1 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: I'm Taylor's Arzer and this is the OTP. 2 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 2: Are you ready for that smoke? 3 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 3: Going with Dave McGinnis back to Arizona. 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:17,360 Speaker 1: I love going everywhere with that guy. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 3: You're not going to be able to walk six inches 6 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 3: without talking to somebody, and there's the hugs and then 7 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 3: there's the subsequent conversation. It's going to take you five 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 3: hours to get from the loading dock to the booth. 9 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 4: I feel like Nashville, Chicago and Glendale or Phoenix or 10 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 4: Scottsdale are probably the three places where you feel that 11 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 4: the most. But let's be honest, Coach Mack is a 12 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 4: legend everywhere without the NFL. You're wearing a really cool 13 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 4: Houston oilers. Is that a starter jacket? 14 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 2: It's got some starter jacket vibes. 15 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 3: I don't know if it's like an official starter jacket, 16 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 3: but this was a team store model. 17 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 2: Maybe a year ago, maybe two years ago. 18 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was given to me by our merchandise crew, 19 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 3: and I just love them and they make sure that I. 20 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 2: Look decent and have like the coolest stuff. 21 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 3: Love it, but I love it and it's very comfy 22 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 3: and it keeps me warm in a chili building so 23 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 3: well I just very cool. 24 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 4: I reference it because Coach Mack in Houston is also 25 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 4: a story, like Coach wherever you go is a story. 26 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 4: And he went to a great text Mechs place on 27 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 4: Saturday night. I was not there in time. I had 28 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 4: quite the weekend. 29 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 2: You did have quite the weekend. 30 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,319 Speaker 4: But Will Bowling was there and Will was still feeling 31 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 4: the effects of a wonderful meal on Saturday night. 32 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,199 Speaker 1: So it is the best meal of his life. Oh yeah, 33 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: on Saturday night. 34 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what. 35 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 3: Anywhere you go, Coach Mack can find the best text Max. 36 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 3: It's not just in Texas, definitely in Texas, but all 37 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 3: over the place. You'll have to go with him in 38 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 3: Arizona as well, because there is phenomenal food and feet. Nick. 39 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 3: He took me to a lovely brunch once, like on 40 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 3: top of a mountain, like these are the things that 41 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 3: only Dave McGinnis knows, and Mac make sure you eat right. 42 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: It was probably also the spiciest meal that Will Bowling 43 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 3: has ever eaten, because the man just hot sauce on everything. 44 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,919 Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, I watched him eat some some of your 45 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 4: hot chips a few weeks ago. 46 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: No impact on him whatsoever. 47 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 2: He'd put Tabasco on him if he could. It's wild. 48 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: Yeah I did. 49 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 4: I had a had a crazy weekend and I'm glad 50 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 4: to see the other side of it. I loved it. 51 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 4: It was a lot of fun. Went to the Ryder Cup. 52 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 4: Will Bowling went to the Ryder Cup. We actually have 53 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 4: some other some other people that work up actually in 54 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 4: the in the room next to you. My man Adam 55 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,839 Speaker 4: went to the Ryder Cup for a few days over 56 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 4: the weekend, so he was there. So we had the 57 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 4: Tennessee Titans were represented at the Ryder Cup. We almost 58 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 4: had a thrilling comeback in the Ryder Cup, but right 59 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 4: but Europe beat the United States of America. 60 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: There were a few of. 61 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 4: Us in the back of the Titans team bus watching 62 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 4: on Sunday afternoon and unfortunately fell just a bit short. 63 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 4: As Europe wins fifteen thirteen. Tip your cap to the 64 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 4: Europeans and if we have any Titans that are Europeans, congratulations. Saturday, 65 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 4: I watched the Vanderbilt Commodoores. Did you know that Brian 66 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,520 Speaker 4: Callahan was in Clark Lee's wedding? 67 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 3: You know, I didn't know that. I knew they were friends, 68 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 3: I didn't know how close they were. That's pretty close. 69 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 3: That's about as close as you can get. 70 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 2: Yeah. 71 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 4: Lark of course, the head coach of the five and 72 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 4: oh Vanderbilt Commodores and coach Calli and Clark are close buddies. 73 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 4: Vandy is part of College Game Day, albeit on the 74 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 4: road in Tuscaloosa this weekend as they play the Crimson Tide. 75 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 2: That's going to be a fun game to watch. 76 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: I bet you cheer for Vandy in that game, oh 77 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: for sure. Yeah. You don't cheer for Alabama, do you? 78 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 2: I don't normally know, but I mean there are a 79 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:44,960 Speaker 2: lot of. 80 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 4: People, well there a lot There actually are some a 81 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 4: lot of Alabama people that are in Nashville. 82 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 3: But if you're in the SEC and you're not a 83 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 3: part of Alabama, you typically don't cheer for Alabama because 84 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 3: they're like the dynasty teams. It's like the chiefs now 85 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 3: or the Patriots of yesteryear or whatever. Like it's just like, 86 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 3: come on with someone else, that's right. Vanderbilt is such 87 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 3: a such a come up story. 