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<v Speaker 1>This is a young team. We're on the cuff. They're

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<v Speaker 1>hungry to get better.

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<v Speaker 2>Peers lightning right, Spend parrels his way down on the

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<v Speaker 2>forty one yard line.

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<v Speaker 3>Want to run by Piers.

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<v Speaker 2>These are the type of guys, the type of men

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<v Speaker 2>that we want in our locker room.

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<v Speaker 3>Tender top pitch question, Harris.

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<v Speaker 4>Game day is every day.

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<v Speaker 1>I love the energy. Stop by Stateley p Trey. Texans

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<v Speaker 1>have the ball on the pit and if you want it,

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<v Speaker 1>you gotta go work.

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<v Speaker 4>No, it's Texans all xys.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, so you definitely gotta go work.

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<v Speaker 1>And we are working this evening for you, John Harris

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<v Speaker 1>alongside the voice of the Texans, Mark vandermir That's what

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<v Speaker 1>I have on my phone. And when Mark called me earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>it came up as the voice of the Texans.

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<v Speaker 3>That's all it says. It says voice, and I know

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<v Speaker 3>who that is. It's very nice. Mark. Good evening, We boy,

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<v Speaker 3>good evening. We have a we got a lot a lot,

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<v Speaker 3>a lot a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>To talk about and I'm not even sure where to start,

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<v Speaker 1>but we.

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<v Speaker 3>Talked to Lite nowhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I think, all right, I'll go with what you

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<v Speaker 1>want to What do you want to start?

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<v Speaker 2>With all right, I want to have a contest, and

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<v Speaker 2>the contest is name your starting five offensive linemen September tenth.

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<v Speaker 5>I think I can get somebody to ensure it.

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<v Speaker 2>We can give away one hundred grand because it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be tough to name for most people. But Johnny,

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<v Speaker 2>if anybody can do it, you and I can get

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<v Speaker 2>it done and name the starting five or at least

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<v Speaker 2>give some options because if they come to us, right,

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<v Speaker 2>if they come to us and say, hey, who should start,

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<v Speaker 2>I think we can help them out.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't think they will. In fact, I'm positive they won't.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's been a really interesting few days injuries, Kenyan Green, acquisitions,

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<v Speaker 2>practice squad, and reports.

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<v Speaker 5>And we'll put it together, right we will.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll say this practice was today, and then the guys

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<v Speaker 1>are off the I think they're off Friday, Saturday, Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>so they might have something tomorrow. But then the season

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<v Speaker 1>premiere is tomorrow. Season premiere, Yeah tomorrow, they're all gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be there.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, they're all gonna be there for tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>So at that point you'll get a look at you know,

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<v Speaker 1>even further because you have the cutdown yesterday at three

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<v Speaker 1>pm Central time. Then you have waiver claims. The Texans

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<v Speaker 1>did make two waiver claims. Those two players go right

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<v Speaker 1>to the fifty three man roster. Two rookies Oregon State

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<v Speaker 1>defensive back Alex Austin and Ole Miss guard Nick Broker.

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<v Speaker 1>They were both with the Buffalo Bills. They were both

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<v Speaker 1>claimed on the roster. Now the corresponding moves a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a kind of doghead turn here mark the

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<v Speaker 1>corresponding moves. Two players were then released, Derrick Rivers who

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<v Speaker 1>was then signing with the practice squad, and Mike Boone.

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<v Speaker 3>Was released.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I have not seen anything further on Mike Boone

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<v Speaker 1>unless I've missed it. I have not seen anything further

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<v Speaker 1>on Mike Boone. But he is the second He's the

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<v Speaker 1>second player that is released.

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<v Speaker 3>They make way where John? What's that?

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<v Speaker 2>But Aaron Wilson. I'm gonna give him credit because I've

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<v Speaker 2>just seen it right here. Thirty one minutes ago, uh

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<v Speaker 2>signed re signing to the fifty three man roster Mike

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<v Speaker 2>Boone and Corey Littleton.

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<v Speaker 3>So okay, there we go.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, good, that's what he says, And they haven't.

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<v Speaker 2>The Texas have not come out with the pr email

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<v Speaker 2>today with all the day's activities right.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you can see why.

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<v Speaker 1>You can see why because there's so many things going on. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>the Texans are resigning Steven Simms Junior, and we talked

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<v Speaker 1>about this machination last night. We said to look out

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<v Speaker 1>for this one because the the this happened with John

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<v Speaker 1>Weeks in I can't remember what year it was, twenty one,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe I think at twenty one, and to get some

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<v Speaker 1>players through to IR and just to kind of roster machinations.

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<v Speaker 1>And honestly, I can't tell you how this works. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just what the CBA allows them to do.

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<v Speaker 3>They released Weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>And then two days later brought him back, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>essentially what the Texans have done with Boone and Lyttleton

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<v Speaker 1>and now Steven Simms. They released them because they had

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<v Speaker 1>to be off the roster by three o'clock yesterday. But

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<v Speaker 1>then they brought them back and they're back on the roster.

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<v Speaker 1>So Lyttleton, Boone and Sims added back.

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<v Speaker 3>Also added to.

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<v Speaker 1>The mix is Alex Austin in the corner of the

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<v Speaker 1>Rookie Corner from out of Oregon State. And then Nick

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<v Speaker 1>Broker and I want to go there with Broker offensive

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<v Speaker 1>Lineman from Ole miss, he's a guard. I've seen him

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<v Speaker 1>play a number of times, so with the Senior Bowl,

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's a sturdy, developmental guy that you can

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<v Speaker 1>grow and I think he will get better as he grows.

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<v Speaker 1>And the one thing I kept saying about him when

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<v Speaker 1>I would study him, there's nothing elite in have elite

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<v Speaker 1>arm length or size or anything. But he would just

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<v Speaker 1>get guys blocked. So I'm curious to see how he

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<v Speaker 1>fits in. So back to your question about the starting

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<v Speaker 1>five at Baltimore. Go ahead, big fella, who.

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<v Speaker 3>Is what's the starting five? You want me the defensive line.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to put in your not only suggestion,

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<v Speaker 1>but what your expectation might be for that offensive line.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, By the way, I have Sims here, according

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<v Speaker 2>to sort, not sources, according to reports. I should say

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<v Speaker 2>Sims on the practice practice squad, right, and Boone and

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<v Speaker 2>Littleton on the fifty three. But you know, wait fifteen minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>this could change again, exactly until the team says something.

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<v Speaker 2>This is all just stuff in the wind, and we

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<v Speaker 2>might be wrong about it, but let's go with this. Johnny,

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<v Speaker 2>you look at the guard situation, Kenyon green On ir,

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<v Speaker 2>I know it's been a big topic on the station

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<v Speaker 2>all day long, and I get it because he's a

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<v Speaker 2>first round draft choice from last year. We celebrate these guys,

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<v Speaker 2>and then look what happens. I think the situation back

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<v Speaker 2>in May what Nick Assario said today, that they knew

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<v Speaker 2>this was a possibility. Look, guys got it out all

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<v Speaker 2>the time, trying to play through things. And do you

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<v Speaker 2>want to have season ending surgery in May or do

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<v Speaker 2>you want to give it a chance when you might

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<v Speaker 2>be able to possibly make it through the season or

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<v Speaker 2>at least a big chunk, or maybe things turn out Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't live in Kenyan Green's shoes

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm not his doctor, but that could be a possibility,

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<v Speaker 2>because why else would they have done this, right, I

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<v Speaker 2>think they were hoping against hope that this could work

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<v Speaker 2>out for this season at least, but it didn't.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's on.

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<v Speaker 5>IR So there it is.

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<v Speaker 2>And in May when this comes up anyway, it's not like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh suddenly we can acquire we could exhume the career

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<v Speaker 2>of Mike Munchak, or we can exhume the career of

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<v Speaker 2>John It doesn't work that way.

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<v Speaker 5>No one's available in May.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, whoever's available in May is likely to be

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<v Speaker 2>available via a certain kind of trade now or maybe

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<v Speaker 2>an acquisition through the waiver wire or another means. So

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<v Speaker 2>to me, it is what it is, and you gotta

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<v Speaker 2>deal with it. I don't know what happened to Michael Dieter.

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<v Speaker 2>We all wonder about that one. But here they have

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<v Speaker 2>on their roster currently, let's just go with what we have.

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<v Speaker 2>You tell me, can Kendrick Green possibly play? Can you

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<v Speaker 2>move Josh Jones to guard? Can you move Titus to

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<v Speaker 2>guard and put Josh Jones at right tackle? There are

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<v Speaker 2>different opportunities within what they've got right now, practice squad included,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll get to that. But tell me about that

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<v Speaker 2>guard situation with Green, Jones or Howard possibly, because there

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<v Speaker 2>are some opportunities here. It's just hard to predict what

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna.

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<v Speaker 3>Do it really is.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you start thinking today at practice, there are

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<v Speaker 1>six linemen dressed out. Six now you typically now, I

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<v Speaker 1>once you get the practice squad, there's obviously a lot more.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, when you're working out before the game

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<v Speaker 1>and there are eight offensive linemen dressed out, you feel like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh man, they got all the linemen dressed out.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I mean that's eight and they're usually two that you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know, I think you have nine, sometimes sometimes you have ten,

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<v Speaker 1>depending on you know, how much versatility you have. My

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<v Speaker 1>point in bringing that up is you look down there

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<v Speaker 1>and you're like, okay, you got laramie, you've got shack.

