WEBVTT - The OTP | Week 16 vs. Seahawks Preview

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<v Speaker 1>Titans Radio, and a man who has just announced that

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<v Speaker 1>he has entered the transfer portal. It is Rhet Bryan. Wow. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's news to me. You're going to the Cardinals network.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, no, Dave pash Hi, Dave. I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>ask you about that though, because signing day has just

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<v Speaker 1>finished and apparently recruiting never ends now doesn't seem to.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you be a college coach today? I mean, would

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<v Speaker 1>you if if you, if you had a choice.

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<v Speaker 2>No, absolutely not.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the thing about it is when I first started

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<v Speaker 2>my coaching career. The thing about the allure of the

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<v Speaker 2>National Football League, of course, clearly is the level of

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<v Speaker 2>competition as high as you can get. But back in

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<v Speaker 2>the day, the pay discrepancy between what you were making

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<v Speaker 2>as an assistant in college and what you can make

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<v Speaker 2>in the National Football League was pretty great. And the

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<v Speaker 2>other thing that was really attractive was the National Football

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<v Speaker 2>League had a blanket retirement package. Everybody was on the

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<v Speaker 2>same retire and it was outstanding. And so, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>but you want to you wanted to work at the

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<v Speaker 2>highest level nowadays, I mean you start looking at salaries now,

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<v Speaker 2>especially in Power five schools for assistant coaches, it's way

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<v Speaker 2>up there, sometimes even supersedes what's being paid in the

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<v Speaker 2>National Football League. But the recruiting part of it that

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<v Speaker 2>you are bringing up, that's brutal. It never stopped, never

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<v Speaker 2>stops never, It's brutal. And you're having to recruit your

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<v Speaker 2>own guys constantly. And I mean you've got I mean

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<v Speaker 2>you worked at the University of Tennessee for a long time,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, recruiting was different. Then you used to

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<v Speaker 2>sign a national letter and you were done and that

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<v Speaker 2>was it, and then you had your guys for three

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<v Speaker 2>or four years or sometimes five years. It has gotten

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<v Speaker 2>and I think all three of us probably have people

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<v Speaker 2>that we know now that are coaching in Power five

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<v Speaker 2>schools that they will tell you that the recruiting part

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<v Speaker 2>of it, the consistency, I mean, the constancy of that

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<v Speaker 2>war's them out.

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<v Speaker 1>And you were part of it, though when you could

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<v Speaker 1>sign national letters with different teams in different conferences.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely correct, Absolutely correct.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you ever have a crazy win like that where

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<v Speaker 1>a guy had signed two or three national letters and

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't know exactly where he was going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Show up, Mike, I recruited in the Southwest Conference, so

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<v Speaker 2>you know the answers, yes to that.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, but you could only sign one per conference.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but the Southwest Conference that it's like the Southeastern Conference.

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<v Speaker 2>People wanted those players, so you would sign yours to you,

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<v Speaker 2>But then other schools in the country would You'll be

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<v Speaker 2>coming after them? So absolutely yes, Wow, it'll all be

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<v Speaker 2>in the book.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you going to do the book? For real?

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<v Speaker 2>When I'm done with everything? With everything, when I'm better, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Mean, our idea with Titan's Radio is that you're never

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<v Speaker 1>done that you'll just go and fill right.

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<v Speaker 2>I would. I would that that, Thank you for that,

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<v Speaker 2>But I when when I'm when I finally finished, because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to tell complete, unabashed truth, unabashed truth, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can't do that if you still want to be

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<v Speaker 2>within the confines of what you're doing. And I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>be that disrespectful to do it while I was still

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<v Speaker 2>very active doing what I'm doing. But uh, I've got

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of notes. I'll let you in red read

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<v Speaker 2>them sometime. I would you hear a lot of the stories.

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<v Speaker 1>As they can't say the receipts have been kept.

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<v Speaker 2>Well you, I've told you guys a lot of the

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<v Speaker 2>stories and and I enjoyed doing that because you're both

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<v Speaker 2>very interested and sometimes you look at me like, coach Mike,

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<v Speaker 2>what in the world? But they're all true.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean from your time as a Southwest Conference

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<v Speaker 1>player to being a college coach to being with those

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<v Speaker 1>crazy Bears, and those guys were way out there complain

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<v Speaker 1>you were with Ditka. Yes, I mean, I'm down for

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<v Speaker 1>any Mike Didka story I can ever hear.

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<v Speaker 2>You love Mike Dicka story.

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<v Speaker 1>I love Mike Didka story, you really do.

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<v Speaker 2>And I love telling them to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I think the thing about Mike Didka that and

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<v Speaker 1>RHTT can speak to this too. Mike Didka is a

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<v Speaker 1>separate category of human beings, like he was in the

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<v Speaker 1>movie Kicking and Scream with Will Ferrell. And there's some

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<v Speaker 1>stuff that happens in the movie and you're like, you

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't say that, you shouldn't do But because it's Ditka,

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<v Speaker 1>it's okay. Well it's it's not that it's okay as

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<v Speaker 1>much as it is it's Ditka. So because it's Didka,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like that's a separate category. It's well, it's Ditka.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, does that? I mean, I'm fascinated by Mike Ditka.

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<v Speaker 2>Well he was a fascinating and he is a fascinating person.

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<v Speaker 2>And he the thing that's that that was so unique

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<v Speaker 2>about uh coach Ditka, the persona out there I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>and I mean he looked like a bear, oh gosh.

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<v Speaker 2>And the persona of him, and and just and just

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<v Speaker 2>and just just the swag that he carried with himself,

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<v Speaker 2>with just being Mike Ditka was so much fun, was

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<v Speaker 2>so much fun to be around. But he if you

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<v Speaker 2>were one of his people, he was so good to you.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I can't even begin to describe the things

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<v Speaker 2>that he would do just off the cuff that you

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you would go, wow, this is really cool.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's so And there was a real dichotomy between

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<v Speaker 2>his public persona sometimes and then what he really was.

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<v Speaker 2>Because as as big a personality as he was, Mike,

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<v Speaker 2>I promise you, his heart was was huge. He took

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<v Speaker 2>care of so many people and so many things way

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<v Speaker 2>on the down low that nobody would ever know, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was it was pretty amazing to be around.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm fascinated by Mike Ditka. I am too.

