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Wide receiver Braxton Berrios, offensive lineman Jarrett Patterson and running back British Brooks joined the show, along with Houston soccer legend Glenn Davis.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello Texans, Welcome to the show.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Hope everybody is off to a great start this weekend,
as we get you in touch with some Texans here tonight.
A little bit later on, British Brooks, running back. He
got hurt last year, but he started out making the
fifty three man roster as an undrafted free agent.

Speaker 1 (00:16):
Interesting guy.

Speaker 2 (00:17):
We're gonna hear from him later on in the program.
Also Glenn Davis, Hey, what's he doing on the show?
Soccer guru Glenn Davis. Well, we've got the Gold Cup
Final coming up July sixth here at NRG Stadium, So
we'll dig into the soccer world a little bit as
only we can.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
As Johnny can do anything.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
I mean, Johnny's breaking down soccer teams like he breaks
down football teams. You got to hear this. That's later
on in the show as well. First up to Texans
Braxton Barrios. You'll hear from him second in this segment.
Wide receiver, known for a lot of things social media,
if you know, you know. But we're gonna talk a
lot about ball here with Braxton in a few moments.
But Jared Patterson, let's start off with him center for

(00:56):
your Texans. He started Game one as a rookie two
years ago. What's see up to? Johnny? And I had
a chance to visit with Jared Patterson here on the
hun Day Texans radio studio.

Speaker 1 (01:06):
Jared, it's not frequent enough that we see you here.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
I think it was a year ago, as probably last year,
so but it's great to see you. The quarterback of
the offensive line. Is that how you see? The center position,
got to make the calls, got to do everything.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
So I love doing the most unique position.

Speaker 4 (01:23):
Get the crowd, the first guy touched football, make the calls.
So I take take pride and that's pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (01:28):
It's unique.

Speaker 5 (01:29):
So Jared, first year as rookie, obviously get hurt in
the Carolina game. Second year, come back, fight your way
to get the center. You get to play in the playoffs.
And I bring that up because middle playoffs in the
first year, but you're not able to participate, but second
year you are and you play a crucial role in that.
What was that like being able to play in the
playoff games last year against the Chargers.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
And the Chiefs.

Speaker 1 (01:50):
What was it like for you?

Speaker 4 (01:51):
So cool because like the year before, unfortunately had so
many injuries and I was cleared by the end of
the season, but os of the rules and play at
the injured or we couldn't bring me back. So I'm
still happy that you know, we're winning, like have success
and going to the playoffs and competing for a championship.
But like deep down was like, oh, man, I wish
you're gould to be out there right, yeah, be on
the sideline because the environments are so awesome. But yeah,

(02:13):
going back to last year, obviously a little st struggle
at the end of the season, but you know, fair
strong Week eighteen, then going the wild card, and obviously
the lost in Kansas City, but just being able to
play in that environment, Like it wasn't too long ago.
I was sitting at home watching a TV out of
high school and college, Like, man, like that'd be so awesome.
Go be in the playoffs and know just how close

(02:34):
you are to achieving a you know, lifelong dream of
getting a Super Bowl.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
So you're a confident guy, and there you are, Game
one of your rookie year. You're starting starting at center,
and I hate to say, did you expect that?

Speaker 1 (02:50):
But I imagine that when that.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
Moment arrived, you weren't that surprised. You felt like, yeah,
this is what I need to do, this is what
I meant to do.

Speaker 4 (02:58):
I'll say the good thing for me, Like, yeah, I didn't.
I honestly didn't expect to be drafted, you know, the
sixth round, going into you know, the draft two years ago.
But it was like, it's probably the best thing that
happened to me because going into that, you know, I
I got hurt in camp my rookie year. I missed
a couple weeks in my hamstring, and at that point,
I was just like, man like, I just want to
make the team at this point. And obviously, you know,

(03:18):
unfortunately some other things happened, other guys got hurt, and
I was starting before and I was already starting like
you know, three years prime like also want to make
the team now. All I got prepared to start on
Sunday against Baltimore. But in my head, I'm like, you know,
I'm a six round pick rookie. I'm like the expectations,
I know, like are very low, you know what I mean, Like,
there's there's no pressure for me right now. If if
I go out there and play play back, I know,

(03:39):
well we expected that, so I knew that bar was low.
So I'm like, I'm just do everything I can to
play the best ball I can and from there. Just
for that, I've honestly felt less nervous for NFL games
to college because in college I felt like I had
to play perfect, you know, you want to put the
great film out there and drave all a lot. I
don't worry about any about that now. I'm in the NFL,
so there's no pressure for me now to perform.

Speaker 5 (04:01):
What's the difference in you, Jared, going into year three
versus being a rookie?

Speaker 1 (04:07):
What what's kind of the biggest difference.

Speaker 5 (04:09):
I know we haven't gotten into year three, but just
having played two years, how different are you now than
you were when you started that first week against Baltimore.

Speaker 3 (04:17):
It's healthy as I've been in five years. Really.

Speaker 4 (04:19):
Twenty twenty COVID No, it was healthy, but obviously no
no no activity can work in football. Twenty twenty one,
I had two foot surgeries, you know. Twenty twenty two,
my senior year spring I tore a peck, had peck surgery,
had some foot injuries. The off season kind of lingered
into twenty three. I had a hip injury at the
Senior Bowl. YEP, last year, I was healthy, but I
still had some My leg was still bothered me a

(04:41):
little bit from the injury year before. Yeah, you know,
knocking away. But this year is the best I felt
the off season. Nothing lingering from the year before.

Speaker 3 (04:47):
Nothing.

Speaker 4 (04:48):
I just you know, pay extra attention to in the
off season program. Like, I just felt like myself finally.
I feel it's been a while, but it felt good.

Speaker 1 (04:55):
So instead of rehabbing your stacking days.

Speaker 4 (04:57):
Exactly, Yes, I can work on football stuff and not
to worry about you know this muscles week are I
gotta work on this and mobility, et cetera.

Speaker 2 (05:04):
So yeah, tell us about Cole Popovich, how he's handling things.
He's the head man on the offensive line. Now he's
been here, but now he's the guy.

Speaker 3 (05:13):
Yeah, now pop pop saw.

Speaker 4 (05:14):
We have a lot of respect for him, and obviously
you kind of build a relationship with him the past
two years.

Speaker 3 (05:20):
I wasn't really surprised when.

Speaker 4 (05:21):
He got the job because I know what type of
coach he is and what type of guy he is
and how much care he has. So he has a
lot of respects from all of us in the line room.
He respects us and about him like it's just work.
We're not gonna worry about. Obviously results are important, but
you know, are you doing the technique, are you playing hard?
You know all those little things. That's what really matters

(05:41):
at the end of the day. You know, the result
of the plays resolved to play. But how's that play?

