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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome into NRG Stadium. I'm Mark Vandermer.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Texans All Access, the show that takes you

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Speaker 1: across the half in the locker room near your Texans players,

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Speaker 1: although they're not around tonight, maybe a couple of guys

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Speaker 1: might be in the building doing something, working out, whatever.

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Speaker 1: But this is the long break I called the desert

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Speaker 1: the five and a half weeks between Mini camp and

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Speaker 1: training camp. But it is hardly empty of things to

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Speaker 1: talk about, right of things going on or not going

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Speaker 1: on that I will get into tonight for you. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna take inventory of the team in this very segment.

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Speaker 1: Drew Doherty and deepe City are going to join me

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Speaker 1: a little bit later on. We're gonna go over the

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Speaker 1: top storylines heading into training camp. And I guess another

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Speaker 1: one jumped into the phrase, since we sort of organize

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Speaker 1: some of these deserts segments going into this period, and

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Speaker 1: let's just get it right out on the table. The

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Speaker 1: Texans obviously don't have a general manager right now. A

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Speaker 1: week ago Friday, the release of Brian Gaine, they relieved

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Speaker 1: him from his duties. They went to search Now. They

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Speaker 1: interviewed a couple of candidates that following weekend. So that

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Speaker 1: was a week ago, right, nine eight days ago. And

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Speaker 1: then on Wednesday last week, a story broke that the

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Speaker 1: Patriots were pursuing tampering charges against the Texans for their

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Speaker 1: pursuit of Nick Cassio, director of player personnel. And then

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Speaker 1: on Friday, the Patriots said no charges. The Texans said

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Speaker 1: there was a clause in Cassio's contract they didn't know about,

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Speaker 1: and all bets are off with Casserio for the moment. Now.

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Speaker 1: Story broke today in the Boston Globe about Cassio, written

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Speaker 1: by Ben Volland, and he was on Sports Radio six

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Speaker 1: ten earlier talking about it, and he said it was

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Speaker 1: his opinion really that Cassio might be unhappy whatever whatever

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Speaker 1: the case may be. That's their business in their building

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Speaker 1: right now, in this building, the businesses of an ongoing process.

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Speaker 1: Because what you have here, and I get it from

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Speaker 1: the outside looking in what's going on inside the building.

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Speaker 1: Let's take inventory of the situation. I said this a

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Speaker 1: bit on Friday. You have a team in place, not

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Speaker 1: just a team of players, but a team of management

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Speaker 1: and people to take care of things. Now, as far

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Speaker 1: as taking care of things goes, this is a very

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Speaker 1: quiet period in the NFL. This is the quietest of

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Speaker 1: periods in the NFL. I want that. A conversation with

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Speaker 1: Mike Florio Pro Football Talk dot Com about this period,

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Speaker 1: and he said he actually loves this in that any

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Speaker 1: news that he has, people flock to his site because

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Speaker 1: he's an aggregate side of news going on in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And he says, since there's so little, when he's got something,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be big. He says, during the season, it's not.

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Speaker 1: He probably gets a huge volume during the season, but

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Speaker 1: he doesn't shine as much because everybody's got stuff, and

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Speaker 1: everybody's following the flow of the season and what's the

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Speaker 1: game coming up that week and what happened last week?

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Speaker 1: And what are we going to do about it? Oh

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Speaker 1: my gosh, and it's the season. This is not the season.

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Speaker 1: But for the Texans, what's going on. I can tell

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Speaker 1: and I really don't know exactly how it's all going

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Speaker 1: to shake out. I really can't tell you right now

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Speaker 1: is gonna be a GM in place next week, next year.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how they're going to handle it. I

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Speaker 1: do know this that they have enough people on the

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Speaker 1: I mean, they can handle a draft right now if

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Speaker 1: they had to, because they have a player personnel department

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Speaker 1: of over twenty people. You still have Matt Bazergan here

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Speaker 1: director of player personnel, and Rob Kissel, who's been here

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Speaker 1: the salary cap stuff executive management. I mean, Chris Olsen's

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Speaker 1: been around here for a long time. Obviously, when you're

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Speaker 1: looking at Bill O'Brien and Jack Easterby, who you've heard

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Speaker 1: to figure things out as they go through this process

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Speaker 1: of whether it's more evaluation, whether it's continuing to search

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Speaker 1: and they're not talking. So I don't know how these

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Speaker 1: You're probably not uncomfortable about it, but you feel like

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Speaker 1: commenting on it, and there's no way to help you

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Speaker 1: having an opinion about it, whatever that might be. You know,

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Speaker 1: saying that that candidate was a lock to get the gig,

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Speaker 1: because I don't know that. You know, maybe something would

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Speaker 1: It's not the right candidate, I don't know, but it

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Speaker 1: that didn't work out. So basically, they're in a state

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Speaker 1: of let's just continue to dig deep here as to

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Speaker 1: So I really can't share much more with you than that.

