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Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody? Welcome to through our Monday edition of

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I

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Speaker 1: am your host, as I am each Monday, Wednesday and

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Speaker 1: Friday during the season. John Harris, glad to be with you.

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Speaker 1: We've got plenty on the show today as we are

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Speaker 1: less than forty eight hours removed from the Texans win

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Speaker 1: over the Detroit Lions thirty to twenty three. Great week

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Speaker 1: against the Lions, a couple of joint practice days on

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Speaker 1: Wednesday and Thursday, game on Saturday, and now we get

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Speaker 1: ready for the Dallas Cowboys. Yes it's the preseason, and

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Speaker 1: still don't know how much the starters will play in

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Speaker 1: that one. I would imagine a little bit more trying

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Speaker 1: to get everybody involved. We've still haven't seen Lamar Miller,

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Speaker 1: hopefully we'll get a chance to see them, maybe j

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Speaker 1: Joe get on the field a little bit, but if not, not,

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Speaker 1: gonna sweat it. But looking forward to a trip to

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Speaker 1: Arlington in a game with the Cowboys on Saturday. But

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Speaker 1: this week we got back into training camp mode Texas.

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Speaker 1: No pads today, so a lot of work, just tempo work,

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Speaker 1: getting from drill to drill quick, working the lactic acid out.

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Speaker 1: As Buddy Howell told us this morning, epps some salts.

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Speaker 1: So hopefully everybody had a salt baths over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: And the one of the thing that stood out is, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Buddy how it takes a bath. Totally cool with that.

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Speaker 1: I am totally cool that I don't take bath like

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Speaker 1: of doing the show. Today, we're gonna hear from rookie

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Speaker 1: Max Sharping, who caught up with Drew Dohorty for the

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Speaker 1: Dirty Dozen. Max is tremendous. I went off the practice

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Speaker 1: field one day and we talked a lot about Wisconsin

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Speaker 1: because I'm about forty minutes away from where Max grew

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Speaker 1: up and my uncle was a counselor in school district

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Speaker 1: that Max was in, so we talked for a while.

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Speaker 1: Max does the Dirty Does with Drew Doherty, whilst I

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Speaker 1: have Davin Bellamy with Mark Vannermer Now. I caught up

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Speaker 1: with Davin on the forty a few days ago and

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Speaker 1: I got ambushed by the McNair children who decided that

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Speaker 1: it was the right time to come after me with

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Speaker 1: water pistols, and they got me good. They got me good,

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Speaker 1: and just keep in mind, revenge is a dish best

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Speaker 1: served cult little people, because I'm coming. But Davin was great.

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Speaker 1: He rolled with it, and he rolled with Mark Vandomer,

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Speaker 1: So we'll have that later in the show. And Andre

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna talk about the offensive line, We're gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about wide receivers. And then I posed the question

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Speaker 1: to him that Wade Smith posed to me on the

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Speaker 1: post game after the lines game, and I felt pretty

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Speaker 1: good about my answer. I felt even better when I

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Speaker 1: heard from John McLaine and Andrea Ware saying the same thing.

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Speaker 1: They said the same thing, had the same answer to

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Speaker 1: that question, so I felt validate in some sense. But

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Speaker 1: Drey was great. So we'll have that in our final segment.

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Speaker 1: But we are going to kick off today's show with

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Speaker 1: one of my favorite news segments. Yeah, how about that

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Speaker 1: Texans Audio jukebox Baby, Yeah, get to some of that. Now.

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Speaker 1: I've done the segment before, but I just decided to

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Speaker 1: name it this year, and that was what I came

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Speaker 1: up with and so we found some wonderful singers in

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Speaker 1: drop a coin in the slot and see what happened.

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Speaker 1: This selection comes up. Bill O'Brien. He went to the

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Speaker 1: podium today as he does after each and every practice,

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Speaker 1: and the name on everybody's lips over the weekend was

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Speaker 1: Roderick Johnson, and o b was asked, how do you

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Speaker 1: think he played against Detroit? He did some good things.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's a strong player. You know, he passed

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Speaker 1: protected well, he was good in the running game, he

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Speaker 1: did he played pretty good. But next week it's a

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Speaker 1: whole different ball game. You gotta be able to stack

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Speaker 1: these things together. And coach said, let's see him do

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Speaker 1: it week after week after week. That's got to be

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Speaker 1: the big thing for him. The key is can he

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Speaker 1: again against the Cowboys? Cowboys? Detroit was good, Cowboys are good.

