WEBVTT - The OTP | Exclusive Interview with Ramon Foster 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:13.920 This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:17.600 Get a quote at FBHP dot com. Farm Bureau Health 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:21.840 Plans celebrating seventy six years at providing Tennesseeans with high 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:26.480 quality health coverage at an affordable rate With Amy Wells. 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:28.960 I'm Mike Keith and we're joined in the Snickers Hot 0:00:29.040 --> 0:00:32.960 Seat today by the newest member of Titans Radio, Ramon Foster. 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.280 Welcome, thank you, Thank you both. 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:38.120 Welcome to the Snickers hot Seat. 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:42.160 I see them over my left shoulder. I was wondering 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:44.159 where they were real, where they real? They are one 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:46.600 percent real. If I want to grab one like Amy 0:00:46.600 --> 0:00:47.360 did last week. 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:48.640 I could, Yeah, you could? 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:49.680 You should? 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:50.559 I should. 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:53.560 I think that there should be more eating and less 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:55.959 talking on this show show. 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.200 Yeah, that's your policy, that's my policy. But we want 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:02.800 to talk to Ramone Foster because we're excited to have 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:04.200 him as part of Titan's Radio. 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:04.840 Absolutely. 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:07.240 How has he done in his first three games on 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:09.000 the sidelines. How would you grade him? 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:09.200 Oh? 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:09.839 Phenomenal. 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.559 It's an I mean this is not just me talking 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:15.840 because he's sitting right here and he's a very big dude. 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:22.679 Really truly, it's been fantastic to listen to. You seem 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:26.039 like you've been doing this forever. And the insights that 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:30.039 Ramon has are so interesting. He sees the game in 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:33.920 a completely different way than I have ever seen the game, 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:36.400 or then I would think a lot of people see 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:38.720 the game. Just the things that you notice on the 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:42.080 sidelines are so different than what I notice. And it's 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:44.960 really interesting to listen to. And your voice just fits 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:47.400 in very well with the group, and that's a real thing. 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:49.280 That is a thing, huh, it fits. 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.480 I appreciate that because I knew there was a lot 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:55.680 of pressure. Amy has held it down, and of course, 0:01:56.080 --> 0:01:58.880 following her up being a part of you guys's crew 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:01.240 for so long, I was thinking than myself, don't mess 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:04.960 this up. Please get Amy's approval, okay after game one, 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.720 and a part of everything that I've done so far 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.880 has been because our conversation we had was really good 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.800 before I took the sidelines for the first time. But 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:17.440 you guys might keep you Coach mac Ratt, just everybody involved, 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:20.960 Phil Noel, Brad, Everybody's just been a part have welcomed 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.160 me in to make me feel that comfortable to where 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.840 I could just do my thing on the sideline and 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:29.280 see those things that you guys maybe up top don't see. 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:32.079 And it's been it's been a real cool experience so far. 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.160 So I appreciate you played eleven years for the Steelers, 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.600 You're only four years removed from being an active player. 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:43.440 How different is the sideline view as a quote unquote 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.959 member of a radio team compared to being on the 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:51.000 sideline age a player. U, It is slightly different, just 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.040 because I have the opportunity to see everything. 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:53.240 Now. 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:55.520 The defense makes a mistake, I can see that more 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:59.760 clearly now. The conversations between the coaches and the players 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.640 on the sideline is something that you don't see because 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.920 you're so locked in as a player. So getting an 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:08.240 opportunity to always wonder what that was like and actually 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:10.440 being able to do it now on the sideline is 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:12.440 the reason why I'm so engaged. I have to tell 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:14.840 myself sometimes talking to Philip in my ear, I gotta 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:16.959 shut up because I'm calling out everything that you guys 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:21.600 already talking about because I'm so into the game. Because 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.640 as a player, you was always told if you're not 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:27.640 actually playing, watch what's going on at the field so 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:29.880 that you can digest stuff, and so that you can 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:33.440 communicate what the coach is something they may miss. So 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.280 my first year in the NFL reserve role for the 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.800 most part, so watching the right tackle and the left 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.080 tackle at the same time. It was always something that 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:43.920 was on my hit list and make sure that we 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:46.320 didn't miss anything. So now I'm being able to watch 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:49.480 the flow of the game, an understanding glowing down and 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.280 distant situations, whether they're probably more likely to throw the 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.600 ball right here or looking at the way the stances 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:58.000 of players are. I can tell when they're going to 0:03:58.080 --> 0:03:59.480 run the ball, I can tell when they're going to 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.760 pass the and just being alert for that, especially in 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:08.040 the matchup situation. I'm watching Deniko Autrey this past weekend 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.240 and seeing the way the tackle said against him or 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:13.320 the way he set his feed up. I figured it 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:14.960 was gonna end up being a pass for us and 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:18.640 it was or third and one, and watching Deniko attack 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.920 the line, the tight end split and split both of 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:25.479 them for TfL like I enjoy watching the process of 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:27.479 a play developing, which is why I want. 