1 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to the August first edition of the OTP. This 2 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: is the Official Titans Podcast. My name is Mike Keith, 3 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: joined as always by Amy Wells and our special guest today, 4 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: It's it's Albert Haynesworth, former Titan great Albert Haynesworth in 5 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: the house. Did you ever hear me say that on 6 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: the radio like that? Did you ever? Because I still 7 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: get that from people when they say it's Albert Haynesworth. 8 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 1: I always loved your voice when you said that. When 9 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: you know why, I said a funny story about that. 10 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,319 Speaker 1: So you're a rookie in two thousand and two. Your 11 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 1: position coach Jim Washburn, one of the best D line 12 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: coaches in the NFL and a unique and special human being. 13 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: You may remember that when you were a rookie, he 14 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: was on your butt a lot, just a little bit. 15 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: So you got in a game late in the season 16 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: and made a big play, and I mean he was 17 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: golly and so for you to do something good it 18 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,279 Speaker 1: seemed like a surprise based on what he said about 19 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: you every day. And so that was how I responded, 20 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 1: it's Albert Haynesworth. Look at that. So and of course 21 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: then he became like your biggest fan and and did 22 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: so much for your career. Still is still I still 23 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: talked to Wash all the time. He wants me to 24 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: come on ride motorcycles with him. Yeah, so will you 25 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: go ride motorcycles with him? Yeah? Of course. I just 26 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: gotta get one here, Okay, Yeah, they're mine all around 27 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: the country, just not one here. So hopefully I can 28 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: bring one down and we go ride. So what is 29 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: Albert Haynesworth doing right now? I know you're here today 30 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: for alumni Day with a lot of your former teammates 31 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: watching practice. What else is going on in your life? Really? 32 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: You know, I'm just uh watching my kids, you know, 33 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: grow up. You know, they're like they're getting old. I'm 34 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 1: getting old. You know. I get a seventeen year old 35 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: and a fourteen or soon to be fourteen year old 36 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 1: and a twelve year old, and I see like a 37 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: three year old. It keeps me young. So wow, I 38 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: just watching the kids. And then, uh, you know, I 39 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: had a couple of investments around here, so you know, 40 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: just watching that and enjoying life and getting to go 41 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: to a few Titans games so when I get a chance. 42 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: So what was it about this event today that made 43 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 1: you want to come back and get the band back 44 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,679 Speaker 1: together a little bit. Well, uh, I just moved back 45 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: into town last year really, and you know, and and 46 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: be honest, like for a few years, I had like 47 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: a bad taste in my mouth from like, you know, 48 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: from being here because I really wanted to stay and 49 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: you know, of course I didn't get I didn't sign here, 50 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: so uh so I kind of like stayed away. But now, 51 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 1: you know, like a of the Titans, like this is 52 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: where my career begin, you know. And I mean, you know, 53 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: the fans are great. They're they're always awesome. Um you know, 54 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 1: they you know, just nice, nice people. So like I 55 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: feel like this is my home. So this year is 56 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: uh ironically, like I guess my tenth year from leaving 57 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: or you know, from from not being here. So I 58 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: wanted to come back and I'll be back a lot more. 59 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: Like I'm gonna go to the games and things like that. 60 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: I went to a lot of games last year. But yeah, 61 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: you'll see me more here. How gratifying is it that 62 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: people still love to see you when you're out in public. 63 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: It's great. I mean it feels like almost yesterday or 64 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: something that I was here. You know, it's it's a 65 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: different feeling, like this place is special. People don't quite 66 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: understand how Nashville is. And and they especially even if 67 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: they're not Titans fans, and they're gonna be Vall fans, 68 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: you know, and and and love you for that. So 69 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: and you're both. Yeah, it's a play for both. I mean, 70 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: it's just like a it's a double whammy. So it's awesome. 71 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 1: Awesome to be here being out on the practice fields today, 72 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: watching the guy turn around and having a lot of 73 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: memory slashed through your head. Yeah, just standing out there. 74 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: I mean, my back hurt, so I was like, oh, yeah, 75 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: it's training camp, you know. But no, it was great, 76 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: you know. I mean I think now like the CBA 77 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: is taking care of the guys. I hear it. To 78 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 1: only get to practice really once a day. I mean, 79 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: I wish we had that shoot, I might still be 80 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: playing right now. Taitle To One gets a big contract 81 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,359 Speaker 1: last week and becomes the highest paid offensive linemen in 82 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: NFL history, at least for now. At one point, you 83 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: were the highest paid defensive lineman in the National Football League. 84 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 1: Was your contract the first hundred million dollar contract at 85 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 1: least on paper obviously, but the first one? It was 86 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: it was the first first defensive player to ever have 87 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: one hundred million, and that'd be honest. I remember that day, 88 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 1: you know quite well. I was actually staying in the icons, 89 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: so you know where I lived, and uh, I could 90 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: just like calling and all of it. Was like I 91 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 1: gotta be like five six o'clock in the morning. My 92 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,880 Speaker 1: phone is like blowing up, and I'm like not answering, 93 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: not even thinking about it, and then uh, finally somebody 94 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: knock on my door and then they're like, hey, you 95 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: need to answer the phone. It's my agent. So he 96 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,120 Speaker 1: was just like, hey, we gotta deal with Washington for 97 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: for one hundred million. And I'm like, really, like, I 98 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: like that didn't sound like a guy who just got 99 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: an offer for I was like, oh okay, Like he 100 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: was just like, yeah, it's like the largest contract. I 101 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: was like, all right, well, uh yeah, I'll just call 102 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: you back in an hour when I wake up. Yeah. 103 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: I mean, I was just I didn't really, I didn't didn't. 104 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: I wasn't even thinking about it, to be honest, really 105 