1 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: We welcome you to the OTP from the NFL Combined 2 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty in Indianapolis. Amy Wells, who's here with me, 3 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: Mike Keith and him. We have a special guest with 4 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:26,319 Speaker 1: us from NFL Network, Daniel Jeremiah, the Master of the 5 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: Mock Draft. Oh wow, No, yeah, no, I'll tell you what. 6 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: I'll take it because you're such a nice man. Okay, 7 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: take that as a nice gesture. But I don't want 8 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: to encourage anybody to go back and actually look at 9 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: these things and do any tabulations. Mike, let's not let's 10 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: not encourage that. How good was your final mock last year? 11 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: You know? I want to say it's usually on these things, 12 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: it's like between like eight to twelve guys that you 13 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: end up getting right player, right team, which is like 14 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: at a thirty two right. But I kind of look 15 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: at the number of players that end up in the 16 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: first round that you have going in the first round 17 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: because with trades and trying to who knows, but I 18 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: think you up with like twenty seven twenty eight to 19 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,000 Speaker 1: the thirty two guys in the first round. I'll take it. 20 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: How much do you stress over it? I really don't care. Yeah, 21 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: I don't I love. I love my top fifty lists. 22 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: I tell people my top fifty list is what I see. 23 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: That's my eyes, my mom. The mock drafts what I 24 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 1: hear with my ears. So you know, I'll like people 25 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: want to criticize your top fifty and how you rank 26 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: a player, like we can have that conversation. I'll defend 27 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: my opinion. You know, how could you have us taking 28 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: this guy, Like, well, I don't know. I've talked to 29 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: somebody in the league and they saw your tight end 30 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: coach at their workout and talking to the guy. So 31 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: he thought maybe they were interested in I mean, like, 32 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about hard intel here with how you're 33 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 1: doing that. So I always thought it was funny that, 34 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: you know, they make the analysts do the mock drafts. 35 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,279 Speaker 1: The information guys should be the guys doing the mock drafts, 36 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: like they're the ones, you know, trying to get all 37 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: the information and all that. So it's a great It's 38 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: a fun exercise for me because when the draft, when 39 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: the draft unfolds and you're on television, you've run all 40 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: these different scenarios. Oh if they take this, so that 41 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: means this guy is gonna fall because these two teams 42 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: don't have that need, and so it helps me prepare 43 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: from that standpoint. Don't ever check your mentions though, No, 44 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 1: you can't, absolutely can't do that. When it comes to 45 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: allocating your time, the top fifty list, that's where you 46 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: put most of your energy and analysis one that is 47 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: the you know, ninety nine percent of my time is 48 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: on my top fifty list, and going beyond that in 49 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: terms of trying to get the players in the right 50 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: order and being able to have the background and the 51 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: notes on these players so that when you're in the 52 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: sixth round and they end up taking you know, Joe Blow, 53 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: you're able to talk about that player. I just don't 54 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: want I don't want a fan to be at home 55 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: and be, you know, hey, who's this guy we just picked? 56 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: And then I just say he had forty eight tackles 57 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: and seven sacks, Like you know, I can look that up, 58 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 1: you know, like, have you watched him, have you studied him? 59 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: Tell me about him. So that's what I'm trying to do. Okay, 60 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: So give us a little inside. Who is the person 61 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: who gets most stressed about their mocks that you're aware 62 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: that's a great one. Somebody who's very anal very CD 63 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 1: about them, or you can say, Charles Davis, oh, I 64 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: was just asking you. No, I would say that, I 65 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: will say, I would say Charles, Charles uh, because he'll 66 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: Charles will read the mentions. Charles Davis is the nicest 67 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: human being, one of my best friends on planet Earth. 