1 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans, 2 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: better rates, better coverage, and better service. That's why Tennesseeans 3 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 1: have been relying on Farm Bureau Health Plans for their 4 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: health coverage for seventy five years. My name is Mike Keith, 5 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: and welcome back to the Official Titans Podcast. We apologize 6 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,519 Speaker 1: that it has been a little while between OTP editions. 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: I was out of town. Actually, my niece got married 8 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: in Montana and I actually officiated their ceremony. That's right, 9 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: I married somebody and they're still married as we record 10 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: this edition of the OTP. It is still married, and 11 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: it is still legal as far as we'd know. But 12 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: really had a great time at that and that was 13 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: a very special experience for our family. Told them, and 14 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: I was missing football practice, this better be important. Of course, 15 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: a wedding is kind of important, so even a destination wedding. 16 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:06,679 Speaker 1: And while we were out one night, we were talking 17 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: about what I do this time of year, because there 18 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: is an assumption among most people that what most of 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: us on this end do this time of year is nothing. Well, 20 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: that's probably true. It's not as busy as the season, 21 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: but it is busy because we're in the process of 22 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: OTAs right now. We record a lot of things that 23 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: we will use later in the year because we have 24 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: access to the players and they're not on as tight 25 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: as schedule. And then obviously we watch practice. And one 26 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: of the people in the wedding party ask me, what 27 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: do you actually watch it practice? Because I describe OTAs 28 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: as Pro Football's answer to spring practice. There's no pads, 29 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: but it is spring practice like in that you get 30 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: ten OTAs and then you get a three day mini camp, 31 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: and I think college football, I think they do fifteen 32 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: total practices, So it's almost the exact same thing for 33 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: me when I watched practice, I watch it quite differently 34 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: from Dave McGinnis because I don't understand all of the 35 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: schemes and I don't understand all of the techniques and 36 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 1: things like that. Just before we released the last OTP 37 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: we had the Titans Foundation dinner, and by the way, 38 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: it went really well. On May the eighteenth, we raised 39 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty five thousand dollars for the Titans Foundation. 40 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: So a great job to everybody who took part, A 41 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: great job by our friends at Pinnacle and our friends 42 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: at farm Bureau were kind enough to be there, and 43 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: we appreciate Randy Wilmore and everybody, everybody who came out. 44 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: One of the neat parts of the night was John 45 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: Robinson showed the crowd tape of Harold Landry when he 46 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: was at Boston College. Because I asked him, I said, 47 00:02:56,919 --> 00:02:59,840 Speaker 1: what do you watch on tape? And how is it different? 48 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: And then how we watch a practice or we watch 49 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: a game, And he showed six plays that really illustrated 50 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,919 Speaker 1: the difference in what he's looking for and what we're 51 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: watching while we just basically watch a game and watch 52 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: the ball. So those are things in practice I don't 53 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,959 Speaker 1: watch because I don't know to watch that. I don't 54 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: understand how all of that works. I'm doing basic things. 55 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: The main reason that I go to practice is to 56 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: learn players names and numbers and their body types, so 57 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 1: that recognition is the most important thing. You say, well, 58 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: that's essentially a memorization game. It is. I actually play 59 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:42,119 Speaker 1: memorization games when I prepare for broadcast, because the most 60 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: important thing that I tell you on Titan's Radio is 61 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: who does what and who handles the ball? And being 62 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: able to identify people quickly is the number one thing, 63 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: And you say, well, that's kind of basic, but it's 64 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: pretty much a basic job if you get down to it. 65 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: So I go to practice because I want to see 66 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: who's playing what position, who's starting, who's getting used in 67 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 1: different packages. When they go three tight ends, when they 68 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: go five defensive backs, when they put two backs in 69 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: the backfields, or go four wides, what does that look like. 70 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 1: And you're just reinforcing the names and the numbers for 71 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,479 Speaker 1: the quick recognition and the body type thing too is 72 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: a big thing because I could see from having watched 73 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: practice day after day certain players and recognize them immediately 74 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,279 Speaker 1: from what they look like in their pads. So that's 75 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: number one. And I know that doesn't sound very exciting, 76 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: but that's the job, you know, That's the number one 77 