1 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 1: Get the home field advantage with healthcare coverage from Farm 3 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:22,120 Speaker 1: Bureau Health Plans. They've been protecting Tennesseeans since nineteen forty seven. 4 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: I guess we call this the Back Home Again edition, 5 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: Abe Wells, Thank you, Abe Wells and me, Mike Keith. 6 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: Glad to be back in Nashville, back at Saint Thomas 7 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,560 Speaker 1: Sports Park, back together again after being a part last week. 8 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: I certainly enjoyed your OTP from Las Vegas and the 9 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. That was fun. You're going to enjoy my 10 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: week away made me nervous. Now, why would I say 11 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: something like that, I don't know, but you said it 12 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: so matter of fact. It made me laugh. That would 13 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: have been an ugly thing to say that, I know, 14 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: but it was what I was expecting. Nonetheless, Wow, I know, 15 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: because I come out swinging defensive. No, And that was 16 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: a very nice thing for you to say. We had 17 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: a I mean, we had a blast out there. It 18 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: was great to be there with Jim Wyatt. I know 19 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 1: you were working really hard down in Mobile, Alabama. You 20 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: were there for a full week, all weeks. Is that 21 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: a record? Is that the longest you've spent down there, 22 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: the first time I've ever seen the game. You know, 23 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: very few people with the teams actually stay for the game, 24 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: right Most people head out after Thursday because that's the 25 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: final practice. Friday is sort of a I don't know 26 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: what you'd call it in terms of what they do, 27 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: but the teams are done Thursday night with the interviews. 28 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: They had interviews, I want to say it was Monday 29 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: night and then Thursday night, and then they had interviews 30 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: in the mornings. So teams will have interviewed those players, 31 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: a lot of those older players extensively before they ever 32 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: get to the combine. The practices are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 33 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: and obviously everybody in their brother is at the practices. 34 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,959 Speaker 1: The practices are available on tape, so some people watch 35 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: them after the factor. Some people might leave a little 36 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: bit early on Thursday. It's a little harder to get 37 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: out of Mobile because it's obviously not a big airport. 38 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 1: Some people drive to New Orleans, some people drive to Pensacola. 39 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: You know, that is certainly done. But for the most part, 40 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: it's about Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and for us, the opportunity 41 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: came to do some extra because I got the opportunity 42 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: to do the game for Serious XM NFL Radio, and 43 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: in doing so, I hoped I wouldn't be there. I 44 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: hoped I would be at the super Bowl, to be honest, 45 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 1: but I said, Okay, we'll take that opportunity because it 46 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: gave me more access to people than I've ever had before, 47 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: which helps me more for this for this process. I'm 48 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: I'm way ahead of going to the Combine because the 49 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: Senior Bowl was really my whole life last week, right. 50 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: I Mean it's like, you know, twelve to fourteen hours 51 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: a day, and I'm very thankful for that now because 52 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: there are a bunch of guys that are going to 53 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: come out of that Senior Bowl. And John has always 54 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: liked Senior Bowl players. John Robinson, the general manager, He 55 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: likes to watch those guys play football because that's the 56 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: difference in in that and the underclassmen who don't have 57 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: an All Star game opportunity like that, Right, it's a 58 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: chance to see them on the field doing football things 59 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: as opposed to seeing them in a very controlled workout 60 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: environment that the Combine is. Guys make more money at 61 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl than they do at the Combine. Yeah, 62 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: on average. Now, if you go to the combine and 63 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: run four two, Yeah, that changes everything to a massive degree, 64 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 1: no doubt about it. But there are more guys who 65 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: make more money at the Senior Bowl who go from 66 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: a Day three pick to a Day two pick, from 67 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: a Day two pick to a Day one pick. That 68 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: happens more often, or even going from a seventh round 69 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: pick to a fifth round pick. You make a considerable 70 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: amount of money with that kind of jump. And you know, 71 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: we saw that with several guys last week. The focus 72 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: was obviously going to be the quarterbacks, right, because that's 73 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: always the focus. People love quarterbacks, man. The quarterbacks are 74 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: always the most interesting stars of anything. And six of 75 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: the top seven rated quarterbacks were in mobile. Matt Corral 76 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 1: from Old Miss was the only one who wasn't. And 77 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,559 Speaker 1: so you got a chance to see kind of where 78 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: everybody is and what they're all about, and got like 79 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett. I think Kenny Pickett is who he thought 80 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 1: he was. Yeah, I don't think he's necessarily any better 81 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: than we thought he was. He's certainly not any worse 82 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: than we thought he was. He just looks like a 83 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: really good quarterback. Oh what a time I mean year 84 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: years ago, not that many years ago, even but years ago, 85 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: you wouldn't see all of the quarterbacks there. You didn't 86 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 1: see top guys at the Senior Bowl. You saw a 87 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: lot of mid range guys who came out and played. 88 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 1: But now, I mean, you get the who's who at 89 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl. I think Jim Nagie has done a 90 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,720 Speaker 1: good job with that. And he said to us last 91 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: week when we talked with him, he said, we have 92 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: tried to make it more like an NFL scouted event. 93 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: There aren't as many guys there just because they're big 94 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: names who are not going to be pro players. You know, 95 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: there's some college players and you have him on the 96 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: team you follow, and I have him on the team 97 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: I follow, and everybody does, and you say, man, I 98 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: love old so and so, and he ain't gonna play 99 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: a day in the NFL. He's a really good college player. 