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Speaker 1: dot com with Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith, and we

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Speaker 1: are very glad to have you with us on this Saturday.

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Speaker 1: As the draft has wound up and the Titans have

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Speaker 1: six new players added to the roster. Amy and I

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Speaker 1: are pleased to be joined right now by the head

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Speaker 1: coach of U T. Martin, the longtime head coach, I

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Speaker 1: should say, Jason Simpson and coach. At pick number two,

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Speaker 1: twenty eight, the Tennessee Titans select Skyhawks wide receiver Colton Dowe.

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Speaker 1: What are they getting in young mister Dowell.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you what. We are so excited for.

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Speaker 3: Colton, a young man we recruited out of Wilson Central

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Speaker 3: High School there I side of Nashville, uh six years ago,

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Speaker 3: you know, graduated from UT Martin over a year and

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Speaker 3: going to the you know ncaa transfer portal. You know,

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Speaker 3: was committed to UT Martin and loyal to the program,

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Speaker 3: and you know had over a thousand yard receiver this year,

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Speaker 3: you know, ran great numbers in his testing date. But

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Speaker 3: more importantly, the type of person that he is, the

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Speaker 3: type of family comes from and been the head coach

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Speaker 3: here going eighteen years, Mike, But I don't know if

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Speaker 3: I've had a you know, a better person and teammate.

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Speaker 4: Than Colton now coaching your time watching Colton throughout his

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Speaker 4: career at UT Martin, was there a time or a

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Speaker 4: moment where you realize this kid's got potential to take

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there was a lot of those moments, guys, There

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Speaker 3: it didn't matter, you know, in the OVC. You know,

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Speaker 3: he ran past everybody, and it didn't matter if we

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Speaker 1: Jason. When you talk about his speed, what are we

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Speaker 3: I believe in his pro day it was four four three,

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Speaker 3: So, you know, tremendous athletic, but with a you know,

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Speaker 1: Were you surprise he was not invited to the combine?

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Speaker 3: So you know, we knew how good he was, and

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Speaker 5: And he's the kind of kid. He's very low maintenance.

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Speaker 4: Now, coach, you've talked a lot about him and his

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Speaker 3: He's a great teammate. He's a great friend to his teammates.

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Speaker 1: This is Jason Simpson, the head coach at U. T.

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Speaker 1: football questions to wrap up coach Simpson. Number one, where

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Speaker 3: Running vertical is running post, you know, running shat of crosses.

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Speaker 1: Special teams attributes. Where could he help the Titans in

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Speaker 1: Jason Simpson, the longtime successful head football coach at U T. Martin,

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Speaker 1: Another big moment for you and the Skyhawks today as

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Speaker 1: the Titans draft one of your guys, Colton Dow. Thank

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Speaker 3: Hey appreciate that. A matter of fact, one of our

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Speaker 5: So you know we we've always been Titan fans.

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Speaker 2: Here in the stay of Tennessee. So now we got

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Speaker 1: Thanks very much, coach. We appreciate you. Thank you guys,

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Speaker 1: all right, Jason Simpson obviously excited about Colton Dowe six three,

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Speaker 1: He was here, and they they didn't exactly make him available.

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Speaker 1: So let's wrap up Day three. Moving backwards, the Titans

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Speaker 1: with an offensive lineman, Jalen Duncan at one eighty six.

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Speaker 1: Jalen Duncan has primarily been a left tackle at Maryland.

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Speaker 4: That's what we've been talking about, and being able to

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Speaker 1: And then Josh Wiley was the first pick of the

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Speaker 6: That's what we do here on the OTP, of.

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Speaker 1: He acts like an offensive lineman. He walks like an

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Speaker 1: the mentality of he And again I'm being a bit repetitive,

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Speaker 5: He is.

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Speaker 1: Very in interested in just being below the surface. He

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Speaker 1: If you heard the OTP last night, you know it.

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Speaker 1: But it wasn't all about me. It was I mean,

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Speaker 4: He is a tried and true offensive lineman. He is

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Speaker 4: when you think about him, and you think about some

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Speaker 4: of the great offensive linemen that have been with the

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Speaker 4: Tennessee Titans for the most part, that's what you think

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Speaker 4: kind of running below the radar, doing their jobs, getting

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Speaker 1: That's an offensive lineman, and that's exactly who this guy is.

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Speaker 1: I'll talk more about what's going on with the Titans

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Speaker 1: But I remind you who is it time for a

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Speaker 1: Is it the coffee, the one dollar classic donut, the

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Speaker 1: There you go, Rett Bryan on Titans Radio. Yep, the answer,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you find a way to use a player like that,

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Speaker 1: That's right, that's right. And so these are the stories

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Speaker 4: Yes, oh yes, everything crazy across not just in Nashville,

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Speaker 6: This has not been a small moment in time.