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: part of the job. The other thing that I try 78 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: to do is I try to watch a specific position group, 79 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 1: and I've spent several of the days that I've gotten 80 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: to watch practice really focusing on tight ends. I think 81 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: tight end is a position that took a step back 82 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 1: last year from twenty twenty, and I I think that 83 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: factored in the offense taking a step backwards and statistically 84 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill taking a step backwards Jeff Swain did just fine. 85 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 1: Anthony Ferkser did not develop the way the Titans hoped, 86 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 1: Michael Pruett and Tommy Hudson got hurt. And I really 87 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: believe the departure of John U. Smith because of all 88 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: these other things showed up more than maybe even I 89 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: thought it would entering last year. And so I've been 90 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: really interested to watch this twenty twenty two group because, ay, 91 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: I wanted to see Austin Hooper. You know, he went 92 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:38,119 Speaker 1: to Pro Bowls with the Falcons, he played two years 93 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: for Cleveland. The Titans bring him in and you feel 94 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: like Austin Hooper can give the Titans that tight end 95 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: who can stay on the field in any situation because 96 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: he can and will block, and he can certainly catch. 97 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,280 Speaker 1: He'll be a huge help on third down. He'll be 98 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: a huge help in the red zone. And the point 99 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: about Austin Hooper two is he's big. This is a big, 100 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 1: big guy. This is not an undersized tight end. This 101 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: is somebody who gives you a formidable nature. Ashley Farrell 102 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: yesterday at practice referred to him size wise like Anthony 103 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: Fasano that you remember who played for the Titans. After 104 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,480 Speaker 1: being a Miami Dolphin and a Dallas Cowboy. Size is 105 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: a big factor at tight end, and Swain is a 106 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 1: good sized guy. Austin Hooper is bigger, and so Swam 107 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: continues to do nice things. I think the Titans were 108 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: right to bring him back again, a good player, certainly 109 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: as part of a group. Jeff Swain. Tommy Hudson has 110 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: been back and it's good to see him getting some work. 111 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: Briley Moore was the player out of Kansas State last 112 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,679 Speaker 1: year in training camp, second day of practice towards ACL 113 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: was lost for the year, so you're wondering what he 114 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: may be able to give. Thomas Odou Koya from Eastern 115 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: Michigan is the Titans international player. He's originally from the Netherlands. 116 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: He's got a long way to go to kind of 117 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 1: figure out how this thing sort of works. He had 118 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: a couple of fumbles in practice yesterday, but again, you 119 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: know he's a player getting a shot. And we'll see. 120 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: The guy who intrigues everybody in the group is Chigaconquo. 121 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: Now we got a guy who works here in the 122 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: office who's a Maryland graduate and he was like, oh, 123 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: Chicka Cockquo got a draft Chickacoquo Chigacquo maybe the steel 124 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: of this draft class in the fourth round, in large 125 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: part because he didn't play in twenty twenty and he's 126 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: the fastest tight end in this draft. He had a 127 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: nice year. If he had put together two or three 128 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: good years in a row, then I think he would 129 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: have gone a lot higher. But he comes back. He 130 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: has a good year at Maryland. He runs four five two. 131 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 1: He's built a lot like John U. Smith. He's not 132 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: the biggest tight end, he's roughly two hundred and forty pounds, 133 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 1: but he can really really run. And the myocarditis which 134 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: sidelined him for all of twenty twenty, has totally cleared up, 135 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: and so everything is good to go. And he has 136 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: been fun to watch at this point for his athleticism. 137 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: Much like Malik Willis is fun to watch, Chicka Coquo 138 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: has been fun to watch. Is he doing everything right? 139 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: Probably not. Is he ready to take on a massive load, 140 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: probably not. He's a rookie, but he is really really 141 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: talented and he gives them a different element. I had 142 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,839 Speaker 1: a chance to visit with Chickacoquo a few days ago, 143 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: talking about what he went through in twenty twenty and 144 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: talking to him about what it means to be a 145 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titan. He has said he thinks this is a 146 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: great fit for him. Let's listen to my conversation with 147 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: Chickacock two years ago. Did you think did he sitting here? 148 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: Did I did? In spite of the my carditis and 149 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: everything you were going through, you still believe? I always knew. 150 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: I just kept my faith and I always knew I 151 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: would come through. I know God would have let me 152 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 1: down and I was gonna make it through. How scary 153 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: was that? Oh, it was very scary, you know, just 154 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 1: sitting there just not knowing like what the future holds. 