WEBVTT - Lots to Say: EXCLUSIVE Titans QB Cam Ward Interview! 0:00:05.496 --> 0:00:07.696 Lots to Say with Bobby Bones and Matt Castle is 0:00:07.736 --> 0:00:10.616 a production of the NFL and iHeart podcasts. 0:00:12.096 --> 0:00:13.216 We Got Lots. 0:00:13.536 --> 0:00:17.336 Just we got lots. 0:00:20.616 --> 0:00:24.816 Were here and we hope you say because we got lost. 0:00:24.976 --> 0:00:25.616 Just say. 0:00:27.336 --> 0:00:28.456 Yeah, we got lots. 0:00:28.816 --> 0:00:29.456 Just say. 0:00:31.416 --> 0:00:35.696 Here's Bobby that hey welcome. You know, sometimes you just 0:00:35.736 --> 0:00:38.576 go too hard and our guy here just went too hard. 0:00:39.495 --> 0:00:42.095 I didn't. Yeah, I think Vegas caught up Tony from 0:00:42.135 --> 0:00:42.536 last week. 0:00:42.656 --> 0:00:46.536 Vegas always catches up with everybody, and it's a mix 0:00:46.815 --> 0:00:48.936 because you get out there in that heat and those 0:00:49.855 --> 0:00:52.535 sand allergies what I call them so dry. It just 0:00:52.616 --> 0:00:53.016 kills you. 0:00:53.135 --> 0:00:55.816 And my lips were so chapped, and it's almost embarrassing 0:00:55.816 --> 0:00:56.536 because you guys sit. 0:00:56.456 --> 0:00:57.976 Down and talk to people and you're going like this, 0:00:58.096 --> 0:00:59.935 You're like, don't like your lips again, don't like. 0:01:01.136 --> 0:01:03.935 And it also feels weird to put on chapstake, Like 0:01:04.016 --> 0:01:06.056 I don't claim to be the most mass skilling guy ever. 0:01:06.136 --> 0:01:06.456 I am not. 0:01:06.936 --> 0:01:10.216 However, putting on chapstick feels like I'm putting on lipstick. 0:01:10.416 --> 0:01:12.496 It does, and if I do it, I try to 0:01:12.496 --> 0:01:16.776 do it when no one's looking at me, and so yeah, well. 0:01:16.936 --> 0:01:19.376 You know what you look good. Yeah, I feel fine. No, 0:01:19.416 --> 0:01:22.176 I don't. I feel awful. 0:01:22.176 --> 0:01:24.296 I've been up coughing all night, trying to get the 0:01:24.336 --> 0:01:26.256 demons out, as I like to say. But at the 0:01:26.256 --> 0:01:29.496 same time, you know, you know what's better than chapstick? 0:01:29.656 --> 0:01:31.976 And I tried this just because it was the only 0:01:32.056 --> 0:01:34.216 thing that I found in my wife's saying lip bomb. 0:01:34.576 --> 0:01:36.215 They've got like that glossy. 0:01:35.736 --> 0:01:38.576 Lip bomb that you mightst say, tampons, Well, never tried 0:01:38.616 --> 0:01:39.056 one of those. 0:01:39.816 --> 0:01:41.136 I thought that would have been interesting. 0:01:41.176 --> 0:01:45.296 I've had a yes many times. Yeah, And the kind 0:01:45.336 --> 0:01:47.656 that works are the because you have to like break 0:01:47.656 --> 0:01:50.136 the stick. Yes, you got to get the phone out, 0:01:50.616 --> 0:01:53.376 the foam up there. Yeah, I've done that a few times. Okay, 0:01:53.376 --> 0:01:53.976 look we're here. 0:01:54.576 --> 0:01:55.216 We sure are. 0:01:55.696 --> 0:01:57.216 Not only that you came back from Vegas went right 0:01:57.216 --> 0:01:57.816 to training camp. 0:01:58.056 --> 0:01:58.256 Yep. 0:01:58.496 --> 0:02:00.336 So we're outside sweating our face off there. 0:02:00.416 --> 0:02:01.856 Man, it was hot out there, wasn't it was. 0:02:01.936 --> 0:02:04.136 It was brutal, and so we're going to actually go 0:02:04.216 --> 0:02:05.776 back and play some of the cool off. We did 0:02:05.776 --> 0:02:09.535 a training camp first, we'll do us sitting with Ian Rapp, 0:02:09.536 --> 0:02:14.136 report of the rap Sheet of NFL Network, really one 0:02:14.176 --> 0:02:17.136 of my favorite insiders, and so let's start with us. 0:02:17.496 --> 0:02:19.615 I would say backstage, but I guess it's not really 0:02:19.616 --> 0:02:20.136 a stage. 