1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: We'll welcome in everybody to a Wednesday edition of Texans 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: All Access from the Hyunday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: hostess Evening, John Harris, but I am joined by my 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: good friend to kick it off, my co heart in 5 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:18,200 Speaker 1: Carnival Games twenty eighteen. Dear Drew, Texas three sixty host. 6 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: It's Drew Dougherty. What's up, Drew? Not the much man. 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: Beautiful day, it is beautiful night for grilling. I'm gonna 8 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 1: be on the grilling to night. Yep, I think I'm 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: going to be as well. Just get some of those 10 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: Italian sausages that keep on talking the best of the 11 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 1: business there. Yeah, dude, you're holding back on the Italian sausages. 12 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 1: So Drew and I got we got a little something 13 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: specially for you in our next segment. We do this 14 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: periodically on Wednesday. It's something that started way back on 15 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: my radio show back in two thousand and eight because 16 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: I was mad about Peter King. We started with the 17 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: Seinfeldium Anything mock draft, and so I love to do 18 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: mock drafts. Tonight's mock draft is the American Badass, All American, 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: All American Badass. So we're drafting the all our all 20 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: American teams. This can range from fictional characters, real real people, athletes, 21 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 1: or alive too dead or alive of any capacity. And 22 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: I can't wait. I can't wait, So we'll we'll save that. Really, 23 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: you can't lose this thing, Yeah, you can. It's and 24 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: I'm actually disappointed. We should probably make this and in 25 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 1: the Lab podcast but should h And and incidentally, please 26 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:30,319 Speaker 1: listen to where in the Lab podcast? It's on iTunes. Yes, 27 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: in the Labs me and John every basically every two 28 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: Zier Wednesday. Yeah, so we've been studying our draft boards 29 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 1: and looking at our all American teams are all American 30 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: badass teams. And again, it can run. It can run 31 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: a gamut can and for whatever reason, if I wanted 32 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: to draft Bill Gates because he was an innovative badass 33 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: or Steve Jobs, I could. Yeah. So that's totally cool too. 34 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: I mean, if you wanted to draft SpongeBob just because 35 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 1: you thought he was a badass, I mean that's a you. 36 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: I wouldn't I wouldn't go with it. But if you 37 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: want it to, man, it's totally cool. Are you writing 38 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: it down yet? Patrick? Yeah? You got it. Yeah, let's 39 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: see you're good. We have to get you first. We 40 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 1: got to do football. This is yeah, we're gonna We're 41 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: gonna get the football. We obviously been talking about free 42 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: agency Drew for a while. We know what the Texans 43 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 1: did a little bit of news. If you want your 44 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: hot reads presented you by Geico, Geico can save you 45 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: fifteen percent or more on car insurance with just fifteen minutes, 46 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 1: Texans signed Josh Keys yesterday. Yes linebacker played in the league, 47 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 1: bounced around the league a little bit for the last 48 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: few years. Came out of Boston College. I was a 49 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,240 Speaker 1: fan of his when he was at Boston College. I 50 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: thought that he'd come into the league and do some things. 51 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 1: I thought he probably would be a special teams guy 52 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: at worst, and that's really he's been. He's been that, 53 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: and maybe he comes in here and competes. But I 54 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: told you yesterday, I said I had seen somebody in 55 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: the cafeteria. I had seen somebody, and then I saw 56 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: his picture and I went, that's him. The eagle has landed. 57 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: That's when he tweeted, this is the guy who the 58 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: Texans this time of year. Addition to sign in these 59 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: high profile free agents like Tyrn Matthew and Aaron Cold. 60 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: You've also got to fill out your roster, and because 61 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: of all these guys that you're adding, you've still lost 62 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: quite a few. There are guys like Chris Clark and 63 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: Breno Jacomini and Marcus Gilchrist who are on the street 64 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: or who have signed with teams like Gilchrist has. So 65 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: you've lost quite a bit of players, and you've got 66 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: to fill out a ninety man roster, and you're well 67 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: under that right now. So this is one of those names. Now, 68 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: will he be around Week one? Good? Good? If he is, 69 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 1: it's probably as a special team core type of guy. 70 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: Maybe he busts in and has a great spring in 71 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: Augustine he winds up being one of those backup inside guys. 72 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: But it's one of those kind of not filler moves, 73 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: but it's a guy that you got to have to 74 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: have a roster to field a team in May, June, July, 75 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 1: and August when you're not playing games, but when you're 76 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: doing practice and in preseason scrimmages and stuff like. And 77 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: that's usually important, especially during OTA period, because you're gonna 78 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: have guys during the OTA period. I look at the 79 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: roster yesterday after this move to bring in jo Keys. 80 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: Seventy seven guys are on the roster. Now, that's I 81 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: believe that's everybody, but the sean probably not gonna do 82 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: much no tas, if anything at all, JJ Watt, Derek Newton, 83 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: They're probably gonna be some other guys that aren't gonna 84 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: do anything during OTAs. And I remember it was OTA's 85 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen. I remember watching the defensive backs and 86 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: it was like, well, there goes three defensive backs. I 87 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: think was Kevin Johnson, J Joe and I think at 88 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: the time Charles James. There's like three or four guys 89 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: were having from injuries. Yeah, and so that gave the 90 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: opportunity for a j boy had to step up, get 91 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: a lot of reps and bo his game went through 92 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: the roof and obviously we knew where he is now. 93 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: But that was a result of that. No AJ had 94 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,400 Speaker 1: been on the roster, of course, but that's that's the 95 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: kind of thing where Josh Keys can stand out during 96 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: OTAs and at least gets some momentum going into the 97 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: Greenbrier training camp. So those are the moves that we 98 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: look back on and say, oh, I remember how we 99 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: got how we ended up with Brian Peters, I mean 100 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: Brian Peters. It's been phenomenal for this his defense, and 101 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: he was he was an ad in and like October 102 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,560 Speaker 1: October or November of fifteen or something like that, late September, 103 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: he came in and played in thirteen games, I believe, 104 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 1: and still wound up tied for the NFL lead and 105 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: special teams titles that year. Right, So yeah, and he's 106 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: been resigned. He will be back, right, he's at least 107 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: under contract right now for twenty and eighteen. And and 108 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: that's the thing that people have I don't know about you, Drew, 109 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 1: but people have come to me periodically over the years, 110 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: when are specialam is gonna get better? Are special teams 111 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: can get better? One of special teams can get better? 