68 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: But he will read the mentions and like somebody right, 69 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 1: like you're an idiot? How did you have the taking 70 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: this player? And he will write back, Jim, I'm sorry 71 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: you feel that way. You know I was. This is 72 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: my explanation for why I did that, and hopefully you 73 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: have a wonderful weekend. Like CD like he will react 74 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: to those I'm like I who cares? Who cares what 75 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: they say? If they if they aren't happy. But Charles 76 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: is nicer than I am. Well, but he's like the 77 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: nicest man alive, he really is. Who can do anything. 78 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: If there was if we wanted to do a tennis 79 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: match in here, he could call the tennis match like 80 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: a pro. Well, he could set it up. Yes, he 81 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: could organize it like he did at Disney. He he 82 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: could set it up, he could call it, ye, he 83 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: could score it. He could probably officiate. He could officiate 84 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: it that's the best. All right. So, speaking of mentions, 85 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: old fashion mentioned, I was reading a newspaper article about 86 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: you the other day. Oh, yes, like your mom used to. 87 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: I'll get I'll get text messages from like family friends, 88 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: and and they'll say, hey, you were in the New 89 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: York Post. You were you were in you were in 90 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: the newspaper. Does your mom still send your clippings? No, 91 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 1: but I have. I have had people very nice ges. 92 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: You're like, clip them out and send him to me. Okay, 93 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: so I only framed a couple of them. Just all right. 94 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: So I'm reading this newspaper article and they call you 95 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: the new Mike Mayock. Daniel Jeremiah is the new Mike 96 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,159 Speaker 1: Mayock at NFL network. I don't own that many Pinstripe suits. 97 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: How does that hit you? Though? I Mean, the guy's 98 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: Mike's great. He's one of my close friends. So, um, 99 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: it's a it's a compliment, you know. I've always said 100 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: when I was on the team side and Mike was 101 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: on the media side and I knew him a little bit, Um, 102 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: I always respected Mike for how hard he worked and 103 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: really trying to function as a thirty third team for 104 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: the fans. You know, so he could explain these players. 105 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: Um so, always had tremendous respect for him. I didn't 106 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: know him that well. And then having spent you know, 107 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: seven years with him, working with him and we really 108 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: developed a close friendship and being able to talk about 109 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: players with him. We see things very similarly that way. 110 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: It was really cool and to watch him in the 111 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: role that I get to occupied now, you know what 112 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: a great example for me of how to try and 113 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: execute this position. And I can I can call him 114 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: anytime if I have a question how to handle this 115 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: situation or that situation. He's always there for me. How 116 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: have you had to change the way that you approach 117 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: the draft as a whole with this new position, this 118 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: new role within the network. You know, it's been I 119 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: don't want to say that it's it's been easy, but 120 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: it's been. It's been so much more satisfying and more 121 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,799 Speaker 1: enjoyable because I always say, you come into these events 122 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: and you have your you know, it's just like you're 123 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: calling a game, like you have all this information right, 124 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 1: and then you leave the game, you still have a 125 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: bunch of information with you. You can't throw it all 126 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: out there when you have twenty six hours of combine 127 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: coverage and you're up there with Rich the entire time, 128 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 1: like everything I know you will know, there will be 129 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: nothing held back. You get to really unload everything. So 130 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 1: that was always you know, in the previous role. You 131 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 1: get on the plane on the way home, like, man, 132 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: I wish I could have got that one story in, 133 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 1: you know, talking to the coach, and I could have. 134 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 1: It just didn't work out. Well, you get everything out 135 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,159 Speaker 1: there at this point in time. Is it harder to 136 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: prepare for the combine television or the actual draft weekend television? 