1 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans, 2 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: Better Rates, Better Coverage considers. That's why Tennessee has been 3 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: relying on Farm Bureaus Health Plans for their health coverage 4 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: Monkins for seventy five years. My name is Mike Keith. 5 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: I've been here for the last three months. Amy Wells 6 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: has not for good reason, but she is back. I 7 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 1: am back. It feels good to be here. I missed you, 8 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: Yeah I did, I really did. You did, and it 9 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: feels good to be here. But I have a good excuse. 10 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: You have a kid. I have a kid, now, a 11 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 1: real live one. Tell people about your child. As of today, 12 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: I have a three month and five day old child. 13 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: Her name is Livy, Livy Lane. Beautiful. She's pretty, fantastic, 14 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: actually beautiful baby. Not every baby is beautiful. No, A 15 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: lot of babies come out just being babies, kind of 16 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: looking like lumps. Yes, this child, for whatever reason, did 17 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 1: not look like a lot beautiful child, so we are 18 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: very thankful. She's super chill. She's just the most easygoing, 19 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: kind of doesn't care baby. I know she's mine because 20 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: she's got a bit of an attitude. Okay, but in 21 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: the best possible way. She doesn't cry. She more just demands, 22 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: which I respect. That's her, but she's awesome and it's 23 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: been a lot of fun kind of getting to know 24 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: her and figure out what in the world I'm doing. 25 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,400 Speaker 1: I have no idea, Like every day is a terrifying 26 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: new adventure and we're just getting through it one day 27 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: at a time, and it's been really fun. But it 28 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: feels so good to be back home because you were 29 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: missing football. I was. I really struggled missing OTAs and 30 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: mini camp and that kind of stuff where I knew 31 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: that people were round and I knew that there were 32 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: things happening and I wasn't there. I felt my body 33 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: was telling me I was supposed to be somewhere. This 34 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: is season twelve for me, Tan in Nashville, twelve in 35 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:16,800 Speaker 1: the NFL, so my internal clock is program to football season. 36 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: So my brain and my body were telling me, you're 37 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: supposed to be at practice today and I wasn't there. 38 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: And it wasn't even like a fomo fear of missing 39 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 1: out thing. It was like like I was doing something wrong, 40 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: you know, And that was very strange, and I very 41 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: much enjoyed every second that I was able to spend 42 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: with Livy, and I feel very fortunate that the Titans 43 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: were so fantastic in allowing me to really spend time 44 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: and get to know this baby. And I feel so 45 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: grateful for that because not everybody has afforded the amount 46 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: of time that I was given to spend time with 47 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: my daughter. Well. And it was interesting because we were 48 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: on the OTP tour. Yes, and you were very pregnant. 49 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: I was. You were very very pregnant. Your determination originally 50 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: was you were going to make it through the draft. Yes, 51 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: the child was due originally May fifth. I think she 52 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:23,119 Speaker 1: was due May fifth. I found out as we were 53 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,720 Speaker 1: on the OTP tour. So I would go to the 54 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: doctor in the morning, right, and then I would come 55 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: and myself onto the bus. Use it. I felt like 56 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: we needed some sort of a lift to prepail me 57 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: into the bus some days. But found out that she 58 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: was breach and so things were going to be happening 59 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: a little bit faster than we assumed. So I'm processing 60 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: all of this information that things are getting real. I mean, 61 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: pregnancy is such a bizarre experience because if it's your 62 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: first one, you have no frame of reference, right, And 63 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: I think that that goes all the way through parenting. 64 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: If this is your first child, there is no way 65 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: to wrap your mind around what's about to happen and 66 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: how your life is going to shift because there's no 67 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: experience like it. So I'm trying to wrap my mind 68 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: around the fact that my life is going to change 69 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 1: faster than I wanted to or then I originally thought 70 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: it was going to and then I'm like, Okay, now 71 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: I've to switch to Titans and the OTP tour and 72 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: figuring out how to do that. This is something you 73 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: wanted to do very badly. You had pushed for getting 74 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: us out, and it was very successful. It was great 75 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: to see people. But every day we're on the bus, 76 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: we're afraid you're going to have that kid. Yeah. I 77 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: think we had like an exit strategy at every location. 78 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: There was a strategy medically, I know at a couple 79 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: of the places in terms of EMBs on standby, EMT's 80 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: on standby in case you you had the child while 81 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: we were in the middle. Oh, let's answer a question. 