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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Welcome to the program. Mark Vandermere and John

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Speaker 1: Harris with you as we get ready for the Draft,

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Speaker 1: for the schedule release in a few weeks, for the

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Speaker 1: uniform reveal. The videos are out, well, they're teasers, really right,

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Speaker 1: everybody's wanting more. You're not going to get it just yet,

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Speaker 1: but soon enough you will. Can't wait for that. And also, Johnny,

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Speaker 1: since its NRG Stadium and that's where this show originates

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Speaker 1: from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio, we have various events

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Speaker 1: coming in here, including but not limited to the Rolling

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Speaker 1: Stones a week from Sunday. They will be here and

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Speaker 1: they're old, but they're still good.

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Speaker 2: During Draft weekend, of course.

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Speaker 1: Well I want to have Mick Jagger on the show

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Speaker 1: on Saturday to evaluate the draft, or maybe Keith Richards,

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Speaker 1: that bloke who plays wide receiver is very good.

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Speaker 2: I think you should really benefit from that.

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Speaker 1: Could you imagine being in the hallway, like in between

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Speaker 1: bathroom breaks or whatever during the draft and you just

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Speaker 1: bump into Mick Jagger.

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Speaker 3: Well the other thing too is, and I've realized this

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Speaker 3: watching now as much Premier League as I do, they

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Speaker 3: call the soccer players over there footballers. So if they

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Speaker 3: start talking about footballers, you got to like, are you

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Speaker 3: talking about the soccer players? You're talking about the football players,

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Speaker 3: So you've gotta differentiate. But yet, Mick Jagger and Keith

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Speaker 3: Richards doing draft analysis would be very.

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Speaker 2: Very funny. It's legendary now.

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Speaker 1: But when they were here in three that was the

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Speaker 1: first time that they were at an RG stadium. This

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Speaker 1: will be the third visit for them. Jagger actually worked

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Speaker 1: out in the bubble. He had a workout on the

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Speaker 1: Houston Methodist Training Center practice bubble. Yes, and the last

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Speaker 1: tour in twenty nineteen, remember that tour was delayed because

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Speaker 1: he had the heart attack or whatever it was.

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Speaker 2: Remember that.

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Speaker 1: And then he posted that video of him dancing in

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Speaker 1: the studio getting ready for the tour, and it was,

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Speaker 1: oh my gosh, seventies forty.

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Speaker 2: I mean it was like he was thirty to forty

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Speaker 2: years younger.

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Speaker 1: I think he looked like he was in his twenties.

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Speaker 1: The way he moves, he moves like Jagger, which is

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Speaker 1: convenient for him. He does song and you're named after

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Speaker 1: him anyway, Jagger. I don't know if he would qualify

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Speaker 1: for the NFL draft, but we always talked some draft

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Speaker 1: here in the next segment, we'll do Who's Better, and

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Speaker 1: there's some draft stuff in there. But Johnny, I thought

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Speaker 1: we'd do this. You did Texans Audio juke Box last

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Speaker 1: night at CJ Strap, But I thought it's time to

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Speaker 1: get to some Demico Ryan's stuff. Why don't we started

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Speaker 1: off with his take. He was asked about the acquisition

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Speaker 1: of wide receiver Stefan Diggs.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, with Diggs adding him is one of those guys

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Speaker 4: I talked about. He's been a great player in his

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Speaker 4: league for a long time. Will respected. He's been a

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Speaker 4: great teammate. He's been a leader, a captain, and when

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Speaker 4: you look at him and you watch the tape and

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Speaker 4: you put it on, you know, no one doubts the

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Speaker 4: playmaker that he is. Right, he changed his games for

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Speaker 4: a team, for the teams that he's been a part of,

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Speaker 4: and we're anticipating the same thing for us.

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Speaker 1: Well, clearly he's excited about Stefan Diggs. There's no question

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Speaker 1: about this. Another playmaker. He was asked about the chemistry

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Speaker 1: situation with Digs in the locker room, because of course

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Speaker 1: that was going to come up with a conversation. But

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Speaker 1: there's nothing to see here because it's the Houston Texans,

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Speaker 1: and they feel like they've got a good group, Johnny.

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Speaker 1: They've got a good foundation chemistry wise, otherwise, and they

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Speaker 2: Able to perform very well with Stefan Diggs. So I'm

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Speaker 3: I remember when I was We're talking to Robert Smith

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Speaker 3: so I would listen to the teachers complain, Oh, this

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Speaker 3: like help the one that needs the help. Like, there's

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Speaker 3: And I think about that with Dimko And I'm not

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Speaker 3: if the Divinus shows up, well, Demiko's the kind of

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Speaker 2: I got this. That's where I feel really really confident.

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Speaker 3: If any issue ever rises, whether it's Digs or anybody else,

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Speaker 2: He's going to know how to handle it.

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Speaker 1: I think the players have it too. Here's Demico on

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Speaker 4: By the way, again, when we watched the tape on

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Speaker 4: Stefan and the playmaker that he is right. We always

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Speaker 4: go back to the tape and we look at a

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Speaker 4: player in totality. We don't look at, you know, this

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Speaker 5: We look at the entire season.

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Speaker 4: We look at a guy's entire career and what he's done,

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Speaker 5: A guy's been an All.

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Speaker 4: And Diggs car team.

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Speaker 1: And part of that question that led to that answer

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen running the ball a bit more. But if

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Speaker 1: you just look at diggs numbers, you're not understanding the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills here what they were trying to do, which is, look,

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Speaker 1: Diggs was covered up so much of the time. Did

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Speaker 1: they have a quality number two receiver or a high

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Speaker 1: octane number two or number three guy Gabe Davis good receiver,

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Speaker 1: but he was banged up a lot.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he was banged up a lot.

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Speaker 3: And he's just a little I don't know the right

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Speaker 3: way of saying this, because he's gonna be a Jacksonville.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna see him and look, I think he's a

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Speaker 3: good receiver. He is a little different. He's almost like

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Speaker 3: he was just a deep shot or a bubble screen.

