1 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: You can plan on Farm Bureau Health Plans for better coverage, 3 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: better rates, and better customer service. They've been protecting Tennesseean's 4 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: with the home field advantage for almost seventy five years. 5 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: Maybe wells on, Mike Keith and many. Camp is complete. 6 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: We made it. The majority of the players are gone. 7 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: The rookies are here for another week. It is a 8 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: week right, Yes, it's a weekend. And then everyone reconvenes 9 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: the last weekend July to start the slog towards August 10 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,840 Speaker 1: thirteenth in Atlanta, the first preseason game, and then obviously 11 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: and more importantly September twelfth, here at Nissan Stadium against 12 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals at noon Central time. We have reached 13 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: the six weeks of summer. Here it is. This is 14 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: pretty much it for everybody where you can pretty safely 15 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: get lost. Ye yes, And the coaches will get lost 16 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: for a period of time, people on staff will get lost, 17 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: The players will continue to train. This was always the 18 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: period of the year when I first arrived at the team, 19 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: that the coaching staff and the personnel staff were worried 20 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: about so much because guys would just go off and eat, 21 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: which is what I do. Well, your level of responsibility 22 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: slightly different. So when I got here in the late nineties, 23 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: that was a real concern. So guys come back just 24 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: incredibly overweight, or they would have gained a bunch of 25 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,040 Speaker 1: weight since they last saw them. That would happen. It 26 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: didn't happen all the time, but it did happen. You know, 27 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: Eddie George would go off to you know, the desert 28 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: somewhere or wherever he went to, you know, yeah, and 29 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: train like crazy. Other guys not so much. That's not 30 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: really what they do. Other guys be driving through at 31 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: steak and shake, you know, and what all people do 32 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 1: in the summer. Right, But that was the whole thing. Well, 33 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: now they continue to train. They go to California, they 34 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: go to Arizona, they go to Florida, you know, all 35 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: of those sorts of things, and even if they travel 36 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: a little bit, they go places where they can continue 37 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: to work out and it never changes. I can't remember 38 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: the last guy I saw who came in and you thought, boy, 39 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: he's been doing nothing. Yeah, guys trained, but they found 40 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:38,119 Speaker 1: beautiful places to train, right, everybody trains in like Arizona. 41 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: These beautiful facilities are in Florida or at a spawn 42 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: in California, like I mean, or the Bahamas or something 43 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: crazy like that. And I'm sure the workouts are very 44 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: rigorous and very hard and not what I would like 45 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: to be doing. But like I would go to the 46 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: Bahamas to train, sure that, I mean that sounds fine. 47 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean what they do is pretty 48 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 1: Nutso it's like the hit CrossFit to a completely different level. 49 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: It is. It is hardcore, and the things that like 50 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry does just for fun, just to see what 51 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: would happen, are bananas. But still I'd be more inclined 52 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: to do impossible workouts in a beautiful tropical play get it. 53 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: But they're with their families and they're able to get away. 54 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: And you have some of this because some of the 55 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: guys with children, who you know, we're sort of penned 56 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: down during the pandemic are going to see the grandparents 57 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: and going to visit family and going to be with 58 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: friends and doing things that they can now with all 59 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: of the vaccination that is going on. The vaccination was 60 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: the biggest news of the week in the league. Yeah, 61 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: it overshadowed Aaron Rodgers. Again, it overshadowed everything that was 62 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: out there was the news that the league and the 63 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: players Association came to an agreement, and this was said 64 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: by several analyst, but I think it was very well put. 65 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: Life is going to be a lot easier for an 66 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: NFL player who is vaccinated than one who is not 67 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: right right, And that's just the reality. And it's the 68 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: same as what we're seeing in America just in general. 69 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: Life seems to be a little bit easier, a little 70 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: less complicated if you are vaccinated as opposed to if 71 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: you are not. If you are a vaccinated NFL player, 72 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: you are going to be tested for COVID nineteen every 73 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: fourteen days. If you were a non vaccinated NFL player, 74 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: you were still going to be tested every day. You're 75 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: still going to have a mask requirement, You're still going 76 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: to have a distancing requirement. You're going to be in 77 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: a position where there are certain areas that you can 78 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: only enter at certain times, which you know, for the 79 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,799 Speaker 1: training room or the weight room or however that's done. 80 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: It's just gonna be a hassle. And you wonder this, 81 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: and Mike Vrabel was asked this in his final press 82 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: conference at the end of Mini camp. He was that's 83 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 1: the question. Our teams that have more players vaccinated going 84 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 1: to be at an advantage in terms of their preparation. 