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Speaker 1: Mike Keith, And she's back, Amy Wells. You can't get

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Speaker 1: rid of me, Mike. She was supposedly off the OTP

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Speaker 1: my own podcast, Well, Titans, the Titans Amy Coach Mac podcast. Yes, delayed,

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Speaker 1: So it will actually be out next Friday before the

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis game, correct your proper twenty four. Well, I make

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Speaker 1: into the wild. So what are you doing here? Why

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Speaker 1: are you back on this podcast? Well, Mike, the OTP

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Speaker 1: is like my firstborn, It is my child. I have

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Speaker 1: loved this podcast and I'm having a hard time letting

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Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll see what happens. We'll see when

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Speaker 1: I come back around. But I'm having not going to

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Speaker 1: leave the OTP. Well, I mean, what are you going

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Speaker 1: to stop doing it? If? I don't know. I didn't

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Speaker 1: I think we answered our own questions now, didn't we.

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Speaker 1: I think we've got I think we need Judge Judy

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Speaker 1: some sort of at least some sort of division of

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Speaker 1: assets when it comes to the OTP. Yes, well, there's

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Speaker 1: so much to divide. Actually, the ot people. We can't

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Speaker 1: divide them because they are so wonderful and so supportive.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, to the ot people. Thursday night

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Speaker 1: at Nissan Stadium one of the most special things that

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Speaker 1: to the ot people, because I know many of you

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Speaker 1: went to Tennessee Titans dot com slash donate to Waverley

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Speaker 1: and made a donation to the United Way of Humphries

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Speaker 1: County to support the flood victims and the rebuild and

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Speaker 1: everything they have to do in Humphris County. So many

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Speaker 1: people did. We called the Waverley game with White House,

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Speaker 1: which turned out to be a fabulous high school football

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Speaker 1: game won by the Blue Devils over Waverley thirty six

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Speaker 1: to thirty four. Great experience for us calling that game.

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Speaker 1: Maybe one of the best experiences I've ever had. It

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Speaker 1: was such a unique experience. Everyone here was so Everyone

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Speaker 1: it was an escape for a lot of people at

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Speaker 1: Nissan Stadium. It gave them something else to think about,

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Speaker 1: a distraction from all that has been happening to them

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Speaker 1: the radio call was phenomenal. It was such a fun

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Speaker 1: people coming together to do good and to help their

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Speaker 1: neighbors was amazing. Ridchtone gave twenty thousand dollars to Waverley

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Speaker 1: High School Academy made a donation. Academy Sports and Outdoors

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Speaker 1: made a donation of ten thousand dollars. Our friends at

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Speaker 1: Farm Bureau Health Plans made a donation which was fantastic.

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Speaker 1: And we know that a lot of people went to

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans dot com slash donate to Waverley And by

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Speaker 1: the way, that's still up and they still need your help.

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Speaker 1: Did you know that John Robinson made a personal donation

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Speaker 1: of ten thousand dollars. I did not know that. I

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Speaker 1: didn't either. Wow, well that's yeah, that's fantastic. Our idea was, okay,

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Speaker 1: and let's make it Tiger's Radio. And so we did

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Speaker 1: is Dean Warfield. Our big voice guy went in and

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Speaker 1: cut all new imaging to say, this is Tigers Radio.

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Speaker 1: my cold little heart. Well. I thought white House handled

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Speaker 1: And I appreciated that he separated it in that way.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's got so many things going in his life,

426
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Speaker 1: and he's got this beautiful family and they have homes

427
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 1: here and then San Diego, and he's you know, during

428
00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,520
Speaker 1: the off season, he trains down there and he trains

429
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:40,800
Speaker 1: up here. They've got their foundation. He travels extensively, he's

430
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,520
Speaker 1: got business interests, and yet when it comes time to

431
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,840
Speaker 1: put the helmet on and start to work. In fact,

432
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,920
Speaker 1: he made it a point to talk about it this

433
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,520
Speaker 1: week prior to the game, that he gets up even

434
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,560
Speaker 1: in the off season, he's up at four thirty every

435
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:56,439
Speaker 1: morning to start training. Now, you know, there was a

436
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,639
Speaker 1: time when I played back in the late seventies and

437
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,440
Speaker 1: early eighties, I was just coming in four thirty. So

438
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:06,440
Speaker 1: it's a whole different philosophy these days. And that's why

439
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 1: I'm doing what I'm doing. And he will end up

440
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame without any question. He is

441
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,800
Speaker 1: just such an amazing person and athlete and is able

442
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 1: to compartmentalize so well and prepare himself. And so the

443
00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 1: throws that we saw, we've seen in practice and in walkthrooms,

444
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 1: and his ability to understand and to throw guys open,

445
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,920
Speaker 1: all those things, they've been remarkable since he was a rookie.

