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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program as we kick

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Speaker 1: off Memorial Day weekend in style. Mark Vandermeyer with you tonight. Yes,

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Speaker 1: we will have a show Monday during your barbecuing event,

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Speaker 1: your cookout event. That's really what we called it up

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Speaker 1: North more than here, a cookout. You don't hear that

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Speaker 1: much in Texas. Here it's barbecue. Two barbecue. It is

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Speaker 1: that much. But it's all good no matter what it is.

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Speaker 1: If you cook meat over a grill, yummy. All right,

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Speaker 1: So that's gonna be fun this week and hopefully you

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Speaker 1: well at home. I'm gonna be smoking this weekend, smoking

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Speaker 1: let's have some fun tonight. Tim Kelly offensive coordinators with us,

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Speaker 1: Anthony Weaver defensive coordinator. Also kay Amy Fairbairn. So we've

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Speaker 1: got two coordinators and a kicker. That's the unofficial title

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Speaker 1: of tonight's show. Why don't we kick it off this

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Speaker 1: way with Kelly. We had a visit with the season

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Speaker 1: ticket members this week. They asked questions, he answered them,

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Speaker 1: and we started off just asking him what it's like

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Speaker 1: trying to work through in and around these days. Personally,

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Speaker 1: the first thing that comes up is really kind of

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Speaker 1: gives you a new appreciation for all the work that

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Speaker 1: it's it's been pretty cool. As far as being, you know,

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Speaker 1: to do everything virtually, um, you know, being being able

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Speaker 1: to have all this interaction, uh, you know, with our

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Speaker 1: It's it's really been unique, and it's been interesting to

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Speaker 1: It seems these days everybody seems to be more comfortable

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Speaker 1: good job communicating with one another and with us as coaches. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we've all become television personalities in the last few weeks.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to some questions here from the

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Speaker 1: season ticket members, and Donald is up first, and he

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Speaker 1: Please discuss your transition from a defensive player to go

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Speaker 1: All Right, more questions here from the season ticket members. Mike,

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Speaker 1: is there a chance that Johnson squared both Johnson's will

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Speaker 1: about rookies. But the guys that we the guys that

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Speaker 1: we brought onto this roster, they all have the three

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Speaker 1: qualities that we're looking for on this team. They're dependable,

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Speaker 1: they're tough, and they're smart. And with those attributes, that's

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Speaker 1: going to give them a chance to come in here

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Speaker 1: early and help on defense. Yes, but they can help

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Speaker 1: the team in a variety of way. They can contribute

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Speaker 1: on special teams, which I think is a very undervalued

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Speaker 1: phase of the game. You know, they can come in

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Speaker 1: and contribute there. Then they'll earn the right to play

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Speaker 1: some more on defense. Okay, let's get to Leo's question.

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Speaker 1: What will JJ's role be in twenty twenty on the

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Speaker 1: defensive line or on the defensive side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: He wants to know, all right, So, JJ's role I

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Speaker 1: would imagine very JJ like lack of a better way

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Speaker 1: of putting it. Yeah, JJ's role role is going to

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Speaker 1: be to continue to get in the game and kick

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Speaker 1: somebody's butt. That that is gonna be role. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: do everything in our power to put him in the

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Speaker 1: best position to do so. Okay, Mike, you've been called

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Speaker 1: a disciple of Rex Ryan, who is noted to another

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Speaker 1: blitzing question, blitz all the time? Can we expect that? Well,

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Speaker 1: And let me let me piggyback on that a little

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Speaker 1: bit here, coach. When we talk about pass rush, you know,

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Speaker 1: we talk about JJ, all the sacks he's had his

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Speaker 1: career and everything, Whitney, But it's a buy committee thing, right,

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Speaker 1: It really, Carolina was second in the league last year

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Speaker 1: in sacks and nobody had more than nine and a

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Speaker 1: half or something like that. You don't mind where it

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Speaker 1: comes from, do you? No? Absolutely not. You know the

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Speaker 1: whole possess of the new things we're gonna do schematically,

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Speaker 1: because you mentioned being a Rex Rex Ryan disciple, we'll

