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Speaker 1: What is up everybody? Welcome to a Wednesday mission, our

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Speaker 1: first in season Wednesday all access show. That's right, two

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Speaker 1: hours from six o'clock to eight o'clock tonight, and we

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Speaker 1: have plenty for you from the Honday Texans Radio studio.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, Football Alston Salary Reporter, my

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Speaker 1: sixth season of doing this Wednesday all access show and

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Speaker 1: so excited to bring it to you. So what do

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Speaker 1: we have on the show. How about to Shaun Gibson. Yes,

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Speaker 1: our deep Slint interview of the week is I would

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Speaker 1: say with one of our newest Texans. I guess he's

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Speaker 1: new because he hasn't played a regular season game for

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Speaker 1: the Texans. But Sean Gibson will be on the show.

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Speaker 1: We'll also have our good buddy from Sports Radio six ten.

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Speaker 1: You're in any afternoons from two to six on Clinton Camela.

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Speaker 1: He is the Clint of Clinton Camela, Clint Starner. Dirty

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Speaker 1: Rad's gonna join us and talks some ball, talks, some quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: talking about Deshaun Watson, talking about Drew Brees, talk about

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Speaker 1: playing in a loud, very very loud environment and how

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Speaker 1: you handle that, what do you do to handle that?

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Speaker 1: As a quarterback. Clinch been in those situations before, so

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Speaker 1: we'll talk to Clint at the end of this hour.

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Speaker 1: We will also have Andre Ware you know him. He

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Speaker 1: has been with Mark for eighteen years. He's our good friend.

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Speaker 1: Mark had him on the talk to him earlier today.

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Speaker 1: We'll have that for you as well as Zach Strieff.

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Speaker 1: That name sounds familiar, like, wait a second, wasn't he

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Speaker 1: a player? Yeah he was. He was a player for

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Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints. He is now the voice of

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Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints. So it's time for Memmy had

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Speaker 1: to Mike's was Zach Strief and Mark Vandermer, So that

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Speaker 1: is going to be fun to hear Zach. I was

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Speaker 1: actually on his radio show yesterday talking about the Texans,

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Speaker 1: so I was going to jump in there with Zach

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Speaker 1: former offensive linement. In fact, one of our famous photos

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Speaker 1: i'd say famous. I would used to see it outside

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Speaker 1: my office every day. It was a photo of JJ

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Speaker 1: in the twenty fifteen game against the Saints and JJ

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Speaker 1: was leaping up the block of pass and Zach Striefe

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Speaker 1: was the offensive tackle that was actually blocking him. Zach

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Speaker 1: Streeth now the play by play voice, so member had

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Speaker 1: the Mike's we'll have that later the show, and we

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Speaker 1: will have the lab crew talking about this Laramie Tunsil deal.

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Speaker 1: This trade. We took a deep, deep, deep dive into

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Speaker 1: this trade and we like it. I liked it. I

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Speaker 1: like it a lot, mainly because I like Laramie Tunsil

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Speaker 1: a lot. As we found out from A Harrison one

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Speaker 1: hundred twenty sixteen, he was the number one prospect in

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Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, ended up with the Texas over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: So we've got plenty to talk about. Let's kick it

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Speaker 1: off with some hot reads. Hot reads brought to you

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Speaker 1: that means it is all right, stick a coin and slot,

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Speaker 1: see what happens. All right, this one's coming up. Bill

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Speaker 1: O'Brien went to the podium on Tuesday, had plenty of

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Speaker 1: on Labor Day on Monday, with everything that had gone

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Speaker 1: on throughout the weekend, and of course, one of the

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Speaker 1: main talking points was Laramie Tuntzel offensive tackle for your

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans, and Bill said this guy's a quick learner.

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Speaker 1: He learns really well. Laramie comes from a system in

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Speaker 1: O'Shea being a coordinator there and Miami, Laramie had hurt

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Speaker 1: as much as possible, because look, learning it Miami, that's great,

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Speaker 1: And Coach said, the old line room is working double

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Speaker 1: Figure out what you gotta do. Okay, well, Miami we

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Speaker 1: be DeShawn Watson. The coach was asked about DeShawn carrying

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Speaker 1: carry too much pressure on himself? And coach said, no,

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Speaker 1: That's right, this sean On Watson. Of course he was

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Speaker 1: So what's his scouting report on mister Laramie Tunsel. Here's

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Speaker 1: There's no question about that. Deshaw was asked the kind

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Speaker 1: those things. DeShawn said, I never feel pressure. Man's footba,

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Speaker 1: pressure comes from when you're not prepared and you're not

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Speaker 1: That's as true statement as you can make. If you

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Speaker 1: Shan has ben There's no question about that. He has

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Speaker 1: to Sean Gibson heading into week one? Are you doing today?

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Speaker 1: really ray Lewis and that's it was primtime so you

425
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Speaker 1: got the you got lights were on right there on

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Speaker 1: top of your head. So I remember that. Man. It

427
00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,239
Speaker 1: was pretty crazy. It was definitely crazy. And you know,

428
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Speaker 1: as long as I've been in league I haven't had

429
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Speaker 1: many promtime games, played one Monday night football game, so

430
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Speaker 1: I'm pretty excited about it, man, And I don't think

431
00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,640
Speaker 1: many people watched it back then, so this right game

432
00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,919
Speaker 1: might be different circumstances. For sure, I think people are

433
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Speaker 1: gonna be watching. I've also gonna be on Monday Night football.

434
00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,840
Speaker 1: It's the Saints, the first game since that NFC Championship

435
00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,680
Speaker 1: playoff laws for the Texans, all these new pieces. Let's

436
00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,800
Speaker 1: talk about you and Justin Reid, because I know throughout

437
00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,040
Speaker 1: the offseason you guys have really worked on your chemistry.

438
00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:54,520
Speaker 1: Both of you guys missed a little bit of time

439
00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,080
Speaker 1: in camp. But how do you feel about where the

440
00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,399
Speaker 1: communication is right now between you and him and with defense? Oh? Man,

441
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Speaker 1: I think that with Jay Reid, m our communication off

442
00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:09,159
Speaker 1: the field is it's just so detrimental because we communicate

443
00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,919
Speaker 1: just as much off the fields we do on the field.

444
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Speaker 1: I mean, whether it's exchanging jokes or whether it's just

445
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,719
Speaker 1: talking about life or what it's talking about ball. I

446
00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,439
Speaker 1: think that would truly with Jay Reid. I think that

447
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,600
Speaker 1: that this has been an easy transition because it's just

448
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Speaker 1: more than football with him, and I haven't been knowing

449
00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,120
Speaker 1: him a long time. But Man, he's one of those

450
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Speaker 1: young guys that you know, you see so much potential

451
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Speaker 1: in them. Man, And I've gravitated towards him, Man, and

452
00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:32,600
Speaker 1: you can kind of see that he understands that I've

453
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Speaker 1: had a lot of played, a lot of experience in

454
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Speaker 1: this league. Man, He's like a sponge. And you know,

455
00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,040
Speaker 1: that's the beautiful thing, having a young guy who's that

456
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Speaker 1: good but still eager to learn and want to be better.

457
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Speaker 1: And I think that our communication, man is is up

458
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Speaker 1: there with some of the best communications I've been a

459
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Speaker 1: part of. Man. And like I said, he's one of

460
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Speaker 1: the guys who knows the defense better than ninety percent

461
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Speaker 1: in the ninety five percent of the building. So you know,

462
00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:53,960
Speaker 1: having a guy like that my running mate next to

463
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Speaker 1: me looking across, having a guy like that has also beneficial.

464
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Speaker 1: So I think the communication for me and Jay Reid

465
00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,640
Speaker 1: has been awesome on and off the field. And that's

466
00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:03,320
Speaker 1: that's the only thing that you can ask for. Man.

467
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Speaker 1: Me being a new guy into this system, he has

468
00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,359
Speaker 1: truly just been more welcome in than anybody. Man. And

469
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Speaker 1: I'm a very preestly for young guy like that. All Right,

470
00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,880
Speaker 1: you're going up against the Saints. It's such a high

471
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Speaker 1: powered offense. What's going to be the key to stopping

472
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Speaker 1: a guy like Michael Thomas and Drew Brees and that

473
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Speaker 1: Saints office. What are you really focused on this week? Oh? Man?

474
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Speaker 1: You think that when you see so many guys like

475
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Speaker 1: Kmara with Drew Brees, with Michael Thomas, um, you know,

476
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 1: the tight end cook. They got so many moving parts

477
00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,280
Speaker 1: that it's just it's hard to try to say I'm

478
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Speaker 1: a pinpoint and focus on one person, man, because you know,

479
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,199
Speaker 1: that's a beautiful thing of you know, the luxury that

480
00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:38,359
Speaker 1: they have. You have perennial pro bowlers, perennial All pros

481
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Speaker 1: over there, and I think about it, and it's been

482
00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 1: a pretty consistent team over the last few years. They've

483
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Speaker 1: sort of kept that core together absolutely. I mean, of course,

484
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Speaker 1: so you got these guys know each other. It's not

485
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Speaker 1: a lot of change. Oh, it's not a lot of

486
00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,159
Speaker 1: turnover where Drew Brees don't know who he's throwing the

487
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Speaker 1: ball too. He don't know this guy. These are guys

488
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Speaker 1: who he's been around for years. Man, He's helped mold

489
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,840
Speaker 1: these guys young careers man to be the kind of

490
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Speaker 1: stars that there are to day. So having going against

491
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Speaker 1: and knowing that the only thing that you can do

492
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Speaker 1: is go out there and play your game. And I

493
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Speaker 1: think that you gotta tune out the noise. Yeah, we

494
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Speaker 1: know it's Drew Brees, a first Battle Hall of Fame,

495
00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,760
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas, highest pay receiving in the fair history. But

496
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Speaker 1: none of that matters on Monday night, man, because at

497
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Speaker 1: the end of the day, he got to go up

498
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Speaker 1: against who I feel or great cornerbacks in themselves and

499
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Speaker 1: great defensive backs and ourselves. So at the end of

500
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Speaker 1: the day, all of the accolades go out the window. Man,

501
00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,439
Speaker 1: this man on man, and I think that the biggest

502
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,359
Speaker 1: thing for us to go out there and understanding, Hey,

503
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Speaker 1: we understand who we're going against, but we need to

504
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Speaker 1: make sure our presence is fail to let them know

505
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Speaker 1: that they got to understand who they're going against. And

506
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:31,520
Speaker 1: you know, it's a confidence thing. We go out there

507
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Speaker 1: with the confidence we can match up and play against anybody,

508
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Speaker 1: no matter who's line up across from us. And I

509
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,240
Speaker 1: think that's the beautiful part about you know, being in

510
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Speaker 1: this defense. Man. We got starts ourselves on the home. Man,

511
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,280
Speaker 1: we got first Battle Hall of famers too, So um,

512
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a fun game, fun match, man. We're

513
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Speaker 1: excited about it all. Right. Before I let you go,

514
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Speaker 1: I gotta ask you about your coaching career because you

515
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,119
Speaker 1: sort of have to put that off to the side.

516
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Speaker 1: With Deshaun Gibson Junior. How's he doing in his little

517
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Speaker 1: league football? He is doing, man. The first game will

518
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Speaker 1: be the September thirteenth. So you know, I'm gonna keep

519
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Speaker 1: you guys up as soon as I get I appreciate

520
00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:05,359
Speaker 1: it for as soon as we get home. He know,

521
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 1: definitely he got he got dad trap, man. So I'm

522
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Speaker 1: gonna update y'all tonight on the Instagram. He's he's super

523
00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:12,960
Speaker 1: excited for me to be up here these late days.

524
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:17,679
Speaker 1: I promise y'all. Here tis mom all the time. Is

525
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Speaker 1: what time's dad come out? So she calls me, say,

526
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Speaker 1: what's all you be home? And I say, well, you

527
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,440
Speaker 1: know I'll be home around a certain time. And then

528
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Speaker 1: she says, so he has no workouts tonight? I know

529
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Speaker 1: he got so, but no, I'm gonna kee y'all updated, man.

530
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Speaker 1: But seriously, uh, you know the coach. We love the videos.

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Speaker 1: Love the videos. You follow us on Instagram I have

532
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,520
Speaker 1: to push him, and you know, tonight, I'm just for

533
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,440
Speaker 1: that man. He got He's definitely minded you. He's gonna

534
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:42,639
Speaker 1: get it tonight. And you know, I was gonna give

535
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Speaker 1: him a break, but since he won't Chick fil A

536
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Speaker 1: for dinner, he gotta work that way. He's gonna work

537
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Speaker 1: for the Chick Fla. He definitely gotta work for the

538
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Speaker 1: chick All right, good step. Thanks, what a great interview

539
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 1: there with to Sean Gibson. Looking forward to seeing him

540
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Speaker 1: in the Texans uniform for the first time on Monday evening.

541
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Speaker 1: Coming up next one of our good friends, Clint Sterner,

542
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,960
Speaker 1: Sports Radio six ten, former Arkansas quarterback, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback.

543
00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: The man knows all. I love talking about Clint. We'll

544
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Speaker 1: do that next right here in Texans All Access. Welcome

545
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 1: back to a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access are

546
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Speaker 1: in season edition, So we go two full hours tonight

547
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Speaker 1: and I am thrilled to be joined by a guy

548
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 1: that joined the Sports Radio six ten team Will He

549
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:27,960
Speaker 1: joined it probably a couple of years ago, but he

550
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 1: joined it in full this past summer. You can hear

551
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:34,600
Speaker 1: him in the afternoons from two to six. He is fantastic,

552
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 1: knows his ball. He played at Baytown lead play quarterback

553
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,679
Speaker 1: in Arkansas. He played for the Dallas Cowboys, amongst others.

554
00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 1: He is Clint Sterner. Clint, what's going on? Brother? Welcome

555
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,840
Speaker 1: to the show man, Thanks for having me brother. Not

556
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,760
Speaker 1: much over here, just getting ready for another beautiful day

557
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,879
Speaker 1: in Houston. You know how he is? Managed? Football season?

558
00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,480
Speaker 1: College football is all over the map right now, and

559
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 1: the NFL is kicking off tomorrow night. Man, So yeah,

560
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,880
Speaker 1: I'm ready to rock and roll. Gosh that tomorrow night.

561
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,800
Speaker 1: I thought about this. The Green Bay Packers team and

562
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,719
Speaker 1: staff are traveling today for their game. That's just crazy

563
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: to think about. Clint the Saints on Monday night. I'll

564
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 1: ask you this as a quarterback because I think this

565
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 1: is one of the more important keys in the game.

566
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Speaker 1: You talk about communication and on the road in that building,

567
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 1: how difficult is the communication going to be for Deshaun

568
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:26,200
Speaker 1: Watson at the quarterback position? How do you handle a

569
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,320
Speaker 1: crowd that will be that loud where your receivers can't

570
00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: hear you, much less your lineman hearing you. How do

571
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Speaker 1: you handle that as a quarterback? Well, it starts with

572
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,159
Speaker 1: emphasizing it right now, John, I mean, I think in

573
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 1: practice every single day that whether there's music there or not,

574
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Speaker 1: there has to be an emphasis on body language, hand

575
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Speaker 1: signals and things of that nature, and as little conversation

576
00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,760
Speaker 1: and talks as possible, particularly from the sideline to the quarterback.

