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Speaker 1: dot com. I'm Mike Keith. The Titans handled the Bengals

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Speaker 1: on Sunday twenty seven to three, evening their record at

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Speaker 1: two and two. Handed is the right word for sure,

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Speaker 1: as the Titans dominated the final three quarters in a

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Speaker 1: way they had not done probably since twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: I visited with head coach Mike Vrabel on Monday to

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Speaker 1: discuss what went right against Cincinnati and what comes next

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Speaker 1: for the Titans as they jump back into the AFC

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Speaker 1: South at Indianapolis this Sunday. Here is my conversation with

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Speaker 1: Mike Rabel on the OTP. Please to be joined by

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Speaker 1: Titans head coach Mike Vrabel. The run game got going

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Speaker 1: in this game against Cincinnati. What was the key to

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Speaker 1: running the football the most effectively that you have all year?

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Speaker 2: Well, I thought we had a good plan, a much

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Speaker 2: better plan than then maybe we tried against these guys

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Speaker 2: last year, So there was some adjustments there, but then

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Speaker 2: ultimately the execution by the by the players you know

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Speaker 2: them them being able to get into a line of

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Speaker 2: scrimmage work combinations, you know, hit a couple x play runs.

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Speaker 2: That always requires you know, receivers to go in there

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Speaker 2: and get support players and somebody may break a tackle

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Speaker 2: and make a play. But but I think the biggest

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Speaker 2: thing was our ability to run it at the end,

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Speaker 2: uh when the football you know, they knew we were

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Speaker 2: going to run it, and we were able to run it,

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Speaker 2: and so I think that really solidified our day.

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Speaker 3: In a run game.

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Speaker 1: You have discussed tight ends and their role in the

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Speaker 1: run game and in the past game. Talk to me

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Speaker 1: about how you thought the tight end group contributed in

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Speaker 1: the win over Cincinnati.

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Speaker 3: Well, I thought it was better.

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Speaker 2: You know, they caught a couple of passes out of there,

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Speaker 2: they were at the point of attack in some runs.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, that was that was a better effort by

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Speaker 2: all those guys. And it was good to see Chig

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Speaker 2: makes and plays in the passing game. It was good

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Speaker 2: to see Josh make make the one down the scene

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Speaker 2: and then obviously the one that Derek threw to him.

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Speaker 2: So you know, I thought it was better.

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Speaker 1: What has allowed Josh Wiley to get on the field

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Speaker 1: more in recent weeks he's prepared, he.

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Speaker 3: Knows what to do.

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Speaker 2: He could play multiple positions, whether you see him at

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Speaker 2: he can he can handle a lot of information. He's

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Speaker 2: played on special teams as well.

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Speaker 1: Colton dal and Caleb Murphy play in their first NFL games,

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Speaker 1: but also the same for Shy Carter, a guy who

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Speaker 1: has worked since twenty twenty to make it into the league.

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Speaker 1: That's something that means a lot to players and coaches

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Speaker 1: all over the locker room when guys work hard enough

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Speaker 1: to give themself that chance.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's earned the right to be out there. He

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Speaker 2: been ready to go at a good, good camp, you know.

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Speaker 2: And that's how he used a practice squad. You know,

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Speaker 1: You were not pleased with the secondary last week. Were

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Speaker 1: you more pleased with their performance against the Bengals.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I thought it was a good performance.

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Speaker 2: I think that there are plays out there that we

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Speaker 2: you know, we didn't give up any X play passes.

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Speaker 2: And then at the end that's probably the difference.

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Speaker 3: In the game.

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Speaker 1: You gave up two seventeen yard plays on the day,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you make them earn it infect the quarterback. You know,

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Speaker 3: It didn't hurt us, you know Chase. You know, Chase

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Speaker 2: Did he had some catches, but but didn't didn't didn't

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Speaker 2: You know, the phantom you know, pass interference there with Roger.