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Speaker 1: a tremendous value pick to get a guy that they

438
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,720
Speaker 1: had projected in the first round at number thirty three

439
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 1: in the draft. It's also why there are people who

440
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:03,120
Speaker 1: if you didn't understand that, now maybe you do that

441
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 1: there's there's a thing and that there's a belief and

442
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,640
Speaker 1: Hendon Hooker is an outstanding player and he may well

443
00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:14,280
Speaker 1: be an excellent NFL quarterback. So we shall see. I

444
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,880
Speaker 1: think that the big thing to keep in mind here

445
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 1: to me, you're every person is entitled to their opinion

446
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:28,000
Speaker 1: on whether it was the perfect pick or not. And

447
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: eventually this discussion will be moot because we're just going

448
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,240
Speaker 1: to see him play in months.

449
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 4: I mean, it's not that far. Yeah, weeks, months.

450
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean some of the social media silliness

451
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:45,400
Speaker 1: about Will Levice he's twenty three.

452
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, he.

453
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 1: Put mayonnaise in his coffee, He ate a banana without peeling,

454
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:55,160
Speaker 1: it happens. He's taking his picture with his shirt off.

455
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:56,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, also happen.

456
00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,480
Speaker 1: Probably not going to do that once you're a pro quarterback,

457
00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:09,480
Speaker 1: I wouldn't think. But if that's your biggest transgression, yeah,

458
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,199
Speaker 1: I mean there are a lot of twenty three year

459
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,240
Speaker 1: olds that do that sort of stuff.

460
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 6: Yeah.

461
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 4: I don't think we should be picking our NFL quarterbacks

462
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:20,679
Speaker 4: based on how they eat their fruit, right, That just

463
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:27,439
Speaker 4: seems it seems like minutia to me. I understand, But

464
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:31,199
Speaker 4: I think that we should. I think there's more to

465
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:35,680
Speaker 4: the human the position, the ability to do a job

466
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,679
Speaker 4: than the way that you eat a banana, I agree,

467
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:38,640
Speaker 4: or take your coffee.

468
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,199
Speaker 1: But at the same time, you have to have awareness

469
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,439
Speaker 1: in this job, correct. I mean, Kentucky's a great place,

470
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,160
Speaker 1: but you're not in Kentucky anymore. You're in the NFL, YEP,

471
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:52,119
Speaker 1: and so every move you make, especially as a potential

472
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,679
Speaker 1: face of the franchise, is going to be judged. But

473
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:59,479
Speaker 1: it doesn't make you a bad person. All will Levis

474
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:04,200
Speaker 1: has done is graduate from two outstanding universities with near

475
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 1: perfect grades, make friends at both of those universities where

476
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 1: they said excellent things about him, play good, if not great,

477
00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,199
Speaker 1: good football at both places. I mean, he played in

478
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:21,880
Speaker 1: the Southeastern Conference, I don't know, you know, about the

479
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 1: injury thing or the offense thing or whatever. We're gonna

480
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 1: touch on that in a minute with somebody who does know.

481
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,959
Speaker 1: But I mean, the fact of the matter is he

482
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,679
Speaker 1: really hadn't done anything. He hasn't done anything. He didn't

483
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:38,240
Speaker 1: ask for all the hype. Maybe he liked it, but

484
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,399
Speaker 1: he did Kentucky's doing what they're gonna do. Medium members

485
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 1: doing what they're gonna do. All of this. I mean,

486
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,000
Speaker 1: Will Levis didn't ask to be sitting there in the

487
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: green room and having his picture taken with his parents

488
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,159
Speaker 1: and I guess that was his girlfriend or whomever. But

489
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 1: but the bottom line is he didn't ask for that.

490
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,480
Speaker 1: And so I think where we've got to get with

491
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 1: him is, now that we've come to this point, he's

492
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 1: got to be judged as a Titan. Yes, now again

493
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:13,199
Speaker 1: he's got to be ready for that. But if he

494
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 1: does a good job as a Titan, a lot of

495
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: this other stuff will go in the rear view mirror.

496
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:20,600
Speaker 6: Yeah.

497
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 4: I think that's correct. It's time for him to I

498
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 4: say it's time for him. He's been a Titan for

499
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:31,480
Speaker 4: twenty four hours as we record this, essentially, but this

500
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,640
Speaker 4: is it this is the next step, and the next

501
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 4: step means showing up for work, doing the work, and

502
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 4: putting yourself in a position to make this team better

503
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 4: in whatever capacity that ends up being.

504
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:43,400
Speaker 6: That's his job.

505
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 4: Now, if he does that, and he just shows up

506
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 4: and is doing the very best he can and is

507
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 4: working hard, and is taking the coaching and is doing

508
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 4: everything within his power to help the Tennessee Titans win

509
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,680
Speaker 4: football games, we can't judge him.

510
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: The footballicism is legitimate. He threw too many interceptions. Even

511
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 1: the people who really like him say as much. And

512
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 1: so he can't get the I mean, while you want

513
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: him to come in with a chip on his shoulder

514
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: because he lasted until the second round, you want him

515
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,880
Speaker 1: to work hard, he does have to understand that he's

516
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: got to play better, he's got to play smarter, got

517
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 1: to he's got to do it in a little bit

518
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: different way. And that you can't be you can't have

519
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 1: a shield up to the point where you say, all

520
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 1: these people are are giving me a hard time for

521
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 1: no reason.

