1 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,080 Speaker 1: When it comes to your healthcare coverage, you should be 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 1: the one to make the call. So call Farm Bureau 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: Health Plans. They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven. 5 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: December thirty first, twenty twenty, the final OTP of twenty twenty, Amy, wells, 6 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: how about that, Mike Keith. We made it here, we 7 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: are We're here, And it's vastly hard to believe from 8 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: this point one year ago to what the last three 9 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty six days have brought, because it is 10 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: a leap year, and twenty twenty really needed an extra day, 11 00:00:53,760 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: didn't it. I think not right? I think not so. 12 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: At this point one year ago, we are two days 13 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 1: removed from winning in Houston to entering the NFL playoffs, 14 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: preparing to go take on new World champion New England Patriots, 15 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and everything. And that was such 16 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: a fascinating week because the more you've prepared, the more 17 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: you thought the Titans had a chance to win the 18 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: ball game. As a matter of fact, you know, because 19 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: we talked about it many times. An NFL season is 20 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: really four seasons. With all these turns in and of itself, 21 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 1: and by the time we had gotten to that point 22 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: in the year, the Titans really weren't the nine and 23 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: seven Titans anymore because of Tannehill. They were realistically the 24 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: seven and three Titans, and the Patriots weren't the defending 25 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: world champions per se anymore. They had not been playing 26 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: well down the stretch, and you were asking yourself the question, 27 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: can this be real? Can the Titans go in there 28 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,399 Speaker 1: and end it? And as you and I and our 29 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: whole crew got to Providence, which is where we stay 30 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: when we go to play the Patriots, and we talk 31 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: to people in the media community and around the Patriots, 32 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: we were convinced that regardless of what happened with when lose, 33 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl again, whatever, it was over for 34 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: Brady and Belichick. It was over and done with. So 35 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: one year ago today, that's what we're preparing for. And 36 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: that seems like twenty years ago. It does. It feels 37 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: like a full lifetime ago. As you were talking about that, 38 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: there were so many things that just hit me as wow, 39 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: can you believe that was only a year ago? Can 40 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,240 Speaker 1: you believe it was only a year ago that Tom 41 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: Brady and Bill Belichick were on the same team, pushing 42 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: in the same direction, and the Patriots were one of 43 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: the most successful franchises that the world had ever seen. 44 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: And we traveled with the team to Providence and we 45 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: were talking to people in bars to their faces without 46 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: masks on, like there's all of these things, and people 47 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: from other countries. Yep. That was one of the more 48 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:31,040 Speaker 1: interesting things about Providence is because Boston, and it was 49 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: really the same for Baltimore too, but more so in 50 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: Boston because Boston is very much on the East Coast. 51 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: So many people from England and Europe and whatever traveled 52 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: and I mean we probably met a dozen people from 53 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: the UK and from Germany and who are Titans fans 54 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: who came over to see the game. And it's really interesting. 55 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: But now, I mean, you could nobody from England would 56 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: be and you know, there's nobody in the stadiums, and 57 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just baffling that we were having our 58 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: pictures taken with a couple from England or you know, 59 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: people from other parts of the country who had traveled 60 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: because they wanted to be part of the playoffs. And 61 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: I mean there were hundreds of Titans fans in Foxborough 62 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: and and by Virtue before the game in Providence, and 63 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: we did a meet and greet there with Titans fans 64 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: and I mean it was a It was a fantastic time. 65 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: And then go win the ball games. Part the Titans 66 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 1: ended the Patriots dynasty. And when Logan Ryan intercepted the 67 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,679 Speaker 1: pass an end of the end zone with nine seconds 68 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: to go, and it was obvious that the Titans were 69 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: gonna win, I couldn't even talk on the radio. I 70 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: had to just sit there for a minute because that's 71 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: when it all became real. The Titans are eliminating the 72 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 1: New England Patriots in Foxborough, and it's over. Now. The 73 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: Patriots may go on, they may start in twenty twenty 74 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: one and win ten straight Super Bowls for all I know. 75 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: I don't think they will, but they might. But that 76 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 1: era of Patriots football ended that night, and the Titans 77 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:26,039 Speaker 1: did it. And it's hard to believe that was actually 78 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: in this calendar year of twenty twenty. And what came 79 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 1: so quickly afterwards. We go to Baltimore, pull one of 80 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: the biggest upsets in playoff history, go to Kansas City, 81 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: play Kansas City, a good game, just don't have enough. 