100 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: There's nothing wrong with that. It doesn't make him a 101 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 1: bad person. But you know, there were always it felt 102 00:05:57,080 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: like a bunch of Alabama and Alburn guys who weren't 103 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: gonna play, you know, in the NFL. But they were 104 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: there to sell tickets and sign autographs. And it's very much. 105 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: I mean everybody's there on merit now, like Vealis Jones, 106 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: Vealis Jones from Tennessee, who's from the Mobile area. I mean, 107 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 1: if you'd ask anybody in early October, is Valis Jones 108 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: a pro prospect that I said, absolutely not. And then 109 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: Josh Hypel moved him to the slot and made him 110 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: the punt returner and he exploded. And now I mean 111 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: somebody's drafting Valis Jones and so he's not there because 112 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 1: he's from Mobile, he's there because he's being drafted and 113 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: he had a really nice week. Was there a position 114 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: group that stood out to you? Potentially the defensive land 115 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: was fantastic during the course of the week. The tight ends. 116 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: That was an area of focus for me because it 117 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: feels like the Titans are in the tight end market. Yeah. 118 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: You know, if you say that right now, as we 119 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: record this during the first full week in February, you're 120 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 1: saying to yourself, the Titans biggest need is tight end. 121 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: Now when I got a free agency yet, right, I mean, 122 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: they may sign three tight ends, they may resign two guys. 123 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: It may not be a factor come April twenty eighth, 124 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: twenty ninth, and thirtieth when the draft happens. But for 125 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: right now, you're saying, yeah, it's probably a position of 126 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: need offensive line, because the Titans are older there, and 127 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: so you're you're starting to look ahead to that to 128 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 1: see how it's all going to factor out. I saw 129 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 1: a mock draft just before I came in here, Lancerline 130 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: put out a mock draft and he had the Titans 131 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: taking Boston College offensive lineman Zion Johnson at number twenty six. 132 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: I think it's probably gonna be a pretty popular pick 133 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: in the early mocks because you're going to be able 134 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: to get great value in an offensive lineman. I mean, 135 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: Zion Johnson might be a top ten, top fifteen player, 136 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:55,239 Speaker 1: but a center guard isn't generally going to go that highly. 137 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: So I mean, Zion Johnson one of the most impressive 138 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: players I have ever interviewed pre draft anywhere, and then 139 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: can also play wow. You know, we have those guys 140 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 1: we like to interview and then it's like, yeah, but 141 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: he's really not that good, but we really like him, 142 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 1: so we you know, it sounds like me all the time. Well, 143 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: I mean Kevin Byrd is a great example of this. 144 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: Here's a guy we interviewed and really liked him that 145 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: it turned out he could really play right, So we 146 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: were Kevin Byard fans personally, but turns out he was 147 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: really good. Zion Johnson is the same way. That's awesome. 148 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: And of course then one of the interesting guys that 149 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: I had a chance to interview with, Sam Howell, the 150 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: quarterback from North Carolina, and he's an intriguing player because 151 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: he's not a big quarterback, but he's incredibly athletic. You know, 152 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 1: he is third all time in the ACC in passing 153 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: yards and total yards. And he's the only guy on 154 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: the list who only played three years really well, and 155 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: he threw the heck out of it for two years. 156 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: Then he lost his top two running backs, lost his 157 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: time two wide receivers, and last year rushed for over 158 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,320 Speaker 1: eight hundred yards. I don't think I realized that it'd 159 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: be crazy. And along those same lines, I had a 160 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: chance to visit with him, and we want to share 161 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: that with you. Now here's my talk with former North 162 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: Carolina quarterback Sam Howe from Mobile in the senior North 163 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:29,200 Speaker 1: Carolina quarterback Sam Howe, do you think you shocked people 164 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,079 Speaker 1: with your running in twenty twenty one, even though in 165 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: high school at Sun Valley. You ran for over thirty 166 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: six hundred yards in sixty touchdowns. Yeah, I mean, I 167 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: think I really shocked a lot of people. I honestly 168 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:43,760 Speaker 1: didn't know I could run the ball at that level. 169 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,599 Speaker 1: But it was a lot of fun. I had a 170 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: lot of fun doing it. I don't think anyone thought 171 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: I could have run the ball at that successfully in college. 172 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 1: So it was a lot of fun. But it's got 173 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: to help you moving to the next level that you've 174 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: shown that skill. Because mobility, as far as quarterbacks in 175 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: the NFL is on my to necessity today, isn't it. 176 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: Yeah it is. You know, obviously a lot of quarterbacks 177 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 1: in the NFL have that mobility. Even if it's not much, 178 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,599 Speaker 1: it's just enough. My mobility is a weapon. But I 179 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: think people saw it on film this year, So I'm 180 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,559 Speaker 1: just glad I had the opportunity to show that you 181 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: have a lot of weapons. Man. You can sling it short, long, 182 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 1: everything in between. Have you always been a quarterback? Has 183 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,679 Speaker 1: it been from the start of your football career? It 184 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 1: has ever since first grade? When I played flag football, 185 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: I was playing quarterback. Why do you love the position 186 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 1: so much? Yeah, I mean, I just love playing quarterback. 187 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: I just love, you know, I think leadership is something 188 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: that that's really important to me, and just being in 189 00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: that leadership role and kind of getting everybody on the 190 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: same page and stuff that I really enjoy. I love 191 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: the preparation aspect. You got to prepare so much to 192 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: have success at this level. So it's fun to go 193 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 1: through the week and spend a lot of time preparing 194 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: for a game and seeing how it can benefit you 195 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: on Saturday. So and there's I can talk. I can 196 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 1: answer that question all day long, but it's it's it's 197 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: just a blessing to be able to play quarterback. You 198 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:55,719 Speaker 1: have a lot of skills at the position. But one 199 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: of the things I've seen you take shots, have bad moments, 200 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 1: you rarely change expressions nothing really say. Even in good moments, 201 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: you don't change expressions that much. Where does that, even 202 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: keel in samhow come from? Yeah? I mean that's just 203 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: kind of how how I was raised. You know. I 204 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: was always taught to never get too high and never 205 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: get too low. You know, no matter how good something's 206 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 1: going in your life, whether it's football related or not, 207 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: it can always be taken away from you. But for me, 208 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: it's always you know, focus on the next play. That's 209 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: not about what happened the previous playout. You can't control 210 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: what happened, whether it was good or bad. You's got 211 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: to focus on the next play and get your mind 212 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: right for that next place. So that's kind of the 213 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 1: mentality I play by and the mentality I live by 214 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,760 Speaker 1: as well. I mean, I just try to let that 215 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: mentality roll off on my teammates wherever you go. In 216 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:38,719 Speaker 1: short order, you're gonna end up being the face of 217 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 1: the franchise. How much did coming in and doing that 218 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: for Coach Brown at Carolina helped to prepare you for 219 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: that in the NFL? Yeah, I mean I think it 220 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: definitely helped. That's a good point that you make, you know, 221 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,679 Speaker 1: I wanted to I went to a program now I 222 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 1: was struggling at the time, kind of went there with 223 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: Coach Brown and we kind of turn the thing around. 