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Speaker 1: Happy Friday, everybody, Welcome into Texans All Access from the

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Speaker 1: Unday Texans Radio Studio. John Harris alongside Mark vandermir We're

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Speaker 1: gonna Damika Ryans a little later in the show, market

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Speaker 1: a chance catch up with him. A lot of great

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Speaker 1: stuff from that interview. We have that later for you

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Speaker 1: in the show. We also went in the lab with

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Speaker 1: Drew Doherty and myself and we decided to look back

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Speaker 1: at one of the great drafts in the history of

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Speaker 1: this franchise. Mark, we did that marsh Madness bracket the

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Speaker 1: other day of drafts.

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Speaker 2: For the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I can't remember where twenty twenty three hit

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Speaker 1: was that.

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Speaker 2: I think it was second.

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Speaker 3: I think yeah, because it had not had enough longevity

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Speaker 3: to replace two thousand and six, but it was getting

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Speaker 3: very close, if not already passing it. I mean it's

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Speaker 3: gonna pass it, Johnny. Yeah, eventually it's gonna pass it.

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Speaker 3: Because with Will Anderson Junior and CJA two and three,

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Speaker 3: that alone takes care of a lot. And then you

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Speaker 3: get Henry around five and who am I missing in here?

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Speaker 2: Jane Patterson?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, him, Tank Yeah, and Tank. Look, I know you

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Speaker 3: get asked this everywhere you go. I get asked everywhere

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Speaker 3: I go, is Tank going to be back this year?

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Speaker 3: And we don't know the answer is probably not, but

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Speaker 3: we'd love to see it. But I would expect certainly

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Speaker 3: by twenty twenty six, yes, and that would be year

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Speaker 3: four for him, and that would be a huge year.

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Speaker 3: So let's hope for the very best here and maybe

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Speaker 3: he does show up this year, maybe there's some miraculous recovery.

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Speaker 2: So on.

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Speaker 1: In the lab, Drew and I gave our perspectives from

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Speaker 1: that particular draft, and you and I were sitting basically

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Speaker 1: two chairs away or chair away from each other, andreing

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Speaker 1: between us. What do you remember about that time period

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Speaker 1: of drafting CJ to the time that we found out

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Speaker 1: that Will Anderson we had traded up to go get

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Speaker 1: Will Anderson too?

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Speaker 4: Well.

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Speaker 3: I think the thing I remember most is not knowing

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Speaker 3: if they were going to take Stroud at number two.

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Speaker 3: Right at the time, they don't have a third pick,

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Speaker 3: so they're picking second. Bryce Young's gone to Carolina. You

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Speaker 3: know that's happening to Carelan James Taylor, you know he's

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Speaker 4: And then are the Texans really going to do this?

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Speaker 5: Now?

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Speaker 3: There were some whispers some reports. I think this is

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Speaker 3: one of those Lopez reports. You know, every once in

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Speaker 3: a while, Lopez has something from out of nowhere, like

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Speaker 3: he always says, And I don't want to doubt him

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Speaker 3: because he knows people from ages ago. I mean, people

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Speaker 3: don't understand Lopez used to fly around with the Spurs

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Speaker 3: and he knows a lot of guys in the industry.

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Speaker 3: I was interviewing Chris Perkins from The Sun Sentinel the

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Speaker 3: other night. I brought up John Lopez line. We work

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Speaker 3: in the toy department of Life. He's like, oh yeah,

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Speaker 3: John p we go back, blah blah blah, Okay, here

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Speaker 3: we go. Anyway, So Lopez I think had some whispers

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Speaker 3: about it, maybe somebody else, but I didn't really trust

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Speaker 4: We didn't know, We did not know they were.

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Speaker 3: I hate to say to where doubts or concerns or

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Speaker 3: whatever about Stroud because of what's happened since. But in

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Speaker 3: the air, you know, in the eighth with the pundits

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Speaker 3: or whatever, like is he you know what's going to

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Speaker 3: happen with that number two pick or they getting trade down?

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Speaker 3: So anyway, not having utter certainty it too was one thing.

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Speaker 3: And then when they picked Ceja, I was like, yes,

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Speaker 3: we got we got a quarterback. We need this quarterback

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Speaker 3: and let's hope he's great and all of that. And

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Speaker 3: then while the dust is not even settling, it's still

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Speaker 3: in the air flying. There's just flying and smoke and debris.

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Speaker 3: These are all metaphors, by the way, and then all

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Speaker 3: of a sudden, Hensley puts up his hand. Texans are

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Speaker 3: trading up what to three what? And then your reaction.

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Speaker 3: We still have the video. I gotta post it because

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Speaker 3: I'll go back and find it, repost it. You and

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Speaker 3: Andre the reaction because I'm shooting it. That's why you

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Speaker 3: don't see mine. I'm shooting you, guys, because at the time,

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Speaker 3: I was like, I got to capture all this on

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Speaker 3: social this is his story, and I'm glad I did.

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Speaker 3: Your reaction was priceless about trading up to get Will

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Speaker 4: But Johnny, all of that would have sucked.

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Speaker 3: If either guy, especially both, if either guy turned out

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Speaker 2: Sure, but they.

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Speaker 3: Both went Rookie of the Year and you can't do

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Speaker 3: any better. You want to talk this is better than

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Speaker 3: the movie Draft Day, because this is real, this is

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Speaker 3: our this should be the documentary right leading up to

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Speaker 3: is they both win Rookie of the Year and hopefully

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Speaker 3: the end of the movie is they both went a

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl together.

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Speaker 4: But I'll take this for now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And you'll hear you'll hear my thoughts on

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Speaker 1: it because I was actually told by a.

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Speaker 2: Very informed individual.

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Speaker 1: That and I've always said this, I've used the I

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Speaker 1: used the wrong word.

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Speaker 2: It was not or it was And and.

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Speaker 1: You'll hear my mind a little bit later in the

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Speaker 1: lab because it was it was such a it was

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Speaker 1: such a great night, like did he just pull this off?

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Speaker 2: I think it really kind of crystallized for.

