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Speaker 1: With Amy Wells, I'm Mike Keith. Good to see you
Speaker 1: too much than two weeks away from training camp. Yes,
Speaker 1: can you believe it? Can you believe it? It's been
Speaker 1: a long dark winter, Mike, and we are going to
Speaker 1: preview the Titans offense on this OTP, and then on
Speaker 1: next week's OTP, the last one before training camp, we're
Speaker 1: going to preview the defense. But before we do that,
Speaker 1: want to say congratulations to the family of bum Phillips,
Speaker 1: to Jeff Fisher and his family, and Floyd Reese and
Speaker 1: his family. They are being inducted into this franchisees Ring
Speaker 1: of Honor, all very deserving, absolutely such a cool thing.
Speaker 1: I love when we are able to really take a
Speaker 1: moment to recognize the history of this franchise and the
Speaker 1: history even before they were the Tennessee Titans, and really
Speaker 1: be able to put the people who we owe so
Speaker 1: much too in a spot of prominence. And that's exactly
Speaker 1: what the Ring of Honor is for. And I'm so excited. Well,
Speaker 1: it feels like in two of these instances, the organization
Speaker 1: has really fixed something that needed to be fixed. And
Speaker 1: this is typical Amy Adam Strunk. She has done this
Speaker 1: all along. Even mister Adams admitted firing bum Phillips was
Speaker 1: one of his big mistakes. Yes he didn't readily admit it,
Speaker 1: but he did say that's something that was not a
Speaker 1: great move. Bum Phillips was a highly successful coach. He
Speaker 1: was also the person that most of us around the
Speaker 1: country identified the Houston Oilers with. It wasn't Ocampbell or
Speaker 1: Dan Pastorini or Warren Moon or any of the players
Speaker 1: who came later. The guy we really knew as the
Speaker 1: oiler was bum Phillips because his name was Oa bum Phillips.
Speaker 1: He wore the big belt buckle on the cowboy had
Speaker 1: and it was obvious he was a really good football coach.
Speaker 1: One fifty nine games, lost thirty eight, and for some
Speaker 1: strange reason, you know, that got sideways with somebody in
Speaker 1: the organization and they convinced mister Adams to let him go. Later,
Speaker 1: coach the Saints wasn't quite the same for him. But
Speaker 1: he was really just a special figure in the history
Speaker 1: of the franchise and to see him be put in
Speaker 1: to the Ring of Honor, it's obvious that his family
Speaker 1: is just elated. His son, Wade Phillips, an outstanding coach
Speaker 1: in his own right, got emotional about it. And as
Speaker 1: a fan, as a fan of the NFL, not even
Speaker 1: as an employee of the franchise, this just feels right, yeah,
Speaker 1: And as an employee of the franchise, this makes me
Speaker 1: very proud of it. Adam Strunk, well, and that's what
Speaker 1: Amy does. You know, she is very aware of she
Speaker 1: gets it right, she gets it right, and she's very
Speaker 1: aware of where things maybe need a little extra recognition,
Speaker 1: and really celebrating the people who matter not only to
Speaker 1: the organization in and of itself, but to the fan
Speaker 1: base and who they would like to see recognized and
Speaker 1: who they think is deserving. So all around, such a
Speaker 1: class act thing by her, and really excited for the
Speaker 1: celebrations to come. And Jeff Fisher, of course, no surprise.
Speaker 1: And I think for all of us, we probably won't
Speaker 1: spend a lot of time on Jeff Fisher because we
Speaker 1: do all the time on the OTP in other places.
Speaker 1: If you've listened to anything we do, you know what
Speaker 1: we think of Jeff Fisher, and you know how we
Speaker 1: feel about him. We were all very loyal to him,
Speaker 1: who worked for him. We think he's a superstar. We
Speaker 1: know about the things that he did for the franchise
Speaker 1: that didn't have anything to do with the games on Sunday.
