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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to the program that takes you

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Speaker 1: Dallas in Arlington Saturday night at seven o'clock. Mark Vandermer,

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Speaker 1: John Harris with you. We've got a humongous show for

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Speaker 1: you today. We'll check in with a Cowboys Dot Com reporter.

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Speaker 1: We'll check in with Kaimi Fairbear, and that's later on

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Speaker 1: Christian Kirksey. MALIEK. Collins going back to Dallas got him

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Speaker 1: all tonight, Johnny, And here we go preseason game number

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Speaker 1: two and a lot to cover. How you doing, my friend,

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Speaker 1: I'm doing well. Unfortunately I hear MOLIEK. Collins name going

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Speaker 1: back to play this preseason game, and I just my

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Speaker 1: heart drops. You know why, oh why? Because Millie Collins

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Speaker 1: was tearing us up on that first drive of the

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Speaker 1: preseason game between nineteen and he was the one and

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Speaker 1: he didn't do this on purpose, of course, but he

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Speaker 1: was the one who made his tackle on Lamar Miller.

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Speaker 1: He did. Oh well, So there are a lot okay,

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of things I've thought about this

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Speaker 1: preseason game. It was the one that we played against

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Speaker 1: Dallas between nineteen. I know, we got plenty of stuff

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Speaker 1: to talk to you, but this game is seismic on

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Speaker 1: a number of different levels. Seismic. Okay, do you remember

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Speaker 1: what happened at left tackle that night for the Texans.

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Speaker 1: Julian Davenport had not done really anything with the first

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Speaker 1: squad throughout the entire preseason, right, they put him at

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Speaker 1: left tackle that night and it was awful. It did

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Speaker 1: not go well. And was that a reason or one

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Speaker 1: of the factors in the injury to Lamar Miller? Well,

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Speaker 1: that was probably part of it, but even more so

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Speaker 1: what it was, We don't have an answer at left tackle. Wait,

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Speaker 1: who was playing left tackle prior to that in that

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Speaker 1: preseason because I thought Davenport was the penciled in guy.

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Speaker 1: It was, No, it was Davenport, and it was I

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Speaker 1: can't remember who it was. Wasn't Rod, It wasn't Rod. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they put Titus out there a little bit, but they

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Speaker 1: really had focused Titus at guard and Titus was hurt.

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Speaker 1: If you remember, Titus had gotten hurt so he couldn't

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Speaker 1: gonna roll with Davenport and after that game was over. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they had the fourth preseason game. But you know what

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Speaker 1: happened at the end of that fourth preseason game. The

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Speaker 1: Texas make the deal for Laramie Tunsel. Yeah, so you

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Speaker 1: have just an abysmal performance at tackle. It goes horribly

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Speaker 1: for Julian. The offense just looks completely mangled. Everybody's like, look,

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Speaker 1: there's gotta be an answer because Deshaun I think I

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Speaker 1: sacked on two other plays and it was, well, there's

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Speaker 1: Totally weren't sure if Titus is gonna be the guy,

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Speaker 1: so they went, Okay, let's go make the Larmie Tounsel.

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Speaker 1: So it's seismic and then I do my interview with

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, and right after that, you dropped the news

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Speaker 1: that Andrew Luck has retired from football. Yeah, which shocked

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Speaker 1: THEFC South and the NFL that night. For as forgettable

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Speaker 1: as the game was, there were so many things that

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Speaker 1: that a that led to by led to see because

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Speaker 1: I think the performance, obviously the margating hurt led to

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Speaker 1: going out and getting Carlos Hide. I think the performance

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Speaker 1: throughout training camp but not being good at tackle. And

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Speaker 1: I think Julian's performance cemented a fact that Bill Brod

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Speaker 1: was gonna go do something to go get a tackle,

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Speaker 1: and that led to Laramie Tutsil and then Andrew Luck retires.

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Speaker 1: Oh he did something, all right, I mean he did something.

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Speaker 1: He went and got Laramie Tutsil, and you know, the

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Speaker 1: story kind of got new wind this week with DeAndre

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Speaker 1: Dillard situation in Philadelphia. And by the way, the Texans

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Speaker 1: the preseason opener, Khalil Matt Khalil started the next game, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and then you're right, they didn't really have an answer

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Speaker 1: By the way, people who are still criticizing that deal

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Speaker 1: But look, we don't have to address all of that.

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Speaker 1: It's interesting you bring up these storylines though. And speaking

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Speaker 1: I think big, because if Dunne was a quiet guy,

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Speaker 1: Not that he hasn't made plays for this team, because

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Speaker 1: it stands out. But Johnny had a warning sign. And

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Speaker 1: I interviewed Dunnie earlier in camp and I asked him

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Speaker 1: harder for him to be the Clubhouse Locker Room TJ.