Speaker 3 (05:45):
Look?

Speaker 4 (05:45):
It could be you know, a nine nine yard touchdown run.
You know, did you do your job though? That's that's
what really matters to him.

Speaker 2 (05:50):
So it's one of those don't focus on the outcome
as much as what's right in front of you.

Speaker 4 (05:54):
Yes, exactly, yes, And I think that's what's really important
to O line play.

Speaker 3 (05:58):
Sometimes you get lost.

Speaker 4 (05:58):
You know, you can run the A twenty times for
one hundred and fifty yards, Well you got ripped off
a nine yard touchdown you got you know, you're only
after three yards to carry the other time. You know
that that that doesn't can't. I can't look at that stuff.

Speaker 5 (06:11):
So in the playoff game against Kansas City, that was
one of the things that you guys did extremely well.
Like after Joe scored that touchdown, I remember looking up
at the scoreboard and it was like one for one
hundred and fifty yards.

Speaker 1 (06:21):
They have like eighteen an awesome drive that might have
been our best driving. It was incredible. It was an
incredible drive.

Speaker 5 (06:26):
But you guys are really running the ball exceptionally well
that that day against a pretty good front Chris Jones front.
What was kind of the key in that game, Jared?
That you think can carry over and there's a lot
of different pieces up front and it's a different scheme
and we'll ask about that, but what do you think

(06:47):
you can carry forward from that that you learned in
that game about the individuals up front that you can
carry forward into twenty twenty five.

Speaker 4 (06:54):
Yeah, I'll say like that week, the two weeks prior
to kind of rant had like a similar run game plan.
A lot of that was dude, you know, no, Pop,
that's he he wanted to you know, kind of go
along with that. I think that's the bodies we have
in the room are great for what we were trying
to do.

Speaker 6 (07:10):
Then.

Speaker 3 (07:11):
Yeah, and it just.

Speaker 1 (07:12):
Shows that we have the ability to run the ball.

Speaker 4 (07:14):
And now obviously we've got to be a lot more
consistent and everyone's gotta be locked into the communication and
how we're gonna run the play.

Speaker 3 (07:21):
But I mean, I was like, you're.

Speaker 4 (07:23):
Talking about I was probably one of our top five,
top three, if not the best drive we had all
last season. Unfortunately we don't win the game, but that
kind of shows that we, you know, we got the
guys for sure.

Speaker 2 (07:34):
How is and how will be the dynamic in the
room with the new guys. You got Lake in, you
got Cam, you got all these new guys and in
addition to you guys who have been here. So how
is it different so far? What can you tell the
fans about that?

Speaker 4 (07:47):
Yeah, so you need you got some like really young guys.
We also got some really you know vet vets. Yeah,
but it's it's kind of interesting, you know, talking with
older guys like Cam, Trent and Length, just like how
much ball they've played and all the little in sites
about I guess d Line played, which run game, pass game? Like,
all those guys have been a tremendous help, and they've

(08:07):
they've been great as well, Like they're they're super solid,
all super great guys to get along with, and I'm
excited to have them be able to play next to
them this year.

Speaker 5 (08:14):
Okay, we've got many camps this week, family barbecue Thursday,
and you guys are out of here. What's the Jared
Patterson plan for the off season. Now in the way
you're going home, you're staying here.

Speaker 4 (08:26):
I might, I might go home see family for a
couple of days back in California, But after that, it's
getting ready for camp.

Speaker 3 (08:31):
In my opinion, like I'm always in the.

Speaker 4 (08:33):
Opinion, like I'll like do vacation early right after the
season ends, so after that I can just focus on
I'm just getting better, because for me, every day is
an opportunity to get better. And then once the season starts,
you know, it's full go after you got locked in
on how much.

Speaker 5 (08:47):
How much do you need that time right after this
season because you play so many games, you play playoff games,
your body needs to rest. How much do you need
that time to get your body kind of just back
to just live.

Speaker 4 (09:00):
That's a good question because year before I was hurt,
some of my off season kind of started earlier, you know.
But yeah, this year, actually playing through the whole season
and getting through a lot of practices and games, I
definitely felt like I needed like at least.

Speaker 3 (09:11):
Like two weeks to really hear.

Speaker 4 (09:13):
The week after the KC game, I tried coming here lifting,
I'm like, mat feel terrible, man, I should not be
doing this right now. It's like giving myself like another
week off. Yeah, lifted hit like a vacation for a
little bit, and I came back. I felt good. Yeah,
it's definitely crucial to get that time off recover.

Speaker 1 (09:26):
All right. Jared, thanks a lot for joining us, Good luck,
appreciate you guys.

Speaker 2 (09:29):
Thank you Jared Patterson Center for your Houston Texans. Jake
Andrews also getting a lot of reps at Center. We'll
see how it all shakes out in trading camp. You know,
they have a lot of different directions they can go
with that O line and wide receiver too, very deep
wide receiver room. Braxton Barrios a part of it as
training camp will begin the week of July twenty first.
Can't wait to see him out there with the guys.

(09:50):
Braxton Barrios. He's been with the Patriots, the Dolphins, and
he's now at Texan and we had a chance to
sit down with him in the Hyundai Texans Radio studio
in the day Texans Radio studio for the first time
in history.

Speaker 1 (10:02):
It's Braxton Burrios history First.

Speaker 3 (10:05):
Is true.

Speaker 1 (10:05):
It's not a little exaggeration, but it is true. It's true.
It's true.

Speaker 2 (10:08):
You're here now and you're a Houston Texan. And it's
funny because I was looking at your career path and
AFC East. I always say division teams tend to sign
players from within the.

Speaker 1 (10:18):
Division, right, You're very familiar.

Speaker 2 (10:20):
Yeah, so now you are outside of the division, in
the AFC South, where you belong.

Speaker 1 (10:24):
How's it been so far for you, bro, It's been awesome.

Speaker 7 (10:26):
This uh, this facility, this coaching staff, the team, It's
it's been a very easy transition. Knowing a decent amount
of guys before getting here, and then obviously once Otia
started seeing everybody and getting to know the rest of
the crew, have a tremendous group in here.

Speaker 5 (10:44):
Did you have any experience in Houston, Braxton, anybody from Houston,
your family, anybody you knew?

Speaker 3 (10:49):
What?

Speaker 1 (10:49):
Why Houston?