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Speaker 1: Me when you saw the war Room video and Nick

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Speaker 1: Demiko's in the four foreground and Nick's in the background,

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Speaker 1: and you see Nick on the phone and he puts

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Speaker 1: which is three seconds before the clock went off. We

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Speaker 1: said to take it in for the lands, and you

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Speaker 1: know there's gonna be that. But you know, one of

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Speaker 1: the things that Drew and I talked about in the

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Speaker 1: in the lab, which you'll hear in our next segment,

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Speaker 1: is the fact that we got.

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Speaker 2: Skewered for that.

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Speaker 1: The Texans got skewered for that because everybody thought you

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Speaker 1: gave up too much, right, And one of the things

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Speaker 1: the Texans just gave up a top five pick.

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Speaker 2: In this draft.

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Speaker 1: Oh because they didn't think we were going to be

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Speaker 3: That's got to go in the Draft Day movie, also

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Speaker 3: the Texans Draft Day movie. Yes, that that playoff victory

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Speaker 3: made sure that you would draft before them after them,

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Speaker 3: which after them, so your pick.

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Speaker 2: Your pick was later.

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Speaker 1: So the Cardinals, they didn't get a top five pick,

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Speaker 4: So it was so beautiful.

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Speaker 1: It was such an incredible night, and there there have

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Speaker 1: been a lot of them. As it pertains to kind

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Speaker 1: of draft night memories. Obviously, you know, I'll never forget,

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Speaker 1: like you said, and I'll talk about this a little

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Speaker 2: Robert just putting his hand up like really excitedly.

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Speaker 4: And I'm like the best and what I.

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Speaker 3: Especially because we trayed, he becomes the most interesting man

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Speaker 3: do it, do the radio show, and you see Hensley

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Speaker 3: put up the hand that means something is going down.

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Speaker 1: Okay, let me ask you this question kind of along

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Speaker 1: those lines. Yeah, I'll throw this out there.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: I understand completely, I understand completely why I wouldn't like this.

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Speaker 1: But on my side, Football taker dot Com, I'm doing

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Speaker 1: a basically building the NFL team and I'm just starting

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Speaker 1: So if I already got posted the Titans, the Browns,

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Speaker 1: and I'm working on the Giants, and I'm going position

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Speaker 1: by position kind of rating the priority of like what's

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Speaker 1: Giants are going out and got in Russell Wilson and

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Speaker 2: Now it doesn't.

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Speaker 1: Preclude them from drafting a quarterback, but it doesn't force

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Speaker 4: There's no way they take a quarterback now.

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Speaker 2: See I don't think so.

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Speaker 1: But if they don't, then all of a sudden they

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Speaker 1: gotta They probably got to get a young one. But

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Speaker 4: Overall, who are you gonna get at thirty four? Dart

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought this up because I don't know

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Speaker 1: I proposed three options. Yeah, one of those I proposed.

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Speaker 1: So here are the options the Falcons. It sounds like

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Speaker 4: And they've already said it's a defensive draft for us.

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Speaker 1: Right, right, And so the Giants going from thirty fourth,

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Speaker 1: where they could take dart or Sanders if one of

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Speaker 2: Then I propose another one.

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Speaker 1: What if it continues they can't make a deal with

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Speaker 1: the Falcons, but the quarterbacks continue to fall, and you

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Speaker 1: pick at number twenty with the Denver Broncos to get

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Speaker 1: ahead of the Steelers. Giants receive twentieth overall. Broncos get

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Speaker 1: second rounder and third rounder to make that move. So

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Speaker 1: they swap, Oh, they swap first and second, but then

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Speaker 1: they get an additional third rounder. But if Sanders and

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Speaker 1: or Dark get past Pittsburgh, what about the Texans. This

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Speaker 1: is the trade I proposed. Tell me what you think

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Speaker 1: of this. Giants received first rounder twenty fifth overall, Texans

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Speaker 1: receive second rounder thirty fourth overall, So they basically swap picks.

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Speaker 1: They get the Giants fourth rounder this year, win on

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Speaker 1: five overall because the Texans don't have a fourth round pick,

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Speaker 4: Two fours to drop from twenty five to thirty four.

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Speaker 4: I don't for this year.

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Speaker 4: I don't like it.

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Speaker 3: I think it's worth it's a I think two threes

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Speaker 4: What does the draft machine say? What does the Jimmy

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Speaker 1: Well, the draft machine and this is where this like

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Speaker 2: You this year's numbers. The commonly held thought is that

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Speaker 1: So you would move down nine spots, you'd pick it

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Speaker 2: Well, they have a running back named Devin Singletary.

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Speaker 2: I mean speed speed, like he's got legit speed.

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Speaker 3: Of its line. Okay, here's one of the left neighbors.

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Speaker 3: All I can tell you is that I think it's

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Speaker 3: I think the only way Nick does that is if

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Speaker 3: To thirty four, right, and you know if he can

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Speaker 2: So here's here's another kind of thought with that.

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Speaker 1: I feel like so we're sitting there where twenty five,

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Speaker 1: It's a pretty good spot to be because you're gonna

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Speaker 1: You'd really have a mean think about last year we

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Speaker 1: forty two and Kamara ended up being one of them. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Fourth, an additional fourth.

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Speaker 1: Move down at thirty four, take the additional fourth and

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Speaker 1: You guys move down at thirty four, we'll give you

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Speaker 2: I think I would jump all over the until thirty

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Speaker 4: I would do it.

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Speaker 3: But I got a feeling that there's gonna be somebody

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Speaker 4: That kind of thing.

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Speaker 2: That's true.

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Speaker 4: That's maybe a receiver dropped at that point.

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Speaker 3: But if dark and or Sanders are still available at

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Speaker 2: Who the New Orleans Saints.

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Speaker 1: In fact, Saints sent their quarterback coach out to watch

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Speaker 4: A tape guy as you know. But I watched him

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Speaker 2: Know who Sanders. Yeah, I got a lot of feelings

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Speaker 4: I think I think Ward is head and shoulders above. Yes,

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Speaker 3: By the way, for those following at home, Dart seems

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Speaker 1: I have Sanders below Dart, I have Dart at number two,

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Speaker 4: I like that. That's headline stuff there from Johnny Harris.