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: wasn't thinking about it whatsoever. And I think I think 106 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: the the last thing I said to him before that, 107 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: I was like the Titans call and he's like no, no, no, no, there, 108 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: then they're probably not gonna do it. I'm just like 109 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: all right. So I was like went back to sleep 110 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: and then uh and then he like called me again, 111 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: probably like an hour and a half later. It's like, hey, 112 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 1: they want you to come up there and do a signing, 113 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 1: you know, like the sign and all that stuff. And 114 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: I'm like, uh, okay, do you do you think your 115 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: reaction was partially for the fact that you just really 116 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: in your heart didn't want to leave here. I didn't. 117 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,239 Speaker 1: I did want to leave here. I mean I love Wash, 118 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: you know, uh, I love like Jeff. Jeff was great 119 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: and being here, I mean this is home, you know, 120 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: Like I started here in Tennessee when I was seventeen. 121 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: You know, I graduated high school on a Friday, and 122 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: then I started classes on a Monday at ut SO 123 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: and then I was there at ut for two and 124 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: a half years and then I get drafted here, so 125 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: like this was my home and this is where I 126 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 1: wanted to stay. I mean it didn't work out that way. Now. 127 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,599 Speaker 1: If you know, if like like Floyd said, if he 128 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: was still the GM, he said, I would have never left, 129 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 1: So that would have been it would have been awesome. 130 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,240 Speaker 1: But you know, it's glad that just to be back 131 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 1: and see the guys and see the facility has changed 132 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: and stuff. You know. I read somewhere that you have 133 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: said that leaving the Titans was one of your biggest 134 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: regrets throughout your career. Do you still stand by that? 135 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: I do. I do, because we had fun here. It 136 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: was a family here, like I still have, Like all 137 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: guys we're still close, like it was still like it's 138 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: just out in practice the other day, you know what 139 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: I mean. Or you know, like Keith, Yeah, we hang out, 140 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: you know, all the time. So I mean just it's 141 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: it's like a family here, and it's not like a business, 142 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: you know, And that's the ugly part in the NFL 143 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: is the business. It's not like people just want to 144 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: leave unless they didn't have a good time. But you know, 145 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: here being here for seven years, really knowing everything, you 146 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: know everything about this, you know you don't want to 147 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: leave and go change. So I mean, I just, yeah, 148 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: I regret I regret it. You know, I don't. I 149 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: don't really care about the money, you know, I mean 150 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: it's cool and all, but you know, I still make 151 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: great money here. And I think about the partnership you 152 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: had with Kyle vanden Bosch too, and the trust that 153 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: Wash had in the two of you to run the 154 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: games that you ran. He said, these are two of 155 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: the smartest football players I've ever been around. If one 156 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,439 Speaker 1: of them decides to go one way and the other 157 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: one decides to go the other way, I trust them. 158 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: They know what they're doing. Talk if you would, about 159 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 1: vanden Bosch, what he meant to you and what kind 160 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: of football player he was. Just h Kyle Man, I mean, 161 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: like a motor like you wouldn't believe. I'm like he 162 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: was like the energizer Bunny. I mean he was ridiculous 163 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: and super smart and we were like totally two different 164 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: like players. And that was the funny thing that drove 165 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: was nuts. Oh, I mean not really nuts, but you know, 166 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 1: like Kyle have a whole like notebook of stuff and 167 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: like writing down everything, and I wouln't write down anything, 168 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: and He's just like, how do you do that? I 169 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: just remember it, I guess. I mean it's not much 170 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: to remember, it's not hard, but you know, like it 171 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: was just a two different things. And then yeah, I 172 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: mean Kyla hanging out and it was great. I mean, 173 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 1: the guy just had a high motor. So you know, 174 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: if you're gonna like give him just a half a 175 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: second step, he got you, you know. And if they 176 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 1: want to hesitate on me, then I got you. So 177 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: it was it was dominant. And also with a lot 178 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: of people didn't realize who made me also great was Keith, 179 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: you know, because a lot of time I blew my 180 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: assignment and Keith was cover me, you know, so like 181 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 1: if I was going in a different gap and then 182 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: I was supposed to like, he was like, well, heck, 183 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: I'm five years five yards back. I can sit here 184 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I'll cover your gaff and then 185 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 1: you'll just take down and destroy it. So that was 186 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: a that was a big thing. A lot of people 187 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: didn't really know about it. Mike Keith, what is your 188 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: favorite Albert Haynesworth moment? There were a bunch. I mean 189 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,959 Speaker 1: in two thousand and seven to two thousand and eight, 190 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: he was clearly the best defensive player in the NFL, 191 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 1: and it wasn't close. It was to use the term 192 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: that he will like it was a Reggie White esk. 193 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: It was you. They couldn't do anything with you. I 194 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: don't know that there was any one moment. It was 195 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 1: just about watching him mash people and take over games 196 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: and to be as big a man as Albert was. 197 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: And what did you weigh during those years about three 198 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: forty okay, Amy, To see how quickly this guy got 199 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 1: off the ball was phenomenal. I mean it would looked 200 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: like he was offside he would be coming off the 201 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: ball so quickly. And he took such a great his 202 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: pad level was great, and I mean Wash had refined 203 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 1: his technique to the point that this guy was a 204 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:18,079 Speaker 1: machine and there was nothing anybody could do with him. 205 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: And we had I mean Keith Bullock, great player, Kyle 206 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 1: van de Busch, great player, played with Javonne Kursen twice. 