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Speaker 1: Welcome everybody through Wednesday. Dinitioned Texans All Access from the

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio studio. Glad to be back in our digs

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Speaker 1: after a one night excursion out to food Ruckers last night.

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Speaker 1: Fun to be out there, but even better to be

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Speaker 1: back in studio. No burgers, no shakes. I know that

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Speaker 1: will disappoint our guest. I'm your host, John Harris, alongside

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Speaker 1: the man who well, when it comes to food Ruckers,

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Speaker 1: he has a plan. There's no question about that. You

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Speaker 1: hear our promos. The man has a plan. Well, Mark

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Speaker 1: Vandermer has a plan every time he goes to food Ruckers. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I do burger bacon, Swiss burger fries, half a shake,

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Speaker 1: split it with dep. I missed you guys last night

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Speaker 1: because there was a special Texans dinner in advance of

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Speaker 1: the special Texans Golf tournament. But the foundation on Monday,

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Speaker 1: and it was good. Brian Gang was out there, several players.

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Speaker 1: But I know you guys had fund at food Ruckers,

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Speaker 1: and you know I'll be out there soon enough, Johnny.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is it's funny because I said this

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Speaker 1: at the dinner last night. After the draft, you feel

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Speaker 1: like the year really gets rolling right now, here we

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Speaker 1: go OTAs in a few weeks, and before you know it,

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Speaker 1: long break the desert we call up between mini camp

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Speaker 1: I can feel it, you know, I can feel it.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sing, but I can feel it. It's

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Speaker 1: out there and you look at the squad. You're starting

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Speaker 1: to get a good picture of what this squad might

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Speaker 1: look like. But I wrote an article about this on

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Speaker 1: Houston Texas dot com. There are at least a couple

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Speaker 1: of position groups that are kind of you know, some

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Speaker 1: you have some luxury problems if you will in one

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Speaker 1: of them anyway, another one you really don't know what's

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Speaker 1: gonna happen, but it's gonna be interesting. We well, I

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Speaker 1: mean we talked Saturday during the draft, but you haven't

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Speaker 1: been on with me on Monday at Tuesday to really

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Speaker 1: kind of give your thirty thousand foot view. I know

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Speaker 1: you talked about in Vandermeer's view, but for those people

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Speaker 1: that like to listen as opposed to read your thirty

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Speaker 1: thousand foot overall view of the draft and twenty eighteen

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Speaker 1: for this team, well, you know, the draft is like this.

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Speaker 1: After the picks are made, you can build a case

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Speaker 1: for or against a lot of picks for every team maybe,

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Speaker 1: and we look at it from the Texas perspective, of course,

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Speaker 1: and you could say, all right, I could see how

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Speaker 1: this guy would fit here. I could see how that

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Speaker 1: guy would fit there. You gotta remember the listeners have

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Speaker 1: to remember, I know you know this, but that with health,

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Speaker 1: this is a really good team already. I mean, or

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Speaker 1: everyone has to agree at least a good team already.

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Speaker 1: You add pieces parts to a good team, and if

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Speaker 1: they're the right ones, you're going to elevate their level

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Speaker 1: of play even more. You know. So we've all said

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Speaker 1: this throughout the entire offseason. Health is crucial for this team,

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Speaker 1: especially to one individual in particular. But now you add

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Speaker 1: Justin Reid, who was really not expected to be there.

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Speaker 1: And I think Brian Gaine just thought, reads here, let's go.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's the number one guy on my board

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Speaker 1: had a group of players in mind, but red dropped

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Speaker 1: So I thought that was a really good pick right there,

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Speaker 1: I think people were surprised about the tight end. I

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Speaker 1: but everything that I've read and seen and I listened

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Speaker 1: to you and other people, they seem to think that

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Speaker 1: all works out. I mean, Jordan Aikins, I like what

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Speaker 1: a big dude. Yeah, that's a big dude. Now, obviously

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Speaker 1: whether it's why or you or f he probably can

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Speaker 1: need bodies in there. Andre texted me about Jordan Thomas

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Speaker 1: saying he really likes this pick. He see in Mississippi

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Speaker 1: he really thinks he's gonna fit in. Gain wants to

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Speaker 1: it got so ridiculous, will they with all the injuries

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Speaker 1: And we were joking about it with Bill O'Brien on

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Speaker 1: Gaine talked about want to. He has the want to.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's not just does he have the size,

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Speaker 1: they just didn't use them that way, all right, great,

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Speaker 1: the Texans will use them that way. Let's see how

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Speaker 1: he fits in and he doesn't necessarily need to block

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Speaker 1: problems with Aikens and Ryan Griffin and Steven Anderson and

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Speaker 1: then you throw in Jordan Thomas. You know, now they

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Speaker 1: It's still here, by the way, you know. But and

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Speaker 1: see how they sift through them in these various position groups.

