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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: to learn about our history in Tennessee with Amy Wells.

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Speaker 2: I'm Mike Keith and this obviously is the general manager,

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Speaker 2: Ran Carthun. Thank you for joining us on the OTP

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Speaker 2: in what is such a busy week.

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Speaker 3: To say the least.

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Speaker 2: All right, can we go back a couple days and

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Speaker 2: hit the high points on DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 3: I mean, just to close that out and get that

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Speaker 3: done and have him become a Titan officially. You know.

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Speaker 3: It was one of those things where you know, Robbie

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Speaker 3: Bourne and I after we agree to terms and Robbers like, hey,

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Speaker 3: can we put it? Can we put it out? I'm like,

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Speaker 3: absolutely not. Let's wait until ink is on paper. And

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Speaker 3: you know, came in today and I know he's fired

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Speaker 4: All right.

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Speaker 2: So he was cut on May the twenty six by

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Speaker 2: the Arizona Cardinals. There had been a lot of thought

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Speaker 2: that he would be traded. One would guess that the

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Speaker 2: waiving him. At what point did the Titan staff begin

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Speaker 2: working on the possibility that you would pursue DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 3: Well, our guys Vin Marino and Brian Gardner and Kevin

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Speaker 3: really good job of having a list, a running list,

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Speaker 3: what we call cap casualties, so we knew. I always

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Speaker 3: knew it was a possibility that he could become available,

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Speaker 3: So even prior to him getting cut, the research was done,

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Speaker 3: the tape was watched, and the conversation was had. So

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Speaker 3: the moment he was released, it was pretty funny. I

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Speaker 3: saw it first. I texted Chad and a Rob and

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Speaker 3: texting me and you know, and I was like, hey,

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Speaker 3: we've already reached out, you know, to his team, and

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Speaker 3: the communication started there.

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Speaker 1: When that's going on, how do you maintain a level

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Speaker 1: of calm? You know, it's really easy to get excited

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Speaker 1: about a big name who's available you want to go

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Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, you have to because there's a chance you

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Speaker 3: that was a possibility. You know, a player of his magnitude,

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Speaker 3: And then the cool thing was, you know, and the

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Speaker 3: the part that they played. But when we brought him

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Speaker 2: You remember who suggested you take him to seem a

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Speaker 2: fast was it?

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Speaker 1: Why did you tell him? Well, he knew he had

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Speaker 3: That is right that so she did her part and

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Speaker 3: You know, he came in and it was funny. We

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Speaker 3: So that was a cool thing. He got to experience it.

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Speaker 4: How key was it getting the first visit.

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Speaker 1: Now, you mentioned the prior relationships that Hopkins had with

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Speaker 1: Being able to have a familiarity not only with like

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Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, And especially when you speak of for

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Speaker 3: And I think that's one of the key things, and

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Speaker 3: they had dealings where Mike would come, hey, maybe you

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Speaker 3: that's just who Mike is. You know, Mike's a teacher,

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Speaker 4: How'd you close? DeAndre Hopkins?

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Speaker 3: How do you close it? You make sure the money's right?

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Speaker 3: And you know, again it was it was constant communication,

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Speaker 3: We don't negotiate in public. We keep our family business,

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Speaker 3: we've been solid.

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Speaker 1: Have you been surprised how much of this job is

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Speaker 1: relationship building?

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Speaker 3: Be honest with you know. You know, I've been able

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Speaker 3: all have our superstitions and things, but we we like

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Speaker 2: So now we've talked about how you built that relationship

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Speaker 2: with DeAndre Hopkins and he's here this weekend, Titans fans

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Speaker 2: will get a chance to see him. Why was DeAndre

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Speaker 3: Well, again, it's it's all about we're building a team,

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Speaker 3: And a player like DeAndre, he is reliable. You know,

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Speaker 3: I won't share what he was asking, but he asked

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Speaker 3: some very pointed questions this morning when we were signing

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Speaker 2: More with Ran Carthon on the OTP coming up, but

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Speaker 2: I have to speak for our friends from Duncan. Hey

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Speaker 2: Titans fans, it's always game on with Duncan. So grab

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Speaker 2: a coffee and kick off the action, whether that's drinking

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Speaker 2: Just like the pros, we need to be at our

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Speaker 2: best come game time, which is why Duncan is the

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Speaker 2: most important part of your game day ritual because it's

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Speaker 2: always the best call for football America runs on Duncan.

