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Speaker 1: This is the OTP for Friday, July the twenty seventh.

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Speaker 1: Bite Keith aby Well, Hello mate, Jim Wyatt from Titans

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Speaker 1: Online dot com. How's it by doing? Some people are rich,

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Speaker 1: none of us. That is the story from St. Thomas

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Speaker 1: Sports Park today, day two of training camp. It was like,

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Speaker 1: you get a contract, and you get a contract at

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Speaker 1: least for two Titans offensive stars, two Pro bowlers, lots

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Speaker 1: of money handed out Taylor to one a multi year

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Speaker 1: contract that reportedly makes him the highest paid offensive lineman

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Speaker 1: at least for now in NFL history. Yeah, and good

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Speaker 1: for him and good for the Titans who able to

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Speaker 1: get him locked up for years to come. He's such

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Speaker 1: a big part of this offensive line, such a big

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Speaker 1: part of this offense. We've all seen Taylor grow up

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Speaker 1: right before our very odds over the years. Came in

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Speaker 1: kind of a young guy who sometimes had trouble keeping

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Speaker 1: that and I think he's very comfortable with where he

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Speaker 1: is now. And to see that handled the way it was,

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Speaker 1: he comes to contract that continue to talk, get it

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Speaker 1: done it. It was a great development. And anybody's seen

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Speaker 1: the video of him strolling out with his offensive lineman

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Speaker 1: with the dukes of Hazzard's theme song playing in the background,

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Speaker 1: has to get a little bit of a bring a

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Speaker 1: smile to their face a little bit. I'm proud of

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Speaker 1: the big guy. He definitely earned it. You can tell

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Speaker 1: that he's been working hard. He's made some substantial changes

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Speaker 1: from year to year to year. So I'm proud of him.

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Speaker 1: But little buddy's all grown up now. He was on

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Speaker 1: two bad teams and he has been a part of

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Speaker 1: the foundation of rebuilding this thing, and in the process

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Speaker 1: he has elevated himself to elite status in this game.

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Speaker 1: I agree with you, Amy Wells. He has earned it.

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Speaker 1: And if this team is going to go forward and

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Speaker 1: be what they hope to be, he's going to have

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Speaker 1: to be a part of it. He is an elite

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Speaker 1: and he's not going to. I mean. I think he's

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Speaker 1: as a little bit of a goofball just by the

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Speaker 1: way he does some things. Why he handles himself in

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Speaker 1: the locker room again for Fern of the Dukes the

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Speaker 1: Hazard's entry today with the offensive lineman with him. He

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Speaker 1: was wearing the boss Hog outfit. He's got a cigar

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Speaker 1: in his hand and like he's called himself Dad. But

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Speaker 1: you know, with all of that, you still get a

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Speaker 1: nasty football player who takes his job very seriously. And

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Speaker 1: now I got a wife, a young child that he

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Speaker 1: let anybody down. I conclude his family and the football team.

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Speaker 1: Did anybody doubt in the last couple of years that

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Speaker 1: Taylor Lawan would end up being the highest paid offensive

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Speaker 1: lineman ever? Like, was that really ever a question? I mean,

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Speaker 1: we know how strong of a player Taylor Muwe is.

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Speaker 1: We know what he means to this team, to this city,

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Speaker 1: the way that he feels about Marcus. I gotta stop

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Speaker 1: radio show and took away his captaincy, I think there

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Speaker 1: was some question, at least in my mind, if they

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Speaker 1: and I think what's most impressive about Taylor is for

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Speaker 1: He's a good teammate. I mean the guys, I mean

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Speaker 1: He's part of this thing, and that part of it

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Speaker 1: and you could tell by talking to him he's a

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Speaker 1: He's got a singular focus and that's to be as

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Speaker 1: I mean it's I had somebody asked me in the

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Speaker 1: So he has done what he said that he would do.

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Speaker 1: If you'll remember he said, I will prove that I

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Speaker 1: not there. I don't know what they do at home. Well,

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Speaker 1: I just don't know. I can't speak on their relationship.

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Speaker 1: He definitely, yeah, he definitely a changed man as a

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Speaker 1: conversation more. But he hadn't really flashed. No, but he hasn't.

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Speaker 1: And I mean, he was so productive at SC you're thinking,

430
00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,480
Speaker 1: my goodness, and you're right. I mean he today was

431
00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,320
Speaker 1: easily the most he had shown up in my mind.

