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Speaker 1: I'm Mike Keith, welcoming you to this edition of the program,
Speaker 1: which we are recording on Friday afternoon, July the seventeenth.
Speaker 1: There may be things that happen after we are done,
Speaker 1: Amy Wells, that we are unaware of, but we are
Speaker 1: going and we are going strong. How are you, hello, Mike.
Speaker 1: I'm so good. I think it's important that you established
Speaker 1: the date today because it feels like there's more news
Speaker 1: every second. But we had to get OTP in this
Speaker 1: week felt important. So we're picking a time and we're
Speaker 1: going with it. We're going with it. We're making a plan,
Speaker 1: we're executing the plan, and that plan is to talk
Speaker 1: about Derek Henry's contract. Were you surprised when the news
Speaker 1: came down? Absolutely, I was very surprised. I was holding
Speaker 1: out hope for a very long time that a contract
Speaker 1: would get done, and then Adam Schefter reported what was it?
Speaker 1: Forty eight hours thirty six hours before the deadline that
Speaker 1: the team was not going to get something done. And
Speaker 1: I believe Adam Schefter, I mean, he seems to be
Speaker 1: pretty plugged in. So that was kind of the assumption
Speaker 1: that I was operating under. We'll still have Derek Henry
Speaker 1: Hill still have the tag. Like it doesn't change that much,
Speaker 1: but you know, you like to see a guy get
Speaker 1: a deal, and then it all kind of happened at
Speaker 1: the end and it was very exciting. I'm happy for him.
Speaker 1: I think that he's a guy who I mean, he
Speaker 1: works so hard and he plays hard, and that's what
Speaker 1: you want to see. And John Robinson continues to reward
Speaker 1: guys who perform, and so I'm happy for him. Let
Speaker 1: me say something about the Adam Schefters story, because people,
Speaker 1: you know, it seems like delight when the national guys
Speaker 1: are quote unquote wrong. I believe when he reported that
Speaker 1: he was not wrong, I get that. I think at
Speaker 1: that moment, I don't think there was any movement on it.
Speaker 1: I didn't think any I don't think anybody thought there
Speaker 1: was going to be any movement on it, and then
Speaker 1: it happened. Sometimes stories like that change and the circumstances
Speaker 1: changed dramatically, and I think that's what happened. I think
Speaker 1: everybody got very not that they hadn't stayed in contact
Speaker 1: all along, but I think everybody got busy at the
Speaker 1: last minute and made it happen, made this deal happen,
Speaker 1: And so I was surprised. Of course, I had the misfortune.
Speaker 1: So this is the period of time where all of
Speaker 1: us who work in the NFL are normally off and
Speaker 1: we're we're either on vacation or we're just working a
Speaker 1: little bit. It's a it's a calm time. So this
Speaker 1: is the period of the year that all of us
Speaker 1: go to the dentist, go get our annual physicals, go
Speaker 1: see the eye doctor. Anything that you've got to do,
Speaker 1: you've got to get it in now. And that's what
Speaker 1: we all, almost all of us at least normally do.
Speaker 1: So I went to the eye doctor and at one
Speaker 1: o'clock I had my eyes dilated. Do you know where
Speaker 1: this is going? Okay, So, in less than two hours
Speaker 1: after my eyes have been dilated, the Henry story hits.
Speaker 1: So my phone goes off like over and over and
Speaker 1: over again, and people are texting and all this stuff. Well,
Speaker 1: I look at my phone, I can't read it because
Speaker 1: my eyes are dilated, and so all I can make
Speaker 1: out is I can make out Dereck Henry contract, and
Speaker 1: I'm like, did the did the deadline pass? Did he
Speaker 1: sign a contract? What's happened? So I had to call
Speaker 1: somebody and ask him, and dialing the phone was even
Speaker 1: a trick. So, yes, I was surprised, and h it
Speaker 1: was hard to It was hard to get that information.
Speaker 1: This is the only happens to you, nobody else. That's
Speaker 1: not true, but I mean, that's the that's the type
Speaker 1: of stuff. It just seems like that if something like
Speaker 1: that is going to happen, it happens on the one
Speaker 1: day you go to the eye doctor, you know, and
Speaker 1: when I go to the dentist next week, there's no
Speaker 1: telling what's going to happen. That's probably when the clowney
Speaker 1: thing is. Yeah, probably, I'll tell you what it's. You
Speaker 1: try not to plan anything, especially during football season. You
Speaker 1: try to keep yourself wide open because anything is possible.
