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Speaker 1: dot com with Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith and lots

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Speaker 1: going on at Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park. Had a

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Speaker 1: chance to watch the rookies practice, had a chance to

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Speaker 1: little bit from the high a Thursday with the schedule release,

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Speaker 1: so much going on.

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Speaker 2: There's a lot going on. It feels very.

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Speaker 3: Football heavy right now, right and that's a really good feeling.

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Speaker 3: It feels good to have actual things going on that matter.

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Speaker 3: The schedule matters, you know, it has an impact on

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Speaker 3: what the twenty three season is going to look like, obviously,

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Speaker 3: because it's when the games are played. Starting to see

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Speaker 3: these guys out on the field at a real life

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Speaker 3: football practice, doing real football things feels good. I just

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Speaker 3: I love this time of year when you start to

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Speaker 1: And it's gonna go on that way for a month. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the team will be here through June the fifteenth. The

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Speaker 1: veteran Mini camp where the mandatory Mini camp is June

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Speaker 1: sixth through eight, and then the next week they do

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Speaker 1: a final week of OTAs, which is a change from

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Speaker 1: anything I ever remember. Normally the team ended the offseason

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Speaker 1: program always with the mandatory mini camp. That's not how

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Speaker 1: they're doing it this year. So we're gonna have a

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Speaker 1: lot of ball to talk about for the next month,

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Speaker 1: and we're excited. I did not have a chance to

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Speaker 1: things for you. Now that it's been forty eight hours

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Speaker 3: You know, there's a lot of good things that I

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Speaker 3: like about this schedule. I'm actually very excited about it.

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Speaker 3: All the noon games make me really happy. I like

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Speaker 3: the consistency. I like that this team's going to be

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Speaker 3: able to get in a flow. And I know Mac

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Speaker 3: also for the support staff. It just makes everything so

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Speaker 3: much easier when you feel like, no matter what you know,

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Speaker 3: you're playing on Sunday at noon, Sunday at noon, It

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Speaker 3: that's really great. Five of the six division games are

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Speaker 3: I think that's really interesting. I think that's really exciting

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Speaker 3: if you're a fan to have those games that really

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Speaker 2: And then a Week seven by is pretty good placement

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you heard on the ot that

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Speaker 1: we did for Thursday night. This is the fifth Week

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Speaker 1: seven by in Titans history, so since nineteen ninety nine,

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Speaker 1: but it's the first one since two thousand and nine.

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Speaker 2: Which is crazy.

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Speaker 3: It feels like the Titans usually have either a really

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Speaker 2: I just kind of go off of my feelings.

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Speaker 3: It feels like we don't usually get these middle of

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Speaker 3: So that's nice coming off of obviously the Baltimore game

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Speaker 3: A little bit more than half, but second half of

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Speaker 1: There. You do couple things that jumped out to me.

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Speaker 1: So looking at who the Titans opponents play the week

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Speaker 1: I think. And I have been known to whine about

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Speaker 2: I whine about the weather.

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Speaker 1: But you whine about the schedule too. We've been known

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Speaker 2: It's very taxing.

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Speaker 1: Titans fans have been known to whine about the schedule. Yes,

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Speaker 1: This case, however, I think it's totally fair. I don't

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Speaker 3: Can I give you the sideline reporters evaluation of this? Yes,

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Speaker 3: this is phenomenal. This schedule is just remarkably good. There

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Speaker 1: The coldest games are going to be in Nashville.

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Speaker 1: At Cleveland is September twenty fourth.

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Speaker 3: It could be chilly. I think rain is a bigger

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but like that, you can handle it. If you're

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Speaker 1: Back weeks in November, the home game Thanksgiving weekend with Carolina,

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Speaker 1: The sunshine on the artificial surface. Oh yes, yes, By

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Speaker 1: the way, the artificial surface looks phenomenal.

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Speaker 1: Can I say something about Instagram? This is really coming

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Speaker 1: as a huge shock. I know that I'm talking about Instagram. Yes,

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Speaker 1: we did something, and Ashley Ferrell was a great help

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Speaker 1: I was going through some things at home and I

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Speaker 1: found game programs from the first ever game in the

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Speaker 1: So August thirty one, nineteen ninety seven, Tennessee Oilers versus

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So I have no idea where I got these programs,

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Speaker 3: Well that's a better story. That's a way better story

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Speaker 3: than just I don't know why these were in my house. Well,

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Speaker 2: I think you're doing a good job. You're following is

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Speaker 1: Well, I found some other programs too.

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Speaker 2: Oh you've got more, Yeah, I've got Mike. We have

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Speaker 1: Well maybe just my wife says, hoarding of everything just

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Speaker 2: Those first ones were also on my birthday. Did you

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right. Right now, we're going to do a commercial,

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Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. So, Titans fans, can I think it.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about ball practice. Love that love ball practice,

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Speaker 1: his style of He's much more polished than Josh Allen

442
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Speaker 1: was coming out of Wyoming. He's got more of a

443
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Speaker 1: pocket presence. He has athleticism, and like Josh Allen, he's

444
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Speaker 1: not quite as big. He's six four, two thirty.

445
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Speaker 2: He's not as thick.

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Speaker 1: Well, Josh Allen is over sixty five and it's probably

447
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Speaker 1: two forty. He's he's really that tall. He's that TALLO,

448
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,520
Speaker 1: he's that tall. He's like, he's like Roethlisberg. Yeah, he

449
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,679
Speaker 1: to me, that's Josh Allen is a more athletic Roethlisberger,

450
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Speaker 1: and Roethlisberger was phenomenally athletic. You know, people forget he

451
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Speaker 1: was a recruited basketball player, and uh this this kid's

452
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,679
Speaker 1: got some stuff. Yeah, oh yeah, but dropping back and

453
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Speaker 1: throwing it consistently from the pocket. He can throw on

454
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Speaker 1: the move, he can move.

