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Speaker 1: Welcome to the OTP, the Official Titans Podcast. My name

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Speaker 1: is Mike Keith Amy Wells is here. Hello mate, It's

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Speaker 1: time for a little mac in Threemac in three. Not

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Speaker 1: only is it Wells in myself, but it is also

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Speaker 1: the great Jim White from Titans Online dot Com happy

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Speaker 1: to be here, and Titans Radio's head coach David McGinnis

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Speaker 1: coach Mac first macin three of training camp. Right camp,

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Speaker 1: we have multiple ones on the way. Pretty solid, pretty

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Speaker 1: solid stuff, all right, So let's delve right in. UM

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Speaker 1: two roster moves, both in the wide receiver corps, Cameron

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Speaker 1: Batson on injured reserve. And then the Titans also waived

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Speaker 1: Joe Parker, the rookie wide receiver from Chattanooga, and they

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Speaker 1: bring in a wide receiver who's got an NFL pedigree,

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Speaker 1: Tanner McAvoy from Wisconsin is where he originally came out

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Speaker 1: of but mostly he's played a couple of years with

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks big receiver six six two twenty nine.

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Speaker 1: And then they bring in a little guy five eight

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Speaker 1: let's start with McAvoy for a second. You know him

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Speaker 1: from your time in the NFC West. He was a guy.

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Speaker 1: He went to South Carolina as a quarterback. He prepped

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Speaker 1: at Bergen Catholic, which is that fantastic high school in

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Speaker 1: he goes to South Carolina as a quarterback, ends up

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Speaker 1: leaving there after a red shirt year, goes to Arizona Western,

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Speaker 1: throws twenty nine touchdown passes, transfers to Wisconsin or goes

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Speaker 1: signs with Wisconsin, stays there for three years, and in

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Speaker 1: that time he plays safety. He had seventy plus tackles

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Speaker 1: and seven interceptions. He played running back, he rushed for

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Speaker 1: over seven hundred yards. He played quarterback, and he played

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Speaker 1: receiver in the NFL, he's been a receiver and a

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Speaker 1: special teams player. What can you tell us about McAvoy, Well,

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Speaker 1: he's one of those guys that always piques your interest

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Speaker 1: as a coach when you're looking at people because of

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Speaker 1: his size and because of his multiple athletic skills. He

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Speaker 1: doesn't possess I mean, he's got hight he's a long player,

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Speaker 1: but he doesn't He's not a guy that's extremely twitchy.

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Speaker 1: He's not a guy that's extremely blazing fast. But he's

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Speaker 1: a good athlete and he's a good combat catcher because

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Speaker 1: of his size downfield and those types of things that

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Speaker 1: he can do. And plus he can contribute on teams.

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Speaker 1: And here's what those guys, when you constantly churn the

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Speaker 1: back end of your roster, those are the type of

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Speaker 1: guys you're looking for. You're not looking for somebody to

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Speaker 1: come in and start. That's not where you churn the

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Speaker 1: bottom of your roster for. You're looking for guys that

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Speaker 1: can come in and specifically do one or two things.

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Speaker 1: If it's a multiple talented athlete that can do a

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Speaker 1: couple of things for you, can be a special teams player,

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Speaker 1: can cover on special teams, and then can be able

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Speaker 1: the course of a ball game or during the course

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Speaker 1: of a season. Well, then that's why you always keep

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Speaker 1: these guys around. They'll get a longer look just because

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Speaker 1: of his height, his length, and his multiplicity of things

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Speaker 1: that he can contribute to your team. Amy, you and

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Speaker 1: Jim have both had a chance to really watch Cameron

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Speaker 1: Batson a great deal. One of the winners of the

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Speaker 1: offseason program in terms of his effort. One of four

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Speaker 1: players a name top offseason players by Mike Rabel and Staff.

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Speaker 1: Batson's injury and his departure to IR stake through the

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Speaker 1: heart for a young man who seemed to have made

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Speaker 1: a lot of progress. Absolutely, it wasn't five minutes before

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Speaker 1: he went down with an injury that we were saying, man,

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Speaker 1: he's really having a good camp. He was someone that

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Speaker 1: was consistently making plays and was consistently showing up when

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Speaker 1: And just so heartbreaking to see a guy who put

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Speaker 1: What whered? Am I looking for the output that he wanted?

