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Speaker 1: Hello, Texans, Welcome to the show Friday Night, and we

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Speaker 1: are rocking getting ready for It's not really a football weekend.

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Speaker 1: It's just a weekend because we have draft weekend coming

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Speaker 1: up in less than two weeks, so we're still getting

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Speaker 1: ready for that. We're always preparing for the off season activity,

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Speaker 1: including but not limited to players getting signed and or extended,

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Speaker 1: and we'll get to all that tonight. Also tonight, Brett Stewart,

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Speaker 1: director of youth football Development for the Texans, We're going

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Speaker 1: to talk about flag football.

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Speaker 2: In the area.

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Speaker 1: Maybe your kid is playing it, maybe your daughter is

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Speaker 1: playing it for her school, because that has been happening

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Speaker 1: and it's an Olympic sport coming up in twenty twenty eight.

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Speaker 1: So we'll get into that a little bit later on

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Speaker 1: in the show. It's Mark Vandermere with John Harris and

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Speaker 1: Johnny Away. We go, how you doing tonight?

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Speaker 2: Good? It's Friday night.

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Speaker 3: Like you said, it's the weekend, but you know, yours

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Speaker 3: truly has got some work to do.

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Speaker 2: That's what this weekend will be all about. But it's great.

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Speaker 3: My wife is back for the weekend and then she'll

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Speaker 3: be back after a work week, so I'm really excited

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Speaker 3: about that, So there'll be a lot of work getting done,

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Speaker 3: but then a lot of fun as well. It's just

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Speaker 3: absolutely gorgeous, which is really good as well to celebrate

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Speaker 3: this weather in April, because you know, once we get

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Speaker 2: Dog cuss this weather because it just gets brutal.

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Speaker 4: Man.

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Speaker 1: I was out observing Clement's high school girls flag football

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Speaker 1: practice yesterday and I have done done that for a

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks, and who was getting ted toasty? Not

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Speaker 1: training camp levels, believe me, not at all, But I'm thinking, geez,

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Speaker 1: it's April. Can we calm down a bit over here?

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Speaker 5: Now?

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Speaker 1: Sunday I had my I was coaching my flag football team,

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Speaker 1: and it was not chilly, but it was nice. It

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Speaker 1: then yesterday, but whatever, it's Houston weather. It's just gonna

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Speaker 1: do this to us, and we just got to get

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Speaker 1: few real blasts of the year, and that's gonna be interesting.

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Speaker 1: I'm eager to find out what, if anything the team

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Speaker 1: does for training camp. Last year, they had the Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame game up to Cleveland, spent a week there practicing.

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Speaker 1: I thought that was good for the team. Demiko Ryan

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Speaker 1: said it was good for the team. Wondering what they're

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Speaker 1: find out because we can't wait to get to cooler weather.

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Speaker 1: I do love camp at NRG Stadium, NRG Park, at

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Speaker 1: the Houston Methodist Training Center in front of the fans.

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Speaker 1: It is awesome, but they do need a break as well.

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Speaker 1: They got to weigh that out right.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, I mean I think that's one of the

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Speaker 3: that's not that much time, but it really was. It

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Speaker 3: playoff round. So it's a lot That was a long season.

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Speaker 3: So hopefully no Hall of Fame game so you can

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Speaker 3: we've done that before, and I think I think that

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Speaker 3: but I think it all has a cumut of effect.

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Speaker 2: And the number of days that you spend in that heat.

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Speaker 3: I think where's guys down opens them up and makes

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Speaker 3: them susceptible for injury. And you got to fight through that,

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Speaker 3: and guys do for the most part. But I just

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Speaker 3: I think it's seventeen or eighteen, and I got done.

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Speaker 2: And even before we started the interview, DJ Reader was like, bro,

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Speaker 3: And that was kind of the common theme of at

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Speaker 2: There for survival. They were out there to get work.

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Speaker 3: Done because it was seventy seven degrees or whatever it was,

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Speaker 2: So we'll see. It would be nice just to get

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Speaker 3: I think there's camaraderie that's built amongst the guys to Ohio.

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Speaker 2: Last. We'll see where it all ends up.

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Speaker 3: But you know, other than that, just kind of ready

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Speaker 3: to get this draft over with, get to OTA's a

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Speaker 1: Well we've talked about this also and we'll get to

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Speaker 1: the news of the day, but during the season, and

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Speaker 1: it doesn't affect you and I as much or anybody

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Speaker 1: You just see the individual work and stretching before then

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Speaker 1: you go inside to air conditioning. But man, September October,

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Speaker 4: Middle of the day. But that's what they have to do.

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Speaker 1: They want to get the body clocks right for the

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Speaker 1: game times and that sort of thing. Okay, news of

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Speaker 1: some of this got going before Dimiko Ryan's got here

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Speaker 1: to be the head coach in twenty twenty three. When

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Speaker 1: we talk about Derek Stingley Junior, when we talk about

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Speaker 1: like that. You know, not everybody's gonna get extended before

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Speaker 1: their fourth year, but some will and some are being extended.

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Speaker 1: And you look at it this way, Johnny, that means

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Speaker 1: you've made good decisions when you have these sort of

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Speaker 1: I don't want to call them luxury problems, but they're

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Speaker 1: good problems to have because it meant you did some

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Speaker 1: good things in those particular drafts. Well, Petrie gets extended,

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Speaker 1: this football team you already are you continue to add

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Speaker 1: But it's a good thing because it means the players

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Speaker 4: And it's really good to see.

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Speaker 2: It is great to see.

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Speaker 3: I remember in twenty twenty two, Jalen had played that year.

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Speaker 3: In twenty twenty two, his rookie year, I think you

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Speaker 2: I mean, he was everything you really wanted.

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Speaker 3: And he got a concussion in that last game against

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Speaker 3: just like getting excited for everybody, And I just remember, like,

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Speaker 3: that's the kind of guy that we have to build

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Speaker 3: this thing around. The energy he has, the way that

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Speaker 3: he is relentless attacking the football. But I think in

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty four, the addition of Kamari Lassiter helped put

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Speaker 3: I also think that the game slowed down for him

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Speaker 3: a little bit in that he was making better decisions.

