1 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: This is the OTP, presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: Farm Bureau is for those who make plans for everything 3 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 1: except themselves. We make it easy and affordable for Tennesseeans 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: who do not have a group or employer plan. Visit 5 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: FBHP dot com to learn more. Welcome to the OTP. 6 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: I'm Amy Wells, joined by Titans Senior writer editor Jim Wyatt. 7 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: He's here in the Snickers hot seat. 8 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 2: Jim. 9 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: It's so good to see you. 10 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 2: Good to see Amy. 11 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: You have been all over the world. This is kind 12 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: of like a Jim san Diego situation. And you kids 13 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:53,319 Speaker 1: know about Carmen san Diego. Is that a reference that's 14 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: gonna fall little flat? Maybe I went from Dallas. 15 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: To Mobile to New Orleans. 16 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 1: It's crazy. Are you tired? 17 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 3: Are you feel pretty good? It was good, feel good. 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 3: It went by fast. 19 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: It was because a lot was going on, and. 20 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 3: You know, I feel you know, you know when you're 21 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 3: gone for a while, especially somewhere like the Super Bowl 22 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 3: where there's going one hundred miles an hour and then 23 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,320 Speaker 3: you see so many people and there's like you're stand 24 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 3: in the middle of New York City at the busiest 25 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,640 Speaker 3: time of day and then you leave and go to 26 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 3: a quieter place, it takes you a while to kind 27 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 3: of Readjust that's kind of what I'm doing now and 28 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 3: trying to get catch up on stuff and and get 29 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 3: stuff on the schedule that I need to do coming up, 30 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 3: because as you know, we've got another another league trip 31 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 3: coming up here in the NFL Combines just two weeks, 32 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 3: less than two weeks away, so getting. 33 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 2: Geared up for that. 34 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: Yep, it is less than two weeks away. I want 35 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: to review this a little bit because you've been so 36 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: many different places. You've written so much stuff. Go to 37 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans dot com if you haven't just caught up 38 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: on your and whyatt reading because he has written so 39 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: much stuff and it's great stuff. You've talked to so 40 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: many different people in all of the different places that 41 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: you've been. The one that is interesting to me because 42 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: I've personally never been and typically we haven't been in 43 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:19,799 Speaker 1: the past is the East West Shrine Bowl. And that's 44 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:24,119 Speaker 1: one that you were intentional about going to that felt 45 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: important to you. Tell me why. 46 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I think it was the start of 47 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 3: the process. Now, obviously not for these scouts, I mean 48 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 3: these scouts and personnel folks are watching these college prospects 49 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 3: from you know, the time you know they start playing 50 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: college football, and they certainly are very busy during the 51 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 3: course of the fall when they're playing. But for for 52 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 3: Brian Callahan and for you know, new GM Mike Bergonzi 53 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 3: and some of the Titans officials who are so wrapped 54 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,679 Speaker 3: up with with the season, this is kind of the 55 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 3: start of the process for them. And obviously Shude where 56 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 3: Sanders was there, so I mean, I wanted to be 57 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 3: there a because I wanted to be with Mike Braggins 58 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 3: as he kind of starts this process. He has just 59 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 3: been introduced as a team's GM a couple of days before. 60 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 3: I wanted to get a chance to talk to Brian 61 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,519 Speaker 3: Kyleahan because obviously a lot was going on with him 62 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,399 Speaker 3: and this was the start of the process for him. 63 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 2: I don't want to have a. 64 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 3: Shot at talking to Shador Sanders a little bit, and 65 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 3: I ain't got a chance to do that, So it 66 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 3: was good to be there for that. He just got 67 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 3: lucky while I was down there. John Fossil, the new 68 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 3: special teams coach who lives in Dallas, obviously because he 69 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 3: worked for the Cowboys. He happened to be there. You 70 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 3: run into so many other folks along the course of 71 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 3: the week there. 72 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: So it was good to see. 73 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 3: I don't think it says was as good of a 74 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 3: setup as they normally have there could have had, because 75 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 3: the practices were in Denton, Texas, which was at the 76 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 3: University of North Texas, and then on the media availability, 77 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 3: a lot of interviews took place in Frisco, Texas, which 78 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 3: is probably forty five minutes away, so spent a lot 79 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 3: of time going back and forth. They're supposed to the practices. 80 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 3: I think the hope was the practice would be at 81 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 3: the Cowboys practice facility, and it was booked for a 82 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 3: tennis event I think, so I know who was in 83 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 3: charge of the scheduling for that, but uh but somehow 84 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 3: they had a tennis event going on and uh so 85 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 3: they had to move the practice to another location, which 86 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 3: you know, made life difficult, not just for people down 87 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 3: there to cover it, but for certainly for NFL teams trying. 88 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 2: To go back and forth. 89 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 3: But it was cool to see, and uh, I thought 90 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 3: it was a well run event. The access was great 91 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:37,719 Speaker 3: er at Galco was who kind of puts that on. 92 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 3: He's kind of the you know, does the same there 93 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 3: runs the job just like they do down in Mobile, 94 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 3: but he does it at the Shrine Bowl, and I 95 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 3: thought he did a good job. So access was good 96 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 3: and got a chance to talk to Shuder Sanders, and 97 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 3: I have to say I was impressed with him going. 