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Speaker 1: I can't share the vision other than the quest is

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Speaker 1: to win a championship for the city of Houston. And

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Speaker 1: guess what. They have a ninety man roster. They have

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Speaker 1: there to take it in and follow it. You know,

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Speaker 1: a lot of perception out there when I listen to

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Speaker 1: I understand, there's not a lot of information coming out

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Speaker 1: I understand that. But they've got the roster, they've got coaches.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna coach the team. It's not like because one

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Speaker 1: thing collapses. If this reminds me of during a natural disaster,

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Speaker 1: and again the disaster being outside of the framework of

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Speaker 1: organization is still here. There's a team of people. There's

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Speaker 1: not just one hook in the kitchen and the meal's

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Speaker 1: not gonna get made. The meal basically is made. Ah,

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Speaker 1: maybe all the ingredients are there, they're gonna make it

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Speaker 1: during training camp. So really it's up to the coaches

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Speaker 1: to go into this metaphor? Maybe not very much. But

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Speaker 1: always like taking inventory. Where are we? What do we

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Speaker 1: and there's so many more. You know. I talked to

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Speaker 1: Jamie Roots, president of this organization, almost daily. Bill O'Brien,

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Speaker 1: I talked to him, you know, not as lengthy conversations

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Speaker 1: But these guys are all here doing their thing. But

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Speaker 1: when you look at what this franchise has been able

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Speaker 1: It's not great. It's not championship great. It's good. They've

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Speaker 1: mean when you think about it, when you think four

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Speaker 1: good stuff. Now, a lot of you are given me

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Speaker 1: information here, and some of you just evaluate this team

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Speaker 1: So you hear words like mediocre not true. You hear

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Speaker 1: why they've made some of the moves they've made, and

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Speaker 1: they're gonna make more. The first nine years of franchise history,

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Speaker 1: To me, it feels like three weeks ago. But it

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Speaker 1: And before you I roll me about the AFC South,

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Speaker 1: this is not a slack division. Okay, You've gotten two

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Speaker 1: three of the actually one of the years since two

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Speaker 1: Texans went four and twelve, the AFC South still got

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Speaker 1: two teams into the playoffs. Two teams, all right. Last year,

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Speaker 1: That was the Colts and the Texans. All right. Now,

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Speaker 1: get it. They've won three playoff games since two eleven.

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Speaker 1: That puts them tenth in the league. Tenth, all right,

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Speaker 1: So it's not like you're having a parade, I get it.

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Speaker 1: have six winning seasons during that time frame. What do

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Speaker 1: to one back in two thousand and three. They actually

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Speaker 1: love to spike into the super Bowl, all right. I

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Speaker 1: think we'd all have to spike to a Super Bowl championship.

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Speaker 1: We'd tolerate maybe a couple of lucy campaigns with a

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl championship. I understand that you haven't been able

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Speaker 1: trying to do it. I kind of like in their

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Speaker 1: and for five years they broke into the postseason, and

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Speaker 1: in the fifth year they finally broke through and won

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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. All right, Now, not everybody can be

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Speaker 1: that way, I get it, but they were on a

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Speaker 1: I hope you're better. But I think the questions that

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Speaker 1: were raised with Tyrne and Kareem leaving. I think they

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Speaker 1: feel good with where they're at. With Justin Reid, I

430
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Speaker 1: think they're better because you have more chill. Justin Reid

431
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Speaker 1: had the least amount of starts out of those three

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Speaker 1: guys last year. The other two to Sean Gibson started

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Speaker 1: all sixteen for the Jaguars. Jalila die started all sixteen

434
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Speaker 1: for the Chargers. They want a playoff game. He's your

435
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Speaker 1: third safety now, I mean he's the spot of Andre Howe.

436
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's got a lot of experience. And then

437
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Speaker 1: Justin Reid looks like he's along the way to a

438
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Speaker 1: Pro Bowl career. I mean, I think you're looking really

439
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Speaker 1: really good there at the way back end of the second. Okay,

440
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Speaker 1: but with that being said, that means the questions that

441
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Speaker 1: remain at cornerback are still there because absolutely a few

442
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Speaker 1: storylines have emerged throughout OTA's, specifically with the health of

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Speaker 1: certain players, because you see guys sort of get banged

444
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Speaker 1: up come back. I know Bill was asked about Bradley Roby,

445
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Speaker 1: who came back towards the end of OTAs, But then

446
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Speaker 1: Lonnie Johnson wasn't out there practicing. You know, who's going

447
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Speaker 1: to be the starter opposite Jjoe? Is it gonna be

448
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Speaker 1: Body Calhoun? We see Jermaine Kelly come back, and he's

449
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Speaker 1: got the most experience out of the new guys because

450
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Speaker 1: he was here last year. This is where I wasn't

451
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Speaker 1: playing when I talked about options. This api Aaron Colvin.

452
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Speaker 1: I see. I think when you look at the corner position,

453
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Speaker 1: you're looking at that slot and then you're saying, who's

454
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Speaker 1: the outside guy now? I think Brian Body Calhoun and

455
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Speaker 1: Aaron Colvin can battle it out for that slot corner,

456
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Speaker 1: maybe Crawford as well. I don't know who else. But

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Speaker 1: when you look at that outside corner opposite Jjoe, and

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Speaker 1: let's just pray j Joe doesn't realize that he's getting

459
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Speaker 1: a little older, because I think he could still running.