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Speaker 1: The results there? It is cut, Yeah, but it's always

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Speaker 1: heartbreaking to see some things like that, And it happens

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Speaker 1: every camp. There's always someone who draws the short straw,

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Speaker 1: but it's hard to see that for someone who was

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Speaker 1: When that first happened on Monday, I thought he had

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Speaker 1: And you hate it for him, as Amy mentioned, as

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Speaker 1: whether it's Dere's Jennings or whether it's one of the

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Speaker 1: and he would have been healthy. Anybody's specific you mentioned Jennings,

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Speaker 1: anybody else specific that will benefit from more opportunities that

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Speaker 1: you know, from Corey Davis to Adam Humphreys to Taywan

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Speaker 1: And I think these preseason games, the practices against the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: something like this happens? All right, you could and I

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Speaker 1: think Amy and Jim are both exactly right. He was

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Speaker 1: him to make a move also, And so you when

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Speaker 1: when you have that happen, what has to happen in

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Speaker 1: your receiver room? Now, they clearly they've brought in to

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Speaker 1: churn the bottom of this roster some more. Stay with

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Speaker 1: over the performance so far in roughly a week of

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Speaker 1: Adam Humphries or is he as good as advertised? I

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Speaker 1: But Humphries is what impression most about him is just

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Speaker 1: I mean, the cornerbacks, defensive box getting tired of I

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Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota better. And I think it's a positive development

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Speaker 1: I think that Corey Davis and Adam Humphries have turned

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Speaker 1: I mean, you have Adam Humphries, who's the consistent veteran.

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Speaker 1: He can lead those guys a little bit. He's able

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Speaker 1: I don't think that Titans have had a player like that, right,

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Speaker 1: So he's been making I mean maybe back to even

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Speaker 1: Derek Mason. That's the guy. Yeah, that is exactly the guy.

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Speaker 1: a when you start to look at the number of

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think Taj has been very consistent, and

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Speaker 1: be shut down. He is healthy now, and I agree,

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Speaker 1: I agree with Amy Wells. He looks a lot better

430
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Speaker 1: and he looks like he looked before. He didn't look

431
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Speaker 1: like Jack Conklin. I like his attitude too, I mean,

432
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:45,760
Speaker 1: right out of the gate. I mean he says, hey,

433
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Speaker 1: I'm this team starting right tackle. I want to proved

434
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Speaker 1: again that I could be an All Pro player and

435
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Speaker 1: be one of the best tacklings in this league. And

436
00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,840
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's tired of hearing about how he played

437
00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,080
Speaker 1: last season he didn't meet expectations. I'm sure he's tired

438
00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,919
Speaker 1: of hearing the child about whether he could get bumped

439
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,280
Speaker 1: inside to play goard. You know, he wants to prove himself.

440
00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 1: And you know, obviously I've been great if he could

441
00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,240
Speaker 1: have worked throughout the off season, but to kind of

442
00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,160
Speaker 1: get healthier and to get his mind right to start camp,

443
00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,359
Speaker 1: I think it's based on off seam so far. I

444
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,080
Speaker 1: think it's paid off. All right. I want to go

445
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Speaker 1: to tight end, and Jim, I want you to start

446
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:25,240
Speaker 1: with this. Delaney Walker is Delaney Walker, and we won't

447
00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,480
Speaker 1: know until he plays in games, but he sure does

448
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:31,680
Speaker 1: look like the guy he's been the last six years here.

449
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,240
Speaker 1: So he's he's on the football team. Johnny Smith is

450
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Speaker 1: on physically unable to perform right now, coming back from

451
00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,520
Speaker 1: his knee injury. But he's going to be on the

452
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Speaker 1: football team at some point. He's obviously he was playing

453
00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:50,560
Speaker 1: really well when he got hurt last year. Outside of that,

454
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,760
Speaker 1: what's going on at tight end? Who's grabbing you, who's

455
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,520
Speaker 1: taking a step forward? Well, I mean Michael Prude obviously

456
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,280
Speaker 1: as the conference of the coaching staff, you know they

457
00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:03,919
Speaker 1: love him. He's getting a lot of opportunity. He's got

458
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,359
Speaker 1: a lot of work this offseason. But I have to say,

459
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 1: Anthony Furture is a guy that catches by in practice.

460
00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 1: He catches everything. Once again, I think he caught nineteen

461
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,000
Speaker 1: out of twenty targets last year and he played. He

462
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 1: knows he's got to get better as a blocker. He

463
00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,639
Speaker 1: talked about that after practice the other day, something that

464
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Speaker 1: he's worked on. But his strength is going to be

465
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,960
Speaker 1: catching the football and he's getting open. He's doing that again.