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00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,840
Speaker 1: You know, that needs to be all hand signals and

578
00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:00,760
Speaker 1: and really strong hand signals. And then as the quarterback communicates,

579
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 1: I think he's got to be extra demonstrative. I mean,

580
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 1: he's got he's got to make sure that everybody can

581
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:07,920
Speaker 1: hear him. He's gotta move up and down the line.

582
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,080
Speaker 1: He's gotta be a lot more active so so everybody

583
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Speaker 1: can hear him. So it starts there. And secondly, you know,

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00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,200
Speaker 1: I think the style of ball of which you play,

585
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: which is important for the Texans this year anyway, but

586
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: eliminating the sacks, eliminating the big negative plays, the big

587
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,520
Speaker 1: point swings and things like that, and keeping the momentum

588
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,879
Speaker 1: at at bay, which is difficult to do in New Orleans,

589
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,879
Speaker 1: but keeping that at bay as much as possible is

590
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,199
Speaker 1: going to be key. Clint. Obviously you talked about this

591
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,240
Speaker 1: on your show, and I've heard you talk about this

592
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: this week. Laramie Tuntsil added at left tackle, big trade

593
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Speaker 1: over the weekend, and he gets added into that offensive

594
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Speaker 1: line that's gonna have a rookie, maybe two on it,

595
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 1: have a couple events, it's still gonna be a young

596
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Speaker 1: offensive line. Won't you add a left tackle like that,

597
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,680
Speaker 1: a Laramie Tutsil? What does that do for your offensive line?

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Speaker 1: And as a quarterback, what does that do where your

599
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,360
Speaker 1: confidence standing in a pocket knowing that he's got your back,

600
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 1: he's got your blind side. Well, what it does is

601
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 1: if it limits if you're talking about just the guys

602
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,320
Speaker 1: up front, it limit what you have to go into

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Speaker 1: a game with. When you've got a guy like Laramie

604
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Speaker 1: Tunsel who can handle a defensive end. Now there's no

605
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Speaker 1: left tackle in the in the game that you want

606
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 1: to consistently put on an island versus some of the

607
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,920
Speaker 1: best rushers in the league. So there's still a dynamic

608
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 1: of needing to keep that guy off balance with running

609
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: backs chipping and tight ends chipping, things of that nature.

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00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,919
Speaker 1: But you get you limit your your plan from a

611
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 1: protection standpoint to maybe fliding away from him. You limit

612
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: your plan from the number of calls that Titus Howard

613
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Speaker 1: has to has to know and execute and it just

614
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 1: makes the trickle down effect is making everybody's job on

615
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,520
Speaker 1: the offensive line a little less complicated a little more

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Speaker 1: simple so that they can actually just react and play

617
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,160
Speaker 1: versus have to have to necessarily be able to do

618
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Speaker 1: every They don't have to be left handed and right

619
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Speaker 1: handed on every single protection every single game. This year,

620
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 1: you can narrow that protection package down just a little

621
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Speaker 1: bit at least based on what you what you plan

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00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 1: on using going into a game. So if you're talking

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00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 1: about how it affects the offensive line, it's big time

624
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:20,040
Speaker 1: from a scheme standpoint. From a communication standpoint, it's Titus

625
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 1: Howard and Max Sharping. Those are two guys that are

626
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,760
Speaker 1: going to rely heavily on the veterans on this football team,

627
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,480
Speaker 1: on this offensive line to help them. From a communication standpoint, John,

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00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 1: we don't talk enough about that, man. We don't talk

629
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 1: enough about offensive linemen that are great communicators. They can

630
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 1: get away with maybe not being big enough or maybe

631
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 1: not being fast enough because they know what the hell

632
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 1: they're supposed to do. Instead of guessing, they're reacting instead

633
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: of thinking. And so that that communication upfront with that

634
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: with adding Laramie Tunsel, is going to be big as well.

635
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: He looks. There's no negative spin on Laramie Tunsel being

636
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: added this offensive line. It is a big time upgrade

637
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 1: and the team on the offensive side of the football

638
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 1: should be significantly better immediately. I've heard guys talk about, well,

639
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 1: it's gonna take time. No, no, no, no, no no, that's

640
00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 1: not the case. This is a This is a potential

641
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,440
Speaker 1: pro bowler. This is one of the best left tackles

642
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 1: in the game, and that goes beyond just being physical.

643
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: This guy mentally is next level. And ten days is

644
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 1: plenty of time to pick up a game plan in

645
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 1: today's game, to pick up a game plan and be

646
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 1: able to execute it full go on Monday night, he's

647
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 1: got three or four extra days to do it. This

648
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: guy will be fine, and I expect to see really

649
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: a big time improvement upfront Monday night versus New Orleans. Yeah.

650
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:37,920
Speaker 1: One of the things that I've talked about and talked

651
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: with different people about is the fact that when you

652
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,480
Speaker 1: have Laramie there and that solidifies hopefully a left side

653
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: for a long time, it allows Deshan to get back

654
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: in empty, which is something that he likes to do. Now.

655
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 1: The game has changed since you and I played it.

656
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 1: I mean you were under center. I mean how much

657
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: when you were at Arkansas and how much with Dallas?

658
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 1: How much were you under center? Dashawn has played in

659
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 1: the shotgun his entire life, and a lot of that

660
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 1: time he was in empty, which gave him a view

661
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 1: of the whole field. He likes being back there, but

662
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: it was almost as if the Texans couldn't afford to

663
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,880
Speaker 1: do that because that would put five on four and

664
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: in some cases that was a disadvantage for the Texans

665
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 1: offensive line last year. But now a tunsil maybe allows

666
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 1: Deshan to do a little bit more from what he's

667
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: comfortable doing. Can you speak to that, Clint, the fact

668
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: that he likes being an empty and that can help

669
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: him knowing that that's protected and that's something he's more

670
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: comfortable with. Well, I think from a protective standpoint, you

671
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,400
Speaker 1: can be a little more predictable, which means you can

672
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: be in gun, you can camp your quarterback out and

673
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 1: you don't have to help your left tackle. You can

674
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 1: depend on your left tackle being able to hold his own,

675
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: even though that defensive end that he's like, that fined

676
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,920
Speaker 1: up across him, across from him, knows that they're in gun,

677
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 1: there's no run threat. I'm gonna pin my ears back

678
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 1: and go get the quarterback. Well, now you gotta go

679
00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 1: through Laramy Tunsil. Now you've got a guy that's equal to,

680
00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 1: if not better than you are at his respective position,

681
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 1: and you got to go through him. But I tell

682
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: you what this does, John, is Tim Kelly and Bill O'Brien.

683
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 1: You know, I think in the past, when we've evaluated

684
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: those guys, like the play calling and the scheming and

685
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: the planning and all that, you can you can almost

686
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 1: sit there and go, well, I would like to see

687
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: maybe this or that, but I can understand why the

688
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: hell they're not doing it because the quarterbacks needing the

689
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: bus to go to Jacksonville. Like mean, there's certain things

690
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: you cannot do. This is gonna allow Tim Kelly and

691
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien to do whatever they believe is best for

692
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. They've had to put other problems ahead of

693
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: doing what's best for Deshaun Watson because they were having

694
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: to make sure he was healthy, they were having to

695
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: make sure he didn't get knocked out of games. And

696
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 1: so now the play callers, planners and schemers can go, Okay,

697
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: what does our quarterback do best, and let's do more

698
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 1: of that instead of the focus consistently being on how

699
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 1: are we going to protect? How are we gonna take shots?

700
00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 1: How are we gonna put a third down package together

701
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 1: when we can't protect on first and second down? So,

702
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: you know, I think it just it takes the handcuffs

703
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: off of Bill O'Brien and Tim Kelly and it allows him.

704
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: They don't have to be the best play callers in America.

705
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,560
Speaker 1: I mean, that's unfair expectations. But what they have to

706
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 1: do is they have to do and they're able to

707
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: do now. Whatever Deshaun Watson does best, and as you mentioned,

708
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 1: we all saw it. His biggest games were on the

709
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 1: brightest when the lights were bright and on the biggest

710
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 1: stage versus Alabama, one of the best defenses I've ever

711
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 1: seen two straight years, and he was in gun ninety

712
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 1: percent of the time doing his thing. That's what they's

713
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: I would imagine that's what they want to do more of,

714
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 1: and at the very least, they feel a lot more

715
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: comfortable today doing that than they did a week ago.

716
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 1: Clint on the other side, Drew Brees, that's just gonna

717
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,520
Speaker 1: be one of a litany of quarterbacks the Texans have

718
00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 1: to face this year. And I'm sure that in your

719
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,680
Speaker 1: time in the league and stepping aways analyst, that you've

720
00:33:55,720 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 1: watched quarterbacks NonStop. What is it that makes Drew so

721
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: good and so difficult to stop consistently? Well, I think

722
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 1: the combination of him and Sean Payton. I mean, Sean

723
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: Payton is one of the greatest aggressive play callers in

724
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,359
Speaker 1: this game, you know. I mean it's you talk look

725
00:34:12,360 --> 00:34:14,439
Speaker 1: at the Patriots. I mean, they're not real aggressive. They'll

726
00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 1: take shots when they can, but they're they're known for,

727
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: i mean, better than anybody ever in the game of

728
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,320
Speaker 1: just taking what the defense gives them. Right New Orleans

729
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,800
Speaker 1: is a team that wants to be aggressive. And Drew's

730
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,360
Speaker 1: not the biggest arm in America, but he understands that

731
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 1: he's got to get the ball out on time. He's

732
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: got to be extremely pinpoint accurate. He's got to be

733
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,799
Speaker 1: he's got to be technically flawless in the pocket. And

734
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 1: you couple that with who I think right now is

735
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 1: definitely the most aggressive. Maybe Andy Reid, Nerek be enemy

736
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:46,400
Speaker 1: in Kansas City, maybe McVeigh in LA. Maybe in the

737
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:50,439
Speaker 1: same category. But when you talk about aggressive vertical passing game.

738
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 1: Drew Brews and Sean Payton are two of the absolute

739
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 1: best at their respective positions. It's like it's like air

740
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,040
Speaker 1: raiding college ball. It's like arena ball that I I

741
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: played forever. I mean, they are gonna apply constant pressure

742
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 1: to your defense and you cannot take a breath for

743
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,359
Speaker 1: four quarters. There's a lot of games you go into

744
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 1: and you go these guys are gonna run it running,

745
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: and they may take one shot per drive or maybe

746
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 1: one shot when they cross midfield. These dudes will take

747
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 1: shots when they're backed up inside their own two. And

748
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: so it's all about Drew being unbelievably comfortable doing things

749
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,560
Speaker 1: in an aggressive fashion, and that's exactly who his play

750
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 1: caller is. Man, it's it's one of the best marriages

751
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 1: that you and I have ever seen in the game

752
00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: of football in our lifetime. I'm sure there's out there's

753
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: something out there that we can think of. But man,

754
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,879
Speaker 1: you talk about a perfect marriage and the timing being

755
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 1: right in Drew's career and Sean's career. I mean, if

756
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 1: I had to sum them up in one in one sentence,

757
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:53,520
Speaker 1: it's aggressive applying pressure from anywhere on the field. For

758
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 1: four quarters, so your tail better be ready to play

759
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:57,800
Speaker 1: four not three and a half. We got our buddy,

760
00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 1: Clint stir all of us. Clint, are you ready for this?

761
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 1: One of my I don't know if it's hair brand theory,

762
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: but this is one of my theories I've crafted over

763
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: the years. And you play the position, so I want

764
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: to trust your thoughts on this. When you go into

765
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 1: a game of any sort, you know you'd like your

766
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: quarterback to be as kind of level headed and calm,

767
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 1: but you know it's burning inside all of them, no

768
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:21,720
Speaker 1: matter what they look like in the outside, they're just burning.

769
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: They got the energy Like Okay, it's game one or

770
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:25,880
Speaker 1: it's a big game, or whatever the case. I mean,

771
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: they got a lot of energy and you can only

772
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: throw so much in pregame to kind of get some

773
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: of the energy out. My theory is always in the

774
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 1: first drive of a game, kind of finding when that

775
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 1: can happen, but early in the game to just throw

776
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: one as far as you can max protect, put your

777
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 1: fastest guy out wide, whether it's one on one or

778
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 1: double coverage, doesn't matter, and just haul off and throw

779
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: one as far as you can get all the energy out.

780
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 1: Maybe you hit it. Maybe you don't, but you put

781
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,319
Speaker 1: the secondary on alert that you're gonna throw the ball deep.

782
00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 1: At some point in the game, they back up a

783
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 1: little bit. Maybe that helps you in the run game.

784
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 1: Maybe you hit it, maybe it ends up being a

785
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: big play. I'm a huge proponent of throwing one deep

786
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,520
Speaker 1: early in the game, and that's really helpful no matter

787
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,319
Speaker 1: what happens for your quarterback, your thoughts. But I tell

788
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 1: you what I'd do if I played to John Harris

789
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 1: coached off at the football team, I played cover two

790
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 1: out of the out of the game. And make sure

791
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,839
Speaker 1: you didn't do that, brother, Yes, tell I mean, look,

792
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:21,880
Speaker 1: there's a there's a lot to be said up. I

793
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 1: was a quarterback. I want to see a completion, man,

794
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: I want to see a completion. So if the corner soft,

795
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 1: let me throw a hitch right if if if you've

796
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: got a scheme. Um, you know, when I was in college,

797
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 1: we were run heavy football team. So the old school

798
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 1: just token faith off tackle, fullback, bluff the defensive end.

799
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: He gets into the flat, you got a tight end

800
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: on the corner over the top, and so you regardless

801
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: of what cover that coverage they throw at you, you've

802
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 1: got a snag, you've got a flat, you've got a corner.

803
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: All should be high percentage throws that I could get

804
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:53,759
Speaker 1: a completion. So now when you if you're asking me

805
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 1: in that question and I'm answering and I'm number four,

806
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,719
Speaker 1: if I'm Deshaun Watson, I'm like, hey, coach, doll that

807
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,439
Speaker 1: thing up, baby, I got I got new copies out there.

808
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: I stole it eighty all day. So it depends are

809
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:09,080
Speaker 1: you asking Clint Starner or you asking you asking Clint

810
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,719
Speaker 1: starn of the old, uh washed up quarterback that that

811
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,840
Speaker 1: was about an average on strength or you asking the

812
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:15,919
Speaker 1: analysts that you talk about that jan washing a little

813
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: bit probably probably a little bit of both. Man probably

814
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,920
Speaker 1: a little bit of both. I mean, I just it was.

815
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: It was interesting because when my last year coaching had

816
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,040
Speaker 1: a quarterback that just he got so amped up. And

817
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: for him, he didn't have a big arm, but what

818
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 1: he wanted to do was he wanted to hit somebody.

819
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 1: So I would give him a run early on to

820
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: kind of calm him down. Uh, And then after as

821
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,959
Speaker 1: time went on, I was like, you know what, maybe

822
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 1: maybe throwing deep as maybe a little bit better because

823
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: I didn't want him to get so jacked up that

824
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 1: he was running everybody over and it we kind of

825
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: found like a level ground, but he got so amped up.

826
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 1: I had to find something that really kind of just

827
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,839
Speaker 1: settled him down. I was kind of smacked him into

828
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: the game, so to speaking a hit and he that

829
00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,399
Speaker 1: doesn't surprise me about you. I mean, you know most

830
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: coaches don't think that deep. But I mean you clearly

831
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 1: or whatever you put your mind to, you're gonna do

832
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: a hell of a job with it. So coaching was

833
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,399
Speaker 1: no different. But you you know, either way it goes.