460
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Speaker 1: Let's pretty spry out there. So that's great. But then

461
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Speaker 1: you look at the opposite side. You do have Kelly

462
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Speaker 1: as a dark horse, You have Roby who has a

463
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Speaker 1: lot of experience. I think you're better there than you think.

464
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Speaker 1: I just don't think you're great. You can't say that

465
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Speaker 1: on paper right now, but I think you're better than

466
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Speaker 1: you were. Because Kareem had to play inside a lot

467
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Speaker 1: last year. You didn't have Kevin Johnson, right, so that

468
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Speaker 1: didn't work out. You got Cavon Webster, but he could

469
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Speaker 1: never get on the field because he was banged up.

470
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Speaker 1: So I think if these guys can stay healthy, you'll

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Speaker 1: find somebody who can play. You were playing Guts of

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Speaker 1: the Game with Charisse Wright and Deontay Burton and players

473
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Speaker 1: like that and winning some of these games, winning eleven

474
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Speaker 1: games overall. I think you'll find somebody, But you gotta

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Speaker 1: stay healthy there. This is it's I hate saying that.

476
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Speaker 1: It's like saying you have to outscore the opponent. But

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Speaker 1: with health, I think you'll have enough options to find

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Speaker 1: something there that works. Something's got to happen. Well, hey,

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Speaker 1: with health, if we want to play the with health games, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: with health, you go on the other side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: With health. Are you gonna slow this offense down? If

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Speaker 1: will Fuller, Hopkins and QT are all there, how in

483
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Speaker 1: the hell are you going to slow these guys down?

484
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Speaker 1: Now they gotta stay healthy. Yeah, but you're looking at

485
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Speaker 1: in I mean uber explosive thirty to thirty five points

486
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Speaker 1: per game offense. With those three guys with the uber explosive,

487
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Speaker 1: I don't have that option on the app and then

488
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Speaker 1: that doesn't come up, and then you factor in the

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Speaker 1: tight ends and what they can do. I mean that's

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Speaker 1: very exciting. Yeah, like they're they're gonna have a lot

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Speaker 1: of options on offense, knock on wood with health I

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Speaker 1: U the receiver group. You look at Vincent Smith and

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Speaker 1: then you know, DeAndre Carter has to be on this team, right,

494
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Speaker 1: I mean, at least from where we sit right now,

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Speaker 1: he's got to be on this team. Well there's five

496
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Speaker 1: right there. If Smith is an automatic go and then

497
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Speaker 1: you have all these intriguing young prospects that somehow you

498
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Speaker 1: have to hide them. I mean, can we get a

499
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Speaker 1: farm team somewhere? Can we do something triple A? You

500
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Speaker 1: hate to see them. Try to get these guys out

501
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Speaker 1: of the practice squad because if they perform all on

502
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Speaker 1: the season games, he might not be able to pull

503
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Speaker 1: that off. But between the Johnny Dixons of the world

504
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Speaker 1: and Floyd and Floyd Allen, and then you look at

505
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Speaker 1: Tyrn Johnson and there are a number of other guys

506
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Speaker 1: who are interested are just a lot faster. If you know,

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Speaker 1: if you rewind about four years, think about how much

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Speaker 1: faster this wide receiver corps is that it used to

509
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Speaker 1: be Hopkins is Hopkins is fast and he was fast then. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but then you've got Will Fuller. I mean he's a deer.

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Speaker 1: You've never really had guys like that. I mean Andre

512
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Speaker 1: Davis way back when, but yeah, he wasn't as productive.

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Speaker 1: Now you get Kiki Qt. Vincent Smith is pretty darned fast.

514
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Speaker 1: He's a burner. I mean, you have gotten a lot

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Speaker 1: faster than you were at that position. You're right, the

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Speaker 1: offense has a chance to be explosive. Do you have

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Speaker 1: any other storylines for mean? I wrote about this yesterday

518
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Speaker 1: on Houston Texans dot Com. I think the third running

519
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Speaker 1: back spot is an interesting one just because you lose

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Speaker 1: Alfred Bluten free agency. You don't draft a running back,

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Speaker 1: which a lot of people thought that the Texans were

522
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Speaker 1: going to do. But they have seven running backs on

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Speaker 1: this roster, and you know it's Lamar Miller and Deontay

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Speaker 1: Foreman's been great to see Foreman back out their healthy

525
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Speaker 1: Lamar Mill there's obviously healthy. You know what he can do.

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Speaker 1: So there's our one two. But who's going to be

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Speaker 1: that third guy to sort of relieve them, especially when

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Speaker 1: one of them if one of them gets hurt? During

529
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Speaker 1: the season or you have to take them off the

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Speaker 1: field for whatever reason. So with that being said, I

531
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Speaker 1: was surprised a little bit that and I was talking

532
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Speaker 1: to you guys about this off the year that Bill

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Speaker 1: O'Brien said, Josh Ferguson has had a really good off

534
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Speaker 1: season because it's been so hard to tell without pads.