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Speaker 1: You know, can he do it again? That obviously is

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Speaker 1: the sixty four thousand dollar question. If you do it

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Speaker 1: again and again and again, you feel like, wait a second,

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Speaker 1: what do we have here? So at that point the

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Speaker 1: question becomes can rot find a spot on this offensive line?

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Speaker 1: Left tackle? Right tackle? Coach said, Look, right tackle, that's

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Speaker 1: Watt on every play in practice. So I mean, what

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Speaker 1: and then and vice versa. You know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: That's what I think now. The left tackle, I know

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Speaker 1: all the experts out there will say he protects the

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Speaker 1: think about the guys and he mentioned facing J. J.

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Speaker 1: The first three games right now, it's Sean Treue Henderson.

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Speaker 1: you face us, you gotta face J. J. Watt and

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Speaker 1: you face others. Those are the three guys that you

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Speaker 1: Looked out with the first offense and I saw WHOA

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Speaker 1: Nick's back. And that's the thing about preseason. Sometimes you

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Speaker 1: so it was good to have him back. Nick Martin

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Speaker 1: coach O'Brien, are we're gonna see either Matt Khalil or

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Speaker 1: I don't think Titus will that hand injury. Man, that's tough.

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Speaker 1: Running back With Lamar Miller, you know he's the bona

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Speaker 1: address that after practice today. Lamar Duke will be out

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Speaker 1: This running back group that they have is gonna end

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Speaker 1: how many teams do How many teams have Zeke Elliot

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs they do it with two or three different guys.

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Speaker 1: This running back position is I don't have loaded to

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Speaker 1: this coach pointing out, they can do a lot of

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Speaker 1: many of those guys can you keep? Which is also

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Speaker 1: the question at tight end? How many can you keep?

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Speaker 1: How many couldn't you keep? And this is a question

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Speaker 1: that John mcclaim, Mark Vanny Mere and I have had.

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Speaker 1: Mark and I are on the side of yeah, keeping four,

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Speaker 1: I could absolutely see it. John says, no, no no, no, no,

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Speaker 1: different types of tight ends. You know, like who's blocking

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Speaker 1: plays the best on special teams. I mean a lot

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Speaker 1: very competitive position, and you could absolutely keep four. There's

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Speaker 1: no question. All right, time to put another coin in

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Speaker 1: All right, this selection came up number ninety eight. My

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Speaker 1: man DJ Reader, who explained right off the bat why

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Speaker 1: so rank the important Maxes of the world. You got yourself,

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Speaker 1: you got TJ Max, You've got Mad Max, Max Scherzer,

428
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,520
Speaker 1: and the Magician from Saved by the Bell Max. How

429
00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,960
Speaker 1: does that all unshake Well? I think since it affects

430
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,240
Speaker 1: more people, I think TJ Max has gotta be gotta

431
00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,639
Speaker 1: be number one for me. Number two Mad Max, you know,

432
00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:42,400
Speaker 1: two movies, both great, definitely Number two. Number three Max Scherzer,

433
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,280
Speaker 1: I mean, come on and look at look at the man.

434
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Speaker 1: He has a great career. Number four. I believe we're

435
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Speaker 1: on the Magician. You know, I mean I can do magic,

436
00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,280
Speaker 1: so obviously you know myself down at the mottle. So

437
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,119
Speaker 1: you're a humble guy, but you can rise up these

438
00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,360
Speaker 1: rankings eventually, right, I mean, I guess we'll find out.

439
00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,159
Speaker 1: Hopefully you're saying very little in that regard. Okay, you

440
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:00,760
Speaker 1: just got a nice push in the back there from

441
00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,920
Speaker 1: Nick Martin. What's it like playing next to that guy?

442
00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:04,760
Speaker 1: You get to actually work next to him for the

443
00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 1: first day in practice? Yeah, you know, Nick, Nick is great. Obviously,

444
00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,680
Speaker 1: he knows the offense extremely well being around for a while,

445
00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,360
Speaker 1: and he helps out calls. He's loud, he's great at communications.

446
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,000
Speaker 1: So you know, working along with guys like Nick, guys

447
00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,240
Speaker 1: like Zach in the game last week, Greg Mans when

448
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,960
Speaker 1: he was here before too in preseason, they've all been

449
00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,159
Speaker 1: really big help to me. You just brought hip communication.

450
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,280
Speaker 1: Which of your fellow rookies Maybe he's not the best communicator,

451
00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:27,800
Speaker 1: but he's just the loudest. Guess I would have to

452
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,480
Speaker 1: go Titus on that one. He's very loud, very loud,

453
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:32,560
Speaker 1: just the way he is his personality. Got to love it.

