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

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Speaker 1: Harris with you. Training Camp day two in the books.

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Speaker 1: We've got an open practice tomorrow at the Houston Methodist

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Speaker 1: Training Center at a big show for you. Tonight you'll

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Speaker 1: hear best of Nick Cassario or visit with him, and

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Speaker 1: usually Thursday nights we have the General, but we'll have

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Speaker 1: a little bit of the best of General from this

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Speaker 1: morning and we'll catch up with him tomorrow morning as

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Speaker 1: well at eight point thirty at the field fifty yard

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Speaker 1: line seats.

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Speaker 2: So nice.

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Speaker 1: And also Alex Bachman Turner overdrive. I added the turner

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Speaker 1: over drive. It's Alex Bachman with Johnny Harris tonight, Jacob

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Speaker 1: Martin with deep bcity tonight and m J Stewart little

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Speaker 1: appearance from him as well as we get rolling here. Johnny,

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Speaker 1: I know you had a chance to watch a ton

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Speaker 1: of practice.

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Speaker 2: Am I seeing things?

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Speaker 1: Or is there more team work meaning eleven on eleven

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Speaker 1: done in this camp than maybe any other camp we've

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Speaker 1: ever seen as far.

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Speaker 2: As through two days.

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Speaker 3: So I tracked yesterday just kind of time just looking

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Speaker 3: at practice and when will when we would get off

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Speaker 3: the air, and what I could see in practice, and

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Speaker 3: yesterday being Wednesday, they started seven on seven. I looked

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Speaker 3: up and we were in the middle of Landry's camp questions.

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Speaker 3: I was like, okay, all right, let's get through these,

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Speaker 3: so I can I can get over there, and so

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Speaker 3: I was able to see kind of the last three

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Speaker 3: or four reps seven on seven that saw all the

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Speaker 3: team stuff today. When we got off there, I mean,

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Speaker 3: I'm watching and I'm like, okay, it's time for seven

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Speaker 3: on seven. Well, they went a few extra minutes with

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Speaker 3: special teams and then they went right to team and

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Speaker 3: do any seven on seven today.

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Speaker 2: So they did four.

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Speaker 3: Four as I kind of four team sessions, so that

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Speaker 3: team one, team two or periods team one, period team two,

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Speaker 3: team three, team four. Then they had a special teams

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Speaker 3: in there, and coach got smart. Well, coach is smart.

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Speaker 3: The entire organization is smart, because he had I think

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Speaker 3: ten minutes for e shows team periods.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he shut him down after like eight and a half.

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Speaker 1: Well, I found out why they got all the reps

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Speaker 1: in they've been working quickly and efficiently.

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Speaker 2: Was to help with the heat. But either way, say

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Speaker 2: they could he was per team period.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, if they get them done with eight thirty on

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Speaker 1: the clock or one thirty left or whatever it is,

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Speaker 1: they'll just shut down the period it has not ended early.

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Speaker 1: So that's what went down today, And I thought that

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Speaker 1: was pretty cool that they're working efficiently.

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Speaker 3: I thought that was for the heat, but either way,

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Speaker 3: it's good. It's good that they're doing things efficiently. So, yeah,

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Speaker 3: it was a lot of team stuff, but but that's fine.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's kind of the sexy stuff that we

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Speaker 3: all like to see. The nuts and ultimate start on Sunday.

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Speaker 3: When you put the pads on, now you can really

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Speaker 3: do You can do your inside stuff. You can do

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Speaker 3: nine and seven, you could do seven on seven with pads.

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Speaker 3: You know, you can have receivers doing stock block trails.

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Speaker 3: You can do one on one and be physical with

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Speaker 3: the wide receivers and the dB. So that that kind

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Speaker 3: And they've kind of been at this this type of

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Speaker 3: practice since what or mid May? Yeah, late May, so

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Speaker 3: you know, get through some team stuff, you work on

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Speaker 3: some stuff. I feel like the offense bounce back today.

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Speaker 3: Draw Johnson, you know, walked out the field and we

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Speaker 3: were talking a little bit as he was leaving the

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Speaker 3: field and He's like, we got better today, and it

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Speaker 3: was true they did. They got better today. I thought

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Speaker 3: the quarterbacks do the ball better. I still think the

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Speaker 3: secondary had straps. I mean they just they were strapping

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Speaker 2: They had.

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Speaker 3: This secondary could be really, really good. And I start

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Speaker 3: my my Harris hits with the throw that CJ. Stroud

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Speaker 3: makes are made to to Noah Brown on our sideline, right, Yes,

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Speaker 3: I mean that throw is yeah, it's unbelievable. I break

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Speaker 3: it all down so you can you can see that.

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Speaker 3: But to me, the story of today, and really I

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Speaker 3: think could be the story of the season. I'll just

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Speaker 3: put it as one in five. I think Jimmy Ward

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Speaker 3: with Jaylen Petrie is gonna be outstanding. I cannot I

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Speaker 3: cannot wait to watch those two together. The very first

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Speaker 3: playoff team Jimmy came out of the middle of the field,

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Speaker 3: the middle of the field coverage. He saw where I

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Speaker 3: think it was Davis at quarterback at that point, I believe,

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Speaker 3: but swore Davis want to throw the ball, made a

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Speaker 3: league and he just looks. Spry gets over there. He

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Speaker 3: ended up dropping the interception. But the fact that he

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Speaker 3: was there, the fact that he was there.

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Speaker 2: Making those plays.

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Speaker 3: Jalen Petree broke up a hitch route in man coverage

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Speaker 5: I mean, come on, those.