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Speaker 1: You'll hear from him later on in this program. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And I asked Lamar Miller about it as well. I said,

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Speaker 1: what have you seen out of him? And he described

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Speaker 1: him as someone who's a little bit smaller, a quicker guy,

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Speaker 1: and he can do some things out of the backfield.

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Speaker 1: That he's a playmaker. So he has done some things

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Speaker 1: here in OTAs. Okay, we could go on and on

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Speaker 1: with the top storylines heading into training camp, but I

543
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Speaker 1: thought we had just cut it right there. Thanks to lot, guys,

544
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Speaker 1: and let's get it to this. Josh Ferguson. You mentioned him,

545
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Speaker 1: I want to hear from him. Let's hear from him

546
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Speaker 1: next running back trying to get into the mix in

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Speaker 1: that Texans backfield. We'll hear from Josh. It's coming up

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Speaker 1: on Texans All Access Inside the Building, NRG Stadium. Mark

549
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Speaker 1: Vandermyer with you Texans all access and a lot of

550
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Speaker 1: things going on with this franchise right now, as you know,

551
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Speaker 1: As you know, the general manager situation is in flux

552
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Speaker 1: right now, and they are in a process. Obviously, they

553
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Speaker 1: interviewed a couple of candidates, as you heard, and they

554
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Speaker 1: went for another candidate that was unavailable as it turned out.

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Speaker 1: So where do you go from here? And I wish

556
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Speaker 1: I had more to share with you, but I went

557
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Speaker 1: over the inventory of the entire franchise pretty much in

558
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Speaker 1: the opening segment, and all that they have, and the

559
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Speaker 1: fact that it's not like you're at a restaurant and

560
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Speaker 1: it's time to serve dinner and there isn't a cook

561
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Speaker 1: in the kitchen. You got a lot of cooks, you

562
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Speaker 1: get a lot of food, you get a lot of

563
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Speaker 1: great things, and dinner will be served and it will

564
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Speaker 1: be very good. They'll figure out how to set everything

565
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Speaker 1: up management wise, and it'll be interesting to see, obviously,

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Speaker 1: it'll be interesting. We'll all be interested in seeing how

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Speaker 1: they put it together. I mentioned the musical Hamilton and

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Speaker 1: that song the room where it happens. I am not

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Speaker 1: actually in the room where it happens. Listen I love

570
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Speaker 1: what I do about this stuff I call the games.

571
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Speaker 1: This is my joy, this is my bliss, this is

572
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Speaker 1: my passion, and I love analyzing it like you do too.

573
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Speaker 1: And I get some of the analysis that's been out there,

574
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Speaker 1: as incorrect as it may be. Now, I get some

575
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 1: of the analysis because there's not a flow of information

576
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 1: coming out of here right now, and I don't know

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Speaker 1: if there needs to be at the very moment as

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Speaker 1: they figure things out. All right, That's all I can

579
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Speaker 1: share with you right now about that. But I will

580
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,240
Speaker 1: share this with you. I mentioned it. We're gonna talk

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Speaker 1: football tonight. We're gonna go on field, and in the

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Speaker 1: backfield you have numerous players. Deepe brought it up in

583
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Speaker 1: the last segment, seven running backs in the mix. Now,

584
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Speaker 1: of course Lamar Miller pro bowler. There Deante Foreman. We

585
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Speaker 1: all want to see what he does in year three,

586
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Speaker 1: coming back fully healthy from the get go this year.

587
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Speaker 1: But here's a guy, Josh Ferguson, and I brought up

588
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Speaker 1: the Justin force set thing last week a little bit.

589
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Speaker 1: You know, Justin Forcett was a guy who played for

590
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Speaker 1: a couple of years but then really got it rebbed

591
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,919
Speaker 1: up with the Texans as a backup to Arian Foster

592
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Speaker 1: and then explode in a couple of years after he

593
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Speaker 1: left here with the Baltimore Ravens. I'm not saying that's

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Speaker 1: gonna happen with Ferguson. I'm just saying that running backs

595
00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,360
Speaker 1: sometimes need the right opportunity to shine, and let's see

596
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Speaker 1: if it can happen with Josh this year. Really fast

597
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Speaker 1: guy who Bill O'Brien mentioned at the podium last week

598
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Speaker 1: and John Harrison. I had a chance to visit with

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Speaker 1: Josh and talked to him about what it was like

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Speaker 1: to become part of the Houston Texans in twenty eighteen.

601
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Speaker 1: It was awesome to join the team last year and

602
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Speaker 1: watch the success they did have, and I'm really excited

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Speaker 1: about this upcoming season, Josh. For people that haven't had

604
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Speaker 1: a chance to see you play, and I remember seeing

605
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 1: you at Illinois and I was like, well, he's got

606
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Speaker 1: some juice. What would you tell the Texans fans? Like,

607
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:38,960
Speaker 1: hey man, I having a chance to you play, Like

608
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Speaker 1: what are you all about? Like what will fans see

609
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Speaker 1: when they get a chance to watch you play? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Speed guy, quickness. I like to catch the ball and

611
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Speaker 1: really do whatever I mess but catching has been a

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Speaker 1: little bit of my ford say since college, so definitely

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Speaker 1: looking to exploit that a bit. What is it like

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Speaker 1: as a professional when you're I mean, you've been with

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Speaker 1: two other squads that are bitter rivals of this team,

616
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Speaker 1: the Patriots and the Cults, my gosh. So what is

617
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,239
Speaker 1: it like though, when you have different addresses like that

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Speaker 1: where you're working and you're trying to catch on and

619
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Speaker 1: just operate on a consistent basis for many years? Yeah? Yeah,

620
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 1: last season was a bit more difficult than the season's

621
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Speaker 1: past with all the moving, but it was a blessing disguise.