0:02:20.336 --> 0:02:22.776 That was not a stage that was a mini like 0:02:22.856 --> 0:02:23.736 Janitor's classm. 0:02:23.776 --> 0:02:26.576 Yeah. Yeah, we're like underneath the stadium because it was 0:02:26.576 --> 0:02:29.576 so loud on the stadium. This is us with Ian Rapport. 0:02:33.936 --> 0:02:36.496 I feel like if I were to watch Cosso paint, 0:02:36.576 --> 0:02:38.936 that'd be pretty cool. I'm watching Ian Rapport tweet right now. 0:02:39.136 --> 0:02:41.216 I know it is it is too. 0:02:41.176 --> 0:02:43.696 Yes, finish your tweet, because you know we see it 0:02:43.696 --> 0:02:44.376 from the other side. 0:02:44.496 --> 0:02:46.775 We see it from the other side, and we're always. 0:02:46.896 --> 0:02:48.896 Be tweeting it. I'm just I'm just getting ready prepared 0:02:49.496 --> 0:02:51.216 because you know, you get the ghost sign and you 0:02:51.336 --> 0:02:53.736 got to be ready to hit the sends. I'm getting ready, 0:02:53.776 --> 0:02:55.176 so you guys can talk and I'll keep typing. 0:02:55.216 --> 0:02:57.056 You're seeing a professor at work. 0:02:57.216 --> 0:03:00.296 We are at Titans camp today, so if you're watching this, 0:03:00.336 --> 0:03:01.936 one of the bowels of the stadium. We thought we'd 0:03:01.976 --> 0:03:03.776 be on the football field, but they wouldn't turn the 0:03:03.816 --> 0:03:06.536 music off, which I guess a little a little much 0:03:06.536 --> 0:03:08.136 for us to ask to turning music down. 0:03:08.216 --> 0:03:08.776 Yeah, and it. 0:03:08.736 --> 0:03:11.336 Also was family day, so everybody's out there. You got 0:03:11.376 --> 0:03:13.896 kids running around. It's a little bit chaotic. So yeah, 0:03:13.976 --> 0:03:14.576 we're back here. 0:03:14.616 --> 0:03:16.136 I would like for you to tell the story because 0:03:16.136 --> 0:03:18.335 we were out and I'd asked you if you'd ever 0:03:18.376 --> 0:03:22.495 held before, meaning uh, on field on special team? 0:03:22.576 --> 0:03:25.136 Yeah, and you had, you have a history of holding. 0:03:25.256 --> 0:03:26.256 Did you ever do it in high school? 0:03:26.296 --> 0:03:27.296 Though? No? 0:03:27.376 --> 0:03:29.895 I actually kicked Pat's in high school, no way, And 0:03:30.056 --> 0:03:31.336 I punted, believe it or not. 0:03:31.496 --> 0:03:34.016 And you played quarterback and safety. Did you ever play 0:03:34.056 --> 0:03:34.456 d for you? 0:03:34.496 --> 0:03:34.696 Did? 0:03:35.016 --> 0:03:36.056 I was you knows? 0:03:36.456 --> 0:03:39.656 Never came off firstatile in college? Did you ever hold? 0:03:40.336 --> 0:03:40.456 Uh? 0:03:40.776 --> 0:03:42.336 College, I was always the backup holder. 0:03:42.336 --> 0:03:44.376 I didn't have to, But I actually didn't have to 0:03:44.416 --> 0:03:46.576 hold because I actually was on a special team's unit. 0:03:46.696 --> 0:03:50.896 I played on kickoff and kickoff return my junior year. 0:03:51.616 --> 0:03:54.216 So myself in linear battled out long story short. Midway 0:03:54.216 --> 0:03:57.016 through that season, Lineard's doing pretty well, you know, heading 0:03:57.056 --> 0:03:59.056 up the Heisman Trophy race and all that stuff, and 0:03:59.096 --> 0:04:01.656 so we had some injuries. They switched me to tight end. 0:04:01.656 --> 0:04:03.576 Well they when you switch a tight end, you don't 0:04:03.616 --> 0:04:05.856 just play tight end. You are on all the special 0:04:05.896 --> 0:04:08.736 teams units. So I'm on special teams kickoff, I'm in 0:04:08.776 --> 0:04:12.536 the wedge on the return team and just getting. 0:04:12.336 --> 0:04:13.976 So listeners are like, what's the wedge. 