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Go 1-on-1 with several of the Texans top draft picks from 2025, and also hear from GM Nick Caserio and Head Coach DeMeco Ryans about the nine newest members of the squad.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's happened?

Speaker 2 (00:00):
Everybody, Welcome to a money edition of Texans All Access.
A little over forty under forty eight hours, not about
forty eight hours since the Texans made their last selection
in the NFL Draft for twenty twenty five. The draft
is in the books. There are undrafted free agents that
apparently are signed with the Texans. It's not made official,

(00:23):
And that's one of the things that I don't love
talking about right now because I've seen so many years
where there are two or three guys that, oh, this
is being reported as they've signed, and then you look
up and then the official release comes out and you're like, oh,
they're not signed, and it could be for a physical,
it could be because they changed their mind, all that
kind of stuff. So I won't go into the undrafted

(00:44):
free agents. The ones that I have seen, I think
are I mean, are pretty solid from what I've seen.
One in particular that I've seen on an offensive lineman.
I hope that one is true. So we'll talk about
that when that becomes official with the Houston Texas. But
there were nine draft picks over the weekend and we

(01:06):
had a chance to talk about them all. I was
there the entire time. I'm your host, John Harris Foot
playing out sideline reporter. Glad you're with me, so we'll
give you thoughts on all that. But my man Drew
Doherty was able to sit down with all the picks,
I think up until the last couple, which I believe
that would have been Luke Lasche and also Graham Mertz.

(01:28):
I think no, I think he did Graham Mertz. But
either way we weren't able to get the last couple
of them. But either way maybe as Kathy Hamilton couldn't get.
But either way, Drew was able to catch up one
on one outside of the press conference with each of
the draft picks. And I thought, you know what if
you didn't get a chance to hear it over the
weekend because some of you, I would imagine had plans

(01:48):
Friday night and then Saturday you're off doing errands or
you got kid ball games or whatever the case. So
you know what, let's go back and revisit our one
on ones with Drew with each of the draft picks.
And he kicked off with the Texas first one, which
came in at pick number thirty four, Jayden Higgins from
out of Iowa state.

Speaker 3 (02:06):
He just got the news. Tell us the reaction, how'd
you find out? What were the emotions? All those cliche questions,
but are the important ones? What was it like getting chill?

Speaker 4 (02:16):
Really?

Speaker 5 (02:17):
Man, at the end of the day, I just feel blessed,
you know, of course, like I got that call, and
you know, my family and me, we were just super excited.
You know, it was a long day coming. But you know,
at the end of the day, I'm just happy to
be at you know, ready to play for a great organization.

Speaker 3 (02:32):
Yeah, you know, you had an outstanding college career up
there in Games Iowa. You come now to a Texans
team with a quarterback in CJ. Stroud who can do
some things. We'll talk a little bit abou him in
just a moment, But for those that don't know you,
you're very familiar to a Houston Texan that's already on
this team. But what type of player are you and
who are you as a football player?

Speaker 5 (02:52):
I think at the end of the day, I'm just
a player that's gonna come in and make plays no
matter where I'm not in the field, someone that's going
to be reliable and explosive. At the end of the day,
I'm gonna be that guy that that comes in and
just makes a team better right away.

Speaker 3 (03:03):
Yeah, you can play on the inside, you can play
on the slot. You can do a lot of different things.
You're fast, you're big, all that stuff. You're reminiscent when
folks are comparing you to prospects Jeniko Collins. He's done
some nice things here. What do you know about his
game and how much you help compliment him, compliment the
rest of the pass catchers on.

Speaker 5 (03:19):
The cute Yeah, I mean Nico of course is a
great a great player.

Speaker 4 (03:23):
I mean you see what he did last year.

Speaker 5 (03:25):
Just a dynamic player and it's gonna be great going
going able to be on the other side and you know,
ease some things off of him and just make plays
at the end of the day, just help that receiver
corps come in and just win games.

Speaker 3 (03:36):
Do you have a favorite route to run? I like
I like.

Speaker 4 (03:39):
Running all routes, no matter what it is.

Speaker 5 (03:41):
I just want to get open and be reliable for
the quarterback.

Speaker 3 (03:44):
What's been your favorite moment as an Iowa State cyclone man.

Speaker 4 (03:50):
I would say winning the Pop Tar Bowl. I would
definitely say winning the Pop Tar Ball.

Speaker 5 (03:54):
You know, just winning eleven games at Iowa State was
big for us, something that has never been done before.
So just seeing all the hard work we put in
and you know, just seeing it to seeing it to
come to in life has been amazing.

Speaker 3 (04:06):
So in the run up to the draft and the
run up to getting taken tonight, what'd you find out
about the Houston Texans? How much interaction did you have
with him? What do you know about this place?

Speaker 4 (04:15):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (04:15):
I had a really good meeting at the combined with him.
You know, I feel like they did a lot of
homework on me and things like that. But you know,
at the end of the day, you never really know
where you're gonna go. I'm just happy to be on
the team and I'm ready to get to work.

Speaker 3 (04:28):
Yeah, ready to get to work. And you're joining an
offense that is coordinated now by Nick Cayley. It's his
first year. What do you what do you tell you
when you spoke to him, and what do you know
about the offense that he's wanting to employ and how
he might use it?

Speaker 4 (04:39):
Yeah, he just said, you know, I'm a dynamic player.

Speaker 5 (04:41):
But at the end of the day, we're just ready
to get to work, ready to come in there, and
you know, of course, jail together and it made plays.
You know, whatever my number is called, that's what I'm
gonna do. But yeah, that's just what he said. You know,
really happy that I'm gonna be able to be in Houston,
and I am as well.

Speaker 3 (04:56):
You want to get open, you want to catch balls
from c. J. Stroud. He's a pretty darn good quarterback.
I guess you're pretty darn excited to play with a
guy like that, aren't you.

Speaker 5 (05:03):
Of course, dynamic quarterback, a playmaker, you know, someone who's
gonna elevate my game, but I feel I can come
in and elevate his game as well.

Speaker 3 (05:11):
You know, swarm is a word that's used around here
a lot. It stands for special work ethic and relentless mindset.
How does that fit you? How do you kind of
show that to teams in what you are and who
you are.

Speaker 4 (05:23):
At the end of the day, I'm just a hard worker.

Speaker 5 (05:24):
I'm someone that's gonna come in the building and just
continue to try to get better no matter what it is,
you know, on the field, off the field, and someone
that's gonna just continually put that work in. Like you said,
you know, just have that work ethic like a dog.
You know, you just come in every day.