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Speaker 4: Man, I could go for Duncan, right, donut all right?

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Speaker 4: Next question is yours. Next topic is yours. Where do

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Speaker 4: you want to go?

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Speaker 3: Amy?

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about training camp. So much excitement

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Speaker 1: around this football team in so many different ways. For

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Speaker 1: you as a general manager. You've been through the draft,

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Speaker 1: You've been through a couple waves of free agency, and

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Speaker 1: just kind of the ebbs and flows of what that

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Speaker 1: looks like you've put this team together. Does this feel

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Speaker 2: Would you just take us through quickly how Anthony Robinson

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Speaker 3: So Chad's focus is what we call strategy. So and

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Speaker 2: Speaking about guys in respect Jeffrey Simmons, you guys worked

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Speaker 2: All right, let me talk Seat Geek right here, Titans

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Speaker 4: Did it for Beyonce? Yes?

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Speaker 4: So you read the.

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Speaker 4: Well done, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: And by the way, nice job you pro just kicking

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Speaker 4: The GM's right in the that's that's good. Did you

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Speaker 3: You know. It's it's it goes back to what I

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Speaker 3: players that if they don't hear it directly from myself,

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Speaker 3: Mike or Amy, then it's not real. And you know,

436
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Speaker 3: again it's social media, and my take on that is

437
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,399
Speaker 3: also you know, it's not only do the players have

438
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,480
Speaker 3: to deal with it from the fans, but it creates

439
00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,280
Speaker 3: the question from their family members and those closest to them,

440
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Speaker 3: and I don't think that's fair. And that's why I

441
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Speaker 3: don't refuse to speak about anybody's contract or their status

442
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,440
Speaker 3: with our team publicly. You know, if the player has

443
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Speaker 3: a question about that, I'm sure they can go talk

444
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,280
Speaker 3: to Mike, they can come talk to me, and we'll

445
00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,000
Speaker 3: be able to answer those questions truthfully, and so the

446
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Speaker 3: players will know where they stand with us, and we

447
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Speaker 3: don't have to do this thing in public.

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Speaker 1: That has to go a long way in creating those

449
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Speaker 1: relationships and being able to do deals and really kind

450
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Speaker 1: of establish who's going to be a part of this

451
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Speaker 1: ball club. When you've established that rapport that hey, listen,

452
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Speaker 1: I'm going to be upfront with you, I'm going to

453
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Speaker 1: talk to you straight every single time.

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Speaker 3: That's got to be helpful, right yeah, I well hope.

455
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Speaker 3: So I was had a speaking engagement earlier and they

456
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Speaker 3: were asking, you know, they said John Lway, John Lynch,

457
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Speaker 3: and you know myself. They were like, yeah, you guys

458
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 3: have all been former players, And I was like, can

459
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Speaker 3: I cut you off? You said John Lway, John Lynch

460
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Speaker 3: and then me. I was like, you're talking about two

461
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,080
Speaker 3: gold jackets and an undrafted dude, Like it's a bit

462
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Speaker 3: of a separate Oh thank you, And so I just

463
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,080
Speaker 3: think it's it's a you know, when you've been in

464
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Speaker 3: the locker room before, and I've been a former player

465
00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:32,320
Speaker 3: that has been cut thousands of times, and I know

466
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Speaker 3: what it feels like on boat, on all ends, and

467
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Speaker 3: I just all you ever want as a players for

468
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Speaker 3: someone to tell you the truth and be upfront with you. Now,

469
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Speaker 3: you don't may not necessarily like what they have to say,

470
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Speaker 3: but they let you know up front. And so that's

471
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Speaker 3: how That's the only way I know how to be.

