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Speaker 1: forty seven. My name is Amy Wells. Thank you so
Speaker 1: much for listening to the OTP. We are here in
Speaker 1: Las Vegas right now at the Pro Bowl. You can
Speaker 1: hear the crowd behind us cheering. They're probably cheering for
Speaker 1: the OTP, or they're cheering for all of the AFC
Speaker 1: Pro Bowlers who are walking out onto the field. And
Speaker 1: I am joined by our own Pro bowler, Jim Wyatt,
Speaker 1: who has been to a couple of Pro Bowls in
Speaker 1: his day. But Jim, you've been all over the place
Speaker 1: these last couple of weeks. So before we talk about
Speaker 1: what you've been doing here in Vegas, I want to
Speaker 1: ask you about your trip to Mobile, Alabama to spend
Speaker 1: some time at the Senior Bowl. I know you had
Speaker 1: a chance to talk to John Robinson while you were there. Jim,
Speaker 1: tell us a little bit about what it was like
Speaker 1: being down in Mobile. Yeah, it's always you know, cool
Speaker 1: to kind of get that process started, I know, you know,
Speaker 1: for us and for the Titans. You kind of wish
Speaker 1: this two twenty one season was still going on, but no,
Speaker 1: you've got to start moving on after you lose. And
Speaker 1: that's what John Robinson is doing. I think that's what
Speaker 1: all the Titans scouts that were down in Mobile were doing.
Speaker 1: It was cool to kind of see another crop of
Speaker 1: players come through you. No, I'm not so sure that
Speaker 1: that group in Mobile this year is going to produce
Speaker 1: like the top ten picks like maybe some years passed,
Speaker 1: but certainly some really good players and you know, I
Speaker 1: think and John Robinson was certainly paying close attention to
Speaker 1: all of them. So you then took a plane, strings
Speaker 1: and automobiles really is what you took to get out here,
Speaker 1: arrived in Las Vegas. We've been at the Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: all week. Jim in just your experience and being out here,
Speaker 1: what has it been like being had a Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: in Las Vegas. It's very different from Pro Bowls in
Speaker 1: the past. Yeah, it is, but I think Vegas has
Speaker 1: done a good job with it. I know all of
Speaker 1: us when we came out here didn't exactly know what
Speaker 1: to expect and uh, and it's not like we're doing
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl right in the middle of the strip
Speaker 1: right off the struff. I mean it's an outskirts where
Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Baseball Park, which is a beautiful facility.
Speaker 1: But the crowds have been great. Access I think has
Speaker 1: been good, Our players have been great to deal with.
Speaker 1: We've went to several of these in Orlando obviously and
Speaker 1: kind of knew the lay of the land there back
Speaker 1: in my days when I was at the Tennessee and
Speaker 1: I was lucky enough to cover you know, some Pro
Speaker 1: bowls in Hawaii. That's still my favorite place to go
Speaker 1: for a prowl. Shocking. Wish we could get back there,
Speaker 1: but this is not a bad spot. And I think
Speaker 1: you know, every one of these guys, you know, including
Speaker 1: the head coach, wish they were preparing for a Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: But it's cool to see our guys here, cool to
Speaker 1: see our coaching staff here, our equipment guys here, are
Speaker 1: you know, support staff here? I mean a lot of
Speaker 1: ways you look out there. It seems like we're to
Speaker 1: tighten the practice when we're watching some of this unfold.
Speaker 1: It is really fun having so many Titans people here.
Speaker 1: Because the Titans coaching staff is coaching the AFC team.
Speaker 1: I know you had a chance to catch up with
Speaker 1: Mike Rabel. What has this experience been like for him? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean it's cool. Is funny. I thought Roger Southall
Speaker 1: was pretty funny yesterday just talking about how his tone
Speaker 1: and his voice is at a level that he's not
Speaker 1: used to hearing during practice. I mean, you know, Vrabel
Speaker 1: certainly is a hardcore, intense coach. We've seen him on
Speaker 1: the practice field of Nashville light into guys, but we've
Speaker 1: also seen him, like in the stretch, cutting up with guys.