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<v Speaker 3>Every time he talks about Mike Ditka. I think about

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<v Speaker 3>the one time that we had an interaction with Mike

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<v Speaker 3>Ditka in the preseason at Chicago. And you remember, do

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<v Speaker 3>you remember this when this happened?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't, Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>So Larry Stone, the godfather of Titans Radio, would sometimes

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<v Speaker 3>do this thing to me when we were on the road. Hey,

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<v Speaker 3>give me the biggest name in the building I wanted

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<v Speaker 3>for pregame, no pressure, Oh, sure, whatever you know. And

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<v Speaker 3>sometimes I would bring him Commissioner to tag lea booh,

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<v Speaker 3>and we would get Commissioner Goodell. Well, this was I think.

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<v Speaker 3>I guess this was after he had been released from

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<v Speaker 3>his duties in New Orleans. This is early two thousands,

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<v Speaker 3>and we were playing them in the preseason and so

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<v Speaker 3>I see him.

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<v Speaker 1>I ask him.

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<v Speaker 3>He said, sure, kid, great, we'll do that, no problem.

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<v Speaker 3>And I said, we can record any time that way.

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<v Speaker 3>We're not bothering you with whatever you're doing today. And

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<v Speaker 3>Larry is in there preparing broadcast equipment set up, and

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<v Speaker 3>I said, Larry Stone, I'd like you to meet Mike Ditka,

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<v Speaker 3>and we had him on pregame. I mean, where was

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<v Speaker 3>I Maybe you were out I don't know. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 3>were swimming in the lake out there. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 3>But I mean, this happened.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it happened, but I don't But.

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<v Speaker 3>To see Larry, I mean, like the color left his face.

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<v Speaker 3>He was like, oh my, but you're talking about he

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<v Speaker 3>looked like a bear. That's the first time I'd ever

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<v Speaker 3>met the man in.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, my lord.

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<v Speaker 3>He was a prototypical tight end in the sixties.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, but he would be a great tight end today

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<v Speaker 1>coming out of absolutely. I mean what he could do.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like you talk about Reggie White. Would Reggie White

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<v Speaker 1>be a great player today? Yes, would Jim Brown be

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<v Speaker 1>a great running back today? Yes, Mike Didko would be

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<v Speaker 1>the best tight end to the league today. Yes.

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<v Speaker 3>It's what Coach Max says about Denico Autry. Denigo Autry,

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<v Speaker 3>he says, can play, could have played any time, any

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<v Speaker 3>era in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, some of those guys are, but coach Dicka was

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<v Speaker 2>is special.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll say one more thing about this I'm most fascinated

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<v Speaker 1>by him with his relationship with Tom Landry when he

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<v Speaker 1>went to the Cowboys as a player and a coach,

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<v Speaker 1>because from the outside that doesn't make any sense. Mike

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<v Speaker 1>Ditka doesn't seem to be somebody who would have fit

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<v Speaker 1>with Tom Landry in that era. And yet you say

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<v Speaker 1>he held Tom Landry in the absolute highest regard among

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<v Speaker 1>people that you ever heard him mention the.

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<v Speaker 2>Highest regard, and he he He's often said about, you

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<v Speaker 2>know how much Tom Landry really kind of kind of

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<v Speaker 2>saved him, you know, kind of kind of saved him.

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<v Speaker 2>And at times, uh, you understand that Mike Ditka is,

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<v Speaker 2>as I say, at the at the at the base

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<v Speaker 2>is just is just a really really good human being.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know there's certain times in all of our

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<v Speaker 2>lives where we need a little bit stronger of a

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<v Speaker 2>guiding force in somebody, and that's that That was Tom

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<v Speaker 2>Landry at the time. Think about this, Mike, Mike dick

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<v Speaker 2>Is set down and hand wrote a letter when he

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<v Speaker 2>was working for Tom Landry to George Hallis because you

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<v Speaker 2>know they didn't end up on great when he traded

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<v Speaker 2>him to Philadelphia. Because you know, Mike Didkin remember in

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<v Speaker 2>his in his contract negotiations, it said that Hallis, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, threw around nickels like they were manhole covers, right,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, And so it was. It was an acrimonious split.

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<v Speaker 2>But he wrote, hand wrote a letter to George Hallis

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<v Speaker 2>saying a lot of things as far as about you know,

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<v Speaker 2>at his at his core, he would always be a

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<v Speaker 2>Bear and if he ever had a chance, he would

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<v Speaker 2>love to come by as the head coach of the

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<v Speaker 2>Chicago Bears. Now think about that, you know, it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>one of these and of course in the age that

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<v Speaker 2>we live in now, but a handwritten letter just expressing

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<v Speaker 2>his true feelings. And then George Hallis hired him. And

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<v Speaker 2>and Mike was never a coordinator. He was a special

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<v Speaker 2>teams coordinator as a tight end coach. Think about think,

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<v Speaker 2>just think about George Hallis, the intuition that he had

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<v Speaker 2>too into the person and what he needed well and

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<v Speaker 2>what to resurrect the Bears, and.

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<v Speaker 1>What a hardhead he was and what a hardhead Ditka

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<v Speaker 1>was or is, And for them to come together after

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<v Speaker 1>how they had broken up, Yes, because Hallis, this whole

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<v Speaker 1>thing was the Bears have to get back to being

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<v Speaker 1>the Bears. That was it.

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<v Speaker 2>That was it. The Bears had to get back to

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<v Speaker 2>being the Bears, and Mike Dicka brought the Bears back

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<v Speaker 2>on an international scale during that period of time, and

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<v Speaker 2>people always ask me what was like being there? It

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<v Speaker 2>was like football Camelot. But those I mean, those two

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<v Speaker 2>are really giants in our profession and for them to

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<v Speaker 2>come together like that, and for George Hollis to have

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<v Speaker 2>to have the intuition and to know that regardless, I

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<v Speaker 2>can put hard feelings aside. Here's what's best for the

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<v Speaker 2>franchise right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So when you were with the Bears in the eighties,

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<v Speaker 1>how many times did you see offensive players called for offsides?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it more than last weekend?