432
00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,320
Speaker 1: He dove for balls, he was fighting for balls. I

433
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,840
Speaker 1: liked him. I'm gonna circle back to Davis one more

434
00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,800
Speaker 1: time before I move on from him, though. I think

435
00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,159
Speaker 1: one of the most encouraging things I heard today is

436
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,720
Speaker 1: when Mike Vrabel talked about the offseason Performers of the

437
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,640
Speaker 1: Year award and he mentioned Kevin Bayard and these are

438
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,000
Speaker 1: guys that just kind of worked who had another pick

439
00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:01,000
Speaker 1: today like that. But these are guys that that had

440
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,679
Speaker 1: a great commitment on the off season. Uh, you know,

441
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,800
Speaker 1: set a good example for their teammates. And they're they're

442
00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:10,080
Speaker 1: awarded with you know, parking places. You see where the

443
00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,640
Speaker 1: parking places, I've not seen what they are. John Robinson

444
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:16,120
Speaker 1: has given up his parking place. Okay, the parking places

445
00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:19,399
Speaker 1: are fantastic. How do we get into this competition. We

446
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,639
Speaker 1: can't get into the money either. So so that was

447
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,360
Speaker 1: so he rilled off the names of the guys who

448
00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,399
Speaker 1: won these awards, and one of them was Kevin Byered,

449
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,960
Speaker 1: one of them was Dereck Henry, one of them was

450
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,439
Speaker 1: Ben Jones, and one of them was Corey Davis. And uh,

451
00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,560
Speaker 1: for a second year guy who really didn't have the

452
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,560
Speaker 1: off season that he wanted to last year, a lot

453
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:40,639
Speaker 1: of us because he you know, came here late. He

454
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,360
Speaker 1: was a little bit banged up. You know, he had

455
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 1: the whole circuit with the NFL Draft last year, so

456
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,879
Speaker 1: he was out of sorts a little bit coming in

457
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,280
Speaker 1: last year. For him to spend the whole off season

458
00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:54,200
Speaker 1: this year and to have as good an off season

459
00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,640
Speaker 1: as he apparently has. I think that's a great sign.

460
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:58,960
Speaker 1: Who was the list again? Who the four plat was bired,

461
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:04,120
Speaker 1: Dave Us, Henry and Ben Jones. Anyone surprised at all

462
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,119
Speaker 1: that Derrick Henry won an award for working out in

463
00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,920
Speaker 1: the office would work out? Yeah? I know, right, because

464
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 1: that guy he's looking a little flabby. He's a little

465
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 1: just it's beyond every time I look at him, like,

466
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Speaker 1: are you bigger today, it's it's he's a monster. Ridiculous.

467
00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: He is bigger. He can park anywhere you want, park

468
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,119
Speaker 1: on the side of the process, I promise you. When

469
00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 1: I said something about flabby, I'm being facetious. Yeah, this

470
00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 1: guy is a monster. He's the craziest thing. He is.

471
00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 1: I don't even know how to describe it. I mean,

472
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 1: somebody was at practice today that Amy and I have

473
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Speaker 1: gotten to know, and he and his daughter were at practice,

474
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,920
Speaker 1: and he was an NFL linebacker in the nineteen eighties

475
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:50,359
Speaker 1: and he said, I can't believe how big Derrick Henry is.

476
00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:54,800
Speaker 1: He said, he's bigger than all of the linebackers. He

477
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,119
Speaker 1: I mean, he's almost bigger than the outside line. But

478
00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,280
Speaker 1: he's not bigger than the Derek Morgan. But he's in

479
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,200
Speaker 1: the I mean, God, Lee, I guess he still weighs

480
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,320
Speaker 1: under two fifty, but boy, he he doesn't look it.

481
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,199
Speaker 1: He said he's put on a couple of pounds. He

482
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,960
Speaker 1: was listed two forty seven last year. Said he's put

483
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Speaker 1: on a couple of pounds of saft stations. I would

484
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,720
Speaker 1: put him here in the two fifty range. You know

485
00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,920
Speaker 1: who else looks good is Jennis Smith. Have you seen

486
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,880
Speaker 1: the way this guy has really built up his body.

487
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,080
Speaker 1: I asked him today, I said, have you gained weight?

488
00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,360
Speaker 1: He said, actually, he has not gained weight. He's still

489
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 1: about two forty five where he was, but really has

490
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,119
Speaker 1: done a great job in the weight room. And that's

491
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:38,679
Speaker 1: uh noticeable with this player, the guy who you know.

