Speaker 1: Well, hello Texans, welcome to the program once again, as
Speaker 1: it's a never ending journey during training camp that got
Speaker 1: going yesterday. It's day two today as we had the
Speaker 1: morning show again eight to ten am right after Sean
Speaker 1: and Seth and we had Nick Cassario on. That means
Speaker 1: you'll hear Nick Cassio tonight, the best of that interview
Speaker 1: in the next segment the executive EP and GM and
Speaker 1: a lot to say obviously about the twenty twenty six campaign,
Speaker 1: the state of the Texans and stuff like that. Mark
Speaker 1: Vandermain and John Harris with you. So tomorrow morning, we're
Speaker 1: gonna have a bunch of different interviews, including but not
Speaker 1: limited to, I don't know, Johnny, who do we have?
Speaker 2: You have Dalton Schultz maybe?
Speaker 3: Oh, okay, So I don't know that.
Speaker 4: I'm gonna give you a little preview into this from
Speaker 4: Dalton at Dalton Schultz today, right. I think the world
Speaker 4: of Dalton. I am like one of the biggest fans.
Speaker 4: I just think he's unique. I think he's different. He's
Speaker 4: very sought, super smart and thoughtful. So you know, I've
Speaker 4: been asking guys different questions like, hey, if you could
Speaker 4: have a dinner you and three people dead are alive.
Speaker 3: Who would you pick?
Speaker 4: Tay Urseeries was he picked the Michaels, he picked Michael Jordan,
Speaker 4: Michael Jackson, Michael B.
Speaker 3: Jordan.
Speaker 4: That was a pretty interesting question. So I've been asking.
Speaker 4: I've been I've been asking those questions. Late last night
Speaker 4: another question popped into my head, and I'm so glad
Speaker 4: I asked this because I got one of the best
Speaker 4: answers to a question I've ever gotten.
Speaker 2: Here's a question.
Speaker 4: Yeah, here's my question. If you had to give a
Speaker 4: Ted talk, what would it be? Well, that's easy for me,
Speaker 4: I know, but I asked Dalton. He kind of thought
Speaker 4: for about he thought for about five to ten seconds,
Speaker 4: kind of thinking about it, and then he goes, I
Speaker 4: got it.
Speaker 3: And I think after he answered it, I think he
Speaker 3: would do it.
Speaker 2: What is it?
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna I'm gonna tease it. I'm gonna tease it.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna tease it.
Speaker 4: He came up with it, and then is he You know,
Speaker 4: it's one of those things where when you get an
Speaker 4: idea and then you're talking about it and you're thinking
Speaker 4: and it's well in this and this, he had that
Speaker 4: same kind of reaction. He just lit up when he
Speaker 4: started talking about it, and it was awesome to hear
Speaker 4: his response. So you'll hear that response, and I think
Speaker 4: it's tremendous. I think he should do it. I think
Speaker 4: he this Ted talk would be tremendous because it would
Speaker 4: bring in football into life like all together, like what
Speaker 4: a perfect Ted talk would be.
Speaker 3: It was really good.
Speaker 1: Okay, great answer, looking forward to that interview. You also
Speaker 1: caught up with it with Arianta Ersiri.
Speaker 3: I did yesterday. Yeah, yep, sure, that was good.
Speaker 1: I caught up with Dominique Robinson. All these will be
Speaker 1: on Texans Radio in the next day or two. So
Speaker 1: stick around with us. Another practice tomorrow and then Saturday
Speaker 1: morning and then day off and then into next week.
Speaker 2: And next week is the real gride.
Speaker 1: Next week, that middle week because the first preseason game
Speaker 1: is two weeks from tonight. Two weeks from tonight, Relion Stadium.
Speaker 1: It's the Chargers and the tech Sins.
Speaker 2: Let's go.
Speaker 1: I can't wait for some NFL action. You're gonna be
Speaker 1: on the TV call, I'll be on the air. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be fun. So let's talk today about practice. Practice. Yes, practice,
Speaker 1: they had another one, the second one in the books.
Speaker 1: This was a little different today. It was interesting to
Speaker 1: see how they operated now. They did back to back
Speaker 1: team periods. Was it the same format today? They just
Speaker 1: as special teams between the two teams. Yesterday I think
Speaker 1: it was pretty similar. But they added a third team period. Okay, good,
Speaker 1: so that was that was added on. I know people
Speaker 1: have been tweeting that Jake Hansen went down today and.
Speaker 2: Just hoping for the best for that.
Speaker 4: I you never know, I'm a huge Jake Hanson fan,
Speaker 4: and I just hated seeing.
Speaker 2: Him down, big Texans radio friend.
Speaker 3: Yes, very much.
Speaker 1: The twenty twenty two season. Yeah, fifth year, Yeah, fifth year.
Speaker 1: Praying for you ja.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I want to see Jacob back.
Speaker 4: But they added a third team period and one of those,
Speaker 4: if not both of those were red zone periods.
Speaker 3: Yes, I thought today.
Speaker 4: Was And I'll make sure I say this on the
Speaker 4: back of everything was talked about yesterday and everything is
Speaker 4: we talked about this so offseason. I'm telling you, I'm
Speaker 4: not saying this because I'm trying to pump anybody up
Speaker 4: or whatever, but it's the best I've seen CJ. Stroud
Speaker 4: throw the football in a long time.
Speaker 2: Good.
Speaker 4: I thought he threw it extremely well. He had two
Speaker 4: throws in particular that I thought were throws that only CJ.
Speaker 3: Strout could make.
Speaker 5: Nice.
Speaker 4: He made a throw so the team first team period.
Speaker 4: I think it was going left to right on your
Speaker 4: radio dial. And I was standing right in line with
Speaker 4: this throw. And he had Higgins in the out route
Speaker 4: against Sting, and Sting's all over it, like Sting seemingly
Speaker 4: like he has it. Mark Thur's not it is. This
Speaker 4: isn't even NFL open. This is like he's white on rice,
Speaker 4: like Sting is all over it. He's throwing about to
Speaker 4: Higgins and he knows Higgs six' four long. Range he
Speaker 4: threw the ball yard and a half two yards out.
Speaker 2: Of bounds and Let higgs and.
Speaker 4: Let higgins run right into it foot tap bang bang.
Speaker 4: Catch that was, Brilliant like, yeah, look AND i feel Bad,
Speaker 4: stings my, Dude BUT cj put that.
Speaker 3: Spot he put that.
Speaker 4: Ball remember The colts throw week, one twenty twenty four
Speaker 4: at the end of the game To nico third and.
Speaker 4: Eleven he's got to put that ball And nico he
Speaker 4: throws it out of bounds basically because he Knows nico
Speaker 4: can you, know toe tap it and with the link
Speaker 4: he can get.
Speaker 3: It it was that throat, man and whenever we've seen
Speaker 3: that throat in a.
Speaker 2: WHILE i haven't seen that one for a.
Speaker 3: While haven't seen that in a.
Speaker 2: While, Yeah AND i remember that moment today AND i,
Speaker 2: thought is that a? Catch it's a. Catch it was a.
Speaker 4: CATCH i MEAN i BECAUSE i saw, him you, KNOW,
Speaker 4: i you, know doing the ref, thing LIKE i saw the.
Speaker 4: Ball it was in his. HANDS i looked down at the,
Speaker 4: feet feet were In, great there was another. Sideline well
Speaker 4: that's the other. ONE i was getting to third. Down
Speaker 4: they had kind of had a couple of bots, snaps
Speaker 4: so it didn't start, great, right but it got.
Speaker 2: To a THIRD j was a good teammate during.
Speaker 3: That, yeah, YEAH. Exactlyj that's a great.
Speaker 1: Point took care of his. Center, see was a, Leader
Speaker 1: yeah during that. Point he always has to. Be but you,
Speaker 1: know you just saw. It you can just see it
Speaker 1: plainly good leadership, there all.
