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Speaker 1: They've been protecting Tennesseeans for seventy five years. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the Titans Samian Coach Mac Podcast. I'm Emmy Wells. Of course,

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Speaker 1: Coach Mack is also here, and the Titans are coming

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Speaker 1: off of a win, a big win over the Denver Broncos.

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Speaker 1: They are now six and three this season. They're still

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Speaker 1: three and oz in the division and Coach Mac, it

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Speaker 1: feels pretty good to be winners today. Well, that's a

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Speaker 1: big bounce back game, you know, especially from the gut

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Speaker 1: punch in Kansas City. I mean they laid everything on

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Speaker 1: the line in Kansas City and could not quite come

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Speaker 1: away with the win. And then going into this ball game,

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Speaker 1: I think everybody was a little bit on edge just

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Speaker 1: because of the number of players that we were going

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Speaker 1: to have missing frontline players from this game against Denver.

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Speaker 1: Denver was coming off of a bye week, so they

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Speaker 1: were fully rested, and we were coming off of an

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Speaker 1: overtime game very physical with Kansas City, and as I said,

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Speaker 1: you know, we had several players, missing five players on

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Speaker 1: defensive starters. I mean that was an issue. The big

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Speaker 1: positive was that we got Ryan Tannehill back, and as

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Speaker 1: the game progressed and had unfolded, you could see, we

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Speaker 1: all could see how important that was to the outcome

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Speaker 1: of the game, to getting Ryan Tannehill back, And so yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it felt good. I thought the atmosphere in

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Speaker 1: few times on the broadcast. The fans were into it,

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Speaker 1: and they were very intelligently into it. They knew wouldn't

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Speaker 1: to make noise, and they knew when the team needed juice,

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Speaker 1: and for a while there, the team needed a lot

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Speaker 1: of juice because there weren't a lot of points scored

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Speaker 1: very early on. Now, for those of you who are saying, well,

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Speaker 1: this podcast is either a late or b early, depending

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Speaker 1: on how you look at it. The Titans play three

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Speaker 1: games in eleven days, so everything is a little bananas

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Speaker 1: around Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park. So we didn't get

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Speaker 1: it after the Kansas City loss. We are getting it

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Speaker 1: to you after the Denver win, and we are going

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Speaker 1: to be previewing the Green Bay hopefully win on Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: So we're kind of in the middle of all the things.

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Speaker 1: So that's why the timing is the way that it is.

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Speaker 1: So we want to make sure that we talk about

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Speaker 1: this Denver win kind of break it down a little

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Speaker 1: bit before we move on to previewing Thursday night football,

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Speaker 1: and Mac, you just referenced it. The Titans get the

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Speaker 1: win over the Broncos, and in that win, they were

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Speaker 1: missing a ton of starters, especially on the defensive side

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Speaker 1: of the ball, and yet the defense was still able

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Speaker 1: to show up really big. Why is this Titans defense

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Speaker 1: so effective no matter the personnel. Well, first of all,

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Speaker 1: I mean it goes to the culture that Mike Vrabel

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Speaker 1: and the way that Mike Rabel and his coaches coach him.

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Speaker 1: I mean, everybody is held accountable and if you're on

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Speaker 1: this roster, if you're in this building, if you're in meetings,

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Speaker 1: you're expected to be able to play if you're called

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Speaker 1: upon this game. As you said, there were five legitimate

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Speaker 1: defensive starters missing from this game. This was the first

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Speaker 1: ball game, Aimy, where we have missed Big Jeff and

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Speaker 1: both out of this game. That put a lot of

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Speaker 1: One of the things that was talked about a lot

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Speaker 1: of the major keys to this Titans offense. Well, just

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Speaker 1: let's go back to last year. Derrick Henry missed nine games,

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Speaker 1: So it helped a lot that he was back in there.

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Speaker 1: Nick Westbrook at Keene had a career best day. He

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Speaker 1: Starting to see more balanced attack on offense. No, we

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Speaker 1: What needs to happen is is Ryan Tannehill continues to

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Speaker 1: when you get some continuity with series, that's what we need.