207 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: I mean samari Roll was here, Kevin Carter was here. 208 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: I mean we had some guys and some guys up front, 209 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: but there was no one who had played or has 210 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: played to that level. And that was what was so 211 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: special to watch. Was a guy be that great over 212 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,640 Speaker 1: that extended period of time. When you're that big and 213 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: that powerful, where does the athleticism come from? That's a 214 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 1: good question. No, I don't really know, to be honest. 215 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: I mean, my family is a basketball family, to be honest, 216 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: and I suck at basketball, so I'm the only one 217 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: that played football. But yeah, I don't know, it's just 218 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: I guess the running and stuff. I always a faster 219 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: defensive lineman. And it really got to the point where 220 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 1: me and Wash sat there and watched film and about 221 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: just getting off the ball. And everybody talks about getting 222 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: off the ball, and you can see you can watch 223 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: film like the way we used to watch film when 224 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: a quarterbacks and shotgun. Now the ball is halfway or 225 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: almost in the quarterback's hand before anybody has their first 226 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: step down. So we used to you know, just that 227 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: little little flinch or a little just little things you 228 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: would watch or known a snap count like I used 229 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: to know Peyton manning snap count, so I knew exactly 230 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: when to go and I would go before it offensive line. 231 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: So because they don't want you to get off the ball, 232 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: you know that takes you you know that takes pressure 233 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: off of them. So um, I mean just little things 234 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: like studying that's getting off the ball, and then and 235 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: then really your paddle level in your hands and not 236 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: letting somebody like get into your chest. You know, your 237 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: first thing is like that so you're so you're getting 238 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: off the ball fast and your hands are extended out, 239 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: so before you know it, you're knocking somebody back. See 240 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: I wasn't. I wasn't the strongest defensive lineman, you know, 241 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 1: Like I was practiced against Zach Pillar is like a 242 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: six hundred pound bencher, you know. I was like probably 243 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 1: like three seventy five bencher, you know. But like I 244 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 1: my paddle level on my and my hands were inside. 245 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: So that's what I guess that made me better, uh, 246 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: and good at with my position. Well, long arms not 247 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: good for bench pressing, but great for playing in the defensive. 248 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 1: I mean the guys who are gonna bench press a 249 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: bunch or short arm guys you don't have as far 250 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: to take it. But long arm guys have such an 251 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: advantage in the line. I mean it is, especially if 252 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: you know how to use them. When was the moment 253 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: that it clicked or was there a moment when it 254 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,320 Speaker 1: clicked in and you said, wait a minute, what coach 255 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: Washburn is telling me? It's right, I get this. I 256 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: can really really do this at a high level. Really, 257 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: you know, like what really kind of changed it for 258 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 1: me and was offseason like workouts, Um, I started doing 259 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: I oh, my own I hired a trainer, which is uh, 260 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: you know Chip Smith and Trip Smith, and we would 261 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: work out uh one on one. So what what I noticed, 262 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: like here or all around the NFL that everybody almost 263 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: does the same workouts, Like when you're you're gonna run 264 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: like okay, if the line they're gonna run forty yards. 265 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: You know, linebackers are gonna run fifty yards. DB's gonna 266 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: run sixty yards. Well they're all doing pretty much the 267 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: same thing. Well, we started doing position specific run like 268 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: drills like quick fast, like getting off, I mean, just 269 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: things just just for defensive linement. And that's really my exceller. 270 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: It was worried like where I became better and better 271 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: and that's why I saw a difference on the field 272 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: from h Really, I think it was the year after 273 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: the year I got yeah, out of the year out there, 274 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: I got suspended and I went and had hired my 275 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: own guy, and I did that workout and then six 276 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: yep at well at two going to that two thousand 277 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,040 Speaker 1: and seven season, I did, and I mean that's what 278 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: it really changed. Everybody's just like, well they thought it 279 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: was just a contract year. It's now I just like 280 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 1: my agents just like, hey, when you try and working 281 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: out this guy, you know, and see how that works out, 282 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: you know. And I was like, yeah, but I don't 283 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: like working out with a bunch of people and stuff 284 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: like that. He's like, yeah, well, I was like, have 285 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: him come there. It might cost a little bit more, 286 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: but have him come to your house. So he stayed 287 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: with me and we would you would work out like 288 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: in the morning, you know, doing all kind of running drills, 289 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: all kind of stuff. We actually used to work out 290 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: at it at Centennial on Centennial's track. Yeah, Centennial High 291 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: School where we're practicing Friday night's exactly. That's exactly where 292 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: I used to work out at. Yeah. Wow, yeah met 293 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: me and uh yeah me and Trip Chips Mills Sons. 294 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: Uh so, yeah, we used to We used to really 295 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: get out there it there. I'll tell you what that 296 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: sounds aggressive though it's like a lot of work. It was, 297 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: but it was fun, you know what I mean because 298 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: he would do stuff with me and then we would 299 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 1: go to uh I'm trying to think, Uh, where'd you 300 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: go to go? I think to the y to lift 301 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: you know. I saw you at the wire. I was like, 302 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: what's our hands worth doing at the war, Yeah, I 303 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: mean that's all we would do. We would do like 304 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,400 Speaker 1: they's like that. No fancy gems or anything like that, 305 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: but literally would be out there on centennials. But here's 306 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: what I don't get is how can those guys work 307 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: out with you in that way? With you being so 308 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: much bigger. Didn't you nearly? I mean, because they would. 309 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: They would stand in front of you and do things. 