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Speaker 1: Keith and our special guest, the great one himself, the

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Speaker 1: legend Jim Wise from Tennessee Titans dot Com, Senior writer editor,

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Speaker 1: sitting in for Amy Wells. Welcome, Jim Wyatt. Glad to

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Speaker 1: You are totally worthy. You are a legend, and we

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Speaker 1: We look forward Damy being back sometime in the near future.

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Speaker 1: I just wanted to give everybody an update because many

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Speaker 1: of us as well. But Jim Wyatt, you are a

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Speaker 1: the Baltimore game, which is gonna be six thirty on Thursday,

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Speaker 1: if you could send a Titans fan to any road

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Speaker 1: up to up to him as far as how much

429
00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,840
Speaker 1: he proves he can do early. But I thought he

430
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,240
Speaker 1: got off to a great start. Dane's a little bigger,

431
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 1: not a lot, I mean, because Theo's bigger than I

432
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 1: thought he was. He's six one and a half nearly

433
00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,560
Speaker 1: two hundred pounds. Dane six two two ten. Dane kind

434
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,359
Speaker 1: of looks like a lineback. Yes, I don't think THEO

435
00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,920
Speaker 1: is the natural athlete that Dane is in terms of

436
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,320
Speaker 1: the forty time and the thing. I mean, Dane is

437
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,280
Speaker 1: an exceptional athlete. I think THEO Jackson is a better

438
00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:40,360
Speaker 1: natural football player. And I really thought the staff at

439
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:44,960
Speaker 1: Tennessee last year did an amazing job with him, in

440
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,920
Speaker 1: particular the defensive coordinator Ten Banks and the secondary coach

441
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,639
Speaker 1: Willie Martinez, because this was a guy who he didn't

442
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,280
Speaker 1: really have a role, and they went to him and

443
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,600
Speaker 1: they said you're going to be the leader of the secondary,

444
00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:02,320
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, it's like he just decides

445
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,240
Speaker 1: this is gonna happen. I mean, Jim a year ago,

446
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 1: he didn't get drafted. I mean he didn't even get

447
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,919
Speaker 1: invited to the combine. This year, he didn't get invited

448
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 1: to the Senior Bowl. That was how late his progression

449
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 1: was in the process. And yet if you watched him

450
00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:22,639
Speaker 1: play this fall, he showed up in every single game

451
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,600
Speaker 1: for Tennessee, no matter who the opponent was, and he

452
00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 1: played with a swagger. It was like he thought he

453
00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:33,880
Speaker 1: was Eric Barry. Do you remember watching Eric Barry. Eric

454
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: Berry was a guy who expected to make every play. Well, listen,

455
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,399
Speaker 1: THEO Jackson is not Eric Berry talent wise, Eric Berry

456
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:44,159
Speaker 1: is a generational talent. But I'm saying in his mind

457
00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,680
Speaker 1: he thought he was. And as a defensive back, thinking

458
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,239
Speaker 1: you're good is vital. Yeah, and he shot. I mean,

459
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,080
Speaker 1: and he works out of too. He knows where to be.

460
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,240
Speaker 1: I mean, you could tell even in the rookie camp

461
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Speaker 1: that he was you know, he had studied, he was

462
00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 1: in the right place, played the star position. I guess

463
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 1: in Tennessee, which I guess is a combination of what

464
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,400
Speaker 1: corner line, biker safety. They lined him up everywhere. They

465
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,680
Speaker 1: blitzed him. They put him on tight ends, they put

466
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:11,600
Speaker 1: him on running backs out of the backfield, they put

467
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 1: him on wide receivers. I mean, he's really probably a

468
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 1: safety's he's realistically, he probably doesn't have enough twitch as

469
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,199
Speaker 1: they like to say, and enough long speed to be

470
00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 1: a corner. But he's just kind of like Elijah Molden.

471
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,160
Speaker 1: He's one of those dudes that's just gonna show up. Yeah,

472
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,040
Speaker 1: I think I have some interesting decisions there. I mean,

473
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,399
Speaker 1: competition is gonna be fun to watch because of Molden

474
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,359
Speaker 1: that you mentioned, and because of you know, Christian Fulton

475
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:43,000
Speaker 1: coming back and with Caleb Farley questions about his health

476
00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,239
Speaker 1: and where he's going to be in the competition. One

477
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:46,600
Speaker 1: of the other guys I thought, the stud out in

478
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,120
Speaker 1: the rookie campus, Roger McCreary, I thought he was really good.