446
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 1: But it seems like he's just getting better. And that's

447
00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,399
Speaker 1: hard to believe because he's as good as any have

448
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,159
Speaker 1: played the game in their first nine years. All of

449
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:46,360
Speaker 1: the Russell Wilson is not happy with the Seahawks organization.

450
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:49,920
Speaker 1: However much of that was real or just imagine that's

451
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,600
Speaker 1: all out the window now right. Yeah, you know my

452
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,080
Speaker 1: kind of thoughts on that. I thought that he had

453
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,600
Speaker 1: gone back to the Super Bowl to accept his Man

454
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:03,639
Speaker 1: the Year award, well deserved by the bye, and you know,

455
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:05,840
Speaker 1: there he is at the game, and he's watching his

456
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 1: old nemesis, Tom Brady, who beat him in the Super

457
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 1: Bowl forty nine in Glendale, Arizona. He's watching a guy

458
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:20,359
Speaker 1: who is, you know, half a decade older than Russ,

459
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 1: is more than that, and a guy who was still

460
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:24,880
Speaker 1: playing at the very top of his game, a guy

461
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,840
Speaker 1: that came into Tampa that nobody gave a chance to

462
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,919
Speaker 1: put together a winning Super Bowl team and had some

463
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,679
Speaker 1: influence on bringing players in and lo and behold, there

464
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 1: they are winning the Super Bowl. I think that was

465
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 1: as frustrating as anything for Russ. And the fact that

466
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,679
Speaker 1: you know, we were knocked out in the playoff in

467
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:46,240
Speaker 1: the wildcard playoff rounds here at home against the Rams,

468
00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:48,800
Speaker 1: So all those things combined, I think that just kind

469
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,640
Speaker 1: of got the best of Russ. And you know, then

470
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,480
Speaker 1: some of his people I think kind of overshot the

471
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,800
Speaker 1: ski hill a little bit by saying, well, yeah, but

472
00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,920
Speaker 1: if we wanted, if you wanted to trade him, he

473
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 1: go to Chicago and Las Vegas and someplace else, And

474
00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:05,239
Speaker 1: there was never any intention to that. And you know,

475
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,800
Speaker 1: Russ is that kind of guy. Once he focuses back

476
00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: on what he needs to do, you know, it's all good,

477
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,840
Speaker 1: and he's fine with the team, and you know he's

478
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 1: going to make a jillion dollars more while he's still here.

479
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: And let's face it, this is the place where he's

480
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,159
Speaker 1: probably got the best opportunity to continue to have an

481
00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 1: opportunity to get to the Super Bowl every year. I mean,

482
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,800
Speaker 1: you go to a place like Chicago, you know, bust

483
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 1: their hearts, but they're constantly rebuilding. But that's not the

484
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,119
Speaker 1: case here in Seattle. Another happy guy with a contract,

485
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 1: Jamal Adams playing like a happy guy. It made a

486
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,439
Speaker 1: difference in the ballgame on Sunday, especially on one of

487
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:45,639
Speaker 1: the fourth down plays. Really looks like the defense is

488
00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 1: suited to what his talents are, almost like how Pittsburgh

489
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:54,000
Speaker 1: used Troy Palamalu exactly and quite frankly, the way we

490
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,879
Speaker 1: used him in the last half of last year because

491
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,560
Speaker 1: until we got Carlos Dunlop, we couldn't generate any real

492
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 1: pass rush to speak up, and yeah he came a

493
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,520
Speaker 1: few times, but he was back in coverage more than

494
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,920
Speaker 1: he blitz. But the defense now we went out, the

495
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 1: Seahawks went out in the off season and made sure

496
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,240
Speaker 1: that those guys who brought the pressure Dunlop and and

497
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: Benson Mayo and the youngster the fourth year player that

498
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 1: we drafted a couple of years ago, Rasheim Green, Alden Robinson.