Speaker 1: We never would be here at this moment where we
Speaker 1: are had he not taken the time to invest, not
Speaker 1: just in the football team, but in the community, in
Speaker 1: getting to know people, in working with our radio and
Speaker 1: TV partners. There's no substitute for Jeff Fisher. This is
Speaker 1: a no brainer. Amy brought him back for the Steve
Speaker 1: McNair Eddie George ceremony two years ago. The response was
Speaker 1: mind blowing when he was introduced. I think if anybody
Speaker 1: who was new to the organization didn't know how Titans
Speaker 1: fans felt about Jeff Fisher, they knew at that moment.
Speaker 1: They fixed a lot of things and it just feels good.
Speaker 1: This feels good. The other one, though, that I want
Speaker 1: to talk about, is Floyd Reese, and that one has
Speaker 1: talked about the least. There's been talked for years within
Speaker 1: the organization about bum Phillips. Certainly the Jeff Fisher thing
Speaker 1: was hanging out there, and once he was no longer
Speaker 1: coaching the Rams, it made sense to bring him back
Speaker 1: into the family. He moved back to Middle Tennessee. But
Speaker 1: Floyd Reese was an architect of so much great stuff
Speaker 1: for this franchise. Was a coach assistant GM learned under
Speaker 1: Mike Holovak, worked his way up, built the teams that
Speaker 1: ended up being so good for so long. And remember this,
Speaker 1: the ninety nine through two thousand and three Titans sixty
Speaker 1: one wins, four playoff appearances, two thirteen and three seasons,
Speaker 1: two division titles, the best record in football one year,
Speaker 1: two AFC Championship games, and a Super Bowl. Wow. He
Speaker 1: was the GM. They went sixty one and twenty six
Speaker 1: during that period of time, sold out every game here,
Speaker 1: and he was the general manager during that. Floyd Reese
Speaker 1: has never gotten the credit that he deserved for that,
Speaker 1: and now he is again, Amy getting it right. In
Speaker 1: my opinion, absolutely, she's recognizing the contributors, the people who
Speaker 1: really have moved this franchise forward. And I'm excited. I'm
Speaker 1: excited too, So congratulations the family of Bum Phillips and
Speaker 1: Jeff Fisher and his family, and Floyd Reese and his family,
Speaker 1: the Ring of honor for this organization, and just a
Speaker 1: good fit would read that and just went yes, yep
Speaker 1: that was the response. Yes, that's just a good feeling
Speaker 1: all the way around. You gready talk some offense. I
Speaker 1: am ready to talk to some offense. Let's get ready
Speaker 1: for training camp. And I'm gonna ask Amy Wells hot
Speaker 1: question here right off the bat, Hot, do you really
Speaker 1: think there's a battle to be the backup quarterback for
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans? I do you do? I do you do?
Speaker 1: It's not just hype. Uh No, I don't think it's hype.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's just a manufactured competition. I think
Speaker 1: there is actually some competition there. I think that Logan Woodside,
Speaker 1: of course, as someone who's been with this organization for
Speaker 1: a while, obviously the coaches trust him. We've of course
Speaker 1: seen him at practices getting a lot of reps. He's
Speaker 1: done great on the scout team. He's a guy that
Speaker 1: the coaches trust, which is great. Deshaun Kaiser is an
Speaker 1: interesting person though he has an interesting arm. He is
Speaker 1: an interesting guy to watch and I think that if
Speaker 1: anyone can give Logan Woodside a run for his money,
Speaker 1: it is a guy like Deshaun Kaiser. So I think, yes,
Speaker 1: I think there is some competition there because what you're
Speaker 1: trying to do is not just have the reliable guy
Speaker 1: who understands it and is a great contributor in practice.
Speaker 1: You need the guy that can fill in that is
Speaker 1: the best fit in the event that QB one goes down.