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Speaker 3: He was like really not a lot in between. He

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Speaker 3: don't know how to explain it, but Khalil Shaki is

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Speaker 3: if you about it, I don't want to say that

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Speaker 3: you didn't have a great second half of the season, whatever,

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Speaker 3: but the fact that he was doubled as much as

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Speaker 3: don't know if he's gonna end up getting doubled as

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Speaker 3: much as he is here with what's already here in

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Speaker 3: see all of that. So if he does, guess what,

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Speaker 3: there's a better duo or more around digs that will

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Speaker 3: in Buffalo. As much as I like Shakiir, he's no Tank,

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Speaker 3: He's no Nico, He's not Gabe Davis. As much as

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Speaker 3: I like Gabe Davis, he is not Nico or Tank.

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Speaker 3: So I think the do tight ends now, dude, Joe Mixon, now, yeah, no,

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Speaker 3: I know, No, the tight ends are pretty good. Buffalo's

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Speaker 3: gonna be interesting. I was on with I was on

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Speaker 3: they already needed receiver help before the Digs trade. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: now they need everybody. But I could be you know what,

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Speaker 3: become a twelve personnel team because they're two tight ends

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Speaker 3: are studs. Kinkaid knocks are just fantastic. They are, but

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Speaker 3: I don't think Schultz is any slouch.

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, not at all, not at all.

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Speaker 1: And it's a different component when you're throwing to tight ends,

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Speaker 1: especially tight ends like that, no doubt, versus receivers. Look,

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Speaker 1: I think that it's a completely different situation here. You're

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Speaker 1: playing defense against the Houston Texans. What receiver are you doubling.

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Speaker 3: I think it's gonna be time, score, position on the

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Speaker 3: field dependent, honestly. Yeah, so it kind of has to

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Speaker 3: be that. I think that's what's gonna make the Texans

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Speaker 3: one of those Okay, Now, I don't want it to

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Speaker 3: feel like you start attacking, and as you're attacking, you're

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Speaker 2: Okay, let's go to it. Let's do it.

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Speaker 3: And as soon as you can get that in your mind,

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Speaker 3: this is the way the game's being played. This is

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Speaker 3: what they're taken away, and adapt accordingly. Away you go.

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Speaker 3: So I don't know what you take away. Honestly, I

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Speaker 3: feel like I feel like taking Nico away. Don't give

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Speaker 3: Tank the deep shots. And then what can I do

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Speaker 3: to play underneath and over the top of Nico. But

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Speaker 3: here's the thing, and I'll give you a great example list.

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Speaker 3: I think I did a Telstrader on this. The Titans

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Speaker 3: in week was a week sixteen, Week seventy was week seventeen.

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Speaker 3: It was week seventeen. Yeah, it was week seventeen. Oh,

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Speaker 3: the one here, the one here that was week seventeen, right,

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Speaker 3: So CJ was back for that game. So in that

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Speaker 3: Nico runs, he runs an out route, and the Titans

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Speaker 3: two man. So they had a guy on Nico and

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Speaker 3: they had a safety over the top. Yeah, and this

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Speaker 3: he kind of was to his back. As Nico is

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Speaker 3: coverage on Nico. CJ didn't care. He just do that

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Speaker 3: Completion third down, you make that perfect with the receiver

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Speaker 3: and stride bingo. So you could take away all these

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Speaker 3: these receivers all you want, but with seven and where

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Speaker 3: he could play the football sometimes it doesn't matter.

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Speaker 2: And you could see that last year as a rookie.

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Speaker 3: So if you're gonna take guys away, boy, you better

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Speaker 3: be you better be rock solid with that coverage to

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Speaker 3: be able to surely and definitely take it away because

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Speaker 3: he'll still beat you. And that play against the Titans,

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Speaker 3: to me stood out. I remember seeing it from my

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Speaker 3: when I went back and I watched how they were

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Speaker 2: And I'll never forget this. The Eagles. The Eagles traded

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Speaker 1: Well, speaking of the way we want the team to be,

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Speaker 4: I appreciate the question, but we're always hunting, right, That

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Speaker 5: Doesn't change who we are, right, It doesn't.

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Speaker 4: The expectations from outside don't permeate inside our building, and

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Speaker 4: Then that's what win games, right for us, when everybody

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Speaker 1: Well, the expectation is Lakey said, same as last year.

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Speaker 2: He was serious, but is he going to be right?

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Speaker 2: But you really like the guys.

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Speaker 2: It is no, no, no, this.

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be a five star matchup.

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Speaker 3: And I think that's the way teams when they start

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Speaker 3: I mean that I heard that long ago when they

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Speaker 2: This team has to feel that way.

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Speaker 1: Like, WHOA, this is an either or question. So we're

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Speaker 3: Can we just put away this tradition for now? I'd

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Speaker 1: you get the minibie right after.

436
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Speaker 2: That's the beauty of that game.

437
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Speaker 3: You get the mini bye and then I don't think

438
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Speaker 3: you get another Thursday game.

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Speaker 2: I guess you can.

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Speaker 1: I think you do the game. I think you can. Yeah,

441
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Speaker 1: why not? They should have that because that's a premier team.

442
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Speaker 2: That's Amazon wants it.

443
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Speaker 1: What about Detroit? Did they get another? They got Thanksgiving?

444
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Speaker 1: Of course, so I know how the rest of it went.

445
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Speaker 3: Game against the Cowboys, remember that, I think a Monday

446
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Speaker 3: night game against the Packers.

447
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Speaker 1: Back to the Demico jukebox cuts here from his podium

448
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Speaker 1: appearance this week. What about players who have missed time?

449
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Speaker 1: Titus Howard, Kenyon Green, how are those guys doing?

450
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Speaker 2: Let's get to it.

451
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Speaker 4: And you have guys who've missed time. When you talk

452
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Speaker 4: about Titus, you talk about Kenyon. Those are two guys

453
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Speaker 4: we feel really good about upfront four us. You know,

454
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Speaker 4: we talk about our line being a strong suit for

455
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Speaker 4: our team, and getting those guys back healthy will only

456
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Speaker 4: add to our group, only add to what we're able

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Speaker 4: to do up front. So I'm excited to see Titus

458
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Speaker 4: back healthy, Excited to see Kenyon right competing, healthy, and

459
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Speaker 4: to give himself the best shot to go out and

460
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Speaker 4: show what he's capable of. So I don't think he's

461
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Speaker 4: had that opportunity fully, So I'm excited to see Kenyon perform.

462
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Speaker 4: He's been working out, he's been consistent every day, he's

463
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Speaker 4: been put in the work in throughout the off season,

464
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Speaker 4: So excited for him.

