WEBVTT - The OTP: 2021 Titans Offense Preview 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:13.320 This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:16.560 You can plan on Farm Bureau Health Plans for better coverage, 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:20.320 better rates, and better customer service. They've been providing Tennesseean's 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:23.040 with the home field advantage for almost seventy five years. 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:27.280 With Amy Wells, I'm Mike Keith. Good to see you 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:31.040 too much than two weeks away from training camp. Yes, 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:33.319 can you believe it? Can you believe it? It's been 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:36.720 a long dark winter, Mike, and we are going to 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:40.919 preview the Titans offense on this OTP, and then on 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:43.839 next week's OTP, the last one before training camp, we're 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:47.120 going to preview the defense. But before we do that, 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:51.879 want to say congratulations to the family of bum Phillips, 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:55.200 to Jeff Fisher and his family, and Floyd Reese and 0:00:55.280 --> 0:01:00.240 his family. They are being inducted into this franchisees Ring 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:04.200 of Honor, all very deserving, absolutely such a cool thing. 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:06.720 I love when we are able to really take a 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:10.800 moment to recognize the history of this franchise and the 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:14.279 history even before they were the Tennessee Titans, and really 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.880 be able to put the people who we owe so 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:21.200 much too in a spot of prominence. And that's exactly 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:24.399 what the Ring of Honor is for. And I'm so excited. Well, 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:28.600 it feels like in two of these instances, the organization 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:32.720 has really fixed something that needed to be fixed. And 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:35.400 this is typical Amy Adam Strunk. She has done this 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:41.039 all along. Even mister Adams admitted firing bum Phillips was 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:44.600 one of his big mistakes. Yes he didn't readily admit it, 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:47.640 but he did say that's something that was not a 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:52.840 great move. Bum Phillips was a highly successful coach. He 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:56.560 was also the person that most of us around the 0:01:56.600 --> 0:02:00.640 country identified the Houston Oilers with. It wasn't Ocampbell or 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:03.360 Dan Pastorini or Warren Moon or any of the players 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:06.360 who came later. The guy we really knew as the 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:11.119 oiler was bum Phillips because his name was Oa bum Phillips. 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:13.280 He wore the big belt buckle on the cowboy had 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:16.040 and it was obvious he was a really good football coach. 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:20.240 One fifty nine games, lost thirty eight, and for some 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.919 strange reason, you know, that got sideways with somebody in 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:28.240 the organization and they convinced mister Adams to let him go. Later, 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:31.720 coach the Saints wasn't quite the same for him. But 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:35.560 he was really just a special figure in the history 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:39.880 of the franchise and to see him be put in 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:43.359 to the Ring of Honor, it's obvious that his family 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:47.359 is just elated. His son, Wade Phillips, an outstanding coach 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.200 in his own right, got emotional about it. And as 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.120 a fan, as a fan of the NFL, not even 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:56.399 as an employee of the franchise, this just feels right, yeah, 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.160 And as an employee of the franchise, this makes me 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:01.440 very proud of it. Adam Strunk, well, and that's what 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.120 Amy does. You know, she is very aware of she 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:06.720 gets it right, she gets it right, and she's very 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:11.839 aware of where things maybe need a little extra recognition, 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:15.640 and really celebrating the people who matter not only to 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.240 the organization in and of itself, but to the fan 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.760 base and who they would like to see recognized and 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:24.360 who they think is deserving. So all around, such a 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:27.720 class act thing by her, and really excited for the 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:31.160 celebrations to come. And Jeff Fisher, of course, no surprise. 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:33.560 And I think for all of us, we probably won't 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:35.720 spend a lot of time on Jeff Fisher because we 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:39.040 do all the time on the OTP in other places. 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.040 If you've listened to anything we do, you know what 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:45.760 we think of Jeff Fisher, and you know how we 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.120 feel about him. We were all very loyal to him, 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:51.200 who worked for him. We think he's a superstar. We 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:53.520 know about the things that he did for the franchise 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.240 that didn't have anything to do with the games on Sunday. 