WEBVTT - The OTPQs: You Asked. We Answer. 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:16.960 This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:21.520 Don't get sacked by the high cost of healthcare. Make 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:24.560 Farm Bureau Health Plans your first line of protection. They've 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:30.640 been protecting Tennesseeans since nineteen forty seven. With Aby Wells. 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:35.440 I'm Mike Keith, welcoming you to this edition of the program, 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:40.160 which we are recording on Friday afternoon, July the seventeenth. 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:43.560 There may be things that happen after we are done, 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.600 Amy Wells, that we are unaware of, but we are 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:50.600 going and we are going strong. How are you, hello, Mike. 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:53.560 I'm so good. I think it's important that you established 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.720 the date today because it feels like there's more news 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:59.560 every second. But we had to get OTP in this 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:03.560 week felt important. So we're picking a time and we're 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:06.240 going with it. We're going with it. We're making a plan, 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:08.959 we're executing the plan, and that plan is to talk 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:14.200 about Derek Henry's contract. Were you surprised when the news 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:18.199 came down? Absolutely, I was very surprised. I was holding 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:21.360 out hope for a very long time that a contract 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:24.800 would get done, and then Adam Schefter reported what was it? 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:28.640 Forty eight hours thirty six hours before the deadline that 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.800 the team was not going to get something done. And 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.319 I believe Adam Schefter, I mean, he seems to be 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:38.240 pretty plugged in. So that was kind of the assumption 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:40.720 that I was operating under. We'll still have Derek Henry 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.640 Hill still have the tag. Like it doesn't change that much, 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:45.479 but you know, you like to see a guy get 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:48.320 a deal, and then it all kind of happened at 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:52.280 the end and it was very exciting. I'm happy for him. 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:55.800 I think that he's a guy who I mean, he 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:59.720 works so hard and he plays hard, and that's what 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.800 you want to see. And John Robinson continues to reward 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:07.000 guys who perform, and so I'm happy for him. Let 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.880 me say something about the Adam Schefters story, because people, 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:16.240 you know, it seems like delight when the national guys 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:21.079 are quote unquote wrong. I believe when he reported that 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:25.720 he was not wrong, I get that. I think at 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.240 that moment, I don't think there was any movement on it. 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:30.440 I didn't think any I don't think anybody thought there 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:32.160 was going to be any movement on it, and then 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:38.800 it happened. Sometimes stories like that change and the circumstances 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:42.320 changed dramatically, and I think that's what happened. I think 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.840 everybody got very not that they hadn't stayed in contact 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:48.880 all along, but I think everybody got busy at the 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:52.160 last minute and made it happen, made this deal happen, 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:55.800 And so I was surprised. Of course, I had the misfortune. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.760 So this is the period of time where all of 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:04.720 us who work in the NFL are normally off and 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:11.440 we're we're either on vacation or we're just working a 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.359 little bit. It's a it's a calm time. So this 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.560 is the period of the year that all of us 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:21.680 go to the dentist, go get our annual physicals, go 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.720 see the eye doctor. Anything that you've got to do, 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.840 you've got to get it in now. And that's what 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:30.200 we all, almost all of us at least normally do. 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:34.320 So I went to the eye doctor and at one 0:03:34.360 --> 0:03:40.960 o'clock I had my eyes dilated. Do you know where 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:47.760 this is going? Okay, So, in less than two hours 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:53.520 after my eyes have been dilated, the Henry story hits. 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:57.760 So my phone goes off like over and over and 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:02.320 over again, and people are texting and all this stuff. Well, 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:06.360 I look at my phone, I can't read it because 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.839 my eyes are dilated, and so all I can make 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:14.320 out is I can make out Dereck Henry contract, and 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:18.680 I'm like, did the did the deadline pass? Did he 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:20.920 sign a contract? What's happened? So I had to call 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:23.680 somebody and ask him, and dialing the phone was even 0:04:23.720 --> 0:04:28.480 a trick. So, yes, I was surprised, and h it 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.920 was hard to It was hard to get that information. 