834
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 1: I think the important message to what I hear you

835
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,960
Speaker 1: saying is whoever's coaching that quarterback better know him well

836
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 1: enough to get him getting him cranked up early so

837
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,399
Speaker 1: that you come out of the locker room on fire,

838
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,399
Speaker 1: you come out at a halftime with your hair on fire.

839
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: Whether that's the completion a run, a sweat, a hit,

840
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 1: whatever it is, that there's definitely some science to getting

841
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: that guy in his mind in the right spot. And

842
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,879
Speaker 1: to each their own, I couldn't throw it very far,

843
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 1: so I wasn't going to try to impress anybody with

844
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 1: my arm string. But I just needed to see I

845
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:42,439
Speaker 1: needed to feel myself let one go, and I needed

846
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 1: to see my four three receiver catch that thing and

847
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:46,160
Speaker 1: do work. That's all I wanted to see. And then

848
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 1: I was in my groove. Baby. Yeah, absolutely, Clint. This

849
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 1: one is not in the Texans. But this Saturday, I

850
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 1: was watching Game Day and I thought of you because

851
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,360
Speaker 1: they did a long segment on a former All American

852
00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,120
Speaker 1: that you played with by name of Brandon Burlsworth. And

853
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,839
Speaker 1: I watched this segment, and I mean by the end

854
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:04,320
Speaker 1: of it, I was I was in tears. I'm almost

855
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,879
Speaker 1: in tears talking about him. But you played with with

856
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,440
Speaker 1: Brandon and there's a movie made about his life. What

857
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 1: did the NFL miss out on in not seeing Brandon

858
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 1: Burlsworth because he was trying to be taken from us

859
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 1: in a car accident before his rookie year. What did

860
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:20,919
Speaker 1: we miss out on in the NFL by not seen

861
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 1: him play? Well? I mean, I think one of the

862
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: greatest college stories, obviously, and I don't see any reason

863
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 1: why it would not have carried over into the NFL.

864
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:32,760
Speaker 1: You're talking about a guy that was a tireless worker

865
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: like I've never seen before. He was one of the

866
00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:38,440
Speaker 1: most unique individuals that I have ever met before, and

867
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: it's not even close. It's not. He's not one of

868
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 1: He is the most unique individual that I've ever met before.

869
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,920
Speaker 1: And and look, I mean I encourage everybody out there

870
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: to go watch the movie Greater Um One. It's a

871
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,760
Speaker 1: true story too. They do a damn near perfect job

872
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:59,839
Speaker 1: of relaying his message and and really painting a pick

873
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,960
Speaker 1: of his life. I mean, there's not a there's not

874
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 1: a stretch about Brandon in there now. The center that

875
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 1: runs in the rain with him, My boyfriend Garrett, he didn't.

876
00:41:07,040 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: He didn't run a lick much less than the rain.

877
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 1: So but but yeah, I mean, look, man, he was

878
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,200
Speaker 1: just a He was just a special, special human that

879
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:18,239
Speaker 1: most of us and most guys in the NFL would

880
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: have never been able to relate to. He was such

881
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 1: a quirky individual, such a unique individual, such an introvert Um.

882
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 1: I mean, you talk to you being an old coach,

883
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:29,560
Speaker 1: you can relate to this. I mean, you talk about

884
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 1: a guy being coachable. Around here, we hear Bill O'Brien

885
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: um to the point I think some people, a lot

886
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: of people get tired of hearing about Um being a

887
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,640
Speaker 1: team guy, being accountable, being on I mean, those are

888
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,720
Speaker 1: things that Brandon burrows Worth uh did in his sleep.

889
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:45,120
Speaker 1: I mean it was to the tenth degree. He would

890
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: have been the poster child for um the team guy,

891
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:52,359
Speaker 1: the accountable guy, the own time guy, the guy that

892
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: that championships are are built around, and um so yeah, man,

893
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: that was a tragic, tragic story. He was. He was

894
00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: a good friend of mine. He protected my tale a

895
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:05,360
Speaker 1: lot in college, and his story is phenomenal. From walk

896
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 1: on that was overweight about about three h eight, I

897
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:11,520
Speaker 1: think it was he lost down to two fifty. Nobody

898
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 1: gave him a chance. He walked on and lose his

899
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 1: way down to two fifty, build his body up to

900
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 1: just be an absolute mountain of a man. To about

901
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 1: two ninety is an All American And then Indie drafted

902
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,360
Speaker 1: him in the draft and he was killed before he

903
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 1: could get in. I think he went to one mini

904
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: camp and they'd already slated him as the potential starter

905
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,319
Speaker 1: and he gets killed in a car accident driving back

906
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,479
Speaker 1: to his house to go to church with his mother,

907
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 1: which he did because his father wasn't around. Every Wednesday night,

908
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 1: he missed our ring ceremony because we've won the West

909
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,279
Speaker 1: before that year, before we split the West, in the

910
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 1: SEC with Mississippi State, and he begged coach to let

911
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 1: him miss that meeting so he'd go to church with

912
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:53,359
Speaker 1: his mother as he did every Wednesday night and got

913
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 1: killed in the car accident going back that way. Man,

914
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: so great family man, phenomenal player, great person, great story.

915
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: He check out the movie The Greater Man. If you've

916
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 1: got kids, or if you're a coach and you've got

917
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 1: a team, take him to see this movie. There is

918
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:11,000
Speaker 1: some valuable, valuable life lessons and sports lessons involved. The

919
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,279
Speaker 1: love lesten. You talk about him, man, Clint Sterner. You

920
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:15,719
Speaker 1: can hear him two to six on our flagship sports

921
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,480
Speaker 1: Radio six ten. And I believe Clint, you're gonna be

922
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 1: with us throughout the year. Man, So this is gonna

923
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,640
Speaker 1: be awesome stuff we're gonna talk about all year long.

924
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:24,640
Speaker 1: You're the best man. Appreciate your time. Brother. Thanks for

925
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:27,439
Speaker 1: having me John, It's always a pleasure my brother. Be good,

926
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:31,440
Speaker 1: Go Texan. Absolutely love having Dirty read on the show.

927
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:35,359
Speaker 1: Clint Sterner. Great stuff from the old QB right there.

928
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,839
Speaker 1: Make sure you listen two to six. Clint Camela, Yeah,

929
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,400
Speaker 1: obviously he's the Clint part of Clinton Camela doing a

930
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,759
Speaker 1: great job with Rick Camela on the afternoon show on

931
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: Sports Radio six ten. All right, coming up, it's our

932
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,840
Speaker 1: good friend Andre where it's another guy who knows quarterbacks.

933
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:52,279
Speaker 1: He'll break down this game against the Saints and also

934
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 1: what else is going on throughout the FC South Andrea,

935
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: we're next on Texans Axis one hour down, one hour ago.

936
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,520
Speaker 1: Right here on a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access

937
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,440
Speaker 1: from the day Texans Radio Studio. I am John Harris,

938
00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:07,359
Speaker 1: football analyst and sidelot reporter and excited about Well we've

939
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 1: got for you every well, every other day. Monday, Monday Friday,

940
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: those are my days for doing All Access six to seven.

941
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 1: They'll take you right up to Monday at football each

942
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:19,879
Speaker 1: every Monday and six to eight Wednesday, six to eight

943
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:23,320
Speaker 1: on Friday. Now, Fridays are typically more focused on the matchups.

944
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:24,879
Speaker 1: I'll do my keys to the game on both sides

945
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: of the ball and special teams. I'll do my NFL pickums,

946
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 1: both straight up and against the spread, just my way

947
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 1: when I go. When I say against the spread, I'm

948
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 1: not advocating the gambling aspect, but just the way to

949
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:38,040
Speaker 1: talk about the game. So that's just the way that

950
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 1: we do it. So that you have to look forward

951
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 1: to on Friday. Andrew Doherty caught up with a very

952
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:45,560
Speaker 1: special individual for our final segment on Friday, So you

953
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,880
Speaker 1: want to definitely stick around for that one special individual

954
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,880
Speaker 1: that you will hear plenty of Monday night and hopefully

955
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 1: there will be joy in his voice. It's Texas color analysts,

956
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:59,320
Speaker 1: college football Hall of Fame or Heisman Trophy winner and

957
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,120
Speaker 1: I'm lucky you say a good friend of mine. Andre

958
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 1: ware Drey cut up with Mark earlier today to talk

959
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 1: about this matchup and what else is going on throughout

960
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:09,719
Speaker 1: the NFL. Andre ware drunning us now on Texans Radio Dre.

961
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 1: We have not caught up since the big moves over

962
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 1: the weekend, and let's start here as the Texans get

963
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:19,640
Speaker 1: Laramie Tunsil. A lot of talk about the price involved,

964
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,760
Speaker 1: but let's go with what he brings to the table

965
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: for this offense day one, Monday night at the Superdome.

966
00:45:26,719 --> 00:45:29,320
Speaker 1: What do you think? Yeah, he's a good young talent

967
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 1: that it's kind of going to be thrown into the fire.

968
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 1: How much of the system he can retain will be

969
00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:38,760
Speaker 1: what they use against the Saints, because you're talking about

970
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:42,400
Speaker 1: some pretty pretty good pass rushers and Marcus Davenport and

971
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 1: Cameron Jordan. They can move those guys around. Trey Hendrickson

972
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 1: and Westwharton will back those guys up. But it'll be

973
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:51,680
Speaker 1: it'll be, you know, it's kind of a test under

974
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:56,040
Speaker 1: fire for Laramie Tunsil. He's All rookie team in twenty

975
00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 1: sixteen when he was drafted, a lot of people around

976
00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 1: the league think a highly of him. He slipped and

977
00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:05,280
Speaker 1: flipped in the draft for obvious reasons, but the thirteenth

978
00:46:05,320 --> 00:46:08,160
Speaker 1: overall pick. I think he fits into the system. It's

979
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:13,120
Speaker 1: just how fast he can retain what's being a terminology

980
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: the offense as a whole, so that he can be

981
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: effective because if you know, I look at it like this,

982
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 1: when you're learning an offense, especially for offensive linemen who

983
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:26,400
Speaker 1: have to work and there has to be chemistry their quarterbacks,

984
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,240
Speaker 1: it's like you know, taking a foreign language or starting

985
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:32,840
Speaker 1: over as a rookie, because you just can't play to

986
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,919
Speaker 1: your normal capability if you're thinking all the time. So

987
00:46:36,239 --> 00:46:37,799
Speaker 1: he's got to get up to speed and get up

988
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:40,840
Speaker 1: to speed quickly, all right. Same question for Kenny Stills

989
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 1: coming in at wide receiver. Yeah, pretty much the same

990
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 1: things is that you know, a lot of the concepts

991
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:52,759
Speaker 1: may be similar, but the terminology may be different. You

992
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: may be asked to run a different route on a

993
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:57,719
Speaker 1: certain play that you thought was something in Miami, and

994
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:02,000
Speaker 1: that takes chemistry. It's why Deshaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins

995
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 1: and Will Fuller and you know all these other key

996
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: k QT they work in the off season to build chemistry.

997
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:09,680
Speaker 1: And you're asking a guy to come in and basically,

998
00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:12,440
Speaker 1: in a week's time, pick up the terminology and get

999
00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 1: on the same page with all these other receivers. That's

1000
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 1: a tough, tough chore. But ultimately, what do you think

1001
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 1: those two guys bring to the table once they do

1002
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:24,360
Speaker 1: get acclimated. Well, you bring pass protection, certainly with Tunsil

1003
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,000
Speaker 1: on the left side, and then Kenny Stills. It's a

1004
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:30,839
Speaker 1: it's a receiver that they can do some things, you

1005
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,799
Speaker 1: know down the field. He's big, he's strong at six

1006
00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:37,200
Speaker 1: one two or two, He's got some speed, and so

1007
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,360
Speaker 1: I think it's a good addition as maybe the third

1008
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:45,600
Speaker 1: receiver with QT still nursing an ankle, maybe it's Kenny

1009
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:49,520
Speaker 1: Steals that starts Monday night as that third receiver. All right, well,

1010
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:51,680
Speaker 1: let's see what happens in the backfield as well, because

1011
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:53,879
Speaker 1: we have yet to see Duke Johnson play, but he's

1012
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,840
Speaker 1: been practicing, so that's good. And then you work Carlos

1013
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,480
Speaker 1: Hide into the lineup, we'll see how they handle everything.

1014
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:01,520
Speaker 1: And I think that's kind of an advantage for them

1015
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:03,560
Speaker 1: in a sense, in the sense that the Saints really

1016
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:05,880
Speaker 1: don't know how the Texans are going to try to

1017
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 1: handle the running game or throw to the backs. Your

1018
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:10,799
Speaker 1: thoughts on that part of the operation. Yeah, I like

1019
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 1: the addition of Carlos Hide because he brings some physicality.

1020
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 1: That's just how he runs. He runs hard. He's just

1021
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 1: a tough, tough inside runner who's got some speed to

1022
00:48:20,719 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 1: get to the edges. So they did a nice job

1023
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:26,879
Speaker 1: in acquiring him. And then Duke Johnson's kind of more

1024
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,840
Speaker 1: of a I'm not sure he's an every down back,

1025
00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 1: three down back. I would say Carlos Hide in that

1026
00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:36,560
Speaker 1: where you can leave him in on third downs and

1027
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:39,480
Speaker 1: can catch some passes for you. Duke Johnson is certainly

1028
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:41,960
Speaker 1: going to help him in the in the passing game

1029
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:45,359
Speaker 1: because he's an outstanding receiver out of the backfield. So

1030
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 1: it's a good one two punch that they'll have for

1031
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:52,719
Speaker 1: a while. Drey stopping the Saints obviously difficult to do.

1032
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:54,880
Speaker 1: They didn't once here. They held him to six points

1033
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:57,200
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen. I know the team's very different now.

1034
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara is a nightmare for a lot of teams.

1035
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:01,600
Speaker 1: What do you think of being in the Dome and

1036
00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:03,879
Speaker 1: try to slow them down at least and get out

1037
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:07,120
Speaker 1: on top. Yeah, he's a guy that scares everybody, and

1038
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 1: certainly me and Kamara because he does so many things

1039
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:13,239
Speaker 1: and he's so explosive and yeah, you watch all these

1040
00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 1: YouTube videos and he's pulling trucks with the harness and

1041
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:19,399
Speaker 1: that's part of his training regimen to get stronger. He's

1042
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:24,080
Speaker 1: five ten about two fifteen, is lightning quick, excellent receiver

1043
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:27,800
Speaker 1: out of the backfield. You mix him with a big receiver,

1044
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:31,320
Speaker 1: big physical receiver Michael Thomas, along with a speech or

1045
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 1: who's still one of the faster players in the league

1046
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 1: with Ted Ginn. I think the best edition they made

1047
00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:40,920
Speaker 1: to this offense was Jared Cook, a receiving tight end

1048
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:43,960
Speaker 1: that's big, that can make plays down the field. I've

1049
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:47,799
Speaker 1: liked him every since his days at South Carolina. And

1050
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 1: then we know exactly what Drew Brees is and he's

1051
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:55,920
Speaker 1: not the all time passing leader for no reason. The

1052
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: guy can just flat out play. Last year he was,

1053
00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 1: he's his latter years and year going on in the

1054
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 1: year nineteen, but I think he set a career mark

1055
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:09,000
Speaker 1: at seventy four percent completion percentage, so he's still playing

1056
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,080
Speaker 1: at a very high level. This is a very very

1057
00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:14,560
Speaker 1: dangerous offensive unit. How much does it blow your mind

1058
00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:16,720
Speaker 1: about Breeze because I remember you and I are standing

1059
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 1: on the field in New Orleans in two thousand and

1060
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:22,400
Speaker 1: eight after the Texans practice there in the preseason, and

1061
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:25,200
Speaker 1: we interviewed Breeze and he's not the biggest guy in

1062
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:28,440
Speaker 1: the world, let's face it, but he plays big and

1063
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:31,319
Speaker 1: he also is incredibly accurate, as you just pointed out.