82 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: I mean just you know, three straight road games a 83 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: little tough, but also they were the better team, deserve 84 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: to win. They end up being the world champions. But 85 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: I mean that run ended January the nineteenth, and it 86 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: was less than two months later the tornado hit tornadoes, 87 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 1: i should say, and then it was roughly a week 88 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: after that that everything hit with COVID, And I mean, 89 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: it's just it's so hard to believe. This past year 90 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: feels like it's been fifty years, just the amount of 91 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: things that have happened. I mean, and you just went 92 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: through it. I didn't even remember that that playoff run 93 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: happened in the first part of this calendar year because 94 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: it feels so attached to a completely different life somehow, 95 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: And it's just, wow, what a year it has been, 96 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: Mike Keith, what a year. Well, so you go through 97 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: and Marcus Mariota is no longer the quarterback year, and 98 00:06:54,839 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: that was significant because this was a guy that this 99 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: franchise had invested so much into, had put on the 100 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: side of Nissan Stadium. He was on every billboard, he 101 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 1: was on your schedule, magnet. I mean, you know, everything 102 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: you did. I mean, he was the face of the 103 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: franchise and you go into the offseason not knowing who 104 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: that is going to be. Because Ryan Tannehill was a 105 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 1: free agent, there's a lot of speculation that the Titans 106 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: were going to sign Tom Brady. Oh my gosh, can 107 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 1: you believe that was this year? Tom Brady watch, right, 108 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: And Tom Brady watch was very serious in the eyes 109 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 1: of a lot of people. But what's most fascinating about 110 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: that from our standpoint, and to illustrate how twenty twenty 111 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: has changed what we do. We would probably know by 112 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: now from somebody how serious the Tom Brady thing was. 113 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: He would have probably had a discussion with somebody who 114 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: would have said, you know, there was never anything to that, 115 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 1: or there was a lot to it, or he wanted 116 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: too much money, or you know, whatever it was. We 117 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: would have probably heard that by now. But because we 118 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: haven't been in the room with anybody, we have no 119 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: idea if any of that was ever really real or 120 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: if it was just a media creation. Right. We haven't 121 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: had the opportunity to get some of that inside scoop 122 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: that just kind of comes up when you're around people 123 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:36,520 Speaker 1: and having those conversations, well, like signing Vic Beasley and 124 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: people said, well, why didn't the Vic Beasley thing work out? 125 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: Why did you cut him? And why is he now 126 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: with the Raiders. I never met Vic Beasley. I've never 127 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: talked to Vic Beasley because we have been unable to 128 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: be near players, and that has really been a challenge 129 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: for sort of gathering insight into this football team because 130 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: there was no off season program. But we have not 131 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: been in the same room with a player since everything 132 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: went on last year during the playoffs. Not been in 133 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: the room with Mike Vrabel, not been in the room 134 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: with John Robinson, seen him at practice, hollered from AFAR. 135 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: But that's how different it has been, and that's how 136 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: sequestered that they have had to be. It's unbelievable to me, 137 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: and I have this thought during games a lot, because 138 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: you know, I'm still doing my sideline reporting duties from AFAR. Now. 139 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: The amount of people on this Titans roster that I 140 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: have never met, that have no idea that I even 141 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: work for the ball club, you know, And it's nobody's fault, 142 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 1: but we're not able to be in those spaces. We're 143 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: not able to introduce ourselves. So I feel bad talking 144 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: about so and so's shoulder or knee or whatever. I've 145 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: never even met the guy or like, I'm telling you 146 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: what just happened to him, and kind of talking about 147 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: his medicals just a hair, you know, and I've never 148 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: even met this man. An odd feeling. Yeah, it really is. 149 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 1: I guess the last normal football thing that we did 150 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: was the combine. M Yep and Mike Keith. Do you 151 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 1: remember the conversation that we all had sitting around COVID 152 