85 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: And I thought, knowing Vrabel, he would say, you know, 86 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: he would just but he didn't. No, he didn't. He said, 87 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: we will still be able to prepare, we will still 88 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: be able to get together. You could say it in 89 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: the words you want to say to paraphrase him, but 90 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: I would say he more or less said, it'll be 91 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: more complicated. It would certainly be more convenient the more 92 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: guys that you have vaccinated, right, And I think that 93 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: he answered the question well, given that Mike Vrabel is 94 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 1: not a guy that will make excuses for any reason 95 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: or use any outside circumstance as a reason to point 96 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: to a win or a loss. That's just Mike Vrabel. 97 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 1: He did, however, say or imply, I guess more than anything, 98 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: it will be more complicated the more people you have 99 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: that are not vaccinated. Right. It is an added layer 100 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: of choreogra fee that the team needs to maneuver when 101 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: you have a lot of guys that aren't getting the 102 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: vaccine just because you have to navigate the protocols that 103 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: still exist. Let's say you get ninety guys and only 104 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: fifty you're vaccinated. Then you get forty guys that you're 105 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: having to maneuver around. Now, that's just in the preseason 106 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: and the games don't count. And I know this, but 107 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 1: but that's clunky. It's clunky in a time that training 108 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: camp as an entity is clunky. It's it's just kind 109 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: of a bear of an experience for everyone involved, from 110 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: the operations guys, to the cooks, to the coaching staff 111 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: to the players. It's it's just a cumbersome thing. Getting 112 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,119 Speaker 1: ninety guys basically living in a building for a month. 113 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: It's just kind of hard having to separate some of 114 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: those guys and have them operate in a different manner 115 00:06:55,120 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: than other guys, and have them navigating kind of orbiting 116 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: around some of the other team and not being able 117 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: to participate in the same spaces all the time. It 118 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: would be a little chaotic. Well, if you get to 119 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: the regular season and then you have the fifty three 120 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: and you have the practice squad, so roughly seventy guys, 121 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: if you have twenty to twenty five who are not vaccinated, 122 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: that's clunky. Two Yeah, but then you're preparing and does 123 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: it take time away from the preparation now? But does 124 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: it make it harder and add a layer to it 125 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,679 Speaker 1: that you would rather not have? If you're Mike Vrabel, 126 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: I would say yes, yeah, and I agree with that. 127 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: And there are so many layers to this decision for 128 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 1: players and the whole vaccine experience. There's a lot of 129 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: stuff to it, and we understand that there's a lot 130 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: of contributing factors that go into deciding whether or not 131 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,360 Speaker 1: a person is going to get vaccinated. However, if I 132 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: am a head football coach, things to be the things 133 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 1: that I can control to be as easy as possible. Sure, 134 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 1: So what Mike Vrabel can control right now is providing education, 135 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 1: is providing ways for guys to access vaccines if they 136 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: want them. He can do everything that he can to 137 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: encourage guys to make that choice, and then it's kind 138 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: of out of his hands. Then what he can control 139 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: is navigating around the chaos of trying to get everybody 140 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 1: prepared and ready to play. I think that if there's 141 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 1: a choice, you want every person on your team vaccinated. Well, 142 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: it's like what Bruce arians said, He said, I'm an expert. 143 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,839 Speaker 1: You know, some coaches have brought in experts to try 144 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: to convince guys. He said, I'm an expert, you should 145 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: get the vaccine. And that's Bruce arians. I didn't take 146 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: it as a political comment or a medical comment. He's 147 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 1: just saying it helps our football team. Yeah, if more 148 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 1: guys are vaccinated, because then the chances are what we're seeing. 149 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: Then the data clearly shows it. They're less outbreaks, right, 150 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: there's less contact tracing. So what you're doing is it's 151 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: it's like when a team has a flu outbreak, which 152 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,839 Speaker 1: does happen on ball clubs. We've seen it, Yeah, we've 153 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 1: seen it, and we you know, a couple of years ago, 154 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: three years ago, we had like a stomach bug and 155 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: so there's gross. So they're getting everybody away from everybody 156 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: else because of the stomach bug. Well, I mean that happens, 157 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: you know, people get a cold, people get the flu, 158 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: you know, whatever. This by taking the vaccine cuts down 159 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: on that chance. And the coaches always love things they 160 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: can control to be controlled. Absolutely. I think that's what 161 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,839 Speaker 1: you're saying earlier is the more things that they can 162 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 1: control is what they like. They're not making political comments. 163 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: They're not making social comments, they're not making medical comments. 164 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 1: They're saying, you know what, we've got to beat Washington 165 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: this week. And if I got all my dudes, I 166 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: got a chance to beat Washington this week. If I 167 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: got ten of them out because we're in a contact 168 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: tracing situation and a couple of them are COVID positive, 169 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: then that's tough. Here's the other thing about the testing. 