492
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,840
Speaker 1: He and Jayon Brown who had another pick today, really

493
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 1: good interception of Marcus Mariota at the goal line. But

494
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,919
Speaker 1: those two guys have had just great off seasons from

495
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,920
Speaker 1: the two thousand and seventeen draft. Yeah, Brown, I mean

496
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,120
Speaker 1: a lot of conversation. Obviously, I know Wesley Woodard come

497
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,399
Speaker 1: off the best season of his career. I think you

498
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,280
Speaker 1: know he's established at one spot. And here a lot

499
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 1: of people talk about Compton and Rashaun Evans at the

500
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 1: other inside linebackers. Probably jam Brown has been as good

501
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,199
Speaker 1: as any player on the defense, you know, since the

502
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,400
Speaker 1: team started practicing in April. All right, so let's clean

503
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:15,439
Speaker 1: out the notebook, Amy Wells, give me something I don't know. Um,

504
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,119
Speaker 1: I noticed today the tempo of practice seemed faster today.

505
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,560
Speaker 1: Did anybody else notice that, even more so than yesterday?

506
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,760
Speaker 1: It seemed faster than yesterday. It felt like guys were

507
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,160
Speaker 1: moving all day long. Yeah, And I think offense probably

508
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:30,080
Speaker 1: gets some credit for that kind of setting the tone

509
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,600
Speaker 1: in practice. It's something that has stood out to me

510
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:39,320
Speaker 1: is how much conditioning they get in within a practice,

511
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:44,440
Speaker 1: even in their drills. What he has them do that's

512
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,840
Speaker 1: fascinating to me is he doesn't do a lot of

513
00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 1: the basic run between the cone drills. He does a

514
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,840
Speaker 1: lot of things where guys are are starting and stopping,

515
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 1: running at long angles, doing sprints, and then he has

516
00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:00,760
Speaker 1: them sprint at the end of practice, which is something

517
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,680
Speaker 1: that most of us did in high school. I mean,

518
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 1: they they put in work in terms of station to

519
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:11,879
Speaker 1: station and really moving more so than any practice I

520
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 1: think I've ever seen anywhere It's gonna pay off, certainly

521
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,400
Speaker 1: during the course of the the season, you hope. I mean

522
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,959
Speaker 1: a conditioning level was important for these guys coming in.

523
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: I think I think everybody's look really good. Yeah, all right,

524
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,879
Speaker 1: you give me something else, anything else. Those are my

525
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,160
Speaker 1: biggest one fifty five interception was real nice brown. Yeah

526
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 1: all right, Jim White empty the notebook. Tough not to

527
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,159
Speaker 1: see Mike Vrabel again. You know this. Yesterday he's in

528
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,919
Speaker 1: there taking on, you know, rushers. Today he's working with

529
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,159
Speaker 1: the running backs. He puts the pad on, takes on

530
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,320
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, takes on Dion Lewis, takes on David Flewell,

531
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 1: and just one guy for the next is coming after him,

532
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 1: and he's teaching him technique. He's taking some blows along

533
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,280
Speaker 1: the way. He's working up a sweat. You know, you

534
00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,879
Speaker 1: wonder where he's gonna be next. He was doing updowns

535
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,239
Speaker 1: out there with the players, so he uh, you know,

536
00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:01,720
Speaker 1: his intensity you can't miss. You couldn't miss the intensity

537
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 1: of one of the fans that was standing behind the

538
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,959
Speaker 1: fence line that was decked out in a Chicago Cubs

539
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:10,360
Speaker 1: bucket hat and a Western Michigan T shirt who kept

540
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: yelling at Matt Lafleury, was I love you, Matt Lafloor.

541
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:17,360
Speaker 1: Matt Laflour, you're the man coordinator. No, keep keep it up, Matt.

542
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 1: You know Matt Lafleur. So this Matt Lafloor had a

543
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 1: huge fan at practice day. You'll wondered if it was

544
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: because because of Western Michigan. Sure, you'll wondered if it

545
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,400
Speaker 1: was because of Corey Davis having such a great day

546
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,920
Speaker 1: that this guy is now thinks that la Floor is

547
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 1: going to be the be the guy that turns his

548
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 1: career into a special one. I don't think the Titans

549
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator was elated by this devide. I think he

550
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: was a little embarrassed because everybody heard it, I mean

551
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: the other so you don't want to be that guy.

552
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: And I'm sure probably a people ask him if it

553
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 1: had an uncle that came down to watch practice, or

554
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,840
Speaker 1: a brother or somebody, so he'll be hearing about that one.

555
00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:01,240
Speaker 1: Uh Again, I'm touching on this the intensity of the offense.