1064
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 1: What about the longevity of Breeze, Yeah, I mean sixty

1065
00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:37,280
Speaker 1: seven percent for his career and a lot of guys

1066
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 1: would take that in a season, and you know that

1067
00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:41,600
Speaker 1: would be a career best for a lot of guys.

1068
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 1: In the season over, I think he's throwing five hundred

1069
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:47,000
Speaker 1: twenty touchdown passes. He's not a big guy. You wonder

1070
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,799
Speaker 1: how does he get done? How can he see you

1071
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:54,040
Speaker 1: over the defense, over the offensive line, but he finds

1072
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:58,719
Speaker 1: throwing lane he anticipates very very well. And that's what

1073
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:02,279
Speaker 1: makes it tough on a defense. It's his ability to anticipate.

1074
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 1: And that's a guy that we just spoke of the

1075
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 1: of watching going out with hop and and Will Fuller

1076
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,880
Speaker 1: and building chemistry. Well, he's one of the best in

1077
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,480
Speaker 1: the business. Drew Brees are doing just that, which is

1078
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:18,760
Speaker 1: why it allows him to anticipate throws based on body

1079
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 1: language and guys where they're supposed to be. The ball

1080
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:25,439
Speaker 1: is delivered and it's out on time, it's tough tough

1081
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:28,440
Speaker 1: to sack Drew Brees. Andrea, let's talk about the AFC

1082
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:31,720
Speaker 1: South for a moment. Andrew Luck is out in Indianapolis.

1083
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:34,520
Speaker 1: Now Jacobe Brissette takes over. We know it's a much

1084
00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:36,759
Speaker 1: better team than the one he had in twenty seventeen

1085
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:39,480
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago when Luck sat out the season.

1086
00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:41,759
Speaker 1: But what do you expect out of Brissette and that

1087
00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:45,320
Speaker 1: Colts offense this year? The Colts as a team overall

1088
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:48,279
Speaker 1: in the AFC South. Yeah, I expect him to kind

1089
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:51,920
Speaker 1: of really just bring him along slowly early in the

1090
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:54,600
Speaker 1: season and just say, you know, hey, don't try to

1091
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:56,800
Speaker 1: do too much. We know you can know the offense,

1092
00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 1: but look, we're gonna just take advantage of the playmakers

1093
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:03,279
Speaker 1: that we placed around you and utilize them. And as

1094
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:07,719
Speaker 1: the season grows and as he gains more confident, they

1095
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:11,480
Speaker 1: will open. Frank Reich has been fantastic at handling this

1096
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:14,239
Speaker 1: whole thing. They will start to give him more and

1097
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:16,680
Speaker 1: more each and every week. Frank Reig, I think, came

1098
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:19,399
Speaker 1: out this week and said that, hey, he is our leader.

1099
00:52:19,440 --> 00:52:21,480
Speaker 1: He's the guy that we believe in. I think you

1100
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: just have to sometimes as a head coach just go

1101
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:27,400
Speaker 1: out on a limb and put that in a player's

1102
00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 1: head that we believe in you. You're our leader. Now

1103
00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:33,200
Speaker 1: we have moved and turned the page and moved forward.

1104
00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:35,440
Speaker 1: And that's what they boot, that's how they believe in.

1105
00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:38,839
Speaker 1: View Jacobe Prissette, Texans have never beaten him. He's four

1106
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 1: and oh and starts against them, so it won't be easy.

1107
00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:45,160
Speaker 1: But the Coats have really upgraded their roster on both

1108
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:48,880
Speaker 1: sides of the football around Jacobe Brissette the quarterback. All right,

1109
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,160
Speaker 1: so they play the Chargers week one. What do you

1110
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:53,560
Speaker 1: think of that? I know San Diego is banged up.

1111
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 1: When you look at some of the guys who have

1112
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:56,919
Speaker 1: to sit that one out, but they are at home

1113
00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:59,080
Speaker 1: whatever that means in that building, and they do a

1114
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:02,400
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. Yeah, but I still like I like the

1115
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:04,960
Speaker 1: Colts in that game because of all of what you

1116
00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:07,640
Speaker 1: just mentioned in terms of being banged up, a lot

1117
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:10,279
Speaker 1: of guys out of the lineup. They don't have the

1118
00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:13,759
Speaker 1: workhorse back in Melvin Gordon. Uh certainly this week, and

1119
00:53:14,080 --> 00:53:16,960
Speaker 1: who knows for how long they're a different team. They

1120
00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:20,400
Speaker 1: lost their left tackle. He's not playing with blood clots,

1121
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:23,759
Speaker 1: Russell o'cum. So I think it's tough. I think the

1122
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:27,879
Speaker 1: Cults are in a better situation healthwise, even without Andrew Luck.

1123
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:30,759
Speaker 1: I think they get this one done. Okay, So take

1124
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:34,120
Speaker 1: me to Jacksonville where they entertain, for lack of a

1125
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:38,000
Speaker 1: better word, the Kansas City Chiefs. What do you think? Yeah,

1126
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 1: that that is tough for anybody, including Jacksonville where it's

1127
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:47,719
Speaker 1: home away in London, Mexico, wherever that the Chiefs are

1128
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:50,280
Speaker 1: just they're just going to score a lot of points.

1129
00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:53,799
Speaker 1: And Jacksonville's got a superb defense, but I don't think

1130
00:53:53,840 --> 00:53:57,759
Speaker 1: it's built to stop a team like the Chiefs. It

1131
00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:00,880
Speaker 1: is more of a physical style. All the defense that

1132
00:54:01,040 --> 00:54:03,640
Speaker 1: is that can you kind of punch you in the mouth.

1133
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:06,319
Speaker 1: They don't like playing in space, which is exactly what

1134
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: Andy Reid is going to do with Pat Mahomes. He'll

1135
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: spread it out and take advantage of the speed that

1136
00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:16,360
Speaker 1: he's had and added to this offseason. So it's for me,

1137
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:18,719
Speaker 1: it's Kansas City big in this first one. All right,

1138
00:54:18,719 --> 00:54:22,240
Speaker 1: So Jacksonville comes to Energy Stadium one week from Sunday

1139
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:25,239
Speaker 1: for the home opener for the Texans Liberty White kickoff. Now,

1140
00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 1: the Titans are taking on the Cleveland Browns. The high

1141
00:54:29,120 --> 00:54:32,040
Speaker 1: profile Cleveland Browns drew over the season. Your thoughts on

1142
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:33,880
Speaker 1: that one, Yeah, I mean this may be one of

1143
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:39,040
Speaker 1: the better better matchups of the opening week in terms

1144
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:42,560
Speaker 1: of two talented teams. I think Cleveland has yet to

1145
00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:45,919
Speaker 1: really prove it to me. I remember a few years ago.

1146
00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:47,920
Speaker 1: I think it was the red Skins that put a

1147
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:51,280
Speaker 1: roster together with all that talent they went out and acquired,

1148
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,920
Speaker 1: and then they laid an egg and just because you

1149
00:54:54,120 --> 00:54:58,120
Speaker 1: have an enormous amount of talent, yeah, it's good, but

1150
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:00,560
Speaker 1: you have to build chemistry because you have a lot

1151
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:04,120
Speaker 1: of individuals that have had a lot of success otherwise

1152
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,600
Speaker 1: and just not a lot of balls to go around.

1153
00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:10,799
Speaker 1: So when you look at it, I just I don't

1154
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:13,840
Speaker 1: see Cleveland. They've got to prove it to me, and

1155
00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:16,839
Speaker 1: this will be a week that they could start down

1156
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:19,200
Speaker 1: that road. All right, Adred, what do you have on

1157
00:55:19,239 --> 00:55:23,480
Speaker 1: the college circuit? Going to Mississippi State with a good

1158
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:27,560
Speaker 1: matchup against Southern Ministers, two teams that are very equal.

1159
00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:31,440
Speaker 1: They're fourteen fourteen and one in twenty nine games. Both

1160
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:35,480
Speaker 1: teams scored thirty eight points a week ago. So it's

1161
00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:37,799
Speaker 1: one of those in state rival games that I know

1162
00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:41,279
Speaker 1: Southern miss will be up for traveling to start build

1163
00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:44,280
Speaker 1: some pretty good players on both sides of the ball.

1164
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:47,360
Speaker 1: I've really really looked forward to this one this weekend.

1165
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:49,279
Speaker 1: All right, be saved, my friend. We'll see in New

1166
00:55:49,360 --> 00:55:51,719
Speaker 1: Orleans and get ready for the opener on Monday night.

1167
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:55,040
Speaker 1: Appreciate it, man, We'll see you there. Cannot wait. One

1168
00:55:55,040 --> 00:55:58,800
Speaker 1: of my great joys every single week in my life

1169
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,880
Speaker 1: is to spend three plus hours with those two gentlemen

1170
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:05,719
Speaker 1: on the broadcast. Mark Vandomir, Andre Ware and myself. We

1171
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:08,239
Speaker 1: have a blast on the radio. I just love it.

1172
00:56:08,239 --> 00:56:11,080
Speaker 1: It's a great time and Dre is one of bestI

1173
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:13,280
Speaker 1: analysts you're gonna find anywhere. So glad that he spends

1174
00:56:13,320 --> 00:56:15,799
Speaker 1: a few minutes with us on this Wednesday show. Now,

1175
00:56:16,239 --> 00:56:19,200
Speaker 1: a guy that was a player and then turned into

1176
00:56:19,239 --> 00:56:21,760
Speaker 1: a play by play voice. You don't see that often,

1177
00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:24,720
Speaker 1: but Zach Street did that from the New Orleans Saints whatever.

1178
00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:28,080
Speaker 1: Men behind the MIC's segment next right here in Texans

1179
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:30,279
Speaker 1: All Access one of the homework assignments that I give

1180
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:32,440
Speaker 1: to Mark Vandemir every single week, which is kind of

1181
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:36,239
Speaker 1: tough to do because Mark is my boss. But we

1182
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:38,840
Speaker 1: came up with us a few years ago and I

1183
00:56:38,880 --> 00:56:41,600
Speaker 1: love it. It's my idea, but I think Mark likes

1184
00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:44,400
Speaker 1: it too. We call it Men behind the Mics, where

1185
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:48,480
Speaker 1: Mark spends ten to twelve minutes getting a feel for

1186
00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:51,239
Speaker 1: the opponent through the eyes of the play by play

1187
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:53,120
Speaker 1: voice on the other side. Well, this week, it's a

1188
00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:55,839
Speaker 1: little unique because Zach Strief has been the play by

1189
00:56:55,840 --> 00:56:58,200
Speaker 1: play voice for the Saints for only two years. His

1190
00:56:58,239 --> 00:57:00,600
Speaker 1: first year was last year. Well, he was an offensive

1191
00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:03,320
Speaker 1: tackle the last time that the Saints played the Texas.

1192
00:57:03,320 --> 00:57:06,239
Speaker 1: He started in that game as a tackle. This time

1193
00:57:06,320 --> 00:57:08,080
Speaker 1: he used to play by play voice. Here's our men

1194
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,879
Speaker 1: behind the Mic segment Mark vandomir See Now with New

1195
00:57:10,960 --> 00:57:13,520
Speaker 1: Orleans Saints play by play voice Zach Street. First of all,

1196
00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:15,720
Speaker 1: before we get into the nitty gritty on the team,

1197
00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:18,760
Speaker 1: how has it been for you being voice of the Saints.

1198
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:22,720
Speaker 1: It's a pretty incredible opportunity, for sure. I've had an

1199
00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:25,320
Speaker 1: absolute blast with it. It certainly helps when the team

1200
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:28,840
Speaker 1: is successful like they were last year. But as you know,

1201
00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:32,400
Speaker 1: it really is a very special job. Getting to be

1202
00:57:32,440 --> 00:57:35,720
Speaker 1: a part of the organization after my career ended. I

1203
00:57:35,720 --> 00:57:38,080
Speaker 1: got to spend twelve years playing for the Saints. To

1204
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:40,520
Speaker 1: get to turn around now and be a part of

1205
00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:43,800
Speaker 1: the organization still has been wonderful, and I know Deuce

1206
00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:46,440
Speaker 1: and I are really looking forward to another great season

1207
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:48,680
Speaker 1: here in New Orleans. Zach, how did it come about?

1208
00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:50,800
Speaker 1: How were he able to get into the booth like

1209
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,880
Speaker 1: that after a great playing career now voice of the Saints.

1210
00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:59,600
Speaker 1: It's kind of I'll tell you it's it's probably all accidental. Really,

1211
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:02,600
Speaker 1: it wasn't something that I had long kind of wanted

1212
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:05,960
Speaker 1: to do. I had taken some meetings with local media.

1213
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:08,680
Speaker 1: Uh some some folks had reached out and asked if

1214
00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:10,920
Speaker 1: I was interested and to be honest with you, I

1215
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:14,800
Speaker 1: wasn't super interested in doing local media. I'd spent my

1216
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:17,400
Speaker 1: whole career kind of being criticized at times, and I

1217
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:19,880
Speaker 1: didn't want to do that to anybody else. But but

1218
00:58:19,960 --> 00:58:22,640
Speaker 1: I took it, took an interview at WWL, which is

1219
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:24,920
Speaker 1: the flagship station for the Saints here in New Orleans,

1220
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,080
Speaker 1: and we sat down and talked, and you know, at

1221
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:28,680
Speaker 1: the end of the meeting that was basically, you know,

1222
00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:31,280
Speaker 1: this this industry a lot of times is what's available,

1223
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:33,400
Speaker 1: and you know, there's not a ton available right now.

1224
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:35,080
Speaker 1: Is a matter of fact, the only role that we're

1225
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:38,040
Speaker 1: really having to fill is Jim's and that that being

1226
00:58:38,120 --> 00:58:40,440
Speaker 1: Jim Henderson, who was the voice of the Saints for

1227
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:43,360
Speaker 1: thirty two seasons. And I said, yeah, I know. And

1228
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:45,080
Speaker 1: then and they said, you know, that's not really a

1229
00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:47,320
Speaker 1: player job. You know, that's a that's not a role

1230
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:50,120
Speaker 1: that players usually take on. And I said, I understood that,

1231
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:51,640
Speaker 1: and I walked out of the office, and by time

1232
00:58:51,640 --> 00:58:54,360
Speaker 1: I got to my car, I had pretty much convinced

1233
00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:57,280
Speaker 1: myself that that was kind of the dream opportunity that

1234
00:58:57,360 --> 00:59:00,440
Speaker 1: I never expected would pop up. And I walk back

1235
00:59:00,520 --> 00:59:03,520
Speaker 1: upstairs and said I'd really like um, for if you

1236
00:59:03,560 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 1: guys were would be willing to give me an opportunity

1237
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:09,480
Speaker 1: to at least train um to try and and and

1238
00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:12,400
Speaker 1: you know, do do a game and and see if

1239
00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:14,160
Speaker 1: you guys think I have potential to do it. It's

1240
00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:16,080
Speaker 1: it's a job that I think I could I could

1241
00:59:16,080 --> 00:59:18,800
Speaker 1: do and do well. And I was fortunate that they

1242
00:59:18,800 --> 00:59:21,480
Speaker 1: got over their initial laugh, which is my first response

1243
00:59:21,520 --> 00:59:24,080
Speaker 1: I got was a giggle. Um that you know that

1244
00:59:24,080 --> 00:59:25,920
Speaker 1: that job is not something you walk into and it

1245
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:28,959
Speaker 1: certainly isn't um, but they gave me the opportunity and

1246
00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:31,120
Speaker 1: the kind of the rest is history right now. And

1247
00:59:31,640 --> 00:59:34,200
Speaker 1: again it's it's just it's such an incredible job and

1248
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:36,760
Speaker 1: so much fun and and there's so much energy and

1249
00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:38,560
Speaker 1: just to be a part of it all is still

1250
00:59:38,600 --> 00:59:41,640
Speaker 1: really has been wonderful, outstanding. What has been the biggest

1251
00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:44,440
Speaker 1: challenge in being a play by play announcer for you?