622
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Speaker 1: I learned a lot about myself, learned a lot about

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Speaker 1: being a professional, and it's good to be in a

624
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Speaker 1: bit of a home now. So Josh, what about this

625
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Speaker 1: running back room? Yellamar got Deonte. Guys have been around

626
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Speaker 1: for a little bit year and there buddies in there,

627
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Speaker 1: and then you bring in I guess he's in your

628
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Speaker 1: room because he's a fullback. Colin Glasspia twelfth Man comes in.

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Speaker 1: What's that running back room? Like? It's thick in there, man,

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Speaker 1: it's thick in there. No doubt. The competition is hot,

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Speaker 1: but that's unful football Shoot, that's a sports in general,

632
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Speaker 1: so I'm excited to be a part of it. We've

633
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Speaker 1: got some good guys. It's been a pleasure learning from

634
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Speaker 1: Lamar and competing with the rest of it. OTAs for

635
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Speaker 1: the running backs, you're not really getting hit, So what's

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Speaker 1: really important to you in that environment? Say the first step?

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Speaker 1: For a guy like me, it's a showing that you

638
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Speaker 1: can learn to play book. Go out there and execute

639
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Speaker 1: the playbook. You know, catch the ball, make all the

640
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 1: right cuts, the right reads, and fulfill all your assignments

641
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 1: and techniques. So I think that's the biggest thing, showing

642
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,360
Speaker 1: that you have the mental capacity to play this game.

643
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: There's Josh Ferguson running back for your Houston Texans and

644
00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: some of you may have tuned in thinking, why isn't

645
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: he talking about the ben voland article. Well, that's an

646
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 1: opinion piece. You can talk about how other people might

647
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 1: be unhappy with their situation if you want, but I

648
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: really can't comment on that because I don't know. So

649
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 1: there's that. And look, I do speculate on the show.

650
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: We do from time to time, but that's a little touchy,

651
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 1: if you know what I'm saying. We're a team show.

652
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: So let's just leave it at that. Let's talk about

653
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 1: this though. I want to get back to the on

654
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 1: field stuff and we do two minutes with the Texans.

655
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Speaker 1: Sometimes this is fun. Angelo Blackson is a player a

656
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 1: lot of you have heard about. You've heard his name.

657
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 1: He's made some plays for this team. You're thinking Angelo Blackson,

658
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 1: it's not like he was a first round draft choice.

659
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,160
Speaker 1: In fact, he was drafted in the fourth round but

660
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, but didn't catch on there. He's caught

661
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 1: on here and he got a new deal in the

662
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 1: off season. As a matter of fact, he's part of

663
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,239
Speaker 1: the depth on that D line. Drew Doherty visited with

664
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: him and talked about what the goal was for twenty nineteen.

665
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: You know what, It's gonna remain the same and I'm

666
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: gonna be very consistent. I'm gonna be black guy that's

667
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,720
Speaker 1: gonna come to work every day, push you know the

668
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: guys to work hard and just gonna be a you know,

669
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: a part on this team that can't go without. And

670
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,960
Speaker 1: that's just my goal is to always be consistent, man,

671
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: and just do what I do. You got a teammate

672
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 1: and brand, Buddy Calcot's from your hometown. You guys are

673
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 1: both from Wilmington. You guys played AAU hoops together. How

674
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: awesome was that seeing him come to the text. It

675
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 1: was great, man, it was great. And you know when

676
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 1: he signed, you know, the first idea was kind of

677
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 1: reach out to him and you know, let him know

678
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 1: that I'm here, man. And it's not often that you know,

679
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 1: guys from our home city playing the league. So it

680
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 1: was awesome to you know, actually be on the same

681
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,479
Speaker 1: team with him, and you know, we can represent together. Man,

682
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: that's the guy that I came up with. Wilmington is

683
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 1: a big place. But it's like you say, you don't

684
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,040
Speaker 1: hear as much about NFL players. How much pride you

685
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: you guys taken that? How much probably are you taking that? Man?

686
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: It's unbelievable. Man. I just every day, you know, I

687
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 1: try to work just knowing where I come from and

688
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 1: know what I've seen, and it's just awesome to be

689
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: able to say that, you know, I made it, and

690
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 1: then look at other guys around the league and it's

691
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 1: not just us too, you know, you know, we're doing

692
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: a thing. So that's that's what it's about. What's it

693
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: like playing for Anthony Weaver? It's awesome. Man. You know,

694
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 1: we knows players and he knows how to best get

695
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: them in a position to make plays. And that's one

696
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 1: thing you can't you know, ask for you. That guy

697
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,959
Speaker 1: is unbelievable and he just wants the guy to succeed.

