1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: What is up? Everybody? Welcome into a Wednesday edition of 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I'm 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: your host, John Harris, and We've got plenty for you tonight. 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 1: How about a little Vincent Smith. Yes, Vin's gonna be 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: on the show as well as our good friend Drew Doherty. 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: We go in the lab and we redraft two thousand 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:19,960 Speaker 1: and seven. We're gonna kick it off with the Voice 8 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 1: of the Texans, Mark Van remark, how are you two 9 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: thousand and seven? Huh two thousand and seven. By the way, 10 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: that little Back to the Future picture? Is that what 11 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: it is of you guys? Yeah, it's funny because you 12 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: know Matt, the new night guy at Sports Radio six 13 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: ten and I think premiere is on Monday, he was 14 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: talking about Back to the Future, and by talking about it, 15 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: I meant he hasn't seen it. You never seen it. 16 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: But that's you know, a lot of the young gen 17 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: Z young millennial types haven't seen that. They need to 18 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: because otherwise you're not gonna get Biff Tannon references. So 19 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: there's that, Well, that's what started it. That's what started 20 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: You made a Biff Tannon reference to the picture and 21 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: Matt just looked at us and went, like, you could 22 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 1: tell it a second. I've seen that look before. I've 23 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: seen that look as in I haven't seen that movie. 24 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: I don't know that show. I'm not sure what you 25 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: guys talking. I made a Biff Tannon reference to your 26 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: drafting two thousand and seven again saying, I mean you 27 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: can't do that. That's like we can't take in the 28 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 1: sports encyclopedia going back in time and doing it properly. 29 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: It's actually a lot of fun. Yeah, it is a 30 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,040 Speaker 1: lot of fun. La Biff did that and it made 31 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: a whole movie in Back to the Future too. It did, 32 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: and it did in some ways it's more fun than 33 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: Back to the Future was. Well, it was fun about 34 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: that is as we were walking over we were walking 35 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: over the bridge over Kirby coming back. We then started 36 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: peppering him, based a little bit on our conversation yesterday 37 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: with the Sean Yeah, because he told us Gucci Mane 38 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: was old school, old school, right, which which which was fantastic, 39 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: and then he told us fresh Princes. But you know, 40 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: I don't I'm not I'm not totally sure how to 41 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 1: feel about this. Other fact, I sort of love it 42 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: because I love game shows. ABC is bringing back all 43 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: these new games, all these old game shows. They brought 44 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: that Match Game a while ago. Yeah, they brought back 45 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 1: match Game. They straighthand does the hundred thousand dollars pyramid. 46 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: That's a good one. That's a good one to bring back. 47 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: Everyone love that one. It was a great one to 48 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: bring back. Used to be the twenty thousand dollar pyramid. 49 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: There's inflation, and tonight card Sharks is on. Joel McHale 50 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 1: is going to be the host of Card Sharks. That's 51 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: really the other one that needs to come back is 52 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: Jokers Will I used to love Jokers Wild. That was 53 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: a popular one. Pressure Luck is coming back with the Whammys. 54 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: What about password? Password needs to come back. See I 55 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,239 Speaker 1: like password. I figured password. Allen Luddon and Betty White, 56 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: weren't they married? Maybe I want to say they were. 57 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: I think I think you're right. Those are all old 58 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 1: school that are old rejuvenated into new school decrepit old. Yes, 59 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 1: it's kind of Harkins harkened back to a Super Bowl 60 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: performance when Katy Perry was on stage and she brought 61 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: out Missy Elliott and everybody was like, Oh, who's this 62 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: new this new artist, Missy Elliott. Oh my gosh, Katy 63 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: Perry's gonna make her so famous. Yeah, somebody's like holding 64 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:05,239 Speaker 1: or Kanye and Paula. Yeah, exactly exactly that mark practice. 65 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: The off season is over in the books done. Tomorrow 66 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: is going to be a team activity for the guys. 67 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: We have seen the last bit of practice, as we 68 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 1: would call it. The next time that we will see 69 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: this group together, these ninety men, the coaches all together, 70 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: we'll be on the practice field at the beginning of 71 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 1: training camp. I know we'll have a lot of time 72 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 1: between now and then to talk about it. But the 73 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: fact that off season is over and there have been 74 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: things that we have talked about, Okay, this team needs 75 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: to do go in twenty nineteen, etc. The next time 76 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: we'll see him being training camp. I thought, you know what, 77 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: what are the things that we are excited to see 78 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: a training camp that we're anxious to see at training camp, 79 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: things we have to see at training camp, or one 80 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: of the things that we're looking forward to about this 81 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: training camp in particular. So let's go. Let's kick it off. 82 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: We're about six weeks away from it happening on I 83 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: believe it's like July twenty fourth, somewhere in that range, 84 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: and we'll see these guys again. So any of those 85 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: categories and even you can pick them. Which I look 86 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: forward to, what you want to see, what you need 87 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: to see? What are you looking forward to the most? 88 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: All right, I think that there's been so much talk 89 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 1: about the offensive line this offseason for good reason. You 90 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: spend a draft choice first and second round on offensive 91 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: lineman and you sign a guy like Matt Khalil. There's 92 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: been a lot of movement, a lot of movement as 93 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: far as jockeying between positions during this Ota mini camp session, 94 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: during this nine week period. So I want to see 95 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: day one what they line up with on the old line, 96 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: because assuming everybody's healthy, and it's gonna be interesting to 97 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: see Matt Khalil healthy, But assuming everybody's healthy, I think 98 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: that that's the line that they're gonna go with, that 99 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: they think they want to go with opening day. I 100 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: think they want to get that five out there working together. 101 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: Let's just say this is our opening day line. Now, 102 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 1: it's likely to change. Maybe not likely, I don't know, 103 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: but it could change. You can't just say this one 104 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: hundred percent probability of that, But I want to see 105 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 1: how they line up with that starting five the first 106 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: day of training camp, because I think that it's training camp. 107 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: You know, you get two weeks before the first preseason game, 108 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: and they want to see that line operating the preseason games, 109 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: you know they do. But again, health could play a 110 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 1: part because if Khalil's healthy, does he get a part 111 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: in it? If somebody else is unhealthy? Who knows how 112 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: all that plays out. Is there another acquisition? I doubt it, 113 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: but there could be another acquisition we're not talking about. 