0:03:56.760 --> 0:04:00.480 We never would be here at this moment where we 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:04.440 are had he not taken the time to invest, not 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.520 just in the football team, but in the community, in 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.000 getting to know people, in working with our radio and 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:13.280 TV partners. There's no substitute for Jeff Fisher. This is 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:16.200 a no brainer. Amy brought him back for the Steve 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:20.440 McNair Eddie George ceremony two years ago. The response was 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:25.040 mind blowing when he was introduced. I think if anybody 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:29.440 who was new to the organization didn't know how Titans 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:31.920 fans felt about Jeff Fisher, they knew at that moment. 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:35.039 They fixed a lot of things and it just feels good. 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:38.040 This feels good. The other one, though, that I want 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:40.920 to talk about, is Floyd Reese, and that one has 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:43.520 talked about the least. There's been talked for years within 0:04:43.560 --> 0:04:48.279 the organization about bum Phillips. Certainly the Jeff Fisher thing 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:50.520 was hanging out there, and once he was no longer 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:53.520 coaching the Rams, it made sense to bring him back 0:04:53.560 --> 0:04:56.159 into the family. He moved back to Middle Tennessee. But 0:04:56.279 --> 0:05:01.400 Floyd Reese was an architect of so much great stuff 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:05.760 for this franchise. Was a coach assistant GM learned under 0:05:05.800 --> 0:05:10.359 Mike Holovak, worked his way up, built the teams that 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:13.240 ended up being so good for so long. And remember this, 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:17.560 the ninety nine through two thousand and three Titans sixty 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:22.200 one wins, four playoff appearances, two thirteen and three seasons, 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.880 two division titles, the best record in football one year, 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:29.440 two AFC Championship games, and a Super Bowl. Wow. He 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:33.159 was the GM. They went sixty one and twenty six 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:36.280 during that period of time, sold out every game here, 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:41.880 and he was the general manager during that. Floyd Reese 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.400 has never gotten the credit that he deserved for that, 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:50.360 and now he is again, Amy getting it right. In 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:55.000 my opinion, absolutely, she's recognizing the contributors, the people who 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:59.600 really have moved this franchise forward. And I'm excited. I'm 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:03.560 excited too, So congratulations the family of Bum Phillips and 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:06.359 Jeff Fisher and his family, and Floyd Reese and his family, 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:09.840 the Ring of honor for this organization, and just a 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.200 good fit would read that and just went yes, yep 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.160 that was the response. Yes, that's just a good feeling 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.320 all the way around. You gready talk some offense. I 0:06:17.400 --> 0:06:19.400 am ready to talk to some offense. Let's get ready 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:22.560 for training camp. And I'm gonna ask Amy Wells hot 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.560 question here right off the bat, Hot, do you really 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:28.840 think there's a battle to be the backup quarterback for 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:32.040 the Tennessee Titans? I do you do? I do you do? 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:35.039 It's not just hype. Uh No, I don't think it's hype. 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.720 I don't think it's just a manufactured competition. I think 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:42.600 there is actually some competition there. I think that Logan Woodside, 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:44.840 of course, as someone who's been with this organization for 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:49.800 a while, obviously the coaches trust him. We've of course 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:52.400 seen him at practices getting a lot of reps. He's 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:54.479 done great on the scout team. He's a guy that 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:58.080 the coaches trust, which is great. Deshaun Kaiser is an 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:02.240 interesting person though he has an interesting arm. He is 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:04.800 an interesting guy to watch and I think that if 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:07.279 anyone can give Logan Woodside a run for his money, 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.840 it is a guy like Deshaun Kaiser. So I think, yes, 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:13.960 I think there is some competition there because what you're 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:16.520 trying to do is not just have the reliable guy 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:21.600 who understands it and is a great contributor in practice. 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.240 You need the guy that can fill in that is 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:27.440 the best fit in the event that QB one goes down. 