Speaker 4 (05:37):
And just grind.

Speaker 3 (05:39):
All right, we brought up Nico Collins. There's another Persons
wide receiver. He's not playing anymore, but he's also from Miami.
Like you, Andre Johnson went in the Pro Football Hall
of Fame. What do you know about Dre What do
you know about his past here in Houston?

Speaker 4 (05:54):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (05:54):
Andre Jonathan man, you know, definitely a playmaker. Actually put
him in one of my top I have receivers ever.
I love my Miami guys. Definitely a big time receiver,
bi a gusti receiver, playmaker, vertical threat. I actually got
a picture with him when I was at the fair
when I was a little kid, the Miami Dade Youth
County Fair.

Speaker 4 (06:14):
So yeah, that's my guy for sure.

Speaker 3 (06:15):
All right, Well you better get that picture ready because
we got to see that and got to show that
when it when it's time is right. But last thing,
how are you gonna celebrate you're you're now a Houston Texan.
What are you gonna do to kind of remember this
moment and have fun with it?

Speaker 5 (06:29):
Yeah, I'm just gonna, you know, be here with my
family and continue to soak in the moment.

Speaker 4 (06:34):
But you know, at the end of the day, you
know when it.

Speaker 5 (06:36):
Comes tomorrow, when it comes next week's time to get
to work. But definitely soak in the moment today and
just take it all in.

Speaker 3 (06:43):
Jayden Higgins, Houston Texans wide receiver. It's got a nice
sound to it. We're happy you're here. We welcome you
to the team, and welcome home man.

Speaker 4 (06:51):
Yes, sir, thank you all right.

Speaker 2 (06:53):
I love that from Jaden Higgins, who I think I
had a fifty one, fifty two, my Harris one hundred.
He goes to number thirty four to the Houston Texans.
That was some beautiful stuff there with Jayden Higgins. I
got a note from a prominent national media member today
and he'd asked me, he said, well, what do you think?
What do you think of this, you know, this strapp

(07:14):
of the fit, especially of the two wide receivers in particular,
And I told him I loved him.

Speaker 1 (07:19):
I said, I don't ultimately know, you know.

Speaker 2 (07:21):
How long Christian Kirk with the contract all that, I
don't get into all that, don't know, but you have
a guy in jaydah Nole who will get to in
a little bit, very very happy about him. Then we
got to Higgins, and he said the only knock he
heard on Higgins, and he said the guy he talked
to knew him inside out. He said, he's a little
too nice of a guy, needs a little more bleephole

(07:41):
in him. As it was put, that's literally the only negative,
and that's from a coach that loves him. So, you
know what, I'll take that because when I see on
the field as a guy that turns turns it up,
turns up the heat when he's on the field, I
thought he had a really good Senior Bowl. And speaking
of Senior Bowl, every year I go down to the Senior Bowl,
I right my hairs hits like I do in training camp.
I do it for Houston Texans dot com. And there

(08:03):
are even a lot of notes in my notebook that
I know for a fact that didn't end up in
the Harris hits just because I'm kind of crunched on
top trying to get something out there, all that kind
of stuff. So I know I have notes on notes
in my notebook that is in my bag just right
next to me, and I know I took notes on
Higgins for shirt. I definitely took notes on this next
guy because the next guy that we drafted that Drew

(08:27):
talked to was Ariante Erserie. I have this note from
back in January. This was back in January at the
Senior Bowl when I have no idea who's coming to
the Texans, just giving my thoughts. So here's one note

(08:48):
and it starts here. Marshall defensive end Mike Green is
the real deal. Body like a Greek god. He could
walk into the Texans locker room right now. He's got
pop off the snap. He's got to stand on edges
to make the tackles instead of rushing down in the middle.

Speaker 1 (09:01):
But he's legit. That led to this.

Speaker 2 (09:06):
The reason he can't go right down the center of
an offensive lineman is Minnesota's Ariantae Erseri. Green went straight
bull rush into Ersery and just got absorbed. The potential
first round rusher went nowhere as Ersery locked him right up.
Ersrie can handle that movement for sure. Upfield speed and
bend not as much, but I like his powerful hands

(09:28):
and ability to anchor. That was Day one, and I
also had a note on him on day two. As
I continue to watch Ersery No. Number ten Minnesota off
its tackle. Ariantay Ersrie is one of the better run
blockers in this draft class. I do think that speedy
rushers will will eventually break him down on the outside,
but many, many runs of team periods followed behind him

(09:51):
for chunk gains. On the first play of the first
team period, he washed down Nebraska defensive tackle Ty Robinson,
opening a huge opening, opening a huge hole for a
big game for his running back. So those are some
quick notes that I had on Minnesota's Ariante Ersrie.

Speaker 1 (10:09):
So that just gives you a heads up when I
go to the Senior Bowl.

Speaker 2 (10:12):
Make sure you're reading those notes because there's gonna be
some that have to do with future Texans. Speaking of
future Texans, Ersery caught up with my man Drew Doherty.
Let's hear that one on one right here. This is
right after the big man from Kansas City. You went
to the u University of Minnesota. These two caught up.
It's great stuff.

Speaker 3 (10:30):
Take a listen, well, this is a real treat. We've
got second rounder Ariante Ersery. You go by Tay and
tell me the Texans move up. They trade a couple
of picks away to move up to get you. What's
that mean to you? And what are you going through? Right?

Speaker 6 (10:46):
Now, Man, I fire enough to be a Houston Texan man,
and I just I just want to give all credit
to the Texans for taking their chance on me and
invested in me as a player, as a man. And
like I said, they gonna get everything I got.

Speaker 3 (10:59):
Well, they do take it chance on you, but it's
well warranted. I mean, you start the final thirty eight
games of your career at left tackle in the Big
Ten at Minnesota, you're a team captain, you go through
so much. What are you like as a football player?
Who are you and what are you going to bring
to this team?

Speaker 7 (11:15):
Man?

Speaker 6 (11:15):
I'm bringing that energy, I'm bringing at that every play, mentality,
just knocking guys off the ball. Just a true offensive lineman. Man,
that personality. Man, just to go out there and be
a dominant force. That's what I'm bringing.

Speaker 8 (11:26):
Man.

Speaker 3 (11:27):
You say, a dominant force and the best offensive lineman
throughout the course of history in between the lines have
been nasty, they've been mean. How does that apply to you?
How true is that of you?

