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Speaker 1: coach Mack. It's great to see you. It's always good

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Speaker 1: to be here and the great Jim Wyatt from Titans

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Speaker 1: online dot Com Senior writer editor, welcome wearing his Salute

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Speaker 1: to Service sweatshirt, which is really cool. They get cooler

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Speaker 1: I get more compliments on salute to service stuff than

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Speaker 1: salute to Service is a good answer. Yes. Speaking of answers,

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Speaker 1: you find that at Titans online dot com, Titans online

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Speaker 1: dot com slash otp q or there's a button right

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Speaker 1: we have had really nice response to the OTP over

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Speaker 1: line on a future edition of the OTP Cues. Yep. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: we went through and we picked out a couple that

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Speaker 1: It's unusual to me to get a sandwich game with

425
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Speaker 1: a division opponent from a coaching perspective of it, There's

426
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Speaker 1: two ways to look at it. The first thing that

427
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,480
Speaker 1: you look at is your familiarity and your game plan.

428
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,040
Speaker 1: You've got a nice blueprint for it. You've got something

429
00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,879
Speaker 1: to put out there. The thing that happens, though, is

430
00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:32,879
Speaker 1: is that and it depends on whether you win or

431
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,080
Speaker 1: lose the first match, then clearly you've got to readjust

432
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:37,960
Speaker 1: and do something else. And then if you're the team

433
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,359
Speaker 1: that won the first game, you've got to decide, look, okay, now,

434
00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,200
Speaker 1: are they going to do something different this time or

435
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,399
Speaker 1: are they going to stick with what they did? You know,

436
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,199
Speaker 1: in other words, they I've been beating Gym's teams beating me.

437
00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,119
Speaker 1: Are they going to stay with the same thing they

438
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,399
Speaker 1: do or are they going to show me something else different.

439
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,440
Speaker 1: It's a little different mindset getting ready for a sandwich game,

440
00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,840
Speaker 1: it really is. And a division opponent makes it even

441
00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,320
Speaker 1: more different, and a division opponent that might mean the

442
00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 1: playoffs puts even more emphasis on It's a good question,

443
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:11,560
Speaker 1: great expo it is all right. Jim James from Tullahoma, Tennessee.

444
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 1: Do you think Ryan Tannehill could be the NFL's comeback

445
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,800
Speaker 1: Player of the Year. If not him. Who do you

446
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:19,720
Speaker 1: think it should be this year? It's a great question.

447
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:21,720
Speaker 1: I think he has to qualify. I mean, he was

448
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:26,359
Speaker 1: written off for dead when he left Miami, and I

449
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,119
Speaker 1: think some people questioned whether or not he would even

450
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,159
Speaker 1: see the field here. So the fact that he's not

451
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:35,639
Speaker 1: only second in the league and passer writing and his

452
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,560
Speaker 1: numbers are off the charts here, I'm having trouble thinking

453
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,240
Speaker 1: of who would even be another contender for him. Keith

454
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,760
Speaker 1: has two Jimmy Garoppolo come and Cooper Cup. Those are

455
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:50,800
Speaker 1: two excellent Jimmy one touchdown passes, and Cooper Cup has

456
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,720
Speaker 1: seventy three catches for almost a thousand yards. I would

457
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,800
Speaker 1: think it's between Garoppolo and tanney Hill. Then depending on

458
00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,400
Speaker 1: how this season played out, it's harder to denial and

459
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,560
Speaker 1: Garoppolo's done with them, But tanney Hill I think would

460
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:08,159
Speaker 1: have to be given strong consideration. All Right, that was

461
00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:13,080
Speaker 1: a good question. James from Tullahoma. Moving on, Robert from Baltimore, Maryland,

462
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:18,680
Speaker 1: regarding punt returns, what is the coaches or the league's thinking.

463
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,359
Speaker 1: It seems to be the Titans value a guy like

464
00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:25,520
Speaker 1: Adam Humphries and even before that, Mark Branny back there

465
00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:30,240
Speaker 1: who won't fumble, mostly fair catch, but isn't always likely

466
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 1: to make it to the house over a guy like Jackson,

467
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: a Dory Jackson, who will fumble occasionally but is always

468
00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,160
Speaker 1: a threat to get chunks of yardage. What do you think,

469
00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:43,000
Speaker 1: Coach Mack. You know, the punt return game has changed

470
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,480
Speaker 1: so much in the National Football League in the last

471
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:47,120
Speaker 1: six to seven years. And I'm gonna tell you why.