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<v Speaker 3>So you've left tackle and right guard.

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<v Speaker 1>As long as nothing happens then physically in the next

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<v Speaker 1>few days, that's the only you know, forty percent of.

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<v Speaker 3>The line that's it.

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<v Speaker 1>After that, a lot of it has to do with

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<v Speaker 1>Titus's hand in his recovery. Then the question becomes, all right, well,

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Jones and Titus Howard are similar I think in

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<v Speaker 1>this respect. They are both natural tackles, but you might

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<v Speaker 1>need one of them to play guard, and and you

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<v Speaker 1>might have to do that to get your best five.

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<v Speaker 3>On the field.

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<v Speaker 1>So which one is that? If you move Titus over

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<v Speaker 1>there and put him at left guard. I mean, we've

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<v Speaker 1>kind of we've seen that before, and I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how successful that is now. Would it be more successful

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<v Speaker 1>with a different center in the system, Does it fit

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<v Speaker 1>Titus a little bit more?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>My gut tells me they'll leave Titus over at right tackle,

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<v Speaker 1>and they would move Josh Jones over to left guard.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I don't love that, but if it gets your

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<v Speaker 1>best lineman on the field, then I'm for it to

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<v Speaker 1>a degree.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, let's hop over to center.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's say that pause the center thing for a moment. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>let's say Titus is unavailable against Baltimore. Let's just go

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<v Speaker 2>there for a moment, and that hypothetical he's not available

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<v Speaker 2>against Baltimore at tackle? Or do you put Jones at

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<v Speaker 2>tackle and then piece it together at guard somehow you're

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<v Speaker 2>really up against it?

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<v Speaker 5>Then, right, This is why the.

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<v Speaker 1>Deeper thing, this is why the Deeterer thing, to me

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<v Speaker 1>is just kind of a miss, because I would have

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<v Speaker 1>felt like, look, Dieter is a natural guard or center, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean one of the He could play one or

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<v Speaker 1>the other, and he's done it throughout camp. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>like Dieter at tackle and didn't like Dieter at tackle,

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<v Speaker 1>but Gardner center, I felt like he held his own

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<v Speaker 1>and did good things. So, okay, you put Dieter in

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<v Speaker 1>at left guard, and then you in some sense have

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<v Speaker 1>a competition to see who plays right tackle and Jones

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<v Speaker 1>leading up to the Baltimore week, in which one you

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<v Speaker 1>know can Can Josh Jones get up to speed with

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<v Speaker 1>the protections, with the line calls.

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<v Speaker 3>Can he feel comfortable enough with that? Can he get

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<v Speaker 3>a crash course out on the edge?

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<v Speaker 1>But Mark, I mean, do you want to have a

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<v Speaker 1>tackle out there in Baltimore against edge rushers that are

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<v Speaker 1>not the greatest, but man, they are incredibly quick and

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<v Speaker 1>dynamic in Odefe o Way and David Ojabo.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you want?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I I I'm perplexed as to as to

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<v Speaker 1>what and how that can that can shake down. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>hoping that Titus is then ready to go, but look,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to rush it just because I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>feel uncomfortable in week one. If Titus isn't ready, he's

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<v Speaker 1>not ready. I hope he's ready for week two. They'll

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<v Speaker 1>have as as I've heard both Tamiko and Nick say. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll have a quarterback under center, they'll have an offensive line.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just a matter of.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you put it together if Titus can't go.

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<v Speaker 1>My guess is on the edge leeve Fant and then

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<v Speaker 1>put Josh Jones at guard potentially, and then get to

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<v Speaker 1>the center position, where now you still have questions. I

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<v Speaker 1>hate to, you know, put Jones in that spot of Hey, look,

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<v Speaker 1>you've looked pretty good at tackle the last couple of years.

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<v Speaker 3>You haven't looked that it's good at guard.

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<v Speaker 1>But this might be best for the Texans right now, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>for you to play guard.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, and that's the hardest thing ever.

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<v Speaker 5>So I've got your center if you need it.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, I'd love to have Juice fully healthy. Maybe it happens.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you said only six dress today. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>that was there for the world to see, the media

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<v Speaker 2>to see. Maybe somehow, you know, another few days. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good, I'm over it. I don't know, we don't

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<v Speaker 2>know that. But on the practice squad, reportedly there's a

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<v Speaker 2>player who I like. Now, I've admittedly not been the

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<v Speaker 2>greatest offensive line evaluator. In other words, I have no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you pushing their guys out of the way? Are

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<v Speaker 2>you successful when you're in there as a unit? That's

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<v Speaker 2>I look at those things and I'm watching a ball

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<v Speaker 2>anyway what I'm doing play by play. But Jimmy Morrissey's

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<v Speaker 2>on the practice squad. Jimmy Morrissey has started games for

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<v Speaker 2>this team. He's actually started wins for this team. He

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<v Speaker 2>started the Charger game in twenty twenty one, which I

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<v Speaker 2>know for the Chargers was we're hungover or whatever, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's late in the season and we just overlooked this

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<v Speaker 2>one that they make all sorts of excuses. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>you ran the ball well that day, you played well.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a nice, little tidy win in an otherwise

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<v Speaker 2>really unfortunate season. I think Jimmy might be an option

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<v Speaker 2>for them as an elevation, And I think now that

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<v Speaker 2>he's on the practice squad, I'm not exactly sure of this,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think he's protected till at least after Week one,

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<v Speaker 2>so that might be that might be an option for them,

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<v Speaker 2>among whatever else they can cook up. But I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think that's the worst option in the world, considering he

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<v Speaker 2>has some starting experience.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, if Juice is unable to go, now, even if

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<v Speaker 1>Juice plays, if Juice is ready to go, which I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, something tells me that's not gonna happen, But look,

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<v Speaker 1>you never know. Juice is a rookie anyway, so just

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna be playing his first NFL game whenever he

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<v Speaker 1>steps on the field.

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<v Speaker 3>So yep, if Juice is not in there, then.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Deeter would have been my next option, Well no longer.

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<v Speaker 1>Here then Jared Patterson is an option. Now. Here's the

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<v Speaker 1>thing with Jared Patterson, the rookie on Notre Dame. He

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<v Speaker 1>played center for three years at Notre Dame. His senior

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<v Speaker 1>year he moved to guard so they could get the

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<v Speaker 1>best offensive line on the field. Harry Heuston, if I

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<v Speaker 1>remember correctly, went back to Notre Dame in that year

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<v Speaker 1>and he moved Patterson over to guard. He then played

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<v Speaker 1>the full year at guard. The other night, when Juice

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<v Speaker 1>got banged up, Jarrett went into the game. They kept

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<v Speaker 1>the line where it was, They kept Eater at left guard. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>nothing that left guard, and they just moved Patterson. So

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<v Speaker 1>instead of having two moving pieces, they just had one.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was Patterson going in. And I thought Jarrett

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<v Speaker 1>more than held his own. I thought he did a great,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, as good a job as you could do

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<v Speaker 1>jumping in there. And I had to go out of

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<v Speaker 1>the game a little bit. I think he just got

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<v Speaker 1>the wind knocked out of him. But once he caught,

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<v Speaker 1>once he caught his breath, he went back in. He

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<v Speaker 1>did some good things. So Jarrett's a smart dude, and

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't seen any mental errors. I thought they would

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<v Speaker 1>try that guard, but he also got centered in his background.

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<v Speaker 1>So Patterson is an option. He'd be a rookie, but

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<v Speaker 1>he knows the offense. Jimmy's an option as an elevation

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<v Speaker 1>because he knows this offense.

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<v Speaker 3>And I got a feeling that Jimmy might the.

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<v Speaker 1>Elevation for the first few weeks until they can kind

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<v Speaker 1>of get everybody back, Juice back, Titus back, et cetera,

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<v Speaker 1>and then get Kendrick Green up the speed. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know that you can put Kendrick Green in at center

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<v Speaker 1>or guard unless it's a pseudo emergency. I mean, you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go up to Baltimore outside in a raucous environment

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<v Speaker 1>and CJ's gonna check to a play and Kendrick's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be like, huh Now, it's the NFL. You've got to

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<v Speaker 1>be able to step up and step in at some point.

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<v Speaker 1>But he got a rookie quarterback back there. And the

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<v Speaker 1>last thing you want is for Kendrick Green to think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a slide protection to the left and he opens

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<v Speaker 1>up the a gap and here comes Roquan and smashes CJ.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're gonna have to You're gonna have to work

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<v Speaker 1>those things out, I would feel a little bit more comfortable,

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<v Speaker 1>even though I think Kendrick is probably a better prospect overall.

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<v Speaker 1>But Jimmy and Jarrett both know this offense and they

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<v Speaker 1>know the center position, so that I would think, as

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<v Speaker 1>it sits right now, might make the most sense in

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<v Speaker 1>what they can do. So when I saw Jimmy was

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<v Speaker 1>coming back on the practice squad, I was like.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, that I can That's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel a little bit better. I don't feel great.

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<v Speaker 1>Even if Juice were one hundred percent healthy, Mark, I

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<v Speaker 1>still would be nervous, of course, nervous going against the Ravens.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's not Brandon Williams and Kalays Campbell over there.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not them anymore. But it's Justin Mattabek, who's just

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<v Speaker 1>as disruptive.

