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Speaker 1: to a TG I F F version of Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: I think you can figure out the Is that an acronym?

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Speaker 1: I think it's an acronym for T Jeff. Thank god,

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Speaker 1: it's a football Friday. I am your host, John Harris,

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Speaker 1: hop Plano sideline reporter, and I am joined right at

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Speaker 1: the top. I'm a pal, a good friend, the voice

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Speaker 1: of the Texans, Mark Vandomir, Mark, you got the acronym right,

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Speaker 1: T G I F F younew what that meant? Thank goodness.

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Speaker 1: It's freaking Friday now, football Friday. Yes, and I love it, Johnny,

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Speaker 1: is football Friday. We're watching football every day now. I

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Speaker 1: love it a little warm, but it's fine. I feel

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Speaker 1: great now after dousing myself in freezing water, and take

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Speaker 1: in the middle of February. If I said to you,

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Speaker 1: but it will be ninety five degrees, nothing but the

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Speaker 1: Every day? I'll take that. I'd rather look. I love Houston.

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Speaker 1: I love the hot weather. I really do. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I love it here. I don't want the cold weather anymore.

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Speaker 1: I've I've had plenty of that in my life. And

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Speaker 1: that stuff we had in February was ridiculous. I mean,

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Speaker 1: mind sweating. I'm fine, you know what, And this is crazy,

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Speaker 1: but you know, the hottest game since I've been in

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Speaker 1: a silince I started twenty fourteen, you know, the hottest

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Speaker 1: got mine? What's yours? Your guy? Brandon Cooks catching the

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Speaker 1: game winning pass at Gillette Stadium in twenty seventeen. Geez,

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Speaker 1: it was the hottest, steamy hot that day. Wow, it

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Speaker 1: was like eighty eight that day. It was that that

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Speaker 1: but it was eighty eight greens that day and it

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Speaker 1: was just sweltering, sweltering. That was a hot day for

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Speaker 1: New England that time of year, which could be very

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Speaker 1: deceptively hot. Yes, and in the booth, that wasn't that

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Speaker 1: bad for us. The hottest game I've ever had in

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Speaker 1: at the La Chargers in that soccer stadium. Oh it was. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what it wasn't that booth was always

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Speaker 1: and it took its toll the booth. But look, these

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Speaker 1: are luxury problems, Yeah, no doubt. I just I love

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Speaker 1: up with Jilil Johnson. I caught up with Max Sharping

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Speaker 1: Boys at the end. But Mark, I want to just

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Speaker 1: jump right in Day three. I wrote my observations, my

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Speaker 1: pages deep. There's some good stuff today. Your overall takeaway,

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Speaker 1: was there anything in particular you took away out of

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Speaker 1: practice when you have you're going up against your own

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Speaker 1: my main overall takeaway that it wasn't the greatest day

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Speaker 1: continue to see this thing. Normally, Johnny, and we've pointed

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Speaker 1: is pretty much but you're already three of the books here.

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Speaker 1: That's going to help you out. Having some extra sessions

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Speaker 1: If this offense has this kind of day five days

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Speaker 1: So what's that like for you getting acquainted with all

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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator? Coming off your time obviously with coach Zimer

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Speaker 1: up in Minnesota, Uh, you know, being with UH coach Zimmer, Um,

424
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Speaker 1: you know, I definitely saw my game elevate. Um. You know,

425
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Speaker 1: I think coach Jim is one of the you know,

426
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Speaker 1: one of the best defensive minded coaches in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And then coming from that, coming and then coming to

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Speaker 1: uh Lovey Smith's defense, Um, you know, I think that's Uh,

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Speaker 1: I think that's big, you know, because again I think

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Speaker 1: Lovey Smith is also a He's also another guru as

431
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Speaker 1: far as you know, being able to put guys in

432
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Speaker 1: everybody places on defense and be able to go out

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Speaker 1: and make plays. So, um, you know, to make the comparison,

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's a huge drop off at all,

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Speaker 1: you know. I'm actually I'm honored to be working with

436
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Speaker 1: Lovey Smith. Watching u you know, what he's done in

437
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Speaker 1: the past and looking at his resume, you know, it's

438
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Speaker 1: very impressive, you know, and his style of defense and

439
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Speaker 1: what he demands from his players. I think it's the

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Speaker 1: same thing with coach Zimmer. I think they demand the