Speaker 3: Right he wasn't getting frustrated With. Kielan it was you,
Speaker 3: know so.
Speaker 4: Third down and he Has Justin watson on the out
Speaker 4: rup by the, sideline And watson gets just a yard
Speaker 4: past the marker AND cj throws it to the one
Speaker 4: spot Where watson can kind of slide into it and
Speaker 4: catch it staying in bounds and get the first. DOWN i, mean,
Speaker 4: brilliant brilliant. THROW i was just, like holy, cow he
Speaker 4: had another one during. Practice Foster morole can come up with,
Speaker 4: it but it's one of those. Things AND i was
Speaker 4: listening To Seana seth the other day and one of
Speaker 4: the things that they brought. Up they were talking about,
Speaker 4: accuracy and they were talking about how in That patriots
Speaker 4: game in, particular we're so used to SEEING cj throw the.
Speaker 4: Ball it's such great, accuracy, right you, know the Old
Speaker 4: Sammy bath. Thing hey hit him in the eye and he's, like,
Speaker 4: well WHICH I i always felt LIKE cj had. That
Speaker 4: today it felt like that was that was on point
Speaker 4: Because Foster moreau's running the over route And petrie's in
Speaker 4: pretty good coverage and so on the over route from
Speaker 4: where you are in the middle of the, field, like
Speaker 4: you can't you can't throw that thing on the line
Speaker 4: Because petrie can jump in. Front you gotta throw that
Speaker 4: thing low and away and Let foster kind of kind
Speaker 4: of dive slide into. It and it's brilliantly, thrown brilliantly
Speaker 4: with some trash and chaos around his. Feet foster couldn't
Speaker 4: come up with, it and he felt. Bad BUT i
Speaker 4: remember as soon as he THREW i was, like that's
Speaker 4: a good, Ball, like it's a good. Ball it's a
Speaker 4: really good. Throw and then AS i watched it up
Speaker 4: on the board, AGAIN i was, like that was a
Speaker 4: really good. Throw there's only one spot he could have
Speaker 4: thrown that, ball and he put it.
Speaker 2: In it was a tough, catch but to catch you want. Him, yeah,
Speaker 2: yeah Love foster make that.
Speaker 4: Catch but you, Know i'm Thinking moro's going across the field,
Speaker 4: thinking you, know he Knows petrie's on, him so he
Speaker 4: knows the ball can't be. Here BUT i there was
Speaker 4: a part of me, going that's the. SIEGE i, remember
Speaker 4: that's THE. CG i Remember Ohio state throwing those over,
Speaker 4: us throwing the ball back BEHIND, jsn so he didn't
Speaker 4: THROW jsn.
Speaker 3: To a big.
Speaker 4: Hit that's THE. Cj we're customed to. Scene AND i
Speaker 4: just thought today he was on.
Speaker 1: Points they Had, Higgins, Foster moreau And Watson watson sideline.
Speaker 1: Beautiful you also had a red zone play today from Mister. Mills,
Speaker 1: yes that was really.
Speaker 3: Nice, yeah, yeah, Yeah and talking to one With, BREVIN.
Speaker 1: I don't know if that happens in a game, situation
Speaker 1: but you never, know because after Seeing mills on the
Speaker 1: move Against jacksonville last, year reels can get on the,
Speaker 1: move and he got on the, move rolling right and through. Back,
Speaker 1: Look i'm on the other side of the, field so
Speaker 1: it's hard to say back across his, body but it
Speaker 1: kind of. Was he's headed for the sideline parallel to
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and just chucks it back of
Speaker 1: the end zone And jordan comes up with. It nice,
Speaker 1: Catch breva and good Throw. MILLS i, mean that was
Speaker 1: a good red zone play right, there and a busted.
Speaker 4: Play, well the thing about it is when you're on the,
Speaker 4: run when you're throwing on the run and you're throwing
Speaker 4: to the to a receiver on the, run that that
Speaker 4: can be kind of. Tough but you also know he's
Speaker 4: on the, run LIKE i can just throw it away
Speaker 4: from everybody and let him run into. It brevid circled
Speaker 4: up and stopped to find an open, spot and So
Speaker 4: davis did have to throw back across his body and
Speaker 4: then as he's moving he's hitting a completely stationary. Target
Speaker 4: but it was it was great to. See if it
Speaker 4: was great See brev getting the in zone and score
Speaker 4: a little. Bit you, know we talked about. That you,
Speaker 4: know we talked About Dalton schultz earlier and how you
Speaker 4: know that what that tight end room looks like?
Speaker 3: Now you, KNOW i Thought marlin Had Marlin klein a
Speaker 3: really good day of day. One you know There's foster
Speaker 3: run that's that tight end.
Speaker 4: Room, man if they can all just stay, healthy that
Speaker 4: is going to be a really tough cutdown.
Speaker 1: Day client being a rookie playing all levels of the
Speaker 1: depth chart all over the, place can't read anything into.
Speaker 1: Anything guys are all over the place right. Now offensive line,
Speaker 1: configuration defensive line. Configuration there's a lot of moving stuff going.
Speaker 1: On it's early in. Camp they want to give everybody a.
Speaker 1: TASTE i, thought, defensively, look there are a lot of.
Speaker 1: Plays as we applaud the offensive positive, plays there are
Speaker 1: a lot of plays where this defense gives you absolutely.
Speaker 1: Nothing take what the defense gives. You you'll get. Nothing
Speaker 1: in like.
Speaker 2: It you'll get.
Speaker 1: Nothing everybody's, covered, sorry and there's a pass rush in your.
Speaker 2: Face enjoy. That how does that?
Speaker 1: Taste this defense does a lot of that to a
Speaker 1: lot of, teams including The texans. Offense so as we,
Speaker 1: say The texans offense made some plays. Today, man the
Speaker 1: defense made some plays as. Well i'll point one thing.
Speaker 1: OUT i feel Like harris hits right.
Speaker 3: Here there you.
Speaker 2: Go Solomon bert had a backfield.
Speaker 1: Blast he got in the backfield and made his presence
Speaker 1: felt on one particular. Instance AND i, thought we need
Speaker 1: a lot of that From Solomon burt BECAUSE i Got
Speaker 1: dylan on a side field right. Now horton hopefully comes,
Speaker 1: back so it's probably you know who knows what it
Speaker 1: Is logan. Too you got six weeks to, Go Logan.
Speaker 1: Hall you want to see him in the. Flow but
Speaker 1: they got a lot of, Guys, johnny they. Do and
Speaker 1: you got to see that pass rush After will And
Speaker 1: deneil exit the. Game you got to see some edge,
Speaker 1: setting some pass rush, right some. Playmaking Derek barnett's not
Speaker 1: walking through that, door although he, could you never, Know
Speaker 1: But Derek barnett's not walking through that door you. Need
Speaker 1: And i'm not saying they don't have the GUYS i
Speaker 1: think they, do but it's gonna have to show.
Speaker 2: Up it's gonna have to show. Up you're gonna have
Speaker 2: to see that.
Speaker 4: Materialize let me ask, YOU i don't think it's a
Speaker 4: weird question today because there's been some noise out there
Speaker 4: about The texans checking in with One genevian.
Speaker 1: Clowney, YEAH i don't know if he fits in this.
Speaker 1: Situation interesting as a. Reserve, well remember how that thing
Speaker 1: went with The. Browns what do you mean what thing
Speaker 1: he was with The?
Speaker 4: Browns, yeah and then he just walked out and, left
Speaker 4: didn't because it didn't go.
Speaker 6: Well, well guess who interviewed with or went into. SAID
Speaker 6: i like What barry, Said Andrew. Barry, yeah reconciliation in
Speaker 6: life as. Possible you, KNOW i think it's something for
Speaker 6: us all to.