Speaker 1: Can you win? That's what you need? Can you win
Speaker 1: if you have to play your backup quarterback against this
Speaker 1: schedule to the level that you want to win this season? Right? So,
Speaker 1: I think that you can't just have the guy that
Speaker 1: you like and you trust and you want to be
Speaker 1: on this team. It's got to be the guy that
Speaker 1: can actually go in and win the ball game. Is
Speaker 1: that Logan Woodside very well could be Is it Deshaun
Speaker 1: Kaiser could be him too. Does that become the focus
Speaker 1: the main focus of the three preseason games, the battle
Speaker 1: for backup quarterback? I think so. I think that in
Speaker 1: a game situation is the only way that you can
Speaker 1: figure that out. And we've got three preseason games to
Speaker 1: figure that out, all right. Next question is Dylan Raydon's
Speaker 1: second round pick North Dakota State. The key to what
Speaker 1: happens in the offensive line, I think so. I think
Speaker 1: that if he's able to perform at the level that
Speaker 1: he is expected to and maybe hoped to, if he
Speaker 1: can actually be a contributor on this offensive line, if
Speaker 1: he could be a starter, it changes everything. If he
Speaker 1: can be a swing guy, it changes a lot of things.
Speaker 1: If he's a guy that can dress on Sunday, it
Speaker 1: changes those numbers a little bit. I think that he's
Speaker 1: a guy that we've seen him get a lot of reps.
Speaker 1: We've seen him contribute a lot in practice. Let's see
Speaker 1: if he can keep doing that through training camp. Let's
Speaker 1: see really where he is in his development and getting
Speaker 1: ready to play at the next level. If he is
Speaker 1: a starter, he changes the offensive line dynamic dramatically because
Speaker 1: it allows other pieces to go into what they do best.
Speaker 1: You get like Kendall Lamb, for example, is able to
Speaker 1: do multiple things, including potentially play that jumbo tight end.
Speaker 1: He caught a touchdown pass doing that for Cleveland last year.
Speaker 1: So you're you're in a position then, because you're gonna
Speaker 1: have injuries at different points of the year. If he
Speaker 1: wins right tackle if Raidens wins right tackle and then
Speaker 1: somebody goes down at another spot, say one of the
Speaker 1: guards goes down, Lamb could play guard. You know that's
Speaker 1: a possibility. I mean there are things that you can
Speaker 1: do in those spots. If Lamb wins right tackle and
Speaker 1: a guard gets hurt, well then do you move Lamb
Speaker 1: to guard and put Raidens in it right tackle? So
Speaker 1: you're making two changes. I think if if Raidens wins
Speaker 1: a job, not to take anything away from anybody else,
Speaker 1: but I think it takes the calculus of the building
Speaker 1: of the offense of line and really helps it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you're right. I think that it gives it
Speaker 1: gives some consistency to a position that could use it.
Speaker 1: Like Dennis Kelly last year becoming the starter at right
Speaker 1: tackle took away some moves. Yep, Because had Dennis Kelly
Speaker 1: been the swing guy last year when Tato la One
Speaker 1: got hurt, he would have gone to left tackle right
Speaker 1: and you like having one of those veterans to be
Speaker 1: that guy and then you just make one move instead
Speaker 1: of having to make two or three moves in a
Speaker 1: group that is so built on chemistry and consistency and
Speaker 1: everything moving is one the least amount of change and
Speaker 1: jumbling you can have within that group, the better your
Speaker 1: offense is going to run. So the swing guys you're
Speaker 1: figuring Kendall Lamb, we mentioned that's a pickup. I really
Speaker 1: liked me too, me too, very excited. And then Sam Brilow, Yes,
Speaker 1: who was playing good football last year when he got
Speaker 1: hurt unfortunately. Questin Barry, who did a nice job at
Speaker 1: left tackle on I mean he was the left tackle
Speaker 1: on the AFC South champion. Is he a starter every
Speaker 1: down at tackle? I don't know. I mean he's thirty
Speaker 1: years old, but I think he's a good depth guy.