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<v Speaker 3>And the guys on the ads. It's not Terrell Suggs

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<v Speaker 3>and Justin Houston.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, Ojabo and Oway have got a ton

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<v Speaker 1>of speed and explosiveness, and they're playing in that building

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<v Speaker 1>and it's gonna be raucous.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the opener. And then, oh, by the way, playing

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<v Speaker 3>behind him his Roquan.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you're not if you're not buttoned up at

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<v Speaker 1>center or guard, and we saw that last year against

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<v Speaker 1>the Bears when nobody blocked Roquan and Roquand had like

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<v Speaker 1>twenty tackles in that game.

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<v Speaker 3>Right I had a pick, You had a pick. Basically

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<v Speaker 3>it picked in the game.

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<v Speaker 1>So you've got to be solid at center or guard

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<v Speaker 1>so you can get somebody to at least attempt to

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<v Speaker 1>get a hat on Rokwan in the running game. Because

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<v Speaker 1>you don't, then it's forget it. You're not You're not

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<v Speaker 1>running for fifty yards that day. So figuring out left

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<v Speaker 1>guard and center at this point, when you look at

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<v Speaker 1>the options of Kendrick Green recently acquired, Josh Jones, just

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<v Speaker 1>traded for Jimmy Morrissey currently on practice squad, and Jared Patterson.

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<v Speaker 3>A six round rookie. You went from feeling really really good.

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<v Speaker 3>I know I did.

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<v Speaker 1>I went from feeling pretty good about what the line

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna look like with Juice healthy, even if Kenyon

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<v Speaker 1>was in or not it was Deeter. I felt really

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<v Speaker 1>confident about that line. Then Titus gets banged up. George

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<v Speaker 1>has done some good things at right tackle, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>not Titus. You bring in Josh Jones, I'm excited about that,

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<v Speaker 1>but he's been here for a week. So where where

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<v Speaker 1>do you? How do you kind of put all this together?

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<v Speaker 1>And that's where I'm just I'm kind of shaking my

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<v Speaker 1>head about all of it, like, man, what do you?

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<v Speaker 3>What do you do? And that's that's baffling.

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<v Speaker 6>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Wilson has this about ten minutes ago, and I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen kind of bits and pieces of these all day.

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<v Speaker 1>This is not I think sixteen could be on practice

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<v Speaker 1>squad if my numbers are correct as thirteen.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's Clill Davis Deculus. I saw him in a

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<v Speaker 3>building today, so I figured that was what it was.

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<v Speaker 1>Kobe Francis, Ali Gay, Brandon Hill who's been banged up,

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<v Speaker 1>the rookie had a pitch, Johnny Johnson dunk Keene, Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>Morrissey Derrek Rivers went from the roster to practice squad.

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<v Speaker 1>Dio who's the international pathway player. So that does give

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<v Speaker 1>you an extra one with him being an international pathway player.

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<v Speaker 1>Steven Simms recently put on practice squad Garrett Wallow and

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<v Speaker 1>then Ty Zantner, who punted coming back on a practice squad.

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<v Speaker 3>So yes, because you can also have him as a

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<v Speaker 3>standard elevent two.

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<v Speaker 1>If Cam's not completely ready now Cam was, I thought,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I didn't see any special teams today,

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<v Speaker 1>so I saw Cam out there, but I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what if he was doing, or what if he's ready

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<v Speaker 1>to go or what.

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<v Speaker 3>But Tipe on it pretty well the other day.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you've got to have him as a standard

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<v Speaker 1>or as an elevation on game day from the practice squad,

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<v Speaker 1>then and then okay, great.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's it's tough.

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<v Speaker 1>I was feeling really good about how the roster is

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<v Speaker 1>coming together, Mark, and then the offensive line injuries happened,

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<v Speaker 1>you know juices against the Saints, you know Titus obviously earlier.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh you know those two.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean when forty percent of your line is down

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<v Speaker 1>and you're you're questionable essentially going into Baltimore like man,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a kick in the she canuts.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is interesting because when Scotty went down, I thought, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know what I always say, it tends to

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<v Speaker 2>be a position group that gets the injury bug.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like a virus.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and injuries go through a position crew and tight

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<v Speaker 2>end was kind of it during camp. But they seem

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<v Speaker 2>to be together now. Brevin Jordan was at practice today, right,

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<v Speaker 2>So that's a really positive thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, he was.

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<v Speaker 2>I was really hoping that he was in one of

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<v Speaker 2>those guys who'd end up on IR and day two

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<v Speaker 2>of the initial fifty three and all that. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>part of the fifty three. Good, so let's see what

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<v Speaker 2>he can do. We talked about him last night. But

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<v Speaker 2>when Scotty went down, that was early in camp relatively,

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<v Speaker 2>and I thought, let's not do this, let's not do

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<v Speaker 2>this on the line, and a lot of people were saying, well, Juice,

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<v Speaker 2>Scrug's going to start anyway. I'm not so sure about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I think Juice was eventually going to start, but right away.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe they liked Scotty in this system, you know, doing

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<v Speaker 2>this zone blocking and all the other elements they have

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<v Speaker 2>in this Kubiaki and Shanahanian system with Bobby slowan coach

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<v Speaker 2>and the O. So maybe they like Scotty. And I

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<v Speaker 2>know one thing, injuries are not good.

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<v Speaker 5>This just in breaking news. You mentioned the Ravens. You're

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<v Speaker 5>going up there.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a defensive ethic in this organization that's been around

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<v Speaker 2>for a long time. What's the Super Bowl year two thousand,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four years of football, right. They've been out of

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<v Speaker 2>the top ten in defense in those twenty four years

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<v Speaker 2>only seven times. And listen, I'm not gonna read all

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<v Speaker 2>the numbers to you. I'm not gonna bog you down

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<v Speaker 2>with these numbers. But there are a lot of ones, twos,

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<v Speaker 2>and threes in there, a lot of top five finishes

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<v Speaker 2>in defense throughout those years. Last year there were ninth

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<v Speaker 2>in yards, third in points per game allowed.

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<v Speaker 5>And I know year to year things changed.

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<v Speaker 2>Two years ago they were actually pretty horrible, but that

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<v Speaker 2>was just an abnormal situation for them. They're usually a

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<v Speaker 2>top ten type defense, whether it be yards or points

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<v Speaker 2>or both.

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<v Speaker 5>And this year we'll see.

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<v Speaker 2>But you're opening up there when supposedly everybody's fresh, but

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<v Speaker 2>the Texans are not fresh on the old line.

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<v Speaker 5>They gotta find a way to put it together.

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<v Speaker 2>Help is on the way eventually, because you're gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>Charlie Heck back. You're not gonna get Kenyan greenback this year.

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<v Speaker 2>But as guys get healthier, as the acquisitions they've made

0:22:02.040 --> 0:22:05.240
<v Speaker 2>get acclimated, that'll be good as well. But you are

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<v Speaker 2>where you are right now. You got to try to

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<v Speaker 2>put it together, no.

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<v Speaker 3>Doubt about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Two guys that ended up being cut have found new homes.

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<v Speaker 1>Drew Dordy and I talked about those two players that

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<v Speaker 1>were cut, what they meant to this organization.

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<v Speaker 3>That's next on Texans All Access.

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<v Speaker 4>More Texans Radio is on the way. Texans Radio is back.

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<v Speaker 1>This is John Harris Football, ANAMALS sideline reporter for your

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<v Speaker 1>Texans with you this evening and each and every Tuesday Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 1>Drew Dordy and I sit down and do a little

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<v Speaker 1>in the Lab podcast. We did this one talking about

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<v Speaker 1>the cuts and two major ones. Two guys have found

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<v Speaker 1>jobs in the NFL at this point, but we discussed them.

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<v Speaker 1>Desmond King, who is going to sign with the Steelers,

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<v Speaker 1>and then Christian Kirksey, who is going to sign with

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<v Speaker 1>the Buffalo Bills practice squad. I love the fact that

0:23:00.440 --> 0:23:05.040
<v Speaker 1>practice squad rules have changed that it allows veterans of

0:23:05.080 --> 0:23:08.480
<v Speaker 1>any experience level to be on a practice squad and

0:23:08.480 --> 0:23:10.840
<v Speaker 1>given the opportunity to kind of work themselves into shape

0:23:10.920 --> 0:23:13.600
<v Speaker 1>or learn the system or whatever. So it looks like

0:23:13.680 --> 0:23:15.840
<v Speaker 1>Christian's gonna have that opportunity up in Buffalo. But we

0:23:15.880 --> 0:23:18.840
<v Speaker 1>talked about that right here on in the Lab.

0:23:19.000 --> 0:23:19.840
<v Speaker 3>Chris hit it. Let's go.

0:23:20.240 --> 0:23:24.480
<v Speaker 7>This is a big day, cutdown day. We've seen names

0:23:24.520 --> 0:23:26.920
<v Speaker 7>already trickle out about who's not going to be on

0:23:26.960 --> 0:23:29.720
<v Speaker 7>the roster, who might be back in a little bit,

0:23:30.320 --> 0:23:32.600
<v Speaker 7>some other big names around the league, some former Texans,

0:23:32.600 --> 0:23:35.280
<v Speaker 7>some notable names. But I thought Demico Ryans put it

0:23:35.320 --> 0:23:38.560
<v Speaker 7>perfectly on Monday in his press conference at Energy Stadium,

0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:41.040
<v Speaker 7>is the day after the Saints preseason game. He said,

0:23:41.040 --> 0:23:44.440
<v Speaker 7>it's a delicate day, it's a sensitive day, it's tough,

0:23:45.320 --> 0:23:48.800
<v Speaker 7>and it's one of those days he went through as

0:23:48.800 --> 0:23:51.200
<v Speaker 7>a player. He was in the NFL for ten years.

