1 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,639 Speaker 1: Plan on paying less for the coverage you need with 3 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: Farm Bureau Health Plans. Get a quote today at FBHP 4 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 1: dot com. I'm Mike Keith. Very special OTP as. Just 5 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:32,160 Speaker 1: days ago, Titans head coach Brian Callahan and Executive vice 6 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 1: president and general manager Ran Carthon and I had a 7 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: chance to do a Q and A in front of 8 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: the membership of the Nashville Sports Council and we did 9 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: this in the Wesley Mortgage Club at Nissan Stadium. It 10 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: was a fun forty five minutes overall, as the head 11 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: coach and general manager went back and forth on several topics, 12 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: and there were some good stories as well. We begin 13 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: with one that Ran Carthon touched on in a recent 14 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: press availability, the story of how the Titans ramped up 15 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: their pursuit of Calvin Ridley. Now, in the press availability, 16 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 1: you heard part of the story. The Nashville Sports Council 17 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: members heard the entire story, and we'll begin right there. 18 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: Brian Callahan and Ran Carthon from Nissan Stadium on the OTP. 19 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: So the process started when we set our intentions on 20 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 2: free agency. Myself Calli, Anthony Robinson, Chad Brinker, our coaching staff, 21 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 2: Vin Morino. We went in with a target list and 22 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 2: we met with miss Amy and kind of gave her 23 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: the plan. Hey, here are are top guys were going 24 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: to target. Here's some guys on the back end that 25 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: are maybe's if other scenarios don't, you know, come to fruition. 26 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 3: So we're in it. 27 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: We're getting guys and we have a day where we 28 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 2: ultimately we struck out on two guys that we targeted. 29 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 2: And so, being a competitor, I was I was pissed, 30 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 2: you know, and and frustrated. So our night ends and 31 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 2: I go in my office. I take a shower and 32 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 2: you know, I'm in the shower and I'm still pissed, 33 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 2: but I'm thinking, you know, about other things. And that's 34 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 2: when the thought of well, maybe maybe we can get 35 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 2: in on this ridley thing. And so I'm thinking about it. 36 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 2: And as I get out of the shower, Chad Brinker's 37 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 2: leaving the office and he's like, you know, all right, homie, 38 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 2: and I hear his voice and I jump out of 39 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 2: the shower, wrap my towel around me and I'll just 40 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 2: run out and I stop him. 41 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 1: Wait a minute. You went out in the hall. 42 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 3: Not in the hall, but in my in the like 43 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 3: the four year of my office. 44 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: Okay, okay, so pseudo private. Yeah, but you're in a town. 45 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: I'm in a towel. It's not that private. 46 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 2: I'm in a towel. And I'm like, Chad, can we 47 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 2: get this ridley thing done? And in the media part 48 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 2: where I spoke and I could see the cameras now, 49 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: so I guess it's gonna be known. That was why 50 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 2: Chad was like, let's talk tomorrow, because I'm a grown 51 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 2: man stand in front of another grown man and trying 52 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,919 Speaker 2: to discuss business in a towel, And so I was like, 53 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 2: all right, cool, but putting on his on his mind. 54 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: I got dressed and then I went next door and 55 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: talked to Calli and we had a conversation about the 56 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 2: possibility and what Calvin could bring to us and the possibility. 57 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 3: Of adding him. 58 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 2: And from there I had the conversation with miss Amy, 59 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 2: you know, my drive home about the possibilities, kind of 60 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 2: walked her through, you know, where we would need to 61 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 2: come in finance, actually where our walk away price would be. 62 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:04,839 Speaker 3: In total. 63 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 2: We'll do more research, but let's talk tomorrow, So come 64 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: in the next morning talk to Chad. You know, Chad 65 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:18,040 Speaker 2: has a really good relationship with Calvin's agent. So Chad 66 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 2: started the conversation from his part. Calli and I we 67 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 2: talked in and we all talked as a group, and 68 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 2: it was something that we wanted to keep really intimate. 