98 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: To all of these different All Star games. I guess 99 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: we obviously saw you at the Senior Bowl and Mobile, 100 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: so we were at one of them. You did both 101 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,320 Speaker 1: of them. What exactly do you feel like you glean 102 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: from these because it's not a big x's and o's 103 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: heavy experience, at least for us as people kind of 104 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: participating and covering it, right. 105 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I try to watch. I mean somebody 106 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,560 Speaker 3: like Taran Diavenport who's a good friend of mine. 107 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: That. 108 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 2: He goes and he watches. 109 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 3: Now I'm not saying he doesn't talk to people as well, 110 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 3: but he is a football film college prospect junkie and 111 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 3: he locks in on practice and he watches, He watches 112 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 3: every player and could give you a rundown on all 113 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 3: of them. He's got me beat in that regard. I 114 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 3: try to do as much as that as possible, but 115 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 3: I always find myself again, you know, the main focus 116 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 3: on my trip at the Shrine Bowl was to try 117 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 3: to get in front of Kylahan and get in front 118 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 3: of the guns, and get in front of the door 119 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 3: Sanders and get in front of John Fossil and talk 120 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 3: to other people of it. That's what I got most 121 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 3: out of it. And certainly I talked to some prospers there, 122 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 3: uh saying for the Senior Bowl, but I think availability 123 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 3: is what is most important to us. And uh and 124 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 3: also seeing people across the league. I mean, you know, 125 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 3: you see people there, whether it's on the streets of 126 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 3: Mobile or or in Dallas that you haven't seen in 127 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 3: a while. 128 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 2: Uh. 129 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,799 Speaker 3: You know, see people that cover the team for other teams. 130 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 3: You see you know obviously coaches and gms and scouts 131 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,680 Speaker 3: and uh, you see a lot of players. So it's 132 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 3: it's a great place to uh to catch up with people, 133 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 3: but also to guy their information. 134 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 2: Here with the buzz is uh. 135 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 3: And when you got the number one pick, you also 136 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 3: find out a lot of people come to you and 137 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 3: asking what the Titans doing here? 138 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 2: What are they thinking? 139 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 3: And I said, well, let me track my people down 140 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 3: and see if they'll tell me. They usually don't tell 141 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 3: you too much when it comes to number one. 142 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, no, definitely not. But speaking of catching up with people, 143 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: there's no better place America to do that then the 144 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl because everybody is at the super Bowl, everybody. Jim. 145 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: For as long as I've known you, you have been 146 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: covering Super Bowls. How many have you been to? 147 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 3: I've been to twenty six? It's hard to believe, which 148 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 3: I kind of showing my age. I kid people, well 149 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 3: I started when they when I tell them twenty six, 150 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 3: they say twenty six. I say, well, I went to 151 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 3: my first one I was sixteen. So I've been to 152 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 3: twenty six Super Bowls. Covernant start off with the Tennessee 153 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 3: and did it from you know, from ninety nine up 154 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 3: until you know, through the twenty fourteen season. Now, I 155 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 3: started working as a team in twenty fifteen and have 156 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 3: done everyone since. I actually went to one in nineteen 157 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 3: ninety three season as a fan of the Buffalo Bills. 158 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 3: The Bills were my team growing up. I stuck with 159 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 3: the Bills through the eighties. In college, I was a 160 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 3: Bills fan. Through the early nineties, I was a Bills fan, 161 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,679 Speaker 3: and uh so I drove to Atlanta bought a ticket. 162 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 3: Art Demas was an official that lived in town that 163 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 3: went to Vanible as a front of our families. 164 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 2: He had access to a ticket. 165 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 3: I paid him three hundred and twenty five dollars, which 166 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 3: is face value for the super for that. 167 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 2: Super Bowl Wow. 168 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,679 Speaker 3: And I drove to Atlanta and sat in the upper 169 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 3: deck by myself, cheering on the Bills and uh no, 170 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 3: oh he only had one ticket and uh and I 171 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 3: love the Bills. 172 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 2: I was. 173 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 3: I would have you know, I had no problem driving 174 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 3: down there, and uh so I drove down there, parked, 175 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 3: walked to the game, sat in the upper deck, cheered 176 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 3: for the Bills. Called my dad at the half on 177 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 3: probably a payphone. Things are looking good. 178 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 2: You know. 179 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 3: My dad didn't like the Bills, but he supported me. 180 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 3: And I said things were looking good, Dad. The Bills 181 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 3: are up ten to nothing at the half, and and 182 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 3: uh it went all downhill from there. Buffalo lost four 183 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 3: straight Super Bowl and they lost thirty one to ten. 184 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 3: But uh that that was my first Super Bowl and 185 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 3: uh it was cool to go as a fan. And 186 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 3: then first Super Bowl covering Wash was the Titan super 187 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 3: Bowl in nineteen ninety nine, which was a very special 188 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 3: moment for me as well because I had covered high 189 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 3: school sports for the Tennessee and uh for so many 190 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 3: years and then got a chance to cover the Titans, 191 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 3: uh starting in ninety nine. And you know, I went 192 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 3: from covering to Clinic Bowl, which the high school cheap 193 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 3: championship in nineteen ninety eight, to cover the Super Bowl 194 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 3: in nineteen ninety nine. 195 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: That's quite the glow up. 196 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was amazing. I couldn't believe I was there. 