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Speaker 1: And I think he really was a good high school

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Speaker 1: basketball player. I don't know that he was an SEC

429
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Speaker 1: basketball player. And he was telling me the story, recounting

430
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,399
Speaker 1: the story again yesterday about the fact that, yeah, I

431
00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:58,920
Speaker 1: kind of knew what was going on. I was kind

432
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Speaker 1: of going there anyway. But I thought it was cool

433
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,399
Speaker 1: because obviously Tennessee was very good in basketball at the

434
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,680
Speaker 1: point that he was there in school, they were SEC

435
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:12,399
Speaker 1: champions and so he probably thrilled to have gotten that offer.

436
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 1: But a good athlete, and he's having a chance to

437
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,680
Speaker 1: show it right now. Ye'd be a pretty good power

438
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,520
Speaker 1: forward too. I mean kind of a Kurt maybe a

439
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,000
Speaker 1: Kurt Rambus or a Bill Lambier. Somebody's gonna get in

440
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,320
Speaker 1: there and uh bang bodies with guys. But I think

441
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,159
Speaker 1: he has done a good job, uh you know, filling

442
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,159
Speaker 1: in and kind of trying to fill the void with

443
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,240
Speaker 1: Delaney Walker. And we'll have to see how that kind

444
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:37,800
Speaker 1: of transpires moving forward. But what did Clowney say to

445
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,280
Speaker 1: him on that sideline? He was also in the middle

446
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,119
Speaker 1: of that, and that was a big penalty in this game. No,

447
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,160
Speaker 1: I don't know why Clowney. Clowney's had two things happened here.

448
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 1: That and then the infamous uh I guess um Simm's

449
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 1: comment he made fun of Leshawn Simms did fun of

450
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,320
Speaker 1: leha Sims, and on the next play, Leshaun Sims intercepted

451
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,160
Speaker 1: pass that turned out to be a very big play

452
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,160
Speaker 1: in the game. I have no idea. We couldn't from

453
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Speaker 1: our vantage point. We didn't see what happened. I know

454
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Speaker 1: we kind of puffed up at him, like got in

455
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Speaker 1: his face, and I don't know what was exchanged, but

456
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,960
Speaker 1: it was he was kind of clowney, was kind of

457
00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 1: coming after Luke Stalker, and apparently Stalker wasn't having any

458
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 1: of that. He just kind of walked same. Yeah. I

459
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,520
Speaker 1: mean if I did I looked like that, I wouldn't

460
00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,600
Speaker 1: be afraid of anybody, right. But it turned out to

461
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,920
Speaker 1: be a great play for the old Tennessee Titans. It

462
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 1: was huge because thirteen twenty five to go in the game,

463
00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,760
Speaker 1: you're suddenly behind, and now an eleven yard game becomes

464
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Speaker 1: a twenty six yard game, and you go from your

465
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:49,200
Speaker 1: twenty five to Houston's forty nine when you've had no

466
00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,400
Speaker 1: offense for two plus quarters. Jump jump started that drive.

467
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,639
Speaker 1: There's no doubt guys were in street clothes. He's not.

468
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:58,040
Speaker 1: You're not even involved, Bud, He stay out of this.

469
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 1: When Coach macall him, a, UM, I think I agree. Well,

470
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,639
Speaker 1: he referred to him as a big dummy, like Fred

471
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:09,320
Speaker 1: Sandford used to do on Sandford and Son talk about

472
00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:11,720
Speaker 1: Lamont Tony would talk about his son Lamont, he would

473
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 1: call him a big dummy, and then Grady would Grady

474
00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:21,080
Speaker 1: and Rollo his friend Rollo. You need to watch some

475
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:25,440
Speaker 1: of these classic never seen the Sandford in Son ever

476
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,880
Speaker 1: heard Red Fox? Okay, all right, all right, moving right

477
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Speaker 1: along that off. Okay, now speaking of that, it's time

478
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Speaker 1: for Amy Wells wonders, Well, first, I wonder what Red

479
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Speaker 1: Fox is? Um No, one of the greatest comedians of

480
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Speaker 1: the twentieth century. Make a note of that. Yes, um

481
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Speaker 1: my real Amy Wells. Don't watch it with the young people. Okay,

482
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Speaker 1: I won't know young you might even be too young

483
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,560
Speaker 1: for that for some of the language. Oh, get out

484
00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,240
Speaker 1: of here, all right, Amy Wells wonders, why is Nick

485
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,120
Speaker 1: Williams back on this Tennessee Titans team. Okay, let's talk

486
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,080
Speaker 1: about the roster moves, just very quickly going through what

487
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,439
Speaker 1: they have done to sort of bring things back together.

488
00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,800
Speaker 1: Kenneth Durden is back on the roster, yes, and they

489
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Speaker 1: also bring up Daleen Dawkins because of Fluellen's injury. And

490
00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 1: then Nick Williams is brought back after he had a

491
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,200
Speaker 1: really good training camp. And some people are like, okay,

492
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:28,440
Speaker 1: you replaced Cam Batson with more of the veteran Nick Williams,

493
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,639
Speaker 1: the fourth year man out of Yukon. Jim, why would

494
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 1: you think he was the right move at this point, Well,

495
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,119
Speaker 1: I think because he brings a veteran presence. I do

496
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 1: think he's very productive. I think if he didn't suffer

497
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:41,320
Speaker 1: a hamstring injury at the end of training camp or

498
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:43,240
Speaker 1: at the end of the preseason, he would have made

499
00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,600
Speaker 1: this team. I think the Titans got a break and

500
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 1: they were to get bats and back, so you kind

501
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:49,480
Speaker 1: of get the best of both worlds. You get to

502
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,119
Speaker 1: have a veteran who can step in and play on

503
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Speaker 1: special teams, a guy who can who has proven he

504
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,920
Speaker 1: can play in NFO games, and then he also got

505
00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,199
Speaker 1: bats and who you can continue to develop. And Nick

506
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 1: Williams just try to get healthy. He tried to stay ready,

507
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,240
Speaker 1: worked out for this team last week, watch this team

508
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,840
Speaker 1: play during the course of the first couple of games,

509
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,679
Speaker 1: and now he's in a position to step in and

510
00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,719
Speaker 1: help if needed. And I think he can step in

511
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,359
Speaker 1: and play on special teams immediately. Amy to your question,

512
00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 1: I think to take Jim's point a step further. The

513
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:23,240
Speaker 1: other reason you go back to Nick Williams is he

514
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 1: can be part of the forty six on game day.