522
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 4: Right, right, But can you think of a better group

523
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 4: of people for a player like that, with so much potential,

524
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 4: with so much work to do, who needs to continue

525
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,240
Speaker 4: to learn. Can you think of a better opportunity than

526
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,240
Speaker 4: to be on a mic variable coaching staff.

527
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: No, with Tim Kelly and Charles London. Yeah, And I

528
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 1: mean he's got some people around him who can teach,

529
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: who can I think he's in a really good place too.

530
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: I think he's in a really really good place for

531
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: what he does well. I think they can expand on that,

532
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:22,719
Speaker 1: and I also think they can improve him in some

533
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 1: other areas. They've certainly improved the offensive line. You're going

534
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: to see them continue to add bits and pieces in

535
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 1: other places to improve the scheme. This is a team

536
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 1: right now with sixty nine guys on the roster, they

537
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: do have some cap room. The puzzle fitting together that

538
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:45,280
Speaker 1: we've talked about this whole offseason is not near being finished.

539
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 6: Oh No.

540
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 1: I mean that's the thing about the draft ending on

541
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 1: April the twenty ninth, is there is this feeling that

542
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: it's over and this is the team you go to

543
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 1: camp with, and I mean, I think there's a lot

544
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 1: more to come. I'm looking forward to seeing him. I'm

545
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: looking forward to meeting him. You've had a chance to

546
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:03,719
Speaker 1: meet him.

547
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 4: I met him very briefly when we were in Kansas City,

548
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 4: the day before the draft, the Wednesday before the first round,

549
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 4: they had a community event. I've talked about it on

550
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 4: the OTP and had the opportunity to after the community

551
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 4: event was done, kind of wander around and talk to

552
00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:26,239
Speaker 4: different players, do some little interviews things like that, and

553
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 4: I will Levis had had a bit of a crowd

554
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 4: around him, and so I was able to be there

555
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 4: and just observe for a while, watch him interact with people,

556
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 4: and then also had the ability to ask him a

557
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 4: question or two. Thought he was very well spoken. Thought

558
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 4: he was incredibly thoughtful in the way that he answered

559
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,640
Speaker 4: his questions. I thought he was very gracious with the

560
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 4: amount of people who were around him and at a draft.

561
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 4: It's not all these well seasoned have been doing this

562
00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 4: for twenty years working for the athletic and ESPN and

563
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 4: all of it. There are a lot of local reporters

564
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,480
Speaker 4: who are not usually on a sports beat. There are

565
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 4: a lot of students and kids. There were a lot

566
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,880
Speaker 4: of people there from the University of Missouri and other

567
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 4: schools that have journalism programs who sent people to cover

568
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:19,280
Speaker 4: and whether it was someone he recognized from the national

569
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,959
Speaker 4: media or it was a kid he gave them the

570
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 4: same level of attention and professionalism. I notice things like that.

571
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 4: You know, as someone who interacts with a lot of

572
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 4: different people.

573
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: Well, because we've seen people at different points. You have

574
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: and I have both who when the cameras on they're nice, yep,

575
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 1: and when the camera's off, they're just nasty. Yeah, yes,

576
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: and that's I mean, there are people like that. If

577
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: I told you some of the names, you wouldn't believe them, Yes,

578
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,480
Speaker 1: you would, absolutely, you know, you would not believe them. Yeah,

579
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: and you I mean even younger.

580
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 4: Guys, younger guys and guys who were in that position.

581
00:32:56,360 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 4: I mean, especially that close to draft day, once you

582
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 4: are one of the invited guys, as a very select

583
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 4: group of people, that group of people, every single one

584
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 4: of those guys believes in their soul the twenty four

585
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 4: hours before the draft that they are going to be

586
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 4: the number one pick in the NFL Draft and they

587
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 4: are going to be the man for an entire calendar year.

588
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 4: Nobody can take that away from them. And they all

589
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 4: believe that they're that guy. And you get a lot

590
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 4: of guys with pretty nasty attitudes because they are the

591
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 4: guy and they are untouchable and this is their time

592
00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 4: of their life, and you can just leave my presence

593
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 4: now and again with the names people I have interacted

594
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 4: with at drafts over the years who have been very

595
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 4: not fun to deal with, would blow your mind. He

596
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 4: was not that at all. And I noticed it, I

597
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 4: appreciated it, and I logged it away because to me,

598
00:33:56,320 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 4: that's indicative of someone who understands the position that you

599
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 4: are about to be in, because you understand that treating

600
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 4: people well is what you do as a pro. It's

601
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,319
Speaker 4: how you interact we it's how you make friends, it's

602
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 4: how you make relationships, it's how you make money for

603
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 4: yourself in this league. Is to be a decent human being, right.

604
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 4: You can't really coach that. That's innate, And so I

605
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 4: thought that that was that very brief experience was very

606
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:26,239
Speaker 4: telling to me.

607
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to convince people one way or the other, No,

608
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,480
Speaker 1: because my whole thing is you're as a fan, you

609
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 1: are you, you do you, You are a title to

610
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: your opinion, and you know that is that is totally

611
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: up to you. I'm saying that he's a Titan.