Speaker 1 (11:37):
Man?

Speaker 6 (11:38):
If you look at the tape, that's well presented. The
good thing about it, I can't hide it, you know.
It's just my personality. So when I'm out there on
the field. I just try to showcase my personality.

Speaker 3 (11:49):
So, Tay Ursery, you're joining a team that's quarterbacked by c. J. Stroud.
You know quite a bit about him. I'm guessing just
by what you saw in college, what you've seen the
last few years in the pro. What are your first
and russions of him? And what do you think about
the guy you're going to be helping protect?

Speaker 9 (12:04):
Man?

Speaker 1 (12:04):
C J.

Speaker 6 (12:05):
Strada is a baller, man. I'm so honored to be,
you know, be a guy to help out and come
in and uh protect them man. And I just want
to give him all man like. I'm just super stoked,
super excited, and I know I'm going to a great organization.

Speaker 3 (12:20):
Yeah, Tay Ursery of Minnesota, you came here and visited
with the Texans in the pre draft process. What do
you know about this place? What do you think about it?
What are your first impressions from when you saw it
and from whom you talked with here.

Speaker 6 (12:33):
As soon as I walked in the building, you can
just tell the vibe is as different as guy's got
a ton of energy, that they're all about ball and
they're they're young, you know, and and I'm all about that.
Man just going in there and it's just nothing but
straight ball. So when I when I came in there,
I fell in love with it. Everybody was nice and
everybody was, you know, speaking highly on me. So you know,

(12:54):
I'm just excited man to be here. Honestly.

Speaker 3 (12:58):
Yeah. You know you're offensive line coach Cole Popovich is
his first year here. The first year offensive coordinator is
Nick Kayley. What did you see from them and what
are your impressions and what do you know about those
two guys that.

Speaker 6 (13:12):
Two guys that love ball, two guys that got amazing personality,
and two guys man that I look forward to getting
around a little bit more and getting to know on
a way more personal level. Like I said, Man, them
two right there, we had great conversation. I'm just glad
they gave me opportunity. I'm blessed.

Speaker 3 (13:28):
Yeah. Demiko Ryans is the head coach. He played on
the defensive side of the ball, but he's a guy
who's known for having high energy. He's talked at length
about swarm, the mentality, the special work ethic and relentless mindset.
You're one of those guys that seems to typify that
swarm mentality, aren't.

Speaker 6 (13:44):
You, Yes, sir, definitely a guy came from a big
cultural school.

Speaker 3 (13:49):
You know.

Speaker 6 (13:49):
Family, forget about me. I love you playing for the
guy that's next to you, being offensive mom and having
at that nasty mondseet, just going there being physical every play.
Like I said, man, playing a plan is one that's
the most important thing.

Speaker 3 (14:02):
Hey, when you got the call that you were headed
to the NFL and you were headed to the Texans,
what was the celebration, Like?

Speaker 6 (14:11):
Hey, Man, family was definitely excited. I was excited. I'm
just glad that you know, the wait is over and
it's time to get to business. It's time to get
the ball. And like I said, I'm blessed the heugh
was the Houston organization chose me.

Speaker 3 (14:23):
Yeah. But before you do that, you're gonna celebrate a
little bit. What are you gonna do? How are you
gonna kind of live this moment up? Man?

Speaker 6 (14:28):
I'm here with my family, my friends, guys who saw
me when I first started football to now where I
am right now and always been there and always have
my back. So I'm gonna go down there and I'm
gonna celebrate with them.

Speaker 3 (14:39):
Tay Ersrie, you are a Houston, Texan. We're excited that
is the case. We can't wait to see here in
town very very soon. Best of luck and again congratulations, Yes, sir.

Speaker 4 (14:49):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (14:50):
One of the things that I had noted when you
looked at the draft itself, where the Texans sat with
twenty five originally twenty five to fifty eight eighty nine,
I felt like where the Texans could look for a
player beat a wide receiver went off to lineman was
right there in the mid forties. And I said Thursday
night and even early third early Friday, that I felt

(15:13):
like Nick was going to use pick thirty four once
they made a trade, but then he would trade up
to go get off his lineman. And that's what he
was able to do in going to getting both Higgins
and Erstry. Now the next pick. As we waited a
little bit and we're like, okay. I remember being in
studium sitting next to Robert Hensley, and I see him

(15:35):
point at the screen and so I lean over to see,
and I thought I was seeing things.

Speaker 1 (15:41):
I was like robes that say, Texans.

Speaker 2 (15:44):
Eye sight's going a little bit, and he goes, yeah, yeah, yeah,
And I was like, we're drafted Jalen Knowle.

Speaker 1 (15:50):
Really we got both cyclones. Holy cow, this is cool.

Speaker 2 (15:54):
And then I remembered, oh man, I'm pretty sure that
I comped Jalen Knowle to Christian and I went and
checked my draft notes, my database football taker dot com,
and I'll be damn that's exactly what I did. I
comped Jalen Knowle to Christian Kirk well before Jalen Nole
was a glint in all of our eyes. But at

(16:16):
the Senior Bowl I made some notes on Knowl and
I talked about the slot receiver options that were there,
and I noted that Jalen Nole Virginia, text Jayleen Lane
and Xavierstreppo from out of Miami, they have suddenness out
of breaks and the explosiveness away from defenders out of
their cuts. And then I kind of went out to
talk about restrepo a little bit on day two. That's

(16:39):
when I put in some big notes about Nol. Steady, productive,
and tough is the way I described I was state
wide receiver Jalen Nole prior to seeing him in person
and mobile. After watching him up close in mobile, I'd
had twitchy, sudden and complete. He's only five to ten's
two hundred pounds. And you want to talk about knowing
the fine points of rot run and competing, Noel has

(17:01):
those traits too. Watching him run a deep out route
was like watching our Texans NFL guys run that route. Smooth,
no wasted motion, timing perfect. And here's the final note,
great hands technique on the catch. And that was something
I noticed just in watching individual. This wasn't even one

(17:22):
on once or team. Let's just watch an individual. The
way he ran those routes. Man's really impressive. And so
that was my day two at the Senior Bowl. Note
on Jalen Noel, I got really excited when the Texans
were on the clock to draft him, to get both
cyclones Man and the video of Jalen Nol celebrating with
family is all kinds of awesome. Even more awesomer was

(17:46):
on Jalen sat down with Drew Doherty right here.