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Speaker 1: then and then I said, and also Bill O'Brien learned

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Speaker 1: how to use two tight ends, but or anybody. And

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Speaker 1: I said, oh, by the way, Baltimore took tight ends

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Speaker 1: will wear eighty eight, and I believe Jordan Thomas is

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Speaker 1: I would assume Thomas is gonna wear eighty three. That's

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Speaker 1: have an eighty three because Kevin Walter's old number. I know,

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Speaker 1: but all of our receivers have worn numbers in the tens. Oh,

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Speaker 1: he's got to be in the eighties. They gotta start

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Speaker 1: moving numbers to the eighties, all right now. He wore

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Speaker 1: don't know. I've got a feeling with his speed, will

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Speaker 1: be able to find him. There's no doubt about that.

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Speaker 1: The the rookies coming in, Mark obviously thinks start changing

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Speaker 1: and impacting the depth chart. I said when this draft

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Speaker 1: and we'll think key as well. Let's take those four picks.

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Speaker 1: Any of those guys do you think are immediate starters?

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Speaker 1: How do you think what happened during the draft effects that? Well,

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Speaker 1: it depends here with this am I starting three receivers

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Speaker 1: because I think Kiki's got a shot to start as

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Speaker 1: the third receiver. I think Ellington is going to be healthy.

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Speaker 1: He will be heard from, there's no doubt. But it'll

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Speaker 1: be a competition, and QT is the kind of kid

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Speaker 1: not out of the realm of possibility. He's more polished

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Speaker 1: a little later. Sorry, but either way, they limited his

426
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Speaker 1: reps a little bit and it just kind of got

427
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Speaker 1: It got Miles Jack on the field more and more,

428
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Speaker 1: and so Paul pause Les thing went from me a

429
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Speaker 1: three down linebacker, Jack shows up and he's a two

430
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Speaker 1: down linebacker. But they had other players, and then he

431
00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:26,679
Speaker 1: became really a one down linebacker, and Miles Jack pretty

432
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Speaker 1: much took the rest. So I think that could happen

433
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Speaker 1: with vander Esch, with Shaun Lee as well. I think

434
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Speaker 1: he sits in there. I think he sits in this one.

435
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Speaker 1: I think he makes an impact for them throughout the year,

436
00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:36,680
Speaker 1: but I think he sits in week five. I think

437
00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,520
Speaker 1: by about halfway through the year, that's when he takes over.

438
00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,240
Speaker 1: I liked their pay We're gonna bust this one down,

439
00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:42,879
Speaker 1: but I liked their pick of Connor Williams in the

440
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Speaker 1: second round. I thought that was smart, was getting the

441
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Speaker 1: strength strengthened. Okay, so after the Cowboys, you play the

442
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Speaker 1: Bills at home on October fourteenth, Josh Allen, is he

443
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Speaker 1: playing at that point or is McCarron just gonna light

444
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Speaker 1: the world on fire. I don't think a j mc

445
00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,520
Speaker 1: is gonna light the world on the fire. I think

446
00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,119
Speaker 1: we are. We're only in week six at that point, right.

447
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:06,960
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna want to They're gonna want to

448
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Speaker 1: keep going with a Jam McCarron as long as they

449
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Speaker 1: possibly can. I think week six, Week six ends up

450
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Speaker 1: being that spot where and I don't know where the

451
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Speaker 1: Bills bye week is, but I think and this to me,

452
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Speaker 1: could end up changing things where the Buffalo Bills bye

453
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Speaker 1: week is, because if this is the game after the

454
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Speaker 1: bye week, then potentially he could go with Alan and

455
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Speaker 1: this one. That's what they did when they went to

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Speaker 1: San Diego last year. I think they were coming off

457
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Speaker 1: the bye week and they decided that they were going

458
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Speaker 1: to go with Nathan Peterman and that didn't go exceedingly well. So,

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Speaker 1: uh no, the bye week is. They don't know their

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Speaker 1: bye week is not. Their bye week is not till wow,

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Speaker 1: week nine or ten, ten or eleven. Actually, so they're

462
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Speaker 1: gonna play. So they're gonna play the Titans. Where is it?