454
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,359
Speaker 1: And you know, he definitely lets you know when he

455
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:36,560
Speaker 1: has a good play loud in a good way. Huh,

456
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Speaker 1: Yeah for sure. Okay, which of your fellow rookies has

457
00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,120
Speaker 1: the best hair, best hair, You'm gonna have to go

458
00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,919
Speaker 1: Malcolm Pridgeon. I think he cleans up every week. You know,

459
00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 1: he's just got a good look to him. See Titus,

460
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Speaker 1: When I asked him this, he said himself, Yeah, I

461
00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,440
Speaker 1: mean that's like I said, loud, who is the best

462
00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,159
Speaker 1: dresser i'mong all the rookies. I think I'm gonna have

463
00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,360
Speaker 1: to go Colin Gillespia just because he has a look

464
00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,920
Speaker 1: down and he sticks to it. That's very fascinating because

465
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,480
Speaker 1: and I asked him this, he said he was the

466
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:04,440
Speaker 1: worst dresser. No. See, I think he has a look

467
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 1: that he has accepted and he sticks with it. You know,

468
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,119
Speaker 1: other people change all this stuff. No call him. He

469
00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,239
Speaker 1: sticks to it, sticks by his guns. And I like that.

470
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Speaker 1: So you're a big fan of consistency, Yes, yes, for sure.

471
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Speaker 1: What's the proper way to eat a hamburger? What do

472
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Speaker 1: you put on it? Well, see, I'm from Wisconsin, so

473
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,959
Speaker 1: butterburger is the way to go. Have you ever been

474
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Speaker 1: to Calvers? So butter? I can't eat dairy right now.

475
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Speaker 1: So this is tough for me to say because of

476
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Speaker 1: the to die you're on with the Texas yes, but

477
00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:32,800
Speaker 1: you know, cheese is a must haag out to have

478
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Speaker 1: a cheeseburger, bacon, lettuce, tomato, pickle mayo, and ketchup. It's

479
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,200
Speaker 1: always fun here and just kind of the cross section

480
00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:42,560
Speaker 1: of which you guys like because everyone's very very specific.

481
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:45,480
Speaker 1: But hadn't hurt butter yet. I did get a chance

482
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Speaker 1: to go to culver As while I was up there.

483
00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,920
Speaker 1: I'm a fan, man, that's my favorite restaurant. I can't

484
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,320
Speaker 1: eat it now, but it's definitely my favorite. So when

485
00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 1: you're back, you didn't even get a chance to sneak

486
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Speaker 1: away for a little bit. No, unfortunately, I just got

487
00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,119
Speaker 1: to sneak back home, so my mama cooked for me

488
00:23:58,160 --> 00:23:59,480
Speaker 1: a little bit and for the rest of the old line.

489
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Speaker 1: So I was pretty cool. How sweet was that? You

490
00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 1: didn't know that you were going to have about two

491
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:04,879
Speaker 1: hundred friends and family up in the stands, did you.

492
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,360
Speaker 1: I knew I would have a lot. I was expecting

493
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 1: more around fifty. You know, they quadrupled that, so it's

494
00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,159
Speaker 1: pretty impressive. It was. It was really cool to be

495
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Speaker 1: a part of that. The first day at practice, we're

496
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,520
Speaker 1: walking back to our cars and we see your parents

497
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,400
Speaker 1: and we just started chit chatting with him, and your

498
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,399
Speaker 1: dad mentioned He's like, Hey, don't tell him this, but

499
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,080
Speaker 1: we're gonna have two hundred people pre gaming over at

500
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,280
Speaker 1: that house and then up in the stands. I know

501
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 1: you're focused on your job, but when you're at practice,

502
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Speaker 1: did you kind of when you're looking around, did you

503
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,639
Speaker 1: see a lot of people you recognized? I knew a

504
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 1: lot of the Packers players, so going up against them,

505
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,000
Speaker 1: seeing them from college because a lot of the guys

506
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,720
Speaker 1: are still on the team still, So you know, I

507
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,960
Speaker 1: was looking around kind of saw some people. I was like, Oh,

508
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:42,560
Speaker 1: it's pretty cool. What's the most eye opening thing about

509
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:44,600
Speaker 1: the city of Houston since you got here? I think

510
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 1: just the size probably about to be the third largest

511
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:50,359
Speaker 1: in the in the country, and I've never really been

512
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,679
Speaker 1: around a city that large before, so you know, I'm

513
00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 1: Green Bay's pretty small town field and then I went

514
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 1: to school at Northern Illinois to cal middle of Cornfield,

515
00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,560
Speaker 1: so that it was a little bit of a change

516
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Speaker 1: for me. How much fun was it getting that one

517
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,120
Speaker 1: series of work with Deshaun Watson. I imagine things are

518
00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:05,640
Speaker 1: just seem a little bit different when he's in the huddle,

519
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 1: don't they. Yeah, he's a great leader. I mean, Deshaun.