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Speaker 3: Two guys are just They're around the ball. They can interchange,

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Speaker 3: they can play up, they can play down. There's so

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Speaker 3: much that those two can do. I think I think

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Speaker 3: the identity is team up front. You know, those guys

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Speaker 3: you know talk trash. They're not boisterouster, not out going,

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Speaker 3: you know, all that kind of stuff. You know, linebackers

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Speaker 3: just do their work. Not saying that. Jimmy and Jalen

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Speaker 3: you know, do that. But I think there's gonna be

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Speaker 3: a ton of leadership coming from those two safeties.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I've got a guy for you that's gonna go

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Speaker 1: into bubble rep after Sunday's practice.

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Speaker 2: As far as I'm concerned.

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Speaker 1: If he has a great practice on Sunday, I might

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Speaker 1: shut him down into bubble wrap. Now that's not literally

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Speaker 1: gonna happen because Demico won't listen to me on this one.

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Speaker 1: But Damian Pierce is a very good football player, and

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Speaker 1: he had this just ends breaking news. You cannot get

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Speaker 1: this kind of information anywhere else.

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Speaker 2: He had all right, so there are no paths.

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Speaker 1: He had a run today though, where I thought that

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Speaker 1: situation was. And then he had a couple of catches Johnny,

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Speaker 1: and I thought, I even said to you during the practice,

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Speaker 1: they need to throw the ball at Piers.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they do.

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Speaker 1: I know that third down back and we talk about

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Speaker 1: And I love Devin Singletary and I want to see

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Speaker 1: plenty of them, but I want to see the ball

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Speaker 1: in Pierce's hands any which way you can get the

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Speaker 1: Piers sometimes because he made a couple of catches off

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Speaker 2: That's gonna upset the Florida.

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Speaker 1: Gators fans even more, who already complained that they did

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Speaker 1: not use him enough when he was there. But I

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Speaker 1: love seeing him today. Let's get to CJ quickly because

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Speaker 1: we have some interviews to get to. But what do

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Speaker 1: you say think of what you saw from number seven today.

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Speaker 1: I thought Mills had a nice practice as well. For

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought Davis threw it well until he threw

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Speaker 3: an interception and it was a decision he'd like to

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Speaker 3: have back, and he kind of struggled little bit after

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Speaker 3: the really nice started Brevin Jordan, but CJ made a

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Speaker 3: one of the quarterbacks, Mills or Stroud to start, then

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Speaker 3: they would go Mills or Stroud after that. Then in

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Speaker 3: So it was one of the last plays of the

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Speaker 3: and this ball just I mean you.

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Speaker 2: Could hear it. It's like a you.

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Speaker 3: Know when you put a ball through a pitching machine.

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Speaker 3: It just rocketed out. I was like, and I'm like,

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Speaker 3: where's he throwing this? And I look and there's Tank

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Speaker 3: and he hits him right between the one and the three.

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Speaker 3: And that's one of those where I'm like, yo, I mean,

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Speaker 3: I mean on the sideline, you know me, I talked

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Speaker 3: a lot of times. I talked to you all the

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Speaker 3: get excited about it. I mean, that was he ripped it.

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Speaker 3: Not perfect today, but I thought he was much better

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Speaker 3: We talked about that this morning, right, I think he

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Speaker 3: did that. But man, he made a couple throws no Brown,

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Speaker 3: the throw to Noah Brown on the sidelines where we

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Speaker 3: and it's in a six inch spot. It's got to

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Speaker 3: is the only spot where Brown could have caught it.

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Speaker 3: it was incredible.

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Speaker 2: My throw.

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Speaker 1: My observation is it's tough get to get completions against

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Speaker 1: this defense. Yes, right now, early in camp, this time

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Speaker 1: of year. They've seen you for all those weeks in

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Speaker 1: OTAs in mini camp. They I don't want to say

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Speaker 1: they know what's coming, but they know the personnel right,

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Speaker 1: so it's difficult. He ended practice with some nice throws

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Speaker 1: the Wonder Brown like you mentioned a couple of others.

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Speaker 1: He had a really nice look, really nice checkdown. I

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Speaker 1: don't know, but he scanned the field.

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Speaker 2: I saw him. Look at it.

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Speaker 1: You the head's whipping around, look at different receivers, covered, covered, covered,

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Speaker 3: I tutimation Shrek that one time. Yeah, on the far side,

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Speaker 3: that was a good one.

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Speaker 2: I want to go see, all right, what was there?

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Speaker 2: Somebody open?

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Speaker 1: But I'll take his word for it or his actions

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Speaker 1: for it, and I think that's cool. He has these

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Speaker 1: moments where that's not a rookie. That's not a rookie.

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Speaker 1: So I'm sure there's rookie stuff going on behind the

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Speaker 1: scenes we don't even know about, you know, who knows

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Speaker 1: what the play calls are or whatever. But I think

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Speaker 1: he's progressing nicely, and that's what you want to see.

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Speaker 1: And I think Mills is improving as well, and Keenum

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Speaker 1: when he's out there. He has some nice throws today,

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Speaker 1: the crafty veteran not going away.

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Speaker 3: Okay, So there's like there must be like a button

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Speaker 3: on case Keenum right now, I got quarterbacks and it's like,

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Speaker 3: you know, kind of kind of learning the game, do

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Speaker 3: what the game plan says, and you know kind of

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Speaker 3: this far button that says gunslinger mode. He is in

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Speaker 3: gunslinger mode. He is firing, I mean, just ripping it.

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Speaker 6: And you know, it's about football, but it's really not

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Speaker 2: Nig I don't know.

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Speaker 6: We've talked from the beginning, your football team is built

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Speaker 6: it and make sure they can handle that and that

439
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Speaker 6: maybe it's focused on early downs, don't worry about third

440
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Speaker 6: down sub packages. At some point maybe they'll handle that.

441
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Speaker 6: But you kind of look at the player, where are

442
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Speaker 6: they in their arc of development? What do we need

443
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Speaker 6: to do to help them improve? And to your point,

444
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Speaker 6: some get to that point a little bit quicker than others.