310 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: It was just like different types of drills, things that 311 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: you don't you don't see. I mean, like I mean, 312 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,959 Speaker 1: he'd have this, uh it was called I call it 313 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 1: a death trap bag. I mean it was this huge, 314 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,199 Speaker 1: big duffel bag that he would want me to carry 315 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: out there, and it's got all kind of contraptions in 316 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:40,040 Speaker 1: it to that that hook you up, the stuff with 317 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: your arms, your legs. I mean, it was just all 318 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 1: kind of weird stuff. But it worked. It worked, I 319 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: mean about the quickness, and I mean it really it 320 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: really changed my game, It really did. And I mean 321 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: he's still and he's stilling doing great business now. But 322 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 1: like the guy, I mean, he could change he could 323 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 1: change somebody's life. Literally, you know what was one of 324 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:06,959 Speaker 1: the best parts of being around you was. You were 325 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,239 Speaker 1: twenty when you got here, and I mean, if you 326 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: talked about you got to Tennessee when you were seventeen, 327 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: you have a seventeen year old son, so you know 328 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:16,800 Speaker 1: how young that is now, Oh my gosh, and you 329 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: were you were so young. You had a lot of 330 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: growing up to do. And in watching you over the 331 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: period of time you were here and watching you grow up, 332 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 1: go through things, battle through things, you changed dramatically. Who 333 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: who are the people that really helped you grow up 334 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: in that way because quite frankly, it was a very 335 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: different Albert Haynesworth it left than the one who got here. 336 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: M Oh yeah, I mean yeah, think I was, I 337 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: was a kid, you were a baby. Yeah, I was 338 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: twenty years old. Yeah, and you had a ton of money. 339 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,200 Speaker 1: I mean it's just like, uh yeah, it was crazy. 340 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: And then like the attitude and all stuff. So I 341 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,040 Speaker 1: mean I would say it was wash you know what 342 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: I mean, like him, it was everybody. I mean, it 343 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: just got along and it just kind of grew and 344 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,800 Speaker 1: they knew how it was, you know, they understand was 345 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: like a kind of like a want a joke, but 346 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: it was also like I'm not a liar, like I'm 347 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: gonna tell a true I'm gonna tell you you know 348 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: how it is. And I think it's people started like 349 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: learning my personality, and then that's why I think like 350 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 1: a lot of people just took me the wrong way 351 00:19:25,359 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: because they didn't know my personality. Like I'm you know, 352 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: I joke and laugh and have a good time. But 353 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: you know, also, I'm not gonna sugarcoat anything to you know, 354 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 1: for you. So, I mean, everybody just knew exactly how 355 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 1: it was. You know, I've been here, They've been around 356 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,679 Speaker 1: me for a long time, so they knew how it was. 357 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: So we're starting the caravan in two thousand and eight, Yeah, 358 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: and we're taking Albert out and Albert's not extremely happy 359 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: with his contract. At that point, he's onto the caravan bus. 360 00:19:57,520 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: It's Cookeville and he gives an interview where he says 361 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 1: he was not really crazy about the offseason moves the 362 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: Titans had made day one of the caravan. Well, you 363 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,680 Speaker 1: were honest, that's that's one hundred percent true. Didn't make 364 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: our job easy that day. Yeah, well, yes you did. 365 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: You were you were a caravan all star. You understood 366 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,119 Speaker 1: I mean for years, and the caravan was very it 367 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: was not easy, and it was certainly not easy for 368 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 1: you because you were a go to guy due to 369 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: your Titans and ut ties. But nobody did better with 370 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: the kids. And I think you understood what it meant 371 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,639 Speaker 1: to people that they were getting to meet a professional athlete, 372 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: particularly kids in middle school. And I mean you got 373 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: it as much or more than anybody. It was really 374 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: it was really a special thing to see it. I 375 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: would tell people that and they would say, well, that's 376 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:56,719 Speaker 1: not the Albert Haynesworth I see. I said, Albert Haynesworth 377 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 1: is not like anybody else. Ye fair, Yeah, no, that's true. 378 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: That's true. Like it can't uh look at me or 379 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: if people think what they saw in the field was 380 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: with me and in like real life and or like 381 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:15,679 Speaker 1: in the street life or you know, like just on 382 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 1: the streets or whatever. I was like, no, not at all. 383 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: I like, you gotta be you gotta be mean, you 384 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: gotta be vicious, you gotta be like nasty out there, 385 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: you know, but like you see me, um, you know 386 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 1: in person, they're like, man, I don't think I never 387 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:34,199 Speaker 1: would have thought you were like that. You're one of 388 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: the guys with the switch. It flips when it's time 389 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: to get into football. Move correct. Oh yeah, yeah, that's 390 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: where you invaded Bush were like, yeah, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. 391 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: I was see Kyle could talk to you. See I 392 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 1: wouldn't talk to you. You know, I'd be pacing up 393 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: down the sound lines, thinking like, I can't believe this 394 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:52,680 Speaker 1: guy's on the field with me. I'm about to tear 395 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: his head off. I mean that's where I was, like, 396 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: I mean, my where my mind was just it was 397 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: out there. I mean it was battle. I mean, I 398 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: know it's a game, but it was you know, it's 399 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,800 Speaker 1: a battle. You're playing, uh, I mean you're playing against 400 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: you know, two guys you have, you know, two guys 401 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,240 Speaker 1: on you. I mean, you gotta you gotta dominate, you know. 402 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: And that's what I really wanted to do. Um. I mean, 403 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 1: you know that's wash instill that until you uh to 404 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:22,439 Speaker 1: to be like, you know, be honest. It's like, you know, 405 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: embarrass him in front of his family, you know, like 406 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, it was it was it was something 407 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: else you had to live up to the standards. Oh yeah, 408 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 1: and so that's I adopted that, and that's that's how 409 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: it felt. And he knew that's how it was. Like 410 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:41,680 Speaker 1: he wouldn't say anything to me on the uh during 411 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,639 Speaker 1: the game day, like nothing, nothing, now, because you know, 412 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: I was already there. So how long does it take 413 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 1: to come down from that? Though? I'm sure you don't 414 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: walk out of the stadium and you're like, oh, I'm 415 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:55,320 Speaker 1: a brahms Worth guys. No, it's it would take. It 416 00:22:55,359 --> 00:23:00,400 Speaker 1: would take like uh, I mean at least at least 417 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: at night to get you know, to get calmed down, 418 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: you know, all right, because like the time I was married, 419 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 1: and like I went and talk to her wife. She 420 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: figured it out. Like I just went talk you know. 421 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: It was just it was just kind of like a 422 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: a very aggressive, very um like kind of anger. Uh. 423 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 1: Even my best friend he like learned that because one 424 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: day I went to uh, you know, before we went 425 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: to the stadium, I came to my condo and and 426 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,120 Speaker 1: so like I'm already in that mindset, you know, leaving 427 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 1: the hotel and uh, he was in the kind of 428 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 1: kind of small you know, it was like two bedroom whatever. 