472
00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,720
Speaker 1: The punters have gotten so much better. The punters have

473
00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:52,320
Speaker 1: gotten so much better at at all at using all

474
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 1: the clubs in their bag, the place kicks, the missile kicks,

475
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,560
Speaker 1: the you know, the inside of the twenty kicks, the punters,

476
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,720
Speaker 1: And it used to be they just kicked the They

477
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,320
Speaker 1: just kick the ball to you and you could catch

478
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,679
Speaker 1: it and you could take off. Now these guys are

479
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,479
Speaker 1: like professional golfers. I mean, if the pin set at

480
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: the back of the green, they're gonna aim. They're gonna

481
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,399
Speaker 1: aim and be able to draw it into where it is.

482
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,400
Speaker 1: These guys are so good at it now you need

483
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Speaker 1: somebody to catch it. Because a turnover on a punt

484
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,120
Speaker 1: team is worse than any turnover you can ever have,

485
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: because it's a field position flip. Most of the times

486
00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:27,840
Speaker 1: it's a forty plus yard play. If you turn it

487
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,399
Speaker 1: over there, you've just given a team four first downs

488
00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:33,800
Speaker 1: without ever even taking the field. You've got to have

489
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Speaker 1: somebody that can catch it. And plus, the punters are

490
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,399
Speaker 1: so deadly now accurate where they want to place it well.

491
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Speaker 1: And you want to talk about a good punter Brett

492
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,159
Speaker 1: current ladies and gentlemen, No, not good, the best, the best,

493
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,880
Speaker 1: the best. He's pretty awesome. All right, Jim, we're moving on.

494
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Speaker 1: Ben from Lexington, Kentucky. I love listening to the OTP,

495
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,639
Speaker 1: but there's something that I would want to bring back,

496
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,120
Speaker 1: Code Blue. I'm bringing this up because the Colts had

497
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,520
Speaker 1: a white out to get fans excited and help intimidate

498
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,359
Speaker 1: the other team. We should bring back the Code Yeah, okay, whatever,

499
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,359
Speaker 1: nice tray Colts. We should bring back the Code Blue

500
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 1: for big games, especially against Indie. I always hate when

501
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 1: they beat us, so anything that we can do to

502
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 1: make it harder for them would be awesome. Well, that's

503
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 1: as close to a Code Blue game as we can

504
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 1: get this past Sunday to them in the all white

505
00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,440
Speaker 1: and tightens in the all blue. It wasn't in the

506
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,239
Speaker 1: light blue that I think a lot of people were

507
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 1: looking for. You know, again with the uniform situation, that's

508
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 1: that starts with the owner. She's the one who has

509
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,560
Speaker 1: the finals say on what this team wears, and then

510
00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: obviously the GM, the head coach, the equipment guys way

511
00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:43,400
Speaker 1: in on what they're wearing tops and bottoms. Wise, I'd

512
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:44,920
Speaker 1: like to see it come back myself, and I think

513
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,120
Speaker 1: it's been cool when we've done it, but that's that's

514
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,680
Speaker 1: coming from the top. As far as what the team

515
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 1: ends up doing. Ben suggested that we start a petition,

516
00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:57,560
Speaker 1: So maybe I'll put Ben on the petition. We'll get

517
00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 1: it wrong and get a lot of questions about, you know,

518
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,280
Speaker 1: whether this team is ever going to wear the oilers

519
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,880
Speaker 1: helmet as well, which which is something that she has

520
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: talked about before, if they would let the team wear

521
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 1: an alternative helmet. That reason the team hasn't won the

522
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 1: Oilers helmet is because you have to wear the same

523
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 1: helmet year round. Sometimes you'll see teams take it decal off.

524
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,959
Speaker 1: If the Titans had stuck with the white helmet, they

525
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 1: would be able to wear the old oiler's helmet because

526
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 1: they've got the navy blue. You can't do that. You

527
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 1: can't pull that off. So if the team would ever

528
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 1: let the if the league would ever let the team

529
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,280
Speaker 1: wear an alternate helmet, you could potentially see that happen

530
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,800
Speaker 1: as well. Lots to keep watching in the future. All right,

531
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Speaker 1: Coach Mack, this is Lee from Hillsboro, Tennessee. He says,

532
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 1: it seems like Derrick Henry has a slow start in

533
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 1: the first half of the season, and the second half

534
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: he's like a train coming off the rails and he

535
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,879
Speaker 1: can't be stopped. Why is this, Well, first of all,

536
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: most big backs in the league, the more you feed them,

537
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: the better they get. Okay, and early, early, early in

538
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 1: the season, and a lot of it depends on the

539
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:02,919
Speaker 1: people that you're playing against, you know. And early in

540
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,240
Speaker 1: this season the slow start, the offensive line wasn't in sync.