Speaker 7 (10:51):
I have family outside of Dallas, so my dad, step mom,
and my brothers are outside of Dallas. The only time
I'd visited Houston before this was when the Miami Hurricanes
came here two years ago for the Final four.

Speaker 1 (11:05):
So we came, we came for a day.

Speaker 7 (11:07):
Didn't go well, got Mark knows, but they made it,
but they made it, so that was fun.

Speaker 1 (11:14):
And then I guess to answer the second question, why not.

Speaker 7 (11:17):
I mean, obviously it's a it's a very incredible capable
team with a great coaching staff. And again I think
the you know, ceilings the limit here.

Speaker 2 (11:27):
So what was it like when you first got into
the league versus now? How is your game evolved? What
do you bring to the table now in twenty twenty
five because you were picked up by the Patriots at
twenty eighteen.

Speaker 7 (11:36):
Yep, yeah, I know it's crazy going into year eight.
They say it flies, It really does fly. I honestly,
it's it's a it's a different world going into year
eight than it was going into rookie year from a
development from size, speed, strength, even from the wealth of
football IQ and knowledge that you accumulate, you know, pre

(11:57):
snap post snap. You know, the main thing about the
game in the NFL is it just it goes faster, right,
you know, everybody's fast, everybody's big, everybody's strong, and so
the margin for air just you know, it's shrinks to
so thin.

Speaker 1 (12:09):
And so I think really the.

Speaker 7 (12:11):
Football knowledge and the recognition of coverage and you know
where the soft spot is and to see what the
quarterback is seeing and kind of feel what he's feeling.
You know, speed it up if they're if they're rushing,
you know, if they're blitzing, you know, if it's an
eight man drop, okay, we have time, depth and spacing.

Speaker 1 (12:26):
You know.

Speaker 7 (12:26):
It's really those things that have really evolved in those years, Braxton.

Speaker 5 (12:30):
One of the things that we've talked about a lot
is outside receiver versus inside receiver. Outside receiver obviously recoveraging
to do those things, but inside there's reading coverage, but
there's managing all the chaos and all the trash and
everything that's in there. Like that's a big huge part
of playing when you're playing on the inside. How difficult

(12:51):
is it to kind of manage all that expecting, well,
I think the linebacker is going to move here, so
I should go there. But then you've got a defensive
tackle on might drop or whatever. How tough is it
to act should kind of manage all that chaos on
the inside.

Speaker 7 (13:02):
No, it's a lot, and it takes a lot, a
lot of repetitions. And even when you've taken thousands of repetitions,
you're not always right. You know, you might have the
right queues and the right keys, and then all of
a sudden, they did something different, and you go to
the sideline and said, hey, they did something that we
did not expect. You know, normally when they're in that look,
they roll to this and they didn't. And it's really
like it's it's all in preparation, really, you know, compartmentalizing. Okay,

(13:23):
it's too high. Who am I worried about? It's one high? Okay,
there's no safety.

Speaker 1 (13:27):
What's going on?

Speaker 7 (13:28):
So it's like really like breaking it down step by
step to where like when the ball snaps, you're expecting
one of two things right instead of.

Speaker 1 (13:35):
Like trying to read twelve things exactly.

Speaker 7 (13:37):
And that's that's all it is, and that all is
preparation and experience of figuring out Okay, this is telling
me that I need to do this and just going
with it.

Speaker 2 (13:45):
I got to imagine you're a fan of the kickoff rule,
the dynamic kickoff that wassd in twenty twenty four and
this year touched back to the thirty five yard line.

Speaker 1 (13:55):
You got to be a fan of this. I'm a
big fan of this. I was a fan last year. Obviously.

Speaker 7 (13:59):
I don't think get spike the numbers that they wanted
to as far as returns go, and so now I
mean it's it's almost a punishment to the kickoff team
to kick it into the end zone. I mean, you
give it to the other team of the thirty five
yard line, and the scoring statistics you know from the
twenty five two years ago, if you start on the
twenty five versus when you start on the thirty five
are you know.

Speaker 1 (14:17):
It's a big difference.

Speaker 7 (14:18):
So I'm very excited, and I mean, really, at this
point in time, I feel like there's going to be
a return every single time unless it's a weird game
plan thing, but it's it should be fun.

Speaker 1 (14:29):
We're gonna get a lot.

Speaker 5 (14:29):
Of Ops Braxton kickoff returns or punt returns. Which one's scarier.

Speaker 1 (14:35):
Punt return by far, by far.

Speaker 7 (14:38):
It's it's just different, Like you know, I think it
goes with time, right, kickoff return you have some time, right,
so like worst case scenario, you have a little time
to figure some things out of a punt return, you don't,
you know, it's bang bang pretty much always, So you know,
I'd say punk return is definitely the scarier and probably
harder of the two.

Speaker 1 (14:55):
I got knocked out one time on a punt return.
I was like, that's the scariest thing I've ever done,
and I never did. You got video question, it's a
long time ago, the video. If you have your film.

Speaker 2 (15:11):
Ago, how hard is it to make the decision? Am
I gonna fair catch this thing or not? Split second?

Speaker 1 (15:18):
Yeah it is. I mean it's you know, balls kicked.

Speaker 7 (15:21):
You track it right, figure out which way it's going
for a second, and then you take a quick look
at the gunners, see what happened. And again if it's single,
if it's vice, you know, all that comes into play,
which hash they're on, and then the direction of the
punt obviously, and so you check it. I go get
under it, check it one more time, and then I'll
check the gunners.

Speaker 1 (15:37):
One more time.

Speaker 7 (15:38):
So two to three, depending on the flight of the ball,
and you just you got to be confident. And that's
the biggest thing, like being like making a decision, being
decisive about it and going with it is the biggest thing,
you know, because as long as you're decisive, you're calm
in your mind, calming their feet, like you know, this
is what I'm doing. I think a lot of people
get in trouble when it's like, oh, what do I

(16:00):
here we go and like you have so many thoughts
and again small bites, right, like make a decision, live
with it.

Speaker 5 (16:05):
Yeah, no doubt. Frank Ross, special Teams coordinator. How much
did you know of Frank before you got here? Would
have been your thoughts about Frank and kind of how
he goes about doing his business, because that's a pretty
high energy guy.

Speaker 3 (16:16):
It is. It is.

Speaker 7 (16:17):
You know a lot of the Special Teams coaches kind
of like that they are.

Speaker 1 (16:21):
It's like they're cut from the same cloth.

Speaker 7 (16:22):
But we we've played against each other a few different
times Coach Ross, and I was very excited getting hit
with him. I think he's a I think it's a
great mind in Special Teams. He knows what he's doing,
and you know, the guys that really respect him and
want to play for him, and that's you know, that's
a big thing. The effort and the want to on
Special Teams is about eighty percent of it.