197 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 3: Like everything just happened so fast that whole season. 198 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: Uh. 199 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 3: You know, you're you're playing the new stadium and the 200 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 3: first year of the Titans and win the first round 201 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 3: playoff game on the Music Miracle against my childhood team 202 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 3: of Buffalo Bill's. Yes, and uh so then go then 203 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:42,079 Speaker 3: go to you know, Indy, then go to Jacksonville, and 204 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 3: then all of a sudden, dang, we're going to the 205 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 3: super Bowl. And so again I was with the Tennessee 206 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 3: back then, and we sent the whole newsroom and photo 207 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:53,680 Speaker 3: staff and editors all went to Atlanta for that Super Bowl. 208 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 3: And that was incredible covering that for the first time. 209 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 3: I have a picture that hangs in my office at 210 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 3: home home of me staying in I guess one of 211 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 3: the podiums when Kurt Warner was at the stand and 212 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 3: then and being that was my first media day and 213 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 3: certainly made the round find the Titans almost surreal. It 214 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 3: seemed like a different lifetime working that, you know, for 215 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 3: the Tennessee and and then been fortunate enough to go 216 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 3: to everyone since and uh, I love covering it. It's 217 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 3: you know, working for the team. It's different now then 218 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 3: when I was with the paper because there's certain things 219 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 3: I know i'd probably should stay away from, certain things 220 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 3: angles I should look for. And sometimes I go and 221 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 3: think it's gonna be a challenge to find Titans angles 222 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 3: at the super Bowl. And this was one of those 223 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 3: years where I went down there thinking, Okay, I hope 224 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 3: I can find enough stuff to fill up the website 225 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 3: and shoot videos of. And it never fails. Like there 226 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 3: are always sayings that present themselves. I have an idea 227 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 3: who's going, try to figure out who's going in advance, 228 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 3: and end up tracking down Will Levis and Jeffrey Simmons 229 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 3: and ty J. Spears had a big event down there. 230 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 3: I talked to Derrick Henry, you know, found DeAndre Hopkins 231 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 3: at Chiefs availability, saw A. J. 232 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 2: Bryan the locker room after the game. 233 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 3: After the Eagles one, Smash and Dash there, Taylor one there, 234 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 3: my house. 235 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 2: I mean, you could go on. 236 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 3: I think I talked to thirty something people that had 237 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 3: some kind of titans angle to it, along with local players. 238 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:21,839 Speaker 3: So it's a great event to cover because you get 239 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 3: so much content. 240 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: What were some of your favorite stories that you covered 241 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: this past week. 242 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 3: I think one of the coolest ones was Jelly Roll 243 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 3: going the NFL Honors really because of Jeffrey Simmons and 244 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 3: kind of walking the red carpet with him. Everybody saw 245 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 3: him on the on the stage with Snoop dog and 246 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 3: in the skit, it was pretty pretty funny. 247 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: It was just such a good vision. Yes, I mean 248 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: Jelly Roll is just so much of a man and 249 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 1: Snoop Dogg is such a skinny. 250 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 3: Yes, it's crazy good. Yes, it's crazy so. But but 251 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 3: the reason I think Roll wanted to be there, especially 252 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 3: he wanted to walk the red carpet, was to show 253 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 3: Jeffrey Simmons some support because he said, Jeffrey Simmons has 254 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,960 Speaker 3: supported him so much. You know, Jilly Roll came and 255 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 3: talked to the team back in training camp about, you know, 256 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 3: just just to make an appearance and to spread some love. 257 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 3: But also when he was here, he talked about his 258 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 3: his One of the things he wanted to do was 259 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 3: bring some of the Tights players out to the Juvenile 260 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 3: Justice Center before he got torn down. That's where obviously 261 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 3: Jilly Roll spent some time as a troubled youth. And 262 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 3: and he said, Jeffrey Simmons, you know, tracked him down 263 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 3: before he even got out the door and said, hey, 264 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:37,319 Speaker 3: when can we do this? And then ultimately the Titans 265 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 3: sent a bunch of players out there byan Callahan went. 266 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 3: You know, certainly a lot of the members of the 267 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 3: front office went, and uh so Jilly Roll wanted to 268 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 3: be there for jeff Simmons At the NFL honors, he 269 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 3: walked to red carpet with us. 270 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 2: I talked to them. That was cool. Able to talk to. 271 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 3: Andy Reid and Brett Veach the Kansas City GM and 272 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 3: and Clark Hunt, the Chief's owner, about Mike Brigan a 273 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 3: little bit about his days with the Chiefs again track 274 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 3: down Will levis there, which I thought he provided some 275 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 3: valuable insight about his kind of mindset. As the team 276 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 3: begins the off season trying to figure out what it's 277 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 3: going to do at quarterback, I thought Will was very 278 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 3: honest just to nay. When you're three and fourteen, you 279 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 3: don't have a lot of job security. I completely expect 280 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:27,840 Speaker 3: them to go out and explore their options at that position. 281 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 3: Talk to DeAndre Hopkins about his time at Tennessee. He 282 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 3: said what he said at the podium. You know, he 283 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 3: pretty much admitted that he had quit on the team 284 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 3: and wanted wanted out. 285 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: But were you surprised he said that. 286 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 3: I was surprised he admitted it because I knew that 287 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,839 Speaker 3: story like I knew I've been known the last couple 288 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 3: of months. The reason he was out of here is 289 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 3: because he pretty much settled the sideline that he wasn't 290 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:53,679 Speaker 3: going back in and he wanted to be traded. And 291 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 3: I figured that's something that would would just stay in house. 