224 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: Had a lot of help doing it, so many great 225 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: players there, and we had a lot of fun doing it. 226 00:11:57,840 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: So it's kind of going through that experience and trying 227 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: to change the culture and changing changing a program. Definitely, 228 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: I learned so much from it. First true freshman to 229 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: start a season opener ever for North Carolina at the 230 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: quarterback position. How much does that prepare you if you're 231 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 1: a Day one starter in the NFL or does it 232 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: even compare? Yeah, honestly, I don't know if it compares 233 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: or not. I guess we'll see if I get that opportunity. 234 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:22,959 Speaker 1: But I think just going through that whole experience with 235 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: my freshman year definitely definitely helped me grow into who 236 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: I am today and who I am as a player 237 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: as well. What is the team that Sam Howe goes 238 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 1: to getting in you as the player. They're getting a 239 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: tremendous leader, and they're getting a guy who can who 240 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,079 Speaker 1: can valley a group of guys better than anyone else. 241 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: And they're getting a guy that has no limitations athletically. 242 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:41,719 Speaker 1: You know, I can make everything on the field. I 243 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: can be an asset in the running game, But I 244 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: have no limitations mentally either. I can take a system 245 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 1: as far as any offensive coordinator who wants to take it. 246 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 1: They're just getting someone who plays with a fearless mentality 247 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 1: and a fearless mindset, and I really think that's contagious 248 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: to the rest of the team. What do people not 249 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: know about Sam how the most as a football player, 250 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: and as a person, I think is my faith and 251 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: how important my faith is to me. That's a really 252 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 1: important aspect of who I am, and I'm every single 253 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: part of my life and that's probably the most important 254 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: thing about the Impressive guy. Yeah, seems like it. Impressive 255 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: guy gonna be interesting to see where he falls in 256 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: this process because he's not Kenny Pickett, he's not Desmond Ritter. 257 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:34,600 Speaker 1: He's listed as basically the same size as Malik Willis 258 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 1: from Liberty. But you know, Sam got a lot of 259 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: hype going into the week at the Senior Bowl, then 260 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: he didn't get a lot of hype during the week, 261 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: and then he played well in the game. It's interesting 262 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: how weeks can evolve like that for players. Someone comes 263 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: in and there's a lot of intrigue about them, then 264 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: it kind of dies off because other people are having 265 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: big showings basically, and then they come back to the game. 266 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: It's like there's a different phases of these events. There's 267 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: different phases of the Senior Bowld, there's different phases of 268 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: the Combine, and it's interesting as weeks progress to see 269 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 1: who goes where. I can't believe it's mock draft season already, right, 270 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: I cannot believe that this is happening so fast. Well, 271 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: the season lasted longer the season last because because we 272 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: played an extra week. Yep, you know we had Week 273 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: eighteen this year with seventeen games, and then the Titans, 274 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 1: even though it didn't go that well, did advance to 275 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: the divisional round, right, and so you know, here we are. 276 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: We're at the Combine in three weeks. It's crazy. It's exciting, 277 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: it is you know, I live for the Combine. But 278 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: I just I checked the calendar a lot because my 279 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: body is a little confused that we're here already. But 280 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: it's exciting. It's all good stuff. Here we are. I 281 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: was intrigued with Desmond Ritter to the quarterback from Cincinnati, 282 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: and how impressive was it for Luke Fickle the head 283 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: coach it since and Eddie how many Bearcats were at 284 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl? Holy most? I mean, Desmond Ritters there, 285 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: Jerome Ford is there, Alec Pierce to wide receiver is there. 286 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 1: They had pass rushers and defensive backs and linebackers, and 287 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: I mean it was really something to see how far 288 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: that program has evolved. Yeah, I mean, I mean they 289 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: were in the final four this year, so it's it's 290 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: not terribly surprising, but I mean that's Luke Fickle has 291 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: done an amazing joke. Luke Fickle has done an outstanding 292 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: job with that program and the way that he's been 293 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: able to recruit over the years, and the way that 294 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:39,920 Speaker 1: he's gotten those guys to play and be competitive with 295 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: schools and programs and places that are a lot bigger 296 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: just in terms of student body and also are consistent 297 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: perennial teams. Well. And he's in the same state as 298 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: Ohio State. Yeah, and he's north of Lexington, Kentucky, where 299 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 1: Kentucky ball is better than it's been in years, right, 300 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: and yet he's still having He's still doing it. I mean, 301 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: Ohio State is awesome and has been, and Kentucky is 302 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: probably the best they've been since Bear Bryant was there 303 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: in the early nineteen fifties in terms of their consistency, 304 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,320 Speaker 1: and yet he's still doing it. I mean, I've never 305 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: been recruited to really do anything in my whole life, 306 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: but we recruited you here. Well, that's true, and that 307 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: was very nice. They gave me Chinese food and I 308 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: just came right in. I was a very easy year, 309 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: but we had the opportunity to meet him a couple 310 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,520 Speaker 1: of years ago and have a conversation with him because 311 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: of his relationship with Mike Rabel, Right, they were roommates. 