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Speaker 1: enable those guys to get some more one on once,

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Speaker 1: whether that's Whitney, JJ, Charles a Man and who Ross Blacklock,

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Speaker 1: I mean, Jacob Martin. We can go on for days

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Speaker 1: about the guys we have that can get to the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: So it's my goal to put them in and more

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Speaker 1: prime opportunities to get that done. In terms of being

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Speaker 1: exactly like Rex, I don't know that'll be exact as

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Speaker 1: I can. I'll probably be more of a mesh between

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Speaker 1: Rex Ryan and Mike, who has also been a huge

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Speaker 1: mentor for me. Who's we're gonna be. We're gonna be aggressive,

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Speaker 1: but we won't be reckless. We'll be calculated with what

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Speaker 1: we're trying to do. Sounds great, David. How are you

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Speaker 1: navigating the COVID nineteen situation with the new players and

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Speaker 1: you were asked about that earlier. I stream about home life.

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Speaker 1: But with players, it is a unique environment. Everybody's sort

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Speaker 1: of in the same boat here around the league, but

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Speaker 1: you get the feeling that, you know, hitting the ground

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Speaker 1: running is going to be so crucial when you guys

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Speaker 1: are able to get back together. Absolutely, the beauty is,

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Speaker 1: fortunately through through all these these technology, technological resources that

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Speaker 1: we can still get the teaching part of it done.

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Speaker 1: Where they're gonna miss out is obviously just just the

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Speaker 1: sheer amount of reps they can go out there and

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Speaker 1: execute what we're asking them to do. And this game

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Speaker 1: is you know, repetition as the mother's skills, So there's

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Speaker 1: no way to replicate that on here. But at least

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Speaker 1: when we get in there and they and they hear

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Speaker 1: they hear a defensive you know, a defensive call, it

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Speaker 1: won't be the first time they've heard it. Whereas if

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Speaker 1: this happened back in you know, two thousand and two,

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Speaker 1: two thousand and three, when I was playing, we'd all

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Speaker 1: just probably be out on football fields running around having

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Speaker 1: no idea what's going on with the defense. So I

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Speaker 1: still think we're able to get work done and they

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Speaker 1: won't be starting from ground zero. Virtual Coaching, Chris, what

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Speaker 1: do you think about the defense of line upgrades this offseason.

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Speaker 1: What we talked about Ross and and just the guys

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Speaker 1: in general though, because you have good guys coming back,

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Speaker 1: You got Angelo coming back, you have Brandon Dunn coming back.

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Speaker 1: We talked about what a mena who had a nice

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Speaker 1: rookie season. I would imagine you're looking for that year

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Speaker 1: one to year or two jump out of him as well. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I have I have a lot of faith and belief

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Speaker 1: in our defensive line. We have guys who who know

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Speaker 1: their roles, who would selling their roles, and and they're dependable.

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Speaker 1: They're dependable, and you've got guys that can rec havoc

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Speaker 1: as well. So when you when you have that combination

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Speaker 1: to guys and guys who are completely selfless and I

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Speaker 1: just just want to win, just want to win and

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Speaker 1: do it's best for the team, and um, then you

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Speaker 1: got a chance to be very good on defense and

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Speaker 1: be good up front. And our last question is from David,

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Speaker 1: what are the top two or three keys and getting

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Speaker 1: a defense to elite status. This is a good question.

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Speaker 1: Two or three keys, coach, that's that's that's a that's

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Speaker 1: a great question. I think m you got to get

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Speaker 1: eleven guys on the same page. All right. This our

515
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Speaker 1: game is unique. Our game is unique. It's not like

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Speaker 1: basketball where you can pass the vall to Michael Jordan

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Speaker 1: let him go win the game, or baseball where you

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Speaker 1: put the hands and you know, you give it to

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Speaker 1: to cole you know, and say say go go strike

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Speaker 1: everybody out. We can't do that. In order for us

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Speaker 1: to be successful on defense, we got we got to

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Speaker 1: have eleven guys on the same page, communicating at a

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Speaker 1: high level at all times. Um. And I think we