170 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 1: The people we worked with who were Tier one and 171 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: Tier two talked about this so much because we were not. 172 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: We were Tier three, right, so we were not near 173 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 1: the players and the coaches at all last year. In 174 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 1: our roles with the ball club, you have to get 175 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,680 Speaker 1: tested every day, every day. Now. That means if you 176 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,359 Speaker 1: don't have anything going on, if it's a off day situation, 177 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: you are still getting tested. Still had to go in 178 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: and get tested. And you didn't get to do it 179 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,079 Speaker 1: at four o'clock in the afternoon or what you had 180 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: to get up and drive in every morning. You had 181 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: to do it by what seven or seven early yeah. 182 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: I can't speak to that one hundred percent, but it 183 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: was early. Yeah. And so if we win a ballgame 184 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:54,839 Speaker 1: and Vrabel says, we'll see you Wednesday on Sunday and 185 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: you're not vaccinated, you still have to get up and 186 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 1: come in Monday and Tuesday day morning to be tested. 187 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: Because here's the thing about the testing protocol. If you 188 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,120 Speaker 1: miss a day, your whole thing starts over. You have 189 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: to quarantine for ten days, so you can't do anything, 190 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: like you cannot leave your home for ten days, right, 191 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: and then you have to restart in the cycle. It 192 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 1: is incredibly disruptive to your life, right and overall just 193 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: happiness as a human being. I would assume if you 194 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: fall out of your testing cycle, So you don't want 195 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: to miss a day, and why I even want to 196 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,079 Speaker 1: think about that. I've got other stuff going on. I'm 197 00:11:38,120 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: sure these guys have other stuff going on, like preparing 198 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: to beat the Jags, right, Like that is a different 199 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 1: thing that's in your brain to have to think, oh crap, 200 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: I've got to get to the facility. It's a Saturday, 201 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: but I got a test, right, No, thank you? Yeah? 202 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: I mean I think it's a thing. It's undoubtedly a thing. 203 00:11:58,040 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: A couple of things who want to hit on it. 204 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: I want to talk about what we saw on the field, 205 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: but I want to talk about six one five day 206 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: really quickly because I don't want to miss it. We 207 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: got free shirts, and so by them plying us with 208 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: free shirts, we promoted it. And we went to six 209 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,960 Speaker 1: one five Day at Severe Park, the farmer's market that 210 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: they do there. It was so cool, It was really cool. 211 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:28,079 Speaker 1: It's really an outstanding thing. A lot of our Titans 212 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,480 Speaker 1: brothers and sisters were there working it, and we met 213 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: a lot of Titans fans. Thank you to the ot 214 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,080 Speaker 1: people that we met there that they became aware of 215 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: six one five Day and the clothes of it at 216 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,760 Speaker 1: Severe Park by virtue of listening to the podcast, So 217 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 1: thank you. I also want to thank And this was 218 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 1: after I departed from you and your dog Weller, who 219 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,440 Speaker 1: you brought to the to the party. Yeah, we had 220 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: to talk about that in a minute. Okay. So I 221 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: met the folks, and of course it's a farmer's market, 222 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: so all kinds of people are selling things. Jim spaghetti sauce. 223 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 1: What Jim spaghetti sauce? I got talking to them. They 224 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: were looking at season tickets. We had a great conversation 225 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: about Julio and Amy Adams Trunk. They were really cool people. 226 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: Well Jim's and so I get the backstory. Jim steak 227 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: in Spaghetti is actually out of Huntington, West Virginia. I 228 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: lived there for a minute. Okay, so they opened in 229 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: nineteen thirty eight. Well, some of the relatives live here, 230 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 1: grew up here, and so they sell the famous spaghetti sauce. 231 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: Well that's pretty well, that's pretty great. And I mean 232 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: so stories like that are why these things are so cool. 233 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,600 Speaker 1: And all of the kids and the dogs and everybody 234 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 1: out wearing their titan stuff. It was a great event. 235 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: So congratulations to our staff here who worked really hard 236 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 1: to promote that, gave away a bunch of money, did 237 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 1: a bunch of outstanding promotion on June the fifteenth, which 238 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: is of course six one five, yes, six one days. 239 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,119 Speaker 1: There you go, fabulous time. I'm all for a fabulous 240 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 1: time anytime, and so to create something that the community 241 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: could enjoy that much, and you know, I just I 242 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: just really had a good time. It was really just 243 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 1: wandering around. The only problem was by the time we 244 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: got there, most of the food was gone. Yeah you 245 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: ate something that looked delicate, well, but it was. There 246 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: were dessert things, yeah, and I'm not against dessert dinner, 247 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: but I wanted a collachi Oh yeah, Collachi's are a 248 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: hot commodity. You gotta get there. Earlier Collies were gone. 249 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: I was very disappointed. Yeah, I know. Collichi's are a 250 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: Texas thing that Amy Adams Strunk actually introduced me to 251 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: when we were down doing something with her. At one 252 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: point she had Collachi's brought. She was also the person 253 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: who introduced me to Colachi Does she get a cut 254 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: from that? She is also the person who gave me 255 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: my first case than good for her because they are 256 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: a delight m And I was so disappointed that the 257 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: collache folks we're out. Yeah. Well, and this brings me 258 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: to a good point. The food at the event because 259 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: so great to be at six one five day. We 260 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: had an absolute blast. It was so much fun meeting 261 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: so many people, and everyone came up to talk to 262 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: us and kind of tell their stories. And I decided 263 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: to bring dear sweet Weller, my dog to this event. 