0:23:51.600 --> 0:23:53.480
<v Speaker 7>I don't know that he was really ever on the

0:23:53.520 --> 0:23:57.040
<v Speaker 7>bubble until maybe the end, and I can't remember exactly

0:23:57.080 --> 0:23:59.600
<v Speaker 7>how his the end of his career went. Twenty fourteen

0:23:59.600 --> 0:24:01.480
<v Speaker 7>was the last season with the Eagles, but I know

0:24:01.560 --> 0:24:04.560
<v Speaker 7>he was never in jeopardy here. He just got traded,

0:24:04.760 --> 0:24:08.760
<v Speaker 7>you know, but salary can use salary cap casualty kind of.

0:24:08.800 --> 0:24:10.919
<v Speaker 7>But he at least has been around enough to see it.

0:24:11.359 --> 0:24:14.199
<v Speaker 7>You spend a decade playing, you spend some time as

0:24:14.240 --> 0:24:17.440
<v Speaker 7>an assistant, getting close to guys that you want to keep,

0:24:17.480 --> 0:24:21.000
<v Speaker 7>but you know, just aren't all the way there. Tough day,

0:24:21.240 --> 0:24:23.760
<v Speaker 7>and it's never one of the fun ones, certainly in

0:24:23.800 --> 0:24:26.280
<v Speaker 7>this building or any NFL building for that matter.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it really is. And you know, I've talked to

0:24:28.400 --> 0:24:31.320
<v Speaker 1>some of the NFL people around the league, from scouts

0:24:31.359 --> 0:24:34.000
<v Speaker 1>to players to coaches, and you have to Drew and

0:24:34.320 --> 0:24:39.560
<v Speaker 1>this is a day that everybody. Everybody hates. The fans

0:24:40.119 --> 0:24:43.040
<v Speaker 1>love it in some sense because they get to see

0:24:43.040 --> 0:24:45.199
<v Speaker 1>what the fifty three is going to be at the

0:24:45.240 --> 0:24:47.080
<v Speaker 1>start of the season, or at least on two years.

0:24:47.240 --> 0:24:49.280
<v Speaker 6>Crystallizes things a little bit, right.

0:24:49.200 --> 0:24:52.399
<v Speaker 1>And so you as a as a fan, you start

0:24:52.440 --> 0:24:56.240
<v Speaker 1>thinking about starting the season. Let's go, it's week one.

0:24:56.280 --> 0:24:59.960
<v Speaker 1>We're get excited about regular season Football's training camp. Nonsense,

0:25:00.040 --> 0:25:03.560
<v Speaker 1>it's just behind us. Let's go, let's do it. But man,

0:25:03.640 --> 0:25:07.240
<v Speaker 1>there's so much that goes into it. And ninety guys

0:25:07.280 --> 0:25:09.679
<v Speaker 1>in a in a locker room, every single one of

0:25:09.680 --> 0:25:12.320
<v Speaker 1>them is at a different stage, and they're all thinking

0:25:12.320 --> 0:25:14.600
<v Speaker 1>about this day in a different way. You know. The

0:25:14.680 --> 0:25:17.480
<v Speaker 1>Damian Pearces and Jalen Petries are like, yo, let's just

0:25:17.520 --> 0:25:21.840
<v Speaker 1>get the Baltimore Larimy Tunzel is you know, just all right,

0:25:21.960 --> 0:25:25.040
<v Speaker 1>when when's practice, we gotta get ready for Baltimore. I

0:25:25.040 --> 0:25:30.160
<v Speaker 1>gotta get ready for David Ajabo and o'defeoway. So then

0:25:30.160 --> 0:25:32.880
<v Speaker 1>you've got players at bottom of the roster going, man,

0:25:33.320 --> 0:25:36.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm on the roster. I think if I'm not, where

0:25:36.880 --> 0:25:38.359
<v Speaker 1>do I go? What do I do? And then you

0:25:38.440 --> 0:25:40.439
<v Speaker 1>got some near the bottom of the bottom of the

0:25:40.520 --> 0:25:44.040
<v Speaker 1>roster that are like, Okay, where's my next opportunity? Is

0:25:44.080 --> 0:25:46.760
<v Speaker 1>my next opportunity in the NFL? Maybe it's not even

0:25:46.800 --> 0:25:48.720
<v Speaker 1>in the NFL, maybe it's XFL. Do I need to

0:25:48.760 --> 0:25:53.080
<v Speaker 1>be thinking about getting a job on Tuesday? All those

0:25:53.160 --> 0:25:56.080
<v Speaker 1>emotions are kind of floating through the locker room, and

0:25:56.160 --> 0:25:58.960
<v Speaker 1>your coaches are kind of as you mentioned, Dimika Ryans.

0:25:59.200 --> 0:26:01.520
<v Speaker 1>Coaches are dealing with that too because they got to

0:26:01.520 --> 0:26:04.040
<v Speaker 1>have hard discussions, and the hardest discussions are coming from

0:26:04.119 --> 0:26:08.239
<v Speaker 1>Nick Cassariodika Ryans. But Dimko said something pretty interesting to us,

0:26:08.280 --> 0:26:11.679
<v Speaker 1>Drue that I thought about a lot. He said, I

0:26:11.760 --> 0:26:14.680
<v Speaker 1>want all ninety of these guys to have their careers

0:26:14.720 --> 0:26:16.240
<v Speaker 1>in the NFL. I want them to all be on

0:26:16.400 --> 0:26:19.400
<v Speaker 1>NFL roster in some way, shape or form, sure in

0:26:19.520 --> 0:26:22.119
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three and beyond. And I thought that was interesting.

0:26:22.240 --> 0:26:23.639
<v Speaker 1>I don't think I've ever heard a coach say that.

0:26:23.720 --> 0:26:25.399
<v Speaker 1>Now they might have thought it, but I don't know,

0:26:25.400 --> 0:26:27.359
<v Speaker 1>have ever heard any one of them say it out loud.

0:26:27.880 --> 0:26:30.359
<v Speaker 1>And I just think that speaks to to Tamiko. I

0:26:30.400 --> 0:26:33.320
<v Speaker 1>know Nick feels that way too.

0:26:32.680 --> 0:26:36.040
<v Speaker 7>Been through it and seeing friends get cut and he

0:26:36.119 --> 0:26:38.119
<v Speaker 7>got traded. I mean that had to be a just

0:26:38.119 --> 0:26:42.000
<v Speaker 7>a bombshell to him. So yeah, he's got that human element.

0:26:41.680 --> 0:26:44.359
<v Speaker 1>To it, right, no doubt. And so it makes us

0:26:44.440 --> 0:26:46.919
<v Speaker 1>its day. And you know, for you and I and

0:26:47.000 --> 0:26:48.800
<v Speaker 1>we get to know these players. We interview them out

0:26:48.800 --> 0:26:50.320
<v Speaker 1>to practice, we talked to them, We get to know

0:26:50.359 --> 0:26:52.720
<v Speaker 1>them a little bit. And then some of them, you know,

0:26:52.760 --> 0:26:54.400
<v Speaker 1>some rookies we don't get to know. But some guys

0:26:54.440 --> 0:26:56.920
<v Speaker 1>they've been around here, you know, the Desmond Kings, the

0:26:57.000 --> 0:27:00.639
<v Speaker 1>Christian Kirkseyes, the World Lopez. I mean those guys you

0:27:00.640 --> 0:27:03.159
<v Speaker 1>know we've gotten over the last three years. And you

0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:05.040
<v Speaker 1>look up and Okay, well they're not in the locker

0:27:05.119 --> 0:27:07.480
<v Speaker 1>room anymore. And you know, you've been there since two

0:27:07.480 --> 0:27:09.439
<v Speaker 1>thousand and I've been there since twenty fourteen. You know,

0:27:09.640 --> 0:27:11.960
<v Speaker 1>you get used to it, but just because you get

0:27:12.040 --> 0:27:14.560
<v Speaker 1>used to something doesn't mean you like it. And you

0:27:14.640 --> 0:27:18.040
<v Speaker 1>hate seeing those players. I mean, de Dez has a

0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:22.080
<v Speaker 1>brother that has Aspergers. He's on the spectrum as well.