463
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Speaker 1: Here we go they go Raven Chargers, Vikings, Packers, Titans

464
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Speaker 1: than us, and then the next week is the Colts

465
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Speaker 1: on the road. So I would imagine we're still going

466
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Speaker 1: to see AJ mccaren and then maybe that Colts game,

467
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Speaker 1: but then his Patriots after that, there's really not a

468
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Speaker 1: good spot. So he's gonna sit. He's ring, Allan's gonna sit.

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Speaker 1: Talk with myself through it. I think he sits okay.

470
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Speaker 1: And then you go to Jacksonville. Man, it was can

471
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Speaker 1: you shoehorning that guy in? And on the defense? I mean,

472
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Speaker 1: I think we'll see him, but he's not. I don't

473
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Speaker 1: think he's gonna play much. I think they'll go. I

474
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Speaker 1: think Tavian Bryant is gonna be a spot guy the

475
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Speaker 1: second time we'll see him. Yeah, I think we'll see

476
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Speaker 1: him in a in a heavier rotation. But he's dynamic.

477
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Speaker 1: You can get up the field, he can do some things,

478
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Speaker 1: but he's gonna spell those guys up front. And Jacksonville

479
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,600
Speaker 1: last year, they'd like to keep Campbell and Jackson together

480
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Speaker 1: as much as they could, and then they would bring

481
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Speaker 1: in Abery Jones and I'm trying to think who else

482
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Speaker 1: they had with him, but they had another another defensive

483
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Speaker 1: lineman they would rotate with, and so Marcel Darius uh so, wow, yeah, Brian,

484
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Speaker 1: I think Brian sits. But in the second matchup, I

485
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Speaker 1: think we will see plenty of him as he's kind

486
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Speaker 1: of worked his way in through the lineup. Okay, So

487
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Speaker 1: that was at Jacksonville. The next week, October twenty fifth,

488
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Speaker 1: Thursday night football, Miami Dolphins come to town. What do

489
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Speaker 1: you think Miami went with, um, oh, makea Fitzpatrick. We'll

490
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Speaker 1: see him. Yes, absolutely, make is gonna be on the field.

491
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Speaker 1: I think day one, as long as he's healthy. I

492
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Speaker 1: think he's on the field day one. He's gonna be

493
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Speaker 1: the glue in that secondary. Man. They got some guys

494
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Speaker 1: back there, Shot Jones, d Avian Howard, they got some

495
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Speaker 1: guys that have been there. Mica is the guy's gonna

496
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Speaker 1: get everybody lined up, everybody where they need to be. Uh.

497
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Speaker 1: I thought it was a good pick for Miami. Uh,

498
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Speaker 1: getting Mica Fitzpatrick where they did. So we'll see him,

499
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Speaker 1: no question. Not gonna waste time on the Denver Broncos.

500
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Speaker 1: You're gonna see Bradley chub That's two. You and I

501
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,880
Speaker 1: were just talking off off air a moment ago. Had

502
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Speaker 1: the Texans stayed put at four, not traded away that pick,

503
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Speaker 1: I could see them picking up that guy. Or yeah,

504
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Speaker 1: had had you still kept Deshaun Watson and you still

505
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Speaker 1: kept that fourth pick that that would have been. That

506
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Speaker 1: would have made a lot of sense for this team. Yeah,

507
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Speaker 1: no question. The the unless you hit the sign guys

508
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Speaker 1: in free agency like you're talking about true Quinn Nelson there. Yeah,

509
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Speaker 1: I'm trying to think if there were any great edge

510
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Speaker 1: rushers that you would have done that for. I don't know,

511
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Speaker 1: but considering that they drafted Duke Edge four and they

512
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Speaker 1: drafted Peter Columby. Now those are six rounders, but you

513
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Speaker 1: could tell that they obviously had a need outside linebacker.

514
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Speaker 1: I think they would have gone with Chubb and then

515
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Speaker 1: and then transitioned him like they did with Clowney, kind

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Speaker 1: of d e O line outside linebacker and kind of

517
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Speaker 1: playing him as an edge guy. And look, they're in

518
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Speaker 1: four man line anyways a lot of the time. So

519
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Speaker 1: a Chubb Watt Clowney merciless pass rush sick that would

520
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Speaker 1: that would have been sick. That really would have but

521
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Speaker 1: didn't come to pass. And so we'll see Bradley Chubb

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Speaker 1: in Denver for sure. Who will we see in Washington?