Speaker 1 (16:41):
Braxton.

Speaker 2 (16:42):
I don't know how familiar you are with the inner
workings of social media, but you very You've been on
a few videos here and there from time to time.
I don't know we were told this, but that has
to be part of your life as well, small part,
but it's a part of your life right there. Sure
that you've been viral in some cases and you're also
in the NFL. It's got to be kind of strange

(17:02):
but wonderful at the same time.

Speaker 7 (17:04):
Yeah, you know, it's uh, you got to compartmentalize in
a way, right, and it's you know, it's one of
those things that now you just kind of have to
take it and strive, you know, like my day job
is my day job.

Speaker 1 (17:15):
Would I do what I love to do.

Speaker 7 (17:16):
And I'll do it until I can anymore, because this
is the one thing that that made me happy as
a kid, right, and the one the one goal I
had was to plan in the NFL. But uh, you know,
again a lot of other things come with that, and
you know, as life goes on, things change, and you know,
that's one of the big things that's changed over the
last few years. And uh, you know, again, nothing, nothing

(17:37):
distracts me from my day job. You know, nothing gets
in the way of that. That's that's always first. And
then you know, what you're do in your free time
is what you're doing your free time.

Speaker 5 (17:44):
So looking back, you said you're eight, You're not you're eight.
You're eight, go all the way back to your rookie year,
your eight. Braxton Barrios can sit down with rookie year,
Braxton Barrios. Well, one piece of advice would you give him?

Speaker 1 (17:57):
Wow, that's a good one.

Speaker 7 (17:59):
I would just honestly, you know, there's there's so many
things that go on just throughout an NFL season. I'd say,
no matter what, keep your head down and keep doing
what you do, keep doing with what got you here. Yeah,
because I mean there's a thousand things social media, you know,
like players up, down, cut, release, traded, you know, like
there's so much that goes on in the business of football,

(18:20):
and it's like, you know, don't forget what what got
you here?

Speaker 1 (18:23):
And yeah, that would be that would be the piece
of advice.

Speaker 2 (18:27):
When you were with the Patriots, you're around a quarterback.
I don't know if you recall Tom Brady at all,
but you were around Tom Brady. What kind of influence,
if any. I mean you must have had something on
you on the whole team, but just being around his
level of professionalism. We were talking about possible distractions or whatever,
but just being around Tom.

Speaker 7 (18:45):
Yeah, you know, I I say like that that year,
I really think I got a PhD in football, just
you know, watching you know, watching him.

Speaker 1 (18:52):
Of course, Kronk was there, Edelman was there, He had
Josh M. Daniels.

Speaker 7 (18:55):
You have obviously Bill Belichick, I think, greatest coach, Paul.

Speaker 1 (18:58):
Nick in the building in a building. Nick Kayla's in
the Nick Kaylee.

Speaker 7 (19:04):
Pop, Yeah, Pop was in there, Jerry, and you know,
and you know you have Matthew Slater.

Speaker 1 (19:09):
I mean you have, like you have true Hall of
famers there.

Speaker 7 (19:12):
So to sit back and be a sponge and you know,
soak it all up and to see like what professionalism
really looks like from a rookie year was I think
the greatest start I could have had. And yeah, I
mean I sat there in meetings obviously, it took as
many notes as I possibly can, which I still have
that notebook obviously, and you know he would stop and say, hey, guys,
like this is what I am saying, and this is
what I'm thinking.

Speaker 1 (19:33):
So earlier when I.

Speaker 7 (19:34):
Talked about like seeing what the qbcs and you know,
zone is depth and spacing and man is beat your
man and win, like that was all from rookie year,
Like that was all from that, from that study and
how he saw it and like now I'm like, hey,
if I can see with the quarterback season, I know
his problems and I can help solve those, that makes
me a lot more valuable to him.

Speaker 2 (19:53):
Yeah, very good stuff, Braxton, Thanks a love for joining us,
Good luck, Thank you guys. Great fun with Braxton BURIOSID Studio. No,
we did not pepper him with Alex Earl questions because
come on, it's the first time we met the guy.
We want to talk ball, get to know him and
maybe next time.

Speaker 8 (20:06):
Na.

Speaker 1 (20:07):
We don't really do that with the guys too much.
But he is unique.

Speaker 2 (20:10):
He's really out there on social media with her and
I've been told the videos that she does with him
in them do a lot better.

Speaker 1 (20:19):
So who knows.

Speaker 2 (20:20):
Anyway, we do know a lot about soccer because n
ourg Stadium one of the best soccer facilities in the country. Attractive,
matchup seven World Cup games next year, Gold Cup Final
coming up July sixth. We'll talk about that with Glenn Davis,
among other need to know stuff with football and back
to the gridiron with British Brooks as well, a Houston

(20:41):
Texans running back that you got to know last year.
But you're gonna get to know him a whole lot
more during training camp. It's Texans Radio back here in
the Hunday Texans Radio studio Mark Vandermere with you John
Harris along for the ride, of course as always, And
next week more Texans interviews coming your way, British Brooks
coming your way a little bit later on in the
program here Texans running back.

Speaker 1 (21:02):
But right now, let's talk the other football.

Speaker 2 (21:04):
Okay, soccer at NRG Stadium, July sixth, Gold Cup Final,
World Cup next year, seven games here in Houston. We'll
talk about all of this with Glenn Davis, you know
the name. He's on a show on another part of
the dial, several shows as a matter of fact, and
Dynamo calls and the rest of it. Let's get into
it with Glenn Davis soccer guru. Can I just call

(21:27):
you soccer guru?

Speaker 6 (21:29):
I don't you know you said that last time? It's okay,
It's okay, I did. I'm so repetitive. I did not
say did I say soccer?

Speaker 3 (21:36):
Good?

Speaker 1 (21:36):
But it needs to be repeated. It needs to be repeated.

Speaker 5 (21:40):
Because I know when soccer comes up or football comes
up in the city.

Speaker 1 (21:44):
Glenn's the first and only person to go to buy
this city.

Speaker 6 (21:47):
Yeah, you know, I'd rather have former you know, cold
seven World Cups Thomas for the Chronicle seven years.

Speaker 3 (21:55):
No.

Speaker 6 (21:55):
And the reason I say that is is because that
does show us that we do have a lot of
scer history down here. And I don't mean just me,
but there's a lot of soccer history link to the
World Cup.

Speaker 1 (22:05):
But you know it is.