0:04:14.216 --> 0:04:16.656 The wedge is like when you you're the last line 0:04:16.656 --> 0:04:18.936 of defense before you actually get to the returner. So 0:04:19.135 --> 0:04:22.096 that means everybody that from that kickoff line coming at 0:04:22.135 --> 0:04:24.975 you gets the full head of steam because nobody touches 0:04:25.015 --> 0:04:26.095 them by the time they. 0:04:25.936 --> 0:04:27.335 Reach you, and you just get blown up. 0:04:27.376 --> 0:04:30.176 You're sacrificial wedge buster, sacrificial lee. 0:04:30.496 --> 0:04:30.895 Yeah. 0:04:31.015 --> 0:04:34.376 It was brutal, but in terms of holding, it was 0:04:34.416 --> 0:04:37.695 my second year in New England. Josh Miller goes down. 0:04:37.736 --> 0:04:41.335 He's our punter who's also our primary holder. He gets 0:04:41.496 --> 0:04:45.336 his shoulder hurt. I'm thrown into holding. Well, this is 0:04:45.416 --> 0:04:48.376 during like now our playoff runt our. First game right 0:04:48.416 --> 0:04:51.815 before playoffs was in Jacksonville. It's downpour. I just put 0:04:51.856 --> 0:04:55.216 the ball down, laces toward the kicker, Steven Goaskowski kicks 0:04:55.215 --> 0:04:58.535 it in laces in, No laces out right, O, no 0:04:58.655 --> 0:05:02.776 laces in laces in so like it was a hunter. Yeah, 0:05:02.775 --> 0:05:05.095 and I've worked it, but look when it's storming, you know, 0:05:05.096 --> 0:05:06.215 you just to do what you gotta do. 0:05:06.736 --> 0:05:06.976 Well. 0:05:07.015 --> 0:05:09.535 I ended up holding throughout the playoffs, go all the 0:05:09.536 --> 0:05:13.295 way through the AFC championship against the Colts, and that 0:05:13.416 --> 0:05:16.255 year was a year that Romo mess and fubbed up 0:05:16.255 --> 0:05:17.416 that one in. 0:05:17.455 --> 0:05:19.536 Set lost the playoff game. 0:05:19.616 --> 0:05:21.855 So that's in the back of my mind the entire 0:05:21.936 --> 0:05:25.176 time during playoffs, just more more stressful than even playing quarterback. 0:05:25.215 --> 0:05:28.055 Well here here's what's interesting to me. So like holder 0:05:28.135 --> 0:05:30.455 is a great job because you really don't have to 0:05:30.496 --> 0:05:33.215 do anything. Like you do it enough. It's probably pretty easy. 0:05:33.455 --> 0:05:36.255 You get to have like the celebratory handshake or headbutt 0:05:36.296 --> 0:05:38.496 with the kicker. Oh yeah, maybe they jump into your 0:05:38.616 --> 0:05:41.615 arms like there's some great moments. But on the off chance, 0:05:41.695 --> 0:05:45.176 you you know, Romo it like, that's bad. So I 0:05:45.176 --> 0:05:47.416 feel like risk reward, that's worth it to do it, 0:05:47.455 --> 0:05:48.936 but not a slam dunk it is. 0:05:49.015 --> 0:05:51.815 Luckily it was an opener, and I actually they started 0:05:51.856 --> 0:05:53.815 a year off the next year with me as the holder. 0:05:54.135 --> 0:05:57.215 First one exactly what you're saying. Came in hot Lonnie 0:05:57.176 --> 0:05:59.776 Paxson had through a heavy ball and I fumbled it. 0:05:59.856 --> 0:06:03.176 I yell, so you yell fire right. It was a release, 0:06:03.496 --> 0:06:05.296 So I'm trying to run outside the pocket. I get 0:06:05.455 --> 0:06:09.296 absolutely lambasted. Like coaches like what happened. I was like 0:06:09.335 --> 0:06:10.936 I think it was a little low. They watched the film. 0:06:10.936 --> 0:06:11.856 It's like hitting me right there. 0:06:11.895 --> 0:06:12.535 He's like, you're out. 0:06:12.655 --> 0:06:15.576 I was like, yes, I have a buddy who was 0:06:15.616 --> 0:06:16.376 a deep snapper. 