472
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Speaker 3: That's how I've always been, you know, since I've been

473
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Speaker 3: on this side of its, particularly with the players, it's

474
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Speaker 3: just be up front. I know a couple of guys

475
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Speaker 3: in San fran like even I said this way, when

476
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Speaker 3: we signed Disease and we brought him in, he so

477
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,760
Speaker 3: used to me just being on him that as soon

478
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Speaker 3: as he saw me, he's like, I know, you got

479
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,399
Speaker 3: something smart, slick to say, you know, but he knows

480
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Speaker 3: that at the end of the day that I'm just

481
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Speaker 3: gonna always tell him the truth because I just want

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Speaker 3: what's best for him.

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Speaker 2: a busy man. We thank you Ran Carthon for joining

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Speaker 2: us on the OTP. The sense that I get in

492
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Speaker 2: looking at the makeup of the roster is you have

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Speaker 2: a lot of hungry players. You have young guys who

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Speaker 2: want who want to make a roster. You have young

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Speaker 2: guys who want to take a step forward and be

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Speaker 2: a starter. You have guys who are in the midst

497
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Speaker 2: of their career who are being given an opportunity to

498
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Speaker 2: do more, just like Mike Grabel had when he moved

499
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Speaker 2: from Pittsburgh to New England, a chance to move from

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Speaker 2: a backup to a starter. You've got older guys who

501
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,440
Speaker 2: want to hold their spots. You've got guys on one

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Speaker 2: year contracts. Guys, in last years of contracts, you have

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Speaker 2: a lot of flexibility cap wise next year. I'm sure

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Speaker 2: every agent and every player knows that. So it feels

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Speaker 2: like it's a very hungry group, especially coming off of

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Speaker 2: a seven and ten season in which the Titans lost

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Speaker 2: their last seven.

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Speaker 4: Was that all by design?

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Speaker 3: Well, I look at it this way. I hope every

510
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,280
Speaker 3: year we're talking about we have a very hungry group,

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Speaker 3: you know, regardless of what the previous year record was.

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Speaker 3: And I think, I mean, that's how you win football games.

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Speaker 3: We were intentional with our targets and what we were

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Speaker 3: looking for, so I guess that's the short answer to it.

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Speaker 3: We were intentional. But again, you want to feel a

516
00:25:56,040 --> 00:26:00,879
Speaker 3: competitive team, you know, every year that's built on speed, violence,

517
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,919
Speaker 3: and versatility, and that's what we want a Tennessee Titan

518
00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,440
Speaker 3: to be. And every player that fits that mole, we're

519
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:07,560
Speaker 3: always trying to get them.

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Speaker 2: I can't speak for every franchise because I've only worked

521
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Speaker 2: for one, but in two thousand and six, the Tennessee

522
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Speaker 2: Titans went out and got Kevin Maway, David Thornton, Chris Hope,

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Speaker 2: and those guys really helped transform the franchise. As free

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Speaker 2: agents who were serious pros, who took it seriously every

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Speaker 2: single day, and it's stilled something different.

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Speaker 4: In the locker room.

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Speaker 2: I feel the same thing with these free agents, the

528
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Speaker 2: same type of personalities that the first minute you meet them,

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Speaker 2: you say professional.

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Speaker 3: Fair, Yeah, very fair, I think and like you said earlier,

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Speaker 3: I think all those guys have something to prove. You know,

532
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 3: all these guys have starter level ability. They just haven't

533
00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:54,800
Speaker 3: been in the best position to consistently start. They all

534
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,119
Speaker 3: have started to have proved that they can play at

535
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 3: a high level in this league. But now they get

536
00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:03,119
Speaker 3: the opportunity to play an extended time and we just

537
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Speaker 3: hope they take advantage of it. Each one of those

538
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:09,719
Speaker 3: guys brought their own unique not only skill set, but

539
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 3: their on unique personality, you know, to the team. And

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00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,320
Speaker 3: you know, I smile because you can't help but smile

541
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 3: when you think about Arden. You're gonna hear Arden. You

542
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 3: know you're gonna hear him every day. You know, A

543
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,400
Speaker 3: Z's is more of the stoic you know, thinker, and

544
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,320
Speaker 3: you know guys like Gift, you know he's gonna come in.