556
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: And there was a portion early in practice where I've

557
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 1: there are a couple of drops, a couple of plays

558
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 1: that weren't real crisp, and you wonder if it was

559
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,480
Speaker 1: gonna be a repeat of Thursday and Marcus Mario to

560
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 1: kind of gathered some of the young receivers around and

561
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: said hey, let's go. We was patting on the helmet

562
00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,600
Speaker 1: and then just like flipping a switch. You know, you

563
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 1: had Dean t. Burnett making a dive and catch. You

564
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 1: had Dere's Jennings making a good play, Taywan Taylor making

565
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: a play. I thought that was very encouraging. I think

566
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,240
Speaker 1: kind of set the tone for practice. It's good practice,

567
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,440
Speaker 1: good practice pads tomorrow. Excited about that. But I gotta

568
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 1: throw out the question. We're gonna do some questions on

569
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:43,600
Speaker 1: the OTP dailies during training camp. The question today, who

570
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 1: is the player who is not being mentioned enough that

571
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 1: you feel has a really solid chance of making this roster.

572
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna let Amy Wells go first. I say, David Flewellen.

573
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 1: David Flewellen, ladies, and yep, why do you feel this way?

574
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 1: I feel like he's had a solid camp. I feel

575
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: like special Teams is going to be a big thing

576
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,480
Speaker 1: that he can contribute on, and I think that he's

577
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:12,720
Speaker 1: got a shot at it. All right, So David Flewellen

578
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,800
Speaker 1: for Amy Wells, for Jim Wyatt, he is. I like

579
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,080
Speaker 1: Flewellen too. I think he's gonna make this roster. I

580
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: think the question now is whether there's a fourth and

581
00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,560
Speaker 1: whether Acrem Wiley can do enough to convince him to

582
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: keep four. And if there's only three tight ends, which

583
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: I think could easily happen, I think that improves, uh,

584
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 1: you know, a chance for a fourth running back even more.

585
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say there's Jennings. I mean just because, yeah,

586
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 1: you want one of my other ones. I think I

587
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: think I took I think I took Amy's yesterday because

588
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,000
Speaker 1: he continue know, because a couple of reasons. One is

589
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: because he's making plays every practice. I mean every time

590
00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 1: I'm watching practice. This guy's going across the middle of

591
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,959
Speaker 1: Meka catch, this guy's getting beating somebody downfield. This guy,

592
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: he's been one of the more consistent receivers from the

593
00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,720
Speaker 1: beginning of this off season. And two, because it's a

594
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 1: five on the back end, and when you start doing

595
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: the math, and it's easier to do when Richard Matthews

596
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: is not out there and he wasn't out there for

597
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: the second day today, But you start counting about counting

598
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: out receivers who can help, and you get to Jennings

599
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: pretty quickly because obviously you got Taylor, and you've got

600
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 1: Corey Davis and you've got tay Jay Sharpe, Michael Campanero,

601
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 1: I thought really had a good offseason up until time

602
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 1: he got hurt and came bounced back today. But then

603
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 1: you're getting next in line, and to me, it's Dare's Jennings.

604
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 1: All right, So Darius Jennings is number fifteen, he's a

605
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Number thirty two is David Flewell, and he's

606
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 1: a running back. I'm gonna go defense, and I'm gonna

607
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: go Sharif Finch outside linebacker, number fifty six out of Temple.

608
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: I want to see him in pads. I want to

609
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: see him in drills going after the quarterback. He's a

610
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 1: player that was productive, has had some knee situations, is

611
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 1: a player that the Titans really liked as an undrafted

612
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: I think he was probably the guy they most highly

613
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 1: pursued as an undrafted had to fight off several teams

614
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: to get him. So that's going to be my guy

615
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: that I want to watch it again. We're not necessarily

616
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: saying this guy's on the roster or not, but the

617
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 1: guy that's not being talked about enough who has a

618
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 1: good shot to make it and it's uh for me,

619
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 1: it's Sharif Finch. That was a good choice. Was that

620
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 1: going to be one of yours as well? No it wasn't,

621
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,720
Speaker 1: but on the fly that was a good one. Well see,

622
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 1: I think Luke Stalker has a legitimate chance to make.

623
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: It's gone this roster. See there you go, done, I

624
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:37,240
Speaker 1: win nailed it. I see your Sharif Finch. I'm a

625
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 1: racio Rico Gafford underdog Guy Gafford information. He gave me

626
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: the four two two number four. Oh tell everybody about

627
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: Rico gaff This is Colin was a Mike Keithby is

628
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: the fastest pro recorded pro day time this offseason, a

629
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 1: four point two two blazing fast. He's got a chance

630
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: because he can play in the secondary, but he's a

631
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 1: guy capable of helping him on special teams. He's a burner.

632
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 1: If he breaks one now he can prove his value

633
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 1: even more. Thank you for using him. I know one

634
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: will listen to Titan's radio in August ninth because you

635
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: will have used up myself can get it all here.