0:06:16.775 --> 0:06:19.695 And two years ago the Cowboys picked Hm up last 0:06:19.695 --> 0:06:22.936 minute and so he goes in I like three days notice, 0:06:23.335 --> 0:06:26.335 and so we're excited because he's the guy. And first 0:06:26.376 --> 0:06:29.976 snap right over the head, first snap, The risk was 0:06:30.056 --> 0:06:31.095 much heavier than the award on that. 0:06:31.135 --> 0:06:32.815 To no, he stayed next and had a good season. 0:06:32.895 --> 0:06:33.575 Oh good for him. 0:06:33.856 --> 0:06:36.415 They had to have a deep snapper, so I guess, 0:06:36.496 --> 0:06:37.896 you know, you kind of don't go to three or 0:06:37.936 --> 0:06:38.616 four after that. 0:06:38.856 --> 0:06:41.575 I mean, but that is a tough position, man, because 0:06:41.775 --> 0:06:43.616 you only get noticed as if you mess up. If 0:06:43.616 --> 0:06:46.296 you just do your job the normal way, nobody's ever 0:06:46.296 --> 0:06:48.536 going to say anything to you. It's you're not gonna 0:06:48.536 --> 0:06:50.415 get any of the limelight unless you kick the game 0:06:50.455 --> 0:06:52.976 winning field goal. But the long snapper's not for the 0:06:53.455 --> 0:06:56.015 sequencing before that, right, it's just the kicker that's going 0:06:56.056 --> 0:06:56.655 to get the glory. 0:06:57.015 --> 0:06:58.096 And thanks for coming by. 0:06:58.335 --> 0:07:00.216 How many of these do you see you? 0:07:00.296 --> 0:07:00.536 Sorry? 0:07:00.536 --> 0:07:01.536 I thought you were saying goodbye. 0:07:01.775 --> 0:07:02.736 You know, it's been fine. 0:07:02.775 --> 0:07:03.096 Thank you. 0:07:03.135 --> 0:07:05.335 For the time. How many of these camps do you do? 0:07:06.255 --> 0:07:07.576 I think it'll be like sixteen. 0:07:08.015 --> 0:07:09.176 And do you stay on the road. 0:07:09.856 --> 0:07:12.936 Yeah, it's like an artist. You're like a like a 0:07:13.016 --> 0:07:15.096 rock artist, not even like a country artist. Or if 0:07:15.096 --> 0:07:16.736 like I'm touring, if I'm doing stand up, I come 0:07:16.736 --> 0:07:19.576 home during the week and I do Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 0:07:19.856 --> 0:07:22.496 No, it's it's I got my suitcase over there. I 0:07:22.536 --> 0:07:26.096 got like six changes of clothes. I will I got 0:07:26.096 --> 0:07:28.296 some washer sheets if you got to wash something in 0:07:28.336 --> 0:07:31.416 the sink, but you try to find like a washing 0:07:31.536 --> 0:07:33.976 fold where you can go, like stop by before practice, 0:07:34.416 --> 0:07:37.216 wash all your stuff, pick them up after practice, go right. 0:07:37.256 --> 0:07:39.336 I go from here, I'm going right to the airport. 0:07:39.376 --> 0:07:40.496 Like that's what it's like. 0:07:40.576 --> 0:07:42.536 You're like Green Day and ninety five touring. 0:07:43.096 --> 0:07:45.535 Just create out the talent, just out the talent. 0:07:45.816 --> 0:07:47.216 Well, let's talk about a couple of things here. 0:07:47.616 --> 0:07:51.215 Cam Ord I had mentioned earlier the expectation the last 0:07:51.215 --> 0:07:54.095 couple of years has changed with rookie quarterbacks because. 0:07:53.816 --> 0:07:54.496 We saw c. J. 0:07:54.536 --> 0:07:56.176 Stroud do it, we saw Jade and Daniels do it, 0:07:57.176 --> 0:07:59.376 but again they had pretty good supporting casts. 0:07:59.616 --> 0:08:02.415 What is the ceiling for cam ord this year. 0:08:02.536 --> 0:08:05.696 You know, I look at this place and I look 0:08:05.736 --> 0:08:08.136 at the Commanders last year, and I think the Commanders 0:08:08.376 --> 0:08:10.656 probably were a little more stable and had a little 0:08:10.696 --> 0:08:14.456 more talent than this team, but like not not significant, 0:08:14.616 --> 0:08:17.456 you know, like in the ballpark, and maybe you have 0:08:17.536 --> 0:08:19.976 some players who play a little better than are being expected, 0:08:19.976 --> 0:08:22.816 so maybe the talent is somewhat similar, like if Jade 0:08:22.896 --> 0:08:25.216 Daniels can come in and lead that team to the playoffs. 