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:30.200 Can you win? That's what you need? Can you win 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:33.200 if you have to play your backup quarterback against this 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:38.880 schedule to the level that you want to win this season? Right? So, 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.560 I think that you can't just have the guy that 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:43.680 you like and you trust and you want to be 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:45.520 on this team. It's got to be the guy that 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:48.160 can actually go in and win the ball game. Is 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.160 that Logan Woodside very well could be Is it Deshaun 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:55.800 Kaiser could be him too. Does that become the focus 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.840 the main focus of the three preseason games, the battle 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:02.680 for backup quarterback? I think so. I think that in 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:04.880 a game situation is the only way that you can 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:08.360 figure that out. And we've got three preseason games to 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.640 figure that out, all right. Next question is Dylan Raydon's 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:14.960 second round pick North Dakota State. The key to what 0:08:15.120 --> 0:08:18.880 happens in the offensive line, I think so. I think 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:21.600 that if he's able to perform at the level that 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:25.640 he is expected to and maybe hoped to, if he 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.960 can actually be a contributor on this offensive line, if 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:32.040 he could be a starter, it changes everything. If he 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.800 can be a swing guy, it changes a lot of things. 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.120 If he's a guy that can dress on Sunday, it 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:39.959 changes those numbers a little bit. I think that he's 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:43.320 a guy that we've seen him get a lot of reps. 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.920 We've seen him contribute a lot in practice. Let's see 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:48.960 if he can keep doing that through training camp. Let's 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:53.160 see really where he is in his development and getting 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.400 ready to play at the next level. If he is 0:08:55.440 --> 0:09:00.800 a starter, he changes the offensive line dynamic dramatically because 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:05.600 it allows other pieces to go into what they do best. 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:10.440 You get like Kendall Lamb, for example, is able to 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:14.079 do multiple things, including potentially play that jumbo tight end. 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.120 He caught a touchdown pass doing that for Cleveland last year. 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:21.240 So you're you're in a position then, because you're gonna 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:24.720 have injuries at different points of the year. If he 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:28.640 wins right tackle if Raidens wins right tackle and then 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:31.320 somebody goes down at another spot, say one of the 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:35.199 guards goes down, Lamb could play guard. You know that's 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:38.160 a possibility. I mean there are things that you can 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:43.960 do in those spots. If Lamb wins right tackle and 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:47.160 a guard gets hurt, well then do you move Lamb 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:49.560 to guard and put Raidens in it right tackle? So 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:53.319 you're making two changes. I think if if Raidens wins 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:55.880 a job, not to take anything away from anybody else, 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:59.240 but I think it takes the calculus of the building 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.400 of the offense of line and really helps it. Yeah, 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:04.760 I think you're right. I think that it gives it 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:08.480 gives some consistency to a position that could use it. 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:12.640 Like Dennis Kelly last year becoming the starter at right 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:18.079 tackle took away some moves. Yep, Because had Dennis Kelly 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.880 been the swing guy last year when Tato la One 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.680 got hurt, he would have gone to left tackle right 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:28.160 and you like having one of those veterans to be 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:31.440 that guy and then you just make one move instead 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.760 of having to make two or three moves in a 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:39.000 group that is so built on chemistry and consistency and 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:43.280 everything moving is one the least amount of change and 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.480 jumbling you can have within that group, the better your 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:49.320 offense is going to run. So the swing guys you're 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:52.800 figuring Kendall Lamb, we mentioned that's a pickup. I really 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:57.800 liked me too, me too, very excited. And then Sam Brilow, Yes, 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.760 who was playing good football last year when he got 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:05.199 hurt unfortunately. Questin Barry, who did a nice job at 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:07.520 left tackle on I mean he was the left tackle 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.680 on the AFC South champion. Is he a starter every 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:14.080 down at tackle? I don't know. I mean he's thirty 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.320 years old, but I think he's a good depth guy. 