520
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,280
Speaker 1: The way he carries himself, the way he helps us

521
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,600
Speaker 1: feel confident in our abilities, you know, on the field,

522
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 1: it's it's amazing. So it helped all five of us

523
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,239
Speaker 1: up front that we knew we have to protect our

524
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:18,720
Speaker 1: man back there, and he was gonna get it done.

525
00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 1: He was getting it out quick, and I think all

526
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,720
Speaker 1: of us stepped up to the plate on that drive.

527
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,840
Speaker 1: You got any nicknames? Sometimes they call me a cyborg

528
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:30,159
Speaker 1: or a robot. How come sometimes very mechanical movements instead

529
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,760
Speaker 1: of seeming more smooth and fluid cyborg or real about

530
00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:36,600
Speaker 1: anything else. Man's calls me rainman from time to time

531
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,119
Speaker 1: because you're pretty smart. Yeah, yeah, so that was that

532
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,080
Speaker 1: was an interesting one. I haven't heard that one before.

533
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,959
Speaker 1: All Right, Max Sharping, I'm not gonna call you rain man.

534
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,439
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna call you cyber. I'm just gonna call

535
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Speaker 1: you Max, because you know, I want to keep talking

536
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,000
Speaker 1: with you through the years. Sound good. I appreciate that

537
00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:53,640
Speaker 1: cyborg or rain man. I could see. I could see

538
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:58,359
Speaker 1: the rain Man think that that dude is intelligent. He is,

539
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,679
Speaker 1: recalls is as I was talking to him going off

540
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,359
Speaker 1: the practice field, the other day and introduced myself and

541
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 1: he goes, yeah, yeah, I've seen you around here before,

542
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 1: And I was like, whoa to have? You know, just

543
00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,639
Speaker 1: that recall, And and I'm not somebody that has, you know,

544
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,280
Speaker 1: kind of been in his life and hopefully will be

545
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 1: for a while as he plays here for the Houston Texans.

546
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,240
Speaker 1: But Max has been very good. I had a conversation

547
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,480
Speaker 1: with my good friend lands Aeroline on Sunday afternoon and

548
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 1: we were talking about the offensive line and I just said,

549
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 1: the one position, the one player actually that I have

550
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,959
Speaker 1: no concerns about in any way, shape or for him.

551
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 1: It's Max Sharping. Now as you get into the season

552
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 1: or things gonna change, is he gonna struggle? So play sure.

553
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 1: Every rookie does. Every rookie does. Every rookie has to

554
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 1: face the guy that's, you know, three hundred interior guys

555
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,440
Speaker 1: in particular, face the guy it's three hundred and twenty

556
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 1: five pounds. He's as strong as an ox. It's really

557
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 1: tough to move him. But Max's technique, his intelligence, his recall,

558
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,720
Speaker 1: his understanding of the offense. Max Sharping is gonna be

559
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 1: a player for this team for a long time. Been very,

560
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: very happy with what he has provided. Now a guy

561
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: that makes us happy each and every Sunday when he's

562
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Speaker 1: up in the booth with Mark and with me is

563
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 1: Andrea Ware. And Andrea joined us this morning on Texas Monday,

564
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,560
Speaker 1: and I after we had the conversation, I turned to

565
00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 1: markets and that was really good. I'm playing that tonight.

566
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,160
Speaker 1: I'll have that for you. We talked about many things. Well,

567
00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 1: we thought about the game, the offensive line, the tight

568
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,919
Speaker 1: end position. And then I asked the question that Wade

569
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,720
Speaker 1: Smith asked me, if you could keep only one of

570
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:25,360
Speaker 1: the three players. Of these three players, who would you keep.

571
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: I'll tell you those three players are and give you

572
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: Drey's answer. Next right here in Texans all Access. First

573
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Speaker 1: down at the Detroit twenty nine yard line, following the

574
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Speaker 1: howl keeper Buddy again through the middle twenty five, twenty

575
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Speaker 1: down to the fifteen yard line. Hello Buddy, first down

576
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: at the fifteen yard line, webbing the gun. How to

577
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Speaker 1: his left? Here's Buddy again? Why not crucks through a

578
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,600
Speaker 1: hole ten five, plowing close to the goal line. He's

579
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Speaker 1: down at the two first down at the thirty six handoff.

580
00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:58,359
Speaker 1: How running to the right side, trying to turn the corner.