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Speaker 1: can get that done. We can get that done. Um. Next,

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Speaker 1: we have to we have to affect the quarterback. We

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Speaker 1: have to affect the quarterback through through disguise, through rush, um,

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Speaker 1: just through through pre snap manipulation. Um. It's that it's

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Speaker 1: that chess match that happens before the snap that I

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Speaker 1: think we can improve upon. That we can that we

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Speaker 1: can get better at, especially when you're facing the Philip

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Speaker 1: Rivers twice a year. UM. You know, guys like Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: So I think, as we get better at those things,

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Speaker 1: if we can get eleven guys communicating and being on

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Speaker 1: the same page, if we can if we can win

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Speaker 1: the battle pre snap and not not show our hand,

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Speaker 1: you know, not be the the poor poker players at

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Speaker 1: the table that I think we can improve on defense. Well, coach,

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Speaker 1: I think I speak on behalf of all the season

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Speaker 1: ticket members when I say I am ready to run

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Speaker 1: through a brick wall right now for you. So great

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Speaker 1: job today, and it's been great listening to you and

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Speaker 1: watching you and we're looking forward to watching the team

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Speaker 1: play come August. Thanks a lot for being with us today.

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Speaker 1: There's defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver joining us on the program

545
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Speaker 1: as we just heard his visit with the season ticket

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Speaker 1: members that we like to share with you. We want

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Speaker 1: to share the information with everybody. Coming up. Kami Fairbair,

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Speaker 1: the place kicker for the Texans. What a career he's

549
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Speaker 1: having so far. Drew Doherty caught up with him. Let's

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Speaker 1: hear that and get to some other stuff as well.

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Speaker 1: On Texans Radio does some other stuff as well. On

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio does some other stuff as well. Keeping it

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Speaker 1: going here, I'm Texans Radio tonight, Mark vander Meer with you.

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Speaker 1: Memorial Day weekend. What an important weekend it is to

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Speaker 1: recognize those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

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Speaker 1: You know, we talk about veterans day and all month

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Speaker 1: of November. We are talking about this sort of thing.

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Speaker 1: We need to talk about this sort of thing every day,

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Speaker 1: don't we. Memorial Day we honor those who perished in

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Speaker 1: the line of duty serving our country. It's such a serious,

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Speaker 1: important holiday, not just for cooking out, although that is

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Speaker 1: a good part of it. It's something to remember as

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Speaker 1: we take part in all the festivities we will this weekend,

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Speaker 1: and most of them I guess at our own place,

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Speaker 1: although a lot of people are getting out and about

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Speaker 1: and that's a great thing too. Let's get things rolling. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we have kay Amy Fairbear. Now, Drew Doherty does a

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Speaker 1: thing called Drew's Dozen. It used to be Drew's Dirty Does,

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Speaker 1: and he cleaned it up. I guess we rebranded the

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Speaker 1: thing a little bit. And don't forget Drew's Got Texans

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Speaker 1: three sixty Saturday Night, eleven o'clock. Sean Pendergast is on

572
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,440
Speaker 1: the show, so that's gonna be fun. But he did

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Speaker 1: visit with Kamy fairbearon this week and he asks him

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Speaker 1: a dozen questions. I don't think we're gonna get to

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Speaker 1: all twelve in this segment, but a lot of fun

576
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Speaker 1: talk with Kaibe on his life being a place kicker

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Speaker 1: in this league and stuff he thinks about the league

578
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 1: and maybe other sports that have influenced his kicking game.

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Speaker 1: Here's Drew with Fairbear. Two orders of congratulations for you.