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Speaker 1: And I said this to my to our buddy Tree

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Speaker 2: Of a sudden, it just hit me as like, wait

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Speaker 1: Got better physical tools, he's a better runner, he's a

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Speaker 2: Why the hell would he be QB three over Sanders

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Speaker 4: Yeah, And I was like recognition.

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Speaker 2: There we go.

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Speaker 4: It's prime time brandname stuff, right.

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Speaker 2: That's exactly right, That's exactly what it is. Now.

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Speaker 1: We talked a little bit Mark and I about twenty

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Speaker 1: we remember from Thursday night, April twenty eighth, twenty twenty three,

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Speaker 1: when CJ. Stroud and Will Anderson became Texans. That's next

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Speaker 1: to everybody out there, go Koog's go get the win

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Speaker 1: on Saturday against Duke Blue Devils.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: And man, I can't tell you how excited I am

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Speaker 1: for that final four all four one seeds, but want

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Speaker 1: the final four, hopefully first championship, but gotta get through

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Speaker 2: Are able to do that. Now. A guy that went

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Speaker 1: We got together to discuss twenty twenty three's draft and

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Speaker 2: Take a listen.

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Speaker 5: What's going on? John? How you been? Man?

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Speaker 1: Well, it's April, so I'm pretty sure you know how

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Speaker 1: Just got through last night. I think it was probably

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Speaker 5: I guess they have a combined four thousand, two hundred

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Speaker 5: it seems that way. With another shit, it seems that

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Speaker 5: it's it's remarkable how much talent those those two pump

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no doubt.

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Speaker 1: I mean I just watching LSU, and even LSU defensively

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Speaker 1: inside outside. Brayden Swinton outside linebacker, who I've been watching

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Speaker 1: even though not mentioned a whole lot at top fifty,

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Speaker 1: So uh, just even and I didn't think l Shu's

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Speaker 2: Know, gonna be the first or second round.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty crazy what what that program has produced. And

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Speaker 5: So there's that. There is that. But no more talk

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Speaker 5: about A and M, No more talk about LSU. It's

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Speaker 5: rooting NFL draft. Two thousand nine later, Brian Cushing, pro

445
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Speaker 5: bowler captain leader of your franchise. Connor Barwin got double

446
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Speaker 5: digit sacks, was a solid, solid player. You get lots

447
00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,400
Speaker 5: of Glover Quinn maybe the best safety you've ever had

448
00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,440
Speaker 5: in your franchise history. Wanted to kind of keep him around.

449
00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,240
Speaker 5: Things didn't happen that way. You got let Yeah, Foster

450
00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:06,800
Speaker 5: was in that group of rookies, but he wasn't drafted right, right.

451
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Speaker 5: But my point is this, Every draft is important, but

452
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Speaker 5: I want to rewind two springs. I want to go

453
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Speaker 5: back to twenty twenty Okay, yeah, yeah, think about where

454
00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:22,439
Speaker 5: we were this time. Twenty twenty three was three weeks out.

455
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Speaker 5: It was looking like, you know, CJ. Stroud's name had

456
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Speaker 5: been mentioned as hey, he's in the mix there. But

457
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Speaker 5: I think there were a lot of folks that thought

458
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Speaker 5: Texans are gonna take will Anderson. A lot of folks,

459
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Speaker 5: a lot of folks said Stroud as well. But the

460
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Speaker 5: Texans only had the second and the second overall pick,

461
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Speaker 5: and then the pick that was farther back in the

462
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Speaker 5: draft with twelve and get two and twelve and you

463
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Speaker 5: had two or We headed to Kansas City, me and

464
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Speaker 5: about seven or eight others from the Social Digital video team.

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Speaker 5: We're here with the Texans media relation. Z Ever Gearling's

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Speaker 5: is there, and we get to Kansas City and it's

467
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Speaker 5: looking more and more like it's probably gonna be Will Anderson.

468
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Speaker 5: Be prepared for Anderson, we started hearing some things and

469
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Speaker 5: basically this is like a little semi behind the curtains,

470
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Speaker 5: look back at what went down. I'll tell my story,

471
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Speaker 5: you'll tell your story. But we got there. It was fun,

472
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Speaker 5: had a nice barbecue dinner the night before, and then

473
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Speaker 5: we get there in the afternoon. We set up shop

474
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Speaker 5: a few hours before the draft starts. We're in the

475
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Speaker 5: media center and I'm checking Twitter pretty regularly there and

476
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Speaker 5: it's up on my laptop, and all the people that

477
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Speaker 5: I'm working with that were there, I'm in my forties.

478
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Speaker 5: All the people there were in their twenties, their mid twenties,

479
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Speaker 5: right out of college. Lost a light there, and I

480
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Speaker 5: see some stuff popping up from folks who follow the

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Speaker 5: sports books and the betting lines and area.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 5: About an hour out, all the stuff about Will Anderson.

484
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Speaker 5: It didn't really they didn't say too much, but about

485
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Speaker 5: an hour out it was very clear like CJ. Stroud

486
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Speaker 5: is the odds on favorite to be the second overall

487
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Speaker 5: pick to the tune of about like minus one hundred,

488
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Speaker 5: which is like that's automatic, you know that he's so

489
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Speaker 5: I was like whoa, And I didn't say anything because whatever,

490
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Speaker 5: you know, stuff's going on. And then it felt like

491
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Speaker 5: about twenty minutes later, those odds jumped to something like

492
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Speaker 5: minus seven hundred, and that made me raise my eyes

493
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Speaker 5: a lot. And then about ten minutes after that, it

494
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Speaker 5: moved into the thousands. And I said, yeah, oh, hey, God,

495
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Speaker 5: because we've been prepared to we'd been told, hey, get

496
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Speaker 5: prepared for Will Anderson, right right, you prepared because you're

497
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Speaker 5: gonna interview him. He's gonna come over. Get set for

498
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Speaker 5: Will Anderson. And I see that and I say to

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Speaker 5: our crew, I was like, guys, Las Vegas is saying

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Speaker 5: with certainty that we're gonna take c. J. Stroud. He's

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Speaker 5: a minus whatever. Uh you know, the tho odds are

502
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Speaker 5: at minus whatever for this, And this is what happened.

503
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Speaker 5: Like all these young people just look up and then

504
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Speaker 5: just go back to work. So like nice c J.