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<v Speaker 2>Well?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, hello, no, welcome back to the future, coach.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it was first of all, I think people back

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<v Speaker 2>then knew how to line up on.

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<v Speaker 1>Side, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>But so, but you were right though last week. I

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<v Speaker 2>know what you said last week on broadcast was one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent truth because as soon as something like that

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<v Speaker 2>we also saw miraculous, wasn't it We also saw it. No,

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<v Speaker 2>you were one hundred percent correct, and we also saw it,

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<v Speaker 2>uh with with the Eagles, with the toush push with

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<v Speaker 2>the you know, Kelsey moving the ball forward because he

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<v Speaker 2>had been warned about that, which is again, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>on off sides and off sides. So what you said

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<v Speaker 2>on the on the broadcast was one hundred percent okay.

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<v Speaker 1>So last week on the OTP we had a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a discussion. It was great and it may

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<v Speaker 1>have gotten a little I don't think.

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<v Speaker 2>It was really heated, but yeah it was.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what it was animated, Well it was animal.

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<v Speaker 2>We never get mad, but he just get We both

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<v Speaker 2>want to be right.

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<v Speaker 1>But Kadarius Tony being called off sides for Kansas City

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<v Speaker 1>in the game against Buffalo with a minute and twelve

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<v Speaker 1>to go negated a touchdown for Kansas City that would

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<v Speaker 1>have won the game. It was not on the last

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<v Speaker 1>play the game. Nobody knew it was going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a touchdown. I totally get that. Coach made the point

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<v Speaker 1>and totally contradicted himself from dinner, which Rhet would back

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<v Speaker 1>up because he was at dinner, Rhett, Redd, did he

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<v Speaker 1>contradicted himself from dinner? Rhet?

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<v Speaker 2>Rhett, at the time you did, it was not paying

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<v Speaker 2>attention to what we were talking.

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<v Speaker 1>No, he was eating crab but he's he's having which

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<v Speaker 1>and Frank Craik out the window. Was Frank doing out

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<v Speaker 1>the window.

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<v Speaker 3>We have this game where I play.

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<v Speaker 1>This is devolving.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we have this game that I started last year

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<v Speaker 3>at the Senior Bowl where I will look at very

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<v Speaker 3>poorly adapted editions of a doppel ganger. We I said,

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<v Speaker 3>there's a guy that looks like Mel Blunt racing to

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<v Speaker 3>practice here at the Senior Bowl, and he looks up,

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<v Speaker 3>he sees this guy. He goes, but he just starts laughing.

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<v Speaker 3>And so at dinner in Miami, I said, well, it's

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<v Speaker 3>nice to see Frank Craik out. You're having a nice

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<v Speaker 3>seafood dinner with his family out through the pane glass window,

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<v Speaker 3>and it kind of looked like Frank.

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<v Speaker 2>It's uncanny how rihtt can see somebody and just conjure

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<v Speaker 2>up somebody in his mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Because he's not right. It looks just that's why he's

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<v Speaker 1>in the transfer portal.

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<v Speaker 3>I was with Mac one day and he was picking

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<v Speaker 3>up his dragling. I said, good to see Jimmy Ray

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<v Speaker 3>came to pick up his drive. He had a red

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<v Speaker 3>hat on, kind of look like a forty nine ers.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, so we're gonna stop that right now. It's fun.

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<v Speaker 1>We're to stop that right now. So we're watching the

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<v Speaker 1>Kansas City Buffalo game. Kadarius Tony lines up off sides.

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<v Speaker 1>My thing is, how do you call that in that instance?

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<v Speaker 1>And it turns out that it was the first time

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<v Speaker 1>in nearly thirty years a Kansas City offensive player had

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<v Speaker 1>been called for off sides. The commissioner jumped and he

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<v Speaker 1>was off sides. He was he and he didn't look

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<v Speaker 1>to the official properly. And it's because Kadarius Tony is

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<v Speaker 1>Darius Tony. You believe what you read? He you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't he did, he was, he was off sides.

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<v Speaker 1>My thing was, I was stunned that they called that,

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<v Speaker 1>because that is a call that literally had not happened

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<v Speaker 1>to the Kansas City chiefs in nearly thirty years. After

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<v Speaker 1>agreeing with me at dinner, which he pointed out that

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<v Speaker 1>I paid for, then comes back when there's no dinner

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<v Speaker 1>involved and says, oh no, he was off sides. It

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<v Speaker 1>was the correct call. So he totally backtracks. I still

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<v Speaker 1>contended that I was stunned that you would start calling

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<v Speaker 1>that with a minute twelve left in a game on

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<v Speaker 1>national television and then last weekend, Rett Brian, what happened?

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<v Speaker 1>Games all over the National Football League offensive players are

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<v Speaker 1>called for offsides.

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<v Speaker 3>I wish I had taken it how many because it

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<v Speaker 3>was several? It was was one in our game.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was a Christmas miracle.

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<v Speaker 1>We're so now we're going to call everything? Is that

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<v Speaker 1>what's going to happen? Now we're gonna start.

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<v Speaker 2>Calling Here's one thing, the hand checks in the back court.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's one thing that you know about me and officiating,

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<v Speaker 2>especially this year. I can't tell you what they're going

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<v Speaker 2>to call. Cannot tell you what they're gonna call now.

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<v Speaker 2>It is so uneven across the board. But it was

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<v Speaker 2>a Christmas miracle that all of a sudden it's revealed.

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<v Speaker 3>But Mac, in all seriousness to follow Mike up, is

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<v Speaker 3>it gonna be one of those things where it's like

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<v Speaker 3>the points of emphasis that the officiating crews do in

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<v Speaker 3>the preseason and then it kind of evens out.

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<v Speaker 1>Rare before he answers, if you call it in the preseason, great,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's great. But you're calling it in December.

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<v Speaker 3>I understand. But these things, Ebb and flows sometimes do

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<v Speaker 3>they not?

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<v Speaker 1>Well? Yeah, I mean I think you're right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you're not just like he was off sides.