112 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: Is it about the coaching? And obviously there's been a 113 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: changing coaching Brad Seely was assistant, Tracy Smith taken over 114 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: special teams. I think that obviously is gonna help. But look, 115 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: it comes down to the Jimmy's and the Joe's when 116 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: when we're talking about special teams, dudes flat out on 117 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: special teams because a they want to and be they've 118 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: got some speed and see they understand that special teams 119 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 1: is as big a role as anything else. And I 120 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: think over the last few years there were some guys 121 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: maybe they with down special teams that didn't always didn't 122 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: always see the value in doing that, and they it 123 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: just didn't turn out well, I guess for special teams 124 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: for the last few years. But you add Josh Keys, 125 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: you add Johnson Batamosi, you have Brian Peters. You have 126 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: some guys that are gonna fight on special teams and 127 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: gonna make some plays, and that's what you need to have, 128 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: no doubt, no doubt, And Chris Thompson is one of 129 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: those guys to keep an eye. I think Chris Thompson 130 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: being able to wrap up and drop guys. Uh last 131 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: year that wound up getting loose. You know, it looked 132 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: like it was a rookie thing, although like he was 133 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: figuring it out. But had those guys been dropped where 134 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: they're the initial contact was right. I think this tech, 135 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: this Texans special team's coverageing it jumps by at least 136 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: a third of the league because he's a heck of 137 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: a gunner. Heck of a gunner. It just he's just 138 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: a wrap guys up and bring him down. You know 139 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: what's funny. Before last year's draft, I was and I 140 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: think that can happen during last year's um not after 141 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: the draft, and the Texan said he was a trial player. Yeah, 142 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: he was try out and pressed him to try out, 143 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 1: ended up getting signed. And my buddy's a solid reporter 144 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 1: for the Gators, and I said, you know, what's his 145 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: deal and he goes he said that dude has no 146 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: He said it as he has no chill, meaning he 147 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: never takes a playoff and he's always flying down. And 148 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: so I was doing I was doing my studying basically 149 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 1: from my SEC preview I do each summer, and I 150 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: was looking at the University of Florida and I watched 151 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: maybe four or five games, and in those four or 152 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: five games, he made a special team's play in every 153 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: single one of those games. It was phenomenal to watch. 154 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: So you throw Chris Thompson the mix with Battim. I 155 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: was really excited to see if Chris Thompson can make that. 156 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: Just because he does, man, this team is a lot 157 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: better better absolutely in a very key area obviously in 158 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: the football field. So that was the the move as 159 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: of yesterday. And look, the one thing that people ask 160 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: us all the time, there's there's no there's no end 161 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: to free agency. Once the new league year starts. Free 162 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: agency is all the time. You were always looking for players, 163 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: always looking for players, whether it's churning about in the roster. 164 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: And I go back to the Seattle Seahaks in twenty 165 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: and ten when Pete Carroll John Schneider took over in 166 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: twenty ten, they said a record that year for transactions. 167 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: It was like like two hundred something. And they just 168 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: kept the bottom of the roster churning and churning and 169 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: churning and churning until they found the right mix and 170 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: they end up going to the playoffs in twenty twelve, 171 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 1: goes the Super Bowl win at thirteen, went back to 172 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and fourteen, So you know that type of thing. 173 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: Transactions are happening all the time. Someone had happened in May, 174 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: someone happened at June. Some might happen in July, and 175 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: definitely some are gonna happen to a training camp. And 176 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: you have injuries and such, so hopefully not as many 177 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: as last year, but they happened at any particular point 178 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: in time. All right, Drew, So the Texans have added 179 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 1: I think we said the other day they had added 180 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: seven players, three linemen, three dbs, and then Sammy Coates 181 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: had picked up on waivers Josh Keys makes eight. That's 182 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: eight new players. We talked about the impact players for 183 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: the Texans. How about for the rest of the division. 184 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 1: In Jacksonville, the jag signing Andrew Norwell, but they lose 185 00:08:55,679 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: Alan Robinson, Alan Hearns, Marcedes Lewis, had to reach structure 186 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: with Talvin Smith, Paul Puzzlesny retired, and they lost Aaron Colevin. 187 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: The Colts haven't done a lot in free agency, but 188 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: maybe made the biggest move in the division when they 189 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: made the trade from three to six, picking up two 190 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,560 Speaker 1: second round picks this year and an additional second round 191 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: pick next year from the New York Jets. And then 192 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: you have the Titans. Now they're sitting and waiting for 193 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,319 Speaker 1: potentially the White Whale and division that being in Domincan 194 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: Sue he visited Tennessee, but Tennessee went got Dion Lewis 195 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,679 Speaker 1: this offseason. They were able to bring him in. They 196 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: signed Malcolm Butler, So they've made a splash with those 197 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 1: two particular guys, and they might even make a bigger 198 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: splash that they end up with, Sue so Drews. You 199 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 1: started looking at the division as a whole, the strength 200 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 1: of it, with what every team has done. I feel 201 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: like not much has really changed. I think it's still 202 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a three team race this year. I 203 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: think the Colts with those draft picks. If Chris Balladium 204 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 1: of the Colts is able to hit on those picks, 205 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: the culture gonna be right back in this thing very 206 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: very soon. But they've got to hit on some of 207 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: those things. They've made some a couple of subtle moves 208 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 1: in free agency, some receivers, Ryan Grant being one of them, 209 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: who I was a big fan of come out of Tulane. 