636
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 1: Gafford is a rookie at of Wyoming and really interesting

637
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 1: story as a matter of fact, and so he I

638
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 1: agree with you. I think he's got a shot. He

639
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,920
Speaker 1: made two plays yesterday that I saw, and I thought

640
00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: to myself, from young man, if you keep making those

641
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 1: plays in the secondary and then you show something on returns,

642
00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 1: you have a realistic shot. Amy's already declared herself the winner, though, Well,

643
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 1: because I got someone who's going to be on the roster,

644
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: and no one's really talking, all right, so now let's

645
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 1: move along. I don't mean to cut you off. That's fine,

646
00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 1: that's okay. The visitors have begun. The visitors have begun

647
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 1: here at Saint Thomas Sports Park, the training. Very exciting

648
00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 1: to see Dan Helly here today. Dan Helly of NFL Network,

649
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: who will be doing our games on television. Hopefully some

650
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: people will still listen to Titan's radio. But when you

651
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 1: have a chance to listen to Dan Helly and Charles

652
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,439
Speaker 1: Davis on the TV, that's pretty great. People can flit

653
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 1: back and forth. Well, it's pretty great. I mean, I

654
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: would put our preseason television crew, Corey Curtis doing the sidelines.

655
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: I would put our preseason television crew up against anybody's

656
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 1: I agree with that. I mean, that's uh, that is outstanding.

657
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 1: So Dan's here, You visited with Dan. I did, and

658
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 1: we're gonna let people hear that on the OTP. I

659
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,359
Speaker 1: think later this weekend. Yep. Do you know who else

660
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 1: was in town? Did you get to talk to Neil Reynolds?

661
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 1: Either one? I didn't talk to Neil. Neil Reynolds is

662
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: from NFL UK and fascinating to discuss the really unreal

663
00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:56,160
Speaker 1: growth of American football in the United Kingdom in Great Britain,

664
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,439
Speaker 1: and so I had a chance to visit with him.

665
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: This is uh and you'll be able to tell from

666
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 1: the accident who's who having the gay from Tennessee Neil Reynolds.

667
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:08,359
Speaker 1: The other voice you're here is clearly from across the pint.

668
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: What's it like for you watching NFL teams work up

669
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 1: close in this way? Yeah? I love. I love training

670
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,399
Speaker 1: camps because, really, like you say, you get the chance

671
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 1: to watch the players up close when we're watching the

672
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: games on TV, you know. And I knew Derrick Henry

673
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,200
Speaker 1: was a big, powerful bank, but I didn't know it

674
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 1: was quite the physical specimen that you see when you

675
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:32,319
Speaker 1: come out and watch practice from the sidelines. I love

676
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: training camp because you fans are out, this is a

677
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: great chance for the fans to see their heroes are

678
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 1: close and everyone has hope. So yeah, I find it

679
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:44,399
Speaker 1: fascinating to watch these guys work and it's a pretty

680
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,439
Speaker 1: intense practice considering there no pads on everyone's really yeah,

681
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 1: receivers are laying out making catches and I guess I

682
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 1: want to impress the new boss. You always no, we

683
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 1: are absolutely yeah, No matter what the line were, what

684
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 1: number of training camps will you get to see? So

685
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 1: I'm I did the Bags and the Eagles in OTAs,

686
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 1: so this time I'm just going to four training camps.

687
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,839
Speaker 1: I'm covering off the six teams coming to London this year.

688
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 1: So today I'm with the Titans on Friday, then I'm

689
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 1: going to fly tonight to Los Angeles with the Chargers.

690
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: On Saturday, fly again that night, be with the Raiders

691
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: on Sunday, fly again, and be with the Seahawks on Monday.

692
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,839
Speaker 1: So yeah, do this one today and then a little

693
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,919
Speaker 1: West Coast swing to finish off. So four teams this year.

694
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: Why has Great Britain taken to American football the way

695
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: they have? I think I think NFL fans in the

696
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 1: UK would say it's the greatest sport in the world.

697
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: They love the fact that the NFL has produced nine

698
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,400
Speaker 1: different champions over the last ten years. Everyone's got a chance.

699
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: It's wide open. It's the same reason everyone loves it

700
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: over here. It's fast paced, it's tactical, it's it's still

701
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: hard hitting, it's very, very exciting. You never know what's

702
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 1: going to happen on any any given Sunday. That old

703
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: mantra really does ring true. And you know, I think

704
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 1: the fans in the UK US knowledgeable now. They're really

705
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: really into the game. We show on Sky Sports up

706
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,280
Speaker 1: to five live games every week. They can get NFL

707
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,760
Speaker 1: Game Pass, they can watch all the NFL network coverage.