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<v Speaker 3>Somebody tweeted like, if they do this in a Super Bowl,

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<v Speaker 3>somebody's gonna lose their mind.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that's my point. I mean, so somebody may

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<v Speaker 1>lose the game. Well so, and the commissioner comes out

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<v Speaker 1>is I just can't believe that they would get angry

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<v Speaker 1>about a correct call. It's like, you're going to call

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<v Speaker 1>this now, we're going to start.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I can't believe you wouldn't get angry about

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<v Speaker 3>lots of incorrect calls.

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<v Speaker 2>But do you think, and again this is for the

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<v Speaker 2>OT people, that there was a directive saying, hey, start

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<v Speaker 2>looking for this after that?

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<v Speaker 1>Do I think there was a directive or do I

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<v Speaker 1>think somebody said, you know, we might want to do

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<v Speaker 1>we might want to prove that we know to call that.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think there was a directive because either or

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<v Speaker 1>because somebody would.

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<v Speaker 2>Have gotten off somebody said something.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody said something, Yes they did, I would agree with that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be looking for this a little more frequently.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody said something, and to your point, it was probably

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<v Speaker 2>so that this isn't a glaring red light on top

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<v Speaker 2>of the head of this one call let's start looking

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<v Speaker 2>for it a little bit. Yeah, that's what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>So what what they did is last weekend they normalized

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<v Speaker 1>the call from the game the week before. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>still like, really, that's that's exactly what I loved what

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Vrabel did with the Tree Avery pass interference calls. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought his his uh how what he said about

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<v Speaker 1>it in the Wednesday press conference was pretty brilliant. The

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<v Speaker 1>first one he clearly interfered, and he said interference. He

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<v Speaker 1>broke on the ball to ear and and he did.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he was in great position and he brought

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<v Speaker 1>but he did interfere with the guy. No question about

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<v Speaker 1>the second one, he said, what did he say he

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<v Speaker 1>played the technique perfectly? Or I mean he just because

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<v Speaker 1>I I mean I went back and watched that again.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't figure out what that official.

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<v Speaker 2>What did What did I say on the broadcast about

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<v Speaker 2>that call? I said, his professional mile practice, I still

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<v Speaker 2>and the other official went to him, Yes, he did

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<v Speaker 2>and appeared to be doing the old are you sure

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<v Speaker 2>what you use?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I can't figure out what he saw that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the part of it to me. In certain cases,

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<v Speaker 1>and Vrabel talks about this a lot, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's a great point that he makes to his players.

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<v Speaker 1>He says, the officials are gonna look for certain tell

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<v Speaker 1>tells that lead them to make certain calls. So you

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<v Speaker 1>don't wanna you don't want to push this way or

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<v Speaker 1>grab this way or whatever, or turn a guy because

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<v Speaker 1>that's always going to get you a call against you.

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<v Speaker 1>But in that case, I couldn't, even from behind, I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't figure out what he thought he saw.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know why you couldn't, because he didn't do

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<v Speaker 2>anything wrong. It wasn't anyway looked like good coverage. It

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<v Speaker 2>was good coverage, and that's why I put it in

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<v Speaker 2>the category of professional malpractice. That's as nice as I

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<v Speaker 2>can say it.

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<v Speaker 3>How about you rit the second one? I couldn't understand it,

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<v Speaker 3>and we kept watching the replay in the booth. I'm like, hey,

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<v Speaker 3>by the way, what about you on the Elijah Molden returned,

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<v Speaker 3>waving in the background. Yeah, bye bye, bye bye. He's gone,

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<v Speaker 3>so we see that. I'm like, whose hand is that?

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<v Speaker 3>It's like you were doing a puppet show up there.

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<v Speaker 3>You're just going bye bye.

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<v Speaker 1>Bye, Felicia. That was I knew, as Susianda, I'm like

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<v Speaker 1>he's gone, He's gone, it's over. That was great. It's

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<v Speaker 1>also great to have game on with Duncan. That's right,

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<v Speaker 1>Titans fans grab a coffee and kick off the action.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether that's drinking a cup of coffee on the way

0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:45.639
<v Speaker 1>to the game or grabbing one to go before watching

0:20:45.720 --> 0:20:47.600
<v Speaker 1>the game at home, Duncan is always there to help

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<v Speaker 1>you get your game on. Just like the pros, we

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<v Speaker 1>need to be at our best come game time, which

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<v Speaker 1>is why Duncan is the most important part of your

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<v Speaker 1>game day ritual because it's always the best call for

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<v Speaker 1>football America runs on Duncan.

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<v Speaker 2>You know what I love about the Duncan is when

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<v Speaker 2>we start traveling as a group. You know, once we

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<v Speaker 2>start going to these things we're going to go to

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<v Speaker 2>once the season is over with. You've Senior Bowl. You

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<v Speaker 2>are the best with the Duncan app I've ever seen

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<v Speaker 2>in my life. Thank you, and we always have you

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<v Speaker 2>take our orders and then when we get in the car,

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's like a feast.

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<v Speaker 1>Well that's the idea is that your stuff is ready.

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<v Speaker 2>It's wonderful.

0:21:28.720 --> 0:21:30.960
<v Speaker 1>It's it is wonderful, and you rack up points and

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<v Speaker 1>you get free beverages. And for free sandwiches. I mean,

0:21:34.560 --> 0:21:35.600
<v Speaker 1>there's all kinds of free.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's all free. It's all free for me because

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<v Speaker 2>you buy it. That's fair.

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<v Speaker 1>It is fair, that's fair. It's totally fair. Injuries have

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<v Speaker 1>hit the Titans very hard, they have, and there are

0:21:50.320 --> 0:21:53.880
<v Speaker 1>guys going on injured reserve. They're guys being signed from

0:21:53.880 --> 0:21:57.080
<v Speaker 1>other teams, they're guys being called up from the practice squad.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a it's a difficult time obviously because for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time since twenty fifteen, the Titans are out of

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<v Speaker 1>the playoff race. Yes, with multiple weeks left in the season.