69 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: So during the negotiation of that day, it was only 70 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 2: three of us like in it, well, counting VN it 71 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 2: was four, and we were legitimately just together all day, 72 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:43,119 Speaker 2: like in Calli's office pretty much how it was. So 73 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,239 Speaker 2: now we start, We put our name in the hat, 74 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 2: and we knew we had to come strong because of 75 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,599 Speaker 2: other offers and to get him to want to leave Jacksonville. 76 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 3: So we do that. We make our initial offer. 77 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,479 Speaker 2: They tell us it's a competitive offer, it's a good offer, 78 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 2: and that they'll explore. So this whole thing, what do 79 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 2: you say, It was about ten ten. 80 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: Am, Yeah, it was mid morning. 81 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, so when we made the offer. 82 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: So I'll fast forward because it's now it's about three. 83 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: It's been hours. 84 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 4: We've been going back and forth and sitting together talking 85 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 4: and just sort of been this whole day just sitting 86 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 4: around together, waiting and having conversations. In between, and there's 87 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 4: other things going on too, but that was the main 88 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 4: one we were waiting on all day to see if 89 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 4: we can get it finalized and finished. 90 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 3: So it's about three o'clock. Now this is. 91 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 2: The day that you can officially start to talk to 92 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 2: guys after four pm Eastern, which is the start of 93 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 2: our new league year. So negotiations are still ongoing. So 94 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 2: we get a call from his agent, and his agent says, 95 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 2: all right, you know, talk to him about it. He 96 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:00,679 Speaker 2: likes the opportunity, not committing, but say it's about ninety percent. 97 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: He still has to talk to his wife and talk 98 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 2: to his family. So we're like cool, So you guys 99 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 2: would get to know coach. Coach doesn't believe it until 100 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 2: it's signed, right, Like, I don't want to talk about. 101 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: It, not one bit, not till that ink is dry. 102 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 4: Do I believe that anything is done, because I've seen 103 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 4: it go the other way way too many times. 104 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: So Coach is behind his desk. I'm sitting on the 105 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,920 Speaker 2: couch in his office and it's like, you can't move, 106 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 2: you can't do anything, and we're just frozen waiting on 107 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 2: this call. So we get a call back. It says 108 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 2: his wife likes the opportunity. What we didn't know his 109 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 2: wife is from Huntsville, so it gets her close to 110 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: her family, and they actually have a home in Huntsville, 111 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 2: so it gets them close. So the percentage just went 112 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 2: up to ninety eight you'll take that, right, ninety eight percent? 113 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 2: Like all right, we're good. Nope, I just he has 114 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: to sign. 115 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: Still know, yeah, I don't believe anything until's done. 116 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 2: So then because of the type of character Calvin has 117 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 2: and you know, everything that he went through, Jacksonville traded 118 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 2: for him, and he's like, you know what, like these 119 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 2: people took a chance on me when others turn their back, 120 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 2: I want to be able to call you know, through 121 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: his agent, he let us know that he wants to 122 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 2: be able to call Jacksonville and say, hey, I'm gonna 123 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 2: take this other opportunity. 124 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 4: I'm sitting there and said, there's no way this is 125 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 4: not ninety eight percent done. He's gonna call Jacksonville. It's 126 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 4: gonna go sideways. This is not good. I can't believe 127 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 4: this is like, we're this close. And then I just 128 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,559 Speaker 4: knew as soon as he called him that it wasn't 129 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 4: going to be favorable for us. At that point, I 130 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 4: was not a very big believer that it would get 131 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 4: worked out. 132 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 2: And to Coach's point, we get a call back maybe 133 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 2: what thirty minutes later. It was like, all right, well 134 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 2: it's at fifty percent. 135 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 1: I knew it. I just shake in my head, look 136 00:07:58,600 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: at him like I told you it was. 137 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 2: And they're like, you know, Jacksonville wants to put something together, 138 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 2: and he's like, you know, we'll see, but they want 139 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,559 Speaker 2: to put something together to see if they can match. 