155 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: But it's just it really helped me back then, just 156 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: keeping my faith and just keep knowing that like just 157 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: keep going, just keep going, keep believing that you're gonna 158 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: get back. And then ended up getting back and got 159 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: to have got to play my senior year with all 160 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 1: my teammates, make a lot of great memories, lead that team, 161 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: you know, to our first Bowl game in like six years. So, yeah, 162 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: that year is very special for me. I was very 163 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: happy about it. What's the most important thing you learned 164 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: from that experience? The most important thing I learned from 165 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 1: that is don't take you don't take life for granted, 166 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 1: because it was like having that happen, just everything was 167 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: taken away in the moment like that. And then when 168 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: I got back, every single day I lived was like, 169 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: I want to live this day fully because I don't 170 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: know if it'll be the last time I'm playing football, 171 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,640 Speaker 1: because I remember when it happen and I would think back, 172 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: I was like, wow, what if the last time I 173 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: put those pads on was the last time I put 174 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: those pads on? So for me, it was just don't 175 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: take nothing for granted, to live every day to the 176 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: fullest and make every moment count. Your faith got you 177 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: through it. Where they're specific people that also helped to 178 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,680 Speaker 1: get you through it. Yeah, definitely my teammates, my close 179 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: teammates definitely encouraged me. My family, those guys, my coaches, 180 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 1: everybody was always encouraging me to just, you know, just 181 00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: keep my head on straight and just keep going. And 182 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: I don't stop believing. Why did you come back actually 183 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: a better football player? Like what I said before, like 184 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: just not taking anything for granted. I felt like I 185 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: had to catch up. If I had to catch up, 186 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: I had a lot of stuff to do. You know, 187 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: I lost a whole entire year. You know, that's a 188 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: lot of That's a whole entire year of film. So 189 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: for me, it was just like catch up. I took everything. 190 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: That's when I start taking everything extremely serious, like film practice, 191 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: the way I worked out, the way I took care 192 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: of my body, all those things. I took it extremely serious, 193 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: just knowing like, because you can be in great health. 194 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,199 Speaker 1: I was in one hundred percent great health. I was, 195 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 1: you know, young, twenty year old, complete great health, and 196 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 1: out of nowhere I got my acarditis. Is it more 197 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: fun now? It is more fun now? It is more 198 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: fun now from the standpoint that you think back to 199 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: when you were seven and you think about what you 200 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: went through and now is it that same feeling? Do 201 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: you feel that again? Do you recapture that in a way. Yeah, 202 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: That's that's why I say what I was talking to 203 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: my family about, it feels like it feels like when 204 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,559 Speaker 1: I first started playing football again. It's like when I 205 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,480 Speaker 1: first played football, that was probably the most fun I've 206 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: ever had in my life. And then you know, when 207 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 1: you're going through all the stress of you know, high school, 208 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: worrying about getting offers in college or worrying about getting 209 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: into the NFL. But now that I'm here, it's like 210 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: I feel like a kid again, Like I get to 211 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: really enjoy football for what it is, but just just football. 212 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: What are Titans fans gonna see when they see you 213 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: on the field. Oh, they're gonna see a lot of energy, 214 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: a lot of energy, a lot of fun. I'm always 215 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: gonna be smiling. Oh, they're gonna see a lot of energy. 216 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: I'm gonna see a hard worker, super tough guy. When 217 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: I get the ball, I don't want to go down. 218 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 1: I want to punish people. So they're gonna feel like 219 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna have a lot of fun together. Why did 220 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: you feel like the Titans were eight spot for you? Honestly, 221 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: it's so close to home for me. And then it's 222 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: like the fan base was was awesome when when when 223 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: I got drafted, they were just awesome the way they 224 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: like reached out and like they were just congratulating me 225 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: and just welcome me in. So that and so close 226 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: to home. And honestly, the role I can I can 227 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: play on this team, I feel like that's also a 228 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: big thing. I feel like, can I can help this 229 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: team a lot with the role that I'm bringing to 230 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: the offense. And you have a couple of connections with 231 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: the draft class. Yeah, Chance Campbell played with you at 232 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: Maryland before he went to Old miss. What kind of 233 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: player is he? Oh, man, he's a dog. He's a dog, 234 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: I tell you, Like, he's relentless, he's he's a very 235 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: smart football player. Like wherever the ball is, he's gonna be. 236 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 1: He's gonna be flying around with his hair and fire. 237 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: He's a dog. And did you know Malik Willis in 238 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: high school? Yeah? I did when he was so he 239 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: was really close. He went to Roswell. We played in 240 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: the same classification. We actually played as his team in 241 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:53,719 Speaker 1: the playoffs one year. And yeah, so I remember him 242 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,439 Speaker 1: from back then. I remember they went to a state 243 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: championship again his grace, and I remember that's when I 244 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: really started taking notice and I was like, Oh, this 245 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: guy is really good. Chickaca Quo one of the rookies 246 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:10,719 Speaker 1: Titans fans are most excited about. F obvious reasons. Back 247 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: to what I watched in practice. Always watched the new guys. 248 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: Titan's got a new guy yesterday, Juwan Greene, wide receiver 249 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: who's been on the Falcons practice squad and was on 250 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: Detroit's practice squad for a short period of time. Played 251 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:29,560 Speaker 1: his college football at Albany for the Great Danes wide receiver. 252 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 1: We'll see what he's able to do. I've been watching 253 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: Aja Moore, the safety from Houston. He has shown up 254 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: some and certainly we feel like he'll show up a 255 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: lot more in pads because that's what he's known for. 256 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 1: Justin Lawler and outside linebackers a player I'm really intrigued by. 257 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: Justin Lawler went to SMU. Good pass rusher at SMU. 258 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: He's six four, two sixty five is really good size. 259 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: He's drafted by the Rams late in eighteen, and he's 260 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: part of their plan in eighteen and he actually played 261 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 1: an all night team games including the Super Bowl, and 262 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: so they're thinking going into nineteen he's going to take 263 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: a bigger role. Well, then he starts having foot problems. 264 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: Breaks his foot I think three total times miss nineteen 265 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:16,000 Speaker 1: and twenty. Came back last year, made the team. The 266 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: Rams are excited to have him. Starts the season Week two, 267 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: they're playing Indianapolis. He breaks his hand. He needs surgery 268 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: and he spends more or less the rest of the 269 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: year on the practice squad. So you watch a guy 270 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: like Lawlor who has potential and you say, man, could 271 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: he be that fourth or fifth outside linebacker that plays teams? 272 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll see, but staying healthy will obviously 273 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: be his trick. Jamarco Jones in the offensive line, the 274 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: free agent from Seattle, is he going to have a 275 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: chance to be the left guard to take Roger Saffold's place. 276 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: He certainly is an experienced looking player that you see 277 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: and when you see him get work, you're like, okay, 278 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: he can do it. Now we'll see. Is he able 279 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 1: to win that job? I don't think an Aaron Brewer 280 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: is going to give that up easily. I don't know. 281 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: You know, is Raidens going to move to left guard 282 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: Dylan Raidens? Or is he going to play right tackle? 283 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: Nicholas petit Frere the third round pick? Does he end 284 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: up dropping in there? But Jamarco Jones certainly going to 285 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: be part of the conversation. The other guy that's really 286 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: gotten me peaked though, is DeMarcus Walker. Now, DeMarcus Walker 287 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: is a defensive lineman. He's from Jacksonville. He originally committed 288 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: to Alabama and then he flipped and went to Florida's State, 289 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: has a great career in Florida State. Second round pick 290 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: of Denver. He goes to Denver and they try to 291 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: make him a stand up outside linebacker. Oh that didn't work. 292 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: I mean, he did very little his first two years. 293 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: And then you know when Vic Fangio gets a hold 294 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:54,960 Speaker 1: of him, Vic Fangio says, Okay, you're going back in 295 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: the defensive line, putting your hand in the ground. And 296 00:15:58,400 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: the thing about DeMarcus Walker is he is similar in 297 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: terms of what he has done the last three years, 298 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: not just two years in Denver, but also last season 299 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: with Houston. He played well for the Texans a year 300 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: ago and he can line up anywhere. So with the Broncos, 301 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: once they got him moved around again, he started making plays. 