264 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,160 Speaker 1: And so I'm talking to just someone who had come 265 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: up to just kind of chat and I looked down 266 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: and my dog has an entire bagel in his mouth. 267 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: Whole bagel. No clue where it came from, don't know 268 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: who he took it from, but there is somebody out 269 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: there who I owe a bagel too, and I am 270 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: so sorry. Weller is Eclept, Yeah he is Weller the Clept. Well. 271 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: I hope it's a good band because to whoever it 272 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: was who was out at Severe Park and thought they 273 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: were going to have a delicious bagel and then looked 274 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: down and it was gone, it was me. I'm sorry, 275 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: my dog took your bagel, and I want to buy 276 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: you another one, but you gotta tell so here's the problem. 277 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: I feel so bad this is let me tell you where. 278 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: This is a rookie mistake. I feel so they're going 279 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: to be eighty seven people claim that your dog took 280 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: their bait. Okay, well, then the bagels are what seventy 281 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: five cents? Well, I don't know where you live, but 282 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: just is gonna end up costing you a hundred bucks. 283 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: That's okay. I'm happy to do that if it makes 284 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: up for my dog being a thief. Bagels are delicious 285 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: and if someone was genuinely excited, it's just a Plaine bagel. 286 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: Now they're okay, It matters where you get them, and 287 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: have they been toasted. I don't think it was toasted. 288 00:16:38,200 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: It didn't look toasty, but it was. It was a 289 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: full bagel. But if if I had been really excited 290 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: about it, had it sitting next to me, looked away 291 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: and looked back, and bagel's gone, you know, I'd be 292 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: really upset. Who lost that bagels? Timmy, little Timmy lost 293 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: that little Timmy. No, it was taken from a kid. Well, 294 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: and that's even worse. And I've got to get this 295 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: off my conscience, like it's been bothering me for day. 296 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:04,359 Speaker 1: So just like I'm listening to the second, I'm getting 297 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: a free bagel out of Amy Wills because she's a sucker. 298 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,680 Speaker 1: I'm really smart thinking. I just I need to clear 299 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: my car. Wait a minute, you live in Berlin, Germany 300 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: and you were six one five day. Yes, you can 301 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 1: probably get better bagels in Berlin, Germany. Anyway, just stick 302 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 1: with what you got, all right? So six one five day, 303 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: huge success, awesome, so great, great stuff. Thanks to the fans. 304 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: As always, thanks to the folks. Jim. They gave me 305 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: some spaghetti, so they did. Oh I felt so bad. 306 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,640 Speaker 1: I wanted to pay for it because I'll eat spaghetti. Wait, 307 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 1: Mike's getting free stuff and I just lost a hundred 308 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: bucks in bagels. What kind of a show is that. Well, 309 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: I've got segnor that's smart enough not to bring my 310 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:51,360 Speaker 1: dogs because they would have been everywhere. Yeah, all right, 311 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 1: that's differ ranciate. One thing, Mini camp is different from 312 00:17:54,560 --> 00:18:00,480 Speaker 1: OTAs OTAs organized team activity. You can have ten of them, 313 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: and the gist of that is those are very set 314 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 1: days where everything is very limited and they are not mandatory. 315 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,440 Speaker 1: And this year and for years, mandatory to many people 316 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: seem like the old wink win because in air quotes 317 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 1: air quotes mandatory. Well, this year the players obviously took 318 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,800 Speaker 1: that seriously. Most of the teams did not have full 319 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: attendance for all of the OTAs. Now. Mini camp is 320 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:33,239 Speaker 1: different in that it is mandatory, but that's not the 321 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 1: only difference. You can have the players longer in the facility, 322 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 1: you can do more things with them, and it really 323 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: sets up training camp right. Mini camp is basically a 324 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 1: pretty good preview of like training camp is going to 325 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: be like, not for the full like longevity of it, 326 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 1: but in that you get an idea of what a 327 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: day is most likely going to be structured. It's like 328 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: a sampler. It's a sampler. That's a very nice way 329 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: to put it's like a little tease, a little sneak peek. 330 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 1: They are given the ability to see, Okay, you come 331 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: in for breakfast, we have meetings, we get a lift in, 332 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: we go out to practice, we have meetings, we do 333 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: You kind of get the run of show for a day, 334 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 1: which veterans of course don't really need it. For vets, 335 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 1: it's a chance to get back in the building, kind 336 