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:38.280 This is the only happens to you, nobody else. That's 0:04:38.320 --> 0:04:42.120 not true, but I mean, that's the that's the type 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:45.800 of stuff. It just seems like that if something like 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:48.159 that is going to happen, it happens on the one 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:51.320 day you go to the eye doctor, you know, and 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:53.279 when I go to the dentist next week, there's no 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:55.480 telling what's going to happen. That's probably when the clowney 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:59.599 thing is. Yeah, probably, I'll tell you what it's. You 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.839 try not to plan anything, especially during football season. You 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.880 try to keep yourself wide open because anything is possible. 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:09.600 But there are some things in life you've just got 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:11.320 to do. You've got to go to the eye doctor, 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:13.960 you got to clean your teeth. There are some things 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.800 that just have to happen, and sure enough. No matter 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:20.080 what you plan, something will drop at the exact moment, 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:23.280 Well that's it. But if you don't, but you try 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:27.520 to do it in the spaces where you think you're 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:31.320 the clearest. It's like, if if we plan to do 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:35.880 something in season, I'm going to generally try to do 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:40.080 it on Thursday morning because that is the least likely 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:43.240 time of an NFL week that news is going to 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:47.840 be made because Monday's Monday. I mean, anything can happen, 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:51.919 the coaches press conference is there, Tuesday's the player's day off, 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:55.800 but that's also when people sign folks, or waiver claims 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.360 are made, or you know, if you're going to make 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:01.080 a big change in the lineup, that story starts to 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.400 leak out. Wednesday's the first day of the practice week 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:08.120 and usually the most busy day, the most busy day 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:10.720 because you're finding out about the injuries. And then Thursday 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:15.960 morning before practice, that's generally your safe space. So if 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:18.719 you've got to meet with a teacher at school because 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.719 one of your kids is in trouble, or you know, 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:24.240 something like that, that's generally when you try to do it, 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:28.239 and it just never fails that you can't plan anything 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:33.960 this life we've chosen to lead. I'm so happy about 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:39.960 Derek Henry though, and I think I'm so happy based 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:43.480 on the reaction in the locker room. Though you've been 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.039 around this team now this is your eight for you. 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.520 Can you ever remember a player in your time with 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:54.920 the Titans who was more more respected? There have been 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:58.240 some who probably match it, but have you ever known 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.279 a player who was more respected in the locker room 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:07.400 than Derrick Henry? I don't think so. And he's a 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:10.360 quiet man. Derrick Henry is a man of few words, 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:12.800 and honestly, if you just see him on the street, 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:16.120 you don't get a lot of facial reaction. A lot 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:19.480 of times, he's just kind of a chill fella. He 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:23.200 just kind of hangs out. But guys see him work. 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:27.239 Guys see the way that he behaves on the field 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:30.480 and the intensity that he plays with, and they respect that. 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:36.200 And I think that for someone who's not as outspoken 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:41.200 and gregarious, I guess as like a Taylor Milan or 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:43.280 even a Kevin Byard or something like that, a guy 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:47.080 who's real just quiet and grinds. To see the team 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:51.520 also rally around someone like that and be so excited 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:54.200 for him I think that that says a lot about 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:57.480 this organization as a whole, and this team and the 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:01.840 fact that they respect hard work and production and consistency, 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:03.760 and that's the kind of team you want to be 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:07.720 a part of. I agree. And the respect factor, I 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:11.760 think Steve McNair probably had more, But I don't think 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:14.440 there's anybody compares to Steve McNair, and I don't know 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:18.680 that there ever will be. The overall love and respect 0:08:18.760 --> 0:08:24.680 that teammates had for him was otherworldly. But Derrick Henry 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:26.960 is close, and you know, it's funny because they're similar 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:31.560 personalities that you know, Steve never said anything, Steve never 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:36.240 complained Steve I mean, and that's why Derek is. Derek 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:41.040 is that figure that those guys just respect so much. 