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:31,079 Speaker 1: is something that's happening in faraway lands, right, and we 153 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: were talking about, well, that'll never come here. I mean, 154 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 1: what in the world, what a weird thing to be 155 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: happening across the ocean, Like it felt like this nebulous 156 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:51,559 Speaker 1: European problem, and not a few days later over it comes. Well, 157 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: and the whole part of it too, It was. It 158 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: was really weird because we got back from the combine 159 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: and I drove to Memphis the next morning and was 160 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 1: doing a talk at Memphis University School mus and their 161 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: head of school got up and he talked about just 162 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: want everybody to know if we get and this is 163 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: February twenty ninth, he said, if we run into this 164 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:31,080 Speaker 1: coronavirus and we have to go to school, remotely, then 165 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: here's what we will do. And I'm listening to him 166 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 1: talk to the students and say that, and I thought, 167 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: what And it's funny because I mean, you know, I've 168 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: been involved with BGA for a long time. BGA was 169 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: making the same plan and I heard that that afternoon 170 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: they actually had an even more detailed plan about how 171 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: they were going to handle it. And I was just 172 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 1: listening to this between mus and reading about what BGA 173 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 1: was going to do, and I was like, can this 174 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: be real? And I mean, obviously, you know, the majority 175 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: of schools that I've heard of are going back remotely 176 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one to at least start the year. 177 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 1: This has become part of a normal way of life 178 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,079 Speaker 1: that we have gone through. And it really makes the 179 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: fact that we are here at the end of this 180 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 1: season and the NFL knock on wood and I'm doing it. 181 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: The NFL has not missed a game. It's remarkable. And 182 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: I would contend that you can seriously make the case 183 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: that the NFL MVP is not Aaron Rodgers, it's not 184 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, it's not Derrick Henry. It may be doctor 185 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: Alan Sills. YEP. I agree with that Doctor sills levelheadedness 186 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:59,439 Speaker 1: in all of this is what I think has largely 187 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: brought this. Doctor Sills is an important figure in the 188 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: NFL for a couple of reasons. And you know, I 189 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: know Doctor Sills, and I like Doctor Sills, so I'm 190 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: not completely objective. He's been on the podcast he's been 191 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: on the podcasts. He's a wonderful man, and he's a 192 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: great doctor. But the thing that I think is so 193 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: important about doctor Sills historically, and we will look back, 194 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: and you know, history tells a different tale five ten 195 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: years later, but we will look back on him, and 196 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: I think he will be a really important figure in 197 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 1: the game because of a what he did two years 198 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: ago about safety, be what he did during COVID nineteen, 199 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: and see in getting those two things together, in handling 200 00:13:52,320 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: those two situations, how his credibility with players and coaches 201 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,240 Speaker 1: and front office people and owners and the league office. 202 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: That is a hard hard, you know, sort of that 203 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 1: eye of the needle to put the thread through. And 204 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,199 Speaker 1: because you're you're saying, well, he works for the league, 205 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: so we don't want to listen to him because we're 206 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,040 Speaker 1: the team and the league's not out for us, or 207 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: you're the players. You're saying, well, he works for the owners. 208 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: He doesn't, but he has credibility with every groups. Every 209 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: group's not always happy with him, I'm sure, because you can't. 210 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: When you're having to work on hard issues, you can't 211 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: do it. But I think they all believe amy that 212 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 1: he does what is best for everybody involved. I think 213 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: they believe he loves football, that he loves the NFL. 214 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: He's not trying to kill the game or fundamentally change 215 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: the game, but that he cares about health and safety 216 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: and science and players. I really think we've got to 217 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: tip our head to him at this moment on December 218 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 1: thirty first, that we're here well, and you have to 219 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: think it about the long term implications of what he's 220 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: been able to do in the NFL, because what this 221 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: league has been able to do is now becoming a 222 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: model for other leagues, for other venues that host big 223 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 1: groups of people. I mean the NFL being able to 224 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: accomplish what they've been able to accomplish, whether it's isolating 225 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: guys when there is a case or containing small outbreaks 226 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: when they do happen, by being able