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: of get your feet back under, You get to know 337 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 1: some people. It was very exciting having Julio there, so 338 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: that you get the meet and greed experience in that regard, 339 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: you know, it kind of kicks off the easing back 340 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: end process for a lot of veterans. For rookies, this 341 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 1: is great. It gives you an ability to see. It 342 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: gives you a little window into what training camp is 343 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: going to be like, because training camp is a very 344 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,960 Speaker 1: different experience when you get to the NFL. This isn't 345 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 1: like college. No, it's not all camp. Right, and we've 346 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: discussed this before, so I'm sorry to be repetitive, but 347 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,240 Speaker 1: for those of us that played say high school ball, 348 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: most of us would tell you would try to survive 349 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: two a days. You would just try to survive. That's 350 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,399 Speaker 1: all you were trying to do is just make it 351 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 1: through two A days because the basis behind two A 352 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,240 Speaker 1: days was more or less conditioning. Yeah, you got better 353 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,719 Speaker 1: at the football and you put into plays, but it 354 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,880 Speaker 1: was really conditioning because teams just started to have offseason 355 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,919 Speaker 1: conditioning programs when I got to high school, it was 356 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: just the start of it. Well, now even high schools 357 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: are doing things throughout the summer. Colleges are doing things 358 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: throughout the summer. The pro guys stay in shape all 359 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: the time. So it's one practice a day, it's some walkthroughs. 360 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: The difference is it's about advancing, it's about learning, it's 361 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: about getting ready for the first game already. I mean, 362 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: it's a lot of stuff that from a mental standpoint, 363 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 1: you're expected to know and go out and execute every 364 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 1: single day. And so it's very, very different than what 365 00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,880 Speaker 1: it was thirty years ago, or even twenty years ago 366 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,679 Speaker 1: when I started going to training camp practices in nineteen 367 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: ninety eight at TSU, when they would go out and 368 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 1: have pads on for both practices and just beat the 369 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: crap out of each other better time. Well, this doesn't 370 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: this doesn't resemble that at all. So if you're a 371 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: young guy, You've got to be able to have a focus. 372 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: I mean, you can't just mail it in in an 373 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: afternoon walk through because you were trying to sneak in 374 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: a nap in the meeting, right, I mean, you'd better 375 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: be on point. And these days are going to go 376 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: six am to ten pm. Now, the mini camp days 377 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: don't go six am to ten pm, but they are 378 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: longer and they do have the right to have you 379 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: for more. And so you get a gauge the newer 380 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,880 Speaker 1: guys get a gauge on how drills look, on how 381 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: meetings are run, what the head coach likes, what the 382 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: coordinators like, what the position coaches like, what the dynamic 383 00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: is between the guys, all of those sorts of things 384 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,560 Speaker 1: right well, and it's one of those things and Coach 385 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: Mac has brought this up before on this show. They 386 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: learn how to practice as well, because that is very different. 387 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: They learn how to have restraint, They learn how to 388 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,199 Speaker 1: go fast but not go hard. They learn how what 389 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,639 Speaker 1: a walkthrough looks like, what jog through speed really is. 390 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:18,600 Speaker 1: All those little nuances of practice that Mike Vrabel is 391 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: not interested in teaching you once it gets to training camp, 392 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,679 Speaker 1: because training camp is when we're working. Well, there's no 393 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 1: time yep. I mean there's no time because you've only 394 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: got the one practice a day now. Yeah, and you're 395 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: expected to go out and to execute what you have 396 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: seen in the meetings, what they have put up on 397 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: the board. They're going to review practice with you. I mean, 398 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 1: the level of intelligence of an average NFL player is 399 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 1: very different than when I got here, Yeah, because the 400 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: mental part of it is so much greater than the 401 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: physical part of it. In terms of preparation. The practices 402 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,639 Speaker 1: are not nearly like what they used to be. The 403 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: games are rough, yes, just like they used to be, 404 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: but the practices are not the same because they're trying 405 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: to get everybody to the games. It's like, why was 406 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 1: Bud Dupree not out there during minicamp, But dude, pre's 407 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:14,200 Speaker 1: got to be ready for September twelve. Yeah, Barley, Yeah, 408 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: Caleb Farley, you don't get him hurt on June sixteenth. No, 409 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: I mean, that's really what it's all about. And that's 410 00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,120 Speaker 1: why you're not going to run a J Brown out 411 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: there and do this, because you're trying to get those 412 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: guys to the game. The key to this season for 413 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: the Titans is this The whole key is if you 414 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: take the top fifteen players on the ball club in 415 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: terms of salary, how many of those players are able 416 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 1: to play the whole season? How many of the players 417 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: that you're paying the most money are able to be 418 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: there down the stretch, or if you're fortunate enough to 419 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 1: make the playoffs, how many of your top fifteen most 420 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,679 Speaker 1: highly paid players are available for the playoffs. That's the key. Well, 421 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: that's what Tampa head. Tampa had their best players available 422 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: at the best time. Patrick Mahomes is playing with an 423 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 1: offensive line that's just a bunch of guys. That's the 424 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 1: difference is Kansas City was not as good at Tampa 425 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,919 Speaker 1: at the end of the year. Through the course of 426 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 1: the year, they were better if you took the entirety. 