July 24, 2025 • 8 mins
With training camp kicking off yesterday at NRG Stadium for the Texans, we are now just one week away from the initial start of football season, with the HOF game next Thursday when the Los Angeles Chargers take on the Detroit Lions. Providing a few takeaways from the team's first practice, Sean and Chris hash out a few positives from yesterday and some things to be mindful of as we approach the start of the 2025-26 NFL season.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
All right, Sean, what are you hearing out there now?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
The Salisbury stakeout? Salisbury's takeout on the Sean Salisbury Show.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Sean Salisbury Show here on Sports Talk seven ninety is
the Salisbury stakeout And Sean Texans hit the practice field yesterday,
and one of my just immediate observations was they better
put Nico Collins in bubble wrap, because outside of him,
(00:46):
I don't feel very good.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
About any of these other receivers on this roster.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Ken one, if not two rookie wide receivers be two
guys you heavily rely on this season.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
If you're CJH.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Yeah, if they play like Nikua when he came out
of what BYU with the rams? Was it BYU?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
The y?
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Yeah, if you could, if I can get that from him,
sure of course, and maybe you will. But I never
want me to hang my hat on rookies being that guy. Now,
there's always that hope part, and you draft them for
potential and hope they can, but they're going to be
forced in to happen to play and do something now.
And so in truth, Gordy, if I said to you
(01:29):
going in before you went to practice, what's the perceived
weakness on this team, and it's not even perceived going
into this season, is how's the offensive line going to play?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Right? How are they going to lose?
Speaker 4 (01:38):
In Tunsil? They obviously self inflicted pre snap penalties, all
the crap that went on. And yet you got five
guys And I've always said, if I had a Hall
of Famer and four average other average offensive lineman or
no Hall of Famer, and five solid players that are there,
give me that group over the guys with one star
and four hacks if that was the case. Right, Well,
(02:01):
so you're hoping you've upgraded the position, and they say
they want to be nastier and do all that, and
let's hope. But that was going in the perceived weakness
and probably still is until they prove who they are.
But the sneaky weakness. And you make a great point
and you're out there seeing it. So I'm anxious to
see what moved you and why you think that other
than the fact that they're rookies, is they are one
(02:21):
injury away from you from that position possibly becoming a weakness.
Now I know, we think, well, you've got great running
game and with Mixing and Chubb, you've got a quarterback
that should elevate the other receivers and make them better,
But it still comes down to you still got to
have guys that know how to get open and beat coverage.
And as a rookie, you're still learning how to get
(02:41):
out of the huddle, let alone what the coverage is,
and how to beat man and zone and get off
the press coverage all those things. So I'm hoping that
that's a little more hope there because you're exactly right, well,
that star is a wide receiver. Can Christian Kirk and
these rookies elevate that is a position to watch and
hope to the good Lord that you don't have an injury,
a high ankle sprain to a guy like Nico Collins
(03:03):
for him up. So I'm curious of what you saw
there that made you think, you know what, it validates
your concern.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Well, it just when you see Nico Collins in action.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
I mean, he is a he is a bona fide
top ten receiver in this league now, and it's it's
incredible that that happened because if you just said that
his first year or two in the league, and I'll
be like, you're nuts. But he is emerged and he
has developed, and I mean you may even make a
case or top five receiver in the league.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Nico Collins. He's that good and he's a physical beast too.
But Tank Dell ain't coming out of street close this year.
I mean he ain't. He ain't gonna play football. Feels like.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Christian Kirk, nice journeyman, but a little small John Metchi
will be waiting on that train until the sun comes
up on. Is this the year that John Metchi emerges?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
It?
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Maybe he does, maybe the it clicks.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
But Xavier Hutchinson, I think is no more than a
three or four at best in this league. So you
really start to look at and it starts with Jayden
Higgins six' four two twenty out Of Iowa. State it
got the deal done with him your second round. PICK
i just look At Jayden. Higgins Oh, god they're putting
a lot of eggs in the basket Of Jayden higgins
(04:16):
emerging as a true stud rookie.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
And putting a lot of pressure on the quarterback to
make sure that they get involved. Regularly and that can
happen if but it's you, know run game's gonna uh
enhance that or, not but on this team it should enhance.