708
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:13,400
Speaker 1: So you know, it's only geography really that there is

709
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,640
Speaker 1: a difference. Every fan over there knows the game the

710
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 1: same way. We as Americans underrate how much you enjoy

711
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: physical sports, don't we. Yeah, we do like a We

712
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:25,839
Speaker 1: like rugby. We like a sport where they can get

713
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 1: stuck in. You know, I personally, you know, growing up,

714
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,919
Speaker 1: I like watching hockey, ice hockey as well, and I've

715
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,839
Speaker 1: I've been a fan of the NFL since nineteen eighty three,

716
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:37,760
Speaker 1: So yeah, we do. We like our sports, even you know, soccer,

717
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:39,719
Speaker 1: they dive around a little bit too much now, but

718
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: you know, I like it. I like it when they

719
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,520
Speaker 1: get stuck in a bit. So yeah, I think we're

720
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,759
Speaker 1: I think we're in the in the UK we're sports mad.

721
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: We're really sports mad, very passionate. You can see that

722
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,359
Speaker 1: with England in the World Cup as they went further

723
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 1: and further, and this sport, the NFL now in this

724
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:59,280
Speaker 1: league is an established part of the British sporting landscape.

725
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 1: We we expect to have games every year, regular season games.

726
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 1: We've got to that level where we feel like we

727
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: could host an NFL franchise. It's got that serious and

728
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:13,720
Speaker 1: that passionate over there. It's fascinating to us because it's

729
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 1: as if American football has become to you what soccer

730
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: has become here. I can't imagine life without soccer here now. Yeah,

731
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: it's comparable, and I think that's the same. Growth rates

732
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 1: are similar, and the way that it's the way that

733
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: it's viewed. You know, we're not saying the NFL is

734
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,759
Speaker 1: ever going to be replacing soccer in the in the UK,

735
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: but you know, everyone has a room in their life

736
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: for a second and third favorite sport, and I think

737
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 1: that's where the NFL can be and soccer and where

738
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 1: where the Premier league's trying to make inroads into America.

739
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 1: That's a good comparison. At the moment. Are people in

740
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: Europe just totally fascinated by the size of these athletes?

741
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: Is that a part of the attraction? I think, I

742
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,279
Speaker 1: think a little bit, but not not as much as

743
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 1: it used to be. So back in the day when

744
00:38:56,840 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 1: I first started covering the sport early nineties, mid nineties,

745
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,600
Speaker 1: is everyone wanted to write a feature about how much

746
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: the linemen eat. You know, now they want to talk

747
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,239
Speaker 1: about it you running a three four defense, a four

748
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 1: three defense. What kind of offense are the Titans going

749
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: to put in to get the best out of Marcus Mariotto.

750
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 1: It's advanced, it's more sophisticated than that. Now, there's still

751
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 1: that element and we can still use that to kind

752
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: of promote to the broad and masses. But because we

753
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: had Durell Casey over last a couple of weeks ago

754
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 1: working on a promotional tour over there, ye, such a

755
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 1: big man who can move so athletically is pretty unusual.

756
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,359
Speaker 1: So there's an element of that, but it's a very

757
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 1: very sophisticated fan base. Now, how did you get started

758
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:41,920
Speaker 1: covering American football? So I was. I was watching as

759
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 1: a fan on TV. We only had four TV stations

760
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 1: in the eighties, so I kind of watched for because

761
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 1: there was nothing else on on a Sunday evening, just

762
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: highlights shown one week later after the games? Are you

763
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:56,320
Speaker 1: know the previous week's games? We get the highlights. I

764
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 1: worked for an American football newspaper for three years, work

765
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,800
Speaker 1: for the NFL for six years. I went into BBC Radio,

766
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 1: Sky Sports now for about ten years. I played for

767
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 1: ten years in the amateur game. I played as a

768
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 1: tight end and as a hicker. We paid to play

769
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: the game. We would pay to play every week. It

770
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: was it was such a passion for us. Also, yeah,

771
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,760
Speaker 1: I've been a fan since eighty three NOWS two part question.

772
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: I'm one of the few who believe we will have

773
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: a team in London in my lifetime. A lot of

774
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,920
Speaker 1: people disagree with me. AI, do you agree or disagree?