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Speaker 1: Who will be sitting? Do you think now we'll see

524
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Speaker 1: durn Payne. The events are lining durn Payne he Vita

525
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Speaker 1: Vee was taking a couple of picks ahead of him

526
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Speaker 1: by Tampa Bay. And I know that Washington had their

527
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Speaker 1: eyes on both Vay and durn Payne. They wanted ya

528
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Speaker 1: three hundred forty seven pounder that can run former two

529
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Speaker 1: hundred and eighty pound running back in high school, which

530
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Speaker 1: is scary to think about. Daurn Paine's an athlete. He's

531
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Speaker 1: gonna step right in. He'll start from day one again

532
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Speaker 1: with the Alabama guys. And they say this and then

533
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Speaker 1: mean he says, knocking Alabama guys. We just have seen

534
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Speaker 1: over the history they've come into the league beaten up.

535
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Speaker 1: They're playing fifteen games of the year and just at

536
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Speaker 1: extra football physical practices as well. Yes, and so they

537
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Speaker 1: come in a little banged up. And then then all

538
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Speaker 1: of a sudden, you see the NFL top one hundred.

539
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Speaker 1: It's Haklin Dicks as C. J. Boseley. It's all these

540
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Speaker 1: dudes that are come from Alabama. So durn pain as

541
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Speaker 1: long as he's healthy, he's gonna be We'll definitely see

542
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Speaker 1: him the week after the buy Okay, so that week

543
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Speaker 1: after the buye, you're at Washington November eighteenth, Then Monday

544
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Speaker 1: Night Football November twenty six, the first Monday after Thanksgiving,

545
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Speaker 1: you've got the Titans at home, talked about them. And

546
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Speaker 1: then after that Sunday, December second, you get the Cleveland Browns. So,

547
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Speaker 1: are we're gonna see Baker Mayfield? And are we gonna

548
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Speaker 1: see Denzel Ward? I think on the ladder, yeah, Baker

549
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Speaker 1: At that point, I don't know. Tyrod Taylor I think

550
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Speaker 1: can play, Yes, he can. I just think at some

551
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Speaker 1: point they're gonna want to know what they have with Baker. Now,

552
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 1: the question becomes if if it's here, here's you only

553
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Speaker 1: have five games left for the Browns at that point.

554
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Speaker 1: Here's the multitude of questions. Number one is if if

555
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Speaker 1: things are flaming out, if Baker's not sorry, if Tyrod's

556
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Speaker 1: not the quarterback anymore, I would guess it's flaming out

557
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,159
Speaker 1: for Hugh Jackson. Yeah, and I get the impression that

558
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Speaker 1: Hugh Jackson is just not long for Cleveland just for

559
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Speaker 1: whatever reason. I just get that feel from not a

560
00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,400
Speaker 1: lame dunch. But she doesn't have much much time left,

561
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Speaker 1: so I don't know if that that does any good

562
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:52,639
Speaker 1: at that point to bring Baker in. If they decide

563
00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 1: to go to Baker, it's it's a fade of complete

564
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,359
Speaker 1: Hugh Jackson's gonna be done at that point. So I

565
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Speaker 1: think by December second, I think ty Rod still part

566
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Speaker 1: of it. That could be the last thing I could

567
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 1: see them being, you know, like a four and six

568
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,679
Speaker 1: sort of thing coming into that game. Yeah, and Tyrod starts,

569
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Speaker 1: we thump them, They go to four and seven and

570
00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: they're like, Baker, we're done, We're going to Baker the

571
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Speaker 1: rest of the year. Let's go. So I think Tyrod plays.

572
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 1: I think Baker is going to sit and we'll see

573
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,720
Speaker 1: ward Jets well, because you play the Colts after the

574
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:26,520
Speaker 1: Brown so we've already talked about the culture you have

575
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Speaker 1: the Jets on December fifteenth, still don't know when we're playing.

576
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Speaker 1: I'm hoping for a night game because it gives you

577
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Speaker 1: more time to go out in New York City the

578
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Speaker 1: night before. We'll probably stay in New Jersey. Jay McDevitt

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Speaker 1: is in here and he's shaking his head. Yes. So

580
00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,159
Speaker 1: Jay grees last time the three of us were like

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Speaker 1: the Wolfpack Roman Streets of Manhattan, but on a much

582
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Speaker 1: tamer basis because hey, we're kind of nerds compart to

583
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 1: those guys. But anyways, the Jets have Sam Donald. I

584
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be playing at that point. I'm there

585
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 1: with you. As much as I like Josh McCown, I

586
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Speaker 1: think absolutely see Sam Donald at that point as much

587
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,920
Speaker 1: as I like Josh McCown. But I think I think

588
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:02,879
Speaker 1: the Jets are going to be continue to be better.