140 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 2: So now we're waiting. It's another forty five minutes. We 141 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 2: get a call and they're like, Jacksonville's gonna match the offer. 142 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 2: Not gonna say what we said, but you know, we 143 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 2: were in that phase of it. So we're sitting there 144 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 2: and you look at the clock and it's after four. 145 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 2: So I'm like, well, we can talk to him now, 146 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 2: right because the new League years started, and I'm like, 147 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 2: at this point, all we're doing, we're throwing money. 148 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: And at this point you're just talking to the agent. 149 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 2: Just to the agent. That's all we're allowed to do 150 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 2: is have communications with the agent. And so now we're like, 151 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 2: we're like, we need to get this guy on the phone, 152 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 2: Like I'm sure the GM's calling him the head coach teammates. 153 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,360 Speaker 2: Everybody's calling him from Jacksonville, but we can't. So like, 154 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 2: let's get this guy on the phone. Let's talk to him. 155 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 2: So we get his phone number from his agent, and 156 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 2: then we just call and we put it on speakerphone. 157 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 2: And by this time, our offensive coordinator Nick Holtz had 158 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 2: joined us, and Nick coached him in Jacksonville, and so 159 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 2: we get him on the phone, and you know, we 160 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 2: all introduce ourselves and then we passed the phone to 161 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 2: coach and then Coach tells him, you know, hey, this 162 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 2: is gonna be the system. This is how a program 163 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 2: is going to be run, this is how we're going 164 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 2: to do things. And then I got the phone and 165 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 2: it was one of those things if you guys, I 166 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 2: don't know how many people in here are from Florida 167 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 2: or know about people from Florida, Like we stick together, right, 168 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,960 Speaker 2: whether you're in state out of state. And I knew 169 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 2: people that coached him, you know, and I knew the 170 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 2: area he's from, and so I just approached it from 171 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 2: two Florida boys having a conversation, you know, on the phone. 172 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 2: And one of the things I told him, I was like, listen, 173 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 2: I know where you're from. I'm from the same place 174 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 2: you're from. I know how you are raised, I know 175 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 2: what things mean to you. I was like, but more 176 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 2: than anything, we're gonna treat you like a man and 177 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 2: allow you to be you. I said, whoever that is? 178 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 2: You know, and we had done our research so we 179 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 2: knew what he was made of. We're like, we're gonna 180 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 2: let you be a man and allow you to be you. 181 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:16,960 Speaker 2: And I told him one of the things that miss 182 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 2: Amy takes pride in is allowing people to be them 183 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 2: and do their jobs. And what do you say. Within 184 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:25,720 Speaker 2: two minutes of the phone call, he was like, I'm coming. 185 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 3: I'm good. 186 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 4: We went from a fifty percent chance to Calvin just 187 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 4: been like, yeah, no, I'm good, I'm coming. 188 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 1: And so wait a minute, Brian, what do you think 189 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 1: at this point? 190 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 4: I mean, obviously I don't believe anything that doesn't he 191 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 4: I mean, I felt good. Our conversation was good, and 192 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 4: I felt confident that that we had represented ourselves the 193 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 4: way that we were we were hoping to, and that 194 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 4: he would be open to the to come and to 195 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 4: Nashville and you know, free agencies like any business, you know, 196 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 4: money talks and the money part was important, and we 197 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 4: were competitive at that point. Now was about all things 198 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 4: being equal. Word does he want to play? And what 199 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 4: kind of environment does he want to be in? And 200 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 4: I think we did a good job of painting the 201 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 4: picture of what it's going to be like here for 202 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 4: us in Tennessee, and I think he obviously bought into it. 203 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 3: So then he says he's coming. 