775
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: And B what do you think is going to be

776
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: the biggest obstacle for there to happen? So I one

777
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 1: hundred percent think it's going to happen. I think it's

778
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 1: going to happen. I really think it's going to happen

779
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,319
Speaker 1: in the next three or four years. I think when

780
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:46,360
Speaker 1: we see the end of the next collective bargaining agreement

781
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: that wraps up a year before the new television deals

782
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 1: here in the US. I think putting a London team

783
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 1: in that period there would would help with the next

784
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: round of TV deals. Any London team will have to

785
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: be negotiated in the new CBA. There might have to

786
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,800
Speaker 1: be certain concessions. So I think it's going to happen.

787
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: I think it's going to happen pretty soon. I think

788
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: the logistics are the big big question. I think we'll

789
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: see a London team where they still base themselves on

790
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 1: the East Coast for America. So you think about tryouts

791
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,359
Speaker 1: on a Tuesday, when you've got to work out free

792
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 1: agent you know your left tackle goes down. You need

793
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: to work out ten left tackles. You're not flying them

794
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 1: all over to London. So you need to have a

795
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,239
Speaker 1: base on the East coast of America and then you

796
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:31,320
Speaker 1: go over and you play two or three games in London,

797
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 1: you come back and you play a two or three

798
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: road games in the States. So logistics are a big issue.

799
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:38,799
Speaker 1: But the NFL have tested a lot of that. They've

800
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:40,400
Speaker 1: done away with the bye weeks for a lot of

801
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,320
Speaker 1: teams when they come to London. We play lunchtime games,

802
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 1: so teams can get back on a Sunday night. You

803
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,439
Speaker 1: can get back on a Sunday night at the same

804
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,560
Speaker 1: time you would get back from a trip to Seattle,

805
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,400
Speaker 1: so you could be back in your facility after playing

806
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 1: in London that day. This year, playing three games back

807
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,240
Speaker 1: to back Week six, seven and eight, they keep testing

808
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 1: this market in the UK, and I think the fans

809
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:04,040
Speaker 1: keep coming up with the answers, so I strongly believe

810
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:05,840
Speaker 1: it's going to happen the next time we have a

811
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: situation like the Rams or the Chargers stadium and city stuff.

812
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,400
Speaker 1: I think we're going to see London in that conversation. Finally,

813
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:19,320
Speaker 1: Titans fans coming to Wembley to see the Chargers in

814
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 1: the Titans on October the twenty first. If you're talking

815
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,560
Speaker 1: to a Titans fan who's going to come over to

816
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 1: the game, give me two or three things they absolutely

817
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 1: have to do involving London in football. I think I

818
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: think you've got to get yourself out early to the stadium,

819
00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 1: so we have a big tailgate party outside Wembley Stadium

820
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 1: on the day of the game. Are we there hosting

821
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 1: on a stage. We have all alumni from both teams

822
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,239
Speaker 1: come out, special guests, loads of football chat on the

823
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:50,280
Speaker 1: stage and they'll see thirty two different team jerseys around

824
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: the stadium. It's a great atmosphere for that. So they've

825
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 1: got to make sure they get their early, make a

826
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: day of it like they I'm sure they do in

827
00:42:57,239 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: tailgates in here in the States. Anyway, we try and

828
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 1: do that same thing they go, I'll go for a pint, right.

829
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: I know some people who will do that, and I'm

830
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 1: related to some people who So you got to go

831
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,880
Speaker 1: for a pint, you know. And I just think, I

832
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 1: just walk around London. If you walk around London, it's

833
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,279
Speaker 1: a great city for taking a walk. You can get

834
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,439
Speaker 1: everywhere without having to get on the tube and get

835
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:21,720
Speaker 1: on a bus. I love it. You can walk through parks,

836
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 1: you can walk through city centers. So yeah, but have

837
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: a good walk, have a good pint, and then gets

838
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:31,080
Speaker 1: a stadium earlier. All right. I have to get your

839
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 1: reaction to what Neil Reynolds said. Neil Reynolds agreeing with

840
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,759
Speaker 1: me that there will be a team in London an

841
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:43,400
Speaker 1: NFL team in London in the near future, him saying,

842
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,440
Speaker 1: and I'll just repeat what he said. He thinks it

843
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 1: happens within five years, based on the next collective bargaining

844
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 1: agreement and the next television contracts. Those tie very closely together.

845
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 1: He thinks that the league will not be able to

846
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:00,880
Speaker 1: pass up the money. I don't know that I agree

847
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 1: it's that soon. Do you agree that we will have

848
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:08,839
Speaker 1: an NFL team in London in our lifetimes? I think

849
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 1: so eventually. I think that it will happen. I don't

850
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:13,480
Speaker 1: know if it's gonna be five years fast, but I

851
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 1: think it will happen. I think that after we play

852
00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,759
Speaker 1: in London, because I've never done that before personally, So

853
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Speaker 1: after we do that, I'll be able to tell you

854
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Speaker 1: if I think that's a good idea or not. But

855
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 1: I definitely think that there will be a team over there.