Speaker 1: But there are some things in life you've just got
Speaker 1: to do. You've got to go to the eye doctor,
Speaker 1: you got to clean your teeth. There are some things
Speaker 1: that just have to happen, and sure enough. No matter
Speaker 1: what you plan, something will drop at the exact moment,
Speaker 1: Well that's it. But if you don't, but you try
Speaker 1: to do it in the spaces where you think you're
Speaker 1: the clearest. It's like, if if we plan to do
Speaker 1: something in season, I'm going to generally try to do
Speaker 1: it on Thursday morning because that is the least likely
Speaker 1: time of an NFL week that news is going to
Speaker 1: be made because Monday's Monday. I mean, anything can happen,
Speaker 1: the coaches press conference is there, Tuesday's the player's day off,
Speaker 1: but that's also when people sign folks, or waiver claims
Speaker 1: are made, or you know, if you're going to make
Speaker 1: a big change in the lineup, that story starts to
Speaker 1: leak out. Wednesday's the first day of the practice week
Speaker 1: and usually the most busy day, the most busy day
Speaker 1: because you're finding out about the injuries. And then Thursday
Speaker 1: morning before practice, that's generally your safe space. So if
Speaker 1: you've got to meet with a teacher at school because
Speaker 1: one of your kids is in trouble, or you know,
Speaker 1: something like that, that's generally when you try to do it,
Speaker 1: and it just never fails that you can't plan anything
Speaker 1: this life we've chosen to lead. I'm so happy about
Speaker 1: Derek Henry though, and I think I'm so happy based
Speaker 1: on the reaction in the locker room. Though you've been
Speaker 1: around this team now this is your eight for you.
Speaker 1: Can you ever remember a player in your time with
Speaker 1: the Titans who was more more respected? There have been
Speaker 1: some who probably match it, but have you ever known
Speaker 1: a player who was more respected in the locker room
Speaker 1: than Derrick Henry? I don't think so. And he's a
Speaker 1: quiet man. Derrick Henry is a man of few words,
Speaker 1: and honestly, if you just see him on the street,
Speaker 1: you don't get a lot of facial reaction. A lot
Speaker 1: of times, he's just kind of a chill fella. He
Speaker 1: just kind of hangs out. But guys see him work.
Speaker 1: Guys see the way that he behaves on the field
Speaker 1: and the intensity that he plays with, and they respect that.
Speaker 1: And I think that for someone who's not as outspoken
Speaker 1: and gregarious, I guess as like a Taylor Milan or
Speaker 1: even a Kevin Byard or something like that, a guy
Speaker 1: who's real just quiet and grinds. To see the team
Speaker 1: also rally around someone like that and be so excited
Speaker 1: for him I think that that says a lot about
Speaker 1: this organization as a whole, and this team and the
Speaker 1: fact that they respect hard work and production and consistency,
Speaker 1: and that's the kind of team you want to be
Speaker 1: a part of. I agree. And the respect factor, I
Speaker 1: think Steve McNair probably had more, But I don't think
Speaker 1: there's anybody compares to Steve McNair, and I don't know
Speaker 1: that there ever will be. The overall love and respect
Speaker 1: that teammates had for him was otherworldly. But Derrick Henry
Speaker 1: is close, and you know, it's funny because they're similar
Speaker 1: personalities that you know, Steve never said anything, Steve never
Speaker 1: complained Steve I mean, and that's why Derek is. Derek
Speaker 1: is that figure that those guys just respect so much.
Speaker 1: And when they see his crazy workout videos, they act
Speaker 1: like they've just seen a superhero too. You know, it's
Speaker 1: hard to impress an NFL player, right because they're world
Speaker 1: class athletes. They're all world class athletes, and yet they
Speaker 1: see him and gop dude, well, some of the things
Speaker 1: he's doing are legit crazy, I know, right, Yeah, it's nuts.
Speaker 1: His Instagram. If you only follow one person on Instagram,
Speaker 1: it should be Derrick Henry just to see his offseason workouts.
Speaker 1: They're bananas. Yeah, well, that's why when he went back
Speaker 1: to college and wasn't here for part of the off
Speaker 1: season after his rookie year, the staff wasn't terribly worried
Speaker 1: about it because they knew he was going to be
Speaker 1: doing the work and he wanted to finish his degree. Now,
Speaker 1: you know, you can debate whether or not that's the
Speaker 1: time to do it. A lot of times they would
Speaker 1: prefer you do it after your third year or your
Speaker 1: fourth year because you're still learning the system. But that's
Speaker 1: what he did. He wanted to finish. That was important
Speaker 1: to him, and they were like, Okay, we would rather
Speaker 1: you be here probably, but we know you're working. Because
Speaker 1: he's nuts when it comes to the whole workout program.