479
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,680
Speaker 1: So two of the highlights to me from that camp

480
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 1: with the DBS, and there's some self is gonna need

481
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,399
Speaker 1: to be sorted out here over the next couple of months.

482
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,000
Speaker 1: But that's good. Yes it is. I compared the second

483
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,159
Speaker 1: and dairy back to another and Jim and I are

484
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,719
Speaker 1: both baseball fans, so you'll have to pardoners. Jim Wyatt,

485
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,159
Speaker 1: our guest on the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans,

486
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:12,119
Speaker 1: I compared the secondary to your bullpen. You can never

487
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,280
Speaker 1: have enough guys to come in and throw left handed

488
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 1: in a bullpen. Ever, you could say, well, we don't

489
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 1: need another left hander. You always need one more and

490
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,439
Speaker 1: in the secondary you always need more talent, which is

491
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,919
Speaker 1: why I thought taking McCrary was so smart. Yeah, and

492
00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 1: people have questioned that, like when you're picking in the

493
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 1: second round, A lot of people were after the draft.

494
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,919
Speaker 1: Is why you're taking a corner there? Is it? Because

495
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 1: Farley's not going to be ready, and you know, I

496
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,399
Speaker 1: guess Tom will tell where Farley is from a health standpoint,

497
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,119
Speaker 1: but even if he is ready, I mean, you need

498
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,399
Speaker 1: to have depth there. I remember first covering the team.

499
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:51,840
Speaker 1: You know the way Floyd Rees used to talk, and

500
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,919
Speaker 1: you can never have enough corners back there. So you

501
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 1: know the competition is going to include kayleb Forty, Kristin Fulton,

502
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,000
Speaker 1: Chris Jackson's going to be in the med and he's

503
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 1: not gonna go away, No he's not. And then McCurry,

504
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,879
Speaker 1: Elijah Moldham bust a screen in there. I didn't even mention,

505
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: you know, Greg Mabin. So I think you're starting off

506
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,640
Speaker 1: from a pretty good point there as far as numbers,

507
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 1: and we'll just have to sell how the competition plays out.

508
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 1: But I mean, look around the AFC, look around the NFL,

509
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,399
Speaker 1: at what you're dealing with on the other side of

510
00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 1: the football. And we have covered some teams that were

511
00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:29,439
Speaker 1: not real strong in the secondary and we saw what

512
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:31,080
Speaker 1: happened to some of those teams, and you give up

513
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 1: a lot of points, can't get off the field. I

514
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 1: think this is gonna be a competitive group. I think

515
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 1: it's a well skilled group and I think it's going

516
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 1: to be interesting to see how it shakes out and

517
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 1: who who earns the right to be on the field,

518
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,400
Speaker 1: and not only the starting spots, but in nickel dime,

519
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:50,719
Speaker 1: you know, extra dB packages. You know. It stands out

520
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,399
Speaker 1: about this draft class, in this rookie class to me, Jim,

521
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:56,520
Speaker 1: they're not young. None of them are twenty years old.

522
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: They're all twenty two, twenty three, so I'm getting close

523
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 1: to twenty four years old. And I think that's gonna

524
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 1: be a benefit for a team like the Titans. And

525
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,280
Speaker 1: I think we saw it and Mike Vrabel touched on

526
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: it at the Titans Foundation dinner. John Robinson has talked

527
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 1: about it. They have fit in well very quickly as

528
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 1: they've joined the veterans this week, and a lot of

529
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 1: it I think has to do not only with talent,

530
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: but the fact that they're a little more grown up

531
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,879
Speaker 1: than your average rookie class. Yeah, because didn't THEO. Did

532
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 1: THEO play six years? I mean he started, he played

533
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,359
Speaker 1: four years in Tennessee. After two years he played, I

534
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 1: know he was there five from sure, So I mean

535
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 1: you're getting situations where guys do he's almost twenty fixture,

536
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 1: that's good. I mean, was it Kenney Brett that was

537
00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: maybe twenty when he got drafted here? And then we've

538
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: had some other guys who weren't even twenty one years old,

539
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 1: and then you are dealing with more maturity issues and

540
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,240
Speaker 1: fitting in. You know, these guys are going from being

541
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 1: you know, veteran leaders at their causes and now they're

542
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 1: ding on the NFL locker room where these guys or

543
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: someone we're in the thirties and it's a completely different environment.

