
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:21,399
Speaker 1: We'll see if it's how it turns out for him.

1030
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: But New England, Tennessee's taken visits. Apparently he met with Texans.

1031
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 1: I guess I don't know if that was just a rumor.

1032
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:28,879
Speaker 1: So well, we'll kind of leave that out for now

1033
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 1: and see where DeAndre Hopkins ends up, whether he ends

1034
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 1: up in Houston, whether he ends up playing for a.

1035
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 2: Team that Houston plays. That could be interesting. All Right,

1036
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 2: that's gonna do for the show.

1037
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: A big thanks to Drew, to Mark Vandermuir, and of

1038
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,800
Speaker 1: course general manager Nick Cassari. That was a fun interview

1039
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 1: this week, as it always is. We'll see you on Monday, everybody,

1040
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 1: and as always, go Texans.