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:18.520 He's a good swing guy. Well, remember, you've got to 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:23.040 keep eight offensive linemen up on game day in order 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:25.840 to be able to keep forty six players up. That's 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:29.040 the rule, which means generally you're going to keep nine 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:32.840 offensive linemen on the roster. Some teams even ten. Yeah, 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:36.240 but the league worried about teams running out of offensive 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:39.960 linemen in games. It would happen for so they mandated 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:43.160 if you want to keep forty six up, eight of 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:46.920 those guys have to be offensive linemen. So you're keeping 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:50.320 more offensive linemen on the roster. And then you know, 0:11:50.360 --> 0:11:53.840 you've got some flexibility. I mean Daniel Munner on the inside, 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:57.160 he's sort of that center guard guy, and he has 0:11:57.240 --> 0:12:00.640 some flexibility to do some different things. I think you 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:04.319 got some young ones. Chandon Herring, the six seven rookie 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:08.000 from BYU most people thought would be drafted. Yeah, and 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:12.200 I thought that was a really super signing that the 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:15.160 Titans were able to make as an undrafted free agent. 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:18.559 I'm also interested to see Adam Coon, the wrestler out 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:22.080 of Michigan. Yeah, that's a very interesting one to watch 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:26.040 going into camp because who was it John Robinson who 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:29.600 was talking about how immediately they started working on what 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.000 he was able to do in his mechanics because they 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:35.839 were so wrestling oriented. Obviously, I'm interested to see how 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.640 that translates. We know it can, We've seen it happen before. 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.200 I'm looking forward to seeing what he looks like in 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:44.720 training camp versus what he looked like in mini camps. Well, 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:46.920 he's a player you'll know a lot more about with 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:51.280 pads on, Yes, because what he's gonna do well initially 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:55.679 is physical. His steps will not be great. His you know, 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.600 reach for this or grab. I mean, you're not gonna 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:02.000 watch him probably believe and make a technique video that 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:05.079 you show high school players. I mean that's not that's 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:09.400 not how that works. But sometimes a guy who's just nasty. 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:11.960 And I'm making any difference, right, I don't need you 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:15.320 to be technically sound one. If you can just get 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.360 big and get mean and grasp, if you can beat 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:19.480 the crap out of somebody, if you can get a 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:22.080 hold of them, as we like to say in East Tennessee, 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.280 get a hold of them. If you can get a 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:27.320 hold of them and not let them go and you're 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:30.520 not holding because you've got him on the inside, there's 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:33.719 something to that. And then as you refine the technique, 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:36.440 I mean, you would figure Coon is probably a guy 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.760 who's a practice squad candidate this year. You don't figure 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.320 he's probably a starter this year. Maybe he surprises you. 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.200 But if you see him in pads and you say, 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:51.120 oh oh, then you can take him and Sullivan and 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:56.160 Carter can refine him as coaches and you say, maybe 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:59.319 down the line, you got something special because those wrestlers 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:03.120 with those hands ends, it's an incredible skill set, oh absolutely, 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:07.400 And the balance and there's so many positive attributes that 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:10.840 you want to have an offensive lineman. I'm really excited 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:13.600 about why I didn't know anything about wrestling growing up 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.280 because I didn't wrestle. My best friend is a wrestling 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:18.840 coach in Memphis, and I've learned a lot watching his 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:22.040 teams over the years. And the minute the Titans signed 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.120 Adam Koon, he called me. I thought he was calling 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:27.200 about Julio Jones. He wasn't. Oh no, he's calling about 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.760 Adam Koone. He was saying, you know, this guy is 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:32.840 an absolute study. Said he didn't make the Olympic team, 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.320 which was a big surprise. He said, I think he 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:38.480 can do. It's exciting. That's from somebody who's done it, 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:41.760 you know, as a coach for thirty five years, who's 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.880 gone to camps and had a chance to see guys 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:47.640 like this over the years, and it's been done. Yeah, 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.240 it has. It's a great sport. There's a precedent for it. 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:53.600 I'm very excited to see how the two kind of overlap. 