0:08:25.256 --> 0:08:29.896 Then considering the expectations of cam Wood, considering what I've 0:08:29.936 --> 0:08:33.616 heard today talking to coaches, players, people who are around them 0:08:33.616 --> 0:08:37.815 all the time, executives, like you know, the expectations are 0:08:37.856 --> 0:08:40.176 really high, and they have been more than pleased with 0:08:40.256 --> 0:08:43.176 what they've seen. Like you know, this team will have 0:08:43.295 --> 0:08:45.295 the chance to win some games, will it. I don't know. 0:08:45.496 --> 0:08:47.415 Commanders needed a bunch of help too, needed a hell 0:08:47.456 --> 0:08:50.336 Mary and a lot of stuff. But like, I don't like, 0:08:50.816 --> 0:08:53.296 I'd be surprised if this team is at least not 0:08:53.336 --> 0:08:54.376 a lot better than last year. 0:08:54.496 --> 0:08:55.935 As a number one pick in the draft. 0:08:55.935 --> 0:08:58.056 With when you think about Cam wod, is he the 0:08:58.175 --> 0:09:00.175 least talked about number one draft pick. 0:09:00.096 --> 0:09:01.136 That he's boring? 0:09:01.776 --> 0:09:05.216 Yeah, in recent history, like there's not not any excitement 0:09:05.295 --> 0:09:09.175 or on a movie in the city there is, but everybody. 0:09:08.856 --> 0:09:10.016 Nobody talks about cam Morton. 0:09:10.096 --> 0:09:12.456 I get it. I covered him extensively in the draft. 0:09:12.856 --> 0:09:15.816 I had a lot of conversations about cam Ward, and 0:09:16.216 --> 0:09:18.696 when it came time to really report on him, there 0:09:18.816 --> 0:09:21.936 wasn't a ton to say. It's a great kid who's 0:09:22.016 --> 0:09:23.616 raised right it she met his dad out here on 0:09:23.655 --> 0:09:26.976 the field, he works incredibly hard. He's a great student, 0:09:27.016 --> 0:09:30.176 He's really smart. He's kind of cold blooded on the field. 0:09:30.295 --> 0:09:33.456 Teammates love him. He wakes up early, he stays late. 0:09:33.776 --> 0:09:37.175 He organized his own meetings. Like there's not like a 0:09:37.175 --> 0:09:39.455 lot of discussion that he had, Like what's to talk about? 0:09:39.616 --> 0:09:41.016 Yeah, we need him to do something bad. 0:09:41.295 --> 0:09:42.815 The only thing that made the news was him being 0:09:42.816 --> 0:09:44.376 on a live stream talking about how really was like 0:09:44.376 --> 0:09:45.935 his favorite receiver of all time. Like he was even 0:09:45.976 --> 0:09:48.695 saying the things right while he was on a live stream. 0:09:48.535 --> 0:09:51.936 And like knowing that now, like that makes sense, Like 0:09:52.256 --> 0:09:56.496 nothing is by accident, everything is calculated. He has seems 0:09:56.496 --> 0:09:59.815 to have incredible awareness on the field. You knew you 0:09:59.856 --> 0:10:01.815 could see it today. There's a couple of plays you're like, 0:10:01.856 --> 0:10:05.016 oh boy, and then off the field obviously too, so 0:10:05.096 --> 0:10:08.416 like that's some good awareness. That's like, that's real stuff. 0:10:08.655 --> 0:10:11.256 Let's do five questions with the end. We'll just rotate. 