It SO i go back to the offseason and, say
did they do enough for? You would you have liked
them to go get a guy Like Cooper cup when
he was.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Available, WELL i just look at The we're Watching Sports
center here and they're Showing Stefan diggs At patriots, camp
And i'm, going why the hell did they make that
trade for him and then reworked the deal to take
years off the deal he was if you'd have just
traded for him and inherited that. Contract AND i get,
it there wasn't much guaranteed, money and he wanted guaranteed
(04:58):
money and all, that but like also, say d you're under,
contract you're coming back next. Year the fact they reworked
it to a one year, deal and he gets. Hurt
you Had Stefan digs here half a, year.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
And especially since you didn't sign him as a free
age didn't you traded for? Him, yeah you gave up
a first, rounder, right you traded for. Him so what
obligation DO i have To, Well i'm going to trade for.
You you're coming, here or you just sit out and you're
not gonna get, Paid but you're coming.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Here why WOULD.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
I take away years on his contract only to because
if he had a great, year he was going to
cost you more if he had an average. Year but you, said,
well there's potential if he gets. Hurt at least he's under.
Contract we don't have to worry about it in the off.
Season every advantage you did when you traded, him you
gave to. Him, yeah you gave him every ounce of
leverage to get out because.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
It would give a bathsets to get.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Him it would sure be nice and you Know Drake
may's counting on him In New, england, right it would
be sure nice to, say, oh he's healthy and ready
to practice and he's under. Contract then you didn't have
to pay him. Anymore that was one of the odds.
Things what was he not going to show up if
you didn't rip up his contract and give him one, Year,
well then he doesn't get. Paid he was under contract
and you gave him an easy. Out and then with the,
(06:09):
injury so basically you got him what for half season
and a first round pick is what it cost, you, right, well.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Second, round second. Round but they did that weird thing
where they had the first round and they traded.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Back oh, okay. GOTCHA i think got the second, right so,
whatever but it was the.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Top it was you, know you're talking about a top
forty player in, college right type of. Thing that the
least that's going in you gave up a significant pick for,
him is the.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Point, yeah and they this from me And rappaport reported
The texans Restructured digs his four year contract extension from
The bills in twenty twenty, two with had two years.
Remaining they restructured that into a one, year twenty two
million dollar.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Dame and that maybe is salary cap, stuff because you
know redo it's like you'll ask a, player, hey can
we redo your. Deal we're not asking you to take money.
Away we'll actually give you more upfront if we can
redo the deal in the. Cap whatever the, reason he
was under, Contract and guess where he'd be right now
had you not done, that he'd a, rehabbed he'd be,
here he'd be coming back for year, two and you'd
have two number ones on your.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
STAFF i just Wanted digs for two. Years this could
this could have been a second.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Year.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Now he did sign a three, year sixty three million
dollar deal of this off season with The. PATRIOTS a
little bit of a gamble for a guy who's not
a spring. Chicken he's thirty one years, old turned thirty
two later this. Year BUT i still would have loved
to have The If I'M. Cj stroud And Tamika RYAN'S
i would have loved to have the luxury to Know
i've got a stud right there next To Nico. COLLINS
(07:31):
i don't have to worry about.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
And guess what for For, diggs who's going farther this, year.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
It's a better.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Team so BUT i understand the, money but, boy did
you cater to him and it was a costly one
and you're hoping now now you're more on the hope
than the. Production and he was actually having a good. Year,
yeah he was playing pretty good For, Yeah, no he.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Was he was.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
Great, yeah and no off field issues or. Anything the team. Captain,
yeah so. Yewesome, yeah it's a. Bummer it's a. Bummer
now you're counting on a couple of rookies to step
up and they're going to have.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
To, Hey Matt, campbell hopefully you develop these.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Receivers we now have Three iowa state wide receivers on this.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Team it's obvious That Nick cassario Likes Matt campbell. Players
that's a damn truth right. There, well hopefully they emerge
one to.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Return i'll give you a few more takeaways WHAT i
saw out there At texans camp. Yesterday training camp officially underway.