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Speaker 1: same from their players. Now, you were born in New York,

442
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Speaker 1: but you grew up in Illinois, right. I was born

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Speaker 1: and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and then I relocated

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Speaker 1: to Chicago for a high school up, okay college. So

445
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Speaker 1: were you a New York sports fan or Chicago? Did

446
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Speaker 1: Chicago win you over as you went there to play

447
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Speaker 1: some ball? To be honest, I wasn't. I wasn't really

448
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Speaker 1: a big Chicago sports guy. You New York. I would

449
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Speaker 1: tune into the Knicks every once in a while. Um,

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Speaker 1: I would tune into a couple of Rangers hockey cop

451
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Speaker 1: Rangers games, but for the most part, and I didn't

452
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Speaker 1: really have a favorite. I was always you know, if

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Speaker 1: it was on television, I was just gonna watch it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that kind of thing. So growing up, didn't have really

455
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Speaker 1: a team that you were like, it wasn't a team,

456
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Speaker 1: that's my team. It wasn't a team. Do you have

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Speaker 1: a player oh man, Um, well, my dad was a

458
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Speaker 1: huge Philadelphia Eagles fan for a lot long time, and

459
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Speaker 1: I think that was the first time I've ever got

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Speaker 1: introduced to Donovan McNabb. Oh wow. And uh, you know

461
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Speaker 1: back then I was a huge Donovan McNabb fan. I

462
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Speaker 1: don't know what happened. I think from the n up

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Speaker 1: until now, I think he kind of just I don't

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Speaker 1: want to say he faded away, but I think my

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Speaker 1: love for donovanc never kind of went away. Up. Who

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Speaker 1: is it now? It's a bias if I say myself, no,

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Speaker 1: that's probably the best you could have. No, uh right now.

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Speaker 1: I mean I have a couple of guys who I

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Speaker 1: think it's pretty are pretty good. Uh. While my former

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Speaker 1: teammate George Kittle, I think he's one of the best.

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Speaker 1: You know, I enjoyed watching him, Um, you know, I

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Speaker 1: enjoyed watching a couple of other guys. I enjoyed watching

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Speaker 1: another team made him from a team they in my

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook, no guys of all that, you know, those

475
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Speaker 1: elite guys. I enjoy watching those guys perform, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think they do it at a high level every

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Speaker 1: single every single weekend. What about other sports they're players

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Speaker 1: in other sports you look at and go, yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: my guy. Oh man, um, you tuned into the next

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Speaker 1: But they're not. They're they're pretty good. They're pretty they're

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Speaker 1: pretty good. Got better and so it's Brooklyn too. Brooklyn

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Speaker 1: Nets are pretty good this year also, Yeah, but other sports, Um,

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Speaker 1: is it weird for people from Brooklyn that the Knicks, Well,

484
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Speaker 1: obviously you're Nick fan or if if you're from Brooklyn

485
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Speaker 1: usually and then the Nets moved to Brooklyn and you

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Speaker 1: think they're winning people over over there? Is that just

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Speaker 1: a kind of strange dynamic. Um, I think they're kind

488
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Speaker 1: of winning people over being able to have a team

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Speaker 1: in your city. You know, it's it's always good to

490
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Speaker 1: root for that. I think a lot of people I

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Speaker 1: know a couple of people personally who have moved on

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Speaker 1: from the Knicks just to cheer for the Nets. Even

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Speaker 1: though we had a we had a pretty rough time,

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Speaker 1: you know for past couple of years. You know, I

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Speaker 1: think this year, um, no, they played, they played outstanding,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's gonna probably win a lot more

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Speaker 1: people over you know, even outside of Brooklyn. Winning helps

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Speaker 1: he does also it helps it either or you're ready.

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Speaker 1: These are pretty simple, A or B. Pick one. Okay, Okay,

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Speaker 1: you gotta pick a new professional sport no longer a

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Speaker 1: football player. Okay, either soccer or baseball. Oh uh, I'm

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Speaker 1: probably gonna go to baseball. Oh first, first, first one.