292 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 3: And for him to say it publicly while sitting at 293 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 3: the podium, that was what surprised me. I wouldn't surprised 294 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 3: when I heard it. I was surprised he said it 295 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 3: because again, He's people tried to make it look like 296 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 3: it was a bad look for the Titans, that this 297 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 3: guy lost his love for football because of what was 298 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 3: transpired in Tennessee. I thought it was a bad look 299 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 3: for DeAndre Hopkins admit that he pretty much quit. So 300 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 3: that was a quick, you know, sound bite from the 301 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 3: podium that got a lot of play. I spent four 302 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 3: or five minutes with him where he talked about how 303 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 3: much he loved playing here and some of his favorite 304 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,400 Speaker 3: days in Tennessee, loves Amy Adams, Strunk, loved playing with 305 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 3: Derrick Henry and Ryan Tannehill, hopes to come back to 306 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 3: Tennessee and start some businesses up. So I just think 307 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 3: maybe that was a bad moment for him. 308 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 2: But yeah, I was surprised he admitted that. 309 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I think we all were kind of shocked 310 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: because you don't typically hear especially from him, because he 311 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: is very careful about what he says outward, just to 312 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: the media and in general, like he has a very 313 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: carefully cultivated kind of brand in person owner. But yeah, 314 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: I mean, you just don't hear that stuff very often, 315 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: so it was surprising to hear him saying it. 316 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 2: It was and something else. 317 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 3: I mean, it's funny how things kind of take on 318 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 3: a life of their own a little bit. And another 319 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 3: one was Derrick Henry. And I saw Derrick Henry in 320 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 3: the Red Carpet and talked to him as he was 321 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 3: making his way down through there, and he again he 322 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,840 Speaker 3: talked about how he felt the love from Tennessee and 323 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 3: he was kind of chuckled when talking about being aware 324 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 3: of the debate on Twitter and social media's can you 325 00:15:32,440 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 3: really be a Titans fan if you're cheering for Derrick 326 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 3: Henry obviously and cheering for the Ravens. Like, if you're 327 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 3: a Titans fan, that's what the cheer for the Ravens. 328 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 3: But because of Dereck Henry, some people were doing it 329 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 3: and some you know, there was a lot of debate 330 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 3: on Twitter just about whether you can really be a 331 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 3: Titans fan and cheer for the Ravens. So he got 332 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 3: a kick eye of that and said he appreciates everybody 333 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 3: that was supporting him. Again, raved about his time in Tennessee, 334 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 3: and then as he made his way through the red carpet, 335 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 3: he ended up talking to Dane and Rassini on that night, 336 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 3: and she stopped him to talk to him about his 337 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 3: year in Baltimore, and again he talked about how much 338 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 3: he enjoyed things there. He told me that too, how 339 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 3: much he enjoyed Baltimore. But he also said that he 340 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 3: hopes to finish his career there, which is not a 341 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 3: surprise because. 342 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 2: Who wants to pack up and move every year? 343 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, So, but her tweet said that Derrick Henry 344 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 3: wants to retire a raven, which again took on the 345 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 3: live of his own. I think a lot of Titans 346 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 3: fans just jumped to the conclusion that when he gets 347 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 3: goes into the Hall of Fame, he's going in as 348 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 3: a raven. 349 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 2: And that's not what he said. 350 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's not how I would interpret. 351 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 3: But I was amazed at how many people interpreted that way, 352 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 3: because when I tweeted my story out, everybody thought he 353 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 3: was backtracking because of the Russini tweet, when the reality 354 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 3: is I talked to him before Rossini did, and so 355 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 3: what he said to me had nothing to do with 356 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 3: anything that Rassini tweeted about retiring a raven. But then 357 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 3: you just use a little common sense. I mean, there, 358 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 3: Henry is not going to retire a raven. He spent 359 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 3: eight years here, he loved his time here. But that's 360 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 3: the world we live in now, where people want to 361 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 3: jump to conclusions, or they want to spend it that 362 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 3: way they want it to or they want to trash 363 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 3: a guy. There were a lot of people trashing Derrick 364 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,119 Speaker 3: Henry because of that comment. Taylor Wan even kind of 365 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 3: piled on a little bit and said, yeah, this hurts, 366 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 3: This hurt me. He interpreted it that way, so and 367 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 3: I don't think that helped matter. So that's another thing 368 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 3: that Super Bowl week that just kind of blew up 369 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:40,199 Speaker 3: and it was unfortunate. 370 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: It is interesting when you're at an event with so 371 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: much media coverage, things tend to get a lot more 372 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,720 Speaker 1: play innocuous comments, little things that are said here and there, 373 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: because every person who would ever talk about this is 374 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 1: in essentially one giant. 375 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 3: Yes, yes, that's right, that's right. And then of course 376 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 3: we all know how Twitter is social media as things 377 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 3: just kind of take on a life of their own there. 378 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 3: But it was a busy week and certainly a lot 379 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 3: of a lot of Titans past and present, Uh were there. 380 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 1: How was New Orleans as a host city? Did you 381 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: like it? Obviously? 