Houston (CBS HOUSTON) – The Houston Texans face the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday to kick off their 2015 preseason schedule. Former Texans center Chris Myers and the newest edition to the SportsRadio 610 team caught up with Texans offensive lineman Duane Brown on Thursday to talk a bit about the game.

The Niners have had a lot of turnover on their roster this offseason. Captain Patrick Willis retired, as did second-year linebacker Chris Borland due to health concerns of the long-term effects of the game. 14-year veteran Justin Smith also left the powerful defense for retirement. Frank Gore (RB) and Michael Crabtree (WR) Mike Iupati (LG) left the offense to free agency as did defenders Dan Skuta (LB), Chris Culliver (CB), Perrish Cox (CB). Aldon Smith was just released from the team after another issue with substance abuse and drinking and driving.

“They had a few guys out there retire whether it was age or just different circumstances,” Brown said of the 49ers. “It’s a new team, it looks like. I expect it to be a pretty tough game, they are typically a pretty tough team.

While the 49ers lost who many would call their leaders on defense in Willis and Smith, Brown pointed out that they still have some guys that made San Francisco one of the toughest defenses over the past few years.

“The loss of those two guys (Willis and Smith) it can be very detrimental to a locker room,” Brown told Myers. “They still have guys like NaVarro Bowman and they’ve got Darnell Dockett over there now, who’s a pretty good player. You can’t think so much about the guys that they’ve lost, at the end of the day it’s still the NFL.”

The Texans made some changes of their own this offseason, including releasing Chris from the team. During the off season the Texans moved Ben Jones from guard to center to replace Myers as the leader of the offensive line. Chris wanted to make sure that his former trench mates were adjusting well to Jones’ strong southern accent.

“We’re all kind of used to words that might not sound the same but kind of knowing the meaning of them,” Brown said of Jones. “If we can get past the loud crowd noise and his accent, we’ll be all right.”

Myers then let everyone into the locker room a little bit asking a couple “Would You Rather” questions. First Duane said he would rather fly than time travel, always “being a little jealous of birds.”

Not even sure if we understand the last question Myers asked, but it had to with owning farts in public or burping in people’s faces. You can watch the full answers from Brown in the video above.

Keep an eye out for more Center Of Attention w/ Chris Myers all season.