Speaker 1: And I mean that in the best way. I'm not
Speaker 1: saying he's doing anything dangerous or whatever. I'm just saying
Speaker 1: he is. The better word is he's committed. He's super
Speaker 1: committed to doing things to make himself better. Committed. It's
Speaker 1: a good word because insane has a negative connotation. I suppose, well, no,
Speaker 1: but I think people who are listening to the OTP
Speaker 1: presented by far bureau health plans. I think they know
Speaker 1: what we mean. I mean, I think they get that
Speaker 1: and they but I mean, listen, if you're a fan
Speaker 1: of the team, you love that about one of your
Speaker 1: main dudes, right, Oh yeah, absolutely. And the things that
Speaker 1: have been playing on a loop, the highlights that we've
Speaker 1: been seeing in the last couple of days after he
Speaker 1: has signed his contract. The stiff arms, the crazy runs,
Speaker 1: the just mauling of people. It's so good. And that's
Speaker 1: that's what he's training for in the offseason. And you
Speaker 1: know what I'm you know what I'm most excited about.
Speaker 1: I'm most excited about seeing him and Darnton Evans together
Speaker 1: because I think that combo. I think it's gonna be
Speaker 1: really exciting. I don't want to overhype this kid, but
Speaker 1: I just I love that the Titans got a guy
Speaker 1: who and Henry doesn't play third down a lot unless
Speaker 1: it's third and short. He's coming out of the game.
Speaker 1: So the Titans had to get a back who could
Speaker 1: do some other things. And the fact that you've got
Speaker 1: this guy, this big monster, two hundred and fifty pound monster,
Speaker 1: and then you're gonna come with the faster guy who's
Speaker 1: two hundred and ten pounds roughly, who's got a few
Speaker 1: other things? I mean as a one two punch. I
Speaker 1: can't wait to see how Arthur Smith is going to
Speaker 1: choose to use it. I love the drafting of Evans
Speaker 1: No Seek, and have gone on and on about it.
Speaker 1: But the reason that I love it is I love
Speaker 1: the combo and the fact that they're going to keep
Speaker 1: this combo together for a period of time I think
Speaker 1: will give Arthur Smith the comfort level to figure out
Speaker 1: how to use them both together well. And I think
Speaker 1: that that is what this offense has been attempting to
Speaker 1: do for a couple years in that backfield is put
Speaker 1: together some players who can do different things, and so
Speaker 1: we've seen some pieces moved through there as a compliment
Speaker 1: to Derrick Henry. We might have actually found the piece
Speaker 1: finally in Darrnton Evans, who can be there be a
Speaker 1: solid weapon on his own that is different from Derek
Speaker 1: and have both of them together. If that makes sense,
Speaker 1: It makes total sense. The Dion Lewis thing was a
Speaker 1: good idea. And the reason the Dion Lewis thing didn't
Speaker 1: work in twenty eighteen was because Henry didn't play well
Speaker 1: for two months and d and they had to make
Speaker 1: Dion Lewis the starter, right, And it would have been
Speaker 1: interesting to see if Henry had played well from the
Speaker 1: start and Lewis would have been the backup all year,
Speaker 1: how that would have gone together. And then last year
Speaker 1: Lewis was not as effective as he was in twenty
Speaker 1: eighteen because Lewis was a changeup, I mean, and I
Speaker 1: hope he plays well for the judges. He's a pro,
Speaker 1: he's a good guy. He's a changeup. The Titans had
Speaker 1: to make him the main guy early in twenty eighteen
Speaker 1: because Derek Henry wouldn't playing well. And it's one of
Speaker 1: the things that I admire so much about Derek is
Speaker 1: I mean, the revisionist history of all of the Dion
Speaker 1: Lewis stuff. It's like, well, he never played well for
Speaker 1: the Tits, Like, no, that's not true. He was not
Speaker 1: ever able to be used in that. He didn't play
Speaker 1: that well in twenty nine, that's true, but he was
Speaker 1: not able to be used in twenty eighteen. How they
Speaker 1: hoped to use him because twenty two, I mean, we
Speaker 1: had the Monday night game in Dallas, and after that
Speaker 1: Monday night game in Dallas, they put David Flewellen in
Speaker 1: at running back to give him reps, trying to figure
Speaker 1: out if they could get something else because they weren't
Speaker 1: getting it from Henry, and Derek just kept battling, he
Speaker 1: kept working, he kept practicing. He got It's one of
Speaker 1: the great stories that I've seen with the Titans is
Speaker 1: this guy who fought his way with hard work to
Speaker 1: become what he has become. Because I mean, if you'd
Speaker 1: have told anybody on that what was it, November fifth,
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen where he played Monday night football in Dallas,
Speaker 1: that he was going to get this contract, they wouldn't
Speaker 1: have believed it at that point. But his hard work
Speaker 1: and his commitment to improvement has put him here and
Speaker 1: has made him one of the stars of the league.