429 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: And then I didn't say a word to him. And 430 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 1: then so like later after the game and stuff, like 431 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: he's like that are you mad at me? I was like, 432 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,120 Speaker 1: And then he was just like realized like, oh man, 433 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: it was you're in your game out. I was like, yeah, 434 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: just you know, nothing against you. It's it's like, hey, 435 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,640 Speaker 1: this is where I'm at, Like I'm not mad at 436 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: you is I'm ready to play. So what are you 437 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 1: most proud of? Uh m hmm. I don't know. I'm 438 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: proud of like being here, you know what I mean, 439 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,960 Speaker 1: Just I don't know, just enjoying here, I guess I 440 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 1: don't you know what I mean, like like, oh, you 441 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:28,360 Speaker 1: guys are like family, like Mike Keith are like family. 442 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: Like I mean, it's just it's like a reunion coming here, 443 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 1: you know, like it it feels good. That's well you 444 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: earned it, yeah, I mean, or even that, but it's 445 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: just still it was just like a family. Oh that 446 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: you gotta went to other place. It's not like that 447 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,959 Speaker 1: this is this is a unique place. You don't know 448 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: that it is. They don't understand that this is a 449 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 1: very unique place compared to a lot of other teams. 450 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: And then that was a thing I thought. I was like, Okay, well, 451 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 1: you know other team's gonna be like that, not even 452 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: close night and day. What would you do differently in 453 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: your football career? I would have most definitely. Uh, I 454 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: would have probably pushed my agent to like talk to 455 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:20,160 Speaker 1: the Titans more. Yeah, um, definitely take my time, um 456 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: and see what would happened. You know, for me, it 457 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,880 Speaker 1: wasn't about the money. For him, you know, of course 458 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 1: my agent, that's big, that's a big accomplishment. Yeah, it's 459 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,600 Speaker 1: his job. Yeah, So I mean, yeah, he did his job, 460 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: and he does his job well. So me, I think 461 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,640 Speaker 1: I would have took more more a hold of it 462 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: instead of just letting him like go with it. And 463 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: nothing wrong with that because he did a great job. 464 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: But I think I would have pushed more to stay here. 465 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: That family that you mentioned, that feeling of home, is 466 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,920 Speaker 1: that what made you want to move back? Yeah, because 467 00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: it just feels right. They don't anywhere else. I mean, 468 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 1: don't get me. I love Florida, and probably it was 469 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,479 Speaker 1: a move to Florida, but like, um here, I mean 470 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 1: it's just I kind of I don't know how to 471 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: explain it. You know, it's just like it's like a 472 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: normal place, like I can go places and it's cool. 473 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,199 Speaker 1: They're like, you know, hey, they know you are like 474 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: oh man, hey, you know cool. But they're not like 475 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,639 Speaker 1: like the like up North like the pushy, you know, 476 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: rude and stuff like that, like people are here the 477 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: southern hospitality. I guess it would it is and there 478 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:37,199 Speaker 1: it was like was not It's different total, Yeah, and 479 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 1: it kind of made me bitter, you know, like that way. 480 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: All right, any of your kids gonna be big time athletes? 481 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 1: Or are they big time athletes? Are we going to 482 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: see him in college or maybe in professional sports? Um? 483 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:54,639 Speaker 1: I mean they have a possibility, Like I have. I 484 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: have an old or something. My oldest son is seventeen. 485 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: Uh he's starting figure out. There's no six four six 486 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 1: five foot centers and basketball so uh he's uh trying 487 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 1: out for some camp or went to some camps and 488 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: getting a lot of interest. So hopefully he can play 489 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 1: football maybe this year. I mean it's just last year. 490 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,240 Speaker 1: But I have a I have a twelve year old 491 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 1: that is super aggressive, um like super strong, he's fast. 492 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 1: Now is he the young man I've heard about that 493 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 1: had to play up several ages when he was Yeah, 494 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: one of your children, I know when he was like seven, 495 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: he had to play with the twelve year old or 496 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: something crazy like that. Maybe not that far, but yeah, 497 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Yeah, he's playing like the 498 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,680 Speaker 1: eight eight nine year olds. Yeah, he's uh, yeah, he's 499 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,719 Speaker 1: gonna be he's gonna be really good. He's very strong, 500 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: very very detailed, like he's extremely detailed, like uh, he 501 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,360 Speaker 1: doesn't like uh. And it's a like because the two 502 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: kids are different. Like my oldest son to my twelve 503 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: year old, all of a sudden, you gotta yell at, 504 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: scream at, you know, kind of like wash. Like the 505 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: youngest son, you can't, you can't do that. You gotta 506 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 1: like you gotta give him talk to details. Yeah, and 507 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,640 Speaker 1: then he'll get it, because if you scream and yell, 508 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,160 Speaker 1: you'll lose him. I mean not that he just shuts off, 509 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: but he doesn't understand. He needs to tell him, like, hey, 510 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: you need to put your hands on this way, and 511 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: you know, half a man this way and stuff like 512 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,160 Speaker 1: you gotta really coach him so he's good. And then 513 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:33,400 Speaker 1: I have a daughter. She's she'll be fourteen in September. 