Speaker 1: Remember there's such a thing as making a, man as,
Speaker 1: forgiveness as patching up a broken. Relationship, yes not THAT
Speaker 1: i want to see it happen there necessarily for, him
Speaker 1: but there's such a. Thing it's good to point out
Speaker 1: a good little life. Lesson we need to get these
Speaker 1: life lessons from. Sports sometimes you remember what lovees? Was
Speaker 1: sometimes divorce is a good. Thing AND i, thought and
Speaker 1: to balance me this balance, like hang on a, second, Honey.
Speaker 3: YEAH i mean. Love he's been married For harvard, year but,
Speaker 3: yeah like a billion.
Speaker 2: Years he was saying that a.
Speaker 4: Number but it goes in line With it's kind of
Speaker 4: the corollary to, yours and that, is you know, what
Speaker 4: real real, individuals real, professionals can you, know whatever animosity
Speaker 4: aside and patch things up.
Speaker 1: HAPPEN i went totally, positive that's exactly what you should.
Speaker 1: Do SO i just that has been out there AND
Speaker 1: jd lives In.
Speaker 4: Houston now he Probably Mario, williams does he bring him?
Speaker 4: BACK i, Mean JD's not going to show up until
Speaker 4: three weeks in the training. Camp we know, that we
Speaker 4: do know. That but he's still got some game. Left he,
Speaker 4: Does he's still has some game. Left freaking.
Speaker 3: Wild could you imagine? That I'M i LOVE. JD i always.
Speaker 4: DID i felt like when he was here the first,
Speaker 4: time there was so much pressure on his playpenion on
Speaker 4: one overall. PICK i think he's realized that he could
Speaker 4: have a, really, really really good career in THE nfl
Speaker 4: AND nba disruptor AND i think he's found that with
Speaker 4: the teams he's been with The cowboys last.
Speaker 3: Year but you, know he just.
Speaker 2: Happened to be the best player in a draft that
Speaker 2: didn't have a. Quarterback that's.
Speaker 1: Right Blake bortles third to The, jaguars obviously didn't work.
Speaker 1: Out but With, clowney he really should have been the
Speaker 1: number two or three pick in the, draft and nobody
Speaker 1: would have said a word other than well we want, production, right,
Speaker 1: Right but that number one pick, Pressure Trayvon walker, Anybody,
Speaker 1: yeah tell them it's hard to live up to. It
Speaker 1: and he's been pretty, good but not number one pick.
Speaker 1: Good he's been number four pick, good number five pick
Speaker 1: good maybe or maybe not unbelievably, Great hall of, famer
Speaker 1: but all, right very, solid double digit.
Speaker 2: Sacks let's keep it. Going that kind of.
Speaker 4: Thing it just TAKES i think people fans a, lot you,
Speaker 4: know like, step like With Mario. Williams you talk To
Speaker 4: texas fans now and they're, like you know, what that
Speaker 4: was the right.
Speaker 3: Pick mario was a really. Good, now you won't get,
Speaker 3: everybody BUT i think.
Speaker 4: In, time when people are able to look, back they'll
Speaker 4: think about the.
Speaker 3: Player Mario williams not the number one overall.
Speaker 1: Pick pick sack numbers put Jadevi Onto Shane, yeah, sure.
Speaker 1: ABSOLUTELY i mean you put up fourteen in a. Season
Speaker 1: Clown he's never had, ten, Right BUT i THINK i
Speaker 1: think you're.
Speaker 4: Right Jenevian, Clowney Treyvon walker really good football.
Speaker 3: PLAYERS i, Mean clowney's a three Time Pro bowler.
Speaker 4: While he's, here so, yeah like THAT'S i, Mean walker
Speaker 4: hasn't gotten to. That But walker's a really good football.
Speaker 4: Player he's really. Good but it's that number one overall.
Speaker 4: Pick it's that, stigma that stamp. Whatever and AND i
Speaker 4: REMEMBER i can't remember WHO i heard say, this but
Speaker 4: they were talking About Miles garrett and this is probably
Speaker 4: two three years, ago and everybody was, like, man they
Speaker 4: want A Miles garrett to, win you, Know Defensive player
Speaker 4: of The year thirteen. Times you only been here five,
Speaker 4: Years and it's, like that's what goes with being the
Speaker 4: number one pick in the, draft that he's that sort of.
Speaker 4: Thing so, well you, know we'll see ABOUT. Jd but you're,
Speaker 4: right the depth at defensive, end. Okay but to, me
Speaker 4: that's why watching a guy Like solomon, byrd third year,
Speaker 4: here you, know seventh round, pick just keep chopping, wood
Speaker 4: keep chopping, wood and you never know when that opportunity comes,
Speaker 4: up and when you get a chance to showing those preseason,
Speaker 4: games you lock it in and, say, HEY i can
Speaker 4: be the number three.
Speaker 3: GUY i can be the number four. GUY i can
Speaker 3: be that.
Speaker 4: Guy you, Know, look If dylan's not quite, READY i
Speaker 4: can be that.
Speaker 3: Guy and hopefully that's what he's gonna.
Speaker 1: Do i'll tell you, what this team is so easy to,
Speaker 1: love all the, individuals you.
Speaker 7: Know.
Speaker 1: Yep, LOOK i was walking around with a sling last, week, Right.
Speaker 1: YEAH i can't tell you how many guys have, said,
Speaker 1: oh you're you're you don't have to sling.
Speaker 2: Anymore, Yeah AND i, THOUGHT i.
Speaker 1: Don't even remember. THAT i don't even remember, that you,
Speaker 1: know about. Myself you, know guys are saying that to.
Speaker 1: Me players they don't have to notice that they're so
Speaker 1: they're nice, guys and they play.
Speaker 2: Ferociously this is kind of what you, want really is
Speaker 2: it Is.
Speaker 1: RYANS'S i saw one of those great linebacker OR i should,
Speaker 1: say one of those great veteran rookie moments right with the,
Speaker 1: linebackers BECAUSE i Saw z's working with Wood as after
Speaker 1: practice on. Nuances what kind of LIKE i Saw will
Speaker 1: and Tay Ur sary last. YEAR i, know opposite sides
Speaker 1: of the, ball but they're facing each other and az'se
Speaker 1: is showing them some, stuff AND i, thought that's. Good
Speaker 1: fisher's over there, Too fisher and Wood as, listen they
Speaker 1: got to, play AND i thought Of Jamal hill because
Speaker 1: he is in that Mixed scoob's gotta step it up
Speaker 1: and help fill the. Gap If hanson can't, go you
Speaker 1: got NO Ej speed And EJ's around rehabit and. Everything
Speaker 1: and it's so frustrating because you love the guy and
Speaker 1: you'd love to see him out. There but, listen that position,
Speaker 1: group you gotta watch. That your top two guys out.
Speaker 1: There but we all Know hanson is the leading special teams,
Speaker 1: tackler the reigning champ on this. Team so that's production
Speaker 1: there that you need to look. At and there's gonna
Speaker 1: be some opportunities out there for some guys if that
Speaker 1: turns out to be the long term. Deal, Okay next
Speaker 1: up the EXECUTIVE vp of general. Manager his name Is Nick.
Speaker 1: Casario you've heard of. Him he's next here On Texans.
Speaker 1: Radio all, right right back to, it and let's get
Speaker 1: right into. It the conversation we had With executive vice
Speaker 1: president and General Manager Nick cassio field side a trading camp.
Speaker 5: Like we never. Left great to be back with you.
Speaker 5: Guys it's been a.
Speaker 3: While how long has it?
Speaker 5: Been? So probably spring ish? Draft, yeah rather draft after the, Draft, yeah,
Speaker 5: something don't. Worry we'll be back on schedule for our weekly.
Speaker 5: Appearance very nice.
Speaker 2: Thereafter, well you said it's year twenty six for you
Speaker 2: in THE.
Speaker 5: Nfl, overall, right it is very, fortunate very blessed to
Speaker 5: be in THE nfl for that. LONG i don't THINK
Speaker 5: i really dreamt that it would be that. Long Or it's.