88 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: And of course there's so many Titans fans that are 89 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: Vandy fans. 90 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 2: So yeah, and it makes Jim Wyatt just so happy. 91 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 4: It does. He is in a good spot right now 92 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 4: when it comes to Vandy. And then from there flew 93 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 4: to Houston. Rhett Bryan joined me. By the way, Rhett 94 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 4: was part of the SEC Network team this past Saturday. 95 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: He did a great job, so cool. 96 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 4: I'm a little concerned about how great of a job 97 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 4: he did and how well he fit in with our 98 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 4: with our TV team on Saturday, you would have just 99 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 4: been beside yourself. 100 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 2: Rhett is a chameleon. Yes, he is everywhere. 101 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: He made everybody laugh very quickly. That's what he does. 102 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 4: And anyways, from from there, Reht and I went to 103 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 4: Houston and then of course took in the Titans Texans 104 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 4: game and it was a bummer, damy, it really was. 105 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 4: I had a good feeling about it too. I love 106 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 4: the way the Titans came out and competed on Sunday. 107 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 4: On the first drive, unfortunate Joey Slide misses a fueld 108 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 4: there in the first drive, and right before the halftime 109 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 4: missed another one that would have made the score six 110 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 4: to three. You're right there. Defense played hard. Jeff Simmons 111 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 4: is playing incredible football in the first half. Cedric Gray 112 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 4: tackling machine on Sunday. It's a one score game going 113 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 4: in the fourth quarter, and that's when it got away 114 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 4: from the Titans. After that, it's really disappointing to be 115 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 4: shut out, first time it's happened in six years. So yeah, 116 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 4: you look, I'll just say this, and we're gonna give 117 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 4: coach Callahan the floor, and certainly I want to give 118 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 4: you the floor too. When you're building a roster, you're 119 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 4: gonna have days like that. That's just part of the deal. Now, 120 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 4: that doesn't mean the Titans aren't fully committed to winning 121 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 4: as they build this roster. Very much want to win games, 122 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 4: and it stings. 123 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: It hurts. It hurts for all the people that are 124 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: connected to it. 125 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 4: All of us that are affiliated with the organization feel that, 126 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 4: especially the players and the coaching staff. You just really 127 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 4: feel for them because they're putting so much work into this. 128 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 4: But this is a developing team and there are gonna 129 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 4: be days where developing players don't play to the standard 130 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 4: they want as they're learning, and they're gonna be days 131 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 4: where you're like, man, I am so glad we've got 132 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 4: these guys. These guys are gonna be incredible as time 133 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,799 Speaker 4: goes on. It was the latter unfortunately, on Sunday. 134 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:24,080 Speaker 3: Growing as hard, yeah, growing as hard, and establishing a 135 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 3: new identity, establishing a new everything for a team. 136 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 2: Is really hard. 137 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 3: And I know we say that all the time, right, 138 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 3: Like we have the conversation like, man, it's it's gonna 139 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 3: be a tough road to climb. But then you see 140 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 3: people have some success and you're like, well, I mean 141 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 3: what is hard. This is hard rebuilding an entire roster, 142 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 3: coaching staff essentially, they're still very young, still trying to 143 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,119 Speaker 3: figure out their cadence and what they're doing. Personnel group, 144 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 3: had a lot of changes. All of that new doesn't 145 00:06:57,720 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 3: just come together overnight. It doesn't just come together in 146 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 3: a single football season. It doesn't come together in two 147 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,559 Speaker 3: three football seasons. Like the teams that you see having 148 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 3: success now are having that success because they went through 149 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 3: the hard times, right, And we forget about that because 150 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 3: you see the teams with success and you're like, well 151 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 3: they've always been good. Well yeah, but like before they 152 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 3: were always good air quotes, they were really struggling too. 153 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 3: That is the circle of life in football, and you've 154 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 3: got to grind through those parts to get to the 155 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 3: good parts. That's just how it is. And so we 156 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 3: see all of the good things. We see the bright spots. 157 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 3: We see Jeffrey Simmons making a sack in two point 158 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 3: zho nine seconds. 159 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: That's one of the craziest seen. 160 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 2: We rewound it at my house. 161 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 3: I was at home and literally rewound the television to 162 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 3: watch it because it was so fast. 163 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 2: It was crazy. 164 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 3: But like we have those things, we have a rookie 165 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 3: class that is so involved so early, which is great. 166 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 3: They are performing, They are working together to establish the 167 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 3: foundation that in five years. 