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Speaker 1: What's happened?

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Speaker 2: Everybody?

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Speaker 3: Welcome into a money edition of Texans All Access from

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Speaker 3: the Honday Texans Radio studio, John Harris alongside the voice

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Speaker 3: of the Texans, Mark vandermir Mark.

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Speaker 1: It feels like we never left.

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Speaker 3: It feels like we've just been here for the last

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Speaker 3: forty eight hours straight.

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Speaker 4: Well, I did sleep a few hours. I hope you did. Johnny,

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Speaker 4: you were on the air forever. Sixteen hours of draft

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Speaker 4: coverage with you. It's very impressive. Congratulations once again. What

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Speaker 4: is this your eleventh draft with us and just doing it,

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Speaker 4: guns blazing, going crazy all weekend long Thursday, Friday, Saturday night.

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Speaker 4: I don't know about you, but after Friday night, I

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Speaker 4: feel like, okay, we could use this maybe three four

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Speaker 4: more hours. Nope, it's another seven eight hour day the

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Speaker 4: next day and that's when the bulk of the picks

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Speaker 4: were selected.

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Speaker 1: And you did a great job, my friend.

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Speaker 3: Well, I appreciate that and thank you for allowing me

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Speaker 3: to do that, because it's a blast every year. Thursday

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Speaker 3: night was great in hearing you though we didn't have

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Speaker 3: a first round pick, to get you know, the radio

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Speaker 3: crew together and just chop it up, talk about you know,

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Speaker 3: the Texans, and then what's were doing and evaluating teams

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Speaker 3: as they were going through, and obviously trying to figure

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Speaker 3: out what the Atlanta Falcons were doing and thinking and

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Speaker 3: trying to piece that all together. And what they did

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Speaker 3: was probably the shock of the first round. And obviously

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Speaker 3: Friday at the draft party was nice and hot and

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Speaker 3: steamy where we were, which was which was great, and

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Speaker 3: that that gets long, but had three picks there, and

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Speaker 3: then obviously on Saturday we had four picks. We had

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Speaker 3: three picks going in so fast in that seventh round

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Speaker 3: it's like we're on the phone it with Solomon Byrd

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Speaker 3: and all of a sudden, Marcus Harris, Landarius Henderson get drafted. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: so it was happening just I mean in real time,

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Speaker 3: it was. It was happening, you know, as fast as

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Speaker 3: you could imagine, even in those periods, those lulls, but

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Speaker 3: even Saturday when we just had a one pick with

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Speaker 3: Sean Pendergast and Cecil Shorts who were in me then

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Speaker 1: Then we had Kate Stover and so that was fantastic.

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Speaker 3: We'll play the edited version, and by editing, I mean

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Speaker 3: the bleeped out version, uh, because he said a word

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Speaker 3: that you're not supposed to say on radio.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, which I thought. Sean and Steff made a really

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Speaker 1: good point.

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Speaker 3: I was listening on Monday and they're like, you know,

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Speaker 3: the young people are on podcasts now, you could say

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Speaker 3: anything on the pod.

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Speaker 1: Say anything. It's true. It's a great point.

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Speaker 4: Their editor, their filter does not operate the same way

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Speaker 4: as when you and I grew up and you knew

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Speaker 4: you had the seven dirty words you couldn't say on

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Speaker 4: the radio or television.

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Speaker 3: George Carlin, thank you very much, and yeah, we get

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Speaker 3: used to that. And I was like, yeah, I said

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Speaker 3: joined the club. We've all been dumped before. It's happened.

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Speaker 3: We've all said a bad word on the air. We

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Speaker 3: try not to, but it happens. And Kate Stover got

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Speaker 1: Of the way. He got it out of the way

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Speaker 1: very easily.

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Speaker 3: And it was in a funny sequence because I had

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Speaker 3: asked him what he thought about coming to Houston and

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Speaker 3: got a smoker. He's just I built it myself. It's

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Speaker 3: was just fun to have that Kate stoverpick to be

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Speaker 3: able to talk to him. But overall, we're gonna get

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Speaker 3: to something here in a second. I'll explain a second.

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Speaker 3: But just overall, thirty thousand foot view looking at two things. One,

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Speaker 3: the draft itself, these nine players that they ended up signing,

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Speaker 3: and the team now about as complete as it could

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Speaker 3: be heading to training camp. Now that doesn't mean that

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Speaker 3: we could you two hours, you know from now at

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Speaker 3: or let guys go or whatever. But just in general,

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Speaker 3: the draft itself mark nine players that they picked, the

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Speaker 3: able to do this offseason and the way it looks

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Speaker 4: Well, with the draft, it's put another log on the fire, right,

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Speaker 4: more competition, more added depth. And Demiico used those words,

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Speaker 4: and I think it really hits home because if you're

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Speaker 4: a veteran on this team at any one of these

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Speaker 4: position groups where they drafted, you're thinking, oh, okay, they

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Speaker 4: drafted a guy in my group that adds to the

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Speaker 4: competition that gets everybody on alert. Not that they're not

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Speaker 4: an alert already, of course they are. This team has

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Speaker 4: high expectations all these players currently on the roster. Before

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Speaker 4: the draft, I've been hearing about it, hearing about how

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Speaker 4: great they're gonna be. Well, now you had a player

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Speaker 4: and this is what they want. They want internal competition

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Speaker 4: because it makes everybody better. So I thought that about

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Speaker 4: the draft and about the team. I really felt like

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Speaker 4: there's no one they drafted who takes some of the

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Speaker 4: It adds a little bit of intrigue, for sure, like

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Speaker 4: Blake Fisher on the old line, where's it gonna end up?

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Speaker 4: But we still have a team that had a lot

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Speaker 1: And you feel like, hey, they were who they were.

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Speaker 4: Nick Cassario said they could go out and play a

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Speaker 4: to it. There is some intrigue that we'll get into

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Speaker 4: it's in the weeds. I think there's nobody in this

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Speaker 4: Smith is going to be talking about it. Greenberg is

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Speaker 4: gonna be talking about it on the hot take shows.

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Speaker 4: There's no hot take stuff here, but it's relative to

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Speaker 4: this show and other sports Radio six ten shows, like

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Speaker 4: a Blake Fisher, What is he going to mean here?