0:10:11.295 --> 0:10:13.816 I'll go first. Aaron Rodgers. I watched him throw today 0:10:14.816 --> 0:10:18.696 just on Twitter. What's the ceiling for Pittsburgh this year? 0:10:19.655 --> 0:10:22.815 I mean, if Rogers is the same Aaron Rodgers he 0:10:22.935 --> 0:10:24.415 was at the end of last year for the Jets, 0:10:24.415 --> 0:10:27.655 they could be really good. Now. Like you know, older quarterbacks, 0:10:28.175 --> 0:10:30.776 you get lower leg injuries, Like those things don't go away. 0:10:30.816 --> 0:10:32.856 So like if he tweaks an anko or hurts a 0:10:32.896 --> 0:10:35.935 hamstring or a calf, like you know, he's old, He's 0:10:35.935 --> 0:10:38.575 like us. He's old, so you know, those things take 0:10:38.576 --> 0:10:41.055 a while to heal. But if he's healthy, they could 0:10:41.096 --> 0:10:43.896 be as good as they could be good. I mean, 0:10:43.896 --> 0:10:46.096 because that defense is good. They got some weapons, like 0:10:46.576 --> 0:10:47.256 they could be good. 0:10:47.736 --> 0:10:50.456 Expectations for Ben Johnson his first year with Chicago and 0:10:50.535 --> 0:10:52.535 Caleb Williams going into his second season. 0:10:52.856 --> 0:10:54.616 I mean, for Caleb Williams, it is going to be 0:10:54.655 --> 0:10:57.415 a challenge, like he is going to be coached very hard. 0:10:58.175 --> 0:11:00.776 I think he wants it, which a lot of people 0:11:00.856 --> 0:11:03.695 can say, but you know, you don't you've been coached hard, 0:11:03.776 --> 0:11:05.736 Like it's not the most fun thing of all the time. 0:11:06.336 --> 0:11:07.896 You don't sometimes want to hear it. 0:11:08.016 --> 0:11:11.136 Right, So that's what it's going to be. Like, I 0:11:11.175 --> 0:11:13.616 think they'll be better, you know, could they be a 0:11:13.616 --> 0:11:14.295 playoff team? 0:11:14.376 --> 0:11:14.415 Like? 0:11:14.576 --> 0:11:18.816 I think they could, but it's gonna be a challenge. 0:11:19.616 --> 0:11:24.256 Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones does this thing mostly preseason. He's 0:11:24.295 --> 0:11:26.216 talking a lot. It's not just after games, He's talking 0:11:26.216 --> 0:11:28.055 pretty much every day. He says he thought about for 0:11:28.136 --> 0:11:29.976 a second and not being the general manager. There's no 0:11:30.055 --> 0:11:32.856 chance of that happening while he's alive, right, No. 0:11:32.256 --> 0:11:34.936 Nope, I mean he bought the team to be the GM. Now. 0:11:35.055 --> 0:11:37.896 It's funny you say that though, because like they're an 0:11:37.896 --> 0:11:41.216 incredibly well run football team. They really are, Like Stephen 0:11:41.295 --> 0:11:46.376 Jones and Will McLay have done an incredible job of drafting, developing, 0:11:46.776 --> 0:11:50.336 setting it infrastructure, having a place where players can come 0:11:50.336 --> 0:11:52.095 in and contribute to media. Like, I know, last year 0:11:52.175 --> 0:11:56.816 was bad. Coaching wise, last year was not good. They're 0:11:56.856 --> 0:11:59.655 a very well run organization. So like do they take 0:11:59.736 --> 0:12:04.776 extra time to do contracts? Like, yeah, they do, But otherwise, 0:12:04.935 --> 0:12:09.535 like I think they're I think Jerry being the GM 0:12:09.655 --> 0:12:11.856 or not, They've actually done a pretty nice job for 0:12:11.935 --> 0:12:12.575 the Patriots. 0:12:12.616 --> 0:12:15.496 Mike Rabel, is this a team that could potentially push 0:12:15.576 --> 0:12:17.055 to get a wild card spot or push into the 0:12:17.055 --> 0:12:17.696 playoffs this year? 0:12:17.776 --> 0:12:19.616 Yeah, I would think so, because like the best thing 0:12:19.696 --> 0:12:23.376 Vrabel's gonna do is he's gonna make sure, like the 0:12:23.415 --> 0:12:26.095 bottom thirty guys are better. They're all gonna get a 0:12:26.096 --> 0:12:27.656 little bit better. They're gonna work a little harder, they 0:12:27.696 --> 0:12:29.056 can know what they're doing. They're all gonna get. 0:12:28.935 --> 0:12:29.576 A little bit better. 