612
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:44,839
Speaker 2: Now.

613
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: They picked him, they wanted him, Mike Rabel, who we

614
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,240
Speaker 1: think is one of the best of the best wanted

615
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: this guy.

616
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 6: Yep.

617
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 1: And so if that's what Rabel thinks, I'm down with

618
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 1: Rabel because Vrabel is a special guy. Ran Carthon was

619
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: down with this. In spending more time with him this week,

620
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:10,319
Speaker 1: I'm impressed with what his thought process is. And so

621
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 1: now we see and that's what this is all about.

622
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,320
Speaker 1: I guess the only thing I'm saying is for whatever

623
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,720
Speaker 1: there is around this kid, he has caused very little

624
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:26,280
Speaker 1: of it, right he is and now. But but he's

625
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,880
Speaker 1: got to live up to being a pro very very quickly,

626
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 1: because he has to understand that this is going to

627
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:33,720
Speaker 1: be part.

628
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 6: Of the challenge.

629
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:39,759
Speaker 1: You know, if it's bad, it's still making you a millionaire.

630
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,840
Speaker 1: So how bad is it? I mean it could be

631
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 1: it could be worse. Yeah, So you've got to say

632
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: this is part of this job. I've got to buckle

633
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: down and go get it and show people what I

634
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,280
Speaker 1: am as a player and as a person.

635
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 6: Yeah, circle back to me in like six months.

636
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: Right.

637
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 6: Maybe there are times the OT people know this.

638
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 4: There are times that I will stand on a table

639
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,240
Speaker 4: for a player because I know them as a human being.

640
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 4: I just I will defend him to the hills. There

641
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:10,799
Speaker 4: are some players that I'm like that I think what

642
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,920
Speaker 4: you want, I don't gear see you.

643
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 1: You know, well, I don't know him, and either I

644
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: know people who do, and I trust those. I have

645
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,360
Speaker 1: not met anybody who has had anything but good things

646
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: to say about how he deals with people.

647
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 4: Yep, but circle back to me in six months. If

648
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 4: I'm standing on a table, you'll know it.

649
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: There you go, there you go. Well, this is an

650
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 1: interesting part of the story, and I wanted to let

651
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 1: you hear this because we had it on Titan's radio

652
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:42,320
Speaker 1: right after he was picked. His better of the two years,

653
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 1: as we referenced, was twenty twenty one. Liam Cohen was

654
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator. Liam Cohen is basically a pro guy.

655
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 1: He left and went to the Rams as their offensive coordinator.

656
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Speaker 1: Twenty twenty two wasn't as good for Kentucky without Liam

657
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Speaker 1: Cohen there. Liam Cohen has actually now returned to Kentucky

658
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Speaker 1: as the offensive coordinator. Our first call last night when

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Speaker 1: the Titans picked Will Levis was to try to get

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Speaker 1: Liam Cohen on the phone. A lot of colleges do

661
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Speaker 1: not let their assistant coaches talk. A lot of them.

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Speaker 1: It's really kind of crazy and strange and I don't

663
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Speaker 1: get it, but okay, that's another OTP.

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Speaker 6: You can't. But Mike Keith coming after sids on the old.

665
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Speaker 1: Well, it's not just I mean, it's just odd, but okay,

666
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Speaker 1: he called us right back. Wow, he called us right back,

667
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Speaker 1: and he gave us a very interesting interview about what

668
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Speaker 1: things were like with Will Levis, and he started off

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Speaker 1: with something that was really really interesting about how he

670
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Speaker 1: saw fit. Want to let you hear it on the OTP.

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Speaker 1: This is Kentucky offensive Coordinator Liam Cohen on the OTP.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you first and foremost, you hear the

673
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Speaker 1: news Will Levis to the Tennessee Titans. You feel good

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Speaker 1: about the fit just from the jumps.

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Speaker 2: Couldn't be happier.

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Speaker 7: This has been the ideal landing spot the entire time.

677
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Speaker 7: I mean, if you talk to Will, you talk to

678
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Speaker 7: his you know agency, if you were to talk to

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Speaker 7: me and we were all in alignment that yes, would

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Speaker 7: have loved to go in the first round. We have

681
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Speaker 7: loved to go top early like that. But this was

682
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Speaker 7: the place. This was the place he felt the most comfortable,

683
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Speaker 7: This was the place he felt the most believed in,

684
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Speaker 7: and we all felt was the best fit for Will

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Speaker 7: to have the most successful career moving forward.

686
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Speaker 8: What is his best attribute?

687
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Speaker 7: Will's best attribute physically is his arm, straight arm talent.

688
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 7: Can make every single throw in the field, tight windows, outcuts,

689
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Speaker 7: in cuts, go ball. He can make any throw on

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Speaker 7: the field at any given time. And by the way,

691
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Speaker 7: he's the first one in the last one to leave,

692
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Speaker 7: the type of guy that's gonna put everything that he

693
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Speaker 7: has into this whole thing. Just a guy that truly

694
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Speaker 7: wants to be great. It's not like he just wants

695
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Speaker 7: to come in and enjoy being a pro. He wants

696
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Speaker 7: to be great and it's been in him since.