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Speaker 4: How does Kamari Lassiter fit into the secondaries he's going

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Speaker 4: How will Jawar Jordan figure in? Is Damian Pierce gonna

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Speaker 4: but they're not national stories necessarily yet, absolutely not.

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Speaker 3: Before we get into we're going to the draft a

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Speaker 3: remind people if they've been away, they just got back

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Speaker 3: Texas put on a statement yesterday. How do a Tank

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Speaker 3: have been made aware that Tank Tell was a victim

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Speaker 3: of a shooting at Sanford, Flora last night. He's sustained

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Speaker 3: and he is in good spirits. We're in contact with

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Speaker 3: him and his family and will provide more updates when appropriate,

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Speaker 3: but we asked that you please respect his privacy at

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Speaker 3: this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved

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Speaker 3: the incident, sixteen year old open fire at a private

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Speaker 3: Seth made a really good point. I thought about this

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Speaker 3: which obviously Tank was already recovering from an injury and

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Speaker 1: Of course, both you and I lived in Florida, so

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Speaker 3: the exact same one. So some scary stuff there, and

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Speaker 3: obviously our thoughts are always with Tank and hopefully he's

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Speaker 4: And you're right, there's a football component here. Personal health

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna go in no order, but this caught my eye.

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Speaker 4: Undrafted free agents. Yeah, yeah, okay, the jack Rabbit twins. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: the the Yankees, Jayden and Jackson.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's interesting you bring them up. I have been

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Speaker 3: I've been watching South Dakota State for a while and

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Speaker 3: when they they've been a power in FCS for a while.

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Speaker 1: And so in the spring of twenty twenty one, they played.

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Speaker 3: Same Houston in the National Championship Game and that was

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Speaker 3: one at sam Houston won late in the game. Ifi

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Speaker 3: Day makes a great catching the end zone, Eric Schmid

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Speaker 1: Bearcats win the next two years.

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Speaker 3: So the twenty wasn't the twenty one season, but there

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Speaker 3: were those jack Rabbits played ten ten full games in

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Speaker 3: then thirteen games. They played twenty three games in the

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Speaker 3: calendar year twenty twenty two, they come back, they win

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Speaker 3: a championship. Twenty twenty three, they come back to repeat,

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Speaker 3: they repeat, They're they're good. The only thing really holding

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Speaker 1: Is just is it like jaw dropping speed?

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Speaker 3: Okay, like they're four they're like four four five, Like

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry, four five five guys, Yeah, kind of mid

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Speaker 4: But is this where I'm contractually obligated to bring up

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Speaker 4: Jerry Rice's forty times?

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Speaker 1: Four to seven, yeah, yeah, four seven.

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Speaker 3: So these two come in and the Texas didn't draft

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Speaker 3: a wide receiver. So the next the next couple in

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Speaker 1: So I like seeing it. I thought they were tough

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Speaker 3: I loved watching that team play, and I loved watching

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Speaker 1: So they're fun to watch. I think they're gonna be

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Speaker 3: Jones played when when Zach Zinter got hurt, we ended

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Speaker 3: My favorite pick is Jeuorge Jordan. When you take everything,

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Speaker 3: There's not a draft pick that can do that. And

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Speaker 1: And I know the guys in his room.

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Speaker 3: Damian Pierce is gonna have to now Juar Jordan's gonna

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Speaker 3: But there's really there's nothing to lose in drafting that

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Speaker 4: As far as my favorite player, Look, it's hard not

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Speaker 4: what would Demiico do? And it applies to all situations,

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Speaker 1: Okay, so I'm working on an article.

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Speaker 3: In fact, I've got this one finished for the AFC,

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Speaker 1: So what I did was I came up with four.

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Speaker 4: in the playoff game, right right. I mean this is

436
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Speaker 4: important to note huge Brev can make plays. We already

437
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Speaker 4: know about Dalton Schultz making plays, but there's definitely room

438
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Speaker 4: for another playmaker in that position group on a regular basis,

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Speaker 4: and that could be Cade Stover. So I think that's

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Speaker 4: the one that I would point to. I have a

441
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Speaker 4: dark horse, though, an honorable mention based on your reaction

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Speaker 4: and the reaction of some others.

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Speaker 1: Blake Fisher tackle from Notre Dame.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, and I've been asked about that today

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Speaker 3: in fact Landry text. I mean I said, look, there

446
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Speaker 3: was always talking about, oh, he's going to compete for

447
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Speaker 3: swing tackle. No, what I said was, he's not coming

448
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Speaker 3: to compete for the swing tackle job. You drafted the

449
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Speaker 3: second round you played Notre Dame. You're coming to compete

450
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Speaker 3: for playing time at all position on the offensive line.

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Speaker 3: I don't care where it is. You're coming to compete

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Speaker 3: for a position. I think that's what Blake Fisher is

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Speaker 3: gonna do. Mine was Kamari Lasster. I just feel like

454
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Speaker 3: he was one of my I mean, all the corners

455
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Speaker 3: were I loved ever, there were a lot of corners.

456
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Speaker 3: I loved individual aspects about last I loved his game.

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Speaker 3: The speed probably you know, pushed him down. I had

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Speaker 3: a number forty eight. He went at forty two. Okay,

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Speaker 3: number two, best Day three value picks. So everybody not

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Speaker 3: named Lasser, Fisher, Bullock, you may have answered it was

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Speaker 3: Stover from Ohio State.

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Speaker 4: You're sticking with that answer, you know, let's let's come

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Speaker 4: up with another answer, though. I think it's Jordan who

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Speaker 4: we mentioned earlier, because you get him in the sixth

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Speaker 4: round and he does have ability. And again, backs can

466
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Speaker 4: come from anywhere. It's not like, oh my gosh, how

467
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Speaker 4: did you find a quarterback in round five? In round six?

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Speaker 4: We know it happened once upon a time, and you know,

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Speaker 4: maybe some others. And Tony Romo was an undrafted free agent.

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Speaker 4: But let's stick to running backs here. Terrell Davis undrafted

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Speaker 4: correct or was he like a six round draft?

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Speaker 1: Six round round raft one?