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Speaker 2: You know what.

456
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Speaker 3: What it was about him, I'm just thinking through this

457
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Speaker 3: as you're talking right now. What it is that stood

458
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Speaker 3: out to me about him was his presence. Right, he

459
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 3: didn't look like a rookie. I'm not saying he's he's.

460
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Speaker 1: The guy I don't think, you know, I understand.

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Speaker 3: He looked like a grown up. He didn't look scared,

462
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Speaker 3: he didn't look shaken. He looked like he knew what

463
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Speaker 3: he was doing.

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Speaker 1: Part of that is he's almost twenty.

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Speaker 2: Four, yeah, which helps.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he played for four offensive coordinators, he played

467
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Speaker 1: in a really good program at Penn State. He played

468
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Speaker 1: in a really good program at Kentucky. He's he's seen

469
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Speaker 1: some stuff and he's done some stuff. And he doesn't

470
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Speaker 1: look like the twenty year old or the twenty one

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Speaker 1: year old who only spent two and a half years

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Speaker 1: in college. I mean, you're talking about a five year

473
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Speaker 1: guy who was who played at Penn State but became

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Speaker 1: a full time starter at UK in the SEC. I agree,

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Speaker 1: I think he looks like and I mean dow Is

476
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Speaker 1: twenty four. Yeah, Coltent, Well, you're seeing some of this

477
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Speaker 1: because of COVID in the six years and all of

478
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Speaker 1: the different things that happen, and it really shows with

479
00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:09,000
Speaker 1: some of these players that they're I think they're more together.

480
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,359
Speaker 1: The other guy, I mean Josh Wiley, the tight end

481
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Speaker 1: from Cincinnati, that was my guy.

482
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Speaker 3: And I didn't want to take him from you if

483
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Speaker 3: he was giving your guy, but he has. He's stuck

484
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Speaker 3: out to me. From the moment he walked in the building. Physically,

485
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,120
Speaker 3: you can't help but notice him. I mean seven, he's

486
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Speaker 3: six ' seven and he looks every bit of six ' seven.

487
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Speaker 3: He's just I mean, his overall build and presence is

488
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Speaker 3: something that stands out.

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Speaker 2: But man, is that guy athletic.

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Speaker 1: I probably even more athletic than what they knew I think.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean he's not a lanky, all arms and legs

493
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Speaker 3: type guy, which sometimes when you hear, specially a tight

494
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:54,200
Speaker 3: end that's that tall, you think he's just all like limbs.

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Speaker 3: He is not that at all. He's really athletic. When

496
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Speaker 3: he runs, it looks smooth. He doesn't look like a weird.

497
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Speaker 1: Giraffe like well, but you do get into that.

498
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Speaker 3: And I mean it sounds like I'm being nasty, but

499
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 3: I mean in reality, sometimes you get guys who just

500
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 3: their body is I mean, they've got a lot of

501
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,880
Speaker 3: physical traits, but it doesn't all fit together right well.

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Speaker 1: And to take it a step further, because I think

503
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,680
Speaker 1: you're making a great point. He's got a little shake

504
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 1: when when he runs a route. There's something to him

505
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 1: with his cuts with I mean, there's a he's got

506
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:28,800
Speaker 1: a game.

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Speaker 2: He's got good control of.

508
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,520
Speaker 1: He's got good control of his body, and there's a game. Yeah,

509
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Speaker 1: I'm I'm already a fan.

510
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:36,159
Speaker 2: I'm very excited.

511
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Speaker 1: He's the one of the draft picks that you that

512
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: you come away from this going okay, wow, yep uh.

513
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,600
Speaker 1: Jalen Duncan the tackle from Maryland is another one too.

514
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,879
Speaker 1: Physically you're like, wow, whoa.

515
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 2: Yeah. Coach Mack and I were talking about him today.

516
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,439
Speaker 1: He's got to get more consistent. That was his problem

517
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 1: at Maryland. But my goodness, he looks the part. All right.

518
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:03,359
Speaker 1: Are we making too much of Scaransky playing guard already?

519
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:06,680
Speaker 2: We being you and me or we being the media

520
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 2: the world? Yes?

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00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:13,600
Speaker 3: Probably, I think Listen, here's what's going to happen over

522
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,240
Speaker 3: the next what six weeks until we get to training camp.

523
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,600
Speaker 3: I don't know where we are in the calendar, But

524
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 3: however long it is until we get to training camp,

525
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,320
Speaker 3: my man's gonna work all over the place. I mean,

526
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 3: you're going to see him at guard, You're going to

527
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 3: see him at tackle. They're trying to figure out where

528
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 3: he fits best within this offensive line. That's the reality.

529
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 3: Do we think that he's a guard and can play guard?

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00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 2: Sure?

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Speaker 1: Are you asking me that? Are you doing a rhetorical question?

532
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 2: It was a rhetorical question, but feel free to respond

533
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 2: to anyswer.

534
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Speaker 1: I think he may be a guard and he can

535
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: be I think he may be a Really you just

536
00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 1: look at him in there and you're just like, Okay,

537
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:50,960
Speaker 1: that's what that guy does.

538
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,520
Speaker 2: I have no problem with him being a guard. Him

539
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 2: being a guard makes me feel very.