Speaker 1: He's a good swing guy. Well, remember, you've got to
Speaker 1: keep eight offensive linemen up on game day in order
Speaker 1: to be able to keep forty six players up. That's
Speaker 1: the rule, which means generally you're going to keep nine
Speaker 1: offensive linemen on the roster. Some teams even ten. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but the league worried about teams running out of offensive
Speaker 1: linemen in games. It would happen for so they mandated
Speaker 1: if you want to keep forty six up, eight of
Speaker 1: those guys have to be offensive linemen. So you're keeping
Speaker 1: more offensive linemen on the roster. And then you know,
Speaker 1: you've got some flexibility. I mean Daniel Munner on the inside,
Speaker 1: he's sort of that center guard guy, and he has
Speaker 1: some flexibility to do some different things. I think you
Speaker 1: got some young ones. Chandon Herring, the six seven rookie
Speaker 1: from BYU most people thought would be drafted. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: I thought that was a really super signing that the
Speaker 1: Titans were able to make as an undrafted free agent.
Speaker 1: I'm also interested to see Adam Coon, the wrestler out
Speaker 1: of Michigan. Yeah, that's a very interesting one to watch
Speaker 1: going into camp because who was it John Robinson who
Speaker 1: was talking about how immediately they started working on what
Speaker 1: he was able to do in his mechanics because they
Speaker 1: were so wrestling oriented. Obviously, I'm interested to see how
Speaker 1: that translates. We know it can, We've seen it happen before.
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to seeing what he looks like in
Speaker 1: training camp versus what he looked like in mini camps. Well,
Speaker 1: he's a player you'll know a lot more about with
Speaker 1: pads on, Yes, because what he's gonna do well initially
Speaker 1: is physical. His steps will not be great. His you know,
Speaker 1: reach for this or grab. I mean, you're not gonna
Speaker 1: watch him probably believe and make a technique video that
Speaker 1: you show high school players. I mean that's not that's
Speaker 1: not how that works. But sometimes a guy who's just nasty.
Speaker 1: And I'm making any difference, right, I don't need you
Speaker 1: to be technically sound one. If you can just get
Speaker 1: big and get mean and grasp, if you can beat
Speaker 1: the crap out of somebody, if you can get a
Speaker 1: hold of them, as we like to say in East Tennessee,
Speaker 1: get a hold of them. If you can get a
Speaker 1: hold of them and not let them go and you're
Speaker 1: not holding because you've got him on the inside, there's
Speaker 1: something to that. And then as you refine the technique,
Speaker 1: I mean, you would figure Coon is probably a guy
Speaker 1: who's a practice squad candidate this year. You don't figure
Speaker 1: he's probably a starter this year. Maybe he surprises you.
Speaker 1: But if you see him in pads and you say,
Speaker 1: oh oh, then you can take him and Sullivan and
Speaker 1: Carter can refine him as coaches and you say, maybe
Speaker 1: down the line, you got something special because those wrestlers
Speaker 1: with those hands ends, it's an incredible skill set, oh absolutely,
Speaker 1: And the balance and there's so many positive attributes that
Speaker 1: you want to have an offensive lineman. I'm really excited
Speaker 1: about why I didn't know anything about wrestling growing up
Speaker 1: because I didn't wrestle. My best friend is a wrestling
Speaker 1: coach in Memphis, and I've learned a lot watching his
Speaker 1: teams over the years. And the minute the Titans signed
Speaker 1: Adam Koon, he called me. I thought he was calling
Speaker 1: about Julio Jones. He wasn't. Oh no, he's calling about
Speaker 1: Adam Koone. He was saying, you know, this guy is
Speaker 1: an absolute study. Said he didn't make the Olympic team,
Speaker 1: which was a big surprise. He said, I think he
Speaker 1: can do. It's exciting. That's from somebody who's done it,
Speaker 1: you know, as a coach for thirty five years, who's
Speaker 1: gone to camps and had a chance to see guys
Speaker 1: like this over the years, and it's been done. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it has. It's a great sport. There's a precedent for it.
Speaker 1: I'm very excited to see how the two kind of overlap.