137 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: I think the combine is a little bit easier because 138 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: I know the order in which these guys are gonna 139 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: work out. I know when they're gonna run. Producer is 140 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: gonna get in my ear and say we're gonna talk 141 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: about the giants right now, and so I can look 142 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: down at my notes and then we can go in 143 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: the draft. There's nothing to prepare you for the fact 144 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 1: that Tennessee Titans just traded up five picks. They're on 145 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 1: the clock. Who do they who do they want? Why 146 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: are they doing this? Why'd that team move back? That's 147 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,839 Speaker 1: real time reaction. Well, and on top of all of this, 148 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: this is just your offseason role. You have a bunch 149 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: of different roles during the season. How do you keep 150 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,840 Speaker 1: all of this straight in your brain? Because you you 151 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: just play in so many different places. Anything is Somebody 152 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 1: asked me a little bit earlier today about their draft 153 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,159 Speaker 1: class last year and mentioned a couple of names, and 154 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 1: I'm like, like your brain, like I have jammed three 155 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty, like twenty twenty guys in my head, 156 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: Like all the twenty nineteen guys I had to like dump, 157 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,559 Speaker 1: like they're all They've all fallen out of my brain. Um. 158 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: So it's kind of like that a little bit with 159 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: the season in terms of the NFL stuff. But I've 160 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: found in doing that for a couple of years doing 161 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: the Charger games, Um, get a chance. So obviously you 162 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: prepare for the Titans game that week, you study that team, 163 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: you start to realize where they're strong, were they're week, 164 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: and I think some of that stuff benefits you as 165 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: you get to this carry's over. Yeah, sure, Charger question. Yeah, 166 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:38,120 Speaker 1: life without Philip Rivers gonna be weird, Huh. I can't. 167 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: I can't imagine the Chargers without Philip Rivers. I mean, 168 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: we're glad because we only beat him twice after so 169 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: go away. That's why we don't want him to come 170 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: here to Indianapolis. We've had enough at him. But really, 171 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: I mean, how strange. And I mean, I know you're 172 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: a Charger. Yeah, yeah, it's it's gonna be different. You know. 173 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: The funny thing is coming out to the game last 174 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 1: year in Tennessee. You know, that's when things turned for 175 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: the Titans and things went south for the Chargers. That 176 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 1: was kind of a make or break game for both 177 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: those teams, and what a crazy finish to the game. 178 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: But I went into that week thinking, man, this this 179 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: might be Philip Rivers new home. Like if it doesn't 180 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: work out with the Chargers, like, man, the Titans make 181 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: a lot of sense. And of course Tannehill starts that 182 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: game and goes on his run and the rest is history. 183 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 1: But it is going to be weird. I mean, you've 184 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: had such a long run with him, and it's it's 185 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: interesting that those two thousand and four guys with Eli 186 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 1: moving on, you know, in the retirement, Philip now moving on, 187 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: we assume to another team, and uh, you know, it 188 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: looks like Ben might be the last man standing there. 189 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 1: The whole NFL has the potential to be kind of 190 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: weird this offseason. Yeah, I am too. I want to 191 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 1: see Tom Brady go somewhere else. I think it's just 192 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: be fun. You know, let's see him, don't. I don't 193 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: know if it's gonna work. I don't know if it's 194 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: a smart decision, but it's sure as heck would be 195 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: fun to talk about. There's no question. What do you 196 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: think the Titans did. I think they'll stick with Ryan. 197 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: I would I would imagine try and get something done, 198 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: um on it. They'll try and get something done long 199 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: term on a team friendly basis. And if he doesn't 200 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: want to do that, I would imagine you just to 201 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: hag him. I mean that to me would make the 202 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: most sense. All right, Daniel Jeremiah, we want to play 203 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: lightning round because we know you've got seventy two more. 204 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 1: Introduced jift to do Amy Wells hit it first, give 205 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: him give him a name, give us your you know 206 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 