168 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 2: Will be this team. 169 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,559 Speaker 3: No doubt is standing on saying, oh, well, they've always 170 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 3: been good, right, you know, And that's just that's what 171 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 3: we have to remember. The things that are happening now 172 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 3: are good. The things that are happening now are right. 173 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 3: The things that are happening now are really hard. 174 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 4: And I was trying to find the right year to 175 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 4: support what you were saying. The Kansas City Chiefs of 176 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 4: the lat really, I mean, certainly of this decade, the 177 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 4: twenty twenties. 178 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 2: The twenties were built in what twenty thirteen? 179 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 4: They were built in twenty well, twenty twelve. The Kansas 180 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 4: City Chiefs went to in fourteen yep, And yeah, they 181 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 4: were built in twenty twelve. Mike Borgonzi, by the way, 182 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 4: was part of that organization then the general manager of 183 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 4: the Tennessee Titans now, And they went to in fourteen, 184 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 4: and I imagine that was a really hard thing to 185 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 4: go through for their fans and for everyone connected to 186 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 4: the team. But after they went to in fourteen, they 187 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 4: very quickly went to the playoffs and they've been a 188 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 4: perennial contender since the next year they went eleven and 189 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 4: five and off they went. Now, who knows how long 190 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 4: it takes with each rebuild. It's a different story. But yeah, 191 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 4: that's a great point you make, Amy, because yeah, I 192 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 4: don't think that people remember that. 193 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: Really, the Kansasy Chiefs went two and fourteen. Yes, in 194 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: twenty twelve. 195 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 3: Kansas City Chiefs were not great when I mean I 196 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 3: lived there for a very long time and they were 197 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,959 Speaker 3: not the dynasty that we have now. They were kind 198 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 3: of just like a mark team. I mean, that's it 199 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 3: just is what it is. I'm not trying to be mean, 200 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 3: although you guys know how I feel, but I mean, 201 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 3: it's just it's the circle of life in the NFL. 202 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 3: You cannot be a contender forever all the time. That 203 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 3: is how the league is built right now. This team, 204 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 3: this Titans team, is figuring out what the next not 205 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 3: just next year, two years, what the next ten years 206 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 3: are going to look like. Right, That's what's being built 207 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 3: right now. And you've got to slug through this to 208 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 3: get to the good parts. 209 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 1: Yes, you do. 210 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 4: And let's hope that those good parts happen. Yeah, let's hope. 211 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 4: Let's hope they happen in Arizona. And I again just 212 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 4: want to reiterate that the team is totally committed to 213 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 4: that they desperately want to win a football game and 214 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 4: are doing everything they can think of to do it. 215 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 4: I'm going to talk to coach Callahan about this. 216 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: Amy. 217 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 4: I really love having a quarterback that cares as much 218 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 4: as cam Ward does. I think he's super talented, and 219 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 4: I think that people have seen examples of that talent 220 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 4: in the first four weeks. They certainly saw the talent 221 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 4: on display at the collegiate level. And this wasn't his 222 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 4: best performance. He'd be the first. In fact, he did 223 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 4: tell you that after the game. But I really appreciated 224 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 4: how candid he was after the game and how much 225 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 4: it matters to him, because you can tell this guy 226 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:03,079 Speaker 4: hates going through it and he wants to do everything 227 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 4: he can. 228 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: To change it. 229 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:06,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I think that's what makes him a good leader. 230 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 3: I think that guys respect to the honesty. I think 231 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 3: that guys respect the candor, and I think that that's 232 00:11:12,679 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 3: why he's able to connect with so many different people. Look, 233 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 3: I've said it from the day that I met cam Ward, 234 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 3: He's the coolest guy I've ever met. And I mean 235 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 3: that in a very The way that he carries himself 236 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 3: and the way that he interacts with people is just 237 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 3: so organic. 238 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 2: And he does a great job of. 239 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 3: Meeting people where they are leveling with them and then 240 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:35,839 Speaker 3: telling them what they need to know, whether they really 241 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 3: want to hear it or not. But I think that's 242 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 3: what makes him such a relatable guy, is that he'll 243 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 3: just say it, and he says it in a way 244 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 3: that's not to cause harm. 245 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 2: He's not being malicious. 246 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 3: He's stating the facts so that you know where we 247 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 3: all stand here, Like there's no gray area with Kim Ward. 248 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 3: Do you know where you stand with him? And I 249 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:56,520 Speaker 3: think that that's a really good leadership quality. And I 250 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 3: think that's what is ultimately going to make him successful, 251 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 3: is that guys in the locker room, know where they 252 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 3: stand with Kim Woard, Like, they know what's up, they 253 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 3: know how he feels, they know where he feels like 254 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 3: there needs to be a better play or where there 255 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 3: need to be changes, what things need to be addressed. 