540
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Speaker 1: Happy for the next twelve years. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean, if he's playing at left guard for three

542
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 3: hundred years, that's great for me. If he's playing at

543
00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 3: right guard for three hundred years, that's great for me.

544
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 3: But if he can be a tackle, okay, try him.

545
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,520
Speaker 1: I think he could. I think he could play tackle,

546
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 1: and maybe he ends up a tackle. But man, when

547
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 1: you see him at guard, it's a and that is

548
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: I'm like you, you're making too many good points. I'm

549
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,080
Speaker 1: having to compliment you.

550
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 2: This is great, it's terrible, I really enjoy.

551
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: To some people, it sounds as if it's a disappointment

552
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 1: if he's not a tackle.

553
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 2: No, no, it's disappointed.

554
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: Well, but because everybody thinks I mean to equate it

555
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: there there are a lot of people who think the

556
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: only offensive linemen who are good or tackles, kind of

557
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: like the only baseball players who are good or home

558
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 1: run hitters.

559
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:49,800
Speaker 2: But here's the thing.

560
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 3: Every kid in the United States of America who plays

561
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 3: offensive line says they're a tackle, every single one. Right,

562
00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 3: every kid coming out of college or going into culture,

563
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:01,640
Speaker 3: I'm a tackle.

564
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 1: Basketball player says they're Michael Jordan exactly.

565
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 3: You can't all be tackles. But listen, you got a

566
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 3: spot on the team, and you're really good.

567
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: At it well. But guard is of such vital importance

568
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: from the standpoint of that you have to do everything

569
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: well at guard. There are tackles who can't run block

570
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 1: and really aren't asked to because they're good pass blockers,

571
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: because they're basically former basketball players who are out there

572
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:32,160
Speaker 1: to try to keep you from running around them, and

573
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 1: they're just okay run blockers. If you're a good guard,

574
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,360
Speaker 1: you've got to be a good pass protector. You've got

575
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Speaker 1: to be a good run blocker. And here's the other thing.

576
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Speaker 1: You got to be able to move because you're gonna

577
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Speaker 1: I mean, if if you have skills to be able

578
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 1: to get out and pull or to get to the

579
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 1: second level. I mean, tackles go to the second level

580
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: sometimes but not as often as guards. They're all important.

581
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Speaker 1: Gang and this guy.

582
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Speaker 3: Dude, if he's a guard, I want him to be

583
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 3: a guard and I want him to be a guard

584
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 3: for a long time. Here's what I want. I want

585
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 3: five really good players on the Titans offensive line. That's

586
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 3: what I want. Two of them have to be guards,

587
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 3: that is just mass. Two of them have to be tackles,

588
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 3: and we need a center like these are the positions

589
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 3: we have to fill. But I want five of them

590
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:21,560
Speaker 3: that are really, really good. And if they can all

591
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 3: switch around and move around some phenomenal. If we can

592
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 3: get some swing guys, great, but we need five humans

593
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 3: that can play, and only two of them can be tackles.

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00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 2: I want, I want.

595
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 3: Big, strong, tough people on the offensive line. I am

596
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 3: ready for it. This is the year that offensive line

597
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 3: is going to be. I am so ready for it.

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00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 3: It's all I want in this. I am a woman crazed.

599
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 3: I'm ready for the offensive line to buke up and

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00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 3: be really strong and mighty run.

601
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,000
Speaker 1: Over former offensive line.

602
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 2: Well, I am like it's I'm ready. Oh god, what

603
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:08,840
Speaker 2: in the.

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00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: Name of We just had a spider dropped down and

605
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:15,080
Speaker 1: now she's killed it. That See, this is the quality

606
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: insight the OT people get. And this is how much

607
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 1: it is Amy's day. She's making great points, she's getting

608
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 1: fired up, and all of a sudden, a black widow

609
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: drops right out of the sky. That was crapy drops

610
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 1: right out of the sky, and she kills it with

611
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 1: one stomp of the foot, which she had to extend

612
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: above the height of the chair. What the She properly

613
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: took her right foot, swung it around and over up

614
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 1: at an arc, and at the perfect angle took it

615
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 1: down with force and determination. That spider was sacked.

616
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 2: What in the world, like did someone plant that was?

617
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 1: Like?

618
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,280
Speaker 2: That was crazy? Cakes. I saved your life.

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00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: Hey Titans fans, what you need right now is a

620
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: Dunkin Run after that. Amy doesn't because she is fully awake,

621
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 1: trust me. But everybody else needs a Dunkin Run. Is

622
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 1: it coffee? Is it the classic one dollar donut? Or

623
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: two dollars stuffed bagel minies or three dollars sausage, egg

624
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 1: and cheese that you can add to that coffee. By

625
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: the way, I had one of those for dinner the

626
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 1: other night.

627
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 2: A sausage, egg and cheese.

628
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, sausage. I got a sausage, egg and cheese at

629
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: dunkin and I'm like this more often.

630
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a balanced meal.

631
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: It's eighteen's It's very good for you that some dairy. Yeah,

632
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: Or is it just the fact you get to leave

633
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 1: the office. Well, that's great too. Time for a Dunkin Run,

634
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,959
Speaker 1: great deals on food for one, two or three dollars

635
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 1: with a medium or larger coffee. America runs on duncan

636
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 1: and Amy Wells is killing spiders now, I'm all itchy.

637
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 2: I feel like there's bugs everywhere.

638
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: Well you should, hey, By the way, the press availabilities today.

639
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 1: Give me thoughts on Will Levis, Peter Scarnsky, Tajy Spears,

640
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 1: who we haven't talked about yet, Josh Wiley and Colton

641
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: Dale thoughts.