589
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: I just don't think it's gonna be to a point

590
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,400
Speaker 1: where they don't want to see what they have. A Donald,

591
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,200
Speaker 1: They're gonna want to see by that point of the year.

592
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,719
Speaker 1: Three games left the Texans in the two after that,

593
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,040
Speaker 1: I absolutely think that we're going to see them all right.

594
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Speaker 1: So that brings us John to the Philadelphia Eagles on

595
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Speaker 1: December twenty third. We know you finished with the Jaguars.

596
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Speaker 1: We talked about the Jaguars. They did not have a

597
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 1: first round selection because they traded back and Lamar Jackson

598
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:32,120
Speaker 1: was selected with that pick by the Ravens. But they

599
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: took a guy a lot of folks are pretty excited about,

600
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 1: and Dallas Goddard the tight end, and why would you

601
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: not see him because they lost a few tight ends

602
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 1: and they you're right, they lost Trey Burton, they lost

603
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 1: Brent Sellick, and they run a lot of three tight

604
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 1: end sets, a lot of two tight end sets. They

605
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,480
Speaker 1: used Burton in some different ways. I don't think there's

606
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 1: a question. We're gonna see Dallas. Goddard and I just

607
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 1: love the fact that Philadelphia has a tight end named

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Speaker 1: Dallas that they drafted in Arlington, that they traded to

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Speaker 1: get in Arlington in front of the Dallas Cowboys. So

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00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 1: they went and got Dallas before Dallas. It's perfect. It's

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00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 1: just fantastic. Heck, yeah, it's fantastic. Anytime the Cowboys get

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00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: you surped on their own turf, I'm good about it. Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we get back. We're going around the NFL.

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Speaker 1: There is a seismic like shift about to happen in

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Speaker 1: special teams in the NFL. There's gonna be changes coming

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Speaker 1: to the kickoff. What is happening? What is going on? Well,

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Speaker 1: the NFL is meeting to discuss that and some other rules.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk about that next right here in Texans Access

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Speaker 1: one final segment of Texans All Access right here in

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Speaker 1: our studios at Energy Stadium, the Hunday Texans Radio Studio.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris. Glad to be with you

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Speaker 1: this evening, this Wednesday evening. Hopefully wherever you are, you

623
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Speaker 1: are enjoying the night. It is Rockets playoff Wednesday, so

624
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: they take on the Utah Jazz looking to go up

625
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 1: two to nothing. Astros are playing as well. So busy evening,

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Speaker 1: wherever you are taking it in, I appreciate it everything.

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Speaker 1: I believe kicking off, I believe everything starting at seven.

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Speaker 1: So right at the end of this broadcast, you got

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Speaker 1: a lot to look forward to. And of course you're

630
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,040
Speaker 1: driving around and you're not able to get to one

631
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Speaker 1: of those games. Keep it right here from a man,

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Speaker 1: Paul Gallant, Paul, I have you covered from seven until

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Speaker 1: eleven on this Wednesday evening. Now, let's go around the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And really, when I talk about going around the NFL,

635
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Speaker 1: I'm talking about what is going on in New York

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Speaker 1: right now. And unprecedented collaboration of owners, head coaches, position coaches,

637
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:39,640
Speaker 1: medical people, and an active player and a union official

638
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,719
Speaker 1: took a significant step towards preserving one of the games

639
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 1: more recognizable yet dangerous plays Wednesday morning at league headquarters,

640
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,520
Speaker 1: finding common ground on a proposed rule change to make

641
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:57,680
Speaker 1: the kickoff safer. Now, if you haven't been paying too

642
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 1: much attention obviously attending to make the game as safe

643
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: as humanly possible is and has been the charge of

644
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: Roger Goodell for the last few years. Concussions have been

645
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 1: a major talking point for people in sports media, but

646
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 1: also outside of sports media. A lot of people look

647
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: at the NFL and it's just concussion ball. And look,

648
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: the Texans ended up losing a valued member of their

649
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: organization in c J. Fiedorowitz to concussions that he suffered

650
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen, and it may have had some before

651
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 1: that as well, but he had three I believe it

652
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: was three in twenty seventeen. And I just remember seeing

653
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 1: him in that last game at Tennessee coming off the

654
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,959
Speaker 1: field and I just thought, man, I remember thinking, man,

655
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: I hope that's not I hope that's not it. But

656
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 1: high speed collisions and people always say, well, it's a

657
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 1: contact sport. No, no no, No, Basketball is a contact sport.