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:46.040 And when they see his crazy workout videos, they act 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:50.120 like they've just seen a superhero too. You know, it's 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:54.280 hard to impress an NFL player, right because they're world 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:58.160 class athletes. They're all world class athletes, and yet they 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.880 see him and gop dude, well, some of the things 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:08.640 he's doing are legit crazy, I know, right, Yeah, it's nuts. 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:12.319 His Instagram. If you only follow one person on Instagram, 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:17.160 it should be Derrick Henry just to see his offseason workouts. 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:21.080 They're bananas. Yeah, well, that's why when he went back 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:24.080 to college and wasn't here for part of the off 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:30.000 season after his rookie year, the staff wasn't terribly worried 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.560 about it because they knew he was going to be 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:34.760 doing the work and he wanted to finish his degree. Now, 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:37.560 you know, you can debate whether or not that's the 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:39.400 time to do it. A lot of times they would 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:41.480 prefer you do it after your third year or your 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.640 fourth year because you're still learning the system. But that's 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:48.040 what he did. He wanted to finish. That was important 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.480 to him, and they were like, Okay, we would rather 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:55.200 you be here probably, but we know you're working. Because 0:09:55.400 --> 0:10:00.000 he's nuts when it comes to the whole workout program. 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:01.840 And I mean that in the best way. I'm not 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:06.800 saying he's doing anything dangerous or whatever. I'm just saying 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:13.200 he is. The better word is he's committed. He's super 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:18.880 committed to doing things to make himself better. Committed. It's 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:23.640 a good word because insane has a negative connotation. I suppose, well, no, 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:25.880 but I think people who are listening to the OTP 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:28.840 presented by far bureau health plans. I think they know 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:32.400 what we mean. I mean, I think they get that 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:34.760 and they but I mean, listen, if you're a fan 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.760 of the team, you love that about one of your 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:42.800 main dudes, right, Oh yeah, absolutely. And the things that 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:45.600 have been playing on a loop, the highlights that we've 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:49.079 been seeing in the last couple of days after he 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:53.120 has signed his contract. The stiff arms, the crazy runs, 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:57.520 the just mauling of people. It's so good. And that's 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:02.200 that's what he's training for in the offseason. And you 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.480 know what I'm you know what I'm most excited about. 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:09.840 I'm most excited about seeing him and Darnton Evans together 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:15.800 because I think that combo. I think it's gonna be 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.880 really exciting. I don't want to overhype this kid, but 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:23.319 I just I love that the Titans got a guy 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:27.240 who and Henry doesn't play third down a lot unless 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:29.200 it's third and short. He's coming out of the game. 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:32.080 So the Titans had to get a back who could 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:35.120 do some other things. And the fact that you've got 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:40.800 this guy, this big monster, two hundred and fifty pound monster, 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:44.240 and then you're gonna come with the faster guy who's 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.680 two hundred and ten pounds roughly, who's got a few 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:50.599 other things? I mean as a one two punch. I 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.920 can't wait to see how Arthur Smith is going to 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:58.800 choose to use it. I love the drafting of Evans 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.520 No Seek, and have gone on and on about it. 