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Vrabel said that his message to the team is

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<v Speaker 1>we're taking it one day at a time. We're going

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<v Speaker 1>to prepare hard every single day. But from a coaching standpoint,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're trying to motivate a ball club and you

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<v Speaker 1>also are in a position where you don't exactly know

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<v Speaker 1>who you're going to have, what's the biggest challenge.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's a double edged sword, it really is, because

0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:35.000
<v Speaker 2>you know, first of all, you're it doesn't really matter

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<v Speaker 2>where you are during your season, You're always going to

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<v Speaker 2>try to improve your roster from the you know, from

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<v Speaker 2>the bottom up. You know, we've talked about that a lot,

0:22:41.440 --> 0:22:43.760
<v Speaker 2>and of course you're always you're always chumming or churning

0:22:43.960 --> 0:22:47.080
<v Speaker 2>the bottom of roster. That's going to happen. But when

0:22:47.119 --> 0:22:53.399
<v Speaker 2>you're getting ready to play a ball game, and regardless

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<v Speaker 2>of what the outcome of the game, you want to

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<v Speaker 2>win the game, sure, and so you want to do

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<v Speaker 2>everything that you can to prepare it. The thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>I've been in this situation before as a head coach,

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<v Speaker 2>if you have the right people and you talk to them,

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<v Speaker 2>they understand that regardless of what of of what the

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<v Speaker 2>the repercussions of this ballgame on, you're still playing for

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<v Speaker 2>your your your profession. You're still playing for your job,

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<v Speaker 2>either where you are or where you may be. Because

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<v Speaker 2>of the way we just talked through talking about the

0:23:24.800 --> 0:23:27.600
<v Speaker 2>transfer portal and collegiate football, well, the free agency in

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<v Speaker 2>the National Football League, I mean, you're you're auditioning for

0:23:30.800 --> 0:23:34.840
<v Speaker 2>everybody every snap you ever take in the National Football League,

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<v Speaker 2>and so it is, I mean, and you just you hope,

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<v Speaker 2>you hope, not hope, you want your team to have

0:23:43.280 --> 0:23:47.959
<v Speaker 2>built enough inside strength that to be able to not

0:23:48.000 --> 0:23:51.720
<v Speaker 2>overcome the disappointment of not having the playoffs out there

0:23:51.880 --> 0:23:54.480
<v Speaker 2>as that carrot. You know that you're playing for You're

0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:58.160
<v Speaker 2>still playing for your job, and you're you're you're playing

0:23:58.160 --> 0:24:00.840
<v Speaker 2>for the continuation of your career, whether it's where you

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<v Speaker 2>are or whether it's it's somewhere else, and the professional

0:24:05.480 --> 0:24:08.200
<v Speaker 2>pride of it has to kick in because we all

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<v Speaker 2>know it's it's extremely it's it's a for what we

0:24:11.720 --> 0:24:15.280
<v Speaker 2>all do. To be employed in the National Football League

0:24:15.720 --> 0:24:18.760
<v Speaker 2>is really is really not a right of anybody. It's

0:24:18.760 --> 0:24:20.359
<v Speaker 2>a it's a privilege to be able to do this.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when you've got the chance, you've got to

0:24:22.560 --> 0:24:27.359
<v Speaker 2>put everything out there, regardless regardless of what the external

0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:31.240
<v Speaker 2>rewards all of a sudden look like it. You've got

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<v Speaker 2>to internalize this a lot as a player and even

0:24:34.520 --> 0:24:36.160
<v Speaker 2>as a coach during these times.

0:24:36.200 --> 0:24:38.880
<v Speaker 1>You're the greatest example of that. Though. Your last game

0:24:38.920 --> 0:24:42.520
<v Speaker 1>as a head coach was a famous win where you

0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:46.000
<v Speaker 1>you came from behind to beat Minnesota, and I mean,

0:24:46.040 --> 0:24:49.800
<v Speaker 1>everybody knows that game very well and remembers that down

0:24:49.880 --> 0:24:52.119
<v Speaker 1>the stretch. Didn't you get invited to Green Bay the

0:24:52.160 --> 0:24:53.680
<v Speaker 1>next week for the playoff game?

0:24:53.800 --> 0:24:56.240
<v Speaker 2>And yeah it was. It was Josh McCown to to

0:24:57.000 --> 0:24:59.880
<v Speaker 2>Nathan Poole in the enza we had no we had

0:25:00.080 --> 0:25:02.639
<v Speaker 2>that the Cardinals. I mean, we were really a beat upo.

0:25:02.800 --> 0:25:06.480
<v Speaker 2>We were down to kind of. But my message during

0:25:06.480 --> 0:25:08.240
<v Speaker 2>the week, I'm glad you brought that was it was

0:25:08.280 --> 0:25:13.919
<v Speaker 2>the same thing. Hey, nobody probably even is looking at

0:25:13.960 --> 0:25:15.879
<v Speaker 2>whether you're going to win this game or not. And

0:25:15.880 --> 0:25:17.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to say nobody cares, because we all

0:25:17.800 --> 0:25:21.560
<v Speaker 2>have people that care about us. But you care, I care,

0:25:22.200 --> 0:25:26.159
<v Speaker 2>we care. So let's just let's go do this just

0:25:26.160 --> 0:25:29.120
<v Speaker 2>like we've always done this. And we had to get

0:25:29.119 --> 0:25:33.080
<v Speaker 2>an on side. Look, we had Nathan Poole from Marshall

0:25:33.119 --> 0:25:35.600
<v Speaker 2>as our receiver. They had Randy Moss. I don't know

0:25:35.640 --> 0:25:38.800
<v Speaker 2>if you know Marshall too. Yeah, there's any kind of

0:25:38.800 --> 0:25:42.480
<v Speaker 2>a difference, but anyway, probably they were they were they

0:25:42.520 --> 0:25:46.520
<v Speaker 2>were a really good football team and we weren't. But

0:25:46.640 --> 0:25:48.640
<v Speaker 2>the way they played in that in that ball game,

0:25:48.680 --> 0:25:50.520
<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, I got carried off the field

0:25:50.520 --> 0:25:52.439
<v Speaker 2>by a team that they knew their head coach was

0:25:52.480 --> 0:25:54.400
<v Speaker 2>not going to be there probably and some of them

0:25:54.440 --> 0:25:55.720
<v Speaker 2>probably weren't going.

0:25:55.680 --> 0:25:56.120
<v Speaker 1>To be there.