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Speaker 1: final was in there. And I know John Grenard, I

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Speaker 1: I think Kean was in there as well. Oh god,

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Speaker 1: Kean got traded and uh, Donny is And I said

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Speaker 1: this in a kind of our group text, and I'll

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Speaker 1: say it here. If you're an undrafted guy, right and

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Speaker 1: you get six seven years of ball in, you get

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Speaker 1: and not stealing money. You had to work for everything.

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Speaker 1: But you gotta feel like it's a career. Yeah, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: it's a darn it's a darn good career. I don't

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Speaker 1: after leaving after what thirteen or fourteen, he left and

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Speaker 1: then came back in sixteen and was vital the ten

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Speaker 1: Dunny did the little work you're never and the dirty

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Speaker 1: that was tough. But he was He was always great

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Speaker 1: be at functions because he was gregarious. He was so

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Speaker 1: I did a fifty three manon roster. As I was

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Speaker 1: But if you've seen training camp, you wouldn't be all

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Speaker 1: going with that particular situation, because you know, look, business

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Speaker 1: football gets involved in all this two yeah and money yeah.

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Speaker 1: And people know that Donnie had a pretty decent sized

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Speaker 1: and look if there is a position right now. And

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Speaker 1: lot of runs. Absolutely, instead of having a guy that

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Speaker 1: else's you know, grounding out the short. Maybe you gotta

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Speaker 1: for a long time. Roy Lopez. You almost didn't want

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Speaker 1: You know why? I know because because I've got in

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Speaker 1: trouble in the past. No, it's not it's not just that,

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Speaker 1: because there's no way Roy Lopez, in my opinion, doesn't

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Speaker 1: a rookie, and you know, doing what we do, we're

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Speaker 1: you know, Tyler sut Arthur's editing video not too far

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Speaker 1: and Lopez has a great personality to go along with

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Speaker 1: the playmaking ability as a rookie. Again, I'm not sending

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Speaker 1: is when he came out twenty fourteen, Blake Bortles was

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Speaker 1: drafted number three overall. He's done, I think. But but Dunny,

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Speaker 1: get off and pursue to the ball. I mean that's everything,

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Speaker 1: all right. So I got to ask you about wrestling

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Speaker 1: before you go, because we got like three wrestlers on

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Speaker 1: this team. Justin Brett, who plays on the Old Line,

430
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Speaker 1: he said he could tell that you were a wrestler. Yeah,

431
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Speaker 1: so I wanted to ask you, could you tell, like

432
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Speaker 1: what does wrestling bring to your game that maybe other

433
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Speaker 1: d line? Right, I could see the Brits a wrestler too,

434
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Speaker 1: Senator of gravity when he's blocking, you know, he got

435
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Speaker 1: good hit man, you know, and uh he's not a

436
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Speaker 1: waste bender like like a lot of centers are, you know.

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Speaker 1: But uh, yeah, I can see that Roy Lopez is

438
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Speaker 1: a center as a former wrestler, he say he the best,

439
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Speaker 1: you know, But I boxed tooth, so I ain't really

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Speaker 1: worried about him. Well, I just want to say, um,

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Speaker 1: justin it did say that he left his shoes on

442
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Speaker 1: the mat, But if he were to challenge you all

443
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Speaker 1: to wrestling, he'd probably win. But I'd like to point

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Speaker 1: out your record as a wrestler as a senior, wasn't

445
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Speaker 1: weren't you like forty eight? Forty eight? Now for sure? Yeah,

446
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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know about that. I still put

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Speaker 1: my shoes on. So he said he left him on

448
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Speaker 1: the mat, but I still put them on on. In

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Speaker 1: the off season seven, we cannot we cannot wait to

450
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Speaker 1: see you this season, Malik. A pleasure to meet you

451
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Speaker 1: and best elect appreciation. There's dpcity and Malik Collins now

452
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Speaker 1: coming up more on the Cowboys with David Hellman of

453
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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys dot Com. We also have interviews with Christian

454
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Speaker 1: Kirksey and Callaomi Fairbairn Busy Night on Texans Radio stick Around,

455
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Speaker 1: It's Texans Radio, And like we were saying, there's nothing

456
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Speaker 1: quite like playing the Dallas Cowboys, whether it's preseason or not.