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:04.920 But the reason that I love it is I love 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:08.280 the combo and the fact that they're going to keep 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:12.000 this combo together for a period of time I think 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:16.000 will give Arthur Smith the comfort level to figure out 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:19.000 how to use them both together well. And I think 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:22.319 that that is what this offense has been attempting to 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.840 do for a couple years in that backfield is put 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:31.319 together some players who can do different things, and so 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.600 we've seen some pieces moved through there as a compliment 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:38.000 to Derrick Henry. We might have actually found the piece 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:41.600 finally in Darrnton Evans, who can be there be a 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:46.040 solid weapon on his own that is different from Derek 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.280 and have both of them together. If that makes sense, 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:52.480 It makes total sense. The Dion Lewis thing was a 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:58.000 good idea. And the reason the Dion Lewis thing didn't 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:03.040 work in twenty eighteen was because Henry didn't play well 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:05.880 for two months and d and they had to make 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:09.720 Dion Lewis the starter, right, And it would have been 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:13.200 interesting to see if Henry had played well from the 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:16.480 start and Lewis would have been the backup all year, 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:19.480 how that would have gone together. And then last year 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:24.560 Lewis was not as effective as he was in twenty 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:28.400 eighteen because Lewis was a changeup, I mean, and I 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.120 hope he plays well for the judges. He's a pro, 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:33.480 he's a good guy. He's a changeup. The Titans had 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:37.120 to make him the main guy early in twenty eighteen 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:41.480 because Derek Henry wouldn't playing well. And it's one of 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:45.400 the things that I admire so much about Derek is 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.240 I mean, the revisionist history of all of the Dion 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:51.440 Lewis stuff. It's like, well, he never played well for 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:56.000 the Tits, Like, no, that's not true. He was not 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:59.040 ever able to be used in that. He didn't play 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.560 that well in twenty nine, that's true, but he was 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:05.320 not able to be used in twenty eighteen. How they 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:09.400 hoped to use him because twenty two, I mean, we 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.679 had the Monday night game in Dallas, and after that 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:16.439 Monday night game in Dallas, they put David Flewellen in 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:20.400 at running back to give him reps, trying to figure 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:23.720 out if they could get something else because they weren't 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:27.600 getting it from Henry, and Derek just kept battling, he 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:31.960 kept working, he kept practicing. He got It's one of 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:36.160 the great stories that I've seen with the Titans is 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:40.720 this guy who fought his way with hard work to 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:44.760 become what he has become. Because I mean, if you'd 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:49.200 have told anybody on that what was it, November fifth, 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:52.560 twenty eighteen where he played Monday night football in Dallas, 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:55.520 that he was going to get this contract, they wouldn't 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.360 have believed it at that point. But his hard work 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:02.360 and his commitment to improvement has put him here and 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.160 has made him one of the stars of the league. 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.760 And it's one of the reasons I'm such a fan 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.880 of Derrick Henry well In that twenty eighteen year was 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:13.280 the year that he took his film to Eddie George 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:16.080 and they sat down and went through it. And that's 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:18.800 one of my favorite friendships in all of the National 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:22.280 Football League is Derrick Henry and Eddie George, because I 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.480 think there are so many similarities between the two. They're 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:30.480 both these larger than life individuals just physically and kind 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:33.560 of have similar interests in the entertainment industry and all that. 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.640 I love their little friendship. It makes me so happy. 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.640 So the fact that Derek was able to have the 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.400 production that he was able to have after sitting down 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:46.120 with someone great like Eddie George who is able to say, listen, 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.680 this is what you need to start doing. And it worked. 