Speaker 1: I just want him to be big and nasty. That's
Speaker 1: all I care about. Tight Ends. Do the Titans have
Speaker 1: enough of them right now? Do they have three or
Speaker 1: four tight ends on the roster that they need? Yes,
Speaker 1: with an asterisk well, there's no such thing, not on
Speaker 1: the OTP. We make our own rules here. I mean, yes,
Speaker 1: I think so. I think that for some of the
Speaker 1: younger guys, I'm interested to see what they start looking
Speaker 1: like when things are at a higher speed and you
Speaker 1: get pads on and we really start rocking and rolling.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean potentially, sure, what do you think
Speaker 1: got a lot to prove? Yes, with an asterix, got
Speaker 1: a lot to sell me on my initial answer, I mean,
Speaker 1: Jeff Swain played really well for this team last year,
Speaker 1: and nobody's talking about that. Ferks or is Ferks, and
Speaker 1: Ferks has turned into a real good player. Absolutely, And
Speaker 1: so you got two right there you feel really really
Speaker 1: good about. Tommy Hudson hasn't done enough to prove it yet. No,
Speaker 1: Pickney didn't do enough to prove it last year as
Speaker 1: a rookie, which jumps out. And then you've got Forestall
Speaker 1: and you've got Briley Moore, the guys that you've brought
Speaker 1: in as as rookies. And then you've got the option
Speaker 1: you potentially of a lamb who can be a jumbo
Speaker 1: tight end. You've got the two fullbacks who have some
Speaker 1: tight end type skill. Maybe you only need three feels
Speaker 1: like unless somebody really asserts themselves, this is a spot
Speaker 1: where you're going to go get a veteran after the
Speaker 1: third preseason game possible. But I think that there is
Speaker 1: also potential within this group. Well, I think the potential
Speaker 1: to me right off the bat is Hudson, That's what
Speaker 1: I was going to say, because Hudson can really block. Yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: I gotta see it because I think these guys have
Speaker 1: to be so on point with their assignments. It's hard
Speaker 1: to run a young player out there without him doing
Speaker 1: something boneheaded unless they're just really on the ball. The
Speaker 1: tight end position can be an overwhelming one because you
Speaker 1: are required to be a part of so many different
Speaker 1: facets of the offense. I think that some of the
Speaker 1: smartest people on the field are tight end, right. You
Speaker 1: can because there's so many things going on this day
Speaker 1: in time. To be a true tight end, now, some
Speaker 1: of these guys are just basically wide receivers. But to
Speaker 1: be a true tight end, you can't be dope, right,
Speaker 1: You just can't be dope. And the Tennessee Titans have
Speaker 1: smart tight ends. They use tight ends as true tight
Speaker 1: ends in that they are doing tight end things they're blocking,
Speaker 1: they're running, they're catching, they're doing all the things. How
Speaker 1: much do we see a j Brown and Julio Jones
Speaker 1: together in training camp? I don't think a lot. I
Speaker 1: don't think we're going to get a ton of them together,
Speaker 1: not because I don't think we will see it in
Speaker 1: the regular season, but I think that that's going to
Speaker 1: be some tricky stuff that you'll see once in a
Speaker 1: blue moon, and then it'll show up during the season
Speaker 1: as fancy things. My opinion is that I agree with you.
Speaker 1: I love it when that happens. And the reason is
Speaker 1: because of the three preseason games. And here's what I mean.
Speaker 1: I think they'll practice some. I think they'll do some things,
Speaker 1: but I think they will be paced from July twenty
Speaker 1: seventh through August twenty eighth on a pitch count. They'll
Speaker 1: be on a pitch account because having the extra week
Speaker 1: to get ready for the first game is a big
Speaker 1: factor to guys like that. I think it's going to
Speaker 1: be the same way with Derek Henry. Just my opinion.
Speaker 1: I don't think you'll see the ball out there together.