Speaker 2 (22:06):
And since we're talking about you, Glenn, it is really
notable that you are the soccer guy in a huge
market like Houston. You're the guy, You're the go to guy.
Your opinion is the opinion that matters. I know there
are some others out there, but come on, let's be honest.
And I know you're humble and everything, but it is cool.
It's got to feel good that you are that highly regarded.

Speaker 3 (22:27):
I'm very proud to.

Speaker 6 (22:28):
Be associated with Houston Soccer over and the soccer community
over all these years. Look, I came here in eighty four.
Professional soccer was a lot different looking. It's amazing what
I see now as far as infrastructure and the care
of athletes and where the game is popularity wise, it
was completely different. But I've been a part of the

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US soccer community and everything, but that's not a good indication.
I don't want to be the only person here. I
want to see other people emerge, and I think that
is part of what you can link to a bigger
issue when it comes to relevancy of MLS and WSL
teams that are in our market. I wish I wasn't
the only one. I wish there was other people out there,

(23:09):
you know, in mainstream media more, and I think that's
our problem. They're going to be forced to cover the
World Cup when it comes. Obviously you got no so
everybody's scrambling now to figure out how you're going to
cover the greatest sporting event in the world with seven
games here, with all due respect to the NFL and.

Speaker 1 (23:25):
The Super Bowl, I gotcha.

Speaker 6 (23:26):
But yeah, I am proud of that. It does make me.
You know, that's the payback you get being in the industry.
On the other hand, it's not a good thing. There
should be other people, we should have more, and it
really has not developed the soccer media here. You know,
podcasting has people in podcasting, but it really has not

(23:50):
developed I think where I thought it might be.

Speaker 1 (23:52):
Glenn, you mentioned World Cup. We'll get to that. That's
twenty twenty six, twenty twenty five.

Speaker 5 (23:56):
Before we get there, we've got Gold Cup and one
of the great things.

Speaker 1 (23:59):
But Gold Cup is the finale will be here.

Speaker 5 (24:01):
I believe it's July sixth, Gold Cup here at NRG Stadium,
which is going to be absolutely fantastic. It's a tremendous
event when national powers match up and all that. How
do you kind of handicap where gold Cup in what
we might be able to see in the finale here
in Houston.

Speaker 1 (24:19):
How do you kind of look at the Gold Cup?
How do you kind of handicap it at this point.

Speaker 6 (24:22):
So the Gold Cup is going to rain the champion
of concer cap which is our region of the world,
and it's a Caribbean, it's North America, It's it's Mexico, Canada,
the Caribbean in Central America, and there's a lot of
passion at soccer people in all these countries. It is
always highly unpredictable. I would say it's very highly unpredictable.

(24:45):
There was tremendous passion for a national pride for all
these countries. When we get an El Salvador or Guatemala
or Honduras at Shell Energy Stadium, it's it's insane to
your point about July six and having the FI here,
It's spectacular content. It's never happened before. We've never had

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the Gold Cup Final. We've had a lot of big
Copa America matches. We've had the greats of the world,
the brands of the world, the real Madrid's here at Energy.
We've had you know, Barcelona here, you name it, We've
had them all, Manchester United, Manchester City, all the big brands.
But this is just another feather in the cap. And
I would I always remind people when I get on

(25:29):
the air, the reason we got the World Cup coming
here is what's happened here at at Energy Stadium, because
that brought to the attention of everybody. And I'll go
back to Jamie Roots, okay, because he was the beginning
of purveying soccer in this building and had the vision
to go to mister McNair's what I'm understanding, and that

(25:52):
that is what brought to the attention all the byproduct
of this market, which is a great youth community, great
adult passionate people from all over the world that love
the game. So the reason we have the World Cup, frankly,
in my opinion, is because we opened everybody's eyes with
the amazing attendance at these games. Here in this stadium.

Speaker 2 (26:10):
All right, we're gonna bounce around a bit because we
are excited about Gold Cup.

Speaker 1 (26:13):
Tidio.

Speaker 3 (26:14):
That's the way I.

Speaker 1 (26:15):
Do it, too, stream of consciousness.

Speaker 2 (26:18):
But the World Cup, and this is a great I
hate to call it an appetizer or a dirv because
it's a meal, the Gold Cup final July six, But
when the World Cup comes here, you are talking about
seven games. And it's been said to me in a
variety of different ways, the World Cup this is bigger
than the Olympics really because of what it means to people,

(26:39):
the passion they have for these teams. Olympics people, it's
a bandwagon thing. Everyone loves to get on their country bandwagon.

Speaker 1 (26:46):
And some sports are bigger than others in different countries.

Speaker 2 (26:48):
But this is international Soccer's championship and we've got seven
of these babies here. And somebody told me this is
like seven Super Bowls in a way here at NRG State.

Speaker 1 (27:00):
How big is it? Glenn?

Speaker 6 (27:01):
Well, that's only if we don't get as Bekka Stan.
But no, I'm just kidding, that's a joke. It is massive.
It is massive. That line the seven Super Bowls is
the one that's out there, and I think that's a
great way to kind of relate it to the importance
of each and every game. We won't know until next December.
Who's coming here. That's going to be you know, the anticipation. Yeah, well,

(27:23):
you know you go to bed at night going, well,
a Dutch be here. If the Dutcher here, I mean,
it's going to be crazy.

Speaker 3 (27:28):
They'll be.

Speaker 1 (27:32):
He'll be an orange. You know, man fights pain on
his face.

Speaker 2 (27:37):
Wait, the Broncos can't be here at anything near when
that announcement occurs, because if I have to wear orange.

Speaker 6 (27:45):
But but to your point it, I think there's a
lot of unknown to it. Honestly, I know the number
they're putting out there on past data is half a
million people. I think it's a million plus coming in here.
So you think about that from the standpoint of obviously
everybody's thinking about it from a business standpoint, but the

(28:05):
amount of people traveling here. You had a lot of
people take off travel and saving money to go to
the Qatar World Cup or cutter Russia was before that,
So you know, maybe the US is where they want
to come and We're gonna have an opportunity to show
our city off too. I mean that's the other thing.
We got an amazing city and we'll be able to

(28:25):
show it off and be the great host that we are.

Speaker 5 (28:28):
Glenn, I know a lot can change between Summer twenty
point five and World Cup twenty twenty six, but if
you had to pinpoint it right now, what's the best
national team in the world at this point? Spain and
Portugal went at it the other day in UAYFA Nations
League and that was a hell of a finish, goes
to penalty kicks, Portugal finally beat Spain. But I'm watching

(28:48):
spain ton of talent, Nico Williams Layou. I mean, they
got just a ton of young dudes that are going
to be really, really good and easy to play well together.