544
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,000
Speaker 1: Lots expected out if you will you walk in. These

545
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 1: guys are expecting you to be accountable and to know

546
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 1: what to do. So to have more mature guys, it's

547
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 1: a big help and something that will benefit them coming in.

548
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 1: You know what I think is also benefiting not just

549
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 1: Titans rookies, but rookies around the league. I think there's

550
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,200
Speaker 1: a benefit to the nil thing and the name image

551
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 1: likeness has put a few bucks in a lot of

552
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: people's pockets. Now, some guys are getting hundreds of thousands

553
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: towards millions of dollars. But I mean even if you

554
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 1: just got a few thousand dollars, now you've had to

555
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:45,160
Speaker 1: handle a little money, yeah, because so many guys go

556
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: from nothing to more than you can ever imagine. Well,

557
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 1: if they've had a little bit of money and they say, okay,

558
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 1: I got ten grand, well I can't go spend that

559
00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:01,240
Speaker 1: on everything. So maybe they've learned how to handle that

560
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: a little bit. Maybe they went out and bought themselves

561
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 1: a couch or a TV or something that they could afford.

562
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 1: You know. It's like as parents, you train your kids.

563
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,320
Speaker 1: You give them an allowance because you want them to

564
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,800
Speaker 1: start kind of learning how to handle money. Some of

565
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 1: these guys have handled a good bit of money, some

566
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 1: of them have handled just some. But in most cases,

567
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,400
Speaker 1: all of these guys coming into the league now have

568
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: had an opportunity to have a couple of bucks in

569
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 1: their pocket, unlike guys in the past, at least from

570
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 1: a legal standpoint, And I think it makes a difference. Yeah,

571
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 1: that's interesting. I don't really thought about that, but I

572
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 1: think that there's something to that. And then you don't

573
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 1: want guys, you know, getting paid and then first thing

574
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,479
Speaker 1: they're worrying about is what am I gonna buy? I mean,

575
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 1: you want them to focus on football and put some

576
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 1: of the other stuff on the back burner. So I

577
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,720
Speaker 1: do think that, you know, that's an interesting point. I

578
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:01,719
Speaker 1: think it will be something to watch the Super Seniors

579
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,720
Speaker 1: coming off COVID And this is a this is a deeper,

580
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 1: older group like a cold strange for the Patriots from UTC.

581
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 1: He's six years at Chattanooka, he's twenty four years old.

582
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 1: There's just a difference in a twenty year old and

583
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: a twenty three twenty four year old. Yeah, so that

584
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: helps you not only from a body stampoint and being

585
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 1: more developed than maybe being stronger coming the league, but

586
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 1: obviously from a maturity standpoint as well, and the team's

587
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 1: benefit from that well. And you think for guys, our

588
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 1: insurance goes down when we turn twenty five, and there's

589
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 1: a reason. I mean, statistically, you make better decisions as

590
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: a guy the older that you get as you get

591
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,719
Speaker 1: out of your early twenties. Towards your mid twenties, and

592
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: so you know, those sorts of things factor in because

593
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: so many people don't get this is a job, right

594
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: and training Barks, obviously, the youngest of the group, would

595
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: just think when you saw that stat he as the

596
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:02,880
Speaker 1: first Titan draft after the Music City miracle, You've had

597
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,280
Speaker 1: that stat right after it happened. And when you put

598
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 1: that out, I had to just stop. I had to

599
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: stop and really give that some serious consideration. But I mean,

600
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,719
Speaker 1: he's almost twenty two, right, is he twenty two? Ye

601
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: of two thousand, Yeah, so he is twenty two, So

602
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 1: it's not like he's even twenty. Right. He had a

603
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 1: tough first day and then he bounced back. But it's

604
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,239
Speaker 1: gonna be an adjustment for trailing Burkes, it is. And uh,

605
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: I mean I do think he's a I mean, he's

606
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 1: a horrid working kid. Everything you heard about him coming

607
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 1: out of Arkansas, it's just how he works, just what

608
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: a relentless competitor is. And it's tough when you're a

609
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: rookie coming in here as the first pick, following a

610
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:48,960
Speaker 1: guy you know who who was very popular and very

611
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 1: successful here and he's not here to replace a J.