382 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 3: I think it's the best Super Bowl city there is. 383 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 3: That's the third one I've been to. I went to 384 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 3: the one I think in two thousand and one, which 385 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,120 Speaker 3: was an emotional one. It was right after nine to eleven, 386 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 3: and I'll never forget you two and their halftime show 387 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,640 Speaker 3: where they played the you know. At halftime they showed 388 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 3: the names of all the people who lost their lives 389 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 3: in the nine to eleven of tragic event and uh. 390 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 2: And then I went to one. 391 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 3: I guess in twenty twelve, I want to say de 392 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 3: Landy Walker was with the forty nine ers in and 393 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 3: the light twent out. 394 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,720 Speaker 1: That was when the power went us. I got a 395 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:56,399 Speaker 1: free hot time. It was great. 396 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 2: Were you at that game yet with the Ravens? 397 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: I was not at that game. I yeah, I was 398 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: up in the stands and the power went out, and 399 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: the power had been out for long enough that the 400 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 1: concession stand that was right behind where they put I mean, 401 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 1: I was in like media overflows overflow. I was like 402 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,239 Speaker 1: way out in no man's land. But there was a 403 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 1: concession stand right behind there, and the power had been 404 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 1: off for long enough that their little hot dog rollers 405 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: had been stationary for too long, and per health codes, 406 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: they couldn't sell these hot dogs anymore, so they were 407 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: giving them away to people in the stands. So what 408 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 1: is typically a eighteen dollars hot dog? Greatest thing that 409 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: ever happened to me? This Beyonce and City of New Orleans. 410 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 3: That is great. So that's well, that's something that's a 411 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 3: good story. So that went to that one and then 412 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 3: and then went to this one, and it's just so 413 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 3: well done. And the security was unlike anything i'd seen. 414 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 3: You know, a security super Bowl week is always next level. 415 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 3: But because of the Super Bowl and because of the 416 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 3: what happened on New Year's Eve there on Bourbon Street, 417 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,119 Speaker 3: it was really ramped up. But it's New Orleans does 418 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 3: such a good job and it's such a great walking 419 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 3: city when you're covering that event because everything takes place 420 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 3: in the I think it's the Louis Armstrong Convention Center, 421 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 3: but then the Kansas City Chiefs Hotel was the Marriotte 422 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 3: on Canal. The Eagles Hotel was the Hilton right off 423 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 3: of Canal super Dome. You can walk there if you want, 424 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 3: so I probably walked one hundred miles last week. But 425 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 3: it was everything was easy to get to because it's 426 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 3: not like that a lot of other Super Bowls, Like 427 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,120 Speaker 3: next year in San Francisco, if they have a similar setup, 428 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 3: get the events will take place at least Radio Row 429 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 3: and headquarters will be in downtown San Francisco. But the 430 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 3: games in Santa Clair. The teams are staying forty five 431 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 3: minutes out. You spend a couple of hours on the 432 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 3: bus every day. 433 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: Is walkability the most important thing in a Super Bowl city? 434 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: Jim Waitt, It. 435 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 3: Is for me, and I think that'll be what's so 436 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,400 Speaker 3: great about a Nashville super Bowl. And that was what 437 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 3: was so great about the Nashville Draft is because of 438 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 3: the footprint, will allow so many people to stay in 439 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 3: an area, in one area. I mean, Nashville has changed 440 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,919 Speaker 3: so much just since the twenty nineteen draft. You know, 441 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 3: the Fifth and Broad development is all new, you know, 442 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,919 Speaker 3: I think the Four Seasons Hotel, the Embassy Suites hotel, 443 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:31,479 Speaker 3: the big Marriott grouping of hotels that's downtown. 444 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: And you can walk from all of them. 445 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, all those have been added and more going up. 446 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 3: I mean, it's it's amazing just what our hotel capacity 447 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 3: looks like now. So when Nashville has a super Bowl, 448 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 3: hopefully twenty twenty nine, it's gonna be a great host 449 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 3: just because you can have so much in a walking 450 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 3: area and it'll be almost like a campus. 451 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 2: You just got to hope the weather's good. That's good. 452 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 3: That's the thing about Nashville New Orleans, the weather was perfect. 453 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 3: It was seventy and you get no guarantees. Even New 454 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 3: Orans they had ten inches of snow a couple of 455 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 3: weeks ago there, just like Mobile, you know had snow. 456 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 3: But you know Nashville this week, just think if this 457 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:14,879 Speaker 3: was Super Bowl week in Nashville. I think it's supposed 458 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 3: to rain four to five inches in Nashville this weekend. Nashville, 459 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 3: the one thing you have to cross your fingers on 460 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 3: is in February that you would have a good week 461 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,959 Speaker 3: of weather. And there's there's certainly no guarantee. 462 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: Whether you're buying or selling tickets to a Titans game 463 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,600 Speaker 1: or any live event in Nashville. Seat Geek is the 464 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 1: place to do it. Seat Geek the official ticketing partner 465 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: of the Tennessee Titans. So Titans fans, Kim fan Home 466 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 1: is the forefront of all we do. 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But you are still 475 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: producing more content volume than anybody else, probably in America. 476 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: You are constantly churning things out, and so I want 477 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: to talk about a couple of things that you do 478 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: because this time of year is just full of some 479 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 1: of my favorite Jim Wyatt content. So the first thing 480 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: that I want to talk to you about is your 481 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: mail bag. Everybody loves the Jim Wyatt mail bag. During 482 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: the off season, do you notice that there is an 483 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: increase in the amount of questions or a decrease in 484 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: the amount of questions, because in my brain I can 485 00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,920 Speaker 1: make a case for both an increase and a decrease. 