658
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: Football is a collision sport. Now, the NFL has brought

659
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 1: this community together and they're really they're really looking at

660
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 1: two two things. They're looking at this the new helmet rule.

661
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,479
Speaker 1: And I've seen some people comparing the helmet the new

662
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 1: helmet rule using the crown of your helmet. Now if

663
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 1: they just would call spearing like they're supposed to the referees,

664
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: then this this would be an issue. But that's gone

665
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: on for a while. So they're trying to take the

666
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 1: head out of the game, the head out of contact,

667
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: and to reduce try to reduce the number of concussions,

668
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: and I certainly certainly applaud those efforts. I would like

669
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 1: to see football be as safe as humanly possible. I

670
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 1: am not one of those old schoolers that says we're

671
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 1: back in my day. We had two days in full pads,

672
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: in full contact all the time. Look you, you'd almost

673
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: be stupid to think that way, because the game changes now.

674
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: If you don't like what the game has turned into,

675
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 1: that's on you, and you can choose to watch something

676
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,239
Speaker 1: else on a false Sunday. But me, I'm gonna I'm

677
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 1: gonna be watching the NFL because I still love it.

678
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 1: Still it's still a grueling, violent, great game way I

679
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,239
Speaker 1: feel about it. Either way, They've they're going to have

680
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 1: discussions about this new helmet rule, and they're still trying

681
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: to figure out what exactly to do and how to

682
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 1: not only instruct teams on the new helmet rule, but

683
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: also the officials as well. Now with the kickoff, The

684
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 1: headline or the lead line of this NFL dot Com

685
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: article says the kickoff isn't going away for the twenty

686
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: eighteen NFL season, but it will look different now. There

687
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 1: have been a few proposed changes. Chief Special teams coach

688
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 1: Dave Talb, who is thought to be one of the

689
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 1: best in the league, was quoted as saying, I'm optimistic

690
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,280
Speaker 1: we've made changes that will make the game safer. It's

691
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 1: crucial that everyone was involved. Football is an inflection point.

692
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: Either we make the changes we have to make to

693
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 1: make the game safer, or there will be negative consequences

694
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 1: for all of us. Everybody realizes this is what's needed.

695
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: Now for the kickoff, there are some there are some

696
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: changes that they're they're looking at. There are a few

697
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,719
Speaker 1: that they're looking at. Here are some of the differences.

698
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,280
Speaker 1: There will be no running start or pre kick motion

699
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,839
Speaker 1: by cover teams. Now, way back in the day, these

700
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 1: you know kickers, you see them, they take that long

701
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,480
Speaker 1: run up to kick the ball off, and they've limited

702
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:27,920
Speaker 1: the distance between where the players could line up and

703
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 1: the actual kickoff itself. So I think it used to

704
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: be you could go all the way back to the kicker,

705
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: and then you get these guys with these running starts,

706
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,920
Speaker 1: and by the time they got to the line of scrimmage,

707
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 1: basically the ball is being kicked off from these guys

708
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: are almost at top speed. So the first thought is

709
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:48,040
Speaker 1: no running start or pre pre kick motion by cover teams,

710
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 1: meaning everybody's gonna line up on the line, kicker is

711
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: gonna kick it, kicks it off. As soon as the

712
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 1: ball hits foot, then the guys can take off. So

713
00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 1: that's definitely one. That's that's one thing. The second one

714
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:09,800
Speaker 1: is no wedge blocks by return squads. So a wedge block.

715
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: Now about probably about seven eight years ago, maybe maybe sooner,

716
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,719
Speaker 1: maybe five to seven years ago, you could have a

717
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 1: wedge either. In other words, you could you see get

718
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: a lot of kickoff teams. They would bring they would

719
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 1: have two offensive linemen and then they would have two

720
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 1: other like a fullback or a tight end type, and

721
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 1: they would form this wedge of four people and then

722
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 1: the returner we're kind of getting behind that wedge, and

723
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,720
Speaker 1: a wedge would just take people out like a tank

724
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 1: and just and so there were things called wedge busters,

725
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: guys that went down and just dove into that group,

726
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 1: just broke up that wedge, and that would open up

727
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 1: a lane for tacklers to get to the ball carriers.

728
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 1: Now a lot of times that wedge just blasted people

729
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: and opened up a lane for the returner. But they

730
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 1: did away with that. Then they changed it from four.