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:52.800 I mean along with the practice and the reps and 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.880 everything else that goes into it, but having the insight 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.400 from someone like Eddie and then he was able to 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:00.720 perform the way that he was in that last chunk 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:04.560 of the season. I mean, that's pretty incredible. And the 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:07.760 friendship lives on. But you know what, Amy, a lot 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:13.400 of stars don't handle slumps, right. They never a lot 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:16.040 of stars when they go into a slump, they never 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:17.760 come out of him. And here here's a guy. He 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:21.160 sets the high school record for rushing. He goes to Alabama, 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.480 he has to wait his turn, He wins Eisman Trophy. 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.360 He comes in, he plays really well as a rookie 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:30.200 for the Titans. His second year, he does such a 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:33.160 nice job that they say, okay, we're going to let 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:37.440 DeMarco Murray go because it's your team. They bring in 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:41.280 Dion Lewis to be his backup, and then I mean, 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:46.400 he can't find daylight and suddenly he's in a slump. 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:51.080 And yet, and yet he chose to go to Eddie George. 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.880 He chose to run with the scout team. You don't 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.520 have to run with the scout team. And he chose 0:16:57.600 --> 0:16:59.840 to run with the scout team because he was trying 0:16:59.880 --> 0:17:03.000 to get his angles right and how he needed to 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:06.160 do it. And he brought himself out of a slump 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:11.399 and went to a new level. That's a that's a 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:14.800 great sports story, but that's a great personal story too, 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:18.320 because a lot of human beings don't have that about 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:23.840 them in order to go to that next level. Yeah, 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:27.320 and he's an impressive guy. He really is an impressive guy. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:29.920 But I'm interested. There are three things on offense I'm 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.680 really interested to see. I think Adam Humphries is gonna 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:34.560 be a bigger factor in this offense because I think 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.240 he's gonna be healthy and he's gonna be the slot 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:39.840 machine that they that they signed him for. I think 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:43.120 John H. Smith's gonna do more because I think John 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.560 who has a lot of capability. And then I like 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:49.040 this combo at tailback because I think they're gonna get 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:52.040 more out of the combo than what they got a 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:54.320 year ago. And again I'm not I don't mean to 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:57.840 demean Dion Lewis, but he just wasn't productive. You know. 0:17:57.920 --> 0:18:00.960 That's the fact. I think if every thing else stays 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:04.800 the same relatively, and you get more out of those 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.520 three areas, I think the offense can go to an 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:12.000 even different level, which is really exciting. Having the consistency 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:15.480 with Ryan Tannehill is the piece of that puzzle that 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:18.400 makes all of this a little bit sweeter because it's 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.800 a redemption story for him too, So having him kind 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:25.560 of as the leader of this group of weapons who 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:28.120 we've seen flashes of, but now we get to see 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:31.400 all together kind of in the main roles. It's gonna 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:36.280 be an exciting season. Well, the Tannehill thing. And everybody's 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:40.159 talking about the one seventeen passer rating and nine point 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:44.160 six per attempt, and I mean his numbers were phenomenal. 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:49.159 I don't think Ryan's numbers have to be phenomenal for 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:54.280 him to run an offense or as phenomenal those numbers. 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:57.399 Those numbers may go down a little bit that's okay. 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:01.320 I mean, he's the basketball player that was shooting out 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:06.040 of his mind last year. You know, Okay, if his 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:10.120 percentages go down a little bit, Listen, the Titans can 0:19:10.200 --> 0:19:14.320 still win if he has a one hundred passer raid. 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.840 You know, if he if he throws a couple more interceptions, 0:19:17.920 --> 0:19:21.800 that's okay. As long as he's efficient in what he 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:25.440 does with everything else, they can they can be a 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:28.320 playoff team and can be a contender to do something 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:33.919 even greater. He doesn't have to be, you know, that 0:19:34.040 --> 0:19:36.679 bigger show. And I don't think Derek Henry has to 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:39.720 lead the league in rushing for the Titans to be 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:43.960 an effective offense because I think they have more things 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:47.240 they can take advantage of, and by sort of spreading 0:19:47.280 --> 0:19:52.320 that out, they you know, the the some of the 0:19:52.480 --> 0:19:55.600 parts can make the whole even more exciting, which is 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:58.400 what I'm fired up about. Can I ask a quick 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:01.760 question about your use of the friend a slot machine? Yes? 