445
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Speaker 6: It doesn't mean that they can't get there. It just

446
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Speaker 6: means it's typically, you know, gonna take a little bit

447
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Speaker 6: longer for some players. There's no particular rhyme or reason,

448
00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,240
Speaker 6: but the NFL is hard and the margins are very small.

449
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Speaker 6: So whatever we can do to help the player be

450
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Speaker 6: most prepared, that's our job as a staff to try

451
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Speaker 6: to put the play you're in the best position to succeed.

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Speaker 3: Nick, the joint practice is for opportunities to Miami two

453
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Speaker 3: against New Orleans. How did those from your perspective become

454
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Speaker 3: important for the squad? Because you not only look at us,

455
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Speaker 3: but you get a chance to look at the other side.

456
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Speaker 2: So how are they important? I mean, we talked about

457
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Speaker 2: this a lot.

458
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Speaker 3: You know, players get a lot of reps and all that,

459
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Speaker 3: But from your perspective, why are they important not only

460
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Speaker 3: for the team but also for.

461
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Speaker 6: What you guys and the coaching staff look at. Yeah,

462
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Speaker 6: I mean everything that we do is important. So it's

463
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Speaker 6: an opportunity to work against a different group of players,

464
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Speaker 6: a different technique, a different type of player. You know,

465
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Speaker 6: maybe it's Okay Chubb and Jalen Phillips. Yeah, maybe they're

466
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Speaker 6: a little bit different than our defensive as. It doesn't

467
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Speaker 6: mean that, you know, theirs are better than ours. It

468
00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,360
Speaker 6: just means they have certain things that and you might

469
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Speaker 6: see that type of player during the course of the year.

470
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Speaker 6: So if I'm a player and if I'm studying who

471
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Speaker 6: I'm going against on a weekly week basis, which is

472
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Speaker 6: that's your job, it's your responsibility, Well, here's an opportunity

473
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Speaker 6: to do it kind of in real time that you

474
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Speaker 6: normally wouldn't get. So it's good for everybody. I think

475
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Speaker 6: it's all about just maximize the opportunities. We'll get as

476
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Speaker 6: much out of it as we put into it. And

477
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Speaker 6: from an evaluation standpoint, you have a chance to look

478
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Speaker 6: at some of the players on some other rosters that

479
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Speaker 6: might help you in your team building process, whether it's

480
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Speaker 6: now or at a later point in time.

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Speaker 1: Johnny and I talk about the weather here, like we're

482
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Speaker 1: junior varsity meteorologists, right, but it is a factor. How

483
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Speaker 1: has the technology that you use medically and just being

484
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Speaker 1: able to monitor these guys, how has that evolved over

485
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Speaker 1: the last few years, Nick, as you try to keep

486
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Speaker 1: them as fresh as possible significantly?

487
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Speaker 6: I'd say data and technology is a big part of sport.

488
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Speaker 6: It's probably become a bigger part of our sport here

489
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Speaker 6: over the last probably three to four years, even more

490
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Speaker 6: sort of in vogue. I think each team probably has

491
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Speaker 6: an area and resources that they allocate to that. But

492
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Speaker 6: what we're trying to do is data is data, But

493
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Speaker 6: how do you use that data? How do you apply

494
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Speaker 6: the data? And what can you provide the players that

495
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Speaker 6: can actually help them and educate them? So how much

496
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Speaker 6: just something as simple as you weigh in each each

497
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Speaker 6: morning before practice, and it's not you're trying to be

498
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Speaker 6: difficult to see if a guy's overweight or underweight. It's

499
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Speaker 6: here's where he was to start at practice. At the

500
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Speaker 6: end of practice, he lost six pounds, So what does

501
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Speaker 6: that tell us? Okay, he loses a lot of fluids.

502
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Speaker 6: So you have to be able to do things preventatively.

503
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Speaker 6: So if you have the data in front of you. You

504
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Speaker 6: can show the player and say here's why we're doing this,

505
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Speaker 6: and the players just want to know why. And if

506
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Speaker 6: they understand that you're helping them and they're overall physical

507
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Speaker 6: and mental well being and conditioning, then they're certainly going

508
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Speaker 6: to buy in. And I think you know, there's been

509
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Speaker 6: some positive commentary I think in the off season relative

510
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Speaker 6: to some of the things that we've been able to

511
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Speaker 6: provide our players, But that's our job. Our job is

512
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Speaker 6: to do everything we can to help the players to

513
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Speaker 6: put them in the best position to optimize their performance

514
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Speaker 6: when they're on the field.

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Speaker 3: On Sundays, I really want to ask you about going

516
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Speaker 3: to New England for the first time as a Texan,

517
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Speaker 3: but I'll save that.

518
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Speaker 2: I'll save that for a later day visit.

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Speaker 3: Well, what happens sooner will be Sunday, kind of continuing

520
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Speaker 3: in a conversation a little bit, Nikko, what you're just

521
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Speaker 3: talking about. You put the pads on on Sunday and

522
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Speaker 3: out here there's so much that you want to seeing

523
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Speaker 3: pat I mean, obviously, alignment's the first time you're seeing

524
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Speaker 3: them in the pad since January. But then you balance

525
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Speaker 3: that out with you know, we're doing this in ninety

526
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Speaker 3: degree heat. So there's so much that goes with putting

527
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Speaker 3: pads on. So that period of time I would imagine

528
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Speaker 3: is that much more important for a lot different reasons.

529
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Speaker 3: But when they put the pads on, what are kind

530
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Speaker 3: of the first few things that you want to see

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Speaker 3: once they do on Sunday.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, when you put the pads on, there's a mental

533
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Speaker 6: and physical component that the player is going to go through.