Speaker 5: Funny ben McDaniels AND i were just talking on the bial.
Speaker 5: Yesterday you, know WHEN i got into, FOOTBALL i THOUGHT
Speaker 5: i was probably going to coach in college and be
Speaker 5: in college football for a period of, time and then
Speaker 5: had the opportunity in two thousand and one to go
Speaker 5: To New england and you, know for the by the
Speaker 5: grace of The, Lord i've been in THE nfl ever.
Speaker 5: Since that's.
Speaker 1: Amazing But, nick you're year six, here so when you
Speaker 1: look back on, THAT i don't want to get too retrospective,
Speaker 1: here but you took over a team that was not
Speaker 1: successful and the build up to where we are right
Speaker 1: now to give yourselves a chance to do something.
Speaker 2: Big that's got to feel pretty. Good.
Speaker 5: YEAH i, mean any time you take on something, new
Speaker 5: you understand there's going to be a lot of work that's.
Speaker 5: Involved and you, know we've put a lot of work
Speaker 5: in from the beginning to where we are, now and
Speaker 5: the work doesn't necessarily stop. It you, know we're the.
Speaker 5: Program hopefully we built it up and put it in a,
Speaker 5: position and the goal is just to have as consistent
Speaker 5: a football teams we can on the early, basis and
Speaker 5: a program that everybody respects and that can be proud. Of,
Speaker 5: so you, KNOW i Think demiko AND i take a
Speaker 5: lot of pride in being able to do. That we
Speaker 5: understand that what's going on in the past over the
Speaker 5: last few, years regardless of the success that we've, had
Speaker 5: the reality is we're starting back over and we kind
Speaker 5: of have to establish our foundation and build our identity
Speaker 5: for the twenty sixth.
Speaker 4: Season i'm glad you brought that, Up, nick BECAUSE i
Speaker 4: was gonna ask you that because we can get into the.
Speaker 4: Weeds mark AND i talked about, it and we can
Speaker 4: ask you about practice squad players and udfas and all
Speaker 4: that because we Do It's Texans, Radio but just from
Speaker 4: a thirty thousand foot view about this, team in, particular
Speaker 4: the way you guys have put this thing, together the
Speaker 4: way that you've maneuvered and made things. Happen how do
Speaker 4: you feel about where this team is right now at
Speaker 4: this point in.
Speaker 5: Time, YEAH i, mean, look we think we're going to
Speaker 5: have a pretty good football. Team now what does that
Speaker 5: look like on a weekly? Basis obviously it's all gonna
Speaker 5: come down to how we play regarding against the against
Speaker 5: the particular. Opponent but you, KNOW i think we have
Speaker 5: An we have a number of players who understand what
Speaker 5: we want our football team to look like and how
Speaker 5: we want to. PLAY i, mean really the three core
Speaker 5: tenants in terms of how we want to. Play, precision, effort,
Speaker 5: physicality like that's how we want to play In demiko
Speaker 5: talks to the team about. That so we need to
Speaker 5: find players who have an understanding of what that. Means number,
Speaker 5: one number two can actually implement that on a weekly,
Speaker 5: Basis and it starts in, practice it starts in training,
Speaker 5: camp and then it's being able to do it consistently over.
Speaker 5: TIME i mean we HAVE i mean that we were
Speaker 5: at nineteen. Yesterday now we have eighteen practices in three
Speaker 5: preseason games left before the opener Against. Buffalo SO i
Speaker 5: think everybody has an understanding of what the expectation of
Speaker 5: what the standard is on a daily basis what we
Speaker 5: expect from the, players and you, know they take a
Speaker 5: lot of pride and take a lot of ownership and
Speaker 5: trying to make sure that we're doing things the right.
Speaker 1: Way you've got a lot of young, players but a
Speaker 1: lot of young players with, experience a lot of good
Speaker 1: guys in year, three year, four that kind of.
Speaker 2: Thing how would you define, it because some teams.
Speaker 1: You look at the average, age but it might be
Speaker 1: skewed by a really old guy or really young, guy
Speaker 1: or whatever the case. Is you look at, Me, meetian
Speaker 1: how do you describe this?
Speaker 5: Team, NO i think you articulated, Well, Mark we're kind
Speaker 5: of probably right there in the. Middle you, know we
Speaker 5: have some players who HAVE i would say ten plus
Speaker 5: years of, experience not too, many but we have. Some
Speaker 5: and then we kind of have a cohort in that
Speaker 5: kind of four to six sish. Range and then we
Speaker 5: have some other players who are just starting their, careers
Speaker 5: whether they drafted last year or we drafted them this.
Speaker 5: Year so it's a mixture of. Players and we've talked about,
Speaker 5: this the team's going to change and kind of turn
Speaker 5: over each. Year we have a core, players a group
Speaker 5: of players that have been with us now for three
Speaker 5: four years and you're seeing those are some of our better.
Speaker 5: Players we've been able to kind of supplement that with
Speaker 5: some maybe some veteran, players whether they were somewhere, else
Speaker 5: or you, know players that we signed maybe that were
Speaker 5: in the league somewhere else that we brought here over
Speaker 5: the last two or three. Years and then we have
Speaker 5: some younger, players so we don't really care where they come.
Speaker 5: From it's we just care if they're going to play
Speaker 5: good football or.
Speaker 3: Not, okay what do you hate to?
Speaker 4: Answer more questions about injuries or questions about? Contracts, Push
Speaker 4: i'm gonna go there with this one with contracts because
Speaker 4: when people think about the general manager of the, team
Speaker 4: there's a lot that falls on your. Plate And i'm
Speaker 4: sure there are probably some things that you really really enjoy,
Speaker 4: doing and there are probably some things you're, like where
Speaker 4: does where does the negotiation of a contract kind of
Speaker 4: fall in for?
Speaker 5: You, HONESTLY i mean we joke about. IT i really
Speaker 5: enjoy every aspect of the, job and it's you understand
Speaker 5: you're going to be involved in a number of different
Speaker 5: things and you try not to get too immerged or too.
Speaker 5: EMOTIONAL i guess understand it's a part of the. Business
Speaker 5: so contracts or, contracts you're going to negotiate those. Contracts
Speaker 5: the goal of a contract negotiation is to kind of
Speaker 5: have an agreement where everybody feels good about, It like
Speaker 5: you don't why not trying to build up any animosity
Speaker 5: on either. Side, look we'll talk to. Anybody a really
Speaker 5: good working relationship with the. Agents i'd say my negotiating
Speaker 5: style is kind of a bottom line kind of. Style
Speaker 5: so SOME i don't want to hem in hall like all, Right,
Speaker 5: hey we're generally going to be in this. Ballpark here's
Speaker 5: the reason. Why, okay we can either arrive at an
Speaker 5: endpoint or if we, can't no hard, feelings then we
Speaker 5: move on to the next player or understand you know
Speaker 5: what's in front of. Us so it goes to the.
Speaker 5: TERRITORY i wasn't necessarily taught how to negotiate some of.
Speaker 5: This you got to figure out on your. Own that's
Speaker 5: kind of HOW i. Learned AND i think you just
Speaker 5: want to be able to communicate, clearly here's your, position
Speaker 5: but you also have to listen and have an understanding
Speaker 5: of the position on the on the opposing, side and
Speaker 5: they just try to fit and try not to be too.
Speaker 5: Stubborn try to be flexible and try to maintain a
Speaker 5: good working relationship because at some point the agent may
Speaker 5: have another player that comes along further down down the,
Speaker 5: road so you don't want you want to make sure
Speaker 5: you have a good working. Relationship BUT i think everybody
Speaker 5: that deals with, us whether it's an agent or even
Speaker 5: with other, teams they kind of know how we.
Speaker 1: Operate, nick let's talk about the offensive line a, bit
Speaker 1: because you made some additions and you bring ed back
Speaker 1: And trent brack, back but collectively it looks like it's
Speaker 1: a lot better so.