Speaker 3 (17:49):
Well, the Houston Texans have themselves a wide receiver in
Jalen Knowle. Jalen, you come to us from Iowa State.
Welcome to the Texans. This is a happy night for you.
What is happening?

Speaker 8 (18:00):
And then there, oh, my goodness, a lot of emotions
just a lot of hard work that I know I
put in to get to this point and to be
around my family. They're all excited and just honor and
a blessing to be in this position and to be
picked by the Houston Texans.

Speaker 3 (18:15):
Were you a little bit surprised that the Texans took you,
knowing they took one of your teammates just around ahead
of you.

Speaker 8 (18:20):
I was surprised, But they've seen that one two punch
all year, and yeah, they're going to be very happy
with those selections for sure.

Speaker 3 (18:28):
Yeah, hell of a one two punch like you mentioned.
And now there's three Iowa State Cyclones in the receiver
room with Xavier Hutchinson. What's that say about you guys
and where you're from and what you guys were able
to do there in college.

Speaker 8 (18:39):
Yeah, it really says a lot about the program at
Iowa State and how coach Campbell has that organization going.
It's always on an uphill trend and he does a
great job at developing not only football players but men,
and he knows how to instill hard work in his
guys and let guys know that they got to come
in and work every day, and that's what gets us

(18:59):
to this point and gets us or gives us the
ability to be able to be in these in these moments.

Speaker 3 (19:05):
All right, let's talk about you, though, all three of
you guys are different, but let's talk about you as
a wide receiver. You've got some pretty cool skill sets
that you call your own. Who are you as a
football player? Explain yourself?

Speaker 8 (19:17):
Yeah, very explosive, big playmaker, a high IQ player. Know
where I'm at on the field at all times, know
what coverages I'm getting. Very good in the special teams
area as a as a returner, punk returner, kick returner.
Just a willing player. I love the game and I

(19:37):
give my all every time I step off on the field.

Speaker 3 (19:39):
Yeah, you bring up that special teams aspect. You were
good for at least fifteen yards of punt return last season.
You were the co Big twelve Special Teamer of the year.
How important is that part of the game to you?

Speaker 8 (19:50):
It's very important. I understand the importance of special teams
and what special teams brings to a game, especially in
the punk return game. A teen yard game is your
first first down and it gets the offense rolling and
then as well as being able to have a big
momentum shift on kickoff return, So just being able to
be a guy they can utilize in special teams and

(20:10):
not even return ability being a gunner on player or
running down on kickoff. Having those abilities and the willingness
to be a special teams player get you a long
way in the in the league and it's something I'm
excited to do for sure.

Speaker 3 (20:25):
What was the pre draft process like for you as
far as the Houston Texans, your familiarity with them, your visits,
all that stuff. What did you what did you what
did you think about them?

Speaker 8 (20:34):
Yeah? At the combine, I had a formal meeting with them,
being able to uh meet coach coach Demico Ryans and
those guys and just just being around them at the combine,
I felt the energy come from them. And obviously they
had my teammate Xavier Hutchinson's there and now Jayden Higgins

(20:54):
and they they they look for their guys and they
know what they like and just the out the whole
process being able to communicate with them and getting on
meeting with the receiver coach. It was super cool during
that process and to see this happen tonight is just
something surreal.

Speaker 3 (21:12):
It's got to be super cool. Knowing also that you're
gonna play with a quarterback and CJ. Stroud who has
done some really remarkable things in just two NFL seasons,
isn't it Yes?

Speaker 8 (21:22):
Yes, yes, no. Being able to play with a quarterback
like that, him being young, being able to go in
the league and grow together with the quarterback, and just
knowing the talent he has and the dedication to the
game and the love of the game is similar to me.
So me being able to work with him and getting
on the same pages with him will be very exciting
and a blessing for sure.

Speaker 3 (21:43):
Tell us a little bit what it's like on a
night like this in the lead up to it, and
not knowing where you're gonna go. Were there butterflies? Were
you calm? Was it a mixture? What was it like
for you?

Speaker 8 (21:54):
Yeah, a little bit of a mixture. Obviously, as you
get later into the night, you get more nerves working up.
But I have a great support system around me and
my mom, fiance's sister, granny, all those all those people,
so being there being around them made me feel really comfortable. Obviously,
there were some nerves, but everything happens for a reason,

(22:14):
and it's a blessing to be in this situation.

Speaker 3 (22:16):
That's awesome. You got a lot of special ladies around
you helping you celebrate. How's how's the night gonna go?
What are you guys gonna be doing now?

Speaker 8 (22:23):
Just gonna be hanging around the family, talking to a
lot of family, probably taking a lot of phone calls
from some family that aren't here, and just enjoying it,
taking it all in. This is a moment that I'll
cherish for a long time.

Speaker 3 (22:37):
And yes, so what is one thing that Houston Texans
fans need to know about you that's kind of off
the beaten path that they might not know otherwise if
they will try to research on you.

Speaker 8 (22:48):
I'm I'm an outdoors guy, like a little bit of golf,
a little bit of fish fishing. Me and Jay and
actually go fishing together, so we'll be able to continue
to do that. And then I like to cook. Obviously,
I'm recently engaged, so I like to cook with my
fiance and spend time with her when when I'm not
focusing on football. So yeah, yeah, I'm a pretty chill

(23:10):
guy outside of the sport.

Speaker 3 (23:12):
But yeah, what do you what's your best dish that
you cook? Uh?

Speaker 8 (23:16):
Ribby steak cast iron medium like a medium. Got to
get it to about one hundred and thirty four internal
it let it sit for about ten minutes, and it's perfect.
Ribui Steak all day.

Speaker 3 (23:27):
Chef's kiss on the Ribbi steak prep. Chef's kiss on
the Texans taking you in the third round. Congratulations. We're
happy that you're home and we can't wait to see
here in Houston very very soon.

Speaker 4 (23:39):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (23:40):
As you probably could tell, I was pretty excited about
the Jalen no pick.

Speaker 1 (23:45):
Take a listen to my reaction draft night.

Speaker 2 (23:47):
I want to know quickly here what they're gonna do,
because they might trade, they might pick somebody.

Speaker 1 (23:52):
What is happening.

Speaker 3 (23:53):
Awesome. You're not gonna believe.