499
00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:28,399
Speaker 1: These guys can really rush the passer. But they're also

500
00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 1: good size. I mean, aside from Jamal, they're all defensive

501
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 1: end size guys and they can hold their own against

502
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,000
Speaker 1: the rush. And that's what Pete was going for this year.

503
00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 1: So I think where as in the past, Pete has

504
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: built his defenses sort of from the back end forward

505
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 1: great cornerbacks, guys with great skills that can cover, and

506
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: then you build forward to your to your defensive line

507
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 1: and your pass rushers, this group is built from the

508
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: front back. They can get after the passer. We got

509
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: linebackers who've got a lot of speed who can rush.

510
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: Bobby Wigner may be the best rush linebacker out there today.

511
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 1: He from the middle. That is, he is so good

512
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: at diagnosing and finding the crease and anticipating and so

513
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: as you don't have to use them all every down

514
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:16,040
Speaker 1: up at the line of scrimmage blitzing, but he can

515
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 1: do that. He can drop down in the box. And

516
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,560
Speaker 1: now suddenly you forced that quarterback to make some decisions

517
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: on whether you're gonna, you know, stay with a run

518
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 1: or you're gonna throw the ball. And that's what you

519
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 1: want to have. You want to you want to have

520
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,440
Speaker 1: indecision on the part of the other offense. Steve Rabel,

521
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 1: what is the place where the Seattle Seahawks have had

522
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 1: the most significant addition in your opinion in twenty twenty one. Wow,

523
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:44,280
Speaker 1: that's a that's a great question. Um well, Gabe Jackson

524
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:48,239
Speaker 1: getting him from the Raiders to kind of solidify our

525
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 1: offensive line ed guards has been a very quiet upgrade

526
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 1: on the offensive front. Russ was sacked three times. One

527
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 1: of them was just a complete whiff by the center,

528
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,240
Speaker 1: so you know those are going to happen once in

529
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 1: a while, you know. But the Forrest Buckner, formerly of

530
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,720
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers at one time, jacksonville a really

531
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 1: fine defensive lineman. I mean, he just turned our center around.

532
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: But but Gay Jackson solid as can be and he's

533
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: like a five dollars cab ride around to get around him.

534
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,360
Speaker 1: He's a big man. So that was that was one spot.

535
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 1: I think the rest of the spots, you know, are

536
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:25,880
Speaker 1: are secondary is solidified last year with the acquisition of

537
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: both those safety I think we've got the best safety

538
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,000
Speaker 1: tandem in the National Football League with the very least

539
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 1: one of the best. So you know, you look up

540
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: and down the line, there are really there are really

541
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 1: no weaknesses. I feel pretty certain about our defense when

542
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 1: it comes to linebackers that Jordan Brooks is a young

543
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 1: guy who can fly around and make play. He and

544
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner i think combined for about eight gen tackles,

545
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,720
Speaker 1: So there are some some good young players out there.

546
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,160
Speaker 1: I'm concerned a little bit about d Escorts, the young

547
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 1: rookie second round draft towards wide receiver. He is a

548
00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: flat out the guy um and he got what appeared

549
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 1: to be can cussed. I hope he's going to be

550
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: okay because he's that guy that adds a real significant

551
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,360
Speaker 1: element to our passing game that's already pretty darn good.

552
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 1: Where can the Seattle Seahawks be better in twenty twenty

553
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,080
Speaker 1: one than they were in twenty twenty I think a

554
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 1: protecting Russ and if this makes sense, protecting Russ from himself,

555
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,720
Speaker 1: not forcing Russ to make plays that aren't there, which

556
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: is what oftentimes got him into trouble. You know, he

557
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 1: never threw a lot of interceptions. It hasn't his entire career,

558
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: but he would take sacks because he wanted to get

559
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: out of the pocket, get on the move, try to

560
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 1: find an open guy, let things develop in front of him,

561
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 1: or the pass rush you know, got to him. Something

562
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 1: broke down up front now and I think we're a

563
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,120
Speaker 1: lot more security in the way this offense runs. It's

564
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: to get the ball out of his hands quicker, and

565
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: so that's the thing that is most significant, I think

566
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: for this offensive, for this team. We've always had every

567
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,000
Speaker 1: bit of confidence in Russell Wilson to make the plays.

