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Speaker 1: Happy Friday, everybody. It's a Football Friday, pregame eve of

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Speaker 1: the Texans first preseason game of the year, the first

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Speaker 1: Texans football game at Energy Stadium since beating the Browns

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Speaker 1: forty five to fourteen back in January, and it's glorious.

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Speaker 1: Welcome into the show, Texans All Access, Mark vandermir alongside

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Speaker 1: with me John Harris footballan a sideline reporter. Mark, can

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Speaker 1: you feel this? I was entering the show. Look at this,

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Speaker 1: Oh goose, I've got goosebumps? How about that?

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Speaker 2: Because it's the first game at NRG since the playoff game,

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Speaker 2: like you said, and it is fun to be here

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Speaker 2: at the Home Digs and watch the Texans take on

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Speaker 2: the New York Giants.

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Speaker 1: I like facing the Giants.

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Speaker 2: I like facing a big market team, even though they're

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Speaker 2: not always good. Two years ago, they had a good season.

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Speaker 2: Last year they had a terrible season for them for

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Speaker 2: their expectations. But it's always fun playing NYG because all

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Speaker 2: the New York media is gonna be here, and I

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Speaker 2: like seeing them all miserable and everything about their teams.

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Speaker 1: It's great. It is great. Okay, I remember back to

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Speaker 1: two thousand and seven. It's a little fuzzy from O

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Speaker 1: two doh seven. We beat the Giants once. I know

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Speaker 1: it's a preseason game. Oh yeah, but we've beaten the

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Speaker 1: Giants one time. Is that right? In the history of

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Speaker 1: the franchise? One time? Johnny and Eli Daniel Jones are

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Speaker 1: then undefeated against the Texans, Is that right?

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Speaker 2: That is correct? And you have no shot at him anymore.

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Speaker 2: You cannot defeat Eli Manning other than keeping him out

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Speaker 2: of the Hall of Fame. And I don't think the

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Speaker 2: Texans have anything to do with that, or do they care.

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Speaker 1: Really. I heard the guys talking about.

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Speaker 2: That this morning, and I'm an agreement that it's iffy

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Speaker 2: at best. And I don't think he belongs. I think

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Speaker 2: he's a really good quarterback, but not a great quarterback.

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Speaker 2: And he was never one of the top five quarterbacks

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Speaker 2: than when he was actually winning a Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: But his name is Manning, and he won two Super Bowls.

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Speaker 2: And he's a very likable guy. I like Eli man

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Speaker 2: I always like what he does with Peyton and the podcast,

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Speaker 2: and I love this Sports Center commercial going way when

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Speaker 2: they were messing with each other while Archie's looking back

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Speaker 2: like kids, because if you have sons or any kind

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Speaker 2: of kids, really you've all been there.

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Speaker 1: So I like that stuff. But I don't think he

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Speaker 1: belongs in the Hall of Fame. I am. I'm with you.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to belong to fame one more day

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Speaker 1: because you brought it up.

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Speaker 2: The only time they beat the Giants was the inaugural season.

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Speaker 1: There were some really weird wins, like.

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Speaker 2: The one against Pittsburgh with the three defensive touchdowns that

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Speaker 2: we talk about from time to time, and a win

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Speaker 2: over the playoff bound New York Giants, and they called

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Speaker 2: it the worst loss in the history of the Giants

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Speaker 2: franchise at the time, which was awesome. It was Kerrie

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Speaker 2: Collins and the Texans d made stop after stop after stop,

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Speaker 2: and Seth Payne played in that game and route to

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Speaker 2: beating the Giants for the only time the Texans were

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Speaker 1: Okay, so they beat They beat Kerry Collins in two

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Speaker 1: thousand and two the Giants. They beat Collins with the Colts.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but Collins has a win the seven win with

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Speaker 2: the Titans where rob Beronas kicked God. Yeah, but did

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Speaker 2: they beat Kerry Collins later with the Titans yeah, they

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Speaker 2: thirteen and three. The Texans beat him here thirteen to

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Speaker 1: Steve Steve Slayton. So I asked that question because that's

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Speaker 1: wins over Carrie Collins with three different teams. Yeah right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: which quarterback have the Texans beaten the most with different teams?

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Speaker 2: With different teams? It might be Kerry Collins. Yeah, I

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Speaker 2: got to think about this. Derek Carr. They've beaten him.

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Speaker 1: With the Saints and the Raiders.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they beat him with two teams, because fourteen they

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Speaker 2: last year. I'd have to think about that. Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 2: they never beat him before or last That's right. Last

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Speaker 1: There's a project for somebody out there if they want

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Speaker 1: A lot of cues, like we just pointed out Peyton

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Speaker 1: good question, though, I don't know. Give somebody, Give somebody

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Speaker 1: a task at hand to figure it out. Speaking of

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Speaker 1: tasks at hand, the man leading the Texans on Saturday afternoon,

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Speaker 1: early afternoon, twelve noon is gonna be to meetk Ryan's

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Speaker 1: his pregame vibes.

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Speaker 2: Coach, what was it like getting ready for this one

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Speaker 1: It seemed yeah, this one was. It was fun.

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Speaker 3: Actually for me, it's like everybody needed that this week

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Speaker 3: to get back into how we'll do it in regular seasons.

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Speaker 3: So I always look forward to the week that we

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Speaker 3: had to, unfortunately get used to practicing a little later,

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Speaker 3: which means it's a little hotter out here in Houston.

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Speaker 3: But our guys they handle it really well, and I'm

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Speaker 3: very pleased with the week a prep we've had.

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Speaker 2: Well, it wasn't exactly the Junction Boys, but it was

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Speaker 1: They did.

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Speaker 3: And that's one thing I love about this team and

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Speaker 3: the energy that they bring each and every day, no

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Speaker 2: You had your typical Friday practice Thursday, but in the Bowl,

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Speaker 2: what was that like to get back into the stadium.

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Man, it was special.

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Speaker 3: It was cool, nice and cool, but it was It's

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Speaker 3: on Saturday, it's like, Hey, this is now our fans.

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Speaker 3: It's going to be a special atmosphere and I want

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Speaker 2: Giants Defense, what challenges do they pose for you?

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Speaker 1: Giants Defense?