731
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: Now you could have two. You can only be a

732
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 1: two man wedge. You couldn't lock arms or anything, but

733
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 1: it could be a two man wedge. You guys can

734
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: work together. Now there will be no wedge blocks. Also,

735
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: there will be a fifteen yard non contact zone from

736
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,240
Speaker 1: the spot of the kick, with the return team required

737
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: to have a minimum of eight players lined up fifteen

738
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: yards from the ball. The expectation is that this will

739
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: not only take some of the bigger alignment off the

740
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,840
Speaker 1: field because there will be a premium amount of jillion

741
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,440
Speaker 1: speed top right space, but also eliminate some of the

742
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:33,320
Speaker 1: violent collisions on the back end of the play. As described,

743
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,040
Speaker 1: the coverage will resemble what's normally seen on a punt

744
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:42,399
Speaker 1: rather than a traditional kickoff. Packers president Martin Murphy said

745
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 1: the kickoff is on a quote unquote short leash because

746
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 1: of the dangers associated with it. Rich McKay who's on

747
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 1: the Competition Committee, said players sustained seventy one concussions on

748
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 1: kickoffs the last three seasons, at least a third stemming

749
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,479
Speaker 1: from wedge place. So that gets that wedge play out

750
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: of there the kickoffs, and this is to start in

751
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:08,400
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. This is a seismic shift type change for

752
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 1: special teams on kickoffs with out of doubt. It is

753
00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: really I mean, it's almost gonna be like a free

754
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:20,120
Speaker 1: kick and there's gonna be no no runof I mean

755
00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,400
Speaker 1: that's where the collisions come from. And I'll be honest

756
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: with you people, I hold my breath every kickoff because

757
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,879
Speaker 1: I'm seeing those collisions up close. And man, I've seen

758
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 1: some collisions and I'm like, how is that guy gonna

759
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,239
Speaker 1: get up? And then some guys just pop right up

760
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: and go right back over to their sideline and I'm like, whoa, man,

761
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: I just it's so it's so fast, and these players

762
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 1: are so big, and you've got guys that are two

763
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: forty five, two fifty and they've got a head of

764
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 1: steam and here they come. I like the fifteen yard

765
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,480
Speaker 1: non contact zone from the spot of the kick. I

766
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 1: like that because the collisions really come in when you

767
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: get a guy going to that next level. You got

768
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:10,320
Speaker 1: the fullbacks or tighty ends kind of at the next level,

769
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 1: and those guys are getting a running start, and the

770
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 1: return team players are getting a running start, and hawam,

771
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: those guys are just getting way late. I mean there's

772
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 1: a collision. Oh my goodness. So I as crazy as

773
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: it sounds, as much as a football guys, as much

774
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 1: I love the physical aspect of it, I agree with

775
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: Dave Tau. Either we make the changes we have to

776
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: make to make the game safer or there will be

777
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 1: negative consequences for all of us. Everybody realizes this is

778
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:45,879
Speaker 1: what's needed, and that's why I think once they put

779
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,919
Speaker 1: the kickoff in play like this and they've made these

780
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: changes going forward or twenty eighteen, I think they'll continue

781
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,399
Speaker 1: to tweak it. I do think they'll want to keep

782
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: the aspect of a kickoff in the game. I mean,

783
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:03,640
Speaker 1: I think about those moments before a game, when the

784
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,880
Speaker 1: game is about to start and I look around, I

785
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:07,440
Speaker 1: look around n RG and I just see all the

786
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: flashballs I just from all the phones that are in

787
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 1: the picture, balls that are going off at the kickoff.

788
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think they'd want to lose that.

789
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:18,640
Speaker 1: I think if they can continue to tweak it and

790
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: tweak and tweak until they get it right. Now, the

791
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: colleges are doing something a little bit different. The colleges

792
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,359
Speaker 1: have now if you catch the ball on the end zone,

793
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:33,319
Speaker 1: take a knee touch back. Okay, but the colleges, if

794
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 1: you catch the ball now between the one the goal

795
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 1: line and the twenty five and you make a fair catch,

796
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: no matter where you are, you make a fair catch,

797
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,359
Speaker 1: the ball will be put where a touchback is. So

798
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:50,080
Speaker 1: you can be inches away from the pylon in the

799
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,840
Speaker 1: very corner, but in the field to play, make a

800
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: fair catch, catch it, the ball will go to the

801
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 1: touchback spot, just like just as if you caught the

802
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 1: ball in the end zone. So it's not just the

803
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,760
Speaker 1: NFL that's making these changes. College football is making these changes.