to continue to 227 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 1: have for the stadiums to do have fans have them 228 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: safely come to games and spread out and just all 229 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: of the different things that we have had to adjust 230 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: to this season. By the NFL finishing a complete season, 231 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: they're saying it's possible, and there are so many things 232 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: from the National Football League that can be borrowed by 233 00:15:55,760 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: other organizations, teams whatever. Well, and I think we've seen, 234 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: you know, when the Titans had the outbreak that they did, 235 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: there were all these reports that the Titans We're gonna 236 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: get hammered seven ways to Sunday, and I think they 237 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: were very wise not to do that because you and 238 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: I both know all of the people who were involved 239 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: in sort of the council that handles the Titans COVID. 240 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: We know the medical people, we know the training staff, 241 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: we know John Robinson, well, we know he has a 242 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: daughter who because of her conditions, she can't get COVID. 243 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: It cannot happen. So John Robinson's going to take it 244 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: more seriously than nine percent of the population because he 245 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: has a daughter who I mean, she can't get it. 246 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: And so he's gonna know the right mask, he's gonna 247 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: know the right hand sanitizer, he's gonna know about distances 248 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,800 Speaker 1: and what does he yell at people at practice distance 249 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: distance distance? And so these people are all very careful, 250 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 1: certainly committed to doing things the right way. So what 251 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: happened to the Titans wasn't somebody doing something stupid. And 252 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 1: what it showed is this is what can happen even 253 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:22,479 Speaker 1: if your best intentions are being followed. And that's what 254 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: they found out. They probably weren't wearing the masks enough. 255 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: They got fined for that. A lot of people have 256 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,240 Speaker 1: been fined for that. But I think they've learned from 257 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:35,760 Speaker 1: the league has from every situation and made it better. 258 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: That's what it feels like. But here we are. It's 259 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: December thirty first, and we've played two hundred and forty games. 260 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 1: We have sixteen games to go this weekend. It's the 261 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 1: fourth straight year the Titans are playing to get in 262 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 1: the playoffs on the final Sunday, which is a remarkable accomplishment. 263 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: It's exciting playing to win the Vision as they go 264 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:05,640 Speaker 1: to Houston. Derreck Henry is completing an amazing calendar year. 265 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 1: The Titans have played eighteen games in this calendar year. 266 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: They're twelve and six by the way, in the eighteen games. 267 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: Pretty good. Derrick Henry has rushed in those eighteen games 268 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: for two two hundred twenty three yards in the eighteen games, 269 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: in eleven of them he's had over one hundred yards. 270 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 1: That might be the most exhausting thing I've heard on 271 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: this show so far. That's a long way to run 272 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 1: and he just doesn't slow down. He's been amazing. Was 273 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:40,160 Speaker 1: named the Tennesseean's Sportsperson of the Year, which I think 274 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,639 Speaker 1: was very fitting. Certainly rushing champion in twenty nineteen. He 275 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: is the NFL rushing champion for twenty twenty, so back 276 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: to back rushing titles for the King and that's exciting 277 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: for him. He got a contract which was good. He 278 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,680 Speaker 1: has a daughter, which excites him even more. It's there's 279 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: been some good things happen for Derrick Henry. I would 280 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: contend it's as good a year for Ryan Tannehill as 281 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: it is for Derrick Henry. Yep, I think that's an 282 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: accurate statement. I agree with that Nighton's committed to him 283 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 1: with a big contract. As it turns out, it looks 284 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: like a very economical contract. Me. It's good money for him, 285 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: and I'm sure he's excited. But when you look at 286 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,120 Speaker 1: some of the other deals that have come after, and 287 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: you look at his amount of production. The Henry deal 288 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: and the Tannehill deal are good deals, good solid contracts. 