210 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: They also signed one of the receiver of top of 211 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: my head, I can't remember, oh thought Dey Makrief ended 212 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: up going from the Colts to the Jacks. There was 213 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: some indivision stuff. So how do you perceive the division 214 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: at this point with the moves that were made in 215 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: free agency? Right now March twenty first, just incrementally, I 216 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 1: feel like the division has come closer to the mean 217 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: as a whole. I feel like the Jags have taken 218 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: teeny tiny steps backwards. Yeah, I feel like the Texans 219 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: have taken some steps forward. I feel like the Titans have, 220 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: you know, sort of stayed around the same spot, maybe 221 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,480 Speaker 1: gotten a little bit better. Yeah, And then I'm with you. 222 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 1: The culture just sort of a wild card with me 223 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: for me because I don't know if Andrew Lux's gonna play, 224 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: and it sort of looks reading the tea leaves, it 225 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: looks like he's not gonna play this year. So then 226 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: he kind of factored them in even with all these 227 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:14,599 Speaker 1: draft picks as like a five six win team at best. Baby, 228 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,319 Speaker 1: I just feel like this is a I feel like 229 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: the division's bunched up a little bit more. Yeah, because 230 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: you know, Deshaun Watson's coming back, and that's that trumps 231 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: everything else you've done with the Texans. So yeah, I 232 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker 1: do want to I want the Texas to get a 233 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: left tackle and get stability at that situation if they 234 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: have their breakthrough in your eyes in Julian Davenports we 235 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 1: talked about on our in the Lab podcast. You chose 236 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: him as your offensive breakthrough player twenty eighteen. If that happens, 237 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: oh man, huge, that happens. Huge, that happens. Look out 238 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 1: And again, as with the Texans, last year, the Texans 239 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: weren't fortunate because they had so many injuries. Yeah, the 240 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: year before it was J J. Watt, I mean that 241 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,559 Speaker 1: was a massive injury. And then Kevin Johnson, who I 242 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: thought was on the verge having tremendous year in twenty sixteen, 243 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:00,960 Speaker 1: gets hurt in that Colts game on Sunday night and 244 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: missed the last ten games of the year plus playoffs. 245 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: But injuries are gonna happen everywhere. The anamily was last 246 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: year with Jacksonville. Jacksonville got nobody injured. Yeah, nobody was 247 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 1: hurt and jackson the defense, particular Jacksonville losing the two Allans. 248 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: I think that's a big deal. Those guys were really 249 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: I mean they were looking into the future with those guys. 250 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:21,079 Speaker 1: Just two years ago. I remember being in Hawaii, Alan 251 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 1: Robinson was out there, ye, DeAndre Hopkins was out there there. 252 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: There was talk, well, Alan Robinson might be uh like 253 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: challenge DeAndre Hopkins for the best being the best receiver 254 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 1: in the AFC South right. That didn't come come to be. 255 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: But he was good and I think he still can't 256 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: be good. And I don't have all that much confidence 257 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: in Dante Moncrief, So yeah, I like what I like 258 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: with the Texans. What has happened in Jacksonville. Yeah, although 259 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: getting Andrew norwell that bolsters up, Yeah, it was. I 260 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: thought it was interesting too, because I thought the Jacksonville 261 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: line was good. I thought that the Jacks had gone anywhere, 262 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 1: they would have gone tackled, maybe to potentially replace Jeremy Parnell. 263 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 1: But they go guard. They replaced Patrick Ommay. I think, 264 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: you know, the Jags of the team obviously everybody's shooting 265 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: for because they made and they made they won the 266 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: AFC South last year. It's got that defense. The Titans, 267 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: to me are are They're an interesting team because I 268 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: don't quite know what to make. They're gonna lose. They 269 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: lose to Marco Murray, but they add Dian Lewis, they 270 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: add Malcolm Butler over at corner. It's now you essentially 271 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: have the Patriots corners that the Texas have faced for years, 272 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: plus the Dorry Jackson. So they got three guys that 273 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: can cover them all right, and they did a good 274 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: job when they were together with the Patriots. Malcolm Butler 275 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 1: and Logan Ryan have taken away this passing game. But 276 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit more complex than that now, 277 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: and so I look at the Titans and I think, okay, 278 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: now if they now, if the Titans landed, don Port sue, 279 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 1: that helps some money inside. Oh boy, Okay, now now 280 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: we change things a little bit. But that's gotta happen first. 281 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: But that's gotta happen first, and hopefully that will not happen. 282 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: Drew's gonna stick around. Mark Vanermer is gonna come in here. 283 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: It's time for our Wednesday Draft, the All American Draft. 284 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: We'll give you the rules next. You can play along 285 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: and you can tweet us at Dorty, Drew, at Jay 286 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 1: Harris Football at Texans Voice. Who would you add? We'll 287 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: do that next right here in Texas boxes. Mark vandermir 288 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: now joins the show with me John Harris alongside Drew Dorty, 289 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 1: who sticks around. It is time for our We do 290 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 1: this from time to time. We know I would say weekly, 291 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: more like bi weekly, more like once a month sort 292 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: of thing. It's got it. We try, I try, but 293 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,600 Speaker 1: sometimes you don't like get the combine. It was not weekly, 294 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: but we try to do our weekly draft. And this 295 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: week our draft. It's a good one. It's one that 296 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: Drew and I talked about before. We're doing cool a Talker. 297 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: We're trying to figure outs, like Joe want to do 298 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,120 Speaker 1: a draft tonight. We're kind of tossing back some ideas. 299 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: Tailgate Foods. That was a good one. Could draft to 300 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 1: Tailgate Foods. That's good. We can still save that one. 301 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: I thought about best or favorite Texans victories. Yeah, I 302 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: thought that was a good one. What's your favorite? No, 303 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get into that right now. I'm not 304 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: doing I'm not going there right now. Okay, I've got 305 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: I've got a few. I'd be favorite and best arn't 306 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: necessarily the best thing, the same thing, right, Like your 307 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: favorite band is not necessarily the best band. My favorite 308 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 1: guitarist is Jimmy Page, but the best rock guitarist is 309 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: Jimmy Hendrix. Yeah, I thought she said Brad Paisley was 310 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: the best guitarist you ever. No, no, not exactly. No, 311 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: not that he's bad. Look, if you can hang in 312 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: there with Peyton Manning on those commercials, you're doing a 313 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: pretty good job. Yeah. Those are jingles though, that doesn't 314 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: really count. So I got to thinking about this one 315 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: because I started thinking about and I don't know why, 316 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: but I started thinking about just all American dudes, and 317 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, that'd be cool if we came up with 318 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: our team of five all American dudes. Five five. Now, 319 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 1: now I say all American. One of mine may not 320 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: be an American. I'm not told. No, it's gotta be 321 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: American to be American. I have to look it up. 322 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: I think you have to look it up. What if 323 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: you were not born in this country but you became 324 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: a citizen at some point. No, you have to be 325 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: born on American soil to qualify for the All American dude. Okay, 326 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 1: all right, dang it. Well, uh oh, okay, I'm good. 327 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: I'm good. Good one and I wanted. Okay, I'm good 328 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 1: with the one that I wanted. I'm okay. Are we 329 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: gonna go? And descending, Well, it's a draft, so we draft. 