82 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: Wait a minute, I gotta go. Can't talk about the 83 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: fullbacks here. We've got no bigger fish to fry. Well, 84 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: we are glad you're back. We're glad Livy's here. Yes, 85 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,440 Speaker 1: everything has turned out very well and now you're ready 86 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 1: football season with a child. The timing couldn't have been better. 87 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 1: It really couldn't have. I mean, I didn't want to 88 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: miss the draft. I missed the draft, but boy would 89 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: have draft it was. It was interesting, yeah, but it 90 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: was really fun to listen to it on the radio 91 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,559 Speaker 1: from the comfort of my own home. I must say 92 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: it was rather delightful. What did you do when you 93 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: heard the AJ Brown trade was happening. I don't even 94 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,279 Speaker 1: think I can share with you what I did, because 95 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: I was so I was listening to it on my phone. 96 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 1: I had my cell phone six days after you've given birth. Yeah, 97 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: my phone in my pocket, so I could listen to 98 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: it as I walked around the house because you know, 99 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: I got stuff going on. And then we had a 100 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: TV feed on every TV in our house because you know, 101 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: you have a brand new baby. We're all kind of 102 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: moving around a lot. Had not been tipped off. This 103 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: even might be a possibility. No, I have no clue 104 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: about anything. Okay, So I saw it on Twitter and 105 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 1: I heard you say it on the radio almost at 106 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: the same time. Oh wow, And I was like this 107 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: can't be real, Like, this can't be real. And at 108 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,799 Speaker 1: one point I realized what was happening, and I looked 109 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: at my husband, who also works for the Titans, and 110 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: I said, I think this is real. And he was, well, 111 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: Mike Keith said it, and I said, yeah, but he 112 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: could have been wrong, but I think it's real. Thanks 113 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: for the confidence. Well, he goes, no, Mike's not raw. 114 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: It's never wrong. Well, yeah, so my husband was, well, 115 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: so you come back today. I come back today and 116 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 1: you get to see ty burs which is great, and 117 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: he had a very good first day. He did have 118 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: a good first day. Should make you feel better about 119 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: the trade now about the trade, and Robert Woods had 120 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: a very good day to day. I trust John Robinson 121 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 1: probably like blindly into the night. I trust John Robinson. 122 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: So to be able to come out to practice today 123 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: and see Robert would see Trailing Burkes and see them 124 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: being successful so early and seeing what we all expected 125 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: to see. It reaffirms your belief. Well, it reaffirms your 126 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: belief too when you see not only Trailing who had 127 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: a good day, but also to see Roger McCrary and 128 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: to see Malik Willis and to see Chiggacoquo and to 129 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: see Hassan Haskins and Nicholas Petit Frere, all these pieces 130 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: that directly or indirectly came from the trade because it 131 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: added draft picks, or it changed the sort of focus 132 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: in different areas where you could pick Malik in the 133 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: third round now because you had these extra picks, so 134 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: on and so forth. I think you understand that while 135 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: AJ's great, and I hope AJ does well in Philadelphia, 136 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,679 Speaker 1: this may be a key moment for the Titans where 137 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: they say, you know, we didn't just take lemons and 138 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: made lemonade. We made really good lemonade. Yeah. Training camp 139 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: is such an exciting time because it's football's back and 140 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: all of that, but it also is a chance to 141 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: see the puzzle a little bit. You know, we see 142 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: all the individual pieces and we see, Okay, this is 143 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: how free agency kind of panned out, this is how 144 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: this trade panned out, this is how the draft panned out, 145 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: and we see all these small portions of it. Training 146 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 1: camp is when you get to see everything start to 147 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: come together. And so day one being out there seeing 148 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: some of those pieces and starting to see that bigger 149 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 1: picture come into focus for those of us who aren't 150 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: as intimately involved in it as the scouting department is, 151 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: and all of that. It's so exciting. So, I mean, Callie, 152 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: I'm always fired up for training camp, Like I always 153 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: get very excited this time of the year, as I'm 154 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: sure everybody does. Football's back, but this year I am 155 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 1: especially fired up. All right, So let's run through some 156 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: of the headlines as training camp opens. Buster Screen retired. Yeah, 157 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: veteran cornerback out of the University of Tennessee Chattanooga better 158 