515
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 1: I don't think Cameron Batson at this point in his

516
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 1: career can with Darius Jennings and a Dory Jackson handling

517
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 1: the returning I don't think he's ready to play offense

518
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: for this team. Meeting Batson, Nick Williams, you could keep

519
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:44,400
Speaker 1: up on Sunday because he can play special teams and

520
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 1: take flew Ellen's place, and also because he's been in

521
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 1: this Matt Lafleura offense before. There are things he can

522
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 1: do to help you in certain situations. So I think,

523
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: and we talk about this a lot, and sometimes I

524
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:04,159
Speaker 1: know I do I go too deep inside about you know,

525
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 1: the forty six. There's some guys that you keep on

526
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 1: the fifty three man roster because you just want depth.

527
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,080
Speaker 1: There's some guys that you keep on the roster because

528
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: you want to develop those players. You have no intention

529
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 1: of playing them. But then you've got to think about

530
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,919
Speaker 1: if this guy can't be on the forty six, we

531
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: don't have the luxury of having him on the fifty

532
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:28,199
Speaker 1: three right now. I think Nick Williams gives you a

533
00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:32,159
Speaker 1: better option to potentially I think there's a decent shot

534
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 1: that he's up on Sunday as part of the forty six. Wow. Yeah,

535
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: I mean it took a good question. And hopefully you

536
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 1: don't have as many you know, automatic you know, inactive

537
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 1: just because this guy is not able to play because injury.

538
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:49,080
Speaker 1: Now you're getting back to the strategy decision making on

539
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 1: some of these guys. Where can you go heavy? This

540
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: guy help us on teams? And I agree him, I

541
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,040
Speaker 1: think he could be available as already Sunday well, and

542
00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 1: the Titans at this moment, I mean ten offensive linemen

543
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 1: on the roster. I don't ever remember that, Jim. Yeah,

544
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: And I think part of it's because of you know,

545
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 1: Jack Conklin being slow early. You have to carry a

546
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 1: little bit heavy there. And then obviously Tyler Merritt's called

547
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 1: up from the practice squad last Saturday to bump that

548
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,719
Speaker 1: number up even more. So will it always stay at

549
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 1: that number, We'll have to wait and see. But that's

550
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,720
Speaker 1: where it is now as you're waiting for guys to

551
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: get healthy and dealing with some injuries. So that's where

552
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 1: the Titans are at this point. There at six wide receivers,

553
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: they're at four running backs, two quarterbacks, down to three

554
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 1: tight ends on the active roster. Firks Or is back

555
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 1: on the practice squad. Ten offensive linemen defensively after the move,

556
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 1: still at five defensive lineman, two d linemen on the

557
00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 1: practice squad at this point. At this moment, with Aaron

558
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 1: Wallace gone, you're down to five outside linebackers, five inside linebackers.

559
00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:00,120
Speaker 1: Only backer on the practice squad is Robert Spillane. In

560
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: the secondary, you're at twelve total counting Joshua Kalou and

561
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,719
Speaker 1: Damian Webb on the practice squad. So ten on the

562
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 1: active roster at this moment, but three moves this week,

563
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: and I think John Robinson designed the roster with very

564
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: much the idea in mind of being able to have

565
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 1: two to three spot flexibility and with his practice squad.

566
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 1: Darius Kilgo is a guy who's played in this league.

567
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: He is not a young player. He's in his fourth

568
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 1: year in the league out of Maryland. He's played in

569
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:39,320
Speaker 1: eighteen games, six three, three, twenty. He's a nose tackle

570
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:44,160
Speaker 1: along with Dion Simon, who's another big defensive lineman. He's

571
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: twenty eight years old. Wow, So I mean, I think

572
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: they've got pieces ready to go. John Robinson isn't just

573
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,000
Speaker 1: putting guys on the practice squad to practice. You know what,

574
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 1: I'm right, You're exactly right. And I thought the decision

575
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,640
Speaker 1: of speaking can keeping with the roster moves. The decision

576
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 1: to ride with Finch instead of Aaron Wallace was interesting.

577
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: Aaron Wallas, a guy who certainly has had his moments,

578
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 1: also had some issues staying healthy. I thought he did

579
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,080
Speaker 1: a couple of you know, he did things well he could.

580
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: He gave you some versatility being able to play inside

581
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 1: and being able to play outside. But was he great

582
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 1: at any one thing? I'm not just sure they felt

583
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 1: like he was a guy they couldn't replace. I think

584
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 1: with Finch, he's got the potential in his flashed where

585
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 1: I think he could turn into a guy who could

586
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 1: help this team, uh, you know, moving forward. So that's

587
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: why they decided to go with Refinch. And now you're

588
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 1: starting to see some other guys get healthy, especially Harold Landry,

589
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: who I thought flashed and and not exactly drawing praise

590
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 1: from his head coach. Yet I think he's I think

591
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel has been a little bit hesitant to shower

592
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,520
Speaker 1: him with too much praise, and even Harold Landry said, hey,

593
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 1: I've got to earn that. I've got high expectations for

594
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 1: myself as well. But he is starting to flash a

595
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 1: little bit more. Well, don't you think he's gonna be

596
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:06,479
Speaker 1: the guy who Vrabel treats like his own ken on

597
00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 1: the team? I think because he plays the same position

598
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 1: that Vrabel did. I think because he went to Boston College,

599
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: where Rabel's Sutton goes to school. I think he's gonna

600
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: be hard on Harold Landry. I think he expects more

601
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 1: out of Harold Landry, and I think he's gonna be

602
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 1: harder on Harold Landry than anybody, which is probably gonna

603
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 1: make Harold Landry a great player. I agree, And it's

604
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 1: funny Landry, you know, in the locker room yesterday talked

605
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,720
Speaker 1: about some of that and uh, and he smiled when

606
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 1: when talking about Vrabel saying he played just okay, because

607
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 1: that was exactly what came out of Mike Vrabel's mouth

608
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,120
Speaker 1: on Monday when asked about him. He said he was okay.