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:55.840 I just want him to be big and nasty. That's 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:58.440 all I care about. Tight Ends. Do the Titans have 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:02.280 enough of them right now? Do they have three or 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.960 four tight ends on the roster that they need? Yes, 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:08.080 with an asterisk well, there's no such thing, not on 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:13.040 the OTP. We make our own rules here. I mean, yes, 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:16.640 I think so. I think that for some of the 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:20.800 younger guys, I'm interested to see what they start looking 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:22.520 like when things are at a higher speed and you 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:24.880 get pads on and we really start rocking and rolling. 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:27.400 But yeah, I mean potentially, sure, what do you think 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.520 got a lot to prove? Yes, with an asterix, got 0:15:30.520 --> 0:15:33.360 a lot to sell me on my initial answer, I mean, 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:35.800 Jeff Swain played really well for this team last year, 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.880 and nobody's talking about that. Ferks or is Ferks, and 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:41.360 Ferks has turned into a real good player. Absolutely, And 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:43.920 so you got two right there you feel really really 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:47.040 good about. Tommy Hudson hasn't done enough to prove it yet. No, 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:50.560 Pickney didn't do enough to prove it last year as 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.320 a rookie, which jumps out. And then you've got Forestall 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:56.400 and you've got Briley Moore, the guys that you've brought 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.360 in as as rookies. And then you've got the option 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.600 you potentially of a lamb who can be a jumbo 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:06.080 tight end. You've got the two fullbacks who have some 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.840 tight end type skill. Maybe you only need three feels 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:14.120 like unless somebody really asserts themselves, this is a spot 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:15.960 where you're going to go get a veteran after the 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:19.840 third preseason game possible. But I think that there is 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:23.280 also potential within this group. Well, I think the potential 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.560 to me right off the bat is Hudson, That's what 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:30.520 I was going to say, because Hudson can really block. Yeah, absolutely, 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:33.960 I gotta see it because I think these guys have 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:38.800 to be so on point with their assignments. It's hard 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:42.480 to run a young player out there without him doing 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:46.840 something boneheaded unless they're just really on the ball. The 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:50.280 tight end position can be an overwhelming one because you 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.160 are required to be a part of so many different 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:55.320 facets of the offense. I think that some of the 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.640 smartest people on the field are tight end, right. You 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:00.400 can because there's so many things going on this day 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.640 in time. To be a true tight end, now, some 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.280 of these guys are just basically wide receivers. But to 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:07.840 be a true tight end, you can't be dope, right, 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.199 You just can't be dope. And the Tennessee Titans have 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:12.920 smart tight ends. They use tight ends as true tight 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:16.880 ends in that they are doing tight end things they're blocking, 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:19.680 they're running, they're catching, they're doing all the things. How 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.040 much do we see a j Brown and Julio Jones 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:24.480 together in training camp? I don't think a lot. I 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:27.240 don't think we're going to get a ton of them together, 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:29.040 not because I don't think we will see it in 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:32.199 the regular season, but I think that that's going to 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:35.320 be some tricky stuff that you'll see once in a 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:38.199 blue moon, and then it'll show up during the season 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:42.440 as fancy things. My opinion is that I agree with you. 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:47.159 I love it when that happens. And the reason is 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.480 because of the three preseason games. And here's what I mean. 0:17:51.160 --> 0:17:54.399 I think they'll practice some. I think they'll do some things, 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:58.399 but I think they will be paced from July twenty 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:01.120 seventh through August twenty eighth on a pitch count. They'll 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:04.520 be on a pitch account because having the extra week 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:07.800 to get ready for the first game is a big 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:10.000 factor to guys like that. I think it's going to 0:18:10.040 --> 0:18:12.160 be the same way with Derek Henry. Just my opinion. 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:14.000 I don't think you'll see the ball out there together. 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.920 I think you will see them practice. I think you'll 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:18.639 see them do things. I think you'll see them have 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:22.160 days off, but I don't think it's gonna be crazy, crazy, 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:25.280 crazy every single day because they'll keep them in shape. 