1252
00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:47,800
Speaker 1: Getting into this business, getting into the booth in the NFL.

1253
00:59:48,840 --> 00:59:50,439
Speaker 1: You know, I think a lot of it is it's

1254
00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:53,040
Speaker 1: there's you know, there's there's kind of this some of

1255
00:59:53,080 --> 00:59:55,680
Speaker 1: the minutia in the in the broadcast. And it's funny

1256
00:59:55,720 --> 00:59:58,200
Speaker 1: because I think for most of you guys, that's the

1257
00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:00,920
Speaker 1: stuff that is second nature. But it those were the

1258
01:00:00,920 --> 01:00:04,440
Speaker 1: things I had never done. I had I had apprehension

1259
01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:07,240
Speaker 1: about going to commercial breaks and coming out of breaks,

1260
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:09,479
Speaker 1: and you know, when you listen to a broadcast even

1261
01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:11,880
Speaker 1: it's not the thing that you really remember. And so

1262
01:00:12,360 --> 01:00:16,200
Speaker 1: I was relying so much on other people and kind

1263
01:00:16,240 --> 01:00:18,320
Speaker 1: of their style and what they were doing. And yet

1264
01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:20,840
Speaker 1: those were the those were the parts, you know, coming

1265
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,040
Speaker 1: in out of breaks and and doing those things that

1266
01:00:23,080 --> 01:00:25,520
Speaker 1: I was really anxious about. But ultimately, it's all the

1267
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:28,680
Speaker 1: broadcasting part of it. It's it's it's you know, doing

1268
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:32,040
Speaker 1: an interview correctly and kind of telling a story and

1269
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Speaker 1: controlling your voice and all of those things that go

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Speaker 1: into it. The football side of it has been my crutch,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's probably where I differ from a

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01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:42,120
Speaker 1: lot of guys that are in this role, is you know,

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01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:45,360
Speaker 1: I have not only an intimate knowledge of professional football,

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01:00:45,400 --> 01:00:48,240
Speaker 1: but of the Saints specifically, and so I've really kind

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01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:51,280
Speaker 1: of leaned back on that knowledge to save me when

1276
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:54,400
Speaker 1: you know, the broadcasting side of me is not quite

1277
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:57,800
Speaker 1: really there to do something smooth or well. And I

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01:00:57,840 --> 01:01:00,200
Speaker 1: think all of that stuff will come with time. I

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Speaker 1: think it's a terrific story. Zach Streef joining us here

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Speaker 1: on Texans Radio, Voice of the New Orleans Saints. All right,

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Speaker 1: so take me to the old line here for a moment,

1282
01:01:09,080 --> 01:01:11,760
Speaker 1: because the Texans have a lot of transition going on

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01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:16,120
Speaker 1: with rookie guards slash tackles. When you look at Titus

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01:01:16,120 --> 01:01:19,240
Speaker 1: Howard and Max Sharping, they bring in Laramie Tunsol, and

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01:01:19,240 --> 01:01:21,520
Speaker 1: they're trying to put it together. Whatever they put out there,

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01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:24,000
Speaker 1: they're trying to put it together quickly. So what about

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01:01:24,040 --> 01:01:27,480
Speaker 1: the challenges involved there? From where you sit with your

1288
01:01:27,560 --> 01:01:29,840
Speaker 1: playing experience and now being a member of the media,

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01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:33,280
Speaker 1: what do you think of the Texans old line situation? Well, obviously,

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01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:36,840
Speaker 1: I think that's been your guys' discussion the entire offseason. Obviously,

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01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:40,320
Speaker 1: could sack sixty two times in a year is not

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01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:42,600
Speaker 1: a good situation of being especially when you have a

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01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:44,920
Speaker 1: guy like Deshaun Watson that you see as your future

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01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:48,000
Speaker 1: and your franchise guy. And you know, I think to

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01:01:48,120 --> 01:01:50,880
Speaker 1: the Texans credit, they've really went out and spent the

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01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:53,680
Speaker 1: resources that they felt they needed too to try to

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01:01:53,680 --> 01:01:55,920
Speaker 1: shore that up. And you talk about Laramie Tunso, I

1298
01:01:55,920 --> 01:01:58,920
Speaker 1: think one of the most promising young left tackles in football.

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01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:02,760
Speaker 1: You know, Titus Howard's a guy that quite honestly surprises

1300
01:02:02,760 --> 01:02:04,440
Speaker 1: me a little bit to see him in the starting lineup,

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01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:06,440
Speaker 1: But that's a good sign coming from a small school,

1302
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:08,800
Speaker 1: and this would be a big jump for him and

1303
01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:12,080
Speaker 1: to be interesting, I know, if it was me having

1304
01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:15,400
Speaker 1: my first NFL start, being the first game in the Superdome,

1305
01:02:15,560 --> 01:02:17,640
Speaker 1: that's a that's a tall task and something that he'll

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01:02:17,680 --> 01:02:20,200
Speaker 1: have to learn to deal with. But I think ultimately

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01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:22,200
Speaker 1: what you've seen is the Texans do a good job

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01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:26,120
Speaker 1: of reshaping that offensive line, and you know, if there's

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01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:28,160
Speaker 1: any downside to it, it's it's going to take a

1310
01:02:28,160 --> 01:02:29,880
Speaker 1: little bit of time for them to all kind of

1311
01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:33,400
Speaker 1: gel and to get comfortable in those you know, in

1312
01:02:33,440 --> 01:02:37,280
Speaker 1: their new roles, in the communication and the non communication

1313
01:02:37,320 --> 01:02:40,520
Speaker 1: that happens at the offensive line position, that'll be their challenge.

1314
01:02:41,120 --> 01:02:43,240
Speaker 1: Zach Drew Breese, you've been in the huddle with him,

1315
01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:47,080
Speaker 1: you've protected him, you've blocked for him, and now you're

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01:02:47,080 --> 01:02:50,280
Speaker 1: observing him as a play by play announcers. So give

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01:02:50,280 --> 01:02:53,320
Speaker 1: me something on breeze. How has he lasted so long

1318
01:02:53,360 --> 01:02:57,360
Speaker 1: and played so well for so long? Well, there's a

1319
01:02:57,400 --> 01:02:59,439
Speaker 1: couple of things. I think one, and we talk about

1320
01:02:59,480 --> 01:03:02,120
Speaker 1: all the time, the level of consistency that he not

1321
01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:04,360
Speaker 1: just plays with, but lives his life with is really

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01:03:04,520 --> 01:03:08,680
Speaker 1: it's earth shattering to me. I can't fathom the level

1323
01:03:08,720 --> 01:03:11,840
Speaker 1: of consistency that he lives his life with. He's extremely resimented,

1324
01:03:11,880 --> 01:03:14,600
Speaker 1: extremely scheduled. All of the stuff. He takes you care

1325
01:03:14,600 --> 01:03:17,000
Speaker 1: of himself, and I think people are all aware that

1326
01:03:17,200 --> 01:03:19,439
Speaker 1: you will play into your forties if you don't. But

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01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:23,280
Speaker 1: he's so consistent and his preparation is almost maniacal, the

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01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:25,800
Speaker 1: amount of time he spends, the ability that he has

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01:03:25,880 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 1: to break teams down. And I think the last thing

1330
01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:30,240
Speaker 1: and the thing that will always serve him well is

1331
01:03:30,600 --> 01:03:33,040
Speaker 1: du Brees has never been a quarterback that relied on

1332
01:03:33,080 --> 01:03:36,320
Speaker 1: physical skill. He's never had a big arm, he's never

1333
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:39,600
Speaker 1: been you know, six to five, he's never been the

1334
01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:42,920
Speaker 1: big guy. He's always kind of been someone that found

1335
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:46,720
Speaker 1: ways to be successful around some of those limitations. And

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01:03:46,880 --> 01:03:49,360
Speaker 1: to that point, he's just going to continue to do

1337
01:03:49,440 --> 01:03:51,800
Speaker 1: what he's always done, and that is rely on his accuracy,

1338
01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:56,040
Speaker 1: rely on his anticipation, and those things have served him

1339
01:03:56,120 --> 01:03:58,480
Speaker 1: very well, and they don't really have anything to do

1340
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:01,120
Speaker 1: with your body getting older. So I think he's still

1341
01:04:01,160 --> 01:04:03,960
Speaker 1: got an arm good enough to make the throws that

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01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:06,840
Speaker 1: he needs to make. And when some of those throws

1343
01:04:06,880 --> 01:04:08,680
Speaker 1: start coming up that are a little bit harder, when

1344
01:04:08,680 --> 01:04:11,240
Speaker 1: the thirty five yard out is no longer an option

1345
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:13,439
Speaker 1: for Drew Brees, he'll just throw it a little bit early,

1346
01:04:13,440 --> 01:04:15,280
Speaker 1: because that's the kind of guy is and he's good

1347
01:04:15,280 --> 01:04:17,680
Speaker 1: at adapting. So Zach. Last year, we all know what

1348
01:04:17,720 --> 01:04:20,440
Speaker 1: happened in the Antacy Championship game. We remember the playoffs

1349
01:04:20,440 --> 01:04:22,919
Speaker 1: from the year before. The Saints are an outstanding football team,

1350
01:04:22,920 --> 01:04:25,080
Speaker 1: but we know every year is different. How are the

1351
01:04:25,200 --> 01:04:28,280
Speaker 1: Saints going to be different in twenty nineteen. Well, I

1352
01:04:28,320 --> 01:04:30,200
Speaker 1: think if you look at the kind of the makeup

1353
01:04:30,240 --> 01:04:32,760
Speaker 1: of this team, you know when you when you start

1354
01:04:32,840 --> 01:04:36,320
Speaker 1: looking down starters, there's been very little turnover on this roster,

1355
01:04:37,200 --> 01:04:39,720
Speaker 1: and the turnover that has happened, for the most part,

1356
01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:42,360
Speaker 1: has been to our benefit. You look at the loss

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01:04:42,360 --> 01:04:45,680
Speaker 1: of mark Ingram and they went out and signed Latavius

1358
01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:48,280
Speaker 1: Murray to replace him. They've been really happy with Latavius

1359
01:04:48,280 --> 01:04:49,840
Speaker 1: and the big signing for the Saints this year it

1360
01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:52,000
Speaker 1: was Jared Cook, but I think the story of this

1361
01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:54,640
Speaker 1: team is the depth that they've been able to amass,

1362
01:04:54,680 --> 01:04:56,320
Speaker 1: and that's something you're able to do when you have

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01:04:56,360 --> 01:04:59,320
Speaker 1: as many guys coming back as the Saints did. They

1364
01:04:59,360 --> 01:05:02,160
Speaker 1: are really deep football team, really on both sides of

1365
01:05:02,160 --> 01:05:05,280
Speaker 1: the ball, and I think that's going to serve them

1366
01:05:05,400 --> 01:05:07,680
Speaker 1: very well when you look at an NFL season and

1367
01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:11,160
Speaker 1: all of the difficulties any fan base can tell you,

1368
01:05:11,280 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 1: or remember the time when man, we lost you know,

1369
01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:16,840
Speaker 1: three offensive linemen and we went down three receivers, and

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01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:19,480
Speaker 1: the bottom line is those guys behind them have to

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01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:21,120
Speaker 1: then go in and play at a high level and

1372
01:05:21,160 --> 01:05:23,880
Speaker 1: win football games. And I think the Saints are as

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01:05:23,960 --> 01:05:26,960
Speaker 1: set in that area as they've maybe ever been in

1374
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:29,840
Speaker 1: Sean Payton's there. They are extremely deep, and I think

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01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:31,640
Speaker 1: they have a lot of confidence in the guys that

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01:05:31,680 --> 01:05:33,200
Speaker 1: are in the back end of their roster, and that

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01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:35,600
Speaker 1: will serve them well as the season goes on. How

1378
01:05:35,680 --> 01:05:38,880
Speaker 1: much does Alvin Kamara mean to the attack? What does

1379
01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:42,960
Speaker 1: he bring? We see it on video, but in your opinion,

1380
01:05:43,120 --> 01:05:45,720
Speaker 1: what is the net positive here? I think he's just

1381
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:49,320
Speaker 1: a total nightmare for defensive coordinators. The Saints use him

1382
01:05:49,360 --> 01:05:51,640
Speaker 1: in so many different ways, and he so versatile. He

1383
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:54,760
Speaker 1: catches the ball like a wide receiver out of the backfield.

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01:05:55,600 --> 01:05:57,960
Speaker 1: He can run between the tackles, which is something that

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01:05:58,000 --> 01:05:59,920
Speaker 1: he probably doesn't get near as much credit for it

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01:06:00,120 --> 01:06:03,480
Speaker 1: he should. He's got tremendous patience and vision. He's had

1387
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:05,920
Speaker 1: incredible balance, He's so hard to bring down in the

1388
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:08,760
Speaker 1: open field. He's got tremendous lower body strength. He just

1389
01:06:08,840 --> 01:06:12,640
Speaker 1: kind of does everything really well. And I don't know

1390
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:15,800
Speaker 1: that there's any one thing that is necessarily elite, but

1391
01:06:15,840 --> 01:06:18,920
Speaker 1: there's no weaknesses in his game, and I think that

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01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:22,280
Speaker 1: makes him very difficult for defenses in a Sean Payton

1393
01:06:22,360 --> 01:06:25,080
Speaker 1: offense because Sean is going to put him in a

1394
01:06:25,120 --> 01:06:28,680
Speaker 1: lot of very advantageous situations. He's going to get good

1395
01:06:28,760 --> 01:06:33,000
Speaker 1: positive matchups for him, and you know, you will inevitably

1396
01:06:33,040 --> 01:06:36,080
Speaker 1: watching this game Alvin Kamara get matched up one on

1397
01:06:36,080 --> 01:06:39,480
Speaker 1: one with your middle linebacker and people going, well, why

1398
01:06:39,560 --> 01:06:41,640
Speaker 1: is he covering him? And it's because Sean Payton is

1399
01:06:41,640 --> 01:06:44,680
Speaker 1: a genius at that. And I think the combination of

1400
01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:47,760
Speaker 1: them too, is just very difficult for defenses to deal

1401
01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:49,720
Speaker 1: with because the guy is just good at everything that

1402
01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:53,440
Speaker 1: he does. Zach Walmore for you from the outside looking

1403
01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:56,600
Speaker 1: in to New Orleans, people think that the super dumb,

1404
01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:59,479
Speaker 1: the fan base, the team, it's like one volcano ready

1405
01:06:59,520 --> 01:07:03,280
Speaker 1: to erupt. Done Monday Night. Your thoughts on what they've

1406
01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:06,160
Speaker 1: carried with them throughout the offseason after what happened in

1407
01:07:06,160 --> 01:07:08,640
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game and the fact that this is

1408
01:07:08,680 --> 01:07:10,640
Speaker 1: the first time the Saints take the field in a

1409
01:07:10,680 --> 01:07:13,720
Speaker 1: meaningful game since then. You're right, it is probably like

1410
01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:16,920
Speaker 1: the volcano winning to erupt. And you know, we went

1411
01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:19,320
Speaker 1: through our little phase here. We had to deal with

1412
01:07:19,360 --> 01:07:22,959
Speaker 1: our emotions a little bit and we let our pettiness out,

1413
01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:25,280
Speaker 1: which was good. It was part of our healing process.