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Speaker 1: One congrats on the new marriage, and two congrats on

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Speaker 1: the new contract. It's been a nice offseason for you, Kitan. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty has been very crazy for me. You know,

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Speaker 1: I had a lot of big moments, for sure, with

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Speaker 1: my wife now and being an extension and being able

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Speaker 1: to stay in Houston, but also because his craziness. So

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Speaker 1: it's been a wild ride so far. Yeah, and you

587
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Speaker 1: bring up this craziness. The COVID nineteen pandemic has affected

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Speaker 1: so many people in so many different ways. You've pitched

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Speaker 1: in though, You've rolled up your sleeves in a proverbial sense,

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Speaker 1: and you've really did a really cool thing back home

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Speaker 1: in Hawaii at strab Hospital. Tell me a little bit

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Speaker 1: about that. Yeah. So I partnered with Young's Fish Market,

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Speaker 1: Danny Young's the owner, and he approached me with this

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Speaker 1: idea of doing like this fifty fifty Real Hero Challenge

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Speaker 1: to kind of just you know, it's a way to

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Speaker 1: give back, a small way just showing the appreciation for

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Speaker 1: the frontline workers who you know, put their their families

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Speaker 1: and their lives, um, you know, at risk and their

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Speaker 1: health at risk by trying to help the community. So, um,

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Speaker 1: I thought it was a great way to you know,

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Speaker 1: just give back as a small amount and show appreciation.

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Speaker 1: So it was a good deal. Yeah, that is, that's

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Speaker 1: an awesome deal and congrats and thanks for doing That's

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Speaker 1: it's really a wealthy worthy cause. So are you where

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Speaker 1: are you right now? Are you back home in Hawaii?

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Speaker 1: Are you in Houston? What's the deal? Um? No, I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm in Houston right now. Got married out there

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Speaker 1: in Hawaiian February and came back after that. Nice. So

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Speaker 1: what's the training been like? How much has this affected you?

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Speaker 1: Because kicker can be a pretty lonely position as far

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Speaker 1: as getting ready. It's it's definitely lowly on on game

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Speaker 1: day at times. But what's it been like for you

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Speaker 1: as far as having to adjust, if if at all? Um, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: adjustments have been you know, it's it's strange not being

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Speaker 1: able to be in the in the stadium and getting

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Speaker 1: the work in with you know, John Weeks and Brian

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Speaker 1: Anger especially, Um, but you know, we've built a strong

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Speaker 1: foundation from last year and I'm glad we are all

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Speaker 1: coming back. And we got coach Seely and and Tracy,

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Speaker 1: you know, with the guidance, and I think we have

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Speaker 1: a strong special teams unit, so veteran group, and UM,

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Speaker 1: we're going to keep it going this next year, no doubt.

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Speaker 1: And you've been around a few years now and you've

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Speaker 1: seen this transformation. You've seen you bring up a strong

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Speaker 1: special teams group. It really was outstanding last year and

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Speaker 1: outstanding the year before in eighteen in coverage both kickoff

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Speaker 1: and punts. I mean, let's been the main difference in

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Speaker 1: your eyes these last two years versus what was going

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Speaker 1: on in Houston before. UM, I can't really tell the

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Speaker 1: difference because, uh, you know, I haven't been here for

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Speaker 1: too long. But coach Coach O'Brien has really preached the

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Speaker 1: importance of special teams and UM, I mean you just

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Speaker 1: see it in the results. UM, like it changes games,

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Speaker 1: and guys on the team really take it seriously. And

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Speaker 1: even for the guys who don't play special teams, they

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Speaker 1: they realize the importance of it, like UM, and you know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's important to take the time to during practice

638
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: during the week, during the offseason, and um, you know,

639
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: really focus on that part of the game for sure.

640
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 1: I mean every most games in the NFL are decided

641
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,720
Speaker 1: by one score, sometimes by point, and the Texans, definitely

642
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 1: we're in so many of those. Last year you won

643
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 1: ten games, and you can you can point every single

644
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 1: game like, had this special teams played not taken place,

645
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 1: I don't know that the outcome was going to be

646
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 1: the same. It's got to be gratifying, I imagine to

647
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 1: be a part of that, right, Yeah. I mean we

648
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: play a big part in field position, UM, and we

649
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: just try to help out offense and defense as much

650
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 1: as we can. UM when our name is called, and

651
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: you know, both sides of the ball very talented, but

652
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: everyone pitches in on special teams and it's a total

653
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: team effort, for sure. It is I said it was

654
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 1: is a lonely position. I only meant when you're you know,

655
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 1: you're having to feel great, it's still you still part

656
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 1: of the job. Yeah, you depend on weeks, you depend

657
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 1: on anger for the whole. So I didn't want to

658
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 1: renomize what they did because I do understand that how

659
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 1: how important they are to things. But no question how

660
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: has this virtual setting been and what's it been like

661
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 1: for you guys as specialists. Um, we we kind of

662
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: you know, we we do our own thing most of

663
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: the time. I try to get in some kicking sessions

664
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 1: on an open field, um when I can. UM. But

665
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: as far as that, we kind of just stay in

666
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: the loop. We might throw back some film back and forth,

667
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 1: um to try and get another set of eyes on it.