330 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: So there's three of us, were three of us. Now, 331 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:32,320 Speaker 1: there's one stipulation, okay, and only one. We must have 332 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: our five have one football player on that list, all right, 333 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: or one football connected individuals a player, one football connected 334 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: individual on the list, coach player. However you want to go, 335 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,480 Speaker 1: I think you gotta go more than one. I think, well, 336 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: it's it's your draft it's your draft. It's just one, 337 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: all right. What are the other stipulations? Fictional? Real, move whatever? Wow, Andy, 338 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: it's that or alive. Okay, no holds barred. I'm good first. 339 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 1: It can be anything you want for whatever reason. Ronald Reagan. 340 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,680 Speaker 1: I went double R. And Ronald Reagan. I mean we're 341 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: talking about president of the United States of America. I 342 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: think everybody agrees with especially I'm not gonna get political, 343 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: but especially with what we're going on right now. A 344 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:28,159 Speaker 1: guy like that who can unite the country was so 345 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: important and would be so appreciated today. And Ronald Reagan 346 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,320 Speaker 1: all American. Dude, that's a good one. I like it. 347 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: He's my number one pick. Drew, you go second. Jason Bourne. 348 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: I was that's a good one. Jason was high on 349 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: my board. Jason Born is fantastic. Ron Reagan's a nice choice. 350 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: But Jason Bourne could beat up Ronald Reagan. Yeah, but 351 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: could get the entire military after and Borne could elude 352 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 1: the entire military. Yeah, Yeah, that's mine. He's great. You know. 353 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: It's funny because Born to me the whole series, even 354 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: though James Bond still exists, and I was at James 355 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: Bond Geek when I was a kid born to me 356 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: is like the new James Bond. I mean, that's that's 357 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: a modern era James Bond. Because the Cold War is over, 358 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: Bond doesn't work as well as it used to. Yeah, 359 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: it's just it fits in with modern society better. It's 360 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,360 Speaker 1: already of what a fifteen year old franchise, but it's phenomenal. 361 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 1: Last thing on Jason Bourne. I don't know if you 362 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: guys have seen the movie The Thirteen Hours in Benghazi 363 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: or that one. Oh yeah, okay, anyways, one of the 364 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,600 Speaker 1: rangers or seals who's helping protect him says, how's how 365 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: are all the Jason Bourne's doing downstairs? Talking about the diplomat? 366 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's just so funny because these were not 367 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: Jason Bourne's downstairs anyways, going all right, what do you got? 368 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:51,920 Speaker 1: My my first one, I think whenever I saw George C. 369 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: Scott when I was little, Oh my gosh, I was 370 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 1: gonna go here too. I cannot believe this George Patton 371 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 1: Osta in front of the flag. I want George Pattens 372 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 1: pat He is the ultimate in badassery. And then it's 373 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: a little bit of a surprise, and I know when 374 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:13,960 Speaker 1: you're here you're gonna wait, he's not American, but yes 375 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: he was. He was born in Chinatown, San Francisco. I'm 376 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: taking the all time, all time badass Bruce Lee. It's good. 377 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: It's good. I like American citizen Bruce Lee. Huh, that 378 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: is outstanding. I didn't went the University Washington. I did 379 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 1: not know this. He was George Patton Bruce Lee. To 380 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: start late, Bruce Lee. I think Vandermer kind of started 381 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,440 Speaker 1: things off to help me out this, help help me 382 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: make this choice I can. I'm more justified in making 383 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: this choice. I went rugged ass kicker with my first 384 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 1: I'm going with Fred Rogers for my second. Mister Rogers. 385 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: And why is this? He is an all American dude. 386 00:19:56,520 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: Didn't he is a presidential I would hope so. Man. Anyways, 387 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: my wife and I were flipping through Amazon about a 388 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: week or so ago, we'd run out of stuff to watch. 389 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: We see this documentary on him, and I was like, 390 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: I haven't thought of Fred Rogers, mister Rogers in two decades. 391 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: We watched it and I was pretty amazed by what 392 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 1: he did. And then we just kind of said, man, 393 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: I wonder if the kids would like this. And so 394 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 1: I found a few episodes, and the next morning when 395 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,640 Speaker 1: they got up, we were like, hey, we're gonna watch 396 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: something new, and there they just kind of like watched 397 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 1: and they were mesmerized by it. And then yesterday was 398 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: his birthday. It would have been his ninetieth birthday. And 399 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 1: there's there's a movie coming out this summer about him, 400 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: and I watched the trailer and it's gonna get you 401 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 1: choked up. But then Tom Hanks is gonna play him 402 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: in a biopick. So wow, minus mister Rogers. Yeah, all right, Mark, 403 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,920 Speaker 1: you close round two, then you start round three. Speaking 404 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: of snakes, he could like charm a snake. He could. 405 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: All right, Vince Lombardi, because that'll be my football pick. 406 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: I'm picking the greatest coach ever. Yeah, I'm picking a 407 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: guy who could motivate mere mortal men to do extraordinary things. 408 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: I think he would have been a tremendous coach in 409 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:09,199 Speaker 1: any era. I think he knew his players well, you know, 410 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,600 Speaker 1: you hear guys like Jerry Kramer talk about how tough 411 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 1: he was and everything, and there's no question about his toughness. 412 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 1: But I think Vince Lombardi isn't any era guy that 413 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 1: in this era he would still motivate, he would still 414 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: improve people, and he would understand that times are a 415 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: little bit different. Don't forget he was coaching in the sixties, 416 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: and I know that it wasn't exactly hate Ashbury there 417 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,280 Speaker 1: and Green Bay, Wisconsin with that crew, but there was 418 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: a sort of change of consciousness in the United States 419 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: of America during that decade, and Lombardi that was his era. 420 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:42,679 Speaker 1: So he absolutely found a way to fit in. I 421 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: think he would be great today. He's an All American dude. 422 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:50,479 Speaker 1: There is on NFL films the timeline and everybody forgets 423 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: that Lombardi went to the Redskins in nineteen seventy or 424 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 1: nineteen sixty nine. It's a phenomenal show. It's phenomenal Lombardi 425 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: with the Redskins. Just about did they go to the 426 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 1: playoffs for the first time in a long time? Well, 427 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: I don't know if they went to the playoffs, but 428 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:06,240 Speaker 1: they had a winning record. They had a winning record, Okay, 429 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: long time. All right, you start round three, so you've 430 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: got Ronald Reagan and Vince LAMBARTI thought, pretty well, I'm 431 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 1: gonna go fictional again here for my third pick. We'll 432 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: go fictional. Well, there would be your first fictional pick, 433 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: my first fictional pick, but my third pick overall, because 434 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:21,360 Speaker 1: on the board I have Ronald Reagan and Vince Lombardi. 