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Speaker 4: You have backs sometimes coming from out of nowhere, and

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Speaker 4: it's no surprise. It's just some for some reason, this

475
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Speaker 4: guy could play. Look at what Damian Pierce did in

476
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Speaker 4: twenty twenty two. Look at what Steve Slayton did in

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Speaker 4: two thousand and eight. Those are fourth and third round

478
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Speaker 4: draft choices, respectively. You just don't know, so let's hope

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Speaker 4: for the best there. I think as far as value,

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Speaker 4: that has to go very high. Yeah, that was mine,

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Speaker 4: I said Jordan, for sure. I love his home run

482
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Speaker 4: hitting ability in the run, pass and return games.

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Speaker 1: Number three.

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Speaker 3: Now, this one's this is kind of tough, so it

485
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Speaker 3: kind of takes into your own definition and how you

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Speaker 3: look at it. The pick or picks that will surprise

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Speaker 3: people the most good or bad. I'll give you my

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Speaker 3: answer to give you a second to think. Okay, I said,

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Speaker 3: Fisher is going to play this year and significant contributor

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Speaker 3: he can play. I just don't I don't know where.

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Speaker 3: I don't know where he's gonna play, But that man

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Speaker 3: needs to be on a football field for the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 3: I think he's already at that stage. It's just a

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Speaker 3: matter of what position does he end up playing at

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Speaker 3: that point. I at the Saturday that I sat in here,

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Speaker 3: I got in here like eight thirty or so on

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Speaker 3: Saturday morning, and I just went and watched the Notre

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Speaker 3: Dame Ohio State game, and I said this during the broadcast.

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Speaker 3: I watched the not Name Ohio State game again. It

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Speaker 3: was the second time I'd watched it. But now I've

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Speaker 3: got ice focused solely on Blake and I'm watching him

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Speaker 3: go against Jack Sawyer, who is going to be a

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Speaker 3: top fifty pick next year. Adam, he might be much

504
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Speaker 3: higher than that, but he's gonna be Fisher shut him down.

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Speaker 3: Sawyer lined up as the left defensive end all night.

506
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Speaker 3: Sawyer had one tackle. One he didn sniffed the quarterback.

507
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Speaker 3: He didn't come close. He had one tackle.

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Speaker 1: That was it.

509
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Speaker 3: In the run game, he makes a block on it.

510
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Speaker 3: He made a combo block down on to Leake Williams

511
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Speaker 3: and then up to Steel Chambers. He knocked Steel Chambers

512
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Speaker 3: ten yards downfield. And it was just that in the

513
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Speaker 3: run game. Like seeing that finishing ability, and it was

514
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Speaker 3: That's all across his tape. So I like seeing that.

515
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Speaker 3: The picker picks in your mind, mark that will surprise

516
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Speaker 3: people the most good or bed well.

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Speaker 1: If Kaylen Bullock plays well, is that gonna surprise a

518
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Speaker 1: lot of people?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I think it might round safety and there will be

521
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Speaker 1: some opportunities.

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Speaker 4: Once upon a time, he drafted a safety in the

523
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Speaker 4: third round named Justin Reid and he's still in the

524
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Speaker 4: league playing at a high level as a couple of

525
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Speaker 4: Super Bowl rings with the Chiefs. Correct, And I get

526
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Speaker 4: why you didn't pay him, but it is what it is.

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Speaker 1: Right. In fact, was he released before the end of

528
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Speaker 1: that year in twenty twenty one? Who read Justin Reid? No,

529
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Speaker 1: he played through that year. He played through the year.

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Speaker 3: He played through that year, and they got a good

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Speaker 3: off agent.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, a free agent go to the Chiefs and you

533
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Speaker 4: know going into twenty twenty two, you were't gonna pay

534
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Speaker 4: Justin Reid at that time of life anyway. So let's

535
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Speaker 4: go here though, because Kaylan Bullock I think has the ability,

536
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Speaker 4: and I think the other thing is opportunity. You know,

537
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,800
Speaker 4: you can have ability, but is there opportunity to get

538
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Speaker 4: in Well, I don't want to see it happen this way,

539
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Speaker 4: but we all know that they played some safeties last year,

540
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Speaker 4: they played MJ, they played Eric. I mean, you were

541
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Speaker 4: down even lower or further into the depth chart. So

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Speaker 4: you have to look at that as an opportunity for

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Speaker 4: Kaylan Bullock, for whatever reason, to get on the field

544
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Speaker 4: and be able to make plays and make people smile.

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Speaker 4: Now I heard Sean saying this morning, you know, someday,

546
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Speaker 4: maybe Kamari Lassiter and Kaylen Bullock are starting in your secondary.

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Speaker 4: If that happens, If those two guys are starting in

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Speaker 4: the Texan secondary and they're good, you know, it's a

549
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Speaker 4: good secondary, it's a good defense.

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Speaker 1: That is a monumental draft score.

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Speaker 4: To have those players, two of your top three in

552
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Speaker 4: this draft, with no first round picks, as starters.

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Speaker 1: That would be awesome. But we'll see.

554
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Speaker 3: So this your answer, it's kind of the answer I

555
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Speaker 3: have to this question.

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Speaker 1: My final question, I've written.

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Speaker 3: Best position need filled immediately.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, let's go there. When I look, here's

559
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Speaker 1: talking about them going here's my answer.

560
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Speaker 3: My answer is just secondary lasser and or Bullock will

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Speaker 3: be starters in September for this defense. This isn't a

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Speaker 3: team and head a ton holes going into the draft,

563
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Speaker 3: but the dbs come the closest to being on the

564
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Speaker 3: field immediately, and it you know, my answer there doesn't

565
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Speaker 3: really kind of put in the caveat I did say it,

566
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Speaker 3: but it seem.

567
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Speaker 1: Doesn't have a lot of holes.

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Speaker 3: If we had to play a game September one before

569
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Speaker 3: the draft, or play a game before the draft, they

570
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Speaker 3: did it fine. They would have had they would have

571
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Speaker 3: had three or four training starters in the secondary. Yep,

572
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Speaker 3: they would have been ready to go. Obviously, health for

573
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Speaker 3: some guys, you know they're not. That's always a problem, right,

574
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Speaker 3: But you would have been pretty close to having a

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Speaker 3: full roster. Other years you'd have been like, I have

576
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Speaker 3: no idea who's playing this position?

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Speaker 1: No idea here. I don't know what they could do here.

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Speaker 3: I have felt pretty confident that the Holes, because of

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Speaker 3: the things they've done in the offseason, how they've drafted,

580
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Speaker 3: et cetera, that they felt pretty good going in. You

581
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Speaker 3: heard Nick talk about it, they would be okay going in.