Speaker 1: I think you will see them practice. I think you'll
Speaker 1: see them do things. I think you'll see them have
Speaker 1: days off, but I don't think it's gonna be crazy, crazy,
Speaker 1: crazy every single day because they'll keep them in shape.
Speaker 1: They'll have them ready done on August twenty ninth, when
Speaker 1: the final preseason game is over. I think they'll start
Speaker 1: easing them towards Arizona on September the twelfth. So let's
Speaker 1: preemptively give a public service announcement that in the event
Speaker 1: that we are rolling through training camp and you are
Speaker 1: not seeing as much of your favorite players as you
Speaker 1: would like to, let us not panic and say that
Speaker 1: everyone is an idiot because they're not using your favorite
Speaker 1: player enough. One of these guys are underutilized in training camp. No.
Speaker 1: And also people aren't going to be able to come
Speaker 1: to training camp anyway, right, so you have to hope
Speaker 1: the people sharing the information about training camp aren't consistent.
Speaker 1: Why aren't they together? Yes, let's all just cool our jets. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's right across the world. That's right, preemptive jet cooling.
Speaker 1: Because I think what this leads to is the next
Speaker 1: question is okay aj is going to be on the team. Yes,
Speaker 1: I think, pretty pretty sure, pretty sure. I think Julio's
Speaker 1: gonna make it too. I think he'll make the cut, yep.
Speaker 1: But how many wide receivers does this team carry outside
Speaker 1: of them? And who in the whole group is even
Speaker 1: guaranteed a roster spot now, Josh Reynolds, Yes, you would
Speaker 1: think you would take a fourth round draft pick in
Speaker 1: des Fitzpatrick. Yes, outside of that fight. Yeah, Well in
Speaker 1: an interesting fight too, Like a Nick Westbrook Akeena who's
Speaker 1: been around place teams and I'm excited to see him.
Speaker 1: A Cameron Batson, who we've seen do something, could be
Speaker 1: your returner. Yep. There's a lot of interesting things in here.
Speaker 1: The other part of Cameron Batson is he's different, very different,
Speaker 1: because he's your small, quick everybody else is over six
Speaker 1: feet tall or so, it seems. Cam has that four
Speaker 1: three speed, So it's almost like being different gives him
Speaker 1: an advantage in all of that. I could see them
Speaker 1: carrying seven receivers feels like a lot. But I think
Speaker 1: I agree with you. Let me tell you why, because
Speaker 1: you've got some guys. Chester Rogers has played some good
Speaker 1: football so far that we've seen. Fred Brown has played
Speaker 1: some good football that we've seen. Cody Hollister does good
Speaker 1: things as a more of a veteran receiver, who doesn't
Speaker 1: play a lot. He too can play teams. But you
Speaker 1: got a guy like Racy McMath. That's who I was
Speaker 1: just and you know, I love Racy McMath. He's my
Speaker 1: guy now. I love Racy McMath is sixth round, pick
Speaker 1: six three, he's two twenty. He runs in the four three's.
Speaker 1: Racy is a really good teams player, really good. So
Speaker 1: what if and we're gonna do defense next week? What
Speaker 1: if less of your team's guys come from defense than
Speaker 1: having years past and more of them come from offense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So do you keep twenty six offensive players, twenty four
Speaker 1: defensive players, and then the three specialists because you keep
Speaker 1: seven receivers due to the fact that three of them
Speaker 1: are really good teams players. Yeah, And he's a guy
Speaker 1: that can be the consistent teams player that we've seen
Speaker 1: him be in college. He loves special teams. He's one
Speaker 1: of those crazy people who lives and dies for special teams.
Speaker 1: But here's what else. He's big like a linebacker. That's
Speaker 1: what I was in Westbrook. A Kina is big like
Speaker 1: a lineback. He's a big guy. He can be some
Speaker 1: matchup issues in special situations in the event that you
Speaker 1: need a big dude, and I think that he kind
Speaker 1: of underestimates his receiver abilities a little bit. I think
Speaker 1: that he undersells himself as a receiver. I had the
Speaker 1: chance to talk to him, and he really was talking
Speaker 1: about how he wants to get better as a receiver.