Speaker 2: FAR i know we're really early in this.
Speaker 1: Thing you want to see them in, pads but you
Speaker 1: could see the, attitude just the vibe of the whole
Speaker 1: thing feels a lot better and.
Speaker 5: Different, YEAH i think that group, OVERALL i mean there's
Speaker 5: a toughness and physicality about, them AND i, mean, honestly
Speaker 5: the mental component of playing offensive line kind of supersedes
Speaker 5: maybe as much as. Anything so the physical component is
Speaker 5: a big part of, it but the mental. Component because
Speaker 5: things happened pretty, Quickly fronts are gonna, change calls are gonna,
Speaker 5: Change we're gonna have to make adjustments to the. Line of,
Speaker 5: scrimmage who can handle that and who can get that
Speaker 5: information to communicate it to one. Another so they spend
Speaker 5: a lot of time. TOGETHER i mean it's five a is.
Speaker 5: ONE i, mean it's just not about one. Individual they
Speaker 5: all have to work in unison because there's a lot
Speaker 5: of things that happen during the course of the. Play
Speaker 5: but really good group have a good. ATTITUDE i, Mean
Speaker 5: cole has done a really good. Job a certain standard
Speaker 5: and expectation of what we want from that, group and
Speaker 5: they understand what that. Entails Kind of going back to
Speaker 5: your earlier, Question, mark it's kind of a mixture of
Speaker 5: some younger players with some players that have some lef veteran,
Speaker 5: experience whether it's people that have been here in our
Speaker 5: system or In braden's case Or Evan brown's, case have
Speaker 5: played a lot of good football for other.
Speaker 4: Teams you, Know i'm contractually obligated to ask you about
Speaker 4: the draft and or. Rookies so since the draft has
Speaker 4: already taken place and we have our, ROOKIES i want
Speaker 4: to ask you about one in, particular BECAUSE i know
Speaker 4: it was one that was kind of talking point out.
Speaker 4: There That's Marlin klein grew up In, germany comes over,
Speaker 4: here then you speak the, language plays ball In. Georgia
Speaker 4: then he goes To. Michigan he's, THERE i think four
Speaker 4: or five, years whatever it, is had the full. Allotment
Speaker 4: there comes. Here we don't need a chance to see
Speaker 4: him much In ota mini. Camp then we watch him
Speaker 4: yesterday and it's like. Whoa you get up next to
Speaker 4: him and you realize he's got size and you see the,
Speaker 4: speed you see the.
Speaker 3: Athleticism what did you guys.
Speaker 4: See In Marlon klein that made you guys want to
Speaker 4: go get him in the second?
Speaker 3: Round?
Speaker 5: Nick, yeah those things that you Articulated. John and he's
Speaker 5: a really good. Kid he's got a really interesting. Story
Speaker 5: he's a smart. Kid he was in a really good
Speaker 5: program for a number of. Years he still has some like,
Speaker 5: say developmental qualities in, him but good, work ethic and.
Speaker 5: Mindset he's, smart has some physical traits that we thought
Speaker 5: would translate to our. Situation so he's been really good
Speaker 5: to work. With we'll probably hopefully we'll be able to
Speaker 5: see a little bit more of him in training camp
Speaker 5: and the spring was kind of limited there a little,
Speaker 5: bit but he's been great to work. With overall that,
Speaker 5: group they've had the right, Attitude they've had a right.
Speaker 5: Approach in reality is they just got to take it
Speaker 5: one step at a time because this is new for
Speaker 5: them as, well even though they've been in. College but
Speaker 5: training camp in THE nfl is different in. College so
Speaker 5: there's gonna be an acclamation period and adjustment period for
Speaker 5: all those.
Speaker 1: Players, nick how helpful is it to have the year
Speaker 1: one to year two improvement With Nick keley coordinating the
Speaker 1: offense AND cj working with him for an entire season
Speaker 1: offseason and here we go in twenty twenty six And
Speaker 1: davis two also.
Speaker 5: Ramp, yeah anytime you have a chance to go through
Speaker 5: a full, cycle it's just. Everybody it's not. NEW i,
Speaker 5: mean you understand the, Terminology you understand the coaching points
Speaker 5: on certain, plays how we package, plays what we're trying
Speaker 5: to accomplish on each. Play so you're that much further ahead.
Speaker 5: Now you're just kind of fine. Tuning and maybe we've
Speaker 5: made some changes in the offseason that we feel are
Speaker 5: going to help us, offensively whether it's a call or
Speaker 5: a concept that you're trying to marry up with. Something
Speaker 5: BUT i think anytime you go through, something one at
Speaker 5: least once you deal with the, ups you deal with the,
Speaker 5: downs and then you move. Forward but you, know it's
Speaker 5: like our, program we're a lot further along now than we,
Speaker 5: were let's, say In demko's first. Year so that's just
Speaker 5: a natural revolution that takes. Place.
Speaker 3: NICK i know you talked about this at your presser.
Speaker 4: YESTERDAY i think Every houston media member was like sitting
Speaker 4: on The Tank dell. Question so we'll go ahead and
Speaker 4: get it out here With, TANK i think we want
Speaker 4: to ask it from this perspective when we saw him
Speaker 4: go down Against Kansas City.
Speaker 3: MARKET i talked about that, yesterday.
Speaker 4: Not understanding at that point how long it might, take but, knowing,
Speaker 4: okay that seemed pretty significant in your, opinion what you've
Speaker 4: Seen tank do to get ready to even be in this.
Speaker 4: Position what does that say About tank and what do
Speaker 4: you kind of see the outlook For tank being in
Speaker 4: the next few weeks going on to the rest of training.
Speaker 5: Camp and it says a lot about. Him, honestly the
Speaker 5: mental strain that he endured was probably as much as
Speaker 5: the physical strain that he went through relative to the.
Speaker 5: Injury so that level of mental toughness TO i, mean,
Speaker 5: essentially have football taken away from you for a full,
Speaker 5: season but to continue to push and put yourself in
Speaker 5: a position where you have opportunity says a lot about
Speaker 5: who he is as a human, being and we felt
Speaker 5: that way when we drafted. Him just this is a
Speaker 5: really special human being and a special. Kid he's working
Speaker 5: himself into position physically where he should be able to
Speaker 5: go out there and do some things on the football.
Speaker 5: Field so you, know really a credit to him and
Speaker 5: the credit to our training staff and medical staff that
Speaker 5: he's at least in this position to have an opportunity
Speaker 5: to potentially help our football.
Speaker 1: Team, WELL i want to ask you about depth at
Speaker 1: receiver and linebacker because NO.
Speaker 2: Ej, speed but you've known that for a.
Speaker 1: While jalen has whatever injury and he's out a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks or.
Speaker 2: Whatever it's gonna.
Speaker 1: Be but that's an opportunity for some young young guys
Speaker 1: to come. Up And Lewis, bond you drafted, him played
Speaker 1: for AN nfl coach And bill O'Brien and the other
Speaker 1: guys have a chance to move.
Speaker 2: Up and same with the.
Speaker 5: Linebackers, yeah for, sure you Know Lewis bond's and players
Speaker 5: is probably gonna have an opportunity to get a few more.
Speaker 5: Reps you, KNOW i Think hutch has shown his versatility
Speaker 5: through the. Years he's kind of a wherever you need
Speaker 5: him player and he's always come through for. Us so
Speaker 5: and you, Know Jay, Watt Justin watson has a number
Speaker 5: of years of, experience has been in our, system so
Speaker 5: he's played GOOD nfl. Football and then at the linebacker,
Speaker 5: spot you, know there is you, know we think there's
Speaker 5: some pretty good depth. THERE i, mean we'll see how
Speaker 5: it goes With wade And Aidan, fisher but those are
Speaker 5: two young players that you, know we like and had
Speaker 5: affinity for. It, Say henry's probably had as good of
Speaker 5: an offseason as he's had since he's been. Here he's
Speaker 5: a good football player that he's. Improved so it just
Speaker 5: creates it's unfortunate when the player sustains an injury or
Speaker 5: has a, setback but it also creates an opportunity for another,
Speaker 5: Player and in the, end it's up for the players
Speaker 5: to capitalize on those opportunities when they're.