Speaker 1: And it's one of the reasons I'm such a fan
Speaker 1: of Derrick Henry well In that twenty eighteen year was
Speaker 1: the year that he took his film to Eddie George
Speaker 1: and they sat down and went through it. And that's
Speaker 1: one of my favorite friendships in all of the National
Speaker 1: Football League is Derrick Henry and Eddie George, because I
Speaker 1: think there are so many similarities between the two. They're
Speaker 1: both these larger than life individuals just physically and kind
Speaker 1: of have similar interests in the entertainment industry and all that.
Speaker 1: I love their little friendship. It makes me so happy.
Speaker 1: So the fact that Derek was able to have the
Speaker 1: production that he was able to have after sitting down
Speaker 1: with someone great like Eddie George who is able to say, listen,
Speaker 1: this is what you need to start doing. And it worked.
Speaker 1: I mean along with the practice and the reps and
Speaker 1: everything else that goes into it, but having the insight
Speaker 1: from someone like Eddie and then he was able to
Speaker 1: perform the way that he was in that last chunk
Speaker 1: of the season. I mean, that's pretty incredible. And the
Speaker 1: friendship lives on. But you know what, Amy, a lot
Speaker 1: of stars don't handle slumps, right. They never a lot
Speaker 1: of stars when they go into a slump, they never
Speaker 1: come out of him. And here here's a guy. He
Speaker 1: sets the high school record for rushing. He goes to Alabama,
Speaker 1: he has to wait his turn, He wins Eisman Trophy.
Speaker 1: He comes in, he plays really well as a rookie
Speaker 1: for the Titans. His second year, he does such a
Speaker 1: nice job that they say, okay, we're going to let
Speaker 1: DeMarco Murray go because it's your team. They bring in
Speaker 1: Dion Lewis to be his backup, and then I mean,
Speaker 1: he can't find daylight and suddenly he's in a slump.
Speaker 1: And yet, and yet he chose to go to Eddie George.
Speaker 1: He chose to run with the scout team. You don't
Speaker 1: have to run with the scout team. And he chose
Speaker 1: to run with the scout team because he was trying
Speaker 1: to get his angles right and how he needed to
Speaker 1: do it. And he brought himself out of a slump
Speaker 1: and went to a new level. That's a that's a
Speaker 1: great sports story, but that's a great personal story too,
Speaker 1: because a lot of human beings don't have that about
Speaker 1: them in order to go to that next level. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and he's an impressive guy. He really is an impressive guy.
Speaker 1: But I'm interested. There are three things on offense I'm
Speaker 1: really interested to see. I think Adam Humphries is gonna
Speaker 1: be a bigger factor in this offense because I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna be healthy and he's gonna be the slot
Speaker 1: machine that they that they signed him for. I think
Speaker 1: John H. Smith's gonna do more because I think John
Speaker 1: who has a lot of capability. And then I like
Speaker 1: this combo at tailback because I think they're gonna get
Speaker 1: more out of the combo than what they got a
Speaker 1: year ago. And again I'm not I don't mean to
Speaker 1: demean Dion Lewis, but he just wasn't productive. You know.
Speaker 1: That's the fact. I think if every thing else stays
Speaker 1: the same relatively, and you get more out of those
Speaker 1: three areas, I think the offense can go to an
Speaker 1: even different level, which is really exciting. Having the consistency
Speaker 1: with Ryan Tannehill is the piece of that puzzle that
Speaker 1: makes all of this a little bit sweeter because it's
Speaker 1: a redemption story for him too, So having him kind
Speaker 1: of as the leader of this group of weapons who
Speaker 1: we've seen flashes of, but now we get to see
Speaker 1: all together kind of in the main roles. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be an exciting season. Well, the Tannehill thing. And everybody's
Speaker 1: talking about the one seventeen passer rating and nine point
Speaker 1: six per attempt, and I mean his numbers were phenomenal.
Speaker 1: I don't think Ryan's numbers have to be phenomenal for
Speaker 1: him to run an offense or as phenomenal those numbers.
Speaker 1: Those numbers may go down a little bit that's okay.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's the basketball player that was shooting out
Speaker 1: of his mind last year. You know, Okay, if his
Speaker 1: percentages go down a little bit, Listen, the Titans can
Speaker 1: still win if he has a one hundred passer raid.