612
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,840
Speaker 1: Brown he's kind of here to kind of forge a

613
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: place for him self. You know, will he go through

614
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: some growing pains, No question that people are patient with

615
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 1: him as he kind of works his way through it.

616
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 1: You know, they're gonna need some other guys to step up.

617
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 1: Robert Woods, who who talked last night. I'm gonna post

618
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 1: a story on him on the website just about how

619
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: he's fitting in, how they think he's fitting in, how

620
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: he's coming along, I mean, the faster Robert Woods gets

621
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 1: up to speed, the faster, you know, even even Kyle Phillips,

622
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: I mean gets up to speed. And Nick Wespricachina's he

623
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 1: kind of steps up into more of a roll. You

624
00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 1: don't want to have all the pressure on your first

625
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: round pick um, you know know, as a rookie. And so

626
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 1: I hope they're able to be good around him, and

627
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 1: and we'll see who else emergers. I think some of

628
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: the guys in this wide receiver group that are capable

629
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,720
Speaker 1: of maybe garner some attention. The two from last year

630
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:49,440
Speaker 1: are of most interest to me as we move into

631
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 1: the final phase of the offseason program. Des Fitzpatrick and

632
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 1: Racy McMath can one or both take a step to

633
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,160
Speaker 1: become part of the rotation. Yeah, and I think think,

634
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 1: you know, obviously if Fitzpatrick is the one I'm really

635
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 1: curious about, because he did come in, um, you know,

636
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 1: with such high hopes, and then he was cut and

637
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 1: they were somewhat critical of him, and then towards the

638
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,240
Speaker 1: end of the the season it seemed like they were almost

639
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: trying to reassure him a little bit or throw a

640
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: little praise his way to help kind of build his confidence.

641
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: And I know he's worked. I mean, he's uh, you know,

642
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: he's one of the guys that went down and threw

643
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,239
Speaker 1: some with Ryan Tanneyhill in Florida. I think he's put

644
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:33,480
Speaker 1: the time in. I think from a toughness competitiveness standpoint,

645
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 1: I think they'd liked what they saw of him towards

646
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 1: the second half of the season. And uh, and he

647
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 1: has gotten a little bit of experience and been able

648
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,320
Speaker 1: to score touchdown and been able to experience kind of

649
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,880
Speaker 1: the highs and lows of a season. And I think

650
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 1: that all should help him going into camp this year. Yeah.

651
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:53,880
Speaker 1: And McMath is a phenomenal athlete. We saw it in

652
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,799
Speaker 1: camp last year. I mean at the start, I mean,

653
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 1: you're who was it that was it. Julio even said

654
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 1: he reminds him a little bit of aj right, and

655
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 1: then he kind of faded a little bit. I mean,

656
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:10,239
Speaker 1: I think that a lot of times, you know, your

657
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 1: youth and inexperience, eventually we'll maybe catch up to you

658
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,800
Speaker 1: a little bit and your body gets worn down. I

659
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 1: think now he's got a full season under his bell.

660
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 1: As long as he can be healthy, he's got the

661
00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:26,360
Speaker 1: skill set and some ability to really be an interesting

662
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 1: competitor well. And that's why when you watch guys in camp,

663
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: you can't get too crazy, because you know, particularly with

664
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 1: the rookies, nine out of ten are going to hit

665
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 1: a wall at some point. They're they're physically tired because

666
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: the job is so different than what they've done. They're

667
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:49,560
Speaker 1: physically tired because the season is so long, the mental

668
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,399
Speaker 1: part of it is so tough. The day in, day

669
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,560
Speaker 1: out of it is so tough. You know, like I

670
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 1: said earlier, it's a job. And then you get a

671
00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 1: guy like Daz who came in. They traded to get there.