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Speaker 1: What stands out regarding this is you're mentioning two starters

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Speaker 1: on the old line. I'll call greena would be starter

467
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Speaker 1: because he didn't draft him where you drafted him to

468
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Speaker 1: sit on the bench, right, And I'm not saying he

469
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Speaker 1: starts right away if he's healthy, but he needs to

470
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Speaker 1: climb into that role at some point, right, So let's

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Speaker 1: call these guys starters for sake of argument. And obviously

472
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Speaker 1: Titus is a starter, but Titus has had difficulty finishing

473
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Speaker 1: seasons due to injury, all right, and Kenyon clearly injury issues.

474
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Speaker 2: So that's two of your five right there. I know

475
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Speaker 2: they have more. I know they have more.

476
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Speaker 1: They have some interesting prospects here and some good players.

477
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Speaker 2: But this needs to get right.

478
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Speaker 1: You cannot have any erosion here because what if somebody

479
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Speaker 1: else gets an injury and these guys aren't quite as

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Speaker 1: healthy as they could be. Now, Look, they'll all hit

481
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Speaker 1: the starting lot of training camp. I presume good to go,

482
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Speaker 1: but slogging it out through that training camp, which has

483
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Speaker 1: an extra week attached to it. This is gonna be

484
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Speaker 1: interesting to see how Demiko Ryans and the staff handle

485
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Speaker 1: the players the wear and tear aspect. We're gonna have

486
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Speaker 1: Nick Cassario on later this week, and I want to

487
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Speaker 1: ask him about that, because they've got to be thinking

488
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Speaker 1: about that extra week of camp. They're losing a week

489
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Speaker 1: of the offseason program. I guess it'll go from nine

490
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Speaker 1: down to eight, but they pick up the week because

491
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Speaker 1: they report early due to the Hall of Fame game.

492
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Speaker 2: How do they handle the.

493
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Speaker 1: Bodies of the players with that long ramp up into

494
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Speaker 1: the regular season and a seventeen week schedule.

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Speaker 3: That I mean, I know it's in July or August

496
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Speaker 3: or whatever it is, but because it is in July

497
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Speaker 3: and August, it is something that Texans are going to

498
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Speaker 3: have to.

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Speaker 2: It's a major part of the season, A major part. Oh, well,

500
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Speaker 2: they know all these games. It's a marathon.

501
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Speaker 3: I understand, and think about a marathon. If you ran

502
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Speaker 3: twenty six miles, if you run mile three and just

503
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Speaker 3: sprint it, well, at some point in mile eighteen, it's

504
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Speaker 3: going to come back to.

505
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Speaker 2: Bite you a little bit.

506
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Speaker 1: But Jeff Van Gunny used to make the point everybody

507
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Speaker 1: talks about the NBA season being a marathon. He said, well,

508
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Speaker 1: look at the marathon runners. They are hauling a you

509
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Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. I mean, those guys run fast,

510
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Speaker 1: they do. So his metaphor was, yeah, it's a marathon,

511
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Speaker 1: but we're booking. We are in full throttle or near

512
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Speaker 1: it anyway most of the time, and the Texans need

513
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Speaker 1: to be. But they got to figure out a way

514
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Speaker 1: to keep bodies preserved because it is a long haul.

515
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Speaker 1: It's the seventeen week schedule. My goodness. Okay, coming up

516
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Speaker 1: on the program, we got a lot of things happening today.

517
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Speaker 2: We have Who's Better.

518
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Speaker 1: I've got another Demico cut on a different subject that

519
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Speaker 1: we're going to get to in the final segment. But

520
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Speaker 1: coming up, draft stuff, quarterback stuff, Texans former player stuff.

521
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,680
Speaker 1: It's all happening and Who's Better and it's next year

522
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Speaker 1: on Texans Radio. Right back to it here on Texans Radio.

523
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Speaker 1: Mark Vandermer and John Harris with you and we get

524
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Speaker 1: to the game we like to call Who's Better? All right,

525
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Speaker 1: it's not really a game. I just throw questions at

526
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Speaker 1: Johnny Harris. But it's fun to play. You can play

527
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Speaker 1: at home. See you have the home version automatically. It's

528
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Speaker 1: not like one of those game shows where you have

529
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Speaker 1: to buy it or you hope to win it as

530
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Speaker 1: a loser on the game show. Do they still have

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Speaker 1: game shows? Yes, they do all sorts of different versions.

532
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Speaker 1: So they got that password, password is current?

533
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Speaker 2: Back? What else do? The pyramid that I don't know

534
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Speaker 2: what it is.

535
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Speaker 1: It's twenty five hundred thousand now or one hundred thousan

536
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Speaker 1: I think it's a hundred thousand.

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Speaker 2: It's for a bunch of them.

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Speaker 3: I think it's one hundred thousand. Yeah, that's why Strahand

539
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:16,960
Speaker 3: hosting that. I like the pyramid game I do. I

540
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Speaker 3: actually like that one.

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Speaker 1: That one is very play one because it depends on

542
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Speaker 1: the clues you get. You got to be a great

543
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Speaker 1: clue giver in Password and in that game. And I

544
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Speaker 1: like those games. The Who Wants to be a Millionaire

545
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Speaker 1: is just one person. I know, they get the lifeline

546
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Speaker 1: and everything. There was one game that Sean Pendergast told

547
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Speaker 1: me about. It's called from the Game show Network. America says,

548
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Speaker 1: so it's a little bit like family feud. So they

549
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Speaker 1: give them a topic.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but then they show but what they what they

551
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Speaker 3: do is they have four people and they show up

552
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Speaker 3: on the board like ten or twelve answers, and they

553
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Speaker 3: give you like the first letter of each clue.

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Speaker 1: Okay, and you have to guess what America said about

555
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Speaker 1: that particular subject exactly, all right.

556
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Speaker 3: You know, America said, these are the top five teams

557
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Speaker 3: in the NFL, and they would have you know, h T,

558
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Speaker 3: they would have s F, they would have K C C.

559
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Speaker 3: You know, and you've got to fill them in fast,

560
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Speaker 3: and if you don't, then the game stops.

561
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Speaker 1: I don't like word puzzles. I'd rather just guess what

562
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Speaker 1: it is, right, Yeah, I'd rather have hints or clues

563
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Speaker 1: or maybe none, and just guess what it is. Okay,

564
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Speaker 1: are you ready for Who's better? Let's do it, all right,

565
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Speaker 1: what's better to start?