505
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Speaker 5: Stroud and they're like okay, okay, cool, and they're getting

506
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Speaker 5: ready for Will Anderson. Draft happens, c J. Stroud gets picked,

507
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Speaker 5: So that's exciting. So we're getting ready, so hey, plans change.

508
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Speaker 5: Instead of getting ready for Will Anderson, we got ready

509
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Speaker 5: for c J. Stroud. It wasn't wasn't a huge, huge detour.

510
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Speaker 5: I mean, he's somebody we knew about. We were ready

511
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Speaker 5: to talk about him. We were ready to talk about

512
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Speaker 5: Bryce Shung in case something weird happened Carolina and Bryce Hung.

513
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Speaker 5: We were definitely ready to talk about Will Anderson and

514
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Speaker 5: talk to Will Anderson because lots of connections, phenomenal player,

515
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Speaker 5: was the best defensive player in the draft. There was

516
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Speaker 5: a good chance he was coming here no matter what.

517
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Speaker 5: So as we're gathering our things, putting on my suit

518
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Speaker 5: jacket because I was suit and tie and ready to rock,

519
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Speaker 5: ye could do my interview on a balcony with with

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Speaker 5: c J. Stroud. After he did all the stuff and

521
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Speaker 5: came over, my phone starts erupting, and I didn't really

522
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Speaker 5: think much. It's just like, yeah, you know, you take

523
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Speaker 5: the second overall pick. People are gonna start saying things.

524
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Speaker 5: And then one of my friends on my high school thread,

525
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Speaker 5: who's a real Weisenheimer who likes to take love this

526
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Speaker 5: what the Texans are doing. Love the wheeling and dealing,

527
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Speaker 5: and I was like talking about there's a wheeling feeling.

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Speaker 5: And then I saw John and the Texans took Willie

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Speaker 5: Anderson too whole or also, and I was just like,

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Speaker 5: oh my goodness. And so they said get ready, you're

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Speaker 5: gonna interview him at the same time, and I was

532
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Speaker 5: there's a picture of me in between them, and we

533
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Speaker 5: did the interview, and I mean, that was that's a

534
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Speaker 5: franchise changing moment, just taking Stroud. And then I thought

535
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Speaker 5: Daniel Jeremiah said it really well. He said, you've just

536
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Speaker 5: made You've just erected or just drafted two pillars of

537
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Speaker 5: an organization for the next decade or so. I mean,

538
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Speaker 5: it was bananas, just bananas. And the excitement because there

539
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,919
Speaker 5: was already excitement about Demiko Ryan's getting hired, and this

540
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Speaker 5: just pushed it into overdrive. Since that moment that the

541
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Speaker 5: Texans took Stroud and then moved up to take Anderson,

542
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Speaker 5: this place has been bananas. Now that's my story. You

543
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Speaker 5: were here for the draft party and that was a

544
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Speaker 5: whole beast into itself.

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Speaker 1: Well, I think one of the things you and I

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Speaker 1: have started doing this. In fact, we did it a

547
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. We did our mock draft on

548
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Speaker 1: in the lab, and so we go through all the

549
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Speaker 1: different We use PFN, you can use PFF.

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Speaker 2: There are probably a few others, but those are the

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Speaker 2: two that I think most people use.

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Speaker 1: Now, using those mock drafts, you go with essentially those

553
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Speaker 1: rankings and how players are ranked via a PFAN and PFF, and.

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Speaker 2: So you kind of go through there.

555
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Speaker 1: But I was of a mindset going into that draft

556
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Speaker 1: that it was a it was a four player elite draft.

557
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:07,760
Speaker 2: It was Bryce and CJ, it was Will and it

558
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Speaker 2: was Jalen Carter.

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Speaker 1: Now Jalen had a few extra nuggets thrown into the

560
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Speaker 1: Buja base due to some issues off the field. There

561
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Speaker 1: was some thought about his coach ability all that, so

562
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Speaker 1: all these things kind of rise. He had to leave

563
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Speaker 1: the combine because he had been speed racing and he

564
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Speaker 1: was arrested.

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Speaker 2: So anyways, it was he.

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Speaker 5: Would have been a messager upset like major. I would

567
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Speaker 5: have Texans had taken him and would like, you know

568
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Speaker 5: what's her face? Who beat Georgetown? And who was Raley?

569
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Speaker 5: Massamino was a Villanova?

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Speaker 2: No Villanova?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Georgetown?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, So I didn't think it was gonna happen,

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Speaker 1: But I remember I would play around with those mock

574
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Speaker 1: draft simulators and I would try and figure out what

575
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Speaker 1: does it take to get two of them? Because we

576
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Speaker 1: were sitting at two and twelve in that draft, thank

577
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Speaker 1: you Cleveland Browns, and so trying to figure out, okay,

578
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Speaker 1: what if twelve, could twelve turn into four? Could twelve

579
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Speaker 1: turn into three? How would it come to be? And

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Speaker 1: so I played around with it a number of times.

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Speaker 2: And you don't me.

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Speaker 1: I don't like giving up draft picks because I like

583
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Speaker 1: hearing the name of the Houston Texans have selected such

584
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Speaker 1: and such. But I looked at him, thought, boy, I

585
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Speaker 1: could live with that if we got two of these guys,

586
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Speaker 1: not obviously two quarterbacks, but Bryson, Will CJ and Will Okay,

587
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Speaker 1: But I don't know how what's the appetite for doing that?

588
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:37,959
Speaker 1: So then you fast forward to the draft and so

589
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Speaker 1: we're out at the draft party. It was out at

590
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Speaker 1: Millar Door Theater and we're on an adjacent stage off

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Speaker 1: to the the side, and so we had with Deep

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Speaker 1: We had an hour show before that, and on an

593
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Speaker 1: hour show we had different guests, and the very last

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Speaker 1: guest that we had was former Texas president Greg Grissom

595
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Speaker 1: and Greg I typically was in the know on things,

596
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Speaker 1: and so he asked me, what do you think And

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Speaker 1: I literally went to him, I think it's Stroud or

598
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Speaker 1: Anderson like this, yeah, and so with my right hand

599
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Speaker 1: that was Anderson, and he leaned towards Anderson.