672
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: They cut a fourth round pick. That's how poorly he

673
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,560
Speaker 1: played in camp, and yet they got him back on

674
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: the practice squad and he fought his way back, and

675
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: at one point he just said something to the effect

676
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: that I'm paraphrasing, he goes a lot of the things

677
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 1: you were asking me to do in camp. I had

678
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: no idea what I was being asked to do, because

679
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: for a lot of these guys who go to schools,

680
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: they don't hear play calls, they don't hear a lot

681
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: of technique things because teams are trying to get them

682
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: on the field as fast as possible. They're playing four

683
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,960
Speaker 1: and five receivers. It's no knock on Louisville. It's a

684
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: lot of these programs. So you're sticking these guys on

685
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: the field trying to out athlete the other team. And

686
00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,359
Speaker 1: you want your athlete to be able to do as

687
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,399
Speaker 1: much as possible, as fast as possible, so you don't

688
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,359
Speaker 1: overload him. Well, on the pros, you can't do that right.

689
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 1: And so he was the first one in meetings. He

690
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 1: was the one who was answering questions when John Robinson

691
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 1: quizzed guys. I mean, he put in the time, and

692
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: I think that toughness really impressed them, that he fought back,

693
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,240
Speaker 1: because a lot of guys, and we've seen it, every

694
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 1: team has seen it. A lot of guys who have

695
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 1: that happened just quit. Yeah, I was thinking as you

696
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: were kind of kind of telling that story. I mean,

697
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: and I've seen guys who get frustrated on the practice field.

698
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,880
Speaker 1: I mean, we've heard Rob Moore correct him time and

699
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 1: time again. We've heard players correct him over doing drills,

700
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 1: over making sure you do that right. And some guys

701
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: either get frustrated or feel like everybody's against me, and

702
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,359
Speaker 1: they do their attitude gets bad. But you could always tell,

703
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 1: you know, even toward the end of the last season,

704
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 1: that he wasn't one of those guys who was kind

705
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: of drifting away. He was still in the middle of it.

706
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,360
Speaker 1: Players continue to encourage him, and I think that's because

707
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: they believe that he's got it in him to be

708
00:37:57,719 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 1: a good player. So I think his attitude has been good.

709
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: I think helps him that he has a father that is,

710
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 1: you know, with the football background who has kind of

711
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: pushed him and not let up on him, because he

712
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: can take the tough, love the criticism and not mope

713
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: and pout. And we've seen some guys do that before,

714
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:18,360
Speaker 1: especially at that position. Yeah, and uh so I think

715
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:22,640
Speaker 1: I think, um, there was a year of learning probably

716
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 1: helped him a great deal, and I'm curiously how he

717
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,359
Speaker 1: does here in um OTA's and Mini can I am too.

718
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be fun to watch. Let's

719
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:33,839
Speaker 1: end with Malik willis your initial thoughts on the third

720
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,399
Speaker 1: round quarterback out of Liberty. Well, he was better than

721
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,840
Speaker 1: I thought he would be there, really, there's no question

722
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 1: about that. Early on on Friday, obviously there was I

723
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 1: think everybody's struggling on Friday. I mean they were, you know, Rabel.

724
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 1: We heard some colorful language from from Rabel. No. I

725
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: think he was frustrated just by some of the mistakes

726
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,759
Speaker 1: that were made and even getting an exchange was was

727
00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: an issue and and a lot of sloppiness. But I

728
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,279
Speaker 1: liked about him as um you know, both days, he

729
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,120
Speaker 1: was the first guy out there. You know, he's got

730
00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: a routine he goes through, you know with it's stretching,

731
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: you know, kind of getting loosened up. And he and

732
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: he so he got out there early. I liked the

733
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,839
Speaker 1: way he encourages everybody around him, you know, slapping fives

734
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: with guys, you know, pulling him aside, uh you know,

735
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 1: giving him you know, quick little pep talks. And then

736
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 1: I thought he showed some points and made some really

737
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: good throws. I mean he's kind of strong army and

738
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: to put it in some tight spaces on a couple

739
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 1: of plays, made a great touch throw down the middle

740
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,200
Speaker 1: of the field, Um, you knowe to I think it

741
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 1: was chig and uh, I was really impressed with that. Now.

742
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 1: He also made a few bathrows. He had an interception

743
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,279
Speaker 1: obviously mentioned with THEO the almost THEO almost guy him

744
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: another time. There were some balls that were behind guys

745
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: where they bailed him out or he just missed. There

746
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 1: are some plays where he he tuck it and ran

747
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 1: with it, um and what I don't know, Well that

748
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 1: was him just not being able to find go through

749
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 1: the reads and maybe not find guys or what happened there.