256 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 3: And so I think having a guy that's so young 257 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 3: that already knows that and is able to fill that 258 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 3: part of it is incredibly valuable. And so then it's 259 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 3: it's filling in the rest of it. It's getting the 260 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 3: offense to all work together, it's getting all of the 261 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 3: things to fire on all cylinders. And I mean he 262 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,079 Speaker 3: listed out a laundry list of things that need to 263 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 3: be better, including himself, Like he took that ownership. I 264 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 3: need to play better. I need to make sure that 265 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 3: this is working the same as the offensive line, the 266 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 3: same as the receivers, the same as the defensive line. 267 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 3: I mean, he went through everything and that that to me, 268 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 3: is a good leader. 269 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 4: Last thing I want to say to you, Amy, is 270 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 4: you care so deeply about this organization. It's your livelihood, 271 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 4: but it's personal to you and you've been around it 272 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 4: for over a decade now, and I just want to 273 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 4: tell you that I'm feeling that and when you travel 274 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 4: with these guys and girls, when you see the whole organization, 275 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,439 Speaker 4: when you travel together with these men and women who 276 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,760 Speaker 4: care so deeply about it, you care so deeply about it, 277 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 4: and you want it for them, you really do. And 278 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 4: I will say this, I'm really proud of how much 279 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:29,240 Speaker 4: everyone cares and how much every how invested everyone is 280 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,199 Speaker 4: to getting this thing turned around. And I firmly believe 281 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 4: they will. But I for it's just cool to now 282 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,760 Speaker 4: live your life, you know, the life you've been living 283 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 4: for so long, and seeing how much it means to 284 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 4: all the people in the organization. 285 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 2: It becomes so much more. 286 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 3: And people come up to me all the time, and 287 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 3: you know, because I'm eighty eight percent of the time 288 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 3: wearing Titan stuff. So yeah, yeah, So I'm a very easy, 289 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,679 Speaker 3: like conversation starter. But people will come up to me 290 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 3: a lot and be like, oh man, tough loss, and 291 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:08,839 Speaker 3: oh man, that sucks. But the difference is, frankly, you 292 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 3: lose and then you go back to your life as 293 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 3: a Titans fan. For most of them, as you you 294 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 3: lose the game, and then it's like, well, turn the 295 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 3: TV off and then that loss goes away. For the 296 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 3: people in this building, the coaches, the players, but also 297 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 3: the staff. 298 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: Here. 299 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 2: This is it. 300 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 3: So you understand why people get so upset, why there's 301 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 3: so much passion, why you see those moments in a 302 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 3: press conference or on the field or on the sidelines, 303 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 3: or you get it because you don't turn it off. 304 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 2: Here. 305 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 3: We live in it all week long. And when things 306 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 3: are going great, it's the best. And when things are hard, 307 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:58,120 Speaker 3: it's hard. And you do you understand that. You buckle 308 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 3: up every every July. You look yourself in the mirror 309 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 3: and you go, am I getting on this ride again? 310 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 3: And the answer is always yes, because there's no other 311 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 3: there's no other way to be. But you feel it 312 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 3: deeply no matter what. If you're in this building, if 313 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 3: you're part of this team, part of this family, day 314 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 3: in day out, you feel it really deeply, both the 315 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 3: good and the bad. 316 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: I'm proud to be on the ride with you, my friend. 317 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 2: It's a fun ride, it really is. 318 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 1: We'll get there, Yes we will. 319 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 3: When you bring Helman's creamy buffalo chicken dip to the 320 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 3: watch party, you can cheer too loud, or block the 321 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 3: TV or be a couch coach, and no one will eject. 322 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 2: You from the game. 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But you want 343 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 4: to see results too. 344 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think we all want to see results. I 345 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 5: think our fans want to see results too, and there's 346 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 5: nobody in our building that's trying harder than the players 347 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 5: and coaches downstairs in the locker room, in the coaching wing. 348 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 5: That we're putting everything we have into and trying to 349 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 5: find a way to get better, to find ways to improve. 350 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 5: And there's definitely some areas that that's very possible. 