457
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Speaker 1: Here we are week two. Everything ramps up, everything gets

458
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Speaker 1: a little more serious as we move on here and

459
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Speaker 1: let's get to know the Cowboys a little bit more

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Speaker 1: with David Hellman from Dallas Cowboys dot Com. Dep City

461
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Speaker 1: had a chance to catch up with him. It's Enemy

462
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Speaker 1: Sidelines and my guest this week, David Hellman, team reporter

463
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Speaker 1: with the Dallas Cowboys. We seem to talk pretty much

464
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Speaker 1: every year during the preseason, except for last year, of course. David. So,

465
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Speaker 1: it's good to be back, good to have preseason games

466
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Speaker 1: back on the docket. But let's start with Hard Knocks

467
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Speaker 1: because I know I know what that experience is like

468
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Speaker 1: when Hard Knox was here with the Houston Texans. Tell

469
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Speaker 1: us what it's been like to have a camera's following

470
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Speaker 1: the team around, absolutely right, Like, it's it's great to

471
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Speaker 1: be back in the tradition of seeing y'all every August.

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Speaker 1: Last year was kind of a bummer, but you know,

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Speaker 1: to be honest, it hasn't been that juicy, at least

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Speaker 1: not for me. You know, like you said, your experience.

475
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Speaker 1: There's twenty or thirty camera people around pretty much at

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Speaker 1: all times, filming everything. Some of the intricate shots they

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Speaker 1: do are really interesting. If you watched the most recent

478
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Speaker 1: episode they had to you know, they set up a

479
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Speaker 1: chess match between Micah Parsons and Ben da Nucci, which

480
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Speaker 1: the manpower that went into filming that was really impressive.

481
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Speaker 1: I think they had ten people just to film that shot.

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Speaker 1: But they don't really get in the way. They don't

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Speaker 1: make a lot of noise. So it's been m it's

484
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Speaker 1: been kind of anticlimactic so far, to be honest with you.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see what the next couple of weeks hold.

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Speaker 1: It's crazy because they've had to move that production from Oxnard, California,

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Speaker 1: back to back to Frisco and back and forth. And

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Speaker 1: I know that's a that's a lot of equipment, a

489
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Speaker 1: lot of wires and mission control as we used to

490
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Speaker 1: call it the broom with all the cameras. So how

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Speaker 1: how has that been just moving back and forth between

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Speaker 1: two locations. You know, I need to talk to them

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Speaker 1: and tell them how much I appreciate their work, because

494
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Speaker 1: you know, we were we were in Oxnard for a month.

495
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Speaker 1: I mean we were out there for twenty six days,

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Speaker 1: I think, and by the time you know, it's it's fun.

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Speaker 1: But by the time you get through that much time,

498
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Speaker 1: you're just ready to go home. And so they spent

499
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Speaker 1: twenty six days in Oxnard and then had to turn

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Speaker 1: around and come here for the next two and a

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Speaker 1: half weeks. So you know, I'm sure their families are

502
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Speaker 1: missing them. So you know, kudos to them for how

503
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Speaker 1: much work goes into putting that thing on. Well, it's

504
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Speaker 1: been a lot of fun to watch. It's it'll be

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Speaker 1: more fun when I think through out of your hand

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Speaker 1: and things returned a little bit back to normal. But

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Speaker 1: let's start about this preseason game. Because head coach David

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Speaker 1: Cully said that for the Texans, anyone that was available

509
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Speaker 1: was going to play in Saturday's game against the Cowboys. Now,

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Speaker 1: I know the Cowboys have a little bit of a

511
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Speaker 1: different situation with Dak Prescott, but what can you tell

512
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Speaker 1: us about starters and playing time and what you know

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Speaker 1: about Saturday's game. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting. You know,

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Speaker 1: this is typically your dress rehearsal game, at least for

515
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Speaker 1: you know, the Cowboys. It's their third game because they

516
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Speaker 1: played in the Hall of Fame game, So I think

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Speaker 1: this would normally be a setting where, you know, especially

518
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Speaker 1: and because the Cowboys opened the regular season before everybody

519
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Speaker 1: as well with the Thursday night opener in Tampa, you know,

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Speaker 1: this is probably the game where you want to get

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Speaker 1: your starters as much, you know, the maximum amount of

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Speaker 1: playing time. But I'm curious. I don't expect to see

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Speaker 1: that this time around, mainly because of Dak. You know,

524
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Speaker 1: he's still recovering from from his shoulder strain, so they're

525
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Speaker 1: not going to throw him out there. And if he's

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Speaker 1: not out there, I don't think they want to subject

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Speaker 1: too many of their other guys to injury either. So

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Speaker 1: you know, you're Tyrn Smith's, you're Zach Martin's, you're Ezekiel Elliott's.