750
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 1: But he's he's a work in progress and I don't

751
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,680
Speaker 1: know what's going to end up happening with him this year.

752
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:14,759
Speaker 1: But you know, if somebody's asked me the day what

753
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 1: I see happening at the quarterback position here in the fall,

754
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 1: and my initial thought it was Ryan Tannehill's gonna be

755
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 1: the starter, Logan Woodside is gonna be the two, and

756
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,759
Speaker 1: they're gonna be patient with the league. He'll be the

757
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 1: three could be an active on game days and and

758
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 1: just give him kind of a red shirt year. But

759
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,399
Speaker 1: a lot of that depends on what happens with him

760
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,560
Speaker 1: over the course of the next couple of months, how

761
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 1: much you can get up to speed, how much he's

762
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,640
Speaker 1: able to soak some of this stuff in. And I

763
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:42,839
Speaker 1: think they'll push him. I mean I don't. I don't

764
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 1: think that they're gonna put kid gloves on him and

765
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 1: and think, Okay, this guy, We've got no sense of

766
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:50,839
Speaker 1: urgency here at all. I think they want to try

767
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 1: to get him up a speed. At the same time,

768
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: I think they when they was picked, I think they

769
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: realize that this is not a guy we're playing on

770
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 1: helping us in two twenty two now necessarily now the

771
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 1: potential is the key thing. The biggest surprise to me

772
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 1: about him in meeting him. He is such an aware kid,

773
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 1: totally gets it. He gets that he plays quarterback in

774
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,759
Speaker 1: the NFL. He gets that he's got a lot to learn,

775
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 1: he gets that he's not entitled anything. He gets that

776
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 1: there is so much to this job and to what

777
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: his role is. The whole thing about being first on

778
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:32,320
Speaker 1: the field, that's by design. He knows that's what a

779
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: quarterback is supposed to do. That part of it, I

780
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,799
Speaker 1: think gives him as much of a chance as the

781
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 1: physical potential. Fantastic arm, tremendous lower body in terms of strength,

782
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 1: which obviously generates a lot of power towards not only

783
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 1: running but throwing, but just the thing about him, and

784
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:56,000
Speaker 1: I'll say this, I mean a couple of the young quarterbacks.

785
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 1: We've had multiple young quarterbacks, they were not aware and

786
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 1: maybe they learned it in time, but they didn't get

787
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 1: you have to talk to the media. They didn't get

788
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 1: that you you have to be the front guy. That

789
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,479
Speaker 1: you're automatically going to be the face, whether you want

790
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:14,680
Speaker 1: to be or not, whether that's your your personality or not.

791
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: This is the position. This is why you get paid.

792
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:20,800
Speaker 1: This is why you're on the side of the stadium.

793
00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:25,200
Speaker 1: This is the job. And that kid, Malik Willis is

794
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 1: as aware as any youngster I've ever been around. He

795
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 1: blew me away. Yeah, and he doesn't in a way

796
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 1: where he's not cocky either. I mean, he's a very

797
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: likable guy. I remember, you know me, I'm met him

798
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 1: at the I guess the day before the draft and

799
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,400
Speaker 1: Vegas they had an event for all the rookies that

800
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,799
Speaker 1: were there, and they and they were I think they

801
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: were nineteen twenty of the guys, and they were at

802
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 1: the NFL event that they made a field there, and

803
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 1: then at the end of that event, they had the

804
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:51,279
Speaker 1: players kind of scatter across the field and there were

805
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 1: times where he was standing over there by himself. I mean,

806
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 1: this is a guy who was a potentially a first

807
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 1: round pick, and he's kind of an unassuming guy. Anybody

808
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:01,520
Speaker 1: that kind of went up to him, he was very likable,

809
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,799
Speaker 1: but it had just a great person. I remember asking

810
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:05,799
Speaker 1: about the Titans, and he didn't act like he didn't

811
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 1: know that much about the Titans. He said, he played

812
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 1: the Titans in Madden so he knew some of the

813
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 1: players there. But then he comes here and he does

814
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:17,000
Speaker 1: the press conference and you and certainly quarterbacks get a

815
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,200
Speaker 1: lot of attention in college. But you've got to consider