582
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Speaker 3: But I still felt like last Er and Bullock, you

583
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Speaker 3: look at them to what you just said, kind of

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Speaker 3: echoing what you just said, they probably have the best

585
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Speaker 3: chance to get on the field earlier than later.

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Speaker 1: Well, our Lads.

587
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Speaker 4: Is a website that does NFL depth charts, right, So

588
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 4: guess who they have is starting nickel right now? Comar, Yes,

589
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Speaker 4: Lassiter is the starting nickel ahead of des King.

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Speaker 1: Now, look, I don't know what happens.

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Speaker 4: Ultimately, I love Desmond King and I want to see

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Speaker 4: him on this football team. Then they have Miles Bryant

593
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Speaker 4: and D'Angelo Ross, by the way, and they have Bullock

594
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Speaker 4: as a reserve safety. Behind Ward, they have Lonnie Johnson,

595
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Speaker 4: who we forget about sometimes, behind Jalen Petrie, then Eric Murray,

596
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Speaker 4: then m J.

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Speaker 1: Stewart.

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Speaker 4: They are as loaded at safety as.

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Speaker 1: I can remember. Johnny.

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Speaker 4: If Lonnie can do anything, yep, and I got a

601
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Speaker 4: feeling he can, because otherwise they wouldn't have him on

602
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Speaker 4: this football team. We already know Eric Murray can play

603
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Speaker 4: in spots for you is a safety. It's good special teams.

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Speaker 6: M J.

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Speaker 4: Stewart's saying thing. But to have Lonnie and Kalin ahead

606
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Speaker 4: of them. This is not in the Texans depth chart room,

607
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:50,959
Speaker 4: but it is on our lads, which is interesting.

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Speaker 1: It's just a conversation for the radio.

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Speaker 4: Nick's probably eye rolling like crazy if he's hearing this

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Speaker 4: right now.

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Speaker 1: And what name pader Mare? What are you doing?

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Speaker 3: And what name did Nick say or mentioned the other

613
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,439
Speaker 3: day when asked about I can't remember what the question was,

614
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,920
Speaker 3: but had something to do with, you know, last year's

615
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 3: draft picks, going from year one to year two and

616
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Speaker 3: all that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: He mentioned Brandon.

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Speaker 3: Hill, Yeah, he did, Brandon Hill and Brandon once he

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Speaker 3: got back healthy. Last year, he spent some time at

620
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Speaker 3: the nickel, he spent some time at safety. He was

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Speaker 3: gonna play special teams, but he was moving into both

622
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Speaker 3: of those spots.

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Speaker 1: So that's a guy that the staff is well aware of,

624
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Speaker 1: and he was a seventh round pick last year. It's

625
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Speaker 1: a great point. It's a great point.

626
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Speaker 4: I know he did that once upon a time with

627
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Speaker 4: Garrett Wallow, but then Garrett got hurt and couldn't live

628
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Speaker 4: up to the nick hyping him up in the offseason.

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Speaker 4: And I used that word hyping him up, Nick, not

630
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Speaker 4: you Nick praising him lagal praise for the amount of

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Speaker 4: work he can't put in positively mentioning, Yeah, that was good,

632
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 4: but it's definitely secondary. You threw a corner in there

633
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,199
Speaker 4: that we presume as a nickel, but we'll see what

634
00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,040
Speaker 4: they do. And you knew you needed some more depth

635
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 4: and more possible answers opposite Derek Stingley Junior with no

636
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 4: even Nelson you still have. You have guys like Mike

637
00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,440
Speaker 4: Ford on this football team as possibilities, but you have

638
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 4: Jeff Akuda, CJ.

639
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:08,000
Speaker 1: Henderson.

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Speaker 4: We'll see on all shakes out soon enough, when we

641
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Speaker 4: get out there for OTAs.

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Speaker 1: Oh, that's gonna be fun.

643
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:17,479
Speaker 3: It's also fun listen to these draft picks speak to us, well,

644
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 3: a few of them, including your newest Texan tight end.

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Speaker 1: We won't say he's got a potty mouth.

646
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Speaker 3: That just happens. It happens the rookies on the radio.

647
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Speaker 3: But Kate Stove is a great interview that we had

648
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Speaker 3: a chance to catch up with him. So we'll catch

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Speaker 3: up with him and others next right here on Texans

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Speaker 2: Of your Houston Texans.

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Speaker 3: Now, this next guy hopefully got some sleep over the

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Speaker 3: weekend to get ready to come to Houston.

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Speaker 2: Be part of this offense. Mister Cad Stover.

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Speaker 3: Now you're gonna hear from Cad, You're gonna hear from Kamara,

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Speaker 3: and you're also gonna hear from Blake Fisher.

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Speaker 2: But we're gonna start with Kate Stover because this is

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Speaker 2: one on Saturday.

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Speaker 3: You may have missed, and if you did, well, shame

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Speaker 3: on you, because this is one of the better interviews.

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Speaker 2: And it really got going at the end when.

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Speaker 3: We were about to cut it off and I looked

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Speaker 3: at Sean said, no, I'll give you one more question,

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Speaker 3: and well you'll hear that question here in a little

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Speaker 3: bit and then what happens, and then you'll hear the beep. Yes,

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Speaker 3: Kate Stover got got dumped, as we call it in

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Speaker 3: the radio. BIS looks having the best of them. I've

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Speaker 3: been dumb probably two or three times in my career.

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Speaker 2: So you know, Kate is one interview, one dump. It's

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Speaker 2: the way it goes.

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Speaker 3: So here we go, Kate Stover, learn a little bit

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Speaker 3: more about your new Texans tight end.

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Speaker 1: Getting into your car.

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Speaker 7: You're just tuning in the newest Houston Texan has been

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Speaker 7: selected with one hundred and twenty third overall pick. It

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Speaker 7: is Ohio state tight end Cad Stover and he joins

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Speaker 7: us now on the hotline, Kate, Welcome to Houston. I

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Speaker 7: would imagine we've saw the clip of you talking about

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Speaker 7: the Texans when you were at the combine and you

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Speaker 7: were interviewed.

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Speaker 1: Of course, we know you've got history with CJ. Stroud.