668
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 1: But UM, Apart from that, it's it's pretty much just

669
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: staying in touch and making sure everyone's healthy. Pretty fun

670
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: seeing some of the additions that the Texans have made

671
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: that are going to kind of help on those core

672
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: special teams units. You get names like Lynn Watkins and

673
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: Michael Thomas, they're they're just two of many who look

674
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 1: to make an impact this year and help bolster what

675
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: was already you know, a strong unit like we've mentioned. Yeah,

676
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 1: we have a strong car and we're making additions. So

677
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what those guys have and I'm

678
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: sure they're gonna bring a lot to the table. All right,

679
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 1: let's play twelve questions, and let's start with something you

680
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 1: just mentioned. You'll go up to the field occasionally in

681
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: stage shape by kicking. Do you ever get approached by people?

682
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 1: Because I imagine when you kick a ball, it's not

683
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: like some you know, joker who's forty five years old

684
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 1: just rolling up a k I mean, it looks a

685
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 1: little different. Do you ever get approach when you're doing this?

686
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 1: So far? I haven't. I've kind of just been kicking

687
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 1: at this little light pole and you know, no field goal.

688
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:49,800
Speaker 1: So I'm just making making it work for now. But yeah,

689
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: I mean it makes you appreciate the facilities for sure,

690
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: and just being around the team, so you know, I

691
00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:00,200
Speaker 1: won't take it for granted from for now. All right,

692
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: let's ping pong around. What do you do and what

693
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 1: are you thinking about? In the situations where another team

694
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: calls a time out before you kick. They call it

695
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 1: icing for those that don't know, But what's going through

696
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: your mind when you get iced? Um? You know, I

697
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,640
Speaker 1: don't really want to say this out online, but I

698
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,759
Speaker 1: prefer getting ice, So I mean, I guess the other

699
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 1: coaches who see this down they won't ic, But UM,

700
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,319
Speaker 1: I think it's a good time to just collect your

701
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 1: thoughts and you know, take your time with everything, UM

702
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,799
Speaker 1: find to your target point and just kind of take

703
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 1: care of the simple things. That's that's usually what I

704
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 1: try and focus on, um, you know, the technique and

705
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: just keep in my thoughts to a minimum. Okay. So

706
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,799
Speaker 1: you are from kait Ilua. That's on the island of

707
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,480
Speaker 1: Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. It's I've been there. It's

708
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. So

709
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 1: for someone who's from kai I Lua, where do you honeymoon?

710
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 1: Because you you're from like the most beautiful exactly, you know,

711
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,399
Speaker 1: one of the most beautiful, exact places in the world.

712
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: Where do you actually go on honeymoon? Yeah, we've been spoiled.

713
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:07,320
Speaker 1: My wife and I grew up in Kailua and um

714
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: you know, the beaches is you know, second and nine.

715
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 1: But we like to travel. We like to see different cultures.

716
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 1: We ended up in New Zealand for two weeks and

717
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:21,400
Speaker 1: kind of got to explore um over there, and you know,

718
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: we're both Lord of the Rings fans. Um So I

719
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 1: thought it was pretty cool to see where that was

720
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 1: all filmed and that was a lot of fun. Yeah.

721
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,879
Speaker 1: Lord of the Rings is solid. I know a little

722
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 1: bit more about New Zealand because we were talking offline.

723
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: I've got four little kids, so they love Power Rangers

724
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 1: and a lot of the Power Rangers shows have been

725
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,399
Speaker 1: filmed in New Zealand. So oh really, I didn't know that.