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 1: known as Chattanooga now the Mocks. So he retired, and 159 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: you kind of get that. I mean, here's a guy 160 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: who's well into his thirties. I would guess he probably 161 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: got to about July fifteenth, and he said, you know, 162 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:23,439 Speaker 1: it's a hundred degrees and I just probably don't feel 163 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: like doing this. I mean, and I get it. I 164 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: get it. No, it does happen. Well, he's your age. 165 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: I think he's a little older than you are, actually, 166 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: and tell me to retire. No, But I'm saying, yeah, 167 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: I'm saying, when you play, there's always a dread of 168 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: the start of camp, right, no matter what level you're 169 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 1: playing at, there is a dread at the start of camp, 170 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: but it's like, Okay, well but I'm working and I'm 171 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: going to get through the tough part early and here 172 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,920 Speaker 1: we go. But then there comes a time where you're like, 173 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 1: you know, I just don't have the get up and 174 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: go to go do this again. There is a point, 175 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: and I've talked about this before, that there is a 176 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: point before every season where whether you are a player, 177 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: a coach, staff, you kind of look in the mirror 178 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: and go, Okay, am I gonna do this again? Because 179 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: once you get on the train, you're not getting off 180 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,680 Speaker 1: the train until February, you hope. And every single person 181 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: I feel like has that moment where they go, Okay, 182 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: we're gonna do this again. And for some guys, they 183 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: get to that point in training camp and they're like, 184 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: you know what, I don't want to get on this train. 185 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: And I'm not really sure in the end where buster 186 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 1: screen was going to factor in. I mean, with Roger 187 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:41,479 Speaker 1: McCrary at the corner spot, and Elijah Molden and obviously 188 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: Caleb Farley and Christian Fulton and Chris Jackson, the guy 189 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: who probably gets the most early bump out of it 190 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: is Chris Jackson, I think because he can play different spots, 191 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 1: so we'll see. But Buster Screen announces his retirement. Three 192 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: players are in the physically unable to perform list. The 193 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: kicker Caleb Shootac who got hurt. You've never even seen him, 194 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 1: actually a good kicker from Iowa. Sounds nice. He got 195 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: hurt in OTA's and he is not ready to start camp. 196 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,199 Speaker 1: Monty Rice, the linebacker from Georgia's second year man, coming 197 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: off of surgery. Tommy Hudson, the tight end out of 198 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: Arizona State who played some last year, got hurt. He too, 199 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: starts on pup. At this point, the Titans do have 200 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: a roster spot open because of Buster Screen. As we 201 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:32,959 Speaker 1: are recording this, they have not filled that roster spot tbd, TBD. 202 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: The other thing you'll notice when you come to practice, 203 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: and we previewed this with Alan Sills a few weeks ago. 204 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: You have several members of the team wearing the Guardian caps. 205 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: The lineman on both sides, the tight ends, and I 206 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: think the linebackers are all wearing the Guardian caps, the 207 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: big foam hats on top of their helmets. They're very 208 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 1: cool looking. They look very space ag well, and that's 209 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: funny because they look like the Rick moranis character in 210 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: Spaceballs if you're old enough to remember the mel Brooks movie. 211 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: But we've seen the high school players and the college 212 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: players wear them for years and they work. And guess 213 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: who was one of the leading advocates for them on 214 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: the competition committee. Mike Vrabel was. As a matter of fact, 215 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: I had a chance to visit with coach Vrabel about 216 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: the Guardian caps and specifically why he was so full. Mike, 217 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 1: why was it important to you to recommend the use 218 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 1: of the Guardian Cap league? Why? Well, I think as 219 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: the technology has improved and gotten better, the numbers are 220 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: strong as far as reducing the impact up to twenty 221 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 1: percent with two players, you know the force of that impact, 222 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: and he can reduce it by twenty percent, then that's significant. 223 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: What are you hearing on the Guardian camp from the 224 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 1: players so far? Not much, you know, I mean, there 225 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: hasn't been any pushback. I mean really, after a day 226 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: or two, I don't think anybody's noticed. We've practiced them 227 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: with the early group, and you know, I think that 228 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: these guys understand how important players and safety and welfare. 