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Speaker 1: just like it's like starting and stopping your engine over

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Speaker 1: I don't acknowledge special teams near enough. I'm sure, Well

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Speaker 1: Well no, so I'm trying to correct my wrong here

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Speaker 1: they do they understand this. As long as they have

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, they can take some chances on defense because

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Speaker 1: he can always make up for some scores. I mean,

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Speaker 1: and that's what they've always counted on up there when

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Speaker 1: they're playing defense. That he could, Aaron Rodgers can always

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Speaker 1: bring them back. I mean, as long as I've been

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Speaker 1: playing against Green Base since I've been in the league,

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Speaker 1: it's been two quarterbacks. Brett Aaron Rodgers. Both of those

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Speaker 1: guys could bring them back, you know. I mean I've

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Speaker 1: played a few games against the magic Man mccowski a few,

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Speaker 1: you know, but the dudes have been far and that's

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Speaker 1: really the way defense has been there for a long time.

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Speaker 1: You know, we go clear back to Reggie White when

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Speaker 1: they were dominant on defense. Well they haven't been dominant

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Speaker 1: on defense for a while, but they play good, complimentary

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Speaker 1: defense to the offense because of their quarterback. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be cold, Mac, This is not going to be a

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Speaker 1: warm weather experience for anyone. And really, I mean it

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Speaker 1: was cold against the Broncos at Nissan Stadium. For anybody

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Speaker 1: that was there, they know it was chili, It was chilly.

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Speaker 1: This is going to be a new level of cold,

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Speaker 1: and also at night, so you don't have benefit of

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Speaker 1: the warming sun. The first really cold weather game is

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Speaker 1: a challenge for a team, right, Well, yes, I mean

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Speaker 1: it is if you let it get in your head

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Speaker 1: if you go up there and you just play. I

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Speaker 1: was at the Bears for ten years. We loved when

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Speaker 1: teams would come in from warm weather cities. We would

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Speaker 1: have our our defensive players, Hampton, McMichael, Dent. Those guys

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Speaker 1: would go out in T shirts and shorts you know

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Speaker 1: before and teams would be out there with those little

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Speaker 1: handwarmers in hot and they just stand around their T

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Speaker 1: shirts and shorts and just look at them. And then

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Speaker 1: they would never wear sleeves but vastling on their arms.

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Speaker 1: It was a head game, you know. So yeah, but

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Speaker 1: you've got to you've got to get yourself prepared for it.

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Speaker 1: And the thing to do there too is, you know,

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Speaker 1: especially if team and Mike Rabels knows how to get

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Speaker 1: a team ready for it for cold weather. And the

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Speaker 1: first thing is is when you get up there, you

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Speaker 1: get out in it. You know, when you're you don't,

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Speaker 1: you don't you don't sit in the locker room and

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Speaker 1: sit next to the heater ten minutes before you need

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Speaker 1: to go out. You go out and get in it

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Speaker 1: and get revved up. Because when it's cold, when it's

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Speaker 1: cold as a player or it's cold as a coach

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Speaker 1: down on the sideline. When you're moving and work, it's

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Speaker 1: not quite like how cold it is when you'll be cold.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I'm gonna be cold, and it will be

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Speaker 1: in my head. Yeah, I don't have to play, it's

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Speaker 1: already in your head. It's already in your head. And

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Speaker 1: we're recording this in a nice heated room. So but

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Speaker 1: you'll be cold. I've seen you in this element before. No, well,

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Speaker 1: it wasn't good. I mean and no, Well, the last

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Speaker 1: time we went to Lambeau, it was in the middle

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Speaker 1: of an actual blizzard. It was a blizzard. It was

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Speaker 1: so cold. Well, you didn't have the right gear on.

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Speaker 1: Iarn't have the right gear on. I thought I did.