312 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: They're very close friends. They have a foundation together. In 313 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: that limited experience that I had with him, he gave 314 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: us thirty forty five minutes of his time around signing day, 315 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: which is a very busy time for a college coach, 316 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: and he was just a delight to be around. Really 317 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:08,200 Speaker 1: smart guy, super engaging, great guy to talk to. So 318 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: I mean, i'd play for him. I don't know, but 319 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: i'd play for him. Well, if you're listening to the OTP, 320 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: you know that Luke Fickle. If he's not Mike Vrabel's 321 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: best friend, he's right at the top of the list. 322 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: He's a top two or three, I'm not sure. Yeah, 323 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: So he and another former Ohio State teammate have the 324 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 1: Second and seven Foundation, right, and the Second and seven 325 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: Foundation had a big event earlier this week in Nashville 326 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: that you got a chance to attend. They actually held 327 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 1: it in multiple cities, right, they did, so they held 328 00:17:44,119 --> 00:17:46,240 Speaker 1: it him. It was four different cities. There were a 329 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:50,479 Speaker 1: couple in Ohio. You know, the Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati Realm, 330 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: and then they also did one in Nashville. It was 331 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: a bourbon tasting, which I'm always down for a bourbon tasting. 332 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: Why not. Yeah, So, although not right now, not right now, 333 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 1: you get I did not taste the bourbon. I was 334 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: there in a working capacity only. However, it was a 335 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: very cool place to be they had at the JW. 336 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: Marriott Downtown. It was great to see them starting to 337 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: really lean into their Nashville outreach with Second and seven 338 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 1: and they've already gotten involved a lot with some local schools. 339 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: So Second and seven the foundation is, if you're not 340 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,239 Speaker 1: familiar with it, is a literacy program. That's really what 341 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: they do. But they get into schools and read to kids, 342 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: and they use athletes student athletes as kind of the 343 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: vehicle to get kids in second grade excited about reading 344 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: and books and literacy and all of those things. So 345 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: they've gotten involved with local schools Lipscomb, Vanderbilt, those types 346 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: of schools, taking their athletes into local elementary schools and 347 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 1: having them read to the kids and every kid gets 348 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 1: a book. That's a big deal. So they're able to 349 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: really get them excited about reading and kind of what 350 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: it can do for you, not only as an entertainment vehicle, 351 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 1: but as an educational vehicle. So it's kind of twofold 352 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,359 Speaker 1: in that you're working a lot with young kids, getting 353 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: them excited about reading and learning, but you're also working 354 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: with student athletes. They work with high school athletes and 355 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: get them into the elementary schools and get them used 356 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:31,080 Speaker 1: to giving back and taking time to invest in youth 357 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: and getting kids excited about reading. So it's a really 358 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 1: cool thing that's servicing both the readers and the kids 359 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: who are being read too, So it's a really neat foundation. 360 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 1: And seeing them kind of start to get some traction 361 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: in Nashville with the local high schools, from the local 362 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: universities and kind of start to hold bigger events here 363 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: and start to get their legs under them a little 364 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 1: bit in a new city is so cool. And man, 365 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 1: they are so fired up for Nashville. They're so excited 366 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: about this city and how people have really embraced them 367 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: and what they're trying to do as a foundation. It's 368 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 1: really really neat to see and kind of watch them 369 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: grow in a brand new state. If you have a 370 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 1: chance to get involved with the Second and seven Foundation, 371 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 1: we would encourage you to do. So it's something very 372 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 1: near and dear to the heart of Mike Vrabel and 373 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 1: Luke Fickle, and it's a it's a really good thing, absolutely, 374 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: and it's easy an it's an easy thing that you 375 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: can see the tangible progress that they're able to make 376 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 1: in the difference that they're able to make. And I 377 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:39,719 Speaker 1: mean it's it's very upfront, it's very simplistic in terms 378 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:44,000 Speaker 1: of what their mission is and it's needed, yes, absolutely. 379 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 1: And the books that they have written for the kids. 380 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,120 Speaker 1: They have a series of books called The hog Molly's 381 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: and I mean Mike Vrabel, Luke Fickle, Ryan Miller, the 382 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,120 Speaker 1: third guy that they have established this foundation with, they're 383 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: very involved in writing the hog Molly's books and putting 384 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 1: them all together. They're very cute little stories. They all 385 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:08,959 Speaker 1: have a lesson. They're all trying to teach something, you know, 386 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 1: and they're a conversation starter. So they've had ones from 387 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: you know, friendship and feelings and mental health and things 388 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: that kids really need to discuss and bringing it to them. 389 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 1: So there's just a lot of good with second and seven. 390 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 1: I love being able to work with them and kind 391 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 1: of be a small part of what they're trying to 392 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: do here in Nashville. So what was the good on 393 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: your trip to Las Vegas to the Pro Bowl? How 394 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: was it different having the Pro Bowl in Las Vegas 395 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:41,160 Speaker 1: and what did you enjoy? It was very different. I 396 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 1: had only ever been to Pro bowls that happened at 397 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: Disney World. So for me, I was a little skeptical 398 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: of this because I was missing the Mickey Mouse component 399 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,679 Speaker 1: that I had gotten so used to. Experiences at Disney 400 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,400 Speaker 1: World are very controlled and organized, and you know exactly 401 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: what's going to happen in a Disney situation. But Vegas 402 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:06,399 Speaker 1: was great. It was chili. It was a chili desert experience. 403 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: But Vegas is not hot this time of your people 404 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: mistake that they think because it's one hundred and thirty 405 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 1: seven degrees in July, that it's like that all year round. 406 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: But it's a lot like Arizona, right, It's and even cooler. 407 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, Yes, I was one of 408 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: those people who thought, oh, it's Vegas, it's hot there, 409 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: like Vegas is a hot city. No it is not. 410 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: It was chili, but the accommodations were great. They had 411 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,680 Speaker 1: their practices at a minor league baseball field, so they 412 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: were able to get a lot of people in the stands. 413 00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,959 Speaker 1: The turnout was awesome. There were fans of you know, 414 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: every team. It's like when you play a London game, 415 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,919 Speaker 1: you know, you look into the stands and it's just 416 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 1: every jersey from every team. That's how it was at 417 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 1: these practices, and it was so great to have everybody there. 