1414
01:07:26,040 --> 01:07:29,040
Speaker 1: But I think this city is and always has been,

1415
01:07:29,120 --> 01:07:32,080
Speaker 1: just excited for the start of an NFL season. I

1416
01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:35,760
Speaker 1: think they're so repped up for this game, and quite honestly,

1417
01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:38,760
Speaker 1: they're always excited and repped up for Monday Night football,

1418
01:07:38,760 --> 01:07:42,600
Speaker 1: and so the opportunity to play on Monday night, you know,

1419
01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:46,280
Speaker 1: in prime time against against what is a great opponent

1420
01:07:46,320 --> 01:07:48,440
Speaker 1: in the Houston Texans, and I think that the fans

1421
01:07:48,440 --> 01:07:51,280
Speaker 1: acknowledge that this is a very big game for the Saints.

1422
01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:53,840
Speaker 1: They have a very rough stretch to open up it's

1423
01:07:53,840 --> 01:07:56,080
Speaker 1: a must win. I think people feel like that here

1424
01:07:56,320 --> 01:07:59,320
Speaker 1: and I assume that the crowd will respond accordingly like

1425
01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:03,480
Speaker 1: they always do. I absolutely love that segment with Mark

1426
01:08:03,480 --> 01:08:05,400
Speaker 1: and the play by ploy voice from the other side.

1427
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:08,000
Speaker 1: This one I was more intrigued about than any other

1428
01:08:08,080 --> 01:08:11,200
Speaker 1: because Zach is really new to the business the last

1429
01:08:11,240 --> 01:08:14,160
Speaker 1: couple of years, but it's got things under control, doing

1430
01:08:14,160 --> 01:08:16,840
Speaker 1: a good job there in New Orleans. Now. Speaking of

1431
01:08:16,920 --> 01:08:19,479
Speaker 1: doing a good job, we're hoping that Laramie Tunsil does

1432
01:08:19,520 --> 01:08:22,760
Speaker 1: a great job for this offensive line. Being the Lab crew,

1433
01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:27,720
Speaker 1: you're Doherty myself, we discussed this deal in depth and

1434
01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:30,519
Speaker 1: why we were fans of this deal. Other for you

1435
01:08:30,560 --> 01:08:33,599
Speaker 1: next right here in Texas All Access one final segment

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01:08:33,640 --> 01:08:36,000
Speaker 1: on this Wednesday at issue of Texas All Access. I'm

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01:08:36,040 --> 01:08:39,120
Speaker 1: your host John Harris, and it's time for myself and

1438
01:08:39,400 --> 01:08:43,200
Speaker 1: in the Lab podcast partner Drue Doherty to jump in

1439
01:08:43,280 --> 01:08:47,840
Speaker 1: and talk about this Laramie Tunsil deal. Here's a hint

1440
01:08:48,120 --> 01:08:51,040
Speaker 1: we liked it. My head was spinning on Saturday seeing

1441
01:08:51,080 --> 01:08:54,160
Speaker 1: what was going down, and there were a variety of moves,

1442
01:08:54,320 --> 01:08:58,760
Speaker 1: but we're focusing on the Laramie Tunsil acquisition. Enormous in

1443
01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:01,400
Speaker 1: a vacuum, We're gonn take a few different looks at this.

1444
01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:04,240
Speaker 1: We're gonna look at what Laramie Tunsel means to this

1445
01:09:04,280 --> 01:09:06,920
Speaker 1: team solely in a vacuum. Just what he means to

1446
01:09:06,920 --> 01:09:10,120
Speaker 1: seem nut, not what the compensation was, not what the

1447
01:09:10,120 --> 01:09:12,799
Speaker 1: compensation might have to be someday, just what his addition

1448
01:09:12,920 --> 01:09:16,120
Speaker 1: means right now. Second aspect, I want to talk about

1449
01:09:16,439 --> 01:09:20,040
Speaker 1: what first round draft picks have been have the potential

1450
01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:22,599
Speaker 1: to be third. I want to kind of hit on

1451
01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:25,439
Speaker 1: the window of opportunity that was there. And I'm not

1452
01:09:25,479 --> 01:09:28,080
Speaker 1: talking about from the Texans point of view. I'm talking

1453
01:09:28,120 --> 01:09:29,880
Speaker 1: about from the Miami point of view. And I think

1454
01:09:29,880 --> 01:09:31,920
Speaker 1: that's a very important aspect of this. It hasn't really

1455
01:09:32,360 --> 01:09:36,759
Speaker 1: been discussed too too much. But solely in a vacuum,

1456
01:09:36,840 --> 01:09:41,559
Speaker 1: Johnny Laramie Tunsel one of the best left tackles in

1457
01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:44,360
Speaker 1: the game. Now, there's that that idea out there. While

1458
01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:46,519
Speaker 1: he hasn't been named a Pro Bowl, he hasn't been

1459
01:09:46,560 --> 01:09:50,000
Speaker 1: named All Pro. But this guy's very, very effective at

1460
01:09:50,040 --> 01:09:54,520
Speaker 1: what he does. And you saw it firsthand in primetime

1461
01:09:54,600 --> 01:09:57,559
Speaker 1: when the Dolphins were here last year. You walloped the Dolphins,

1462
01:09:57,760 --> 01:10:01,080
Speaker 1: but it wasn't because of Laramie Tunsel. What's this guy

1463
01:10:01,200 --> 01:10:04,599
Speaker 1: due to the offensive line? A as a left tackle,

1464
01:10:04,600 --> 01:10:07,120
Speaker 1: but b as a cascading effect in helping out the

1465
01:10:07,160 --> 01:10:09,200
Speaker 1: rest of the line. John, First of all, let's take

1466
01:10:09,240 --> 01:10:12,559
Speaker 1: a step back, Harris one hundred, twenty sixteen. Larmie Tunso

1467
01:10:12,680 --> 01:10:15,160
Speaker 1: is one number one prospect, and there were some prospects

1468
01:10:15,200 --> 01:10:17,759
Speaker 1: in that. In fact, my top three prospects or Laramie

1469
01:10:17,800 --> 01:10:22,599
Speaker 1: Tunsil one, Jalen Ramsey two, Miles Jack three. It's pretty accurate.

1470
01:10:22,640 --> 01:10:24,960
Speaker 1: Feel pretty good about that. I like that. Here's what

1471
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:27,839
Speaker 1: I said about Tunsil, the class of the twenty sixteen

1472
01:10:27,920 --> 01:10:30,559
Speaker 1: NFL draft class, playing the most important position outside of quarterback.

1473
01:10:30,600 --> 01:10:32,720
Speaker 1: He's a bona fide left tackle, and I thought that

1474
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:35,400
Speaker 1: since his first started a two freshman twenty thirteen, exactly

1475
01:10:35,439 --> 01:10:37,640
Speaker 1: what an NFL left tackle looks like. Missed half of

1476
01:10:37,720 --> 01:10:40,879
Speaker 1: twenty fifteen season after being suspended due to NCUBA inquiry.

1477
01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:43,560
Speaker 1: Had this seasoning injury in twenty fourteen Peach Bowl the

1478
01:10:43,600 --> 01:10:46,120
Speaker 1: year prior. Plays with a great kneed, been powerful, bassed, quick,

1479
01:10:46,120 --> 01:10:48,919
Speaker 1: and explosive. All of his movements great Lattle quickness technique

1480
01:10:48,960 --> 01:10:52,240
Speaker 1: sound seemingly never gets rattled. And that's a key doesn't

1481
01:10:52,240 --> 01:10:54,400
Speaker 1: cross over his feet. The last piece doesn't cross over

1482
01:10:54,439 --> 01:10:56,600
Speaker 1: his feet here, that go, Who cares about that? You

1483
01:10:56,680 --> 01:11:00,479
Speaker 1: want a lot of tackles that's happened around here cutting recently.

1484
01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:03,080
Speaker 1: When you have offensive alignment, they're crossing over their feet

1485
01:11:03,080 --> 01:11:05,840
Speaker 1: when they're trying to stay. Basically playing basketball with a

1486
01:11:05,880 --> 01:11:08,599
Speaker 1: pass rusher, it's like playing you know, it's like playing basketball.

1487
01:11:08,600 --> 01:11:10,720
Speaker 1: You can cover from somebody and as you shuffle, you're

1488
01:11:10,760 --> 01:11:13,200
Speaker 1: crossing your feet over. You're gonna you're gonna trip on yourself.

1489
01:11:13,360 --> 01:11:15,720
Speaker 1: You're not gonna be as quick. And a lot of

1490
01:11:15,720 --> 01:11:18,519
Speaker 1: offensive lineman do that and they get in trouble because

1491
01:11:18,520 --> 01:11:20,920
Speaker 1: of it. Larry Tunsil is athletic enough that that's not

1492
01:11:20,920 --> 01:11:23,639
Speaker 1: gonna happen. But it's that last one seeming never gets rattled.

1493
01:11:24,520 --> 01:11:27,519
Speaker 1: He just watching him. I went, I went back and

1494
01:11:27,680 --> 01:11:30,360
Speaker 1: I started with our game. So I started with the

1495
01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:33,280
Speaker 1: box score, and it's like, what did our guys do

1496
01:11:33,320 --> 01:11:35,439
Speaker 1: against him? Well? That game, why I had a sack

1497
01:11:35,439 --> 01:11:38,599
Speaker 1: and a TfL, Clowney had a quarterback hurry. I don't

1498
01:11:38,640 --> 01:11:41,000
Speaker 1: think Whitney had anything. Then I went to watch the

1499
01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:43,200
Speaker 1: game and realized and I was pretty sure about this

1500
01:11:43,240 --> 01:11:44,680
Speaker 1: that Watch stayed on the left side the whole time,

1501
01:11:44,720 --> 01:11:47,439
Speaker 1: so he didn't. I don't think he faced Laramie at

1502
01:11:47,479 --> 01:11:50,679
Speaker 1: all that I can remember. Clowney got his quarterback hurry

1503
01:11:50,680 --> 01:11:52,080
Speaker 1: when he went over to that side when Watt was

1504
01:11:52,080 --> 01:11:54,080
Speaker 1: out of the game. Clowney got his quarterback hurry going

1505
01:11:54,080 --> 01:11:56,960
Speaker 1: against Juan James on the other side. So Clowne got

1506
01:11:56,960 --> 01:11:59,320
Speaker 1: nothing against Tunsil. And the one thing that I thought

1507
01:11:59,400 --> 01:12:04,120
Speaker 1: was fastating about watching Tunsil v. Clowney in particular was

1508
01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:10,960
Speaker 1: Clowney was as quick as any edge player I can remember. Like,

1509
01:12:11,000 --> 01:12:14,479
Speaker 1: I mean, he was quick, like he could, you know,

1510
01:12:14,560 --> 01:12:17,519
Speaker 1: kind of darty and go out and you might stay

1511
01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:21,120
Speaker 1: on the block, but you weren't in good position on it.

1512
01:12:22,400 --> 01:12:25,200
Speaker 1: Laramie just played basketball with him and just slid and

1513
01:12:25,320 --> 01:12:28,840
Speaker 1: slid and slid and slid, and Clowney's like, what do

1514
01:12:28,880 --> 01:12:32,200
Speaker 1: I do? Like he thrown, he tried to clown couldn't

1515
01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:35,519
Speaker 1: go anywhere on him. So then a little while later

1516
01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:37,600
Speaker 1: Whitney comes in and Whitney rushes off that side, and

1517
01:12:37,600 --> 01:12:41,280
Speaker 1: Whitney's like, I'm gonna bull him. Besides to bull rush him,

1518
01:12:41,320 --> 01:12:44,320
Speaker 1: not easy guy to bull rush and so Laramie kind

1519
01:12:44,320 --> 01:12:47,240
Speaker 1: of gives a little bit like, you know, Whitney's two

1520
01:12:47,320 --> 01:12:50,400
Speaker 1: hundred fifty two hundred fifty five pound guy. You can

1521
01:12:50,520 --> 01:12:54,000
Speaker 1: hit by that, and and he's got leverage on you're

1522
01:12:54,000 --> 01:12:56,439
Speaker 1: gonna go backwards a little bit. What I loved about

1523
01:12:56,479 --> 01:13:00,000
Speaker 1: it was Larmie to my point about never gets rattled.

1524
01:13:01,080 --> 01:13:05,000
Speaker 1: He just sunk his button, his hips re anchored, just

1525
01:13:05,080 --> 01:13:09,200
Speaker 1: locked him up. Then Ryan Tannehill through or broadcast while

1526
01:13:09,280 --> 01:13:13,200
Speaker 1: thrown in completion, But that really wasn't the point. How

1527
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:19,719
Speaker 1: he moves along the arc, his kickstep, everything is so fluid.

1528
01:13:20,439 --> 01:13:22,280
Speaker 1: I saw him. I went in and watched the Colts

1529
01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:24,840
Speaker 1: game last year they played the Colts up Indianapolis, watching

1530
01:13:24,880 --> 01:13:29,599
Speaker 1: man Kimyture and Taekwon Lewis and some good some good

1531
01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:33,040
Speaker 1: edge athletes. And he's gonna see more of this year,

1532
01:13:33,200 --> 01:13:37,000
Speaker 1: right in additional not just those guys. But yeah, spin

1533
01:13:37,040 --> 01:13:40,519
Speaker 1: move just slitting up. Now. Ryan Tanniel was playing quarterback

1534
01:13:40,600 --> 01:13:45,200
Speaker 1: that point, and it's like Tannehill didn't feel he just

1535
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:46,880
Speaker 1: kind of stayed in the poke. He had no pocket

1536
01:13:46,920 --> 01:13:48,719
Speaker 1: mechanics at all. He just kind of stayed in the pocket.

1537
01:13:49,280 --> 01:13:53,320
Speaker 1: And the spin move Laramie does the right thing, he

1538
01:13:53,439 --> 01:13:55,720
Speaker 1: spins back inside and he kind of just slides with

1539
01:13:55,760 --> 01:13:58,360
Speaker 1: it inside. The quarterback should just back up, slide out,

1540
01:13:58,439 --> 01:14:02,280
Speaker 1: complete the pass shot. Do that. Taniel didn't and he

1541
01:14:02,360 --> 01:14:06,360
Speaker 1: ended up getting m getting touched, made a bad throw,

1542
01:14:06,479 --> 01:14:10,000
Speaker 1: whatever the case might be. But just watching him move

1543
01:14:10,080 --> 01:14:13,320
Speaker 1: and pass protection and how fluid he is and how

1544
01:14:13,360 --> 01:14:16,519
Speaker 1: athletic he is and his bend. Everything that I said

1545
01:14:16,520 --> 01:14:19,040
Speaker 1: in a scouting report is him as a left tackle

1546
01:14:19,120 --> 01:14:21,080
Speaker 1: in the NFL. So how does that cascade to the

1547
01:14:21,120 --> 01:14:25,439
Speaker 1: other guys, Because there's been an argument out there that well,

1548
01:14:25,439 --> 01:14:27,360
Speaker 1: it's just one guy, it's not gonna make this bad

1549
01:14:27,400 --> 01:14:30,720
Speaker 1: offensive life better. I mean, I think this has I

1550
01:14:30,760 --> 01:14:34,479
Speaker 1: think this has a ripple effect everywhere. Number One, he

1551
01:14:35,240 --> 01:14:37,600
Speaker 1: you can get to a point where you can you

1552
01:14:37,640 --> 01:14:40,440
Speaker 1: can take your protection and you can slide it opposite

1553
01:14:40,520 --> 01:14:44,160
Speaker 1: him and just say, look, you're that he's your guy

1554
01:14:44,200 --> 01:14:47,120
Speaker 1: on one on one. It's out on an island, he's yours.