581
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 1: Dows thirty yard line legs. Moving down to the twenty five,

582
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:06,879
Speaker 1: he picks up a first down. Hello, Buddy, how's that

583
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 1: gonna goal at the one web and the gun handoff?

584
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:14,399
Speaker 1: How all the right side? He's in big time running

585
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,880
Speaker 1: by Buddy. How As the Texas hdn't score again. It

586
00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: was that kind of night for Buddy how fifteen carries

587
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:26,640
Speaker 1: eighty four yards, one touchdown. You heard that touchdown right

588
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,800
Speaker 1: there at the end of the one yard That was

589
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,399
Speaker 1: decapper on the thirty to twenty three win. And he

590
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,880
Speaker 1: left a lot of Lions bruised and beaten down. Boy,

591
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 1: they didn't really want to tackle him in the secondary

592
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 1: once he got through the line. He had a great

593
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: ball game. Now I bring up Buddy how for this reason.

594
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: I was asked the question from Waite Smith on Saturday

595
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: night after the Lions preseason game. I was talking with

596
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 1: Sean Pendergast Diesel Schwartz and then waited this question for me.

597
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 1: He said, all right, John, you can only put one

598
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 1: of these three players on the fifty three man roster.

599
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:05,280
Speaker 1: And he said Darrell Adams, Buddy Howe or Tyron Johnson.

600
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: And I said, paw Man, it's like, you know, picking

601
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: between my kids, like I love all of them, I

602
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 1: want to I want to keep all of them, but

603
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 1: I know the numbers game kind of can maybe squeeze

604
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,680
Speaker 1: Darrell Adams out. Tyron Johnson's in a battle with Vincent Smith.

605
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 1: And I said, Buddy Howe, and I said, look at

606
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,760
Speaker 1: how he ran to night. Having a guy that is

607
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 1: running with that kind of downhill power, He's well put together,

608
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 1: and you know in special teams, he's gonna be a

609
00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 1: bona fide star. So I kept that question kind of

610
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 1: locked away, and I obviously remembered my response, and I

611
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 1: wanted to hit it our guests with that today, and

612
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 1: so I asked John McClaine. He said, Buddy how Well.

613
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 1: Then I asked Andrea, where you have to listen because

614
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,160
Speaker 1: in this interview andre I asked that question of Andre.

615
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,120
Speaker 1: As we talked about it this morning, just say that

616
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 1: andre agrees with me. Now, that wasn't the only thing

617
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,040
Speaker 1: we hit on, but it definitely was one of of

618
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 1: the things that we hit on with andre. We talked

619
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Speaker 1: about the game, the offensive line, and that particular question.

620
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,840
Speaker 1: Now andre Ware joins us right now to complete the

621
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Speaker 1: broadcast Power trio. Andre, Let's get to the opening drive,

622
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:19,600
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson finding his receivers, finding DeAndre Hopkins in the

623
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: end zone. Nice start for the team and that's all

624
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: you really needed to see from those guys on Saturday. Yeah,

625
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:30,480
Speaker 1: And what really contributed to him finding those receivers. I

626
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 1: think it was just to play the stellar play of

627
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Speaker 1: the offensive line and that that series, that sequence of downs,

628
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 1: and he had plenty of time a couple of times,

629
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Speaker 1: you know, he came off his first second read was

630
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Speaker 1: able to get to three and then when that was there,

631
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 1: there was still time. So excellent coverage in some instances,

632
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: coverage on the back end, but an even better job

633
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Speaker 1: of the offensive line holding up given to Shaun the

634
00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 1: time necessary to survey the field. Drey, we've talked about this,

635
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 1: Mark and I have. We've talked about it with you

636
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 1: on and off the air. We just have McLean on

637
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 1: He thinks three tight ends stay. Mark and I both

638
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 1: think four of them stay. How many tight ends do

639
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,440
Speaker 1: you think they keep? And is Darrell Adams the odd

640
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: man out or has he surpassed anybody at this point?

641
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,959
Speaker 1: What do you think with the tight end situation? By

642
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: the way, he does have practice squad eligibility. Yes, yeah,

643
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 1: I think at a minimum three, I almost want to

644
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 1: say four. And I haven't kept a sharp enough high

645
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: on who's uh contributing on special teams. I know I've

646
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: seen maybe Seals as one of the edge guys on

647
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: field goal and uh point after attempts, but that's that's

648
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 1: been about it. So maybe I lock you in a

649
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 1: little bit more there and who's playing what and how

650
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: much how many reps are actually getting on specialtims because

651
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: I think somebody might have an opportunity to make the team.