Speaker 1: I mean, does he does a good job of building relationships. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he can light a fire, and of these players he
Speaker 1: can call him out, but I think he's able to
Speaker 1: do that because he does build a good rapport with
Speaker 1: these guys and they respect one another. So it's been
Speaker 1: cool to see him during the course this week when
Speaker 1: practice starts, whether he's going to Travis Kelsey or you know,
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes or Tyreek Hill or you know name a
Speaker 1: player from across the league is on the AFC team,
Speaker 1: Rabel's trying to build a little bit of a rapport
Speaker 1: with those guys. He's cracking jokes, I mean, shown a lighter,
Speaker 1: gentler side to him. But then also no I don't
Speaker 1: know that Mike Rabel is a Pro Bowl guy. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's all about team goals. This is an individual accomplishment
Speaker 1: to get to the Pro Bowls. So I think he's
Speaker 1: happy to be here. He's proud to coach the AFC team.
Speaker 1: He's enjoying the experience. But no next year, he's hoping
Speaker 1: he's not at this game. You're right, there's definitely a
Speaker 1: lighter atmosphere here in kind of all aspects of it,
Speaker 1: from the fans and the stands, especially on the weekend.
Speaker 1: I mean, they're ready to go. Some of them, I'm
Speaker 1: sure are fresh off the strip and just walked on
Speaker 1: in here. But really, I mean, this has been a
Speaker 1: cool environment, and it's been really fun to see the
Speaker 1: Titans coaching staff hanging out around here and being involved
Speaker 1: with some of the greats from across the AFC. Yes,
Speaker 1: and we've seen some Titans fans here. I mean, I
Speaker 1: think obviously the majority of these fans or fans of
Speaker 1: the West Coast team. We see a lot of Raiders jerseys,
Speaker 1: which is you know, not a surprise, a being that
Speaker 1: we're in Vegas. We've seen a lot of Chargers fans,
Speaker 1: seeing a lot of four to nine Ers fans. But
Speaker 1: we have seen a sprinkling of Titans fans here and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Kevin Byrd. Cool to see him kind of
Speaker 1: joining this second time around. His life has changed so
Speaker 1: much from the time he went in two seventeen. Even
Speaker 1: back then he was single, he was engaged to get married.
Speaker 1: Now he's married, has two kids, you know, and you
Speaker 1: wouldn't think that Vegas is a family friendly place to
Speaker 1: take your small kids. But he's planning to go to
Speaker 1: build a bear and go to the aquarium doing some
Speaker 1: Vegas obviously some Vegas things. And then other guys you
Speaker 1: know from whether Sifold making it after your twelve seasons,
Speaker 1: you know, great accomplistion for him. Cool to see here,
Speaker 1: Old Landry here, Jeffrey Simmons here. What's cool is watching
Speaker 1: those guys, you know, interact with some of the best
Speaker 1: players across the league. I mean, I was watching Jeffrey
Speaker 1: Simmons yesterday talking to Cam Hayward of the Steelers for
Speaker 1: a long time, you know, kind of you see Titans
Speaker 1: players in practice sometimes kind of working on technique, walking
Speaker 1: through things. To see him doing that with Hayward and
Speaker 1: other guys across the league, and they learn things, and
Speaker 1: that is certainly something Mike Brabel's preaching to. Hey, you
Speaker 1: take advantage of the time around these other players from
Speaker 1: across the league. Try to make yourself better. Now speaking
Speaker 1: making ourselves better. Jim White, you're not done on your
Speaker 1: trip across the world. It feels like you are going
Speaker 1: from here to the Super Bowl in Los Angeles. What
Speaker 1: are you most looking forward to about covering your what
Speaker 1: three hundred and fifty eight super Bowl? It's been a
Speaker 1: lot like and when I tell people how many I've
Speaker 1: been to it, I think it thanks that guy. You
Speaker 1: must be old, because I remember when I first started
Speaker 1: going to Super Bowls, when I was at the Tennessee
Speaker 1: and again that you know, you talk about people who
Speaker 1: have been to all these super Bowls and all they
Speaker 1: all of them were older people obviously. So now I
Speaker 1: think I've been to twenty three, maybe twenty four. I
Speaker 1: went to one as a fan way back in the day.