609
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: He did some good and bad. Uh. You know, I

610
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: don't get the sense of Harold Landry is going to

611
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: be pumping his chest out for a couple of quarterback

612
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 1: pressures either. I mean as a guy who likes to

613
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,200
Speaker 1: get after the quarterback. And while he did have some

614
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: success and I thought he did flash he didn't get

615
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 1: a sick. So until those start coming to a quarterback

616
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 1: start going down, he's gonna be a little bit. Hasn't

617
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: to say, hey, I've arrived myself. He loved being out

618
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 1: there on Sunday, he said, thought the atmosphere was let

619
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: had eight family members there for the game. But he

620
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 1: knows he has to get better to help this team.

621
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 1: Harold Landry and Mike Vraybel will be best friends in

622
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,720
Speaker 1: ten years. It's one of those situations they hate each

623
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 1: other forever. Why don't you know what I mean? Like

624
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: he's like, ah, man, he rags me so hard. I

625
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 1: hate this. Oh why is he so mean to me? Man?

626
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 1: Common word in the OTAs in the minicamps Harold. Yeah,

627
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: that was the most common word we heard say, yeah, Harold, Harold.

628
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: And you hear honor where they call him honor and

629
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,680
Speaker 1: practice his teammates call him. Yeah, we call him Honor,

630
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,440
Speaker 1: not to his face. He's bigger than me. I like it,

631
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 1: but but a good thing gold for him now only

632
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: does have Varibel riding, but he's got h He's got

633
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,560
Speaker 1: an offensive lineman in Taylor Lawe who they have a

634
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 1: little bit of relationship going back to the training before

635
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: the NFL draft, Taylor obviously has a lot of respect

636
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 1: for him as well. UH, And from day one he's

637
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 1: kind of taken an interest in helping him get better

638
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: and showing him different techniques that give offensive lineman problem.

639
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 1: So when you got a head coach who takes an

640
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 1: interest in you, when you got an offensive lineman, one

641
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 1: of the best offensive lineman in the league that's doing that,

642
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 1: is great for hard Lander's career. And I get the

643
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: sense he's really a motivated uh young man who's got

644
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: a small child and UH and wants to be good

645
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 1: for his family, for this franchise, and for his own

646
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: his own sake, honor. It is funny here. Guys call

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00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: him on. He'll never live that down on the outside.

648
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:47,399
Speaker 1: Linebackers call him minor. I just get tickled every time

649
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,399
Speaker 1: I hear that. Okay, so people don't have all day.

650
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 1: Let's change topics. Um, you don't. You've got to go somewhere.

651
00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 1: Um the Titan who is under the radar playing the

652
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: best football through two games. We've asked everybody among the

653
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 1: untangibles to come up with their person. Mine is Logan Ryan. Okay,

654
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 1: Logan Ryan fourteen tackles one sack. I love, love love

655
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: Logan Ryan as the nickel. I thought he's a really

656
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:28,800
Speaker 1: good corner. But he may be as perfectly suited mentally

657
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,760
Speaker 1: and physically to the nickel as anybody in today's NFL.

658
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,080
Speaker 1: And I think he's His pass rush the other day

659
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: on Watson was absolutely fantastic. That quarterback sack was phenomenal.

660
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 1: He's taking his game to another level. I loved his

661
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 1: approach this offseason. He's one of the guys that led

662
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 1: the defensive Bix in their workout routine. He worked with

663
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 1: Eddie George boxing. He made himself stronger and improved his

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00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: hand eye coordination and his technique by doing a lot

665
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 1: of extra stuff this offseason, and I can I think

666
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 1: it's paid off for him. I can already tell a

667
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:07,200
Speaker 1: big difference in how he plays now compared to how

668
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 1: he was last year. Needs his first Titans pick, though

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00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: this would be a good weekend to get his first

670
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: Titans interception. Amy your Titan under the radar who has

671
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 1: played well the first two weeks minus Josh Klein and

672
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 1: Wow look at you talking offensive line. I know, well,

673
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 1: Josh Klein has been quietly consistent since we brought him here.

674
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 1: He's just been a sturdy player no matter where they

675
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 1: put him. I think all of this was perfectly illustrated

676
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:42,720
Speaker 1: for me against the Houston Texans when Josh Klein man

677
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 1: handled Whitney merciless like, completely laid him out. It was beautiful,

678
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: It was a thing. It was just it was magical.

679
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: And I think that that's what we this Titans team needs,

680
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 1: is a consistent guy who can make the place that

681
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: matter and that's it. He'll never hear from him. Here's

682
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: a stat I always look at because this tells me

683
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 1: who really likes to play football. Who leads your team

684
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:14,360
Speaker 1: on offense in tackles after a turnover Josh Klein. Of course,

685
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,280
Speaker 1: Josh Klein's gonna go if a guy intercepts a pass,

686
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 1: He's gonna go downfield. He likes to hit people, which

687
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 1: is what the game is all about at regardless of position.

688
00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 1: I'm not quarterback, but regardless of position other than quarterback.

689
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:29,879
Speaker 1: I said it wrong, but you know what I mean.

690
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: He likes to go get after people. And I think

691
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 1: it goes back to the fact that like Carl Kluge,

692
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,319
Speaker 1: who was the same way. He was a wrestler in

693
00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 1: high school. He was a state champion wrestler in Ohio.