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Speaker 2: Who's better?

567
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Speaker 1: Dalton Schultz campaign twenty twenty three or Dalton Schultz campaign

568
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four?

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Speaker 2: Is this season going to be better than last season?

570
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Speaker 1: I'll give you the numbers, five touchdown receptions, fifty nine

571
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Speaker 1: catches last year, So you tell me is he gonna

572
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Speaker 1: top fifty nine receptions and or five touchdowns?

573
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Speaker 2: So this is just a stats thing. Look, he could.

574
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Speaker 1: Block a lot better, catch fewer passes, the team's more successful.

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Speaker 1: In fact, there's gonna be a lot of that going

576
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Speaker 1: around because you have so many different pass catching options.

577
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Speaker 1: But let's just stick to Schultz himself. Johnny, Okay, I've

578
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Speaker 1: got a theory. Here's my here's that's my theory.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Here are the first four games of Dalton Schultz last year.

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Speaker 3: All right, two catches, four yards, four for thirty four,

582
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Speaker 3: one for nine, three for forty two. He was targeted

583
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Speaker 3: in those three games just ten times.

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Speaker 2: Why was that?

585
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Speaker 3: Oh wait a second, and you mentioned it earlier. Injury

586
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Speaker 3: injury to Laramie Ton sol left hack.

587
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Speaker 2: Oh, he had to help out.

588
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Speaker 3: He had to help out a lot more into blocking,

589
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Speaker 3: and then when Laramie came back, all of a sudden,

590
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Speaker 3: he started getting a few more. In Atlanta seven for

591
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Speaker 3: sixty five, New Orleans four for sixty one, Tampa ten

592
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Speaker 3: for one, thirty, Cincinnati four for seventy one. He didn't

593
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Speaker 3: have to block as much on his other one of

594
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Speaker 3: his other tougher games. And tell me what happened in

595
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Speaker 3: this game was Jacksonville at home? He had one catch

596
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Speaker 3: for two yards. What happened in that game, Titus Howard

597
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Speaker 3: got hurt. So now you got Juice Scruggs going in

598
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Speaker 3: as a rookie, and so now Dalton's gotta probably help out.

599
00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,800
Speaker 3: I think his results get tied into the offensive line

600
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Speaker 3: a little bit because of when he has to help

601
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Speaker 3: versus when he doesn't have to help. If the offensive

602
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Speaker 3: line stays healthy, I think that number goes from fifty

603
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Speaker 3: nine at least seven to ten more.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 3: And I think he ends up as long as he

606
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Speaker 3: stays healthy. A missed a couple of games too, But

607
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Speaker 3: as long as he stays healthy, I think he can

608
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Speaker 3: get up there. Now again, the targets have got to

609
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Speaker 3: get spread out, But I do think he goes above

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Speaker 3: fifty nine.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be interesting because when we do our

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Speaker 1: real predictions coming up, and we're not going to do

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Speaker 1: them yet, yeah, because I want to see who they

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Speaker 1: get in the draft. But when we add up all

615
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Speaker 1: the catches from the receivers and all the yards, has

616
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Speaker 1: Stroud thrown for six thousand yards? In other words, are

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Speaker 1: we going dick five tals seventy five teams in the

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Speaker 1: NCAA tournament bracket?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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Speaker 1: Are we going there? Because these things have to add up.

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Speaker 1: Or when people do their preseason predictions and you add

622
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Speaker 1: up the division records and well, they can't all win, right,

623
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Speaker 1: right in a twelve games? Okay, something's gotta give, Yeah, exactly, So.

624
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Speaker 2: You have to have the the math that up.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see and maybe Schultz gets that, but you

626
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Speaker 1: have these three other receivers.

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Speaker 2: Oh and this jumped out at me with c J. Stroud.

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Speaker 1: This kind of got buried Mets. Oh yeah, what he

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Speaker 1: said about John.

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Speaker 3: He did not get buried from me. I played that

631
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Speaker 3: last night with the Texas jukebox. It was interesting to

632
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Speaker 3: hear his coy.

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Speaker 1: I think that's that could be headline of the day

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Speaker 1: yesterday headline of the day material.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so assess assessed this hot take. I was talking

636
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Speaker 3: to our buddy Derek Beaman. Yeah, we were talking about

637
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Speaker 3: and ticketing case. The ticketing Derek does a great job

638
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:36,840
Speaker 3: loving I said, rate this, give me sizzlefires on this.

639
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Speaker 2: I'm a hot take.

640
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Speaker 3: I said, there's a chance that they could look at

641
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Speaker 3: John Metchi like their draft pick of this year.

642
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Speaker 2: Two. I think Metchi, you're waiting for it.

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Speaker 1: Last year was the first year back, but really his

644
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: rookie year really was. Yeah, and let's see what this

645
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Speaker 1: year is like if he had time to work out,

646
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Speaker 1: get his body back even more, whatever he needs to

647
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Speaker 1: do to acclimate to the NFL. They drafted him for

648
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Speaker 1: a reason, sure, I mean they had high hopes for him.

649
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Speaker 1: So can he get to that level that they're seeking?

650
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Speaker 1: Could you imagine that that Mechi turns out to be

651
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 1: this game wrecking wide receiver along with the rest of

652
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Speaker 1: the crew, an embarrassment of riches.

653
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Speaker 2: Oh look, you need it anyway, You need insurance, you

654
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Speaker 2: need depth. We all know it. I don't have to

655
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 2: say it again, do I class?

656
00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: But I am really eager about this because vander Kidd

657
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: the only jersey he owns right now?

658
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 2: Oh is still John Mechi is a Mechi eight. Yeah,

659
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:32,160
Speaker 2: he got that.

660
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:36,800
Speaker 1: He got Mechi immediately when Mechi was drafted. He loved

661
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: Mechi and that's the one he wears. What I thought

662
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 1: was interesting the old.

663
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 3: DJ had been with him last year. So when CJ

664
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:48,560
Speaker 3: was asked and he talked about Mechi, I got the

665
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:52,440
Speaker 3: feeling just hearing what CJ was saying was that Mechi

666
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 3: looks a lot different than he did last year. So

667
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,840
Speaker 3: he didn't have any obviously, he didn't know him as

668
00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 3: a rook and he didn't really nobody got a chance

669
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 3: to see him in his rookie year of twenty twenty two.