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Speaker 3: They're going to be aggressive man coverage defense, So we're

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Speaker 3: and when we're running the ball, we have to stay

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Speaker 1: How hard is it to defend against them?

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Speaker 3: To defend against them, they get the ball out quick,

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Speaker 3: all right, So we have to be tight in our coverages.

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Speaker 3: We have to be on it, and they're going to

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Speaker 3: Our guys really have to be locked in each and

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Speaker 2: With the roof the way it is the kicking game,

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Speaker 2: just talk about that if you could for us.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, with the roof, we'll have two of the panels

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Speaker 3: will be open, so write them out the twenty yard

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Speaker 3: It'll be some sun shining bright at noon, but it

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Speaker 3: won't I don't think it will affect like the vision

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Speaker 1: Then the kicking game, I.

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Speaker 3: Think it will be just fine and you'll see, hopefully

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Speaker 3: we get some Hopefully we get some big plays on

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Speaker 3: kickoff return. So I'm looking forward to our guys getting

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Speaker 1: Sounds great, coach, Thanks a lot, good luck.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Mark.

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Speaker 1: I know it's preseason, but we talked about this last

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Speaker 1: seen him come in here dour down, not excited. It

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Speaker 1: just doesn't matter what it is. It could be it's

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Speaker 2: Can I say I think you said this line in

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Speaker 2: the production meeting because we're in there. You're on ABC

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Speaker 2: thirteen tomorrow and I'll be doing radio with Tray and

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Speaker 2: both broadcast crews, and that's gonna be awesome. But we're

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Speaker 2: it a life changing experience might be going.

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Speaker 1: A tad bar, but it was close to it.

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Speaker 2: Our visit with Aziz al Shier, Johnny, I can't say

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Speaker 2: enough about this. This gentleman is so impressive. Oh man,

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Speaker 2: to sit down with him in that setting, listen to

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Speaker 2: things and on life in general. And I think you said,

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Speaker 2: be go right? Did you say that?

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Speaker 1: I did, because as I'm looking at him, I get

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Speaker 1: that vibe that he's so positive, he's smiling. He's telling

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Speaker 1: the story for people that don't know his story. A

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Speaker 1: Z's lost his house when he was twelve due to

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Speaker 2: you know, you coach these guys, you want them to succeed.

435
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Speaker 2: Although I like Demko's approach of I'm gonna help you

436
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Speaker 2: be successful inter fl whether it's here or somewhere else.

437
00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,040
Speaker 2: And if I'm in camp with him, I'm thinking, Okay,

438
00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,760
Speaker 2: I've got a guy who cares about me being successful

439
00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,640
Speaker 2: as a professional athlete wherever I am, right, So I'm

440
00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,040
Speaker 2: gonna do whatever it takes to please him and do well.

441
00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,280
Speaker 2: And then maybe if it's not here, yeah, I end

442
00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,520
Speaker 2: up somewhere else. Now they all say a version of that.

443
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Speaker 2: But this is the best thing I've the best way

444
00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,640
Speaker 2: I've ever heard it put. And I like that about

445
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,040
Speaker 2: his camp here or his environment that he's created here

446
00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:02,959
Speaker 2: with the Houston Texans.

447
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt. And again you know Nick has said

448
00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:07,560
Speaker 1: this in our broadcast too. They don't look at it

449
00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,959
Speaker 1: as a fifty three man roster. They look at it

450
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,159
Speaker 1: as sixty nine or even seventy. And that's where it

451
00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:17,000
Speaker 1: gets kind of interesting with Killian. Killian. So last year

452
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:23,919
Speaker 1: it was Odelay who was the International Pathway Program player.

453
00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:29,120
Speaker 1: So if you have one, the team can then keep

454
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Speaker 1: seventy fifty three and sixteen plus one plus one being

455
00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:34,600
Speaker 1: the National Pathway.

456
00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,679
Speaker 2: Plus one acts as a practice squad member right with

457
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Speaker 2: elevation if he made the roster.

458
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Speaker 1: Then or let's just let's just say you were gonna

459
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Speaker 1: call him up, then you couldn't have seventy. You know,

460
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Speaker 1: as soon as you used him as an elevation then

461
00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,919
Speaker 1: you would lose that, you would lose cages. Elevate him

462
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Speaker 1: for the game. No, I'm I'm pretty sure. Now if

463
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Speaker 1: he makes a fifty three man roster, then you can

464
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Speaker 1: only have sixteen.

465
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Speaker 2: You want to this international mining make it fifty four.

466
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,119
Speaker 2: If you have an international guy, you get with you.

467
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Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. You have one bonus. But

468
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,359
Speaker 1: Killian was not the National Pathway Program player last year,

469
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Speaker 1: but because of his connection where he's from and where

470
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Speaker 1: he grew up, he can be considered as such. And

471
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Speaker 1: so the Texans made him the national Pathway player this year.

472
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Speaker 1: So if he doesn't make the fifty three man roster,

473
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Speaker 1: they could keep him around on the practice squad. But

474
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Speaker 1: as he protected as international as the international Pathway Program player,

475
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Speaker 1: I believe he ends up being protected. I think he

476
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Speaker 1: could go to the team if he made if they

477
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Speaker 1: were gonna put him on the fifty three man roster,

478
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Speaker 1: I believe.

479
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,720
Speaker 2: Is it automatic because I would like to say that

480
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Speaker 2: if he's good enough to be on the fifty three

481
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,960
Speaker 2: potentially anyway, you don't want somebody stealing him. Yeah, absolutely

482
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Speaker 2: so I don't handle that because O line depth. Obviously,

483
00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,840
Speaker 2: you know you need depth everywhere. But that's a dead

484
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:01,720
Speaker 2: me to this. That leads me to this.