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.080 To lend my expertise to you guys. 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:31.960 One of the things that's so interesting to me is 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:35.640 that five different people can watch a football game, and 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:39.080 they all see completely different things, and it depends on 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:42.680 the perspective that you're coming from. So I watch a 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:45.160 lot of football with Mike Keith, obviously because we work 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:50.480 so close together. And the way that you watch a 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:53.160 play develop or the way that you watch a football 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:58.680 game is very wide because you are used to calling 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.839 a game and so you see the whole field. When 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:05.120 you watch with a former player, a lot of times 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:09.679 you see that position and they are so locked in 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:12.640 in the intricacies of how a certain position or a 0:05:12.680 --> 0:05:15.599 certain side of the ball plays. When you watch with 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:22.440 a coach, you get more, not strategy, but you get 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:26.480 almost more minutia when it comes to a specific play 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.920 or like that broke down or this guy was supposed 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.800 to go there, and they see in a very different way. 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.159 It's so fascinating to me, and it's one of the 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:36.360 things about sports that I think is so cool and 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:40.160 I think is kind of unique to football in that 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:44.440 there's so much happening on a single play. There's so 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:48.280 many things to digest. I just think that that's an 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:51.880 incredible thing. And being able to have that on Titan's Radio, 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:56.640 having the coach's perspective, the player's perspective and the overall 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:58.719 perspective of what's happening in a game. 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:00.600 I mean, what more could you want? 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:04.000 And that's fascinating you say that, And I've always communicated 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:05.719 with you guys where I'll be at on the field. 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:09.359 I like to watch the team that i'm reviewing, the 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.160 type from behind the offense. 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:12.680 Put me behind the offensive line. 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:14.919 That's my lane right there, so I can see this 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:17.120 team go down the fence, because that's always how I 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.520 played the game. If I'm watching the defense, I get 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:21.479 behind the defense. That way, I can see the front 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.200 line first, the linebackers make their plays, and if something 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:28.000 happens on the back end with the secondary always my perspective. 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.680 And you're right, Coach Mack watches it from an up 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:33.360 top view and when he breaks it down, he'll see 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.520 the entire field. I'm saying it by phase, front line, 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:39.680 secondary line, and then the back end. And it's always 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.440 fascinating to see what I see first, as usually starts 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:44.719 up front, and then I watch the linebackers make a 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:47.680 play and then the safeties come down offensively. If it 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:50.239 breaks down up front for the OL then I'm anno 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.560 it immediately because that's where I start to work my 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:56.120 way back and outside with that, you're one hundred percent correct, 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.720 is different watching the game from that perspective. Keith Bullock 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:02.240 we had on recently and he watches it from the 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:06.000 linebacker position first, to the D line to the secondary. 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.440 It is a different perspective that way. 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:12.360 Ramon Foster, the challenge, at least one challenge for the 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:15.600 Titans in this camp has been trying to pull the 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:19.920 offensive line together to make them a cohesive unit. In 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:23.240 terms of how you do that, what are the intricate 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:25.680 parts that have to go on and the things that 0:07:25.720 --> 0:07:28.360 you have seen as they have tried to develop that. 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.000 I would say this, and it's gonna sound weird saying, 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:34.200 but failure you have to have some bad moments, and 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:37.040 those bad moments it forces us to communicate what do 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:38.640 I need to do to service you better? 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:40.560 What do you need to do to help me out better? 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:42.640 That's always going to play a part as far as 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.600 developing a group. If it was all pieces and cream 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:47.800 from the get go, guess what, we even have an 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:49.960 opportunity to talk about any of them because everything is 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:52.080 perfect and we know the game of football is too 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.320 many moving pieces for it to ever be a perfect game, 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:57.600 so that's where it would start. And then having those 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:01.440 guys communicate on the sideline. Hey, in this situation, I 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:03.600 saw this guy tip his hand, or I saw the 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:05.160 linebacker say a word to him. 