114 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: But I think that that's something to think about, something 115 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 1: to watch, and it's something we've been talking about since 116 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: the season ended. Really yeah, absolutely, And what that what 117 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: that five is gonna be? I think the kind of 118 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: piggyback off of that, what groupings they put together, you know, 119 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: what guys they put together, and how much they move 120 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: move guys around in training camp? Will they have a 121 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: guy you know, will they put Titus at tackle and guard? 122 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: Will they have Max at tackle and guard? Will they 123 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,160 Speaker 1: move Zack foldon center and guard? Will they be more 124 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: locked in? But not only who the first five is, 125 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: but then what's the second five? How will they configure 126 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: the second five. But I think a big part of 127 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 1: that is where is Matt Khalil in his rehab and 128 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: when will he be ready ready to go and put 129 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: pads on and step in there and practice. When will that? 130 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: When will that happen? And hopefully sooner than later. Played 131 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: a lot of football, Johnny, and it's gonna be interesting 132 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: to see, assuming he's healthy, where they put him, because 133 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: it's not like, well he's got a I mean, I 134 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: guess he would have to earn a spot, but well, 135 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: he has to get acclimated to whatever. If he's fully healthy, 136 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: he's got to be out there practicing. So I just 137 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 1: it's gonna be so interesting to see what they think 138 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 1: of him at that particular point in his career, assuming healthy, 139 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: I'll tell you one that I'm I'm really excited about 140 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: and I'm sort of curious too. By the time we 141 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: got to training camp, by time we got to the 142 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: Greenbrier in twenty eighteen, Shaw Watson was full go, ready 143 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 1: to go. Yeah, and OTA's held him back, didn't do team. 144 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: It was just smart. You still had another couple of 145 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: months before they were going to training camp. Once you 146 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 1: got training camp full go, he was doing everything. Every 147 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: team drill every one on one, every seven on seven. 148 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: I want to see what the plan is for Will 149 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: Fuller and hopefully and look, we saw Will today just 150 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: walking around the building and you see him, You're like, 151 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 1: oh man, he looks great. It looks good. He's ready 152 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: to go. But you obviously never know when you start 153 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: talking about running and cutting and doing all those sort 154 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: of things. My hope is that by training camp day 155 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: number one, he's ready to go. And then obviously how 156 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: do you manage it throughout training camp all that kind 157 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: of stuff. But I'm curious to see what he's able 158 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: to do when he's able to do it, because how 159 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: valuable he is to this receiver guy. I've insight into this, okay, 160 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 1: because the vanderwife had her knee surgery two weeks after 161 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: Fuller's yes, and she added an ACL got a playing tennis. 162 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: It's blood sport in the Land of Sugar Tennis league, 163 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:06,239 Speaker 1: and so she's rehabbing well like she's on the bike. 164 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: She's I mean, he'd never know what happened really right 165 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: at this point, and she had to get See here's 166 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: the difference though, she had to get like a screw 167 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: taken out. They put a screw in there. I don't 168 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: know if they did it for Fuller, but they put 169 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: a screw in there, and maybe they do it for everybody. 170 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: I don't know, but it's an actual screw like they had. 171 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: She had to get hers taken out because she's little 172 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: of the knees little, and the screw is starting to 173 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 1: like it wasn't like popping out, but it look like 174 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: it like you could almost see it through the skin. 175 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: So Doctor Lowe just took it out, you know, but 176 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: it was another procedure and it's not a huge step back. 177 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: But anyway, I'm rambling now, but I want to see 178 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: because she's not full out playing tennis yet, but you know, 179 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: she might be in August, so and I think that 180 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: he's I was talking to her about this. She said, 181 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 1: the big difference is that will Fuller can go to 182 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: rehab like all day long, right, you know, people, normal 183 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: people have an acl you know, they can go three, 184 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 1: four or five times a week. Whatever it costs money, 185 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: it's insurance, some of its coverage, some of it's time. 186 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: You know. There's a whole big process here. You know, 187 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: I can't just bring her into see Jeff Kaplan every day. 188 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: Although his advice has been good, but but will Fuller 189 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: can go every single day, So I think the chances 190 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 1: are pretty good there. And when you when you base 191 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: it on the timing of watchings and everything. And I 192 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,120 Speaker 1: don't know about training camp, Johnny, but I think for 193 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: the season, let's go. Man. Yeah, I don't need to 194 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: see that much of him, but I need to see 195 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: I want to see him out there against the New 196 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,320 Speaker 1: Orleans Saints, thank you very much on that carpet. And 197 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: that's the thing that I I don't want to be 198 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: impatient about Wilkes. I do. I want to see sixteen 199 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: games of him, plus then some playoff games on top 200 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: of that, and hopefully even more. But there's a part 201 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: of me that just I don't know. It's one, it's 202 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,560 Speaker 1: it's weird. He's one of the rare Texans that I 203 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:52,440 Speaker 1: just can't get enough of watching because he's got something 204 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: that I think it's he's got something that I the speed. Yeah, 205 00:09:58,120 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 1: you know, he does have something that I mean that's speed. 206 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: It's just like that's the one thing that I never 207 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: had that I always wanted. So it's and it's not 208 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: just that he's fast, but it's he's so electrifyingly fast 209 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,960 Speaker 1: that he runs away from other fast guys. Yeah, he does. 210 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: Whether he beyond that, it's his development as a receiver. 211 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: It's how he's evolved into this complete receiver. And just 212 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: watching him work and watching him run routes and doing 213 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,320 Speaker 1: those things, and how comfortable he's gotten. I just I 214 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: truly enjoy watching that. But I'm like you, as long 215 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,439 Speaker 1: as he's ready to week one, it doesn't matter. Just 216 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:35,319 Speaker 1: getting ready to go week one, it doesn't matter. He'll 217 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: run routes really well. He's a terrific route runner. Like 218 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: we said, the hands are terrific. Now, I mean, he's 219 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: really worked on his game, and that's what you want 220 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 1: to see with all these guys. Continue to improve, work 221 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: on your game. He did last year. He's got to 222 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: work on the rehab hard. But you mentioned he has 223 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: something special Hopkins. Clearly QT looks like he's got that 224 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: edge as well. And Bill O'Brien was talking about what 225 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: a great spring he's had. That's huge going into training 226 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: camp to QT. You know, the dream of QT, Fuller 227 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 1: and Hopkins all on the field at the same time 228 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: for the majority of time, that is very much alive. 