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Speaker 1: Coach Back talked a lot during the course of last

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Speaker 1: When you look at your defense and your personnel, you

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Speaker 3: Well, it's it's being efficient tacklers. You know.

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Speaker 2: I think that the ball broke a couple of times there,

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Speaker 2: That we practiced that a lot and we have a

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Speaker 1: Jeffrey Simmons had a freakas early in the ball game,

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Speaker 3: Of the game.

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Speaker 2: And uh, we we certainly need Jeff Simmons, uh more

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Speaker 1: And he's a guy too that will listen.

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Speaker 2: He understands, you know, I mean, and I appreciate that

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Speaker 3: And that's not gonna change every week.

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Speaker 2: They're they're gonna be, you know, coming after him and

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Speaker 1: Out at Nissan Stadium was fantastic for the Cincinnati game.

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Speaker 1: Only little problem is when Jeff came in on offense,

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Speaker 2: Well he he, I appreciate our crowd, and I think

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Speaker 2: think we gave him some effort, and we gave him

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Speaker 2: We played good third down defense and they were loud,

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Speaker 3: And let us operate. But you know, that was a

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Speaker 1: The Indianapolis Colts. The next opponent, rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson,

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Speaker 1: You have not seen him in person. How different is

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Speaker 1: Is it almost like going against the Cam Newton due

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Speaker 2: To you know, be conscious and sound in our in

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Speaker 2: we had yesterday. But each week is a new week.

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Speaker 1: What will be the plan for Kyle Phillips and Nicholas

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll see where they're at in practice and then

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Speaker 3: You know, we'll see where their availability is later in

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Speaker 1: That's my Monday talk with Mike vrabel. A reminder that

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Speaker 1: the Titans and the Colts square off at noon Central

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Speaker 1: on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. The award winning Titans

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Speaker 1: countdown starts at eleven am. We hope you'll join us.

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Speaker 1: We also hope that Titans fans will join us for

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Speaker 1: a cup of Duncan. It's always game on with Duncan,

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Speaker 1: and Matt, how are you this evening?

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Speaker 4: Likewise, Mike, I'm doing great. How are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm very well? Thank you. Let's let's run through your

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Speaker 1: Talk about Anthony Richardson, fourth or overall pick out of Florida.

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Speaker 5: I think he's just ahead of schedule in terms of comfort,

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor, the voice of the Indianapolis Colts, and so

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Speaker 5: The only thing that you have to consider with Jonathan

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Speaker 1: When we last left this exciting running back, he said

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Speaker 5: Well, I I don't know.

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Speaker 5: into Game five.

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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor, you have lived through some drama up there. Undoubtedly.

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Speaker 1: Is there a sense that Shane Stikeen has sort of

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Speaker 1: got it moving in a direction where it's going to

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Speaker 1: be less Melrose Place and more let's get back to football.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I've seen you know, coaches say they're

446
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Speaker 5: coming and then not come, and quarterbacks retire and you know, certainly,

447
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Speaker 5: you know, you had a wacky COVID season just like

448
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Speaker 5: everybody else, and then certainly this Yeah, there's no doubt

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Speaker 5: about it. I think Shane Styken definitely brings a very

450
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Speaker 5: much a sense of stability and just for lack of

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Speaker 5: a better term, like like no bs, you know, he

452
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Speaker 5: is very much all ball. He holds guys, guy is accountable.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, I think you can you can have the

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Speaker 5: guiding light or the days of our lives or the.

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Speaker 4: Bold and the beautiful.

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Speaker 5: I think you can have that calming down here a

457
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Speaker 5: little bit. And that's what this franchise needs in order

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Speaker 5: to get back on track because you know, Mike, like

459
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Speaker 5: you let off with you know, the Titans come to

460
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Speaker 5: Lucas Oil.

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Speaker 4: Stadium this weekend.