289 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 1: Guys are being paid good money. But I don't think 290 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 1: anybody thinks for what they do they're being overpaid. Nope, 291 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,440 Speaker 1: not at all. And I mean, if you want to 292 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: talk about bang for your buck, I think that those 293 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 1: are two guys that the Tennessee Titans are consistently getting 294 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 1: a return on their investment period. And as we move 295 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 1: forward into what this next it is in twenty twenty one, 296 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: where we know the cap is going to drop some 297 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: Is it going to go from one ninety eight to 298 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: one seventy five if they add the seventeenth game and 299 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: they're able to do a few other things, does it 300 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: maybe stay you know, one eighty five, maybe one ninety 301 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,320 Speaker 1: Maybe they work something out, but it's certainly not going up. 302 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: It's gonna go down some how much. We don't know. 303 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: Having those two players under contract at this moment is 304 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 1: so big for this franchise. Absolutely. The tough part is 305 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: they're going to be a lot of wicked, brutal decisions 306 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 1: that John Robinson and Mike frapl are going to have 307 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: to make in twenty twenty one, and some of them 308 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: are going to be one hundred percent I'm afraid, guys 309 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: that you don't want to lose, but you just can't 310 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: pay everybody. How do you do it? You know? Well, 311 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: if there is a silver lining to that silver lining 312 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 1: is that other teams are going to be having the 313 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: same problem. They will also be making cuts to players 314 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: who are still very capable, highly productive, still have a 315 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,920 Speaker 1: lot of gas left in the old tank, and that 316 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 1: might be beneficial to a team like the Tennessee Titans 317 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 1: to fill some holes. So the good news is that 318 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 1: there are going to be a lot of good players 319 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 1: to pick from because every team is going to be 320 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: having similar problems. That's a great point, that's one hundred 321 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,280 Speaker 1: percent dead on. I also think it may create a 322 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: market where some guys might take a one year deal. 323 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 1: Some free agents, like one of your own guys, whomever 324 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 1: you want to say it is, he might say, you 325 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: know what, I like it here, I like playing for 326 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: this coach. Let's work out a one year deal and 327 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:58,240 Speaker 1: I'll take X on a one year deal and we'll 328 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: make it work. Because if they get the new TV 329 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: deals done, the NFL and as we came to twenty 330 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: twenty two, twenty twenty three, the numbers in the cap 331 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 1: are going to go way up quickly. And so if 332 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 1: you're a free agent again in twenty twenty two, twenty 333 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: twenty three, you're gonna be able to really make some money, 334 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 1: right if you're smart. If you're smart, and you know 335 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: it's why I think Henry was smart to take the 336 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: deal he took and Tannehill was smart to take the 337 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: deal that he took because A. It's good money. B 338 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: it's a fair contract. But this team and their style 339 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: and what they do really fits those two players. Derrick 340 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: Henry would be effective anywhere he went, but would he 341 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:55,439 Speaker 1: be as effective? Ryan Tannehill knows that certain places he 342 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: would not be as effective because that's what happened to 343 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: him in Miami. They're both in the right system. How 344 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: many guys also decide to make that decision for themselves 345 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: and sort of bet on themselves to play better. In 346 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, it's gonna be some kind offseason. This 347 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,960 Speaker 1: is gonna be a wild ride. I think there's gonna 348 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: be a lot of moving pieces. I think that we 349 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: are going to have many editions of the OTP where 350 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:26,320 Speaker 1: we are discussing a variety of offseason stories. When we 351 00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: get to that point, I think there's gonna be a 352 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: lot to talk about in twenty twenty one. I know 353 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 1: what I need to talk about right here. Hey, Titans 354 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:40,160 Speaker 1: fans get kicked before kickoff with Duncan d D Perks members. 355 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 1: Are you you're a DD Perks member? Right? 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You get 365 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: four times the points, which gets you free drinks even faster. 366 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: So download the Duncan app today and order ahead for 367 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,760 Speaker 1: in store carry out or drive through pick up for 368 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: a quick contactless experience. Just use your phone to order 369 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: and pay. Make Duncan part of your game day ritual 370 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,399 Speaker 1: and score four times the points to help keep you 371 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 1: running all season long. Titans fans run on Duncan. Participation 372 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: may very limited time offer exclusions apply. We thank Duncan 373 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 1: for supporting the OTP. We certainly thank Farm Bureau Health 374 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: Plans for supporting the OTP. Remind you to look to 375 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: the folks at Farm Bureau Health Plans when you need 376 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: someone who understands the XS and OS healthcare coverage. They've 377 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: been protecting Tennessee in since nineteen forty seven. And the 378 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 1: show with Coach Mac and the bubble Heads with the 379 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: OTP q's was a wild success. It really was. I 380 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: am blown away to this day by how many people 381 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: participated in that, sending great questions. I'm sure that the 382 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: people who are receiving their bubble heads will be excited 383 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: once they finally arrive. Awesome, so awesome. I cannot thank 384 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 1: the ot people enough for getting involved in that. And 385 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,520 Speaker 1: we're going to Houston. We're going to the entire Titans 386 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 1: radio gang. It's going to be an interesting broadcast because 387 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:45,920 Speaker 1: every situation has been different this year at Nissan Stadium. 