Speaker 1: He wants to be more technically sound, he wants to
Speaker 1: do all those things to earn that receiver spot, not
Speaker 1: just based on his team's playbook as a receiver, and
Speaker 1: I think his ball skills are a little bit better
Speaker 1: than he gives himself credit for, just in my opinion.
Speaker 1: So we look at running backs Derrick Henry, Darnton Evans,
Speaker 1: fullback yep. And then a fourth spot. Is it Brian
Speaker 1: Smith late of the Atlanta Falcons versus Jeremy McNichols, who
Speaker 1: played a lot of football for the Titans last year.
Speaker 1: On the surface, is it one of those against the
Speaker 1: other one for the fourth and final running back spot?
Speaker 1: I mean you'd have to think so, right, advantage Smith
Speaker 1: because he's six one two twenty over McNichols, who is
Speaker 1: five nine, two oh five. I don't know. I really
Speaker 1: like McNichols slow. That's just me. In the times that
Speaker 1: I have seen him, I've liked what I've seen, But
Speaker 1: do you need another like what they did last year
Speaker 1: with Deante Foreman? And Foreman ran the ball well for
Speaker 1: this team, he did, and they added him because they said, hey,
Speaker 1: we need another big back to go in the staple. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I can see that. Maybe you're right, Yes, yeah,
Speaker 1: I I came in with a different opinion, and Mike,
Speaker 1: you're changing my mind, all right. So but now we
Speaker 1: get crazy. So I included a fullback in the four
Speaker 1: running backs carry blassing game, Tory Carter, the rookie from
Speaker 1: l issue one of the two. Do the Titans even
Speaker 1: keep a fullback in Todd Downing's offense? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
Speaker 1: she says, She says with authority. I mean, fullbacks are
Speaker 1: such a polarizing topic in the National Football League. You
Speaker 1: love a fullback or you hate a fullback. I love
Speaker 1: a fullback, and I think Todd Downing does too well.
Speaker 1: Coaches like having a fullback, they love having a fullback. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Personnel people general managers are like, whoa, whoa, whoa. You
Speaker 1: want to keep a guy who's gonna play three snaps
Speaker 1: a game, Yes, that's what you're gonna do. They're an
Speaker 1: important three snaps. Yeah, I love a fullback. I'm into
Speaker 1: a fullback. But card Blassing Game can catch the ball too.
Speaker 1: I think I'm saying you can't. I'm just saying you
Speaker 1: get into these situations. Well, if you've got receivers who
Speaker 1: can play teams, then do you keep an extra receiver
Speaker 1: or an extra tight end and not keep as many
Speaker 1: running backs and thus maybe not a fullback. I think
Speaker 1: fullbacks on this team, That's what I think. And I
Speaker 1: think Blasting Game is gonna be hard to knock off
Speaker 1: because I just think he does so many things well.
Speaker 1: But when I watched LSU play, I was a fan
Speaker 1: of how they used Carter. I thought they did a
Speaker 1: great job incorporating him, and he's a good player. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I've got all this a beautiful mind like math and
Speaker 1: numbers swirling around my head right now, I'm getting sorry. No,
Speaker 1: I'm really excited and I want to crack the code
Speaker 1: before we even really get there. All right, so you're
Speaker 1: offensive sleeper to watch Amy wells mine is racy McMath
Speaker 1: what I know. I'm just I'm really fired up about
Speaker 1: what I think he can do and what he can bring,
Speaker 1: and I'm excited about seeing him on special teams because
Speaker 1: I love the crazy special teams players like the guys
Speaker 1: who are just all in and run like their heads
Speaker 1: on fire and just really don't care. I'm so excited
Speaker 1: to see what he brings and I want to watch
Speaker 1: him earn a spot on this team. Mine is Aaron Brewer. Okay,
Speaker 1: se your offensive lineman eighty five played okay at guard
Speaker 1: last year because, as Mike Vrabel said, even when he
Speaker 1: didn't know what to do, he went and hit somebody. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And that was what they loved so much about him
Speaker 1: is he loved to play football. They played him at fullback, sometimes,
Speaker 1: they lined him up at tight end. They did all
Speaker 1: kinds of different things with him. I want to see
Speaker 1: he to me, is the tier tard on offense. Because
Speaker 1: Aaron Brewer might be a starter for this football team someday.