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Speaker 5: You know, I think it's been four straight games Tennessee

463
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Speaker 5: has won over the Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium. This

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Speaker 5: team now, unfortunately dating back to last year, and last

465
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Speaker 5: year was just a blur and then you know, in

466
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Speaker 5: an unfortunate season. But dating back to last season, the

467
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Speaker 5: Colts have lost seven straight home games at Lucas Oil Stadium.

468
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Speaker 5: They haven't won the divisions since twenty fourteen. People up

469
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Speaker 5: here are not used to this because of the way

470
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Speaker 5: they used to dominate the division with Peyton Manning and Andrew. Look,

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Speaker 5: they are not used to this yet, and they're getting twitchy.

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Speaker 5: And I think Shane Stiken definitely represents stability and he's

473
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Speaker 5: the right guy for the for the job because of

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Speaker 5: holding guys accountable and the culture that he is building.

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Speaker 5: He's no nonsense, very intelligent, very good schematically. I think

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Speaker 5: he's the right guy for where this franchise is at

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Speaker 5: right now.

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Speaker 4: Currently.

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Speaker 1: You look at the draft class for the Indianapolis Colts

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Speaker 1: led by Anthony Richardson, very impressive group, Josh Downs, the

481
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Speaker 1: receiver from North Carolina outstanding, and up and down the

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Speaker 1: line players, free agent acquisitions. But one thing that really

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Speaker 1: jumped out to me is Gus Bradley as the defensive coordinator.

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Speaker 1: It feels as if with this fast defense that we

485
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Speaker 1: were talking about earlier on the Mike Vrabels Show, Gus

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Speaker 1: Bradley is the perfect guy to run that show and

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Speaker 1: making sure that he's in charge of that holding that

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Speaker 1: in the road really a good thing.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think so. I think that's a really good point.

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Speaker 5: And you know he's back for year number two, right,

491
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Speaker 5: He was initially hired by Shane Stikeen. He was hired

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Speaker 5: by Frank Wright, and so for him to come back

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Speaker 5: in the offseason with a new head coach and a

494
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Speaker 5: new regime, if you will, speaks to a lot of

495
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Speaker 5: trust and a lot of you know, foundational pieces that

496
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Speaker 5: Shane Stykein liked in this defense. From what they put

497
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Speaker 5: up last year, this was a good defense for most

498
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Speaker 5: of the season. Last year they fell off a cliff

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Speaker 5: towards the end of the year as that season just

500
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Speaker 5: completely spiraled out of control in all three phases. But yeah,

501
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Speaker 5: you can definitely tell the core of this defense is

502
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Speaker 5: playing faster, more instinctual, not thinking, making more plays this

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Speaker 5: year because it's year number two in this system, and

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Speaker 5: you look at it, Mike, You've got all Pro players

505
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Speaker 5: and Pro Bowl players in all three levels of this

506
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Speaker 5: defense with the Forrest Buckner and Grover Stewart. And then

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Speaker 5: you've got some guys that are coming on here a

508
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Speaker 5: little bit in year three, right, like Quitty pay who's

509
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Speaker 5: in the concussion protocol by the way, just a little

510
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Speaker 5: bit of a sidebar. You got Stampston Ebacom. Then at linebacker,

511
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Speaker 5: Shaquille Leonard Zaire, Franklin E. J. Speed, a very underrated player.

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Speaker 5: Then in the back end you know Julian Blackman and

513
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Speaker 5: Kenny Moore of the second So now outside of those players,

514
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Speaker 5: you're young and you're coming along a little bit. At corner,

515
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Speaker 5: you know, you got to figure out some stability at

516
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Speaker 5: the other edge rusher position, you know, whether that's Diola

517
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Speaker 5: Dangbo or Samson epcom. But this is a load of defense,

518
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Speaker 5: just like Tennessee's defense, a lot of good players. I

519
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Speaker 5: think the sum is better than the parts, but the

520
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Speaker 5: parts are pretty good individually as well. So yeah, this

521
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Speaker 5: is a good defense. Now they didn't show it for

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Speaker 5: half the game yesterday, which was disappointing because Matthew Stafford

523
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Speaker 5: threw for a high completion percentage, they didn't rush him

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Speaker 5: like they did Lamar Jackson the week before in terms

525
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Speaker 5: of blitz rate.