726
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: So you never, I take you didn't come across any No,

727
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 1: I didn't see him any time. Now I should. I

728
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 1: should have asked about that. Probably would have been frightening

729
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 1: to see that in person, because there are some weird costumes. Yeah, okay,

730
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 1: as someone from Hawaii. Spam moosa b where do you

731
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,800
Speaker 1: stand on that? Do you like it? What are your thoughts?

732
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: I love it. I've been eating it since, you know,

733
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,880
Speaker 1: as far as I can remember. It was always after

734
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: game snack, you know, and you had the oranges during

735
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 1: halftime and then spam mossy bees after the game, and

736
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 1: it always hit the spot. I know what it is.

737
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 1: I got to cover a couple of Pro Bowls when

738
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 1: I was there, and every morning on the way to

739
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,000
Speaker 1: practice we get a couple of spam moosy bees and

740
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,280
Speaker 1: a diet doctor pepper and that would be breakfast. Explain

741
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,800
Speaker 1: what a spam moosy bee is for those who don't understand.

742
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,759
Speaker 1: All right, so you got your base, which is white rice.

743
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:37,399
Speaker 1: Gotta have the white rice. Then you have a can

744
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,280
Speaker 1: of spam and usually could both sides put a little

745
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 1: soy sauce on there, plant that onto the rice, and

746
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:49,399
Speaker 1: then you get seaweed and wrap it around and it

747
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 1: makes for a delicious treat. It's almost like spam sushi, right, yeah, yeah, exactly.

748
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 1: And do you miss it? I mean how much do

749
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 1: you get a chance to get it here? Or does

750
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 1: anybody serve it? Oh? No, I have. Actually there's a

751
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: couple of polk spots that that serve it. But honestly,

752
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: homemade is some of the best, you know, fresh rice,

753
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 1: fresh spam, and then the seaweed, it's it's it's good

754
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,799
Speaker 1: at home for sure. That must be out of this world.

755
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,799
Speaker 1: Because the spam moos to be I had was really

756
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 1: good and I was getting it from convenience stores, So

757
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 1: imagine what homemade spam was. Spam was to be um.

758
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 1: All right, moving on, what do you miss most about

759
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:33,880
Speaker 1: this whole quarantining slash shelter in place, et cetera, et cetera. Um,

760
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: I mean definitely being able to see everybody and you know,

761
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 1: not worrying about like just contact, Like you know, you

762
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: see a friend and you know you don't want to

763
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 1: shake hands. It's kind of just a wave right now,

764
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: so I think it's just a human contact. But I

765
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,880
Speaker 1: think it's important to look at the positives, you know,

766
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,760
Speaker 1: just being able to kind of simplify things right now

767
00:37:56,360 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: and really, you know, your family and your hell come

768
00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: at the most important thing. So it's it's good to

769
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: go back to the basics, I think. So try to

770
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,919
Speaker 1: spin it in a positive light. Yeah, it's probably cool

771
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: as a newly wed, you're spending more time around your wife,

772
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 1: I'm guessing than you normally would, so it's kind of cool.

773
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 1: I'm asum. Okay, what show have you binged during this pandemic?

774
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 1: Oh man, we've been watching Ozark? Yes, I finished it.

775
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: That was good in it. Yeah, it's it's an amazing

776
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 1: show for sure, must watch. So Ozark is the one?

777
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:38,520
Speaker 1: Anything else Ozark? Um? I think we're gonna start Yellowstone

778
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:41,360
Speaker 1: pretty good. Yeah, I haven't started yet, but I'm looking

779
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 1: looking for that one. Um. And then the Office that's like,

780
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 1: you know, turn it on and kind of mindless and laugh,

781
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 1: never lose never, that's for sure. Ye. Okay, who on

782
00:38:55,040 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: the Texans speaking of the office is most similar to Dwight? True?

783
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: Oh shit, I mean Dwight's one of a kind. You

784
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: can't really compare him to anybody, Like, do we have

785
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:12,240
Speaker 1: any farmers on the team. I don't even know, Yeah, Jacob,

786
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,400
Speaker 1: excuse me? A J. Moore as a farmer? Okay, A J.