541
00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 1: I mean, the offensive line wasn't in sync. We were

542
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 1: having we were having issues on offense other than the

543
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,479
Speaker 1: running back. Things have kind of things have kind of

544
00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 1: settled down now. I mean they've kind of you know,

545
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 1: Tanney Hills movie, We've changed quarterbacks. The offensive line is

546
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:24,199
Speaker 1: a little bit more solidified. And plus Derek Henry is

547
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 1: one of those backs that I mean when you start

548
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 1: looking at where the most of his carriers have come

549
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 1: and when he's been the best, it's about right in

550
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 1: the middle when he really starts rolling. Most big backs

551
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 1: are like that. They get better and better the more

552
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 1: you feed them. But you have to be able to

553
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,760
Speaker 1: be a competent up front and surround him with some

554
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 1: things that work too. The passing game wasn't doing what

555
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 1: we're doing now with the passing game either. I mean,

556
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 1: people weren't having eight people in the box earlier in

557
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 1: the season. They're having nine. They're having nine and even ten.

558
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,640
Speaker 1: They were playing post safety. With that post safety was

559
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 1: in twelve to thirteen yards deep. He was sitting at ten.

560
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Speaker 1: That's a big difference. All right, here's question that I

561
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,240
Speaker 1: want to give to the entire group, so everybody listening.

562
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 1: Tim from Kalamazoo, Michigan, asks what position group needs to

563
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,960
Speaker 1: play the best down the line for the Titans to

564
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: make the playoffs. Jim you start, I'll say a receiver.

565
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 1: And I think it's been solid from beginning to the end.

566
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 1: But if Corey Davis, A. J. Brown, Adam Humphreys can

567
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:27,520
Speaker 1: stay healthy, get Taija sharp back healthy, calif Raymond obviously

568
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: stepped and made a big play. If those guys can

569
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 1: keep doing what they've been doing, I think it's going

570
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,719
Speaker 1: to certainly help the entire offense. And so I always

571
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 1: point to the receiver group, mac past defense, look at it,

572
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:39,320
Speaker 1: look at who we play, look at who we play

573
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: down the stretch. And past defense doesn't just mean the

574
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 1: defensive backs. Past defense means pressure. Past defense means the

575
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 1: second level coverage. Past defense in these in these next,

576
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 1: in this next month is going to be huge because

577
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 1: of the people that we're playing offensive line. And I

578
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 1: say that not because of the sacks, which is the

579
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 1: easy thing, because I'm a believer that not every sack

580
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,560
Speaker 1: is on the offensive line. They've been playing really nice football.

581
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 1: You go back and even if you're a novice like

582
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 1: me and you watch the tape of the run blocking

583
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,800
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis, I mean they are getting after some people.

584
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: Keep doing that, continue to shore up the pass protection.

585
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: I think this offense can keep motoring if the offensive

586
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 1: line continues to take steps. They've been doing a nice

587
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,239
Speaker 1: job overall. Offensive line must give you one as well.

588
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,680
Speaker 1: I've got one disagreement with Mike Keith on that. Okay,

589
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: you're not a novice. I'm a novice. I don't have

590
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 1: the first you've been You've been doing this over half

591
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: your adult life. You're not a novice. Go ahead, and

592
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: as the receivers just falling up on that as I'm talking.

593
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: Pro Football Reference tweeted out the lowest percentage of passes

594
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: dropped in the league with Ryan Tannehill at quarterback, Titans

595
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 1: are number one two point three percent. So group has

596
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:54,440
Speaker 1: done a good job. Just need to keep on keeping on.

597
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 1: Those are good answers. Guys, All right, got Gavin, excuse me, sorry,

598
00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: Gavin from Riley, Kansas, Mac. This is for you next

599
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 1: to Manhattan, Kansas. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, it's Injunction City. Mac.

600
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: Is there a place you have not been in the world.