Speaker 4: Presented when there are veterans around the, League, nick you
Speaker 4: got a lot of opportunities to watch. Him you got
Speaker 4: all whatever you know they did the year before and
Speaker 4: the year before, that guys have been around five six.
Speaker 4: Years you got a lot of opportunities to see guys
Speaker 4: on film and find out what they're all, about et.
Speaker 4: Cetera But Dave montgomery we had a chance to see
Speaker 4: in the joint practice last year as he walks by.
Speaker 3: Us we got a chance to see them in a joint.
Speaker 4: Practice it's another opportunity and a unique opportunity to see
Speaker 4: how a guy works during a, practice et. Cetera did
Speaker 4: you learn anything kind of Observing? David AND i know
Speaker 4: that wasn't the reason for going To detroit last, Year
Speaker 4: but was that any part of the decision to go
Speaker 4: and trade For david and bring him.
Speaker 5: Here, yeah the whole profile On david IS i, mean
Speaker 5: he's an absolute. Stud he was that way coming out
Speaker 5: Of Iowa. State he had a really good track. Record
Speaker 5: he had been a productive. Player what was In chicago
Speaker 5: and In. DETROIT i Mean detroit's build program is similar
Speaker 5: to our, program built on toughness and. Physicality so how they,
Speaker 5: play how we, practice you, know to be able to
Speaker 5: play for Coach campbell And Brad holmes in that, Program,
Speaker 5: okay that type of player is probably going to have
Speaker 5: a good chance to hopefully have some success in our,
Speaker 5: system but he's an ultimate. Professional doesn't really say. Much
Speaker 5: he kind of lets his actions do the talking for.
Speaker 5: Him but you, know we're excited to Add david to
Speaker 5: the team and looking forward to what he's gonna bring
Speaker 5: to the.
Speaker 1: Family, WELL i interviewed him when you signed, him and
Speaker 1: he gave us a cut that we put on social,
Speaker 1: media and it just made me stand up straight in my.
Speaker 2: Seat it was very. Intense he's an intense.
Speaker 1: Guy underneath it, all and obviously the overtone on the,
Speaker 1: Field nick and that shared with THE o line and
Speaker 1: maybe Even Foster moreau who you brought.
Speaker 2: In you really were looking for this kind of.
Speaker 5: Thing, Yeah i'd say any off season like toughness and
Speaker 5: physicality in that. MINDSET i, mean it was something that you,
Speaker 5: know we're our team is built on. That so who
Speaker 5: are the players that are out there that we feel
Speaker 5: can add to that? Component like we got a lot
Speaker 5: of tough dudes on this team, already but any and
Speaker 5: toughness physicality winning this. League so the more of those
Speaker 5: players you have on your, team at least it gives
Speaker 5: you That i'd say mentality and mindset when you walk
Speaker 5: on a football Field.
Speaker 4: Niko always intrigue for your position as you go through
Speaker 4: a training, camp because you've got some guys that are
Speaker 4: fighting and battling for a starting. Spot you have some
Speaker 4: guys that might be rookies just, looking you, know to
Speaker 4: develop their. Game you've got some that might be fighting
Speaker 4: to make the. Roster so you've got all these different.
Speaker 4: Components And i'm sure as you're watching, it you're watching, Guys,
Speaker 4: okay this guy's.
Speaker 3: Developing you, know how's this competition?
Speaker 4: Going how do you balance all of that in the
Speaker 4: Evaluation AND i know what we've talked about a lot. Before,
Speaker 4: hey ninety, guys here we get sixty. Nine you know
Speaker 4: with the sixteen practice, squad everybody here has got to.
Speaker 4: Contribute but how do you balance all of those different
Speaker 4: evaluation touch?
Speaker 5: Points if you, Will, no that's a thousand dollars. Question
Speaker 5: that's what you're trying to, do and you just have
Speaker 5: to understand what are you trying to, Accomplish what do
Speaker 5: you need to see from certain? Players and what more
Speaker 5: information do we need so we can make the right.
Speaker 5: Decision we have call it for six weeks or how
Speaker 5: many weeks we have in front of us. Here it's
Speaker 5: a short period of. Time but it's a combination of the,
Speaker 5: spring it's combination of training. Camp, obviously the evaluation Of
Speaker 5: henry is going to be different than the evaluation Of Aiden.
Speaker 5: Fisher they're just at different stages of their career to
Speaker 5: your pointch on. It so you're trying to balance that
Speaker 5: off and there's a short term. Component here's where the
Speaker 5: player is, now and then you're trying to balance off, well,
Speaker 5: okay six months from, now where do we think that
Speaker 5: player is going to. Be so that's kind of what
Speaker 5: we're going. Through, look the reality is like the, Team
Speaker 5: we kind of know what the team is going to look.
Speaker 5: Like some of this is going to be roster mechanics
Speaker 5: and just sort of. Positioning so let's just make sure
Speaker 5: that we can get a good evaluation of the players
Speaker 5: that we need to see so we can make the
Speaker 5: right decision when we have to make that, decision you,
Speaker 5: know later In.
Speaker 2: August all, right he had the thousand dollars.
Speaker 1: Question i'm going for the million dollar statement, Here, nick
Speaker 1: because we talked About montgomery and how much you liked
Speaker 1: him coming, in but signing him also told us and
Speaker 1: what else you did or did not do?
Speaker 2: It running, back you really Like Woody.
Speaker 1: Mark's year, Two you really like What Jawar jordan can
Speaker 1: possibly do for you and down the line With british et.
Speaker 5: Cetera, yeah those players helped us win games last, year
Speaker 5: those two players you Mentioned, mark SO i Mean woody,
Speaker 5: REALLY i mean we had to probably lean On woody
Speaker 5: a little bit more than maybe we had, anticipated just
Speaker 5: kind of given the. Situation but he played a lot of,
Speaker 5: football played a lot of really good, football and every
Speaker 5: times he was the best. Back him And nick really
Speaker 5: were the two players that kind of played the. Most
Speaker 5: and Then jawar is a good example of a player
Speaker 5: kind of going back to What johnny, said like there's
Speaker 5: a players on a practice, squad gets an opportunity to
Speaker 5: go in a game and then he produces and he's
Speaker 5: had a really good. Offseason so we'll kind of see
Speaker 5: how it. Goes but that, group they kind of compliment one,
Speaker 5: another all kind of different in terms of what they
Speaker 5: bring to the. Table you, know if that's a if
Speaker 5: there's a player out there that we feel can enhance
Speaker 5: it overall, group then we'll look at it just like
Speaker 5: we would any other. Position but, overall you, know we've
Speaker 5: a combination of we got some pretty good young. Players
Speaker 5: we go to a veteran And, david so we'll kind
Speaker 5: of see how all fits.
Speaker 4: Together, nick we had a Chance mark AND i did
Speaker 4: to chat With Jerry schlepinski was actually in the, rain
Speaker 4: but it was a really rivetant. Conversation we had fun
Speaker 4: talking to. Him what can you tell us About jerry
Speaker 4: as quarterbacks coast this?
Speaker 5: Year, Yeah jerry is a great human, Being number, one number.
Speaker 5: Two he's very, smart and he's a lot of experience in THE.
Speaker 5: Nfl he's had multitude of different. Roles he's got a
Speaker 5: really good demeanor and he's got a really good. Personality
Speaker 5: he understands the system very. Well he's been in a
Speaker 5: lot of, systems you, know whether it was here with
Speaker 5: The giants In New, England, Miami jerry's seen a. Lot
Speaker 5: and you, know he and Coach kayley have worked together.