514 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: It's a girl, you know, but she's honestly, probably more 515 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,239 Speaker 1: like me than any of them. Like her her her, 516 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: I hate to say it, like her body like type 517 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,720 Speaker 1: and size, like she's very like thick, very strong legs 518 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: and uh, she's an athlete. She's she's only fourteen volleyball basketball, 519 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 1: I know, like when she played basketball or played volleyball, 520 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: but no basketball. Uh, it's like soccer. Wow. And she's 521 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: a she's a she's a phenomenal goalie. And uh, I 522 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: mean she's already tall. She's already Ali's probably I read 523 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:20,960 Speaker 1: about five eight at thirteen almost wow. Yeah, her mom 524 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: is only five to two, so she's uh, she's like 525 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,240 Speaker 1: sprouting up there. Yeah, that's gotta be fun for you 526 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: watching all this. It's it's something else. And then they 527 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: you know, with the kids, to come to attitude. So 528 00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 1: it was like, Lord of mercy, see all this great hair. 529 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: Oh listen, Yeah, that's that's what my grandmother always used 530 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: to say. She said, yeah, you she had a phrase 531 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: for it that I can't remember right off hand. But 532 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: you always get it back. All the stuff I gave 533 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: I have gotten back. Oh yeah, dramatically, I can see that. Yeah, 534 00:29:53,280 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: seventeen year like Lord, yeah, it's something else. But oh man, 535 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: you called coach Fumer or Coach Brooks and say I'm sorry, Yeah, hey, 536 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: I still talk to coach Fumer all the time. Yeah, yeah, 537 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: I do. But yeah, I know, it's just like God, 538 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: was that really that? That was? I to look back 539 00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: at some of the whole film of me, like, like, 540 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: I guess the first was it OTAs or something fighting? 541 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: I'm like, man, okay, who'd you get a fight with 542 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: it OTAs? I don't know, I'm probably all the old 543 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: line always. They weren't crazy about you for a while. Yeah, 544 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:35,560 Speaker 1: until you got really good. You were helping the team 545 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: win a lot. Then they thought you were okay. Yeah, yeah, 546 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 1: they were like, oh, this spoiled, freaking twenty year old 547 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: and all that stuff like that. Yeah, I'm sure the 548 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: good news for you, though, drewd. Some of those years, 549 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,320 Speaker 1: you had Brad Castle here, who they liked a lot less. 550 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: So yes, oh my god, you talk about crazy Amy. 551 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: Brad Castle one of my all time favorite Titans. I 552 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: could tell you stories. They tried to take him out 553 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: one training camp when he was he was an undrafted 554 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: rookie and they were trying their best to finish him 555 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 1: off because they didn't because I mean, he lit guys up. 556 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: It didn't matter how big you were. He lit the 557 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: offensive lineman up. And so they were trying to take 558 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 1: him out and couldn't do it. I mean, he was 559 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: like an old school. Oh yeah, linebacker like he like 560 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: he should have played like back in like the sixties 561 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,360 Speaker 1: and seventies, Like you know, he'd be like, you know 562 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 1: after practice, you know, he like leaning in a chin. 563 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 1: Well he had to place on his nose that was 564 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: cut open. Every practice that was cut open. It was 565 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: I mean, he'll lights you up, lights you up. I 566 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: mean it was incredible. Sounds like my kind of guy. 567 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,120 Speaker 1: Oh he was. He should have ridden to practice on 568 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: a horse. I mean he was. He was a cow 569 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: He was a cowboy from Texas, and I mean just 570 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: tougher and a stump. I mean, just fantastic. I loved 571 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: I mean he uh he had some fantastic sayings most 572 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: of we couldn't repeat on a family show. But the 573 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: offensive lineman did not like him. He was probably voted 574 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,760 Speaker 1: at least popular all the time because he in practice 575 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,440 Speaker 1: he's trying to make the ball club. And then when 576 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: they challenged him, it was like, okay, fine, I mean 577 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:18,320 Speaker 1: he would have he would have fought anybody. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, 578 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: he's that guy you want to have on your You 579 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 1: got her, yeah, you got you gonna have your back? 580 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 1: How long could we do? We could do this for 581 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: an hour. It is so good to see you here. Okay, 582 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 1: give us a quick before you let you go. Quick 583 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: thought on the ball club you saw today, What do 584 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 1: you like? I like it. I think they're I think 585 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: they're very talented. Um, not a ton of like superstars, 586 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:43,320 Speaker 1: I would say, but I think like everybody is very good. Probably, 587 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: like I mean, I think you ain't gonna surprise people, 588 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Or he could either go 589 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,960 Speaker 1: either way, you know, because I think they don't have 590 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 1: like somebody that can really really take over the game. 591 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: But they're all like they're all like like eights, you know, 592 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: they're like all up there and and like if they 593 00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 1: all play together, it's gonna be a dynamic team, you 594 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 1: know what I mean. It really is. It's gonna it's 595 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: gonna it could go far. I'll take dynamic team. I'll 596 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: take dynamic. Well that's what they were saying about the 597 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight team. Yeah, you know, coming in, 598 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 1: if you watch that team, you said, well, this is 599 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: a good ball club if things fall right, dude, because 600 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 1: it felt like that team was fitting together well in 601 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 1: training camp. And I don't know that I'm ready to 602 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: go that far with this team, but there is a 603 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 1: little bit of that, you know, good first week. Yeah. 604 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 1: If they yeah, if they literally stick together and and 605 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: and just like keep going, it's gonna be a really 606 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 1: good team. Like I mean, that's gonna be a really 607 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: good team. Or if they don't, they don't gel, it's 608 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,280 Speaker 1: gonna go the other way. Well, but they're gonna gel, Yeah, 609 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: trust me. Yeah, they're gonna do. This is not the 610 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 1: Caravan in two thousand and eight. And Mike, you know, 611 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 1: Mike playing, you know what I mean, Like he's gonna 612 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 1: be a players coach. Yeah, I think he's gonna have him, 613 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 1: have him there. So I'm excited to see I'm excited 614 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,240 Speaker 1: to see what they're gonna do, and we're excited to 615 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 1: see you. Thank you for doing this, no problem anytime. 