Speaker 1: I drove myself to Atlanta to see the Buffalo Bills play.
Speaker 1: I was a Bills fan growing up, so family friend
Speaker 1: was an official and he was able to get me
Speaker 1: a ticket. I paid for it. It It was three hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty five dollars. Back then, I thought that was
Speaker 1: a steep ticket. Now these tickets are going for ten
Speaker 1: thousand dollars apiece. But that was my first Super Bowl
Speaker 1: experience and now been lucky enough to cover everyone since
Speaker 1: ninety nine, it's different. I mean, I really thought, and
Speaker 1: I know you did too. I think every Titans fan
Speaker 1: out there thought this was the year that the Titans
Speaker 1: would be back in the thing. And so it is
Speaker 1: kind of weird going to a Super Bowl. Now. I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna probably spend a lot of time talking about
Speaker 1: the Bengals and the Rams. I'll probably try to find
Speaker 1: obviously some Titans angles there, but it's still cool to
Speaker 1: be around the game kind of hear what people are
Speaker 1: saying about the Titans, and and you know, we've seen
Speaker 1: that stadium before when we were out there in November,
Speaker 1: so it'd be cool to see So five Stadium and
Speaker 1: see the big game in there again. Jim, I feel like,
Speaker 1: since I have you here and this is such an
Speaker 1: NFL centric situation, we should talk about some news around
Speaker 1: the NFL. The thing that everybody's talking about right now,
Speaker 1: all the coaching vacancies. The Jacksonville Jaguars just announced earlier
Speaker 1: this week that they were hiring Doug Peterson. What are
Speaker 1: your thoughts on that. Well, I think he's a good
Speaker 1: hire man. I think he's obviously an accomplished coach. Coach
Speaker 1: the Eagles to a super Bowl. You know, they could
Speaker 1: have gone a different direction, but after the Urban Meyer disaster,
Speaker 1: I think they probably wanted more of a sure thing,
Speaker 1: and I think he gives him more of a sure thing.
Speaker 1: He's very well respected. I think he'll make their quarterback better,
Speaker 1: which is very important there. I mean, you don't want
Speaker 1: to waste that talent that he has, and I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna get better. I was hoping they'd hire somebody else,
Speaker 1: to be honest, without I was hoping they'd roll the
Speaker 1: dice on somebody and then maybe they'd be starting this
Speaker 1: process again. But I think they got a good coach
Speaker 1: and I think he's gonna make the Jags better. Well,
Speaker 1: it seems like there's still a chance of the team
Speaker 1: in the AFC South might be rolling the dice on someone.
Speaker 1: The Houston Texans still seem to be having conversations about
Speaker 1: Josh McCown. We haven't really heard anything in a couple
Speaker 1: of days. What are your thoughts on what's going on
Speaker 1: in Houston. Yeah, I mean it's kind of been tough
Speaker 1: to read because I think we all knew. I mean,
Speaker 1: we knew of the gate that they had a vacancy,
Speaker 1: and so they had a little of a head start
Speaker 1: on some teams, and there were some things that started
Speaker 1: to come into focus that your thought would maybe have
Speaker 1: transpired by now. So I'm curious to see what's gonna happen.
Speaker 1: I mean, other teams were making decisions. And I was
Speaker 1: driving by Allegiant you know stadium the other day on
Speaker 1: the way back of the hotel, and they've got Josh
Speaker 1: McDaniel's face on the side of the stadium. I mean,
Speaker 1: they've made their hire. And then we talked about Peterson
Speaker 1: teams across the league or getting things done. I was,
Speaker 1: you know, I hated to see what happened to coach
Speaker 1: Cully down in Houston because because he's a he's a
Speaker 1: local guy from Sparta, played football at Vanderbilt. I don't
Speaker 1: think I don't think he got a fair chance down there.