698
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,959
Speaker 1: When you're at Auburn, you were a hell of a kickblocker.

699
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 1: You got it done. We're gonna see any of that here. Man.

700
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,520
Speaker 1: My goal is you know, I'm on the Green team,

701
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 1: and it's a little harder, but at the end of

702
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 1: the day, you know, it's about effort and you never

703
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: know when it when it might open it up for you.

704
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 1: So each player, I'm gonna go, how much fun is

705
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: that when you actually get your hand or finger on

706
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 1: It's awesome. It's awesome because you know, most of the

707
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 1: time it's a miss, but sometimes it might see me

708
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: through there. But still like that's points off the board,

709
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: So it's awesome. It's awesome. You win eleven games as

710
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 1: a team in twenty eighteen meets you gotta good thief.

711
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 1: What's the defense gonna be like this year? You think

712
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 1: we we're just working to improve. Man, we're getting guys

713
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: back and we're you know, we're in the mode phase

714
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,479
Speaker 1: right now, getting it together. So that's all that's about. Man,

715
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 1: we want to do a lot better than we did

716
00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 1: last year. There's Drew Jordy with Angelo Blacks, and now

717
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 1: we'll shift gears and go to the old line. Stand

718
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 1: the trenches here as we talk about on field stuff

719
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,560
Speaker 1: heavy tonight, because listen, I love this game. I gotta

720
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: tell you this. I'm in my office today and I

721
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 1: had the NFL network on. It's not silent. I might

722
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: have the volume down very low, but they've been running

723
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: playoff games from years past and today. They ran the

724
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 1: two thousand and two season playoffs. So to actually occur

725
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: in two thousand and three, Giants forty Niners and Jeff

726
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: Garcia and Kerry Collins going at it. Garcia was a

727
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: Texan for like fifteen minutes in the twenty eleventh season

728
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 1: when everybody was hurt in that quarterback room, and Collins,

729
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: who the Texans have seen numerous times as a Giant,

730
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: as a Titan, as whatever else he was. So it

731
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: was a fun game, and it ended with the botched

732
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: field goal attempt by the Giants that would have won

733
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 1: the contest for them. T O was a forty nine

734
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 1: er anyway. I bring that up because I love the game,

735
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 1: You love the game. We all want to get back

736
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,759
Speaker 1: to it as soon as possible. I know there's some

737
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 1: stuff going on here in the building, and we touched

738
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 1: on it several times during this show, but I want

739
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,359
Speaker 1: to keep it between the lines right now, and let's

740
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: get to a player that's entering year two. Year one

741
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,319
Speaker 1: didn't maybe go according to plan, but I don't know

742
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: what the plan is for an old lineman when you

743
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: come in and in your very first game, you're thinking

744
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 1: you're a backup guy. But man, backup guys have to

745
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: be ready, right So he ends up on the field

746
00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,239
Speaker 1: against the New England Patriots when Sean trelle Henderson gets hurt.

747
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,799
Speaker 1: I'm referring to Martinez ranking third round raft choice in

748
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. Let's see what happens in twenty nineteen. Obviously

749
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 1: they've beefed up on the offensive line. We'll see how

750
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,840
Speaker 1: that all works out. But Drew Dorny visited with Martinez

751
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 1: rankin spending two minutes with a Texan IM for twenty nineteen.

752
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 1: Ready to go, just saya press day, Hild so I

753
00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: can maximize my opportunity. It's all season and have a

754
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 1: big year, said the tongue, said the ball hide. How

755
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: challenging was that you get here and then a few

756
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 1: days in you have what happened? Very challenging. It can't

757
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 1: be frustrating, but you can't later get to you The

758
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: hardest part I was from coming into a new level

759
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: and I don't get the train as hard as I

760
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 1: really need to because I had to rehab. But all

761
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: in all, it was a challenge and it made me

762
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 1: better for setup this year. Yeah, how much did you

763
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 1: learn about yourself last year? Did I can fight through anything,

764
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,440
Speaker 1: whether how bad it was or how good it was.

765
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 1: I can fight through anything. When the season ended, what

766
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 1: was the one or two big goals that O'Brien and

767
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: Devil and had in front of you? What they want

768
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: you to complish? What they want you to work on?

769
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,760
Speaker 1: Number one maybe kicking inside and then you know, working

770
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: on the pulling as a guard. That was the main

771
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,879
Speaker 1: goals I got from them, and challenges for my goals

772
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,200
Speaker 1: for myself was just being more locked in to you know,

773
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,280
Speaker 1: my diet and just really being in touch with myself

774
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 1: so when it's time to go, you know, I said

775
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 1: the ball hid, like I made a lot of goals

776
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 1: this year and so many that I can't even name,

777
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: and you can make those goals and you have that confidence.