485
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Speaker 1: The storylines kind of sub headline is look, we're all

486
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Speaker 1: gonna be excited to see CJ throw the ball, digs,

487
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,720
Speaker 1: Tank and Nico and all that. And I think if

488
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Speaker 1: you went to a sub headline like they're very important,

489
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Speaker 1: but it's not gonna like we did. We We're talking

490
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Speaker 1: about the opening of last week's show, and Dave Keeney,

491
00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,440
Speaker 1: our producer, was like, Okay, what do you want to

492
00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:29,399
Speaker 1: hit in the open, and I was like, well, I

493
00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,800
Speaker 1: want to talk about Kenny Green. It's like, it's important,

494
00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,040
Speaker 1: but we got to play the hits. This is kind

495
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,359
Speaker 1: of the the B sides if you will, Yeah, but

496
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,560
Speaker 1: hugely important. I think one of the things that we

497
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:48,159
Speaker 1: have to find on Saturday is a what is the

498
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:53,080
Speaker 1: true depth of this offensive line? What is the true

499
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Speaker 1: depth of this offensive line? And what I mean by

500
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Speaker 1: that is can players nine, ten, eleven, twelve, who do

501
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,080
Speaker 1: we trust who can play, or do we play out

502
00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,200
Speaker 1: the string and then go hit the waiver wire to

503
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,520
Speaker 1: bring in two or three more guys because the depth

504
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:14,360
Speaker 1: is a little bit thin. You know, Laramie was back

505
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 1: at practice. I don't know if he'll play. You've got

506
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 1: a few others that are out. You got Charlie Heck

507
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:22,040
Speaker 1: who is out. David Sharp has been banged up, so

508
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 1: your depth has been stretched a little bit. And the

509
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,520
Speaker 1: guys with the twos and the threes again a lot

510
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,560
Speaker 1: of reps. There's some guys that you look at and go,

511
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Speaker 1: I don't know that I can trust as this person

512
00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,960
Speaker 1: as a depth guy. We might need to be looking

513
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,600
Speaker 1: for the players now. I think the front five, the

514
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,919
Speaker 1: first five is you, you know, Kenyon, Juice Shack, Titus Laramie.

515
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Speaker 1: If that's the front of the first five, solid, Blake Fisher,

516
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,480
Speaker 1: you know he's six. Then after that, I think Nick

517
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 1: Broker has shown some good things and he's shown he

518
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 1: could play both tackle and guard pattern seven Patterson you

519
00:24:57,080 --> 00:25:00,360
Speaker 1: know can play center. That's eight. Cam Irving. You'll find

520
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,800
Speaker 1: out some more. But maybe he's that guy. But there

521
00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 1: are the other guys between Killian, Kendrick Green, Chris Reed,

522
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,720
Speaker 1: Dieter Iceland, those guys that have got to either prove

523
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,200
Speaker 1: they can play and you can use them as debt

524
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 1: pieces and need them as debt pieces, or like last year,

525
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,080
Speaker 1: what'd you have to do? Last year? You picked up

526
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,280
Speaker 1: Peter Iceland off Waivers, you picked Nick Broker up off Waivers,

527
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 1: You went and traded for Kendrick Green. You did all

528
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,800
Speaker 1: that last year? Are you gonna have to do that

529
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,640
Speaker 1: again this year? To bullshit online depth? So that's kind

530
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Speaker 1: of my sub headline going into Saturday. All right, So you.

531
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Speaker 2: Brought up B sides quick Wormhole here, oh boy. B

532
00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,520
Speaker 2: sides that became hits Rock around the Clock. That's like

533
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 2: the original rock hit. But it was a B side,

534
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,399
Speaker 2: Wow Into the Groove by Madonna, get into Don't make

535
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,280
Speaker 2: Me Sing It, Wow, I Will Survive Gloria Gainer. That

536
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,680
Speaker 2: is an anthem. And that was a B side. My

537
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,440
Speaker 2: Sharia Moore by Stevie Wonder my shit.

538
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 1: That's beside. It was a B side.

539
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,600
Speaker 2: Hound Dog by Elvis was a B side and it

540
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,119
Speaker 2: was originally written by somebody else And I'm gonna forget

541
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,680
Speaker 2: because remember he took it from the R and Bach

542
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,199
Speaker 2: arts that he made it a big hit.

543
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Speaker 1: So I hope somebody made some money eventually. Anyway, That's

544
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Speaker 1: all I got. Uh yeah, So from your perspective, are

545
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,760
Speaker 1: there any other sort of subheadlines that you see that

546
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:17,600
Speaker 1: you're like, you know, this isn't the top line wide, receiver, quarterback,

547
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 1: et cetera. But is there something beyond that? Could it

548
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,199
Speaker 1: be the running backs? I think the running backs are

549
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 1: a good one, Johnny. I think corner depth, all right,

550
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 1: lite corner there? How the linebackers doing. We still don't

551
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 1: have Christian Harris out there practice. We had it for

552
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 1: a moment and now wondering, all right, is he gonna

553
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,560
Speaker 1: be available Opening Day or not? Look, we're getting close,

554
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: you know. It's weird. We've been in camp or over

555
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:42,439
Speaker 1: four weeks.

556
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we still have two preseason games to go

557
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:46,919
Speaker 2: literally right now as we stand.

558
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 1: It's strange, it's it's been a while, it's been How

559
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 1: about this? How about this? Though? Yeah, Sunday not that

560
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:58,800
Speaker 1: far away. Sunday will be three weeks to Colts.

561
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,320
Speaker 2: I know, three weeks to No, it goes fast because

562
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,760
Speaker 2: a week from tomorrow it's over and then you get

563
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:05,159
Speaker 2: ready for the Colts and that's it.

564
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:09,400
Speaker 1: But I think in their mind. They're getting there.

565
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 2: They I think they have their number, they have their guys,

566
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 2: but they just want to reinforce their opinion. They want

567
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,119
Speaker 2: to cement their opinion on what is going on with

568
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 2: that initial fifty three.

569
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Speaker 1: Okay, yes or no, I'm giving you yes or no. Yeah,

570
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,680
Speaker 1: I'll give you fifteen seconds if you want it. Okay,

571
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:29,359
Speaker 1: we're going to see Davis Mills on Sunday or Saturday. No,

572
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I don't think so either. Well, he

573
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 1: hasn't gotten reps the last three days. I know in

574
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Speaker 1: the last practice that he did have reps. He was

575
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:37,160
Speaker 1: slinging it.

576
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,919
Speaker 2: I think he could because he'll have warm ups, and

577
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,000
Speaker 2: the warm ups are significant for a game and you

578
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 2: could see them. But I don't think they'll put them

579
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 2: out there based on what we saw in practice the

580
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,399
Speaker 2: last three days. So let's see what this dynamic is

581
00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 2: between Case Keenum and Tim Boyle. Let's see a play

582
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:55,120
Speaker 2: out at NRG Stadium.