1: that sort of that thumbnail. Daniel Jeremiah thought, all right, 207 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 1: we're starting with quarterbacks. Jordan love At, a Utah State 208 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 1: playmaker better. Obviously, the great twenty eighteen lost nine starters 209 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: coordinator head coach stumbled this year, but off schedule, plays creative, 210 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: He's got a lot upside. Clyde Edwards, a layer running 211 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: back Louisiana State University asked Joe Burrow best player he's 212 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: played with, Ohio State, LSU combined. He said, I'll take 213 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: my running back from LSU. That's how highly he thinks 214 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: of him. And to me, if you look at what 215 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 1: Priest Holmes was back in the day, that's who that 216 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: kid reminds me of. Well. About Xavier McKinney, the safety 217 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: from Alabama, He's a safety that can drop down in 218 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: the box. He can almost play as a nickel linebacker. 219 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,559 Speaker 1: He can play high, but I like him closer to 220 00:09:58,559 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. That's where he's most effective. And leadership, 221 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 1: a communicator, those are key key things you want from 222 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: a safety. He's got him. I'm dying to know what 223 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah thinks of quarterback. To a Tongavaloa Alabama people 224 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 1: ask me for a comparison, I said, if you've ever 225 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: played cards, he's like a card dealer. That's just kind 226 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: of how we throw. It's just real quick. Just just 227 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: find the open guy, get the baugh her hand, and 228 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: be accurate. I just pray that the hip ends up 229 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,839 Speaker 1: being healthy. If it is, I think he's gonna have 230 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: a long career. Another Alabama guy, Trell Lewis, the Eddresher Raw, 231 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: very raw. Hasn't put it all together yet, but the 232 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: ceiling is very high. Durability has been a concern, but 233 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: first step quickness, length, explosiveness, he's got that. Daniel Hunter 234 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: is kind of the comparison there. You're hoping for. Somebody's 235 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: gonna be about a better pro than he was in college. 236 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: Could Lewis be a guy that might make sense for 237 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 1: the Titans at twenty nine? I think that's I think 238 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 1: that's where the conversation would start at. Might be a 239 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: tiny bit early for me. It'd be more of a tradeback, 240 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 1: but it would not shock me if that were to 241 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: take place. DeAndre Swift running back, Georgia. He's the best 242 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: back in the draft. He's got more upside the passing 243 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: game than we even saw it. Georgia instinctive, powerful um 244 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: and really really good balance. Just a good player. Noah 245 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: the corner out of Auburn. I have been looked at 246 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: that name so many times, and I've convinced myself we're 247 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,320 Speaker 1: gonna operate one day at a time. We're gonna work 248 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: on these quarterbacks and receivers and tight ends, and then 249 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: we'll get he's Noah's first of all, he's getting the 250 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: last name once he is Noah. After that, that is it, 251 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: Yeah Noah. And then we've got the tight end from 252 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:32,319 Speaker 1: Missouri who's well Albert Oh all day. I'll let Eisin 253 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: do the heavy lifting. Um. But but Noah is a 254 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: he is very twitched up. Um. The question with him 255 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: is he doesn't play the ball well down the field. 256 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: He's always in position. He's very athletic, he just didn't 257 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: know he had no picks. He doesn't make a lot 258 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: of plays on the ball. So uh. Some teams love him, 259 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: um for what he can be. I'm a I'm a 260 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 1: tiny bit nervous on that one. I think he's a 261 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: second round player. Do you love Alabama corner Trevon Diggs. 262 00:11:56,800 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: He is a keep to lead to me, keeps not 263 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,959 Speaker 1: like a fourth three guy, keeps long, athletic, and just 264 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: has unbelievable ball skills. So kind of polar opposite of 265 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: who we just talked about. I don't think he's gonna 266 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: run super fast, but if you're in that that Pete 267 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: Carroll scheme, which we see a lot of that around 268 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 1: the league right now with Dan Quinn and see with 269 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 1: Gus Bradley, all these these coaches, long athletic obviously his 270 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: brother Stefon Diggs. Kids really really can play the ball. 271 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: Jacobieson the quarterback out of Washington Wildcard, wild Card, and 272 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 1: he's I haven't really taken a bite of that apple 273 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 1: at this point in time. I just some of the 274 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,200 Speaker 1: decision making. The pocket awareness is a concern for me. 275 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: But he has a huge arm and he'll create some 276 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: buzz here. Jeff Gladney, cornerback, Texas Christian. He's feisty. Jason Varette. 