601
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 1: You've been in Kalamazoo too, have it? Yes? I have?

602
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 1: I have two. Okay, Kalamazoo's a nice town. It's a

603
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 1: very well traveled group in here. I didn't inticipated arena football,

604
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 1: that's right, but I did coach at Kansas State in Manhattan,

605
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,360
Speaker 1: Kansas for three years. Go ahead, right, all right, Gavin,

606
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: there you go. Thank He says, thank you, guys for

607
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 1: all that you do keeping us non local Titans fans informed,

608
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 1: not really Titans related, but in your opinions. Where is

609
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: the most fun or interesting football venue that you love

610
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 1: to travel to when the Titans go there? Green Bay Packers. Okay,

611
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:47,200
Speaker 1: I love lambeau Field. I mean ever since the ten

612
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 1: years I was at the Bears. I mean, lambeau Field

613
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 1: is historic. There are a lot of really cool places

614
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 1: to play in this league. But but I love I

615
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: like the history of the league and and and that place.

616
00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: You know a lot of a lot of these older

617
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,720
Speaker 1: places are are really historic. That place is a cathedral

618
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: to football, it really is. I love lambeau Field Baltimore.

619
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: Like the view we have from the press box, Like

620
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: the interaction with the fans, Like how professional their fans are.

621
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 1: They bring it every single week. I grew up going

622
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: to Southeastern Conference venues where people bring it. Baltimore is

623
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 1: a place where they bring it like they do in

624
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 1: the SEC, and it is It's in the history of Baltimore.

625
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,240
Speaker 1: And I know the Colts are now in Indianapolis, but

626
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: these are football fans who totally understand what the NFL

627
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,280
Speaker 1: is all about and what's on the line every single week.

628
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: I love Baltimore and those two are I think too.

629
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Speaker 1: The first came to mind for me too, I guess

630
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 1: I'll go. Pittsburgh will be next for me, just because

631
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: of the history there and in the history in that city.

632
00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: So Pittsburgh would be three behind. I think behind the

633
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,720
Speaker 1: two mentioned Green Bay, Baltimore and Pittsburgh. I was gonna

634
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 1: say Green Bay or Kansas City. It is so loud

635
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 1: in Kansas City and the whole place smells like barbecue.

636
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Speaker 1: And it's great. Seattle too, we just haven't been there enough.

637
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 1: Seattle's it's a cool city and a cool places a

638
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,960
Speaker 1: football game, because obviously that place is pretty loud too, Yes,

639
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: it's extremely loud. And then the place we're going this

640
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 1: week is unique. Last time there. I'm so sad it's

641
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: going away. I really am. I'm sad it's going away,

642
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 1: are you. The place is a dump, But I love it.

643
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: I love it. I love the fans. I like what

644
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 1: they are. I was talking to Rob More about it,

645
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 1: you know, Rob More coach there, and he was telling

646
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: me about riding the train down to the game with

647
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: those people all dressed up, you know, on a Sunday morning,

648
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 1: you know, and it's just it's so unique and they're

649
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 1: all going to be dressed up like that, driving right

650
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: down the freeway to Las Vegas in a couple of years. Yeah,

651
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 1: all right, Well here's our final question. Guys, this has

652
00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 1: been just a hoot. Hoot, it's been a hoot. This

653
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: one comes all the way from Australia and Matt says, hello,

654
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,760
Speaker 1: all living in Australian being a fan of the Titans

655
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: has one big drawback. I cannot get in on the

656
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:17,319
Speaker 1: Duncan promos. He misses the dunkin Donuts right now, I

657
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 1: know I do too, all Right, I would really like

658
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: to know what it's like to watch a game from

659
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: the sidelines or in the booth. Can you hear the

660
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 1: refs or the big hits from different spots inside the stadium?

661
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: What gets said between the plays or over the PA system?

662
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 1: Do people chant? What's the best crowd chance you've ever heard?

663
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 1: What is the whole experience like? So I'll start and

664
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,399
Speaker 1: talk about what it's like on the sidelines, and it

665
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 1: is the coolest place that you could ever be to

666
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: watch a sporting event from an atmosphere standpoint, because you

667
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: can hear the fans, you can hear the hits, you

668
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:55,240
Speaker 1: can hear the people on the sidelines, what they're talking about,

669
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 1: how they're game planning, you can see the excitement and

670
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,319
Speaker 1: feel just the and the electricity in the stadium. It

671
00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 1: is the worst spot if you actually want to see

672
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 1: what's going on in a football game, especially if you're

673
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: not very tall. I can't see over the two or

674
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 1: three people who are closest to me in any play.