583
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:56,440
Speaker 1: I hope we see a lot of those two because

584
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,719
Speaker 1: I want to see CJ. I want two series Max.

585
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,440
Speaker 1: That's it. Put points on the board on one or

586
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: both drives and then get out wrap them and bubble

587
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 1: wrap and then get ready for the Colts. Cool, that's

588
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,640
Speaker 1: what we want to see now, wide receiver and tight end.

589
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,119
Speaker 1: A lot of decisions have to be made, but Mark talked,

590
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,640
Speaker 1: Mark and I talked to those two coaches, Ben McDaniels,

591
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 1: Jake Morland and Tommy Rockets. Is our pregame interview with

592
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,120
Speaker 1: Drew Dorry. That's all coming next on Texans All Access.

593
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Speaker 1: What's happening everybody? Welcome back to a Friday edition of

594
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Speaker 1: Texans All Access. I'm your host, John Harris, football analyst,

595
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:32,200
Speaker 1: sideline reporter for your Houston Texans. Also gonna be your

596
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 1: TV game analyst next to my man Indie Klue and

597
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: our play by play star Kevin Coogle over Shelby Coppice

598
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:42,080
Speaker 1: on the sideline KTRK ABC thirteen. That's where you can

599
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:46,479
Speaker 1: hear Indy and I breaking the game down and everything

600
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,680
Speaker 1: that's going on with this training camp. That'll be tomorrow

601
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 1: at noon. Of course, Mark and Andre will be together

602
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: on radio and the three of us will be back

603
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 1: together for Week one against the Indianapolis Colts. Now it's

604
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Speaker 1: time to dive in to a few interviews. Your two

605
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,479
Speaker 1: positions offensively that I know a lot of people are

606
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: going to be paying attention to one is tight ends.

607
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 1: Tight Ends coach Jake Morland sat down with Mark in

608
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 1: the searing heat of Houston on Wednesday to chat about

609
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 1: that position and everything that goes with it.

610
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Speaker 2: Coach, how would you characterize this camp overall what you've

611
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 2: experienced so far?

612
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 1: Competitive?

613
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 6: I mean, every time that we go out there, it's

614
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 6: everybody's competing, whether it's offense versus offense. You know, we're

615
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 6: everybody's trying to get better obviously, but when we go

616
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 6: against each other offense, defense and special teams, you can

617
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 6: feel it. You can feel the competition between all the players,

618
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,840
Speaker 6: even the coaches. I mean, everybody's into it. It's been

619
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Speaker 6: really fun.

620
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Speaker 1: You think the hot weather practice has had a ton

621
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Speaker 1: of energy. It seemed like that.

622
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 6: Well, you know, when the weather rolls in, we just

623
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 6: we know that we have to play through it. You know,

624
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 6: all the elements, and and you know, one of the

625
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 6: things that we pride ourselves in is control the controllables.

626
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:51,959
Speaker 6: We can't control the weather, you know, but we can

627
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 6: control our attitude. We can control how we come out

628
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 6: and we work, and everybody to a man has come

629
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Speaker 6: out with some really good intent.

630
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Speaker 1: How about your group, coach, are they progressing.

631
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Speaker 6: Pres and really, well, you know the things that we've

632
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 6: been harping on since the spring are we're starting to

633
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 6: see some fruits of our labor. Which is really fun

634
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 6: to watch these guys how they've developed. And again I

635
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 6: go back to intent and the intent which with which

636
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,080
Speaker 6: they show up every single day to get better at

637
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 6: just one thing. You know, we talk about just one

638
00:30:16,160 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 6: thing to get better at every single day, and you

639
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,880
Speaker 6: know they come out here with that intent to try

640
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 6: and get better at that one thing.

641
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Speaker 2: How do you share guys like Beck and Hairston with

642
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 2: running backs because you need to coach them too to

643
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:27,280
Speaker 2: be tight ends.

644
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, for sure.

645
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Speaker 4: You know.

646
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Speaker 6: The in this offense, it's it's really the whys and

647
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 6: the f's are kind of interchangeable, and so I train

648
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 6: everybody the same because you never know who might be

649
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 6: elevated in a certain game. You know, somebody breaks a

650
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 6: shoelace and you know another guy has to go in,

651
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 6: and so everybody's trained in the exact same way. So

652
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 6: the whis know what the f's are doing, the f's

653
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 6: know what the whys are doing, So everybody's interchangeable.

654
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 2: All right, to my eye, it looks like Stover, a

655
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 2: rookie is picking up the offense. Well, what does it

656
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 2: look like to you?

657
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, Sam, he's he's doing a really nice job with

658
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 6: understanding the offense and his role in every single play.

659
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 6: Every day that we come out here is in valuable

660
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,880
Speaker 6: experience for them, and he just he's a He's a tough,

661
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 6: gritty guy that just likes to play football, and so

662
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 6: you can see that once he figures out exactly how

663
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 6: he fits in the plays, that he can insert himself

664
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 6: and really be a big weapon for us.

665
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 2: In your role, what do you look for during these

666
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:13,959
Speaker 2: preseason games?

667
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm really looking for, you know, guys to use

668
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 6: our technique and to finish. You know, those are the

669
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:18,960
Speaker 6: big things.

670
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: You know.

671
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 6: Obviously, you know we're coming out and we're kind of

672
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 6: running our base plays. We're running things that we've been

673
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 6: running since the spring, and so it's really not about

674
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 6: the plays. We're not really trying to outscheme anybody. It's

675
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 6: really more of, hey, how do you fit in this play?

676
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 6: What does it look like from start to finish? And

677
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 6: then what is the finish actually entail? You know, are

678
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 6: we standing on our guys when we're asked to block?

679
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 6: Are we catching the ball and running with good intent

680
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 6: to go and try and score. Those are the really

681
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 6: the things that we're looking for.

682
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 2: How does camp work for you a coach as far

683
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 2: as getting to see your family or getting some downtime,

684
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 2: because I know there's not very much of it.

685
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know.

686
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 6: The great thing is Demiko is a family man, you know,

687
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 6: and so he wants us to be family men as well,

688
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 6: and so you know, any chance that we have to

689
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 6: be around our families, you know, he gives us those opportunities. Obviously,

690
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 6: we have to get our work done. But when work's

691
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 6: done and we are able to go home, you know,

692
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,280
Speaker 6: and see our kids and see our wives and such,

693
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 6: it's a really good day.