229 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 1: Most of these guys wore it in high school and college, 230 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 1: so is it an easy transition in that way. I 231 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 1: don't know. I've never had them. I've never worn them, 232 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: and so I'll follow up with them to see how 233 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: they they feel like if there's any hindrance, And you know, 234 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: we've even put the stripe on them so that we 235 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,520 Speaker 1: can kind of track where guys eyes are and stuff 236 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,319 Speaker 1: like that when we're trying to coach and watching film. 237 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: How does the Guardian camp fit into broader player health 238 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: and safety efforts. Our game is only as good as 239 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 1: our players. Our team is only as good as our players, 240 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: and we need everybody. It's nothing more important in the 241 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: health and safety of our players and their family and 242 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: not only the immediate health, but the long term health. 243 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: That's something that's important to me having been a part 244 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: of this game and played this game and had had 245 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: some teammates that that obviously you know, have had some struggles, 246 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: and then there's a lot of guys out there that 247 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: are doing great things. So you know, we're gonna try 248 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: to do everything we can to keep them safe. First day, 249 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: things that jumped out to you that you like, I 250 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:02,719 Speaker 1: thought that there was some urgency, I thought that there 251 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: was some speed. You know, it was good to see 252 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 1: everybody back. I felt like the operation was clean. Guys 253 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: looked like we knew where we were supposed to be 254 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: and hustled around. So another thing, the practice was ninety 255 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 1: minutes and that was you know, acclamation and you know, 256 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: to get us out here. But you know, we're going 257 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: to continue to add each and every day. Mike Vrabel 258 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: in a good mood. We love it when Mike Vrabel's 259 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: in a good mood. It's very helpful. Everybody's happy when 260 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: the head coach is happy. Yes, So Mike Vrabel likes 261 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: the Guardian caps. That's great. I think they're awesome. And 262 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: here's what I think is great. He hit on this 263 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: in the comment, and that is as a former player, 264 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: and as a former player who has had teammates and 265 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: guys that he's played against have issues post career, anything 266 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: that helps these guys is a big deal. And I've 267 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: always thought it was so smart because the lineman contacts 268 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: somebody every single play, right, there's no avoiding it what 269 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,960 Speaker 1: they do, right. I mean, does it happen to quarterbacks sometimes? 270 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: Does it happen to receivers and back Yeah, But it's 271 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: these guys who bang heads, either intentionally or unintentionally every 272 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: single play that you worry about, and so if you 273 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,120 Speaker 1: can take some of the shock out of that, that's 274 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: a great thing. Well, and what's nice is I think 275 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: players understand that. So with the Guardian Caps being able 276 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: to incorporate that, I think that guys appreciate that the 277 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: extra step is being taken to keep them safe. Well. 278 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: The other part of it, too is most things start 279 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: in the NFL and then filtered down to college in 280 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: high school. This is something that has actually come out 281 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: of high school and college that the NFL has now grabbed. 282 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: And a lot of these guys did this in high 283 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 1: school in college, so I mean Ben Jones probably didn't 284 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: because he's thirty three, but the majority of the guys 285 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: are used to this, so they don't think anything about it. 286 00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: This tailor of one love it, I don't know. I 287 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 1: mean he's thirty one. I don't know if he ever 288 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: used him. And they do look a little. I mean 289 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: when you come to practice and you see NFL players 290 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: wearing the Guardian caps on top of their helmet, you notice, 291 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: oh yeah, you notice. I mean it's Alan Sill said it. 292 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: They're ugly. He said that directly right here on the 293 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: OTP presented by far Bureau Health Plants, the chief Medical 294 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: Officer of the NFL admitted their goofy looking well, see, 295 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: I don't think they're goofy looking at Yeah, I really don't. 296 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: I think they look hardcore, but hardcore. You don't think 297 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: they look kind of hardcore, Oh, I don't. They're like 298 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: dark and they look like they're made out of rock. 299 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: You really don't know. They look like giant heads. I mean, 300 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: if you see the Rick Moranis picture in Spaceballs, you'll 301 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: know exactly what giant. But listen, if they're good for them, 302 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: and if they if they reduced by twenty percent the 303 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: amount of contact that they get, it's a great thing. Yeah, 304 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: so I'm all for it, all right, And they look cool. 305 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: So that was coach Mike Vrabel. All right. So Vraybel 306 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 1: has announced that Derrick Henry won't play in the preseason. 