0:12:29.856 --> 0:12:31.695 And like that's how you that's how you have a 0:12:31.736 --> 0:12:33.976 good special teams. That's how you have good depth. So 0:12:34.096 --> 0:12:37.415 like in November, when the fifth linebacker's playing like he's 0:12:37.415 --> 0:12:40.576 gonna know what he's doing, you know. So, like I 0:12:40.616 --> 0:12:43.256 think they'll be a little bit better, and the quarterback 0:12:43.496 --> 0:12:47.256 could be really good, like really good. So that's you know, 0:12:47.776 --> 0:12:50.856 they should be like competing for a playoff spot and 0:12:50.896 --> 0:12:52.655 then when it comes down to it, we'll see if 0:12:52.655 --> 0:12:53.016 they get. 0:12:52.935 --> 0:12:53.296 It or not. 0:12:53.816 --> 0:12:56.295 Last question, most most years is a team that doesn't 0:12:56.295 --> 0:12:58.455 make the playoffs that ends up doing really well. Who's 0:12:58.496 --> 0:13:00.776 that team this year that's probably gonna jump? 0:13:03.016 --> 0:13:05.535 You know, the Raiders. I think have a chance. They 0:13:05.535 --> 0:13:08.016 got a quarterback now who's who's good is more than good. 0:13:08.576 --> 0:13:11.535 And I think Pete Carroll, you know, based on the 0:13:11.535 --> 0:13:16.136 way he'll help the culture there and you know the 0:13:16.175 --> 0:13:21.016 way he'll kind of just get him going in the 0:13:21.055 --> 0:13:23.455 right direction with a little bit of optimism and excitement. 0:13:25.496 --> 0:13:27.016 I mean, I think they have a chance to be 0:13:27.776 --> 0:13:28.936 much better than last year. 0:13:29.336 --> 0:13:34.256 And appreciate the time. Another shirt to watching the scene. 0:13:34.696 --> 0:13:35.616 Yes they're fans. 0:13:35.655 --> 0:13:37.016 Thank you, Thank you guys. 0:13:52.456 --> 0:13:54.576 All right after we finished with the end. We were 0:13:54.616 --> 0:13:57.736 lucky enough that Tony Pollard came by. Antony Pollard had 0:13:57.776 --> 0:14:00.136 his first year with Titans. Last year before that was 0:14:00.175 --> 0:14:03.736 the Dallas Cowboys, split some time with Zeke you know, 0:14:05.136 --> 0:14:06.096 not big of a dude. 0:14:06.616 --> 0:14:09.176 It wasn't that big a deal, dude, But what a 0:14:09.216 --> 0:14:12.295 cool story, right, Yeah, because the story about him going 0:14:13.055 --> 0:14:15.456 being recruited to college as a wide receiver and making 0:14:15.456 --> 0:14:18.376 that trendes into running back his junior year in college 0:14:18.776 --> 0:14:21.496 and then going to the Dallas Cowboys backing up Ezekiel Elliott, 0:14:21.736 --> 0:14:25.576 getting some time and just working his way into being 0:14:25.896 --> 0:14:27.736 the number one guy, and then finally coming to the 0:14:27.776 --> 0:14:32.056 Tennessee Titans. Really cool story and really good player gives 0:14:32.096 --> 0:14:33.616 hope to a guy like me. I can still make it. 0:14:33.856 --> 0:14:34.776 You can still make it. 0:14:34.936 --> 0:14:37.016 Like when I say not big, mostly I just mean 0:14:37.096 --> 0:14:41.536 like not he's not super tall, but he's definitely you 0:14:41.576 --> 0:14:43.616 would see him and think that's an athlete in something. 0:14:44.496 --> 0:14:45.455 But I don't know. 0:14:45.536 --> 0:14:48.656 Running backs now have to take so much abuse that 0:14:48.776 --> 0:14:51.056 I expected. I guess another forty pounds on just any 0:14:51.096 --> 0:14:52.376 generic NFL running. 0:14:52.096 --> 0:14:54.776 Back, right, But I think that part of his game 0:14:54.856 --> 0:14:56.615 too is he's making people miss. 0:14:56.696 --> 0:14:57.736 And why I can do it. 0:14:57.776 --> 0:14:59.536 I think he's making people miss. 0:14:59.576 --> 0:15:02.736 He's got value in the past game because he obviously 0:15:02.816 --> 0:15:04.936 can be a guy that comes out of the backfield, 0:15:04.976 --> 0:15:06.056 catches the and get. 0:15:05.896 --> 0:15:07.056 You yardage there. 