534
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Speaker 6: You're carrying a little bit extra weight, that's the reality

535
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Speaker 6: of it. So you have to get you know, yourself

536
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Speaker 6: and your body reacclimate whatever the term is, acclimization period whatever,

537
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Speaker 6: but get yourself kind of a feel of that again,

538
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Speaker 6: and then the timing and then really where it's going

539
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Speaker 6: to be beneficials in a running game. So you can

540
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Speaker 6: work on the timing and the excution in a running game.

541
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Speaker 6: A single blocks, a double team blocks, playing off of blocks, defensively,

542
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Speaker 6: dealing with contact, catching the ball at contact, catching the

543
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Speaker 6: ball with your pads on and your helmets, so you're

544
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Speaker 6: just adjusting your body a little bit to your surroundings.

545
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Speaker 6: So then it becomes a little bit of a normalization process.

546
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Speaker 6: Then you can focus on your actual individual assignment and

547
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Speaker 6: your technique, So it's tough. I mean, we live in

548
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Speaker 6: a warm climate. It's the reality of it, so you

549
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Speaker 6: know we're going to play in warm conditions. But in

550
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Speaker 6: the end, you're playing football. You're not playing the heat,

551
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Speaker 6: you're not playing the conditions. So once you kind of

552
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Speaker 6: get through that initial mental block, then you can focus

553
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Speaker 6: on football and just improving as a player.

554
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Speaker 1: When you played quarterback in college, did you have those

555
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Speaker 1: big shoulder pads like little coffee tables on your shoulders?

556
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Speaker 2: I mean, how big were bigger than now?

557
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Speaker 6: I didn't cut the I didn't Michael Bennett where I

558
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Speaker 6: cut the pads off and then the flap's going.

559
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Speaker 2: But my pads were probably average size.

560
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Speaker 6: So as long as I could move a little bit

561
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Speaker 6: and turn, and you know we wouldn't, we didn't.

562
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Speaker 2: Have an issue. What was camp like?

563
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Speaker 6: I don't want to say this because everybody will get

564
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Speaker 6: mad at me, but it's probably harder than some of

565
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Speaker 6: the things that when we're doing in the league relative

566
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Speaker 6: to contact, timing, how much you can practice and all that.

567
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Speaker 6: I love training camp, so I know people thought it

568
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,680
Speaker 6: was psychotic. So you know, in the summer and work

569
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Speaker 6: in the summer, then we go train for two and

570
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Speaker 6: a half three hours, we'd throw, we'd lift.

571
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Speaker 3: And probably training can there was probably a break for

572
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Speaker 3: you doing all that construction work.

573
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Speaker 2: You got the football.

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Speaker 3: You're like, I believe it all that exactly, But it

575
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Speaker 3: was true two days back then, right, Yeah, No.

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Speaker 6: We would practice and then we would go in, we

577
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Speaker 6: would need we would lift, then we'd go back out

578
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Speaker 6: and need hather of another practice or we'd have a

579
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Speaker 6: walk through or you're doing something you really and there was

580
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Speaker 6: no really time constraints, Like nobody was worried about that.

581
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,080
Speaker 6: So you know, we're adjusting and adapting like everybody else.

582
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Speaker 6: So whatever the rules are, we'll make sure we're in compliance.

583
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Speaker 6: So I think you get twelve hours a day. So

584
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Speaker 6: now you just try to maximize those twelve hours and

585
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Speaker 6: try to be as productive with those as you can.

586
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Speaker 3: Man, I worked on a pipeline here in Houston, and

587
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Speaker 3: I still didn't like two days.

588
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Speaker 2: Just you know, it's starred man hard.

589
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Speaker 3: Two days back in the day before you started classes

590
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Speaker 3: hard because coaches are.

591
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Speaker 2: Like, man, bleep this, you're with us all day.

592
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Speaker 3: Pal practice starts at eight you got a meeting at

593
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Speaker 3: you got a meeting at seven am, you got practice

594
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Speaker 3: at eight, You then have.

595
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Speaker 2: A meeting at noon, then.

596
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Speaker 3: You have practice at two, and then you got a

597
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Speaker 3: meeting at five, and then you got another meeting at eight.

598
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Speaker 2: It was like that for two straight weeks.

599
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Speaker 3: I was like, man, I'll make you think a lot

600
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Speaker 3: about whether you love football or not you go through

601
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Speaker 3: all that.

602
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Speaker 2: But I did, and Nick did, and we're all doing it.

603
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Speaker 3: It's a little different now, but you get the point.

604
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Speaker 3: All right, we get back. We're gonn talking to Alex

605
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Speaker 3: Bachman and m J.

606
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Speaker 2: Stewart.

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Speaker 3: Well, I did, and you want to hear that next

608
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Speaker 3: right here in Texans All Access.

609
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Speaker 2: What's happening, everybody.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back to a Thursday atation of Texans All Access.

611
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Speaker 2: John Harris, your host.

612
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Speaker 3: Glad to be with you and hopefully you'll join Mark

613
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Speaker 3: and I tomorrow eight to ten on Friday.

614
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Speaker 2: Fans will be in the stands. It's gonna be electric.

615
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Speaker 3: It's gonna be so cool for this these fans to

616
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Speaker 3: see this team, and I just I can't wait.

617
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Speaker 2: I can't wait for you guys to take a look.

618
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Speaker 3: Go man, Yeah, I like what's going on because it's

619
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Speaker 3: great to hear about it and great to come out

620
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Speaker 3: in theory and all that.

621
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Speaker 2: Kind of stuff.

622
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Speaker 3: But when you see it live, you're like, yo, okay,

623
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Speaker 3: all right, I see what's going on, and you feel

624
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Speaker 3: good about that. So we've got that to look forward

625
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Speaker 3: to eight to ten tomorrow, but we got the show

626
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Speaker 3: to take care of tonight.