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Speaker 2: He's been a little kid.

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Speaker 7: And all he wants to do is try to help

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Speaker 7: this organization win football games.

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Speaker 8: Coach.

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Speaker 9: As players and prospects are in the draft, they're picked

702
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Speaker 9: apart in a million different ways. How has Will handled

703
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Speaker 9: all of those questions that he's had to endure about,

704
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Speaker 9: you know, the turnovers and different things like that building

705
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Speaker 9: up to this moment, I.

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Speaker 7: Think he's been fantastic. I mean Will as Will and

707
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Speaker 7: what I what we kept talking about was whoever takes

708
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Speaker 7: Will is going to truly see him for who he

709
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Speaker 7: is and loved that about him. And he's intense. He's

710
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 7: gonna freak him be on it. In terms of every meeting,

711
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Speaker 7: every time he's talking to you, he's going to be there,

712
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Speaker 7: He's going to be present, and he's going to be

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Speaker 7: in the moment. So he has been picked upart in

714
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Speaker 7: a lot of ways, and that happens so often, but

715
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Speaker 7: he's so true to himself. I mean the story that

716
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Speaker 7: I talk about how at the NFL Combine his Penn

717
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:32,240
Speaker 7: State academic advisor was in the stands to watch that game.

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Speaker 7: If this kid isn't an all around kid that makes

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Speaker 7: an impact on people, I'm not sure that that actual

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Speaker 7: situation would occur for many guys.

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Speaker 10: Coach, I want to go back to something you said

722
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Speaker 10: a moment ago about this was the best fit for

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Speaker 10: him as far as with the Titans from the get go,

724
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Speaker 10: was it?

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Speaker 8: Did it build from the combine?

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Speaker 10: And did it kind of cap off or crest at

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Speaker 10: his pro day, which I know that the Titans were at.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, they'd come up and met with him before the

729
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Speaker 7: pro day and spent a lot of time with him.

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Speaker 7: I mean they did. They had will really prepare for

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Speaker 7: a meeting. I mean he had to make a cut up,

732
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Speaker 7: he had to make representative clips of good, bad, ugly

733
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Speaker 7: pretty and talk through it with those guys. I mean,

734
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Speaker 7: they really invested time into the evaluation process of Will

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Speaker 7: and he felt that he felt that evaluation, he felt

736
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Speaker 7: that connection, and he felt that Coach Rabel was going

737
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Speaker 7: to challenge him as the player moving forward, and they

738
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Speaker 7: had some really healthy dialogue about how he can improve

739
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Speaker 7: and at some point play from the Titans.

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Speaker 1: And certainly, you know coach Rabel and you know that

741
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Speaker 1: Mike has a bit of an edge to him. It

742
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Speaker 1: feels like that's something that Will Levis kind of actually liked.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think it's a really strong match because I

744
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,759
Speaker 7: believe coach Ray was a football coach where he's a

745
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 7: guys guy football coach, right and understands real ones, real competitors. Now,

746
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Speaker 7: is Will perfect?

747
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Speaker 2: No?

748
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Speaker 7: Is any of these guys perfect. No, But you'll go

749
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Speaker 7: to bat with him every single day, And he's a

750
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Speaker 7: competitor that you want. If you're going about if you're

751
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:21,160
Speaker 7: gonna go compete at the highest level of football, He's

752
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 7: gonna go compete at that level before you. Every single meeting,

753
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Speaker 7: every single walk through, every single practice, every single game.

754
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Speaker 7: I got to believe that coach verbel is gonna like

755
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Speaker 7: that intensity coach.

756
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Speaker 9: I don't want you to talk about, you know who

757
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 9: coached him last year or anything, but when you watch

758
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 9: film of him, was there, what did you say different

759
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 9: from him the year you were with him?

760
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Speaker 8: And last year?

761
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:42,799
Speaker 2: A few things.

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Speaker 7: A lack of protection and then a lack of trust.

763
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Speaker 7: And when it comes to the protection, you lose three

764
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Speaker 7: offensive linemen to the NFL. One's the starting center for

765
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:56,040
Speaker 7: the Jaguars, ones, the frount pick the Chiefs. They lost

766
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Speaker 7: a lot of players up front that were meaningful to

767
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 7: a lot of MINIFU reps. Right men, Oh by the way,

768
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Speaker 7: you lose Wandell Robinson, josh A Leis. With the Falcons,

769
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Speaker 7: you have two true freshmen playing wide out. Now, those

770
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 7: two true freshmen are gonna be talented kids. But you

771
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:11,959
Speaker 7: didn't know. He didn't know last year if a curl

772
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Speaker 7: route was going to get run at twelve, ten, eight

773
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Speaker 7: or fourteen. And then, oh, by the way, he's staring

774
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Speaker 7: down the barrel when it comes to some of the

775
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 7: protection issues and some of the youth that had to

776
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 7: play last year. So I think some of those things

777
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 7: started to really accumulate, and maybe he felt like he

778
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:30,720
Speaker 7: had to do too much in order to win games.