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:06.880 Anytime we hear this, let's do it. 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:10.560 It's always a small, finite things that really builds a 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:14.800 team up. And the inner moving of players too, always 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:17.240 plays a part in it. We've seen some reserved guys 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:21.000 come in and these preseason games and of course a 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:23.840 breakdown WI happened, and you say to yourself, well, this 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:27.960 is why were more successful with this group as opposed 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:30.680 to the second group that we had in because you 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:32.640 see what works in those situations. 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.640 It is a beautiful process to watch five guys. 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:37.600 Work at one It's the only position on the field 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:40.600 where five individuals have to be on the same page, 0:08:40.600 --> 0:08:45.360 discussing levels as far as protections, discussing run blocking, whether 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.440 I'm going if I'm stronger going to my right as 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.120 opposed to my left. Then knowing that I have to 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:53.199 ask for help. Also, that's always a big part of 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:57.040 offensive line play known as big dudes that are super tough, 0:08:57.320 --> 0:09:00.199 but you always ask for help because me talk to 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.280 you about what I need helps us as a group 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:04.520 be better. I've seen the offensive lineman and I've been 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:06.840 a part of a group all five of us are 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.959 wrong as far as the play goes, but as far 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.439 as the assignment and completing it with no sacks, one 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:14.920 hundred percent right on it and you score and plays 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.640 like that because from left to right, as long as 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:20.560 you're on the same page, you're gonna be more right 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.320 as far as the outcome of the play than that. 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:26.400 So in terms of developing the cohesion of say, who's 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:29.080 going to be the starting five for the Tennessee Titans 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:30.640 at the beginning of the regular. 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:34.120 Season, it was actually really good. 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:39.680 Per Ramon Foster that throughout the preseason we saw some 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:44.480 different kind of phases of this offense developed. So in 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.560 the first preseason game we saw them come out, they 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:53.120 did and played what a series two series something like that. Yeah, 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.160 and then they were done because it was a great 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:59.520 opening drive to start the game. In week two they 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:02.840 played for a an entire quarter because there was a 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.080 lot of three and outs there in that first quarter. 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:07.880 What you're saying is that something like that is really good. 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:09.880 That's the natural flow of the game right there. 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:13.320 Everybody, every offensive coordinator has a script, and that script 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.480 is beautiful until you get punched in the mouth. In Minnesota, 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.520 that crowd was loud. It was an on the road 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:23.280 environment and doors, and it was a little hot. Even 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.440 though it was indoors. You felt the heat presence of 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:29.000 it too. And also having noticed that it was gonna 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:32.480 be Malik's game, so now they have an opportunity to 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:34.680 hone in on the quarterback and that makes your jobs 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:37.400 a little bit harder too, specifically because we had to 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:39.520 figure out what Malik was gonna be capable of at 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:42.200 the quarterback position. They made it their job early on 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:43.920 to stop the run, which is why they had to 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.400 go three and out and back on the field. Those 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:50.320 types of situations are always good because not every game 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:52.920 is going to be perfect. You can't average, and they 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:56.079 did later on in the game. You can't average ten 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:59.440 yards of carry in the first quarter more times than not. Yes, 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.839 absolutely no possible way that's going to be the case 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.400 for an offensive line. The four teams who in preseason 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:07.680 so seeing them go for a quarter and go to 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.440 the sala and finally pick it up. They chipped at 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:13.720 the rock until Tase got the big run and that 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:14.520 right there. 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.959 Built that cohesion, that belief. 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:19.600 They look, even if it's not working early, let's just 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:22.480 keep doing our job, and they did and finally had 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:23.440 that big break with Tase. 