694
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 7: All right.

695
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 2: So forgive me for one last question about the Hall

696
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 2: of Fame experience, because you were there at oh two

697
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 2: with the Texans, you were there for the most recent experience.

698
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: I know it rained a lot, but it was a

699
00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 1: special weekend.

700
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 2: What was it like for you having been there before

701
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 2: now being there again with the Houston Texans.

702
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 6: It was I think it's really the change in the stadium.

703
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 6: I mean, they've made it a real event, you know,

704
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 6: I think twenty years ago or whatever, it was it was.

705
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,560
Speaker 6: It was a game. It wasn't quite the event that

706
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 6: it is now. To have all the former players and

707
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 6: the new inductees that were there on the sideline for

708
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,280
Speaker 6: a little extra juice for the guys, and then really

709
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 6: just being a part of that very first game where

710
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,719
Speaker 6: we know all eyes are on us and same thing.

711
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 6: You go back to the fundamentals. Are the guys playing

712
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 6: with fundamentals? Are they playing with technique? Are they playing

713
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 6: hard and trying to finish? And I think we got

714
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 6: that accomplished.

715
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 1: Coach, thanks a lot, good luck, Thank you man. I

716
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: love coach more than that. Dude's got energy for days

717
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: former Texan, which is very very cool. He's here in

718
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 1: the inaugural year of two thousand and two, so he

719
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: and Mark obviously have that connection. Now I had a

720
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: chance to catch up with the position coach of the

721
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: wide receivers, the one unit that everybody is talking about.

722
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,080
Speaker 1: That unit is led by Ben McDaniels, as it has

723
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: been for the last few years. Love getting a chance

724
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 1: to catch up with coach McDaniels, and he and I

725
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: did right here all right. I always love getting a

726
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: chance to catch up with coaches, especially coaching families that

727
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,480
Speaker 1: hits close to my heart. I'm here with wide receiver

728
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 1: coach passing coordinator Ben McDaniels. Now Davis let fly a

729
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 1: little secret. I knew it, Ohio, because I could see you.

730
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 1: No how to know what that I could say, But

731
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: you call plays Friday night? What was that like? I

732
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 1: know you've done that before, but what's that kind of like?

733
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: Doing it for a full sixty minute game here in preseason? Been?

734
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 4: It was awesome.

735
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 8: It was a great opportunity appreciate uh kind of you know, uh,

736
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 8: Meek and Bobby allowing the opportunity to kind of grow

737
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 8: and get better, and that's a great opportunity for me

738
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 8: to do that.

739
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 4: It was a lot of fun. It's a lot of

740
00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 4: fun kind of being tied to the quarterbacks.

741
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 8: That's always, uh, that's always the cool part about calling

742
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 8: plays in this league and talking in their ear and

743
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 8: and thinking with them.

744
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 4: And it was, Uh, it was a lot of fun.

745
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 8: I think I think everybody had had some fun with it,

746
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 8: and I really appreciated the opportunity.

747
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was really cool. I would have given you

748
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: a lot of credit if I'd have been able to

749
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 1: say it. I thought I could so a great job,

750
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: excellent job, was really fun. And then when Davis spoiled

751
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:19,800
Speaker 1: the secret in some sense, I was like, dang it,

752
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: I wish I would have used that during the broadcast.

753
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:24,280
Speaker 1: So I'm gonnambarrass you again. So we go to Canton

754
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 1: and we're walking around to our side of the field

755
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: and I see Ben McDaniel's picture up on the street

756
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: light celebrating you. I don't know if did you know

757
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 1: that was up there?

758
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,439
Speaker 4: I did, I did. I did.

759
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 8: They the city campon special to my family and my

760
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 8: dad and my order brother Josh, and you know, my

761
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 8: family's sons of Canton, and we appreciate, you know, just

762
00:34:55,840 --> 00:35:01,440
Speaker 8: recognition for really honestly, uh, my dad's my dad's time

763
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:05,240
Speaker 8: and and dedication to the city and and the amount

764
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 8: of teams that he coached and the kids he affected

765
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 8: in Canton. Josh certainly was was very generous and was

766
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 8: kind of spearheaded, you know, the the Mary Motley statue

767
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 8: that we wanted to get up in the city of

768
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 8: Canton and celebrate his his name and what he what

769
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 8: he's represented in the game of pro football. And yeah,

770
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 8: I just I'm just proud to be a sign of Canton.

771
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 8: And I appreciate the recognition.

772
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 1: That was really cool to see up there as oh

773
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: it's been I don't know if you know this, but

774
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: most everybody in Houston and throughout the league talks about,

775
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 1: oh man, this is a really tough cut at wide receiver.

776
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 1: How tough is that for you on a day to

777
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,759
Speaker 1: day basis. I mean, it may be your decision of

778
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: who to keep and whatnot, but you got to coach

779
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: these guys every day. How tough is that to know

780
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: it is a tough cut your position.

781
00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 8: To be honest with you, I'm not I'm not spending

782
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:56,719
Speaker 8: a lot of time thinking.

783
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,399
Speaker 4: About it, very truthfully, because I'm just.

784
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 8: Trying to trying to coach every one of them with

785
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 8: as much passion and energy and try and feed that

786
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 8: to them and help them be better every day.

787
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 4: And we all know, I mean they know, I know.

788
00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 8: We all know those things come at the end of

789
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,439
Speaker 8: the road, at the back end of training camp, and

790
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 8: none of us will look forward to that. But in

791
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 8: the meantime, I just kind of live in the moment,

792
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 8: appreciate the relationships I have with them, try and push

793
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:25,959
Speaker 8: them and coach them and.

794
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 4: Do a good job.

795
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,879
Speaker 1: And then how much does continuity matter. I know Steph

796
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 1: is new to the group, but there's a there's continuity

797
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: obviously with your voice, with guys that have been in

798
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,279
Speaker 1: there for a year, maybe two even three. How much

799
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 1: does contuity matter within your group?

800
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,319
Speaker 4: Very important. It's important on every team.