1555
01:14:47,479 --> 01:14:48,960
Speaker 1: You know a lot of teams do that in coverage

1556
01:14:49,760 --> 01:14:52,840
Speaker 1: with the secondary. You know the Jags do that. They'll

1557
01:14:52,880 --> 01:14:55,920
Speaker 1: just take Ramsey and go gold Hopkins. We'll figure the

1558
01:14:55,960 --> 01:14:58,920
Speaker 1: rest out, and it allows everybody else to kind of

1559
01:14:59,040 --> 01:15:02,080
Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you double guy somebody, you double somebody else.

1560
01:15:02,280 --> 01:15:03,960
Speaker 1: You used let Ramsy got one on one with Hopkins,

1561
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:05,640
Speaker 1: so I was gonna win. Sometimes you're gonna lose, but

1562
01:15:05,640 --> 01:15:07,479
Speaker 1: you know Ramsy's gonna be with Hopkins. That's gonna be

1563
01:15:07,479 --> 01:15:10,320
Speaker 1: a bat all day long. So you can do that

1564
01:15:10,720 --> 01:15:13,280
Speaker 1: with protection. Two degree, you can't can't always. Okay, Well,

1565
01:15:13,280 --> 01:15:14,800
Speaker 1: they are good rushers over there, you're gonna move there.

1566
01:15:15,040 --> 01:15:18,000
Speaker 1: You're not gonna do that. But what you can do

1567
01:15:18,200 --> 01:15:20,280
Speaker 1: is okay. If a team says, all right, we don't

1568
01:15:20,280 --> 01:15:21,760
Speaker 1: want to rush on Larmie, we're gonna put a good

1569
01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:24,840
Speaker 1: rusher over there, well you take four guys and you

1570
01:15:24,880 --> 01:15:28,000
Speaker 1: slide the protection that way. Laramie goes one on one

1571
01:15:28,040 --> 01:15:30,320
Speaker 1: with his guy, you take the other four. They account

1572
01:15:30,320 --> 01:15:32,760
Speaker 1: for those guys, back picks up a blitzer or an

1573
01:15:32,760 --> 01:15:35,960
Speaker 1: add on, and you're in a your better shape than

1574
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:39,400
Speaker 1: you were because now you've got four blocking, two maybe

1575
01:15:39,439 --> 01:15:43,280
Speaker 1: even three guys with a back taking somebody else and

1576
01:15:43,360 --> 01:15:45,519
Speaker 1: you gotta Larmi. You're just going one on one against

1577
01:15:45,520 --> 01:15:49,960
Speaker 1: presumably a pretty good darn good pass rusher. So you've

1578
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:53,559
Speaker 1: got you've got that aspect the other aspect of it.

1579
01:15:53,800 --> 01:15:56,760
Speaker 1: So it cascades down to the offensive line obviously, So

1580
01:15:56,840 --> 01:15:59,280
Speaker 1: those four guys, you know, you don't have to leave

1581
01:15:59,320 --> 01:16:03,759
Speaker 1: the left guard of there to maybe help on that side.

1582
01:16:04,280 --> 01:16:07,240
Speaker 1: You know, sometimes when when Nick is uncovered as the center,

1583
01:16:07,320 --> 01:16:10,679
Speaker 1: sometimes the center's uncovered and you're in protection, that guy scans,

1584
01:16:11,080 --> 01:16:14,320
Speaker 1: he scans, well, he doesn't have to scan out to

1585
01:16:14,320 --> 01:16:16,800
Speaker 1: the left. He's just got to make sure there's no

1586
01:16:17,320 --> 01:16:19,439
Speaker 1: Nickell comment or anything like that coming that he's got

1587
01:16:19,439 --> 01:16:22,759
Speaker 1: to go peel out and get he knows Laramie's got that. Hey,

1588
01:16:22,880 --> 01:16:25,760
Speaker 1: don't let me look, don't worry about that. I got this.

1589
01:16:26,080 --> 01:16:29,400
Speaker 1: You scan the other way, and so now you've got

1590
01:16:29,439 --> 01:16:31,920
Speaker 1: of you from b gap to sea gap as opposed

1591
01:16:31,960 --> 01:16:34,080
Speaker 1: to sea gap to sea gap. So you just let

1592
01:16:34,160 --> 01:16:37,760
Speaker 1: him handle that. I think the biggest rupple effect that

1593
01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:42,240
Speaker 1: has drew is on de Shaun obviously. But here's why.

1594
01:16:42,320 --> 01:16:45,720
Speaker 1: I think with the Sean he likes to be in

1595
01:16:45,880 --> 01:16:49,160
Speaker 1: empty he likes to be in the shotgun. And one

1596
01:16:49,200 --> 01:16:50,800
Speaker 1: of the things about being in the shot gap, first

1597
01:16:50,800 --> 01:16:52,360
Speaker 1: of all, it's something he's done his entire life. It's

1598
01:16:52,360 --> 01:16:55,840
Speaker 1: when he did all through right before that in Georgia. Absolutely,

1599
01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:58,479
Speaker 1: so it's something he's comfortable with not saying that he

1600
01:16:58,520 --> 01:17:01,960
Speaker 1: hasn't grown comfortable being on the center, but he's you know,

1601
01:17:02,040 --> 01:17:04,639
Speaker 1: So you can get in a situation where you can

1602
01:17:04,640 --> 01:17:09,959
Speaker 1: take your jets that you now have, Hopkins, Fuller, Qt, Stills,

1603
01:17:10,360 --> 01:17:12,519
Speaker 1: Carter and make all five I don't put all five

1604
01:17:12,640 --> 01:17:15,280
Speaker 1: on there, make take Carter up, put Johnson down, take

1605
01:17:15,360 --> 01:17:18,880
Speaker 1: him out there and go empty and let him just

1606
01:17:18,920 --> 01:17:21,559
Speaker 1: start dealing. And you can do that. You can do

1607
01:17:21,600 --> 01:17:23,240
Speaker 1: that first drive of the game. You can do that

1608
01:17:23,280 --> 01:17:24,720
Speaker 1: in the second quarter, just to hit the team with

1609
01:17:24,760 --> 01:17:29,240
Speaker 1: something different. And now you can do it because you

1610
01:17:29,360 --> 01:17:32,559
Speaker 1: know that side's gonna be protected. So now you can

1611
01:17:32,600 --> 01:17:36,640
Speaker 1: go empty, and you can go empty and give some

1612
01:17:36,720 --> 01:17:39,240
Speaker 1: help to the right side if you need to, if

1613
01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:41,240
Speaker 1: you need to give Trail some help, if you need

1614
01:17:41,280 --> 01:17:43,120
Speaker 1: to give one of the guards some help, that's fine.

1615
01:17:43,200 --> 01:17:45,519
Speaker 1: Nick can help. You don't have to slide the line

1616
01:17:46,120 --> 01:17:48,720
Speaker 1: out to Laramie. Laramie's got it. One on one, he's

1617
01:17:48,720 --> 01:17:50,719
Speaker 1: gonna he's gonna handle that. Now. It's gonna be perfect

1618
01:17:50,760 --> 01:17:52,920
Speaker 1: every single time. No, because they're good rushers in this league.

1619
01:17:52,920 --> 01:17:54,720
Speaker 1: You get paid too. He's gonna see some good ones

1620
01:17:54,760 --> 01:17:57,240
Speaker 1: early on. He's gonna see Cam Jordan, Marcus Davenport. He's

1621
01:17:57,280 --> 01:18:00,439
Speaker 1: gonna see Josh Allen, Yannick and got Away and Clay Campbell.

1622
01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:03,400
Speaker 1: He's gonna see Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram. But I'm

1623
01:18:03,400 --> 01:18:05,400
Speaker 1: not sure I have Larry May Tunsel protecting against those

1624
01:18:05,439 --> 01:18:08,200
Speaker 1: guys anybody else in this league, anybody else you're talking

1625
01:18:08,240 --> 01:18:09,840
Speaker 1: about twenty five year old on the verge of being

1626
01:18:09,840 --> 01:18:12,720
Speaker 1: one of the best left tackles in the game. So

1627
01:18:13,120 --> 01:18:15,000
Speaker 1: you allowed the sean to be empty. You allowed him

1628
01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:18,439
Speaker 1: being a shotgun and feel like he's protected. That allows

1629
01:18:18,520 --> 01:18:20,240
Speaker 1: him to just sit back there and deal the cards.

1630
01:18:20,479 --> 01:18:22,160
Speaker 1: Just deal him out to your weapons and let them

1631
01:18:22,240 --> 01:18:24,680
Speaker 1: do the work. And that's I think, ultimately what this

1632
01:18:24,760 --> 01:18:27,719
Speaker 1: offense wants to be. Get the ball from de Shaun

1633
01:18:27,880 --> 01:18:30,920
Speaker 1: to your weapons, let him decide, keep him protected, and

1634
01:18:30,960 --> 01:18:33,280
Speaker 1: then the single blow up. You just mentioned all those

1635
01:18:33,280 --> 01:18:37,360
Speaker 1: great things about Laramie Tunsel. Yeah, but John, he gave

1636
01:18:37,439 --> 01:18:40,599
Speaker 1: up two first rounders and a second rounder. John, Yeah,

1637
01:18:40,680 --> 01:18:43,320
Speaker 1: we'll listen. First rounders. You think you got a good

1638
01:18:43,320 --> 01:18:46,320
Speaker 1: one in Titus Howard, this year, you're gonna see you

1639
01:18:46,360 --> 01:18:49,599
Speaker 1: think you got a good one in Max Sharping. Gonna

1640
01:18:49,680 --> 01:18:54,000
Speaker 1: see three really really good offensive linemen under the age

1641
01:18:54,000 --> 01:18:56,600
Speaker 1: of twenty six, twenty seven on their way up. You know,

1642
01:18:56,720 --> 01:18:59,639
Speaker 1: that's that's exciting. Yep, that's a nice future. But there

1643
01:18:59,680 --> 01:19:03,719
Speaker 1: are no guarantees when you've got a draft pick, especially

1644
01:19:03,720 --> 01:19:05,680
Speaker 1: when you're picking in the twenties where you think the

1645
01:19:05,720 --> 01:19:09,880
Speaker 1: Texans are gonna pick. This is all but a guarantee

1646
01:19:09,920 --> 01:19:13,519
Speaker 1: that you are really really making your line a lot better.

1647
01:19:13,560 --> 01:19:16,280
Speaker 1: And it's not going to happen too often. First round picks, John,

1648
01:19:16,479 --> 01:19:19,479
Speaker 1: they're not certainties. No they're not. And you can look

1649
01:19:19,479 --> 01:19:21,320
Speaker 1: at those two ways. Number One, you can look at

1650
01:19:21,320 --> 01:19:23,439
Speaker 1: the picks and I know something. I was listening to

1651
01:19:23,880 --> 01:19:26,400
Speaker 1: Seth Pain and he kind of he poo poohed this

1652
01:19:26,520 --> 01:19:30,240
Speaker 1: a little bit, And I understand what he's saying. Speculating

1653
01:19:30,280 --> 01:19:33,000
Speaker 1: that the Texans will be picking in the twenty to

1654
01:19:33,120 --> 01:19:38,120
Speaker 1: thirty two range is it's speculation. But we live in

1655
01:19:38,120 --> 01:19:40,320
Speaker 1: a speculation business. I mean, that's what the NFL is.

1656
01:19:40,320 --> 01:19:43,719
Speaker 1: I mean, you're forecasting draft picks. You're forecasting a trade,

1657
01:19:43,760 --> 01:19:45,639
Speaker 1: like what the trade is gonna look. I mean, So

1658
01:19:46,520 --> 01:19:48,240
Speaker 1: I went back and I looked at I did a

1659
01:19:48,240 --> 01:19:50,720
Speaker 1: couple a couple of research items. I went back and

1660
01:19:50,760 --> 01:19:53,200
Speaker 1: I looked at every left tackle in the league, and

1661
01:19:53,479 --> 01:19:55,840
Speaker 1: I looked at the ones that have been successful, and

1662
01:19:55,920 --> 01:19:59,879
Speaker 1: I looked at how long it took them to be success.

1663
01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:02,040
Speaker 1: And so I looked at a guy like Joe Stanley.

1664
01:20:02,120 --> 01:20:03,920
Speaker 1: Joe Stayley was draft in two thousand and seven, his

1665
01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:06,600
Speaker 1: first round in two thousand and seven. He went to

1666
01:20:06,640 --> 01:20:09,400
Speaker 1: his first Pro Bowl five years into his career. Right

1667
01:20:10,240 --> 01:20:12,439
Speaker 1: Dwayne Brown two thousand and eight and went to his

1668
01:20:12,439 --> 01:20:15,080
Speaker 1: first Pro Bowl five years into his career. Now, I'm

1669
01:20:15,080 --> 01:20:16,640
Speaker 1: just using the Pro Bowl as kind of just a

1670
01:20:16,680 --> 01:20:21,840
Speaker 1: measuring stick. It means I understand why a lot of

1671
01:20:21,840 --> 01:20:24,920
Speaker 1: people poop poo it, I understand, but it still means

1672
01:20:25,200 --> 01:20:27,960
Speaker 1: you've got a better player than the league average. Right

1673
01:20:28,760 --> 01:20:31,599
Speaker 1: Trent Williams was drafted in twenty ten and Tyrant Smith

1674
01:20:31,720 --> 01:20:33,920
Speaker 1: was draft in twenty eleven. Both of those guys made

1675
01:20:33,920 --> 01:20:37,120
Speaker 1: it in their third years. That's the lowest amount of time.

1676
01:20:37,360 --> 01:20:39,439
Speaker 1: That's the minimum amount of time it took to get

1677
01:20:39,479 --> 01:20:42,240
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl, a Pro Bowl left tackle out of

1678
01:20:42,280 --> 01:20:45,800
Speaker 1: a first round left tackle. That's it. Everybody else five years,

1679
01:20:45,800 --> 01:20:49,000
Speaker 1: five years Taylor Luan made the Pro Bowl. He made

1680
01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:50,960
Speaker 1: it his third year. He made it in twenty sixteen.

1681
01:20:51,240 --> 01:20:53,920
Speaker 1: Eric Fisher was the first overall pick in twenty thirteen.