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Speaker 3: And look, JP's never going to be a lockdown, you know.

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Speaker 3: I think everybody points to the Devonte Adams touchdown against

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Speaker 3: that JP slipped or got pushed down or whatever. But

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Speaker 3: that said, it's it's that's not his core competency. What

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Speaker 3: his core competency is is playing that role, blitzing, playing

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Speaker 2: Those are all things that he can do.

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Speaker 3: And when you take and put him into that role

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Speaker 3: Mario last and played outside, that fits him. So now

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Speaker 3: you've got two players with one draft pick, kind of

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Speaker 3: like the Titans. The Titans going out and signing Dan

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Speaker 3: his natural position to right tackle. So in like one signing,

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Speaker 3: they got two players. Basically, I feel like that with Kamara,

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Speaker 3: then put Petrie into this role where he could I

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Speaker 3: would say freelance, but he could be much more aggressive

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Speaker 3: near line of scrimmage. He's thinking the number of big

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Speaker 3: plays he made throughout the year. We missed him in

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Speaker 3: the playoffs. We missed him in that game against Kansas City.

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Speaker 3: I think he would have been valuable in zone coverage

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Speaker 3: of the shorter stuff. And yeah, Kansas City didn't do

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Speaker 3: killed us was Travis Kelcey, and maybe in zone coverage

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Speaker 3: I just know you're bringing back a guy that fits you.

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Speaker 3: Think about Nico Collins, Derek Stingley, Jalen Petrie.

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Speaker 2: There's a relentless nature in the way those guys play.

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Speaker 3: They get after you in so many different ways, and

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Speaker 3: they're such great teammates as well. It's very clear if

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Speaker 3: you play hard, you do what you're asked to do,

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Speaker 3: and you make plays. You'll be kept around this organization,

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Speaker 3: You'll be given a fair contract, you'll want to be around,

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Speaker 3: you want to be here, and you know the best

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Speaker 3: is ahead of those three players. I mean, look, Nico

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Speaker 2: Derek Stingley, he signs the deal.

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Speaker 3: He goes right back to the weight room, and we'll

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Speaker 3: see obviously what he's in the field, but I think

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Speaker 3: he's just gonna get better and better. I think the

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Speaker 3: same is there for Jalen Petrie because they have found

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Speaker 3: his fit as being that kind of nickel linebacker hybrid

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Speaker 3: player that is kind of positionless but gives a lot

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Speaker 3: of impact to this defense.

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Speaker 1: When you look at that draft class, Mechi's part of it,

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Speaker 1: Christian Harris is part of it, Damian Pierce is part

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Speaker 1: of it, and look, we love all these guys. Harris

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Speaker 1: has had trouble staying healthy, so that's an issue for him.

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Speaker 1: Pierce is obviously not the bell cow back, but he's

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Speaker 1: an important part of this team. But this is a

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Speaker 1: pivotal year for him contractually. Kenyan Green's already been traded,

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Speaker 1: but the top of it is Stingley and then you

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Speaker 1: look at Petrie, who's the third pick for the Texans

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Speaker 1: in that class.

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Speaker 4: So that's pretty good right there.

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Speaker 1: That you get to extend two of your first three

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Speaker 1: and they're both part of back to back to Vision

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Speaker 1: title seasons. So we'll see how Harris and Pierce end up,

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Speaker 1: and Metchi as well. Those three players right there, Look,

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Speaker 2: But I also feel like NFL teams are not.

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Speaker 3: This year, more so than any other year, because you

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Speaker 3: I like that. Let it be a jumbled mess. Two

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Speaker 1: One sentence answer. If you were say the Giants, and

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Speaker 1: Okay, another one for you, now answer it Booker or Golden.

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Speaker 2: So? Why why are you doing this to me?

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Speaker 3: I mean, the guy's three hundred and twenty five pounds,

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Speaker 1: was saying, I don't think I got to go to

437
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Speaker 1: that one. I said, you know what, when you go,

438
00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,000
Speaker 1: it really helps, really helps when you attend class. Don't

439
00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,680
Speaker 1: get the notes later, make the professor see you sit

440
00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,480
Speaker 1: up front, be visible.

441
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:48,520
Speaker 4: You never know.

442
00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,400
Speaker 1: That could be the difference between rounding up and rounding

443
00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,440
Speaker 1: down as far as a grade goes, plus you pay attention,

444
00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,240
Speaker 1: it really decreases the time you have to do homework later.

445
00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,600
Speaker 1: This is what I've discovered in going to school, especially

446
00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,440
Speaker 1: since I to sort of support myself or really contribute

447
00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,560
Speaker 1: heavily to my education in the last couple of years

448
00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,880
Speaker 1: of college. Best thing that ever happened to me, well

449
00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:08,800
Speaker 1: one of them, but we don't have to get into

450
00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,479
Speaker 1: that right now. But speaking of school high school girls

451
00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:16,480
Speaker 1: flag football is a thing now in the state of Texas.

452
00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,399
Speaker 1: It's not a UIL sport yet, but it's rising fast.

453
00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,280
Speaker 1: This is an Olympic sport in twenty twenty eight men

454
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:28,240
Speaker 1: and women now for girls women college sports, Well, it's

455
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Speaker 1: coming around, Naia.

456
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Speaker 4: Brett Stewart's going to tell us about that.

457
00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:35,400
Speaker 1: He's the director of Youth Football Development for your Houston

458
00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:39,280
Speaker 1: Texans and flag football programs have been exploding now. Brett's

459
00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,960
Speaker 1: been around for a long time in this organization, helping

460
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,920
Speaker 1: out with coaches and programs and youth football and all

461
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Speaker 1: of it in the greater Houston area and beyond.

462
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Speaker 4: And we had a chance to catch up with him.

463
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Speaker 1: This is good stuff from Brett about football in your area. Brett,

464
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Speaker 1: how's it going?

465
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Speaker 5: Good to see him going good, going good? I think

466
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Speaker 5: this is.

467
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Speaker 1: Your first visit with us.

468
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Speaker 5: It is.