388 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: The booth we used for twenty years is not the 389 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,919 Speaker 1: booth we use anymore. They took our booth and expanded 390 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: it for coaches. They needed more room for the coaches 391 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: so they could be socially distance, so they moved us 392 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 1: to another booth and it's turned out great. It's a 393 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: nice booth on the road. Every situation is different. In 394 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,320 Speaker 1: some cases, we have not been able to take our 395 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 1: whole crew. We have gone without stats, we have gone 396 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 1: without a spotter. We've been down two people a couple 397 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: of times. It's been a challenge. This weekend no different 398 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 1: because in Houston we are moving to the opposite side 399 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 1: of the stadium from where we normally broadcast, which means 400 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: when the official comes up to say holding on the Texans, 401 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: we will be looking at his back. Oh no, It's 402 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: like the Miami situation. But the difference is we can't 403 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,919 Speaker 1: say this is twenty twenty because it'll actually be twenty 404 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: twenty one. Yeah, but it still is part of the 405 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: twenty twenty vibe. Like, but you know what, we're there 406 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: and that's all that counts. I mean, you could whatever 407 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 1: you want to do to us, however you want to 408 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: work us over, don't care as long as we are there, 409 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: which is why you have a hope not heard complaints 410 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: from our staff. You've heard some stories because people interested 411 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: to hear the stories. They have asked you know, how 412 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,199 Speaker 1: has it been different, And people have wondered how we 413 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 1: go about our jobs, and it's really no different than 414 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,119 Speaker 1: how you go about your job whatever you do. You 415 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,679 Speaker 1: just say, well, you've had to be accepting of the 416 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: flexibility and it's just part of it. If you let 417 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: it wind you up, you just make it worse on yourself, 418 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: right right. And I am so thankful that we have 419 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,680 Speaker 1: been able to travel this season. I mean, when we 420 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,639 Speaker 1: started the regular season, we were just taking it a 421 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: game at a time, and that's kind of how we 422 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:52,160 Speaker 1: have approached this whole season because we didn't know what 423 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 1: was around the next corner. So the fact that we 424 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: have been able to be at every Titans road game 425 00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: this sea, and that we've been able to be at 426 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,919 Speaker 1: every Titans home game feels like a pretty big victory. 427 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 1: That is something that it was important to us as 428 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: the Titans radio group to do whatever we could to 429 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: try and be there to tell the story of what 430 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: was going on. It felt like a really important thing 431 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,199 Speaker 1: to do. And I know that a lot of teams 432 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:25,080 Speaker 1: haven't had that same opportunity, and so I am very 433 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: grateful that we were able to find a way. And 434 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 1: it's been weird, and there have been some funny little challenges, 435 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,920 Speaker 1: and there's been a lot of funny other things that 436 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 1: have happened. It's it's been a crazy year, but it's 437 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 1: also been one of the most fun because everybody is 438 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 1: just trying to figure it out as we go. Well, 439 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about that very thing you said. When we 440 00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: were driving back to the hotel after the game the 441 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: other night. We couldn't get out of Green Bay Sunday 442 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: night because the game was late, so we left Monday 443 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 1: morning and driving the hotel, it had snowed four inches. Yeah, 444 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: but it was like in the low twenties, so the 445 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,719 Speaker 1: snow had frozen on the road and it was an 446 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 1: interesting drive back. It was challenging, and I just thought 447 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 1: to myself, Yeah, this is how it has to be, right, 448 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: I mean, this is it would only make sense that, 449 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: you know, because it snowed, and because it's Sunday nights, 450 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: so they haven't scraped the road yet or anything. I mean, 451 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: it's just it's been like crazytown. Oh, everything has been 452 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,960 Speaker 1: like crazytown. I mean that us driving back to a 453 00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: hotel in a snowstorm felt like one of the least 454 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 1: bananas things, like, at least that made sense because we 455 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: were in Wisconsin and that's what happens in December there. 