779
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,640
Speaker 7: But I know the player he can be, and I

780
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:35,280
Speaker 7: definitely think this is a great match.

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Speaker 8: I want to ask one more question when to let

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Speaker 8: Red ask one as well.

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Speaker 1: But the story that intrigues me the most about him

784
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Speaker 1: is he's a graduate transfer from Penn State. He comes

785
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Speaker 1: in and within days he's the guy. How does he

786
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Speaker 1: do that? And what was it about him that grabbed

787
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Speaker 1: what turned out to be a good football team and

788
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Speaker 1: made himself their leader.

789
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Speaker 7: Yeah, there was eight pros or nine pros from that team.

790
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Speaker 7: I mean he walked in the building. He was absent

791
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Speaker 7: from spring practice. He was graduating from Penn State. He

792
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:09,640
Speaker 7: came here at the end of May, which is our

793
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 7: discretionary period, so you don't have to be here June.

794
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 7: Workouts start June fifth, mandatory. Well, he got here as

795
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Speaker 7: soon as graduation at Penn State ended and got here

796
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Speaker 7: for the whole month of May. He earned he was

797
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Speaker 7: going to be the starting quarterback within like the first

798
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Speaker 7: days in May, but we just so happened to put

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Speaker 7: him with like the twos and threes. When he got

800
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Speaker 7: into training camp, he won this job. He became a leader,

801
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Speaker 7: a captain within a week of being here, because of

802
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:41,200
Speaker 7: the work ethic, because of his time on task, because

803
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Speaker 7: of the way that he went about his business, the

804
00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,719
Speaker 7: way he carried himself and handled himself. He became a

805
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Speaker 7: captain and a starter.

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Speaker 2: Within a month.

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Speaker 10: Coach, you've just spoken about the person that he is.

808
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 10: Let's go back to the player that he is. You

809
00:44:55,719 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 10: talked about a lack of protection in twenty twenty two,

810
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Speaker 10: and it was reported that, you know, he get a knee,

811
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Speaker 10: a shoulder, a toe, all these things. Is that the

812
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Speaker 10: kind of guy he is in terms of toughness and

813
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,360
Speaker 10: trying to just move through it and keep helping his team.

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Speaker 7: He's a warrior, I mean twenty twenty one, I mean

815
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 7: we were a threat of his I mean, and that's

816
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:19,279
Speaker 7: he's very athletic. He can run, rush for almost four

817
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 7: hundred yards in twenty twenty one, and so that's him.

818
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 7: That's a weapon of his. So to not be able

819
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 7: to do that because he had the turf toe, he

820
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:29,759
Speaker 7: had a shoulder, he had some stuff going on in

821
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:32,439
Speaker 7: twenty two, well, that's a big part of his game

822
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 7: is to be able to let him run and use

823
00:45:34,600 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 7: his legs and be able to get an open field.

824
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Speaker 7: So but He's a warrior, man, I mean so tough.

825
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 7: Just all he wants to do is get out there

826
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Speaker 7: and give it is all every single practice. Guy's is

827
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 7: full tilt, full tilt. There's no kind of hanging out.

828
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,239
Speaker 7: Let me come get loose and relax. I mean, he's

829
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 7: full tilt all the time and it goes. It carries

830
00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 7: over into each game the kids. So he's tough as rocks.

831
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Speaker 1: Coach Cohen, we certainly appreciate your time and your incredible

832
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:07,840
Speaker 1: insight on the newest Tennessee Titan quarterback Will Levis.

833
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Speaker 8: Thanks for joining us on Titans Radio.

834
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 7: Congratulations guys, this is awesome.

835
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Speaker 2: Man.

836
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 7: I'm really happy for this kid.

837
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Speaker 1: Liam Cohen, who is an offensive coordinator at Kentucky. It's

838
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Speaker 1: kind enough to join us on the OTP. We as

839
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Speaker 1: we continue this wrap up of the draft, remind you

840
00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:38,840
Speaker 1: that through Monday. Through Monday, Miles Autospa is offering Titan

841
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:43,279
Speaker 1: season ticket members fifty percent off Miles gift cards. The

842
00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: gift cards don't expire and they work at all locations.

843
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:49,800
Speaker 1: They could be used for all services including detailing. Whoa

844
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: you know I have an old Niecean truck. Yes, Johnny,

845
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 1: as I call it the truck. The truck has a name. Well, thanks, Yeah,

846
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: Johnny was kind of grimy. So I got the M

847
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 1: six package. I wanted to have it, and it's like,

848
00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:04,760
Speaker 1: it's a new truck.

849
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Speaker 6: Really, Yes, oh that's what I need.

850
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Speaker 1: Yes, oh, you would love it. And if you buy

851
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Speaker 1: a gift card you can get like if you pay

852
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Speaker 1: the price, if you pay half of what the M

853
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 1: six costs, you would get them six detailing and for

854
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 1: half price. Because as a Titan season ticket member you

855
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:24,440
Speaker 1: get fifty percent off gift cards.

856
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,360
Speaker 6: Wow, I might go do that.