418 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 1: The Pro Bowl is such a fun experience because you're 419 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:00,560 Speaker 1: basically going to like someone else's class reunion because all 420 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,199 Speaker 1: of these guys know each other, they've all played together 421 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:06,440 Speaker 1: at some point. I mean, a guy like Roger Saffold 422 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: was like, I've hit half the guys on the field 423 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 1: with me right now in different games. It's a little awkward. 424 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: Have you ever had a player that was more excited 425 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: to be in a Pro Bowl than Roger Saffold? Absolutely not, No, 426 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: he was just tickled to death that he was able 427 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 1: to be there and have that experience. He was so 428 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: grateful for the opportunity, and he said, you know, I've 429 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: always been a guy that has done my very best 430 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: and worked as hard as I can, and to be 431 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,400 Speaker 1: here now and kind of see the reward of that, 432 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: he was just very thankful to be there, and he's 433 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: just the nicest guy, Like, he was so willing to 434 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,479 Speaker 1: talk to us. He was super accommodating for all the 435 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: club media who's kind of hanging out on the sidelines 436 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 1: like waving like goofballs trying to just like get his attention. 437 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: But he was great. But all of our guys were 438 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 1: really great. Harold Landry was so happy to be there, 439 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,160 Speaker 1: and he was just taking pictures of everything, Like every 440 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: time I looked at him, he had his phone out 441 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: and he was taking pictures of stuff because I mean, 442 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: for him, it was all these guys that he's seen 443 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 1: and played against, but now he's having the ability to 444 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 1: really work with them and pick their brains over things. 445 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: So that was a really cool thing to see. The 446 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,640 Speaker 1: same with Jeffrey Simmons. I mean, Jeffrey Simmons was legitimately 447 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: having conversations with players on the team about things that 448 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: were very football and very technical. You know, he wasn't 449 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: just there hanging with the boys, like he wanted to 450 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: learn from the other guys that he was on the 451 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: field with, and that was a really cool thing to 452 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,400 Speaker 1: see as well. What's it like being in Vegas with 453 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 1: the NFL because we haven't been there yet. So I 454 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: ask you that question. Mean, you know, because the NFL 455 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: for years, Paul Tagliabu said, over my dead body, will 456 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 1: there ever be a team in Vegas? And now there 457 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: are legitimate league functions happening in Las Vegas. The draft 458 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: is going to be there. It's a real was it 459 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: almost surreal? It was strange and you almost didn't know 460 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: how to navigate it because I'm a little bit more 461 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: like you, Mike Keith in that for the first part 462 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: of my NFL experience, it was like, if you look 463 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: at anything that has to do with gambling, we will 464 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: find you and you will be punished. You will turn 465 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: to stone. Yes, you will die, So don't do it well. 466 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: And I've told the story before and I'll just throw 467 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 1: it in for those the ot people who might not 468 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: understand where we're coming from. So for the first twenty 469 00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:32,239 Speaker 1: two years of my NFL career, the biggest part of 470 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 1: my contract with the No Nose was about gambling, right, 471 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: I mean, it was like, you will not gamble, you 472 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: will not think about gambling, you will never mention gambling, 473 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: you will never talk about and you will you will 474 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: not know anyone who gambles you will. I mean it 475 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 1: was it was just like everything well now gambling to 476 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: a certain sponsored by g Yeah, we do tightens all 477 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 1: access in the bed MGM studios. It's oftentimes somewhat confusing, 478 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: right because you're like, are you sure I'm supposed to 479 00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: be saying this. I mean, I'll look at Ashley Farrell 480 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,600 Speaker 1: sometimes when we're doing Titans all access and I'll think, 481 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 1: really that that's behind me and the commissioner over my 482 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: dead body. Will there ever be a team in Las Vegas? 483 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 1: Now there's a team in Las Vegas. We're having the 484 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl in Las Vegas, We're having the Draft in 485 00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: Las Vegas, Super Bowl, you know what I mean. All 486 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,240 Speaker 1: this stuff's coming to Las Vegas. That's why if you're 487 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: listening to the OTP, you're probably saying, why is this 488 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: such a big deal? But we haven't played there yet, 489 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: so we haven't had this topic come up. And now 490 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,920 Speaker 1: you've gone there as part of this, and I'm just 491 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: I'm still kind of just dumbfounded because when I used 492 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: to go there for arena the three years that I 493 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: did Arena ball, see that was very involved with the strip. Right. 494 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,199 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we played in a casino we played. We 495 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: played in a casino like arena. They had an arena 496 00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:59,919 Speaker 1: attached to the casino where we played. They were like 497 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: six people there. Everybody else was at the blackjack tables. 498 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: But I mean the whole thing was it felt dirty? Yes, 499 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: And that's kind of how this felt for me. It 500 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: felt very okay. Are we allowed to be here? What's happening? 501 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: Should I be looking at this? Should I be sitting 502 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: over here? Is it okay? Then I'm sitting here? Is 503 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,520 Speaker 1: it okay? Who's around? Like you were? You? We were 504 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,879 Speaker 1: very on edge. It just when you were kind of 505 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: in a strip environment. But I will say, did you 506 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: go to the strip? I did go to the strip, 507 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:34,160 Speaker 1: But the Pro Bowl is not around okay. No, So 508 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:39,639 Speaker 1: we stayed about twenty twenty five ish minutes away from 509 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,160 Speaker 1: the practice. No. So the team, the players stayed in Henderson, 510 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,920 Speaker 1: which is supposed to be wonderful. It's beautiful. There's beautiful 511 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,959 Speaker 1: golf courses out there. They had all the NFL Flag 512 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: football tournaments, they were all out in Henderson. So we 513 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:59,520 Speaker 1: spent some time in Henderson. We stayed in kind of 514 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 1: off the strip at the league hotel, so where all 515 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,159 Speaker 1: the league staff we're staying closer to the strip, but 516 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,359 Speaker 1: not on it. And then about twenty five minutes in 517 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 1: the opposite direction is where the practices were being held 518 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:14,360 Speaker 1: at the minor league baseball field. So we were kind 519 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: of all over Nevada. I mean, I feel like we 520 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: were all over the place. We were really just navigating 521 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: through the desert, so it was very spread out. You 522 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: got to see a lot of areas. But yeah, I 