469
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Speaker 6: I used to, you know, kind of help behind the

470
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,080
Speaker 6: scenes with you back in the day, Mark, So it's

471
00:21:06,160 --> 00:21:08,720
Speaker 6: kind of weird being on Mike now.

472
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Speaker 1: I know, I know, but you've been working with youth

473
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,960
Speaker 1: football in one way, shape or.

474
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Speaker 4: Form for a long time with this organization. I mean,

475
00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:17,120
Speaker 4: how long has it been.

476
00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,960
Speaker 6: Gosh, I'm losing count I was talking to somebody earlier.

477
00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,080
Speaker 6: I think I'm going into my fifteenth season.

478
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Speaker 2: Wow.

479
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,240
Speaker 6: So had the opportunity to kind of start here and

480
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Speaker 6: as an intern, the training camp intern back in twenty eleven,

481
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Speaker 6: and now, you know, being able to kind of stick

482
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Speaker 6: with the organization and build and grow has been pretty

483
00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:37,440
Speaker 6: pretty cool.

484
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Speaker 2: Bro.

485
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Speaker 3: What's been the most rewarding aspect of what you do

486
00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,680
Speaker 3: dealing with the many youth football coaches that are here

487
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Speaker 3: in the Greater Houston area.

488
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean so many different things, right, I think

489
00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,159
Speaker 6: for me, it's really just having the opportunity to really

490
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Speaker 6: directly impact the growth of the game through the programming

491
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Speaker 6: and the events that we do. One of the things, specifically,

492
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Speaker 6: I know you y'all are pretty familiar our senior showcase

493
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:01,720
Speaker 6: that we have the opportunity to put on each and

494
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,520
Speaker 6: every year has just been really for me, is just

495
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,159
Speaker 6: so impactful and probably our most impactful event that I

496
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,040
Speaker 6: think we have an opportunity to do on the youth

497
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Speaker 6: football development side. And given that opportunity to those young

498
00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,520
Speaker 6: men to be able to pursue their dreams of going

499
00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,639
Speaker 6: to college and playing at the next level has been

500
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Speaker 6: awesome for me.

501
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Speaker 1: That's a great place to start because I know we

502
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Speaker 1: want to talk flag football, such a heavy emphasis on that,

503
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 1: but the Senior Showcase, it's kind of a combine for

504
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Speaker 1: Division two Division three universities by and large and maybe

505
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Speaker 1: some naia.

506
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Speaker 4: Can you explain it to us a little bit for

507
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Speaker 4: the listeners who might not know.

508
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Speaker 6: Yeah, so you know, each year we have the opportunity

509
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Speaker 6: to host it's essentially a high school combine, if you will,

510
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Speaker 6: for high school football senior So a lot of your

511
00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,600
Speaker 6: guys who don't necessarily have a D one offer, they're

512
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,119
Speaker 6: looking for kind of that last opportunity to get seen

513
00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,000
Speaker 6: and get a scholarship and play at the next level.

514
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 6: We provide that outlet for them to come out to

515
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,639
Speaker 6: our facility and get seen by anywhere from forty to

516
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,560
Speaker 6: fifty colleges from all over the country and then in turn,

517
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,480
Speaker 6: they get a chance to showcase their skills and then

518
00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 6: get scholarships right there on the spot. So I think

519
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,480
Speaker 6: last year we had over four hundred and sixty seniors

520
00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,680
Speaker 6: that were out there throughout the day, and we had

521
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,680
Speaker 6: nearly fifty colleges and several of them got offers there

522
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Speaker 6: on the spot.

523
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Speaker 5: So it was pretty pretty cool.

524
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Speaker 4: I'm the spot on the spot. You want to come

525
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Speaker 4: to college? Yes, sign here.

526
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Speaker 2: It's pretty cool.

527
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Speaker 3: I've been there, Bret to see that where I've seen

528
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,720
Speaker 3: a coach talking to a young man and you can

529
00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,040
Speaker 3: just see they shake hands and coach walks away and

530
00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:34,120
Speaker 3: young man's like, oh my god.

531
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Speaker 2: Like in some of.

532
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Speaker 3: These are maybe universities or colleges that people aren't aware

533
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,280
Speaker 3: of or even out there, And I think that's the

534
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Speaker 3: greatness of the event is Hey, you just show up

535
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,160
Speaker 3: and show what you got and you might be introduced

536
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 3: to a college university didn't even think about going to.

537
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,240
Speaker 3: But it's gonna give you the opportunity to a pay

538
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:52,320
Speaker 3: for your school and play ball at the same time.

539
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Speaker 6: Absolutely absolutely, And for a lot of those guys who

540
00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,560
Speaker 6: you know so much talent here in the city and

541
00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:00,919
Speaker 6: here in the state, a lot of guys with that talent,

542
00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,639
Speaker 6: they get overshadowed. So being able to give them that

543
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,919
Speaker 6: outlet and for them to go and see, hey, I

544
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:08,680
Speaker 6: can get I can't play at the next level, I

545
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 6: can't get a scholarship, and for them to get that

546
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,480
Speaker 6: there on the spot is really awesome for them.

547
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Speaker 1: Brett Stewart, director of Youth Football Development for the Houston Texans,

548
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Speaker 1: joining us. All right, we talked about the guys. Let's

549
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Speaker 1: talk about the girls here, girls flag football, which is

550
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,919
Speaker 1: exploding around the country really, Brett, I was at the

551
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 1: NFL annual meeting last week and they talked about how

552
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:32,199
Speaker 1: many high schools are getting sanctioned programs now, but the

553
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,919
Speaker 1: Texans heavily involved in getting this to be a UIL sport.

554
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,959
Speaker 4: How do they get started? Where are we at? What

555
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000
Speaker 4: can you tell the listener?

556
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:44,359
Speaker 6: Yeah, super exciting times in the world of flag and

557
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,720
Speaker 6: girls flag specifically, I mean huge priority for us from

558
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,320
Speaker 6: a Texan standpoint, and all over the league, all over

559
00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:53,280
Speaker 6: the country and for us we started our program back

560
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 6: in twenty twenty three. We actually started out with eight

561
00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,880
Speaker 6: high school teams. A lot of them were those private schools,

562
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,159
Speaker 6: art schools, and for us it was really just just

563
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 6: trying to kind of get our foot in the door

564
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 6: and kind of get started. And then last year we

565
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 6: had an opportunity to expand our program and partner with

566
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Speaker 6: Hi s D.