Speaker 1 (28:58):
Board what's the best team in the nation right now?

Speaker 5 (29:00):
And you think that can carry it forward for a
year to work up between them.

Speaker 6 (29:03):
So certainly, certainly, and I think you picked that too.
That would be in the category of favorites one hundred percent.
That was a great game, by the way. I mean,
you know, you watch these guys and it's like you
see a seventeen year old kid doing what he's doing
under that pressure, you're just kind of blown away. Obviously,
Argentina is the defending champions. We've had MESSI play in

(29:23):
this building. I think the nice comparison I always make
about in Argentina is they are a country that knows
exactly what they are as a soccer team. They have
the whole pride and nationalistic thing behind him. It never
waivers to play for that country and to wear that
jersey is something off the charts incredible, which also is

(29:49):
playing in a World Cup. I mean it's very rarefied
air to play in a World Cup and be on
a World Cup team, right, But we also have to
remember they're a country that they don't have a lot
of duel now nationals, so when they come together, these
guys number one know how they're going to play under
scalone and number two, I mean, you guys have Argentine

(30:11):
friends that are passionate. You realize how passionate these people
are about their country, and that goes hand in hand.

Speaker 3 (30:16):
With the football. There.

Speaker 6 (30:18):
Then you got the US where you got guys playing
all over the place. You got guys that are doing
nationals that have probably never lived here. But we're maybe
born here. We have other challenges with the size of
our country, We have challenges with youth development. There's I'm
not going to get into the weeds on all that,
but I do think culturally our sport is incredibly different

(30:39):
on a landscape that has three traditional sports, including the
NFL as I look at you two guys, and it's
immensely different. And that doesn't mean we shouldn't be doing
better at some things. But the game is a very
commercial game in this country, and when I say that
is that there is a lot of emphasis on that,
and I do believe that can affect player development.

Speaker 1 (31:01):
Along those lines.

Speaker 5 (31:02):
Gland, of the seven games that we would have here
for the World Cup, yep, what would be a home
run for Houston to get this country here in Houston
for one of those seven games.

Speaker 6 (31:12):
Yeah, well, I mean, I think any of those big
traditional countries that come with the pomp and circumstance would
be We're going to get some amazing teams here, that's
the bottom line, and we're going to be going, oh
my god, you know, the German national teams playing in Houston,
or the Dutch national team or jeez, Brazil's coming here.
I mean we're going to get some big games and
they're going to come with droves of fans.

Speaker 2 (31:32):
People who own apartments on VRBO want to know the
best country to visit here.

Speaker 1 (31:39):
Yeah, I had.

Speaker 5 (31:39):
Friends of mine in Green Bay. You but I have
friends family in Green Bay. They were vrbo ing and
oh no no the over draft weekend. I can imagine
what they could make for World Cup.

Speaker 6 (31:49):
I'm clearing my house up right now. I'm locking stuff
in one room and I'm putting that thing out here.

Speaker 2 (31:56):
You know, no, a lot of people are. But obviously
Mexico would be great. Team USA would be great. But
we'll see, right, we won't.

Speaker 6 (32:04):
Know what I think those Yeah, I don't know. I
guess you know, I shouldn't say it.

Speaker 2 (32:09):
It's all up North America, right, We've got Canada. We've
got Estadios Deca, well a legend.

Speaker 6 (32:15):
Steca kicks it off. Yeah, and you've been there. You've
got Monterey, you got Guadalajara. Okay, you got Canada involved
as well. I mean, the World Cup is about expansion. Now,
that's not gonna make it less expensing.

Speaker 2 (32:29):
I think keep the Mexican national team exclusively in Mexico
or would they play in Canada. Canada plays in Mexico.
Team USA plays in Mexico. I don't know how they
do it, right, do they care or not care?

Speaker 1 (32:42):
How do they say?

Speaker 6 (32:43):
I don't know if they've predetermined the sites for like
the knockout rounds and things, so I don't know, but
you do have to have Mexico open it up in As,
Texas legendary World Cup stadium. The seventy Brazil Plas team
won it plays the only guy who's ever wonted three
times the World Cup itself, been on three teams.

Speaker 1 (33:00):
So all right.

Speaker 5 (33:01):
I know it's a little different then say the draft,
but the draft basically is nothing happens, but a bunch
of names are called because but it's been becoming this
huge temp pole opportunity for the NFL.

Speaker 1 (33:14):
Is the draw for World Cup.

Speaker 5 (33:16):
Kind of like that in a sense where everybody's watching
and all of his name is basically drawn out of
a hat to come up with who's going to end
up in each group? Is that kind of the way
that the draw in December is that kind of like
what it is for.

Speaker 6 (33:26):
Soccer fans, draw is huge because that's your pathway in
the World Cup, right, and that's your competition, so you know,
you know, we have the group of death and you
know everything that comes up like that. But you know,
in past history, you've watched World Cups where teams have
had really good draws, where they've had lesser competition. Okay, now,

(33:48):
now you can navigate your World Cup a little bit differently.
You can conserve energy. You can do things in a
way where you're spreading playing time out so that your
your your key players are fresh, your game changers are rush.
This has been a problem for the US. We burned
so much energy in the group stages we did in
the last World Cup that by the time we get
to the knockout stage, we are fatigued. And this is

(34:13):
called tournament navigation, and this is an area we got
to get better. I mean we Greg Burhalter got us
to the next round as the manager. But these guys,
Surgenio dest Anthony Robinson, Adams, these guys were playing every
minute and we have to somehow get through these groups.
Well right now, but the current state of the national team,

(34:35):
we're wondering if we're going to get out of the group.
But you have to kind of have an eye a
little bit ahead, and that's the trickiest thing to do
as a coach or a manager.

Speaker 2 (34:42):
Yeah, otherwise you have to use up your resources and
energy just to get out of the group.

Speaker 3 (34:46):
Got it.

Speaker 2 (34:47):
Glad Davis joining US talking soccer Gold Cup Final July
sixth and RG Stadium. All right, I want to go
abroad here for a moment and get into the weeds.
Because Johnny turned me on to Welcome to Rex, I did.

Speaker 3 (35:00):
I got him.

Speaker 2 (35:00):
I don't know if you've watched the show. I know
you follow all of it, so you know what's happened
to that.

Speaker 6 (35:05):
I'm gonna be watched a single episode of Welcome directs life.

Speaker 1 (35:10):
So but you know what it is, right, I know
the whole story.

Speaker 3 (35:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (35:14):
So, and what's the other actor's name, Rob mc rod mclaney.
And they buy a team and they move up how
many leagues, Johnny, they've had a three straight.