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Speaker 1: We've had multiple, I mean tons of interviews. This is

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Speaker 1: the first one said baseball. Probably baseball because I actually, um,

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Speaker 1: I enjoyed. I enjoyed baseball when I was younger. My

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Speaker 1: mother wanted me to wanted me to join baseball, and

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Speaker 1: back then I was a lazy kid and I didn't

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Speaker 1: want to really do anything. But looking back on it,

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Speaker 1: I kind of wish I did play baseball. Baseball doesn't

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Speaker 1: left itself for that. There's no doubt. Um, okay, Michael

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Speaker 1: Jordan's Space Jam or Lebron on Space Jam. Oh, there's

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Speaker 1: no question Michael Jordan space Okay, might be joining space Okay.

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Speaker 1: Good You get the star in the remake of a

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Speaker 1: famous movie, either good Fellas or Scarface. Good Fellas, really

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Speaker 1: good Fellas, Like I got good Fellows out and it

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Speaker 1: was done good Fellas. Every time I watch it, I

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Speaker 1: get uh. I can't remember the guy's name, oh Man,

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Speaker 1: Joe Pesci, not Joe Pesci. Narro, not the narrow the

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Speaker 1: one that was the younger guy. Yes, every time I watches,

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Speaker 1: every time, I get jealous because I wish I can

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Speaker 1: I can be in that. I wish I can play

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Speaker 1: that role. He did do a great job. He played it.

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Speaker 1: Phenomena role. Fellows out and you were like, you jumped

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Speaker 1: on it. Oh yeah, that's one of my all time

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Speaker 1: favorite movies. So there's a thirty for thirty about Henry

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Speaker 1: Hill on the Boston College point shaving scandal that they

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Speaker 1: mentioned in the movie. Yeah yeah, and Henry Hills in

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Speaker 1: the who ray Leo the plays is in the thirty

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Speaker 1: for thirty And it's pretty interesting if you ever had that.

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Speaker 1: Henry Hill threatened a few of the basketball players from

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Speaker 1: Boston College. Oh really, Yeah, so they came together Instagram

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Speaker 1: or Instagram or TikTok uh Instagram, jay Z or Kanye

533
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Speaker 1: ooh ooh, Kanye West. Wait, the Chicago thing, the Chicago thing.

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00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: It's not even Chicago things. I was. I was a

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Speaker 1: Kanye fan leaving in Brooklyn. Okay, but I love jay

536
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: Z too, so it's kind of yeah, I mean stuff

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Speaker 1: stuff go back to social media though, Instagram or Twitter.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Instagram and Instagram or Facebook, probably Instagram. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I like Instagram. Yeah you had, you had a great

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Speaker 1: career at Iowa, but I'm gonna wipe that away. And

541
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Speaker 1: now you gotta pick you going back to your high school.

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Speaker 1: And now you gotta pick where you're gonna go and

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Speaker 1: play four years of ball. Okay, okay, either USC or Alabama,

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Speaker 1: all right, probably gonna I'm probably gonna go Alabama. See

545
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Speaker 1: he's twenty seven years old. No one's picking you USC

546
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:06,120
Speaker 1: West Coast now, vibe. I mean, US coach Bobe was good.

547
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Speaker 1: But you want to win. You want to win national championships.

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Speaker 1: You want to be guaranteed doing a national championship year.

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Speaker 1: I like hearing that. Would you rather win three super

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Speaker 1: Bowls or go to the Hall of Fame and no

551
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 1: super bowls? That probably went I probably went through super Bowls.

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Speaker 1: I'm with you. Pick that. Pick that too, your own restaurant, Yeah,

553
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: of course, yeah, name it three rings. I mean it's perfect.

554
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,160
Speaker 1: When you were coming out, you end up going Iowa.

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00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:37,520
Speaker 1: Where else were you looking? Um? Iowa? Um? And really

556
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 1: Michigan State were my top two. Um, Michigan State was

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Speaker 1: actually my first offer. And um no, they showed a

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Speaker 1: heavy interests. I showed heavy interests. And then Iowa came

559
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Speaker 1: into the picture and I met coach Ferns for the

560
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Speaker 1: first time, and I was like, you know what, that's

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Speaker 1: my guy. Yeah, that's what I want to go play for.

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Speaker 1: How about this, Like Desmond King and you both could

563
00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: have well, Michigan State could have had both of you

564
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Speaker 1: if they just pursued you more heavily and uh and

565
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: it just didn't happen. Boy, Spartans are missing out. Oh yeah, too,

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Speaker 1: too bad for them, telling you, Mark and I had

567
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Speaker 1: more fun with these guys. Media days a day for

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Speaker 1: a training camp opened then I can remember. We had

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Speaker 1: a really, really good time and Julie Johnson was a

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Speaker 1: fun interview. And I think he's gonna be a fun

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Speaker 1: player on the field. We're gonna really enjoy watching him.