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Speaker 2: He goes, it's him or something of that.

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Speaker 5: I think that's that's sure, it's that's what we've been told. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So but I like you, I'm seeing and I'm having

603
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Speaker 1: people tell me about the Vegas odds.

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Speaker 2: And I'm like, man, that's usually Vegas. Vegas knows something.

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Speaker 2: Veas Like this is strange.

606
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Speaker 1: And I remember Landry Locker coming up to me saying, Bro,

607
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Speaker 1: theve Vegas has got shrouded like minus fifteen thousand or

608
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Speaker 1: something like that.

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Speaker 2: I'm like, that's that's like, that's a lock.

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Speaker 5: It rose basically, it rose precipitously from being and it

611
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Speaker 5: literally was from like absolute to a like a lock

612
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Speaker 5: like locklock, lock, right, And it was like from six

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Speaker 5: thirty to about seven o'clock where that happened. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: But using Daniel Jeremiah too.

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Speaker 1: One of the things that Jeremiah had put in his

616
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Speaker 1: final mock draft was he had the Texans taking Will

617
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Speaker 1: Anderson at two and then at number three taking CJ.

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Speaker 2: Stroud. Then I remember thinking, you can't take them in

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Speaker 2: that order.

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Speaker 1: If you're gonna do that, you have to take Stroud first,

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Speaker 1: because you're if you leave Stroud on the board, you're

622
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Speaker 1: gonna have all these bidders at number three with Arizona.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they can take Stroud first.

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Speaker 1: Then some of those teams drop off, and now you

625
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Speaker 1: don't pay as much as the Cardinals in a trade

626
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Speaker 1: for Will Anderson. But I thought it was interesting that

627
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah had that, and I wondered where that came from.

628
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: But he had he had to move up. He's had

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Speaker 1: the wrong order. But I felt like, you had to

630
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Speaker 1: get Stroud, so you take I remember when I heard

631
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Speaker 1: that the odds were going up. I thought back to

632
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Speaker 1: Jeremiah's mock draft and I thought, man, okay, is there

633
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 1: a way they can get both? Well, after they got CJ.

634
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Speaker 1: I was so excited because I really he liked CJ.

635
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: I had told people throughout the process, like I don't

636
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Speaker 1: know how many games throws whatever, I've seen CJ strout.

637
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Speaker 1: I'm like, y'all got locked in on Bryce. You forgot

638
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: there's dude there's a dude playing court. There's a dude.

639
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 1: Now I have Bryce one in CJ two, but they

640
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 1: were very very close, and so I was like, look,

641
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,200
Speaker 1: if Carolina takes CJ, or it takes Bryce, will take CJ,

642
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 1: and vice versa. I didn't really mind ether one because

643
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Speaker 1: I think both of them. In my mind, I felt

644
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 1: like we're gonna end up being really, really good NFL quarterbacks.

645
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 1: So when Bryce goes off the board, okay, the odds

646
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: are gone up. Like I thought back to Jeremiah's mock draft,

647
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Speaker 1: I thought, okay, but we're so happy about the CJ thing.

648
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, we're talking about CJ.

649
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,800
Speaker 1: And I in Robert Hensley, who is our producer on

650
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Speaker 1: the Texas broadcast. When he has something to say during

651
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 1: the draft, he kind of puts his finger up.

652
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 2: And he kind of tries to get our attention.

653
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Speaker 1: This time, he like shot his finger up and it

654
00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 1: was like, hey, I need to talk, and we're like okay,

655
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Speaker 1: And that's when it hit me that, oh man, maybe

656
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: Jeremiah was right. And then I could hear the words

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Speaker 1: coming out of Robert's mouth and the way he's talking,

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, this is us We've made a move up.

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Speaker 1: We're going to get Will Anderson. And it was like,

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden, we just had this joy. And

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Speaker 1: if you go look at my Twitter feed at your

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Speaker 1: hair's football, my picture is when the trade was announced

663
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Speaker 1: and Andre Ware and I are like, you know, giving

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Speaker 1: each other high fives because we end up getting Will

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Speaker 1: Anderson and it was just getting C. J. Shott and

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Speaker 1: Will Anderson. It was such a magnificent moment. But I

667
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Speaker 1: think that draft it goes down. Like I asked Mark

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Speaker 1: this the other day, I did like a March Madness bracket,

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Speaker 1: and I did like a final four of the draft

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Speaker 1: of drafts, and I had a twenty twenty three as

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Speaker 1: the number one seed. Two thousand and six is number two,

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Speaker 1: and twenty two.

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Speaker 2: Ended up winning. I think that's how it went. Anyways.

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Speaker 1: The the thing about twenty twenty three is you follow

675
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: up with going and getting Juice getting Tank. You know,

676
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Speaker 1: obviously Nick is trading up and trading down and moving around.

677
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 1: But then in on day three Henry Toatoa. Then you

678
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Speaker 1: end up getting Jared Patterson. You know, you you ended

679
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 1: up with so many oppor you know, guys that were

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00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 1: gonna step right in and make plays for you right away.

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Speaker 2: I mean, CJ, Will, Tank.

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Speaker 1: Juice, Jarrett, those those guys all started as rookies. Henry

683
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Speaker 1: had a couple of starts as a rookie, but then

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Speaker 1: in year two he ended up being one of your

685
00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: best defensive players all year long. So that draft as

686
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Speaker 1: long as guys stay healthy, and obviously health is a

687
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Speaker 1: major concern because you know what Tank has gone through,

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Speaker 1: and I hate that for Tank. But those guys, my gosh,

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Speaker 1: it's that's that's where this whole thing starts.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's got to quarterback.

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Speaker 5: You got the rookie of the year on the defensive

692
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Speaker 5: side of the ball and the offensive side of the ball,

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Speaker 5: along with those guys you mentioned. I mean, it's it's

694
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Speaker 5: gonna take a lot for that draft to get topped,

695
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Speaker 5: you know, at least in terms of the Texans.

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Speaker 2: And I would love it if twenty twenty five topped it.

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Speaker 2: I would love it.