Speaker 2 (23:54):
You're not gonna believe. This is so we Actually I
brought this up a little while ago. I didn't think
this was gonna happen. Robert go ahead. So I don't
even know who the Cardinals pick, but they've turned in
the car and the Texans are going to take Jaden
Higgins teammate from Iowa State, Jalen Knowle.

Speaker 1 (24:10):
Oh my good receivers from the same school. He is
a BA.

Speaker 2 (24:14):
This is so freaking awesome. This dude is start stop hesitation.
He was I thought I thought Jalen Noel was the
best receiver at the Senior Bowl.

Speaker 1 (24:25):
Now not big guy did a lot of this stuff
out of the slot. But you talk about.

Speaker 2 (24:29):
Stop on a dime turn shake guys, eat incredible concentration,
great hands to get both Iowa state wide receivers. Damn
am I did you read that right?

Speaker 1 (24:46):
Read that again, Jalen Noel? Is that right? That is correct?
Holy crap.

Speaker 2 (24:51):
Had an even better reaction a little bit later in
the weekend on Saturday.

Speaker 1 (24:56):
I love Jalen Noell, man, I'd such a great pick.

Speaker 2 (25:00):
I'm so happy about that pick, and just both receivers,
Higgins and no I mean, it's just fantastic. But we
get back on Saturday. It didn't look like we were
gonna pick for a while. After we picked no we
ended up drafting Jalen Smith. Really excited about that pick
as well. Hiss a good friend to Kaylen Bullock really

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fun and make make a lot of things happen on
special teams.

Speaker 1 (25:25):
Covering in the slot.

Speaker 2 (25:26):
Had a really good senior both the first day that
he was there, Texans drafted Woody Marx.

Speaker 1 (25:33):
You're gonna stick around for my reaction to that.

Speaker 2 (25:35):
Plus we'll do a little juke box with Nick Sario
and Dimiko. Ryan's a few things they had to say
about this draft class. Next the Texans All Access looking
back to money initiation of Texans All Access. I mean
your coach John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter for your
Houston Texans, loved the drafts and a lot of time
with my draft check out my draft and college website
football taker when I can appreciate that, and they use

(25:57):
a lot of that knowledge for this weekend talking about
out the draft picks and everything that the Texans were
able to do and procure over the weekend, and we
got to Saturday, we've been listening to what our draft
picks had to say.

Speaker 1 (26:11):
With Drew Doherty, he did a great job.

Speaker 2 (26:14):
We didn't think we were gonna have a pick on Saturday,
and Sean Endergas and I were trading texts on Friday
night and it looked like we had one. And then
Nick moved up a few spots to get Jalen Smith
out of us C. Cornerback Nickels Special teams throw it
all together. He's gonna be held to play for this team,
So it didn't look like we had a pick, but
there was a lot of room between eighty nine where

(26:39):
we had selected. Oh no, we had moved out of
eighty nine. I think seventy nine ended up being our
last pick, No. Nine, It ended up being nine and
kind of moved around, ended up being ninety seven. So
that was Jalen Smith. So ninety seven, we're done Friday night.
Now we're not picking till like one eighty nine. I
think that's a long way to go. That's a whole,
that's that's Sean's three hours. And so on Friday night,

(27:01):
look we had to pick. We're all excited. Hey we
got picked, talk about and then five minutes later Nick
traded to pick so you could go up and get
Jalen Smith. So now it's like from ninety seven to
one sething like, oh my god, it's gonna be a
long three hours to talk about no draft picks. And
then well Nick dip does what he does. We see
the bullhead logo come up and all of a sudden, man,

(27:25):
we're on a clock. Okay, what are we thinking of?
What are we thinking here? Well, the first three picks
we're all about offense. Then Jalen Smith on defense, and
Nick went back to offense and he selected Woody Marks.

Speaker 1 (27:39):
This was my reaction.

Speaker 2 (27:42):
As soon as I looked over uh and saw the
name Woody Marx was actually going to be the selection,
I lost my ever loving mind.

Speaker 1 (27:51):
Take a listen, looks.

Speaker 3 (27:53):
Like it's gonna be Woody Marx coming out of use
the running back.

Speaker 1 (27:58):
We just drafted Woody Marks. Okay, So that guy, for.

Speaker 9 (28:01):
Those watching on YouTube, that got a stand up and
table bump from John Harris. That is a stand up
table bump.

Speaker 1 (28:11):
Stop.

Speaker 2 (28:13):
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, no, seriously, Oh my god, I
love this all right, Okay.

Speaker 1 (28:21):
He was one of my favorite running backs this entire draft.

Speaker 2 (28:24):
This is an absolute swarmy.

Speaker 1 (28:29):
I'm I'm, oh my god, Johnny.

Speaker 2 (28:34):
Yourself a little bit, Okay, this guy is one of
the He's he's maybe the best receiving running back in
this draft. He started his career in Mississippi State. There
was a game, and I don't recall which game it was.
He's playing on one freaking leg and he he's gutting
through it like every run you could tell like it is.

Speaker 1 (28:52):
It's like it's it's tough. And so I'm like, man,
at that point.

Speaker 2 (28:59):
At that point, this dude, I'm like, oh my god,
how hard he plays?

Speaker 1 (29:04):
And so then I'm like I kind of lost him.
I'm like, what happened? I didn't hear the news he
transfer to USC.

Speaker 2 (29:09):
So he goes out to USC and he's the perfect
fit for Lincoln Riley offense, throwing the football and uh,
whatever you gotta do. Like I'm trying to trying to
collect myself, but this is your third down back. This
is this is your Daria Goombualle, just with a little
bit more juice in youth. Yeah, but you talk about

(29:30):
it swarm sob. This dude is tough as he is,
tough as nails. He is shifty, runs between the tackles,
has some power, some good speed, not great speed, but
the fact that he can be a receiver out of
the backfield and has the toughness.

Speaker 9 (29:46):
This this is the is he Is he getting on
the field for this team early next year?

Speaker 1 (29:51):
Yes, as long as he's healthy, and that's gonna be
a key. He's got to be healthy.

Speaker 2 (29:54):
You know, he fought through some stuff in Mississippi State,
but he stayed healthy at USC. He's the best receiving back,
uh running back in this draft, and I would love
them being able to You know, you think about Nick,
Kaylee and you go, Okay, just go with me here,
Kayley Patriots. Okay, Patriots running backs, Stephen Ridley, who's in
our building? Mark, who's in our who's in our building?