801
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 8: It doesn't matter if it's a position group or an

802
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 8: offensive unit or just the locker room in general. Continuities

803
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 8: a huge part of this game and a huge part

804
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 8: of being a team and and wanting success for your

805
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 8: brother and man. That just that feeds into everything and

806
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 8: it impacts everything. So we try and have the right

807
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,840
Speaker 8: mindset in the receiver room and celebrate each other's successes.

808
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:06,680
Speaker 4: And I think I think I got a group to this,

809
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 4: don't it.

810
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: I know people in you Star are so intrigued about

811
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,719
Speaker 1: Steph and what he brings outside of what you see

812
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:13,360
Speaker 1: on the field. What a stepf bring to that wide.

813
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:17,399
Speaker 8: Receiver room just a just an intensity for football and

814
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 8: competitiveness and a willingness to a willingness to be coached

815
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,879
Speaker 8: and want to be pushed. And I think that's good

816
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:29,800
Speaker 8: for everybody, including himself, and all of that has a

817
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 8: has a positive impact on his teammates.

818
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, Davis, let that one I don't want to say slip,

819
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: but he talked about that after the game on the

820
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: broadcast with Shelby Coppage down on the sidelines after the

821
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 1: game about how Ben had called the place. I thought

822
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 1: he did a whale of a job. I knew he

823
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: was going to because I could see in Ohio he

824
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 1: called plays all week, so I was wondering if that

825
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: was going to be the case, and it was. It

826
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 1: was very, very cool to see him do that job.

827
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: And obviously we talked about that, but he has a

828
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 1: great control of these wide receivers as well. That is

829
00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 1: ah as you know, a very not mercurial. It's an

830
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 1: interesting group and a big time competition going on, and

831
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 1: we'll see all that on Saturday. All right, let's get

832
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 1: through our player pregame interview and this week it's my

833
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:15,359
Speaker 1: man Tommy Rockets with my man Drew Dorty. How about that.

834
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 1: It's Tommy and Drew.

835
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 9: Right here go, Tommy, you got a new nickname, Tommy Rockets.

836
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 9: I don't know if it's actually new, but what do

837
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:23,319
Speaker 9: you think of the nickname Tommy Rockets. They've been talking

838
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,560
Speaker 9: about it in the game on the broadcast. John Harris

839
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:26,399
Speaker 9: up in the TV booth.

840
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,720
Speaker 7: You cooled it. Yeah, that's pretty good. I like that nickname.

841
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,320
Speaker 10: I mean I get, you know, a bunch of different

842
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 10: stuff like over the past couple of years, but I

843
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 10: think that's a good one.

844
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:34,440
Speaker 7: Hopefully we can get that one to stick to.

845
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 1: No doubt.

846
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 9: In the preseason you've been living up to that. I mean,

847
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 9: how's it been so far in these games game action?

848
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 9: What have you thought of what you've been able to accomplish,

849
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 9: what the units as punt coverages go has been able

850
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 9: to accomplish.

851
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:47,400
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean I'm fired up about that.

852
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 10: I mean, preseason, I'm just trying to let the ball

853
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 10: fly and let the gunners and everyone on punt go

854
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 10: down and just just get some good work in, just

855
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,439
Speaker 10: really practice you know, the covers, and get those guys

856
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 10: comfortable and used to you know, how I hit the

857
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:00,759
Speaker 10: ball where I miss stuff like that. But yeah, I'm

858
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 10: just excited to get into the season and you know,

859
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,080
Speaker 10: keep building and find the mid season form. There's still

860
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 10: a lot to work on, but but yeah, you know

861
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 10: we're getting there, and yeah, I'm excited for it.

862
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: Yeah.

863
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,720
Speaker 9: It's a tight knit bunch. When you're on special teams,

864
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 9: it's you. It's kick or Comedy, Fairbarn long snapper John Weeks.

865
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 9: What have you thought so far of the chemistry, the

866
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 9: continuity and how that works so far?

867
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 10: Yeah, the Special Teams unit's awesome. I mean, especially with

868
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 10: Emi and Weeks. I mean they're vets. They've been around

869
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 10: for a while, so they're super easy to come in

870
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 10: and get along with and and mesh with too. I

871
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 10: Mean that's something that you really hope for when you're

872
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 10: coming to a new team is work with some established

873
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 10: specialists and you know, some coordinators like Frank comes in

874
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 10: with extreme energy and I love that. I love how

875
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 10: he coaches special teams. It's been fun to be around.

876
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:40,839
Speaker 10: So yeah, I've just been fortunate to come into such

877
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 10: a really good, tight NQUE group.

878
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 9: Yeah, and that's important. You're a guy with two super

879
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 9: Bowl rings on your fingers. No one's saying, hey, we're

880
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 9: going to the super Bowl or make any bold proclamations,

881
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 9: but I imagine you've got a good vibe about what

882
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 9: you've seen, not just when you sign here, but you know,

883
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 9: two three, four months in.

884
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 10: Now, right, Yeah, for sure, I mean I'm super pumped.

885
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 10: I Mean the roster is definitely stacked, and there's a

886
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 10: lot of talent. So I'm really excited to get into

887
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 10: the you know, full swing of the season. And like

888
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:04,719
Speaker 10: I said, you know about the punt team, just watch

889
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 10: the guys work. I mean, that's the most fun thing

890
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,719
Speaker 10: is once we do get into that mid season form,

891
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,240
Speaker 10: just watch everybody flow and really get into a good groove.

892
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 9: On game day, competitive juices get going for you. We

893
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 9: saw a little bit of that last week in Pittsburgh.

894
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,800
Speaker 9: How much have you heard about that from folks?

895
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 7: A little too much?

896
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 10: Yeah, Usually, you know, as like a specialist, you kind

897
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,319
Speaker 10: of want to fly under the radar. And unfortunately I

898
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,200
Speaker 10: got caught on a little bit of a hot mic there,

899
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 10: but more fortunately yeah, or fortunately, but I mean yeah,

900
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,440
Speaker 10: I mean, I'm just I'm I'm a very fiery punter

901
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 10: and you know, I attack it with a lot of energy,

902
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:36,479
Speaker 10: and you know, that's just that's kind of like how.

903
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 7: I've always been.

904
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 10: So definitely could maybe could tone it down a little bit,

905
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 10: but gotta watch out for the hot mics.