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Speaker 1: Two guys that we had a chance to watch last year,

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Speaker 1: one guy we've seen for the last couple of years.

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Speaker 1: Both of them well, three words resonated for both of

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Speaker 1: them a couple of weeks ago. Bucks in six Yes,

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Speaker 1: both of them big Milwaukee Bucks fans, both of them

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Speaker 1: Wisconsin natives. Max Sharpen Joints me Eric Murray joined Drew

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Speaker 1: will have them both for you next right here at

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Speaker 1: Texans Alloxis, we got one segment of this Friday edition

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Speaker 1: of Texans All Access. It's been a wonderful week, a

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Speaker 1: jam packed week, a lot of work, a lot of sun,

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Speaker 1: a lot of observation. So make sure you're checking those out.

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Speaker 1: Harris Hits at Houston Texans dot com. Please check those out.

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Speaker 1: I've written probably four or five pages. I don't even

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Speaker 1: know how many words that is, So go check them out.

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Speaker 1: I am if you didn't figure it out. John Harris football,

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Speaker 1: anal sideline reporter. I'm glad you are with me this

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Speaker 1: evening practice tomorrow. It's a big day for the NFL.

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Speaker 1: This is the back to Football Day cross the league.

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Speaker 1: NFL Network's gonna have a lot of different things going on,

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Speaker 1: and I believe you'll see our own Deep City on

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Speaker 1: NFL Network interviewing mark Ingram. That's gonna be very, very cool,

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Speaker 1: So make sure you're checking that out. I think the

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Speaker 1: fans come on Monday, so no fans old Saturday, but

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Speaker 1: another workout Saturday then Sunday. I would say everybody's off,

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Speaker 1: but it's not really every everybody off. The coaches are

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Speaker 1: gonna be at work and a lot of staff members inside,

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Speaker 1: but the players are gonna get a break, and since

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Speaker 1: we don't have radio those days, we also get a

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Speaker 1: break that has not happened in years past. We always

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Speaker 1: had either practice or the off day. We still had

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Speaker 1: our Texas Training Camp live shows. But we actually get

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Speaker 1: a true day off both Sundays, and thank you Texas

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Speaker 1: for that. That'll be kind of nice. I'd like to

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Speaker 1: catch up on a little bit of sleep. The five

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Speaker 1: am wake up calls to get my walk in before practice. Hey,

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Speaker 1: you know it's I've been going to Bene think at

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Speaker 1: nine o'clock at night. Yes, so maybe I'm showing my

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Speaker 1: age or my fatigue. I don't know either way, but

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Speaker 1: love it either way. And we'll practice tomorrow at nine fifteen.

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Speaker 1: I believe it starts, so get your self cranked up

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Speaker 1: for that. And then next week, fans, Monday. I believe

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Speaker 1: pads go on on Tuesday, so that we can look

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Speaker 1: forward to and I know these two guys are definitely

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Speaker 1: looking forward to it as well. Two Wisconsin guys, two

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Speaker 1: big Bucks fans. Now we get an interview him. By we,

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Speaker 1: I mean myself and Mark Vannimer did an interview with

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Speaker 1: Eric Murray. You'll hear that over probably the next couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks. We talked a lot about the Bucks winning

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Speaker 1: a championship, and man, that was a really fun interview

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Speaker 1: with him. But when Jude Doherty catches up with a player,

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Speaker 1: it's Drews dozen't and that is maybe the most fun

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Speaker 1: interview of all. Here's Drew with Eric Murray. Drews dozen

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Speaker 1: time with Eric Murray, defensive back for the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: First things first, what's it been like out there at

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Speaker 1: camp getting the repture getting How different is it this

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Speaker 1: time versus last year? Just getting acclimated. It's a little

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Speaker 1: bit of more learning curve for the defense men. I

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Speaker 1: just knew with things like that, but I think as

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Speaker 1: a team we're picking it up pretty quickly and we're

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Speaker 1: in rolling. A long, long time ago, you were a

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Speaker 1: rookie in this league and David Culley was an assistant

633
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: coach on that team where you were a rookie. What

634
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,160
Speaker 1: do you remember about your time then and how different

635
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 1: is it or similar is it to now? I mean

636
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 1: it's it's kind of similar. That's kind of the tree

637
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: he comes from, and you know, being around Andy and

638
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 1: all those guys so eerily similar. It's kind of different

639
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: because you know, he wasn't coaching you per se. He's

640
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: an offensive coach or defensive coach. What was one thing

641
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: you wanted to get better at as a player this offseason?