642
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,320
Speaker 2: I think they all seemed.

643
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 3: A lot more experienced than what we are used to

644
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 3: seeing out of rookies at why are you laughing?

645
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:25,439
Speaker 1: I think they've been vrabelized too.

646
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 2: Oh, they've all been verbelized.

647
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:30,879
Speaker 3: But a lot of times you get, seriously, a lot

648
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 3: of times you get rookies at their first press conference

649
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 3: and what you see is fear. And some of that

650
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 3: fear is because they've been verbelized and they've been coached

651
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 3: and they don't want to mess it up.

652
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 2: These guys didn't seem afraid of messing it up.

653
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: No, I don't think so. When I say verbelized, I

654
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:51,319
Speaker 1: mean you could tell that they had listened to him,

655
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 1: they had his Well wait a minute, they had listened

656
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:58,240
Speaker 1: to him, and they had actually heard what he was saying.

657
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 1: You know, you can listen without hearing.

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00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:05,799
Speaker 4: Yes, yes, I mean, yes, yes, you can, amy yeah,

659
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 4: trust me.

660
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: But they'd obviously heard what he had said. I didn't

661
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,719
Speaker 1: think it stifled them. I didn't think it made them

662
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 1: not answer, except when Taj Spears was asked about his knee.

663
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 2: Which I'm sure he's so tired of talking.

664
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,799
Speaker 1: But his answer to that, and you're going to see

665
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,800
Speaker 1: it in multiple places and he got the same question

666
00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 1: four times. His answer is I'm healthy.

667
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 2: Yep.

668
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 1: He wasn't talking about injuries. And that's a very bolth

669
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 1: that Vrabel does not want anybody talking about injuries. And

670
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: Taja Spears, the running back from Tulane, the third round pick,

671
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: he certainly does not want to discuss his knee situation.

672
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,440
Speaker 1: Whatever that is. What we know is he had an

673
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: ACL in twenty fifteen and then he had another one

674
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:54,239
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, and he wasn't saying anything about any

675
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 1: reports or commenting on it. All he said is I'm healthy,

676
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 1: and he handled it like he had been in the

677
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: league for fourteen years.

678
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 2: Yeah.

679
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,680
Speaker 1: And you know what, people have a right to ask

680
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 1: the question because there were supports about it. Fine, he

681
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,319
Speaker 1: also has the right to say I'm healthy. I'm not

682
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 1: talking about yep.

683
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:19,280
Speaker 3: I think that everybody in in that situation did exactly

684
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 3: their job.

685
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right.

686
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 3: As the media you asked the question. As him, we

687
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 3: don't talk about it and.

688
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 1: Him and what he basically went with is something you

689
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 1: see in a courtroom. Asked and answered yep, yep. I

690
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: mean it was. It was. It was priceless but they

691
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:40,360
Speaker 1: all seemed very Yeah, and Wiley is kind of a character.

692
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 2: He is.

693
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 1: Titans fans, You're gonna love Josh Wiley because A. I

694
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 1: think he can play, and B he's he's kind of

695
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 1: a hoot. He was controlling everything going on like a

696
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: player who had been there for five years.

697
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 3: He didn't seem phased by the twenty somethingter reporter sitting

698
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 3: in front of him.

699
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 2: No, and it didn't bother.

700
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: Me at all. I mean, he's been in a major

701
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 1: city in Cincinnati for and a program that's been on

702
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:14,400
Speaker 1: a national stage recently. That's true. But at the same time,

703
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 1: I mean, you can't think he was doing a lot

704
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: of press availabilities all the time.

705
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 3: No, I think that was a personality trade is what

706
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 3: we saw. I think he's a pretty cool guy. I

707
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 3: think he's a cool customer.

708
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 1: You've met him.

709
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:28,600
Speaker 2: I met him.

710
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 3: I had the opportunity to interview him. He was a

711
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 3: cool customer. There wasn't anything I could say that really

712
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 3: shook him.

713
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: Not I try.

714
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,600
Speaker 3: No. Yeah, not that I'm like asking all the hard

715
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,799
Speaker 3: hitting gotcha questions, right, But I mean he was he

716
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 3: was very thoughtful in his responses. He was very well

717
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:52,320
Speaker 3: spoken and like was very cool and willing to play along,

718
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 3: but like didn't seem phased by the fact that we

719
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 3: were sitting in a studio having a conversation, and sometimes

720
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 3: the formality of those interviews makes people a little nervous.

721
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:02,720
Speaker 1: That was Will Levis.

722
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 3: Well, Levis was another one that was great. I was

723
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 3: very impressed by him. It felt like I was talking

724
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 3: to a pro who's been doing this for years. Really

725
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:16,839
Speaker 3: nice guy, shook everybody's hand, introduced himself to everybody, was

726
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:21,280
Speaker 3: really willing to play along. I asked him some goofy

727
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,440
Speaker 3: questions and he played along, and he was He was

728
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 3: a good sport, and I was very happy that I

729
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 3: had the opportunity to get to know him a little

730
00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:33,480
Speaker 3: bit even before I saw him on the field.

731
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: The only guy that sort of gave more of a

732
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 1: reveal into life was Colton Dowe. Yep, and he did

733
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 1: that today. Because this is I mean, you've got to

734
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:51,320
Speaker 1: think for Colton Dowe, Mount Juliet, Tennessee U T. Martin Player,

735
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 1: seventh round pick, you gotta think this weekend is really special.

736
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:59,320
Speaker 3: Oh, I think it's I think this is a dreams

737
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 3: coming true kind of moment.

738
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 2: When I talk to him. That's exactly what he called it.