486 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 3: Well, in season, you always get a ton on Sunday 487 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 3: night and Monday because you can get a lot of 488 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 3: reaction right emails and feedback. So the volume probably during 489 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 3: the seasons more just because you've got you know, seventeen 490 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 3: games that people are reacting to, including and preseason games 491 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 3: twenty so a lot of times, you know when especially 492 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 3: when you finished. 493 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 2: Three and fourteen. People want to get stuff off their chest, so. 494 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 3: So I mean, I will open that thing up sometimes 495 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 3: on Mondays, and I've got hundreds of them just flying up. 496 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 2: I can't use them all. Some of them I. 497 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:27,480 Speaker 3: Can't print because they people are pretty upset off season. 498 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,359 Speaker 3: I still get a lot, I mean, especially when you 499 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 3: have the number one pick of the draft, too. You 500 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 3: get a lot of opinions on what the team ought 501 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 3: to do and wanting to, you know, ask questions about 502 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,639 Speaker 3: what I think the team should do. I mean, I 503 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 3: have to say right now, I don't know. I mean, 504 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 3: I hard to endorse a quarterback right now based on 505 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 3: what I've seen from those guys. Certainly I can understand 506 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 3: fall in love with one of them. I like, I 507 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 3: have to a quarter I saw how the Eagles won 508 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 3: that game on Sunday and think, man, it sure would 509 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 3: be nice to have an extra piece to that pass rush. 510 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:02,479 Speaker 3: And you know, I saw Travis Hunter in New Orleans 511 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 3: and I know the kind of impact he could make, 512 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 3: you know, on both sides of the ball. So I'm 513 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 3: kind of mixed opinions there on what I think the 514 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 3: team ought to do. I think a trade sounds great 515 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,919 Speaker 3: to me. So I bounce all over the place and 516 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 3: given answers just because I don't. I haven't made my 517 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,879 Speaker 3: mind up. I think about all the different scenarios, just 518 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:21,679 Speaker 3: like the fans do. 519 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 1: Is the number one question that you're getting right now? 520 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,840 Speaker 1: What are the Titans going to do with that number 521 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: one pick? 522 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,959 Speaker 3: I think so people like to share their own box 523 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 3: nunlike to share their own opinions on what the team. 524 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 2: Ought to do. 525 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 3: It's also a lot about free agency and what the 526 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 3: team potentially could do there as we all know that's 527 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 3: going to impact the draft. All kinds of rumors, all 528 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 3: kinds of opinions on what the team ought to do 529 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,040 Speaker 3: at quarterback, and some of it includes looking at veterans 530 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 3: that are potentially going to be out there in free agency, 531 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 3: and if you go to that route, then that changes 532 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 3: what you do in the draft. So that's the number 533 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 3: one topic is quarterback and then somehow tied into the 534 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 3: team having the number one pick. 535 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: Jim the mail bag. I'm assuming a little bit here, 536 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 1: but I assume when it started this felt like a 537 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:17,120 Speaker 1: question answer venue. Has it evolved into kind of a 538 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: therapy session. I mean, you get jokes, you get poems, 539 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,160 Speaker 1: you get rants, you get people just unloading on you. 540 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,439 Speaker 1: I mean, this feels like it's turned into something a 541 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 1: little bit different than just like, submit a question and 542 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:31,919 Speaker 1: I will answer it. 543 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:32,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, it has. 544 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:33,800 Speaker 3: And a lot of times I don't even get an 545 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 3: answer because I don't think people are looking for answers. 546 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,680 Speaker 3: They just, like you said, they want to get stuff 547 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,959 Speaker 3: off of their chest. And so I'll thank them for 548 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 3: taking the time to share their opinion. Some people think 549 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,640 Speaker 3: when I do that, it's kind of been a smart alect, 550 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 3: but the reality is a lot of times people want 551 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 3: to ask questions, they just want to speak their peace, 552 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 3: and I'll tell them I appreciate them using this as 553 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 3: a form to do it. And the mail bag certainly 554 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 3: has a different tone when the team's winning and when 555 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 3: the team's losing. Like the mailbags looked a lot different 556 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 3: when the Titans were going to AFC championship game and 557 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 3: playing and winning the division back to back years. Now, 558 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 3: there's a lot of frustration out there, and you know, 559 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 3: working for the team, I always, you know, I sometimes 560 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:17,159 Speaker 3: struggle about what I let in and what I don't. 561 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 3: Obviously I'm not going to let somebody in. That's that's 562 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 3: using bad language or really taking personal shots at somebody, 563 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 3: or really going below the belt. But I feel like, 564 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 3: you know, I didn't ever want to have a situation 565 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,399 Speaker 3: where I was policing them so much where I'm just 566 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:39,960 Speaker 3: letting in positive questions or positive feedback because no people 567 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 3: are going to read it there, and people are not 568 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 3: going to take the time to share their opinions if 569 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 3: I'm not including the good and the bad. 570 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:50,360 Speaker 1: Jimmy or the therapist, we didn't know we needed. This 571 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: is what your job is. And I want to talk 572 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: about another job, a public service really that you provide 573 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: that I think you don't get enough credit for, and 574 00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:01,520 Speaker 1: that is your mock draft roundup, Because since you have 575 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: been doing that, I have not looked at a single 576 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: mock draft. I only read your mock draft roundup because 577 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 1: what do I really care about what the Tennessee Titans 578 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: are mocked to be doing? Yes, so you, Jim Wyatt, 579 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: filter through all of the mock drafts, pull out all 580 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: of the Titans related information so that we don't have to. 581 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 2: That. 582 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,439 Speaker 1: Yes, it's really great. How do you decide which mocks 583 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: are included and which ones are not, because, as we know, 584 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: everybody's got a mock draft. 