906
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 9: And it's gonna be like putting in Energy Stadium for

907
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,920
Speaker 9: the first time as a Houston textan. I know it's

908
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 9: a preseason game, but still a little bit different juices

909
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 9: get flowing right.

910
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, I mean I'm definitely fired up.

911
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 10: I've only played here one time, and I think it

912
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 10: was back in twenty twenty one. But something else that's

913
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 10: really cool is my first NFL game ever was against

914
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 10: the Texans in Kansas City, So so I think I

915
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:01,879
Speaker 10: think that's pretty cool. How it's kind of like come

916
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:04,279
Speaker 10: full circle and I'm here now. But yeah, getting to

917
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 10: practice out here in the stadium a little bit has

918
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,439
Speaker 10: been super cool. Getting used to it and just seeing

919
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,399
Speaker 10: the stadium I can't wait till it's packed with fans

920
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 10: and getting after it on game.

921
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 9: Today, Tommy Rockets, Tommy Townsend, the punter, We appreciate the time,

922
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:15,399
Speaker 9: best of luck.

923
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:16,040
Speaker 1: We're glad you're here.

924
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 7: Thank you, appreciate it. Le's get after it.

925
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 1: There's my man, Tommy Rockets. Hopefully he'll hit a few rockets.

926
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: I don't know if one will go out of the roof,

927
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: but there's a possibility of it going out of the

928
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 1: roof with the two panels that are out as of now,

929
00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: but hopefully that'll be changing very very soon. But the

930
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,800
Speaker 1: texts put out a time lapse video of kind of

931
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: the sun, so fans kind of know where they are.

932
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 1: Just put it this way. If you're on the south

933
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,479
Speaker 1: side of the stadium, there's a chance there's a chance

934
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:43,399
Speaker 1: that you might have some sun on you. And look,

935
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 1: I hear all the time from people that want that

936
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,399
Speaker 1: roof open, and I say to people all the time,

937
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: I don't, I don't know, I don't. What can I

938
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,440
Speaker 1: do about that decision. I don't get caught up in that.

939
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,360
Speaker 1: If it's open, it's open. If it's not, it's not.

940
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,360
Speaker 1: There's nothing I could do about it. So I just

941
00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:00,080
Speaker 1: roll with it, and whatever it is, it is. And

942
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: I always bring sunscreen no matter what, so be a

943
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 1: little different because they'll be in the booth this time,

944
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: so I don't think I need sunscreen, but hey, you

945
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:09,800
Speaker 1: never know. With the way things are going to be.

946
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: These next two preseason games, and again, remember they're at noon.

947
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: I can't remember a preseason game happening in any other

948
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 1: time at home other than seven, but I could be

949
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 1: wrong with that. There might have been one or along

950
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 1: the way that was in the afternoon, but I don't

951
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:25,160
Speaker 1: think any of one of them has been at noon.

952
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,400
Speaker 1: But this one is. And next week's is against the

953
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: La Rams, So getting ready for that, all right? We

954
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:34,800
Speaker 1: get back. We will close it down with one of

955
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:36,880
Speaker 1: my dudes on this team that I absolutely love and

956
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,560
Speaker 1: I think in his second year he has made a

957
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,120
Speaker 1: ton of progress. He's gonna be really interesting to watch

958
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: on Saturday. And that's Linebackery Henry too toa that's next

959
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 1: right here on Texans All Access. We got one more

960
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 1: segment left here on a Friday edition of Texans All Access.

961
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,680
Speaker 1: Appreciate you being with me. John Harris foot Planto sideline

962
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 1: reporter for your Houston Texans will be up in the

963
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 1: booth as I said earlier, with Indy klu and Kevin

964
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,040
Speaker 1: Coogler with Shelby on the sideline for TV. If you're

965
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 1: not able to make it to the game, you can

966
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:07,919
Speaker 1: watch a KTRK ABC thirteen looking forward to my second

967
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 1: game up in the booth. Had a blast last time

968
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,240
Speaker 1: with those two. For like, we have pretty good chemistry,

969
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: so you definitely want to check that out if you're

970
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:15,600
Speaker 1: not able to get to the game. If you are

971
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,760
Speaker 1: able to get to the game, can you seats early

972
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,879
Speaker 1: tailgate after the game that you should do tailgate after

973
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 1: the game. All right, let's get to a guy that

974
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 1: I think is gonna play a big role for this

975
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:29,400
Speaker 1: team this year. Made some strides as a rookie, but

976
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 1: you're one to year two jumps. We talk about all

977
00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:33,920
Speaker 1: the time. Can a guy make that year one to

978
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,479
Speaker 1: year two leap, that big leap and turn yourself into

979
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:43,520
Speaker 1: a contributing player, starter, impact player. Henry Totoa is attempting

980
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:45,959
Speaker 1: to do that, and what I've seen thus far in camp,

981
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:51,360
Speaker 1: he is making that stride. He is making that attempt

982
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:54,800
Speaker 1: in that leap as we speak. We'll see on Saturday

983
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:59,160
Speaker 1: how it goes. Facing his old teammate Devin singletaryt imagine

984
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 1: for a little bit, Eric Gray, a guy that Henry

985
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,800
Speaker 1: faced in college a little bit. So it's gonna be

986
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:06,799
Speaker 1: fun on Saturday for Henry toe a toe. We were

987
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:10,200
Speaker 1: able to catch up earlier this week and discuss all

988
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 1: of that, and we settled debate. California high school football,

989
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 1: Texas high school football. Let's go all right to John

990
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:22,480
Speaker 1: and Henry Show. Henry h Houston turned it up today.

991
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,280
Speaker 1: Oh yes, this is what we're used to in Houston.

992
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: But good work. Get back the pads on how you

993
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: feel so great? Teams doing well.

994
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 5: I think we needed this kind of day, hot day,

995
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:33,719
Speaker 5: come out, compete, you know, These are the dog days

996
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,799
Speaker 5: that it's gonna make us, you know, who we want

997
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:37,840
Speaker 5: to be throughout the the end of the year to

998
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 5: play in February where we want to be, so, you.

999
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 4: Know, we need these kinds of days.

1000
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 1: How was it getting a chance to hit a different

1001
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:43,880
Speaker 1: college jersey? How that feel the other night?

1002
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 7: Oh?