739
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,720
Speaker 1: So why don't we can we listen to that interview?

740
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 2: Yes, I would love that.

741
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 1: All right. So Amy had a chance to sit down

742
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 1: with Colton Dow and here's that on the OKEP for

743
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:13,840
Speaker 1: the OKP.

744
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 3: Colton Dowe from Lemanon, Tennessee. Who had the best reaction

745
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 3: when you were drafted by the Tennessee Titans.

746
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,839
Speaker 5: Oh it had to be my uncle and I don't

747
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 5: think I've ever heard him yet like that. And uh,

748
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 5: my mom's brother, Tony, he was he would hate him.

749
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,280
Speaker 5: He let out a couple of you know, ungodly screams

750
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:38,919
Speaker 5: or two.

751
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 6: So definitely my uncle Tony.

752
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 3: It has to be exciting to know you're going to

753
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,319
Speaker 3: be staying close to home, to be drafted by an

754
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 3: NFL team, and to be drafted by a team that

755
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 3: you grew up watching, I presume.

756
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, no, it's it's it's an insane it's it's

757
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 5: a crazy dream, you know, coming true.

758
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,880
Speaker 6: And you know, I'm just at the very beginning of

759
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:01,239
Speaker 6: it too.

760
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 5: So it's a little daunting, you know, being so local

761
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 5: and having a lot of you know, not so much

762
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 5: pressure but expectations on you. But I'm looking forward to that,

763
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 5: and I'm looking forward to, you know, playing in my

764
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 5: backyard really, so it's honor, it's a blessing.

765
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 3: The expectations have to be a real thing because not

766
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 3: only are you playing so close to friends and family,

767
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 3: you're playing so close to your school, but also you're

768
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 3: playing a high profile position at wide receiver. How do

769
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:33,440
Speaker 3: you manage all of those expectations that you might be feeling?

770
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,840
Speaker 5: First off, I'd like to think, you know, the highest

771
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 5: expectation I have is, you know, it comes from myself.

772
00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 5: So as long as I'm expecting more out of myself

773
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 5: than say, you know, Joe, there was some random Joe

774
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:49,799
Speaker 5: or even my coach. Really, I think I've been able

775
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 5: to handle it, you know, fine, throughout my whole career

776
00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:54,839
Speaker 5: because if I don't let myself down, I know I'm

777
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 5: not letting anyone else down.

778
00:40:56,120 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 3: So the Titans have a relatively young wide receiver room.

779
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 3: Does that make it easier maybe to find your footing,

780
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 3: to really get in and feel like you're with peers

781
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:08,840
Speaker 3: instead of with a bunch of guys who are a

782
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 3: lot older than you and a lot more experience.

783
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,000
Speaker 6: Than you are. Yeah, yeah, no doubt.

784
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:16,840
Speaker 5: The Titans receiver room is pretty young, and I'm just

785
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,399
Speaker 5: looking forward to, you know, learning from these guys because

786
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 5: a lot of them have been in this roster for

787
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 5: you know, I know Traylan's only getting here one year,

788
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 5: but two or three years, and I'm really looking forward

789
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 5: to getting to work with them and seeing what I

790
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,719
Speaker 5: can learn, you know, from them, even though they are

791
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 5: so young.

792
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,399
Speaker 3: So being a local guy, you grew up a Titans fan.

793
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 3: What's your earliest Titans memory.

794
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 6: Earliest Titans memory?

795
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 5: My dad brought us to me and my brother to

796
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 5: a game and when they played the Texans.

797
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 6: I had to be like eight to ten. It was

798
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 6: a long long time.

799
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 5: I don't know the exact day, but I know, you know,

800
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:54,440
Speaker 5: I came into that game not really watching the NFL

801
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 5: ball because I was so young, of course, and we

802
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 5: had these David Carr jersey's I think he played for

803
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,399
Speaker 5: the Texans, and you know, by the end of the game,

804
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 5: I had that jersey off and I was cheering for

805
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 5: the Titan.

806
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 3: So do you have a favorite moment, favorite memory around

807
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 3: this Titans team.

808
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 5: I would say my favorite memory is just coming up

809
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 5: here with my dad and watching some practices and really

810
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 5: really getting to see the inside of how you know,

811
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:27,400
Speaker 5: these athletes prepare themselves to go out and play every Sunday,

812
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 5: So definitely, just those are fond memories, just having that

813
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 5: quality time with my father, you know, just come up

814
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 5: here and watch a little bit of football.

815
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:37,400
Speaker 3: When you're playing football, even at the high school level

816
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 3: or the junior high level, and you were able to

817
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 3: come out to a place like Assentsion Saint Thomas Sports Park,

818
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 3: You're able to see these guys work, able to see

819
00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 3: the way that professionals prepare.

820
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 2: Does it have an.

821
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 3: Impact on the way that you then prepare as a

822
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:52,440
Speaker 3: high school student?

823
00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:53,240
Speaker 6: Yeah, definitely.

824
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,919
Speaker 5: You see you see the drive that these guys have,

825
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 5: you know, and practice, the intensity they keep things at practice,

826
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:02,000
Speaker 5: and they're professionals. And if you're a high school player

827
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 5: and you want to go pro, you're definitely gonna, you know,

828
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:07,200
Speaker 5: monkey see monkey do, You're gonna want to do what

829
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 5: they they're doing and do with what got them to

830
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 5: that level.

831
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 3: So yeah, as you were going through that pre draft process,

832
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 3: that period of time where you're just meeting people and

833
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,160
Speaker 3: going places and doing things all the time, when did

834
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,759
Speaker 3: you have an inkling that the Tennessee Titans might be

835
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 3: a good fit for you?