0:15:07.096 --> 0:15:09.936 But he's also one of those guys the last two 0:15:09.976 --> 0:15:12.296 seasons head over a thousand yards, so he's proven that 0:15:12.336 --> 0:15:13.576 he can run inside the tackles. 0:15:13.736 --> 0:15:13.976 Well. 0:15:14.176 --> 0:15:16.096 Here he is. I actually loved hanging out with him. 0:15:16.216 --> 0:15:22.896 Here is Tony Pollard. What happens out there today a 0:15:23.016 --> 0:15:24.776 day like today, because you guys didn't have pads on, 0:15:25.056 --> 0:15:27.576 but it looked like you were making a little bit 0:15:27.576 --> 0:15:29.376 of contact, Like what's the stop rule? 0:15:30.416 --> 0:15:32.376 I mean today is pretty much how we've been doing 0:15:32.416 --> 0:15:35.096 it at the facility of practicing. You know, we're not 0:15:35.176 --> 0:15:37.656 in past yet, so it's just it's pretty much like 0:15:37.656 --> 0:15:40.896 a light tap off. You know, we had the spiders 0:15:40.936 --> 0:15:43.656 on that were kind of padded, so yeah, just just running, 0:15:44.016 --> 0:15:46.136 trying to get yourself a position and then tag off 0:15:46.176 --> 0:15:47.335 on help if you can, and. 0:15:47.296 --> 0:15:48.496 Then just let the guy run by. 0:15:49.536 --> 0:15:51.215 When you go through these practices, like you said, you're 0:15:51.216 --> 0:15:53.616 in shells and doing all this stuff, when do you 0:15:53.696 --> 0:15:55.496 really finally start to feel that contact. 0:15:55.576 --> 0:15:57.816 Is it not until week one or you know, preseason. 0:15:57.856 --> 0:16:00.335 Obviously you get a little bit of that, but it's 0:16:00.376 --> 0:16:03.256 a different scenario when somebody's actually trying to tackle you. 0:16:03.296 --> 0:16:05.696 I would say, count, you know, count. Once we get 0:16:05.736 --> 0:16:08.136 into pasts, that's when you know we're really playing football. 0:16:08.176 --> 0:16:10.816 Like today, it's really hard to you know, just to 0:16:10.936 --> 0:16:13.176 run the ball on the day like today without pass 0:16:13.216 --> 0:16:16.456 everybody slippery, sweaty. But once we get in camp, you know, 0:16:16.496 --> 0:16:19.376 once we get to traveling, you know, playing other teams 0:16:19.376 --> 0:16:21.456 scrimmage and other teams like that, that's when we're really 0:16:21.736 --> 0:16:23.376 getting into playing football. 0:16:23.736 --> 0:16:24.696 Getting ready for the year. 0:16:25.416 --> 0:16:27.336 When do you start training hard and then do you 0:16:27.336 --> 0:16:29.496 taper off before you get started again? Like what is 0:16:29.536 --> 0:16:31.456 preparation like before the year starts. 0:16:32.896 --> 0:16:35.696 I mean, after the season, it's probably best to take 0:16:35.696 --> 0:16:37.776 a few weeks off, probably take like a month off, 0:16:38.016 --> 0:16:40.216 you know, just let your body recover from whatever injuries 0:16:40.296 --> 0:16:42.816 you were dealing with, and uh, once you're feeling healthy 0:16:42.816 --> 0:16:44.496 to get back to it, get back to working out. 0:16:44.816 --> 0:16:47.016 Then you got OTAs, you got mini camp. Then after 0:16:47.056 --> 0:16:49.056 that you get a month. So I would say like 0:16:49.216 --> 0:16:51.256 during that month, you probably take like a week off, 0:16:51.256 --> 0:16:53.256 week and a half, and then you're back to it 0:16:53.296 --> 0:16:55.056 getting to the ground. So when you come in for camp, 0:16:55.136 --> 0:16:55.896