627
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Speaker 2: We've heard from Nick Casseerra. That was fun stuff with Nick.

628
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Speaker 3: Now, two players that Nick has brought on I had

629
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Speaker 3: a chance to talk to over the last.

630
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Speaker 2: Couple of days.

631
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Speaker 3: The first one wide receiver Alex Bachman, one of the

632
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Speaker 3: more fun guys to talk to you on his team.

633
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,160
Speaker 3: You haven't if you haven't really caught up on wake Forest.

634
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Speaker 3: Did a great job of wake Forest in his career

635
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Speaker 3: really run. It's from North Carolina. Then he's bound around

636
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Speaker 3: the league little but he's in his fifth year in

637
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Speaker 3: the NFL and he's really fun to talk to. And

638
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Speaker 3: I started every interview off, how's the heat. How's it

639
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 3: hanging with the heat? Oh boy, it's been tough. Here's

640
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Speaker 3: Alex Bachman, receiver for your Houston Texans.

641
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Speaker 4: I got superstar Alex Bachman with me.

642
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Speaker 3: Alex, First of all, we do this every single day,

643
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Speaker 3: one to ten.

644
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Speaker 4: Give me your level of the heat in day one.

645
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Speaker 2: Man, it's the hottest.

646
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Speaker 7: I've felt it hit me in the mouth probably first

647
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 7: seven on seven periods. So, I mean, I went to

648
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Speaker 7: school in North Carolina, but there's no type of humidity

649
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,119
Speaker 7: quite like this. But hey, you know, good start, come

650
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,040
Speaker 7: back tomorrow and get better. You learn to get used

651
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,720
Speaker 7: to the humidity, and you know, no excuses. So everybody

652
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 7: has to deal with it.

653
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Speaker 2: You're right about that.

654
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Speaker 4: Everybody just have to deal with I'm gonna go to

655
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Speaker 4: your off season.

656
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Speaker 2: He's drop season, like I thought.

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Speaker 3: I saw some videos out there, guys throwing the ball around.

658
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Speaker 3: Who's drop season? Like, getting everybody together throwing a ball

659
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Speaker 3: around the guys.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

661
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Speaker 7: CJ called us up to go out to LA for

662
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,119
Speaker 7: good four days opportunity to just get to know your

663
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Speaker 7: teammates better, get to know how each of us tick.

664
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Speaker 7: I spend some time together, throw the ball around at

665
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Speaker 7: UCLA and just get mentally prepared to come in and

666
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Speaker 7: go to work this full camp.

667
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Speaker 3: So you come in day one not in pads yet

668
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:44,840
Speaker 3: for a receiver, I always asked hers Sol. Obviously a

669
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Speaker 3: lineman could feel it, but when you put the pads on,

670
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Speaker 3: what's the biggest what's the.

671
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Speaker 2: Biggest change for you?

672
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,159
Speaker 3: As pretending rot running catching the football is now you

673
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,160
Speaker 3: got pads, so you're more kind of hindered with.

674
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Speaker 8: That when you put the pads on. As a receiver,

675
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Speaker 8: what does that kind of change for you? I don't

676
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Speaker 8: think about how it hinders me at all. Always think

677
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,600
Speaker 8: about how I can use it to my advantage. Come off,

678
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 8: be a fisical receiver. Set the tone. We got pads onto.

679
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Speaker 7: Everybody talks about, you know, how the defender is the

680
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 7: one who is probably gonna begin or start collisions. But

681
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Speaker 7: I've always felt being a fitsical receiver, I can be

682
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 7: the same.

683
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Speaker 3: So, Alex, we were talking this morning on radio about

684
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Speaker 3: the receivers, the receiver group as a whole.

685
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Speaker 2: And I know you guys might.

686
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Speaker 3: Listen to may not you know what things are said

687
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 3: around oh either the thirty second group in the league,

688
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 3: all that kind of nonsense. I look at this group

689
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 3: and I think there's a lot of potential there. What

690
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Speaker 3: do you think about the receiver group that you have

691
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Speaker 3: right now?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think we're actually got a lot of death.

693
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 7: We've got a lot of guys willing to come in learn.

694
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 7: You know, we got to two solid draft picks this year.

695
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Speaker 4: Come in.

696
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Speaker 7: They're you know, they're eager to learn, and you know

697
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 7: they're improving each and every day. We got some Vets,

698
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 7: Rob Woods, No Brown, just a good group of guys

699
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 7: to come and work with. It's been a privilege and

700
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Speaker 7: I'm just really excited. I think we're gonna surprise a

701
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Speaker 7: lot of people.

702
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Speaker 2: This fifth training camp for you in the NFL. Fifth yeah, fifth, fifth,

703
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 2: one yeah.

704
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Speaker 5: Half a decade.

705
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 2: What's the key to making it through? Training?

706
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 7: Day by day? Attack each day twenty four hours. I

707
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,760
Speaker 7: don't think about, you know, tomorrow. I don't think about

708
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 7: a week from now, three weeks from now. I just

709
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 7: come in each day and remember, you know, there's a line,

710
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 7: you know, miles long that would love to be in

711
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 7: my position. To take advantage of each day and find

712
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 7: that that joy that I had when I was eight

713
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 7: years old, you know, my first ever football game, that excitement,

714
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 7: come out and just have a ball. I worked with

715
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 7: my tirelet to get to this position, so I'm gonna

716
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Speaker 7: have fun with it.

717
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Speaker 2: Alex, I appreciate it. Think about that.

718
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Speaker 5: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate you. Yeah, you can ball. It's just gonna

720
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 2: be tough with wide receiver. Man.

721
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,280
Speaker 3: But if there's anybody stepping into that competition ready to rock.

722
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 3: Does every position, knows every route from every spot on

723
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Speaker 3: the field.