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:04.359 Is that's something that lots of people say or was 0:20:04.359 --> 0:20:06.439 that a Mike Keith ism that we can No, No, 0:20:06.520 --> 0:20:09.760 that's been said. That's that's been said. It was good. 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:12.960 I really liked it. I wanted to give you no, 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:15.359 it's not mine. I mean, there's nothing that I do 0:20:15.480 --> 0:20:20.280 that's original. You know that everything is stolen. Um story 0:20:20.280 --> 0:20:24.480 of a career. But this is a mean But that's 0:20:24.520 --> 0:20:26.320 what you really want him to be. You want him 0:20:26.359 --> 0:20:31.719 to be that Wes Welker, Julian Edelman Um, who's another 0:20:31.800 --> 0:20:35.600 great example of that super slot receiver. I mean, lots 0:20:35.600 --> 0:20:38.880 of guys have done it, right, I think I think 0:20:39.760 --> 0:20:42.439 Edelman was the one who was referred to as the 0:20:42.440 --> 0:20:44.520 slot machine. That's what they brought him in to do. 0:20:45.320 --> 0:20:48.439 I mean, if this offense is working the way that 0:20:48.480 --> 0:20:50.960 it should and people stay healthy, he probably ought to 0:20:51.040 --> 0:20:57.040 lead the team in receptions. Humphreys, because you're because now 0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:01.000 he's not gonna gain fifteen hundred yards receiving because he's 0:21:01.000 --> 0:21:03.600 gonna catch a lot of short passes and things of 0:21:03.680 --> 0:21:07.000 that sort. He was on track. I mean, he only 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:10.280 played eleven games. Yeah, he was having a fine season. 0:21:10.600 --> 0:21:14.040 He was doing just fine. I mean, it's it's not 0:21:17.040 --> 0:21:19.840 those guys are not always spectacular like a J. Brown, 0:21:20.160 --> 0:21:23.720 make the spectacular plays like Corey Davis. Those guys keep 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:27.280 the chains move. You feed him the ball, they get open, 0:21:27.320 --> 0:21:29.960 you feed them the ball. Six yard Game seven, yard game, 0:21:30.320 --> 0:21:32.960 third and five, you get eight yards. The chains move. 0:21:33.000 --> 0:21:35.119 I mean, that's what you want humphriests to do, and 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:38.840 I think Tannehill will take advantage of that like crazy. 0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:42.400 I'm excited to see while just while we're talking about 0:21:42.440 --> 0:21:44.640 wide receivers, and I have a depth chart in front 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:47.120 of me, so I'm kind of looking at names and everything. 0:21:47.880 --> 0:21:51.200 I'm excited to see which one of these receivers because 0:21:52.200 --> 0:21:55.240 per every offseason, there's always a lot of receivers on 0:21:55.240 --> 0:21:57.080 a roster. You need a lot of guys to take 0:21:57.119 --> 0:21:59.679 training camp reps and you know, you bring a lot 0:21:59.720 --> 0:22:01.479 of people go through just to see where all these 0:22:01.520 --> 0:22:04.160 pieces are going to fit. I'm excited to see which 0:22:04.160 --> 0:22:07.520 one's going to be the surprise receiver. Every year there's 0:22:07.520 --> 0:22:10.919 a surprise receiver who's very exciting and everyone gets all 0:22:11.000 --> 0:22:13.480 fired up about. I'm excited to see who it's going 0:22:13.560 --> 0:22:15.240 to be this year. If that's the stuff I like 0:22:15.359 --> 0:22:19.040 in training camp, doesn't somebody have to beat Caliph Raymond 0:22:19.080 --> 0:22:23.200 out for that role? I mean didn't, I know, but 0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:25.840 saying what he did at Indianapolis and what he did 0:22:25.840 --> 0:22:29.240 at Baltimore, and you know those sorts of things. I mean, 0:22:29.280 --> 0:22:32.359 camp Batson had done it in the preseason, he had 0:22:32.359 --> 0:22:35.600 put himself. You know, everybody thought, all Cam Batson, I'm 0:22:35.600 --> 0:22:38.159 talking about the offseason. He had won the Offseason Award, 0:22:38.200 --> 0:22:40.919 and everybody's all excited about Cam Batson and then he 0:22:40.960 --> 0:22:46.040 gets hurt. Cody Hollister is the guy that you're saying, 0:22:46.200 --> 0:22:49.840 how could he be? You know, could he take over 0:22:49.880 --> 0:22:54.720 that Taja Sharp role or Rashad Davis? You know, could 0:22:55.280 --> 0:22:58.760 sweet feet? Could he be the guy who who sort 0:22:58.800 --> 0:23:02.639 of fills in because he's some returnability as well. I 0:23:02.640 --> 0:23:06.360 think Evans has a great shot to be the kickoff returner, 0:23:06.440 --> 0:23:10.280 which almost isn't that big a deal anymore because nobody 0:23:10.440 --> 0:23:13.720 kicks it. You know, there are no kickoff returns, right 0:23:13.840 --> 0:23:16.840 the punt the punt returner thing is a big deal 0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:21.040 to me. Yeah, I'm just excited. I'm excited for all 0:23:21.040 --> 0:23:24.160 of these battles to start happening. I'm excited to watch 0:23:24.160 --> 0:23:27.640 the offensive line. I'm excited to watch some of the 0:23:27.720 --> 0:23:30.960 receivers in those skill positions on offense kind of shake 0:23:31.000 --> 0:23:34.000 out and see who's kind of surprising everybody. I'm ready 0:23:34.040 --> 0:23:38.560 for this. Mike Antsy, I know me too, all right, 0:23:38.640 --> 0:23:43.520 So we do the otp q's and if you go 0:23:43.720 --> 0:23:50.440 to Tennessee Titans dot com, slashq is otp Q. Okay, 0:23:50.640 --> 0:23:54.520 if you if you go to that, then you have 0:23:54.640 --> 0:23:58.080 the ability to send in questions. And I think we've 0:23:58.119 --> 0:24:01.520 got some questions. We do have some questions. Mike, I 0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:06.919 sounded the alarm and the people responded, And so this 0:24:07.200 --> 0:24:16.320 first question is from Edward in Port Lavaca, Texas. Yeah. 0:24:15.640 --> 0:24:19.240 I might not be saying that correctly, but Edwards from Texas, 0:24:19.680 --> 0:24:23.440 he says a lot can happen between now and week one. 0:24:24.040 --> 0:24:26.480 But with that being said, are you excited about our 0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:30.840 current pass rush as it stands right now? I feel 0:24:30.880 --> 0:24:33.600