694
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,799
Speaker 1: And guys, first of all, there is no tougher sport.

695
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: I mean that people who do that, I don't care

696
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: how big or small you are, what classification. You got

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00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:56,319
Speaker 1: guts if you're a wrestler to put yourself out there

698
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,279
Speaker 1: and do that. And I mean you'd like to get

699
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: after somebody if you you know, you've got that in

700
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: your heart and your soul. And Josh Klein does and

701
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:05,839
Speaker 1: he's playing really well right now. That's a good one name.

702
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: He's like a big grizzly bear. I mean, he's and

703
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,879
Speaker 1: the play that Amy's referring to him, and he used

704
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,319
Speaker 1: great leverage on that. He put merciless on his back.

705
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 1: That's one of those plays that gets played over and

706
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,840
Speaker 1: over again in meeting rooms, and it's probably one that

707
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: in Houston that you're getting pointed out you can't have

708
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 1: this happen to you. But I think that's a good one.

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00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 1: I'm going with for mine. Wesley Woodard, and it's hard

710
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: to say he's an underrated or unheralded guy because he's

711
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: a team captain, and he's certainly playing this league for

712
00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,279
Speaker 1: a long time. But I kind of feel like, you know,

713
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,880
Speaker 1: there's always a lot of conversation about Rashaun Evans, the

714
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 1: first round pick coming in here. There's been a lot

715
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 1: of chatter about John Brown, who had a great offseason,

716
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: Will Comptence kind of a new guy in the middle,

717
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 1: and the guy who sometimes gets left out of the conversations,

718
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: Wesley Woodard. He is as steady as they come. He

719
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,399
Speaker 1: currently leads this team in tackles with twenty two as

720
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 1: a quarterback pressure one tackle for a loss. He played

721
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 1: in sixty three out of sixty seven plays, along with

722
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,320
Speaker 1: eight special team snaps. Against Houston. He played in sixty

723
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 1: of sixty two plays with four special team snaps in

724
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 1: the open against Miami, so one hundred twenty three of

725
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 1: one hundred twenty nine snaps so far. From a guy

726
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,760
Speaker 1: who never leaves the field, kind of sets the tone

727
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 1: on defense. It's a great point and to take it

728
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 1: in a different direction. Three years ago on the twenty fifty,

729
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,880
Speaker 1: the twenty fifteen team, he was coming off the field

730
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:29,240
Speaker 1: on third downs, and now three years later, at age

731
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: thirty two, he's not coming off the field, which tells

732
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: you he's playing great football and has probably continued to improve. Yeah.

733
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:39,520
Speaker 1: I mean he's a guy that a couple of years

734
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 1: ago people talk about him being replaced and kind of

735
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: being phased out, and I think he kind of took

736
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 1: things up a notch from a training standpoint, from the

737
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,760
Speaker 1: way he approached his diet to why he approached playing

738
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:51,439
Speaker 1: in the league. It's why he's been able to stay

739
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 1: as durable as he has. He loves playing. I mean

740
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 1: you'll watch his energy out there on the practice field.

741
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 1: He'll come out of those revolving doors sometimes you know, backpeddling.

742
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 1: He's always kind of leading the charge you on the defensive,

743
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 1: in the defensive group, getting guys going. I think he's

744
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: certainly worthy of fitting into this three with Logan Ron

745
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 1: and Josh Glen. I want to mention something off the

746
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: field that people have started to notice in the last

747
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, and you've written about it. If you've

748
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,720
Speaker 1: been to Nissan Stadium, you have seen the We Stand

749
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 1: For promos that the players are doing and people are

750
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:34,919
Speaker 1: starting to become aware of this Titans campaign known as

751
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: We Stand For and it's been a year in the making.

752
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: Something that they have spent a lot of time on.

753
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 1: As I mentioned you wrote about it kind of give

754
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,480
Speaker 1: us the gist of what we stand for is all

755
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 1: about for the Tennessee Titans, well, I think it's a

756
00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: collective group of a collective mission from not only the players,

757
00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 1: but from the you know community relations to part and

758
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:03,160
Speaker 1: led by Tina Tuggle by ownership Amy Adams Trunk and

759
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:07,360
Speaker 1: involves John Robinson, Mike Vrabel. It kind of allows players

760
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:11,479
Speaker 1: to uh make their causes or what's important to them

761
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: known and the work that they do in the community. Uh.

762
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,240
Speaker 1: And they will be featured for that certainly uh during

763
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:22,200
Speaker 1: home games and as this season goes on. I think players,

764
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 1: you know, have felt like maybe some of the stuff

765
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 1: they've done over the years been a little bit overshadowed

766
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 1: by perhaps some of the the anthem stuff that's happened here.

767
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:33,880
Speaker 1: This is a way for them to have their work

768
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: amplified and and and its logan Ryan working with dogs, uh,

769
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 1: you know, with us John Robinson and his you know

770
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 1: him warning to get uh more funding and awareness to

771
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: to people who deal with diabetes, as he has a

772
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: daughter that you know has diabetes. All these players have

773
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 1: different uh causes that they want to trumpet, and that's

774
00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,280
Speaker 1: kind of what the we stand for is all about

775
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,160
Speaker 1: giving them a bigger voice and letting their work and

776
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: good work in the community be seen. As we've talked

777
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: with people about it, Amy, the one constant has been

778
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:15,400
Speaker 1: Amy Amy Adam Strunk, the players, John Robinson, Mike Rabel

779
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:21,280
Speaker 1: all taught Tina Tuggle all talking about how Amy Adams

780
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: Strunk pulled this thing together because she thought it was

781
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:33,319
Speaker 1: so important to keep the family atmosphere going throughout this organization.