670
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 3: But CJ did get a chance to play with him

671
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 3: at twenty twenty three. And now he's thrown into him

672
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 3: this offseason. And look, I know he's thrown on air.

673
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 3: I get all that kind of stuff. I understand that,

674
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 3: and there are there are some things that you know,

675
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 3: Mechi has to do a little bit better.

676
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,280
Speaker 2: There's no question when he got on the field.

677
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 3: But if CJ is seeing that in just the time

678
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 3: that he's throwing to him out in Los Angeles or

679
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 3: whenever they have their throwing session, man imagine what that

680
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,280
Speaker 3: could mean as they grow.

681
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 2: And the reason I say that, and I said that

682
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,719
Speaker 2: to Derek, was I've been thinking all along. Yeah, they

683
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 2: went on got digs.

684
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 3: I don't think they should completely avoid the wide receiver position.

685
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 3: I think they have to look at his wide receiver

686
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,480
Speaker 3: class because it's so deep all the way through it

687
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 3: rounds one through seven and beyond, you could find a

688
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 3: player at wide receiver.

689
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 2: And I got to a point where, even this.

690
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 3: Weekend, when I was coming up with my two round mock,

691
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 3: I almost gave them a wide receiver. I almost did,

692
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 3: and I was like, no, I think they have still

693
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 3: more distinct needs. But I think pick eighty six could

694
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 3: end up being a receiver. I back you up one

695
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 3: hundred percent on this. Now there's now I feel like,

696
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 3: maybe not, maybe they can do this on day three.

697
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 1: Well maybe, right, so you were thinking day two possibly,

698
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 1: I still think I back you up about receiver.

699
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 2: Not necessarily day two.

700
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,720
Speaker 1: Just let them figure out where the best spot would be,

701
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: because what did I say earlier?

702
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 2: I think I said it last week.

703
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 1: This time next year or earlier than this next year,

704
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 1: you could be dealing with no digs and possibly no

705
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 1: Nico College.

706
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 2: Correct, so what are you gonna do? It would be

707
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 2: great if Mechi blossomed.

708
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 1: Now you got Mechi, Tank, Could you imagine next year

709
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: we could be going into the off season if Nico

710
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 1: ends up somewhere else, because he's slated to be a

711
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,040
Speaker 1: free agent right now, they could sign him as well.

712
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: We just saw signing in the last twenty four hours,

713
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 1: right what was it? Three year seventy five? I was

714
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 1: gonna ask you, would you You don't have to answer.

715
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 2: That right now. Let's go back to hood. Absolutely I would.

716
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 2: Let's well see what they do, Let's see what the

717
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 2: mark whether would he do it? Would he do I

718
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 2: don't know if he does it or not? It's betting

719
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 2: on himself. And well, yeah, because Nico can bet on himself.

720
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 2: But what were we saying?

721
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 1: There are only so many passes to go around, and

722
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 1: you know, Schultz catches sixty five and Diggs a getst

723
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: this and Tank gets that. How many will Nico get?

724
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 1: But does that diminish his value to this or another team?

725
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 2: I don't know. I can't answer those contractualising. I do

726
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 2: not want to think of a world without Nico Collins.

727
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,160
Speaker 1: I think he's a Texan and I love it.

728
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 2: That he was here in twenty one and twenty two.

729
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 2: I absolutely love it.

730
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: I love it that Nick drafted him in the third

731
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 1: round and the COVID situation. You didn't really know what

732
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:28,640
Speaker 1: you were getting, but you saw the raw ability and

733
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: now look at it. Okay, so I may it can

734
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: get crazy. He could be one of the great Texans receivers.

735
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: And that's saying something he already is. This might be

736
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: crazy in terms of a one year bit of production.

737
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 1: I know the other two he did did things, but

738
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: when you're look at thirteen hundred yards in the highest

739
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 1: yard per catch average in the history of the franchise,

740
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: even with Andre Johnson and DeAndre Hopkins, that's saying something,

741
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:50,120
Speaker 1: go ahead.

742
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 3: When you need a bucket, Yeah, you got a lot

743
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 3: of guys that can go get buckets. I feel like

744
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 3: Nico's got he can hit buckets from all over the place.

745
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 3: This might be crazy considering how the Texans with you know,

746
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 3: Rick Smith just wasn't going to negotiate during the season.

747
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 3: What if Nico comes out and just balls out, or

748
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 3: maybe just the first two or three games of the year,

749
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 3: you just see Nico he's really he's just fitting in.

750
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 5: Well.

751
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 2: Everything I get a contract right there.

752
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: I mean, I'd like to do it this off so

753
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 1: you don't know what they're like you mentioned, and I'm

754
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: glad you brought it up because this is what people

755
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: need to think about.

756
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 2: What is the other side thinking, what is he thinking?

757
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 2: What is his agent theory? I don't know. I don't

758
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 2: know these things.

759
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: Okay, By the way, we are well into this segment

760
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 1: and we've done one who's better? We just tend to

761
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 1: talk who's better Trevor Lawrence or Jared Goff.

762
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 2: Trevor Lawrence or Jared Goff? Who's better? John? This is

763
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 2: a tough one. Did I pick a good one?

764
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 4: Here?

765
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:42,440
Speaker 2: It's a good one.

766
00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 3: See like right now to day it's Jared Goff.

767
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 2: Okay, right now today it's Jared Goff. You know you're smiling.

768
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 2: You're smiling. I'm not even looking at you because I

769
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 2: know you're smiling.

770
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 3: I do feel like Trevor's gonna get better and the

771
00:33:58,240 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 3: Texans have to prepare for that.

772
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 2: But I just think Jared Goff.

773
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 3: Has been so incredibly I mean, the whole thing, with

774
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 3: the whole thing with La, with the Rams and he

775
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 3: and McVeigh. I think, and to me, I think part

776
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 3: of The fall for McVeigh was good because he had

777
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 3: a certain way he did things, and he was so

778
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,960
Speaker 3: successful with that way, and he was immediately and totally

779
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 3: convinced that Jared Goff was done.

780
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 2: He was done. He was a throwing in that trade

781
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 2: with Detroit. Detroit got two first rounders and they got

782
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 2: Jared Goff.