523 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 1: mean I took an evening. When we were done with everything, 524 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,200 Speaker 1: we walked down the strip. Oh, we went up and down. Yeah, 525 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,439 Speaker 1: but what casino? I walked through all of them. Now, 526 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: you didn't walk through all I walked through a lot 527 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: of them. We walked almost two miles. What was the 528 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: best when you went to Oh, my gosh, I don't know. 529 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: I mean to Win. I didn't go to We didn't 530 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: go to Winds. I don't think. I don't think we 531 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: walked through I mean I've never been there. No, But 532 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 1: I mean you walked through. We walked through Caesar's, we 533 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 1: walked through Bellagio. I mean there's all the malls in 534 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: between all of them. You walk through, like Aria and Cosmo, 535 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,800 Speaker 1: in all these places, and you feel really fancy I 536 00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: didn't notice there's Raiders stuff everywhere. What people don't know 537 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: about Las Vegas that you do now having been out there, 538 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:17,479 Speaker 1: is that Las Vegas is not the Strip. The Strip 539 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: is just part of Las Vegas. But they're nice neighborhoods. 540 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: A lot of people live there, a lot of people 541 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: work there who don't have anything to do with the 542 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: entertainment and gaming industry. And it has often been compared 543 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: from a demographic standpoint, in a population standpoint, to what 544 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: Nashville was fifteen years ago. Yeah, and that was one 545 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: of the reasons that the NFL thought they wanted to 546 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: be there. So they're like, oh, my goodness, look at 547 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: this place, which is this growing area where people are 548 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: moving and businesses are moving. And then if you're a 549 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: Raiders fan in California, you can get there easily from 550 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 1: northern California. And there were Raiders fans there. And here's 551 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: the other thing, you know, the number one team I 552 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 1: think in southern California is still the Raiders. Yeah, no 553 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 1: offense to the Ams who are having a great week 554 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 1: and the Chargers, but for the twelve years the Raiders 555 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: were in LA they built a following there. It's easy 556 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: to get from southern California to Vegas. So they got 557 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 1: this beautiful sixty five thousand seat stadium. They have lots 558 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 1: of tickets that they can sell in Vegas. They have 559 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: lots of tickets that they can sell two people with 560 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 1: the entertainment and gaming industry, which they do, and then 561 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: they sell all these tickets to people from California and 562 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,520 Speaker 1: they're a national team. People come from all over the 563 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,920 Speaker 1: country who love I knew Raiders since my brother was 564 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 1: a Raiders fan growing up there. They're everywhere. So the 565 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: point is it's a fantastic location for the NFL to 566 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:03,360 Speaker 1: be And while it seems counterintuitive based on the contracts 567 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 1: we had to sign years ago, it's twenty twenty two. 568 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: Man times change, right, And that's the thing. I mean, 569 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: the NFL has done such a great job, in my opinion, 570 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 1: of incorporating the two end, of really leaning into these 571 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: spaces where they've never been before and doing it away 572 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,200 Speaker 1: where they're meeting fans. Where they are I mean gott 573 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 1: Lee walking through the malls. There's NFL merchandise stores all 574 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,720 Speaker 1: over the place, and so I mean we stopped and 575 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,840 Speaker 1: looked through. They had some really cool NFL stuff, but 576 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 1: there was a thought process when they went there from 577 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:42,240 Speaker 1: some people they said, oh, you know, it'll have to 578 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:48,360 Speaker 1: be tourists coming into absolutely not. No, the Strip is 579 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 1: to Las Vegas what Broadway is to Nashville, right, if 580 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: that makes sense? Like Broadway's packed all the time in Nashville. 581 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,080 Speaker 1: Always people down there, and it's a really cool place 582 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 1: to go and hang out and grab a meal and 583 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: listen to some music and do that. But you don't 584 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:08,239 Speaker 1: live there. But how often do we as residents go 585 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 1: down there? Hardly ever? I mean, if if people are 586 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: coming in from out of town, if you if you 587 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: just decide every once in a while you want to 588 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: do it. But it's kind of like when I lived 589 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: in Knoxville, how often did we go to Pigeon Forage 590 00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: And did we go to do I mean once in 591 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: a while, yeah, you know. And that's the thing is 592 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: the people who live in Vegas. I mean, I'm sure 593 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: they go to the casinos occasionally, but they probably go 594 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:35,800 Speaker 1: when relatives come into town. Yeah you got business, Yeah, yeah, 595 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: you go down there, you hang out, But like that's 596 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: not where you live, that's not where your day to 597 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: day activities happen. And there's so many other things in 598 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 1: the Las Vegas area. That's not the strip right that 599 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: the league has done a great job of capitalizing on. 600 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: And so, No, I think their fan base is a 601 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 1: lot of people who are in the area. Do you 602 00:32:55,960 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 1: think Celine Dion where's a Raider's jersey? I know Selene 603 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 1: Dion wars a Titans church because I'm such a big 604 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,400 Speaker 1: fan of it, and I found out that she lives 605 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: in Henderson, but I didn't find out until after I 606 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 1: got back. I would have gone, and No, I very 607 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: nicely and politely and respectfully tried to find her because 608 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 1: I want her to know that I'm a fan. I know, 609 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,360 Speaker 1: your life will go on, heart will go on, Your 610 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: heart will go on too, and on and on and 611 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: on and on. Are they happy with Josh McDaniels out there? 612 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 1: From what you could tell, it seems like it. I mean, 613 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: there's a giant banner of him on the side of 614 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: the stadium. They seem fired up more of the corner. 615 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 1: They're coming here, I know. I'm very excited. We're not 616 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 1: going there, They're coming here. Yeah, No, I'm excited. I'm excited. 