427 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: But they don't give a regular season championship in the NFL, right, 428 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 1: I mean, there's no hey, way to go, guys, here's 429 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,120 Speaker 1: a parade. I mean, it just doesn't happen, right, It's 430 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:35,440 Speaker 1: all about the Super Bowl. And so if you're Mike Vrabel, 431 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: how are you pacing this club in May, June, July, 432 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: and August to give yourself the best chance to be 433 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,720 Speaker 1: healthy in January? Now? Some things are going to happen 434 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: you can't control, right, Oh, of course, but you've got 435 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: to be smart. And I think that's one of the 436 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: advantages of rabel. I really do think about the twenty 437 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: nineteen Titans versus the twenty twenty Titans, Well, that's one 438 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 1: hundred percent right, because because when we looked at it, 439 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 1: and we're talking about it going into the New England 440 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: playoff game, and we're saying privately, I think the Titans 441 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: are better than the Patriots right now, and that sounds 442 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:18,400 Speaker 1: like crazy talk in these are the Patriots. How can 443 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,439 Speaker 1: you say this? But you look at the Titans and 444 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: they've got Ryan Tannehill at quarterback. And you look at 445 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 1: the Patriots and they don't have any wide receivers to 446 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: speak of who can get down the field. And defensively, 447 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,239 Speaker 1: their pass rush has not been great and they've had 448 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: they've had some injuries, and you're going, oh, my goodness, 449 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,679 Speaker 1: if we play well, we're gonna beat these guys. And 450 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: it was how the game turned out. The Patriots dominated 451 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: the first quarter and then the Titans dominated the rest 452 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: of the game. It's about getting to that point and 453 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,679 Speaker 1: that's gonna be the key for these Titans. How do 454 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: you pace Julio Jones? How do you pace Derrick Henry? 455 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,119 Speaker 1: Do you take care of Ryan Tannehill and not let 456 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 1: him get hit? Do you pace you know, a guy 457 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: like a J. Brown? All of those sorts of things 458 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,200 Speaker 1: are such a key right. But to your point earlier, 459 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel is so conscious of that. He is constantly 460 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: working with the training staff to make sure that guys 461 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: are not going too hard and aren't taking too many 462 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: reps and are able to really do what's best for 463 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: their bodies. And Taylor mullane even said it when he 464 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 1: spoke to the media a couple days ago. He was 465 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: talking about his recovery and kind of coming back and 466 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 1: getting back in the flow of working out and conditioning 467 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 1: and doing that kind of stuff, and he credited the 468 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: Titans training staff and Titans coaching staff because they do 469 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 1: such a good job of trusting players and what they 470 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: need and also helping them move on and be at 471 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,720 Speaker 1: their best level. What do you say, I'm going to 472 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: come back and start practicing? When Vrabel says I'm ready, 473 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: that basically that was basically what he said. Yeah, that's 474 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: pretty dead on. Speaking of Titan's brass have you seen 475 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: the video of me standing with John Robinson at practice 476 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: yet from a few days ago. Yes, what do you think? 477 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: I think it's pretty good. I think it's so cool 478 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: you had that opportunity was I think that's such a 479 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 1: neat thing that you were able to. I mean, who 480 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: in the world wouldn't want to do something like that. 481 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,440 Speaker 1: I mean what a unique like when you step back 482 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,959 Speaker 1: and think about it, to be able to stand with 483 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:31,640 Speaker 1: an NFL general manager on an NFL practice field during 484 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: an NFL practice and just chat. I thought it was fantastic. 485 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,640 Speaker 1: I took it seriously because I'd never gotten the opportunity 486 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:42,199 Speaker 1: you'll certainly never get it again. It was fascinating, you know, 487 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: all of the notes he writes down, and the things 488 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: that he's watching and where he's mentally going. What I 489 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: can't get over is how many things he's keeping up 490 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: with all at once. He's got eyes everywhere, He's got 491 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: eyes everywhere, but he is so interested in three different 492 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: things at the same time. It is multitasking at its finest, 493 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: and he's in it deeply. But then you know he's 494 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: not afraid to make a wise crack, or he's not 495 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: afraid to you know, I mean, so he's still him 496 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: while he's doing this. I've always had tons of respect 497 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: for him. I have even more after having a chance 498 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,199 Speaker 1: to stand with him and watch that. It's incredible what 499 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 1: he's able to accomplish and be aware of and still 500 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 1: seem so chill, if that makes sense. Well focused, Yeah, 501 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: because if you're going to go back and watch the 502 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: practice tape, don't you have to know what you're going 503 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: to be looking for when you sit down to watch 504 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 1: the practice tape? Yeah? Do I want to watch Dylan 505 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: Raiden's playing tackle or Dylan Raidens moving around? Do I 506 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 1: want to watch the kickers? Do I want to watch me? 507 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: I mean, you have to make some decisions. I wouldn't 508 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: think you're going to watch a lot of Derek Henry. No, No, 509 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: I think you've got to You're gonna key into the 510 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 1: question marks and not so much the certainty. But man, 511 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: he just seems so chill, Like when we're at practice. 