782
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,879
Speaker 1: And that's You've spent a lot of time with her

783
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,399
Speaker 1: in a lot of different situations, so I'll just get

784
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 1: you to speak to that if you will. She is

785
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: very player centric, very player minded. She recognizes that this

786
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:48,839
Speaker 1: is a job for these guys and that they have

787
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: careers or they have things outside of their career. They

788
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,799
Speaker 1: have things that they're passionate about. They have families that

789
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 1: they're passionate about, and she wants to make sure that

790
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 1: they feel the family support that she is giving to them.

791
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: They she sees this whole team as a family. It's

792
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:14,360
Speaker 1: her Titan family, and I think that for her it

793
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,920
Speaker 1: is so important to make sure that these guys feel

794
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 1: like they're being backed up a little bit to feel

795
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,359
Speaker 1: like their voices are being heard and that they're given

796
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:27,720
Speaker 1: the opportunity in the platform to show off the different

797
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: facets of their lives. But she loves the fans, Oh

798
00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 1: my gosh. Genuinely, I would guess. I don't want to

799
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 1: speak for her, because I don't speak for ownership for sure,

800
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:43,359
Speaker 1: but I would guess maybe the biggest surprise that she

801
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,480
Speaker 1: has enjoyed about taking this on as controlling owner three

802
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,319
Speaker 1: and a half years ago has been the interaction that

803
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: she's gotten to have with the fans, whether it be

804
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: at tailgates or at the uniform unveiling or you know,

805
00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: we just had a chance to show her at training

806
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:02,799
Speaker 1: camp kids before the game, the kids who were there

807
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: as part of the we Stand for via Delaney Walker

808
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 1: at from Rockettown to going to the Hall of Fame

809
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 1: with Robert Brazil and entertaining his family and making you know,

810
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 1: doing the reunion of Oilers players to try to pull

811
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:21,760
Speaker 1: it all together. She wants the fans to know about

812
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 1: all that, and certainly wants the fans to know what

813
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:28,799
Speaker 1: these guys are doing and that the fans can get

814
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,919
Speaker 1: involved with is as well. I guess in large parts,

815
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: she's trying to marry everything together in the best way possible.

816
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:40,160
Speaker 1: And she was kind enough to sit down with me

817
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: last Saturday. And she doesn't do a lot of interviews

818
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: because she absolutely does not want to make it about her,

819
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:50,440
Speaker 1: but she thinks that we stand for an initiative is

820
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 1: important enough that she actually did give us an interview.

821
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 1: So let's take a look at that and a listen. Amy,

822
00:44:57,120 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 1: What was it about this issue that made you know

823
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:05,879
Speaker 1: that you had to be directly involved. Well, I thought

824
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 1: there was a lot of negativity about our players, and

825
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 1: you know, these aren't the guys that I know. These

826
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:17,480
Speaker 1: are community leaders. They're great guys. They're always working to

827
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 1: be out in the community, and I just thought it

828
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: was important that I helped them tell their story. You

829
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:27,279
Speaker 1: started having conversations a year ago. What was it that

830
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,919
Speaker 1: you learned during the course of this process that made

831
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,160
Speaker 1: you see we can take a negative and make it

832
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,840
Speaker 1: into a positive. Well, you know, it first was about

833
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,839
Speaker 1: listening to them because each player had, you know, a

834
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: different passion that they wanted to pursue, and so you know,

835
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 1: it was a time to just kind of keep quiet

836
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 1: and listen to what they were saying. And what's interesting

837
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,840
Speaker 1: about we stand for is this is not a league program.

838
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 1: This is something that the players and the head coach

839
00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,840
Speaker 1: and the general manager and you have done together. What

840
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:05,839
Speaker 1: are your goals for we stand for? You know, we

841
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:11,560
Speaker 1: want our fans to know our players how they really are.

842
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:18,000
Speaker 1: You know, not just professional athletes, but fathers, husbands, friends,

843
00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 1: you know, community leaders, and you know that's a side

844
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:25,319
Speaker 1: not everyone gets to see. They see Sunday, but we

845
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: want them to see this other side. And it's a

846
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,960
Speaker 1: great side. And it is not I stand for. It

847
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 1: is WE stand for And that was very intentional. Why

848
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 1: why was it important to use we? I think our

849
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,120
Speaker 1: fans have always heard me talk about family, and the

850
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,719
Speaker 1: Titans is a family. You know. To use the word

851
00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: I stand for it wasn't the right ring. If it's

852
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:51,759
Speaker 1: a someone's passionate individual, cause it's our cause too, and

853
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:54,120
Speaker 1: we're going to get with them and stand with them

854
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:56,560
Speaker 1: and help them get that cause out there. I'm going

855
00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 1: to wrap it up in this way. It's speaking with

856
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 1: Titans fans. What do you want them to know about

857
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 1: WE stand for? I'll always talk about the fans, and

858
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:09,120
Speaker 1: I care about the fans, and I want them to

859
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 1: feel like this we is not just the Titans. Is

860
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:18,280
Speaker 1: we the Titan players, coaches, staff, and fans. We would

861
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 1: love to have them become involved in this great program

862
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,759
Speaker 1: we stand for is going to be a great thing

863
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:28,040
Speaker 1: for the city, for the state, and for all of us.

864
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 1: That's your controlling owner, Amy Adams Drunk And there will

865
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 1: be kids and counselors from various nonprofits that will attend games.

866
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:42,840
Speaker 1: And the idea is when Delaney Walker gives these thirty

867
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 1: kids the opportunity from rocket Town and the counselors to

868
00:47:45,719 --> 00:47:49,200
Speaker 1: be there, that's an opportunity they would never get in

869
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 1: their life to see something. Right. He believes they need

870
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:56,560
Speaker 1: different experiences. They believe a lot of these young people

871
00:47:56,600 --> 00:48:00,919
Speaker 1: need these different experiences to see these things are out here.

872
00:48:01,200 --> 00:48:04,840
Speaker 1: You can achieve these things if you, you know, follow

873
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,239
Speaker 1: the rules and bear down and you know, to give

874
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:11,880
Speaker 1: that that kind of motivation. And I think that's incredibly important.