229 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:09,079 Speaker 1: And when we're talking about things you want to see 230 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: in training camp. This wide receiver position group, Johnny, even 231 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: without two of those three, if they didn't even exist 232 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 1: on this roster, I would say it's a pretty exciting 233 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 1: young group of receivers that you want to see develop 234 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: here and see who's gonna get playing time. You know, 235 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: there's not a lot of room for them if everybody's healthy, 236 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,600 Speaker 1: for all these guys, and it's gonna be a tremendous battle. 237 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: I mean, competition makes you better. We hear from Floyd 238 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: Allen at the podium today, you know, his great story 239 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: and everything. This is gonna be amazing to see these 240 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,439 Speaker 1: guys out there. To me, the preseason games and this 241 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: is a sexy position. You know, when you're watching preseason 242 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: games on TV, it's like we could rave about these 243 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: interior defensive linemen or the guards or you know a 244 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,680 Speaker 1: lot of people who watch these games, I mean the 245 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:57,559 Speaker 1: football junkies, yes, but receivers, yeah, let's all check them 246 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: out and see what they're gonna do in these contests. 247 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to it, Yeah, I am. I am 248 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 1: certainly looking forward to that. I'll tell you one of 249 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: the guy that I'm really excited to see because I 250 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: feel like the last two years we've been short changed, 251 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: because I felt like as a rookie, he had to 252 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: pick six against Tennessee, he had to pick against Cleveland, 253 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: and then that was running with Duke Johnson down the sideline, 254 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: and then he gives hurt and missed the majority of 255 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: the rest of the season, and last year got hurt 256 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,199 Speaker 1: in Week two and missed a significant portion of the season. 257 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,959 Speaker 1: That's Dylan Cole. I feel like, and look, I'm not 258 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: gonna sit here and tell you that Dylan is more 259 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:35,719 Speaker 1: valuable than J. J. Watt and Zach cutting him and 260 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,960 Speaker 1: b Mac and I'm not gonna I'm not gonna tell 261 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: you that. But Dylan Cole is very highly thought of 262 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: as well he should be. He can run, he's smart. 263 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: I love watching him out in the field because he 264 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: knows where the ball is going. Every single time. I've 265 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 1: told my story about after Week one, I said, look, 266 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 1: you knew where the ball was going on certain plays 267 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: and he just kind of smiled at me, and I 268 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:01,719 Speaker 1: was like, what did what did you know? And he 269 00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: just kind of smiled. He wouldn't tell me, He wouldn't 270 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: tell me, but the fact that he was figuring that 271 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: out against Tom Brady tells you a lot about this guy. 272 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: On top of the fact that he can fly, and 273 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: he's the kind of guy with that sort of speed 274 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 1: in his knowledge of the game and how smart he is. 275 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: I want to see him in training camp. I think 276 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 1: he ends up being another guy I want to see 277 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: well training camp for sure, Johnny, But I don't know 278 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: the preseason games. It's gonna be interesting with him, Like 279 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: do you have to play him a ton of these 280 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: preseason games. I don't think so. Probably not. I think 281 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 1: that that's the kind of player that look he's he 282 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: might not be a starter. He'll start in preseason games 283 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 1: a series too, maybe out he's a big snap contributor. 284 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: You know, this guy has got to be preserved. I 285 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: hate that word when you're looking at preseason playing time, 286 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: but he's got to be well taken care of so 287 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: you have him opening day. He's one of those really 288 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: important players to this team. He might not be a 289 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 1: you know, he might not be on all the player cards. 290 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: You know, it might not be on all the posters, 291 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: but he's really crucial to what you want to get 292 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: done in twenty nineteen. Yeah, I don't think there's any 293 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: question I think we're all excited to see the outda Foreman. 294 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: I think we all want to see what he looks 295 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 1: like again in pads. And it's the concert aspect of 296 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:14,480 Speaker 1: the running game, you know, the lineman blocking what Foreman's doing. 297 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: How about Bill O'Brien mentioning Josh fergus Y today as 298 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: a third down polutely You know, I think this group, 299 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: and you've been talking about Crockett this offseason, maybe Higden's 300 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: around for training camp and gets healthier and you can 301 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: see some of him this and I don't need to 302 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: see much of Lamar Miller. All right, here's a care 303 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: even in camp, you know, like it's almost like Lamar Miller. 304 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: I get out of here, you're banged up. Wink wink, 305 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: get out. You know, sit at you know, maybe some 306 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 1: veteran rest. I don't know, Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the 307 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 1: guy just is much better when he just goes because 308 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: he's so durable and dependable. But to me, yeah, Foreman 309 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: Ferguson Crockett, who am I Taiwan Jones? Even? I know 310 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: he's a special teams guy really, but maybe he gets 311 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: some reps in the backfield. Look a running back in 312 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: training camp as We've seen it gets real thin in 313 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: a big hurry, some of these injuries. And remember the 314 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: year where Jay Prost was getting a lot of carries 315 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 1: in a morning practice because they were just out. They 316 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: were all dead, were out of backs, you know. So 317 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,200 Speaker 1: you want to make sure that you have enough guys, 318 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: and I think they do. They have a bunch of 319 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: anybody's not healthy. It's a lot of weeks to get healthy. 320 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: So that's an area that we're gonna be really focused on. 321 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: And I think, like I said, it's a collaborative effort 322 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,840 Speaker 1: at the line and the backs. They'll finally get the 323 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: pads on. Everyone talks about, hey, we got to see 324 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 1: how they will look with the pads on. Well, let's 325 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 1: go most importantly Texas training Camp live. First two weeks 326 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: and we're out there in the field. Will be a 327 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: green bay, And you know, I just I can't wait 328 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: to be up there broadcasting. It's gonna be so much 329 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 1: fun asking me so much fun. Mark, you're the best, 330 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thanks Johnny. Coming up next, how about a 331 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: little bits and Smith and Britain Scarlett right here in 332 00:15:53,560 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: Texans all access Texans clearly in four DApp territory. It's 333 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: third and eleven at the Philadelphia thirty five yard line. 334 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: Maybe looking to get about half of this here one 335 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:12,040 Speaker 1: back Blue Watson of the gun. Here's the snap to 336 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: Sean looking to Sean firing to the end zone, and 337 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 1: he wants Vincent Smith. How he makes the catch team 338 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: in the end zone? Touchdown? He instead Watson find Smith there. 