617 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 1: I was kind of low key on the Raiders train 618 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 1: all year This year they were up, they were down. 619 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: I always thought that if they had had some consistency, 620 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: they could have gone a little bit farther. I'm excited 621 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,120 Speaker 1: to see what they are going to be able to 622 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: do under a new regime that is going to be 623 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: dramatically different from the Grooden era. I think I'm kind 624 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:05,720 Speaker 1: of excited about the Raiders and what they've got going 625 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: on until they come here, and I hope we beat 626 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: the lights out of them. Okay, so I need to 627 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: talk about something. From our friends at the Tennessee Department 628 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:13,879 Speaker 1: of Health. They want to know, did you get your 629 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:17,840 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen vaccine. Don't forget it is recommended that you 630 00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 1: also get the COVID nineteen booster that I've had it, 631 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,720 Speaker 1: I am boosted. I'm boosted as well. Having the booster 632 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,320 Speaker 1: will further protect you from the COVID nineteen virus. Everyone 633 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: twelve years and older can get a booster after completing 634 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: their primary vaccine series. Learn more about COVID nineteen boosters 635 00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 1: and how to get one by visiting COVID nineteen dot 636 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 1: TN dot gov. From our friends at the Tennessee Department 637 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:47,800 Speaker 1: of Health. All right, I just came back from Vegas, 638 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: and might get another booster just in case. Who knows. 639 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:55,640 Speaker 1: There were a lot of people at those practices, folks. 640 00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: There were a lot of folks, and they were really 641 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,240 Speaker 1: fired up, so they got close to the edges. Nice. 642 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: It was great, all right. So let's announce here the 643 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans have extended the contracts of general manager John 644 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: Robinson and head coach Mike Vrabel. Additionally, the team has 645 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:16,160 Speaker 1: added two coaches to the staff, Tim Kelly as passing 646 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: game coordinator and Bobby King as the inside linebackers coach. 647 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:25,279 Speaker 1: So let's take this bit by bit, if we will. 648 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 1: Let's talk about first of all, John Robinson being extended 649 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 1: six years, six winning seasons, four playoff appearances in the 650 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,799 Speaker 1: last five, three in a row. Only two teams in 651 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:40,440 Speaker 1: the NFL have had at least six winning seasons in 652 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,799 Speaker 1: a row. The only other one is Kansas City. I mean, 653 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:47,000 Speaker 1: kind of a no brainer. Oh yeah, definitely a no brainer. 654 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: I mean John Robinson has brought so much good to 655 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,680 Speaker 1: this Titans organization. Yes, of course, I mean there's hardly 656 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,359 Speaker 1: even anything to say, like give him whatever he wants. Yes, 657 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:02,280 Speaker 1: I think that Robinson has been such a great addition 658 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,959 Speaker 1: to this Titans team. I mean, he is our fearless leader. 659 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,920 Speaker 1: We're always very excited to talk about how it is 660 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: he does business and a little bit that we are 661 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,879 Speaker 1: able to see out of him. So excited that he's 662 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 1: going to be here for a while. Mike Vrabel matched 663 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: the franchise record for wins forty three over his first 664 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 1: four seasons with the team, tying Jack Pardie, and so 665 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 1: Vrabel has been extended. No surprise, there no drama, Vrabel 666 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,879 Speaker 1: saying very clearly when he was asked about it late 667 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: in the season, I want to be the coach here. 668 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,360 Speaker 1: It feels like for both John and for Mike that 669 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 1: they just feel like this is a great situation for them. 670 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:50,359 Speaker 1: They know it's a great situation in particular with ownership 671 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:55,319 Speaker 1: and how things fit, and so both are happy to 672 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:59,200 Speaker 1: be here. And for Vrabel, it makes total sense. Yes, 673 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,000 Speaker 1: keeping the team together, you know, maintaining that consistency at 674 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 1: the very very top is so important. And man with 675 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,839 Speaker 1: the season that Mike Vrabel's coming off of what he 676 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 1: was able to do, and we just saw him as 677 00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,759 Speaker 1: a coach, I mean thrive time and time again. It 678 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 1: felt like no matter what curveball was thrown, his way. 679 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,799 Speaker 1: I remember in training camp before the twenty twenty one 680 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:26,600 Speaker 1: season even started, we were talking about the curveball that 681 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: Covid was and how he was, Like, Man, if someone 682 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,839 Speaker 1: had told me that Covid was going to be part 683 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 1: of my head coaching tenure, I don't know. So then 684 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,479 Speaker 1: it led me to wonder, like, if someone had told 685 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 1: him that he would be playing with ninety plus players 686 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:47,720 Speaker 1: in a single season, would he have that same feeling? 687 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,239 Speaker 1: And we have just seen him survive in advance, and 688 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:53,919 Speaker 1: he can adapt and he can rise. And I mean, 689 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:57,120 Speaker 1: there are not two better people in the National Football 690 00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:02,160 Speaker 1: League to work for every day well absolutely and again continuity, 691 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,480 Speaker 1: no drama. And just think about this too. There are 692 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:09,680 Speaker 1: nine NFL coaches that have been hired, so over a 693 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 1: quarter of the league's coaches have turned over. If Mike Rabel, 694 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,839 Speaker 1: let's just say, had been a free agent, can you 695 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:22,520 Speaker 1: imagine the fight there would have been for him. And 696 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:26,920 Speaker 1: so the Titans have got a guy who is viewed 697 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: as one of the elite guys in the league. And 698 00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,000 Speaker 1: you keep him with no drama, and you keep him 699 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,440 Speaker 1: with your general manager, and you just keep on rolling. 700 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 1: And while it doesn't guarantee success, I think what both 701 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:44,320 Speaker 1: of us have seen is when you have a chance 702 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,960 Speaker 1: to keep continuity, it is the best thing you can 703 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,600 Speaker 1: have in the National Football League really over anything else. 704 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,920 Speaker 1: Amy Adams Trunk is so smart. You lock up your 705 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: best pieces, and those two are two of our best pieces. Well. 706 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,720 Speaker 1: And the other part of it, too is in rewarding 707 00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,960 Speaker 1: John and Mike and keeping them together and keeping the continuity, 708 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,960 Speaker 1: you're also saying good job. Yeah, yeah, And I mean 709 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,600 Speaker 1: who doesn't like that if you are part of the 710 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:18,120 Speaker 1: ot people listening to this right now, in whatever you do, 711 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,320 Speaker 1: when you get the chance to say to them, good job, 712 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:23,880 Speaker 1: you see how it makes them feel, and you know 713 00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,680 Speaker 1: how it makes you feel. You want to come to work, 714 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,719 Speaker 1: you want to feel good. And that's the space that 715 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,799 Speaker 1: Amy Adams Strunk and Kenneth Adams and Barkley Adams and 716 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:39,440 Speaker 1: the family have created here is people want to be 717 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,120 Speaker 1: they you know, Mike didn't want to go anywhere else 718 00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:46,080 Speaker 1: because it's just a it's a good space right now. 719 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,239 Speaker 1: They care about their people, they care about investing in 720 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:53,279 Speaker 1: their people. They want to make sure that they are 721 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,200 Speaker 1: able to keep their people. You know, I mean, you 722 00:39:56,440 --> 00:40:00,920 Speaker 1: very much feel like and this is just for me personally, 723 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,399 Speaker 1: not as a