568
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: Now he doesn't have to make every play. Now, guys

569
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 1: come open because the system and the design of the

570
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: play allows it to happen, and that opens up things

571
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: for guys like Chris Carson. Chris was you know one

572
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 1: hundred yards or better, in total offense. I think he

573
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: ninety plus rushing and we didn't even see him in

574
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 1: the preseason. We didn't see any of the starters, frankly,

575
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: but he's been kind of flying under the radar all

576
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 1: his training camp and he looks great. So, you know,

577
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: I think we've got I think we've got all the

578
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,040
Speaker 1: pieces together, and now it's just a matter of going

579
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: out there and making plays, not giving up cheap touchdowns.

580
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: You know, don't get beat deep. I think our cornerbacks,

581
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 1: while they're not a work in progress, they're both veterans

582
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 1: and they both know what they're doing. You know, we

583
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 1: brought in a lot of competition during training camp, and

584
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: those two spots were ones that kind of weeded themselves

585
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 1: out and in a way that we didn't think maybe

586
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: was how it was originally intended to be. But these

587
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 1: two veterans came up, made all the plays, and now

588
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 1: we just got to make sure that they can stay

589
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 1: healthy and play all season long. Finally, Steve, there are

590
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 1: some who believe this could be John Snyder and Pete

591
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 1: Carroll's best Seattle Seahawks team. Do you think that could

592
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: be true? Well, it's tough to you know, compare completely.

593
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: You know, listen, ask me after the season, and if

594
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 1: we win the Super Bowl, I'll tell you that it's

595
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 1: at least as good as the team from back in

596
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 1: twenty thirteen. The big difference, Mike, and you know this,

597
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 1: and every general manager knows this in the league that

598
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,840
Speaker 1: when you have a quarterback in his rookie contract and

599
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: he's making about eight hundred or nine hundred thousand dollars

600
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,239
Speaker 1: a year, you even back in thirteen, you still have

601
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 1: a lot of money that you can spend on other players,

602
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 1: and especially that year, we spend it on defensive guys.

603
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 1: So we had guys playing like Michael Bennett and Cliff April.

604
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 1: They weren't even starting. They were coming in to spell

605
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: guys on pass rush and they were terrific. So, you know,

606
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: nowadays you really have to be careful of how you

607
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: spend your money, and especially when your quarterback is making

608
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: you know, twenty five twenty eight million dollars a year,

609
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: that's a considerable part of your of your salary cap.

610
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,120
Speaker 1: That said, when I look at how these pieces have

611
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 1: gone together now, the mix of young guys, and we

612
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 1: had to you know, we had to let go of

613
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:21,479
Speaker 1: a guy in kJ Wright who was a veteran and

614
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: I loved him, still do as a person and as

615
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: a player. But you have to get younger, and you

616
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 1: have to get more athletic, and I think we are

617
00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,239
Speaker 1: that on defense and then on offense again, I think

618
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,799
Speaker 1: we're gonna be playing smarter. I think we've got some

619
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 1: great individuals, great wide receivers three and four deep now

620
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 1: wide receiver three or four deep at running back. Offensive

621
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 1: line a little thin, but this could be the best

622
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 1: team they put together. But again, ask me in February.

623
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 1: It's a good answer. You went all the way around it.

624
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: Well done. Well, thank you. That's I get paid to

625
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 1: make up stuff. You're a trained professionals. Rabel Voice of

626
00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: the Seahawks. We look forward to seeing you this weekend

627
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: at lumin Field. Oh thanks, Mike, I appreciate it. Well,

628
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:15,480
Speaker 1: that was pretty optimistic. I mean Steve Rabel is pretty

629
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,120
Speaker 1: up on this team, and he should be. I mean,

630
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: they're they're loaded. You could go out there and play

631
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 1: well on Sunday and not win, right, But I'll take

632
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:29,320
Speaker 1: my chances. Yes I will too. I like an angry

633
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 1: Titans team, a Titans team with something to prove, a

634
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 1: Titans team that's fighting back. That's the Titans team that

635
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: I like. The underdogs, I agree, those are my Titans.