875
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: I do too, And I can tell you that you know,

876
00:48:14,719 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: the players, you know amious involvement in this uh you know,

877
00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:20,640
Speaker 1: from the very beginning has meant a lot to them.

878
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:22,319
Speaker 1: And I talked to Logan Ryan, and I talked to

879
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:24,799
Speaker 1: Wesley Woodard. I talked to Jill Casey, I talked to

880
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:27,520
Speaker 1: Derek Morgan about this, and and not only are they

881
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:31,399
Speaker 1: happy about the WE Stand for campaign, but they're very

882
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: They're thrilled that she has an interest in them and

883
00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:37,360
Speaker 1: what they're doing. And uh, that's important off the field,

884
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:39,719
Speaker 1: and it's important when they leave the building to know that.

885
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,480
Speaker 1: But I think in building a team and having guys

886
00:48:42,840 --> 00:48:46,080
Speaker 1: kind of fight and stand for one another, that's that

887
00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:47,880
Speaker 1: goes a long way. I mean, and I don't know

888
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:51,440
Speaker 1: this like that, Uh you know in every NFL city.

889
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:54,279
Speaker 1: I mean that that's how you get guys to play

890
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:58,319
Speaker 1: together and have each other's back. Anything you'd like to add.

891
00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,480
Speaker 1: I think it's awesome. I think it's such a good campaign.

892
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 1: I think I've seen her have the meetings with the

893
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:08,400
Speaker 1: players and get involved frank conversation. They have had some

894
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,839
Speaker 1: serious discussions, and I think it's awesome that she has

895
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: been so willing to listen to them and give them

896
00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:20,280
Speaker 1: even more of a platform, and including the entire Titans

897
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:24,000
Speaker 1: community we'll call it in this fans and everyone in

898
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 1: this building. It is such an awesome thing. I'm excited

899
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:29,120
Speaker 1: to see where it goes all year. Well, and they're

900
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:32,400
Speaker 1: putting their money and these different teams in the league.

901
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:35,480
Speaker 1: This is more of the league initiative part. So players

902
00:49:35,480 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 1: are encouraged to give up to five thousand dollars to

903
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:43,400
Speaker 1: the nonprofit of their choice, and certainly those with social

904
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:46,719
Speaker 1: justice in mind are prioritized in this. The league has

905
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:50,000
Speaker 1: matching grants and then if it's a Titans player and

906
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:54,400
Speaker 1: it's a nonprofit in our region, then the Titans Foundation

907
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:57,799
Speaker 1: will match. So theoretically, and this is not in every case,

908
00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 1: but just a best case scenario, if you give five

909
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 1: thousand dollars, you could end up giving twenty thousand dollars

910
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:06,440
Speaker 1: to a nonprofit, which is so cool. Let's putting your

911
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:08,239
Speaker 1: money where your mouth is. I guess it is. And

912
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:10,719
Speaker 1: I would encourage people to go to Titans Online. There's

913
00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:13,520
Speaker 1: a community page where you've got the player testimonials. I

914
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:15,239
Speaker 1: know Jeff Harding did a lot of work and kind

915
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:18,480
Speaker 1: of putting that together, but they've got the testimonial testimonials,

916
00:50:18,440 --> 00:50:20,920
Speaker 1: you've got the videos, you've got all the player causes

917
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,600
Speaker 1: on there. You can find out all the information, whether

918
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,640
Speaker 1: it's Jerald Casey or Derek Morgan or Delaney Walker or

919
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:29,840
Speaker 1: John Robinson, or Mike rabelm and there's that list is

920
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:33,320
Speaker 1: going to continue to grow during the course of this season.

921
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 1: And there's a lot of good information up right now.

922
00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:38,480
Speaker 1: All right, let's talk ball for our final minutes on

923
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:42,640
Speaker 1: the program, headed to Jacksonville. There are many around the

924
00:50:42,719 --> 00:50:45,200
Speaker 1: league that after there went on Sunday, which I will

925
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:48,960
Speaker 1: again for the hundredth time, will contend was not an upset.

926
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:52,440
Speaker 1: They did not upset jack They did not upset in

927
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:55,799
Speaker 1: New England the other day. How they beat them, I

928
00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:58,640
Speaker 1: think shows at this moment they're better team. Now, that

929
00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:01,439
Speaker 1: doesn't mean it'll last forever for Doug Moron and crew.

930
00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:05,279
Speaker 1: We certainly know this season goes in stages. But it

931
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:10,040
Speaker 1: was a dominant offensive performance. It was a dominant defensive performance.

932
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,840
Speaker 1: And from what we've seen in them starting two and

933
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:15,640
Speaker 1: oz with wins over the Giants and the Patriots, Jim

934
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:19,759
Speaker 1: White is Doug Maron's team is living up to the

935
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:22,440
Speaker 1: preseason billing at this moment. Well, I mean they should

936
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: have won ANFC championship game last year. I they asked me.

937
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:28,200
Speaker 1: They dominated. That game kind of came unraveled at the end.