302 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: He had four sacks one year, four and a half 303 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: sax another year. But it's that Denico Autry thing about hey, 304 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: we're playing this opponent, we need you to line up here. 305 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: We're in this game situation, we need you to line 306 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: up here. That's the thing about Denico Autry is so 307 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,400 Speaker 1: successful and you have DeMarcus Walker now who has done 308 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: the same thing, and that flexibility was a great thing 309 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: for the Titans down the stretch last year as they 310 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 1: played good defense. So you know, I don't know if 311 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: any of those guys make the team. I don't know 312 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: what happens, but you're interested to see how those pieces 313 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: might fit when we put pads on going to training camp. 314 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: I'm always interested to when you bring in a rookie 315 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: kicker and a rookie putter. That's something that I watched 316 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: because I try to ascertain do either one of these 317 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 1: guys have a legitimate chance to kick in the league. 318 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:09,760 Speaker 1: Some years you bring in a kicker and a punter 319 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: and all they're there to do is take reps off 320 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 1: your regular guys so they don't basically burn themselves out. 321 00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 1: I think the two guys the Titans have in camp 322 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: both have an unbelievable shot to be in this league 323 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: at some point. Ryan Stonehouse, the punter out of Colorado State, 324 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: averaged forty seven point eight per punt in his career 325 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: with the Rams. That's the NCAA record, that's his career average. 326 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: Now you're saying, okay, he kicked in Fort Collins, Colorado, 327 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: which means he kicked at altitude right, the altitude of 328 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: Fort Collins, Colorado in case you're wondering, is three hundred 329 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,879 Speaker 1: feet under a mile, So they are the three hundred 330 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 1: feet under a mile high city. Four nine hundred eighty 331 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:00,640 Speaker 1: two is the elevation in Fort Collins. Still pretty good elevation. 332 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: Here's the stat on Ryan Stonehouse that gets you though. 333 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: Away from Fort Collins. He averaged forty seven point five 334 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 1: per punt, so he averaged three tenths of a yard 335 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: less on the road than he did at home, So 336 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: the elevation doesn't matter. Here's the other weird thing about him. 337 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: These punters today look like defensive ends. They're six five, 338 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: they're two fifty. There, you know, they're these massive dudes. 339 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: Ryan Stonehouse is five ten one ninety three, may not 340 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: even be quite five ten, but man, what a leg 341 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 1: and what hang time? And this guy is This guy 342 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:43,719 Speaker 1: is interesting to watch. Speaking of not much size. Caleb 343 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,600 Speaker 1: Shodac out of Iowa five to seven, one seventy seven. 344 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: He's the kicker. Stonehouse is the punter. Shodak is the 345 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: kicker five seven, one seventy seven. Here is a story 346 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 1: of perseverance. He waited until his sixth year at Iowa 347 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: to become their regular kicker. He was the kickoff man. 348 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: At one point in year four he was gonna transfer, 349 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: he was gonna leave, He was going in the transfer portal, 350 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:15,800 Speaker 1: and he chose to stay because they finally gave him 351 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: a scholarship. Last year for the Hawkeys, twenty four of 352 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: twenty eight on field goals, four of six from fifty 353 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: plus thirty six of thirty six on pats. Of course, 354 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: that's just a twenty yard pat. That's not the NFL's 355 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: thirty three yarder. Nonetheless, still, you know, really, really really 356 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:41,160 Speaker 1: a good kicker who's a good kickoff man. So Stonehouse 357 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 1: the punter and shoot Act the kicker are both guys 358 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: to watch. I don't know if they're gonna have a 359 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 1: shot at the jobs here, but you you like what 360 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:54,640 Speaker 1: their talent appears to be. Then you're looking at returnees. 361 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: That's another thing I'm watching at practice. Caleb Farley. I've 362 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: been saying on radio shows and the different places that 363 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: I've been that I think he looks great. He's recovered 364 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: from his surgery. He certainly, unfortunately, has had this experience. 365 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: In an interview that you'll hear later that he did 366 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: with us just recently, he talks about, you know, having 367 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: to go through some of these processes before and understanding 368 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: what it's going to take to come back. But you 369 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: know he has returned and you see the athleticism. He 370 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: still believes he's the fastest player on the Titans team, 371 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,440 Speaker 1: and he may be. I mean, this is a guy 372 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 1: in the pre draft or run up before some of 373 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: the back things came up. He had run in the 374 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: four twos at nearly six three, two hundred pounds. I mean, 375 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: he's an unusual athlete. And so if you're up on Farley, 376 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: I can't tell you that he's better in coverage or 377 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,479 Speaker 1: that he's better in a back pedal or you know. 378 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,440 Speaker 1: I do think he makes clear and it would make 379 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,679 Speaker 1: sense that he has seen his football IQ improve a 380 00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 1: lot because he's gotten to be meetings and spend time 381 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: with the d backs and all of those sorts of things. 