FOOTBALL a week from tonight we will have The hall
Of fame. Game so it is upon us more Sewn
salisbury show right after this
All right, Sean, what are you hearing out there now?
Speaker 2 (00:05):
The Salisbury stakeout? Salisbury's takeout on the Sean Salisbury Show.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Sean Salisbury Show here on Sports Talk seven ninety is
the Salisbury stakeout And Sean Texans hit the practice field yesterday,
and one of my just immediate observations was they better
put Nico Collins in bubble wrap, because outside of him,
(00:46):
I don't feel very good.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
About any of these other receivers on this roster.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Ken one, if not two rookie wide receivers be two
guys you heavily rely on this season.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
If you're CJH.
Speaker 4 (01:01):
Yeah, if they play like Nikua when he came out
of what BYU with the rams? Was it BYU?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
The y?
Speaker 4 (01:08):
Yeah, if you could, if I can get that from him,
sure of course, and maybe you will. But I never
want me to hang my hat on rookies being that guy. Now,
there's always that hope part, and you draft them for
potential and hope they can, but they're going to be
forced in to happen to play and do something now.
And so in truth, Gordy, if I said to you
(01:29):
going in before you went to practice, what's the perceived
weakness on this team, and it's not even perceived going
into this season, is how's the offensive line going to play?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
Right? How are they going to lose?
Speaker 4 (01:38):
In Tunsil? They obviously self inflicted pre snap penalties, all
the crap that went on. And yet you got five
guys And I've always said, if I had a Hall
of Famer and four average other average offensive lineman or
no Hall of Famer, and five solid players that are there,
give me that group over the guys with one star
and four hacks if that was the case. Right, Well,
(02:01):
so you're hoping you've upgraded the position, and they say
they want to be nastier and do all that, and
let's hope. But that was going in the perceived weakness
and probably still is until they prove who they are.
But the sneaky weakness. And you make a great point
and you're out there seeing it. So I'm anxious to
see what moved you and why you think that other
than the fact that they're rookies, is they are one
(02:21):
injury away from you from that position possibly becoming a weakness.
Now I know, we think, well, you've got great running
game and with Mixing and Chubb, you've got a quarterback
that should elevate the other receivers and make them better,
But it still comes down to you still got to
have guys that know how to get open and beat coverage.
And as a rookie, you're still learning how to get
(02:41):
out of the huddle, let alone what the coverage is,
and how to beat man and zone and get off
the press coverage all those things. So I'm hoping that
that's a little more hope there because you're exactly right, well,
that star is a wide receiver. Can Christian Kirk and
these rookies elevate that is a position to watch and
hope to the good Lord that you don't have an injury,
a high ankle sprain to a guy like Nico Collins
(03:03):
for him up. So I'm curious of what you saw
there that made you think, you know what, it validates
your concern.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Well, it just when you see Nico Collins in action.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
I mean, he is a he is a bona fide
top ten receiver in this league now, and it's it's
incredible that that happened because if you just said that
his first year or two in the league, and I'll
be like, you're nuts. But he is emerged and he
has developed, and I mean you may even make a
case or top five receiver in the league.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Nico Collins. He's that good and he's a physical beast too.
But Tank Dell ain't coming out of street close this year.
I mean he ain't. He ain't gonna play football. Feels like.
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Christian Kirk, nice journeyman, but a little small John Metchi
will be waiting on that train until the sun comes
up on. Is this the year that John Metchi emerges?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
It?
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Maybe he does, maybe the it clicks.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
But Xavier Hutchinson, I think is no more than a
three or four at best in this league. So you
really start to look at and it starts with Jayden
Higgins six' four two twenty out Of Iowa. State it
got the deal done with him your second round. PICK
i just look At Jayden. Higgins Oh, god they're putting
a lot of eggs in the basket Of Jayden higgins
(04:16):
emerging as a true stud rookie.
Speaker 4 (04:19):
And putting a lot of pressure on the quarterback to
make sure that they get involved. Regularly and that can
happen if but it's you, know run game's gonna uh
enhance that or, not but on this team it should enhance.