652
00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:55,200
Speaker 1: Uh if you can contribute on special teams, maybe over

653
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 1: a linebacker that uh you know, that's who you're fighting

654
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 1: with for. And I don't know I could see them

655
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: easily keeping four. I don't think that's out of the

656
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: realm of possibility. Three is more than likely number, because

657
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 1: that's how the NFL rosters are built. But boy, you'd

658
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: like to have all five. Have had an outstanding camp

659
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 1: and are playing well in the preseason. Andre Ware joining

660
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: us on Texans Monday. All right, so this week, what

661
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 1: do you want to see? No joint practice? You have

662
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,480
Speaker 1: Dallas on Saturday night, So this is an interesting week.

663
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: I think it's more like a regular season simulation of sorts.

664
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 1: What are you thinking, Andrea, Yeah, I think you've got

665
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 1: to get guys used to being on the field together,

666
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,479
Speaker 1: coming out for pregame warm ups. How to you know,

667
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: you know how to take the field, but taking the

668
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 1: field together, because it's something that you haven't done in

669
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. And just to kind of wrap up the

670
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 1: question before that, John asked me, I think all five

671
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 1: will be on an NFL roster. I don't think one

672
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 1: of them will make a practice squad or you're gonna

673
00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: be able to hide one on the practice squad without

674
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 1: somebody scooping up one of those tight ends for their

675
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 1: own rosters. So just to kind of put a bow

676
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: on that. And in terms of Saturday night, you want

677
00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: to see the entire first group on both sides of

678
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,280
Speaker 1: the ball, and it didn't have to be a long time,

679
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 1: but you want to see some progress. If you see

680
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 1: it early within a drive or two, then you, as

681
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,120
Speaker 1: you would say, Andy, bubble wrap them and put them

682
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: on the sideline and let's wait until week one of

683
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 1: the regular season against the Saints on Monday Night. But

684
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: if there's some you know, some hiccups along the waving

685
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 1: they play, I may be forced to play a little

686
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: bit longer than you anticipate, but a couple of quality

687
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 1: series with guys taking the field together. Lamar Miller has

688
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 1: yet to see the fielding preseason. Will Fuller is auntsie

689
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 1: to get back and get himself on the field. And

690
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,719
Speaker 1: how does Buddy Howell run with the first group? Who

691
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 1: I thought was the story of the game on Saturday night?

692
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 1: He was just flat out fantastic. Want to see him

693
00:33:55,640 --> 00:34:00,160
Speaker 1: in pass protection situations, to see his complete game as

694
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: a running back and then kind of go from there. Trey,

695
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 1: when training camp started and Matt Clill was fully healthy,

696
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: I think we thought at that point it was okay,

697
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,200
Speaker 1: Matt's the guy faded company. We didn't think he's gonna

698
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 1: be ready, but they're kind of locked in at left tackle.

699
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: Three weeks later, we watched Robert Johnson gets to the

700
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 1: trade Lions and we go, wait a second, now, do

701
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 1: we have a competition brewing at left tackle? How do

702
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:26,839
Speaker 1: you look at that position? First of all, how did

703
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: you think Rod played the other night at left tackle?

704
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:31,840
Speaker 1: And do you think there is a legitimate competition for

705
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: that particular spot at this point? I think absolutely, And

706
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: I think if there wasn't before Saturday night. There certainly

707
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: is now because of the way he played, or there

708
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:46,080
Speaker 1: should be. He was fantastic. He's got some athletic ability

709
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 1: to play that spot where he can slide out or

710
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:52,240
Speaker 1: kick out and position himself in front of speed rushers.

711
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: He's got good change of direction, the strength is there

712
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,919
Speaker 1: when they need to run to his side. And there's

713
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 1: some things, some other things you would you'd still like

714
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: to see from him, And I think he's gonna get

715
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: the opportuniti's quite honestly the rest of the preseason, but um,

716
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:12,360
Speaker 1: certainly this week and if he's if he's uh managed

717
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 1: to seal that spot um, which honestly, man, when you

718
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 1: look at it, it would be hard for me not

719
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:23,440
Speaker 1: to think that he hadn't hadn't locked that down and

720
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 1: the way he played Saturday night. But they're probably wanting

721
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:30,439
Speaker 1: to see some other things and and continue having him

722
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 1: work towards being a starter and really earning it and

723
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: taking it before they just somewhat give it to him.

724
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 1: But I thought he I thought he earned the right

725
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,680
Speaker 1: to position himself to be a starter on that on

726
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 1: the offensive line. Titus Howard reportedly a broken finger, So

727
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 1: how does that affect an offensive lineman, take the other

728
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,120
Speaker 1: one to it, and I don't know if he cast

729
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 1: it up, but you gotta go. A finger doesn't stop

730
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,839
Speaker 1: you from playing on the offensive line. So I think

731
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 1: he uh, I think he'll be right back in the line.