567
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:12,960
Speaker 5: We added twelve of their schools.

568
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Speaker 6: His D, you know, being the largest district in the

569
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,159
Speaker 6: state and obviously in our area, was a great opportunity

570
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Speaker 6: for us to show our commitment and show the rest

571
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Speaker 6: of the area of you know, what we're doing and

572
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:25,919
Speaker 6: how we can get it started and kind of be

573
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,200
Speaker 6: that that that template, if you will, for the rest

574
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Speaker 6: of our city. And so from there to where we

575
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,960
Speaker 6: are now, we've grown exponentially, which is super exciting. So

576
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,920
Speaker 6: we've been able to expand into all of the his

577
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Speaker 6: D high schools. We'll be supporting girls' flag there as

578
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Speaker 6: well as Fort ben Is is D A leaf some

579
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 6: additional schools around the area as well, and not just

580
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 6: here in Houston, but we're we've taken it to now

581
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,400
Speaker 6: it's statewide. So touching on what kind of what Mark

582
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,200
Speaker 6: mentioned about us wanting to make it a UIL sanctioned sport,

583
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,359
Speaker 6: we want to show that, you know, not just in

584
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,479
Speaker 6: the NFL market, not just in Houston, but statewide. This

585
00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,120
Speaker 6: thing is growing in there's interests. So we'll be supporting

586
00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 6: a pilot out in Austin. So we have several school

587
00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 6: districts that have come on board as well as, in

588
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 6: conjunction with the league, a.

589
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Speaker 5: Pilot out in El Paso. So wow, really cool.

590
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Speaker 3: Brett, What was or was there you talked about? You know,

591
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,480
Speaker 3: you had eight, then you went to HISD schools, there's twelve.

592
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Speaker 3: Then all of a sudden it grows exponentially. Was there

593
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Speaker 3: kind of a trigger point for that to happen or

594
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,520
Speaker 3: just the understanding by girls out there that hey, there's

595
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 3: another opportunity for me to play and I love football.

596
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Speaker 2: We didn't have it well, now we do.

597
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 3: Was there kind of a trigger point for that or

598
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,080
Speaker 3: was it just kind of gradually going where it was

599
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Speaker 3: supposed to go.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I would say that it's gradually just growing and progressing.

601
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Speaker 6: I think with the work that we were doing with

602
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 6: starting those pilots, I think that more interest is kind

603
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 6: of naturally coming, and then obvious the support that you know,

604
00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,200
Speaker 6: we have in our building around it, for organizational standpoint,

605
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:01,920
Speaker 6: is really kind of driven us to where we are.

606
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 6: So the support that we have from leadership from the

607
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 6: top down, from the mcnairs to our leadership, and then

608
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 6: I think all of that kind of culminates together to

609
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 6: kind of lead us to where we are with this

610
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 6: exponential growth.

611
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Speaker 1: All right, So if somebody's listening, who might be with

612
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: a school that doesn't have it, How does it get started?

613
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,520
Speaker 1: What's the genesis of this? Who coaches these teams? Because

614
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: and I know you and I have talked about.

615
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 4: This, Mike, who.

616
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Speaker 1: I actually know the answer to some because I observed

617
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 1: Clements practice last week and it was very cool. They

618
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,439
Speaker 1: have two coaches. But it's not like I've coached flag

619
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Speaker 1: football in this league or that league, you know, and

620
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,960
Speaker 1: I've done some it's youth league stuff. But we're talking

621
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,120
Speaker 1: to high school girls who are good athletes here.

622
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Speaker 4: So is their training? How does all that work? Brett?

623
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Speaker 6: Yeah, And I think that's really part of the excitement

624
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 6: around it.

625
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:51,159
Speaker 5: Right.

626
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 6: There isn't a set way, there isn't a set model.

627
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 6: Yet we're building this thing from the ground up now.

628
00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,880
Speaker 6: And it was really given a lot of opportunity to coaches,

629
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:03,919
Speaker 6: whether they be coaching another sport or coaching football or

630
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 6: what have you. Gives them an opportunity to either coach

631
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,919
Speaker 6: football if they weren't or be able to continue to

632
00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 6: coach football. So our recommendation is we do our season

633
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,679
Speaker 6: during the spring. We provide all of the resources and

634
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:17,440
Speaker 6: access that you need to be able to start it.

635
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 6: So for a coach or a school that's looking to

636
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:22,919
Speaker 6: get involved, we have our Girls Flag Interest form on

637
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 6: our website. We promote that so that way we know

638
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,199
Speaker 6: who is interested and we can get in contact with

639
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 6: them and help them start a program. And then from there,

640
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:33,199
Speaker 6: once we get you into the program, we're able to

641
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,480
Speaker 6: assist with a lot of different resources and a lot

642
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,719
Speaker 6: of it has to do with the coaching education piece, right,

643
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 6: So for those coaches, if you haven't coached football, and

644
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,800
Speaker 6: even if you have, flag is a totally different sport,

645
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 6: so totally so you need to kind of be educated

646
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,040
Speaker 6: and armed with that information so that way you're able

647
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 6: to kind of coach these kids up and feel like

648
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,040
Speaker 6: you know what you're doing and kind of get that

649
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 6: program started. So we host those coaching clinics, we host

650
00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 6: officials clinics, all those different things. We provide access to

651
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 6: different resources to connect with other coaches who've been a

652
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 6: part of the program or even around the state. So

653
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 6: we do our best to make sure that we're providing

654
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 6: all the access and resources from a coaching standpoint, being

655
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 6: able to get those athletes what they need as well

656
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 6: to get them going as well, and all that to

657
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 6: just make sure that we're getting these programs up in Rolling.