339 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: It is one of the great moments of twenty eighteen 340 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: against the Philadelphia Eagles. Unfortunately would not be the game winner, 341 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: but that was Vincent Smith making that catch for a touchdown. 342 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: It gave the Texans a lead late and fourth quarter 343 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: against the Philadelphia Eagles. And what a catch it was, 344 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: and probably the one play wall remember from Vincent Smith 345 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: from his rookie year in twenty eighteen. Boy, he was 346 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: really really good. Well, he had a chance to sit 347 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: down with Drew Doherty and talk about that play, amongst 348 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: other things in his twenty eighteen season. Tell me about 349 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: the biggest difference this offseason versus this time of year 350 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: ago for you, I have a direction, I know where 351 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: I want to be, I know what I have to do, 352 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: and my goals there they're right in front of me. 353 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: How much we're comforting is a very comforting like I said, 354 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: my goals right there, can talk to coaches. I know 355 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: where I'm playing at. I know what my expectations are. 356 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,640 Speaker 1: So is like I said, have direction, I know where 357 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 1: to go. The last day of the season, when you 358 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:16,240 Speaker 1: have your exit meeting for the season with O'Brien and 359 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,520 Speaker 1: your position coaches, what was something they told you to 360 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: work on and what have you been doing to work 361 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: on getting bigger? And definitely I get into the playbook 362 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: and everything like the back of my hand, so I 363 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: don't have to think when I played, I can just play. 364 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 1: When you go back and look at the touchdown in Philadelphia, 365 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: take me through what you saw on the play when 366 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: you're going through it first, and then what you saw 367 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: after on a player going through it. It's my first 368 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: time going to the left on that drive. Before that, 369 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 1: we was on a bench and he was telling me 370 00:17:38,880 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: what asked me what I like with coverages, who I 371 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: want to go against. I told him D be on 372 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: the left and got on to the left, kind of 373 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 1: gave him a head not he was about eight nine 374 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: yards off. Chase him down, kind of stuck him a 375 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 1: little bit. Kevin high slow, look back, saw the ball 376 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: coming and try to track it down and keep my 377 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: feeding bounced. Score. Keep your feeding bounces one thing, but 378 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: you were able to do a need that's kind of 379 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: an adjustment in my right. Yeah, what was what was 380 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: going on there? I just knew I was looking back 381 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: and tracking the ball, kind of saw the end zone 382 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: back line and I kind of like trying to drag 383 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 1: my feet and getting kneed and knee and was extra nice. 384 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,560 Speaker 1: And then when you look at it on tape, what 385 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 1: do you see and full speed, it looks like a blurr. 386 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:15,520 Speaker 1: It looks like I fired through the back in an 387 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: end zone for I just see myself kind of leaning 388 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:20,160 Speaker 1: back tracking the ball. Your story is a really cool 389 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: one coming from Limestone. We saw that you got to 390 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: go back there this offseason. What was that? Like? Everybody 391 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: embraced me. It was awesome, you know, fans that I 392 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: didn't know, fans that I did, my teammates, people I 393 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: just went to school with. It was it was really cool. 394 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 1: You know, they got to see me start from there 395 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: and make it to this level and come back and 396 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: be the same person I was before. In some sort 397 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: of maybe it's small, maybe it's big, maybe it's in between, 398 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,199 Speaker 1: but in some sort of way, are you kind of 399 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: playing for them when you're out on the field a bit. Definitely, 400 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: definitely gonna do for the people who can't. Kind of 401 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: put my opportunity to waste. DeAndre Hopkins has talked many, 402 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 1: many times about when he got in the league. In 403 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: his first few years in the league, leaned on Andre Johnson, 404 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: learned a lot from Andre Johnson. What have you seen 405 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,199 Speaker 1: from DeAndre Hopkins in a sort similar way maybe that 406 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: he saw from Andre Johnson, just how to be a 407 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: pro on and off the field. You know, I see 408 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: the way he practices, the way he works, and he 409 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: can wake up and play the game any day in 410 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: a moment, and his body can be down or up 411 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: and he's going to perform. What was the most eye 412 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: opening thing for you when you joined the Texas It's 413 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: hard to say just how the speed of things, how 414 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: everything is click click click, is like a machine. Well, 415 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: what's next for you? Making you two great? Making a 416 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,439 Speaker 1: lot of plays, playing every position a massive play and 417 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 1: doing it exceptionally good. We've talked to all OTA's veteran 418 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: mini camps. I just call him offseason practice, offseason practices. 419 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: Vincent Smith has really stood out and I don't know, 420 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: if a play like that gives a guy confidence going forward, like, 421 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: hey yeah, I can make plays. We talked about that 422 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:45,440 Speaker 1: a little bit with Vincent. We talked to him a 423 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: couple of months ago, and it felt that way. It 424 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,120 Speaker 1: felt like Vincent got some confidence off of that because 425 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: the next week against Jacksonville, he made a couple of 426 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:58,400 Speaker 1: really nice catches in that game against Jacksonville. Now we'll 427 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: see what that role turns into this year, because if 428 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 1: Hopkins is fully healthy, if Fuller is fully healthy, Keiki 429 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: is fully healthy, there's still gonna be opportunity. Though, There's 430 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 1: still gonna be opportunity, and Vincent Smith's gonna have an 431 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,159 Speaker 1: opportunity to training camp to really show hey yeah, I 432 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: can't make an impact on this twenty nineteen team for sure. Now, 433 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: a guy that has been making an impact on this 434 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 1: organization since he got here in twenty sixteen is a 435 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 1: man by the name of Brennan Scarlett. And whether it's 436 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: rushing to quarterback, dropping in coverage, picking off passes like 437 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 1: he did against Washington, picking up fumbles, block punts, whatever 438 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: it needs to needs to happen on special teams, Brennan 439 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: Scarlett has been doing that He's one of my favorite 440 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: people in his locker room. He's unique. Some of the 441 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:45,239 Speaker 1: close he wears. I love him on this team. He 442 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: knows his role, he knows he wants to make an impact. 