585 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 3: Now, yes, I know, well I try to, you know, 586 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 3: the mel Kiper's of the world, and Daniel Jeremias of 587 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 3: the world, and the Dane Bruglers, and you know, certainly 588 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 3: our buddy Charles Davis. I mean some of these, you know, 589 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 3: people who do it for a living and do it 590 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 3: really well. 591 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 2: Always try to make sure they're in there. 592 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 3: And then there are other people, not just those those guys, 593 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:54,160 Speaker 3: but there's some other people that really follow it closely 594 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 3: that I try to always include them. But as you said, 595 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 3: you can't include every body. And at the beginning of it, 596 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 3: I'm usually doing twenty twenty five at a time. Toward 597 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 3: the end, like I do my final roundup, where I 598 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 3: include a lot of people locally, I think I can 599 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 3: have as many as one hundred and fifty in there. 600 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 3: Some people do a lot of mock drafts. I've discovered, 601 00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,800 Speaker 3: like if you see somebody's mic draft on Thursday, it 602 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 3: may be different three days later because they're doing one 603 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 3: on Monday too. 604 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 2: So that's another challenging part. 605 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 3: Of it, is having the most up to date mock 606 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 3: draft because they get changed so much. 607 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: How much variance do you see between now and then 608 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,720 Speaker 1: by the time we get closer to the draft. 609 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 3: Well it changes a lot because what people project in 610 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 3: February is different than April because you've had free agency 611 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 3: to kind of address needs and fill holes. So while 612 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 3: everybody may be picking a quarterback for the Titans, now 613 00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 3: what happens is the Titans go trade for somebody or 614 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 3: sign a free agent off the street, and then you've 615 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 3: got that free agent com peeing with Will Levis and 616 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 3: you're probably not taking a quarterback and to start the draft. 617 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 3: So that's that causes it to change. You got to 618 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 3: take some of these at this time of year with 619 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 3: the grain of salt, knowing that this is not what 620 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 3: it's going to look like in April. And it may 621 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,640 Speaker 3: be the Titans stand pat and don't go out and 622 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 3: sign a quarterback in free agency and that remains a 623 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,040 Speaker 3: big need. Then I think you're really going to see 624 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 3: people start to put you know, the Cam War or 625 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 3: the Chador Sanders in there at one. 626 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 2: For the Titans. 627 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: Do you keep score of who's right and wrong over 628 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: the years, because I would. 629 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 3: I keep tracking. I always look back the final mock. 630 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 3: I do always give props to the people who got 631 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 3: it right. Now, I want to say, last year with 632 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,400 Speaker 3: the lath and Pick, they were probably of one hundred 633 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 3: and fifty, there were probably eleven or twelve that nailed it. 634 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: You've done one so far, now that's correct. Did anything 635 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 1: surprise you in your first pass at it? 636 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 3: I think what surprising most is just the variety, because 637 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 3: you had the cam Ward, you had Abdul Carter, you 638 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 3: had Travis Hunter, you had Shador Sanders, and those are 639 00:31:01,520 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 3: the only four. I mean, there's really not a fifth 640 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 3: in that equation. It would surprise me if somebody picked 641 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 3: somebody other than those four players. 642 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: Hey, Titans fans, with a Kroger Boost membership, you'll score 643 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:19,760 Speaker 1: big with double fuel points, free delivery, and lots more. 644 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: Go to Kroger dot com slash boost for details. Kroger, 645 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: the official grocer of the Tennessee Titans. Tighten up the 646 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:31,720 Speaker 1: OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. When it's game 647 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: day for your health coverage, trust Farm Bureau Health Plans 648 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: to draw up a winning play for you. They've been 649 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: covering Tennesseeans for nearly eighty years. Now, back to the OTP. Jim, 650 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: You've got about two weeks to rest up and then 651 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: we're going to Indianapolis. Are you ready for the combine? 652 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 3: I will be by then the combine. Really you can't 653 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 3: really take a breath until the combine's over with. And 654 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,840 Speaker 3: obviously we know there's not going to be a a 655 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 3: break at any point for us this off season, because 656 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 3: once the Combine's over, then you've got free agency a 657 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 3: couple of weeks away, and then you've got pro days 658 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 3: that will probably be going to this year more than ever, 659 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 3: and then you got the Drift, So there will never 660 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 3: be a break. But uh, but I think February is 661 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 3: always a blur just because of everything going on, and 662 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 3: then after the combine then you can at least get 663 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 3: your breath a little bit. I won't be really a 664 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:25,840 Speaker 3: better to do that until I get back from Indy. 665 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,160 Speaker 1: In Indie, are there things that you're looking for specifically 666 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: when you go up there? As a part of the 667 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: media and part of a club we only get access 668 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,959 Speaker 1: to so much, so are there specific things that you 669 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 1: are keeping your eye out for when you're there? 