Speaker 1: You know, if he if he throws a couple more interceptions,
Speaker 1: that's okay. As long as he's efficient in what he
Speaker 1: does with everything else, they can they can be a
Speaker 1: playoff team and can be a contender to do something
Speaker 1: even greater. He doesn't have to be, you know, that
Speaker 1: bigger show. And I don't think Derek Henry has to
Speaker 1: lead the league in rushing for the Titans to be
Speaker 1: an effective offense because I think they have more things
Speaker 1: they can take advantage of, and by sort of spreading
Speaker 1: that out, they you know, the the some of the
Speaker 1: parts can make the whole even more exciting, which is
Speaker 1: what I'm fired up about. Can I ask a quick
Speaker 1: question about your use of the friend a slot machine? Yes?
Speaker 1: Is that's something that lots of people say or was
Speaker 1: that a Mike Keith ism that we can No, No,
Speaker 1: that's been said. That's that's been said. It was good.
Speaker 1: I really liked it. I wanted to give you no,
Speaker 1: it's not mine. I mean, there's nothing that I do
Speaker 1: that's original. You know that everything is stolen. Um story
Speaker 1: of a career. But this is a mean But that's
Speaker 1: what you really want him to be. You want him
Speaker 1: to be that Wes Welker, Julian Edelman Um, who's another
Speaker 1: great example of that super slot receiver. I mean, lots
Speaker 1: of guys have done it, right, I think I think
Speaker 1: Edelman was the one who was referred to as the
Speaker 1: slot machine. That's what they brought him in to do.
Speaker 1: I mean, if this offense is working the way that
Speaker 1: it should and people stay healthy, he probably ought to
Speaker 1: lead the team in receptions. Humphreys, because you're because now
Speaker 1: he's not gonna gain fifteen hundred yards receiving because he's
Speaker 1: gonna catch a lot of short passes and things of
Speaker 1: that sort. He was on track. I mean, he only
Speaker 1: played eleven games. Yeah, he was having a fine season.
Speaker 1: He was doing just fine. I mean, it's it's not
Speaker 1: those guys are not always spectacular like a J. Brown,
Speaker 1: make the spectacular plays like Corey Davis. Those guys keep
Speaker 1: the chains move. You feed him the ball, they get open,
Speaker 1: you feed them the ball. Six yard Game seven, yard game,
Speaker 1: third and five, you get eight yards. The chains move.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what you want humphriests to do, and
Speaker 1: I think Tannehill will take advantage of that like crazy.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see while just while we're talking about
Speaker 1: wide receivers, and I have a depth chart in front
Speaker 1: of me, so I'm kind of looking at names and everything.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see which one of these receivers because
Speaker 1: per every offseason, there's always a lot of receivers on
Speaker 1: a roster. You need a lot of guys to take
Speaker 1: training camp reps and you know, you bring a lot
Speaker 1: of people go through just to see where all these
Speaker 1: pieces are going to fit. I'm excited to see which
Speaker 1: one's going to be the surprise receiver. Every year there's
Speaker 1: a surprise receiver who's very exciting and everyone gets all
Speaker 1: fired up about. I'm excited to see who it's going
Speaker 1: to be this year. If that's the stuff I like
Speaker 1: in training camp, doesn't somebody have to beat Caliph Raymond
Speaker 1: out for that role? I mean didn't, I know, but
Speaker 1: saying what he did at Indianapolis and what he did
Speaker 1: at Baltimore, and you know those sorts of things. I mean,
Speaker 1: camp Batson had done it in the preseason, he had
Speaker 1: put himself. You know, everybody thought, all Cam Batson, I'm
Speaker 1: talking about the offseason. He had won the Offseason Award,
Speaker 1: and everybody's all excited about Cam Batson and then he
Speaker 1: gets hurt. Cody Hollister is the guy that you're saying,
Speaker 1: how could he be? You know, could he take over
Speaker 1: that Taja Sharp role or Rashad Davis? You know, could
Speaker 1: sweet feet? Could he be the guy who who sort
Speaker 1: of fills in because he's some returnability as well. I
Speaker 1: think Evans has a great shot to be the kickoff returner,
Speaker 1: which almost isn't that big a deal anymore because nobody
Speaker 1: kicks it. You know, there are no kickoff returns, right
Speaker 1: the punt the punt returner thing is a big deal
Speaker 1: to me. Yeah, I'm just excited. I'm excited for all
Speaker 1: of these battles to start happening. I'm excited to watch
Speaker 1: the offensive line. I'm excited to watch some of the
Speaker 1: receivers in those skill positions on offense kind of shake
Speaker 1: out and see who's kind of surprising everybody. I'm ready
Speaker 1: for this. Mike Antsy, I know me too, all right,
Speaker 1: So we do the otp q's and if you go
Speaker 1: to Tennessee Titans dot com, slashq is otp Q. Okay,
Speaker 1: if you if you go to that, then you have
Speaker 1: the ability to send in questions. And I think we've
Speaker 1: got some questions. We do have some questions. Mike, I
Speaker 1: sounded the alarm and the people responded, And so this
Speaker 1: first question is from Edward in Port Lavaca, Texas. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I might not be saying that correctly, but Edwards from Texas,
Speaker 1: he says a lot can happen between now and week one.