It SO i go back to the offseason and, say
did they do enough for? You would you have liked
them to go get a guy Like Cooper cup when
he was.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
Available, WELL i just look at The we're Watching Sports
center here and they're Showing Stefan diggs At patriots, camp
And i'm, going why the hell did they make that
trade for him and then reworked the deal to take
years off the deal he was if you'd have just
traded for him and inherited that. Contract AND i get,
it there wasn't much guaranteed, money and he wanted guaranteed
(04:58):
money and all, that but like also, say d you're under,
contract you're coming back next. Year the fact they reworked
it to a one year, deal and he gets. Hurt
you Had Stefan digs here half a, year.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
And especially since you didn't sign him as a free
age didn't you traded for? Him, yeah you gave up
a first, rounder, right you traded for. Him so what
obligation DO i have To, Well i'm going to trade for.
You you're coming, here or you just sit out and you're
not gonna get, Paid but you're coming.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Here why WOULD.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
I take away years on his contract only to because
if he had a great, year he was going to
cost you more if he had an average. Year but you, said,
well there's potential if he gets. Hurt at least he's under.
Contract we don't have to worry about it in the off.
Season every advantage you did when you traded, him you
gave to. Him, yeah you gave him every ounce of
leverage to get out because.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
It would give a bathsets to get.
Speaker 4 (05:48):
Him it would sure be nice and you Know Drake
may's counting on him In New, england, right it would
be sure nice to, say, oh he's healthy and ready
to practice and he's under. Contract then you didn't have
to pay him. Anymore that was one of the odds.
Things what was he not going to show up if
you didn't rip up his contract and give him one, Year,
well then he doesn't get. Paid he was under contract
and you gave him an easy. Out and then with the,
(06:09):
injury so basically you got him what for half season
and a first round pick is what it cost, you, right, well.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
Second, round second. Round but they did that weird thing
where they had the first round and they traded.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Back oh, okay. GOTCHA i think got the second, right so,
whatever but it was the.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Top it was you, know you're talking about a top
forty player in, college right type of. Thing that the
least that's going in you gave up a significant pick for,
him is the.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Point, yeah and they this from me And rappaport reported
The texans Restructured digs his four year contract extension from
The bills in twenty twenty, two with had two years.
Remaining they restructured that into a one, year twenty two
million dollar.
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Dame and that maybe is salary cap, stuff because you
know redo it's like you'll ask a, player, hey can
we redo your. Deal we're not asking you to take money.
Away we'll actually give you more upfront if we can
redo the deal in the. Cap whatever the, reason he
was under, Contract and guess where he'd be right now
had you not done, that he'd a, rehabbed he'd be,
here he'd be coming back for year, two and you'd
have two number ones on your.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
STAFF i just Wanted digs for two. Years this could
this could have been a second.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Year.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Now he did sign a three, year sixty three million
dollar deal of this off season with The. PATRIOTS a
little bit of a gamble for a guy who's not
a spring. Chicken he's thirty one years, old turned thirty
two later this. Year BUT i still would have loved
to have The If I'M. Cj stroud And Tamika RYAN'S
i would have loved to have the luxury to Know
i've got a stud right there next To Nico. COLLINS
(07:31):
i don't have to worry about.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
And guess what for For, diggs who's going farther this, year.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
It's a better.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Team so BUT i understand the, money but, boy did
you cater to him and it was a costly one
and you're hoping now now you're more on the hope
than the. Production and he was actually having a good. Year,
yeah he was playing pretty good For, Yeah, no he.
Speaker 1 (07:52):
Was he was.
Speaker 4 (07:52):
Great, yeah and no off field issues or. Anything the team. Captain,
yeah so. Yewesome, yeah it's a. Bummer it's a. Bummer
now you're counting on a couple of rookies to step
up and they're going to have.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
To, Hey Matt, campbell hopefully you develop these.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Receivers we now have Three iowa state wide receivers on this.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Team it's obvious That Nick cassario Likes Matt campbell. Players
that's a damn truth right. There, well hopefully they emerge
one to.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Return i'll give you a few more takeaways WHAT i
saw out there At texans camp. Yesterday training camp officially underway.
FOOTBALL a week from tonight we will have The hall
Of fame. Game so it is upon us more Sewn
salisbury show right after this
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