512 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: We have things that we're watching, but I mean it's 513 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:17,400 Speaker 1: a very kind of relaxed, chill experience. As a spectator. 514 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 1: John Robinson of course is not a spectator, but he 515 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 1: always seems so chill. And to realize how many things 516 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: he's dialed into even when he seems like he's just 517 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:34,320 Speaker 1: kind of taking it in. It's amazing free agent that 518 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,960 Speaker 1: grabbed you the most that you saw either in an 519 00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 1: ota or a mini camp practice. Jack Rabbit, Jackrabbit. And 520 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 1: it could be because I happened to be standing close 521 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 1: to coach Mack and so Mac has a relationship with him. 522 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,920 Speaker 1: But man, he moves, he's and I knew he was fast. 523 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: He's fast fast. There were like three plays in a 524 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: row where it was like pass breakup, pass breakup, pass breakup, 525 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:00,959 Speaker 1: And I was like, is he just gonna do this 526 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: all day? Like they can't get anything done. He's making 527 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: too many play And that was the whole part about 528 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: bringing him in and also drafting Caleb Farley, who we 529 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: haven't even seen on the field yet. Speed Right, the 530 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: Titans weren't fast enough in the secondary, Well, he's fast. 531 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: I think the guy who probably I can't say solidified 532 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: because he's not a starter yet, but took the biggest 533 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: step was a money hooker though. Yeah, I mean you 534 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 1: watched the money Hooker and he was in with Bayard 535 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 1: and it's like, Okay, I'm the guy that's That's what 536 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: I'm doing that's what I'm here to do. I'm here 537 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,720 Speaker 1: is Kenny Vaccaro's gone. And because Kenny vacar was gone 538 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: and I was second string, now I'm first string. It's 539 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 1: like the senior graduated and I was the sophomore, and 540 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,600 Speaker 1: now I'm a junior. Now I'm the starter. It wasn't 541 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: incredibly smooth transition, wasn't it. He looks fantastic. I mean, 542 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 1: he can run. He's changed his body some over the 543 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: last two years. I think he's thicker, but it's like 544 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: he's he's faster too, you know, because some of those 545 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: safeties build up to like wear their linebackers. Yeah, and 546 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: they're not very flexible, They're not very quick. It's almost 547 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:16,600 Speaker 1: like they get too big because they want to be 548 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: these thumpers, you know, they want to, you know, really 549 00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: hit people. And I mean, he's he's still got some size, 550 00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: but man, he can move smooth player. Yeah yeah, I 551 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: didn't really notice, But now that I'm thinking about it, 552 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 1: that tells you everything you need to know. That a 553 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: guy's in this spot and it never even occurred to 554 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 1: me that he hasn't been there for three years, you know. 555 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: It just that's impressive. That was a good one. My 556 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 1: guy was Denico Autry though, Yeah, to see how slippery 557 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: Denico Autry is. He's that veteran who you know, he 558 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 1: was working over some of the offensive linemen at times, 559 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,479 Speaker 1: even though they're not in full contact, and to their credit, 560 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: they're not give in him the full you know, blow 561 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: up either. But I mean he's doing things with his hands, 562 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,120 Speaker 1: and he's ducking, and he's going outside and he's spending, 563 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: and you're like, Okay, this is a guy who knows 564 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,240 Speaker 1: how to play in the defensive line. Yeah, and to 565 00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: put him with Jeff and I guess tier Tart, I 566 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: mean tier Tart, I mean it seems like he's to 567 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,920 Speaker 1: go into camp. Yeah, it feels like he's the third 568 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: dude right now. I mean, we'll find out it's not 569 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: over and the Titans may sign somebody else, right, But 570 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 1: Tart has remade his body. He's much more muscular than 571 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:39,239 Speaker 1: what he was this time a year ago. Right, he 572 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: was just a load a year ago. It's not a 573 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: nice way to describe somebody. I guess. Well, I mean 574 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: he was, I mean he was like three hundred and 575 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: whatever pounds and you just weren't going to move him. 576 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,520 Speaker 1: And now he's more of an athlete. He looks a 577 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 1: little bit more like Jeff. Not totally. I don't know 578 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 1: who all looks like Jeff, but right, I mean, it's 579 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: the scary thing about Jeff is nobody is Jeff Well, 580 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: he's I mean, as cut up as he is. To 581 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: be that big a man is just scary. Yeah, I'm 582 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: glad he placed for us. I am too, I am too. 583 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 1: You