804
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: And we've seen him, uh you know, over the last

805
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: few years, the changes within the games. This is that

806
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,839
Speaker 1: was what the college teams had come up with. I'd

807
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: imagine they're gonna see what the NFL does with this.

808
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:17,879
Speaker 1: They may incorporate that in twenty nineteen and beyond. But

809
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: the NFL knows what's at hand. Concussions seventy one of

810
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: them in the last three years, and I've seen I've

811
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 1: seen a couple of Corey Moore. In the Chiefs game,

812
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: he had a concussion by a guy that was coming

813
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:35,920
Speaker 1: across that Corey never saw and just knocked him out

814
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 1: and so Cory was out of that game. I remember

815
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: Curtis Drummond in twenty fifteen against the Titans going down

816
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: and he kind of got spun around and then somebody

817
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 1: coming back into make the tackle ran into him and

818
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 1: he was down for a good long time. That was

819
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: That was kind of that was scary, but Curtis got

820
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 1: up and he ended up playing, uh the remainder of

821
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 1: the season after missing I think the rest of that game.

822
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 1: I think maybe the next one's a bye week so

823
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 1: he's able to go after that. But man, that was ooh,

824
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,800
Speaker 1: I was. I was scared on that one. So the kickoff,

825
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 1: that's a that's a moment. And look, if the Texas

826
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 1: do this thing right offensively, there should be a lot

827
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 1: of kickoffs. But they've made the changes, the automatic touchback.

828
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: But then you started seeing teams that would say, look,

829
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:25,920
Speaker 1: we want them to return it, and so they would

830
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: they would pooch that thing. Right there by the pylon

831
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 1: and force the runners to have to run it back.

832
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 1: So the colleges said, look, if you make a fair catch,

833
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,200
Speaker 1: we'll just put the ball to touchback spot that I'll

834
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,400
Speaker 1: eliminate some of the returns and maybe a lot of

835
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:40,600
Speaker 1: the returns in college football. And we'll see how these

836
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:45,719
Speaker 1: changes impact the collisions that they're experiencing at the NFL level.

837
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:52,920
Speaker 1: So the NFL working on the kickoff rules going forward,

838
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,239
Speaker 1: so we'll obviously keep your eyes on that and how

839
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:57,879
Speaker 1: that's going to impact the game. We'll talk to Bill

840
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: O'Brien and see what he thinks, and obvious see what

841
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 1: Brad Seeley thinks next time we get a chance to

842
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:05,640
Speaker 1: talk to him about these changes went and acted for

843
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:09,439
Speaker 1: the twenty eighteen season. Les piece news out the door

844
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,560
Speaker 1: obviously pals a comparison to the safety that the NFL

845
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 1: is looking for on kickoffs, but players not receiving fifty

846
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 1: year options from teams the Jags Dante Fowler Jack said no.

847
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 1: The Bears number seven pick in the twenty fifteen draft,

848
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:31,400
Speaker 1: Kevin White option not exercise. Shane Ray also outside linebacker

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Speaker 1: pass rusher for the Broncos not exercise. Of course, pretty

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Speaker 1: much assumed that was going to happen when the Broncos

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Speaker 1: drafted Bradley Chubb. So just a few of those names

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Speaker 1: end of this year. Dte Fouler the Jags want to

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Speaker 1: bring back, but they're gonna have to pay Jannick and

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Speaker 1: Goaquay here pretty soon because in Gackway is a dude,

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Speaker 1: and Fowler can be that guy. He just hasn't through

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Speaker 1: the first part of his career. My hope is he

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Speaker 1: and then it turns into a great pass rusher. That

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Speaker 1: would be awesome. I like Dante Fowler, I just don't

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Speaker 1: like him with the Jacksonville Jaguars so not exercised. So

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Speaker 1: I'm sure he's gonna have something to prove this year

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Speaker 1: playing opposite Yanniknaquay alongside Clay's Campbell and Malik Jackson. All Right, folks,

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Speaker 1: that's the show. Appreciate Mark and Drew for stopping by. Mostly,

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys for listening. You are the best

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Speaker 1: and my guy's back in studio at Sports Radio six ten.

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Speaker 1: Tip of a cap to you. Thank you so much everybody.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you tomorrow. The General John McClain will be

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Speaker 1: on Texans All Access. You definitely want to tune in.

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Speaker 1: Thank you again for listening. We'll see you then and

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Speaker 1: as always, go Texans