675
00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: So I actually watch the game on the JumboTron like

676
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,120
Speaker 1: a lot of people do, just because I can't get

677
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 1: the depth perception. I can't see what's going on in

678
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,879
Speaker 1: the opposite side of the field for me, whereabout half

679
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: of a game takes place. So from a just being

680
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,520
Speaker 1: in the moment and feeling what a game is like,

681
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 1: and man, I feel so lucky to be down there

682
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:41,240
Speaker 1: for games and being able to be involved in everything

683
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: that's going on. But I could just looking at the field,

684
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: I have no clue what's happening. Your situation, Jim in

685
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,880
Speaker 1: the press box is kind of steriled, isn't That's exactly

686
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: the word I was gonna use when she was answering

687
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 1: that question. Because back before the days of the high

688
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 1: security and which probably around nine to eleven is when

689
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: they change this, used to be able to be on

690
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,439
Speaker 1: the field for the final two minutes of the game.

691
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 1: And this is before you had to prank stories out

692
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 1: and have them online. The minute the game ends, you

693
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: were gathering for the next day's paper, So all the

694
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,759
Speaker 1: reporters used to leave the press box and go to

695
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 1: the field and watch the final two minutes. I remember

696
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 1: being on the field at Three Rivers Stadium when Steve

697
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 1: McNair came off the bench and threw the touchdown pass

698
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 1: Aaron Kenny, and just what that was like. I loved

699
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: being down there for the final two minutes. Moving forward

700
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: from those days, it is a sterile environment. The press box.

701
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 1: I loved when the team played in the RCA Dome,

702
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 1: it was an open air press box. When you go

703
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 1: to New Orleans, it's open air. Some of these stadiums

704
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: you've got the open air field. But a lot of

705
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:45,800
Speaker 1: these press boxes, like the one at Lucas Old Stadium,

706
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:47,360
Speaker 1: like the one in Houston were going to in a

707
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, you're at the very top of the stadium.

708
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: You're behind glass. You can't even hear the crowd noise.

709
00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: A lot of time, some of them will lets you

710
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 1: open up some of the windows where you can hear it,

711
00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 1: but the press box is a pretty quiet place to

712
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,360
Speaker 1: watch a game, and I'm jealous sometimes of people that

713
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: are down on the field in the middle of it.

714
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:09,560
Speaker 1: From our Titan's radio perspective, market it's really about where

715
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: the booth is. Absolutely, at Nissan Stadium we get the

716
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: hot dog smells, the whistles, everything. But where we were

717
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,760
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis, the block we were very high. The block

718
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,200
Speaker 1: kick was right in front of us, which was great.

719
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: The Raymond touchdown was on the far end of the field.

720
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: I'm literally leaning out of the booth to see it

721
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 1: and I have to wait. I see the ball, I

722
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 1: see Raymond dive, but I've got to wait for the

723
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 1: official to get there in signal because I could not

724
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: see him catch it. So it really just very stadium

725
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 1: to stadium, it does. And I mean I've been involved

726
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 1: in over six hundred fifty NFL games. I've been I've

727
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: been on the field as a coach. I've been in

728
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 1: the press box as a coach. It's different on the

729
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 1: field as a coach because of what Amy says, you're

730
00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: involved in it. I mean, you're down there where it's working.

731
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,440
Speaker 1: I loved being down there because I like being the

732
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 1: feel of being able to get the feel of it.

733
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 1: I like looking at my players, you know, in the eye,

734
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 1: the excitement of it. The view is not great. The

735
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,919
Speaker 1: view is not great A right as a as a coach.

736
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 1: When I was in the press box, it's a it's

737
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: a little it's not sterile because I mean, we can

738
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: do whatever we want to up there, but you keep

739
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,360
Speaker 1: it closed because you want to be in an environment

740
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: where you can think and where we're really all the

741
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 1: sound is out. Since I've been doing the games with

742
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,480
Speaker 1: Mike Keith, Mike Keith always does the games with the

743
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: everything wide open. We're wide open with the fans. I

744
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 1: love that, but I agree with him. The perspective is

745
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: a lot of it. Where they put you in the booth.

746
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 1: Our booth here is wonderful, the best. It's the best.