277 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 1: If you remember when he was coming out of college. 278 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: Unfortunately injuries gonna slowed his career down, but I got it. 279 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: Plays bigger than his size and against Iowa State, you 280 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: watch this kid, the receiver him are gonna come to blows. 281 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:56,439 Speaker 1: I mean just going at it the whole game. He's 282 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: got a bulldog in him. I like it about Andrew Thomas, 283 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: the tackle out of Georgia. Andrew Thomas, his I thought 284 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: played a little bit overweight this last year, was on 285 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:07,439 Speaker 1: the ground a little bit. But you can't get throw 286 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,960 Speaker 1: him in pass protection. He's very strong, he's outstanding in 287 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: the run game. I think if he would lose a 288 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:14,719 Speaker 1: little bit of weight, he'll see him move around a 289 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: little bit better. A lot of people like this player 290 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: for the Titans, but I don't know that he's gonna 291 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: be there at twenty nine. Clavon Chase on edge usher 292 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: Lsu he's fun. Yeah, he's somebody that was coming off 293 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: injury and eighteen got healthy this last year and got 294 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: better each and every week. And he is a fastball. 295 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: He is a fastball off the edge. He can ben 296 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: he's got the length that you want. Um. Yeah, I 297 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: think he won too many games for that one. How 298 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: many interviews will you do before you go on TV? 299 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 1: Here at the combine, God's on his truth. This is 300 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: my last one, Andrew, is that right? Where are you 301 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:46,199 Speaker 1: going to eat? You somewhere good to eat guys. You 302 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,559 Speaker 1: guys are the star on top of my Christmas year. 303 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: But well, we've got some more players. Daniel Jeremie it is. 304 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 1: It is so good to see all of your success, 305 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: and we are so happy that we know we'll see 306 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:02,959 Speaker 1: you not only throughout the course of the draft, We're 307 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: gonna see you again this fall, right, I'm looking forward 308 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: to Titans. Anytime we get a trip to Nashville, I'm 309 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: in little Titans Chargers. Daniel Jeremiah, thanks for joining us 310 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: on the OTP. I appreciate you guys so much. Thank you. 311 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 1: We are now joined by ESPN's very own Adam Schefter. Now, Adam, 312 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: I've got to ask this question, because as long as 313 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:24,120 Speaker 1: I can remember, there has never been an off season 314 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: filled with so many big names potentially making free agent moves, 315 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: especially in the quarterback department. Is this the craziest offseason 316 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 1: you've seen in that regard. They're all crazy, and they're 317 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,280 Speaker 1: crazy for different reasons, but we've never had a quarterback 318 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: off season like this. If you took the off season 319 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: in which Peyton Manning was a free agent, and you 320 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: took the off season in which Brock Oswiler was a 321 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 1: free agent, you took the off season in which Kirk 322 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: Cousins was a free agent, you mixed them all together, 323 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: you'd have this off season. That's what you'd have. And 324 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: it's very rare that a single quarterback who's been a 325 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: starter whose experience gets too free agency. And in this offseason, 326 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: we've got Ryan Tannehill, We've got Tom Brady. We've got 327 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, we've got Jameis Winston, we've got Marcus Mariota, 328 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: we've got Dak Prescott, we've got uncertain futures of other quarterbacks. 