658
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Speaker 3: Brett playing of season is great and having a great

659
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:24,480
Speaker 3: record and all that kind of stuff, but being able

660
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 3: to play for a championship is really really cool. So

661
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 3: the UIL aspect of this getting it to be a

662
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:34,880
Speaker 3: UIL sport a how difficult is that be? How many

663
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 3: hoops do you have to kind of go through? Is

664
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 3: it a political process?

665
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 2: Like?

666
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 3: How much does it take to get this to become

667
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,000
Speaker 3: a UIL sanctioned sport?

668
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 5: Yeah? I mean, and John, I mean it is a process.

669
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Speaker 4: Yeah.

670
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 5: Right.

671
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 6: So we have the opportunity to present at the UIL

672
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 6: Legislative Council meeting back in October and we were able

673
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 6: to kind of share an update of kind of where

674
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 6: we are and obviously the desire that we wanted to

675
00:29:57,840 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 6: be a sanctioned sport.

676
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 5: They were very receptive to it.

677
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 6: I think for us right now, the goal is just

678
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 6: to continue to build that grassroots participation and show that

679
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 6: the sport is growing, not only in Houston, but throughout

680
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 6: the state. So that's kind of where we are and

681
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 6: we would definitely plan to continue to have those conversations

682
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 6: with them, and obviously, you know present there's another meeting

683
00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 6: coming up in June where we'll be able to share

684
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 6: kind of our progress and goals and kind of plans

685
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 6: to support going forward. So all of that, just the

686
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 6: meetings and you know, continuing to show the growth and

687
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 6: just connecting to make sure that we have all the

688
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 6: stakeholders as well on board across the state. I think

689
00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 6: all of that will, you know, put us in a

690
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Speaker 6: good position to get us to where we want to be.

691
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Speaker 1: Brett Stewart, director of Youth Football Development for the Texans

692
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Speaker 1: with US, I think the startup costs. Look, nothing's free,

693
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 1: nothing's inexpensive, but relatively it is right because it's footballs,

694
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 1: it's flags. You need a field, you need the officials.

695
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:56,479
Speaker 2: You need all that.

696
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 1: But it's not like you need a ton of equipment

697
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Speaker 1: to where it's not like hockey or tackle football or

698
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 1: something like that.

699
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 6: Right, Yeah, you're you're you're absolutely right, And Mark, I

700
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 6: mean that's the beauty of it as well, is it

701
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 6: isn't a lot of cost to get started. You have

702
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,240
Speaker 6: a football, you get some flags, you get some kids,

703
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 6: and you got a team. So from there you're able

704
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 6: to really kind of get going and obviously all the

705
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 6: other pieces that are around it to actually operate a game.

706
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 6: You got to have that stuff anyway, right, You got

707
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 6: to have the officials and the facility to be able

708
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,440
Speaker 6: to do it. But there isn't a lot of equipment

709
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 6: that you're going to have to run into similar to

710
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 6: like a baseball or you know, men's tackle football or

711
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 6: anything like that.

712
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 5: So that really kind of alleviates a lot of the

713
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:41,680
Speaker 5: barriers to entry for this particular sport.

714
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 3: But as you and everybody were embarking on this mission,

715
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 3: I know in other places there has been like Florida

716
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 3: flag foot a girls like football has been around for

717
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 3: a while.

718
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 2: It is an.

719
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 3: FHSAA sanctioned sport in Florida. Was that a place or

720
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 3: where there are other plays that you looked at for Okay,

721
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 3: we don't have this here, We really haven't gotten this

722
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 3: going here?

723
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 2: How do I get started?

724
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 3: Where did you kind of look for kind of the

725
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,960
Speaker 3: starting point to kind of get going and maybe hey,

726
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 3: this state does it this way, or this city does

727
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 3: it this way. Was there a point at which you

728
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 3: looked at other locations and thought, they do it this way,

729
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 3: what's kind of model what we do after them? Or

730
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 3: were you just diving in and going, hey, this is

731
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 3: what I think we should do given the parameters of

732
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 3: the way girls flight football works.

733
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean for us and for me specifically here

734
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 6: with our program. Definitely looked at a lot of the

735
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 6: other states that have already achieved sanctioning, a lot of

736
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 6: you know, other clubs that were also starting programs around

737
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,760
Speaker 6: the same time, so kind of connecting with them and

738
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 6: trying to get some best practices.

739
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 5: But obviously, you know, this is Texas. We do things

740
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 5: a little bit different.

741
00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 6: You know, all that information is helpful, but really just

742
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 6: kind of have to dive in a little bit and

743
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 6: try to get a lay of the land of our

744
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 6: landscape and what we would have to do here in

745
00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,160
Speaker 6: Texas specifically. But definitely it is a plus to be

746
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 6: able to lean on some of those different best practices

747
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,760
Speaker 6: and things, but our landscape is a little different here

748
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:05,280
Speaker 6: in Texas.

749
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Speaker 1: So Brett mothers and fathers listening. I've got a daughter

750
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: and I'd like her to get a scholarship someday to

751
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 1: a university, So that is becoming a reality.

752
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,920
Speaker 4: That will be a reality soon, I think. But where

753
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 4: are we at.

754
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: Right now, because I know Naia started with this, but

755
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: I know we're making some progress here with the universities

756
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 1: around the country.

757
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:25,320
Speaker 5: Yeah.

758
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 6: Absolutely, And that's the thing that along with just the

759
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,960
Speaker 6: exponential participation growth, there has been a lot of growth

760
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,360
Speaker 6: on the collegiate side as well, whether that's you know,

761
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 6: the nj CAA or you know in Aia becoming an

762
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 6: emerging sport in the NCAA. All of that stuff is

763
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 6: now kind of culminating together to kind of build this

764
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,240
Speaker 6: ground swell for the player pathway. So there's probably I

765
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 6: would say fifty plus colleges now that are beginning to

766
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 6: offer it as a varsity sport. So that's great, specifically

767
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,080
Speaker 6: here in Texas now, you know, I know Texas Wesleyan

768
00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,720
Speaker 6: is coming on board to offer it on Concordia University

769
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 6: out in Austin. So you're really starting to see a

770
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 6: lot of different schools that are bringing it on. And

771
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 6: now that along with what we're doing in the high

772
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 6: school space, building that next level for them to go

773
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 6: to in college and then ultimately kind of as we

774
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 6: all know, an Olympic sport in twenty twenty eight, So

775
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 6: there's a true pathway for girls to play, which is

776
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:22,240
Speaker 6: really exciting.