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Speaker 1: I would be surprised if those guys play a whole lot,

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Speaker 1: or maybe even at all. I do know Amari Cooper

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Speaker 1: is going to get in there. I think that's mainly

532
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Speaker 1: just because you know, he just got back to practice

533
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Speaker 1: this week, so you know, he hasn't played football since

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Speaker 1: last December, so I think he's going to get out

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Speaker 1: there and try to get his feet wet. But I

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Speaker 1: don't get the impression that this is going to be

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Speaker 1: your typical dress rehearsal where where your big time you know,

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Speaker 1: your big time names are playing a lot. Well, let's

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Speaker 1: talk about Dak because I remember it was early in

540
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Speaker 1: training camp and you had I think you had tweeted

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Speaker 1: out that he left practice with a shoulder strain, and

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Speaker 1: there were a lot of gasps in the crowd because

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Speaker 1: we're fans. I believe that a practice that day. So

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Speaker 1: what can you tell us about him? Because he did

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Speaker 1: miss a chunk of last year and most of last

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Speaker 1: year with the ankle injury, so just sort of getting

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Speaker 1: back to health, you had just sort of come back

548
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Speaker 1: and now he's out again. You know, is there any

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Speaker 1: concern for you know, what that's going to look like

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Speaker 1: once the season starts. As far as knocking him rust off,

551
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Speaker 1: I think there's always going to be concerned anytime your

552
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,480
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback's not completely available to do everything. And yeah,

553
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Speaker 1: the day Dak left practice, you know, it was a

554
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Speaker 1: complete meltdown by the fans and the media because you know,

555
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Speaker 1: we saw what this team looks like without Dak last

556
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:21,160
Speaker 1: year and it's not very pretty. So you know, anything

557
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Speaker 1: that limits his availability is going to have people concerned.

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Speaker 1: Now from the Cowboys side, everything's fine. You know, he's

559
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Speaker 1: had it checked out a few times. There's no significant damage.

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Speaker 1: I think you know, you're talking about a guy who

561
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Speaker 1: broke his ankle, and if you know Dak Prescott's work

562
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Speaker 1: ethic at all. I mean, the guy was working throughout

563
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Speaker 1: the offseason even before he was able to stand and

564
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Speaker 1: walk and all of that. So I think maybe he

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Speaker 1: put a little more strain on his throwing muscles than

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Speaker 1: he normally does, especially like if you're talking about throwing

567
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Speaker 1: a football while you're sitting down, activating some muscles that

568
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Speaker 1: maybe you're not one hundred percent used to. So it

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Speaker 1: doesn't sound like there's any significant damage. You know, the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys are you know, they've been confident, they remain confident

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Speaker 1: that he'll be out there against Tampa Bay. But you know,

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Speaker 1: at the same time, I understand fans concerns. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: when your franchise quarterbacks not one hundred percent healthy, it's

574
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Speaker 1: hard to feel super good about that. But but it

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00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 1: does look like all systems will be go, you know,

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Speaker 1: when when the regular season starts. All right, let's talk

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Speaker 1: about the defense, because Cowboys hired any defensive coordinator in

578
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Speaker 1: Dan Quinn this offseason. So what's what's that transition been like,

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Speaker 1: what's the how different does the defense look, and what's

580
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Speaker 1: it been like for the players. It's I mean, it's

581
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 1: been fun. First of all, Dan Quinn's a fun guy

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Speaker 1: to cover. You know, you've you've done this job for

583
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,920
Speaker 1: a while. When a when a guy comes in having

584
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Speaker 1: been the head coach and having called all of the shots,

585
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,120
Speaker 1: there's a level of expertise that comes with that. So

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Speaker 1: you know, Dan knows how to handle the media. He

587
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,160
Speaker 1: knows just the right things to say, and his players

588
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,320
Speaker 1: really respond to him as well. This is probably as

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Speaker 1: loud as I've heard the Dallas defense in a while,

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Speaker 1: just in terms of how much they talk, not just

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Speaker 1: you know, communication and trash talk. It's been fun. The

592
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 1: thing is, it's I know this sounds weird because I've

593
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Speaker 1: been watching him practice for a month, but I still

594
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,479
Speaker 1: don't one hundred percent know what to expect. You know,

595
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: they they've been rotating this entire defense like you typically

596
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 1: see a defensive line. You know, waves of guys. They

597
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 1: never use the same combinations twice, particularly at linebacker, where

598
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,160
Speaker 1: they have all this talent. You know, they drafted Micah Parsons,

599
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 1: They've still got Jalen Smith and Leyton vander Esche. They

600
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Speaker 1: brought in Keyan O'Neill from Atlanta, so there's you know,

601
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 1: there's five guys back there that all deserve playing time,

602
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 1: and it's been fun to see Dan kind of cycle

603
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 1: through all those different combinations, and in my opinion, he's

604
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 1: done a great job of kind of hiding what this

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Speaker 1: is going to look like when when the season gets here.