670 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 3: What I enjoy the most of those, And obviously everybody's 671 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 3: looking for how fast a guy runs, what the guy's 672 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 3: hand size is, how do you do in the three 673 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 3: cone drill? 674 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 2: What was his vertical. 675 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 3: That's what scouts are there for, and that's a big 676 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 3: part of it, and I'm obviously interested in seeing some 677 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 3: of that. But as you know, all these aspects come 678 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 3: in to the podiums, and I think that's where what 679 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 3: I look forward to the most is just seeing what 680 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 3: these guys are like, you know, from a personality standpoint, 681 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 3: and and just what kind of information you can get 682 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 3: from them. I'll get tired of hearing the every prospect 683 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,239 Speaker 3: well did you meet the pack with the Packers? Did 684 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 3: you meet with the Steelers? Did you meet with the Titans, 685 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 3: did you meet with the Falcons? Did you meet with 686 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 3: the Patriots? Like that's tired of some of them people 687 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 3: writing stories. These guys are lett you know, spoiler alert. 688 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 3: These guys are meeting with everybody. I mean, if whether 689 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:34,720 Speaker 3: it's the head coach or the GM or a scout 690 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 3: or a coach. I mean, the answer to that is 691 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 3: ultimately going to be yes for anybody that's at the combine. 692 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 3: But I think guys standing at the podium, just hearing 693 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 3: them talk and seeing their personalities, I think that's what 694 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 3: I enjoy the most. And you know, it's crazy just 695 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 3: some of the crowds. I remember Tim Tebow, and I 696 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 3: remember Manta Tao. 697 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: And I remember Johnny Football. 698 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it's just it has been amazing just 699 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,880 Speaker 3: to see this event grow. And remember it used to 700 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 3: be in the RCAA Dome, and I remember it was 701 00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 3: there was a small room for the media. And now 702 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 3: it's incredible just what it's turned into and the event 703 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 3: that it is. And in Adanapolis. Talk about walking cities 704 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 3: and cities that are perfect for hosting events, I think 705 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:29,120 Speaker 3: Innanapolis is perfect. Like I'm not gonna sit here and 706 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,799 Speaker 3: say that's a destination city for me. That's where I'm 707 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 3: gonna go on vacation. 708 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 2: But I enjoy going to Indy. I mean. 709 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 3: And the reason I say that because I think I 710 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 3: hate to do the math. But I've spent well over 711 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,520 Speaker 3: one hundred, one hundred nights of my life in Indianapolis. 712 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,399 Speaker 3: More than that, really, you start adding up five six 713 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 3: nights a week for the Combine Titans playing there every 714 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 3: year for twenty five years. I was there for Super Bowl. 715 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 3: I mean, it's well over one hundred nights there. But 716 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,640 Speaker 3: I like it because everything is close and you can 717 00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 3: walk to restaurants and you can walk to the media 718 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 3: and you can walk anywhere you want to go, and 719 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,640 Speaker 3: a lot of times you have to go outside sport 720 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:10,440 Speaker 3: because you can stay inside, say inside the Convention Center. 721 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,440 Speaker 2: Across the walkway. 722 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,399 Speaker 3: So it's a great city for it, and and that's 723 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:18,279 Speaker 3: where everybody is. It's a it's a fun it's a 724 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:18,839 Speaker 3: fun week. 725 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,840 Speaker 1: It's the center of the NFL universe for one whole week, 726 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: and it's it's just a lot of fun. Well, Jim, 727 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,840 Speaker 1: I know you're probably a little sleepy. You have earned 728 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 1: some good rest. We are so appreciative that you do 729 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,360 Speaker 1: all of the hard work for all of these great stories. Seriously, 730 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,760 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans dot com, if you haven't read Jim White's 731 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:42,439 Speaker 1: stories over the last like two three weeks, go get 732 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 1: caught up. There's nothing else going on. I mean, what 733 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: are you gonna do on Sundays now? The super Bowl 734 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:49,439 Speaker 1: is over. Tennessee Titans dot com, go read what Jim 735 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:53,200 Speaker 1: Wyatt is writing because it really is great, and take 736 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,359 Speaker 1: take some time off. Jim, take a nap, for the 737 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:57,760 Speaker 1: love of God, take a nap. 738 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,279 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I will encourage people to there, you know 739 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,800 Speaker 3: at j whittet Sports is my Twitter feed because a 740 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,000 Speaker 3: lot of stuff it doesn't make it on stories, you know, 741 00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,320 Speaker 3: just because you just run out of time doing things. 742 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 3: But I found, you know, I could use my space 743 00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:16,360 Speaker 3: to post longer interviews with people that that I'm not 744 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,120 Speaker 3: writing stories on. So, like I talked to Steven Tullick there, 745 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,879 Speaker 3: and I talked to Matthew Hasse Matt Hassel back there, 746 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 3: and I talked to Smash and Dash there, and I 747 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 3: talked to you know, pac Man Jones there and uh 748 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,479 Speaker 3: and I talked to you know, Brian Hopkins there, and 749 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,680 Speaker 3: you know, I probably I don't know how many videos 750 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:39,239 Speaker 3: I did, but a lot kind of you So it's 751 00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,320 Speaker 3: it's also cool to kind of see former players and 752 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 3: analysts and other people in the city. Even it won't 753 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 3: make the website, you can still find some of that 754 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:50,840 Speaker 3: stuff on Twitter. 755 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,720 Speaker 1: At j white Sports. That's it at j Whitt Sports 756 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:57,280 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans dot Com, Jim Wyatt and the Snickers Hot Seat. 757 00:36:57,640 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 2: Thanks Jim for 758 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:02,040 Speaker 1: Jim whyet, I'm wells and this has been the O 759 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 1: t P.