0:25:56.240 --> 0:25:58.560
<v Speaker 2>But just that feeling that that that you had come

0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:01.639
<v Speaker 2>together and had worked through all of that. But it

0:26:01.680 --> 0:26:05.080
<v Speaker 2>comes from first of all, you know, being honest with

0:26:05.160 --> 0:26:08.639
<v Speaker 2>yourself and then being able to look at look in

0:26:08.680 --> 0:26:11.159
<v Speaker 2>the eyes of your teammates and your coaches and be

0:26:11.200 --> 0:26:13.800
<v Speaker 2>honest with each other. I'm gonna I'm gonna lay everything

0:26:13.840 --> 0:26:16.560
<v Speaker 2>else that I have out there and then we'll we'll

0:26:16.560 --> 0:26:20.560
<v Speaker 2>take what comes. But uh if if the force out rule,

0:26:21.400 --> 0:26:24.240
<v Speaker 2>the force out rules in effect, and you know it's

0:26:24.280 --> 0:26:27.639
<v Speaker 2>not in effect anymore. But Nathan Poole caught it in

0:26:27.640 --> 0:26:29.480
<v Speaker 2>the corner of the end zone fourth and fourth and

0:26:29.560 --> 0:26:32.520
<v Speaker 2>about seventeen Josh McCown ran around, you know, made about

0:26:32.560 --> 0:26:35.480
<v Speaker 2>six people miss and just flung it up to Nathan

0:26:35.520 --> 0:26:38.600
<v Speaker 2>Poole and he was forced out. And then they came

0:26:38.640 --> 0:26:41.040
<v Speaker 2>back and there was a force out rule at the time,

0:26:41.080 --> 0:26:45.960
<v Speaker 2>and so they said, you know, touchdown Cardinals. But those guys,

0:26:46.080 --> 0:26:49.520
<v Speaker 2>those guys still in my you know, and I am

0:26:49.600 --> 0:26:52.040
<v Speaker 2>in touch with are they in touch with me a lot?

0:26:52.680 --> 0:26:55.440
<v Speaker 2>It's still a memory that they all coach Mike, that

0:26:55.520 --> 0:26:58.240
<v Speaker 2>was one of the greatest feelings in the world. And yes,

0:26:58.280 --> 0:27:00.800
<v Speaker 2>I was invited u you know. Mike Sherman was the

0:27:00.840 --> 0:27:02.760
<v Speaker 2>head coach of the Packers. The Packers they had played,

0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:05.320
<v Speaker 2>they played the end of the game because if the

0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:08.600
<v Speaker 2>if Minnesota had beaten US, well, then Minnesota's going to

0:27:08.600 --> 0:27:11.280
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs. The Packers were out. The Packers game finished

0:27:11.280 --> 0:27:14.120
<v Speaker 2>a little before Art. They won their ball game, and

0:27:14.200 --> 0:27:15.879
<v Speaker 2>you know, of course, nobody thought the Cardinals were going

0:27:15.920 --> 0:27:17.119
<v Speaker 2>to be and all of a sudden they put it

0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:19.919
<v Speaker 2>on the all the big boards, and everybody stayed in

0:27:20.320 --> 0:27:23.320
<v Speaker 2>lambeau Field to watch it, to watch the end of it.

0:27:23.520 --> 0:27:25.880
<v Speaker 2>And when it ended, I mean finally, when I got

0:27:25.920 --> 0:27:28.479
<v Speaker 2>into the after the press conference, got into the coach's

0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:31.000
<v Speaker 2>locker room. Mark Hantley was the GM and Mike Sherman

0:27:31.080 --> 0:27:32.800
<v Speaker 2>was the head coach. They were on the phone, Coach,

0:27:32.840 --> 0:27:35.520
<v Speaker 2>make this is the most this is fabulous. The place

0:27:35.600 --> 0:27:37.679
<v Speaker 2>went wild. Thank you so much. We want to invite

0:27:37.720 --> 0:27:40.680
<v Speaker 2>you to the playoff game. And I said, you know what,

0:27:40.760 --> 0:27:42.679
<v Speaker 2>I probably won't be able to come. I said, how

0:27:42.720 --> 0:27:46.520
<v Speaker 2>about bringing Nathan Poole to the And they went, you

0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:50.080
<v Speaker 2>think he had come? I said, call Paul Jensen, who's

0:27:50.080 --> 0:27:52.880
<v Speaker 2>the PR director. Let's make that work. So they brought

0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:55.200
<v Speaker 2>Nathan Poole to the playoff game. He's like the Pope,

0:27:55.200 --> 0:27:56.160
<v Speaker 2>waving everybody out.

0:27:57.600 --> 0:27:58.360
<v Speaker 1>It was awesome.

0:27:59.400 --> 0:28:02.000
<v Speaker 2>And I got and I got, I got for for

0:28:02.200 --> 0:28:06.000
<v Speaker 2>months afterwards, cheese baskets, you know, from from the green

0:28:06.040 --> 0:28:09.480
<v Speaker 2>Bay fans, Thank you, coach Max, thank you for the

0:28:09.480 --> 0:28:11.920
<v Speaker 2>playoff game. So I had a lot of cheese baskets

0:28:11.920 --> 0:28:12.520
<v Speaker 2>I could hand.

0:28:12.400 --> 0:28:15.600
<v Speaker 1>Down every time we go go back there. He's wildly popped.

0:28:15.640 --> 0:28:17.199
<v Speaker 3>I mean, I call him the mayor of everywhere, but

0:28:17.280 --> 0:28:18.760
<v Speaker 3>it's really true, and Green.

0:28:18.520 --> 0:28:22.119
<v Speaker 2>Bay was the green Bay fans are are legacy fans

0:28:22.200 --> 0:28:25.080
<v Speaker 2>now they know they know ball and so they ain't

0:28:25.119 --> 0:28:27.840
<v Speaker 2>Coach Max. Great win over the Vikings, I mean, that's

0:28:27.880 --> 0:28:28.680
<v Speaker 2>a long time ago.