Speaker 1: Can he show in year two that he is worthy
Speaker 1: of continuing to pour knowledge to poor resources, to spend
Speaker 1: money and time on to continue to develop And I
Speaker 1: think he probably is. But he's in a battle. And
Speaker 1: that's where John Robinson got this team better. Is not
Speaker 1: only did he improve the speed on defense, and not
Speaker 1: only did he add Julio Jones and add pass rushers
Speaker 1: and things of that sort. The other thing that he added, Amy,
Speaker 1: is he added really good competition down the line. Just
Speaker 1: because you were on this team last year doesn't mean anything, right,
Speaker 1: And that's what a championship team needs, is they need
Speaker 1: a fight basically everywhere. And that's what we're going to get.
Speaker 1: I think so I think we are. I think that
Speaker 1: there are so many battles within this Titans roster, even
Speaker 1: just on the offensive side of the ball. This is
Speaker 1: going to be fun. Farm Bureau Health plans remind you,
Speaker 1: they are healthcare coverage, like an extra set of pads
Speaker 1: when you need them the most. They've been protecting Tennessee
Speaker 1: and since nineteen forty seven Farm Bureau Health Plans. All right,
Speaker 1: so next week we'll do defense. Woo who. I'm enjoying this, Mike.
Speaker 1: It feels good. I'm glad you are, Amy, I am.
Speaker 1: I hope the people are. We live for that. Yes,
Speaker 1: for my enjoyment and your enjoyment. The thousands of people listening.
Speaker 1: Don't worry about that. Just as long as you're having it,
Speaker 1: I said, I hope everyone else is enjoying it too.
Speaker 1: This isn't just for me, I know, but I am
Speaker 1: enjoying it. And I want to say one more thing
Speaker 1: before we leave. Welcome to News Talk ninety eight nine,
Speaker 1: The Roar of Memphis, our newest Titans radio station. Who
Speaker 1: Rhet Brian and I got to go down there earlier
Speaker 1: this week to visit with them and to be part
Speaker 1: of their morning program. And they are so excited to
Speaker 1: carry the Titans Games ninety eight point nine in Memphis.
Speaker 1: It's a massive signal which you can hear in all
Speaker 1: fourteen counties of the Memphis metro. It goes into Arkansas,
Speaker 1: it goes into the boothill of Missouri, all over the place.
Speaker 1: It is a great day for the Tennessee Titans that
Speaker 1: a radio station of this quality has picked up Titans Radio.
Speaker 1: And we are really excited to be with Ditch Jeff
Speaker 1: and Sideshow Bob, who are the morning show. Whooo great.
Speaker 1: That is pretty Ditch Jeff and Sideshow Bob. I hope
Speaker 1: we get some more OT people in those areas. Let's
Speaker 1: get some OT people in the Bluff City. But if
Speaker 1: you are a Memphian or you are near Memphis, that
Speaker 1: is your Titans radio station. Now News Talk ninety eight nine,
Speaker 1: the Roar of Memphis. They carry the University of Memphis
Speaker 1: and they now carry the tennis type. So excited and
Speaker 1: appreciate their hospitality and enthusiasm about joining our network. It
Speaker 1: was a great day to get to go to Mertins
Speaker 1: for Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith. Thanks for joining us
Speaker 1: for the O t P where the Latins call. Everybody
Speaker 1: knows it's our house. Fighting for Tennessee, making us to
Speaker 1: red greatness is meant to be. Now, hey, we got
Speaker 1: sighting butter running through a VSE