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Speaker 4: So it's a week to week proposition in the NFL.

527
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Speaker 5: But this overall is a good defense filled with playmakers

528
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Speaker 5: that have been in this defense now for two years

529
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Speaker 5: and in the core of this defense has been together

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Speaker 5: personnel wise for the last four or five years.

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Speaker 1: You do a super job and you are a better guy.

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Speaker 1: We look forward to seeing you. Thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for taking time for Titans Radio and the Mike Vrabels Show.

534
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Speaker 1: Matt Taylor, appreciate.

535
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Speaker 5: You, Tad for you, Mike, I appreciate you. Man, save travels,

536
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Speaker 5: come up here and now we'll see you Sunday.

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Speaker 1: All right, thanks very much, Matthew. That's Colts announcer Matt

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Speaker 1: Taylor joining me here on the OTP. Everybody, just making

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Speaker 1: sure you know. Seat Geek is now the official ticketing

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Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. So Titans fans can fan with wide

548
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Speaker 1: receiver Kyle Phillips designated to return from injured reserve and

549
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Speaker 1: offensive lineman Nicholas pettit Frere coming off of the suspended list.

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Speaker 1: Many of the ot people have asked questions about the

551
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Speaker 1: mechanics of those two players roster situation, and says they

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Speaker 1: stand right now. The basic answer to this question, do

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Speaker 1: the Titans need two roster spots immediately? The short answer

554
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Speaker 1: is no. Rett, Brian and I had a chance to

555
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Speaker 1: discuss it on this week's Mike Vrabel Show, also presented

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Speaker 1: by Farm Bureau Health Plans, and so we've decided to

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Speaker 1: include it in this edition of the OTP just in

558
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Speaker 1: case you missed that. Glad to have you with us

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Speaker 1: on this Monday night.

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Speaker 6: It is a beautiful Monday night because it's a victory

561
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Speaker 6: Monday night.

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Speaker 1: It's a victory Monday night, all right. So let's talk

563
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Speaker 1: a little bit about the roster situation with the Titans

564
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Speaker 1: right now. They spent all of last week at fifty

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Speaker 1: two players. You can have fifty three, but they just

566
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Speaker 1: went through the week. We're leaving that roster spot open

567
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Speaker 1: in case they needed it. They didn't, and so they

568
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Speaker 1: did not have to make one more player inactive on

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Speaker 1: Sunday as they normally would. So that was, you know,

570
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Speaker 1: neither here nor there, no big deal. Today they wave

571
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Speaker 1: Mason Kenzie and Xavier Newman. Mason Kenzie wide receiver and

572
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Speaker 1: a punt returner Xavier Newman a guard, they wave them,

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Speaker 1: so the Titans are at fifty. Kyle Phillips is designated

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Speaker 1: to return to practice after being injured at Minnesota. He

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Speaker 1: missed the first four games, so he is able to

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Speaker 1: start practice this week. And Nicholas petti Frere returns from

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Speaker 1: suspension and he will be able to practice this week.

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Speaker 1: And so Rhett I think people maybe are kind of wondering, well,

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Speaker 1: do they take you immediately back to fifty two players?

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Speaker 1: Does Phillips count one, pati Frere count one and then

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Speaker 1: you have one open spot at this point, The answer

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Speaker 1: is no, And maybe it's a little confusing to those

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Speaker 1: listening to Titans.

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Speaker 6: Radio well, and one because you've got an offensive lineman

585
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Speaker 6: moved in Xavier Newman being way from the roster, so

586
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Speaker 6: you're gonna try to draw a line to Nicholas Patifrere

587
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Speaker 6: and that may not be the case. And the same

588
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 6: thing could be said for Kyle Phillips because of the

589
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Speaker 6: Mason Kinzie move. But the Kyle Phillips thing is it

590
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Speaker 6: begins what three weeks now twenty one days of practice

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Speaker 6: so that they can deem to go that far if

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Speaker 6: they wanted to before they could have to make a

593
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Speaker 6: decision to either keep him on IR or put him

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Speaker 6: on the active roster.