Speaker 1: I thought the players really liked him. I thought they
Speaker 1: showed some spunk down the stretch and uh, and all
Speaker 1: of a sudden, now they're looking for another coach. So uh,
Speaker 1: you know, well, I'm curious myself to see how that
Speaker 1: one plays out. Are there any other vacancies around the
Speaker 1: league that you're kind of keeping your eye on? Still
Speaker 1: there are still a couple that haven't been failed yet. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think Houston the main one. You know, he's been
Speaker 1: such a whirlwind. I have not seen the rumor mill
Speaker 1: stuff yet. I've seen some rumor mill stuff out there.
Speaker 1: You know that this is the time of year when
Speaker 1: you know, somebody moves to Nashville all of a sudden
Speaker 1: he's the next quarterback of the Tennessee Titans. But so
Speaker 1: you can't you can't ignore that type of rumor mill stuff.
Speaker 1: But I have to say, you know, some of the
Speaker 1: other vacancies, I don't know what to expect some of them.
Speaker 1: It's such an interesting time in the NFL. Everybody gets
Speaker 1: so excited about all these little rumblings and just rumors
Speaker 1: that go around. It's always fun. But we can't get
Speaker 1: too caught up in that because on the other side
Speaker 1: of the Super Bowl, the Combine is just a couple
Speaker 1: weeks away. Things are rolling in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: Can you believe that we are getting closer to the
Speaker 1: draft process, and those things are starting to happen. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's one good thing about a seventeenth game.
Speaker 1: That's one good thing about having a postseason is once
Speaker 1: that ends, then you're not that far away from from
Speaker 1: that process starting. I mean, I remember when the season
Speaker 1: it into December, and certainly there's been some Titan seasons
Speaker 1: that ended into December and there's no postseason, and then
Speaker 1: you had a couple of months before you're kind of
Speaker 1: gearing up for the next process. Now the season ended late,
Speaker 1: had an extra week because they don't have the bo obviously,
Speaker 1: and then he had an extra week, so the season
Speaker 1: was extended by a couple of weeks. And now you're right,
Speaker 1: I mean, the combine is right around the corner. I'm
Speaker 1: looking forward to that. It's gonna be close to normal,
Speaker 1: I think, as it's been in a long time. We
Speaker 1: sat that thing out last year. I kind of wondered,
Speaker 1: you know, through the fall, what it would look like.
Speaker 1: But the league plans on putting it on like it
Speaker 1: always has. Coaches and general managers are coming there for
Speaker 1: those interviews, and I think Tuesday and Wednesday start the week,
Speaker 1: the prospects are gonna be there. From Wednesday to Saturday.
Speaker 1: It sounds like it's full go, and I'm sure it'll
Speaker 1: be twenty degrees and snowing like it usually is when
Speaker 1: we're up there. It's probably not gonna be like it
Speaker 1: is here in Vegas. Absolutely not. But Jim White, thank
Speaker 1: you so much for taking some time to just chat
Speaker 1: about all of your travels across the world. I wish
Speaker 1: we all could be as well traveled as Jim Wyatt.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for hanging out with us, and
Speaker 1: enjoy the rest of your time in Vegas. I'll do it.
Speaker 1: Could be worst places to be than Vegas. Now, from
Speaker 1: Jim Wyatt to some of the actual guys who are
Speaker 1: participating in the Pro Bowl. The Titans have four guys
Speaker 1: here and a lot of them are new to the
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl scene, so we had to catch up with
Speaker 1: them and see what this experience has been like for them,
Speaker 1: starting with the one, the only big jeff Jeffrey Simmons
Speaker 1: here at the Pro Bowl in sunny Las Vegas. Jeffrey
Speaker 1: Simmons is a pro bowler. How does that sound to you?