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.119 They'll have them ready done on August twenty ninth, when 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:31.080 the final preseason game is over. I think they'll start 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:34.600 easing them towards Arizona on September the twelfth. So let's 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.879 preemptively give a public service announcement that in the event 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:39.880 that we are rolling through training camp and you are 0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:42.320 not seeing as much of your favorite players as you 0:18:42.359 --> 0:18:46.040 would like to, let us not panic and say that 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:49.800 everyone is an idiot because they're not using your favorite 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:52.960 player enough. One of these guys are underutilized in training camp. No. 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:54.879 And also people aren't going to be able to come 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:57.520 to training camp anyway, right, so you have to hope 0:18:57.520 --> 0:19:01.200 the people sharing the information about training camp aren't consistent. 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:04.680 Why aren't they together? Yes, let's all just cool our jets. Yeah, 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:07.760 that's right across the world. That's right, preemptive jet cooling. 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:10.320 Because I think what this leads to is the next 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:13.440 question is okay aj is going to be on the team. Yes, 0:19:13.520 --> 0:19:17.040 I think, pretty pretty sure, pretty sure. I think Julio's 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:19.440 gonna make it too. I think he'll make the cut, yep. 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:22.760 But how many wide receivers does this team carry outside 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:25.560 of them? And who in the whole group is even 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:29.240 guaranteed a roster spot now, Josh Reynolds, Yes, you would 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.840 think you would take a fourth round draft pick in 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:36.439 des Fitzpatrick. Yes, outside of that fight. Yeah, Well in 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:40.160 an interesting fight too, Like a Nick Westbrook Akeena who's 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:43.320 been around place teams and I'm excited to see him. 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:46.199 A Cameron Batson, who we've seen do something, could be 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:50.280 your returner. Yep. There's a lot of interesting things in here. 0:19:50.400 --> 0:19:54.639 The other part of Cameron Batson is he's different, very different, 0:19:54.720 --> 0:19:59.040 because he's your small, quick everybody else is over six 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:02.200 feet tall or so, it seems. Cam has that four 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:06.000 three speed, So it's almost like being different gives him 0:20:06.000 --> 0:20:09.240 an advantage in all of that. I could see them 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:12.400 carrying seven receivers feels like a lot. But I think 0:20:12.440 --> 0:20:14.480 I agree with you. Let me tell you why, because 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:18.560 you've got some guys. Chester Rogers has played some good 0:20:18.600 --> 0:20:21.760 football so far that we've seen. Fred Brown has played 0:20:21.800 --> 0:20:25.320 some good football that we've seen. Cody Hollister does good 0:20:25.359 --> 0:20:28.119 things as a more of a veteran receiver, who doesn't 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:30.280 play a lot. He too can play teams. But you 0:20:30.359 --> 0:20:32.399 got a guy like Racy McMath. That's who I was 0:20:32.520 --> 0:20:36.159 just and you know, I love Racy McMath. He's my 0:20:36.240 --> 0:20:39.359 guy now. I love Racy McMath is sixth round, pick 0:20:39.800 --> 0:20:42.760 six three, he's two twenty. He runs in the four three's. 0:20:43.200 --> 0:20:48.480 Racy is a really good teams player, really good. So 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:51.320 what if and we're gonna do defense next week? What 0:20:51.480 --> 0:20:55.400 if less of your team's guys come from defense than 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:59.399 having years past and more of them come from offense. Yeah, 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:03.480 So do you keep twenty six offensive players, twenty four 0:21:03.560 --> 0:21:07.440 defensive players, and then the three specialists because you keep 0:21:07.560 --> 0:21:10.240 seven receivers due to the fact that three of them 0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:13.080 are really good teams players. Yeah, And he's a guy 0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:16.400 that can be the consistent teams player that we've seen 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:19.479 him be in college. He loves special teams. He's one 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:23.040 of those crazy people who lives and dies for special teams. 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:25.800 But here's what else. He's big like a linebacker. That's 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:28.439 what I was in Westbrook. A Kina is big like 0:21:28.520 --> 0:21:31.719 a lineback. He's a big guy. He can be some 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:35.480 matchup issues in special situations in the event that you 0:21:35.600 --> 0:21:39.200 need a big dude, and I think that he kind 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:44.240 of underestimates his receiver abilities a little bit. I think 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:47.840 that he undersells himself as a receiver. I had the 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:50.240 chance to talk to him, and he really was talking 0:21:50.240 --> 0:21:52.119 about how he wants to get better as a receiver. 0:21:52.200 --> 0:21:54.359 He wants to be more technically sound, he wants to 0:21:54.400 --> 0:21:57.720 do all those things to earn that receiver spot, not 0:21:57.800 --> 0:22:01.120 just based on his team's playbook as a receiver, and 0:22:01.320 --> 0:22:03.320 I think his ball skills are a little bit better 0:22:03.359 --> 0:22:05.840 than he gives himself credit for, just in my opinion. 0:22:05.920 --> 0:22:10.240 So we look at running backs Derrick Henry, Darnton Evans, 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:14.959 fullback yep. And then a fourth spot. Is it Brian 0:22:15.080 --> 0:22:18.919