642
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: Just my transitions, being able to come out of breaks quicker,

643
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 1: just to get the spots quicker so I can make

644
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:25,479
Speaker 1: more places. I feel like my transition is what I

645
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: really struggle with last year, and just those quick cuts

646
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: and making those cousins, matching a guy stride for stride.

647
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: So that's what I wanted to work on. How tricky

648
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:35,240
Speaker 1: is that? How easy is that? Somewhere in the middle

649
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: working on that in camp now it's a little bit

650
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: easier because you actually have the bodies to do it,

651
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: and the summer you really don't got the bodies and

652
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 1: the receivers to you know, I can't get ten receivers

653
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 1: and go out there and get all those different body

654
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 1: types and get all those different types of experiences, so

655
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 1: it can't makes it a little bit easier. Okay, let's

656
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,160
Speaker 1: get weird. Eric Murray, you are a football player. There's

657
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 1: also a New Zealand rower named Eric Murray. We always

658
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 1: do this. You saw me this before. It's the second time.

659
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 1: I think we've done it. And Eric Murray was on

660
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: New Zealand television crying I guess either today or last

661
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: night or this morning because somebody from New Zealand, some

662
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 1: women were winning in the Olympics. How does that make

663
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 1: you feel to hear that you were crying out of joy?

664
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:16,920
Speaker 1: Obviously for rowing teammates. I mean, if it's a joyous occasion,

665
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 1: don't got no problem with it. I mean me and

666
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 1: cried too sometimes. So well, let's rank the Eric's okay,

667
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,439
Speaker 1: Eric Murray, You Eric Ray, not the other Eric Murray.

668
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 1: We're gonna leave him out of it. Eric Lasal, Eric

669
00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:28,799
Speaker 1: with a Q from Coming to America at the Soul

670
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 1: Glow Guy, Eric the Red, the famous Viking, Eric Estrada

671
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 1: from Chips who was paunch and Eric clapped in the guitarist. Um,

672
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,239
Speaker 1: I'll go. Eric clapped just because he got music. He's one,

673
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 1: So who's two? Me? Then? Eric Estrada paunch? So four

674
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,880
Speaker 1: and five? Who's duking it out? Eric from New Zealand.

675
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:47,640
Speaker 1: We leave him out. We're leaving him ow. I forgot.

676
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 1: I can't remember the last two names you got. Eric Lassal,

677
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: Soul Glow Guy from Coming to America, and then you

678
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 1: have Eric the Red the Viking, Eric Lassau, and Eric

679
00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 1: the Viking. I like it. That's a fair ranking. I

680
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 1: think yes, they all said that that's the correct ranking.

681
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,840
Speaker 1: So yeah, what we thought you'd do. What's a different

682
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,200
Speaker 1: song that gets you excited doesn't get every other person

683
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 1: you know excited? Is there one Mississippi Queen? I used

684
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: to play that song on Guitar Hero. It was fun,

685
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 1: So I like that one. That's a great song. That's

686
00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: on my Spotify playlist actually my party mix. Yeah, that's

687
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 1: a good song right there, so just turn it on.

688
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,400
Speaker 1: I like the guitars on there sound pretty good. Do

689
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 1: you have multiple playlists? No, I actually got the same

690
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 1: playlist I had from high school. I got Apple Music though,

691
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:29,239
Speaker 1: so that kind of gave me the variety I need.

692
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 1: But my main playlist exact same one I have from

693
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 1: high school. How often do you listen to Mississippi Queen?

694
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 1: It depends on, Like, if I really don't want to

695
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: hear words, you know, and a lot of hard beats

696
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: or whatever like that, I'll listen to it. Dame, great

697
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: guitar right there. Definitely the best song you played on

698
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,439
Speaker 1: guitar hero was there's a lot of good ones on there.

699
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 1: I can't remember the guitar solo you do with the

700
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 1: guy when you kind of get past the level. I

701
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,919
Speaker 1: think it's like I can't remember his name. I don't

702
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: even want to go three. I can't remember it. That

703
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 1: was descriptive, So I'm sorry. So that's what we're here for.