0:27:22.119 --> 0:27:24.040
<v Speaker 1>So Dez and I've talked about that because my son

0:27:25.359 --> 0:27:27.160
<v Speaker 1>has the same and so we've talked a lot about

0:27:27.200 --> 0:27:30.240
<v Speaker 1>that about family. So I wish them all well. I

0:27:30.280 --> 0:27:32.159
<v Speaker 1>hate it because it feels like, Okay, you got to

0:27:32.160 --> 0:27:34.440
<v Speaker 1>get ready for the Ravens and we got to start preparing,

0:27:34.680 --> 0:27:37.080
<v Speaker 1>you know, even our stuff for the Ravens. But you

0:27:37.200 --> 0:27:40.400
<v Speaker 1>just hate that, you know, guys that you like as

0:27:40.440 --> 0:27:44.639
<v Speaker 1>people and as football players have got to go start

0:27:44.680 --> 0:27:47.480
<v Speaker 1>something different end up in a different location. I always

0:27:47.560 --> 0:27:50.360
<v Speaker 1>find it fascinating at the end of games, Drew when

0:27:50.400 --> 0:27:53.280
<v Speaker 1>players meet at midfield and they're shaking hands and you're like, O, hey,

0:27:53.280 --> 0:27:54.920
<v Speaker 1>those two didn't go to the same college. Oh yeah,

0:27:54.960 --> 0:27:57.760
<v Speaker 1>they were in this rookie class with this team, and

0:27:57.800 --> 0:28:00.320
<v Speaker 1>now they've you know, gone these their separate ways and

0:28:00.359 --> 0:28:03.920
<v Speaker 1>now they're meeting again. So it's it's the biggest smallest

0:28:04.280 --> 0:28:08.080
<v Speaker 1>fraternity on the planet in some sense. So it's a

0:28:08.119 --> 0:28:11.920
<v Speaker 1>tough day, but it's necessary. It's necessary. Ninety guys get

0:28:11.920 --> 0:28:13.919
<v Speaker 1>a shot, you get down to fifty three, and then

0:28:14.000 --> 0:28:15.640
<v Speaker 1>of course you got waiver claims. You got all kinds

0:28:15.680 --> 0:28:17.840
<v Speaker 1>of ways to build your roster. So I'm curious to

0:28:17.880 --> 0:28:20.760
<v Speaker 1>see what Nick and Miko are going to do. Having

0:28:20.760 --> 0:28:23.399
<v Speaker 1>the number two priority spot on the waiver wire is

0:28:23.440 --> 0:28:26.360
<v Speaker 1>going to be really interesting. My guess is there will

0:28:26.400 --> 0:28:29.440
<v Speaker 1>be at least two that come in through that waiver process.

0:28:29.680 --> 0:28:31.720
<v Speaker 7>One more thing on this just kind of as a whole,

0:28:32.040 --> 0:28:35.480
<v Speaker 7>all ninety guys in the locker room were unless with

0:28:35.600 --> 0:28:38.720
<v Speaker 7>the rarest of exceptions, all ninety of those guys, each

0:28:38.760 --> 0:28:41.680
<v Speaker 7>one of them, when they were in little league basketball

0:28:41.840 --> 0:28:45.040
<v Speaker 7>or little league football they played, or baseball or track

0:28:45.960 --> 0:28:50.280
<v Speaker 7>or whatever soccer, they were the kid that everyone in

0:28:50.320 --> 0:28:51.360
<v Speaker 7>the league was like.

0:28:51.840 --> 0:28:53.080
<v Speaker 6>Dude, that guy's really good.

0:28:53.800 --> 0:28:54.640
<v Speaker 1>Scared of ye.

0:28:55.080 --> 0:28:56.680
<v Speaker 6>Every single one of them, you know.

0:28:56.720 --> 0:29:01.160
<v Speaker 7>It was just like an absolute stud, clearly head and

0:29:01.200 --> 0:29:04.920
<v Speaker 7>shoulders better than everybody in there. And some of them,

0:29:04.920 --> 0:29:06.560
<v Speaker 7>like half of them are getting cut. Half of them

0:29:06.560 --> 0:29:09.360
<v Speaker 7>are getting cut. So it's something I kind of think

0:29:09.440 --> 0:29:12.640
<v Speaker 7>about every single time, you know, because I help coach,

0:29:13.160 --> 0:29:15.000
<v Speaker 7>you know, I've got little kids. Every time I'm out

0:29:15.040 --> 0:29:17.560
<v Speaker 7>at something and I see some kid that's good, I

0:29:17.560 --> 0:29:19.320
<v Speaker 7>automatically think to myself, he's.

0:29:19.160 --> 0:29:21.720
<v Speaker 6>Probably not going to do anything beyond college at.

0:29:21.560 --> 0:29:25.720
<v Speaker 7>Most if that, And so it's just that's how rare

0:29:25.840 --> 0:29:28.480
<v Speaker 7>these guys are. That's just something that it's like a

0:29:28.480 --> 0:29:29.400
<v Speaker 7>good perspective.

0:29:29.920 --> 0:29:32.520
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, oh my son, he had a triple. Well, you

0:29:32.560 --> 0:29:34.600
<v Speaker 6>know what, it's probably might not even play.

0:29:34.440 --> 0:29:39.000
<v Speaker 7>After junior so youth sports or anything.

0:29:39.000 --> 0:29:40.480
<v Speaker 6>But it's kind of more to magnify.

0:29:41.080 --> 0:29:44.880
<v Speaker 7>Yes, these guys are getting cut, but they are not bums.

0:29:44.960 --> 0:29:48.160
<v Speaker 6>They are they were.

0:29:46.960 --> 0:29:50.720
<v Speaker 7>Studs of studs back in the day, and it's just

0:29:50.760 --> 0:29:53.040
<v Speaker 7>something that that's got to be tough to take for

0:29:53.200 --> 0:29:56.040
<v Speaker 7>them in that regard, knowing that they've been pretty much

0:29:56.040 --> 0:29:58.440
<v Speaker 7>the best. They were the best in college I mean,

0:29:58.440 --> 0:30:01.160
<v Speaker 7>think about your your favorite college football team. If it

0:30:01.200 --> 0:30:03.600
<v Speaker 7>was a really really good one, maybe eight or nine

0:30:03.800 --> 0:30:05.480
<v Speaker 7>went to the NFL from it. I mean then that's

0:30:05.480 --> 0:30:08.160
<v Speaker 7>like they might have won a national title if that happened.

0:30:08.240 --> 0:30:09.880
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I mean we talked about the two thousand

0:30:09.920 --> 0:30:12.320
<v Speaker 1>and one Miami Hurricanes and I think I think it

0:30:12.360 --> 0:30:15.280
<v Speaker 1>was forty five guys were drafted. Greatest college football team

0:30:15.320 --> 0:30:17.680
<v Speaker 1>of all time. There's a pole that ended up on Twitter,

0:30:17.760 --> 0:30:19.160
<v Speaker 1>so I think it was Fox Sports put up a

0:30:19.160 --> 0:30:21.719
<v Speaker 1>pole and they put five teams they didn't put they

0:30:21.720 --> 0:30:24.400
<v Speaker 1>put greatest tower, most talented college football teams of all time.

0:30:24.480 --> 0:30:26.400
<v Speaker 1>They didn't put the two thousand and one Miami Hurricanes,

0:30:26.440 --> 0:30:30.720
<v Speaker 1>and like you dope oversight, forty five players from that

0:30:30.760 --> 0:30:33.200
<v Speaker 1>two thousand and one team ended up being drafted. And

0:30:33.240 --> 0:30:36.560
<v Speaker 1>we talked about that that is talented team. That's forty

0:30:36.600 --> 0:30:40.760
<v Speaker 1>five of eighty five scholarship players. So I mean there

0:30:40.800 --> 0:30:44.640
<v Speaker 1>were forty that ended up not being drafted or not

0:30:44.720 --> 0:30:49.520
<v Speaker 1>going to the NFL. So it's, you know it every

0:30:49.680 --> 0:30:53.280
<v Speaker 1>level filters it out as you go through, and you know,

0:30:54.680 --> 0:30:56.480
<v Speaker 1>you're right. I'm glad you brought it up because you're

0:30:56.480 --> 0:30:57.960
<v Speaker 1>going to hear a lot of this, Oh that guy's

0:30:58.000 --> 0:31:00.320
<v Speaker 1>a bomb, he can't play, and you know with some

0:31:00.320 --> 0:31:02.400
<v Speaker 1>guys sitting at a keyboard that's never you know, played

0:31:02.400 --> 0:31:04.480
<v Speaker 1>a day of football in his life. And so there's

0:31:04.520 --> 0:31:08.280
<v Speaker 1>that perspective that gets lost for sure. And I understand

0:31:08.280 --> 0:31:10.920
<v Speaker 1>it because you know, fans are you know short, you know,

0:31:11.040 --> 0:31:13.960
<v Speaker 1>short for fanatics, So I get it. I understand it

0:31:13.960 --> 0:31:16.520
<v Speaker 1>to a degree. But the truth of it is, there

0:31:16.520 --> 0:31:18.760
<v Speaker 1>are going to be some really talented dudes that were

0:31:18.880 --> 0:31:23.560
<v Speaker 1>all Americans, that were you know, award winners. Desmond King

0:31:23.680 --> 0:31:25.480
<v Speaker 1>was a I think he was a Jim Thorpe award

0:31:25.480 --> 0:31:27.080
<v Speaker 1>winner back in Iowa. So there are a lot of

0:31:27.120 --> 0:31:29.360
<v Speaker 1>those guys that are going to be looking for opportunities.

0:31:29.400 --> 0:31:31.720
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, there are no bums at all, not in

0:31:31.720 --> 0:31:33.480
<v Speaker 1>that locker room and not in the NFL for sure.