435 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: But since you went Jason Bourne, I'm gonna go Ethan 436 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 1: Hunt of the Mission Impossible movies. Now, I'm not a 437 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 1: big Tom Cruise guy. And I even balked, for those 438 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: of you who are more seasoned at the appalling lack 439 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: of breaking format in the Mission Impossible series because they 440 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,359 Speaker 1: kill off Jim Phelps in the very first movie and 441 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 1: like the first ten minutes of the movie, who was 442 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 1: Peter Graves in the series? And how could you ever 443 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: do that? And as I'm saying this, I don't even 444 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: want to make this pick, but I feel like I 445 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 1: have to because he's talented, he's a survivor, he can 446 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: get the job done. He is a he does embrace teamwork, 447 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: even though you know he's out there as an individual 448 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,639 Speaker 1: a lot like with his life on the line. Okay, 449 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: you know who's talented, embraces team work, gets a job done. 450 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: But who's real and not made up? Who's that? My 451 00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:13,680 Speaker 1: third choice, which is Chuck Yeager, oh pilot. He flew 452 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 1: in what World War two? Korea? Broke the sound barrier 453 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: a bunch of times. And there were other things about 454 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 1: him too. I mean, he lasted a long day. He's 455 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: still alive. He's still alive. He's on Twitter. That's right. 456 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 1: That's what I was thinking about. That I've seen him 457 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: recently in some way that impressed me, and that he 458 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: tweets Chuck freaking Yeager. He should be like the number 459 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: two overall pick in this entire draft. Yeah, that's that's 460 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: a good one. I gotta admit, you hit that one 461 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: out of the park. Um. Snake time for you job. Yeah, 462 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 1: it is snake time. So I got I got to 463 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: him here, and I still have to get my football pick. 464 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: And I'm I'm leaning towards a guy whose nickname was 465 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,199 Speaker 1: Concrete and he served in our American military. He was 466 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 1: the last two way players in football. He is truly 467 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 1: all American, the late great Chuck Charlie Ben Oh good one. 468 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,920 Speaker 1: Some people may not know who that is. Just think of, Well, 469 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,159 Speaker 1: we have a current Houston, Texan who won an award 470 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: named after him, and that would be the Honey Badger. 471 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: Tyrann Matthew won the Ben Neerick Award in college as 472 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 1: the nation's best defensive player. There's a few iconic photos 473 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:27,199 Speaker 1: of Chuck Spinner. One of him I think smoking a 474 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: cigar after the Eagles. One they're tied up. Yes. The 475 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,359 Speaker 1: more famous one is him is overwarmed, Frank Gifford pumped. 476 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 1: Yeah after He's one of my favorite pictures of all time, 477 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 1: my favorite pictures. He's game is over. But they thought 478 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: he was just Frank Gifford making this draft problem. No, no, 479 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: come on, now, he is an All American dude. I'm not, 480 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: but but no, I'm I'm the video thing whatever that was. 481 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: Now that eliminated him. You both have come up with 482 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: You both have come up with fictional characters and yours. 483 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: I have yet to come up with one. Okay, but 484 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 1: I'm going with one right here. Rambo. That's pretty good. 485 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: Can you see the fourth Rambo when he goes to uh. 486 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: I don't even know if I've watched the entire first 487 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,320 Speaker 1: that he should. I've seen the first. He's the first, 488 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:15,959 Speaker 1: see the first one, and see the last one. I've 489 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: seen the first one. I watched the first one with 490 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: twelve year old probably not, but the second one. I 491 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: remember seeing that when I was in junior high and 492 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 1: it was so vivid, and I'll never forget there was 493 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: one scene. I mean it was it was him against everybody, 494 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:34,040 Speaker 1: and yet he's the guy who comes back against all Rambo. 495 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: That's that's my last that's my fourth pick. So I 496 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: add him to George Patton, Brucely and Charlie Bicknary. Pretty good. 497 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna go fictional again. I'm gonna go 498 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: with Dalton from Roadhouse. Oh good, fictional pick America. Paine 499 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 1: don't hurt? What what's so fun? He's practically carries around 500 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,919 Speaker 1: a started full size spar all his medical records, and 501 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: he's nice to people, and when he has to stop 502 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: being nice, he stops being nice. I think it's I 503 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: think it's a great thing. I think every guy looked 504 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: at where he was living in that garage apartment barn 505 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:15,880 Speaker 1: apartment thing, and every guy loves that. Yeah, because like, yeah, 506 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: Kelly Lynch stops by and you got the water outside. Now, 507 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,919 Speaker 1: Brad Wesley's place is across the water, and that's that's bothersome, 508 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,680 Speaker 1: no question, But it's also motivating at the same time. 509 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: But I think every guy like sort of thinks, if 510 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: I was alone, I'd want to live there peace. I 511 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: could work on my Yeah, the tai Chie stuff, I 512 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,879 Speaker 1: could do all of that, but I don't know if 513 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: i'd want to be a bouncer anyway. So you've got 514 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: two picks, you and the fourth, and you begin the fifth. 515 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: So these are your last two picks. Oh, this is 516 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: very difficult. This is very difficult. All American. Yeah, you've 517 00:26:47,320 --> 00:26:50,280 Speaker 1: gone with Mark's gone with Ronald Reagan, Vince Lombardi, and 518 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: Ethan Hunt from Mission Impossible. Drew is going with Jason Barren, 519 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 1: Fred Rogers, Mister Rodgers, Chuck Yeager Dalton from Rhodhouse, and 520 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: I have gone with George Patton, Bruce Lee, Charlie BENNERI 521 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: and Rambo. All Right, part of me wants to pick 522 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: Ted Nugent here because he is the motor City madman, 523 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: you know, part of you wants to But will you? 524 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:14,880 Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna do it. I think I'm gonna 525 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: go Ted Nugent. Now. I know this is not going 526 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,479 Speaker 1: to be popular politically with a lot of people, and 527 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: I don't want it to necessarily give away my political 528 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: leanings because it really doesn't. Okay, but there's just something 529 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,320 Speaker 1: about Nugent that I love that he's still going at 530 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,880 Speaker 1: this age hut and eat and kill and eat everything 531 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:39,439 Speaker 1: I kill, and I have backstrap breakfash. He's an all 532 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:44,080 Speaker 1: American dude. Come on, here's the thing about Ted Nugent. 