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Speaker 1: But sure, I think what separates that draft and all

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Speaker 1: the other drafts and the fact that the Texans have

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Speaker 1: very rarely drafted a quarterback I means, and what do

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Speaker 1: we how many drafts we had twenty two draft, twenty

702
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Speaker 1: three drafts, whatever it is, drafted a quarterback obviously, David Carr, Yeah,

703
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Speaker 1: but that's a favor. Deshaun Watson, I mean Tom Savage,

704
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Speaker 1: I mean Alex Brink. There just have not been very

705
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Speaker 1: many Van Pelt and I think Van Pelt was one.

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Speaker 2: He's very late.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So there have been some guys along the way,

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Speaker 1: but as far as first round, first or second round quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: it's been David Carr, Deshaun Watson, c J Stroud.

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00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we thought we had something.

711
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: With the Shawan and obviously that went sideways, and we

712
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Speaker 1: hope we have something with CJ. But there have been

713
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Speaker 1: so few times that you end up with a quarterback

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Speaker 1: in the draft, but this one you got the quarterback

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Speaker 1: and the alpha piece of your defense, and a game

716
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Speaker 1: breaking wide receiver and a special teams linebacker who grew

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Speaker 1: into one of your top starters the second year of

718
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Speaker 1: his professional career. So it's that draft is just incredible,

719
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Speaker 1: but just how it went down Freeese.

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Speaker 5: Three awful, awful losing seasons and then you pull that

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Speaker 5: off and then let's add in a PS and for

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00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 5: kids that don't realize, like when you write a letter,

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00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 5: you say dear so, and so you have your bo

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Speaker 5: of your letter, you say sincerely or yours truly, or

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Speaker 5: love or until time drew or John and then oh

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Speaker 5: I wanted to add one more thing PostScript ps ps.

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Speaker 5: The Texan there was some debate over do we send

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Speaker 5: our pick or do we send Cleveland's pick in the

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Speaker 5: first round, because the Texans had two first rounds in

730
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Speaker 5: twenty twenty four, and hey, are we sending them which one?

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Speaker 5: And the Texans sent them their own that's right, their

732
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Speaker 5: on pick because and I was I was told because

733
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Speaker 5: they thought we're gonna be better than the Browns in

734
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Speaker 5: twenty three, right, And Deshaun Watson had come back in

735
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Speaker 5: twenty two and it looked like, Okay, he didn't have

736
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Speaker 5: the best year in twenty two, but hey, things are

737
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:35,920
Speaker 5: gonna take off and he's gonna get he'll get back

738
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Speaker 5: in the groove. He'll be back in that Pro Bowl

739
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Speaker 5: form that he was before. All this stuff that did

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Speaker 5: not happen. Uh, So that the Texans wound up having

741
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 5: the good season. The Browns had the season, and then

742
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Speaker 5: you beat the Browns in the playoffs, so your draft

743
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Speaker 5: pick is further down the chain and not as good

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Speaker 5: as the Browns pick. So the Texans wound up dealing

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Speaker 5: that away. But it was all I remember in the

746
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 5: aftermath of that. There's so much going on that weekend

747
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Speaker 5: that the talk of who's pick they got. I heard,

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Speaker 5: we think that the Texans think we're going to be

749
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Speaker 5: better than the Browns, and I thought that was called

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Speaker 5: their shot.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and it was.

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Speaker 1: It was interesting because so many people were like, oh

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Speaker 1: my god, Arizona just got the top two picks in

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty four draft.

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Speaker 2: He did not top two picks.

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Speaker 1: No, they got they had they were up there I

757
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Speaker 1: think three, and then the other one ended up being

758
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Speaker 1: like twenty six.

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Speaker 5: But the early model apps until about October, all the

760
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Speaker 5: mock drafts had the Cardinals picking one and the Texans

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Speaker 5: picking two, and yeah, draft Glitterati like.

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Speaker 2: That's true they did.

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Speaker 1: That was the reaction. That was the reaction to the trade.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I just kept telling people with that trade,

765
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Speaker 1: I was like, come on, man, like I you know me,

766
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Speaker 1: I kind of I try to think a year ahead

767
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Speaker 1: as much as I can.

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Speaker 2: I try to get ahead of it. And so I had.

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Speaker 1: Already done a little bit of work on twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 1: and what I realized was that unless some guys came out,

771
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 1: which I wasn't sure if they were going to it's

772
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Speaker 1: probably you're probably not gonna find your defensive chess piece,

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Speaker 1: and lo and behold. In twenty twenty four, the very

774
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Speaker 1: first defensive player taken in the draft was picked fifteen

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Speaker 1: Leatu Latu. All the way down to fifteen, there was

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Speaker 1: not a defensive game changer. So moving up to get

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Speaker 1: one of the elite players, one of the elite locker

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Speaker 1: room guys, one of the elite leaders, and one of

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Speaker 1: the elite edge players in the draft that you knew

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Speaker 1: you weren't gonna get in twenty twenty four, I thought

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Speaker 1: it was absolutely genius. Now, it might have just been

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Speaker 1: that they were just sold on Will Anderson, but those

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Speaker 1: ramifications also after the fact, I think played in to

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Speaker 1: why I was such a good move to go get

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Speaker 1: Will at that point.

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Speaker 5: Awesome, all right, So sometimes you're on in the lab

787
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Speaker 5: presented by Infinity, we got to go down memory lane.

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Speaker 5: That's what we did today. John. It's always fun to

789
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Speaker 5: do that with you. We'll be back again next week.

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Speaker 5: We've got another mock draft simulation to come.

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Speaker 3: Oh.

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Speaker 2: I love the mock draft simulator, and we're gonna have

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Speaker 2: a good one.

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Speaker 1: For you next week as we inch ever so closely

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Speaker 1: to April twenty fourth, the draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Speaker 1: How about My parents live about forty five minutes north

797
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Speaker 1: and they said it's crazy even up there, So it's

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00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: gonna be nuts very very soon for this draft in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five up in the village of Green Bay.

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Speaker 1: All right, we get back well, Tamiko Ryans, he sat

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Speaker 1: down with Mark at the annual meetings. Great stuff for Nmiko.

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Speaker 1: As always, that's next the Texans All Access. We got

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Speaker 1: one final seaging this Friday edition of Texans All Access.

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Speaker 2: I am John Harrison.