coach or general manager or anyone who 724 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 1: does anything that has that level of value. You feel appreciated, 725 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:14,280 Speaker 1: you know, and when your superior tells you, hey, good job, 726 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,040 Speaker 1: we want to keep you here, that makes you feel good. 727 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,319 Speaker 1: It makes you want to continue to work, and it 728 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:22,560 Speaker 1: makes you want to continue to grind out, and especially 729 00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,080 Speaker 1: coming off of what was a little bit of a 730 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:31,400 Speaker 1: disappointing ending, having your boss say hey, we've still got you. 731 00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:35,240 Speaker 1: But that part of it too, But you think, okay, 732 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,000 Speaker 1: both these gentlemen make a lot of money, no doubt 733 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,640 Speaker 1: about it. But you think, well, i'd do I'd let 734 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,080 Speaker 1: them fire me for that amount of money. You really, 735 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:48,680 Speaker 1: you really wouldn't. Nobody wants that feeling, and the real 736 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,960 Speaker 1: feeling is whether you whether you make that kind of 737 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:57,160 Speaker 1: money or you make less. Everybody likes to be appreciated. Yeah, 738 00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:02,440 Speaker 1: everybody appreciates the old pad on the back and whatever 739 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:06,719 Speaker 1: the dollar figure is, okay, it's relative. But at the 740 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,120 Speaker 1: same time, you just when somebody says, hey, great job. Yes, 741 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:12,560 Speaker 1: I'm proud to have you as my general manager. I'm 742 00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,759 Speaker 1: proud to have you as my coach. I'm proud to 743 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,279 Speaker 1: have you representing this franchise and I want to keep 744 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:19,840 Speaker 1: you here. Well, what does it make you do? It 745 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,000 Speaker 1: makes you want to run through a wall, right, It 746 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,400 Speaker 1: makes you want to dig up the next great player. 747 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,080 Speaker 1: It makes you want to fight through having ninety one 748 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:31,920 Speaker 1: players on the roster and keep battling. You're invested. Amy 749 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,839 Speaker 1: has made sure that people are invested. It's like going 750 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:39,000 Speaker 1: out and hiring Tim Kelly as the passing game coordinator. 751 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:43,160 Speaker 1: I mean to me, adding Tim Kelly is like adding 752 00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,319 Speaker 1: Zach Cunningham to the defense. It's a great analogy. Well, 753 00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:48,880 Speaker 1: and what I mean by that is Todd Downing is 754 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 1: a real good football coach. Yes, I know there's a 755 00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,799 Speaker 1: lot of Todd Downing discussion out there, but I'm just 756 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,920 Speaker 1: telling you he's a really good football coach. And the 757 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,320 Speaker 1: things that he had to deal with this year, many 758 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:03,399 Speaker 1: of which people don't quite understand, but they did a 759 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 1: pretty good job. Yes, they will do better, even better 760 00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:11,120 Speaker 1: in year two. I guarantee you're going to see more things, 761 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,720 Speaker 1: particularly if they have more health on the offensive side. 762 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,600 Speaker 1: But you have a chance to put Tim Kelly with 763 00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,600 Speaker 1: that group. Who man, you talk about a guy who 764 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:24,960 Speaker 1: was dealing with some stuff in Houston. They had some issues, 765 00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:28,560 Speaker 1: especially on the offensive. You might have read about him, 766 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:32,160 Speaker 1: you might still be reading about him, some question marks 767 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: at a certain important position. Well that and just all 768 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:39,560 Speaker 1: of the craziness. I mean, they trade DeAndre Hopkins, they 769 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,280 Speaker 1: don't have a running back, they have all these issues 770 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,799 Speaker 1: in the offensive line. I mean, you know, most of 771 00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:50,480 Speaker 1: the weapons that they've had over the years offensively are gone. Yeah, 772 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:54,759 Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks has really been about it. And yet I 773 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:56,840 Speaker 1: mean you saw what he did with Davis Mills in 774 00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:59,520 Speaker 1: the last game of the year. This a creative guy. 775 00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,880 Speaker 1: And to add him to the mix with Todd Downing, 776 00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:07,480 Speaker 1: with Tony Doositt running back, with Keith Carter in the 777 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:12,920 Speaker 1: offensive line, with Luke Steckel at tight ends, with Rob 778 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:16,840 Speaker 1: Moore with the wide receivers, I mean, it's a really, 779 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:21,240 Speaker 1: really good group. The comparison has been made to adding 780 00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,759 Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz to the defense last year, and while it 781 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,000 Speaker 1: was Shane Bowen's defense, there's no doubt Jim Schwartz added 782 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:31,320 Speaker 1: something that also comes from ownership too, right, because you 783 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:34,120 Speaker 1: got to spend the money on that guy, right, And 784 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:38,080 Speaker 1: the fact that she's willing to spend money. Yes, that's 785 00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:42,280 Speaker 1: another reason this team is winning right now. Yeah. Absolutely, 786 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:46,480 Speaker 1: it's the investment in your team. You say, what do 787 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:50,640 Speaker 1: you need? Okay? You know you trust your people who 788 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,320 Speaker 1: are telling you what it is that you need, why 789 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,759 Speaker 1: you need it. And I think that this is going 790 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,200 Speaker 1: to be a great addition to the Titans offense and 791 00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,719 Speaker 1: I'm really excited about it. Bobby King, I don't know 792 00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,000 Speaker 1: as well, but I know he has been with the 793 00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:07,279 Speaker 1: Texans twelve years in the league. He's been with the 794 00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:11,600 Speaker 1: Texans the last five years. He was with the Chargers 795 00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:15,240 Speaker 1: for three years before that, twenty fourteen through twenty sixteen, 796 00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:18,920 Speaker 1: and he started his NFL career with the Texans twenty 797 00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:24,080 Speaker 1: eleven through twenty thirteen. So he's worked with linebackers. He's 798 00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,560 Speaker 1: had the opportunity to work with Mike Vrabel before. He 799 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:31,759 Speaker 1: certainly has familiarity with the philosophy and he will come 800 00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:35,280 Speaker 1: in and we'll fit in right away and is another 801 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:39,400 Speaker 1: piece that is added to the puzzle. So Mike Vrabel extended, 802 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:43,880 Speaker 1: John Robinson extended, the Titans hire Bobby King to coach 803 00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:46,360 Speaker 1: the linebackers, and they bring in Tim Kelly to be 804 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:49,440 Speaker 1: a passing game coordinator. Really exciting day for the Titans 805 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,520 Speaker 1: here at Saint Thomas Sports Park. Yeahs all you got? 806 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:54,560 Speaker 1: You got anything else? I think that's all I've got. 807 00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,040 Speaker 1: Mike Keith. So you're glad to be back from Vegas. 808 00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,919 Speaker 1: I'm glad to be back from Vegas for a short time. 809 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,840 Speaker 1: I'm then a tough to Indianapolis. Off to Indianapolis. We 810 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,000 Speaker 1: are preparing for the combine as we speak. So for 811 00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,920 Speaker 1: Ashley Farrell and Avy Wells, I might keep thanking you 812 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:11,920 Speaker 1: for joining us for the ode t keep welcome to 813 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:16,520 Speaker 1: the big show where the legends go. Everybody knows it's 814 00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:21,359 Speaker 1: our house fighting thought Tennessee. Making us to read greatness 815 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:22,000 Speaker 1: is meant to be