Speaker 5: Previously so again you're just trying to making sure that
Speaker 5: you're kind of speaking the same, language you, know across.
Speaker 5: Positions but you, know Know jerry personally a long. Time
Speaker 5: he AND i were. TEAMMATES i don't think he ever
Speaker 5: dropped the pass THAT i threw to. Him so used
Speaker 5: to have these big elbow fads that he used to
Speaker 5: wear it coming out of the backfield as a full.
Speaker 5: Back but very, reliable very, dependable and really a great
Speaker 5: person who's a really good.
Speaker 1: Coach since we really didn't talk too much in the,
Speaker 1: offseason this jumped out to. Me you, know a lot
Speaker 1: of guys on your, staff on the coaching staff who
Speaker 1: interviewed other, places and a lot of guys are, back
Speaker 1: which is a great thing for The Houston, texans and
Speaker 1: those guys will get their shot at some, point but
Speaker 1: that's got to really make you feel good that they
Speaker 1: were wanted and yet they're back and helping you win football.
Speaker 2: Games.
Speaker 5: YEAH i, mean we're fortunate we've had success to the
Speaker 5: program and they've earned the, opportunity and it's a reflection
Speaker 5: on what the players have done and what they've been
Speaker 5: able to do with the. Players, so you, know everybody
Speaker 5: around the league kind of watches other teams and they
Speaker 5: have understanding of different, coaches so you, know it speaks
Speaker 5: a lot to them. Individually it says a lot about
Speaker 5: the staff That denko has put, together and at some
Speaker 5: point we know it's just no different than. Players you're
Speaker 5: probably gonna lose, players you're probably gonna lose some coaches
Speaker 5: along the. Way so part of our responsibility in job
Speaker 5: to make sure that we're instant late and we have
Speaker 5: an infrastructure in place that we can absorb a. Loss
Speaker 5: maybe it's, internally but then if we, can if we
Speaker 5: have to go look externally for a, replacement then we're
Speaker 5: prepared to do that as.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 4: NICK i don't know if you saw. This this is
Speaker 4: a couple of days after the. Draft it was on social,
Speaker 4: media SO i know how you feel ABOUT i probably.
Speaker 3: Missed, it but it.
Speaker 4: Was it Was Marlon klein's girlfriend or fiance or wife
Speaker 4: his significant other at the, time and she was doing
Speaker 4: one of those crazy get ready With me. Videos she
Speaker 4: was talking about an instance where SHE i think it
Speaker 4: was When michigan Played northwestern At Wrigley, field and she
Speaker 4: was talking About marlon made a. Play she got, up
Speaker 4: she got, excited and then these two guys started talking
Speaker 4: to her from, behind and she turned to talk to
Speaker 4: them and realized they were guys Wearing texans, logos and
Speaker 4: she was remarking about how much they knew About, marlon
Speaker 4: how much they knew even about. Her what does it
Speaker 4: say about the staff that they're getting kind of the
Speaker 4: every last, nugget they're sitting in the stands like behind,
Speaker 4: her then you really know they were behind.
Speaker 3: Her but what's it going to.
Speaker 4: Say about your staff that they're doing those type things
Speaker 4: that people are noticing how much work they're putting in
Speaker 4: to learn about those.
Speaker 5: Prospects, ultimately that's our. Responsibility so we're making a pretty
Speaker 5: significant investment in an. Individual so whatever we can do
Speaker 5: to make sure that we're making a right decision with
Speaker 5: the most information. POSSIBLE i was JUST i can't say
Speaker 5: enough great things about the work that our college scouts,
Speaker 5: do not only during the, fall but in the off.
Speaker 5: Season we continue to drill down and if we have
Speaker 5: to get more information or we have a question about a,
Speaker 5: player all, right let's go back and review it. Again
Speaker 5: you can't ever cover too many. Bases and they take
Speaker 5: a lot of pride in, that and you, KNOW i
Speaker 5: have a lot of respect and appreciation admiration for the
Speaker 5: work that they, Do like we wouldn't be the program
Speaker 5: and we wouldn't draft the players that we do without
Speaker 5: the work of those.
Speaker 1: Visuals all, Right, nick The dimico speech in the, meeting
Speaker 1: are you a? Go So johnny AND i are THINKING t,
Speaker 1: Shirts we're thinking a. PERIL i don't know where your
Speaker 1: head is at with, This, nick but that was Something we're.
Speaker 5: Gonna start some merch sales here of. Practice SO i,
Speaker 5: Mean demiko's a go every, day so you don't have
Speaker 5: to worry about. That so hopefully you know he feels
Speaker 5: the same way about. Me BUT i think we're both
Speaker 5: both to go each.
Speaker 1: Day we know you're, ago but you had that break
Speaker 1: between mini camp and training, camp so you probably took
Speaker 1: off with the.
Speaker 2: Family so share with us what was the cheap?
Speaker 7: Meal?
Speaker 2: NICK i know you. Did Oh, god you're getting to.
Speaker 5: The engage in a few desserts with wet. Ba So
Speaker 5: i'm A i'm a waffle cone with no ice cream
Speaker 5: or you, know, empty just the. Waffles WHEN i go,
Speaker 5: In i'll take a waffle. Cone they'll, say, well what
Speaker 5: flavor ice cream do you? WANT i, said, no, no, NO
Speaker 5: i don't need any. ELSE i just want the. Cone
Speaker 5: so THAT i guess that's kind of.
Speaker 3: Mine my wife will do.
Speaker 4: That my wife will do, that SO I I i
Speaker 4: TOTALLY i totally understand that, One.
Speaker 2: Like that's all the. Carbs you could just get the
Speaker 2: ice cream and a.
Speaker 5: DISH i left my girls handle all that they, get
Speaker 5: they get the gummy bears on top and the, sprinkles
Speaker 5: and that CAN i get To, yeah, sure go. Ahead
Speaker 5: now we know.
Speaker 4: You're never one hundred percent unplugged to the extent that
Speaker 4: you can during that.
Speaker 3: Break how important is?
Speaker 4: It because we Heard demiko talking about how you Nick
Speaker 4: keyley would text him and because like, Dude i'm on,
Speaker 4: Break we're on, break go, relax can? YOU i know
Speaker 4: you can't ever get one hundred percent, unplugged but when.
Speaker 3: You, can how? Refreshing how much does that help? You in?
Speaker 5: Particular, NO i second kind of What demko said or.
Speaker 5: Expressed the reality is we all need time away from
Speaker 5: what we do just to kind of clear our minds
Speaker 5: and clear our. Heads and you need to, Reset you
Speaker 5: need to. REFRESH i, MEAN i, KNOW i mean basic, sleep,
Speaker 5: nutrition all, exercise all those things are. Important SO i
Speaker 5: think everybody has a tendency during their time off to
Speaker 5: focus on those things and have a heightened. Awareness, well
Speaker 5: the reality is when you come back into the building
Speaker 5: and when you, start that shouldn't. Change so you have
Speaker 5: to be. Disciplined you have to be intentional about. It
Speaker 5: BUT i Mean i'm very, Intentional LIKE i DON'T i
Speaker 5: try not to communicate very much With demico over the
Speaker 5: summer unless we absolutely have, to Because i'm trying to
Speaker 5: be respectful of his time and our time away and
Speaker 5: keep the focus, elsewhere which is where it should be
Speaker 5: on a family and on a day to Day and
Speaker 5: so to your, Point, JOHNNY i try to kind of
Speaker 5: not pay too much Attention i'd, say honestly over the,
Speaker 5: summer kind of simplified and just trying to focus day
Speaker 5: to day and the things that were really relevant and are.
Speaker 5: Important try to do a lot of, reading try to
Speaker 5: stay in certain, routines exercise and all those types of.