533 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 1: He's kind of like when you think of environmentalists, you 534 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: think of you know, tree hugger or whatever. The cliches are, right, 535 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: but Nugent is. You know, a lot of these guys 536 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: like Nugent, these guys would like prefer to live off 537 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: the grid if they could. You know, they're kind of 538 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: environmentalists too. They're like, yeah, we want the nature, you know, 539 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: preserve nature, you know, lower taxes, maybe no government, not 540 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 1: less government, maybe no government. All whale on his guitar. 541 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: He whales though. I mean I saw him at Madison 542 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: Square Garden plays that gigantic he got out that Birdland 543 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: guitar he's got. That's the thing. It's the size of acoustic. 544 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: It's an electric. He uses a force Fender super twins 545 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 1: on stage, stands on top of them. Like, who it's awesome, John, 546 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,880 Speaker 1: Should we tell him what your street cred today rose 547 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: a little bit? Yeah? J J. Watt. Somebody found that 548 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: John's chair about an hour or so ago. He had 549 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: to record some things, and as he was walking out, 550 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:40,720 Speaker 1: he's like, who's guitar? Is this? Said span of mirrors. 551 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: He's like, he plays a guitar, Like yeah, really you 552 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: just want pretty power? Oh god? He did impress good? 553 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: So go number five? All right, so last pick? So 554 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: you got your football pick is out of the way. Yeah, 555 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: I feel like I have to pick another athlete here. 556 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: I feel like, um, I really want to pick Evil Evil. 557 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 1: That's that's legitimate. You could and I think I will 558 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,600 Speaker 1: because he wore the red, white and blue and it's 559 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,920 Speaker 1: a dated reference. Okay, but Evil Knevil kids? What like 560 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,719 Speaker 1: if all right, guys, you know the people in our 561 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: the department, right if I say to Jesse Clark and 562 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: Tyler stunt Art, if I say who's Evil Knevil, are 563 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: they gonna know? I think Jesse would know. Maybe these 564 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: guys are, by the way, in twenty five and less 565 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: okay their ages, but stunt motorcycle writers in the seventies. 566 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: And he once tried to jump over the Snake River Canyon, 567 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: which is close to the Grand Canyon, and by that 568 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: time it wasn't a motorcycle anymore. It was like a 569 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: small rocket and that failed. It was like a rocket 570 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: with wheels, but he jumped over trucks and busses at 571 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: Caesar's Palace in Vegas. He broke every bone in his body. 572 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: He was an American icon. Something is all American breaking 573 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 1: your bones. Alright, alright, got to get my football guy. 574 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: But that's easy because I'm going with a guy who 575 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,120 Speaker 1: I actually got to produce an interview of him. It 576 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 1: was the first televised interview of this guy in twenty years. 577 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: It is the first Monday night football commentator. A nineteen 578 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: sixty six NFL MVP, former SMU Mustang dandy Don Meredith 579 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: could walk into a party Marks Thrown, could Mark walking 580 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: a party you're throwing. John could walk into any of 581 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: the parties any of you listeners out there, and I 582 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: don't know you, but he could be the life of 583 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: any of those parties. He's that cool. He's a really 584 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: cool guy. Don Meredith, all right, light now, i I'll 585 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 1: show you. I can show you. These are the These 586 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: are the guys that I am not I came up 587 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: with that are not gonna be my fifth pick. Undrafted 588 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: free agents. Yeah, the all American dude draft, Jack Lambert, 589 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: Me and Joe Green, Mike Tyson, Steve Austin, Greg Lloyd, 590 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: remember him with the Pittsburgh Steelers. I just kind of 591 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: felt like Bear Bryant. He I was down to Charlie 592 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:55,479 Speaker 1: Bear Bryant, Dirty Harry Rocky. I thought about what and 593 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,320 Speaker 1: I did pick Charlie Ben Derek. So that leads me 594 00:30:57,440 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 1: to this last one. And I know some of you 595 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: look at me, like, wait, what I'm taking Willie Nelson. 596 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: That's pretty good because I he's third on my list. 597 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: He was like the third name I came up with, 598 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 1: and then you took Ted Nugent and I was like, 599 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: oh no, this feels like a pick you would have made, Drew. 600 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 1: So I got a little worried about it. So Willy 601 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: Nelson last year Rodeo. He's got armhairs older than all 602 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: of us, and he's always wearing American flag, red, white 603 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 1: and blue. Yeah. Um, I'll go with it. Also receiving 604 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: votes but not making the final cut, Dirty Harry, Yeah, 605 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: that's I have George Washington, Nolan, Ryan, john Wayne hack Saw, 606 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: Jim Duggan, and Chris christ I was gonna say that 607 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: John Wayne is the biggest omission of all of us. 608 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: This is like Tom Brady sliding to the sixth round. 609 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,720 Speaker 1: When you talk about all American Dudes draft, because a 610 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 1: lot and kids, do you think Jesse and John Wayne, 611 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 1: John Wayne? You could not get any more American than 612 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 1: John Wayne. Teddy Roosevelt's a good one. Who else did 613 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,239 Speaker 1: we miss at Texas Voice at Dorty Drew at Jay 614 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: Harris Football. Who did we miss with our Wednesday draft? 615 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: The all American dude? I think we came about some 616 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: good teams was very diverse. Nice job. What a final 617 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: segment of Texans All Access on this wonderful Wednesday evening. 618 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,240 Speaker 1: Hopefully you're out by your grill, or you're out by 619 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: the pool, or you just out walking a dog or 620 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,560 Speaker 1: taking a bike ride or doing something to enjoy this 621 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: beautiful weather that we have been having. I'm your host, 622 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 1: John Harris Football, an US A sidid of reporter, and 623 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 1: we did a cooler talk presented by Arctic earlier today 624 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 1: and a lot of questions from people asking about various things, 625 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:36,680 Speaker 1: and so I figured I put it out there on 626 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: Twitter at Jay Harris Football to allow you guys to 627 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: ask anything you wanted about anything. Really, in all honesty, 628 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 1: most of the time people are gonna hit me up 629 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: with Texans questions, but you know, obviously hit me with anything, 630 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:50,400 Speaker 1: I'll try and answer it. And so I figured I'd 631 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: take the the best five questions that I've gotten and 632 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 1: in handle those. And even I've even got I think 633 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,080 Speaker 1: one from the other day that I got that I 634 