307 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: Pretty guaranteed. He'll practice, he'll do all those things. I 308 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: don't think we saw him in any of the three 309 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 1: games getting a lot of carries anyway. But and he 310 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 1: laid out that there will be a program for everybody, 311 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: that every one of the players, Robert Woods will be 312 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: treated differently than Traylan Burkes who will be treated differently 313 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: than desk Fitzpatrick and so on and so forth. And 314 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 1: every program is not just indicative of the snaps they 315 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: will receive in the regular season. It's their health and 316 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: their tracking and the information that comes from the GPS, 317 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: things that are in their jerseys. And there's so much 318 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: information that goes into making those decisions. I think people 319 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,840 Speaker 1: are pretty quick to say, well, he's still hurt, or 320 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:52,920 Speaker 1: oh there's a problem, or oh they're not going to 321 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: play that much, you know, all the snap judgments. There's 322 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 1: so much information that goes into every single one of 323 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: those decisions. The plans that are laid out for each 324 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 1: individual guy are so complex. Sure, all right, So let's 325 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: look at the people who won the offseason awards. Dylan 326 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: Ravens Yes, offensive tackle, Tory Carter, fullback, Des Fitzpatrick, wide receiver, 327 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:25,160 Speaker 1: Caleb Farley cornerback, a Motti Hooker, safety, DeMarcus Walker defensive line. 328 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: So all of those players were judged to have been 329 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: the best during the offseason program for the Titans. They 330 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:36,520 Speaker 1: made improvements, showed a commitment to this organization. Where they 331 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: get a parking spot, they do get a parking spot. 332 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 1: Do you know what I would do for a parking spot? Yes, 333 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: I do. I would work out for a parking spot, 334 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 1: all right, So the other thing I would that's good. 335 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 1: So the other thing we need to do here on 336 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: the OTP presented by far Bureau Health Plans is make 337 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: sure you know how to pronounce number fifteen's named properly. 338 00:18:56,800 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: We've been saying it wrong. It is not Nick Westbrook akeena, 339 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: which is what we were initially told. It is Nick 340 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:10,160 Speaker 1: Westbrook a kene, a keyne, a keyne, a keyne. Now 341 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: why did we not know any differently because basically until 342 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 1: the end of last season, we'd never met him. Yep, 343 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 1: And that's one hundred percent of the truth due to 344 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: the COVID season of twenty twenty and then last year 345 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 1: which ended up being more COVID than we initially expected 346 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:29,880 Speaker 1: it to be in terms of our lack of access 347 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: to players. I met him at the end of the year. 348 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: We got to interview him for a one on one, 349 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: but I never met him until late December. So I 350 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,679 Speaker 1: went and asked him. I said, hey, I saw you 351 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 1: on a thing for the team, and you pronounced your 352 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 1: name Nick Westbrook a keyne. Is that a change or 353 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 1: he goes no, no, he said, I've just never corrected anybody, 354 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:52,040 Speaker 1: and so we're gonna say it properly. A Kene, Nick 355 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 1: Westbrook A Kene. It feels good to be meeting some 356 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: of these guys. It is very funny how many people 357 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 1: we have never actually met in person. We made the 358 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 1: point we never met Jadevin Clowney. Nope, we I mean 359 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: some of the guys we did have occasion to meet. 360 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: Julio Jones once, yep. Once. Yeah. There's so many people 361 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,399 Speaker 1: that we just weren't we didn't have the access to. 362 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 1: And the third year players, we you know, we don't 363 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: don't know them real well. Nope, I know I've seen 364 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: him on Zoom a bunch. But that's about it. But 365 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 1: we're back to more normal now we are, and it 366 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: feels good. Okay, so let's talk some numbers. Joshua Khalu, 367 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: who is a favorite of ours, Yes, safety and special 368 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: teams demon is back with the team. Was supposed to 369 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: be with the Giants last year, got injured and ended 370 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: up missing the season, but he has resigned. He's not 371 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 1: wearing forty six anymore because Morgan Cox has that number, 372 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: so he's gonna wear twenty eight. Okay, twenty eight's a 373 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: good number. Twenty eight was initially has Signed Haskins number, 374 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 1: but he switched to twenty five, and so now Joshua 375 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 1: Klue is twenty eight. Other number changes. Cody Hollister is eight, 376 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: the wide receiver, yes, another wide receiver. Racy McMath goes 377 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: from eighty one to thirteen. Aaron Brewer offensive guard is 378 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 1: now fifty five, okay, And Corey Levin is back to 379 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 1: sixty two, which was his original number on his first 380 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: go round with the team. See, you can't do that 381 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: to me now sixty one for a while. Yeah, you 382 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: can't came back. You can't have a number, then come back, 383 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: have a different number, and then have the first number. 