778
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: I'm guessing in part because of all the different spots

779
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 1: you played in college at a high level. They're kind

780
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 1: of an accurate statement. You think, oh, I would say so,

781
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 1: but more or anything, you know, I know that number

782
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 1: one is being confident. That's the number one goal as

783
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,640
Speaker 1: an offensive linement. If you're not confident, you know, you

784
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 1: probably lost before you even for the play started. So

785
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 1: my mind said, it's just being staying confident every day,

786
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: coming in and working hard and just man confident what

787
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: I'm doing so when it's time to go that I

788
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 1: can be a guy that's counting on Avasi a lot

789
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,359
Speaker 1: of your teammates. But you brought up confidence. What makes

790
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,880
Speaker 1: you confidence? What get you confidence? Preparation. But that's the

791
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: number one thing I believe for confidence, preparation knowing that

792
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 1: you put in the work in the off season, during

793
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 1: the week going into the game, from a mental point

794
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 1: standpoint to a physical standpoint. It's all about preparation, I say,

795
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,320
Speaker 1: and just believing in yourself knowing that you did with

796
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: it whatever it took, and knowing that you you're going

797
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: to dominate the guy in front of you. Which your

798
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,640
Speaker 1: teammates get you most pumped up? I would say Greg

799
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: Man because he's a guy. He's a pump around guy.

800
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,640
Speaker 1: Everybody else is kind of just mellow. But he's the

801
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,720
Speaker 1: guy that's fired up all the time. So he's probably

802
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,120
Speaker 1: him and Joe Will those two right there. Joe Well

803
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: really well been Greg. Them two. They always bring energy

804
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,919
Speaker 1: every day at practice and they bring the same energy

805
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: on game day. Is it the stuff they say, is

806
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 1: it the stuff they do or what is it? It's

807
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:10,919
Speaker 1: more about the stuff that they do. Like I said,

808
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: they bring the energy. Everybody else is kind of, you know,

809
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 1: kind of in the zone. I'm kind of a guy

810
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:15,800
Speaker 1: like that. But when I look at them, I know

811
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,839
Speaker 1: they're gonna be happy. Looking around. You see everybody their

812
00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: little football and everybody got their unique ways. For them,

813
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 1: the two guys that really like pump us up. What

814
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: was your perception of the NFL and how did they

815
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: change once you got into the league. What do you

816
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: think about the level of play coming in versus South

817
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: how you saw I wouldn't even say that the change.

818
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 1: I knew that every down County is a grown man's game,

819
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 1: and really for me, getting me knowing that beforehand and

820
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: getting there to plan in the NFL, it just confirmed

821
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: everything that I thought about it before, that this is

822
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: a grown man's game. So you know, the man next

823
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 1: to you, he got a family to feed, But I

824
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: got a family to feed too, so I got to

825
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: give him a all. He's gonna give his all, and

826
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 1: the best man gonna win. But I'm gonna be the

827
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: best man. There's greority with Martinez ranking. Now he mentioned

828
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: Joe Webb, and I could talk about Joe Webb all day.

829
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: I think Joe Webb is the kind of player referring

830
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: to the third string quarterback for your Texans, Joe Webb

831
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:11,520
Speaker 1: is the kind of player that I gotta think Bill

832
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: O'Brien and Brad seely trot him out in front of

833
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,799
Speaker 1: the team the young guys and say, look at Joe Webb.

834
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 1: Or maybe he just can tell stories in the cafeteria

835
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 1: about being drafted and the young guys can ask, well,

836
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 1: you're drafted by who. I was drafted by the Minnesota

837
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:29,040
Speaker 1: Vikings as what a wide receiver, but I ended up

838
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 1: playing quarterback for them and started a playoff game because

839
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 1: he was a quarterback in college. Of course, he's a

840
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 1: quarterback here, but he also played some wide out here,

841
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,320
Speaker 1: he played special teams. He can do it all, and

842
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: I love having him around on this roster. I didn't

843
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: mean to take away from Ranking. There was a nice

844
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:47,120
Speaker 1: visit with Ranking by Drew Doherty there, all right, a

845
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: couple of things happening around the National Football League. Josh

846
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 1: McCown announced his retirement sixteen seasons in the NFL. All right,

847
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: this is not like Tom Brady calling it quits. I

848
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: get it, but it's notable to me from a Texan standpoint.

849
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you why. Josh McCown was part of

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00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: the two thousand and two draft class. Think about that

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Speaker 1: for a moment. Oh my gosh. I mean, you're looking

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Speaker 1: at a guy who was in with David Carr and

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Speaker 1: Joey Harrington. Car drafted number one, Harrington drafted number three.

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Speaker 1: McCown nowhere to be found near the top. In fact,

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Speaker 1: Patrick Ramsey was the only other quarterback drafted in the

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Speaker 1: first round that year. He went to Washington. He didn't

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Speaker 1: exactly play for a long time. So the top three

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Speaker 1: guys in that draft at the signal caller position don't

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Speaker 1: really last very long at all. But Josh McCown lasts

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Speaker 1: until today as he calls it quits. And no, he

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00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 1: was never a high level quarterback, but there's something about

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Speaker 1: guys who play a long time and just sort of

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00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: hang around and are able to stick. Now, he started

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Speaker 1: a bunch of games, and he helped young quarterbacks develop.