351 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 4: And I think one of the things that I've learned 352 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 4: in the first month of the season is how pleased 353 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 4: you've been with practice on Wednesday and Thursday and Friday, 354 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 4: and you've been on teams that have gone to the 355 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,399 Speaker 4: Super Bowl and won the Super Bowl, and you've had 356 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 4: a lot of experience watching teams carry over good weeks 357 00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 4: of practice to the field on Sunday. Is that the 358 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,160 Speaker 4: thing that's kind of just you're scratching your head about 359 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:21,479 Speaker 4: right now. 360 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's been the hardest thing to grapple with through 361 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,600 Speaker 5: these first four weeks, is that, you know, I thought 362 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:29,359 Speaker 5: we had a really good training camp. I thought we 363 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 5: did a lot of things the right way. I feel 364 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 5: the same way with how we practice during the week 365 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,679 Speaker 5: and the effort that we get the performance that we 366 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,439 Speaker 5: get in practice. We just got to find where the 367 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 5: disconnect is between Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Yeah, and 368 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 5: that's that's been our biggest issue, is that there's plenty 369 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 5: of things that show up in practice that are excellent, 370 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 5: and we got to get those things to translate to 371 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:55,480 Speaker 5: Sunday and those that's that's our job is to figure 372 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 5: that out because we and then we have moments really 373 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,400 Speaker 5: of brilliance over the cour games too, and we've been 374 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 5: in some pretty good battles. We got to find a 375 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 5: way to get to make those plays that need to 376 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 5: be made at the end of the game to put 377 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 5: us in a better position. And thus far we've made 378 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 5: the play that loses us the game where we we've 379 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 5: turned the ball over twice now in the fourth quarter 380 00:18:16,040 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 5: that in one score games that now all of a 381 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 5: sudden kick it to a three score game, or take 382 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 5: it out of a two to three to four to 383 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 5: five point margin to eleven ten, eleven fourteen, where now 384 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 5: it just opens up the gap and it makes it 385 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 5: a lot harder to come back. And that's where we're 386 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:37,000 Speaker 5: missing a little bit of our teeth, is that in 387 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 5: those moments where we've got to make the play to win, 388 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,320 Speaker 5: we've not done that. And then we've also put ourselves 389 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 5: in much worse position to lose because of some of 390 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 5: those things. 391 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, I know that you've been saying this a lot 392 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 4: in recent weeks. Is you got to get out of 393 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 4: third and twelve plus And you were telling me off 394 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 4: the air. One of the ways that you do that 395 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 4: is having a better first down, and you've you had 396 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,120 Speaker 4: a number of good first and second downs that got 397 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 4: you into Texans territory on Sunday. What do you think 398 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 4: is the most fixable thing about that right now? 399 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:13,160 Speaker 5: Well, our efficiencies. We need to have more consistency in 400 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 5: our efficiency on early downs, the first second down, and 401 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 5: when you get to those spots where we've been in 402 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 5: you know, we find ourselves in that fringe area the 403 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 5: field quite a bit in that you know, plus fifty 404 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 5: plus forty range where we're sort of on field goal fringe. Yeah, 405 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 5: in that spot, and we've we've either went backwards or 406 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,239 Speaker 5: taken a sack or done something that puts us in 407 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 5: a in a third and eight nine, ten eleven at 408 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 5: the forty right, and those are those are hard down 409 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,520 Speaker 5: and distances to convert. You know around the league that's 410 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 5: usually about a fifteen percent conversion rate. I think in 411 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 5: you know, you look lead league wide, So the odds 412 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 5: are not necessarily in your favor at those at those spots, 413 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,119 Speaker 5: and we've got to do a better job of keeping 414 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 5: ourselves in manageable spots and then earning that next first 415 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 5: down into the in through that fringe area of the 416 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 5: red zone. You know, we haven't had enough red zone trips. 417 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 5: We've stalled out quite a bit in that midfield area, 418 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 5: that that fringe area where we've kicked some field goals 419 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,600 Speaker 5: where you know, we'd like to find a way to 420 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 5: get another set of downs. We need one more good 421 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 5: earned first down to put us on the thirty or 422 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,239 Speaker 5: the twenty. And now we're in a little bit better 423 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 5: scoring position. So our efficiency can certainly improve in those areas. 424 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 5: And some of that comes with running the ball well, 425 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 5: some of that comes with being more decisive and more 426 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 5: accurate with the ball in the passing game, and then 427 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 5: you know, protecting the quarterback better than we have in 428 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 5: those spots. 