783
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 3: Jared played, he was Jared Goff has played very well

784
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 3: in Detroit. Now is he at that level? No, he

785
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 3: hasn't gotten there yet.

786
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 2: No he's not.

787
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:45,839
Speaker 3: He's not, and I don't think he's gonna get there,

788
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 3: but man, he's pretty damned.

789
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:48,880
Speaker 2: He is Alex Smith plus plus.

790
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 3: Alex Smith always used to be that gauge of the

791
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 3: above average quarterback and gets you to the playoffs.

792
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 2: Probably not gonna get you much more.

793
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 3: I think Goff is better than him, but I think

794
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 3: he's still in that notch below the top guys. But

795
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,919
Speaker 3: he's in the nots below. Trevor is still in that

796
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 3: world of what is he?

797
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 2: Who is he? Guy?

798
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 3: He made some great throws and had some great moments

799
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 3: at twenty two, but you know, we covered horribly in

800
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 3: that second game here or otherwise. He doesn't have that

801
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,399
Speaker 3: big game against us, But man, you see him rip

802
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 3: a throw from one hash to the other sideline and.

803
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 1: You're like, yo, that video that I sent you of

804
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence in the tunnel versus CJ Stroud, these are

805
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:31,400
Speaker 1: pregame moments, yep. And Trevor Lawrence and somebody, I think

806
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:35,240
Speaker 1: Memes had the caption on that video of Trevor Lawrence,

807
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: which was Trevor Lawrence could not motivate me to make

808
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 1: a sandwich because he's like, all right, boys.

809
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,040
Speaker 2: Time to show him what we can do and cjys

810
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 2: come on, we're too special. It doesn't end today.

811
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 3: Well, the thing about us too, is that at some

812
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 3: point soon he was asked about it today as press conference,

813
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 3: Trevor was, you know, I'm not gonna lie the contract.

814
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 3: Would be nice to get a new contract as soon

815
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:58,320
Speaker 3: as those words are coming.

816
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 2: Oh no, he did not, Yeah, no, we did not

817
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 2: say that. He just the first I'm hearing of that, I'd.

818
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 3: Be lying a C word. He'd be lying to you

819
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 3: if he wouldn't. You know, I can't remember how it

820
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 3: was phrased, but essentially he'd be lying if he wasn't

821
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 3: thinking about the contract a little bit.

822
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 2: Oh my god, don't listen don't tell the truth up there.

823
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 2: I know, I know.

824
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: It's like Ryan Tanneill said he was seeing a sports psychologist.

825
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,400
Speaker 2: No, don't say that. You don't have to tell everybody.

826
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 1: There's nothing wrong with seeing the sports psychologists. I want

827
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,319
Speaker 1: to be clear on this. But you don't really talk

828
00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,239
Speaker 1: about that. Yeah, I just think it's a it's a touch.

829
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 3: So here's here's what he said, Trevor, I can't lie.

830
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 3: It would be nice to have that the contract done.

831
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, what's he going to get? This is going

832
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 2: to be interesting how they hand Here's this.

833
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 3: Here's another. Here's another quote from Trevor. There's definitely been

834
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 3: conversations about the contract. I'd love to be a jag

835
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:54,839
Speaker 3: for as long as possible. We love it here and

836
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 3: where and where we are head at an organization. My

837
00:36:57,360 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 3: best ball is ahead of me. It's not a focus

838
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,719
Speaker 3: right now. Well, and then after that, I can't lie.

839
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 3: It would be nice to have that.

840
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: I'm appointing you general manager of the Jaguars right there.

841
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 5: How are you doing?

842
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 2: Yes? I am no on the GM of the Jaguars.

843
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 2: What are you gonna do? I played out? I played out,

844
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 2: You're played it out here, all right?

845
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 1: So he's entering you got the fifty year option yet

846
00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 1: to be clear, he's entering year four, so he's still

847
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 1: under contract for next year. It's not a franchise thing.

848
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: He's under contract going into year five. I think he's

849
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: turned into one of those guys where you have to

850
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: play year four and then you make your decision. It's

851
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: not one of those things necessarily. It might be by

852
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: next year, but maybe play super well this year and

853
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:33,720
Speaker 1: you say, now you get the deal going into year five.

854
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 2: Good has he earned.

855
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 1: There's a special class of quarterback drafted in the first

856
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: round where you get that extension after year three, which

857
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 1: is where he is. Is he in that class? I

858
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: don't think so.

859
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 2: I'm with you. I think he falls into the two category.

860
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:48,920
Speaker 3: Two A gut in the League of twenty twenty correct,

861
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 3: little struggle, finally got in there, got the offense kind

862
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 3: of right with McDaniel. In twenty two twenty three, it

863
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 3: starts to really come around into shape. They still haven't

864
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 3: gotten a contract done. Look, I feel like like you said,

865
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 3: I feel like there are categories of guys you just

866
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 3: know don't have it. Then there are guys who are like,

867
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,719
Speaker 3: we think he's got it. We're pretty sure we're not

868
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 3: about to give him this contract. Let's let him do

869
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 3: a fourth year, but you know what, we're gonna pick

870
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 3: up the fifth year option, right and then there are

871
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:14,799
Speaker 3: some you know right away, you know, day one, you know,

872
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 3: and we can make.

873
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,840
Speaker 1: Him an offer, but it's not gonna be what he wants.

874
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 1: I don't think he's not one of the top flight.

875
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 1: We're really excited to give you this contract. Oh man,

876
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:24,839
Speaker 1: I'm excited.

877
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 2: To see it. And you're like, wait what it's an

878
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 2: extra year?

879
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 3: Wait what you want me for three years and fifty

880
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 3: seven million dollars? Like no, So yeah, I think that's okay. Well,

881
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 3: he's he's gonna bet on himself and maybe the JAG's

882
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 3: better on him.

883
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:41,359
Speaker 2: I don't know.

884
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 3: I would let him go through that fourth year. You look,

885
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 3: he's got the fifty year option. It's great, he's here

886
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,399
Speaker 3: for five years, but I'm letting him play out year four.

887
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 2: All right?

888
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 1: Next, Who's better? We're gonna get to a third one

889
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: in this segment. Somehow it's draft related. Who's better? Marvin

890
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: Harrison Junior or Malik Neighbors?