329 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: So again, it's usually not driven by quarterback headlines, whereas 330 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: this offseason will be. We're sort of stunned from the 331 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: outside about the Dak Prescott thing. Is it complicated because 332 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: he's the Dallas Cowboys quarterback or is it just complicated 333 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: because he's an NFL quarterback sort of jockeying with his 334 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: team right now? Well, what are you stunned by the 335 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: fact that there haven't been any talks this is September, 336 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: of the fact that they don't have a deal done. 337 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: I don't think it's that stunning. Again, you've got a 338 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: situation where he was a fourth round pick. He technically 339 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: hasn't been paid like a star at the NFL level, 340 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: so he wants to hit on a quarterback contract big. 341 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: And if you're a quarterback and you're confident your abilities 342 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: and you've played the way that Dak Prescott played, quarterback 343 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: prices are not going down. They don't go down. They're 344 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: not like the stock market. It doesn't go down in 345 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: one day. And so if he's that confident, he knows 346 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: that he's gonna get upwards of thirty three, four or five, six, 347 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: seven million dollars, whatever the number is that they can 348 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: figure out. And clearly Dallas has a lot of players 349 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: to sign and has it its own idea of what 350 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: he's worth, and they've been unable to reach that number together. 351 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: And so I think he's headed to be tagged on 352 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: before the free agent sunning pair it begins. I guess 353 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: I'm stunned that they just haven't gotten it done because 354 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: from the outside, it feels like he's their guy. They 355 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: drafted him, they've developed him, they've won with him. It 356 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: just feels like he's the dude. Why wouldn't you just 357 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: go ahead and take care of that. Well, the Redskins 358 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: never got a deal done with Kirk Cousins, right, So 359 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: this happens sometimes, and they haven't gotten close yet, and 360 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,360 Speaker 1: I guess that would be something of a surprise. But 361 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: Dak is the determined to get what he wants here. 362 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: I think it seems that around the league, the first 363 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 1: domino that everyone's waiting on is Tom Brady. What he's 364 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 1: going to do where he's going to end up. Oh, 365 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:10,280 Speaker 1: you've never heard of him. He's a quarterback. He used 366 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 1: to play from New England Patriots. Now we're not really 367 00:17:12,080 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 1: sure where he's gonna go. Oh yeah, that guy. How 368 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 1: quickly do you think we're actually going to know what 369 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 1: Tom Brady's future is going to be once free agency starts. 370 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 1: Every Tom Brady question that you could ask, when we'll 371 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,240 Speaker 1: know what the timing is, where he's going to be. 372 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: Is there a chance he'd go back to Those are 373 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: all relevant questions. They're all interesting questions, and we don't 374 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: know the answers to them. I could tell you what 375 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: I think. I mean, I think that the Patriots will 376 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: want an answer well before free agency. But to be 377 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: perfectly frank, we're recording this on February twenty sixth. I 378 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: believe it is, and I would have thought that they 379 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 1: would have had an answer by now, and they don't. 380 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: And here we are tracking towards March. And Tom was 381 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 1: the one that set up his contract of avoid Tom 382 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 1: was the one that set it up to become a 383 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: free agent. Tom was the one that told Jim Gray, 384 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: I'm quote unquote open minded about testing the free agent market. 385 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,119 Speaker 1: And so it has been set up for him to leave. Now, 386 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: that doesn't mean he will, But you don't find situations 387 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: where you've got a quarterback as accomplished as Tom Brady, 388 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: a player as accomplished as Tom Brady, in a situation 389 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 1: where he's days away from being able to sign with 390 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 1: any other team in the league, including the Tennessee Titans. 391 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,959 Speaker 1: You have covered so many stories in your career. You 392 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 1: have covered so many mysteries in your career. Is this 393 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: Brady thing looming out there almost at the top of 394 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: the list, about waiting to see what could go in 395 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: what direction? Well, I would say this that everything in 396 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: the NFL seems to take on a life of its own. 397 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: So that's the story of the moment, and it does 398 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:56,159 Speaker 1: feel big, But there's always something big in the NFL. 399 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: It's a CBA, it's Miles Garrett's Albert Haynesworth, it's whatever 400 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:07,960 Speaker 1: it is. It's a trade. So there's always something. But 401 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: right now, it certainly feels like that will be the 402 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,399 Speaker 1: story that dominates the off season. And you know, if 403 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: he's back in New England, everyone will say, Okay, well 404 