732
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 1: It appears on how severe the injury or significant it is,

733
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: but usually it's just a tape job and maybe some

734
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: protection on it, and and hey, let's go Drey. I

735
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 1: like this question that Wade gave me the other night

736
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 1: in the post game, and he said, you get there's

737
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: three guys and you get just one to make the

738
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:22,480
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. So I'll ask you. And mcleany

739
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:23,919
Speaker 1: had the same answer I did. By the way, Mark

740
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 1: he had the same answer. I'm not gonna say who

741
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 1: it was, but you get Darrell Adams, Buddy Howe or

742
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: Tyrant Johnson. You can only pick one of those three

743
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: to make the roster. Which one are you taking? Darrell Adams,

744
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: Buddy how or Tyrant Johnson? You know, Mark gave me

745
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: a layup in the pre game the other day, and

746
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,840
Speaker 1: you're giving me a layup right now, Johnny. That's Buddy

747
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,239
Speaker 1: how After the way he played the other night. How

748
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,880
Speaker 1: he's been on special teams, and you know, as I

749
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:56,720
Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, you want to see some things in terms

750
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: of pass protection. Can't he protect the quarterback? I think

751
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,879
Speaker 1: I gotta believe the size of sixth one about two

752
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: hundred eighteen two hundred and twenty pounds, he'll be able

753
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: to do that and then catch the ball out of

754
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 1: the backfield. So if he can prove to you in

755
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 1: this week that he can do those things, that's a

756
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 1: lock for me. Tyron Johnson has missed some balls and

757
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 1: had some opportunities to make this team or make a

758
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 1: bigger splash than he's made. But when you get in

759
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,919
Speaker 1: the game and you have an opportunity to really lock

760
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 1: down a spot, a couple of balls have gone on

761
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 1: the ground that really could have helped his cause. And

762
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 1: then Darrelle he is just in a situation where there

763
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:36,360
Speaker 1: are draft picks in front of him. He may be

764
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 1: the guy that makes it, though he may end up

765
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: making this team, but the draft picks I gotta believe

766
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,760
Speaker 1: are gonna be because you've invested in him. There's something

767
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 1: that has been invested in those three in front of him,

768
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:52,400
Speaker 1: and I gotta believe they're gonna have the spots before

769
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 1: Jarell Adams. Wait, what was the layup I gave you

770
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:57,320
Speaker 1: in pregame the other night. I don't remember it was.

771
00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,840
Speaker 1: I think it was the offensive line in terms of

772
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: the Oh yeah going into that night. Yeah, yeah, I

773
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 1: gave you that one. Geez, I'm just too friendly. Sometimes

774
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,480
Speaker 1: that's a good question. Yeah, no, No, that was a

775
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: good question, A good question. It's a good it's a

776
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: good question. And at the time it was asked to you,

777
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: you know, I'm thinking, I'm looking. I got to the

778
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:20,240
Speaker 1: ability to look back on the previous game and judge

779
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 1: it how how the three of them have played. And

780
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 1: I think Buddy how as I mentioned, was was the

781
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: story the other night? I mean, with a revamped offensive line,

782
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: And that's just kind of being generous. He was able

783
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 1: to and that's hard to do for a running back

784
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: when you got guys that are hadn't played together. Uh,

785
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: there's no defenders are slipping off block, you gotta make

786
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 1: a move. He looked as natural running the football as

787
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: I've seen a Texans running back in a long time.

788
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,839
Speaker 1: Drey at that point, and not just body, but when

789
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 1: you have a guy that has a night like that

790
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 1: in a preseason game, just you know he's with the

791
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 1: threes and he's just he's killing it. What's what's the

792
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 1: process for him next? If you're coaching staff, you're going, hey,

793
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 1: wait a second. You don't automatically make him a starter?