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Speaker 1: To of my good friends sat down at the breakers

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Speaker 1: at the annual meetings.

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Speaker 2: I think you know them, Mark Vandermire with Tamiko Ryans.

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Speaker 4: These meetings.

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Speaker 3: What's it like for you?

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Speaker 4: What do you get out of this?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: These meetings are are very cool.

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Speaker 5: One you have the chance to.

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Speaker 6: Get all head coaches, all gms and the same room,

815
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Speaker 6: and you can talk about all the upcoming rule proposals.

816
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 6: Just get a chance to interact with guys, kind of

817
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,319
Speaker 6: detach from ball a little bit. You see guys with

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Speaker 6: their families, their wives, and you get to see them

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00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:16,280
Speaker 6: one time of year just everyone relaxed, so very relaxing setting.

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Speaker 6: Also a business setting where we're handling different rules and

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Speaker 6: rules changes, things like that to improve the game of football.

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Speaker 3: This is your third time being at these meetings, and

823
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Speaker 3: everybody saw the coaches photo on the first day. What's

824
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 3: it like for you to be up there with all

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Speaker 3: the NFL coaches at one time.

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Speaker 6: It makes me just take a moment to reflect. It's like, man,

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Speaker 6: this is very special moment right to be here as

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Speaker 6: one of thirty two NFL head coaches. It's something I

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Speaker 6: don't take for granted, something I'm very appreciative of. And

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Speaker 6: also look at it as these are.

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Speaker 2: Your guys, guys like they just like to have fun.

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Speaker 6: They're still joking with everyone each other, having a lot

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Speaker 6: of fun. So it's it's a surreal moment. I have

834
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Speaker 6: to pinch myself some time to realize, Man, you are

835
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Speaker 6: NFL head coach and just it's a blessing to be

836
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Speaker 6: in this position and it's something I always never take

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Speaker 6: for granted.

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Speaker 5: A right.

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Speaker 3: We last caught up at the combine. So since then

840
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Speaker 3: free agency started, the league year started. How do you

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Speaker 3: feel about your acquisitions? I know it never stops. You

842
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 3: have the draft coming up. But so far through the

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Speaker 3: free agency period, Yeah.

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Speaker 6: Free agency has been it's been busy. It's always busy.

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Speaker 6: You're always trying to improve your team. We lost to

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Speaker 6: a lot of really good UH players from the previous years,

847
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Speaker 6: so it's always hard trying to replenish your team and

848
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 6: you're trying to find that right fit. And it's always

849
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Speaker 6: tough in free agency because sometimes you don't get a

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Speaker 6: chance to actually meet with the guys. You just have

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Speaker 6: to bank on, you know, someone having some prior knowledge

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Speaker 6: of being with the guy, or just watching the film

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Speaker 6: and really liking what you see on the film and

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Speaker 6: seeing that. Man, I can see that transition. I can

855
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 6: see that role for the player for our team. So

856
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 6: free agency is hectic. But at the same time, I

857
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,919
Speaker 6: feel like we've made some really nice additions to our team.

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Speaker 6: Guys who will come in and help improve our team.

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00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 6: Guys will add competition to our team and hopefully that

860
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Speaker 6: competition this makes our entire team better.

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Speaker 3: How about the wide receiver room coach, because he really

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Speaker 3: added to that. Christian Kirk Braxton Barrio. So Justin Watson,

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Speaker 3: what do you feel about that?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, we're starting with Christian. I was always very fond

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Speaker 6: of Christian from his time in Arizona. Like watching him

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00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,960
Speaker 6: play the right way. He plays hard, he plays relentless.

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Speaker 6: He's a sworn player. I've seen that up closer personal

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Speaker 6: to make a lot of good plays. Barrios has that

869
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,920
Speaker 6: ability to return to football as a punt returner. Also

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Speaker 6: can go out play receiver in a slot position and

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Speaker 6: get open. He's just a matter of him getting back

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Speaker 6: healthy and staying healthy. And Watson, he's mister consistent. He

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Speaker 6: shows up, he makes uh tough catches, he plays fast,

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Speaker 6: plays physical, just a consistent player and hopefully he brings

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Speaker 6: that to our team.

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Speaker 3: Rebuilding the offensive line, you trade Laramie, you're bringing new

877
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 3: guys and it's really gonna look different, but you have

878
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 3: some of the same players as well. What are you

879
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 3: looking to accomplish there and what are you thinking so far?

880
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:25,879
Speaker 6: And with our offensive line, I'm looking to just when

881
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 6: I say reshape it, revamp it, it's we still want quality.

882
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:33,160
Speaker 6: We got quality players right adding Cam Robinson, Trent Brown,

883
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 6: Lake and Thomlinson and Ingram with these guys have played,

884
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:40,360
Speaker 6: They've started NFL games, they have experience. Now I'm hoping

885
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 6: that experience along with our young guys and all the

886
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 6: guys competing, we can find the best five guys for us.

887
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,360
Speaker 6: And the biggest thing for me is the mindset of

888
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 6: our offensive line is making sure we instill that pride

889
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 6: that we're gonna protect our quarterback. Right, We're gonna play tough,

890
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 6: we're gonna play physical, we're gonna play nasty, and that's

891
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,080
Speaker 6: what I want to see from our office line.

892
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,799
Speaker 3: Defensively, he made such great strides last year. I know

893
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:05,840
Speaker 3: you want to take another step forward. You made some

894
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:06,879
Speaker 3: additions there as well.

895
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 4: CJ. Gardner Johnson, E J. Speed, among others.

896
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:14,200
Speaker 6: Yeah, the safety position was one we tried to get

897
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,360
Speaker 6: Eric Murray back. Really like how Eric, you know, progress

898
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 6: had a really great year for us and you know,

899
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:23,560
Speaker 6: congrats or he had a great year and he was

900
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:25,440
Speaker 6: able to get a really good deal. That left a

901
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:28,359
Speaker 6: void for us at the safety position. So we were

902
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 6: able to find a way to trade with Philly to

903
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 6: get CJ. Gardner Johnson. That one wasn't on my radar

904
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 6: because he wasn't a free agent. So to be able

905
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 6: to get a caliber player as him, like he's another

906
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 6: swarm player, he plays physical, he loves the game. You

907
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 6: could tell the passion. You can feel the passion from

908
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:49,920
Speaker 6: him as he's on the field. So I'm excited to

909
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,239
Speaker 6: work with him and I know what he'll bring our

910
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,160
Speaker 6: team him next to Kaylan. I feel like Kaylin's game

911
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 6: is going to improve for him learning from CJ and

912
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 6: how in the way.