857
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:31,680
Speaker 1: Miles Auto spot every location. And again the gift cards

858
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:35,080
Speaker 1: don't expire fifty percent off for Titan season ticket members.

859
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 1: So Liam Cohen took the time to talk with us,

860
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 1: and now we're getting ready to see these rookies. The

861
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 1: undrafteds will sign again caution on the whole undrafted thing.

862
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,520
Speaker 1: And then this happened again last year. There were reports

863
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: in various places that guys had agreed to terms with US,

864
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:57,959
Speaker 1: and then they ended up signing somewhere else. Until they

865
00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 1: sign they are are not here. Now. Over ninety percent

866
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 1: of the reports will be correct about the undrafted free

867
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:10,359
Speaker 1: agents that agree to terms with certain teams, but there

868
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,520
Speaker 1: will always be one or two that so and so

869
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:16,440
Speaker 1: we'll get a better deal somewhere else, or the team

870
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,320
Speaker 1: will say, you know, we just found you know, we

871
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:23,319
Speaker 1: never did that. There was confusion on that. Somehow we

872
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,040
Speaker 1: talked to the guy, but we didn't offer him a contract.

873
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:28,280
Speaker 1: And I mean, this can be sketchy.

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Speaker 4: They're not Titans until the Titans.

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Speaker 6: That's exactly.

876
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Speaker 1: They're not Titans until the Titans say they're Titans, or

877
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Speaker 1: the Rams say they're Rams, or so on and so forth.

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Speaker 1: Different teams do that at different times. The Titans generally

879
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Speaker 1: don't make an announcement until the rookie Mini camp time,

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Speaker 1: and the rookies are scheduled to report Thursday, May the eleventh.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, so just hold your horse, So.

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Speaker 1: Keep up with the names, follow the names, enjoy all

883
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Speaker 1: of the revelry. And you know, the Titans probably going

884
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Speaker 1: to bring in several undrafteds.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and they will fun time.

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Speaker 1: Well, they will be attractive for undrafteds because, like I said,

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Speaker 1: right now, with only six draft picks and less than

888
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Speaker 1: seventy guys on the roster, a couple of undrafteds had

889
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Speaker 1: a great shot, maybe four or five have a great

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Speaker 1: shot to make this team.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and that's a good I mean a lot of

892
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Speaker 4: this time where they are trying to get the undrafteds

893
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Speaker 4: and are having those conversations. I mean a lot of

894
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Speaker 4: it is making a sales pitch almost. You're recruiting guys

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Speaker 4: to come and be a part of your organization. And

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Speaker 4: because some guys have multiple teams that they're having conversations

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Speaker 4: with and you're trying to, you know, get the best

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Speaker 4: guys that you can possibly get to be Tennessee Titans

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Speaker 4: and come in and work out for this team and

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Speaker 4: try to earn a spot. And when you have jobs

901
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 4: to be had, that's a big selling point. There are

902
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Speaker 4: actually tangible ways that you can make this ball club

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Speaker 4: just by the numbers.

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Speaker 6: There you go.

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Speaker 1: Hey, one more thing we need to tell you. Seat

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Speaker 1: Geek is now the official ticketing partner of the Tennessee Titans.

907
00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:02,520
Speaker 1: That's right, the deal is finalized and seat Geek is

908
00:50:02,560 --> 00:50:05,240
Speaker 1: the newest member of the Titans family. If you haven't

909
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:08,040
Speaker 1: heard the name yet, get used to it Seat Geek

910
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: because you'll be hearing it a lot more this season,

911
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Speaker 1: whether you're buying or selling tickets to Titans games or

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Speaker 1: any o their live event in Nashville. Seat Geek is

913
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Speaker 1: the place to do it. Seat Geek the new official

914
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Speaker 1: ticketing partner of the Tennessee Titans. So Titans fans can

915
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Speaker 1: fan fan up, fan up everybody.

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Speaker 6: Fan Yes, Mike.

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Speaker 1: Final thoughts, Uh, fascinating week fascinating weekend. Titans went after

918
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Speaker 1: a quarterback, which I didn't know if they would do that.

919
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: They got Scaransky who looks better and better as you

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Speaker 1: as you sort of not only put on the tape,

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Speaker 1: but you see where he was projected so many different places.

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Speaker 1: I think not every team got a true first round

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Speaker 1: pick in terms of talent. The Titans did get a

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Speaker 1: true first round pick. Day three filled needs with Wiley

925
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Speaker 1: the tight end, Dow the wide receiver, and then in

926
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Speaker 1: the offensive line to get Duncan, who, like I said,

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Speaker 1: he was seen as a three or four in terms

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Speaker 1: of the round he was supposed to go. To get

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Speaker 1: him in the sixth. Uh, he's got a chance to

930
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 1: contend for a spot among that eight or nine in

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Speaker 1: the offensive line room, but maybe even contend for playing time.

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Speaker 6: Those are all good final thoughts.

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Speaker 1: Your final thoughts.

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Speaker 4: I'm sad it's over. You know, the whole process. I

935
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Speaker 4: love the pre draft process. Leading up to the draft.