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Speaker 1: Correct, good question. That's how it works. Today, we mentioned

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Speaker 1: the Titans designated Kyle Phillips to return from injury, so

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Speaker 1: let me explain what that means. Tennessee is using the

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Speaker 1: first of eight possible moves for returning players from injured reserve,

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Speaker 1: so you can do this eight total times. Now that

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Speaker 1: Phillips has been designated to return, the Titans do have

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Speaker 1: a twenty one day practice period for Kyle Phillips. On

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Speaker 1: the twenty second day, which would be I guess October

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Speaker 1: the twenty fourth, after they come back from London, right

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Speaker 1: after the bye weekend. In the case of Phillips, that point,

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Speaker 1: Tennessee would either have to activate him or leave him

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Speaker 1: on IR for the remainder of the season. Now, they

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Speaker 1: could activate him tomorrow, they could activate him any time.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to wait three weeks. You just have

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Speaker 1: the three weeks if you need it, Like if a

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Speaker 1: guy's coming back from an ACL or from something that

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Speaker 1: was an off season and more serious procedure, whatever, you

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Speaker 1: need that extra time to get them back in shape

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Speaker 1: because maybe they could not do much Kyle Phillips has

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Speaker 1: been able to do things. Mike Vrabel alluded to that,

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Speaker 1: So you have twenty one days, but you don't necessarily

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Speaker 1: have to use all twenty one days. Kyle Phillips theoretically

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Speaker 1: could be activated and be ready to play against Indianapolis

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Speaker 1: this week.

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Speaker 6: So the answer could be no right now and yes

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Speaker 6: this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Yes, so he could end up taking Mason Kenzie's roster spot.

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Speaker 1: That could be true. And if you do that, then

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Speaker 1: you have seven other players. You can do that with

624
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Speaker 1: the remainder of the seats that you can put on

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Speaker 1: IR and that can return, so you use the first

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Speaker 1: of your eight turns now. Pati Frere's situation is a

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Speaker 1: little different because he's coming off of suspension and so

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Speaker 1: there was no need to announce designated to return today.

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Speaker 1: There's nothing that has to happen in that formal way

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Speaker 1: for a player returning from suspension. And you'll remember he

631
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Speaker 1: was initially suspended for six games. The NFL and the

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Speaker 1: NFLPA worked out some different terms about suspensions due to gambling,

633
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Speaker 1: and so they went ahead and commuted his sentence to

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Speaker 1: four games based on the new rules.

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Speaker 6: So he's immediately able to walk into Ascension Saint Thomas

636
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Speaker 6: Sports Park today.

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Speaker 1: Well, and he was last week. But what he could

638
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Speaker 1: not do last week is he could not work out

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Speaker 1: with the players, he could not take part in any

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Speaker 1: sort of practice, and he could not attend the games.

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Speaker 6: But he could attend a team meeting to meet a

642
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Speaker 6: position group, and he could be in the building, which

643
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Speaker 6: was the big thing. So now what happens is he

644
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Speaker 6: can not only come in the building, he can start practicing,

645
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Speaker 6: he can go to all the meetings, he can work

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Speaker 6: out with the team. He's back as part of the

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Speaker 6: team again. By rule, however, the Titans don't have to

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Speaker 6: add him to the roster immediately. They can request and

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Speaker 6: receive a one week roster exemption for a returning player

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Speaker 6: like Pati Frere. So theoretically, maybe those players who return

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Speaker 6: from suspension are not ready to play in that first

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Speaker 6: week they're back. And I could see with a place

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Speaker 6: where an example here, where the league would grant that

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Speaker 6: one week exemption because this just basically happened last Friday.