747
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: Baltimore is fantastic, wonderful. It's the best. Some of them,

748
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,560
Speaker 1: especially the newer stadiums where they're taking the broadcast booth

749
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: and they're putting suites on the fifty yard line and

750
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 1: putting the broadcast booth a little more towards the end zones.

751
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 1: Not quite as great. But I love the fact that

752
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,360
Speaker 1: that Mike Keith has always done it with it open.

753
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: I love the feel of it, so I've experienced all

754
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 1: love it. Let me tell you this, though every stadium

755
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,439
Speaker 1: I go to, and this is what my thirty fourth year,

756
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 1: I'm still really excited because there's nothing more exciting than

757
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,399
Speaker 1: three hours and fifteen minutes of a National Football League

758
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 1: game one hundred percent. This one's intriguing though, because this

759
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: is the last NFL stadium Oakland that is also a

760
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 1: dual purpose stadium, so they have to move, so everything

761
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: moves around, whether it's a baseball game or a football game.

762
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 1: So where we are for this broadcast is way back

763
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 1: off the field. I would much rather be in Houston

764
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 1: eight stories above the field than be back in this

765
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:44,720
Speaker 1: way because these angles are are much different. The angles

766
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: are really set up to call baseball, and so it's

767
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: a you know there, and oftentimes these stadiums have baseball

768
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 1: press boxes and football press boxes. Neither one is really

769
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: great towards this, so you know, they're different challenges anywhere,

770
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 1: but it's kind of great because you go in and

771
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 1: especially Jim started covering high school. I started covering high school.

772
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: When you've when you've had the blessing of that, you

773
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:14,759
Speaker 1: walk in more with coach Max's opinion, which is, I'm

774
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:18,320
Speaker 1: just so happy to be here. Then you do, Oh,

775
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: this is hard. First of all, the audience don't care.

776
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 1: They don't want to hear you whine about how hard

777
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 1: it is. But also you kind of like the challenge

778
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,839
Speaker 1: of it being different. And if you've done games at

779
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,920
Speaker 1: different high schools where you can't see, there's nothing they

780
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:38,000
Speaker 1: can show you in the NFL, that's hard compared to

781
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: do in high school. In my short broadcasting career, the

782
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,319
Speaker 1: coolest spot ever do a game Wimbley Stadium out in

783
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: the grade. That was very cool. I loved doing high school.

784
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,360
Speaker 1: He's talking about high school sports because I used to

785
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 1: roam the sideline then I would I have my notepad

786
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,200
Speaker 1: and I was standing next to the head coach a

787
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:59,359
Speaker 1: lot of times that those wasn't working. He wouldn't deliver

788
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: hot dogs down but you have you run the risk

789
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 1: of getting knocked over when you're in the middle action

790
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: down there that close. But uh, definitely different and uh

791
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: and but we're very fortunate at Nissan Stadium and that

792
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: and everybody that comes in here from other cities always

793
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 1: comments the best press box in the league as far

794
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 1: as from a seeing the game standpoint. Being low you guys,

795
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 1: that was it. You did well. The ot people have

796
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:29,280
Speaker 1: spoken otpques. I think we're gonna have to do it again.

797
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, this is great. The little jingle to go

798
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,919
Speaker 1: a little song OTP great question. There was a song

799
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 1: related to that. Yeah, any wells, you did a great

800
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 1: job as a moderation. She did a great job. Thanks.

801
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: I'm not a very good read reader out louder. What's great, though,

802
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: is you have to hit the desk every time, but

803
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,160
Speaker 1: before and after a question? Did you notice you did that?

804
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 1: I do that every time. Why did you not tell

805
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:56,279
Speaker 1: me that? I just time now for what's brewing? Brought

806
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: to you by Duncan. You've spoken, now I'm in her head.

807
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,360
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00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 1: They are They're delicious. Amy Wells, what's brewing? Since you

817
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 1: did such a good job as the moderate, Well, now

818
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 1: I don't know what to do with my hands and

819
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:44,400
Speaker 1: the very uncomfortable Ricky Bob, really let's know what to

820
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: do with? Yeah, what's brewing? With me? Besides the fact

821
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:49,360
Speaker 1: that I'm just holding my hands straight out because I

822
00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:53,840
Speaker 1: don't know what to do. I was so blown away

823
00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 1: by the response that we got doing this in all seriousness,

824
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: I was expecting a couple questions and then we just

825
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,440
Speaker 1: kind of have to fill in and hope that the

826
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:05,239
Speaker 1: rest of the show worked. I'm completely floored. We had

827
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:10,320
Speaker 1: four different countries sending questions, We had sixteen different states.