Speaker 1: Sounds amazing. When Jay Rob called me Monday, you know,
Speaker 1: I kind of just got chills all over you know,
Speaker 1: I kind of when I saw his name on my fall,
Speaker 1: kind of knew what he was. Kind of call him
Speaker 1: for it. But I mean, I call my family. I
Speaker 1: let my family in all the Pro Bowl. You're not
Speaker 1: been the first alternate, and it still just feel the
Speaker 1: same to me, you know, just being able to be here,
Speaker 1: especially experience with my family, I think that's the most
Speaker 1: important thing to me, Just being able to get them
Speaker 1: up there. It felt amazing and it's a blessing. You're
Speaker 1: still so young in your career and you've been able
Speaker 1: to overcome so many obstacles early on to be at
Speaker 1: this point and recognize still by your peers and other
Speaker 1: coaches as well as the fan base. Of course, that's
Speaker 1: got to feel a little bit special, right sure. I
Speaker 1: mean even being the first halting and you know that's
Speaker 1: mean God's starting to respect you. And I think that's
Speaker 1: when you kind of gain the I guess respect around
Speaker 1: the league. So I think just being able to gain
Speaker 1: the respect from the best here and to see especially
Speaker 1: when you get here and you mingle and you're starting
Speaker 1: to shake guy's hand and just say how much they
Speaker 1: respect your game, and you know, I'm next up. You
Speaker 1: hear all types of stuff like that. I think that
Speaker 1: just stuff kind of also give you chills moments, you know,
Speaker 1: just being able to hear somebody, especially from like Cam
Speaker 1: Harry guys like that. So especially guys like I'll watch
Speaker 1: and look up to because they played my position. So
Speaker 1: I mean, this is all a blessing. I think that's
Speaker 1: just the word for me. Blessing. And you're able to
Speaker 1: work with the Titans coaching staff, who you're already familiar with.
Speaker 1: That's got to be a neat experience to share with them.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, for sure. I told t we're not doing
Speaker 1: come with all the all the crazy drills in the position.
Speaker 1: So to be able to experience that with all coaches,
Speaker 1: you know, they deserve it as well. You know, we
Speaker 1: had a long, great season and you know, to have
Speaker 1: them here and being able to experience this, especially with
Speaker 1: day family as well, I'm sure it's feel good for
Speaker 1: them too. Being here with guys like Kevin Byrd and
Speaker 1: Harold Landry, two other great Titans teammates, It's got to
Speaker 1: make it a little bit special right to be in
Speaker 1: the same conversation as guys who have had awesome seasons. Yes,
Speaker 1: for sure, especially you know, just start with Harold Man.
Speaker 1: I've seen this guy, you know, just day and day out,
Speaker 1: the way he kind of want to be the best
Speaker 1: of his position and the season he had. Now, I hope,
Speaker 1: I hope everything fall in line for him. I hope
Speaker 1: he back with us KB man, the leader of all
Speaker 1: defense and all team. Honestly, I mean, I don't think
Speaker 1: I haven't. I've been around a better leader than k
Speaker 1: Began as great guy off to feel as well. So
Speaker 1: I think that's just an honor to be here with
Speaker 1: my teammates and Roger Staffield to you get to go
Speaker 1: up against in practice practice. Like I said, we always
Speaker 1: say are and shop are aren't. And Roger got me
Speaker 1: better and I got Roger better than camp and it
Speaker 1: showed during the season. So just have him here as well.
Speaker 1: I know it's feel great for him. He told me
Speaker 1: he being in Vegas since Thursday, So I know you
Speaker 1: all enjoying his time here, especially with family. So like
Speaker 1: I said, he's just a exciting a moment. Well, congratulations
Speaker 1: and enjoy this experience. Oh well, thank you. Harold Landry
Speaker 1: is another guy who has been consistent throughout his tenure
Speaker 1: as a Tennessee Titan, and for him, earning the respect
Speaker 1: of his peers feels pretty good. Harold, How good does
Speaker 1: it feel to hear pro bowler in front of your name?