704
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 1: We're talking about guitars, having fun, talking about Eric Murray,

705
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 1: the rowing guy. Eric, what's your main goal? We heard

706
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: about what you wanted to get better at the saus

707
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 1: but individually, what's your main goal for the rest of camp?

708
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,800
Speaker 1: Just continue to grow with the team and come together.

709
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 1: It's a it's a short time, but I think if

710
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,319
Speaker 1: we come together and that's what you need to play

711
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,399
Speaker 1: good defense. Eric Murray, thanks so much for the time.

712
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 1: Thank you. I said in my Harris Hits today. I

713
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: think it's posted already. I believe it was a long one,

714
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 1: but it gives you, hopefully a lot of nuggets about

715
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 1: a lot of different things. But I said there today,

716
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:30,959
Speaker 1: Eric Murray has been making some place. Had a pass

717
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 1: breakup today. I had a couple of them yesterday, and

718
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:39,359
Speaker 1: I just see more confident. Guy got really comfortable with

719
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,960
Speaker 1: what he's doing out on the field, and we talked

720
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,319
Speaker 1: about it this morning on Texas Training Camp Live. Just

721
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: the movement of you know, he's this position, he's playing

722
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:49,839
Speaker 1: this position, he's moving over here. I think you can

723
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 1: just leave Eric alone and just let him play safety

724
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 1: and see what he can do. I think you'd end

725
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 1: up finding he's a pretty good football player. I think

726
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 1: last year and he produced last year, but I don't

727
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: think he got as comfortable as he could be. But

728
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: he looks in camp like he's ready to say make amends,

729
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,759
Speaker 1: but really kind of step his game up and take

730
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 1: it to a higher level than it was in twenty Now.

731
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:15,400
Speaker 1: Another guy that is looking to do the same is

732
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: guard Max Sharping. And Max and I born, oh, I

733
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 1: don't know, about forty five minutes apart. I was born

734
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:24,840
Speaker 1: in Marionette. He was born in Green Bay, so we

735
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: know the state of Wisconsin. But we didn't talk about that. Basically,

736
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: we left Mark outside this time because every time we

737
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 1: interview Max, it's me and Mark doing it. Well, this

738
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,360
Speaker 1: time it was just me. So we got to talk

739
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:40,880
Speaker 1: some hardcore football's really good stuff and I start a

740
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,359
Speaker 1: new game. It's called say something Nice. About. I think

741
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: you'll like it. Here's Max sharping with me this afternoon.

742
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 1: All right, practice day three. The grind is starting to

743
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:54,440
Speaker 1: set in, my man, Max sharping with me. Max is

744
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 1: the grinds setting in right about now. I mean, you know,

745
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 1: it's been hot the past three days. We actually got

746
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: a little bit of an overcast, a little bit of

747
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 1: a breeze today, so it wasn't too bad today. Honestly,

748
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: Day one was definitely the hottest so far. I think

749
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,239
Speaker 1: that might be the hottest day since you've got here

750
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. That was crazy hot. Okay, we kicked

751
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,080
Speaker 1: Mark out of the room, so you're not gonna actually

752
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 1: talk about offensive line play. And I've thought about this often,

753
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 1: studying many offensive linement over the years. What's more important?

754
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 1: Good feet or good hands? I think feet because if

755
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: you get slapped, if you get your hand slapped off

756
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,319
Speaker 1: the guy, your feet can help you stay in front

757
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:39,520
Speaker 1: of them and you can regrip. How as you get

758
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: ready to face defensive guys are defensive guys and you're

759
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 1: studying film, what are some things you're looking for? And

760
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 1: you're going about to face a defensive linement looking at

761
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: his hand placement, you know, as he put too much

762
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 1: weight on it. What are all the things that you

763
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 1: sort of study or some of the things that you

764
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,680
Speaker 1: study or you look for as you're going about getting

765
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 1: ready for a guy, or even during your play as

766
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 1: you're trying to scam through and say, Okay, I think

767
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: this guy might try inside move, you might try and

768
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,319
Speaker 1: bull rush, you might try this. How much hot thought

769
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 1: goes into that? What are you kind of thinking is

770
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 1: you're going through some of that? Yeah, I mean you

771
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: got to you gotta study some of that, but you

772
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 1: also kind of have to keep it simple for yourself,

773
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:15,840
Speaker 1: so you don't want to read too much into what

774
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: they're doing. It's a little bit of a you know,

775
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: it's also based off of alignment with backers and safeties

776
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,640
Speaker 1: and everything as well. But if you're looking on film normally,

777
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: the first time you go through, you just study, you know,

778
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: are they primarily just the three tech? Do they move

779
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: into a two to a shade anything like that, or

780
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 1: you know that kind of stuff. What are their favorite

781
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:39,040
Speaker 1: moves on your side, whether they're lined up in which position?