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Speaker 1: But this is about so much more than the Stars.

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Speaker 1: This league is really about those other guys who helped

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Speaker 1: the Stars win and who support the young quarterbacks coming up.

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Speaker 1: In the case of Josh McCown, the other quarterback name

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Speaker 1: that comes to mind, and it's a different context here,

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Speaker 1: but Mike Quinn who played quarterback? Do I say played, Mike?

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Speaker 1: I mean, if Mike's listening right now, he's like, I

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Speaker 1: don't know if I would say played. But he was

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Speaker 1: a quarterback for the NFL, and he was with the

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers, Colts, Cowboys, Dolphins, Texans, Broncos, played in the

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Speaker 1: CFL for a couple of teams. He played a long time,

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Speaker 1: lifetime stats in the NFL two for three. He hung

877
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Speaker 1: around for a while and was able to make a

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Speaker 1: living in this league. And it's so interesting to me

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00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: how players are able to do this. You know, some

880
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: guys could just stick around for a long time. I

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Speaker 1: remember when Aaron Glenn was a Texan, he would talk

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Speaker 1: about playing as long as Darryl Green did, who for

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Speaker 1: one hundred years for the Washington Redskins. Now Aaron didn't

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Speaker 1: last as long as Green, but he lasted a long

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Speaker 1: time in the NFL. In fact, remember after he left

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Speaker 1: the Texans, he played for Bill Parcels in Dallas and

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Speaker 1: he had kind of like this Roger Clemens deal going.

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00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:13,840
Speaker 1: Aaron Glenn used to play on the weekends for the

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Speaker 1: Cowboys and then come home and he didn't have to

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00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,839
Speaker 1: report until Wednesday morning. Now Monday is often a day

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Speaker 1: off if players win at a certain time in the season.

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00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:29,279
Speaker 1: But that was Bill Parcels showing mad respect for Aaron Glenn,

893
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Speaker 1: who was at the tail end of his career. Aaron's

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00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 1: a coach now he's a secondary coach. So clearly Parcels

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00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 1: knew what he had and Aaron Glenn, which was a

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Speaker 1: guy who understood everything very well on the defensive side

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00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 1: of the ball, and he felt like his influence was

898
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: so good on the younger guys. But he wasn't in

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Speaker 1: the building on a lot of Mondays because he was

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Speaker 1: here in Houston. He still lived in the Houston area

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00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,359
Speaker 1: and enjoyed coming home and that was the deal. That's

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Speaker 1: how he handled his life. He'd fly back on Tuesday

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00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 1: night and he was able to be a cowboy again.

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Speaker 1: Then he ended up with the Saints, ended up coaching

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Speaker 1: for the Saints. So I just find it interesting when

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Speaker 1: guys are able to last a long time in this league.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Glenn was a much higher level player than Josh mccount.

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Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, but mccount calls it quits today.

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Speaker 1: Another reminder about your Texans Top one hundred we are

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00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,399
Speaker 1: flowing through. We're in the eighties now. I mentioned today

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Speaker 1: was the story where a Mongrain and Jason Simmons team

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Speaker 1: up to give a single woman with an autistic child

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Speaker 1: a down payment on a house to enable her to

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Speaker 1: have a great place to live. And that's a terrific

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00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,080
Speaker 1: off field story. We have many more great off field

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Speaker 1: stories coming your way in the Top one hundred. But

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00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: you know, we got a lot of good on field

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Speaker 1: moments as well. They are on the way. A lot

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Speaker 1: of you think Top one hundred, you automatically go to

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Speaker 1: what's number one what's number two? Listen, let it breathe

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Okay, it's summertime. We still have a

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Speaker 1: lot of time here before the opener Monday night against

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Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints. And those of you just tuning in,

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Speaker 1: Why is he so happy? Why is he so happy?

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Speaker 1: There's stuff going and listen, what are you gonna do?

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Speaker 1: Just wait a minute here, It'll get resolved. Everything's gonna

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Speaker 1: get resolved. This two shall pass. As I mentioned before,

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Speaker 1: I can't come up with any better metaphor than you

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Speaker 1: have enough cooks in the kitchen to prepare the meal.

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Speaker 1: And it's going to be a good one. Okay, And

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Speaker 1: I'll go back to what my friend Drew Doherty always says,

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Speaker 1: number four. You have number four, You have a quarterback here,

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Speaker 1: you have a good situation. It's gonna be good. It's

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Speaker 1: gonna be fun this year. But I know state of

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00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,799
Speaker 1: flux here. It's a process. Let's just see as they

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Speaker 1: dig deep, try to find a way to get this

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00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: thing resolved one way or another. I'm not exactly sure

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Speaker 1: what the path is going to be, but we will

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Speaker 1: share it with you. You can bet on that. I

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Speaker 1: want to thank everyone for listening and contributing tonight. Thank

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Speaker 1: you very much Joseph for producing. Stay tuned to Sports

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Speaker 1: Radio six ten all the late breaking news on your Texans,

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00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: all the speculation, all the conversation. It's all here on

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Speaker 1: Sports Radio six ten. Have a great night everyone, and

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Speaker 1: go Texans.