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Speaker 7: What was it like when the phone rang and I

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Speaker 7: would imagine there was a seven to one to three

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Speaker 7: or two eight one area code on that phone.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was really I mean it was a moment

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Speaker 5: you dreamed us since the kid, just to be able

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Speaker 5: to do it with a guy like CJ and the

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Speaker 5: coaching staff like the Texas have. Just I really don't

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Speaker 5: have your words. I'm still kind of it's still hiting me,

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Speaker 5: be honest with you right now.

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Speaker 3: I can imagine there are a lot of thoughts going

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Speaker 3: through your mind. Joining CJ again is pretty cool. But Kay,

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Speaker 3: we were talking about this earlier twenty twenty two Rose Bowl.

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Speaker 3: You're wearing a different number and you're playing a different position.

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Speaker 3: You're playing defensive end. How did play in defensive end

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Speaker 3: and playing on that side of the ball make you

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Speaker 3: a better tight end, I think.

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Speaker 5: The one, not just from the football standpoint of it,

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Speaker 5: mentally wise, I mean, I've been thrown through the ringer

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Speaker 5: here a lot of different spots, so I feel like

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Speaker 5: I'm kind of battle tested in that spot mentally. So regardless,

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Speaker 5: I kind of see the game through a defensive lens,

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Speaker 5: and I still I try and play offense like I

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Speaker 5: would like I would on defense. I have that chip

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Speaker 5: on my shoulder all the time, so they know it's pretty.

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Speaker 5: But we're gonna get it done.

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Speaker 1: Hey, you know what, Kate, talk to us about your

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Speaker 1: skill sets? What do you bring into the tight end room?

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Speaker 6: Tell some of the fans, Hey, what kind of player

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Speaker 6: you are and how you help the Texans.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I guess I would describe Mike I

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Speaker 5: just I mean, I'm a tough, hard nose throwback player,

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Speaker 5: and that's just kind of That's kind of what I've

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Speaker 5: prided myself. I only, you're going to get one hundred

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Speaker 5: percent of me every day in the Hunter and effort

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Speaker 5: all the time out of me. So I'm a good dude,

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Speaker 5: good locker room guy. You got to have a round.

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Speaker 5: So I'm just really excited to go and get into

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Speaker 5: everybody this great team.

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Speaker 3: Kay, I always state you did a lot of different things,

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Speaker 3: obviously different positions, but as a as a quote unquote

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Speaker 3: tight end, you're a move guy. You're beating an inline guy.

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Speaker 3: Play in h a little bit, you'd be a motion guy.

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Speaker 3: Where do you fit most comfortably as a quote unquote

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Speaker 3: tight end? Are you you feel better as a y

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Speaker 3: inline guy? Do you like to be the move guy?

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Speaker 3: How do you kind of look at yourself as a

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Speaker 3: tight end, Because there's a there's a lot of definitions

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Speaker 3: for what a tight end is nowadays.

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Speaker 1: Where do you kind of fall in that right?

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Speaker 5: To be honest with you, I'm kind of indifferent. I mean,

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Speaker 5: I feel I feel pretty comfortable in line. I feel

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Speaker 5: pretty comfortable split out. Also, I just kind of once

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Speaker 5: again to depend on what what this team needs to

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Speaker 5: win the ball games. That's what I'm gonna do.

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Speaker 7: Kate Stover, Ohio State tight end now Houston Texan tight

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Speaker 7: end joining us here on Texans Draft Live. Kate CJ's

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Speaker 7: talked a lot about how much Ohio State helped him

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Speaker 7: in his transition to the NFL, but a lot of

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Speaker 7: the stuff he talks about is very quarterback specific.

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Speaker 1: What give us your impressions. How is Ohio State?

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Speaker 7: How do you feel like Ohio State has prepared you

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Speaker 7: for this, this journey that you're about to embark on here.

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Speaker 5: Now, I tell you what, four years ago, five years ago,

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Speaker 5: when you first get there, you got really that you're

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Speaker 5: not a man yet, you're not even a I mean

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Speaker 5: you're barely a boy at that time, and you feel

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Speaker 5: like you're a grown man, but you're not. Now I

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Speaker 5: can completely say that. I mean, you're one hundred percent

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Speaker 5: grown man and adult that can handle his business all

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Speaker 5: the time on and off the field. It just helps you.

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Speaker 5: I mean, it's ran like an NFL program from what

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Speaker 5: I hear, so just I mean, meetings being on time,

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Speaker 5: just little things I get to some places, I guess

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Speaker 5: don't really put an emphasis on. I mean it was

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Speaker 5: a big deal for us, all of it, and just

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Speaker 5: the people I had at the coach to have Ohio

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Speaker 5: State and all those guys. I mean, I love, I

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Speaker 5: mean I love everything on one of those people in

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Speaker 5: that place.

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Speaker 7: What's the hottest that you've ever practiced in?

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Speaker 1: What's the hottest practiced.

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Speaker 6: That's gonna.

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Speaker 5: I'm not as hot as down there, It's for damn sure.

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Speaker 5: I'd say, maybe a couple of nineties the most.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that'll be I don't know if CJ's texted you, yeah,

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Speaker 7: but my prediction is that'll be one of the first

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Speaker 7: things he might mention too.

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Speaker 3: Okay, Kate, I got I got one for you. Okay,

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Speaker 3: you come to Houston. I don't know what you really

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Speaker 3: know about Houston, but you can come to Houston and eat.

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Speaker 1: Are you? Are you a barbecue guy? Is that something

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Speaker 1: that you mean? Are you what's what you're making?

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Speaker 5: I'm a massive barbecue guy. I actually have a built

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Speaker 5: a smoker at my house here. I actually know about so.

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Speaker 6: But it works.

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Speaker 1: Okay, is one for.

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Speaker 3: One and getting dumped in interviews.

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Speaker 1: We're not on a podcast here the radio. That's all right,

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Speaker 1: that's all right, No, it's all good.

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Speaker 3: I feel like perfectly into Texans culture. Three people on

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Speaker 3: the air right now have all been dumped at some point.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I wish.

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Speaker 1: Are you sure cal McNair didn't make this pic.