636
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 1: What I like about this matchup is what they like

637
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:47,399
Speaker 1: to do we'd like to do. They like a fight

638
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: in a phone booth. They have no problem with that.

639
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 1: And if if the Titans are at their heart and

640
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: soul of who they are, they like a fight in

641
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 1: a phone booth too, that's fine. Yep, and doesn't again

642
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: doesn't and you're gonna win. But from a style point

643
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 1: of view, the Titans couldn't get Arizona in the phone booth.

644
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 1: Had they been able to, it would have been an

645
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 1: interesting game because that's not really how Arizona wants to play,

646
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: you know, that's not really what They don't want to

647
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:18,879
Speaker 1: mix it up. They're not going to run the ball

648
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,879
Speaker 1: down your throat like the Titans want to do. They

649
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 1: dictated the game to a point where they totally played

650
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 1: their style, which was so far outside of who the

651
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,319
Speaker 1: Titans are, which is why the score was separated the

652
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,359
Speaker 1: way that it was. It was their game. They made

653
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 1: it their game. Their best players played great. I think

654
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: if the Titans can get in the phone booth and

655
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: get in this fight with the Seahawks. I think they've

656
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 1: got a reasonable chance. Bottom line with this is you

657
00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:49,720
Speaker 1: got to come out looking more like yourself, right, whatever

658
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 1: whatever happens, you want to leave Seattle, get on that

659
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: plane and say, Okay, that was our work, that's what

660
00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:01,319
Speaker 1: we did, and you know, then come back home for

661
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:05,319
Speaker 1: Indianapolis and ed see what happened. But for people to

662
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 1: say they have no shot in Seattle, I don't believe that. Nope.

663
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,919
Speaker 1: I don't believe that. I don't buy that at all. Nope.

664
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: But you're right. We've got to see Titans football early early.

665
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:17,279
Speaker 1: Ye need a big play in this game early. I'm

666
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,719
Speaker 1: into it. I'm here for that. I am too. We're

667
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:24,000
Speaker 1: on not so early, We're on at two thirty Titans

668
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 1: countdown on one, four, five Zone and Titans radio stations

669
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 1: throughout the region, and then we kick off at three

670
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 1: twenty five. Yes, it's going to be a great game.

671
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 1: I've never been to Seattle, so you've never been to

672
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,920
Speaker 1: the city, or you've never been to the stadium. Both

673
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:42,280
Speaker 1: never been to the city. So I'm excited to experience

674
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,399
Speaker 1: just a little taste of that. Eat dinner someplace nice.

675
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: Then I'm excited to check another stadium off the old list.

676
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,719
Speaker 1: That's exciting. Really. Is that loud too? Yeah, and I'm

677
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 1: excited for that hour it's designed. I mean, I haven't

678
00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,839
Speaker 1: been in a loud stadium in a long time, Mike,

679
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,960
Speaker 1: you will be Yeah, I'm excited because it is crazy

680
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,439
Speaker 1: loud there. They had engineers designed it in a way

681
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:12,280
Speaker 1: that the noise stays in awesome. Well, I mean it's hardened,

682
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:18,279
Speaker 1: it's I get it, but like really cool too, really cool. Yeah,

683
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,839
Speaker 1: I mean, I guess I don't know. You're you're gonna see.

684
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 1: I think you're gonna be very surprised how much you

685
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 1: don't like it. Well, I get that. I'm sure there's

686
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: many things I won't like. They always are. They'll have

687
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 1: the twelfth the twelfth fan raised the twelve flag. Yes,

688
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 1: they will do the thing they stole from Texas A

689
00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 1: and m that's okay. I'm totally okay with raising a

690
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: flag or whatever. I don't like places with gongs or

691
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 1: goanens or loud. Do you think mac lemore will be

692
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 1: the twelve person? No, but that would be cool. He's

693
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:53,839
Speaker 1: apparently doing a concert for them of some sort. Mac

694
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,160
Speaker 1: Lemore like soon like this weekend. Oh well then maybe

695
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,399
Speaker 1: I was gonna say they usually I mean, they usually

696
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 1: don't bring out the big guys for a non conference game.