0:31:33.960 --> 0:31:37.080
<v Speaker 7>That's right. Okay, let's move on to this. CJ Stroud

0:31:37.120 --> 0:31:39.240
<v Speaker 7>looked good. We've talked a lot about what we saw

0:31:39.280 --> 0:31:43.040
<v Speaker 7>from him the other night. The ball placement outstanding, which

0:31:43.080 --> 0:31:44.840
<v Speaker 7>is something that gets talked about over and over and

0:31:44.880 --> 0:31:48.520
<v Speaker 7>over again, justifiably so through the touchdown pass. Zipped it

0:31:48.520 --> 0:31:52.240
<v Speaker 7>in there at an Eco, loved it. Damian Pierce was

0:31:52.320 --> 0:31:54.600
<v Speaker 7>money on that drive as well to help set it up.

0:31:54.720 --> 0:31:58.240
<v Speaker 7>Four runs for twenty seven yards and then Stroud throws

0:31:58.280 --> 0:32:01.760
<v Speaker 7>the thirteen yard or on third down to Schultzen, then

0:32:01.800 --> 0:32:04.960
<v Speaker 7>the touchdown to Nico Collins. Bing, bang baba boom. You're

0:32:05.000 --> 0:32:09.320
<v Speaker 7>done for the preseason. I like in between now and then, John,

0:32:09.440 --> 0:32:12.120
<v Speaker 7>this is the Twitter question of the day. In between

0:32:12.200 --> 0:32:16.760
<v Speaker 7>now and Sunday at noon Central time, Week one at Baltimore,

0:32:17.720 --> 0:32:20.720
<v Speaker 7>What must CJ Stroud do?

0:32:21.360 --> 0:32:25.080
<v Speaker 1>The basic premise that I or the basic thing that

0:32:25.120 --> 0:32:29.840
<v Speaker 1>I would like to see from CJ is when he

0:32:29.920 --> 0:32:32.240
<v Speaker 1>walks up to the line, how many of her times

0:32:32.240 --> 0:32:35.040
<v Speaker 1>that he walks up to the line of scrimmage, that

0:32:35.120 --> 0:32:37.880
<v Speaker 1>he's able to look across at that Ravens defense and

0:32:37.960 --> 0:32:40.920
<v Speaker 1>have an idea of what he's going to see. And

0:32:41.000 --> 0:32:44.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm not just talking about Oh, there's a Jabo, there's

0:32:44.640 --> 0:32:47.959
<v Speaker 1>oh Way, and there's Matabique and oh Roque. Now I'm

0:32:48.000 --> 0:32:51.480
<v Speaker 1>not talking about the personnel per se, and it's good personnel.

0:32:51.880 --> 0:32:57.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about Okay, I'm seeing them in. There's Nickel.

0:32:58.160 --> 0:33:00.800
<v Speaker 1>You know, there's no model on Humphrey. I don't think

0:33:00.800 --> 0:33:04.640
<v Speaker 1>he's gonna play in this one. This is the personnel

0:33:04.680 --> 0:33:07.600
<v Speaker 1>grouping they have typically out of this group in the past,

0:33:08.000 --> 0:33:11.200
<v Speaker 1>they like to play this coverage or they're this front.

0:33:11.680 --> 0:33:13.720
<v Speaker 1>I want him to be able to get up to

0:33:13.720 --> 0:33:16.800
<v Speaker 1>the line. Script a couple of things. Get out of

0:33:16.800 --> 0:33:21.000
<v Speaker 1>the huddle with at least twenty to twenty five seconds left,

0:33:21.400 --> 0:33:24.400
<v Speaker 1>Get them to the line scrimmage because Bobby slow It

0:33:24.520 --> 0:33:28.400
<v Speaker 1>can help him in those five to ten seconds, because

0:33:28.400 --> 0:33:30.280
<v Speaker 1>Bobby can sit there and tell them, Okay, here's the play,

0:33:30.360 --> 0:33:32.680
<v Speaker 1>get the play out, get everybody to the line scrimmage,

0:33:33.360 --> 0:33:36.440
<v Speaker 1>and Bobby can say, hey, they're in this coverage. He

0:33:36.480 --> 0:33:38.720
<v Speaker 1>can he can help him with that up until there's

0:33:38.720 --> 0:33:43.640
<v Speaker 1>fifteen seconds left, right, So if but CJ's got to

0:33:43.640 --> 0:33:45.320
<v Speaker 1>have an idea of what he's going to see. Is

0:33:45.360 --> 0:33:46.880
<v Speaker 1>it's gonna be cover three? Is this cover four? Is

0:33:46.920 --> 0:33:49.520
<v Speaker 1>this Man is It? Man matches It? Lurk is Robert?

0:33:49.680 --> 0:33:51.520
<v Speaker 1>All these different kind of coverages that you know that

0:33:51.560 --> 0:33:54.720
<v Speaker 1>the Ravens will play. What are some of their giveaways?

0:33:54.760 --> 0:33:56.840
<v Speaker 1>So live in that film room. Get to a point

0:33:56.880 --> 0:34:00.240
<v Speaker 1>where you have a process down. Now he's got two

0:34:00.280 --> 0:34:03.160
<v Speaker 1>weeks now, but get your process down for how you

0:34:03.200 --> 0:34:06.000
<v Speaker 1>prepare for a team. What are the things that you

0:34:06.120 --> 0:34:09.120
<v Speaker 1>want to know? What's the you know? What are their

0:34:09.160 --> 0:34:11.840
<v Speaker 1>sub packaged groupings they like? You know? Are they have

0:34:11.960 --> 0:34:14.680
<v Speaker 1>blitz team? Are they are they a zone team? Are

0:34:14.719 --> 0:34:16.200
<v Speaker 1>they a man match team? They like play a lot

0:34:16.200 --> 0:34:18.640
<v Speaker 1>of man they like fire zones? What are the things

0:34:18.640 --> 0:34:20.640
<v Speaker 1>that I know? Mike McDonald, the coordinator for the Ravens,

0:34:20.680 --> 0:34:22.799
<v Speaker 1>gonna show CJ some things he hasn't seen. But at

0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:26.719
<v Speaker 1>least if he has a pretty solid understanding of their

0:34:26.800 --> 0:34:29.439
<v Speaker 1>base schemes and a lot of the things their their

0:34:29.480 --> 0:34:32.959
<v Speaker 1>pet plays, then you're then CJ is gonna be better

0:34:33.000 --> 0:34:34.960
<v Speaker 1>off because there's gonna be something he sees in that

0:34:35.000 --> 0:34:39.480
<v Speaker 1>game that's new for sure, absolutely new for sure. And

0:34:39.560 --> 0:34:41.000
<v Speaker 1>so there's gonna be some time he's gonna go over

0:34:41.080 --> 0:34:42.839
<v Speaker 1>to Bobby and go, I don't know, Bobby, we didn't

0:34:42.840 --> 0:34:46.080
<v Speaker 1>see I haven't seen that it's gonna happen. Yeah, but

0:34:46.120 --> 0:34:48.200
<v Speaker 1>if he can have a basic understanding that doesn't happen

0:34:48.239 --> 0:34:52.080
<v Speaker 1>too often, then I think the Texans offense will be Okay.

0:34:52.080 --> 0:34:54.960
<v Speaker 1>What will slow it down will be you know what,

0:34:55.000 --> 0:34:58.040
<v Speaker 1>there's an unblocked guy because they thought it was so

0:34:58.400 --> 0:35:00.480
<v Speaker 1>they had seen it before and they weren't, or you

0:35:00.480 --> 0:35:03.120
<v Speaker 1>know how the rules, you know, a protection were supposed

0:35:03.120 --> 0:35:05.279
<v Speaker 1>to apply, and then CJ gets hit fumble and you

0:35:05.320 --> 0:35:09.919
<v Speaker 1>know the way you go. I think the biggest thing, though,

0:35:10.040 --> 0:35:13.040
<v Speaker 1>is if he can get some help from Bobby during

0:35:13.080 --> 0:35:15.239
<v Speaker 1>that game. But the biggest thing to me is just

0:35:15.280 --> 0:35:19.799
<v Speaker 1>being mentally prepared physically. You mentioned it drew. His ballplacement's

0:35:19.800 --> 0:35:21.960
<v Speaker 1>on point. I mean, you know, you and I have

0:35:22.080 --> 0:35:24.120
<v Speaker 1>been talking about that since you know, May of twenty

0:35:24.200 --> 0:35:25.560
<v Speaker 1>twenty two, going into his last year.

0:35:25.600 --> 0:35:27.920
<v Speaker 7>I mean, he's one of the most accurate college football

0:35:28.000 --> 0:35:29.000
<v Speaker 7>quarterbacks of all time.

0:35:29.440 --> 0:35:31.880
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean it's his ballplace was incredible and so

0:35:32.000 --> 0:35:33.480
<v Speaker 1>you want to give him time to be able to

0:35:33.520 --> 0:35:37.480
<v Speaker 1>do that. So the game is gonna feel really really fast.

0:35:37.480 --> 0:35:39.359
<v Speaker 1>But I think the best thing for CJ was going

0:35:39.360 --> 0:35:44.279
<v Speaker 1>against that Dolphins defense. That was really good for his confidence.

0:35:45.600 --> 0:35:49.480
<v Speaker 1>This is how fast it's gonna be, and probably even faster.