382 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 1: But what I can tell you is athletically he looks 383 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: like Caleb Farley and probably to a certain extent, more 384 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 1: comfortable than a year ago, staying with returnees and staying 385 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: in the secondary. Amani Hooker in Wednesday's Ota had just 386 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: a fabulous practice and continues to improve. When he was 387 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 1: drafted in the fourth round, like Chicka co Quo. I 388 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 1: referred to him in twenty nineteen as the steel because 389 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: he was a guy that the Titans had their eye 390 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,640 Speaker 1: on and most people thought they would have to take 391 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,199 Speaker 1: him in the second round. And just because of you know, 392 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: those weird circumstances that come up there, runs on positions, 393 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: or you know, not everybody has the same evaluation of 394 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: a player, and so he falls because of the needs. 395 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 1: The Titans got him at number one sixteen overall. This 396 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: is still twenty three years old, and year he started 397 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:05,720 Speaker 1: twelve games, sixty two tackles, a forced fumble, an interception 398 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: in the playoff game against Cincinnati, seven tackles and an interception. 399 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: A Monie Hooker can play, and in year four, I 400 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 1: think everybody is really excited to see if he can 401 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: continue to take the steps just like he has done 402 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: since he got here. Here's my talk from earlier today 403 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:32,359 Speaker 1: with the stealer number thirty seven himself. A Moni had 404 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:36,680 Speaker 1: an interesting run up for year four, rookie year kind 405 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: of learning growing second year of the COVID year twenty twenty, 406 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,280 Speaker 1: you find a role on the team. You're certainly part 407 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,120 Speaker 1: of the defensive package. Last year you become a starter, 408 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: and now you're one of the established parts of this defense. 409 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 1: You're one of the guys that they bring out to 410 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: talk in front of the media and have all sorts 411 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,800 Speaker 1: of that presence that comes from being one of the guys. 412 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,439 Speaker 1: What's that been like, It's been awesome. I was just 413 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: talking to my parents, you know, the other day, about 414 00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: about my journey and know how I was saying, like 415 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 1: when I was a rookie, like watching Kevin and adoring 416 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 1: them come out, you know how you know they're they've 417 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: been in the league for a while and established and 418 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: have some years of starting under their belt. And you know, 419 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: I was like, one day, I'm gonna be at that point, 420 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: and I just it's gonna take a while. It's gonna 421 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 1: take time. That's gotta be patient. But you know, if 422 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: I could just learn from guys in front of me 423 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 1: and older guys and just take as much as I can, 424 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 1: then it's gonna make right now as best as it can. 425 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: It's it been an experience almost like college at Iowa. Yeah, 426 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 1: I mean that's kind of what I referred to all 427 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: the time, Like my freshman year, it wasn't you know, 428 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,880 Speaker 1: it wasn't started special teams kind of played a little 429 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: bit on defense, and then sophomore year started a couple 430 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 1: of games, and then my third year I was the 431 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: start of the whole year and then I left. So 432 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: it's kind of like that same kind of routine as 433 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: it was in college as well. What's the most important 434 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: thing that you've learned that you've been able to apply 435 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,640 Speaker 1: to get you to this point. I think it's never 436 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: being satisfied and always always wanted to learn, always being 437 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 1: able to take information in whether it's someone doing something 438 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 1: negative I can learn from it or a positive thing, 439 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: and just slowing the game down, and you know, not 440 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:07,919 Speaker 1: making it as big as you know they make it 441 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 1: seem you know, when you're younger, it seems like it's 442 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: huge and all this, and then you know when you 443 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 1: get here you just kind of have to you know, 444 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,520 Speaker 1: I can play at this level. I can't do the 445 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 1: certain things that you know I've seen other guys do. 446 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,119 Speaker 1: So start A twenty twenty one Monny Hooker is the 447 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,119 Speaker 1: starter at safety opposite Kevin Byard. Here we go. You 448 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: get hurt, hurt your foot in the Arizona game, You're 449 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 1: put on ir. You come back against Buffalo, you have 450 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: nine tackles, and you force a fumble, and then you 451 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:37,160 Speaker 1: miss the Kansas City game, and from there you came back, 452 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: the defense got better and better. You were a catalyst 453 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: in all of that. Take