456 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 1: But I mean, we have taken planes, trains, and automobiles 457 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: this year. We have stayed in hotels all over the country. 458 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 1: It feels like, I mean, we we've done it all. 459 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: We've seen it all, and it's been wild. But the 460 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 1: motivation has been for the ot people and the rest 461 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: of the fans, and just the kind of the encouragement 462 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 1: that we've gotten from them at different times has been 463 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: the biggest thing that's kept everybody going. And so to 464 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: everybody listening to this, whether you're an ot person, an 465 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: OTP subscriber, or you're listening for the first time, thank you, 466 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 1: you know, thank you for saying, hey, we appreciate what 467 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: you're doing. We enjoyed the broadcast. Coach Max had a 468 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: fabulous year. I mean, he's been just on his game. 469 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: He has been an all pro performer all year. Our 470 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 1: entire staff has done a great job just pulling everything 471 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: off and thinking of creative ways. You know, we had 472 00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: issues with getting our stuff back to the studio last 473 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: week because the phone lines were not available at the 474 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: radio station due to the bombing on Christmas morning, and 475 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: so they had our guys had to figure out another way, 476 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: and they did it. And they've been doing that all year. 477 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 1: And just can't thank them enough for just figuring out 478 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: a way to make it happen. It has not been perfect, 479 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 1: but it's not been from a lack of trying that it. 480 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 1: I mean, that's not the reason. And those gentlemen have 481 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: done a remarkable job, and I will be forever grateful 482 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: to them, as I am to the fan base. This year, 483 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,520 Speaker 1: I think, more than anything else, has made me appreciate 484 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 1: this job even more. I always have, and I always 485 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,840 Speaker 1: have enjoyed every minute of it. I enjoyed two and fourteen, 486 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: I've enjoyed three and thirteen. I will say three and 487 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,320 Speaker 1: thirteen is better. Winning the Sunday would be better. I'm 488 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: not gonna lie, but I mean, I love what I do, 489 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: and I love being able to call NFL games. But 490 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: this year, if it's possible, it has made me more 491 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 1: thankful and more appreciative. Oh. Absolutely, yeah, I agree with 492 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: you one hundred percent, Mike Keith. This is the greatest 493 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: job in the whole world, and we are so fortunate 494 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: to be able to do what we do, and I'm 495 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: thankful for every human who listens and interacts and sends 496 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 1: messages and emails and questions and tweets, and every single person. 497 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 1: We are the lucky ones. How do people follow you 498 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: on Twitter? At Titans? Amy? Am I e? That's me 499 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: on Twitter? Like the pure Prairie League song, Mike Keith, 500 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: that's the song I was named after. Did you know that? 501 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,000 Speaker 1: I actually did, But I often tell when people ask 502 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: how your name is spelled, if I make that reference, 503 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 1: they're like, oh, yes, am I get it. It's a 504 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 1: great tune about it's a great sure, Yeah it really is. Yeah. Right, 505 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,479 Speaker 1: Hopefully you'll follow Amy on Twitter and you'll keep up 506 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: with what all we've got going, and hopefully we'll go 507 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: win a division on Sunday for you, Because Titans fans 508 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,680 Speaker 1: deserve a hat and a T shirt year, get yourself 509 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty AFC South Champion hat or teacher. I'm 510 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: sure they'll produce those. They do those every year and 511 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: those are fun to have. No, we want more than that. 512 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 1: I want to see championship hat or T shirt and 513 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: then Super Bowl. You know that would be better, but 514 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: this would be a good start. I am in the 515 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: hat and T shirt game throughout the playoffs. I want 516 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: them all, want them all. So thank you to Ashley 517 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,040 Speaker 1: Farrell for what she does for the OTP, and thank 518 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: you again to Farm Bureau, our sponsor. Thank you, Amy Wells, 519 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,960 Speaker 1: outstanding job by you this year and thanks for sticking 520 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: with us. This is sort of the year end wrap up, 521 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: even though the football year is not over, the year 522 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:00,800 Speaker 1: twenty twenty is Happy New year, everybody, Amy Wells, I'm 523 00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: Mike Keith and thanks for joining us for the team. 524 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,800 Speaker 1: He and a bark from its still twenty twenty. Mike 525 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:13,319 Speaker 1: is still twenty. Where the legends go. Everybody knows it's 526 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 1: our house, fighting bot Tennessee, making us to read greatness 527 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:22,399 Speaker 1: is meant to be ours. Now Here we got tight 528 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 1: and butter running through a ves