616 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:13,719 Speaker 1: Albert Haynesworth with us on the OTP. Albert Haynesworth replaced 617 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: on the OTP now by the great Jim Wyatt Titans 618 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: Online dot Com. Gotta get a little practice news in today. 619 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 1: Even though it was great to see the big man 620 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 1: and great to see a lot of alumni at practice today, 621 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 1: who surprised you among the group anybody, Well, at the 622 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: biggest surprise, I don't think it was by. You know, 623 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:36,280 Speaker 1: it wasn't intentional, but I saw Derek Mason and Brad 624 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,680 Speaker 1: Hopkins running toward one of the officials, and I'm thinking, 625 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: who is this guy? And it was Terry Killings, a 626 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,319 Speaker 1: linebacker who was on the Super Bowl team, was on 627 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: the field for the Music City Miracle. He was here 628 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 1: as part of alumni Day. He's been an official for 629 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: a while and just happy to be working Titans practice. 630 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,240 Speaker 1: I thought that was cool as great to see Albert, 631 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,799 Speaker 1: seeing him catch up with Floyd Reese for a long 632 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:01,360 Speaker 1: time during the Arty Porsche practice. I can only imagine 633 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: what those guys we're talking about. Albert. I'm sure brought 634 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,640 Speaker 1: back a lot of memories. As you guys talk with 635 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,399 Speaker 1: him just about his days here. We had a lot 636 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: of a lot of Albert Hayes, were storylines that played 637 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: out right before our very odds here on the practice field, 638 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: you know, back in the day. You know, the Titans 639 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,240 Speaker 1: really just have a strong group of alumni. It's always 640 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,759 Speaker 1: good to see them back together and see him back 641 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 1: in the building and walking around. But we've got some real, 642 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,440 Speaker 1: real fun guys to come back. I love when we 643 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,319 Speaker 1: do alumni things. It's always cool to see Ugeneamano back too, 644 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,680 Speaker 1: because I just left the cafeteria where they were serving 645 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:36,240 Speaker 1: food from his restaurant. Uh, he's got the hell watch 646 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 1: why you like to see? You know, he keeps losing weight. 647 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: He looks like an offense I mean, he looks like 648 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,480 Speaker 1: a basketball player. Hard to believe he was an interior 649 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 1: offensive lineman. But he's got uh, you know, he's got 650 00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:51,600 Speaker 1: a pretty good uh menu on his at his restaurant. 651 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:52,719 Speaker 1: I wish I could think of the name of it, 652 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:58,400 Speaker 1: could help me out. It's Ellen L Grill LLENL Grill. Okay, 653 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,279 Speaker 1: there you go, good lug for U. G. Demano there. 654 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: All right, So let's talk about practice specifically today. What 655 00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:09,759 Speaker 1: jumped out to you, Jim White, Well, unfortunately, you know, 656 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 1: we don't know the extent of the injury, but Johnathan 657 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: cyprin leaving early was the most noticeable thing from practice. 658 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,920 Speaker 1: You know, a day after Ty Smith goes on injury reserve, 659 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,120 Speaker 1: you see Johnathan Cyprian go down. Coaches were with him 660 00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,279 Speaker 1: for a while, Trainers huddled around him. He end up 661 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:31,440 Speaker 1: leaving with trainers and you just have to keep your 662 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:34,120 Speaker 1: fingers crossed and hope that's not a significant injury. Kendrick 663 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: Lewis left early. You saw Demontre Hurst line up with 664 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: Kevin Byrd with the first team. That's not a tandem 665 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,799 Speaker 1: that you expect to see out there today, but that's 666 00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,000 Speaker 1: the way things played out. I thought, as far as 667 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,680 Speaker 1: action goes, I thought Corey Davis had a good day. 668 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:49,919 Speaker 1: He did drop a ball already, Marcus Mario to found 669 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:51,760 Speaker 1: him on a deep ball. He didn't catch it cleanly, 670 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,880 Speaker 1: tried to catch it on a second time when it 671 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: bounced in the area. Torry Jackson had none of that, 672 00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:58,799 Speaker 1: knocked it down, but I thought he bounced back well, 673 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 1: made some nice catches. Henry had a good day running 674 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:05,839 Speaker 1: the football, and continue to see and I think tij 675 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,560 Speaker 1: Sharp I was gonna had continency ta Wan Taylor make plays, 676 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,440 Speaker 1: and I thought he did. But I thought Tyj sharpound 677 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: a really good day as well. I was going to 678 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,480 Speaker 1: mention eighty four today. He's what who really stuck out 679 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,920 Speaker 1: to me, just the way that he's been catching balls. 680 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 1: Him and Marcus look as though they are getting on 681 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,319 Speaker 1: more and more of the same page every day. A 682 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 1: couple of roster changes for the Titans to touch on 683 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,439 Speaker 1: Johnny Maxie, who spent time with the Titans last year 684 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,239 Speaker 1: is back in the defensive line. He's a six five, 685 00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: two hundred eighty three pound player from Mars Hill and 686 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,799 Speaker 1: then a rookie from Oklahoma six four, three thirty five 687 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:46,400 Speaker 1: Davante Lampkin out of Oklahoma, nicknamed maybe the best nickname 688 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:50,239 Speaker 1: on the team right now, Punkin. And we'll see how 689 00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 1: many people listen to the OTP by at the Centennial 690 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:57,359 Speaker 1: practice on Friday or at the Nissan Stadium practice on Saturday, 691 00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 1: they cheer for Punkin. He might have played a day too. 692 00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,720 Speaker 1: He was a big you know. Daleen Dakas got a handoff, 693 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,719 Speaker 1: went up the middle and he was there waiting for him. 694 00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,279 Speaker 1: So I looked at ninety seven and said, okay, I 695 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,320 Speaker 1: don't remember seeing him out here before. Obviously Claude Plon, 696 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:13,799 Speaker 1: who was waived injured, was wearing that number four, but 697 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,960 Speaker 1: it was a different, different guy, and it ended up 698 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:19,520 Speaker 1: being being your guy. So made a nice play at 699 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,000 Speaker 1: the start. I'm a huge fan of the Punkin nickname. 700 00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,960 Speaker 1: I want him to make this team just for that reason. 701 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:29,640 Speaker 1: I love it. I love it so hard. Well, that's 702 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,200 Speaker 1: good stuff, all right. So Ty Smith out for the year, 703 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,359 Speaker 1: put on injured reserve that's big loss in the secondary. Yeah, 704 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 1: because you know, describing the secondary, you talk about it 705 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:41,920 Speaker 1: being one of the streaks of the team because it's 706 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,520 Speaker 1: so deep. I mean, you've got obviously Logan Ryan and 707 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:48,799 Speaker 1: Dorry Jackson and Michael Butler and then Leshaun Simms and 708 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,080 Speaker 1: Ty Smith was part of that five pack. You take 709 00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 1: him out and it's, uh, you get into the depth 710 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,840 Speaker 1: a little bit. You know, Leshaun Simms obviously a solid 711 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:57,719 Speaker 1: player who's played in some big games. But I think 712 00:38:57,719 --> 00:38:59,919 Speaker 1: it opens the door for some of the other guys behind. 