938
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:32,200
Speaker 1: Patriots got some momentum and uh and the Jacksons couldn't

939
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:34,960
Speaker 1: hold him off. And I think what you saw on

940
00:51:35,080 --> 00:51:38,720
Speaker 1: Sunday was a Jacksonville team that not only still stewing

941
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:41,160
Speaker 1: a little bit from what happened last year. But I

942
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: talked to John Oser, a buddy of mine that covers

943
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:45,360
Speaker 1: the team for Jaguars dot Com has covered that team

944
00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:48,480
Speaker 1: from way back in the late nineties when he used

945
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:50,919
Speaker 1: to work at the Florida Thomas Union. He says, part

946
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,520
Speaker 1: of their motivation is what happened last year, but another

947
00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:55,440
Speaker 1: part of their motivation is the fact that they know

948
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:59,919
Speaker 1: that they are in a window where they can get

949
00:52:00,040 --> 00:52:03,920
Speaker 1: the Super Bowls and win championships. And that's with young guys,

950
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:07,160
Speaker 1: you know, whether it's Jalen Ramsey or Leonard Fournette, Uh,

951
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,080
Speaker 1: you know, Miles Jack. I mean, you've got a number

952
00:52:10,120 --> 00:52:14,200
Speaker 1: of guys that certainly uh young guys that are on

953
00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 1: the upswing, but you've also got a bunch of veterans,

954
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:21,439
Speaker 1: whether it's Klais Campbell uh in the mix. Um, they

955
00:52:21,560 --> 00:52:25,080
Speaker 1: feel like they're built to win now and uh and

956
00:52:25,360 --> 00:52:28,720
Speaker 1: watching them play on Sunday and watching where they've gotten

957
00:52:28,719 --> 00:52:31,879
Speaker 1: to as a franchise, UH, They're they're gonna be a

958
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:35,320
Speaker 1: tough team. They're gonna be a team to be reckoned with, uh,

959
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:38,600
Speaker 1: you know, for for years to come, you know, because

960
00:52:38,640 --> 00:52:41,160
Speaker 1: they're in the window. I mean, Bordles has just gotten

961
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 1: the new contract and he's playing very well, but he

962
00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:49,279
Speaker 1: is not a phenomenally expensive option at quarterback. I think

963
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 1: he's making what nineteen million dollars, which, as NFL quarterbacks go,

964
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:57,320
Speaker 1: that's about a base salary. That's about in the middle.

965
00:52:57,480 --> 00:52:59,319
Speaker 1: And I know that sounds high. But you've got Leonard

966
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:02,840
Speaker 1: Fournette at running back who's getting paid second year money.

967
00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:06,960
Speaker 1: You've got Jalen Ramsey who's getting paid third year money.

968
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,919
Speaker 1: You've got Miles Jack who's getting paid third year money.

969
00:53:09,920 --> 00:53:12,840
Speaker 1: You've got a guy like Keelan Cole at wide receiver

970
00:53:13,080 --> 00:53:16,280
Speaker 1: who was an undrafted last year out of Kentucky Wesley

971
00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:19,239
Speaker 1: and you're not paying him. Dede Westbrook was a fourth

972
00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:23,080
Speaker 1: round draft pick and so you're he's in his second year,

973
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:27,040
Speaker 1: so you're not paying him. Yannicking Goakway, their great pass

974
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: rusher is in his third year, so you're not paying him. Well,

975
00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:33,880
Speaker 1: here's the news. After next year, some of those guys

976
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:37,239
Speaker 1: will depart because you won't be able to pay them all.

977
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:39,839
Speaker 1: You have to start paying something and make you I mean,

978
00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:42,239
Speaker 1: and this is everybody, This is not them. This is

979
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:45,040
Speaker 1: the Titans and the Patriots and everybody else. You have

980
00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:48,080
Speaker 1: to make choices. So when you're in these windows and

981
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:50,759
Speaker 1: you have these teams together like this, you have to

982
00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:53,680
Speaker 1: take advantage. Yeah, that's and that's they know that. I mean,

983
00:53:53,680 --> 00:53:55,840
Speaker 1: I think they realize that everybody knows the way the

984
00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,239
Speaker 1: league works, and you've got to start making some tough

985
00:53:58,280 --> 00:54:02,000
Speaker 1: decisions in this core group and these you know, the

986
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:03,640
Speaker 1: way this team has built now is not going to

987
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:06,480
Speaker 1: look the same in a couple of years. So you know,

988
00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:11,200
Speaker 1: they feel like they're built to win now. And I

989
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:14,680
Speaker 1: know it sounds like the conversation shifted quickly from a

990
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,560
Speaker 1: big win over New England that got the nation's attention

991
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:22,000
Speaker 1: to Tennessee. I mean, they remember what happened last year

992
00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:25,719
Speaker 1: against the Titans, those two games. They're still stewing from that.

993
00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:28,080
Speaker 1: Mars l Darius had some things to say after that

994
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:31,240
Speaker 1: game in Nashville, you know, in the regular season, about

995
00:54:31,520 --> 00:54:34,560
Speaker 1: wishing they could play the Titans in the playoffs instead

996
00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:36,319
Speaker 1: of the Bills because they felt like they could beat

997
00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:41,120
Speaker 1: the Titans. So they'll be ready for this game. I

998
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:42,799
Speaker 1: have no question this team is gonna be ready for

999
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,120
Speaker 1: that game too, because they know what they're going into

1000
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:47,879
Speaker 1: and it's gonna take a really good performance to win.

1001
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:50,399
Speaker 1: I'd say the atmosphere is going to be unreal. Oh,

1002
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:52,520
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be rocking and rolling. I mean,

1003
00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 1: if you saw in that Patriots game, that stadium was full.

1004
00:54:56,120 --> 00:55:00,319
Speaker 1: So I think that division game the Titans w These

1005
00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:03,120
Speaker 1: two teams have a lot of history together. I think

1006
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:06,959
Speaker 1: that stadium is going to be just filled with electricity.