777
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm gonna ask you a really weird question, but

778
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 3: I'm sure there are a lot of people listening. When

779
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 3: they hear the word football, they think eleven on each side, tackle,

780
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 3: one hundred yard field, that's what they're thinking about football.

781
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 3: How is flag football different? Players on the field. Obviously

782
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,720
Speaker 3: you're pulling flags instead of tackling those kind of things,

783
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:47,800
Speaker 3: But how brett is flag different than the tackle football

784
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:48,640
Speaker 3: that most people are.

785
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 4: Used to seeing.

786
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean we kind of talked about it earlier.

787
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,440
Speaker 6: It's football, but it's a lot different. So for us,

788
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 6: it's seven on seven yep, So seven on seven flag.

789
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 6: We play on a you know, fifty by thirty field

790
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 6: and just kind of looking at how that kind of progresses, right,

791
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 6: I mean at the collegiate level, they're playing seven on seven.

792
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 6: So for us, it's important for us to kind of

793
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 6: model that because that's the pathway that these girls are

794
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 6: going into.

795
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 4: But the Olympics is Olympics, I mean the five five

796
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 4: on five.

797
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 6: Yes, it's a little bit different, and they follow kind

798
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,360
Speaker 6: of those international rules. But for us, it's important to

799
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 6: be able to provide more girls an opportunity to play.

800
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 6: So aside from you know, the next level, having that

801
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:30,719
Speaker 6: seven on seven tie in, we want to get more

802
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 6: girls on the field, and ultimately that gives us an

803
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 6: opportunity to give more girls on a team. And so

804
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,839
Speaker 6: if they continue to grow up into the Olympic level,

805
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,879
Speaker 6: then I think they'll be able to adjust to five

806
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 6: on five.

807
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 1: They all want the ball, Brady, everybody, they all want

808
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:46,240
Speaker 1: the ball.

809
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,879
Speaker 6: Well, so you seven on seven, like more kids get

810
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 6: the opportunity eligible, they get the opportunity.

811
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:52,399
Speaker 4: To get the ball.

812
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 1: Trust me, they keep tracking. Is like you get a

813
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 1: catch and you get a fifty by thirty field.

814
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 3: Seven on seven could get a little clogged a little bit,

815
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 3: I would I would imagine, oh yeah, a little bit

816
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 3: with seven on the other because you could play a

817
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 3: heavy zone.

818
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 2: But everybody's eligible.

819
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 3: Right including whoever snaps the ball. That person is eligible.

820
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 4: And there that's a key position right there. That's like

821
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:16,280
Speaker 4: the inboundery and basketball.

822
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, make make sure you cover them exactly.

823
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 1: You run the under route and send everybody run the

824
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: under route with the center.

825
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 4: Now you got something you could have.

826
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 6: Some fun with some things like that, and that's so

827
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 6: to that, right, that's where the strategy and kind of

828
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 6: making sure these coaches kind of understand the flow of gameplay,

829
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 6: the dimensions of the field, and that's where the creativity

830
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:39,919
Speaker 6: comes into play.

831
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: Exactly right, absolutely, So should NFL players be playing in

832
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 1: the Olympics opinion question?

833
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 6: Wow, I don't know if I'm qualified to speak to

834
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,320
Speaker 6: speak on that. I'll lead that up to the Olympic Committee.

835
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know they'll be good.

836
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: I mean, they'll be good if they do it and

837
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:57,760
Speaker 1: commit to it anytime you need time, I'm definitely you

838
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: even it's like you're basketball and American basketball, and I

839
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: watched a group of Americans go over and try and.

840
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,880
Speaker 2: Play Euro style basketball with the Euro step on. Couldn't

841
00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 2: do it. Couldn't do it. There's there. They're just body,

842
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,359
Speaker 2: couldn't do it game that way. They weren't used to it.

843
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 3: So it will take a while to change the way

844
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 3: you play the game of football. That's why I think

845
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 3: leave the flag stars. Leave those guys that are stars

846
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,799
Speaker 3: in flag football. Leave them in his the USA team.

847
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: Okay, what I thought that Brett had no comment on it.

848
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 1: They went on the record.

849
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 2: That's fine, that's my CONT's yours.

850
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,439
Speaker 5: It's a lot of different nuances to the game.

851
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:33,840
Speaker 2: See Brett's with me on it.

852
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 1: Who's the quarterback for Team USA on the men's team

853
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: or that really popular guy wins Man. He got a

854
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 1: lun Oh yeah, they snap it. The quarterback can't run,

855
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:45,840
Speaker 1: but you can snap into somebody hands to the quarterback.

856
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: I know, we can throw a run and now we

857
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 1: get something.

858
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 2: That's what you gotta do.

859
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 4: Cool stuff. It's fun to watch. I watch it sport.

860
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 2: I think this is fantastic. I know, Brett, we've talked

861
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 2: about this before.

862
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 3: This is absolutely awesome that you've been doing this, uh

863
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 3: and been at the forefront of it, and to see

864
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 3: the growth in it. I think that's the most incredible thing.

865
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 3: Like if you start something like okay, where is this

866
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 3: gonna go? To see it grow, like you said all

867
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,720
Speaker 3: the way out tell pass, I mean, that's really really cool.

868
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, they're gonna write songs and make movies about you. Brett.

869
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 1: That's right because you were at the forefront of all

870
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 1: yours awesome edge.

871
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:15,200
Speaker 5: Yeah.

872
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 6: I don't know about it about all that, but I'm

873
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 6: just really appreciative for the opportunity to be able to

874
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 6: help provide this access for these girls to be able

875
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 6: to play the game.

876
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 4: The McNair's are so into it.

877
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,759
Speaker 1: Hannah McNair and you know, she's huge at the youth

878
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,839
Speaker 1: league sports. I mean, I think she runs like six

879
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 1: teams herself in various sports for her kids and other kids,

880
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 1: and she loves this stuff.