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.320 Continue with Ramone Foster on the OTP momentarily after we 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:30.480 remind you it's always game on with Duncan, So grab 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:33.439 a coffee and kick off the action. Whether that's drinking 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:35.200 a cup of coffee on your way to the game 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:37.960 or grabbing one to go before watching the game at home, 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:41.320 Duncan is always there to help you get your game on, 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:44.160 just like the pros. Like Ramone Foster, we need to 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.080 be at our best come game time, which is why 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.720 Duncan is the most important part of your game day 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:52.400 ritual because it's always the best call for Football America 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:56.840 runs on Duncan. Two part question Ramone Foster. As we 0:11:56.920 --> 0:12:02.320 continue about Aaron Brewer, it has been said by several 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:05.200 people who know ball that he is a better center 0:12:05.240 --> 0:12:10.040 than he is guard. A. Do you believe that? And B, 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:12.600 If so, why do I believe that? 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:13.760 Yes? I do. 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:19.120 Just size doesn't really matter a whole lot, but it's 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:23.120 certain body frames and types that work better at certain positions. 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:25.560 I could play tackle in the NFL. 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:30.520 But I'm better off as a guard. Body type, fits it, arms, stize, 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:32.920 all those things matter. I look at Aaron Brower and 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:34.840 said this to Straits. As far as being the starting 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:37.480 center in this league, most of them are are not 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:42.439 really big. They hold between as far as been six ' two, 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:44.559 six ' one all the way up to six four. 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.440 I wouldn't put a six to sixth center in the 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.480 game at all. I know there's one around the NFL. 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:49.520 I wouldn't do that, just the. 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:50.480 Height difference of it. 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:50.679 You know. 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.520 As far as the quarterback seeing them and levers too, 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:57.280 He's strong, he's quick, he moves well side to side. 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.720 He can pull around trash is what we've said, not trash, 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:03.400 but around the guard tackles and tight ends. We see 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.400 him do those things, and he doesn't have to carry 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.240 the blunt of having a one on one each and 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:10.320 every play. Most times he lined up, he will have 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:13.960 a shade or he'll be uncovered. His biggest task that 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.439 he's gonna get is having a linebacker trying to run 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.520 through his face, or if they go a solid five 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:20.520 down man and they'll have a man over him and 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:23.480 two guys over both sent I mean both guards. That's 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:25.120 his only adversity he's ever going. 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:25.640 To have to have. 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:30.120 And just he's smart. That always plays a part in 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.800 the center probably has to be the second smartest guy 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:35.360 on your team aside from the quarterback. He should know 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.040 almost everything that the quarterback does except for the routes, 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:43.280 potentially shelves, coverages, defenses, strong week seeing safety shift down. 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.319 I know he's capable of doing those things because he's 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:47.440 still here on this team and he's been around to 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:48.120 know the system. 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:51.199 He may be one of the five best overall athletes 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:54.280 on this team. Does that make a big difference in 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.960 his success at that position he does? 0:13:57.040 --> 0:14:00.280 On that taj run we speak about in Minnesota, if 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:04.440 he isn't limber enough, athletic enough to cut off that 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:07.840 big nose tackle, that play is dead. When I saw that, 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.560 I pointed to people at my job in my morning 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:14.120 show and said, without Aaron Brewer, this play is dead 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:16.720 because that tackle is gonna h That d tackle was 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:18.959 going to tackle him. He was strong enough to cut 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.840 him off and quick enough to wall them off so 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.920 that he could take that leaping run for the touchdown. 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:27.080 Those types of thing is what makes you great. Let's 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.240 go to Kelsey and Philadelphia. He's a guy that we 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:32.440 rave about because while he's great in space, and he's 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.720 quick and he's tough, you have a guy just like 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:37.720 that in Nashville and Aaron Brower and I say this, 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:41.920 I'm cautiously optimistic about what he could be because all 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:45.120 it takes is the way we get noticed offensive lineman 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:46.640 is being good in space. 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.520 If Derek Tanninghill or. 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:53.720 Trailing or d Hop have a screen down the sideline 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.960 and he's running up the sideline making blocks, that's where 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.800 the conversation is. This guy's a stud, which we'll know that, 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:02.160 but the rest of the world will see that, and 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.520 that's when he starts to get in the conversation of 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:08.120 Pro Bowl and top centers in the league. And that's 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:11.320 where you get noticed when you play a position like that. So, yes, Mike, 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:14.760 his athletic ability is going to do nothing but great 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.120 things for this team, considering, of course, staying healthy, sure, 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:21.200 keeping his strength, and staying on top of his game. 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.680 Well, and he can do a backflip, Well. 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.560 That's what I'm talking about. I mean crazy, yeah, I 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:28.160 mean they utilized him at one point in the backfield 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:31.160 when he first got here. Because he he does have 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.920 some unusual skills. Let me ask you about Peter Skeronsky. 