Speaker 1: Is that something you've been working for? Yeah? No, Man,
Speaker 1: It's definitely a huge honor to be here. Um. You're
Speaker 1: also and Jem I feel, you know, really blessed to
Speaker 1: be here and to be in the you know, the
Speaker 1: same category as all these great players out here. So,
Speaker 1: I mean it's a huge honor. You know, I'm excited
Speaker 1: to be here. You had statistically an awesome season. Does
Speaker 1: it feel good to be getting that recognition from some
Speaker 1: of your peers or is that not necessarily the point? Oh? Yeah, nah,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I'd take huge pride, you know,
Speaker 1: the work I put in and to go out there
Speaker 1: and be and have that that amount of production. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I feel extremely blessed to be
Speaker 1: getting the respect of my peers. Um. So, I mean,
Speaker 1: like I said, it's just a huge honor being able
Speaker 1: to be out here and interact with of course you're
Speaker 1: Titans teammates, but also guys from around the league. What
Speaker 1: has that experience been like and what do you think
Speaker 1: you can maybe learn from some of these other guys
Speaker 1: that you're out on the field way, I'm definitely looking
Speaker 1: forward to, you know, picking the minds of all the
Speaker 1: great players here, you know, seeing what they do in
Speaker 1: an all season and end of season, just so you know,
Speaker 1: I could probably implement that into my game to help
Speaker 1: me and prove. So I'm definitely excited, you know, talk
Speaker 1: to all the players here. Is this the first of
Speaker 1: many Pro Bowls for Harold Landry? That's a plan now.
Speaker 1: On the defensive side of the ball, Kevin Byard has
Speaker 1: been to the Pro Bowl before, and this year he's
Speaker 1: doing it a little bit differently. He's got his kids
Speaker 1: and his wife here, the elder statesman of the defensive
Speaker 1: group of Titans. Here, this is Kevin Byard. Kabe. You
Speaker 1: are not new to the Pro Bowl, but you are
Speaker 1: new to the Pro Bowl in Las Vegas, being here
Speaker 1: having this experience. What's it been like so far? It's
Speaker 1: been awesome. Super excited about the Prentice a day with
Speaker 1: some of the guys, and honestly, just being around some
Speaker 1: of the best players in the league. Talking to those guys,
Speaker 1: not necessarily picking their brains, but just talking and having
Speaker 1: different conversations has been awesome. The fans are great, So
Speaker 1: I'm excited to be here. There's a big group of
Speaker 1: Titans here between the coaching staff and also three other
Speaker 1: Titans teammates of yours. They've never been to the Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl before, So what do you tell them about this
Speaker 1: experience and what to expect and to really take advantage
Speaker 1: of that. Yeah, well, you know, our biggest thing with
Speaker 1: the Titans is, you know, effort and finish. I pretty
Speaker 1: much told him in the Pro Bowl, don't don't be
Speaker 1: too concerned about the effort and Finnish, you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. We're out here having a good time. But
Speaker 1: now it feels like home. Honestly, we got our equipment, guys,
Speaker 1: I here, our trainers, so it definitely feels like a
Speaker 1: second home. Like I said, it's exciety especially excited to
Speaker 1: have you know, Jeff, Harold and Roger be able to
Speaker 1: come down here with me as well. Does this really
Speaker 1: feel like it's the cherry on top of what was
Speaker 1: an excellent season for the Tennessee Titans in twenty twenty one, Yeah,
Speaker 1: for sure. I mean, obviously the season didn't end the
Speaker 1: way we wanted to. I mean, it's pretty much the
Speaker 1: same thing for all it's gonna be thirty one teams,
Speaker 1: it's gonna have the same type of feeling at the
Speaker 1: end of the year. But having a little bit of
Speaker 1: time to reflect, it's definitely a great, you know, time
Speaker 1: to be able to kind of think about the good
Speaker 1: year of ham Like you said, talking to other players
Speaker 1: that I've been around, saying how good of a season
Speaker 1: we've had. So it's definitely a cherry on top for sure.
Speaker 1: You're with guys like Jeffrey Simmons and Harold Landry who
Speaker 1: are younger guys. Do you feel like this is just
Speaker 1: one of many Pro Bowls that those two are going
Speaker 1: to be at. Oh? Absolutely, I know for a fact
Speaker 1: Jeff and Harold and obviously you mean to Roger finally
Speaker 1: getting his probo now, which, but Jeff and Harold'll come
Speaker 1: to multiple Pro bowl So I'm super excited about that,
Speaker 1: and hopefully I'll be coming to multiple with them as well.