Speaker 1 (35:22):
Promotion, three promotions?

Speaker 3 (35:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (35:24):
So they're in the chack Batship now.

Speaker 2 (35:26):
And the Championship for soccer for dummies people like me
is not a championship. It's the name of the second division.

Speaker 1 (35:34):
Why do they do this just to confuse you for this?

Speaker 2 (35:38):
It's kind of it's kind of like the it's kind
of like college football when we went to FCS and FBS.

Speaker 6 (35:44):
Right, But guys, you know what happens to me my
entire career for thirty years in media is oh, Davis,
you should call it football.

Speaker 1 (35:52):
It's football. It's not soccer, right right, right, But we
can debate.

Speaker 3 (35:55):
That a little bit.

Speaker 6 (35:56):
By the way, if you look back, do a google
on it.

Speaker 2 (35:58):
Really the name soccer versus football for the round ball sport.
Oh interesting anyway, but what do you think of that?
Because promotion is a thing, relegation is a thing in
England and other leagues around the world. It's so exciting
and what they've done is really interesting because I think
it's more of an international marketing lesson, or as much

(36:21):
of an international marketing marketing lesson as it is a soccer.

Speaker 1 (36:25):
Lesson, if you will, with what they're doing with that club.

Speaker 6 (36:28):
Yeah, the reck some things unbelievable. Those guys are intelligent guys.
They are obviously great businessmen. They link a TV show
with it. It gives it a broader appeal globally. And
not only that they're now winning, they have more resources.
It's affecting the mood of a provincial town. I mean,
that's the thing that we miss with some of our sports.

(36:48):
Here these countries, these are teams that win or lose,
you're going to support because it's the only show in
town and it's very much provincial. It affects mood, it
affects spending, habits, it affects all these different things. Promotion
relegation is I think awesome because there's consequence.

Speaker 1 (37:04):
I think it's awesome.

Speaker 6 (37:05):
I think when you compare that to MLS, which is
a bit of a problem MLS, eighteen to thirty teams
can make the playoffs. I mean that's honestly, it's too much.
It's like, hey, we're all playing, we're all going to
get a medal, and we can all take our time
putting our team together because bottom line is, we just
have to be eighteen out of thirty. It's one of
the negatives of MLS. And I say that as a

(37:27):
huge fan of MLS. Right now, come playoff time, it's awesome,
it's exciting, it's awesome, but you know, you're kind of
waiting till August to really kind of get there. I've
always thought that they could knock off four playoff teams
and it would increase consequence. You would have to make
player moves a little bit more urgent, you'd have to
take a little more risk with player moves.

Speaker 1 (37:49):
I think it would just ratchet it up.

Speaker 6 (37:51):
And I think, you know, if it allows a coach
to come on and say, you know, it's a long season,
we got a lot to una, you know all that,
and that's repeated, that isn't good for a fan base.
I'm sorry, it's not good for a fan base. So

(38:11):
that's the challenge. But promotion relegation is amazing because it's
it's so much about money. Let's let's do a local example.
Jeff Luna Blue crosse sports. Right, he got his team
that was in the second division right into the first
in Spain. So now all of a sudden they're playing
Real Madrid and Barcelona. His group, their team got there.
Legas is the name of the club. This year, it

(38:33):
went down to the last game of the season. They win,
they made a bit of a push, they get some
results at the end, it's not enough, so they're going back.

Speaker 2 (38:42):
Down then going back down. Yeah, Glenn, where can people
catch you?

Speaker 1 (38:45):
Now? Apple TV? You go to the special feed with
you got to go to.

Speaker 6 (38:50):
The local feed and don't ask me how to get
there because I don't know how to.

Speaker 2 (38:53):
Get away the mark because I know you're watching me
every time on the local Dynamo.

Speaker 1 (39:00):
Figured it out.

Speaker 6 (39:02):
Now it's supposedly not very difficult for people like me.

Speaker 3 (39:05):
It is. It's Apple.

Speaker 6 (39:07):
I have every Tuesday night for two hours Soccer Matters
on ninety seven to five. And then I just launched
a new show. It's a World Cup show with a
lot of great sponsors, which is it's all World Cup.
So I'm bringing guys on to recount experiences, maybe give
us a little behind the scenes coaches from different countries
and you know, tie in a lot of the World

(39:28):
Cup connection that we have in Houston. When it comes
to players comes to play playing in the in the Astrodome,
I mean, there's a lot of really cool stuff out
there that which I don't want to be the only
guy talking about it. I know there's other people that
can and will.

Speaker 3 (39:44):
So that's it.

Speaker 2 (39:46):
When did play play in the astrodome with the cosmos
with the cosmos?

Speaker 3 (39:51):
He did?

Speaker 1 (39:51):
Yeah, wow, yeah, on that surface, on that surface which
we would not see today. No.

Speaker 6 (39:58):
But you know, like I always tell P, well, you
don't know how fortunate I was because I got to
see him regularly when he was on the New York Cosmos,
because I grew up in New Jersey. So unless you
lived in Brazil where Santos played, or New York and
New Jersey, you didn't regularly get to see a guy
like that because players weren't switching.

Speaker 1 (40:18):
No Internet, no way to see the guys.

Speaker 6 (40:22):
And think about it, a brazil national team back then
was all Brazilians that played in their country in their league.

Speaker 1 (40:28):
Right, so you only saw them in the world.

Speaker 6 (40:30):
Well, now they're over in Europe, and this is also
where people get into the conversation about well it's harder
to keep that Brazilian samba jogo beneatho going.

Speaker 1 (40:41):
You know, yeah, that's what I always said. All right, Glen,
thanks so much for being with us. Have fun.

Speaker 6 (40:48):
John Mark, thanks as always. I always enjoy the discussion.
I appreciate it.

Speaker 2 (40:52):
There's our buddy, Glenn Davis, and in podcast form you
can hear even more of that interview as we dive
deep into a lot of soccer related topics that you
are going to want to know about. Man, it's such
a treat for me because I'm soccer for dummy guys.
I follow the Premier League. I like going to Dynamo games,
but I always need to know more, and you need
to know more about.

Speaker 1 (41:10):
The Texans running back crew.

Speaker 2 (41:11):
British Brooks a part of that class if you will
that room, and you're gonna want to hear from him.
He's next here on Texans All Access, final segment of
the evening, and we'll find out how this player fits
into the running back mix when training camp gets going
on later in July. British Brooks, who kind of burst

(41:31):
onto the scene last preseason and made the fifty three
man roster, got injured, but he's back looking for more,
looking to do some damage, and he visited with Johnny
and I in the Hyundai Texans Radio studio British Brooks.