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: wanted to make sure to make sure that I hit. 635 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 1: So here we go this one from Anthony. I know 636 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,719 Speaker 1: we have plenty of time, but any news on an 637 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 1: offensive tackle or backup quarterback. I have not seen anything 638 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: leaning one way or the other on either. I do 639 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,720 Speaker 1: know and we both know, we all know that backup 640 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: quarterback situation has got to be remedy. Top Savage took 641 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: contract and went to New Orleans and Taylor Heneke is 642 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 1: in the building. I say in the building on the team. 643 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: The team is not really back yet. They will be 644 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 1: back in April at some point start conditioning Phase one 645 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: or the offseason. But Taylor Heneke, I would imagine the 646 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: Texas will sign a rookie, and they had some time 647 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:46,800 Speaker 1: with four rookies at the Senior Bowl. Mike White from 648 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 1: Western Kentucky brand silvers from Troy. They'll say, kay law 649 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 1: a letter from Richmond and Kurt bank Kert from Virginia. 650 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 1: They all said, the opportunity to spend some time with 651 00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 1: the North squad, which had Baker Mayfield and Josh Allen, 652 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 1: who they're not going to draft, but also So Tannery 653 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,880 Speaker 1: and Luke Falk, so those quarterbacks they had a chance 654 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: to spend with the Senior Bowl. So I'd imagine they're 655 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:08,760 Speaker 1: gonna bring in a young guy and have him compete 656 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: with Taylor Heineke, and then they'll find a veteran that 657 00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 1: can come on as played some in the NFL and 658 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:17,200 Speaker 1: and roll from there. That's just that's my gut instinct. 659 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 1: So I think they'll it'll, it will, As Anthony said, 660 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,399 Speaker 1: it'll take some time now. Off at the tackle. They've 661 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:26,680 Speaker 1: added Chantra Henderson, They've added Sineokilemente, They've added Zach Fulton. Now, 662 00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:30,600 Speaker 1: of those, Henderson is really the only tackle prospect tackle 663 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,560 Speaker 1: free agents, so they've definitely have got to attack that 664 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 1: in the draft at worst, but maybe they'll do it 665 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: in free agency. If you look at all of the 666 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:44,640 Speaker 1: free agent signings, top ten, list, top one hundred, whatever, 667 00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 1: all the all the true tackles are really accounted for 668 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:53,799 Speaker 1: at this point. So my guess the partiple money on 669 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,000 Speaker 1: it is they're not going to sign anybody of a 670 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,320 Speaker 1: big name quality because that guy really didn't even exist 671 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,839 Speaker 1: going into this free agency outside an eighth solder. But 672 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: they were able to They were able to address the 673 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:07,440 Speaker 1: position with Sean Trele Henderson, address the offensive line with 674 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: Kalmenta at Fulton, and they'll definitely, I think, do it 675 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,480 Speaker 1: in the draft. Drafting in the third round, you think 676 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: a way a second, they're not gonna good good tackle 677 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,799 Speaker 1: this tackle draft. Really, the value of this group is 678 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,600 Speaker 1: mainly found in the second, third round. You're not gonna 679 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 1: have a bunch of first round as a tackle. So 680 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,279 Speaker 1: I do think you can find some quality players in 681 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,640 Speaker 1: the third round. Maybe a Tyrell Crosby from Oregon. I'm 682 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: not the biggest fan of his, but that's a guy 683 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,240 Speaker 1: that's played a lot of good football out at Oregon. 684 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 1: I think you could look at guys like Alex Kappa, 685 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: who the Texans coached at the Senior Bowl. Austin Corby, 686 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:42,480 Speaker 1: who's probably more garden tackle, but that's you know, Chukesko 687 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,840 Speaker 1: four from a core for excuse me, from Western Michigan, 688 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 1: a young, long, athletic looking dude. I mean, you talk 689 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,319 Speaker 1: about long arms and a young guy, A core four 690 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,320 Speaker 1: might be eight. He might be more of a project 691 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: than anything else. But boy, you don't find a lot 692 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:01,080 Speaker 1: of assets like that. But that would be I think 693 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 1: where they're going next. I think quarterback, and if it's 694 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,480 Speaker 1: to tackle the address in the draft, quarterback late off 695 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 1: its tackle as early as it possibly can. I don't 696 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,160 Speaker 1: think it's out of the run possibility to sign somebody better, 697 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,239 Speaker 1: just don't think they'll be able to get there. I 698 00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 1: don't think there's anybody worth signing at that point. Let's see. 699 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:23,879 Speaker 1: I got this from James says, assuming all works out, 700 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 1: Assuming all works out well with the signing so far, 701 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,840 Speaker 1: Titan seems to be our biggest need in offense. A 702 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:32,360 Speaker 1: dynamic tight end would help Shaun Watson out tremendously and 703 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,000 Speaker 1: open things up even more. Are there going to be 704 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,240 Speaker 1: any available in the third round and with the Texans 705 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 1: pull the trigger. It's a fantastic question. And I think 706 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,400 Speaker 1: the good thing about the way things have gone. And 707 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: I've always said this attacking the priorities, and I said 708 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,040 Speaker 1: when people were like, yet, Jimmy Graham, get this tight 709 00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:51,920 Speaker 1: and get that tight end, I said, I don't want 710 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,440 Speaker 1: to hear about going and signing a tight end until 711 00:36:55,520 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 1: they've attacked, until they've attacked the priorities of this team 712 00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,160 Speaker 1: offensive line, a secondary. Well, they signed three offensive lineman, 713 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: they signed three secondary players. I think at this point, 714 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:08,920 Speaker 1: if they were to look at a free agent tight end, 715 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,400 Speaker 1: I would be all I would be all about it. 716 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 1: I heard Benjamin Watson is looking at some teams. I 717 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 1: don't think that would be a bad option. Although he's 718 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 1: a little long in the tooth, So the question becomes 719 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,320 Speaker 1: draft at tight end. I think this is a really 720 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:23,799 Speaker 1: good tight end draft from a from an athletic perspective, 721 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,800 Speaker 1: From a pass catcher perspective, I don't think that it's great. 722 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,800 Speaker 1: From a traditional why tight end perspective, You're not finding 723 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: a lot of c J. Fedorowitz is the only one 724 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 1: that really kind of comes close to that for the 725 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,879 Speaker 1: most part is Ryan Izzo. Now. I love Ian Thomas 726 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,640 Speaker 1: from Indiana. He's probably the combination of why tight end 727 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,240 Speaker 1: pass catcher. He's got eleven and a half inche hands, 728 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 1: He's got good hands with the Senior Bowl. Texas coached 729 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,120 Speaker 1: him at the Senior Bowl. I like him a lot. 730 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,680 Speaker 1: He's got good size, he runs well, he does everything 731 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,200 Speaker 1: you really want to tight end, and I think he's 732 00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:57,880 Speaker 1: probably bound for the third round because there are some 733 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:01,520 Speaker 1: bigger names in front of him, Dallas Goddard, Kasiki, also 734 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,160 Speaker 1: Hayden Hursh from South Carolina. So I think that maybe 735 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 1: pushes some guys down like that. Jordan Nakens from UCFS 736 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,560 Speaker 1: another one that I think would be a really good 737 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,560 Speaker 1: value at tight end. So I in Mark Andrews from Oklahoma. 