429 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 4: As it relates to cam Ward, I know, as you 430 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,920 Speaker 4: just said, it's not all on him, and you probably 431 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 4: would disagree a little bit with all the responsibility he 432 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 4: took after the game, But do you appreciate what he 433 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 4: said after the game and how much it matters to him. 434 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 5: Yeah, it shows that he shows that he cares, you know, 435 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 5: want he wants to win as bad as everybody else does. 436 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 5: And he wants our fans and the people that support 437 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 5: our football team to know that this means a lot 438 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:55,720 Speaker 5: to him and he wants it to go well, and 439 00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 5: he wants to win football games. And that's the type 440 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,239 Speaker 5: of person you want playing quarterback for you. Where it 441 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,360 Speaker 5: matters to them, it beats it hurts them to their 442 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 5: soul when they don't win a football game. And Cam 443 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,120 Speaker 5: and I are very similar in that regard, And that's 444 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 5: what you hope to have. Is it a bunch of 445 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 5: people that are determined to fight their way out. 446 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 4: He's learning how to be a pro quarterback. It feels 447 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 4: like just the hardest adjustment, you know, going from junior 448 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 4: high to high school or high school to college. I'm 449 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,440 Speaker 4: not trying to say that isn't a transition, it is one, 450 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 4: but going from college to professional football just feels like 451 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 4: the biggest transition. 452 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 5: It's so different. Yeah, the style of play is so different, 453 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 5: the caliber of players every week. The best way I 454 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 5: would describe it, like for people that are you know 455 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 5: that that don't get it. It's like if you're it's 456 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 5: like you're playing in the SEC and you're and you're 457 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,360 Speaker 5: playing Alabama every week. You know you're playing every You're 458 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 5: playing the best players on the planet every week, and 459 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 5: there's and there is no breaks, there's no easy games, 460 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 5: there's no cupcakes on your schedule. Everybody in his league 461 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 5: can play. Everybody's got good coaches, everybody has a salary cap, 462 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 5: they all pay their players, and every week you have 463 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 5: to come out and be ready to play at that 464 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:11,680 Speaker 5: level to win the game. And there's a learning curve 465 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 5: in that, especially for a young quarterback. You start to 466 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 5: understand every team can rush the passer, every team has 467 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,120 Speaker 5: a tough blitz package, every team has good dbs. It's 468 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 5: just that's what the NFL is, and that's why we 469 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:27,200 Speaker 5: all enjoy playing it because it's competition at the highest level. 470 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 5: But there is a learning curve for young quarterbacks and 471 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 5: understanding how to play quarterback at this level. And the 472 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 5: biggest in the cams learning right now too is it 473 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 5: isn't you know, the ground hurts and these hits hurt, 474 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 5: and you're trying to figure out how do I play faster, quicker, 475 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 5: better so I can eliminate one sacks and then two. 476 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 5: Just keep the offense moving so we don't end up 477 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 5: taking shots that we don't need to take. 478 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 4: I don't get too off topic here, but since you 479 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 4: did say you don't play Alabama every week, a very 480 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 4: good friend of yours is playing Alabama this week. 481 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,040 Speaker 5: I know I've talked to him a few times already 482 00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 5: this week. 483 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,000 Speaker 4: So, yeah, the head coach of the undefeated five and oh, 484 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 4: Vanderbilt Commodores. 485 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, a side note, very proud of Clark and the 486 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 5: job there they're doing that Vandy. It's he's an outstanding 487 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 5: football coach, even better person, and he's a He's a 488 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 5: confidant of mine and someone that I lean on for 489 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 5: a lot of different things in the head coaching realm. 490 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: I can tell you it goes both ways, too. 491 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 4: Called his game last week on television, and he spent 492 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 4: a lot of time talking about you and how much 493 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 4: he believes in you. 494 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: So that's a friend, Clark. 495 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,920 Speaker 4: I know, that's a friendship. That means a great deal 496 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 4: to you. Coach, How do you acknowledge where we're at 497 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 4: right now is an organization and concentrate on how to improve. 498 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 5: That's the only thing we think about You know, we 499 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,160 Speaker 5: know we are what our records as we are, we're 500 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 5: owing for. We have not played up to our capability. 501 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 5: We have not played a good enough brand of football 502 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 5: that people want to come support and see. And we're 503 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 5: fighting like crazy to get ourselves out of this hole 504 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 5: that we're in. But I will say that I love 505 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 5: the way our team approaches it and we got a 506 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:10,239 Speaker 5: bunch of guys that are willing to do that. And 507 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 5: all we got to do is get one. That's really 508 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 5: where we're right. Just you can't win three games in 509 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 5: one week. You got to get one. And we got 510 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 5: to be laser focused on going to Arizona and playing 511 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 5: good football in Arizona and try to pick up a 512 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 5: win against a good, competitive Arizona team. And I think 513 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 5: that's our only focus, that's the only thing we can 514 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 5: think about, is how do we best do that this week? 515 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 5: And what do we have to do better from the 516 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 5: week before. There really is no shortcut and there is 517 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 5: no secret to that. We just have to do things, 518 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,760 Speaker 5: communicate better, execute better. 