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Speaker 3: The fact that smoker, Oh yeah, I'm telling you, Kate

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Speaker 3: and cow On, the smoker is going to be something

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Speaker 3: that's gonna be a real thing.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, dude, if you're if you're at training camp and

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Speaker 7: the McNair's are there and you're looking for an ice

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Speaker 7: breaker to talk to Cal McNair, the owner of team.

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Speaker 7: Just bring up the smoker that you built yourself and

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Speaker 7: talk to him about that. The owner of the Texans

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Speaker 7: is a big fan of barbecue.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, there we go.

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Speaker 1: That'll be a great ice breaker. Yeah, there you go.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff.

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Speaker 7: Kate Stiver, tight End formerly Ohio State and now tight

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Speaker 7: End Houston Texans. Kate enjoyed the conversation. Safe travels when

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Speaker 7: you get here to Houston. Look forward to seeing you

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Speaker 7: out at OTA's in training camp.

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Speaker 2: Thanks a lot, guys, I appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: MAP tell you we have more fun with that particular

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Speaker 3: interview than I could imagine. But before we got Kate

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Speaker 3: on the air, I had a chance and got a

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Speaker 3: chance to break down Kate Stiver. Here's what I had

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Speaker 3: to say on Saturday after he's drafted. I think Bobby,

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Speaker 3: in his heart of hars probably would like to be

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Speaker 3: that twelve personnel team and have two tight ends on

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Speaker 3: the field that can both block, that can do some

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Speaker 3: different things. But then ooh, here comes to boot and

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Speaker 3: the keeper, where one of those tight ends can go

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Speaker 3: get open and do some of those things. That both

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Speaker 3: tight ends can get open. To be able to do that,

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Speaker 3: you gotta block somebody on the edge. So in my

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Speaker 3: heart of hearts, in the in the best version of

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Speaker 3: Cade Stover, he becomes that guy that you can have

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Speaker 3: on the field and eleven personnel and still run the

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Speaker 3: ball and he gives you some physicality to get the edge.

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Speaker 3: But he also off of eleven personnel can give you

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Speaker 3: some play action stuff.

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Speaker 1: But in twelve.

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Speaker 3: Personnel he can be the inline guy and you let

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Speaker 3: Dalton move, You let Dalton move, Kate can handle his business,

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Speaker 3: and that you really would like, and that kind of

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Speaker 3: opens things up a little bit more for the guy

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Speaker 3: you just paid some money to, Dalton Schultz who has

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Speaker 3: that synergy now with CJ.

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Speaker 1: Strout.

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Speaker 3: So I think in either twelve or eleven personnel, you've

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Speaker 3: got some different things and different looks that Bobby can

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Speaker 3: now show to to defenses down the road. All about

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Speaker 3: personnel groupings, baby, And because you have to worry about

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Speaker 3: so many personnel groupings, you go and you draft the

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Speaker 3: corner like Kamara Lassiter. We had a chance to catch

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Speaker 3: up with Kamari right after he was drafted out the

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Speaker 3: draft party. Mark Vandermer seth pain to myself interviewing the

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Speaker 3: Georgia Dog and now Houston Texans corner. Kamari, did you

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Speaker 3: have a feeling that it was the Texans? And how

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Speaker 3: do you think you'll fit in with what they've already

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Speaker 3: got here? A lot of sec guys in this on

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Speaker 3: this roster already. How do you think you'll fit in?

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Speaker 8: I feel like I'll fit in great, you know. I

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Speaker 8: feel like I'm ready to come in and learn from

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Speaker 8: the guys and uh just be able to know earner

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Speaker 8: respecting my teammates and my coaches.

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Speaker 9: What do you what do you remember for your conversations

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Speaker 9: with Damiko Ryans and Nick ca Sario.

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Speaker 8: I just feel like I remember, you know, when I

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Speaker 8: first met him, We had a like they made a

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Speaker 8: great impression on I feel like, you know, off the

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Speaker 8: rip of the road with somebody who I could come

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Speaker 8: in and play for and be able to just you know,

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Speaker 8: connect with Kamari.

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Speaker 1: What kind of player are the Texans getting?

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Speaker 4: What can you tell the fans about what you expect

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Speaker 4: from your style of play.

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Speaker 1: And how you'll fit in that way?

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Speaker 8: I'll say this is I'm I'm a I'm a dog

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Speaker 8: in real life. You know when I'm on that seal.

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Speaker 8: I probably myself on being physical. Last, and I just

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Speaker 8: I just really love the game of football. And you

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Speaker 8: can tell about you can say that by the way

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00:37:58,440 --> 00:37:59,880
Speaker 8: I played, You know, I play. I played with that

873
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:00,760
Speaker 8: August mon Taylor.

874
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:03,280
Speaker 2: I like how you say that you are a dog.

875
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 1: You're a dog in real life, You're a dog in

876
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 1: the field. You do a little bit of everything, all right,

877
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 1: Kamari zone man? What do you do best on a

878
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 1: football field?

879
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 3: If Houston fans haven't had a chance to see you,

880
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 3: what would you tell them that you do best on

881
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 3: a football field.

882
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,839
Speaker 8: I think what I do best on the football field

883
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 8: is that I played football. I can play zone man, tackle.

884
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 8: Whatever you need me to do, I'm ready to do it.

885
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 9: You said that you're you're gonna learn from the veterans

886
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 9: what you know. You have a lot of teammates that

887
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 9: have gone on to the NFL these last few years, obviously,

888
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 9: what have you learned from those guys about what to expect?

889
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:34,439
Speaker 6: You know? I just really learned.

890
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,360
Speaker 8: You know that whenever you go into situations like this,

891
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 8: the best thing you can do is be humble and

892
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 8: be your still and uh and your That's how you

893
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 8: you know in respect of your organization, you said.

894
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,439
Speaker 4: To the writers, Kamari that you really wanted to come

895
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 4: to Houston. Can you give us a couple of things,

896
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,440
Speaker 4: one or two that really made you want to be

897
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:52,440
Speaker 4: a Houston Texan.

898
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,960
Speaker 8: It's the environment, you know, the energy that the guy's

899
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 8: played with last season. I really enjoyed Washington Houston played football.

900
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 8: You know, it's a team, young team is ready to

901
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 8: step on, step on next next season. So I want

902
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:03,880
Speaker 8: to be a part of it.

903
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,440
Speaker 3: Kamari, what do you remember about the Peach Bowl a

904
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,800
Speaker 3: couple of years ago against one CJ.