(30:14):
Steph Ridley. Who's the guy with Stephen Ridley? Shane Veren,
Shane Vereen, Jael You know those guys were fourth round picks,
third round picks that they took, and they used uh
in the passing game in the Super Bowl. I think
Veren had eleven catches. Yeah, like that's what Woody Mars
can be for this team. This isn't absolutely brilliant now,
I know there'll be some hell.

Speaker 1 (30:34):
Well, hey Jay Jayden Blue, Jaydon Blues.

Speaker 2 (30:36):
Got lost speed. This guy's got the receiving component. Yeah,
this guy is different from anybody we have in the
in the running back room. Because of that, he will
pass protect.

Speaker 1 (30:45):
He is tough man, I think too, Johnny. I love
you Nick. Nice job. Nick.

Speaker 2 (30:52):
Suffice to say, I was very happy about the Woody
Marks pick, and I hope I encapsulated it there. I
was really excited at the time, so I was trying
to collect my thoughts as all this like energy is
right through my brain and so I know I probably
didn't make much sense. But there was a game back
in twenty twenty three where I'm watching this guy and
he's carving a team up, but he's doing it basically

(31:14):
on one leg and he's just you know, if you know,
you know, he's Greg Jennings carrying the team on his back.
And it was just it was unbelievable. And so I
see him at USC, I saw him at the senior ball.
I'm I was just I just loved him, and I
was like, yeah, there's no way he's not gonna be
a tax and that just I don't know, but I

(31:37):
really liked him.

Speaker 1 (31:38):
And so that's when I heard his name. And that's
the thing.

Speaker 2 (31:40):
When I do all the work I do on these prospects,
and there are always draft crushes for me. When Nick
and Dimiko go and find a draft crush of mine,
it just I just feel that much better what he
marks did. Sat down with Drew Doherty and they had
a little bit to talk about right here.

Speaker 3 (31:55):
Day three of the draft is upon us, and the
Texans have themselves a running back from USC by way
of Mississippi. State. It's e Equavius Woody, Marks Woody, congratulations
are coming to town. What was it like getting the
call finding out that you're head of the Houston.

Speaker 10 (32:10):
I was amazing test playing upon the organizations, great people.
There got some former USC players there, so that's amazing.
And the running back room and the team itself speaks
for itself and the organization.

Speaker 3 (32:23):
Yeah, you're a guy who's never been afraid of catching
the ball out of the backfield and doing stuff with it.
That's a very valuable trait to have as a running back.
What else are you?

Speaker 10 (32:31):
I'll say, I'm i'mising a person you can just put
out there anywhere. Tis a chi's a playmaker on the fields,
willing to make the team get the ultimate goal at
the end is the w So this all I'm just
I'm just there to do anything that the coaches need,
doing anything that my teammates need, and the guy who
can make them trusting too.

Speaker 3 (32:50):
You mentioned having some USC former teammates on the team.
What else did you know about the Texans as you
got through this pre draft process over the last three,
four or five months.

Speaker 10 (32:58):
I know a lot about the text is tests. I
knew mostly I know a lot about the running backs.
You got Joe Mixon, know a lot about him, and
you got Damian Pierce.

Speaker 1 (33:08):
I know about him.

Speaker 10 (33:09):
Because the coach he coached, he was up found there.
He coached me at Mississippi State, So we watched his
film a lot, and being with Lincoln Riley, I watched
a lot of Joe mixings.

Speaker 3 (33:19):
No doubt, no doubt. So tell me about that USC connection.
Last night we see one of your four well former
teammates get selected in Jalen Smith. Last year, the Texans
bring Kaylyn Bullock on block on board. What's it like
joining some guys that you've played with.

Speaker 10 (33:33):
It's amazing test knowing that I got a person on defense,
I got a person who I got along with from
in one year, and we'll be back together, not going
against each other. So it'll be amazing.

Speaker 3 (33:44):
We both can show.

Speaker 10 (33:45):
Out for the Trojans and show out for Houston, Texas.

Speaker 3 (33:48):
And I imagine it's gotta be fun knowing that you're
going to an offense that's quarterbacked by the guy who's
under center there in CJ. Stroud. How attractive is that
as a guy coming out of college like yourself.

Speaker 10 (33:58):
Oh, it's amazing. He's a great quarterback. He's seeing his
first year there. I think the team will respect to him.
He's he's just he's a dominant player and I would
love just that was my dream, just to play for him.
He is, he's amazing.

Speaker 3 (34:13):
Hey, we've asked a few of your new teammates, these
fellow draft picks, this last question. But what's something about
you that people don't know? Even if they look for you,
look at look your name up on the internet, they're
not going to find out. What's something that sets you apart?
What's what's something that's different about you? Something you like
to do?

Speaker 10 (34:30):
Uh, something I like to do. I like to be
around my teammates a lot. I'm fit of a quiet person,
but I'm kind of funny.

Speaker 1 (34:37):
I love funny them.

Speaker 10 (34:38):
Yeah, I'm kind of funny, but I love like My
main thing is I love bowling.

Speaker 3 (34:42):
You love bowling? Yes, sir, all right, what's the best
game you've ever bowled?

Speaker 1 (34:46):
Two?

Speaker 2 (34:47):
One?

Speaker 1 (34:48):
Yeah?

Speaker 10 (34:48):
I got three of my own balls, So.

Speaker 3 (34:50):
All right, we got three of your own balls. Okay,
we're gonna need to up that to a one number.
Because one of the greatest Houston Texans of all time
is a guy named Andre Johnson just win of the
Pro Football last August. He was a terrific bowler back
in the day. So maybe you guys, you and Ady
can can link up and hit the lanes or something
that sound good.

Speaker 1 (35:06):
Yes, there for sure.

Speaker 3 (35:08):
All right. Well, hey Woodie, we are excited that you're
coming to Houston. We can't wait to see you here
very soon. Congratulations on a great day. How are you
gonna finish things up and celebrate today because you got
a new destination. What are you gonna do?

Speaker 10 (35:19):
I'm celebrating with my family, my mom and dad, my
brothers and sisters. Uh, just just let them take it
all in. I'll take it all in. Just just celebrate
with my family.

Speaker 3 (35:30):
Good stuff. Well, take care, see soon and congratulations again.
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (35:34):
Too, man. It was good stuff from Woody Mark. I'm
still trying to you know. I mean, I look, I
know there's some people giving me grief.