713 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 1: I mean guys we talked about Kaylin Reid one of them, 714 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,799 Speaker 1: Rico Gafford, Joseph Estie, all these guys gonna get more 715 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,320 Speaker 1: opportunities with thy Smith out. You hated for Ty because 716 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,960 Speaker 1: you know, he did play some big games last year, 717 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:15,799 Speaker 1: started the two playoff games, and now he's facing a 718 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 1: road to recovery well, and he was having a good 719 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:20,120 Speaker 1: camp too. We had talked about him a couple of 720 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,560 Speaker 1: times here on the OTP. So you hate to see 721 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,879 Speaker 1: that happen, But what an opportunity for some of these 722 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,160 Speaker 1: young guys who are trying to make this team. By 723 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,240 Speaker 1: the way, I didn't get to see the full extent 724 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,680 Speaker 1: of practice today because I got to take part in 725 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:36,560 Speaker 1: something really special at Nissan Stadium. The United Way and 726 00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:43,200 Speaker 1: over eight hundred volunteers there today packing stuffing the bus, 727 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,880 Speaker 1: as they call it, packing school supplies for eleven hundred 728 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:50,440 Speaker 1: kids getting ready to start back to school. And that 729 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,799 Speaker 1: was a fantastic event to see all those volunteers there. 730 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 1: And I apologize to them for having to run off, 731 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,040 Speaker 1: but I was trying to get back and knew we 732 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,560 Speaker 1: were going to do the otpds some other things. Apologize 733 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:03,120 Speaker 1: for having to step out, but that was a really 734 00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,239 Speaker 1: great experience and something that the United Way does that 735 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:10,160 Speaker 1: is very special. Very Yeah, it's very a very cool event. 736 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,719 Speaker 1: I wish I could have been there with you, but 737 00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,000 Speaker 1: it sounds like you held it down pretty well. You know, 738 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,400 Speaker 1: Mike Keith takes care to business. I thinks like that 739 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,400 Speaker 1: he has a mess around. All I did was talk 740 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,080 Speaker 1: for a very short period of time, so I didn't 741 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,520 Speaker 1: do a whole lot. All right, let's talk about what's 742 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:27,560 Speaker 1: coming up nine fifty tomorrow here at Saint Time of 743 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:31,200 Speaker 1: Sports Park, seven o'clock at Centennial High School in Franklin 744 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:35,480 Speaker 1: on Friday night, three thirty on Saturday at Nissan Stadium, 745 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:38,720 Speaker 1: so some some real good work to get in before 746 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,080 Speaker 1: the next off day. Jim, what are you looking for 747 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,279 Speaker 1: in those three practices? I think you just want to 748 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,759 Speaker 1: see continuing to approvement from the offense. I mean, I 749 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:49,000 Speaker 1: think we've seen six practices so far. I think you know, 750 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:52,080 Speaker 1: I feel safe in saying that the defense is one 751 00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,359 Speaker 1: the majority of those practices. Sometimes they go back and forth. 752 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:58,040 Speaker 1: I think the offense is starting to show some improvement. 753 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:01,000 Speaker 1: You just want to see continued improvement from the offense, 754 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,360 Speaker 1: and there will be a lot of excitement and Friday. 755 00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:06,920 Speaker 1: On Friday night, it's centennial. I remember that practice last 756 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,839 Speaker 1: year is one of my favorite ones of the training camp, 757 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:12,600 Speaker 1: if not my most favorite one of camp, just because 758 00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:16,040 Speaker 1: you're under the lights. There's extra juice there. The fans 759 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:17,880 Speaker 1: are right on top of you at the high school 760 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 1: stadium and it's it'll be a fun atmospheres. I'm looking 761 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,680 Speaker 1: forward to that one. And then the stadium practices are 762 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:26,919 Speaker 1: always cool and seeing the young guys who've not been 763 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,880 Speaker 1: in the stadium at all yet now they get a 764 00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,600 Speaker 1: chance to walk in their play in front of fans 765 00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,359 Speaker 1: and they lost sign autographs I'm sure at some point 766 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,120 Speaker 1: during the session. The Centennial experience is one of the 767 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,799 Speaker 1: best ones that I've ever had in regards to a 768 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,879 Speaker 1: training camp or staff here, the group that does all 769 00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 1: of the logistics, I mean, it's amazing the time that 770 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,799 Speaker 1: they put in to make it happen, and the coordination 771 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,400 Speaker 1: with Centennial and with the people at Williamson County Schools, 772 00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: with the fact that that facility has tons of parking, 773 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,000 Speaker 1: which makes it easy to come out to that practice. 774 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,120 Speaker 1: That was one of the bigger hits we've ever had. 775 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,759 Speaker 1: And I hope people will choose to turn out on 776 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,880 Speaker 1: Friday night because they'll really really enjoy it. Yeah, and 777 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,719 Speaker 1: I remember before practice started last year, there was a 778 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,759 Speaker 1: time where some of the players wandered over to the 779 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,719 Speaker 1: fence line and spend some time with fans. So it 780 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,439 Speaker 1: is a time for you to really get up close 781 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:19,160 Speaker 1: and see these guys. It's great to come out to 782 00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:22,120 Speaker 1: training camp here as well, and we've seen in good crowds, 783 00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:25,520 Speaker 1: but it is different from there, you know, out there 784 00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 1: at the high school field, and sure they'll work on 785 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,040 Speaker 1: some things that the fans will enjoy seeing. It's very 786 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:35,279 Speaker 1: reminiscent of a Friday night football game. You know it 787 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,160 Speaker 1: just you're under the lights, There's a bunch of people there, 788 00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:40,880 Speaker 1: You're on this field. It feels very intimate. It's probably 789 00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:44,520 Speaker 1: the closest you can get to this team. That's gonna 790 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,879 Speaker 1: wrap up this edition of the Official Titans Podcast. We're 791 00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:51,839 Speaker 1: back with another addition tomorrow following practice. As a matter 792 00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:55,520 Speaker 1: of fact, Amy Well's interview with Ian Rappaport, we'll hear 793 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,960 Speaker 1: on that very show from the NFL Network. He was 794 00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:59,680 Speaker 1: in town. We'll have a chance to play that for 795 00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,920 Speaker 1: you and discuss what happens in tomorrow's work. I remember 796 00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:06,120 Speaker 1: to read Jim Wyatt at Titans online dot com. Follow 797 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,560 Speaker 1: him on Twitter at j Wyte Sports. Follow Amy Wells 798 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:14,879 Speaker 1: on Twitter at Titans Amy A m. I E. For Amy, 799 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:18,960 Speaker 1: for Jim, for Jeff Harding, and for Albert Haynesworth. I'm 800 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,000 Speaker 1: Mike Key. Thanks for listening to the OTP.