836
00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:28,600
Speaker 5: I'm throughout the whole, the whole process really, because I

837
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:31,919
Speaker 5: have a couple of coaches that played for played under

838
00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:35,839
Speaker 5: and Martin, coach Jones and coach McMillan, and they're here now,

839
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 5: so I've been talking to them throughout this whole, the

840
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,839
Speaker 5: whole process. So it was pretty early on whenever I got,

841
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 5: you know, a kick that I might be a really

842
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 5: really good fit here, and you know, I got people

843
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:47,880
Speaker 5: in here that already know me a little bit, so

844
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:49,560
Speaker 5: it might be a good spot to be at.

845
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:54,960
Speaker 3: Suiting up in front of family, your friends, people that

846
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:56,440
Speaker 3: you've played with your whole life.

847
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 2: What is that experience gonna be.

848
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:02,719
Speaker 5: Like, It's just gonna it's gonna be awesome. I'm gonna

849
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 5: feel out. I'm gonna feel like I'm in a dream, really,

850
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 5: because you know, I'm playing in Martin. My family, you know,

851
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:10,560
Speaker 5: they showed up and they were there. I had like

852
00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:13,799
Speaker 5: thirty people there almost every game. But you know, just

853
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,880
Speaker 5: playing in Nashville, playing and you know, a city that

854
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,239
Speaker 5: I grew up right next to, it's gonna feel like

855
00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 5: a dream. So, you know, I gotta I'm at the

856
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:24,120
Speaker 5: bottom of a mountain now, but you know, hopefully I'm

857
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 5: going to keep climbing and get to that point.

858
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 3: Has it occurred to you how many tickets you are

859
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 3: going to have to buy for friends and family?

860
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 1: Wow?

861
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:35,160
Speaker 6: I can't. I can't tell you.

862
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:37,400
Speaker 5: How many people have already hit me up asking me

863
00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:39,440
Speaker 5: when can I get tickets?

864
00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 6: I need to go ahead and get season tickets. Sounds like.

865
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,040
Speaker 3: The answer is yes. The answer is always yes, Please

866
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 3: buy season tickets.

867
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 5: It's there. There's been a lot of inquiries on tickets.

868
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 3: So have you designated a person like his mom going

869
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 3: to be in charge of this? You need someone to

870
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:57,040
Speaker 3: wrangle everybody.

871
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 6: Definitely, Yeah, Mom, mam will mam wall be in charge

872
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 6: of it. Little bit. She's been talking to him, talking

873
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 6: to uh.

874
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 5: You know, everybody that reaches out to me, they'll eventually

875
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 5: reach out to her because you know, I can't. It's

876
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,319
Speaker 5: hard to answer, you know, every single person that hits

877
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:13,239
Speaker 5: you up. So yeah, mom will probably Mom will probably

878
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 5: take care of that one.

879
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,759
Speaker 3: Colton dal thank you so much for hanging out with us.

880
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:17,959
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a lesson.

881
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 1: That's honor. Thank you. That's nice.

882
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 3: Nice guy, really nice. He's going to be one that

883
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 3: Titans fans are going to be rooting for.

884
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 1: I think oh, definitely.

885
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, as the off season unfolds, as we get closer

886
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 3: and closer to the final fifty three, he's a guy

887
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:43,840
Speaker 3: that Titans fans are going to be watching for and

888
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:44,680
Speaker 3: excited about.

889
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,319
Speaker 1: Well, he's gonna have to keep his foot on the

890
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: gas the whole time. He has a seventh round pick,

891
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:52,840
Speaker 1: and seventh round picks, you're not guaranteed anything. He's going

892
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:56,359
Speaker 1: to have to play teams. He's gonna have to dig

893
00:45:56,400 --> 00:46:00,799
Speaker 1: him out in blocking and run plays. And the other

894
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:02,439
Speaker 1: thing too, is he's got to get open and catch

895
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:06,720
Speaker 1: the ball. And he's gonna have some opportunities to play

896
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:13,800
Speaker 1: considerably in Chicago, in Minnesota, and in the New England

897
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,880
Speaker 1: preseason games. And you know, there are reports that the

898
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 1: Titans are going to practice against a couple of these teams.

899
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens. But he's going to have a

900
00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 1: lot of big moments that he's going to come through.

901
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,520
Speaker 1: So to be able to enjoy it now and sort

902
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:29,040
Speaker 1: of get that out of the way is probably the

903
00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 1: right move.

904
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, this is the right time to kind of take

905
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:34,320
Speaker 3: it in, realize what it is and how big of

906
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:36,600
Speaker 3: a deal it is, and then let's get down to business.

907
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to seeing which of the tryout players

908
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:45,760
Speaker 1: get signed. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next

909
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 1: as the veterans now merge with the rookies next week,

910
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:58,000
Speaker 1: that starts to happen. Some interesting, some interesting stuff will

911
00:46:58,040 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 1: start to flow. A couple of the rookies go to

912
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:04,760
Speaker 1: Rookie Premiere, it's Spears and Levis.

913
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:06,320
Speaker 2: Oh, that'll be great.

914
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean there's real football stuff moving now.

915
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,800
Speaker 1: There is. That's where we are, and there are also places.

916
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 6: You know.

917
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:17,280
Speaker 1: It's like, I'm really interested to start sing Chris Moore,

918
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 1: the wide receiver the Titans signed from Houston, because as

919
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 1: we start to put together the pieces of the wide

920
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:28,360
Speaker 1: receiver group with Colton dal and maybe a couple of

921
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: undrafted who are trying to make it, and you know,

922
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,840
Speaker 1: what does Kyle Phillips look like coming back from injury?