816
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 1: that he was doing a lot of his stuff on

817
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:26,440
Speaker 1: zoom because of the COVID rules. And he obviously met

818
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:28,920
Speaker 1: with the reporters at the Senior Bowl, and met with

819
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,239
Speaker 1: the reporters at the Combine, and I had to do

820
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,640
Speaker 1: some stuff around the draft. He has not done a

821
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,360
Speaker 1: lot of the big scrums that you have in the

822
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,319
Speaker 1: press conference. So with the new audience, I thought he

823
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,160
Speaker 1: was very genuine there. He's asking him tough questions about

824
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,240
Speaker 1: you know, obviously Tanney Hill and some of the things

825
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:48,160
Speaker 1: that he had said. I thought he was very genuine

826
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 1: with everything he said, and I was really impressed with

827
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:56,200
Speaker 1: him myself. He gets it, yes, and I think that

828
00:43:56,320 --> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 1: gives him a real chance because so many fail on

829
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 1: the fact that they don't get it, and it hurts

830
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 1: them in different ways that when you go between is

831
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:10,799
Speaker 1: this going to be the guy or not? A lot

832
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,360
Speaker 1: of times that lack of awareness ends up being the

833
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:16,760
Speaker 1: deciding factor because you're like, this guy can't lead our team.

834
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,000
Speaker 1: He's not going to be able to stand in front

835
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: of the medium when he throws three picks. He's not

836
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: going to be able to stand in front of a

837
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,280
Speaker 1: locker room when he throws three picks. He's gonna wilt,

838
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,919
Speaker 1: He's gonna melt into the corner and whatever. I mean.

839
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 1: This is a hard job. It is a heart Now

840
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: there are a lot of rewards, but it's a hard

841
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,680
Speaker 1: job and you better know it's hard and you better

842
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:41,920
Speaker 1: know what all comes with it. Malik does it's a

843
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 1: guarantee of nothing, but I think between that and his potential,

844
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 1: it's a great starting point. I came away from watching

845
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: him talking with him, just sort of witnessing all of it, thinking,

846
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,239
Speaker 1: this kid's got a chance, yeah, and he's gonna work

847
00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 1: out it. Then I know a lot was made about

848
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill's mentoring comments. I thought it got way overblown

849
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: because we know what he's like, we know how he's

850
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:05,040
Speaker 1: going to be as a teammate. He was always going

851
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: to help Selek Willis, but I think Marcus Mariota when

852
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:11,399
Speaker 1: he was the backup. Yeah. So so even with all

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Speaker 1: but you know, I think Malik is one of these

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Speaker 1: He's a very again, genuine, likable guy. I think that's

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Speaker 1: going to endear him to Ryan even more. But the

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Speaker 1: whole fan thing in August, when we see him in

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Speaker 1: the preseason and he's spectacular against backups, and I predict

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Speaker 1: he will be You're gonna have to say, whoa there,

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Speaker 1: you know, easy, easy, Let's keep it all in perspective

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Speaker 1: because I think when people see his talent, they're going

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Speaker 1: he could become. Yeah, and it's just a matter of win.

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Speaker 1: I mean, and it's really not up not all up

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Speaker 1: plays well in twoy twenty two kind of returns to form,

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Speaker 1: people felt like it should have been in last year,

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Speaker 1: then what I mean, then you want to keep ride

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Speaker 1: I know they're gonna work with him to try to

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Speaker 1: help him speed up that process. But uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: the Titans, they're gonna be good this year. They're gonna

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Speaker 1: need him to be good. Absolutely, Far Bureau of Health

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Speaker 1: They've been protecting Tennessee in's for seventy five years. Jim

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Speaker 1: Wyatt at Tennessee Titans dot Com He's got like nineteen

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Speaker 1: articles every single day. Is that an exaggeration? Probably a

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Speaker 1: boy as much as the intro you gave. Okay, but

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Speaker 1: but you can follow him on Twitter at j Wyatt

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Speaker 1: Sports is the same at the same on Instagram. Okay,

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Speaker 1: Twitter and read all of his stuff at Tennessee Titans

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Speaker 1: dot com. Thank you for joining us. Appreciate your having

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Speaker 1: me for Jim Wyatt. I'm Mike Keith. We appreciate you

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