466
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,440
Speaker 1: So when you do the math at that position, I mean,

467
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Speaker 1: as Johnny Smith can be ready when the season starts,

468
00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 1: I don't know. So when I do the math, now

469
00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,359
Speaker 1: I get to talk. Count Delaney Walker, I count Michael Prude,

470
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Speaker 1: I count Anthony Furture. Is three with a question mark

471
00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:42,960
Speaker 1: about John knu and then you'll wonder if there's a fourth.

472
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Speaker 1: I mean, I can't help but notice Ryan, he was

473
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Speaker 1: a little bit who's worked at fullback in addition, you know,

474
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Speaker 1: to tight end. He's a versatile guy who can do

475
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Speaker 1: a couple of things. I'm curiously how he plays out

476
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Speaker 1: during the course of the preseason. I think the tight

477
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,359
Speaker 1: end position is one where everyone sees a lot of

478
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,040
Speaker 1: question marks. Delaney Walker, he's coming back. We don't know

479
00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,879
Speaker 1: where he's going to be. John new Smith, what's his timeline.

480
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,200
Speaker 1: But as you start to go down the list, Michael Pruett,

481
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Speaker 1: as Jim had said, has had a great camp. Anthony

482
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 1: Ferster has had a great camp. Parker Hessey's a guy

483
00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 1: who kind of came out of nowhere but has been

484
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,320
Speaker 1: making some plays and grabbing people's attention in practice. Ryan

485
00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 1: Hewett Colewick like, there are guys who are consistently showing

486
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Speaker 1: up in practice, and the more you think about it,

487
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,400
Speaker 1: the more you're like, oh, well, this could be okay.

488
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,919
Speaker 1: Guys like I think the Titans have plenty to choose

489
00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:36,520
Speaker 1: from in that group. It's just seeing who rises to

490
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 1: the top as we continue through camp. Yeah, big part

491
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,640
Speaker 1: of this group is and again when when the Patriots

492
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,600
Speaker 1: come in here to practice that that the people, you know,

493
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,560
Speaker 1: the guys at the end, you know cole Hood, you know, uh,

494
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:53,520
Speaker 1: Brian Hewett, Parker, Hessey, cole Wick, those guys when you

495
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,760
Speaker 1: let's watch him against the Patriots. Let let let's check

496
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Speaker 1: them out a little bit when they get somebody in

497
00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:00,879
Speaker 1: a different you know, colored helm, went different colored jersey

498
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 1: across from him, because we know what these other guys

499
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 1: are gonna do. Anthony Ferser was a big part of

500
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 1: this offense last year. I mean he you know in

501
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,880
Speaker 1: calling ball games now, Mike you you know, he made

502
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,280
Speaker 1: a lot of big plays, you know, catching the football.

503
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,879
Speaker 1: But these other guys, the way this offense is going

504
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 1: to be set up, and I'm going to tell you

505
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,040
Speaker 1: somebody else is going to take some of the load

506
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 1: off of that. If he's healthy and back and doing

507
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,000
Speaker 1: things he needs to be is a j. Brown is

508
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:24,000
Speaker 1: going to take some of that load off because of this.

509
00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,040
Speaker 1: He's not a tight end, but he's going to take

510
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,920
Speaker 1: those between the number throws and that's that's what you're

511
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,760
Speaker 1: looking for with you know, from that position. David flew

512
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,880
Speaker 1: Ellen gets some of that in terms of lining up

513
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 1: as the offset and with the added weight having the

514
00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 1: chance to place him fullback. Yeah, to me, flus a

515
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 1: little bit different than that. I mean he doesn't. I don't.

516
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,199
Speaker 1: I don't think he quite you know, has you know,

517
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,159
Speaker 1: has enough water in his bucket as far as being

518
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 1: able to sit up in there all the time and

519
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:52,480
Speaker 1: take all those people and be able to take be

520
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,280
Speaker 1: able to take big time chips off off of offensive

521
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 1: tackles and do those things. He can do that. But

522
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Speaker 1: I think what what his value will be as more

523
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,320
Speaker 1: as as more as a move guy, you know, a

524
00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:04,720
Speaker 1: move guy, because he's more when when you when you

525
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,879
Speaker 1: watch him with his blocking and stuff, he does better.