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:36.680 When the Titans took him at number eleven, the whole 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:39.880 world said, massive win for the team. He's going to 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:42.400 be here for however many years he's going to be. 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:44.720 He has the potential to be a Pro Bowl type player. 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.280 What you've seen so far of Skeroonsky, does he meet 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:48.840 the hype? 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:49.680 You know? 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.200 The best thing about peters Kesky? Okay, we hadn't heard 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:53.080 a word about him. 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:55.000 Yes, he does. 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:58.480 Mike to get around that question, Yes, he has to 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.840 pedigree the smarts and the poets. I've watched him on 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:05.320 the sideline. Nothing excites him, which is good. He doesn't 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:07.480 seem like he's a deer in the headlights whenever he 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:11.960 lines up, and he finishes and understand the game. Watching 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:13.960 him and Andre dial at work with each other, you 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:16.520 can tell communication has been at all time high. 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:18.520 But not just that, the confidence of it too. 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:20.920 He's going against somebody who's an All pro here in 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.920 Nashville and Jeffrey Simmons. That is one, by far, one 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:26.600 of the best tests any offensive lineman can have in 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:28.920 this league is to battle him every day in practice 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:29.640 in most days. 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.160 I like what I see out of the young guy. 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.000 The rookie is going to have a huge challenge in 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:35.920 front of him, because if I was a d lineman, 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.320 I try to run down his face, okay. 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.520 Just to test him, just to see what he's capable of. 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:43.600 But everything that I've seen so far in the preseason, 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:46.680 they've tried that, and he's pushed back. And he is 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:50.440 a name that you don't hear during our games, right, 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.040 you don't mention him, and that's the best possible thing 0:16:53.080 --> 0:16:55.560 you can do. But this is also the case. His 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:58.080 run blocking has been well and his pass pro too. 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:02.200 They runffiently on left and right side of the ball 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:04.480 because that interior that. 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.520 Broer, Bronskull and Peter. 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:10.960 They have held their own up the middle, and I 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:12.800 would say the young fella is a big part of that. 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.480 You know, you touched on something that I was gonna mention, 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:19.280 which is the Titans are done with training camp now 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:21.600 they're getting into the flow of what a regular season 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.600 is going to be like. And this team has come 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:27.359 off of This offensive line has come off of weeks 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:29.840 of going up against the Titans defense, and there's a 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.879 lot of strong defensive linemen on that side of the ball. 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:37.520 How beneficial is that to them for their preparation, especially 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.119 when you're developing that cohesion. You've got a lot of 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:43.879 new faces and you're going up against some dudes on 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:45.320 the defensive side of the ball. 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:47.199 And you're going to see some in Week one in 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.879 New Orleans too. That is a very underrated defense. 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:50.960 It is very underrate. 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:53.440 They have outside Russias and guys up the middle that 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:55.720 can get to the quarterbacks on top of some one 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:59.000 of the best linebackers in the NFL too. But that's 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:03.000 good though, Amy on the on the status of I 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:04.840 know there was a lot of trash talking. I know 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.840 they knew that they had to go push and fight 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:10.040 and get the most out of this bump. You got 0:18:10.040 --> 0:18:13.200 to think of it other than Aaron Brewer, everybody on 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:16.840 this offensive line is new or have low experience here 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:19.280 in Nashville on how they play, and I know the 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:21.640 challenge was probably pushed out to them, Hey go make 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:24.560 those guys tough and as far as from the defensive line, 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:27.879 and they did. We heard early, of course, dilat versus 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:30.600 are and key being a thing we Jeff and Peter 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:33.399 Skensky going at it. It's not an easy day with 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.280 when when Brewer has to take on Tierra, you know 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.399 all those things, and I feel like they've. 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:40.040 Answered the call. 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:43.320 As far as this training camp suggests, battle tested is 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:46.040 one thing. In practice, we've seen some of their fruits 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:48.720 of their labor in these preseason games. I'm confident that 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:52.719 this group can be can be the reason this offense 0:18:52.800 --> 0:18:53.959 is successful. 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:59.280 Are they blocking things differently in the run game from 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:01.880 what you've seen in the Tim Kelly offense so far 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:04.080 than what you've seen them do in the past. 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:06.240 What I've seen from this group is this, and I'm 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:07.879