519 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: Coach better. 520 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 5: All that stuff has to be a part of it. 521 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 4: You're a big golf fan, so am I. And of 522 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 4: course the Ryder Cup was this past weekend and it 523 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 4: did not go well for the American team on Friday 524 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 4: and Saturday, and there was a lot of reaction to 525 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 4: how it didn't go well. I'm sure you were too. 526 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 4: I know you didn't get to see any of it, 527 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 4: but everyone was so impressed with the Americans rally on Sunday. 528 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,720 Speaker 4: They played for today. They didn't think about what happened 529 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 4: yesterday or the day before. Listen to everyone in the noise, 530 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:07,959 Speaker 4: they played for today. That's exactly what you're wanting from 531 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 4: your team. 532 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:15,360 Speaker 5: That's a great analogy and great sport crossover imagery for people. Yeah, 533 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 5: that's what you hope to do. And you can't dwell 534 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 5: on what's happened. You can try to fix it, but 535 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,120 Speaker 5: all you can do is keep pushing forward. And there's 536 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 5: another opportunity coming this week and what that with that too. There, 537 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,679 Speaker 5: it's little even one more level lower as we talk 538 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 5: about the cycle of the snap all the time, where 539 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 5: you really have to play. It's one play and then 540 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 5: you move on to the next one, and then you 541 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 5: move on to the next one, and you can't really 542 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 5: dwell on whether that play was good or bad. You 543 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 5: can just kind of check in say yeah, that was 544 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 5: I did my job there, maybe I didn't, and then 545 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 5: you move on to the next snap. And if you 546 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 5: do that over sixty snaps during a game, usually you 547 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 5: got to put yourself in a pretty good spot. And 548 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,720 Speaker 5: that's the mindset of most professional athletes. And I think 549 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 5: football is a very much have to be has to 550 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,440 Speaker 5: be that way, where you're your tunnel vision on what's 551 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 5: in front of you, and you can't really worry too 552 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 5: much about what people say or how they say it. 553 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 5: You can't worry about what your mom and dad tell 554 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 5: you have to you have to go take your medicine sometimes, 555 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 5: fix what you got to fix, and keep your head 556 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 5: pointing forward. And you know, as they say, keep your 557 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 5: blinders on and just keep looking forward. 558 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,640 Speaker 4: And that's not lip service from you, that's coming from 559 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 4: somebody that's lived this your entire life. You said your 560 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:27,679 Speaker 4: mom and your dad. Your mom and your dad have 561 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:30,119 Speaker 4: lived that their entire lives, and. 562 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,159 Speaker 5: I do take their advice. 563 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 1: That's right. 564 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 4: If you're in a little different situation though, being in 565 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 4: the football business as much as the Callahans always have been, 566 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 4: can you just describe to everybody that's listening, given your 567 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,280 Speaker 4: own experiences of what it feels like when it does turn. 568 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 5: It's the most rewarding feeling you can have as a coach, 569 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,800 Speaker 5: you know, And that's that's when you get a player 570 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 5: to the point where they break through and maybe something 571 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 5: that you've been trying to get them to do or 572 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 5: work on and then all of a sudden it shows 573 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,159 Speaker 5: up in a big moment. But that feeling of the 574 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 5: work that it's taken to get to this point and 575 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 5: then get to the breakthrough, I've been a part of 576 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 5: it a few different times, and it's tremendously rewarding to 577 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 5: see the work come to fruition and validate the process 578 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 5: and how you do things. And it's not easy. I mean, look, 579 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 5: we won six games in two years in Cincinnati. I 580 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 5: mean we were six and twenty four I think in 581 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 5: two seasons. So I know what this. I've lived this, 582 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 5: I've gone down this road before. I understand what it 583 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,919 Speaker 5: feels like. And let me tell you, it is not 584 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 5: very fun. But when you just sort of stick at 585 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 5: it and you keep hammering on the things that you 586 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 5: need to get better at, and those moments come and 587 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 5: you break through and you win the game and you 588 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 5: win two or three or four and then all of 589 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 5: a sudden, you look up. You got a pretty good team. 590 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 5: That's what's the most people, That's what makes coaching fun. 591 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,919 Speaker 5: That's why we do it, is for those types of 592 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 5: moments and those challenges to see if we can't get 593 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 5: it to break through. And trust me, we're down there 594 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 5: swinging our swords about as hard and as fast as 595 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 5: you can swing them to try to get ourselves to. 596 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 4: That spot after six and twenty four. I just want 597 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 4: to make sure everybody understands this. The team became a 598 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 4: championship level team and the Cincinnati Bengals, as when you 599 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 4: were the offensive coordinator, went to the Super Bowl. So 600 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,880 Speaker 4: you have you've lived this before this weekend you play 601 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 4: the Arizona Cardinals. Coach, I've heard a lot of people 602 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 4: say you got to keep Kyler Murray in the pocket, 603 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 4: keep him between the tackles. 