881
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:38,400
Speaker 4: And why not.

882
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: This is so good for our community, for the girls,

883
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 1: for athletic opportunities.

884
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,359
Speaker 4: It's excellent. Brett, thanks a lot for joining us.

885
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 5: Awesome, thanks for having me.

886
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,360
Speaker 1: There's Brett Stewart, director of Youth Football Development for the

887
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 1: Houston Texans, and little inside for you.

888
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 4: He won the Internal.

889
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: Spirit of the Bull Award about a year and a

890
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: half ago. That's the employee of the Year basically, and

891
00:38:58,680 --> 00:38:59,879
Speaker 1: he's done such a fine job.

892
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 4: I really deserve that.

893
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,400
Speaker 1: That doesn't get much publicity, really doesn't get any outside

894
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,320
Speaker 1: of the building. But I thought it was worth mentioning

895
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: with Brett because he's such a great contributor to the

896
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:13,000
Speaker 1: community that way. And yes, I do coach flag football

897
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: for my kids. I've done it since my older son played.

898
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 1: My younger son is twelve. I'm still coaching and we'll

899
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 1: see how the rest of that goes. I love coaching

900
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: that sport. It's a fun sport to coach. Everybody can

901
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 1: get involved. There's a way to get the ball to

902
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,360
Speaker 1: virtually everybody. Seven on sevens tough with these girls teams

903
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:35,359
Speaker 1: because everybody's eligible. Center included, so everybody's eligible and there's

904
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:39,000
Speaker 1: no actual blocking, so you got to give everybody a role.

905
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: A lot of it is deception and decoy and that

906
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 1: kind of thing. Some people don't like to do that,

907
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 1: but it's very important to the success of the team.

908
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: You do what's right for the team, right, all right?

909
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: Coming up, I'll get Johnny's reaction to Brent Musberger going

910
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:53,479
Speaker 1: into the Pro Football Hall of Fame winning that Pete

911
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: Rosell Award. That is cool stuff. He really deserves it.

912
00:39:57,080 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: You are looking live. He was such a part of

913
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,399
Speaker 1: everybody's NFL life life for so long. Hosting the NFL Today,

914
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: which is really the first pregame show. I don't want

915
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 1: to say if it's kind, but you could say of

916
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 1: its kind, and it was the one that was the

917
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: standard setter in the industry as everybody wanted to develop

918
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 1: those shows. But it's not the best studio show ever

919
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: that got its notoriety in another way in another sport,

920
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 1: and it bid farewell to its current format.

921
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 4: Last night.

922
00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:29,800
Speaker 1: We'll talk about that, among other things like Joe Flacco

923
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 1: going to the Browns. That's all coming up here on

924
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 1: Texans All Access. All right, final segment here at Friday night.

925
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,240
Speaker 1: Great to have you with us here on Texans All Access.

926
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 1: Mark VanderMeer and John Harris with you. Johnny, you mentioned

927
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,799
Speaker 1: it in segment number one. Joe Flacco is now a

928
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 1: Brown And not that I feel sorry for Browns fans,

929
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 1: but the level of celebration today and a lot of

930
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: it tongue in cheek.

931
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 4: Yet, there was some hope in.

932
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: Brown's camp because Flaco's back, and they had this run

933
00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,839
Speaker 1: of success with him in twenty twenty three, even though

934
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: they flamed out in the playoffs badly here at NRG Stadium.

935
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,439
Speaker 4: That's how bad it is in Cleveland right now.

936
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco at one hundred and four years old, gives

937
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 1: you hope going into the twenty twenty four five season,

938
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 1: even though they know that he's probably he might not

939
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 1: be the starting quarterback. They have Kenny Pickett as well,

940
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 1: they might draft a guy or whatever, but he could be.

941
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:22,240
Speaker 4: He could be your guy, Johnny.

942
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, he could be, And I don't think it's horrible.

943
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 2: I think they paid him one year, like four million bucks.

944
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 2: I mean it's not too much.

945
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 3: I would imagine Brons fans are like, hey, what would

946
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 3: have happened if we had kept Flacco for twenty twenty four,

947
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 3: building off of the playoff season in twenty three? What

948
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,239
Speaker 3: if we gave Flacco the whole year at twenty four. Well,

949
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 3: now you have the opportunity of twenty five. I think

950
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 3: that the one thing it does do, I think it

951
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,359
Speaker 3: rules out Kirk Cousins. It's no Cousins, But I think

952
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 3: what it also does is they'll take a flyer in

953
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 3: the second round. The Flaco signing had everything kind of

954
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:55,080
Speaker 3: coming to.

955
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 2: You for me.

956
00:41:56,160 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 3: Takes Cousins out, It more than likely means no quarterback

957
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 3: at number two.

958
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:02,320
Speaker 2: I just don't see that happening.

959
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:06,319
Speaker 3: I think it does bring up quarterback in round two

960
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 3: at the top of round two to see if you

961
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 3: can't find Jackson Dart there or Jaylen Milroe there and

962
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:15,319
Speaker 3: just probably make something happen there. But I definitely think

963
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 3: it's taking out quarterback at number two, opening them up

964
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:19,279
Speaker 3: for Travis Hunter.

965
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 2: Abdul Carter at number two.

966
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 3: So I think that's setting that in stone for the

967
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,360
Speaker 3: Browns by signing Joe Flacco. Now, it doesn't mean if

968
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,440
Speaker 3: Flacco's gonna be the full time starter, and it doesn't

969
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:30,760
Speaker 3: mean that, you know, maybe they could take a quarterback

970
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:32,440
Speaker 3: at number two. I just feel like it hasn't been

971
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 3: leaning that way. If you're gonna take a guy at

972
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:38,880
Speaker 3: number two, he better be absolutely, without question, the guy

973
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 3: that you think is carrying your franchise franchise for the

974
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 3: next decade. And I don't think any quarterback in this

975
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,400
Speaker 3: draft really like cam Ward's the only one that really

976
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 3: does that. So after that, I feel like you're gonna

977
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 3: have to manufacture something with shador and or Jackson Dart.