905
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 2: Stroud? What do you remember about that night?

906
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 4: He all right, well you won the game, and we

907
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 4: won because we got Kamari Laughtter to be a Houston Texan.

908
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 4: Thanks so much for joining us. We can't wait to

909
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:26,760
Speaker 4: see you in action. Thank you, Kamari.

910
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 8: Thank you all.

911
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 3: And finally we had a chance to catch up with

912
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Speaker 3: Blake Fisher a little while later. We'll save some of

913
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Speaker 3: our interviews for tomorrow and Wednesday, but Blake Fisher sat

914
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Speaker 3: down with us.

915
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 2: The Avon, Indiana native right here.

916
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 4: Let's go to Blake Fisher right now, brand new Houston

917
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 4: Texan offensive lineman, Blake, you're on with Texan's Draft Radio.

918
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,720
Speaker 4: We are at the draft party downtown Houston right now.

919
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 4: What is your reaction being a Houston Texan? Tell the

920
00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:58,000
Speaker 4: fans what you think.

921
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 6: Man, I'm excited. I can't wait, so blessing the dream

922
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 6: come true to be back, you know, with my guy

923
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 6: Jared Patterson out there in Houston and comes to a

924
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 6: great organization. I'm blessed, I'm fectless. I'm just I can't

925
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 6: wait to get the work. I'm so excited.

926
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Speaker 3: Okay, Blake, let's answer this question. Let's get it out

927
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 3: of the way. You're from Avon, Indiana. Does that mean

928
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,879
Speaker 3: that you grew up as a Colts fan and now

929
00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 3: you have to despise them?

930
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 2: Or were you never a Colts fan? And we'll love you,

931
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:28,480
Speaker 2: We will love you the same. Yeah.

932
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 6: No, no, no, I was never a Colts fan. I just

933
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:32,800
Speaker 6: always kind of just play video games growing up. So

934
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 6: I played with the best team available. That not not

935
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 6: definitely not a coach fan.

936
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 1: Good answer, my friend, Good answer, Blake.

937
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:42,719
Speaker 9: Did you have a did you have any sense?

938
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 2: You know? We heard from CJ.

939
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 9: Stroud a while back he didn't think the Texans liked

940
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 9: him at all before they drafted him. Did you have

941
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 9: a sense that the Texans.

942
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 2: Might have a liked him for you? I didn't. I

943
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 2: did not.

944
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,400
Speaker 6: I met with them at the combine, I had a

945
00:40:58,400 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 6: formal and the hod of zoom with them a couple

946
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 6: of weeks go. And other than that, I did not have.

947
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:04,840
Speaker 6: I did not have any you know, inkling that it

948
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 6: could be the Texans or you know that they would

949
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 6: pick me up. But you know, God did. I'm very

950
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,359
Speaker 6: thankful and blessed that they did.

951
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: Blake.

952
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 4: Can you talk about your fit on this team or

953
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 4: on any NFL team as you saw it coming into

954
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 4: the draft?

955
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 2: Tackle?

956
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 1: Guard, definitely tackle. How do you see it?

957
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 2: Where do you think it's all.

958
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 1: Going to go?

959
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 6: For sure? You know wherever they want me to be,

960
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 6: wherever I fit in, you know best at We know

961
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 6: wherever I can come in and contribute. You know, I

962
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,280
Speaker 6: just want to, you know, gain the the the dependability

963
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,360
Speaker 6: and the trust of you know, of the guys, the coaches,

964
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:42,840
Speaker 6: the organization, and then we'll go from there. You know,

965
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 6: I just want to get there. Uh, you know, learn

966
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:48,799
Speaker 6: everybody's names. You know, you make a great, good first

967
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 6: impression on everybody and get comfortable and you know, just

968
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:54,000
Speaker 6: enjoy my new team.

969
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,800
Speaker 3: Blake, as I described you, I watched you for a

970
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,840
Speaker 3: couple of years in Notre Dame and people wanted to

971
00:41:57,920 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 3: know what.

972
00:41:58,120 --> 00:41:59,879
Speaker 2: I said. He's an athletic, people move.

973
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,360
Speaker 3: How would you describe yourself and how close did I

974
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 3: get to an apt description of your game?

975
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 6: I would say that's pretty good, man, I said, that's

976
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 6: pretty good. I would say, you know, he's dominant. I

977
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:11,360
Speaker 6: would also say, you know he's a versus til you

978
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,840
Speaker 6: can play left, he can play right. And I would

979
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 6: just say, you know, he's a smart football player. You

980
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 6: can see his IQ on film. He's explosive, he's strong

981
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 6: his lower body, you know, he has a good anchor

982
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 6: and and really really different within his sets that he

983
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 6: takes on, you know, opposing defensive ends.

984
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 4: Blake watching the Houston Texans last year, I know you

985
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 4: were busy with Notre Dame and you mentioned going with

986
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 4: the hot team and video games and all of that.

987
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:41,319
Speaker 4: But your thoughts on the Texans organization not from last

988
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 4: year necessarily, but where they're headed right now?

989
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:44,839
Speaker 2: What you know help?

990
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 6: Yeah, I would definitely just say that, Uh, you know,

991
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 6: I'm excited. You know they've you know, they turned it around.

992
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:53,479
Speaker 9: There.

993
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:55,879
Speaker 6: You know, they had really good players. You know, they've

994
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 6: got step On you know, some other good guys you

995
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 6: know that that are gonna help tribute and and then

996
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 6: I can't wait to come in and be a part

997
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 6: of that, you know, go to work. You know, I'm

998
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:07,920
Speaker 6: a competitor. Uh So I love, you know, just to

999
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 6: be you know, against the best. And you know that's

1000
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 6: you know, that's what it is. That's what it's looking like.

1001
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 4: All Right, Blake, we can't wait to see you in action,

1002
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,080
Speaker 4: OTA's rookie camp all of it.

1003
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us. Congratulations, Thank you.

1004
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:23,479
Speaker 3: That's gonna be an interesting one with Blake Fisher coming

1005
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 3: to town very very soon. Big thanks to Kate Kamara

1006
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,480
Speaker 3: and to Blake Fisher for joining us on the Draft

1007
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 3: Show and Draft shows throughout the weekend.

1008
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:33,640
Speaker 2: All right, we get back.