936
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Speaker 4: Once we get to this past weekend, love having new

937
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Speaker 4: Titans come on board, really excited about what's to come

938
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Speaker 4: for this team starting up. OTA's the off season program,

939
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Speaker 4: all of the things that get guys out on the field.

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Speaker 6: A little bit.

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Speaker 4: But there's something really fun about about all of the

942
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:56,560
Speaker 4: build up. You know, all the hype, all the meetings,

943
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Speaker 4: the rumors, all the.

944
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Speaker 1: We've been working on it for over three.

945
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Speaker 4: Months, all the funny little things you hear on Twitter

946
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Speaker 4: that sometimes aren't so funny, just all the excitement and anticipation.

947
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Speaker 6: It's like Christmas is over.

948
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Speaker 1: The TV ratings for Day one and then the ratings

949
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Speaker 1: in terms of across all platforms phenomenal, yeh, I mean

950
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Speaker 1: just phenomenal to think that the NFL Draft does better

951
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:31,120
Speaker 1: TV numbers than other sports playoff games. And there is

952
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:36,120
Speaker 1: not even a football at the NFL Draft, not even

953
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Speaker 1: the ball that we play the game with. It's not present,

954
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Speaker 1: and yet something that is basically like a primetime football

955
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:49,840
Speaker 1: soap opera, and it is, I mean exactly. And you know,

956
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Speaker 1: the Titans second round draft pick Will Levis was the

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Speaker 1: focus of the whole thing. He was he was seen

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Speaker 1: with all this pub coming in and I mean, you know,

959
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Speaker 1: when he didn't get picked, he was on camera twenty

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Speaker 1: seven times, which I you know, I don't.

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Speaker 6: Think was totally necessary.

962
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Speaker 1: No, but but that that's the storyline of what this is.

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Speaker 1: And I guess that's trama. And that's what I'm saying

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Speaker 1: about the whole Levice thing period is whether it's fair

965
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Speaker 1: or not, whether it's right or not, that's the life.

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Speaker 1: And that's what he's going to have to come in

967
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Speaker 1: and be ready to handle in a mature way before

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Speaker 1: he even turns twenty four. I don't know if that's fair,

969
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:35,480
Speaker 1: but that's going to be part of this job and

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Speaker 1: part of his path to success if he's going to

971
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Speaker 1: have it in the NFL.

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Speaker 6: Bright lights, big city.

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Speaker 1: Bright lights, big sit.

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Speaker 6: It's time.

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Speaker 1: Let's right, it's time and for all these guys did

976
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Speaker 1: a great job in Kansas City. Ashley Pharaoh did a

977
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Speaker 1: great job in Kansas City. Thanks for doing that.

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Speaker 6: That's fine.

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Speaker 1: I want to thank Brad Hopkins for helping our draft coverage.

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Speaker 1: I want to thank Ramon Foster for helping our draft coverage.

981
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Speaker 1: Dave McGinnis and Rett Brian were fantastic, and then Brent

982
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Speaker 1: Hubbs added so much on Friday Night. I mean, that

983
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Speaker 1: was a totally different broadcast than we've ever had. And

984
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Speaker 1: with all of the Levi stuff going on, and the

985
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Speaker 1: fact that he covers the SEC and he covers Tennessee

986
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Speaker 1: and he covers Levis, there was a there was a

987
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Speaker 1: real different perspective because our broadcast turned in to a

988
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Speaker 1: talk show about Will Levis due to the fact that

989
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:30,440
Speaker 1: the Titans jumped up to pick a quarterback who was

990
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Speaker 1: such a big story you couldn't ignore it. And you know,

991
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Speaker 1: we got people on the air. We got Tim Couch

992
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Speaker 1: on the air, We got Cole Kublick on the air

993
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Speaker 1: from the SEC network in ESPN you heard earlier. We

994
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Speaker 1: got Liam Cohen, the offensive coordinator from Kentucky. It is

995
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Speaker 1: a totally different draft than we've ever done. I hope

996
00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:52,000
Speaker 1: people thought it was interesting because we were trying to

997
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Speaker 1: talk about the things you were most interested in.

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Speaker 6: You did a great job.

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Speaker 1: Well, thank you. We tried. It was very entertaining and

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Speaker 1: now it's I mean, it's certainly going to be a

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00:55:02,520 --> 00:55:03,359
Speaker 1: fascinating may.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, it's gonna be a fun may I mean,

1003
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Speaker 4: no matter what, and hopefully.

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Speaker 1: We'll have the schedule in less than two weeks. That's

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Speaker 1: what we're hoping.

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Speaker 4: Oh man, I didn't even remember the schedule is so

1007
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Speaker 4: it's closed because workouts are just around the corner and

1008
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Speaker 4: I'm starting to feel football.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, here we go, Oh Framie Wells. I'm Mike Keith,

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Speaker 1: thanking Farm Bureau Health Plans and thanking UVOT people for

1011
00:55:29,440 --> 00:55:35,040
Speaker 1: listening to the sixth straight day of the hope to.

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Speaker 6: Welcome to the big show where the Meson's going. Every

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Speaker 6: Body nose thoughts,