Speaker 1: But with that being said, are you excited about our
Speaker 1: current pass rush as it stands right now? I feel
Speaker 1: pretty good about the pass rush because I think the
Speaker 1: Titans are going to get more done. With Simmons and
Speaker 1: with Beasley and with Korea and with Landry and Roberson
Speaker 1: and Walker. I think They're in pretty good shape to
Speaker 1: be improved in that role. I'm hoping they figure out
Speaker 1: how to get some of that blitz pressure out of
Speaker 1: the slot. That's something Logan Ryan did very well. Two
Speaker 1: things about replacing Logan Ryan that jump out to me
Speaker 1: that aren't talked about his tackling ability in the run
Speaker 1: game and his ability to rush the pastor because they
Speaker 1: like to bring people when they're in the five defensive backpackage.
Speaker 1: So I'm going to be interested to see who that
Speaker 1: is and can they get after the quarterback like logan run.
Speaker 1: You got the whole thing about covering the receiver. That's understood,
Speaker 1: but there are bigger parts of that specific job. You
Speaker 1: got to be physical and your timing has to be excellent.
Speaker 1: So I think that's part of the past rush equation
Speaker 1: that maybe doesn't get talked about, is who can blitzwell?
Speaker 1: And can Jayon Brown blitzwell? Can Rashaun Evans blitzwell? Do
Speaker 1: they have some people who can get there in the
Speaker 1: blitz packages and make some things happen. Here's another question
Speaker 1: while we're talking about defense. Josh from North Manchester, Indiana asks,
Speaker 1: will that Davis Clowney? I don't know it's north of
Speaker 1: Indiana Nchester. Yeah, it's north of Manchester. I don't know
Speaker 1: it has North in it, so I assume it's up high. Um.
Speaker 1: The question that Josh asked is will Jenavion Clowney become
Speaker 1: John Robinson's top priority now that King Henry is fine,
Speaker 1: matters what he wants. I mean, that's what it comes
Speaker 1: down to um. You know, there's there's gonna be some
Speaker 1: reckoning with the owners and the players as they continue
Speaker 1: the talks about what they're going to do with lost
Speaker 1: revenue and how it's going to affect the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: salary cap and the twenty twenty one salary cap. I
Speaker 1: think that's probably going to determine if all things are equal,
Speaker 1: If if we're just going on with life next year
Speaker 1: and the cap, we know the CAP's gonna go up
Speaker 1: ten million dollars. I think John Robinson would bid a
Speaker 1: little bit. I think he would do more, but I
Speaker 1: think I think he's waiting right now to see because
Speaker 1: I mean, their talks about the cap going down this year,
Speaker 1: there's talking about the kepp going down next year or
Speaker 1: just staying the same, and I think everybody has cold
Speaker 1: feet at this moment about that. So I think it's
Speaker 1: going to come down to what Clowney wants. Listen, we
Speaker 1: get the whole Clowney thing with the Titans fans, we
Speaker 1: get it. Amy wants Clowney. I want Clowney. Actually, Farrell
Speaker 1: wants clown I mean we all want that. We would
Speaker 1: like this to happen. Derrick Henry wants Clowney. Taylor wand
Speaker 1: wants Clowney. I mean, it's it's a big thing. But
Speaker 1: that's the that's the fan part of it. That's the
Speaker 1: fan part of it in me going back to remembering
Speaker 1: when Clowney was the number one high school player in
Speaker 1: the country. I've been intrigued with with JD. Clowney for
Speaker 1: ten years, you know, because I've known who he was
Speaker 1: that long since he was you know, all the way,
Speaker 1: all the way going back to high school. But then
Speaker 1: there's the adult part of it, which is John Robinson.
Speaker 1: John Robinson's like Dad, you know, you go through the
Speaker 1: drive through and and you're supposed to order dinner and
Speaker 1: instead all you want to order as a shake, get
Speaker 1: the biggest shake that you can possibly get. And Dad's like, no,
Speaker 1: you have to have dinner before you can have your dessert.
Speaker 1: Well that's kind of what John Robinson is in this.
Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, I get it, but and he gets
Speaker 1: it and I and I think he wants Clowney too.
Speaker 1: I think there's no doubt. But what's the number? And
Speaker 1: those are the things we don't know. I hope that
Speaker 1: right after we finished taping this podcast, we read that
Speaker 1: the Titans have agreed to terms with Clowney. That would
Speaker 1: be swell, but I think it may take a little
Speaker 1: more time. Well, maybe we'll dilate your eyes to get
Speaker 1: the juju flowing. Whatever it takes, man, Um, the news
Speaker 1: is the important news. Is my eyes no worse than
Speaker 1: last year? So really good? Hey, congrass Mike, thank you,
Speaker 1: thank you. That is great news. Um. You do you
Speaker 1: want to continue to talk about you a little bit.