923
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:42,040
Speaker 1: How much is Treylon Burke's improved. The signing of Moore

924
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:44,440
Speaker 1: is really interesting because here's a guy, he's in his

925
00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:50,239
Speaker 1: eighth year, he's in Baltimore, and the big issue with

926
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:54,320
Speaker 1: Baltimore is in how they ran that offense with Greg Rohman.

927
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:57,239
Speaker 1: They were in two and three tight ends almost all

928
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,840
Speaker 1: the time. So there weren't many receivers on the field.

929
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:04,840
Speaker 1: So he's this guy who came from Cincinnati, like Josh Wiley,

930
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 1: and he was a deep threat. He was kind of

931
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:11,919
Speaker 1: a big play guy. He's ready to have his big

932
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 1: year in twenty twenty. Okay, they're counting on him. He

933
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:20,399
Speaker 1: gets hurt, plays three games figh and finger injuries, and

934
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:23,720
Speaker 1: he's ird for part of the year. So he signs

935
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 1: with Houston and they're not really sure what they're doing

936
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:34,360
Speaker 1: on offense because you know, David Cully is the is

937
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,360
Speaker 1: the head coach, and so they cut him at the

938
00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: end of training camp. Well, they bring him back three

939
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:44,960
Speaker 1: times off practice squad, which you can do, and they

940
00:48:44,960 --> 00:48:47,920
Speaker 1: eventually signed him to the roster. Well, he ends up

941
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 1: finishing out the year pretty Strong's he has a game

942
00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:53,759
Speaker 1: where he catches five passes for one hundred and nine

943
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 1: yards and a sixty seven yard touchdown. Well, then he

944
00:48:56,640 --> 00:48:59,759
Speaker 1: comes back, he re signs with Houston. Again, they don't

945
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 1: cut him at the end of training camp, and he

946
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:06,400
Speaker 1: ends up having a nice year. And again, their offense

947
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:11,480
Speaker 1: wasn't exactly you know, they had some real issues. Yeah,

948
00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:15,760
Speaker 1: and so you feel like this guy's kind of figured

949
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:16,200
Speaker 1: it out.

950
00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:18,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.

951
00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:20,840
Speaker 3: I mean when you get a player like that who

952
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,920
Speaker 3: you see have some success, especially on the back end

953
00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,520
Speaker 3: of kind of a tumultuous in and out, in and out,

954
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:31,040
Speaker 3: it kind of makes you think, oh, there might be

955
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:31,560
Speaker 3: something there.

956
00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 2: They just need a spot. He needs a spot, needs

957
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:34,359
Speaker 2: a landing path.

958
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:37,080
Speaker 1: Here's the other thing too, Remember who he was with

959
00:49:37,239 --> 00:49:40,240
Speaker 1: that sort of discovered what he could do in twenty

960
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:45,759
Speaker 1: twenty one, down the stretch, Tim Kell Kelly. So where

961
00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:50,160
Speaker 1: does Chris Moore fit? Where does he you know, in

962
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,080
Speaker 1: a three wide receiver set? Is he one of the three?

963
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:55,560
Speaker 1: Can he take Nick Westbrook a Keene spot?

964
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:55,960
Speaker 6: There?

965
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:59,440
Speaker 1: You know, again, what are we going to see from Phillips?

966
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 1: Berks really looks the part more so now in terms

967
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:08,560
Speaker 1: of his confidence in what he's doing. And then you know,

968
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:11,000
Speaker 1: do they do they go out and find another one

969
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:11,960
Speaker 1: to put into the mix.

970
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:15,840
Speaker 3: It's possible, But just having a veteran to bring into

971
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:18,759
Speaker 3: that room, an older veteran, I should say, I mean

972
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:21,200
Speaker 3: having someone that's a little bit older helps.

973
00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: I just don't see them making You know, there are

974
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:28,120
Speaker 1: a lot of people who have speculated about trades, but

975
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:31,880
Speaker 1: remember the Titans were already down draft picks already for

976
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:35,719
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. So it's hard to see that they

977
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:39,600
Speaker 1: would trade a high draft pick because I think right

978
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:42,960
Speaker 1: now they only have four picks right so that doesn't

979
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:46,760
Speaker 1: make a ton of sense. But we don't know who's

980
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:51,880
Speaker 1: going to get cut. And there's also the possibility that

981
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:55,759
Speaker 1: somebody wants to dump a receiver so badly, you know,

982
00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 1: kind of like what we're hearing, or dump a veteran

983
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:01,279
Speaker 1: who happens to be a rest kind of like what

984
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:05,800
Speaker 1: we're hearing happening in Minnesota. Zadaria Smith traded to Cleveland.

985
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:08,799
Speaker 1: There are reports that they've told Dalvin Cook he's going

986
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:12,840
Speaker 1: to be cut after June the first because the amounts

987
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:16,600
Speaker 1: of money that are out there with the salary cap

988
00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:19,040
Speaker 1: right now. And again, we talk about this on the

989
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:22,799
Speaker 1: OTP consistently because I know the ot people can handle it.

990
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:27,400
Speaker 1: Your salary cap number right now is based on the

991
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:31,719
Speaker 1: top fifty one players. It stays that way until the

992
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 1: first week of September, the first week of the season,

993
00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:38,440
Speaker 1: and then it becomes everybody. So just because you think

994
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:41,520
Speaker 1: at this moment in time, you've got twelve million dollars,

995
00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:46,600
Speaker 1: you really don't. No, Nope, So teams know We're gonna

996
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:50,479
Speaker 1: have to get some numbers somewhere, and as we get

997
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:55,840
Speaker 1: to June, first, I can balance their remaining dead cap

998
00:51:56,160 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: over twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four. There's more,

999
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:04,200
Speaker 1: there's more churning that's gonna go on.