891
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 2: Who's better? Johnny? Okay, you need one more word?

892
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:09,440
Speaker 3: Who's a better fit athlete, better receiver, better draft prospect.

893
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 2: You got to put one more word, all right, So.

894
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: You have a top five pick and you need a receiver.

895
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: Both guys are on the board. Marvin Harrison Jr.

896
00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:19,359
Speaker 2: Okay, because there's a little controversy here or.

897
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 3: Debate, I should Well, here's here's part of the issue.

898
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 3: Marvin Harrison Junior chose not to test anything. Yeah, not

899
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 3: tested all. So what he didn't test at all? But

900
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 3: here's where here's where it. Elite Neighbors did test, and

901
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 3: Elite Neighbors tested off the charts. Forty two and a

902
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 3: half inch vert. He ran the four to three range

903
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 3: like he tested off the charts. And so there becomes this, well,

904
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 3: we really don't know what Marvin Harrison is.

905
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 2: Well, yes you do. Watch damn film.

906
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 3: You can look at him and see him do all

907
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 3: the good wide receiver things. You know, the stock that

908
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:49,279
Speaker 3: he came from.

909
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, put on the film, bro. Put the film on, Bro.

910
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 2: You'll you'll figure it out. Now. Look, Elite Neighbor has

911
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 2: had those moments too.

912
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:59,880
Speaker 3: I just think the little nuanced receiver things, body ca

913
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 3: control on the sideline, those kind of things. Marvin Harrison

914
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:06,759
Speaker 3: Junior does extremely extremely well. Moliku Neighbors as a freakyzoid

915
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,080
Speaker 3: athlete can just run right by you from any spot

916
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 3: on a field, get the ball in his hands, and

917
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 3: make moves after the catch. He does that exceptionally well.

918
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 3: So they're different from that standpoint, So maybe tough to pick.

919
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,439
Speaker 2: But to me, Marvin Harrison Junior is just a better receiver. Okay,

920
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 2: I've got two more.

921
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 1: We'll save him for Thursday when we have the John

922
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: McClain appearance and the rest of it. But coming up

923
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,839
Speaker 1: and by the way, Nick Cassario on later this week,

924
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: probably Friday for Nick coming up, Demiko Ryan's another choice

925
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: cut on something that's going down next week.

926
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:37,320
Speaker 2: It's not the draft that's.

927
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:41,280
Speaker 1: Big, and we'll get his thoughts and reflect It's Texans

928
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:46,880
Speaker 1: All Access. It's Texans Radio, Mark Vandermere and John Harris

929
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 1: with you, and going into the break, we said that

930
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: we would talk about something that's happening next week, get

931
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: Demko Ryan's to reflect on it, and we would reflect

932
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 1: on it.

933
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 2: And it's not the NFL Draft. What is it? You

934
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:00,800
Speaker 2: guessed it? It's uniforms.

935
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: What did the head coach have to say during his

936
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,320
Speaker 1: podium appearance this week about new unis.

937
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,360
Speaker 4: I'm very I'm fired up about the new uniforms and

938
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,840
Speaker 4: it's you know, it's twenty twenty four. Time for a

939
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,000
Speaker 4: fresh look for the Texans. I know we've had the

940
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:16,880
Speaker 4: same uniforms all right since the since our organization started

941
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 4: here in two thousand and two.

942
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 5: I was messing with the guys earlier.

943
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 4: About I wore the same uniforms that they were wearing,

944
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:24,359
Speaker 4: and I.

945
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 5: Think it's time for an update.

946
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 4: And credit to Doug cav hand all the work and

947
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 4: time that went into coming out with the new look.

948
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 4: I think our fans would be excited about it. I

949
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 4: think the coolest part about the new uniforms that you

950
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 4: guys all know is having our fans input into the

951
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 4: look of our new uniform. I thought that was pretty cool,

952
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:48,239
Speaker 4: pretty unique by our organization being able to talk to

953
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,760
Speaker 4: our fans and get a true feel for what our.

954
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 5: Fans wanted to see.

955
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 4: And of course our players are fired up about the

956
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 4: new look, so it'll be exciting reveal.

957
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 5: For next week for everyone.

958
00:41:58,160 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 2: And he mentioned Doug.

959
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 1: That's Doug Vasik, Senior vice president of Marketing and the

960
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,440
Speaker 1: guy who's the point guard on this whole project and

961
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 1: coach is not exaggerating. They did take the fans input

962
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 1: into big consideration here. The fans had major input. Now,

963
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,879
Speaker 1: if you're listening, you're thinking, oh, I didn't vote. Listen,

964
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: they can't talk to every single one of you. But

965
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: that had numerous focus groups vote either, so and a

966
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,880
Speaker 1: fan counsel. I didn't vote either. I might have picked magenta.

967
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 1: I don't know, Uh, probably not, probably not, but I

968
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 1: think it's cool. And you know the fact that coach

969
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 1: played here. Of course we all know this. This is obvious,

970
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 1: but every once in a while I'm reminded of that

971
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,359
Speaker 1: again in a different way, a different context, if you will.

972
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:44,479
Speaker 1: He said, I wore the uniforms you guys wore last year.

973
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 1: So obviously he didn't wear the color rush, right, you

974
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,000
Speaker 1: never wore the red helmet. He wore all red with

975
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 1: a blue helmet, because that was seven when they unveiled

976
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 1: that look. The first battle red day was three. So

977
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: he got here after that, he got to hear No.

978
00:42:58,360 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 2: Six.

979
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 1: But anyway, he wore the uniforms, and now he gets

980
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: to be part of the new unis Well.

981
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,680
Speaker 3: It reminded me yesterday of you know, when the Jacks,

982
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:09,240
Speaker 3: when the Jaguars unveiled. They're going back to their throwbacks,

983
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,279
Speaker 3: that's their alternate. They're going back there. Those a pretty

984
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 3: sweet I was living Jackson all the time. I always

985
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,400
Speaker 3: always like those, and the fans were so excited.

986
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:16,200
Speaker 2: I have to look at them.

987
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:19,520
Speaker 3: So there will be a day fifteen years down the

988
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 3: road where we're gonna wear these jerseys.

989
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,760
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, OK, everybody's gonna think those are awesome.

990
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,359
Speaker 3: Say I never left them. I like our jerseys. I

991
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,080
Speaker 3: like I like the new ones, I like the old ones.