526
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,679
Speaker 1: He does better on the move blocking rather from just

527
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,760
Speaker 1: stationary you know what you look for. Uh Yeah, I

528
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,199
Speaker 1: think his added weight has helped him. But to me,

529
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,560
Speaker 1: these guys, I really want to see them against New

530
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,480
Speaker 1: England's people when they come out here. That's gonna be

531
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 1: interesting for me to watch because you're gonna want to

532
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 1: see that. And then, as I said, A J. Brown

533
00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,119
Speaker 1: gets back just within the scheme of offense, catching balls

534
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,360
Speaker 1: between the numbers and the and and those those highest catches,

535
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Speaker 1: those quick throws. He is that dude. We have only

536
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 1: been through five training camp practices and coach Mac wants

537
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,640
Speaker 1: to go up against somebody already. He's tired of these practices.

538
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,879
Speaker 1: He wants an opponent. I like that. I'm not tired

539
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 1: of him. I just ready to see some activity. Well,

540
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 1: I like it. I've seen a lot of activity. But

541
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,199
Speaker 1: I do know this. It's different when you go against

542
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 1: different people because because once you once you once you

543
00:26:56,800 --> 00:27:00,240
Speaker 1: get once you get comfortable as a player as to

544
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,800
Speaker 1: who you're going against and what's going on. You can

545
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 1: compete all you want. But look if I if I'm

546
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: going against Jim Watt every day in practice, he's a receiver,

547
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a cover player. I know what he's

548
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,199
Speaker 1: going to do. I know his splits, I know how

549
00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: he lines up, I know how he runs his routes.

550
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 1: I know how this. So even if I'm not trying

551
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 1: to mentally, I can cheat it. You know, mentally I

552
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,199
Speaker 1: can do and what I want to do and what

553
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: I always what I wanted to do as a coach,

554
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 1: what these guys want to do, and what the players

555
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,399
Speaker 1: want to do, they always about. You know, it's getting

556
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,639
Speaker 1: close to the time where they're going to want to

557
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,200
Speaker 1: line up against somebody else and test all of these

558
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,959
Speaker 1: things that you know that they've done, and it's just

559
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,920
Speaker 1: it brings another dimension into your evaluation. So this entire

560
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,640
Speaker 1: OTP so far, we've talked about offense. The whole time.

561
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,880
Speaker 1: We've talked about offense, and that is where the majority

562
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,719
Speaker 1: of the questions are. Jim Wyatt, what do we know

563
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:55,480
Speaker 1: about the Titans defense a weekend? I mean, I like

564
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: the look of the secondary, even though certainly they're battling

565
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,200
Speaker 1: I guess receivers and some of these drills that are

566
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: where they're at a disadvantage. I think they're scrappy. You know,

567
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 1: I've noticed, you know, Logan Ryan ken Vacaro being very

568
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 1: active even in blitz situations where they're coming after the

569
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,800
Speaker 1: quarterback and guys are making plays on the ball. I'm

570
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 1: at when I look at the defense, the secondary jumps

571
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,160
Speaker 1: out to me. And it's not just the guys I mentioned.

572
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 1: I think. Which makes you feel good about that knock

573
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,199
Speaker 1: on wood is that depth is good too. I think

574
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:30,119
Speaker 1: Ty Smiths had a really good camp. I like, you know,

575
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,120
Speaker 1: the looks of Leshaun Simms. I think they're deep and

576
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,000
Speaker 1: continue with a secondary, you gotta make a Monty Hooker

577
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 1: and Dan Crookshank. I mean, the secondary gets my attention

578
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,640
Speaker 1: when I look at the defense as a whole. Look

579
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 1: this defense when I every practice I've been to, which

580
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,959
Speaker 1: is all of them, which is all the guys have.

581
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,560
Speaker 1: The thing I see immediately this is a confident defense.

582
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: This is because a loud talking defense is a confident defense.

583
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 1: As a coach, if you're out there and you're and

584
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 1: you don't hear anything on defense, that's a problem. They talk,

585
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:07,719
Speaker 1: they communicate, I mean they know. Look, I love you, guys, know,

586
00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 1: I love Dean pieces Why why why do you like

587
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: what he does so much? Well, first of all, because

588
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 1: he knows what the hell he's doing. Well, yes, I mean,

589
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 1: and that's and that and he's he's he's proven that

590
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: he knows what he's doing. And he's a tremendous communicator

591
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 1: and teacher. Okay, I mean I watched one of these

592
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,040
Speaker 1: first red zone drills they did out here, and the

593
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: and the the offense was running a little combination you know,

594
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,440
Speaker 1: nine ball stacked three men on one side, shortcut on

595
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 1: the other, running a back line on him, trying to

596
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 1: grab with that one of those stick routes inside grab

597
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 1: the rat player that's down playing the low hole so

598
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 1: they can throw behind him. And so Dean Piece went okay, fine,

599
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,600
Speaker 1: and so then you know, once the once the drills over,

600
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,560
Speaker 1: he gets everybody over there and that little mid walk

601
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 1: through that they do, which is brilliant. You know, they

602
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: give him a little rest and talk to him say Okay, here,

603
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 1: here's what they're doing, and here's how you combat it.