1000
00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:08,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's but again, they just begun well.

1001
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:12,120
Speaker 1: And yeah, and so we the Titans enter this weekend

1002
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:16,680
Speaker 1: with sixty nine players under contract. They're gonna have over

1003
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:22,040
Speaker 1: eighty at this time at some point next week. But

1004
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:26,239
Speaker 1: are those all of the guys? I mean, what do

1005
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 1: you had? What are you looking for? Is someone wanting

1006
00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 1: to trade you somebody maybe for a twenty twenty four,

1007
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:37,920
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five or twenty twenty six draft pick, so

1008
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:39,600
Speaker 1: you'll take them off their hands.

1009
00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:43,319
Speaker 3: Right, there's a lot of unknown still and there's still

1010
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:45,959
Speaker 3: a long way to go. Just because the draft is over,

1011
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:49,560
Speaker 3: the player acquisition period.

1012
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:49,919
Speaker 2: Is not over.

1013
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:53,560
Speaker 1: Well, it's just like what's being rumored with the Jets

1014
00:52:54,160 --> 00:52:59,560
Speaker 1: that they are working on a restructured contract with Aaron Rodgers.

1015
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:04,279
Speaker 1: That would tell a lot of the story as to

1016
00:53:04,320 --> 00:53:07,840
Speaker 1: whether or not he intends to play beyond this season.

1017
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:11,960
Speaker 1: So they are all these moves that will keep happening

1018
00:53:12,880 --> 00:53:17,640
Speaker 1: that sort of reveal. Everything is revealed in due time,

1019
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 1: and there is more to be revealed. But I you know,

1020
00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:24,319
Speaker 1: there's going to be an article pretty soon about hey,

1021
00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 1: Chris Moore, but it's Chris. Maybe Chris Moore is But

1022
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:31,600
Speaker 1: what you know, because he was signed very quietly on

1023
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:37,160
Speaker 1: April nineteenth, and everybody went, eh, yep, I mean they did.

1024
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:40,920
Speaker 1: I mean that was the reaction of the public was huh.

1025
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:47,120
Speaker 1: And it's because you know, Houston's in this transition and

1026
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:50,440
Speaker 1: he's not the youngest guy in the world. And but

1027
00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:54,320
Speaker 1: they traded Brandon Cooks, you know, to Dallas, and they're

1028
00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:57,080
Speaker 1: they're trying to figure out where they're going with all

1029
00:53:57,120 --> 00:54:01,120
Speaker 1: of this right now. And he doesn't mean he can't play.

1030
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:03,560
Speaker 1: It just means he's not part of their plan.

1031
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,280
Speaker 3: It meant he didn't have a he didn't have a spot,

1032
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:09,480
Speaker 3: but we can give him a spot. Maybe well maybe

1033
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:11,960
Speaker 3: that's maybe that's it.

1034
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:15,680
Speaker 1: Who knows, Mike, he had a fifty two yard catch

1035
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:17,680
Speaker 1: last year. He had forty eight catches.

1036
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:19,640
Speaker 2: I mean, I mean, a man can play.

1037
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 1: I don't think anybody's going to come on here and

1038
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:25,960
Speaker 1: claim that he's going to put up numbers like justin Jefferson.

1039
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:29,280
Speaker 1: But can he be part of the answer at the position.

1040
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:31,040
Speaker 1: And I think the answer is yes.

1041
00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:34,440
Speaker 3: I don't need Justin Jefferson. I just need something consistent

1042
00:54:34,520 --> 00:54:35,400
Speaker 3: to catch the ball.

1043
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:37,400
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson's pretty good.

1044
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,520
Speaker 2: Well, he's really good. But there's only one of those.

1045
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:42,840
Speaker 2: I just need. I just catch the ball.

1046
00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:47,320
Speaker 1: Run why. I'm gonna tell you, I think the Titans

1047
00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:51,120
Speaker 1: might have one of those. I think they've got a

1048
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:56,479
Speaker 1: lead dog receiver. I think Traylon Burks is a lead

1049
00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:57,240
Speaker 1: dog receiver.

1050
00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:59,120
Speaker 2: I love that. I love it.

1051
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:01,560
Speaker 1: I think he's got what it takes to be that

1052
00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:02,200
Speaker 1: kind of guy.

1053
00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:06,160
Speaker 2: I'm ready for OTAs to start seeing people on the field.

1054
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:06,640
Speaker 1: Me too.

1055
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:07,439
Speaker 2: Let's go.

1056
00:55:07,880 --> 00:55:09,160
Speaker 1: Let's okay, we'll go.

1057
00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:10,840
Speaker 2: Now, well, no, I met football.

1058
00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:11,279
Speaker 1: Let's go.

1059
00:55:12,400 --> 00:55:16,520
Speaker 2: People want this to be over true.

1060
00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:20,120
Speaker 1: For Ami Wells, I'm Mike Keith and thanking Ashley Ferrell

1061
00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:24,640
Speaker 1: especially for the good ideas. We appreciate you listening and

1062
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:28,200
Speaker 1: being with us every time for the O T Pepe.

1063
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:32,400
Speaker 1: Welcome to the big show where the legends going.

1064
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:36,680
Speaker 6: Everybody knows it's our house, Fine d Tennessee.

1065
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