724
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Speaker 2: He could line up.

725
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 3: Alex Bachman can run, really run, and I think that

726
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 3: needs to be reiterated. And when you see him you'll know.

727
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 3: But he has got a shot and he catches everything

728
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 3: his way. So Alex Bakman, that's funny interview. I love

729
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 3: getting a chance to talk with Alex. Now another guy.

730
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Speaker 3: I love talking to you because I got mad respon

731
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Speaker 3: this guy. In matter of respect for all these guys,

732
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Speaker 3: but even more so for m J Stewart. You'll here

733
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Speaker 3: I asked this first question of MJ because he was

734
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Speaker 3: the guy that signed a couple.

735
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Speaker 2: Of years ago and or last year.

736
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Speaker 3: I mean, and when you sign, you think, okay, man,

737
00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 3: i'ma I'm gonna start this position, I'm gonna do this,

738
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna do that. MJ didn't start, So he jumped

739
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,719
Speaker 3: over to special teams and just said, man, I'm gonna dominate.

740
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 3: And he had that big forced fumble against the Chargers

741
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 3: with a huge hit that forced to fumble that sent

742
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,520
Speaker 3: energy in apoplectic.

743
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 2: It was incredible.

744
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Speaker 3: But he was like that all year long on special

745
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,040
Speaker 3: teams and that really earned him time on the field

746
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 3: at safety, and then you really started playing better at safety.

747
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:39,320
Speaker 2: So here's m J.

748
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:43,440
Speaker 3: Stewart not talking about that and then some after practice today.

749
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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, day number two along time my man, MJ Stewart.

750
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Speaker 9: MJ.

751
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Speaker 2: First question I've asked everybody. It's come off the field,

752
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 2: the heat. How you doing with it?

753
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 10: I'm doing pretty good, I know I got Last year

754
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 10: is a touch transition for me coming from Cleveland, but

755
00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,719
Speaker 10: this year I'm getting a little more used to it.

756
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 10: We're in the long sleeve keep keep my body cool

757
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 10: a little bit, so it is tough.

758
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,320
Speaker 4: I got the long sleeves mind, so I don't get

759
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 4: to some burnos.

760
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Speaker 2: I don't like where it's some state. I want to

761
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 2: ask you.

762
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 3: Something about and you know a lot of people do

763
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 3: an interview that you know, talk about what you do

764
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 3: on defense.

765
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Speaker 2: We're gonna get to that.

766
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Speaker 3: But you've been so impressive to me because you take

767
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 3: such pride in special teams and being part of that unit,

768
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 3: and last year was number one in the league. You're

769
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Speaker 3: part of all four you know, core fourth special team

770
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Speaker 3: or where does that come from? That you take that

771
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 3: much pride because even a lot of guys get the

772
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 3: spect teams that are like, man, whatever, but you take

773
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 3: such pride in it and being a leader on that group.

774
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Speaker 2: Where does that? Where's that come from?

775
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Speaker 9: Uh?

776
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 10: Just the love of the game. Man. Uh, it's a

777
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 10: blessing to you know. Sometimes people forget that. It's a

778
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 10: blessing to be an NFL. You know, it's a lot

779
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 10: of people who don't make it. So you know, anytime

780
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Speaker 10: I get to Gill in this field in front of

781
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Speaker 10: the fans, man, I just take it, take it to

782
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 10: give them my all because it's like I said, it's

783
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 10: the love.

784
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 2: Of the game.

785
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Speaker 4: Friday, the fans do come out here. How much of

786
00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 4: a charge that give you?

787
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 2: Guys? You got an off day on Saturday. It's not

788
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 2: really off day in training camp.

789
00:31:56,360 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 3: Anothers really all true off day, but you are not

790
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Speaker 3: practicing on Saturday.

791
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Speaker 4: So what's it gonna be like to have the fans

792
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 4: here on Friday?

793
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 2: To see them again?

794
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 10: Man, just brings a lot of excitement. You know, hopefully

795
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 10: we can uh you know on offense, defense and especially

796
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 10: is getting something you know to look forward to during

797
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,720
Speaker 10: the season. But yeah, it just brings a lot of excitement.

798
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,600
Speaker 10: You know, you had the fans chair, you know, gets

799
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 10: everybody hype.

800
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Speaker 2: All right, well it gets people hype. Defense turning around?

801
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 2: How different is.

802
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 4: The scheme this year versus last year? Is it totally different?

803
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 3: Or there's some things you can take forward, There's some

804
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 3: things you can take from previous iterations where you've been in.

805
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 2: Cleveland, or there's some things you take forward. Here, tell

806
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 2: me about what this defense is all about.

807
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's it's different. It's definitely different than last year.

808
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 10: But I like, I like de Miko. I believe in

809
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 10: this scheme a lot. You know, it's a great scheme,

810
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 10: So just looking forward to show it off in the season.

811
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:42,720
Speaker 2: You got a couple of rookies, you got a couple

812
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 2: of new guys in the room. What's that dB room like?

813
00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 5: Now?

814
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 10: Hey man, it's it's actually a pretty old group, you.

815
00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 2: Know what I mean.

816
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 10: We got a couple of rookies, a couple of young guys,

817
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 10: but we got a lot of veteran guys, so we're

818
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 10: able to like feed off each other and feed off

819
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 10: each other's like knowledge of the game.

820
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Speaker 4: What's the one thing you make the rookies do for

821
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 4: the vets?

822
00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 5: Uh?

823
00:32:59,120 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 2: Donuts?

824
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 9: Food, dude, Yeah, just snacks for the room. The snacks,

825
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 9: you know, Uh, you know, we in meetings a lot

826
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,479
Speaker 9: during training camp, so you know, just having some snacks

827
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 9: in there so you can, you know, stay up, stay

828
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 9: away the attendive.