913
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:01,439
Speaker 4: He plays defensive line.

914
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:03,920
Speaker 3: Sheldon Rankins comes back and you're able to get Mario

915
00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:05,319
Speaker 3: Edwards back in the fold as well.

916
00:44:05,640 --> 00:44:07,840
Speaker 6: Getting Sheldon back was a big one for us. Hated

917
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,680
Speaker 6: to lose Sheldon last year. Thought he did some really

918
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 6: nice things for us, did a really good job of

919
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 6: bringing that D line together, being a leader in that room.

920
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 6: So happy to have him back. No, he'll thrive in

921
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:22,000
Speaker 6: our system and what we're asking him to do. Also, Mario,

922
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 6: he was free agent we got the previous year, benefited

923
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 6: from having playing our style of ball, had a really

924
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 6: nice year. Productive in the backfield, a lot disruptive, getting

925
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 6: after the quarterback. So getting him back is definitely a

926
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 6: huge plus for.

927
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:37,399
Speaker 4: Us as well.

928
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 3: And Derek Barnett on the edge him coming back, you

929
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:41,080
Speaker 3: get Taylor as well.

930
00:44:41,239 --> 00:44:43,320
Speaker 4: You have had it a lot there added.

931
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:47,319
Speaker 6: A lot Derek mister touchdown himself. So Derek finds a

932
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 6: way to make a big play and whatever moment it is,

933
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 6: he finds a way. There in Dallas he scored a touchdown,

934
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 6: Tennessee scored a touchdown, and he's constant pressure on the quarterback.

935
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:02,440
Speaker 6: So getting Derek back was huge and also added Darrel Taylor.

936
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,760
Speaker 6: This guy has juice up EDGs. We wanted that speed

937
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:11,360
Speaker 6: element as that third down rusher. Really any passing situations

938
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,560
Speaker 6: you can get derailed out on the field. Just feel

939
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 6: really good about his explosion, his speed, him with Danil

940
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,840
Speaker 6: and Will, we want to apply a constant pressure on

941
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,080
Speaker 6: the quarterback and feel like we have a really solid

942
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:26,399
Speaker 6: rotation of guys who can get that done.

943
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 3: I wanted to ask you about this because I've noticed,

944
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:31,640
Speaker 3: just anecdotally, it seems like there are a lot of

945
00:45:31,640 --> 00:45:35,799
Speaker 3: guys in the building coach pre offseason conditioning program. I

946
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:37,960
Speaker 3: don't know how many, but it seems like more than

947
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,360
Speaker 3: ever during the rodeo, guys coming in eating with the

948
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 3: rodeo workers.

949
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 4: Just it seems like they want to be together.

950
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:49,359
Speaker 6: That's what I've always want to establish, and that's a

951
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 6: tight team, a connected team. And seeing guys in the offseason,

952
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:58,040
Speaker 6: some guys there in February and they're working out together,

953
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 6: it means a lot to them, and you can tell

954
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 6: that bond is definitely growing amongst our team, and that's

955
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 6: the makings of a really good team. And I love

956
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:10,200
Speaker 6: to hear that the guys are together, not only football,

957
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:12,840
Speaker 6: but at the rodeo, different events. Guys are hanging together

958
00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:17,399
Speaker 6: outside of football, they're becoming really close. And with them

959
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,319
Speaker 6: being close, when the ball is kicked off, like those

960
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,480
Speaker 6: guys are gonna play for each other, it means a

961
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:24,760
Speaker 6: little bit more when they're out there on the field.

962
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:27,080
Speaker 6: So that'll show up in a ton of positive ways

963
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 6: when we hit the field come this fall.

964
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:31,880
Speaker 3: All right, a couple more offseason conditioning. I know up

965
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:33,960
Speaker 3: agains soon enough in a few weeks. How excited are

966
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,560
Speaker 3: you to actually coach the game again, even though you

967
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 3: can't do everything right away, But it's got to be

968
00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:39,359
Speaker 3: great to be on the field with the guys.

969
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,120
Speaker 6: And it's always great to get back on the field

970
00:46:41,120 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 6: with the guys. Who will let the first two weeks

971
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:45,439
Speaker 6: with a lot of guys just get back in work

972
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:47,840
Speaker 6: out with Mike and his staff, and then when coaches,

973
00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:49,600
Speaker 6: we'll get the guys on the field run through some

974
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,200
Speaker 6: position drills, coaches are fired up. They're ready.

975
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 2: You got a new offensive.

976
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 6: Coordinator, Kaylee, he's ready to go get on the field.

977
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,799
Speaker 6: The defensive guys are ready to put their hands on

978
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:02,920
Speaker 6: all all the new editions we've had this off season,

979
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 6: So everybody's fired up. It's an exciting time. We get

980
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 6: nine weeks with the guys, and it's an exciting nine

981
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:14,120
Speaker 6: weeks to instill that mindset, instill our philosophy of how

982
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 6: we're gonna play. So excited to get to work with

983
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:16,840
Speaker 6: the guys.

984
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:20,360
Speaker 1: Great stuff there with Miko and Mark. You want to

985
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,880
Speaker 1: hear all the conversations from the breakers. Go check out

986
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 1: all our podcasts from all Access throughout the week. Great

987
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:28,800
Speaker 1: stuff from the annual meetings, Great stuff tonight.

988
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 2: I like the trade I proposed.

989
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:34,560
Speaker 1: Yes, it would probably make the draft party upset, but

990
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:35,799
Speaker 1: would you do it?

991
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:38,320
Speaker 2: If you missed it? Go take a listen to the podcast.

992
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:42,640
Speaker 1: Texas All Access appreciate Mark being here, Drew coach, everyone

993
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 1: out there listening.

994
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,280
Speaker 2: We'll see you Monday, and as always, go Texans.