Speaker 1 (41:46):
Last year at rookie Mini caamp.

Speaker 2 (41:48):
Johnny and I are out there watching and I'm like
this British Brooks guy looks interesting and eventually you make
the roster and I know everything didn't go according to plan,
But what led to that? When did you start feeling like,
you know what, I can make a difference here and
I can really make an impact on this football team.

Speaker 7 (42:04):
Uh.

Speaker 8 (42:05):
I feel like the moment I decided to keep playing football. Honestly,
after my senior season, I pretty much put the Clees down.
Then a couple of months later, I woke up and
I was just like, I'm gonna give it a shot.
So and I just feel like this when everything.

Speaker 1 (42:18):
Clicked, why'd you put him down?

Speaker 5 (42:20):
Uh?

Speaker 8 (42:21):
Just to I guess the sour taste just left the
bad taste in my mouth my senior year, so I
was just ready to just move on.

Speaker 5 (42:28):
So, sitting here today, did you make the right decision?
Under I should say, did you make the decision you're
most happy? You're you're happiest.

Speaker 3 (42:36):
With one hundred percent? Why?

Speaker 8 (42:38):
Because I know, like the day I woke up and
I was like, you know, it's like my heart won't
let me stop playing. Yeah, like I wanted to, but
my heart won't let me.

Speaker 5 (42:47):
I I knew a guy that had that same recollection.
I think Mark Nosen too. You remember Dj Reader?

Speaker 1 (42:53):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (42:53):
Dj Reader playing in the league, one of the best
defensive tackles.

Speaker 1 (42:57):
He had that kind of situation in college.

Speaker 5 (42:59):
He had lost his father and he was distraught and
wondered whether we want to play football game? And it
was a camaraderie was Dabbo Sweeney got him back playing football,
ends up being a fifth round pick, comes here, turns
himself into a Pro Bowl defensive lineman.

Speaker 1 (43:14):
So you know, you can find the love for the
game at any point.

Speaker 5 (43:18):
But the fact is, once you stopped playing, like you know,
you can't get it back. But the fact that you
did the one thing you also did last year after
having a great preseason running the ball, they said hey,
can you play full back? And you end up moving
down and playing fullback. Can you take us through that
experience and what that was like for you? Had you
played full back before, how much had you played What

(43:39):
was kind of that process.

Speaker 1 (43:40):
Like for you never played full back before?

Speaker 8 (43:42):
So it was at first it was kind of just
like all right, like fullback segments running back, but in
reality is really not like, yeah, you got to learn concepts, formations, Yeah,
a different type of blocking and all that stuff. So
it was the first couple of weeks was definitely tougher,
just trying to like learn and process everything. So but
I feel like soon as like I started like putting

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things together, it was easier now.

Speaker 5 (44:05):
And as you were doing that, was there in some
way did you look at it and say, hey, they
want to get me on the field in some way.
They want me on this roster in some way, and
this might be the way to do it. Did you
kind of look at it like that too?

Speaker 8 (44:16):
Oh ye, one hundred percent. You know, anything to do
what they needed me to do. So it wasn't a
question of me not doing it or trying to question
them what to do. So it was just like, I'm
all ears open for everything.

Speaker 3 (44:27):
Nice.

Speaker 2 (44:28):
Is it difficult being a rookie learning a system then
going into year two learning a different system? And I
know there's some similarities here, but what can you tell
us about that part of things?

Speaker 8 (44:37):
I feel like for me, it's not because I got
you know, I seasonin injury week five, So it was
kind of just like as soon as I was getting
the offense, it's just kind of just like came to
a hope. But I was still just like learning, talking
to like people like Bread Daltin kid Troy Harrison, and
they still were just like filling me in on like
little stuff that I should know. So like now coming

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around the second time, it's like I can take what
I learned from there and apply it here, So I
feel like it's been easier.

Speaker 1 (45:04):
What did that preseason mean to you? Last year British.

Speaker 5 (45:07):
I mean, because to be honest, and there are a
lot of people that were watching the preseason games and
we're calling them and it's like we're telling people who
Bridge Brooks is. Like there were a lot of people
that didn't know who you were. They just knew you
were some undrafted free agent aside from North Carolina, and
then all of a sudden, like, damn, this is one
of the most impressive dudes we're seeing in the preseason.
As we were going through those preseason games, kind of

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what were you feeling and experiencing. Were you kind of
getting that same feeling because you had some some bang
up runs in those games. Were you kind of getting
that confidence as that preseason was going along?

Speaker 3 (45:36):
Oh ye, one hundred percent.

Speaker 8 (45:37):
I felt like I was playing like freely, like I
didn't have any restraints. They were just telling me just
just go just go out and play. Yeah, and I
felt like that's what I did.

Speaker 1 (45:45):
Did your confidence build over that time?

Speaker 8 (45:48):
Oh yeah, one hundred percent, especially just during camp two
and uh, even during the spring, just putting in the reps,
putting in working out, Yeah, making sure I know the
playbook so I can you know, I don't got to
think once of all this not right?

Speaker 2 (46:01):
What's it going to be for you during the break
between mini camp training camp, having that time off.

Speaker 1 (46:06):
But it's not really off as it British.

Speaker 3 (46:08):
Yeah, never, it's never. It's never off.

Speaker 8 (46:11):
It's one hundred miles an hour, you know, you know,
coming off of Inrey. I got cleared a couple of
weeks ago, so I already feel like I'm behind on
eight ball, even though I might not be. I feel
like I got to work even harder just to get.

Speaker 3 (46:22):
To where I was.

Speaker 1 (46:22):
All right, how excited are you to get the pads
back on?

Speaker 8 (46:25):
I don't think y'all understand just having football taking away? Yeah,
and then it makes you have like a whole new
perspective on it.

Speaker 1 (46:34):
Yeah. Oh that's awesome. Can't wait to see out there.
British thanks a lot.

Speaker 3 (46:37):
Yes, sir, thank you.

Speaker 2 (46:38):
All right, there's our friend, British Brooks, one of the
Texans running backs vying for action. Can't wait till camp
gets started. We've got interviews galore next week. You'red to
hear from I don't know how many, at least ten
Texans next week, so stay tuned for that Weeknights at
six This is Your Place and Texans All Access podcast
on Spotify, wherever you get your podcasts, Autossey app, Texans Website,

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Houston Texans dot com, all of it. Thanks to everyone
for being on the show. Have a great weekend everyone.
Area forty five is next. Stay tuned, Go Texans,