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Speaker 1: Well, and they're always going to grant it to give

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Speaker 1: you to give them to give the player a chance

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Speaker 1: to come in because if he's in great shape and

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Speaker 1: he's ready to go this weekend, then you add him

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Speaker 1: to the roster. If he's not, then you do not

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Speaker 1: have to add him to the roster until one week

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Speaker 1: from today. So Pati Frere, if he does not get

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Speaker 1: added to the roster and doesn't play in Indianapolis, then

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Speaker 1: he would not take up a spot for this week's game.

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Speaker 1: The Titans could add someone else there. If he is ready,

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Speaker 1: then maybe he does indeed take Newman's spot at at

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Speaker 1: the you know, on the roster, and that would take

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Speaker 1: the Titans to fifty two. So what you and you

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Speaker 1: brought up a good point when we were talking about

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Speaker 1: this earlier. There's only two running backs right now. You

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Speaker 1: could make a move there, so I mean there's some

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Speaker 1: other options in this another receiver, So I mean there

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Speaker 1: are some moving parts to this. But to answer what

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Speaker 1: you're saying is they don't have to do anything this

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Speaker 1: week in Indianapolis. But at the same time they could

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Speaker 1: make a move and both gentlemen who are returning from

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Speaker 1: different situations could be a part of it this week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I guess to sum it up, I mean next Monday,

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Speaker 1: Pat Freyer would have to be added back to the rosters.

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Speaker 1: So they're gonna need a right because they're gonna want

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Speaker 1: him on the team. He's gonna take a rosters Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: let's start with Phillips. On Monday, the Titans designated the

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Speaker 1: wide receiver to return from injury. Here's what that means.

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Speaker 1: Tennessee is using one of its eight possible moves for

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Speaker 1: returning players from the injured reserve. You get eight total.

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Speaker 1: This is number one. Now that Phillips has been designated

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Speaker 1: to return, the Titans have a twenty one day practice

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Speaker 1: period for Phillips by the twenty second day, which would

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Speaker 1: be October the twenty fourth. In the case of Kyle Phillips,

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Speaker 1: Tennessee must either activate him or leave him on injured

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Speaker 1: reserve for the remainder of the season. So, as of

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Speaker 1: right now, Kyle Phillips, scheduled to start practice, is not

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Speaker 1: taking up one of the titans fifty three roster spots.

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Speaker 1: Once he's activated, they will need a spot for it.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to Nicholas petit Frere. He's returning from suspension.

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Speaker 1: No roster move is needed at this point either. That's

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Speaker 1: because by rule, the Titans do not have to add

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Speaker 1: him to the roster immediately. NFL teams can request and

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Speaker 1: receive a one week roster exemption for a returning player

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Speaker 1: like petit Frere. If Patifrere's case, the week would actually

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Speaker 1: include the Indianapolis game Sunday's game there, so by next Monday,

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Speaker 1: pati Frere must be added to the active roster as

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Speaker 1: the suspended player exemption runs out at that point. So

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Speaker 1: Kyle Phillips and Nicholas Petifrere may be activated at Indianapolis

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Speaker 1: this Sunday, but they do not have to be. So

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Speaker 1: that's a little update for you again reminding you this Sunday,

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Speaker 1: Titans on their way to Indianapolis to take on the

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Speaker 1: Colts Lucas Oil Stadium. We hope to see you there.

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Speaker 1: A lot of you will make your way up to Indy,

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Speaker 1: as Titans fans always have dating back to January two

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Speaker 1: thousand when you showed up in droves. We look forward

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Speaker 1: to seeing you. We'll open up the seat Geek Broadcast

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Speaker 1: Center for Titan's countdown at eleven am Central RTT Brian

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Speaker 1: and our entire crew with Brad Willis, Ramon Foster and

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Speaker 1: of course coach Dave McGinnis and me Mike Keith. I

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Speaker 1: appreciate you listening thanks for being with us as always,

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Speaker 1: for the oh T