1682
01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:56,200
Speaker 1: He made the Pro Bowl in his sixth year. Jake

1683
01:20:56,240 --> 01:20:59,800
Speaker 1: Matthews made it in his fifth year. Those guys were

1684
01:20:59,800 --> 01:21:03,439
Speaker 1: all first rounders. No, no left tackle made the Pro

1685
01:21:03,479 --> 01:21:06,200
Speaker 1: Bowl any earlier than their third years, and that was

1686
01:21:06,840 --> 01:21:11,160
Speaker 1: guys from twenty ten to twenty eleven. So it takes

1687
01:21:11,200 --> 01:21:15,200
Speaker 1: a while for a left tackle to grow in that

1688
01:21:15,360 --> 01:21:19,160
Speaker 1: spot and be dominant at that position, as Tyrannt Smith

1689
01:21:19,160 --> 01:21:21,640
Speaker 1: and Trent Williams, and arguably those are two of the

1690
01:21:21,680 --> 01:21:26,320
Speaker 1: best guys still still in the league. Now you think, okay,

1691
01:21:26,360 --> 01:21:28,639
Speaker 1: well you draft a young left tackle, you let him grow,

1692
01:21:28,680 --> 01:21:32,520
Speaker 1: and you be your guy. Right Well, from twenty fifteen,

1693
01:21:33,200 --> 01:21:36,800
Speaker 1: starting with the twenty fifteen draft, going back and look

1694
01:21:36,840 --> 01:21:40,839
Speaker 1: at the twenty fifteen draft, there have been nineteen first

1695
01:21:40,960 --> 01:21:44,800
Speaker 1: round tackles. I guess, as you would, you would say,

1696
01:21:44,880 --> 01:21:49,280
Speaker 1: maybe thought to be tackles. Yeah, nineteen. How many of

1697
01:21:49,280 --> 01:21:52,240
Speaker 1: them made the Pro Bowl out of that nineteen two

1698
01:21:52,800 --> 01:21:58,439
Speaker 1: zero not one? So I mean some might make it

1699
01:21:58,479 --> 01:22:00,360
Speaker 1: yet because now they've still got that five your thing

1700
01:22:00,360 --> 01:22:03,639
Speaker 1: that you were talking right, So of those of those

1701
01:22:03,680 --> 01:22:07,120
Speaker 1: picks from twenty fifteen through twenty nineteen. A couple of

1702
01:22:07,120 --> 01:22:09,519
Speaker 1: them went to guard, like Brandon Sheriff went to guard

1703
01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:12,080
Speaker 1: on Andrewspete who will see on Monday night. He went

1704
01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:14,760
Speaker 1: to guard and they've stayed at guard. Cedrical Boyhey picked

1705
01:22:14,840 --> 01:22:16,840
Speaker 1: number twenty one. And that's the other thing. The picks

1706
01:22:16,880 --> 01:22:21,439
Speaker 1: that were made from twenty on down. A handful of them,

1707
01:22:21,520 --> 01:22:24,639
Speaker 1: A handful and a couple of them have actually become

1708
01:22:24,720 --> 01:22:28,080
Speaker 1: left tackles, but not very good ones. DJ Humphries out

1709
01:22:28,080 --> 01:22:31,559
Speaker 1: in Arizona. Garrett Bowles and Denver those are two guys

1710
01:22:31,600 --> 01:22:34,720
Speaker 1: that turn to left tackles. I mean they've started, but

1711
01:22:34,920 --> 01:22:39,040
Speaker 1: it's been a mess. Yeah, bide here right exactly. He J.

1712
01:22:39,160 --> 01:22:41,439
Speaker 1: Humphries are trying to decide whether what Arizona wants to

1713
01:22:41,439 --> 01:22:44,840
Speaker 1: do with him. The other tackle that was drafted, the

1714
01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:48,160
Speaker 1: few other tackles that were drafted in twenties, Cedrical Boyhea

1715
01:22:48,360 --> 01:22:52,120
Speaker 1: is a backup in Jacksonville. Jermaine Fetti in Seattle. He

1716
01:22:52,200 --> 01:22:53,519
Speaker 1: might be out of the league here soon. He was

1717
01:22:53,560 --> 01:22:56,479
Speaker 1: drafted in twenty sixteen. Ryan Rampcheck is a good one,

1718
01:22:56,680 --> 01:23:01,840
Speaker 1: but guess replays right tackle. Yeah. Isaiah Win drafted twenty

1719
01:23:01,880 --> 01:23:05,040
Speaker 1: eighteen at number twenty three. He's injured. Kaylen McGarry. Don't

1720
01:23:05,040 --> 01:23:06,479
Speaker 1: know what's gonna happen with him. This is this year,

1721
01:23:06,720 --> 01:23:09,679
Speaker 1: he's injured. Tydys Howard is gonna be a guard? Andre

1722
01:23:09,800 --> 01:23:12,519
Speaker 1: Dillard he won't start this year? Could he be something? Yeah,

1723
01:23:12,600 --> 01:23:15,640
Speaker 1: that's twenty fifteen on. So the point being, if you

1724
01:23:15,479 --> 01:23:17,680
Speaker 1: if you drafted, even if you drafted Tyis Howard, and

1725
01:23:17,680 --> 01:23:20,200
Speaker 1: you thought he's gonna be a left tackle, the numbers

1726
01:23:20,200 --> 01:23:23,120
Speaker 1: and the analytics tell you it takes you three years

1727
01:23:23,120 --> 01:23:26,320
Speaker 1: to be a really good left tackle. You've accelerated the timetable,

1728
01:23:26,439 --> 01:23:28,200
Speaker 1: and guess what happens In three years You're gonna have

1729
01:23:28,200 --> 01:23:29,960
Speaker 1: the Shawn Watson a second contract, so you're not really

1730
01:23:30,000 --> 01:23:33,720
Speaker 1: taking advantage of him being on his rookie contract. So

1731
01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:36,880
Speaker 1: you've got that. So then I added twenty fourteen in

1732
01:23:36,920 --> 01:23:39,840
Speaker 1: the mix too, just to have another year. And so

1733
01:23:40,439 --> 01:23:43,000
Speaker 1: here are my final numbers from twenty fourteen on, because

1734
01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:45,880
Speaker 1: in twenty fourteen, Greg Robinson was taking number two overalls

1735
01:23:46,760 --> 01:23:49,760
Speaker 1: and Jake Matthews was taking number six. Now Jake struggled,

1736
01:23:49,800 --> 01:23:51,479
Speaker 1: he made the Pro Bowl on year five. Taylor lu

1737
01:23:51,520 --> 01:23:54,240
Speaker 1: Won at number eleven. Has actually been a pretty good

1738
01:23:54,360 --> 01:23:56,760
Speaker 1: success story. And then Juan James was taking Miami. He

1739
01:23:56,760 --> 01:23:58,360
Speaker 1: didn't get a second contract. He played right tackle in

1740
01:23:58,360 --> 01:23:59,960
Speaker 1: Miami and then took a contract to go to Den.

1741
01:24:00,479 --> 01:24:03,920
Speaker 1: Twenty three first rounders from twenty fourteen through twenty nineteen.

1742
01:24:04,160 --> 01:24:10,000
Speaker 1: Five became capable left tackle Pro bowlers, capable to just

1743
01:24:10,160 --> 01:24:13,200
Speaker 1: two became Pro bowlers, and they were both at twenty fourteen,

1744
01:24:13,280 --> 01:24:19,120
Speaker 1: Luan and Matthews. Four became guards. Two became left starters

1745
01:24:19,120 --> 01:24:21,920
Speaker 1: that just right now don't need to be starters Bowls

1746
01:24:21,920 --> 01:24:24,240
Speaker 1: being one at Cold Miller being the other one. Those aren't.

1747
01:24:24,280 --> 01:24:27,080
Speaker 1: That's not just beyond twenty that's all the guys that

1748
01:24:27,160 --> 01:24:30,280
Speaker 1: you would label us tackle selections in the draft from

1749
01:24:30,280 --> 01:24:33,720
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen through twenty nineteen. So you gave up what

1750
01:24:33,800 --> 01:24:37,240
Speaker 1: you gave up, but what you got is something that's

1751
01:24:37,400 --> 01:24:39,920
Speaker 1: sped up your timetable and that's a good thing. My

1752
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:43,760
Speaker 1: last point on this is the window we were just

1753
01:24:43,760 --> 01:24:47,280
Speaker 1: talking about the window for the Texans. How long would

1754
01:24:48,280 --> 01:24:52,080
Speaker 1: Laramy Tunsel have been available by the Dolphins. Would it

1755
01:24:52,120 --> 01:24:53,920
Speaker 1: have been for another week, would it have been for

1756
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:56,920
Speaker 1: another few days, Because you get the feeling that they're

1757
01:24:56,920 --> 01:24:59,759
Speaker 1: searching for that quarterback and they might have thought, well,

1758
01:25:00,479 --> 01:25:02,120
Speaker 1: we need to have a good left tackle in place

1759
01:25:02,479 --> 01:25:05,160
Speaker 1: when we do find this quarterback, so he's gonna be untouchable.

1760
01:25:05,720 --> 01:25:07,760
Speaker 1: We don't know how long that might it might have,

1761
01:25:08,360 --> 01:25:10,040
Speaker 1: that might have bled into next year, but I don't

1762
01:25:10,040 --> 01:25:12,240
Speaker 1: know that they would have right not might have ended

1763
01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:14,479
Speaker 1: by week one, bye week one and a half. So

1764
01:25:15,120 --> 01:25:19,960
Speaker 1: you had to strike when you struck, and ultimately your

1765
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:23,080
Speaker 1: team is better now and your team has taken care

1766
01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:26,200
Speaker 1: of a spot it's been a real bugaboo since Dwayne

1767
01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:29,880
Speaker 1: Brown left. You've you've struggled there, and you think, if

1768
01:25:29,880 --> 01:25:32,400
Speaker 1: he's there, he's healthy, that's something you don't have to

1769
01:25:32,400 --> 01:25:35,120
Speaker 1: worry about for a while. Yep. And that's I think

1770
01:25:35,160 --> 01:25:37,760
Speaker 1: that's that's the key. It's you know, what does Ron

1771
01:25:37,800 --> 01:25:41,160
Speaker 1: Popiel say? Set in forget it um, that's seen on

1772
01:25:41,240 --> 01:25:45,280
Speaker 1: television sort of thing. But when I a lot of

1773
01:25:45,320 --> 01:25:47,720
Speaker 1: thoughts came just racing in. First of all, I was

1774
01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:50,479
Speaker 1: such a big fan of Laramie when he was at

1775
01:25:50,520 --> 01:25:53,720
Speaker 1: Old Miss. Just the athlete. He also grew up. He

1776
01:25:53,800 --> 01:25:57,240
Speaker 1: played high school ball at Columbia High School in Lake City, Florida,

1777
01:25:57,240 --> 01:26:00,760
Speaker 1: which it's close to Jacksonville. So I've kept tabs on.

1778
01:26:01,280 --> 01:26:03,080
Speaker 1: I tried to keep tabs on the players from the

1779
01:26:03,160 --> 01:26:05,240
Speaker 1: Jacksonville area for a long time. You know, Derrick Henry

1780
01:26:05,280 --> 01:26:07,320
Speaker 1: from Yuley Um and some of the others have come

1781
01:26:07,320 --> 01:26:09,280
Speaker 1: out of Jacksonville, and Laramie was one of the best

1782
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:11,479
Speaker 1: to come out of Lake City. And they've got a

1783
01:26:11,479 --> 01:26:13,720
Speaker 1: heck of a program down at Columbia, So I've kind

1784
01:26:13,720 --> 01:26:16,040
Speaker 1: of kept tabs on him from that perspective. And look,

1785
01:26:17,280 --> 01:26:21,479
Speaker 1: he's you know, the issues that Laramie had, they were

1786
01:26:21,520 --> 01:26:24,160
Speaker 1: they were well known. But Laramie went down in Miami,

1787
01:26:24,280 --> 01:26:26,599
Speaker 1: played guard his first year. He stepped down a left

1788
01:26:26,600 --> 01:26:29,400
Speaker 1: tackle the next two years and was really growing into

1789
01:26:29,520 --> 01:26:31,559
Speaker 1: the left tackle that everybody thought he was gonna be

1790
01:26:31,960 --> 01:26:33,800
Speaker 1: and that that think he can be. And then you

1791
01:26:33,800 --> 01:26:36,200
Speaker 1: see him out on the field and you realize, Wow,

1792
01:26:36,240 --> 01:26:39,000
Speaker 1: this guy's built. Just he's like an athlete. I mean,

1793
01:26:39,040 --> 01:26:40,840
Speaker 1: I watched him on film and he you know, he's

1794
01:26:40,880 --> 01:26:43,639
Speaker 1: got the legs of what looks like a linebacker. John

1795
01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:46,559
Speaker 1: I tweeted out a video last night or Monday night

1796
01:26:46,960 --> 01:26:50,519
Speaker 1: of the Texans stretching Yeah, JJ Watt next to Laramie

1797
01:26:50,520 --> 01:26:51,800
Speaker 1: Tunson and they were kind of doing one of those

1798
01:26:51,880 --> 01:26:54,479
Speaker 1: lunge things right, And I got so many responses like

1799
01:26:54,520 --> 01:26:56,920
Speaker 1: holy cow, that guy's in nort Like, yeah, I mean,

1800
01:26:56,920 --> 01:26:58,840
Speaker 1: he's an offensive lineman in the NFL. You gotta you

1801
01:26:58,880 --> 01:27:00,680
Speaker 1: gotta think the guy's gonna be big. But seeing him

1802
01:27:00,720 --> 01:27:03,639
Speaker 1: next to JJ Watt, I think kind of crystallized things

1803
01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:05,120
Speaker 1: for a lot of folks who might have been on

1804
01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:07,120
Speaker 1: the fence about it, right, or maybe didn't even see

1805
01:27:07,160 --> 01:27:10,679
Speaker 1: him played, never seen Yeah, who really is watching everything

1806
01:27:10,720 --> 01:27:13,160
Speaker 1: that the Miami and Dolphins are doing every Sunday. So

1807
01:27:13,240 --> 01:27:15,720
Speaker 1: to your question earlier, Drew, I mean I went through

1808
01:27:15,720 --> 01:27:19,400
Speaker 1: that whole exercise about giving up, you know, first round picks.

1809
01:27:19,560 --> 01:27:22,680
Speaker 1: So listen. I have anybody would tell you built, you

1810
01:27:22,760 --> 01:27:25,040
Speaker 1: build the team in the draft, and the Texans have

1811
01:27:25,080 --> 01:27:28,120
Speaker 1: done that Shaun Watson, deanre Hopkins, JJ Watt, Rogert McKinney,

1812
01:27:28,200 --> 01:27:30,880
Speaker 1: Zack k But guys like this at this position are

1813
01:27:31,160 --> 01:27:34,600
Speaker 1: never never available, right, And I don't even know that

1814
01:27:34,640 --> 01:27:37,080
Speaker 1: he was available. I think the Texans somehow talk to

1815
01:27:37,120 --> 01:27:39,920
Speaker 1: Dolphins into making him available. And that's a good thing

1816
01:27:40,000 --> 01:27:42,880
Speaker 1: because Larry Mutunseil is now a Texan. A lot of

1817
01:27:42,880 --> 01:27:45,400
Speaker 1: people to thank for this show start with Drew Doherty,

1818
01:27:45,640 --> 01:27:51,200
Speaker 1: Zach Street, Mark Vandermere, Deep City andre Ware, to Sean Gibson,

1819
01:27:51,479 --> 01:27:54,320
Speaker 1: Clint Sterner and all of you for listening. Thank you

1820
01:27:54,360 --> 01:27:55,760
Speaker 1: so much. We'll see to them. Aw everybody again has

1821
01:27:55,800 --> 01:27:56,599
Speaker 1: always go Texans