0:28:29.119 --> 0:28:34.760
<v Speaker 1>That's awesome. Uh. Will Levis gonna try to play, I

0:28:34.800 --> 0:28:36.920
<v Speaker 1>mean that's I think that tells you all you need

0:28:36.960 --> 0:28:38.520
<v Speaker 1>to know about Will Levis. I don't know if he's

0:28:38.520 --> 0:28:41.520
<v Speaker 1>gonna be able to play or not, but he's trying

0:28:41.640 --> 0:28:42.480
<v Speaker 1>like heck to play.

0:28:44.040 --> 0:28:47.960
<v Speaker 3>It's clear, if it wasn't before, it's clear. He loves

0:28:48.000 --> 0:28:49.719
<v Speaker 3>to play ball. He loves it.

0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:51.080
<v Speaker 1>Uh.

0:28:51.280 --> 0:28:54.480
<v Speaker 3>And it's funny you bring this up because in his

0:28:54.560 --> 0:28:58.560
<v Speaker 3>availability this week, you know, we're outside there at the

0:28:58.680 --> 0:29:01.680
<v Speaker 3>edge of the practice fields and at the podium, and

0:29:01.760 --> 0:29:05.720
<v Speaker 3>the entire time he's feeling questions and answering questions, his

0:29:05.920 --> 0:29:08.760
<v Speaker 3>eyes are on that practice surface, and you could tell

0:29:08.840 --> 0:29:12.280
<v Speaker 3>he wanted so badly to just leave us right there

0:29:12.320 --> 0:29:14.280
<v Speaker 3>and go out and put a helmet on it and

0:29:14.320 --> 0:29:17.680
<v Speaker 3>go practice with his teammates. I could see it in

0:29:17.720 --> 0:29:20.960
<v Speaker 3>his facial expression and his eyes darting back and forth

0:29:20.960 --> 0:29:22.920
<v Speaker 3>as his teammates are coming out of the locker room

0:29:23.320 --> 0:29:26.400
<v Speaker 3>and getting gready to go through stretching an individual because

0:29:26.440 --> 0:29:29.920
<v Speaker 3>nobody would blame anybody if he didn't play.

0:29:30.640 --> 0:29:31.640
<v Speaker 2>Oh no, absolutely not.

0:29:31.960 --> 0:29:37.280
<v Speaker 1>But he wants to play. And that's that love of

0:29:37.320 --> 0:29:40.720
<v Speaker 1>it is a huge reason why the Titans wanted him.

0:29:40.560 --> 0:29:45.040
<v Speaker 2>But absolutely And the other thing is you can just

0:29:45.120 --> 0:29:48.960
<v Speaker 2>tell the way he approaches this. He understands what a

0:29:49.000 --> 0:29:53.880
<v Speaker 2>great opportunity this is for him. Because let's go back

0:29:53.920 --> 0:29:57.600
<v Speaker 2>to the draft that we all do very deeply, and

0:29:58.280 --> 0:30:01.760
<v Speaker 2>him sitting in that green room throughout the whole first

0:30:01.840 --> 0:30:07.120
<v Speaker 2>round and then everybody you know, you know that wherever

0:30:07.160 --> 0:30:10.400
<v Speaker 2>he went when he got the opportunity, he wasn't gonna

0:30:10.440 --> 0:30:13.000
<v Speaker 2>let it go. You could you could see it in him.

0:30:13.000 --> 0:30:15.960
<v Speaker 2>I've seen enough, I've seen enough young players, and you

0:30:16.000 --> 0:30:17.520
<v Speaker 2>could just you could see it in him. And so

0:30:17.640 --> 0:30:19.880
<v Speaker 2>that that's what we've seen. That's what we've seen now

0:30:19.920 --> 0:30:24.239
<v Speaker 2>so you're one hundred percent he you're gonna have to

0:30:24.280 --> 0:30:27.200
<v Speaker 2>You're gonna have to hold him back to keep him

0:30:27.200 --> 0:30:28.000
<v Speaker 2>out of any game.

0:30:28.640 --> 0:30:30.920
<v Speaker 1>How tough is that going to be? For Mike Vrabel

0:30:30.960 --> 0:30:35.440
<v Speaker 1>and Ran Carthon. If they get to Saturday night and

0:30:35.720 --> 0:30:40.120
<v Speaker 1>he's on the fence, he could probably play What do

0:30:40.200 --> 0:30:40.480
<v Speaker 1>you do?

0:30:41.720 --> 0:30:44.440
<v Speaker 2>Well, first of all, they're going to do what's in

0:30:44.480 --> 0:30:47.280
<v Speaker 2>his best interest. Sure, physically, that's what they're going to do.

0:30:47.880 --> 0:30:52.520
<v Speaker 2>And so that that overrides everything. And sometimes and sometimes

0:30:52.520 --> 0:30:54.400
<v Speaker 2>I've done it as a coach, I've done it as

0:30:54.400 --> 0:30:56.920
<v Speaker 2>a head coach. Sometimes you have to protect the players

0:30:56.960 --> 0:30:59.880
<v Speaker 2>from themselves because they all want to play.

0:31:00.560 --> 0:31:01.000
<v Speaker 1>Uh.

0:31:01.240 --> 0:31:02.800
<v Speaker 2>I had a guy like that that I mean I

0:31:02.840 --> 0:31:05.440
<v Speaker 2>thought was literally going to come across a desk one

0:31:05.440 --> 0:31:08.280
<v Speaker 2>time and strangle me, and I knew he could. Was

0:31:08.360 --> 0:31:11.560
<v Speaker 2>Kyle Vannenbis. Yeah, when I told him, look, I'm not

0:31:11.600 --> 0:31:13.800
<v Speaker 2>playing you right now because you're need and he I mean,

0:31:14.080 --> 0:31:17.360
<v Speaker 2>the the death stare that he gave me, and he

0:31:17.600 --> 0:31:22.440
<v Speaker 2>liked me a lot. I thought he does because we

0:31:22.520 --> 0:31:26.560
<v Speaker 2>ask him, Okay, good, I'm glad, I'm glad you quantified that.

0:31:27.880 --> 0:31:29.440
<v Speaker 2>But you know, we'd take it that I'd taken a

0:31:29.520 --> 0:31:31.160
<v Speaker 2>chance and stood on the table for him in the

0:31:31.200 --> 0:31:33.360
<v Speaker 2>draft room, and he knew that and then had worked

0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:36.160
<v Speaker 2>through two ACL surgeries with him and all of that stuff.