738 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,400 Speaker 1: Landry Locker and I have kind of debated that a 739 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,080 Speaker 1: little bit. I joke with him and I say, you know, look, 740 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:21,320 Speaker 1: they do they need somebody that can that can block. 741 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: Mark Andrews is really not gonna block anybody. He was 742 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,400 Speaker 1: a receiver when he got to OU, and he was 743 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: really a receiver. He was really a big receiver while 744 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,720 Speaker 1: he was at OU. Now he's not opposed to being physical. 745 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:37,040 Speaker 1: He's just not gonna be effective being physical as a blocker. 746 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,040 Speaker 1: So but he's but he's out there and he's a 747 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,480 Speaker 1: heck of a pass catcher. So from that perspective, those 748 00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:43,279 Speaker 1: that kind of tight ends you're gonna find. But to me, 749 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: a guy like Ian Toms from Indiana kind of kind 750 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:48,319 Speaker 1: of fits the bill on both sides. So that might 751 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:49,800 Speaker 1: be a guy who look out of the third round. 752 00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,680 Speaker 1: I'd love that guy. I love watching him. I like 753 00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:55,080 Speaker 1: watching him at the Senior Bowl, and he's gonna be 754 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:56,440 Speaker 1: in a Harrison one hundred. He should have been in 755 00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: the first one, but given a chance to watch a 756 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: little bit more of him after your Ball, he's definitely 757 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,520 Speaker 1: gonna be in there when the next version comes out, 758 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,719 Speaker 1: which hopefully will be very soon. This one from Jay. 759 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 1: How happy is coach O'Brian with having a GM with 760 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,719 Speaker 1: the same mindset and teams goals as of players that 761 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,799 Speaker 1: he may request to fit his philosophy overall? I think 762 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 1: this is a great question, by the way, but I 763 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 1: also think it's one in which you can think about 764 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,280 Speaker 1: it in any walk of life, in any business. Whenever 765 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: you see I to eye with your boss or with 766 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,319 Speaker 1: somebody you know, your your co owner. If you own 767 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,480 Speaker 1: you know a place you know. Say you own a 768 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,239 Speaker 1: Jamba Juice and you run it with somebody and they 769 00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:35,839 Speaker 1: have a different way of looking at things than you do, 770 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,839 Speaker 1: it's gonna be contentious. It's not gonna work out. You're 771 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,840 Speaker 1: not gonna get the best out of that particular situation. 772 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 1: Think about the Dallas Cowboys many years ago, when when 773 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,759 Speaker 1: Jimmy Jones. Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones run the same 774 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:50,000 Speaker 1: page seemingly on things. Cob was gonna winning championships, and 775 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,000 Speaker 1: at some point there was friction and they started looking 776 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 1: at things differently, and maybe Ego got involved there, who knows, 777 00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,880 Speaker 1: But then they ended up splitting up. They won one 778 00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 1: more year with Switzer and then the boys broke up 779 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,520 Speaker 1: at that point. So I think there's a lot to 780 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:07,120 Speaker 1: be learned from just that kind of situation in real life. 781 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,040 Speaker 1: And when I think about it that way, it does 782 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:13,920 Speaker 1: appear both both men have talked about having alignment, and 783 00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,680 Speaker 1: both Brian Gayham Bill Brian have mentioned that, and I 784 00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:18,720 Speaker 1: think that's the one thing that a coach and GM 785 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 1: would always want to have. They want to have that alignment. 786 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,759 Speaker 1: They don't have to think the same on every single thing, 787 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,120 Speaker 1: but they have to have a general philosophy that's in 788 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,359 Speaker 1: line with one another. And if they do, then they're 789 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,920 Speaker 1: able to make some I don't know, some good sweet 790 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,560 Speaker 1: music together. That's the hope obviously here with the Houston Texans. 791 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,440 Speaker 1: All right, this question from the real Danzell. Would you 792 00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,000 Speaker 1: trade up in the second for a tackle off its 793 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,520 Speaker 1: tackle or just stay put and take a tackle that's 794 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 1: in the third I think some of this kind of 795 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:49,200 Speaker 1: plays out depending on what starts to happen during the draft. 796 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,520 Speaker 1: If a guy like Mike McGlinchey falls out of the 797 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,919 Speaker 1: first round and he then falls the second round, maybe 798 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,839 Speaker 1: I do it. I trade that first third round pick, 799 00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,440 Speaker 1: the Texans pick, and a compensatory pick, but I leave 800 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 1: the one kind of in the middle because I got 801 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,640 Speaker 1: three picks. Take the one of the middle, leave it there, 802 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,640 Speaker 1: but package those other two move up. Maybe go get 803 00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:09,399 Speaker 1: a guy like McGlinchey, maybe Orlando Brown Junior, although I 804 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:12,439 Speaker 1: think I would rather see if Orlando Brown Junior could 805 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:13,920 Speaker 1: just fall to me at the top of the third 806 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,479 Speaker 1: But if McGlinchey and Brown are both off the board 807 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:18,200 Speaker 1: at that point, I would just let the board fall 808 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,520 Speaker 1: to me at that point, because those would be the 809 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:22,520 Speaker 1: guys you would probably do it. I don't think. I 810 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,919 Speaker 1: think Connor Williams is gonna go in the first round. 811 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,440 Speaker 1: At some point. Some team is just gonna look at 812 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,279 Speaker 1: him as too athletic. Yeah, we can play him at guard, 813 00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:30,040 Speaker 1: we can do something with him. Like Connor Williams wi 814 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:31,560 Speaker 1: end up going in the first round. Now I might 815 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:33,680 Speaker 1: think about it with the corner because there's a lot 816 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,640 Speaker 1: of corners. I think you can get a first round 817 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 1: type talent in the second round because there are so 818 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:39,920 Speaker 1: many guys that ran the fourth three range. So you 819 00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:41,279 Speaker 1: might want to do it for a corner. That might 820 00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:42,600 Speaker 1: be something that to do with the corner, But I 821 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:44,319 Speaker 1: think with a tackle, boy, it's tough. I think if 822 00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,040 Speaker 1: it's McGlinchey, yeah, I think I might think about doing that. 823 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:49,080 Speaker 1: All right, let's get to one last one of this 824 00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,520 Speaker 1: from RUSSELLY says, whereas what you merciless in his rehab, 825 00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,640 Speaker 1: I think he is as. I think he's been cleared 826 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:58,600 Speaker 1: for football activities. I think he is completely ready to go. 827 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:02,680 Speaker 1: And obviously OTAs don't start until May, I think early 828 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:04,800 Speaker 1: May or late April, early May, so he's gonna be 829 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 1: ready to go. So there you go. Russell, appreciate it's 830 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:09,759 Speaker 1: all of you. 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