know who else I was watching a little bit 584 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,120 Speaker 1: who caught my attention, Darrenton Evans. Yeah, he looks like 585 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: an adult, and I mean that in a very nice way, 586 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 1: Like he looks so much more comfortable. He looks he 587 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: looks like he fits in that spot in every possible way. 588 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 1: I was very pleasantly surprised by him and what he's 589 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,000 Speaker 1: going to be able to do and how he can 590 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 1: possibly contribute. I'm very excited about him. The other guy 591 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 1: that just continues to impress me, and I spent a 592 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: lot of time watching him work, was Ben Jones. Ben 593 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: Jose is at his tenth year, and there's part of 594 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: you that just keeps waiting for him to just sort 595 00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,720 Speaker 1: of not have it or whatever. But it's almost like 596 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 1: he gets better. Yeah, he does, he gets smarter, He 597 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: works hard to be in better condition. Every year he 598 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 1: looks like he's in better shape. He's found something else 599 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:10,879 Speaker 1: to improve his versatility as an athlete, and I mean, 600 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,279 Speaker 1: just a really good football player. The Titans are really 601 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: lucky to have been jokes, absolutely, I mean, the consummate 602 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: pro in every possible way. And I think that he 603 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,919 Speaker 1: of course is a leader in that room because he's 604 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,840 Speaker 1: such a consistent veteran, but he's also a leader on 605 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: the team just by the way that to your point, 606 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 1: he continues to improve and change and tweak and get 607 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:37,000 Speaker 1: just better and better. And man, it's so good to 608 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,880 Speaker 1: see him healthy. He was hurting for certain by the 609 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,200 Speaker 1: end of twenty twenty, and it's good to see him 610 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: like with both legs attached to his body again. Well, 611 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 1: he was sort of representative of the entire Titans team. 612 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,920 Speaker 1: They were out of gas at the end. YEP, Baltimore 613 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:56,320 Speaker 1: was a better team in the playoffs because the Titans 614 00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,440 Speaker 1: had they had done everything they could to win the division, 615 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: and they had to win it by banking in a 616 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,160 Speaker 1: field goal, which was kind of a great representation of 617 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 1: what they had to do with a third string left 618 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 1: tackle with injuries at other spots with COVID and having 619 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,200 Speaker 1: had a major COVID outbreak with you know, sort of 620 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,839 Speaker 1: all of these things. They had been through so much. 621 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: The defense didn't play very well. They fought to get 622 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 1: to eleven and five, they fought to win the division, 623 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: but by the time they got to the playoffs that 624 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,239 Speaker 1: was pretty much yet. Yeah, you know, they started five 625 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: and zero, they ended up six and six. That was 626 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 1: how they ended the year, whereas the year before, you know, 627 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: they started off two and four and they ended up 628 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:48,319 Speaker 1: what nine and four. Yeah, yep, we had this conversation 629 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,080 Speaker 1: just a little bit earlier here on the OTP. You 630 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 1: end up in different places. That team was beaten up 631 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,319 Speaker 1: and out of gas at the end. Would have been 632 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,239 Speaker 1: great to beat Baltimore, would have been great to go 633 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,839 Speaker 1: all the way super but that team had done all 634 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 1: they could in the regular season to get to the playoffs. 635 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,160 Speaker 1: What you hope is that you can get a few breaks. 636 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: Taylor Lea one can make it through the whole year, 637 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 1: Ben Jones can can survive it. Your big time players 638 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,800 Speaker 1: can survive it, and that you can get to January 639 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:25,360 Speaker 1: and say here we go, right right, we're in the tournament. 640 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,879 Speaker 1: We can play with anybody. It's all about that health. Well, 641 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: it's all about what you look like coming into the 642 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:36,120 Speaker 1: tournament and where you're seated. Yeah, you want to get 643 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 1: a good seed to where you get to play at home. Yeah, 644 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:43,200 Speaker 1: that is fun. It is fun. It's really fun. It's 645 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:46,040 Speaker 1: really fun. Turn to the folks who've been in the 646 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 1: game since nineteen forty seven. Farm Bureau of Health Plans 647 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 1: offers the great healthcare coverage you need with a price 648 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: tag you can afford. So Amy Wells is offering to 649 00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:58,839 Speaker 1: buy everybody in the free world of bagel. I am not, 650 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,439 Speaker 1: basically did. I just want to make it right, That's 651 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:04,759 Speaker 1: all I want to do. I'm afraid that someone was 652 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,040 Speaker 1: very sad that somebody's going to send you like a 653 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:12,000 Speaker 1: picture of their kid like crying. It's say, yeah, weller 654 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,759 Speaker 1: took Timmy's bagel and it Well, now you're telling them 655 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,880 Speaker 1: how to do it like they're like they don't know. Okay, 656 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:23,359 Speaker 1: I'm trying to fix a problem. I'm trying to write 657 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:26,919 Speaker 1: a wrong do not take advantage of your good heart. 658 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:31,440 Speaker 1: Yeah that's me. That's for Amy Wells and Ashley Farrell. 659 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:35,400 Speaker 1: Thank you, I might Keith and we appreciate you. Joining 660 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,840 Speaker 1: us for they always gullible. Oh, I just want to 661 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 1: fix it where the legends everybody knows it's our house. 662 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:54,800 Speaker 1: We got sighting butter running through a v