604
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 1: Because you're gonna see it again in team. So here's

605
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: what they're doing. You know, dut dut, dut, dut bam,

606
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 1: everybody got it, let's go. That type of thing, to

607
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: me is invaluable when you have veteran players, and not

608
00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:06,719
Speaker 1: only veteran players, even younger players, but your defensive coordinator

609
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 1: can make adjustments on the run like that. He's a

610
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:13,959
Speaker 1: he's a really good progression teacher. He's got excellent assistant coaches.

611
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 1: I watch all those drills. I just I believe in deanps.

612
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: I knew guys that worked in the league when Dan

613
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: P's was the coordinator at Baltimore. They absolutely love him,

614
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 1: not only but just because he's a good person. But

615
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 1: he knows ball, and you can know ball, but if

616
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,720
Speaker 1: you can't communicate ball to the players, it's there's no good.

617
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,760
Speaker 1: He can communicate it to his players and they trust him,

618
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: and I love what he's doing. This is a very

619
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 1: confident defense out here. Coach. Does it seem to you

620
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 1: that there's less stopping everything and teaching and there's more

621
00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 1: fine tuning and refining things as this defense work. Damie.

622
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 1: It's a good point. And it comes with this being

623
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 1: the second year of what he's doing, okay, because when

624
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 1: you when you put new defenses in, I mean when

625
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:58,920
Speaker 1: you put a whole new defense in, I mean I've

626
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 1: done this a couple of places. You know, everybody has

627
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 1: to be coach nearly every play because it just looks

628
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: different on the field than it does on a white

629
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 1: board or on the screen. And so you get them

630
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,160
Speaker 1: out there. But now they can play and free. Now

631
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: now he's able to start adding. It's like legos, he's

632
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 1: able to start adding on the basics. And where you're

633
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 1: able to add to the basics, then you've got something.

634
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: But you can't add until you have people that understand

635
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: what you're supposed to do from the from the basic

636
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,640
Speaker 1: part of it. He's got that. He's got that in

637
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 1: spades right now with his guys and they want you

638
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 1: can tell they want more. They want more now. And

639
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 1: when you get a defense wanting more, you're you're in

640
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:38,840
Speaker 1: the You're in a groove that you want to be

641
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 1: in as a coordinator. Okay, wrap up this edition of

642
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 1: the OTP with the player that you are most interested

643
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 1: to watch, the guy who needs to make a move

644
00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 1: before we get on that plane to Philadelphia next Wednesday

645
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 1: for the Thursday night preseason game. I'm gonna let Jim

646
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: White start because I'm sure he'll have like nine Jim

647
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 1: Wahitt cheats every time we do this, so just go first. Well,

648
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,600
Speaker 1: I'm going I'm gonna go with two, just because he's

649
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 1: going to cheat every time. Because game these guys. In

650
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 1: the last couple of days, we've seen Nate Davis and

651
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 1: we've seen Corey Levin both work inside with the first group.

652
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:21,360
Speaker 1: So I think those two, I think, as coach Mike said, viously,

653
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: they're going to have to settle in and pick the

654
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 1: group that they're rolling with into Cleveland. But this is

655
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: the time when you start, when you continue to look

656
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: at some of the young guys, and both of them

657
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: are getting opportunities. I think they'll continue to get opportunities.

658
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 1: So this is a big week I think for them

659
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: to prove hey, I can do this and consider me

660
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: before you make a final decision. I don't think he

661
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 1: cheated there. I know he used too amy, but I

662
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 1: think he makes a pretty good point. I just don't

663
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 1: like fudging the rules. All right, well you get one then, okay.

664
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,640
Speaker 1: Mine is someone we've already talked about. But it's Darius Jennings.

665
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: I think that before Cameron Batson went on injured reserve,

666
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: he was gunning for his job. So while you to

667
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: see a guy go on, I R I think if

668
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,960
Speaker 1: this is Darius Jennings, he dodged a bit of a bullet.