604 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:24,679 Speaker 1: How true is that it is? 605 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,480 Speaker 5: He's a dynamic playmaker. You know, he's got a great 606 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 5: ability to create outside of structure and make plays with 607 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 5: his feet and make throws on the move. And you 608 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 5: know he's not the biggest stature quarterback, and so he 609 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 5: does excel when he's outside of the structure. And you 610 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 5: want to try to keep him in it as much 611 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 5: as possible. That's a lot easier said than done. He 612 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 5: tends to do that to a lot of people, but 613 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 5: that's how you have to play, and you got to 614 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 5: make sure you don't give him opportunities to extend plays 615 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 5: and create outside of the pocket because he's exceptional at it. 616 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's no doubt he is. 617 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 4: And of course it's a really good all And I 618 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 4: know you have a lot of respect for their play 619 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 4: caller and their coaching staff. 620 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: What about their defense. 621 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 5: Coach, unique defense, unique scheme. There's probably not a lot 622 00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:10,280 Speaker 5: of teams that play the way that they play. I 623 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 5: think Nick Raleis their defensive coordinator is really really sharp. 624 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 5: Young coordinator does some stuff that it's a little bit 625 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 5: unorthodox schematically, just in terms of how they how they 626 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 5: disguise coverages and how they rotate, and they make things 627 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 5: look very similar and muddy, and it'll be a challenge 628 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 5: for us offensively. It's a challenged the target and the 629 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 5: run game the right way. It's a challenge to decipher 630 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 5: the past coverage post snap. 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There's no there's no shortcut to it. 657 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 5: There's nothing that's gonna just jumpstart us other than us 658 00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:59,320 Speaker 5: doing the things that we need to do to win 659 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 5: and how we prepare the way we practice. We got 660 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 5: to get to carry over to the games. But you know, 661 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 5: your back's against the wall and you got to ball 662 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 5: your fist up and and start swinging away. There's there's 663 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 5: no other way to do it. And I think they're 664 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 5: up to the task. 665 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 4: One last thing to ask you about is health. Any 666 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 4: update there coach on players we might see on Sunday. 667 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 5: Another one that's exciting the most is Taj Spears should 668 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 5: should open up his window and hopefully have a chance 669 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 5: to see him this week. 670 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:28,240 Speaker 1: We'll see how practice goes. 671 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,040 Speaker 5: But be nice for Tony to get to get the 672 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 5: complimentary back to help him out a little bit and 673 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 5: take some take some load off. Other than that, that's 674 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 5: that's the main one would love to see. 675 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: You know. 676 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 5: I think Kevin Winston's getting closer, which is exciting, So 677 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 5: hopefully see his his workload increase this week and see 678 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 5: how that responds. And then you know we'll see on JC. 679 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 5: Be great to get JC back this week, but that's 680 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 5: that's the remains to be seen. 681 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 4: Kevin Winston, third round draft pick. I know everybody's really 682 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 4: high on him and would love to see him make 683 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:02,000 Speaker 4: his debut very soon. JC Latham the right tackle that 684 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 4: we haven't seen in a couple of weeks. But that's 685 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 4: great news about the possibility of seeing Taja back there. 686 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,959 Speaker 4: And complimenting Tony Pollard because he has just run so 687 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 4: hard so far this year. 688 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, he's been. He's been a huge bright spot for 689 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 5: us offensively, probably our most consistent performer. Uh and and 690 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 5: really has run with some authority uh for for his stature, 691 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,480 Speaker 5: uh and run really hard. That's been something that we've needed. 692 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 5: And he plays with you know, he plays the way 693 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,240 Speaker 5: we need him to play, and the type of person 694 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,720 Speaker 5: that he is is shows up in his play style. 695 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 4: Pollard spears one two punch. Love to see it, would 696 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 4: love to see it. 697 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: Coach. 698 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 4: Thank you so much as always for your time. Look 699 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 4: forward to the trip out to Arizona. Great all right, 700 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 4: thank you for Brian Callahan. I'm Taylor zar Ser. This 701 00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:49,960 Speaker 4: has been the OTP