0:35:50.200 --> 0:35:52.560
<v Speaker 1>So they got to put together a game plan that

0:35:52.719 --> 0:35:56.680
<v Speaker 1>allows that to flourish. I think it is gonna sound crazy,

0:35:56.719 --> 0:36:00.280
<v Speaker 1>but they gotta lets CJ on cork one long deep early,

0:36:00.600 --> 0:36:02.680
<v Speaker 1>get some of that angst out. Maybe you hit it,

0:36:02.719 --> 0:36:04.840
<v Speaker 1>maybe you don't, but just put the Ravens unnoticed that

0:36:04.880 --> 0:36:07.080
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna send them all down the field a little bit.

0:36:08.680 --> 0:36:11.200
<v Speaker 7>And and really I kind of think, don't you think

0:36:11.360 --> 0:36:13.880
<v Speaker 7>from what we saw on that first series, the one

0:36:13.920 --> 0:36:16.960
<v Speaker 7>that the Texan did not score, don't you think of

0:36:17.680 --> 0:36:18.960
<v Speaker 7>showing that in the preseason?

0:36:18.960 --> 0:36:20.640
<v Speaker 6>And I know, hey, it's preseason table.

0:36:20.520 --> 0:36:23.880
<v Speaker 7>Whatever, but don't you think that is maybe in part

0:36:23.960 --> 0:36:27.080
<v Speaker 7>a little bit of a message like, hey, this this

0:36:27.160 --> 0:36:30.360
<v Speaker 7>club is in the bag, NFL just just be ready,

0:36:30.440 --> 0:36:30.759
<v Speaker 7>you know.

0:36:30.800 --> 0:36:33.560
<v Speaker 1>I think, yeah, absolutely, And the reason I talk about.

0:36:33.560 --> 0:36:35.040
<v Speaker 7>Not gonna be able to stack the box like you

0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:37.160
<v Speaker 7>did last year against Pierce.

0:36:37.200 --> 0:36:40.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, honestly, honestly, I'm I'm not even really concerned about that, Dre.

0:36:41.120 --> 0:36:43.120
<v Speaker 1>I think I think what happens in a game is

0:36:43.239 --> 0:36:45.960
<v Speaker 1>players get so amped up in a game, especially quarterback,

0:36:46.360 --> 0:36:48.560
<v Speaker 1>and then all of a sudden, as a quarterback, you know,

0:36:48.600 --> 0:36:50.480
<v Speaker 1>coaches are like, hey, let's run this play, and you

0:36:50.520 --> 0:36:52.480
<v Speaker 1>think it's an easy throw, but it's not because the

0:36:52.520 --> 0:36:55.400
<v Speaker 1>quarterback is so amped up. The easiest throw that you

0:36:55.400 --> 0:36:58.000
<v Speaker 1>can make as a quarterback is to take three steps

0:36:58.000 --> 0:36:59.400
<v Speaker 1>and haul off and throw as far as you can

0:36:59.480 --> 0:37:01.120
<v Speaker 1>because you get all that if you think about just

0:37:01.160 --> 0:37:04.080
<v Speaker 1>throwing deep and you get all that anks kind of

0:37:04.120 --> 0:37:06.200
<v Speaker 1>out of your body. I mean, even if you throw

0:37:06.239 --> 0:37:09.520
<v Speaker 1>it ten yards over, you now have just like let

0:37:09.560 --> 0:37:12.200
<v Speaker 1>all that stress and everything go, and now you can

0:37:12.640 --> 0:37:14.480
<v Speaker 1>loosen up and start to make those throws. So I

0:37:14.520 --> 0:37:17.600
<v Speaker 1>think it has kind of a three pronged approach. Really,

0:37:17.640 --> 0:37:21.480
<v Speaker 1>you put the ravens on blast you, then maybe you

0:37:21.560 --> 0:37:23.879
<v Speaker 1>hit it, maybe you don't, which would be great if

0:37:23.880 --> 0:37:25.840
<v Speaker 1>you did. And then thirdly, you get all that ankst

0:37:25.840 --> 0:37:27.560
<v Speaker 1>out as a quarterback, and now you can settle in

0:37:27.600 --> 0:37:29.680
<v Speaker 1>and now you can make those throws. Sometimes when you

0:37:29.719 --> 0:37:32.160
<v Speaker 1>ask the quarterback to make the first third down throw

0:37:32.320 --> 0:37:34.759
<v Speaker 1>in third and eight. And now you're asking to throw

0:37:34.760 --> 0:37:38.200
<v Speaker 1>into three guys, and a guy that's all amped up

0:37:38.239 --> 0:37:40.000
<v Speaker 1>and juiced up is gonna throw it one hundred miles

0:37:40.040 --> 0:37:43.880
<v Speaker 1>an hour probably high could be intercepted, but maybe you

0:37:43.920 --> 0:37:47.960
<v Speaker 1>throw it deep, could be intercepted. You know, it's happened before.

0:37:48.040 --> 0:37:51.319
<v Speaker 1>But really, what you're doing. If the guy does pick

0:37:51.360 --> 0:37:54.200
<v Speaker 1>it off, it's a long punt. I guess it's kind

0:37:54.200 --> 0:37:57.200
<v Speaker 1>of the worst thing that could happen. But the good

0:37:57.280 --> 0:37:59.560
<v Speaker 1>kind of out weighs the bad for everybody involved in

0:37:59.560 --> 0:38:01.319
<v Speaker 1>that to see them kind of open it up, and

0:38:01.360 --> 0:38:03.840
<v Speaker 1>they did the other day, and I think that helps.

0:38:04.360 --> 0:38:07.520
<v Speaker 1>CJ dropped it right in a damn bucket, so I

0:38:07.560 --> 0:38:09.600
<v Speaker 1>do think that. But it's just the biggest thing is

0:38:09.760 --> 0:38:13.520
<v Speaker 1>just knowing what you're looking at on the other side

0:38:13.560 --> 0:38:16.279
<v Speaker 1>of the line of scrimmage, having an idea of what

0:38:16.320 --> 0:38:20.040
<v Speaker 1>you could see, because post snap you might see some

0:38:20.239 --> 0:38:24.719
<v Speaker 1>crazy stuff, but trust your eyes after the snap. Know

0:38:24.800 --> 0:38:28.240
<v Speaker 1>what you're gonna see. Trust your eyes after the snap.

0:38:28.320 --> 0:38:31.040
<v Speaker 1>So there's gotta be a lot of mental work that

0:38:31.120 --> 0:38:33.920
<v Speaker 1>he's got to do between now and then, and then

0:38:34.760 --> 0:38:37.840
<v Speaker 1>take that process and apply it sixteen more times throughout

0:38:37.880 --> 0:38:40.759
<v Speaker 1>the year and that's gonna be tough as a rookie

0:38:40.760 --> 0:38:42.480
<v Speaker 1>because there's gonna be a lot of things he sees,

0:38:42.520 --> 0:38:44.640
<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, he walks over to the sidelines as

0:38:44.640 --> 0:38:47.879
<v Speaker 1>he goes drawed, Bobby, I've never seen that before. So

0:38:47.960 --> 0:38:49.480
<v Speaker 1>he's gonna have to come to grips with that, and

0:38:49.680 --> 0:38:51.960
<v Speaker 1>hopefully he does it pretty quickly. Yep, hoping that CJ

0:38:52.160 --> 0:38:55.120
<v Speaker 1>does that very quickly. All Right, we get back. We

0:38:55.200 --> 0:38:59.160
<v Speaker 1>will go around the NFL. Plenty of things happening.

0:38:58.880 --> 0:38:59.760
<v Speaker 3>Around the NFL.

0:38:59.880 --> 0:39:04.920
<v Speaker 1>The Colts apparently made a trade request from the Dolphins

0:39:04.960 --> 0:39:07.279
<v Speaker 1>that had everybody up in arms. We'll talk about that

0:39:07.320 --> 0:39:08.480
<v Speaker 1>next on Texans All Access.

0:39:09.719 --> 0:39:14.600
<v Speaker 4>Chickson's radio continues in a moment back to the show

0:39:14.760 --> 0:39:18.560
<v Speaker 4>that keeps you plugged in with the Houston Texans.

0:39:18.840 --> 0:39:21.239
<v Speaker 1>Yes, sir, we got a few minutes left here on

0:39:21.239 --> 0:39:22.960
<v Speaker 1>a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access.

0:39:23.000 --> 0:39:25.600
<v Speaker 3>Will be back on tomorrow night with the General.

0:39:25.640 --> 0:39:27.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm sure he's got a lot to say with everything

0:39:28.360 --> 0:39:31.400
<v Speaker 1>that has been going on and probably shares our our.

0:39:32.160 --> 0:39:33.080
<v Speaker 3>Our concerned about it.

0:39:33.160 --> 0:39:36.680
<v Speaker 1>Not so much concerned, but just how is this offensive

0:39:36.719 --> 0:39:40.439
<v Speaker 1>line gonna come together? Kind Of got fingers crossed about

0:39:40.520 --> 0:39:42.160
<v Speaker 1>juice Scruggs and Titus Howard.

0:39:43.040 --> 0:39:46.920
<v Speaker 3>My gut tells me Titus yes. My gut tells me

0:39:47.640 --> 0:39:48.400
<v Speaker 3>Titus yes.