443 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: He's coming into a big year in twenty nineteen, and 444 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: Drew cut up with him as well. Football, What are 445 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: you working on most of this offseason to get ready 446 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: for twenty nineteen? So just kind of getting getting the 447 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: body back right and to sustain a full season, that's 448 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: always the focus. Other than that, you know, just strengthening 449 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 1: you know, certain weaknesses in my body, and then also 450 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: just learning the offensive tendencies more as you look you 451 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: look throughout the league based on formation, personnel, you know 452 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 1: what might I see, what might I not see? And 453 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: then obviously pass rush to just trying to hone in 454 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: on my craft as far as pass us goes. How 455 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: do you view the opportunity in front of you this year? 456 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: You know, honestly, I view it the same as every year. 457 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: Whatever role, whatever I'm asked to do, whichever way I 458 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: can contribute to the team to help us win, and 459 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: we know what our ultimate goal is and whatever I 460 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: can do to contribute to the ultimate goal, that's always 461 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: what I look forward to, and that's always the opportunity 462 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 1: that you know, I want to see is every year, 463 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,400 Speaker 1: how cool is it having all these Standford teammates. It's cool, man, 464 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: it's cool. The pipeline has begun. It's slowed down a 465 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: little bit this year. You know, we didn't pick up 466 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:55,360 Speaker 1: any Standford guys this year in the rookie class. But yeah, 467 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: it's great having Jay Reid and Jab and dog Nasty, 468 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,880 Speaker 1: all those guys in there. Yeah, yeah, Peter come by, Yeah, 469 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 1: dog Nasty? Nasty? Dog is that? And you gave him? 470 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:06,920 Speaker 1: Where is that come from? Somebody else? No, that came 471 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 1: from Stanford actually, and I think it may it might 472 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 1: be beyond the Stanford days. I'm not I'm not sure. 473 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: I actually have never gotten the full story, but I 474 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,640 Speaker 1: think there's a story. Well, Dog Nasty I talk about 475 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: the origins of it. You didn't really get specific with it, 476 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,239 Speaker 1: but it kind of applies to what he did on 477 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,440 Speaker 1: special teams. It really applies to what you guys did 478 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: as a whole. Not just the same for guys, but 479 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: all you in coverage last year. And that's one of 480 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: the best special teams units, if not the best franchise 481 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 1: has ever had. Right, you were a big part of 482 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 1: that too. How much pride you taken that? I mean, 483 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: we take a lot of pride in it. I think 484 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,199 Speaker 1: it starts obviously with the guys in the room, but 485 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 1: then also you know, our coaches, they kind of set 486 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: the standard and they put us in the right positions. 487 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: And then from there being in the right positions, you know, 488 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,240 Speaker 1: it allows us to take pride knowing because we know 489 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: what to do right, so now we're in position to 490 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 1: be successful. So no, it's one on one. You know, 491 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: it's you versus the guy that you're supposed to block 492 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 1: or you're supposed to be And I mean, if you 493 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 1: can't take pride in that, and then if you can't 494 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 1: go after that, go out there and try to win, 495 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: then you're in the wrong. You know, you're in the 496 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: wrong industry, right. So we I think all took that 497 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: to heart on our Special Teams unit, and I think 498 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: that's why he saw a lot of that improvement. You know, 499 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: dudes really took pride in that. The point right there 500 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: at the end that Brennan makes about having pride is 501 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: a big one. I would say that I'm not gonna 502 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: change his words, but to me. It was a unit 503 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: last year that just was so unselfish it didn't matter. 504 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:31,879 Speaker 1: There were guys out there that didn't take offensive or 505 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: defensive reps all year long, but it didn't matter to 506 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: them because they knew they were making an impact on 507 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: special teams. Johnson Batamos, A. J. Moore, Brent Scarlett, Buddy, 508 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: how those guys Joe Webb didn't make an impact offense defensively, 509 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: Now you saw Joe in the game a little bit 510 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,959 Speaker 1: on offense. Brennan got on the field defensively and he 511 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,880 Speaker 1: may have to do more of that this year. But 512 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: he also knows how important special teams were to the 513 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,360 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen team or twenty eighteen team, and they're gonna 514 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: be the twenty nineteen squad as well. Very important stuff 515 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 1: with the special teams and Brendan Scarlett was a big 516 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: reason why those units flourished, and he ended up parlaying 517 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: that into some good playing time where he made some 518 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: plays on a defensive side of ball as well. So 519 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: big thanks to Brennan for joining us to Vincent Smith 520 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 1: as well. Coming up, Drew and I are going to 521 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,159 Speaker 1: get into De Lorian and go back to two thousand 522 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 1: and seven to find out why next right here in 523 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: Texans All Access one, final segment of our Wednesday edition 524 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: of Texans All Access. I'm your host, John Harris, and 525 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: it's been a newsworthy few days for the Texans and 526 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 1: Adam Schefter broke some news today. This is all we 527 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 1: know about this situation, so I will leave you with this. 528 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: The Patriots have filed tampering charges against your Houston Texans, 529 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 1: so there's not much more that we know about the situation. 530 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: So anything else is really speculating, and that's not really 531 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 1: something that we're gonna do on a situation like this, 532 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,600 Speaker 1: So we'll leave that. The Patriots have fillos tampering charges, 533 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,000 Speaker 1: and obviously when there is news, we will analyze it 534 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: and give that to you on Texans All Access. But 535 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 1: I would like to get into DeLorean and I'm gonna 536 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: do that with my good friend Drew Doherty as we 537 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,160 Speaker 1: go in the lab and Redraft two thousand and seven. 538 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 1: In the first round, well Drew decided he wanted a boat. 539 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: He wanted to get on a boat and go to 540 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 1: an island. I go with the path of least resistance, 541 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: I go with the path to greatness. I go to 542 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,320 Speaker 1: the path of a guy who I think should be 543 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame one day. Talking about paths. 544 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,239 Speaker 1: If you want to take a path, you're gonna need 545 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: a boat for this one. Oh yeah, because you gotta 546 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: gotta go to the island. And I'm gonna take instead 547 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: of taking the Mobia Koe. Great guy, we love him, 548 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna go with the guy who had a 549 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: better NFL career. Was a shutdown corner in the truest 550 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: sense of the word, one of the best corners ever. 551 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: I think the New York Jets took him in at fourteen. 552 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take Durell Reeves cornerback out of pit instead 553 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: of a Mobia Koya and man, I'm to pair him 554 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 1: up with Dante Robinson. Yeah, that's pretty good. That's pret 555 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: especially when you're facing the Colts Reggie Wayne Harrison. I mean, uh, 556 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: they were. They were phenomenal, and the Texans philosophy was 557 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 1: let's get our pass rush to a point where we 558 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 1: put the pressure on and so that meant Mario Williams 559 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: and O six. That meant Ambi at Koya and O seven. 