us through that experience for 454 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 1: a second. What was it like? You know, like the 455 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: injury was tough. You know, I always obviously wanted to 456 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: play the whole season and stuff, but I knew that 457 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: if I could just get back on the field and 458 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,119 Speaker 1: fast as possible to help the team, and then from 459 00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: there I would just I didn't want to miss a beat, 460 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: you know, I didn't want to make it seem like 461 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,439 Speaker 1: I missed, you know, five games. I try my best to, 462 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 1: you know, stay in the a book and the game 463 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: plans for the weeks that I wasn't playing, so that 464 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:04,919 Speaker 1: when I did come back, I was ready. Why do 465 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: you and Kevin Byard buying together so well as the safeties. 466 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,399 Speaker 1: I think we both love ball, We both have a 467 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: knowledge of the game. We both just compliment each other. 468 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: We understood. We talk with each other all the time 469 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 1: about like what we want to disguise and what we 470 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,280 Speaker 1: want to do here, and then you know, we both 471 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: ball there if we both just make plays, we both 472 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: just find a way to help the team win. You 473 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: claim to be the best basketball player on the team. 474 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 1: You've claimed that before. I mean, I haven't still be 475 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:30,200 Speaker 1: seen the rookies yet, but I'm gonna hold that's okay now. 476 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: But you and Kevin are like a backcourt in basketball. Yeah, 477 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: complimenting one another in that way. Is that a good comparison. Yeah, 478 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: it's like two point guards out there. It's like literally, 479 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,080 Speaker 1: like we want to get guys lined up if we can. 480 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: If someone makes a mistake, we'll well, we'll hopefully we 481 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 1: can help them out and communicate and you know, get 482 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: guys lined up. And that is kind of how it's 483 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 1: like a basketball you know, just making sure that you know, 484 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,880 Speaker 1: not technically given assists as like passing the ball, but 485 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,399 Speaker 1: you know we're assisting by you know, giving help to 486 00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 1: where it needs to be an assistant, by helping guys out. 487 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: So twenty nineteen, you're on the team, twenty twenty you 488 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: get a role. Twenty twenty one, you become a starter 489 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: and really start to take a bigger role. What's the 490 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 1: goal for twenty twenty two to keep improving and continue 491 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,439 Speaker 1: to you know, be the best player that I can be. 492 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,119 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like last year, towards the end 493 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: of the year, I was just starting to get into 494 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: a groove. So I just want to make sure that 495 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: carries over it. I don't want to feel like I 496 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: missed a beat or when declined to any form of way. 497 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 1: I just want to make sure that I keep improving 498 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:28,360 Speaker 1: and keep learning. Do you have a more specific personal 499 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: goal super Bowl? Honestly, I mean that's I mean, that's 500 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 1: personal for me. I mean, even though it's a team goal, 501 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: but like that's always been a personal goal. One more thing, 502 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: what was your welcome to the NFL moment? Now that 503 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,160 Speaker 1: you've had it in the rearview mirror year in year four. 504 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: I'm always interested to ask this question when a player 505 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,360 Speaker 1: gets to the age you are, which is still you're 506 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 1: still just twenty four, twenty three. Yeah, my birthdays in 507 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: thirteen days. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. For me, I had 508 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,200 Speaker 1: a couple like that my my rookie year. But I'd 509 00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: probably say it was Odell Beckham first, the first game 510 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 1: of the year. We end up blowing them out, actually, 511 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 1: but it was Odell. You had Baker, they had Nick 512 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:06,399 Speaker 1: Chubb and I'm and then you have Miles Garrett. I'm 513 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: watching them. It was crazy. It was pretty sweet playing 514 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: against Cleveland. YEP, in Cleveland, you forced Baker Mayfield to 515 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 1: hold the ball because Gotta Waite got the safety. So 516 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: that's a Mony Hooker. Best basketball player on the Typhan's 517 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: roster according to him. Also excited about the Prince channel 518 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: on Serious XM Channel one oh five because he's from Minneapolis, 519 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: so loves the Purple Man himself Prince. A couple of 520 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: other notes. As we wrap up this edition of the OTP, 521 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:52,400 Speaker 1: two players from the two thousand and five draft have retired. Finally, 522 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,879 Speaker 1: the number sixty five pick in that draft, Frank Gore, 523 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: who I think is a running back on his way 524 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, he 525 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: has decided to give it up. The most impressive high 526 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 1: school back that I saw on tape, and I saw 527 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 1: when I saw him on tape, I saw sophomore film. 528 