1007
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:10,200
Speaker 1: How do you win if you're Tennessee Well, I mean

1008
00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:12,800
Speaker 1: I think I'm anxious to see how the quarterback situation

1009
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:15,640
Speaker 1: plays out. I still think you've got to be prepared

1010
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:17,759
Speaker 1: to go down there and win a fist fight. I mean,

1011
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:20,480
Speaker 1: be physical with them, kind of like what you did

1012
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:23,200
Speaker 1: last year, and then Titans are able to pull away

1013
00:55:23,440 --> 00:55:26,040
Speaker 1: down the stretch in that game in the heat. We're

1014
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:29,479
Speaker 1: blessed with some upper ninety degree weather here this week

1015
00:55:29,560 --> 00:55:32,239
Speaker 1: to get acclimated to be ready for what's gonna what

1016
00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:34,239
Speaker 1: it's gonna be like down there on Sunday. So this

1017
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:37,440
Speaker 1: team's conditioned, this team is physical, this team's ready to

1018
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:40,880
Speaker 1: stand toe to toe with any team in the league,

1019
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:42,399
Speaker 1: I think, and I think that's the way you win

1020
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:44,719
Speaker 1: this game this week. I mean, no matter who's playing

1021
00:55:44,800 --> 00:55:47,719
Speaker 1: quarterback with it's Mariota, whether it's Gabbert, Yeah, you're gonna

1022
00:55:47,719 --> 00:55:49,440
Speaker 1: pick your spots and you gotta make some plays in

1023
00:55:49,480 --> 00:55:51,120
Speaker 1: the passing game. But I think it's a game you've

1024
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:54,440
Speaker 1: got to rise up, you know, be prepared to be

1025
00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:57,399
Speaker 1: in a fistfight on defense and then offensively, be ready

1026
00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:00,680
Speaker 1: to throw some blows yourself. Yep. And it's going to

1027
00:56:00,719 --> 00:56:03,560
Speaker 1: be just a full on dog fight. I think it's

1028
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:06,759
Speaker 1: going to be hard fought. I think it's going to

1029
00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:10,080
Speaker 1: be tough, and I don't really think it's gonna be

1030
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 1: that high scoring. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it's

1031
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:16,480
Speaker 1: just going to be down and dirty, last man standing football.

1032
00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:18,160
Speaker 1: So it's funny you look at the numbers in this

1033
00:56:18,239 --> 00:56:20,160
Speaker 1: and you talked about winning four the last five and

1034
00:56:20,239 --> 00:56:22,960
Speaker 1: last year. The last game was a fifteen ten ugly win,

1035
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:25,399
Speaker 1: but the Titans put up thirty seven in the game

1036
00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:27,480
Speaker 1: before that, they won a game thirty sixty twenty two.

1037
00:56:27,480 --> 00:56:30,160
Speaker 1: They won a game forty two to thirty nine. Been

1038
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:32,360
Speaker 1: a lot of points in this series over the last

1039
00:56:32,239 --> 00:56:35,840
Speaker 1: in those last meetings. But I think I'd be surprised

1040
00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:38,200
Speaker 1: if it gets to that number. I think the key number.

1041
00:56:38,239 --> 00:56:40,680
Speaker 1: You know, this is a passing league. And here's what's funny.

1042
00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:44,200
Speaker 1: There have been seven hundred yard rushers, seven one hundred

1043
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:48,480
Speaker 1: yard rushers through two weeks. There have been thirty three

1044
00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:53,600
Speaker 1: one hundred yard receivers. They've actually been six four hundred

1045
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:56,960
Speaker 1: yard passers, so there have been almost as many four

1046
00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:59,960
Speaker 1: hundred yard passers as there have been one hundred yard rusher.

1047
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:03,319
Speaker 1: That shows where we're going as a league and as

1048
00:57:03,320 --> 00:57:06,720
Speaker 1: a game. People throw the ball, but still those rushing

1049
00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:10,839
Speaker 1: attempts if you're if you're able to get them. The

1050
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:15,760
Speaker 1: Titans last week thirty four rushing attempts. Since the start

1051
00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:18,600
Speaker 1: of the twenty sixteen season. They are twelve and one

1052
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:22,000
Speaker 1: when they have thirty or more carries. They are seven

1053
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 1: and fourteen when they have less than thirty carries. So

1054
00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:27,960
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a it's a passing league. But if

1055
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:31,120
Speaker 1: you can run it and you can control it, especially

1056
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:34,080
Speaker 1: if you're able to turn and hand it to mariono'

1057
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:37,560
Speaker 1: rivera derreck Henry there in the fourth quarter and put

1058
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:39,480
Speaker 1: him to sleep. You know, that's what he wants to

1059
00:57:39,520 --> 00:57:44,040
Speaker 1: do going back home, you know, that's that's where you

1060
00:57:44,120 --> 00:57:45,760
Speaker 1: want to be. If he's in the game in the

1061
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:48,720
Speaker 1: fourth quarter pounding, that's a good good thing for the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. Yeah, and they're going to be different if

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Speaker 1: for NAT's not playing that that's one I'm keeping island

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Speaker 1: during the course of the week to injury a port

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Speaker 1: because when he's not in there, they allow Borders to

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Speaker 1: do a little bit more. Well, that's it. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's almost like his game improves because they're not going

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Speaker 1: to hand it to four Nette as much. You still

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Speaker 1: don't really want to tackle Fournette, no guy. I not

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Speaker 1: think when he's in there, they feel like, Okay, we've

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Speaker 1: got this big horse less Rottam and uh, certainly it

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Speaker 1: takes away from Bordal's ability to throw the ball a

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Speaker 1: little bit. That's uh, that's that's gonna be how they

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Speaker 1: attack things, depending on whether or not number twenty seven's

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Speaker 1: back there. Okay, we've got just a few seconds left.

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Speaker 1: We're taking the whole hour this morning. I like it.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot going There's a lot going on. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so at Titans, Amy, Yes, spell it Am, I E

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Speaker 1: am I e at j Wyatt Sports on Twitter and Instagram.

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Speaker 1: All right, and remember this afternoon Titans today after practice

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Speaker 1: with a complete update six o'clock tonight on Titan's Radio.

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Speaker 1: Keith Bullock joins us for Titans tonight. Blaine Gabbert is

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Speaker 1: our guest. That's gonna be fun, be outstanding. A little

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Speaker 1: Missouri rid in here, gonna be great. Whoo whoo, Toda's

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Speaker 1: Missouri half this weekend, Georgia. It's gonna be a ballgame.

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Speaker 1: Who hoo. That doesn't for the oh T T thanks

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Speaker 1: for being with us,