1003
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 5: Man, it was fun. I don't think I got on

1004
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:48,839
Speaker 5: a tackle sheet, but anything in black I was trying

1005
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 5: to hit, so I was go in the play. I

1006
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:51,800
Speaker 5: was trying to hit somebody. You know, That's what you

1007
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 5: do it for. Yeah, you know, you you you work

1008
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 5: so hard throughout the offseason and throughout training camp, like

1009
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 5: when you line up against somebody else, it is what

1010
00:44:58,760 --> 00:44:59,800
Speaker 5: you live for preseason or not.

1011
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:01,839
Speaker 1: What was that week in Ohio like for you guys?

1012
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:03,919
Speaker 1: You got the Hall of Fame ceremony. Obviously you played

1013
00:45:03,920 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame game first, then you got the

1014
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: ceremony for Andre. Then you guys are together for that

1015
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: week of practice. What was that week like and how

1016
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:11,440
Speaker 1: do you feel like it was advantage for you guys? Man?

1017
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:13,040
Speaker 5: I think it was huge because we were able to

1018
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,200
Speaker 5: just bond as a team for nine days do things together.

1019
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 1: You know, we're off the first two days we were there.

1020
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 5: So we're able to just bond, find time with your

1021
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:24,200
Speaker 5: position group, with the defense offensively, you know, just.

1022
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,839
Speaker 1: Spending time with the guys. And I think the coach Demico.

1023
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:27,799
Speaker 5: Does a great job of telling us like the best

1024
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 5: teams of the tight team. So you know, it was

1025
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:31,960
Speaker 5: great for us to be able to bond and get

1026
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:33,959
Speaker 5: together and just build as a team.

1027
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:38,319
Speaker 1: In your second year. How much more comfortable do you feel?

1028
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,680
Speaker 1: I mean, I know you played, you know, somewhat like

1029
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 1: this at Alabama and Tennessee, but how does it feel

1030
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,720
Speaker 1: kind of second you're hearing the same things hearing from Demico,

1031
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:47,839
Speaker 1: same guys next year? How's that kind of feel?

1032
00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:49,800
Speaker 5: It feels great, man. You know, you get more comfortable

1033
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:51,879
Speaker 5: around the guys. You you start to learn the system more.

1034
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 5: They say, you make your biggest do for year one

1035
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 5: year two.

1036
00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:56,200
Speaker 1: So it's great.

1037
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 5: You know that Jitta bugs are being a rookies out

1038
00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 5: of me now, So you know, I'm excited. You know,

1039
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 5: we gotta hope it's a great vets around our defense

1040
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:04,879
Speaker 5: that you're able to learn from and grow. So that's

1041
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 5: what I'm most excited about.

1042
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:07,919
Speaker 1: Okay, I gotta ask you this because I'm a huge

1043
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,319
Speaker 1: college football fan, have been for a long time. Were

1044
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 1: you shocked when coach Saban retired?

1045
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:13,799
Speaker 5: Oh my gosh, I'm sad. It was like the sad

1046
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:16,800
Speaker 5: is down Earth. I was so sad, you know. But

1047
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 5: he deserves a break. You know, his resume speaks for himself.

1048
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,719
Speaker 5: He's the greatest coach of college football all time. You know,

1049
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:24,719
Speaker 5: he deserves his break. How's he gonna be on TV?

1050
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:27,680
Speaker 1: Who's that coach? Be great? All right?

1051
00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 5: He might tell those secrets here in there?

1052
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:33,600
Speaker 1: All right? How's your linebacker room this year? Is he's

1053
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 1: added to the group, Jacob Phillips, del Sean, You got

1054
00:46:36,680 --> 00:46:38,360
Speaker 1: a new couple of new guys in there. You know,

1055
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:40,279
Speaker 1: Billy's in there with you guys? Now this year? Is

1056
00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:42,800
Speaker 1: your linebackers coach? How's the linebacker room this year? Different?

1057
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:43,200
Speaker 4: Man?

1058
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,920
Speaker 5: I think we have a lot of experience in the system.

1059
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,880
Speaker 5: Having disease come. He knows a lot about the system.

1060
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,919
Speaker 5: He knows exactly how Demico wants it. So being able

1061
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 5: to pick his brain, you know, he's been a huge

1062
00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 5: part of our our group this year. So, you know,

1063
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:58,759
Speaker 5: big tops to him the vet. But we've been great, man,

1064
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:00,680
Speaker 5: We're all hungry guys, ready to compet, ready to get.

1065
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 1: On the field and play some ball. But you know

1066
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,960
Speaker 1: that ruins full of dogs. Okay, you got twenty seconds

1067
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:08,040
Speaker 1: or less. You tell me why California high school football

1068
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:09,640
Speaker 1: is better than Texas high school football.

1069
00:47:09,719 --> 00:47:11,320
Speaker 4: Go California.

1070
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,279
Speaker 1: That's all you need to know. This is in California.

1071
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:15,319
Speaker 1: You know you got the seven teams.

1072
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:17,439
Speaker 5: You got Dallas out, You got Dallas out in the North,

1073
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:21,160
Speaker 5: moder Day, San Jean Bosco, Seravat, you got he Come

1074
00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 5: on now, Okay.

1075
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 1: All right, I'll give I'll give you that because those

1076
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,279
Speaker 1: teams can beat anybody anyway. Henry, appreciate you time man,

1077
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:29,279
Speaker 1: Thank you baby. That dude is the best. And you

1078
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:35,080
Speaker 1: guys are the best for listening, dissipating, reading, whatever you

1079
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:37,600
Speaker 1: do to support the Texas man, we really appreciate it.

1080
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:39,640
Speaker 1: Hopefully you've read all my Harris hits. If you haven't

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Speaker 1: read the one from Wednesday, it is long and lengthy,

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Speaker 1: but definitely go check it out. A big thanks to Henry,

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Speaker 1: to Drew Doherty, to Tommy Rockets aka Tommy Townsend, Jake Moreland,

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Speaker 1: Titans coach, Ben McDaniel's wide receivers coach Mark Vandermir all

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Speaker 1: of you for listing everybody back at six ' ten.

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Speaker 1: We'll see tomorrow. Baby. It's football time again in Houston.

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Speaker 1: About that, it's gonna be a blast and as always,

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Speaker 1: go Texans.