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Speaker 1: So I do think it's going to be multiple. You know,

607
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: they they they've thrown a lot of different looks. They've

608
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Speaker 1: done some three four stuff, they've done some four three stuff,

609
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Speaker 1: But it's it's been a lot of process, to be

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Speaker 1: honest with you. All Right, Well, let's talk about rookies

611
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Speaker 1: because it'll be the first time for a lot of

612
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Speaker 1: us see these rookies out on the field, and the

613
00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,160
Speaker 1: Texans aw a few of them last week. But as

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Speaker 1: far as cover the Cowboys, any rookies or new players

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Speaker 1: that have really stood out too throughout the camp in

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Speaker 1: the preseason. I mean, the big one is Micah just

617
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Speaker 1: you know, he's the twelfth overall pick. When you draft

618
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Speaker 1: a guy that highly, especially you know, for a defense

619
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Speaker 1: that was as awful as the Cowboys was last year,

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Speaker 1: there's high expectations that come with that. And you know

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Speaker 1: it's it's only the preseason. Nobody's putting him in the

622
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl yet, but it's been impressive, how how much

623
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Speaker 1: he looks the part. You know, he's out there, he

624
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: does a little bit of everything. He plays off ball,

625
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: he rushes the passer, he's an excellent blitzer. He's got

626
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Speaker 1: a nose for the football. You know, he had a

627
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Speaker 1: takeaway in his preseason debut against Pittsburgh and he's done

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Speaker 1: it in practice consistently. So, like I said, there's still

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Speaker 1: there's still some steps for him, but he looks every

630
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Speaker 1: bit the part of a guy who can come in

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Speaker 1: here and help change a defense quickly. All right, David,

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Speaker 1: And before I let you go, what about storylines for

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one season. What are some of the

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Speaker 1: big storylines that you're covering and you're following, and it

635
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Speaker 1: makes some big questions you're hoping to get answered the season. Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, the big one until further notice is gonna

637
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Speaker 1: be Dak Obviously, not just because of the shoulder thing,

638
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Speaker 1: but again, he missed most of last season with his ankle,

639
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Speaker 1: and you know from the sounds of it, if he

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00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 1: doesn't play Saturday, he's not going to play until they're

641
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Speaker 1: going against Tampa Bay, which is a little bit of

642
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 1: a scary proposition. That's obviously a really good team and

643
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 1: he won't have played in ten months. So how quickly

644
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,440
Speaker 1: can Dak get back to being Dak? You know, he

645
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: was on this insane trajectory before he got hurt last year,

646
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,520
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys are gonna need him to pick that

647
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Speaker 1: up quickly because, you know, let's just be honest, he

648
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 1: is their ticket to success. Without him, I don't think

649
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,440
Speaker 1: they have much of anything, to be honest with you.

650
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: And then and then the defense. You know, they were

651
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 1: thirty first in the league against the run last year,

652
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: just turned in some of the most abysmal performances in

653
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Speaker 1: team history. So you know, nobody's expecting them to be elite,

654
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,440
Speaker 1: but they're gonna have to be a lot better. Dan

655
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 1: Quinn's gonna have to get that trending more toward the

656
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 1: middle of the pack. And if those two things can happen,

657
00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 1: if they get great play out of Dak and the

658
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 1: play out of their defense, you know, that's what people

659
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,240
Speaker 1: are optimistic about. That's why people are excited that this

660
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 1: year could be better than last year. All right, good stuff.

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Speaker 1: David Hellman, team reporter for the Dallas Cowboys. Always a pleasure,

662
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 1: glad to be battling back. What is it called the

663
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 1: Governor's Cup even if it is just preseason? Yeah, I

664
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 1: think that somebody was talking to me about that. I

665
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 1: was like, do we really have a rivalry trophy for

666
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: a preseason game? You I've seen it, it's there. You

667
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: know what, after last year, I'm all for it. I'm

668
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,800
Speaker 1: not going to roll my eyes with anything as long

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00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 1: as we're playing games. Agree, I'll take preseason games, and

670
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 1: I'm going to be excited about him because it's been

671
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 1: a long time since we've had fans in the stands

672
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: and we've been able to cover football games this way.

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Speaker 1: So David, thank you for the time, and look forward

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Speaker 1: to catching up soon anytime. Absolutely, there's DPCO and David

675
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Speaker 1: Hellman from Dallas Cowboys dot Com coming up. Christian Kirksey.