828
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 1: People from all over the place are listening to the

829
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:18,320
Speaker 1: OTP and want to be involved and had very good

830
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,560
Speaker 1: questions to ask. And I am just so grateful for

831
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:23,839
Speaker 1: this group of people. Well, and I should say this,

832
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 1: and I'm being serious, the OTP was your idea, and

833
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:31,760
Speaker 1: I think seeing this you should take some pride because

834
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 1: this is a manifestation of you thinking we should have

835
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 1: an official Titans podcast, and the interest is obviously there.

836
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 1: It continues to grow, and this is further proof. So

837
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:45,439
Speaker 1: I doffed my captive. Well, that was very kind of you, Mike.

838
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: I appreciate that a bit in the paper. I'm not

839
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:52,880
Speaker 1: doing it so just I don't want to touch anything,

840
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: but really, truly, thank you, thank you, thank you to

841
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 1: everybody who sent questions. We're going to do more of these.

842
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:00,840
Speaker 1: Coach Mac, what's brewing with you? That's that time of

843
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: year in the National Football League. I called Ron Rivera

844
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:06,400
Speaker 1: last night, you know, and this is the time of

845
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,839
Speaker 1: year when when you're a head coach that has been

846
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,640
Speaker 1: some place, you know, for a while, and things aren't

847
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: going real good, and these things start to swirl. I've

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Speaker 1: been a coach on the hot seat. I've seen my

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Speaker 1: name on the press, I've seen my name on television

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Speaker 1: being on the hot seat. And what's brilliant with me

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Speaker 1: is is whether you like your head coach or not

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Speaker 1: out there, just know that there's never been a head

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Speaker 1: coach in the National Football League that has ever gone

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Speaker 1: into any season thinking, you know what, I hope we

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Speaker 1: really don't do good. I'm going to try my best

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Speaker 1: not to do good. For this team, and then there's

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Speaker 1: so much that goes into this being a head coach.

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Speaker 1: Just think, you know, when everybody starts calling for everybody's head,

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Speaker 1: think just a minute about the people that are involved.

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Speaker 1: When you start talking about this at this time of year.

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Speaker 1: How respected Ron Rivera is in Carolina? However, is they

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Speaker 1: made the decision to go ahead and do this because

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Speaker 1: they did not want to go behind and his back

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Speaker 1: to start picking his successor. And that's almost how Philadelphia

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Speaker 1: treated Andy Reid on his way out. May be time

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Speaker 1: for a change in Charlotte, I don't know, but at

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Speaker 1: least that sort of respect was shown, and it says

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Speaker 1: what they think of Ron Rivera the human being, No, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: and the human being part of it is what I

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Speaker 1: was trying to emphasize on this. What's brilliant is is

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Speaker 1: there are there are real people, you know, behind all

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Speaker 1: of these guys that are doing this. And it not

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Speaker 1: only affects the head coach. There's about eighteen to twenty

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Speaker 1: assistants and their families that it affects too. Jim Whitt,

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Speaker 1: what's brewing with you, what's brewing with me is what

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Speaker 1: happens with Delaney Walker moving forward? I obviously we all know.

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Speaker 1: We went on Injuy Reserve last month to Delaney Walker's

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Speaker 1: seventh annual kind of holiday giving spree where he took

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Speaker 1: a bunch of kids out for pizza and then he

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Speaker 1: took them to a local sporting goods store and bought

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Speaker 1: them all Christmas gifts. He's done that seven years in

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Speaker 1: a row. But so the first time he's talked publicly

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Speaker 1: about going on injury Reserve of what he wants to

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Speaker 1: do moving forward. I think a lot of people saw

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Speaker 1: the ending of this season and thought this would be

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Speaker 1: it for Delaney Walker. But Delaney was pretty adamant in

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Speaker 1: saying that he you know, he didn't feel rights as

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Speaker 1: the practice week you know, went on when he did

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00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:17,400
Speaker 1: come back last month, and he said he ultimately had

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Speaker 1: a conversation with the team about what they should do.