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: hole home, he's back. But just for a moment, close 405 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: your eyes and think about Tom Brady wearing a titan's 406 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 1: helmet or a raider's helmet or any other helmet you 407 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: could think of, like any other helmet, but the New 408 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,959 Speaker 1: England page. Can you imagine that? No, And we were 409 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 1: having this conversation at dinner. It is grabbing. The conversation 410 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: at Denner is what is the equivalent of Brady with 411 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: another team in sports? Because Peyton Manning left here Indianapolis 412 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 1: because he was hurt, because he'd had an injury, and 413 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: they drafted someone else. You know, Joe Montana left San 414 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 1: Francisco because he was hurt, and Steve Young had taken over. 415 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 1: Some guys leave via free h This is a guy 416 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: who's led them to six Super Bowls, who went to 417 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: the playoffs and won twelve games last year. I mean, 418 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 1: he's still a competent player. It would almost be like 419 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: Jeter leaving the Yankees to go play for somebody else. 420 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: I can't think of an equivalent of a guy potentially 421 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: playing for another Brady playing for another team, and in 422 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: my head what that might look like for that reason, 423 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:28,199 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan going to the Wizards but he had retired twice. 424 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: Well again, I'm giving you right, there's not There aren't many, 425 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,720 Speaker 1: because I think when you are thinking of comps, you 426 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: have to think of Derek Jeter and Michael Jordan and 427 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 1: Barry Bonds, like you have to think of the greatest 428 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:45,879 Speaker 1: players who ever played, whoever they are, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Gretzky, 429 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 1: Gretzky going to the King's right, but he also was 430 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: still younger than Tom is now. And again along those lines, 431 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,479 Speaker 1: how many times have you ever seen a forty two 432 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,360 Speaker 1: year old quarterback with the spot or a forty two 433 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: year old player in any sport? When has that ever 434 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: happened where there was such a curiosity about where a 435 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: forty two year old player would wind up that that 436 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: I would eventure to say probably has never happened either, Yeah, 437 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:16,880 Speaker 1: which is why we're all having the conversation because this 438 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: is that unusual and that big in that way. But again, 439 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: lots of big stuff in the NFL all the time, 440 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: which is why it's the number one sports league in 441 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: the world, right, which is why you guys are here Indianapolis, 442 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: while we're here Indianapolis. Why people love the sport the 443 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:35,199 Speaker 1: way they do, and it's it's the national pastime, and 444 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 1: it's the national pastime for a reason. How do you 445 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: not go crazy cover in this? I don't know. I'm 446 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: not crazy, Okay, okay, better question. What do you do 447 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: to get away from it to keep from going nuts? 448 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 1: I don't go and get away from it. That's the problem. 449 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:54,359 Speaker 1: That's why I probably am crazy. Um. Honestly, the job 450 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 1: kind of it's all encompassing. It kind of takes over 451 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: your life and you can't just kind of do the job. 452 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 1: And you can't just do it five days a week, 453 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: and you can't just do it nine to five. It 454 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: just doesn't work like that. Unfortunately, that's not a complaint, 455 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: sure saying like that's that's just how it is. And 456 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: I still feel, you know, blessed and honored and privileged 457 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: to be able to do it. I'm not doing physical labor. 458 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: I'm on my phone, big deal, Like you know that 459 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: that's kind of fun, But it is. I guess the 460 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 1: word I would use would be relentless. It's just it's 461 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: just relentless. It just never stops. You're at dinner with 462 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: your family and all of a sudden, a text, a 463 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: phone call, something comes in, a story happens, and you 464 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 1: know you have to get to work for a little 465 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: bit is that level of commitment, what it takes to 466 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: have the amount of success that you've had, not only 467 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 1: in media but throughout the league. Well, thank you for 468 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: saying that. I don't think about it like that. I 469 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: just think about the job requires a lot. That's That's 470 00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: just what I was saying. And whatever that turns into, 471 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: that's fine by me. But it does take a lot, 472 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: and and you know it takes a toll for those 473 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: of us who who love the NFL. You are such 474 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:16,400 Speaker 1: a conduit to us. When Adam Schefter says it, when 475 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: you tweet it, when you write it, I mean we 476 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:23,720 Speaker 1: hang on your every word from those Well, I think 477 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: we're all like that. But for you and and no 478 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 1: money and the job and success is a big thing. 