384 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 1: My brain explodes. If you do that, well he does. 385 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: You are allowed one shift. That's all you get with me. 386 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,479 Speaker 1: Then I'll just never know your number again. You'll just 387 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 1: never know that. I'll just never know. You'll just blow 388 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,920 Speaker 1: it off. No, it just won't stick in my brain. 389 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about some of the topics around 390 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: practice today. You wanted to talk about Kevin Byard. Kevin 391 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 1: Byard impressed me today during his media availability, and I'll 392 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 1: tell you why. Thank you. Kevin Byard came across to 393 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: me as one of the main leaders, not just on defense, 394 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: not just in his position group, but on this team. 395 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,359 Speaker 1: The way that he presented himself, the way that he 396 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: answered questions. I don't know if it's just that he 397 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: seemed more grown up to me. Somehow, he seemed like 398 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: one of the definitive leaders of this team. And he's 399 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: been tracking that way for the last couple of years. 400 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: He has, and we've seen him a little bit more, 401 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,880 Speaker 1: a little bit more start getting a little bit more vocal, 402 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: start taking some guys under his wing. But today he 403 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 1: just came across as an adult and he was talking 404 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 1: about some big things. I mean, he was talking about 405 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 1: moving on from a disappointing loss and how that changes 406 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: your trajectory into the next season. He was talking about 407 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 1: how he's helping some of the younger guys and the 408 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 1: ways that he's encouraging them. He's talking about the way 409 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: that he has changed his body and his diet and 410 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: all of these things to continue making those improvements. And 411 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: then he talked about losing his mom and the struggles 412 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 1: that he's had this offseason and how his personal life 413 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: has been rocked a little bit, and I think that 414 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: just the way that he was able to speak and 415 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: the way that he was able to cover so much ground. 416 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: I just kept remembering when we were in Mobile, Alabama 417 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: talking to him at the Senior Bowl, and how impressed 418 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 1: we were by him then because he was so well 419 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: spoken and just such a nice guy and was really 420 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,439 Speaker 1: willing to do anything for us to make sure that 421 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 1: we were able to do our jobs. And to see 422 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 1: how far he's come and that I'm still so impressed 423 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: by him. He just really stood out to me, and 424 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: I'm excited to watch him step up even more among 425 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,399 Speaker 1: the defense and become one of those main guys that 426 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: everyone turns to, like Jeffrey Simmons exactly, who was here 427 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't get into any of the stuff about his contract, 428 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: but he's here, yeah, you know, and he's practicing and 429 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: all of that, and you know, there's been a lot 430 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 1: of reports about, you know, what happens with his contract 431 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: going forward, but he's here and working. He obviously doesn't 432 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: want to let that become a distraction. He's still really big, 433 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 1: he's still really awesome looking in terms of what he's 434 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,400 Speaker 1: able to do on the field, and so I think 435 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: that's a good sign. Same for Derrick Henry on the 436 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 1: other side of the ball. Yep. Thought he looked great 437 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 1: in the mini camp last month. Thought he came back 438 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 1: again today. Watching him in individual drills, watching him in 439 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 1: team If there's any rust or anything wrong with him, 440 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: I don't see it. No, he's every time I see him, 441 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: he looks bigger and meaner somehow in the best possible way. 442 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 1: But he's like the Monstars on Space Jam. He just 443 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:57,120 Speaker 1: keeps growing. Ah, it's great. I'm so glad he plays 444 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: for the Titans. Great, how you did that? Thank you? Ryan? 445 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,359 Speaker 1: And Hill was sharp. He sure was. I got a 446 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: lot of questions again about putting the end of last 447 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: season behind him and all of that, And I mean, 448 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 1: I don't know that there's much that he can say. 449 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 1: It's just he's got to go do it. Yeah, it 450 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:18,560 Speaker 1: very much. He is very focused on the future, focused 451 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,959 Speaker 1: on making small improvements every single day to get to 452 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 1: the point that he wants to be. He expects this 453 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: team to be, and he kept circling back to that. 454 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 1: So I believe him. And then trailing Burks. Trailing Burks, 455 00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 1: the rookie for Markansas who admitted he's lost a little 456 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: bit awight. He said he's lost five to six pounds 457 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 1: since reporting. Didn't have any problems with conditioning. Today, caught 458 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: a deep ball and if you've seen the photos or 459 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 1: the video of the deep ball catch he made, it 460 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: was really fantastic, and then got up and ran into 461 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: the end zone, made some other catches. I think the 462 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 1: narrow have changed about him today. But again it's just 463 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: one day, and the whole thing about May and June, 464 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: it's all well and good. We've seen plenty of May's 465 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 1: and June's with rookies where they've had issues and then 466 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,080 Speaker 1: they come out in July and look a lot better. 