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:17,320 Speaker 1: That's when I was still covering recruiting. He was a 529 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: guy who forced Willis mcgaye and others to go ahead 530 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:27,400 Speaker 1: and turn pro because they knew that once he came 531 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: back from his knee injuries, he was going to be 532 00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:33,359 Speaker 1: the guy at the U. So Frank Gore giving it 533 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 1: up the number two fifty pick in the two thousand 534 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:42,479 Speaker 1: and five draft, Ryan Fitzpatrick. He was drafted originally at 535 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: number two fifty overall by the Saint Louis Rams. Of course, 536 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: he made, you know, starts for thirty seven NFL teams 537 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: and probably the Canton Bulldogs and the team in Hammond, Indiana, 538 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: and all of that. He played with everybody. He played 539 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen with the Titans and played some good football 540 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: on what was not a very good Titans team, a 541 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: really poor Titans team, to be honest. One of the 542 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: most interesting players I've ever covered. Went to Harvard, had 543 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: a forty eight on his wonderlick. Some guys go to 544 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 1: great academic universities and play football, and you meet them 545 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: and you say, the only reason they went to that 546 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: great academic university is to play football, that they're kind 547 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 1: of you know, this was not one of those guys. 548 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: This guy is super super smart to the point that 549 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:39,520 Speaker 1: it makes him eclectic or eccentric or however. You see 550 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 1: him wear all the crazy sunglasses and the shirts and 551 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: all of the stuff that he does. That is really 552 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: who he is. Fitz Magic is really that person. I 553 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: always liked him lalat very streaky player could get hot 554 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: and he could go cold. But seventeen years in the 555 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 1: National Football League as pick number two fifty, he's made 556 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 1: a lot of money. I think he's turned it into 557 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 1: a lot more money based on how smart he's been. 558 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: There's talk that he's going to end up in Amazon 559 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: as part of not taking care of your packages, but 560 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: as part of their Thursday night coverage. I think he 561 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: may be really really good, really really good, because I 562 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: think Ryan Fitzpatrick, if he decides to really delve into it, 563 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: which I think he probably will, I think he will 564 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: be good based on the fact that he will say something. 565 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,120 Speaker 1: He will have opinions, he will have comments on things. 566 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: You probably won't like some of them. You probably will 567 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: like some of them, but he will say something. You know, 568 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: a lot of these former players go into broadcasting and 569 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,800 Speaker 1: they think that just because they're a former player, they 570 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,240 Speaker 1: can give you the same lines that they gave you 571 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: at their press conferences and that that's going to be okay. Unfortunately, 572 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 1: I think that's what happened to Drew Brees at NBC. Now. 573 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 1: Hopefully as he goes into his next broadcast opportunity, he 574 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: will do that. But if you look at Tony Romo. 575 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,880 Speaker 1: Tony Romo says something, He's given you an opinion, He's 576 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 1: given you a thought. He's doing it enthusiastically. He's having 577 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: a good time. It's not that well. We're gonna take 578 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: him one at a time, and you know, when it's 579 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:21,840 Speaker 1: second and six, you know what you need to do 580 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: is get six on the next two downs to be 581 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: able to keep moving the change that doesn't work. You 582 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 1: know why was John Madden so great because he was 583 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,440 Speaker 1: having a good time and he was telling you something. 584 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: Why is Dave McGinnis so fabulous on Titan's radio because 585 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: he does coach mac stuff. It's interesting. I think Fitzpatrick 586 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 1: may be really interesting because listen, he's an interesting dude 587 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:50,120 Speaker 1: that I've never met anybody like him in my entire life. 588 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 1: So if he does go to television, I look forward 589 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: to watching him. That's the comeback edition of the OTP. 590 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: We're gonna have a lot more to come in the 591 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,959 Speaker 1: coming days as we continue to work through these OTAs 592 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: towards the mini camps and excited to be back with you, 593 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: excited to be back in the groove, and headed toward 594 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 1: training camp. If you can believe this, As we record 595 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,760 Speaker 1: this today, we are fourteen weeks away from the first 596 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 1: regular season game on September the eighth. Yeah, I mean 597 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,240 Speaker 1: it's not that far And I think we're at this 598 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: point eight weeks away from the very start of training 599 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 1: camp when the rookies, the injured players, and the quarterbacks 600 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 1: come in. So it is not that far away and 601 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: we are going to have a lot to do. 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