829
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Speaker 2: What's the favorite snack that you've got to have in

830
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 2: that room? Sounth flower seeds.

831
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 10: Oh, gotta have a south Flower seas ranch particularly, but

832
00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 10: I gotta have a south Flower seas.

833
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, so not regular ranch.

834
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 3: See that's a new one because you know, if you're

835
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 3: old like me, it's just regular seeds.

836
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 2: But rance has been a thing the last couple of years.

837
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 2: That's the way to the ranch. I like to rams. Okay,

838
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 2: Ran sund Flower seas J.

839
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Speaker 4: I appreciate your time, man, Thank you man, always, thank

840
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 4: you spec Man.

841
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 3: Absolutely love what that guy brings to this team, whether

842
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 3: he's getting reps at safety, whether it's all four special teams.

843
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 3: That guy's the kind of guy you gotta have around

844
00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 3: on a really good football team, championship football teams.

845
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 2: M J.

846
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Speaker 3: Stewart has been a lot to this organization last year,

847
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 3: and he's going to mean a lot to the organization

848
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 3: this year as well.

849
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 2: All right, we get back. What's you're from? The general

850
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 2: he stopped by.

851
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Speaker 3: We chatted about a number of things, including that team

852
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 3: up north wearing the Columbia blue. Yeah, we'll tell you

853
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 3: about that. And that's something right here on Texans All Access.

854
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,720
Speaker 3: We got one final segment this Thursday edition of Texans

855
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 3: All Access. What would a Thursday edition be without, well

856
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,839
Speaker 3: me John Harris football and a sideline reporting, your host

857
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 3: Mark Vandermirin and the voice of the Texans and the

858
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 3: General John McClain. We had to get his initial thoughts,

859
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 3: his general reaction to day one at training camp.

860
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Speaker 11: Well, there's nothing bad that comes from the first training

861
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 11: camp practice as long as nobody gets hurt. You know,

862
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 11: somebody gets hurt, and you see it happening all over

863
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 11: the league. Guys go down and yesterday, as far as

864
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 11: I know, everybody was healthy. They're going to great pains

865
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Speaker 11: not to show us who they're leaning toward as a

866
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 11: starting quarterback, although we know who it is. And yeah,

867
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Speaker 11: you can't really tell.

868
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 2: Let me.

869
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Speaker 11: They were running around there playing pattycake football with no

870
00:34:55,239 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 11: pads on and I and I would tell all the

871
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 11: listeners to read John Harris as it used to be

872
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 11: your observations.

873
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 2: What is it called now?

874
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, Harris hits Yeah, we disguised it and O'Brien here.

875
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 1: The previous coaching staff was not never mind.

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00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 11: Yeah, because John will tell you just about everything he

877
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 11: saw yesterday and thank you Josh.

878
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 5: So it was everybody's everybody's fired up. Fans will be

879
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 5: out here.

880
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Speaker 11: Was tomorrow's Saturday, No Tomorrow, Sunday, Tomorrow and Sunday Saturday

881
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 11: is an off day anytime the fans are out here,

882
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 11: and they have a great setup for the fans. I think, uh,

883
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Speaker 11: I may go one of these VIP sections and sit

884
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 11: there on the fifteenth.

885
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Speaker 2: You can watch practice here with me.

886
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Speaker 1: We won't be on the air Sunday morning, but I'll

887
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 1: be doing different stuff and we've got a nice area

888
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 1: here for you.

889
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:49,839
Speaker 2: So you're welcome. Well.

890
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 11: I appreciate that. And so when the fans come, it

891
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,960
Speaker 11: takes it up to another level, of course, and I

892
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,560
Speaker 11: think they're going to get about four thousand out here.

893
00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 11: Fans are fired up. You see players may can leaping

894
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,399
Speaker 11: a little higher, hanging on the balls a little more.

895
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 11: I think you'll see Stroud and Nico Collins connecting like

896
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 11: they did yesterday. So the fans when they come out here,

897
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:17,360
Speaker 11: it's electric, it's energized, and I think that's great for practice.

898
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 11: Everybody talks about when they put on the pads. Coaches

899
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 11: always say, when we put on the pads, you know,

900
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 11: they still don't go off full contact. Guys go down

901
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 11: when they slip or fall. That's why I can't wait

902
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:33,400
Speaker 11: for the joint practices because other than the quarterbacks, that

903
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,839
Speaker 11: is the real deal, and that's where you that's where

904
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 11: we can really gauge people. But I as long as

905
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 11: Nico Collins stays healthy and Robert Woods plays the way

906
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 11: he expected, they'll be the starting receivers. The key is

907
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 11: will John Matchee, Tank Dell. I can't wait to watch

908
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 11: Tank when he's playing, for sure, because he's like a gnat,

909
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 11: you know it. It's hard to catch a gnat, and

910
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 11: love can't wait to see people try to tackle him.

911
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 11: And of course John you mentioned yesterday about the linebackers Tortoa,

912
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 11: I think it's only a matter of time before we

913
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,800
Speaker 11: see him get a lot more playing time. Denzel Perryman

914
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 11: is a starter, you know, one of the things I'm interested.

915
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 11: And they're gonna be playing two linebackers most of the time.

916
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,280
Speaker 11: That'd be at least at the start. Perryman and Christian

917
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 11: Harris and Christian Kirksey is still here, Will Christian still

918
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 11: be on the team when they cut back to fifty

919
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 11: three because you can't really you don't really need three

920
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 11: linebackers for about thirty percent of the time. And to Atoa,

921
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 11: at some point he's going to be starting because that

922
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,879
Speaker 11: kid is good, he's smart, he can drop, he can run.

923
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:44,399
Speaker 5: I'm really looking forward to seeing him.