545
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 3: He's just a great guy. And you know SMB I

546
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 3: tease him all the time because I tell him he's

547
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:38,159
Speaker 3: a little pretty boy, you know. Yeah, so we have

548
00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 3: our little inside joke. And but uh, you know, he's

549
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 3: another guy that has something to prove, you know, a

550
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 3: former high pick and you know it was there's a

551
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 3: bunch of talent down there in Tampa and he wasn't

552
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,400
Speaker 3: consistently in the lineup, and now he has an opportunity

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00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 3: to come here to compete to you know, make his

554
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,760
Speaker 3: his stake and the claim to be a starting corner

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Speaker 3: in the league. So we were intentional about the guys

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Speaker 3: that we signed. And again, you know, knowing who our

557
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 3: coach is, and like I've said before, like I'm in

558
00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 3: a very unique spot in being a first time GM

559
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 3: to come in with an established coach who has an

560
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,199
Speaker 3: established culture. You know, most gms nowadays come in with

561
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 3: a new head coach and you have to establish that culture.

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00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,800
Speaker 3: I'm well positioned to just come in and learn what

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00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 3: that culture is and along with my staff, do our

564
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,919
Speaker 3: part in building helping add to that culture.

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Speaker 1: Now, if coach Mac was here, he'd tell me to

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Speaker 1: keep my powders, but he's not, so I'm not going to.

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Speaker 1: As the season is starting training camp, is the kickoff

568
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Speaker 1: to the season. I don't care what you say. It

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Speaker 1: just is as the season is starting, what is ran

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Speaker 1: Karth I'm most excited about about this Titans team.

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Speaker 3: I just I just want to see the team when

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00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 3: it's when it's complete and we we have our you know,

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00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 3: sixty some odd guys here, whether that's the fifty three,

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Speaker 3: whether that's the practice squad, because those practice squad guys

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Speaker 3: are going to be valuable. They're gonna be very valuable

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Speaker 3: to us. And I just want to see it all

577
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,960
Speaker 3: come together. And when we first line up to you know,

578
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 3: to kick off down in New Orleans, you know that

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Speaker 3: that's when out that day is when I think I'll

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Speaker 3: be the most excited.

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Speaker 2: What do you think you'll do in two weeks when

582
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 2: you see that football team you've put together play in Chicago?

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Speaker 3: I mean even then, but from me and that point,

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00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 3: I'll still be in an evaluation mode, you know, and

585
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 3: getting through the preseason. And you know that's a bit

586
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 3: of a game you play in the preseason because you

587
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 3: got a rational snaps and you know all those things,

588
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 3: and so still going to be excited because you know,

589
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 3: once a game day, whether it's a preseason exhibition. You

590
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 3: know what I mean. It's it's all fun, but when

591
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 3: it's really go time, when it all really matters, you know,

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Speaker 3: I think that's when I'll probably be at my most

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Speaker 3: excited point.

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Speaker 4: Thank you for making time for us anytime.

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Speaker 3: Man. I told you, I haven't talked to anybody as

596
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 3: much as I've talked to you since I've been here,

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Speaker 3: So I think I'm we're family.

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Speaker 4: Now, Hike. It was lovely, truly, Rand carth On, thank you,

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Speaker 4: Thank you. Anything else you'd like to say, Amy.

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Speaker 1: Before I'm not ruining that moment.

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Speaker 3: Keep the suggestions coming in terms of where we need

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Speaker 3: to take players.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you just confine me. I'm very hip and very

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Speaker 1: plugged into the Nashville.

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Speaker 2: The OT people need to know that Amy actually basically

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Speaker 2: signed DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 4: That's what You're welcome.

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Speaker 2: You're welcome America tweet that. But let's let's do this then.

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Speaker 2: Can we do the wave? The Draft Day, the Draft

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Speaker 2: night Wave?

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Speaker 4: Thank you?

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Speaker 2: Thanking far Bureau Health flags for Rand Carthon and Amy Wells.

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Speaker 4: I'm Mike Keith and this is the OT