782
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: And then once you detail all that, then you can

783
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: get into does he have a tell where he's gonna

784
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: show that move, so you know hand placement. Is he

785
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: tilted a little bit more? If he lines up a

786
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:52,759
Speaker 1: little bit wider, are they going to run a game?

787
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 1: You know, stuff like that. I know a lot of

788
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: people watch the Trenches and they just think it's a

789
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 1: bunch of big just banging into each other. But it's

790
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,279
Speaker 1: so much more cerebral than that. I mean, you just

791
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 1: broke it down. But for one particular play, it feels

792
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: like there are a million different options of things that

793
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 1: could happen, and then the ball snapped, and then a

794
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 1: million other things could happen. How cerebral do you have

795
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: to be to be able to play upfront with all

796
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,120
Speaker 1: the different things that happened now in the NFL? Yeah,

797
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: I mean, like you said, there are a lot of things,

798
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:26,399
Speaker 1: but if you watch film and you study it, it

799
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 1: really breaks down to it. He can only do like

800
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 1: one of two things before the snap, and then once

801
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: he makes his first couple steps, there's only one or

802
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,359
Speaker 1: two things he can do at that point as well.

803
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:40,480
Speaker 1: So it's really just about preparing for what could happen

804
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 1: and then reacting to what. Does say something nice about

805
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: justin Britt, I mean, the man has great energy all

806
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,759
Speaker 1: the time. He brings it. I love it. He's in

807
00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:54,960
Speaker 1: here at five thirty every single morning and he brings

808
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 1: it every day. I love having my locker next to

809
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,879
Speaker 1: him because he he just brings the juice every day.

810
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: Say something nice about Charlie. Heck, Charlie is just a

811
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:07,399
Speaker 1: genuine human being. I mean, I don't think you could

812
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 1: find a nicer guy on the football field. I mean,

813
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:15,719
Speaker 1: he's just he's funny. He's low key funny, like he'll

814
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 1: just say something randomly and you just die laughing. The

815
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:23,440
Speaker 1: mustache though, so we as a group made him shave

816
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,719
Speaker 1: into a mustache last year for his rookie year and

817
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: kind of backfired on us because now he likes it. So,

818
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 1: you know, I mean, we're trying to come up see

819
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 1: if we can get one of the rookies this year

820
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 1: to shave something. We got ideas rolling around, but I

821
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 1: can't reveal those just yet. My last one, and say

822
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:44,759
Speaker 1: something nice about Titus Howard Man. That's my dude. We

823
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 1: came in together. You know, he always is ready with

824
00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 1: a comeback in some trash talk. If you need somebody

825
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,840
Speaker 1: to go into a fight with, you probably want Titus

826
00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:01,040
Speaker 1: because he's just gonna trash talk them into over aggressiveness

827
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 1: and you're just gonna win. Max shal best Man, appreciate

828
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:07,480
Speaker 1: thank you, appreciate it. All right, friends, that's going to

829
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 1: do it for this evening show. A big thanks to Max,

830
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 1: to Eric Murray, to Drew Doherty, to Julil Johnson, to

831
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 1: Mark VanderMeer to Kayyemi Fairbairn. Hopefully enjoyed it. People. We'll

832
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,560
Speaker 1: be back with more great stuff this weekend Houston Texas

833
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,399
Speaker 1: dot Com. We've got our specials that are showing up

834
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: on ABC thirteen. We got everything for you, and we'll

835
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,719
Speaker 1: kick it up again on radio Training Texas Training Camp

836
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: Live eight am on Monday. There'll be a lot of

837
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 1: energy into building that day because under the fans are

838
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: gonna be there, be pretty loud. It's gonna be a fun,

839
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: fun day. Looking forward to that, but plenty of work

840
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:48,799
Speaker 1: to do before then. But I truly appreciate you being

841
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:53,840
Speaker 1: here and as always, go Texas