676
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: He was interviewed on TV last week. Let's check in

677
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Speaker 1: with him and Kayomi Fairbairn and Drew twelve questions as

678
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 1: only Drew can ask them and Kayimy can answer them.

679
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Speaker 1: It's coming up on Texans Radio as promised. Now, I'm

680
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Speaker 1: Texans Radio DP City, who catches up with linebacker Christian Kirksey.

681
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Speaker 1: He was interviewed during the television broadcast last week. What

682
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Speaker 1: did you have to say to DP this week? It's

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Speaker 1: a Deep Scent one on one presented by Xfinity. I've

684
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Speaker 1: got linebacker Christian Kirksey entering year eight. Christian. I know

685
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 1: David Culley said that players that didn't play in the

686
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 1: first preseason game will probably play in the second preseason game.

687
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,760
Speaker 1: So coming up here in a little bit, how excited

688
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: do you get that first hit? You know, I'm excited

689
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: whenever you get to go out there and showcase what

690
00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 1: you've been practicing on alliday in camp, going to get

691
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,959
Speaker 1: your teammates and finally ready to go against an opponent.

692
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: You know, you always get excited and just see where

693
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 1: you are before the season. So I'm excited about that,

694
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 1: going out there with my teammates having fun. You know,

695
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,120
Speaker 1: it's it's a new team for me, so you know,

696
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Speaker 1: I'm excited just to jail with these guys in the

697
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: field and see what we do. New team and not

698
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: quite a new role. You get to wear the green dot.

699
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 1: You're the quarterback of the defense, so I know you

700
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 1: did that last year with the Packers. How's it been

701
00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: for you so far to be quarterbacking this defense? There

702
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Speaker 1: with the Linemanffers it's been a lot of fun. You know,

703
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 1: I got a lot of great teammates, um a lot

704
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 1: of smart players on the defense that you know, makes

705
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,720
Speaker 1: my job a lot easier. You know, they already know

706
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,479
Speaker 1: what to do, they know their assignment. So for me,

707
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Speaker 1: you know, I'm just reiterating what coach Lovey is telling

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Speaker 1: me to do, telling the guys to do, and I'm

709
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Speaker 1: just going out there to execute. But my teammates that

710
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 1: make it, you know, a lot easy for me to

711
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 1: go out there and do my job. You and I

712
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: chatted in the offseason and you said it was a

713
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: linebacker friendly defense, and I asked Lovee Smith what the

714
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Speaker 1: profile of a linebacker in his system would look like,

715
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Speaker 1: and he gave me a list of qualities and and

716
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Speaker 1: things that he's looking for. So tell me about this

717
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: linebackers group, because it sounds like there's a lot asked

718
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Speaker 1: of you in a four three scheme, but it's also

719
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Speaker 1: a lot of fun. So how do you How is it?

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Speaker 1: How is it a lot of fun? But you've got

721
00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: a lot of responsibility at the same time. I mean,

722
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Speaker 1: when you play linebacker, you know you want to have

723
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: all the weight on your shoulders, all three linebacker positions.

724
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Speaker 1: You want to make it as easy as possible for

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00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,719
Speaker 1: the dbs and a linement, just a line up playball

726
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 1: that would take the weight from a mental standpoint and

727
00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:58,560
Speaker 1: you know from moving around. So you know, playing this defense,

728
00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: you gotta be athletic, gotta be fast, you can run

729
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: all day. I mean, you got to have a staminumber

730
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Speaker 1: that side of this world. So planning this defense really fits,

731
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Speaker 1: you know, my type of skill and the rest of

732
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Speaker 1: the guys in the locker linebacker room they have similar

733
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 1: skill sets to where you know, we go out there

734
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:14,960
Speaker 1: and make plays and just run around, have fun. And

735
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: when you're a linebacker playing in that defense, you can't

736
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: ask for for much more than that, to just to

737
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 1: go run and hit and you know cover all right,

738
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Speaker 1: So tell me a little bit about your skill set.

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Speaker 1: What do you feel like you really bring to this

740
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: linebacker group. Uh, well, just a lot of knowledge, just

741
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 1: you know, going into my eighth year. But it's a

742
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,920
Speaker 1: vesterroom group. But you hear, comma go back there. But

743
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,880
Speaker 1: just you know, being able to you know, go outside

744
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: the box, play inside the box. Cover. Um. You know,

745
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 1: I can run and you know you're running with tight ends,

746
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,880
Speaker 1: running with different backs and they bring a lot of versatility.

747
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Speaker 1: Um that everybody in the linebacker room has, not just myself.