992
00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:31,839
Speaker 2: I like them.

993
00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:34,759
Speaker 1: I'll just well, well, you know what I'm thinking, though,

994
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 1: I love the battle red helmet. Right, we unveiled it

995
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,760
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, right or twenty twenty two, twenty

996
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,239
Speaker 1: two two? Yea, yeah, it was November thirty against the

997
00:43:44,239 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 1: Eagles in that weird night where the Astros were playing

998
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: the Phillies in the World Series. That was weird, but

999
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: it was cool to see the red helmet. Now, based

1000
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:55,240
Speaker 1: on my reaction to that, I am so excited about

1001
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 1: what's to come here because.

1002
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 2: Hey, well they got let's see it. And look.

1003
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,200
Speaker 1: I've had some glimpses, but I've seen so many different

1004
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:04,600
Speaker 1: things as far as ideas, and some of them from

1005
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 1: the fans.

1006
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,359
Speaker 2: I start to forget, Wait what am I looking at again?

1007
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,319
Speaker 2: So which ones? Where did it come from?

1008
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll tell you this though, the production value of

1009
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 1: the way this thing is going to be revealed to

1010
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,080
Speaker 1: the general public is off the chain.

1011
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:20,200
Speaker 2: You and I saw something yesterday. Wow, high Hollywood level.

1012
00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 2: It is awesome. Yeah, it was. I watched it and

1013
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 2: I was stunned into silence. I was like, do we

1014
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,800
Speaker 2: that's us? Yeah, that is cool.

1015
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 1: I've wanted that for so long that that in itself

1016
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:36,680
Speaker 1: is going to be And by the way, I'll go

1017
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: full disclosure, maybe not full, but some disclosure that you

1018
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,320
Speaker 1: and I. We had a bunch of player interviews recently

1019
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,000
Speaker 1: on the show that and we've repeated some of them

1020
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:47,959
Speaker 1: because they were so good. Yeah, and it was during

1021
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,880
Speaker 1: a shoot for some of the players in the new uniforms,

1022
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: but not all the new uniforms, so we got a

1023
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:56,520
Speaker 1: glimpse of them wearing one of the versions or whatever. So, uh,

1024
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,839
Speaker 1: it's gonna be cool. I think people like them. There's

1025
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:02,440
Speaker 1: for everybody. It's gonna be awesome. And when we have

1026
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: Doug Vastik on the show this week, we'll talk more

1027
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 1: about the whole process and everything, but I like that

1028
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,399
Speaker 1: the coach is excited. All I want is this. This

1029
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 1: is my ask and I haven't gone to Cal McNair,

1030
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,799
Speaker 1: Hannah McNair and Doug and Greg with this. My ask

1031
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:18,879
Speaker 1: and the coach is that Demico still wears some kind

1032
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:22,399
Speaker 1: of red dry fit during the game. All right, can

1033
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:26,520
Speaker 1: we please have this thing that's his Landry hat, his

1034
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:29,239
Speaker 1: bum Phillips hat. That's his calling card to have the

1035
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 1: drive fit. I know when it's cold, he can't do that,

1036
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 1: but that is his look to me, because you know

1037
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 1: he's all buffed well, it looks like he can suit

1038
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:41,359
Speaker 1: up any moments he's off by himself sometimes because he's

1039
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage, he's out of the coaches box,

1040
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:47,560
Speaker 1: let's be honest, sometimes and he's riling up the crowd.

1041
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 1: He's got the headset on. It's just such a great look.

1042
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:52,759
Speaker 1: It inspires people. Let's continue with that.

1043
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,799
Speaker 3: Well, that just makes it all the more important that

1044
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:58,880
Speaker 3: we play playoff games here at home from now on.

1045
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,040
Speaker 2: Not freezing has took us out, so you can so

1046
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 2: we can wear the red wear his red jersey. Yeah,

1047
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:08,120
Speaker 2: if you battle read some kind of battle red thing

1048
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:09,439
Speaker 2: and let's see what they have. Yeah.

1049
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:12,720
Speaker 3: Absolutely, I mean he's one of the first off the bus.

1050
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:15,279
Speaker 3: He and Dan Campbell. I'll just come off the coaching bus.

1051
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 3: You know you're in trouble.

1052
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 2: I'll disclose something else here.

1053
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 1: I had to peek at some of the gear, not uniforms,

1054
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:23,359
Speaker 1: but other gear that they'll have available, like starting your hat,

1055
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:26,960
Speaker 1: just stuff like that. Johnny, this stuff's going to fly

1056
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 1: off the shelves. It is going to be ridiculously in demand.

1057
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 1: And I wanted to scoop it all myself. And I'm not,

1058
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:36,560
Speaker 1: you know, although I have a lot of text and

1059
00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:38,440
Speaker 1: stuff clearly, and I got to replace a lot of

1060
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 1: stuff that's exactly right now. You're wearing a shirt today.

1061
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,120
Speaker 1: I'm like, is that still going to be valid or

1062
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:43,239
Speaker 1: is that a retro shirt all of.

1063
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:45,800
Speaker 3: A sudden, Well, there's no logo on this. It just

1064
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:47,759
Speaker 3: says Houston, Texas. And I think that's still our font.

1065
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 3: This I have of this shirt since twenty fourteen. This

1066
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,480
Speaker 3: is like the first thing that you ever told me

1067
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:53,200
Speaker 3: to go buy at the store. No, we're going and

1068
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:53,920
Speaker 3: I sure wear it.

1069
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:58,839
Speaker 1: We're going pure cursive and U goth lettering as well.

1070
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 2: I don't know, I don't know what we're doing. It'll

1071
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:00,879
Speaker 2: be cool.

1072
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:03,759
Speaker 1: We'll all see it together. Johnny, thanks a lot. Tomorrow

1073
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:05,360
Speaker 1: it is going to be an episode of in the

1074
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 1: Lab as part of Texans All Access, among other things,

1075
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 1: on the program McClean Thursday, likely Nick Cassario on Friday.

1076
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:14,840
Speaker 2: We'll let you know. Thanks so much for listening. Area

1077
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:15,920
Speaker 2: forty five is next.

1078
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: Those guys have a lot to say on the Texans Astros,

1079
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:23,040
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of other stuff. It's Texans Radio, Go,

1080
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 1: Texans