Speaker 5: Things but the priority is To you're still always, Learning
Speaker 5: you're still kind of thinking through some, things but there's
Speaker 5: just not the sense of Heightened it has to be
Speaker 5: done in such a timely basis because once we come
Speaker 5: back here every day is going to change what you're. Reading,
Speaker 5: Actually i'm reading a book right now about, college so
Speaker 5: our oldest is going to be a. Junior Rick edelman
Speaker 5: has a book and it basically kind of paints a
Speaker 5: picture about college and kind of of, like, well does
Speaker 5: everybody need college and just kind of understanding what goes
Speaker 5: in the costs associated with, it So i'm reading. THAT
Speaker 5: i Read rory McIlroy's biography or autobiography By Alan, schipknunk
Speaker 5: WHICH i, Thought i'm pretty. INTERESTING i read another book
Speaker 5: it was called An Infinity machine By Sebastian malaby Or
Speaker 5: halliby was About Demisi, sabist who's a founder Of Deep MIND.
Speaker 5: Ai SO i kind of have some very interest over
Speaker 5: the course of, summer but just trying to film my
Speaker 5: mind with some good thoughts and maybe there's something that
Speaker 5: has an application that we might be able to utilize
Speaker 5: here with The.
Speaker 2: Texans next, Show i'll ask you About Bryson. Deshambeau good, caller.
Speaker 1: Bad calls to the Open, anyway we won't do that, Today,
Speaker 1: nick thanks so.
Speaker 5: Much bryson needs to stay off of YouTube golfoks.
Speaker 3: Life with that, now.
Speaker 5: Which actually actually, SO i had an opportunity to play
Speaker 5: With bryson at The Pro am a couple of years
Speaker 5: ago When live was In, houston and he was actually
Speaker 5: a great. Dude, yeah like very, personable very, talkative took an,
Speaker 5: interest actually talked about The. Texans he's A cowboys, fan
Speaker 5: so you, know we were kind of going back and
Speaker 5: forth on football a little. Bit but he's very. Like
Speaker 5: those guys are like they're playing another. GAME i know
Speaker 5: we played. Golf, yeah they're playing a different sport.
Speaker 1: Altogether but is it ridiculous when you're playing with him
Speaker 1: and he tees.
Speaker 5: Off it's just how they hit the, ball and it's
Speaker 5: just the sound off the. CLUB i, mean it's a
Speaker 5: lot different than WHEN i hit the driver off AT.
Speaker 2: Ta. Yes, Sure, nick thanks a lot for joining.
Speaker 5: Us thanks, wells appreciate.
Speaker 1: You there's executive vice president and general Manager Nick cassio coming,
Speaker 1: up the speech of the. Season, okay we're only two
Speaker 1: days in the, camp but it was awesome and it's
Speaker 1: next By Demiko. Ryans what he said to the team
Speaker 1: as camp got. Underway It's Texans All, access all. RIGHT
Speaker 1: a couple of things on the way out here tonight
Speaker 1: On Texans. Radio first of, all we mentioned This Demiko
Speaker 1: ryans for the first time. Ever our video crew got
Speaker 1: into the team meeting room and this is the meeting
Speaker 1: that launches training. Camp so it Happened tuesday and we
Speaker 1: put this out on social. Media johnny AND i played
Speaker 1: this this. Morning Demiko ryans Referencing artemis two journey around The,
Speaker 1: moon FIRST us space launch that goes beyond the inner
Speaker 1: orbit since nineteen. Seventies there's all this information on. It
Speaker 1: but the head coach brought this into play as an
Speaker 1: example as inspiration for what the team could and should
Speaker 1: be doing this.
Speaker 2: Season let's hear.
Speaker 7: It one thing you, Know i've thought about SINCE i
Speaker 7: was away as. Man let's think about, this, like what
Speaker 7: are you doing to?
Speaker 5: Prepare, right it's all about their. Preparation camp is all about.
Speaker 7: Preparation what are you doing when nobody's, watching when nobody's
Speaker 7: clocking for? You what are you doing when you're not
Speaker 7: getting their? Palls no fans are out? There what are
Speaker 7: you doing to make yourself? Better what are you doing
Speaker 7: to make yourself?
Speaker 8: Success so part of this, too, right they're preparing for
Speaker 8: this launch three years prior they formed this, team all,
Speaker 8: right for them.
Speaker 5: To take this launch around the?
Speaker 8: Moon, coach what are you saying like WHEN i think about.
Speaker 7: A, spaceship WHEN i think about what they, did they
Speaker 7: went further that anybody's ever been. Before every person before
Speaker 7: they launched his. Mission every person has to give it a.
Speaker 7: Go and they, asked are you a?
Speaker 1: Goal?
Speaker 2: Coach what he's, saying, coach what he's talking?
Speaker 8: About?
Speaker 9: Right we got forty seven days until we, launched forty
Speaker 9: seven days until we Launched september, thirteenth in Our house
Speaker 9: against The, bills forty seven days until we. Launched how
Speaker 9: you prepared every single bend in every single day it.
Speaker 9: Matters and the QUESTION i have for you guys as
Speaker 9: simple as, this ask you guys. Itself ask this to
Speaker 9: yourself every, day every, walkthrough every, meeting every precision, chick
Speaker 9: every rep at. Practice and we want to take The
Speaker 9: texas organization to places has never been. Before if every
Speaker 9: man in this room is a, goal we'll do.
Speaker 2: That are you a?
Speaker 3: Go?
Speaker 1: Johnny AND i thought this morning let's MAKE t. SHIRTS
Speaker 1: i have. Chills this Is it's. AWESOME i love that.
Speaker 1: Speech and we're gonna be talking about this one for
Speaker 1: a long. Time if this season turns out to be
Speaker 1: the season we want it to be all. Right one
Speaker 1: more thing on the way out, Here Jalen petrie at
Speaker 1: the podium grew up In houston the pride of Stafford.
Speaker 1: Well offense making, plays defense making. Plays it's iron sharpens,
Speaker 1: iron is it not iron?
Speaker 10: Shopping and are every day out here in training camp
Speaker 10: is a game. Day so we're showing up and we're
Speaker 10: trying to like impose our will on, them and they
Speaker 10: trying to impose our will on.
Speaker 5: Us so with that being, said.
Speaker 10: The receivers have done a great job getting off the
Speaker 10: ball and run, plays pass, plays making everything look very
Speaker 10: congruent in the same, like they've done a great job at.
Speaker 10: That running backs are running, hard good routes out the.
Speaker 10: BACKFIELD cj is doing a good job dominating out of the,
Speaker 10: huddle making sure that everything is looking, smooth and emotions
Speaker 10: like everything is Looking, Chris, So i'm excited about what
Speaker 10: they're gonna bring this, year and it's been. Good obviously
Speaker 10: you're gonna have.
Speaker 5: Mistakes defense gonna have.
Speaker 10: Mistakes offen's gonna have, mistakes but it's about you, know
Speaker 10: coming going from one day to the next.
Speaker 3: Day so obviously we.
Speaker 10: Had some mistakes. Yesterday the offense had some mistakes. Yesterday it's,
Speaker 10: LIKE i already see them growing on stuff. Already so
Speaker 10: it's like that only forces you to sharpen your pencil as,
Speaker 10: well because if you, don't you ain't gonna, better you,
Speaker 10: know fit. In so, like, yeah they definitely keeping us
Speaker 10: on our toes and we're excited to go against them.
Speaker 1: Every, day all, right There's Jailing petrie to wrap it
Speaker 1: up for, us AND i got a lot more from.
Speaker 1: Him coming up tomorrow, Morning I'm Texans Training Camp live
Speaker 1: With John. Harris as will be on from eight to,
Speaker 1: ten right After sean And seth and right before in The.
Speaker 1: Loop can't wait for More Training camp action and activity.
Speaker 1: Tomorrow action and activity From area forty five coming your way.
Speaker 2: Next have a great, Night Go. Texans