1009
00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:35,840
Speaker 3: We'll go around the NFL news and notes, things that

1010
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:37,520
Speaker 3: are happening around the league. We'll hit it next right

1011
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 3: here in Texans All Access. We all find a segment

1012
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 3: this funny adation of Texans All Access from the Honda

1013
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 3: Texans Radio Studio. I am your host, John Harris foot Planal,

1014
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 3: a sideline reporter. And still the Draft is you know,

1015
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 3: resonating over the weekend. Obviously, people still scratching your head

1016
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 3: and what the Falcons did with Michael Pennix Junior and others.

1017
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:03,359
Speaker 3: Here's how it went down. Most draft picks by schools. Now,

1018
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 3: the Texans added to this because they added one Michigan Wolverine.

1019
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:11,360
Speaker 3: Mister Wolverines had thirteen players drafted. How about that Texas

1020
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:15,280
Speaker 3: Texas Longhorns. It kind of showed up Steve Sharkejian getting

1021
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 3: players and developing them. Texas had eleven. Alabama, Flora State,

1022
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:27,320
Speaker 3: Washington all had ten each. Georgia came in next with eight,

1023
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:30,480
Speaker 3: tied with Oregon and Penn State, and obviously we ended

1024
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:34,760
Speaker 3: up with one Georgia Bulldog, one Oregon Duck. Notre Dame

1025
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 3: came in at tyed for ninth with USC. We had

1026
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 3: one from Notre Dame, two from USC. So we got

1027
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:47,239
Speaker 3: our draft picks from the powers Georgia one, Oregon to

1028
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 3: Notre Dame, three USC four five. So five to nine

1029
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 3: came from the top ten schools producing draft.

1030
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 2: Picks today's day that teams are taking up fifty.

1031
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 3: Year options and not surprising down Jacksonville, Travis etn and

1032
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 3: Trevor Lawrence. Both first round draft picks of twenty twenty one,

1033
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 3: they had their fifth year options picked up. The Falcons

1034
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:17,280
Speaker 3: have also picked up the option on tight end Kyle Pitts.

1035
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:21,800
Speaker 3: Texas did not have a twenty twenty one first round selection,

1036
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 3: so you don't have to worry about that picking up

1037
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:27,440
Speaker 3: the fifth year option because they didn't have one.

1038
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,840
Speaker 2: Worry about it. Next year, I guess next year of

1039
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:31,120
Speaker 2: the year.

1040
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:32,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, next year to be twenty twenty two, and hopefully

1041
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,640
Speaker 3: Derek Stingley is not only picking up the fifth year option,

1042
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 3: but hopefully getting resigned to a long extension that keeps

1043
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:43,520
Speaker 3: him here. This news coming out from Kansas City can't

1044
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 3: city at A I thought a pretty solid draft, adding xavier'

1045
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,000
Speaker 3: Worthy in the first round. They got jer Wiley at

1046
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 3: TCU tight end a little bit later who I really

1047
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:52,320
Speaker 3: really liked, got Jaydon.

1048
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 2: Hicks in the fifth round. That was ridiculous due that

1049
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:55,640
Speaker 2: dude could play.

1050
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:58,279
Speaker 3: I wouldn't be surprised against starting if he ends up

1051
00:45:58,320 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 3: starting next to Justin Reid.

1052
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,359
Speaker 2: Physical specimen six two to two, ten, can run, hit.

1053
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:06,000
Speaker 3: It's kind of not clean in any aspect, you know, missus.

1054
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 3: Some tackles doesn't wrap up so those things, but the

1055
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:12,440
Speaker 3: athletic profiles off the charts. But that's really kind of

1056
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:18,080
Speaker 3: the not so big news. The big news as it

1057
00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 3: pertains to tight end Travis Kelsey. He has renegotiated his contract.

1058
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 3: He gets extended for two years through twenty twenty seven. Now,

1059
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:34,719
Speaker 3: depending on how you classify extensions, contracts, or structures all

1060
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:39,720
Speaker 3: of that, Kelsey was set to earn thirty million dollars

1061
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 3: over the two year timeframe. But now he'll get up

1062
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:47,640
Speaker 3: to thirty four and a quarter million dollars, seventeen million

1063
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:53,440
Speaker 3: of which is guaranteed at this particular extension.

1064
00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 2: With this particular extension, So he's extended through twenty twenty seven.

1065
00:46:57,239 --> 00:46:59,680
Speaker 3: I guess if you dive into it, it's probably not

1066
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,840
Speaker 3: twenty five twenty six essentially, but probably gonna lower the

1067
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:07,719
Speaker 3: cap number I would imagine. But Travis kelcey going to

1068
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,600
Speaker 3: stay in Kansas City for a while.

1069
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 2: And that's not good. I didn't want to see that.

1070
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:15,040
Speaker 2: I didn't think he would leave. I thought he would leave.

1071
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:18,120
Speaker 3: In a retirement sort of way, not that he would

1072
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:19,760
Speaker 3: say no, I'm gonna go get money elsewhere.

1073
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:21,160
Speaker 2: Travis Kelsey's probably.

1074
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 3: Been one of the more underpaid players at his particular

1075
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,160
Speaker 3: not only his position, but at his level of player.

1076
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 3: I mean, you can make case Travis Kelsey's top ten

1077
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:32,279
Speaker 3: for the last eight to ten years and he's paid.

1078
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,719
Speaker 2: Like a top twelve tight end. So it's been kind

1079
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:35,359
Speaker 2: of shocking to see.

1080
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:39,560
Speaker 3: But Kelsey gets an extension and the Chiefs are happy.

1081
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:42,080
Speaker 3: Hopefully the Texas will go to Kansas City and burst

1082
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 3: that bubble. Baby, don't know when. Find out the schedule

1083
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 3: here in the next probably what two weeks, ten days

1084
00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:50,440
Speaker 3: to two weeks, and find out when we will go

1085
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:51,280
Speaker 3: to Kansas City.

1086
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 2: Are we the opener?

1087
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,959
Speaker 3: We'll find out big Thanks for everybody on this show,

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Speaker 3: thanks to Mark, Thanks to the guys Kate Stover, Kamari Lassler,

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Speaker 3: Blake Fisher were joining us after they were drafted.

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Speaker 2: To all of you for listen. We'll see next time

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Speaker 2: and it's always Go Texans.