978
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 3: So I don't think that's worked it at too. But

979
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:59,279
Speaker 3: I think Hunter Carter are the two elite players in

980
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:02,040
Speaker 3: this draft. Grab one of them. You got Flacco now

981
00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 3: gives you good insurance. Then you go and you draft

982
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,920
Speaker 3: a Milroe or Jackson Darter or even Chador the top

983
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 3: of the second round, and I think you're starting to

984
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 3: move in the right direction. Here's the other thing too,

985
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:15,360
Speaker 3: You draft the quarterback at number two, say it Shador

986
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:17,880
Speaker 3: and you bring him in, maybe he wins a couple

987
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 3: more games than you're expecting, and now all of a sudden,

988
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 3: you're picking tenth in a draft that probably should have

989
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,439
Speaker 3: a couple of really good quarterback options. So not saying

990
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 3: you tank, not saying you tank, but you want to

991
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 3: get a premier quarterback. Arch Manning, Leonora Sellers. Those are

992
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 3: two of the top quarterbacks of twenty twenty six and

993
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 3: they would look very good in Cleveland Browns fans' eyes,

994
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:42,239
Speaker 3: as more so than what the quarterbacks are this year

995
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 3: in this draft.

996
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. Jalen Milroe is the sneaky hot

997
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:49,240
Speaker 1: pick in this draft, and it's like Jalen Hurt's second

998
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,360
Speaker 1: round pick. He's been to a couple of Super Bowls

999
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:54,280
Speaker 1: one to one. A lot of people overlooked him obviously

1000
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: fifty third overall, but man Milroe could be that kind

1001
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:59,799
Speaker 1: of guy in this draft. Okay, a couple of things.

1002
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,839
Speaker 1: Brent Musburger, he wins the Pete Roselle Award, so he's

1003
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,080
Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer and longtime coming.

1004
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 4: Great stuff. Comment on Brent.

1005
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 3: The best, I mean, it's the voice you grew up with,

1006
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 3: though that I grew up with you know from NFL

1007
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,280
Speaker 3: today all the way through doing Raiders games.

1008
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 2: I mean, he's the voice. He was that guy, you know.

1009
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:23,400
Speaker 3: I mean watching the Celtics documentary, you hear Brent doing

1010
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 3: the opens. Oh they're so good, They're so good. You

1011
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 3: just remember that great time of Lakers Celtics. In the NBA,

1012
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 3: he's just the best, absolute.

1013
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:36,839
Speaker 1: Best, absolute best. And inside the game, it's never gonna

1014
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 1: be the same. You know, we're gonna have Charles and Kenny, ESPN,

1015
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: everybody's making the migration. However, it's not gonna be the

1016
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 1: same as the TNT crew.

1017
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 4: And they had an ice farewell.

1018
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,279
Speaker 1: It's funny how the NBA season because college basketball ended

1019
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 1: kind of late, the way the calendar is and everything.

1020
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 1: You get baseball opening a week before. Remember when baseball

1021
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: would open the night of the Nation Championship And it

1022
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: just seems so religious.

1023
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 4: Now we overlap. It's all out of the barn.

1024
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 1: But anyway, TNT said goodbye to those guys last night,

1025
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:09,920
Speaker 1: and that was kind of sad. I think this is

1026
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 1: the best studio show ever. And I'll tell you why,

1027
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,479
Speaker 1: because the NBA, as great as the NBA can be,

1028
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 1: it's not the NFL, right, So, and it's not college football.

1029
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 1: It's not college game Day where you have the anticipation

1030
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:24,800
Speaker 1: of college football that day, you know, one of twelve

1031
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,640
Speaker 1: of the year, and I know you have postseason. Of course,

1032
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:31,360
Speaker 1: uh NFL. Every NFL week is like the NCAA tournament.

1033
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 1: And then some man, this is TNT sometimes on a

1034
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:39,279
Speaker 1: Thursday night late night. Those guys go nuts. They really

1035
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: let their hair down, so to speak. I think it's

1036
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:42,240
Speaker 1: the best studio show.

1037
00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:45,160
Speaker 3: I think so too. I've loved Game Day, you know that.

1038
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,440
Speaker 3: But and I think game Bate has had a renaissance

1039
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 3: bringing in Pat McAfee and Nick Saban. I think that's

1040
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 3: really helped. But this show, it was funny at times,

1041
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 3: it could be informative. I felt like Ernie Johnson was

1042
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,440
Speaker 3: the absolute point best point guard there there was and

1043
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:02,279
Speaker 3: there is. So I hope they get something done, but

1044
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 3: you're right, it's not gonna be the same. But I

1045
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 3: happened to see Mark about probably ten minutes before the

1046
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:14,680
Speaker 3: show started, the inside the NBA sopranos ending yes, yes, yes,

1047
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:22,120
Speaker 3: so good die. It was so funny. I was absolutely dying.

1048
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 3: I mean that they added humor that sport, and they

1049
00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 3: had transcendent personalities obviously. I always you know, Kenny Smith

1050
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 3: for me was the guy because he was a rocket.

1051
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,400
Speaker 3: But the chemistry that they had, and I thought they

1052
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:37,680
Speaker 3: screwed it up with Shaq. I was really concerned that

1053
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:41,120
Speaker 3: they had screwed up that chemistry. But over time you

1054
00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:45,200
Speaker 3: realize the chemistry was just ambraified that much more because

1055
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 3: Shaq was in there.

1056
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 1: I'd like Shack better than Weber, so that was a

1057
00:46:48,080 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 1: good addition for them overall, no doubt. All Right, that's

1058
00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: gonna do it for the show tonight. Thanks so much

1059
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,160
Speaker 1: for listening. Thanks to Brett Stewart for being on the program.

1060
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,840
Speaker 1: And next week more on the Draft. We're gonna have

1061
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:04,040
Speaker 1: Death Pain very special, lengthy visit with Seth that you

1062
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:07,240
Speaker 1: are not gonna want to miss about the life of Seth. Yes,

1063
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:10,520
Speaker 1: Life of Seth sounds like a mini series in the making. Anyway,

1064
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. Area forty five coming up next to

1065
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:15,040
Speaker 1: a great weekend, Go Texans.