Speaker 2 (35:43):
Way you had the reactions. He's the fourth rounder A like, No, man,
this is dude. I loved and loved everything about what
he's about. And I think the Texans I just remember
thinking the Texans are gonna love everything he's about too,
and it just to see it come to fruition.

Speaker 1 (35:56):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (35:56):
That was the That was the really cool part for
me to see that kind of all just really materialize
the way that I would have wanted just selfishly. But
I think it's going to turn out to be a
really good thing for for the Texans, uh for sure.

Speaker 3 (36:15):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (36:16):
One of the things that became kind of a running
topic throughout the draft was a Jalen a Jaden something
with the j somebody was gonna get drafted. Nick Casario
in his post draft press conference said, you know what,
we might need some name tags around here.

Speaker 1 (36:37):
It's about you joke yesterday about having all and then
you got.

Speaker 4 (36:40):
Another one today.

Speaker 7 (36:45):
Yeah, we will those there seven Jalen.

Speaker 10 (36:50):
We'll figure it out.

Speaker 1 (36:52):
Of course.

Speaker 2 (36:52):
I love when we have a little bit of humor
with our press conference, no doubt about that.

Speaker 3 (36:56):
Now.

Speaker 2 (36:57):
One of the things that I saw on Sun it
was from the Houston Chronicle, and I can't remember if
it was our guy John Alexander that wrote it or not,
but when I see I'm gonnave him a little bit
of a grief, a little bit of grief for this,
but it essentially was saying, hey, the Texas did a
great job in the draft, but they ain't come away
with a guard. And I always say to this, because

(37:18):
you see a letter in front of a guy's name
and it says S, doesn't mean he's always gonna be
a safety. Well, you see T, you mean that's gonna
be a tackle? You know, d L What does that mean?
Is he a DT? Is he a defensive end? He's
an edge guys he play outside the does he play inside?

Speaker 1 (37:34):
You never know?

Speaker 2 (37:35):
And just because there's a letter in front of that
guy's name does not mean that guy's gonna play that position.
Zach Martin is maybe the greatest example ever. He was
a tackle at Notre Dame. He got drafted by the Cowboys,
number fourteen, He had T in front of his name,
and he never played a day at tackle.

Speaker 1 (37:51):
He became a Hall of Fame guard from day one.

Speaker 2 (37:53):
Now I'm not sitting here telling you that's hey, Ursiary
is gonna turn around and be a guard tomorrow. But
I'm not ruling it out just because it says TEE
by his name. What the Texans I think would be
looking for in a guard fix strong, can move, can
move people. That's what tay Erstree is. So there's no

(38:15):
guarantee that he's gonna be a tackle. There's no guarantee
he won't be a guard. Here's Nick discussing not getting
a quote unquote guard in this draft.

Speaker 7 (38:24):
Yeah, we'll look good. What the opportunities are? I mean again,
offensive linemen come in different sizes. You have guards only,
if center only, if tackle only, have tackles that can
play guard, guard that can play tackle. So I mean, honestly,
like the more you can prove it, Like we've talked about,
like Titus never played guard before, so we don't know
how good he was gonna be until it went in there.
And honestly he's he played at a pretty competitive level.

(38:45):
So I mean, there's no like list that says we
need to go find a guard like we talked about
last night. I mean, if someone can tell me, like
what a need is or what drafting for need or
what fine a specific player. I mean, if you play
one spot, you've maybe really good at it. If you
play multiple spots, I think creates more opportunities for you.
I'll put the five best guys out there, like whenever
we need to play in September.

Speaker 2 (39:06):
I said almost said an exact thing on the Draft show, like, look,
we don't and Marcus said this forever. We don't play tomorrow.
We had to, eh, you know, we might look like this,
but we don't, So we don't. We can figure it out.
You could throw the paint up on the canvas and
figure it out. You just have more paint and a
lot of paint to throw up there. Because of the

(39:27):
big fella from the University of Minnesota. That was the
one thing that it kind of irked me a little
bit because I've looked at Ursery and thought, I think
he can move into guard.

Speaker 1 (39:36):
Now.

Speaker 2 (39:37):
I know he's not the best kneebender, he's stiff a
little bit, and he does a good job at tackle.
But the one thing I said in the draft show,
I would say here, and that is he's not played
a lot of football, so he doesn't have all these
bad habits since you got to break so I think
maybe you could take him and put him at guard.
And I get this feeling. The five best offense linemen

(40:00):
are gonna be on a field no matter how you
slice it. They're gonna be on the field and they'll
figure it out because guys can do different things. Blake
Fisher could play left right, Titus can play guard, tackle,
Juice could play center guard. I think Tay can play
both tackle and guard.

Speaker 1 (40:19):
So you have you have.

Speaker 2 (40:22):
Some you have some things you can do with that group.
But however, the five in training camp that are the
best five, play them and figure out how they're supposed
to play together. And that's gonna be the charge of
Kole Popovich off its coordinator Nick Kayley. That's gonna be
their responsibility to find the best five and the five

(40:43):
that work together the best, not the most talented five,
as Herb Brooks said, a miracle.

Speaker 1 (40:47):
I'm not looking for the best players. I'm looking for
the right ones. And there's the point. Okay.

Speaker 2 (40:53):
One of the things that I thought was fascinating when
I heard the magnificent Gladstone out of Jacksonville say that
he he doesn't believe in thirty visits, bring in prospects
on campus and having a day, a dinner, all that
kind of stuff with that particular player. That blew my mind.
Totally blew my mind. Now, they he did say yeah,

(41:15):
to come out, would get those interviews and you know,
et cetera, et cetera. I feel like the Texans staff
gets a lot out of those interviews in those thirty visits,
et cetera. Di Miiko Ryan's was asked about that, and
this is what he had to say about that interview process.

Speaker 11 (41:30):
I think the interview portion is very important for us
is getting to know the person right, I mean put
in the EMPISO. We watched the tape multiple times. A
lot of people who watch the tape and dug in
on the tape and you know what a player is
and what his role could be for your team. Now,
for me, the interview portion is just getting to know
the personality, getting to know the guy and how does
he fit into our locker room.

Speaker 2 (41:51):
One of the things that I felt like the Texans
seemingly did a good job. Just listen to those interviews
that we did or earlier, and we get back in
our third segment, we'll play Jaden Reid from out of
Penn State. We had a chance to catch up with
him as well. We'll play that for you. But just listen.
You hear it, You hear what they're looking for. There

(42:13):
is And I remember when Brian Kelly took over at
Notre Dame, Sean Pendergast and I used to talk about
r kgs. I saw Brian Kelly referred to it the
right kind of guys. Now, I'm not gonna sit here
and tell you the Texans are gonna take. They're gonna
sit They're gonna take a guy who is yes, sir, no, sir,
doesn't do anything wrong, and he's an average football player.