856
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Speaker 1: I think it's a great thought and it kind of

857
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Speaker 1: exciting to think about it. I know how much people

858
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:40,360
Speaker 1: there love the NFL, and I'm expecting a great atmosphere

859
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:44,400
Speaker 1: when we go over there in October. But that's a

860
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,799
Speaker 1: haul to get there, and it's logistic issues trying to

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00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,240
Speaker 1: get there. And play a football game, not only going

862
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:54,040
Speaker 1: becoming and you know, the NFL makes a work because

863
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:57,400
Speaker 1: of the Bay week after the games, you know, like

864
00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:59,239
Speaker 1: it will be for the Titans game this season. I

865
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:01,439
Speaker 1: just have a hard time wrap them around around how

866
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Speaker 1: teams are going to be that excited about doing that

867
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: during the course of the season. Neil made the point

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Speaker 1: though that I thought was interesting is that he believes

869
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Speaker 1: the London team will have a base of operation on

870
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:16,080
Speaker 1: the East coast of the United States, which I thought

871
00:45:16,160 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 1: was interesting is they will be they will have a

872
00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 1: place that they will work and train in the United States,

873
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:26,279
Speaker 1: that they will work out players that they so not

874
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 1: all of their football operations full time would be in London.

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Speaker 1: Well so then it's like it's like another American team.

876
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:36,760
Speaker 1: Well what it is an American team because it's the NFL.

877
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:40,040
Speaker 1: But the point is, and his point is, if you

878
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:42,360
Speaker 1: look at you have the New York market, you have

879
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:44,880
Speaker 1: the Chicago market, you have the Los Angeles market, and

880
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 1: now you have the London television market. Right, let's face

881
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 1: it too. Everybody wants to get paid. But it's I mean,

882
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:57,160
Speaker 1: that's an interesting concept there, the with part of it

883
00:45:57,239 --> 00:46:00,800
Speaker 1: being based here because you think about, you know, Tuesday

884
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:04,759
Speaker 1: here of the gay when players work out right, and

885
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:06,680
Speaker 1: to try to when you're looking for an extra guy

886
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,479
Speaker 1: on the roster, when you have injuries during the course

887
00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:10,319
Speaker 1: of the season. Just the thought of trying to get

888
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:13,960
Speaker 1: guys to fly overseas to do that every Tuesday, or

889
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:16,799
Speaker 1: other things that happened during the course of a week. Um,

890
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,640
Speaker 1: it's it's hard for me to see it happening within

891
00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:25,439
Speaker 1: the next five years. But I guess h always good

892
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: to you know, sometimes you just you know, can't be

893
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:31,279
Speaker 1: shocked over things that happened. I know you'll both be

894
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,759
Speaker 1: disappointed that Neil's recommendation of having a paint while you're

895
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: over for the game against the Chargers is one thing

896
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Speaker 1: that you must do. Well, Yeah, we can make that

897
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:44,960
Speaker 1: that that'll work. Jeff Harding, who runs this show, will

898
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,839
Speaker 1: probably join you. You'll lead the charge. Good stuff, all right,

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Speaker 1: So the visitors begin, the pads are coming on. Lewe

900
00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 1: is signed. Walker gets a contract extension. You want to

901
00:46:57,160 --> 00:47:00,360
Speaker 1: plug the second harvest food bank guns, Yeah, do that

902
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 1: for it. I was gonna get you to do it

903
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Speaker 1: because I don't know if I know the particulars is

904
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Speaker 1: food to pe there to go. Amy's got that to

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Speaker 1: practice that and that's tomorrow and Sunday. Am I right

906
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:17,120
Speaker 1: about that? Okay fifty am, both practices and there. You know,

907
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:19,359
Speaker 1: there's a lot of shade out here at practice. Their

908
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 1: places to sit down. Now if you haven't been in years,

909
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:25,319
Speaker 1: this is not the same Saint Thomas Sports Park for

910
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:29,600
Speaker 1: training camp it once was. And again free, there's parking,

911
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:33,479
Speaker 1: and again bring those non perishable food items. I'm glad

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Speaker 1: you brought that up, Jim. It's gonna be an exciting

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Speaker 1: weekend here at Saint Thomas Sports Park. Thank you, Jim White,

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Speaker 1: thank you Amy Wells, thank you Jeff Harding. Have a

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Speaker 1: paint for us, and we're back with more of the

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Speaker 1: O T P coming. Go