479 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: The the respect of the people and what you mean 480 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: to the fans as part of the National Football League. 481 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,080 Speaker 1: You never caught a pass or scored a touchdown, but 482 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: you're part of the National Football League and part of 483 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 1: the fabric because of what you do for the fans. 484 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 1: How much does that mean to you? You know, it's 485 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: very nice to hear that. I don't think about it 486 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 1: like that. I just don't. And and maybe one day 487 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: when I'm not doing the job. I will, but I 488 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 1: just wake up and I don't think, boy, I'm part 489 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: of the fabric of anything other than trying to do 490 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,920 Speaker 1: my job. So thank you for those kind of wars, Mike. 491 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: I appreciate that. It's very nice to you, but I 492 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: really don't think of it like that. All Right, we'll 493 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: give us Adam Schefter's thoughts on the Tennessee Titans at 494 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 1: the end of twenty nineteen and as we go into 495 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, back on ball a little bit. Where do 496 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 1: you think our organization is right now? Twenty nineteen? I mean, 497 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: couldn't have gone any better? Right, Well, I could have 498 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 1: gotten a little better. If the lead held up in 499 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: Kansas City, then it would have been a little bit better. 500 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 1: But when you look back at the season, by and large, 501 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,360 Speaker 1: that to be considered a great success. And I'm sure 502 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 1: the people in Tennessee were pretty happy with the way 503 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: that everything went right. And so they put together John Robinson, Mike, 504 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 1: they put together just a big, tough, fundamentally sound football team, 505 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: and so people in Tennessee should be happy with that. Now, 506 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: looking ahead, a lot of questions like who's playing quarterback? 507 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: Is Derrick Henry Beck where's Jack Conklin going to play, 508 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: How they're cann replace him, because it certainly seems like 509 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: they could lose him. So those are some key pivotal 510 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 1: players and decisions that this organization is going to be. 511 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: If you could tell me who's playing quarterback for this 512 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,959 Speaker 1: team unequivocally next year, and whether Derreck Henry's back unequivocally 513 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: next year, and who's playing off I'll tell you what 514 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:13,960 Speaker 1: I think of how this team is going to do. 515 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,119 Speaker 1: But that's what I think makes this league so interesting 516 00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: and intriguing to everybody else because it's a mystery every year. 517 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 1: You wouldn't have thought that the Titans were gonna get 518 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: to the AC championship game last season, and they did. 519 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 1: And so now we're back in the same situation where 520 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: they're trying to reload and get back to where they 521 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: were and then some and we'll see whether they can 522 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: do it. Of those questions that the Tennessee Titans need 523 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,160 Speaker 1: to answer, which one do you think is the most pivotal. Well, 524 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: it's always about the quarterback. So Derek Henry is such 525 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: a pivotal part of their offense and so important to 526 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: what they do. But it's still hard to think that 527 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 1: you know, quarterbacks not the most important issue to that team, 528 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 1: to any team. I would say that to any website 529 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: of any team that asked me that question. Your time 530 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,679 Speaker 1: is precious. Thank you for taking your precious well it is. 531 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,920 Speaker 1: Thank you for taking your time with us and for 532 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,439 Speaker 1: just talking about the NFL, and we appreciate all you do. 533 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Thank you very much for Amy Wells, 534 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: I'm Mike Keith, and for Adam Schefter, and thanks for 535 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 1: joining us for the OTP