560 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,600 Speaker 1: I remember at Korea was nineteen years old, so thought 561 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,879 Speaker 1: was by time he got to the second contract. He 562 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:30,560 Speaker 1: wasn't even gonna be twenty four, so you were gonna 563 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:32,440 Speaker 1: get a lot of bang for your bucket. Just didn't 564 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 1: turn out that way for a mobe. But here are 565 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 1: the here are four for the next five picks. Yeah, 566 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: ended up being Pro Bowlers. Right after the Texas took 567 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,280 Speaker 1: at Koya, the forty nine Ers took Patrick Willis, So 568 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 1: I mean tremendous, tremendous. You pair him up with Damiko Ryans, 569 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: that would have been nice. But I think you're you're 570 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 1: getting better value, much better value out of the three 571 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: of the four positions. To me, when you look at that, 572 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,120 Speaker 1: I think, first of all, Res Revs is the better 573 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: player of these four. Marshawn Lance running back Marshawn but 574 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 1: again drafting and running back in the in the first round. 575 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:16,320 Speaker 1: Then Durrell Reevs went at fourteen, and then Lawrence Timmans, 576 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: who played linebacker, was very very good linebacker for the Steelers, 577 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 1: versatile athletic. Look I would take just based on value 578 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: of position. I'm putting cornerback above all else, but Durrell 579 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 1: Rivs was the better player above all else. No Texans 580 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: would have had to pay, But that was what that's 581 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: what made Rivs Islands so expensive in luxury. But Durrell 582 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 1: Rerivs in the first round, there's still question. Okay, So 583 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 1: then you skip down to the second round and there's 584 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:46,880 Speaker 1: a lot of really good players that have come off 585 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: the board at that point. Michael Griffin from Texas the safety, Uh, 586 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 1: John Beeson linebacker, really good player. Joe Staley, I mean 587 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: he might still be playing, didn't he He's still playing 588 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 1: and he just got a two years mentioned tackle. I 589 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 1: mean went to the Niners. He's been great, Greg Olsen 590 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 1: really good, uh tight end, Paul puzz LUs knee, he went, 591 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: Eric Wettele still playing, Zach Miller good tight end. Yeah, okay, 592 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,720 Speaker 1: Texans four fit that second round pick because they traded 593 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: away to Atlanta and uh Atlanta picked the Ironically, Atlanta 594 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: picked a corner named Chris Houston from out of Arkansas. 595 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 1: That would have been with the forty first pick of 596 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: that draft. So the tea, well, that's that pick was 597 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: actually from UM Minnesota. Oh oh my bad, because Justin Bla. 598 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: They had a couple of twos and they took Justin Black, 599 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: good guard out of Texas. Me he was on the 600 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: player that title team five um, okay, So you gotta 601 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: go all the way down. John to the third round, 602 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 1: seventy third overall, and the Texans took Jacoby Jones back then, 603 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 1: who wound up having a really solid career, had some 604 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: moments with the Texans, was better on that title team 605 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: with the Ravens twenty twelve. Yep, he's one of my 606 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 1: favorite players to ever interview. But I think if I 607 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: could redraft at that point, I'd go with a guy 608 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: who was taken eighty sixth overall, who was taken by 609 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: the Ravens. I'd go with the tackle out of Iowa 610 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: who kicked inside to guard and man, you solve your 611 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: guard problems for a while. Get Marshall Yanda. That's who 612 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: I would have taken John. There's no question that was 613 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: as soon as I saw that. As I was I 614 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: was scoping the drive, I would have I would have 615 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 1: thought about taking Marshall Yonda in the first round and 616 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: be honest with yeah, yeah, With as good a career 617 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: as he's had, he did, he kicked in the guard, 618 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: he's been He's been a tremendous player for Baltimore. Still 619 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: is I think you should go to Hall of Fame. 620 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: I think he's one of the interior players that's ever 621 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 1: played in this game. J. J. Watt agrees with you. Yes, 622 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 1: he's talked about it with me before. He said, this 623 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: guy has really given me. He gave me problems when 624 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: I was a rookie. He was such a tough, tough 625 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: guy to play against. So yeah, that's that's who I 626 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,680 Speaker 1: would have taken. So I would have beefed up that 627 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: line because think about him. At that point, You've got 628 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,760 Speaker 1: a young Eric Winston, You've got a young Chris Myers, 629 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 1: You've got Marshall Yonda in there. Yeah, Chester Pitts playing 630 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 1: guard as well, your left tackle position. That's that point. 631 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: It's oh seven, So it's before Dwayne Brown, right, So 632 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: a year later you get Dwayne Brown. Yeah, things are gorgeous. 633 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: Well you're talking about Dwayne Brown, Marshall Yonda, Chris Myers, 634 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: Eric Winston. And imagine if Charles Spencer had worked out. 635 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: I mean how that changes things. But but it didn't. 636 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: But man, you go Reevus and Yonda rounds one and three. 637 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: Holy smokes, you talk. Those those guys are hall of famers. Yeah, 638 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: those guys are hall of famers, no, no question. At 639 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: two positions that you really, you really could have used 640 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,959 Speaker 1: And again, Yonda was a tackle in college and then 641 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,800 Speaker 1: they bump him inside the garden. I think that that 642 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: made hit, that made his career. He was just suited 643 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: for that position. And even though he didn't end up 644 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: in Houston, he ends up in Baltimore Drew. To be 645 00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 1: completely honest, he went to the right place for him. 646 00:30:57,560 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: With the way Baltimore played, how physical it was here, 647 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: it would have been a little bit more zone blocking 648 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 1: and look, if you're good, you're good. You can do 649 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: it in any scheme. But I think in Baltimore were 650 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: they were a little more power, the more gap scheme. 651 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 1: Back then, he was the perfect fit. Okay, I've got 652 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 1: I've got a conundrum next texture picking fourth rounder, one 653 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,719 Speaker 1: hundred twenty third overall pick. This one came from Kansas 654 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 1: City via New Orleans, and the Texans took a corner 655 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: and Fred Bennett another nice guy. But do I want 656 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: to add more beef up front on the offensive line? 657 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 1: Where do I want the ever elusive safety? Texans franchise 658 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: history has not been blessed with great safeties overall. You've 659 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: had Tyrn Matthew for a year. Looks like the future 660 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 1: is bright with Justin Reed, but over its history it's 661 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 1: kind of been a position to neglect. I think, So 662 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go there. I'm gonna I'm gonna pass up 663 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,680 Speaker 1: taking Fred Bennett. I'm gonna pass up taking Jermon Bushrod, 664 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: who was really good tackle out of Towson, which is 665 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: this town in which I was born, moved to Houston 666 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: ten weeks later. I'm gonna go with to Sean Goldson, 667 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 1: who went a couple of picks after that, safety out 668 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,520 Speaker 1: of Washington. Just solid player for the forty nine ers. 669 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: He's been he was in the league for quite a 670 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 1: long time. I'm gonna go to Sean Goldson. Okay, that's 671 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 1: a good pick. I think that's a good pick. If 672 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: if going back through our thought about getting Marshall yonda 673 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: the offensive line still trying to figure out what they 674 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:30,000 Speaker 1: had at tackle. One pick before Bennett, Dallas Cowboys took 675 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 1: Doug Free very solid tackle, never and he's a fourth 676 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,920 Speaker 1: rounder but he never he never was. He was a starter, 677 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: but he never was an All Pro. He wasn't a star, 678 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: but he's a solid player for the Cowboys. Yeah, that's 679 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: one pick in front of Bennett. But you're right, you 680 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 1: could have taken Jamaal Bushrod who went to Towson or Goldson. 