(42:34):
They want to find first and foremost a great football
player that has those qualities. And if you are a
great football player in their mind, you're gonna have those
qualities that are gonna fit. You're gonna be swarming, You're
gonna come in, you're gonna uh, you know, you're gonna
do the work. And look, you hope that you draft
guys that are like that. You don't have to kind

(42:55):
of flip them if you will, but as rookies, you
can get them to think even more so the way
that you want them to think. And I think that
interview process that those guys go through, I think is
absolutely find fantastic and it leads me to this. The
Mika Ryans asked about the mindset that he looks for

(43:16):
in players, and it really says exactly what I've been saying,
and I've been learned on the process.

Speaker 1 (43:24):
I've seen it.

Speaker 2 (43:25):
I look forward in draft picks too and That's why
I felt like there were guys that people were talking
about mocking it to Texas, the first round, second.

Speaker 1 (43:32):
Round, whatever.

Speaker 2 (43:33):
It might be like, Nope, that ain't happening. And if
those things are true about that guy, that isn't happening.
Take a listen to what coach had to say. What
the mindset they're looking for.

Speaker 11 (43:42):
The mindset is definitely everything right if you have the
mindset to work. The mindset is you really enjoy and
love playing football. That fits our building, that works for us,
that works with the guys that we already have here.
We have a ton of guys in our locker room
already who love football. And I just believe that when
you love the game of football right, you're gonna we're
gonna get your best right when you go through those

(44:04):
difficult days when it's gonna be harrd moments and training
camp hard moments throughout the season, I feel like your
love for football will give you that it is to
keep pushing through when the difficult moment's gone.

Speaker 1 (44:15):
All right, we get back. Let's here for Jaden.

Speaker 2 (44:17):
Read the Day three pick for the Texans out of
Penn State right here on Texans All Access. We go
on file a second. This Monday edition of the Texans
All Access. I'm your host, John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter.
We're trying to get in a few of our exclusive
one on ones that you already did after players were drafted,

(44:38):
and we are right here. Would Jalen read the safety
from Penn State, Drew take it away.

Speaker 3 (44:43):
The newest member of the Houston Texans is safety Jalen
Read from Penn State. Jalen, First things first, congratulations you're
a Houston Texan. What was it like hearing that news.

Speaker 1 (44:55):
I appreciate it, Thank you.

Speaker 12 (44:56):
It was feeling, it was feeling felt amazing, you know,
just a team I always wanted to go through since
I started the process. I said something about the team
at the combine, and you know, I told the coach
when I was at the combine, like, feel me it'd
be a blessing just to had an opportunity to play
for that team, you know.

Speaker 1 (45:11):
And it was just a great feeling, you know.

Speaker 12 (45:13):
I feel like this draft, it was a little crazy
to this draft. I felt like I was slept on
and all I needed was one opportunity, and I feel
like that opportunity came. And now I'm gonna do it.

Speaker 1 (45:21):
I gotta do with it.

Speaker 3 (45:22):
Yeah, And once you get here, what do you think
you can do on the field for the Houston?

Speaker 12 (45:26):
And I feel I can do it everything, you know,
But I just feel like I'm just gonna contribute to
everything that the huge detections provide, you know. If they
need me to do whatever they gotta do, I'm gonna
do it.

Speaker 3 (45:34):
Safety is the position. So what type of safety are you?

Speaker 12 (45:38):
And I'm a versusile safety. I'm an aggressive safety, you know.
And it's a lot of safeties in that room that
I'm ready to learn.

Speaker 11 (45:43):
After and learn from.

Speaker 2 (45:44):
You know.

Speaker 12 (45:44):
I'm ready to learn from these safety that's in the
room and all the guys that's there.

Speaker 1 (45:48):
So I ready to see what was about.

Speaker 3 (45:50):
You're part of one of the better Penn State teams
of all time. They win thirteen games, they go all
the way to the States or excuse me, the National
semifinals and play in sixteen games. That's a lot of
football experience for you. That's got to be a good
thing as far as what you've seen, what you've been through,
I would imagine, right, yeah, for sure. So what's next
for you today? How do you celebrate.

Speaker 12 (46:11):
I'm about to literally go with my family, you know,
chill my family and make sure I got it good enough,
a lot of people around.

Speaker 1 (46:17):
Me, and make sure I have a good talent.

Speaker 12 (46:18):
And you know, it's been a long day, long three days,
and it's been a long time.

Speaker 3 (46:22):
So I'm ready to chill my family to have fun.
Let's talk a little bit more about Tamiko Ryans in
this defense. What impresses you most about the head coach?

Speaker 12 (46:31):
I just it's not specifically just a head coaches, specifically
the whole team. You know, the head coaching does a
great job. I feel like they got a young talented
team and that's what they do and a lot of
you know, I feel like they got a lot of
young talented players that's ready to develop, you know, a
lot of them starting to get paid, you know, And
I feel like that's just a great that's a great
view as a player trying to come into the NFL
and see a young team as a young player, you know,

(46:53):
it just give me, give me hope and opportunity. You
know that I can blend in well and do whatever
I gotta do for the team.

Speaker 3 (46:58):
So yeah, you talk about a lot of young talented players.
There's also a lot of young talented rookies whose name
starts with j A Y. You got Jayden Higgins, Jalen Knowle,
Jalen Smith, and now you Jalen Reed. What's going on
with that? What do you think?

Speaker 1 (47:12):
I don't know. Jalens must be the best thing going
right now.

Speaker 3 (47:15):
It's a great name. It's a great name for the
Houston Texans in twenty twenty five. Well, Jalen, we can't
wait to see you down here in Houston. Go celebrate
with your family, have a great time and best of luck.

Speaker 1 (47:26):
But sure appreciate it. Man. That dude plays with mean
on love.

Speaker 2 (47:30):
Jalen Reed. Man, what a week in it was. We'll
have a little bit more for you tomorrow. We'll hear
from Jalen Smith. If you missed that interview, we'll save
that one for you tomorrow. Graham Mertz will have all
that for you tomorrow as well. Appreciate you guys for
being here. We'll see tomorrow and as always, go Texans.