0:39:48.400 --> 0:39:52.040
<v Speaker 1>For Baltimore, and I hope I'm right, Juice, my gut

0:39:52.080 --> 0:39:56.280
<v Speaker 1>tells me no. Just seeing him go off the field

0:39:56.320 --> 0:39:59.200
<v Speaker 1>and limping that boy man, especially if it's a hamstring,

0:39:59.480 --> 0:40:02.880
<v Speaker 1>and I could tell from experience with hamstrings they suck

0:40:03.520 --> 0:40:07.719
<v Speaker 1>and they never never feel good in the year that

0:40:07.800 --> 0:40:10.640
<v Speaker 1>you heard it. In fact, it bothers you the year

0:40:10.719 --> 0:40:13.399
<v Speaker 1>after you heard it as well. A couple of things

0:40:13.440 --> 0:40:16.759
<v Speaker 1>around the league that you know pretty interesting. A couple

0:40:16.760 --> 0:40:19.440
<v Speaker 1>of Texans ended up, as you heard Drew and I

0:40:19.480 --> 0:40:22.560
<v Speaker 1>talk about in the Lab, Desmid King, Christian kirkshy cup

0:40:22.560 --> 0:40:24.640
<v Speaker 1>by the Texans. Kirk Gooh is going to end up

0:40:24.640 --> 0:40:28.160
<v Speaker 1>with the Buffalo Bills practice squad, and Desmond King has

0:40:28.200 --> 0:40:31.040
<v Speaker 1>added to the Pittsburgh Stealers fifty three man roster. A

0:40:31.080 --> 0:40:34.600
<v Speaker 1>few other Texans ended up on practice squads. Mario Rodgers,

0:40:35.520 --> 0:40:40.239
<v Speaker 1>who was released probably halfway through camp, he ended up

0:40:40.280 --> 0:40:43.840
<v Speaker 1>in the Colts practice squad, amongst others. I like to

0:40:43.880 --> 0:40:45.960
<v Speaker 1>see in Christian Covington he got back with the Chargers.

0:40:46.000 --> 0:40:48.600
<v Speaker 1>Even the Chargers practice squad if you remember Cove from

0:40:49.719 --> 0:40:52.680
<v Speaker 1>Rice and also early in the well the mid.

0:40:52.600 --> 0:40:54.239
<v Speaker 3>Twenty tens, he was fantastic.

0:40:54.680 --> 0:40:57.520
<v Speaker 1>Bailey Zappi is going to go back to the Patriots

0:40:57.560 --> 0:40:58.520
<v Speaker 1>on the practice squad.

0:40:58.560 --> 0:40:59.520
<v Speaker 3>He cleared waivers.

0:40:59.560 --> 0:41:03.480
<v Speaker 1>So if you're worried, not like I was about Bailey

0:41:03.600 --> 0:41:05.759
<v Speaker 1>Zappi and the Patriots only had one quarterback, well then

0:41:05.760 --> 0:41:09.000
<v Speaker 1>now they've got two. It's just Bailey's on the practice squad,

0:41:09.239 --> 0:41:11.560
<v Speaker 1>and you might have a practice squad elevation and we'll

0:41:11.600 --> 0:41:12.520
<v Speaker 1>see what the Patriots do.

0:41:12.640 --> 0:41:14.000
<v Speaker 3>But I don't know, you don't want talking about the

0:41:14.040 --> 0:41:14.880
<v Speaker 3>Patriots anymore.

0:41:15.280 --> 0:41:19.000
<v Speaker 1>Apparently the second team in on the Jonathan Taylor trade.

0:41:19.080 --> 0:41:23.760
<v Speaker 1>Sweet steaks if you will, the Green Bay Packers.

0:41:24.760 --> 0:41:28.080
<v Speaker 3>I had to when I heard that, I wha wait

0:41:28.080 --> 0:41:31.360
<v Speaker 3>a second. They already got Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon.

0:41:31.440 --> 0:41:37.520
<v Speaker 1>Now, look, Jonathan Taylor is better than those two, not

0:41:37.680 --> 0:41:39.719
<v Speaker 1>by much over Aaron Jones. Aaron he and Aaron Jones

0:41:39.719 --> 0:41:41.960
<v Speaker 1>are just different backs. But you have Jonathan Taylor and

0:41:41.960 --> 0:41:43.960
<v Speaker 1>Aaron Jones. You could send AJ Dillon to the Colts

0:41:44.280 --> 0:41:46.160
<v Speaker 1>and just let him be a hammer for them. And

0:41:46.239 --> 0:41:49.399
<v Speaker 1>you have Aaron Jones and Jonathan Taylor and Green Bay

0:41:49.560 --> 0:41:52.400
<v Speaker 1>to go on with Jordan Love and Holy smokes, but

0:41:52.840 --> 0:41:56.879
<v Speaker 1>that didn't come to fruition. Now, the Colts apparently went

0:41:56.880 --> 0:41:59.960
<v Speaker 1>on the offensive, which I don't blame them. Well, in Miami,

0:42:00.040 --> 0:42:05.360
<v Speaker 1>Dolphins called and made some exploratory uh talks with the

0:42:05.400 --> 0:42:08.879
<v Speaker 1>Colts about trading for Jonathan Taylor. The Colts are like, yeah, yeah,

0:42:08.920 --> 0:42:13.000
<v Speaker 1>well we'll make a deal, throw Jalen Waddle in that deal.

0:42:13.200 --> 0:42:17.440
<v Speaker 1>And the Dolphins are like, wrong number who this. They

0:42:17.480 --> 0:42:21.080
<v Speaker 1>immediately got off the phone and said at that point,

0:42:21.160 --> 0:42:22.879
<v Speaker 1>you know, look, the Colts are not serious about this.

0:42:22.920 --> 0:42:24.080
<v Speaker 3>They're asking for Jaylen Wattle.

0:42:24.239 --> 0:42:25.439
<v Speaker 1>Here's the thing, and I know a lot of people

0:42:25.440 --> 0:42:27.799
<v Speaker 1>have kind of lampooned that today. If I'm the Colts,

0:42:27.800 --> 0:42:29.960
<v Speaker 1>I probably did the same thing. If you're gonna trade

0:42:30.000 --> 0:42:32.240
<v Speaker 1>Jonathan Taylor, you need to get something back in return,

0:42:32.680 --> 0:42:36.160
<v Speaker 1>so ask for Jalen Waddle. What the Colts did, though,

0:42:36.200 --> 0:42:38.239
<v Speaker 1>is bought themselves time. And this is what worries me.

0:42:38.640 --> 0:42:42.640
<v Speaker 1>If they bought themselves time. And at that point, if

0:42:42.719 --> 0:42:44.800
<v Speaker 1>Chris Ballard has time, and I've known Chris for a

0:42:44.840 --> 0:42:49.279
<v Speaker 1>long time, and Chris went to Wisconsin, and so Jonathan Taylor,

0:42:49.320 --> 0:42:52.720
<v Speaker 1>and so there's a connection there I think Jim Ersay

0:42:52.760 --> 0:42:58.000
<v Speaker 1>being involved complicates things. But if they could somehow nudge

0:42:58.080 --> 0:43:00.920
<v Speaker 1>Ersay out of it and just let Ballard deal with Taylor,

0:43:01.280 --> 0:43:03.680
<v Speaker 1>they may be able to come to some sort of agreement. Now,

0:43:03.719 --> 0:43:06.040
<v Speaker 1>the thing about it is Chris is not one to

0:43:06.320 --> 0:43:09.359
<v Speaker 1>throw a lot of money at positions that aren't in

0:43:09.440 --> 0:43:12.160
<v Speaker 1>the front seven or on the offensive line. He's gonna

0:43:12.160 --> 0:43:15.520
<v Speaker 1>pay trenches guys, There's no question that's where he puts

0:43:15.560 --> 0:43:19.200
<v Speaker 1>his money. But can he repair the relationship enough to

0:43:19.239 --> 0:43:22.160
<v Speaker 1>get Taylor back after week four? Now, we won't play

0:43:22.200 --> 0:43:24.840
<v Speaker 1>them until week eighteen, after week two, so we're not

0:43:24.880 --> 0:43:27.600
<v Speaker 1>gonna see in week two. Yay, So they can figure

0:43:27.600 --> 0:43:31.320
<v Speaker 1>it out between now and then. But apparently the Packers

0:43:31.320 --> 0:43:34.880
<v Speaker 1>we went under Joha Taylor trade sweepstakes, and the Colts

0:43:34.920 --> 0:43:36.360
<v Speaker 1>asked the Dolphins for Jayalen Waddle.

0:43:37.080 --> 0:43:39.080
<v Speaker 3>Crazy stuff going on in the NFL.

0:43:39.120 --> 0:43:42.120
<v Speaker 1>As we move on to week number one, coming up

0:43:42.280 --> 0:43:46.240
<v Speaker 1>very well, we're eight days away from the opener, Lions

0:43:46.320 --> 0:43:47.000
<v Speaker 1>at Chiefs.

0:43:47.600 --> 0:43:48.760
<v Speaker 3>Eight days.

0:43:49.040 --> 0:43:50.880
<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, I can't get here fast enough. A

0:43:50.880 --> 0:43:54.200
<v Speaker 1>big thanks to Chris Santiago. That dude kicks ass. He

0:43:54.320 --> 0:43:56.560
<v Speaker 1>is awesome. I love that guy and what he does

0:43:56.600 --> 0:43:58.799
<v Speaker 1>for us, to Mark for being here, for Drew, for

0:43:58.880 --> 0:43:59.680
<v Speaker 1>all of you for listening.

0:43:59.719 --> 0:44:02.440
<v Speaker 3>We'll see you next time, everybody, and as always, go Texans.