697
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: But that's the first home game. They've won twelve straight

698
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: home openers. Did you know that? No, Yeah, I have

699
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 1: a lot of good news, right, You've got a lot

700
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:14,800
Speaker 1: of interesting facts. It's also supposed to rain, so and

701
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: be chili. Yeah, you're going to get Seattle weather. Yeah,

702
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:20,799
Speaker 1: so I think I'm going to dislike that more than

703
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,759
Speaker 1: the noise. When I was there back in July. It

704
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: was in the nineties, which is crazy because no, because

705
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:32,240
Speaker 1: most of the places there don't have air conditioning one third,

706
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,640
Speaker 1: only one third of the businesses and homes they're have

707
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:42,760
Speaker 1: air conditioning. So chili is better than really hot. Yeah, drizzle.

708
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 1: I don't know why this turned into making a list

709
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,919
Speaker 1: of things I hate, because I thought you were off

710
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 1: this podcast that took a dark turn. You can never leave.

711
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: You can plan on Farm Bureau Health plans for better coverage,

712
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 1: better rates, and better customer service. They've been providing Tennessee

713
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 1: ins with the home field advantage from a seventy five years.

714
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 1: What if the OT people don't want me to go?

715
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 1: What if they do? Maybe we should take it to

716
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,879
Speaker 1: a vote. Maybe I don't want it. I was gonna say,

717
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:13,560
Speaker 1: do you want that? No? Maybe not. You're setting yourself

718
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 1: up there, chief Yeah yeah yeah, maybe well played by you.

719
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 1: Maybe I'll just fade into the night. Well, you're welcome

720
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,160
Speaker 1: to stay on the OTP. We're trying to do two

721
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,480
Speaker 1: a week. We're going to do the four Downs with

722
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 1: Rhett on mondays that. Well, it's good. It's a good idea.

723
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 1: It's a good idea, and he has such an interesting

724
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 1: insight because he does so much around Coach Mack and

725
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: around the team and with us on Titan's Radio. And

726
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 1: I love to hear his viewpoint because it's, you know,

727
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,840
Speaker 1: it's slightly different from any of ours, but it's always

728
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,880
Speaker 1: very insightful. So we did that this week and got

729
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:50,840
Speaker 1: a nice response to it. But I mean, if you

730
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,279
Speaker 1: want to be on the one the rest of the way,

731
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: you could, Yeah. I mean I would I miss you, Yes,

732
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 1: I would miss you. I admit it, I admit it.

733
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,759
Speaker 1: I would. I mean, I'm not even sad that he

734
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 1: offered me the Leftover podcast. It's not the Leftover we're doing.

735
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 1: We're in season. We're doing two a week and you

736
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: have your own. I'll consider it. Okay, thank you. See

737
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: how I turn this around? It? Yes? What less than

738
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 1: in all? Right? Time to go. This has been fun. Mike,

739
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 1: I got four words beat Seattle tighten up. I'm here

740
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:28,000
Speaker 1: for that beat Seattle tighten up. Thanks for listening, everybody.

741
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:31,280
Speaker 1: In all seriousness, we do teas at times on the OTP.

742
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 1: Thank you to the ot people for going to Tennessee

743
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: Titans dot com slash donate to Waverley. Thank you, thank you,

744
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you for supporting the OTP. You have

745
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: been phenomenal and Amy and I hear about it wherever

746
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: we go. People talk to us about it all the time,

747
00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 1: all over the country literally come to us and say, hey,

748
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 1: really enjoy the podcast, enjoy the insights and the stories

749
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,359
Speaker 1: in the background. And you know, that's what we try

750
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 1: to do. We try to pull back the curtain. That

751
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 1: is the whole goal. Good Yeah, great stuff, Bravey wells

752
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,720
Speaker 1: at Mike Keith and this is the old te Welcome

753
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: to the big show where the legends go. Everybody knows

754
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:15,520
Speaker 1: it's our house, fighting for Tennessee, making us to read

755
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: greatness is meant to be ours now Here. We got

756
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,360
Speaker 1: tight and butter running through a ves