Speaker 1: Some of the questions are about you in your life.
Speaker 1: Well whatever, Well here's one. David from Thompson Station wants
Speaker 1: to know what are your hobbies or interests away from football.
Speaker 1: I work in I work in my yard. I'm I'm
Speaker 1: big into working in the yard, cutting grass, trees, shrubs, all,
Speaker 1: you know, just all kinds of basic things. That's the
Speaker 1: way I kind of get the leaves up, get the
Speaker 1: walnuts up in my yard when they all fall in
Speaker 1: the fall. That's you know, that's the truth. You know,
Speaker 1: you know it is Oh my gosh. Yes, I am
Speaker 1: very familiar with your love for your yard and those
Speaker 1: darn walnuts. And I watch thousands of them, and I
Speaker 1: watch HGTV and I watch every date Line. I'm huge
Speaker 1: into life crime shows. Which makes a lot of people nervous.
Speaker 1: I don't know Dateline as a crime show, is it? Well?
Speaker 1: I mean it's about thirty eight hours cold Justice. I
Speaker 1: like all those kinds of shows. I like crime dramas. Mike,
Speaker 1: it's good that you share. Yeah, it's nice. Yeah. Um
Speaker 1: do you want more? Yeah, I just have one more.
Speaker 1: Jeremy from Twitter. This is from Twitter actually, but you
Speaker 1: can also send questions to Tennessee titens dot com slash
Speaker 1: o t p Q. Jeremy would like to know what
Speaker 1: made you want to go into broadcasting in the first place.
Speaker 1: What you know, It's what I always wanted to do.
Speaker 1: I started in second grade and I started doing a
Speaker 1: class newscast. In second grade. There used to be like
Speaker 1: a show. So I know you're laughing, but now there
Speaker 1: used to be a show called Kids Are People Too,
Speaker 1: and so it it was a thing. It was terribly compelling,
Speaker 1: and so it got everybody wanting to do like news
Speaker 1: class newscast. So I started doing it in the second
Speaker 1: grade and and got interested it's in sports at the
Speaker 1: exact same time, and so those two things came together
Speaker 1: for me at that moment. It's it's literally all I
Speaker 1: ever wanted to do. I had no I had no
Speaker 1: backup point. I sold shoes for Jenesco, Johnston and Murphy Um.
Speaker 1: But that was the only I would probably be selling
Speaker 1: shoes working in the shoe business, because I'm intrigued. But
Speaker 1: that was the only other thing that probably would have happened.
Speaker 1: You have a lot of good shoes too, well, thank you.
Speaker 1: I'm kind of a kind of sewer of shoes you are.
Speaker 1: So it's a sing Okay, are we done? Yes, we're done.
Speaker 1: The people just like to get to know you, Mike.
Speaker 1: It's not okay, that's great. So the thing that we
Speaker 1: need to do those we need to do a whole
Speaker 1: show of otpqs, and we need to get Coach Mac
Speaker 1: back in here. Let's do this. Let's put out the
Speaker 1: call and see if we can't get a bunch of questions,
Speaker 1: and next week we'll get Coach Mac back on and
Speaker 1: we'll answer every question we can for Coach Mac. Tell
Speaker 1: people how to submit their otpques, and we'll do like
Speaker 1: a mailbag edition. How about that to start. I love
Speaker 1: a good mailbag. Kick things off right for the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty season. Okay, Tennessee Titans dot Com slash otp Q.
Speaker 1: Al Right, so I got some I got a text
Speaker 1: during the course of the program, and I mean, this
Speaker 1: is literally breaking news. Are you ready. I didn't know
Speaker 1: we were allowed to have our phones when we did
Speaker 1: this show. Okay, go on. The training camp hats are
Speaker 1: in at the Titans locker room shop. Oh are they
Speaker 1: They are? Yeah? So Aaron at the Titans Locker room
Speaker 1: shop at Nissan Stadium has said the training camp hats
Speaker 1: are there. Quick thoughts on the training camp hat, Navy
Speaker 1: white and Visor. Which of those do you like the best? Oh? Well,
Speaker 1: I like the Navy when the best the Navy hat.
Speaker 1: And I like them because I think they're sleek and
Speaker 1: they're simple, and that is my favorite thing. There's not
Speaker 1: a lot of flash. It's not like a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago when everything was like plastic, weirdly and like shiny.