681 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: Those guys both made the Pro Bowl. Another guy that 682 00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: I would have looked at. And I'm trying to remember 683 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:58,960 Speaker 1: when when did Vante Leach get to Houston. Vante Leach 684 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: came to town right around that time. Yeah, oh seven 685 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:06,520 Speaker 1: or eight. Yeah, he was with the Houston Texans. Trying 686 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:10,600 Speaker 1: to remember what year that was because Laura mclin was 687 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:17,680 Speaker 1: a hammer for the Ravens, a hammer with the Ravens. Well, 688 00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: Vante Leach got to town in two thousand and six. Okay, 689 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 1: so then you don't need to do that. Then you 690 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: don't need to do that. Yeah, McLean is a is 691 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 1: a nice possibility. But I'm gonna stick with Vante because 692 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: he was I mean, he was a co pilot, don't 693 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,760 Speaker 1: doubt heard him on the you know, on the on 694 00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: the PA on road trips coming over h Yeah, coot 695 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: captain Leach. So yeah, yeah, if I'm I'm cool with that. 696 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: I couldn't. I just couldn't remember when Vante had gotten here. 697 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: But Vonte to me is one of the more underrated 698 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: full backs there's ever been. I Mean, I think the 699 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,960 Speaker 1: players that played with him know what a great player was. 700 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 1: He just got caught in a time period where fullbacks 701 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 1: were starting to lose. They lose their relevance, if you will. 702 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: And I think because of that, people didn't understand or 703 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: grasp how important he was. And look in his own 704 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 1: blocking scheme, some people said, we don't even need a 705 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,919 Speaker 1: full blacking his own blocking scheme. But because you had Vonte, 706 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 1: you could run lead plays and some different things. And 707 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 1: it's funny because when I was going back and watching 708 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,240 Speaker 1: some of the twenty twelve stuff drew for our bonus 709 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: in the labs, going back and watch some of those games, 710 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,959 Speaker 1: they did a few more things in twenty twelve with 711 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: Vante running a little bit more power stuff because they 712 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: had Vante Leach. They had they had some things that 713 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: they could do during that time for him. Now, they 714 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:38,840 Speaker 1: weren't doing it twenty twelve because I was James Casey, 715 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 1: but they were doing some of those things because they 716 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: had a guy like Vonte Leach. And Vante was so 717 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:47,239 Speaker 1: good in the zone game because he could he knew 718 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: where Arian was going, he knew where Aaron's thinking, so 719 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: he could pick up those guys to allow Arian to 720 00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: make his cuts and he did such a good job 721 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,759 Speaker 1: leading Foster for so many years. So yeah, let's stick 722 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,799 Speaker 1: with Vante Leach. We'll stick with the Sean Goldson. I 723 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:05,360 Speaker 1: liked that, and we'll move on to the fifth round, 724 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 1: pick four. That was when the Texans took Brandon Harrison. 725 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: They were trying for that safety out of Stanford. He 726 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 1: didn't really work out for you, so you know what 727 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do. He got a great young tight end 728 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,359 Speaker 1: in Owen Daniels. Let's put another great young tight end 729 00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,000 Speaker 1: next to him. That's gonna play for a long long 730 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: time in the league. Brent Selleck at a SINC played 731 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:31,279 Speaker 1: some tight end while Connor Barwin was probably playing a 732 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,759 Speaker 1: little bit of tight end there in college. Yeah, yeah, 733 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: you're right, You're right. Was a tight end. Yeah, so 734 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,719 Speaker 1: very good player. Long Gevity's the key I had my 735 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:43,239 Speaker 1: eyes on. It's funny, I have my eyes on a 736 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 1: tight end. But he didn't. He didn't last as long, 737 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,760 Speaker 1: but he was key for the Giants and oh seven 738 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: talking about Boss Kevin Boss. Yeah, and he just didn't. 739 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 1: He didn't stick for a long time in the NFL, 740 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,359 Speaker 1: but he I had a great two thousand and seven 741 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 1: as a rookie I remember them using him in that 742 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,239 Speaker 1: game and was a really good player. Well, John, I'm 743 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,360 Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna scratch that at h four, you giants 744 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 1: wise a little later in our drib okay, so I'm 745 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,320 Speaker 1: sorry about that, but I think I don't sell it. 746 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 1: Tight End Wise a little bit better choice for this team, 747 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,440 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna roll with that. But Boss would have 748 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:19,400 Speaker 1: been an admirable selection as well. So let's move on 749 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,920 Speaker 1: to the fifth. Okay, At one sixty three overall, the 750 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:27,040 Speaker 1: Texans took another tackle, Brandon Fry with a knee. We're 751 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,560 Speaker 1: not gonna go with Brandon Fry. We're gonna go back 752 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,880 Speaker 1: to the corner. Well, guy who can help on special teams, 753 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:38,359 Speaker 1: Corey Graham, That's who I would have taken. Played at 754 00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:40,440 Speaker 1: New Hampshire, which is good because it's always nice to 755 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 1: have people from New Hampshire in the building. We love 756 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:47,000 Speaker 1: John Perry receiver's coaches. But Corey Graham went on, had 757 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:50,040 Speaker 1: a pretty nice career. Drafted by the Bears, and OH 758 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 1: seven started a corner and OH eight next to Peanut Tillman. 759 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:58,400 Speaker 1: I mean, he was the player of the game in 760 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:03,359 Speaker 1: twenty twelve against the Broncos when the Ravens beat him. 761 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,080 Speaker 1: So I had a couple of picks. I'm gonna go 762 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 1: with Corey Graham, kind of like your third corner at 763 00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 1: that point, guy who can help out. That's who I'm picking. 764 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:14,040 Speaker 1: We faced him last year, Yeah, played safety still in 765 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:15,879 Speaker 1: the league, and he played safety for the Eagles. In fact, 766 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,760 Speaker 1: he had one of the best all time reaction shots. 767 00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,560 Speaker 1: We looked at it in the film room on the 768 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,040 Speaker 1: on the escape, as I call it, the one where 769 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,000 Speaker 1: Sean got away from all the different lineman Chris Long 770 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:28,719 Speaker 1: and Michael Benner are all trying to sack him and 771 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox and he gets away from all of them. 772 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,680 Speaker 1: Brandon Grahamy shucks to the ground and he finds Jordan Nakins. 