669
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: So it's time for him to step up, prove that

670
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: he deserves to keep the spot that he earned last year.

671
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 1: He had a great year last year, but it's time

672
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 1: for him to make the next step and really earn

673
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: and keep the spot on his on this roster. DeAndre

674
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 1: Walker for me, really yeah, this this next week, you're

675
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 1: going to see him start start to make a move

676
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:25,880
Speaker 1: because you know he was he was he had he

677
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 1: had the growing injury, you know, coming in work through

678
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: that during the OTA, so he missed some of the

679
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 1: OTA work on the field. You can see him now.

680
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I just I went back and checked my

681
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 1: notes again after I've vetted him watching him, you know,

682
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: I mean he didn't start for three years, but he

683
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: played a lot of ball in the three years. He

684
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: wasn't a starter at Georgia because they rolled their defense

685
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: like most professional fronts do. I mean, they roll, they

686
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 1: roll their defense. This guy, you know, as I said,

687
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 1: I went back and looked at my notes. I love

688
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 1: his get off. I like the fact that even if

689
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: he's six two, he plays longer because of his arms.

690
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 1: He plays long. I've seen him make place in space

691
00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: on special teams. And the other thing I like is

692
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: and he's gonna be do this in this multiple front.

693
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: At Georgia, he was really proficient at running a lot

694
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: of te and ET games. And I'll explain that by

695
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 1: saying te games are when a tackle in the end

696
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 1: are lined up together and the tackle goes first and

697
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 1: the incomes underneath. You have to have a feel for

698
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,120
Speaker 1: how to set it up, how to rip through a gap,

699
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: you know, how to be able to feed a shoulder block.

700
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: He's been able to do that really well at Georgia.

701
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 1: I saw some of it out here today. I'm looking

702
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: for him to make a move next week if he

703
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 1: can really come on. Boy, that adds a lot to

704
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,839
Speaker 1: that outside linebacker corps. Well, and that's why, that's why

705
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 1: they drafted him, because because he had he was a

706
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 1: productive player. He was a productive player. But his first

707
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:38,359
Speaker 1: three years he just didn't have the number of reps

708
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: because they got good players at Georgia in Casey, nobody's checked.

709
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 1: I mean the defense, especially on defense, they got good

710
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: players and so he was rotating in with a big group.

711
00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,879
Speaker 1: But this guy, this guy, I mean, I'm gonna watch

712
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:51,520
Speaker 1: him next week. I would look for him to make

713
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 1: a move next week because he hasn't had the same

714
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: amount of time on the field as these other guys

715
00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 1: have had. Now he's catching up a little. All right, Well,

716
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 1: let me ask you about one more before I give

717
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: mine Roberson the outside linebacker from sam Houston State. What

718
00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 1: have you seen from Derek Roberson so far? He got

719
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 1: a lot of raw skills. He's got a lot of

720
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 1: raw bend edgibility. You know, he means he needs more

721
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: strength at the POA or point of attack. He needs more,

722
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 1: he needs more of that. He did not you know,

723
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 1: he didn't play at Georgia. Okay, he didn't, you know,

724
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: he didn't. He played down there where he was way better,

725
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,800
Speaker 1: way better just stepping on the field than most everybody

726
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 1: he played against. He's got some really nice skills as

727
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 1: far as movement and closing. He just needs and you

728
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 1: see it. You'll see Mike Vrabel working with him a

729
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: lot with his hands, and a lot of those guys

730
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:36,080
Speaker 1: that come out of college, you know, are very are

731
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: very deficient as defensive players using their hands because they're

732
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,800
Speaker 1: able to get away with just speed and jazz play

733
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: a lot of times in college, you got to use

734
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: your hands in the National Football League on defense, he'll

735
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,959
Speaker 1: learn that. He'll learn some knockback. He's a little further

736
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 1: away to me just because he's got a little further

737
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:54,359
Speaker 1: to go physically to catch up. Yeah, it's funny. Y'll

738
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,439
Speaker 1: praised the day by Rabel for breaking up a fight.

739
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 1: We kind of had a first skirmish in practice to

740
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,800
Speaker 1: day in Rabel pointed Roberson out for having the maturity

741
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,719
Speaker 1: to step in there and break him up. So he

742
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: totally see this is audio, but I can just describe

743
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 1: the look on Amy Wells's face right now. I'm not

744
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: interested in anybody who's here to break up fights. Lane

745
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 1: for that, I mean, I appreciate the maturity and we

746
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 1: want a good contributory. Sitting here at the at the

747
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: at the flame table is a rough group. It's tough crowd.