787
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: Moore That's who I'm That's who I'm going with him,

788
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: all right, equals Dwight Shrue according to Radio Gee, sorry,

789
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:33,799
Speaker 1: J all right, you're you're you're an awesome soccer player

790
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 1: growing up. So do you have a favorite soccer player?

791
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: Like all time? Who is it? Terry are Okay? That

792
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 1: was that was my favorite. I grew up watching arsenal

793
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: Um when they were, you know, the team to beat Um.

794
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,120
Speaker 1: They had Patrick Viera. It was like O two where

795
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:57,400
Speaker 1: they pretty much won everything, had like unbeaten season or something.

796
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,560
Speaker 1: And Terry and Ree was my favorite player. He was

797
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: a forward, unreal, Yeah, he was amazing. He was amazing.

798
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 1: Short terryon Reese story that actually has to do with

799
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 1: the Texans. So Texans arrived in London this year for

800
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 1: the game against the Jaguars on Friday. I got there

801
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 1: with Tyler Sutter, one of our photographers videographers. We got

802
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 1: there Tuesday afternoon to kind of document the week that

803
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: was and you know, the fans all that stuff. And

804
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: on Thursday, we did a tour of Wembley Stadium, an

805
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 1: official tour. We got to shoot some shots. It's really cool,

806
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: the Cheerleader's tour over there. And as we're walking out

807
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: to get an exterior shot, they made us kind of

808
00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 1: go around because there was another shoot going on. And

809
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,200
Speaker 1: I could tell as I was walking up that there

810
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 1: that was the European Cup, the big silver cup that

811
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 1: the teams get when you know they win the European Cup.

812
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 1: And there's a guy standing there and as I walked closer,

813
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,840
Speaker 1: we're about they kept us about twenty yards away, but

814
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,840
Speaker 1: as I got sideways with him, it was Terry on

815
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 1: Reese standing in front of Wembley shooting because I guess

816
00:40:58,239 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 1: they that was where it was going to be this year,

817
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 1: but I got canceled because of the pandemic. Okay, yeah,

818
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 1: did did you say hi? No? You were It was like,

819
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: don't talk anything, leave him alone. He had like a

820
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: group of like people around him. So, I mean, because

821
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: those are always hard, man, especially when you see someone

822
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,399
Speaker 1: you always admire. I want to say hi, but it's

823
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 1: like you gotta be respectful. Too love, but yeah it

824
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,840
Speaker 1: was yeah, no chance, Yeah, I starting all right, Um,

825
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,799
Speaker 1: what Houston Texans player you think would make a good

826
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 1: soccer player? You can't say yourself obviously. I mean Brian Brian.

827
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,840
Speaker 1: You know, he kicks a lot of balls, kicks for

828
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: a living, So I gotta go him. I gotta throw

829
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: out Justin Reid though. Yeah. I've seen him him boot

830
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 1: football quite a few times and he's not bad too,

831
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 1: so throwing him in that, yeah, he was. He was

832
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:50,759
Speaker 1: really good. Jalila dies not with the Texas anymore, but

833
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,720
Speaker 1: he he played for one of the like under nineteen

834
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: USA teams as well, so he was growing up outside

835
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: of Tampa. Well, I didn't know that. That's why you

836
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 1: do this. That's why you do it, Drews. Doesn't I

837
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 1: tell you about you guys? That's what you learn and

838
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:09,320
Speaker 1: get out of this. Who's your all time favorite NFL player? Um?

839
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: I really liked Ladani and Thomlinson growing up running back

840
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 1: for the Chargers. He you know, he was always you know,

841
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,479
Speaker 1: he was the closest thing I had to home as

842
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: far as a team, so I enjoyed watching him growing up. Well,

843
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,360
Speaker 1: Kayemie Fairbear is so awesome. To catch up with you.

844
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: I'm glad you're doing well. Congrats on what's been an

845
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: awesome offseason, and we're really looking forward to see any

846
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,799
Speaker 1: kick and split some more uprights in twenty twenty years.

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