0:31:36.440 --> 0:31:40.720
<v Speaker 2>But those kind of guys, it means everything to him

0:31:41.280 --> 0:31:43.440
<v Speaker 2>and not only to themselves. They don't want to let

0:31:43.440 --> 0:31:47.480
<v Speaker 2>their teammates down. They don't want to let their teammates down,

0:31:47.720 --> 0:31:51.280
<v Speaker 2>and that that is that's important. I mean Will Levis

0:31:51.320 --> 0:31:54.200
<v Speaker 2>did the same thing at Kentucky when he had when

0:31:54.200 --> 0:31:55.920
<v Speaker 2>he had the toe, and I think they told him

0:31:56.600 --> 0:32:00.760
<v Speaker 2>don't play. You know you can, but we'd recommends you

0:32:00.760 --> 0:32:05.400
<v Speaker 2>you don't, no matter, and he played right. So you're

0:32:05.440 --> 0:32:08.360
<v Speaker 2>correct in saying that it's it's going to be. But

0:32:08.400 --> 0:32:10.960
<v Speaker 2>they will, they will protect him from himself.

0:32:11.680 --> 0:32:14.080
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0:32:31.880 --> 0:32:34.520
<v Speaker 1>is supposed Christmas Eve is supposed to be lovely at

0:32:34.560 --> 0:32:35.640
<v Speaker 1>Nissan Stadium. Mike.

0:32:35.720 --> 0:32:40.200
<v Speaker 3>It is quite the contrast from Christmas Eve versus the Texans.

0:32:39.720 --> 0:32:40.640
<v Speaker 1>One year ago.

0:32:41.520 --> 0:32:46.480
<v Speaker 3>We had rolling blackouts. Power Yeah, we started game late.

0:32:46.600 --> 0:32:47.920
<v Speaker 3>We started one hour late.

0:32:48.440 --> 0:32:48.840
<v Speaker 1>Wow.

0:32:48.880 --> 0:32:51.720
<v Speaker 3>And it was it was the coldest recorded game at

0:32:51.800 --> 0:32:55.160
<v Speaker 3>Nissan Stadium. I think it was twenty two twenty three

0:32:55.240 --> 0:33:00.000
<v Speaker 3>at kickoff. So the forecast right now says partly cloudy

0:33:00.320 --> 0:33:04.840
<v Speaker 3>and a high of sixty eight degrees sixty three at kickoff.

0:33:05.600 --> 0:33:08.720
<v Speaker 1>That's a great way to start Christmas Eve Day, you

0:33:08.960 --> 0:33:11.440
<v Speaker 1>dog one, right, it is because you go from there,

0:33:12.600 --> 0:33:14.640
<v Speaker 1>you go to church or have a meal, whatever you

0:33:14.680 --> 0:33:17.240
<v Speaker 1>want to do, open a gift or too, go to

0:33:17.280 --> 0:33:20.920
<v Speaker 1>the family celebration, right, put out the cookies and milk.

0:33:21.000 --> 0:33:22.520
<v Speaker 1>Wait for Santa, I mean.

0:33:22.840 --> 0:33:24.520
<v Speaker 3>Or if you're like me, when you get home from

0:33:24.840 --> 0:33:27.760
<v Speaker 3>the game, marinate the steaks and get ready to grill.

0:33:28.120 --> 0:33:30.560
<v Speaker 3>Is that Christmas Day? I'm gonna Christmas Day?

0:33:30.760 --> 0:33:32.720
<v Speaker 2>Sure, An, because you got the weather.

0:33:33.320 --> 0:33:33.880
<v Speaker 1>Got the weather.

0:33:34.480 --> 0:33:36.880
<v Speaker 2>Rat's a grill master anyway, he really is. He is

0:33:36.920 --> 0:33:39.440
<v Speaker 2>a grill master. He has shared some of those things

0:33:39.440 --> 0:33:42.360
<v Speaker 2>that he has prepared on the grill with us Delicious.

0:33:42.440 --> 0:33:45.560
<v Speaker 3>It is New York Strip steaks on Christmas Day. I

0:33:45.600 --> 0:33:48.560
<v Speaker 3>think I'm gonna go purchase some kind of seafood, maybe

0:33:48.560 --> 0:33:49.320
<v Speaker 3>do surf and turf.

0:33:49.840 --> 0:33:50.160
<v Speaker 1>Wow.

0:33:51.160 --> 0:33:53.320
<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you what else is really is really good

0:33:53.320 --> 0:33:55.840
<v Speaker 2>that I'm noticing here that's really high is the shoe

0:33:55.840 --> 0:33:58.400
<v Speaker 2>game of my two partners here. If you look look

0:33:58.440 --> 0:34:02.000
<v Speaker 2>over here at Mike Keith, those are somewhat sweet, all

0:34:02.040 --> 0:34:05.400
<v Speaker 2>white Nike kicks and then red over here. I mean

0:34:05.600 --> 0:34:06.760
<v Speaker 2>this is outstanding.

0:34:06.840 --> 0:34:08.319
<v Speaker 1>Plus statues he does.

0:34:08.480 --> 0:34:10.360
<v Speaker 2>And then plus he got a little dog on his socks.

0:34:10.600 --> 0:34:12.040
<v Speaker 2>You know, I'm looking at his socks. He's got a

0:34:12.040 --> 0:34:14.560
<v Speaker 2>little dog on his sock. I'm I'm impressed with my

0:34:14.600 --> 0:34:15.279
<v Speaker 2>partners here.

0:34:15.680 --> 0:34:19.000
<v Speaker 1>Thank you, coach, You're welcome, my man. It's the holiday season.

0:34:19.080 --> 0:34:21.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm a former head coach. I noticed details.

0:34:24.840 --> 0:34:28.200
<v Speaker 1>It's time to go, don't you think whatever you say, sir,

0:34:28.239 --> 0:34:32.279
<v Speaker 1>I think it's time to go. For for Dave Magettis

0:34:32.280 --> 0:34:34.840
<v Speaker 1>and RTT Brian I, Mike Keith, thank you for joining

0:34:34.880 --> 0:34:36.480
<v Speaker 1>us for the O t P