467 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: And I think that's that's what's happened here. He's realized 468 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,960 Speaker 1: he needed to improve his conditioning. What his approach is 469 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: if there's something medical that needed to be done to 470 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,640 Speaker 1: help him out with the asthma, then you know they 471 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 1: get on that too. Nobody wins anything for May and 472 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 1: June as a rookie, no or as anything. But the 473 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: thing that you have there is you learn how you 474 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: do the job right. You figure that part out. So 475 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:49,200 Speaker 1: if you're going to stumble, that's the time to stumble. Yeah, 476 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: if if there's a time to have a wake up 477 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: call or have a moment where you're realizing then right now, yeah, 478 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I haven't been doing this right. Let 479 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,760 Speaker 1: me make adjustments. That's the perfect time to do it. 480 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: I think what one him points is not so much 481 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,480 Speaker 1: even when he did on the field, and he did 482 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: have a good day off the field, the way that 483 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,439 Speaker 1: he kind of took ownership by saying I didn't know 484 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: what the expectation was, right, I guess I was not 485 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 1: in the shape I should have been in. I realized 486 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: that I fixed the problem. Now we're moving forward. I 487 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: wasn't handling my asthma or whatever the way I should 488 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: have been. Now I'm fixing it. Well. The other part 489 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: of it, too is how many pre draft visits did 490 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: he take? A bunch? And when you're taking pre draft visits, 491 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:38,439 Speaker 1: what are you not doing working out? And you're not 492 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: eating great? Right? I mean, you're just you're just not 493 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,760 Speaker 1: It's hard to find the Mediterranean diet when you're going 494 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: airport to airport and you know you're you're trying to 495 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,479 Speaker 1: grab something just any way you can, or eating the 496 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 1: snack mix on the flight, or I mean people people 497 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,919 Speaker 1: who travel know what I'm talking about. It's it's not 498 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: an easy way to go. And if you're going from 499 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: Houston to Chicago to Detroit to New York to Nashville 500 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: to Charlotte, you know you're not getting a lot of 501 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 1: time to jump in there and get a workout in 502 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: well And I mean think about the type of workouts 503 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,560 Speaker 1: that you're doing from your senior year season or your 504 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: last year of college. You're working out training for the combine, 505 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,439 Speaker 1: which is very different than training for a football season. 506 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: It's a different set of skills. You're trying to accomplish 507 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: different things. And then after that you're going straight into 508 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 1: meetings and then there's the draft, and then all of 509 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: a sudden, it's like, great show up being football shape. Wrong. Yeah, 510 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: like that's not realistic expectation. That's not going to happen. 511 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: But we're back in. We're rolling. You're back in, you're rolling, 512 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: and we are very glad to see you. And I 513 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: know the OT people are most excited to see Amy 514 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: Wells back in rolling. I'm very happy to be here. 515 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 1: I missed the OT people and they missed you. They 516 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,560 Speaker 1: are my favorite people people. They are your people. Yes, 517 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,120 Speaker 1: I say one more thing, before we cut this off, 518 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: I want to say something about Mark Howard, who was 519 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:10,200 Speaker 1: a staple in the Nashville sports market since nineteen eighty six, 520 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: if you could believe that. And we lost Mark earlier 521 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: this week, and way too young, either sixty four or 522 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: sixty five. I've seen reports of both. I actually go 523 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:25,760 Speaker 1: back with Mark over thirty years because what was funny 524 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 1: is when Mark Mark came from Evansville where he did 525 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:32,240 Speaker 1: TV and Evansville, he got the job at Channel five 526 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty six. He wasn't even thirty yet, and 527 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 1: at that time, to get a job like that was 528 00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 1: unheard of. So he was considered kind of a boy 529 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: wonder type. He was with Hope Pines, and Hope Pines 530 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: was a big deal and Channel five was a big deal. 531 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: They always took sports very seriously, and so that was 532 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: a whole thing. Mark was also as a young man 533 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: who had success and was single. He was also quite 534 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: the man about town. He had joy being out and 535 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 1: about in Nashville at that time. I think he dated 536 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: a couple of country music stars. Yeah. Yeah, And so 537 