748
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,359
Speaker 1: It's tough crowd. My guy that I want to see

749
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:34,959
Speaker 1: in the next week before we get on the plane

750
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 1: to Philadelphia's Calif Raymond. Calif Raymond is probably to me

751
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 1: the guy who benefits the most, unfortunately from the Cameron

752
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: Batson injury. And I say unfortunately because I agree with

753
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: all of you. Cam was doing a great job and

754
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: was in great shape to make the roster. But Raymond's

755
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:55,399
Speaker 1: the same kind of player. He has returnability as Batson does,

756
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 1: and he's probably the second fastest guy on this roster,

757
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 1: or outside of Batson. The other thing about Calif Raymond

758
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,319
Speaker 1: two that people don't realize. This is his fourth year

759
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 1: out of college. He was with Denver, he's been with

760
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,800
Speaker 1: the Giants. He had a chance to get some playing

761
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:16,440
Speaker 1: time there. I mean, he's got some experience. As coach

762
00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 1: likes to say, he's got a little water in his bucket,

763
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 1: and so far he has been double dog, dangerous and

764
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: one on one drills. Gonna be interested to see if

765
00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 1: he can keep it up, because there's always the guy

766
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 1: who flashes that first week and then he comes back

767
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 1: to the pack and it's offense and defense. I mean,

768
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,800
Speaker 1: you'll see those guys and maybe it's a nick, maybe

769
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: it's guys catch up with him, maybe you know, whatever

770
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: it is. But can he keep it up, because if

771
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:48,080
Speaker 1: he does, he's I think he's an interesting player to watch.

772
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: And the fact that he's not like a true rookie,

773
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: that he's not twenty two years old, I think would

774
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 1: help this ball club right now, especially if he can

775
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 1: be a returner. Great point. Did you know that Leif

776
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 1: Raymond has the highest Madden Speed rating on this team.

777
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 1: I did not know that he does. There you go

778
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 1: Cameron back center, guys who have run in the four

779
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:15,360
Speaker 1: three's and Calif Raymond. You know, he's from Atlanta but

780
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: played at holy Cross and so it really kind of

781
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 1: a circuitous route to get back to this part of

782
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: the country. I hope our listeners really appreciate the wisdom

783
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: around the MAC and three table. I just I've got

784
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff. We got anger, we got wisdom,

785
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 1: we got Jim Wyatt breaking the rules. Yeah, we've got

786
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,920
Speaker 1: a lot going on, all right, So the team back

787
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: on the field on Thursday, we'll have a chance to

788
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 1: see that practice. The nine thirty practice on Friday is

789
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 1: open to the public. And then want to make sure

790
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 1: everybody knows about the kickoff party Saturday night Nissan Stadium

791
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:56,279
Speaker 1: sponsored by a Pinnacle. What is the pup rally thing?

792
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 1: The pup rally thing is the coolest part of the debt, right,

793
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 1: it's bright. I can tell you who it's brought to

794
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 1: you by. It's brought to you by a pedigree and

795
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 1: also the Nashville Humane. So what happens there? You can

796
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 1: adopt a pup? Heck, yes you can. So it's up

797
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 1: on the concourse outside Gate one, outside of Gate one,

798
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 1: and they just fill it with puppies. Like I don't

799
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: even know how to describe it. You just take one? No,

800
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:19,719
Speaker 1: I mean you have to go like, you have to

801
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 1: get approval to take it. You can't just can you

802
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 1: take it into the game? No, Well maybe I would,

803
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 1: But there's puppies everywhere, and so you can walk up.

804
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: They're all available to be adopted. There's people there to

805
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: help you go through that process. But if you come

806
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: you'll see me whimpering in a corner somewhere because I

807
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: want to take all the dogs home. So if for

808
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 1: no other reason, come for that, but it's to help you.

809
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: Maybe it is an overwhelmingly cute experience. Amy, Do you

810
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,280
Speaker 1: know how all in I am on the pup rally.

811
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what I went last year, Coach. My

812
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,360
Speaker 1: parents were there and had to like physically walk me

813
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,240
Speaker 1: out of there because I on it all of The

814
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: only person at this table that lacks dogs more than

815
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:05,960
Speaker 1: you do is you. Yeah. I will be right in

816
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 1: the middle of the pup round. Okay, So it's great.