924
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 3: Dan Well coached Ky from Dalla salle on Cocker, California.

925
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,839
Speaker 3: Then he played for Jeremy Pruett who was running Nick

926
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 3: Saban's defense. Then he went into Nick Saban's defense, and

927
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 3: now he's here with t Miika Ryant. So there's some

928
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 3: some definite action there, there's no doubt. General, your your

929
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 3: thoughts about the offense yesterday?

930
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Speaker 1: C J.

931
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Speaker 3: Stroud, Davis Mills, the quarterbacks, Mark and I kind of

932
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 3: gave our thoughts left a little bit to be desired.

933
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: What'd you think watching Let me piggyback on that one too, general,

934
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: Why do you think they do it the way they're

935
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 1: doing it? And splitting up the ones a little bit?

936
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 1: They both got some time with the alternated drills. We

937
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 1: well we interpret to be the ones. Why are they

938
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 1: doing it that way?

939
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 3: Well?

940
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Speaker 11: As opposed to the Panthers who have anointed yes, Bryce

941
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 11: Young from the get go. They made no bones about it.

942
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 11: I've seen situations where work both ways. I think they

943
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 11: want Stroud to know that he's to believe he's competing,

944
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 11: and they want to be fair to Davis Mills. Case

945
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 11: Keenam knows his lot in life, and Case is almost

946
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,359
Speaker 11: here to be a coach or if somebody gets hurt

947
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,359
Speaker 11: and we all know that Stroud's going to win the job.

948
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 11: I said yesterday to you guys, I think it'll be

949
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:01,919
Speaker 11: after the joint practices that maybe they say absolutely Number one,

950
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,879
Speaker 11: first two preseason games. I could see the first one

951
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:08,359
Speaker 11: Meal starting and the second one Stroud starting, and then

952
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 11: the third one we're gonna know who's going to be

953
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 11: the starter. Stroud needs a lot of playing time, yep,

954
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 11: you know, Davis Mills. It's a new system. Anytime you

955
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 11: put in a new system, quarterbacks need playing time too.

956
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 11: But I think Case and he knows every system in

957
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:25,440
Speaker 11: the league, it seems like, and so he would need

958
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,839
Speaker 11: the least amount of playing time because he has such experience.

959
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 11: And so, with all due respect to Davis Mills, who

960
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:39,000
Speaker 11: probably would be a better quarterback, with Bobby Slowick than

961
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 11: he was last year with Pep Hamilton. I think anybody

962
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:46,160
Speaker 11: out here would believe that. But I and he will

963
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 11: be better.

964
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 5: But hey, CJ.

965
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:51,320
Speaker 11: Stroud was drafted second overall for a reason, and I

966
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Speaker 11: hope he goes to Baltimore as the starter because he

967
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 11: needs that experience.

968
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Speaker 1: Well, I can't wait to see what they do in

969
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 1: these preseason games. I can't wait to see how they

970
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: divvy up the time. These joint practices are going to

971
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,200
Speaker 1: eat up a lot of starter reps, I would think,

972
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 1: but you never know. Game situation is always going to

973
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Speaker 1: be a little bit different.

974
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Speaker 2: General. What do you make of the oiler schedule today that.

975
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 11: Was released, Well, there's no surprises, exactly like I've been

976
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 11: saying since March. They're gonna wear the Oilers uniforms against

977
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Speaker 11: the Texans. I just I'm writing a column for Sports

978
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Speaker 11: Radio six ' ten dot com later in the day.

979
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,440
Speaker 11: Just talk to Robert Brazil and he loved it, just

980
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,239
Speaker 11: like Warren Moon loves it. All those players want to

981
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,080
Speaker 11: see their uniforms again, and that's the only way it

982
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 11: can be done is by them wearing it in Tennessee.

983
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Speaker 11: And of course it's kind of ticking it to Houston

984
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,440
Speaker 11: to wear them here. But the players love it, and

985
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 11: I think it's going to be great. I think it's

986
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 11: great now. There's certain people like John Lopez who disagrees

987
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Speaker 11: with me.

988
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 5: He doesn't like it.

989
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 11: But I want to see I want to see Columbia

990
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Speaker 11: blue again. I don't care who his only other side

991
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 11: of the field. I love those uniforms. I could take

992
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 11: you to the Texans team shop. We could buy some

993
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:06,920
Speaker 11: h Town blue gear for you in general.

994
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 5: But let me have.

995
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Speaker 1: One more about that Nashville Titans fans. I'm a fan

996
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 1: of the Titans in Nashville. Am I making too big

997
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,319
Speaker 1: a deal out of this? Is it joyful for them

998
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:25,800
Speaker 1: to troll the people of Houston? Yes, but don't you

999
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 1: feel like they're they're under serving their local community that way.

1000
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Speaker 2: I mean, that's their fan base, not here.

1001
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:39,400
Speaker 5: The their The media is trying to stir it up

1002
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Speaker 5: up there.

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Speaker 11: I've been watching the videos and Paul Kaharsky, who always

1004
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 11: likes to stir it, he's asking the players what they think.

1005
00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 5: Players don't care. Players there don't care, thank you?

1006
00:41:49,239 --> 00:41:52,000
Speaker 3: And scene, Yes, the players don't care. Let's just go

1007
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 3: do it on a field. As I said earlier, just

1008
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 3: with Basston, Tennessee, and it's all good. Big thanks to

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Speaker 3: the General, John McClain, Marvan Demir, of course, Alex Blackman, MJ. Stewart,

1010
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 3: Nick Casario.

1011
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Speaker 2: And all of you for listen. Thank you so much.

1012
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,600
Speaker 3: We'll see you tomorrow, bright and early at eight am

1013
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,960
Speaker 3: on Sports Radio six ten. See then, everybody, and as always,

1014
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:09,480
Speaker 3: go Texans,