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: the first time I met him was he was covering 538 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: the University of Tennessee and he came to Knoxville and 539 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: I said, Hey, I hear you're going out with so 540 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 1: and so. And that was someone that had been way 541 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,720 Speaker 1: ahead of me in high school. And she was the 542 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 1: one like from an eighties movie. When she walked down 543 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: the hall, everybody went whoa you know, and so it 544 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: was impressive. And he was very very fond of the 545 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: fact that I knew that he was right. Yes, that 546 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: he was dating this nice lady. Yes, I understand she's 547 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 1: still a nice lady. She didn't. She didn't end up 548 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,280 Speaker 1: married to Mark. But Mark was just a lot of fun. 549 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:51,800 Speaker 1: He was. He was that guy who was always into something, 550 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: always had something going. He always had some story to 551 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: tell you about a ballpark he had gone to see, 552 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: or somewhere that he had visited, a party, people that 553 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: he was around, people that he knew, and so we 554 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 1: were all kind of like little brothers listening to his stories. 555 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: And he was also exceedingly nice to us. Didn't have 556 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 1: to be, because I mean when I met him, I 557 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,880 Speaker 1: guess I was twenty one, and he was very very 558 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: helpful always and didn't have to be, So you were 559 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 1: so appreciative of that. The other thing he did, too, 560 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: is he would roll into Knoxville for Johnny Major's Tuesday 561 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 1: press conferences. Well, if you're on a beat, if you're 562 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: with a team every day, sometimes you have to pick 563 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: your spots to ask the really hard questions or have 564 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,720 Speaker 1: an uncomfortable moment because you got to live with these 565 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:51,120 Speaker 1: people every day. So sometimes you have to think to yourself, Okay, 566 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: is this gonna be worth having two weeks where nobody's 567 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 1: going to talk to me? Or do I just let 568 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: this one pass? Well, because Mark was in Asheville and 569 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: he just came to town once a week. He would 570 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: throw out these bombs like you wouldn't believe, and everybody 571 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 1: would always wait to see what he was going to 572 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: ask Coach Majors, and Coach Major's face would turn really 573 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: red because Mark would ask him something really hard. He 574 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 1: actually ended up really liking Mark a lot because that 575 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: was the way Mark was. You couldn't stay mad at him. 576 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: He was, like I said, he was a lot of fun. 577 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: But oh gosh, those moments where you when Mark would 578 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 1: ask the question, you would turn around and you would 579 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: just stop because you knew it was going to be fabulous. 580 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: And I used to tell him, I said, everybody can't 581 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 1: wait for you to ask the question, and he just 582 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,600 Speaker 1: thought that was great, and so then he went on. 583 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 1: He finished at Channel five. He had the radio career 584 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 1: he did. Larry Stone and I both felt like he 585 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 1: should be part of the one oh four five Titans coverage. 586 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,080 Speaker 1: We wanted him to be a part of that because 587 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,880 Speaker 1: he knew so much about the NFL, and the fans 588 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 1: locally loved to talk to him about it. Now, he'd 589 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: cut you off if you ask a dumb question. He 590 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 1: was from that era of he ain't listening to any foolishness. 591 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:12,360 Speaker 1: But what a good guy, somebody that knew more sports 592 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: than anybody I've ever met. And I'm talking about ever 593 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 1: a good reporter, but just the overriding kindness. So all 594 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: the things that you've been hearing this week about him 595 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: as he was lost way too young, you believe. And 596 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: if you listen to him on the radio and you thought, 597 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: I think that's a good guy, you were right. He 598 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: was a really good guy. And I just wanted to 599 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: take the chance to say that to not only his family, 600 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: but so many friends. Oh gosh, he knew everybody, and 601 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,400 Speaker 1: everybody in the media is crushed, but people in the 602 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 1: music industry and all over different parts of town are 603 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: just crushed because he was a man about town and 604 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 1: he had so many friends. And the one thing that 605 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 1: you can say about someone that I think is the 606 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: biggest compliment is he lived life well. That is a 607 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: good compliment. Well done, Mark out, well done, thanks for 608 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:11,120 Speaker 1: joining us and Amy Wells being back for the OTP. 609 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: So for Amy, I'm Mike and this is official the 610 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 1: Titans Podcast or the OTO. Welcome to the Big Show 611 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:24,560 Speaker 1: where the legends go. Everybody knows it's our house, finding 612 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 1: thought Tennessee. Making us to read greatness is means to 613 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 1: be