817
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 1: It's free to get in, it's free to park. There's

818
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 1: all kinds of kids stuff, reduced price concessions, Um jac

819
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:22,239
Speaker 1: Ohen's playing Jake's autographs. Yep, So I mean, what do

820
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 1: you want? And you could get your new best friends

821
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,399
Speaker 1: then you can act. It's going to be a very

822
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:33,840
Speaker 1: competitive practice too, Mike fiding up the teams and uh,

823
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: they're gonna go out and not gonna be tackling. But

824
00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 1: it's going to be a competitive deal. I know if

825
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:39,799
Speaker 1: a lot of fans were upset last year because it

826
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 1: was more of a situational practice. Well, that's what I

827
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,000
Speaker 1: thought it was gonna be again, and then they come

828
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 1: out with all this and it's like, what, it's savage

829
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,919
Speaker 1: because they got to draft their own guys and their coaches. Yeah,

830
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,400
Speaker 1: and their coaches. So this is every man for himself.

831
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 1: I've been through this before in my years in the league.

832
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:02,880
Speaker 1: It'll be rocking now. This is this gets it's training

833
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 1: camp and you're always looking for a little extra juice

834
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:09,160
Speaker 1: as you dip into it. This is extra juice. This

835
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 1: might be the fights we're looking. It's good stuff. So

836
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 1: you can actually you can come to Nissan Stadium and

837
00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:19,360
Speaker 1: get something to eat and watch the practice and everything

838
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 1: cheaper than you can go to the movies. The whole

839
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 1: experience could cost you fifteen bucks if you work it right,

840
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: and you could get a puppy. Wow, you're pushing the

841
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 1: dog thing. Well, just don't take the ones that I want.

842
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 1: That's all I'm saying. I'm all on Amy Will side

843
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 1: about the dog. Well, that's a great thing. I hope

844
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,400
Speaker 1: this is going to become a tradition, I think. I

845
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 1: mean this is last year. All of the dogs were adopted,

846
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 1: and then people were so interested they had to find

847
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 1: more puppies to get a dog well, which is really great,

848
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: but I think Raybel wants the whole thing. I was

849
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,520
Speaker 1: kind of going beyond thing. Oh, I'm very locked. I

850
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:52,920
Speaker 1: know you really are, and I think it's great, but

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Speaker 1: I think Rabel would like to see this become an

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Speaker 1: every year deal. He's all He and John Robinson are

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Speaker 1: all in on this thing. Yeah. People said today he

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Speaker 1: wants thirty thousand people there that was shooting high. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I heard him. I think that's shooting high. It's free

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Speaker 1: the whole thing. I mean, if you'll come out and

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Speaker 1: get food, that's your only Yeah, then your park downtown basically, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: come hang out after the fireworks, walk over the bridge,

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Speaker 1: enjoy Broadway. You're welcome, and I think you probably want

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Speaker 1: to take your new dog down on Just call an

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Speaker 1: emotional support animal. No, no, gosh, I will say that. Uh,

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Speaker 1: And we're gonna have it on Titans online. And I'm

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Speaker 1: sure fans need to pay attention, I guess to the

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Speaker 1: Department of Transportation because we have some road closures. I know,

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Speaker 1: the exit ramps. The only way you're going to be

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Speaker 1: able to get into Nissan Stadium is via downtown. And

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Speaker 1: that's really, really important because the ramps are being worked

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Speaker 1: on this weekend, which obviously they have to do in August.

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Speaker 1: I mean this is you know, you do those sorts

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Speaker 1: of things during the summer. But yeah, if you're trying

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Speaker 1: to come and get off, that's not gonna work. So

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Speaker 1: you'll want to make sure come from downtown. That's a

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Speaker 1: great point. Jim, take a lift, go help me, help you. Wow,

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Speaker 1: And I want people there. I want him to hang

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Speaker 1: out with us. It's going to be an incredible night.

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Speaker 1: You can get a dog. What more could you want

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Speaker 1: in a Saturday night? You want to fight, Mike Well

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Speaker 1: I'm not fighting. This is macin three and I'm not

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Speaker 1: in charge of this. You are. But if you don't

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Speaker 1: end this pretty soon, she's got a forearm everyone that

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Speaker 1: us right in the head. She is fired up for

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Speaker 1: the Mac of Mac and three Titans Radio's head coach

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Speaker 1: Dave mcginnison, for the great Jim Wide, if Titans online

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Speaker 1: dot com, and for Amy Wells, who maybe has gone

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Speaker 1: over the line. My name is Mike Keith and this

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