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Speaker 1: It didn't feel like he was one hundred percent, didn't

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Speaker 1: feel like he could protect himself. They felt like he

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Speaker 1: needed to have more work done on that ankle to

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Speaker 1: kind of get him in a position where he could

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Speaker 1: continue to play, and that's exactly what he said he

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Speaker 1: wants to do. You know, the quote that stood at

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Speaker 1: the most for me was this is not the end

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Speaker 1: for me, as what Delaney says, He says he feels

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Speaker 1: like he can get back to where he where he

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Speaker 1: was previously prior to the injury, wants to be here.

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Speaker 1: Obviously a lot of things have to be worked out,

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Speaker 1: from how he recovers, to his contract to what this

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Speaker 1: team decides to do. It tied end, but it certainly

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Speaker 1: raises a lot of questions as what happens in Delaney

905
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Speaker 1: Walker's fifteenth NFL season? Is it here? Is it somewhere else?

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Speaker 1: Is he able to get back to where he wants

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Speaker 1: to be to play another year? Interesting? What's brewing with me?

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Speaker 1: How do you score one hundred and eight points in

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Speaker 1: three games and throw fifty nine passes? Fascinating to me

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Speaker 1: as I've gone back and looked at Ryan Tannehill, and

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Speaker 1: the conclusion I've come to is this is the ultimate

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Speaker 1: in complementary football, A term that is probably overused everywhere,

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Speaker 1: but I don't think can be overused in this case

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Speaker 1: because this is what it has been. First of all,

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry sixty eight rushes, four hundred ninety six yards

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Speaker 1: and five touchdowns. The defense has scored and has set

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Speaker 1: up scores, The special teams scored and have set up scores.

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Speaker 1: But also look into the fifty nine passing attempts by

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill. He's completed forty four of them, three quarters

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Speaker 1: of his passes seventy five percent. He's thrown for six

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Speaker 1: hundred and twenty two yards, which means he's averaging over

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Speaker 1: ten yards per attempt. He's throwing six touchdowns and no interceptions.

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Speaker 1: The other thing, too, Arthur Smith has done a great

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Speaker 1: job with balance. Overall, sixty eight Henry carries seventy total

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Speaker 1: pass attempts if you count the sacks factored in, So

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Speaker 1: Arthur Smith has found a great balance. And even though

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Speaker 1: the Titans have scored one hundred and eight points in

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Speaker 1: the last three weeks with just fifty nine pass attempts

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Speaker 1: or less than twenty per game, you would hardly call

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Speaker 1: this offense conservative in the three game win streak. That

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Speaker 1: to me is the formula mathematically for complimentary footing. And

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Speaker 1: that goes clear back to the one of the first

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Speaker 1: questions we had on the otphues. You know, it's they

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Speaker 1: are throwing the football. The difference is they're throwing the

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Speaker 1: football effectively, very much so, and the run game is

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Speaker 1: playing right along with it, and that's a great point.

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Speaker 1: The great taste plant based beyond Sauce sandwich from Duncan

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Speaker 1: is here, with ten grams of beyond sausage plant based

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Speaker 1: protein in between a toasted English muffin and delicious egg

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Speaker 1: and cheese. Duncan has created a brand new way to

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Speaker 1: stirt your day, so you can add a plant based

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Speaker 1: boost to your mornings. America runs on Duncan. Jim Watt,

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Speaker 1: how do they follow you? On Twitter? At j Wyatt

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Speaker 1: Sports on Twitter, Instagram and uh, certainly could be another

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Speaker 1: busy week undoubtedly at Titan's Amy and if you want

946
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Speaker 1: to send more otp qs, the link is always there

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Speaker 1: Titans online dot com, slash otp q submit them. We

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Speaker 1: will definitely do this again. I think we had to

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Speaker 1: think about once a month. I mean, we can't do

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Speaker 1: the Jim Wyatt twice a week thing. I mean, Jim's

951
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Speaker 1: a monster. This we did. We had two weeks to

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Speaker 1: put this together and I'm exhausted, so I don't know

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Speaker 1: how you do it twice a week. We'll keep it

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Speaker 1: up though, right, Oh yeah, submit questions. You can listen

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Speaker 1: to Coach McK and I on Titans Radio. We're on

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Speaker 1: the air at two thirty Central Time on Sunday three,

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Speaker 1: twenty five Central Time kick from Oakland, going for four

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Speaker 1: in a row for coach Dave McGinnis, Amy Wells and

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Speaker 1: Jim Wyatt. Mike Keith says thanks for joining us for

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