Speaker 1: There's none of that. It's just a classic hat that
Speaker 1: says Titans on it, like it should be. I love them.
Speaker 1: I think they're great. You know who's gonna be the
Speaker 1: happiest is Jim Wyatt and Derrick Henry Because anybody who
Speaker 1: likes a visor, the training camp visor is really sharp. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I'm not a visor. Guy, I can't wear it. I
Speaker 1: can't do it. I can't wear a DVisor. I'm a
Speaker 1: hat guy. I prefer the Navy because of the dirt factor.
Speaker 1: This is the best looking white training camp hat I've seen.
Speaker 1: But my problem is I would get it so dirty
Speaker 1: so fast. Yeah, white is really hard, especially with like
Speaker 1: sunscreen and bug spray. And yeah, I get that. I
Speaker 1: do like it. Okay. So the Titans Locker Room shop
Speaker 1: at Nissan Stadium is open Wednesday through Saturday ten am
Speaker 1: to six pm. That's Central time. They're actually open Sunday
Speaker 1: noon until six pm Central So Wednesday through Saturday ten
Speaker 1: am to six pm. Sunday noon to six pm Central time.
Speaker 1: They are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. And of course
Speaker 1: you can you can serve order online. That's another way
Speaker 1: you're able to order. But we wanted to give people
Speaker 1: the news that the training camp because we people care
Speaker 1: about this stuff, and the training camp hats are even
Speaker 1: going to be more valuable because they are also going
Speaker 1: to be the September hats who were told, oh I
Speaker 1: didn't know that. Well, see, I have a little information
Speaker 1: here on the OTP for you. Because of the pandemic
Speaker 1: COVID nineteen and everything being behind, they are not going
Speaker 1: to switch into the regular season hats until October and
Speaker 1: you will look yes, so are you still looking this
Speaker 1: up to make sure you like it? I'm looking at
Speaker 1: it right now and it occurred to me that this
Speaker 1: is kind of that I don't know the words for it,
Speaker 1: but it's kind of like a puffy or fabric. It's
Speaker 1: got the little square so it's kind of got some
Speaker 1: puff like last year's. Last year's had some puff. It
Speaker 1: felt almost quilted. Love that. So don't get the hats
Speaker 1: so you know what I'm talking about. If you get it,
Speaker 1: you'll know immediately like, ah the puff. Yes, I get it,
Speaker 1: but it's so weird. It's a very comfortable, nice fabric.
Speaker 1: I'm excited. Yes, Okay, so the hats. The hats are
Speaker 1: there at the Titans Locker Room shop. They're open until
Speaker 1: six o'clock Saturday and Sunday, closed Monday and Tuesday, and
Speaker 1: then back opened ten until six starting Wednesday. So you
Speaker 1: can go in there and get him at them. Tell
Speaker 1: them you heard about it on the OTP. That would
Speaker 1: really make us look good. You can also tell our
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Speaker 1: the OTPP. Look to the folks at far Bureau Health
Speaker 1: Plans when you need someone who understands the xs and
Speaker 1: o's of healthcare coverage. They've been protecting Tennessee and since
Speaker 1: nineteen forty seven. And remember, go to Tennessee Titans dot
Speaker 1: com and submit your question for Dave McGinnis because Coach
Speaker 1: Wack doesn't know this yet, but we're going to drag
Speaker 1: him back in to do OTPQ mailbag at the start
Speaker 1: of what we hope is training camp. The only thing
Speaker 1: better than having coach mac on the OTP is having
Speaker 1: him not know that he's going to be on the
Speaker 1: OTP until it's too late for him to back out.
Speaker 1: I like he cares, Yeah, he loves. What else is
Speaker 1: he doing? Well, I mean he's doing like everything. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know coach Mack, He's everywhere. Yes, that's what he does.
Speaker 1: He's busier than all of us combined, all of us combined. Correct,
Speaker 1: anyone was a good job. Excited about Derrick Henry, excited
Speaker 1: about football, excited about this offense, and always excited about
Speaker 1: the OTP. Thanks for joining me. Hopefully we have some
Speaker 1: exciting news and have to do an OTP more quickly
Speaker 1: than what we had planned. We always, we always love
Speaker 1: it when we have to go. Yes, I'm I'm sitting
Speaker 1: here with my fingers crossed hoping that there is a
Speaker 1: need for a bone so OTP the BB Yeah, the
Speaker 1: bonus OTP but B O T P TP, Yes, OTPV
Speaker 1: is better. I think No, I think that's where you
Speaker 1: go to bed on horses. We've evolved. It's happening very
Speaker 1: good to bet on horse race. Raby Wells. Mike Keith
Speaker 1: says thanks for joining us once again for the oh
Speaker 1: TP