748
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 1: I think when Coach Lovey and everybody put this team together,

749
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: they did it very strategically, and they brought the right

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00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 1: guys in. And you know, from km move to Tay Davis,

751
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: you know that Joe Thomas, we all know Zach Kinnaham.

752
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: You know, we're all similar in in our game. So

753
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:06,759
Speaker 1: all of us are doing the same thing and it's

754
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:08,920
Speaker 1: covering and being able to run. You mentioned all the

755
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 1: new guys coming in. Is that one been one of

756
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: the challenges because you've got to get the communication down

757
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:15,360
Speaker 1: and you've got a lot of new players, you got

758
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:17,399
Speaker 1: a new scheme. How has the communication been so far

759
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:19,760
Speaker 1: for you? And how have you seen it really developed

760
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 1: throughout these first few weeks account you know, uh with

761
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 1: with with with new guys. You know sometimes it could

762
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 1: be difficult to you know, um, build that bond or whatever.

763
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 1: But man, when I say it's been nothing but amazing,

764
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: just this group has this jail so well. And you

765
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 1: know that goes to the organization in front office. You know,

766
00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 1: they brought the right guys in. Um, they knew what

767
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 1: type of men they wanted on this team. So it

768
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: just made it a lot easy for us to know,

769
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: come in this locker room and build bonds and you know,

770
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: build friendships on this football field and be able to

771
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: communicate with one another. And it's a veteran group, so

772
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: you know, a lot of guys know what they're doing. So,

773
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 1: like I said, it makes my job easier when I'm

774
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 1: out there playing Mike, and it makes other guys easier

775
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 1: when a bunch of guys already know what they're doing

776
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: to invest in what they're doing. All right, Ho about

777
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 1: your family, because I know you've got a lot of

778
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,320
Speaker 1: family in Houston. So have they been out to camp?

779
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:06,839
Speaker 1: Are they Are you excited to see them come out

780
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 1: to the games? How much you've been able to see them?

781
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: I know, camp is just such a crazy time. You know,

782
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 1: I've been able to see my family. Um, they're so

783
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 1: excited just to be in the same city that you know,

784
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 1: I'm playing in, you know, and for me, just having

785
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 1: that family support that's right down the street, you know,

786
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: that's that means the world to me. You know, we

787
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: all know that football can sometimes you know, get a

788
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: lot of pressure on you. And when you can just

789
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 1: go escape and just go be a family. That's you know,

790
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,320
Speaker 1: that's all that matters to me. And you know, I'm

791
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: loving it. I'm having a good time and I can

792
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: always go home to home cook meal from a mom.

793
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:41,280
Speaker 1: So that's definitely something that's good and something that's beneficial

794
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 1: for me. We welcome you back to Houston as I'm

795
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 1: sure your family has pleasure talking to you. Christian best

796
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,840
Speaker 1: elect this season. Thank you. Deep City with christ Jim Kirksey.

797
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 1: Now the place Kicker, the Lonely Kicker. What was that

798
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,879
Speaker 1: Adam Sandler thing? The Lonesome Kicker? That was a video

799
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 1: back of the day. Look it up on YouTube later

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Speaker 1: after this program, don't you do it? During this show,

801
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 1: here's Drew Dharty catching up with kayam Me fair Bear.

802
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 1: We got Cayami Fairbear and the Kicker for the Houston Texans.

803
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: It's great to be with you, is always. I like

804
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: that gold chain man, Thank you. Yeah, this is a

805
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: little little sparkle, a little present from my from my dad.

806
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 1: So I got a rep It not bad. Yeah, it's

807
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,239
Speaker 1: kind of new. I hadn't seen it out here before. Yeah,

808
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 1: it's got a little twinkle. It's nice. I get a

809
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,840
Speaker 1: lot of compliments, always pops. What's going on back in Hawaii?

810
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:24,879
Speaker 1: He's good, He's living a dream. He's a he's got

811
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: a boat he's working on right now. He wants to

812
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,279
Speaker 1: get out on it. He's building it from scratch. So

813
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 1: it's a pretty cool deal. Lots of cool pictures. Fishing boat,

814
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: just leisure boat. What's what's what's what's going on there?

815
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 1: Fishing boat? Ye? How are you as a fisherman? I wish? Yeah,

816
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 1: I don't fish, I wish. So it's still a working progress. Yeah.

817
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: So what water sports or water activities are you into

818
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 1: if it's not fishing. I always loved land sports. My

819
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,320
Speaker 1: brother was one of the guys who, you know, developed

820
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: a real love for the ocean. Not that I don't

821
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: love it, but I grew that love later on. You know, surfing,

822
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm not very good. It's a it's

823
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:01,200
Speaker 1: a real tough sport to surfing, boogie board and all

824
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:04,000
Speaker 1: that stuff. But I enjoy my my my part of it.