794
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: Is it as simple as hey, let's get this guy

795
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: some carries in the second quarter, or if it's a receiver, hey,

796
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 1: let's get this guy some targets, maybe with the seawan

797
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,560
Speaker 1: or you know he was with George, let's do it

798
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:16,239
Speaker 1: with Joe. What's kind of the process for a guy

799
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,839
Speaker 1: that kind of pops on the screen as the three

800
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 1: when he dominates the threes? Is it just hey, let's

801
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 1: get him some reps with the twos. Let's try a

802
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 1: different special team area for him. What do you do

803
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 1: with a guy like Buddy? How that pops like he

804
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 1: did the other night? It's like, whoa, what do we

805
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: have here? You know, this is the unexpected that has

806
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 1: popped up and we didn't know. It's a good problem

807
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 1: to have if you're a coaching staff and it is, well,

808
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:44,279
Speaker 1: wait a minute, have we just created competition or has

809
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 1: Buddy put himself in competition to get reps as the

810
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:50,440
Speaker 1: second back along with specially, do we need to find

811
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: someone to replace him or the things that he does

812
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:57,840
Speaker 1: on special teams and maybe lighten his load there because

813
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,800
Speaker 1: he's so he's become valuaboy or a valuable asset within

814
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: the offense. I think there's still some questions there to

815
00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 1: be answered. I think he's going to be given the

816
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 1: opportunities to answer those questions. And then if you're buddy,

817
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 1: you got to feel pretty good about yourself. Look, if

818
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,439
Speaker 1: I'm not on this team, I'm on somebody's team because

819
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,320
Speaker 1: I just put it on film for all thirty thirty

820
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,440
Speaker 1: one other ones to see. So I'm gonna be playing

821
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: football somewhere, and he's got to take some pride in it.

822
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 1: I listened to the interview after and it was refreshing

823
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:27,919
Speaker 1: this hear him say, Hey, I appreciate the offensive line

824
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,959
Speaker 1: of the job they did, but boy does it feel good,

825
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 1: uh for myself to go out and put that out there,

826
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 1: knowing that all along I could have done it. I'm

827
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,359
Speaker 1: kind of paraphrasing, but it was just refreshing to hear

828
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,279
Speaker 1: him say it in the excitement in his voice for

829
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 1: a young player that had just come off a stellar performance.

830
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:49,759
Speaker 1: It made that EPs some salt bath that might have

831
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,759
Speaker 1: been the best part of the interview because that took

832
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 1: me back to my grandmother and hey, when I was

833
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 1: in high school. Hey, get him, get him in a

834
00:40:57,160 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 1: in a bath, put some EPs, some salt in it,

835
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 1: and just guess what, guys, it works. What do you

836
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: do that kind draws the sore us out? And but

837
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: with that, as he stated, you can't just go in

838
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,600
Speaker 1: and just sit around the next day, you gotta be

839
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: moving around, which they do. You get on you're running

840
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:19,359
Speaker 1: about half speed the three quarter strides to keep your

841
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 1: just to keep the blood flowing where the lactic acid

842
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: doesn't build up in your body. But it helps, it

843
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: really really help. Now, yes, it might be recency biased

844
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 1: because Buddy had the type of game that he did,

845
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: but I just felt overall that of those three, and

846
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: not to say that if you threw another two or three,

847
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,399
Speaker 1: I'd picked Buddy butt of that three, and I think

848
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 1: those three have been very, very good this training camp.

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Speaker 1: I thought it was a brilliant question from Wade to

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Speaker 1: one guy to take out of that. Now, Texas may

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Speaker 1: not take any of them, they may take all three

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Speaker 1: of them in some way, shape or form. Now. I

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Speaker 1: don't know how. Now, I figured it out how they

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Speaker 1: could because I think they carry four tight ends. So

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Speaker 1: I figured out how they could keep everybody that's in

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Speaker 1: would mean that somebody would have to go on IR,

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Speaker 1: and I don't want anybody going on IR. But I

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Speaker 1: mentioned it this morning as well, Darrell Adams gets I mean,

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Speaker 1: Tyron Johnson, let's just say that Buddy's the selection. Those

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Speaker 1: they're gonna get snapped up. I don't think you can

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Speaker 1: get them to the practice squad. Now, it'd be great

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Speaker 1: gonna be that way with a lot of guys on

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Speaker 1: this roster. When you get to know numbers fifty four

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Speaker 1: through sixty four, or you know, probably the top ten

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Speaker 1: twelve guys, they're gonna be considerations across the board throughout

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Speaker 1: the league. So Texans have provided some opportunities for players

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Speaker 1: to show what they can do, and we'll see if

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Speaker 1: they stay with the Texans or if they move on.

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Speaker 1: But boy, some tough position battles coming up now. A

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Speaker 1: lot of people don't thank for tonight's show. Gotta thank

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, DJ, Nick Martin, Drew Doherty, Max Sharping, Mark Vandermir,

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Speaker 1: Davin Bellamy, Andre Ware, thank you guys for listening. You

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Speaker 1: guys are the very best. We will see it tomorrow

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Speaker 1: another training camp day. I think it's Training Camp Day

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Speaker 1: three sixty two. We'll have that for you right here

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Speaker 1: on our air. Texans Radio appreciate you guys. See tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: as always, go Texans