773 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,279 Speaker 1: After it's done, you see Corey Graham throws hands up 774 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:40,319 Speaker 1: like damn, just like it's the it's the best. I 775 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:46,279 Speaker 1: love his reaction to it. Yeah, Corey Graham. Again, I 776 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,320 Speaker 1: know that you can never you can never have enough corners, 777 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,359 Speaker 1: not in this league, not now, man. I mean just 778 00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:53,840 Speaker 1: I mean, at this point in time, you've got to 779 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,120 Speaker 1: have guys that can cover, and the more guys that 780 00:37:56,200 --> 00:38:00,720 Speaker 1: you have, the better. So and that wasn't that adage 781 00:38:00,840 --> 00:38:04,319 Speaker 1: wasn't as fitting as it is now back in two 782 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,680 Speaker 1: douzen and seven, but it was pretty dark quotes you 783 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,319 Speaker 1: were you were moving in that direction, especially having to 784 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 1: beat the Colts into his credit, GM rick Smith said 785 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:15,360 Speaker 1: that every single pre draft press conference, I mean, he 786 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:17,719 Speaker 1: always emphasized that you can never have enough corners, and 787 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,680 Speaker 1: you know, he was pretty consistent about that about picking corners. 788 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,400 Speaker 1: Some worked out, some didn't. But yeah, that was something 789 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:27,640 Speaker 1: that he definitely put an emphasis on. And to remind folks, 790 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,960 Speaker 1: we're not blasting these drafts at the Texans. No, no, 791 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:35,440 Speaker 1: because everyone swings in every single team. This is just 792 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,759 Speaker 1: with the benefit of twelve years of hindsight, we're going 793 00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:41,040 Speaker 1: back and doing Yeah, I mean it's it was a 794 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,160 Speaker 1: fine draft. So let's move on to number six. Let's 795 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:48,799 Speaker 1: scratch that itch Giants wise that you had John. Let's 796 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:53,000 Speaker 1: take a running back. Let's take a mod Bradshaw. So 797 00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,359 Speaker 1: the Texans are at pick one eighty three. Yeah, it's 798 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:59,000 Speaker 1: stid of taking Casey stuttered he started some games here. Well, 799 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 1: you're gonna move you on guard. Yeah, got your guard fixed. 800 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,000 Speaker 1: Let's get let's get a mob Bradshaw in here. I 801 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,640 Speaker 1: think he'd be a nice compliment to whatever he had 802 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,920 Speaker 1: working back then for the Texans and running back. I 803 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,800 Speaker 1: was mystified that a mob Bradshaw went in the seventh round. Yeah, 804 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:18,040 Speaker 1: it was. It was mystifying why he went so late 805 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,000 Speaker 1: in this draft. I didn't understand it. I saw him 806 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: at Marshall I was I mean, he was how many 807 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:26,000 Speaker 1: picks one, two, three, four, five, six? He was six 808 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:30,640 Speaker 1: away from being mister irrelevant and yet he was a 809 00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:34,680 Speaker 1: significant factor for that that Giants seven In fact, that 810 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:40,680 Speaker 1: Giants O seven draft was it was outstanding. I mean, 811 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 1: I mentioned Boss, this is a team that won the 812 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:45,680 Speaker 1: Super Bowl in two thousand and seven. All these guys 813 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,000 Speaker 1: played a role in that that were that got drafted. 814 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,799 Speaker 1: Jay Offord played defensive tackle for them. He was a 815 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: factor on that team in two thousand and seven. Steve 816 00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,440 Speaker 1: Smith wide receiver, ended up being a Pro bowler at 817 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:02,760 Speaker 1: one point, was a very good player. Smith from USC. Right, USC, 818 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:08,000 Speaker 1: Steve Smith. They did not that they have a first 819 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:09,840 Speaker 1: round I'm trying to think who the first rounder was 820 00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:13,239 Speaker 1: that they had they drafted in the first rounds. See 821 00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:16,640 Speaker 1: it there it is, oh Aaron Ross, Aaron Ross from Texas. 822 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 1: The Giants got significant value, right, off the bat from seven. Now, 823 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:26,200 Speaker 1: it was not longevity. Longevity was not in play, right 824 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:27,959 Speaker 1: if you will, with that group, they did not stick 825 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,360 Speaker 1: around for a long time. But immediate impact they certainly 826 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: got that and a mob Bradshaw getting him in the 827 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: sixth round at one eighty three, I think that is tremendous, 828 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,640 Speaker 1: tremendous value. So you have one more pick. It's the 829 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,520 Speaker 1: two hundred eighteenth pick. It's in the seventh round, and 830 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:49,160 Speaker 1: the Texans originally used it on Zach Dials, the linebacker, 831 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:50,960 Speaker 1: and he played quite a bit. He started in OH 832 00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:54,240 Speaker 1: nine as your weak side linebacker in the four three. 833 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,359 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stick with Zach Dials. I mean, looking at 834 00:40:57,400 --> 00:40:59,080 Speaker 1: the options there, I mean, there are a few guys 835 00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,880 Speaker 1: you could take, but you've kind of I mean, you've 836 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,680 Speaker 1: kind of satisfied things'll it'll like, I don't want to 837 00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,040 Speaker 1: take Clark Harris to tight end. You've already got two 838 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,680 Speaker 1: pretty good ones. I guess you could take Alan Ball 839 00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:14,000 Speaker 1: the corner, but again, I've taken two corners already. I 840 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,759 Speaker 1: don't I don't think I need to take three. So 841 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,520 Speaker 1: let's stick with Zach Diles. I mean, he's a solid defender. 842 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw a couple of options at you. Okay, Now, 843 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,240 Speaker 1: there are a few guys that ended up not getting 844 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,400 Speaker 1: drafted right that could have been pretty interesting on this team. 845 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,799 Speaker 1: First one was out of Bethune Cookman, by the way, 846 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,560 Speaker 1: coached by Alvin Wyatt. Yeah, I had the best coaching 847 00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:37,520 Speaker 1: outfits you've ever seen, and that was Eric Weems the Falcons. 848 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,000 Speaker 1: I thought about him, He's a great return man. But 849 00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:43,160 Speaker 1: you know what, John, he just pissed me off watching 850 00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,719 Speaker 1: him when he was with the Falcons and they came 851 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:48,880 Speaker 1: here in eleven. He just pissed me off, like he 852 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,799 Speaker 1: was talling the crowd. Yeah, it really made me mad. 853 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:53,759 Speaker 1: All Right. I don't want him, you know, I think, 854 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,520 Speaker 1: I mean, he was good, but I think that the 855 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:59,399 Speaker 1: contributions that Zach gave you are a little bit better 856 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,120 Speaker 1: than that guy I got. Okay, here's another one. Now. 857 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:09,440 Speaker 1: We drafted Reevas, and we drafted Yonda. We drafted to 858 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,239 Speaker 1: Sean Goltzen, so we drafted the safety. I was doing 859 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:13,799 Speaker 1: that because I was, like, I knew we drafted the safety. 860 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 1: Is trying to figure out when you got a young 861 00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,160 Speaker 1: man by the name of James ahead of bow and 862 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:22,040 Speaker 1: he would be our final selection the seventh round selection 863 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,560 Speaker 1: James ahead of bow Guy. You can hear us Drew 864 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:29,120 Speaker 1: set in Sports Radio six ten does a tremendous job 865 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,080 Speaker 1: on the radio. He was a great football player, great leader, 866 00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,839 Speaker 1: excellent player for a number of different teams, so we 867 00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,279 Speaker 1: went with him in the seventh round. So there you go. 868 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:38,840 Speaker 1: There's our redraft. Go check out the rest of the 869 00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:42,239 Speaker 1: podcast in the lab iTunes, stitch your tune in. I'm 870 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,680 Speaker 1: sure there are other podcast programs. However you get your podcast, 871 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:46,919 Speaker 1: go check out in the lab, give us a rating, 872 00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,839 Speaker 1: leave us a rating, and check it out. We love 873 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,160 Speaker 1: doing it. We've had some bonus in the labs going 874 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,560 Speaker 1: up with our Texas Top one hundred moments, so definitely 875 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,920 Speaker 1: go check that out. Appreciate you guys being here, big 876 00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:00,120 Speaker 1: thanks to Mark, to Drew, to Vincent and to Brennan Sorr. 877 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:02,000 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys being here with see tomorrow and 878 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:03,080 Speaker 1: as always, go Texans.