825
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 1: So you dabble in surfing and boogie boarding. Do you

826
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: do any body surfing? Do you do any stand up

827
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,600
Speaker 1: paddle boarding? Do you any any of that stuff? Kayaking, canoeing,

828
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:13,839
Speaker 1: I love all that stuff you take me out there.

829
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Speaker 1: That's one of the things I'm doing for sure. All right,

830
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 1: you're also an accomplished soccer player. You're one of a

831
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,800
Speaker 1: few on the squad Justin Reid, really really good soccer player.

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Speaker 1: You played in Hawaii growing up, and you played against

833
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: Kamu gruge Hill, who's a linebacker for the Texas. He

834
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 1: had a nice game the other night, as did you.

835
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: So the two Hawaiian soccer players both doing nice things.

836
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Speaker 1: Who's your favorite soccer player all time? That's an easy one,

837
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Speaker 1: Terry one from guy from my team Arsenal back in

838
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 1: back in the early two thousands. I grew up Washington.

839
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Speaker 1: Soccer was my first love, so you know they got

840
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 1: a special place in my heart. Do you talk soccer

841
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 1: at all with him? Reminiscent about old days talking about

842
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: gruge Hill? Not not Terry on Ree unless you do

843
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: talk with Terry on Oh yeah, we try to. Um.

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Speaker 1: You know, we we were arrivals, and I like to

845
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,759
Speaker 1: say we got the better of Kammo back in the day,

846
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 1: so I let him. I remind them of it every

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Speaker 1: once in a while. How wild is that that you're

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Speaker 1: in the NFL and you played against somebody in high school,

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Speaker 1: and I know it happens elsewhere, and there might be

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Speaker 1: other guys on the team, but there can't be too

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Speaker 1: many who they actually played other sports against each other

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Speaker 1: when they were growing up. Yeah, it's special, and we

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Speaker 1: got a few guys around the league. Way is a

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Speaker 1: very tight knit community and there's a lot of talent

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Speaker 1: out there, so it's fun to see everyone out there.

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Speaker 1: We always catch up when we see each other on

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Speaker 1: the sidelines and when they play for other teams, and

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Speaker 1: it's just nice to have commu on the team to

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Speaker 1: you know, reminisce and it'll be thankful for what we

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Speaker 1: have where we're from. Take me through a little bit

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Speaker 1: of your game day. You got a night game Saturday night,

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Speaker 1: taking on the Cowboys in Arlington. So what's your pregame meal?

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Speaker 1: And like, how soon do you eat it? Because kickoffs

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Speaker 1: at seven. Yeah, the late games are tough. It's a

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Speaker 1: lot of waiting around. I have to take a nap,

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Speaker 1: whether I want to or not, just because the late games,

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Speaker 1: you know, there's so much time you gotta take some

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Speaker 1: up with sleep. My pregame meal is definitely stir fry.

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Speaker 1: I'm a big stir fry guy. Whip it up with

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Speaker 1: a little broccoli, little carrots, little chick can, some rice obviously,

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Speaker 1: Terryaki sauce and show you or aka soy sauce and

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Speaker 1: that's my go too, And they have that available pretty

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Speaker 1: much all the time on a pregame meal. Lad hooks

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Speaker 1: it up. He knows what I like. Yeah, Lad knows.

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Speaker 1: I gotta keep the kicker happy, right, you know, we

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Speaker 1: gotta eat. What do you drink anything? Of course you do,

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Speaker 1: but like, what are you drinking? There's those poppies, those

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Speaker 1: new poppy orange. Yeah. Those it's like a soda butan

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Speaker 1: and it tastes fantastic. Kamy. It's great to be with you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for the time. We'll do this again

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Speaker 1: sometime down the road. Pleasure to be here. Thank you

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Speaker 1: very much. Drew Doherty and can Ami Fairbairn. And that's

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Speaker 1: gonna do it for our show today. Don't forget tomorrow

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Speaker 1: seven o'clock kick It's live on Sports Radio six ten

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Speaker 1: starting at four with Texans Countdown. Can't wait for that.

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Speaker 1: And then you've got the broadcast right here or on

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Speaker 1: ABC thirteen or on the Bowl one hundred point three FM.

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Speaker 1: And remember if you have one of those streaming services.

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Speaker 1: It will be on this week, Looking forward to speaking

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Speaker 1: with everybody from our LinkedIn Tomorrow it's Texans Radio. Goodnight everyone,

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Speaker 1: Go Texans