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Speaker 1: But waterproof is a really big deal in a blizzard,

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Speaker 1: and it was slushy. And yeah, there were just a

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Speaker 1: lot of factors that were working against me. Oh, you

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Speaker 1: look like you look like a really lost little puppy

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Speaker 1: sitting outside an animal shelter when it was raining and sleeting.

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Speaker 1: When you walked into the booth after the game, looked

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Speaker 1: at you went, you're not okay. It was not okay.

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Speaker 1: I was absolutely not okay. But be okay this time.

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Speaker 1: Get prepared. Yeah, I just if we can get a win,

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Speaker 1: a w will keep me warm. I think, no, it will,

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Speaker 1: you know it will. Yeah, but still be prepared. I

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Speaker 1: will good. I will, and anybody who is heading to Lambeau. Actually,

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of Titans fans that I have

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Speaker 1: just heard and seen on social media who are going

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Speaker 1: to this game. So let me just let me just

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Speaker 1: say this. If you get a chance to or to Lambeau,

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Speaker 1: do it. It's a cathedral to football. I mean, it

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Speaker 1: is the National Football League. It's different than any place

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Speaker 1: in the league. I mean it sits right in the

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Speaker 1: middle of a very middle class neighborhood. It's it's outstanding.

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Speaker 1: Those are very sophisticated fans. They are great fans. When

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Speaker 1: I was coaching with the Bears my first year, the

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Speaker 1: veteran coaches told me, go on the first bus, get

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Speaker 1: dressed and come with us. We're going to parking lot tailgating.

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Speaker 1: Now what said, Yeah, put on your stuff and we'd go.

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Speaker 1: It's a it's a tremendous atmosphere. It's a cathedral to football.

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Speaker 1: It really is. It's worth the visit. It's worth the visit. Yep.

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Speaker 1: So all Titans fans who are heading up there. Were

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Speaker 1: excited for you. We are excited to see you there.

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Speaker 1: We hope you enjoy your experience. But take a dang coat.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be cold. No. Look, first of all, all

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Speaker 1: our two million listeners, don't take any cold weather clothing.

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Speaker 1: Tips from Amy Wells. Here's what you do. Check your stuff,

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Speaker 1: get some good winter weather gear. I know that you

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Speaker 1: won't go for fashion. I don't go for fashion. Have

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Speaker 1: you ever seen me on the sidelines during a cold game?

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Speaker 1: I look ridiculous. Those boots you had you said were

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Speaker 1: very furry, But the problem was is they were furry

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Speaker 1: until the water started soaking through them to the bone. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so here was my flaw. Listeners, do not be like me.

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Speaker 1: I had warm, fluffy boots. However they were not okay,

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Speaker 1: so they were water proof, not water resistant or the reverse.

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Speaker 1: They were water they were water soluble. Could in a

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Speaker 1: slushy snow. They just soaked up that water like a

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Speaker 1: sponge and put it right on the cold toast. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: don't worry about fashion. Get really nice warm clothes, get

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Speaker 1: hand warmers and go and enjoy the game. You will

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Speaker 1: enjoy the environment, I promise you. Yeah you will. You will.

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Speaker 1: And this is going to be a good game. This

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Speaker 1: Titans team is going to be a good matchup for

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Speaker 1: this Packers team. Yes, absolutely, it is. It's a. It's

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Speaker 1: it's a it's a it's a big game for both teams.

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Speaker 1: Green Babe got back on the winning road beating up

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Speaker 1: winning a big game on Sunday night against Dallas. Titans

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Speaker 1: get got back on the winning ways beating Denver. So

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Speaker 1: it'll be a great game. It's gonna be a great game.

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Speaker 1: The Titans take on the Green Bay Packers on Thursday

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Speaker 1: Night Football lambeau Field. Kickoff for that game is at

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Speaker 1: seven fifteen. You don't want to miss this. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be a lot of fun for Coach Mac. I'm Titans

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Speaker 1: Amy Amy Wells. Thanks for joining us for this edition

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Speaker 1: of the Titans Amien Coach Mac podcast. Dress Warm, Dress Warm,