Speaker 1: So hopefully we can make this then every year thing
Speaker 1: to get voted in, but not playing because we're playing
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl? Are we keeping these shades on
Speaker 1: for the entirety of the week, Like, are these a staple?
Speaker 1: Because I'm really enjoying them? Yeah, I might keeping these
Speaker 1: on all day, all night. We might hit the strip
Speaker 1: a little bit with these with these shades as well. So,
Speaker 1: like I said, I'm just enjoying a moment, enjoying the
Speaker 1: time being I heard my guys and we can't forget
Speaker 1: about the offensive side of the ball. Roger Saffold is
Speaker 1: here in Las Vegas, twelve years in the NFL, and
Speaker 1: he is finally a pro bowler. He says, it feels
Speaker 1: pretty good. Roger Staffold, you are a pro bowler. How
Speaker 1: does that make you feel when you hear that? Oh man,
Speaker 1: it makes me feel great. I mean, I've been doing
Speaker 1: this for a long time, and you know, finally getting
Speaker 1: my opportunity after twelve years as a blessing being out
Speaker 1: here with so many different eyes from around the league.
Speaker 1: Because you've been in this league for a while, you
Speaker 1: probably know a lot of the people out here that
Speaker 1: you're now able to be on a team with what's experience.
Speaker 1: I'm like, that's pretty awkward because you know, I've hit
Speaker 1: a lot of these guys you know, a ton, and
Speaker 1: then other guys I haven't got the chance to play with,
Speaker 1: So you know, the opportunity is great. I mean, the
Speaker 1: laughs are always there. And then the fact that we
Speaker 1: just get to have fun together and go compete is
Speaker 1: awesome for all of us. Working with your own coaching
Speaker 1: staff in a very different environment, that's got to be
Speaker 1: a bit of a trip too, right, Oh, it is
Speaker 1: a trip because you know that Vrabel's going to talk
Speaker 1: about all of us in that team meeting, so everybody
Speaker 1: got to know us pretty quick. Well, Mike Vrabel said,
Speaker 1: I had the chance to talk to him. He said
Speaker 1: that he's trying to lay off of the coaching mode
Speaker 1: so much just kind of be a facilitator. Is that
Speaker 1: kind of how it's going. Yeah, that's how he's been doing.
Speaker 1: You know, he's been putting out a little bit more jokes,
Speaker 1: but other than that, Yeah, he's more of a facilitator
Speaker 1: than a coach. For you, being able to be out here,
Speaker 1: have this experience, get that recognition from your peers, what
Speaker 1: does that really mean to you when you reflect on
Speaker 1: the career that you've had so far. You know, everybody
Speaker 1: talks about how underrated I am, and you know, this
Speaker 1: just lets me know how respected I am by my
Speaker 1: peers and even the people that I go again, so
Speaker 1: I respect that more heavily than anything else. I'm just
Speaker 1: excited to be here and once again put another notch
Speaker 1: in my belt of being in an AFC Championship, NFC Championship,
Speaker 1: Super Bowl, and now Pro Bowl. So you know, the
Speaker 1: fact that I got to do all those things is
Speaker 1: a blessing for me for sure. Gosh, another goal that
Speaker 1: you're able to kind of check off the list. What's
Speaker 1: next for you? I need to win a championship. That's
Speaker 1: what it's all about, and hopefully I get to do
Speaker 1: it with the Titans next year. Titans fans, before we
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Speaker 1: got so much more football coming up after the Pro Bowl.
Speaker 1: As we said earlier with Jim Wyatt, the Super Bowl
Speaker 1: is on February thirteenth, and then we are all heading
Speaker 1: to Indianapolis, where it will be chilly for the NFL
Speaker 1: Scouting Combine that is at the beginning of March. We'll
Speaker 1: have all the coverage for you from Indianapolis, of course,
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