204 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 2: So then I say, all right, well, listen, have your 205 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 2: agent called Jacksonville and tell him that you're coming. You 206 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 2: don't call him and we're good. And so we're still 207 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 2: waiting no final word from his agent. And his agent 208 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 2: is one of the best, if not you know, the 209 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 2: best in the business. And he called us back, and 210 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 2: of course he moved the gold post a little, well 211 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 2: if you can do this, and at that point we 212 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 2: just wanted it to be over. So we're like, if 213 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 2: we do this, are we good? And he's like yeah, 214 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 2: and so we were like, just do it. And he said, 215 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 2: you know, hey, congratulations, you just got yourselves, you know, 216 00:11:55,360 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 2: a wide receiver. And so we celebrated fifteen twenty seconds and. 217 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: Then yeah maybe and then. 218 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 2: And we get Calvin on the phone, you know, just 219 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 2: to hey, welcome, you know, thank you, for believing in us, 220 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 2: we believe in you. And again I said this before, 221 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,199 Speaker 2: and I think it got misconstrued a little bit because 222 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 2: I said, like again, this is all ninety seconds and 223 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 2: we call Calvin or FaceTime Calvin, you know, as we're 224 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 2: having this conversation, and thirty seconds until the conversation, it's Amy. 225 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 3: Beeps in and she's like, is this true? You know? 226 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 2: And more so is this true? Like did we pull 227 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 2: this off? Not as in I don't know what's going on, 228 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 2: you know, but like is this true? Did we really 229 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 2: make this happen, you know, in this day? And at 230 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 2: first I was like, like, is what true? I didn't 231 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 2: know that it was out, you know, We're in our 232 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 2: little bubble, and she's like, it's all over the TV. 233 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: And we were like, drove off the road, by the way, 234 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: I'm listening to the radio. 235 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,920 Speaker 3: And so of course we get off the phone with Calvin. 236 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 2: We're like, hey man, we'll call you back, like the 237 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 2: Queen is calling, so and we talked to her and 238 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 2: you know, just we were all excited, you know, about 239 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,560 Speaker 2: what we had done and how we did it. 240 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 3: It was it was collective. It was a group, you know. 241 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,080 Speaker 2: It wasn't about any one person closing a deal, because 242 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 2: it took all of us and you know, and we 243 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 2: closed the deal. We got Calvin back on the phone, 244 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 2: got coach Tobert you know, in and talked to everybody, 245 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 2: and then the panic sets in again because you're like 246 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 2: nothing signed. 247 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 3: So then it's like, well, damn, like. 248 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 2: How soon can we get this dude in here, Like 249 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 2: we like need to get him in here asap signed, 250 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 2: because again like it's not done. And Jacksonville, I think 251 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 2: it happened a couple of days before there was a player. 252 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 2: Eric Kendricks he whatever, He visited the forty nine ers, 253 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 2: agreed to sign with the forty niners, and then the 254 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 2: next day, I mean, it was all public he's going 255 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 2: to San Francisco, and then the next day he signed 256 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 2: with Dallas. Had a change of heart overnight. So then 257 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,840 Speaker 2: you got to wait another twenty four hours to get 258 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 2: this guy in and. 259 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 3: You have to live through that. 260 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 2: So long story short made it happen, and we're excited 261 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 2: to have Calvin. 262 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 1: Now that's a story. 263 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 4: It's a little peak behind the curtain of how those 264 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 4: things go and the ups and downs and backs and forths, 265 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 4: and it's everybody sees the announcement that you sign a player, 266 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 4: but you don't understand how much how much work goes 267 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 4: into actually making that happen behind the scenes, and like 268 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 4: like Rand said, the collective effort of all the. 269 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: People involved was. 270 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 4: Was really pretty cool to watch and watch everybody do 271 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 4: their job and activate when it was time to activate, 272 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:49,240 Speaker 4: and you know, you get to see the announcement, But 273 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 4: we take a lot more pride and how the deal 274 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 4: got done as opposed to actually getting the deal done. 275 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 2: The one part I did leave out is after we 276 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 2: got it done, I officially quit for the day. So 277 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,520 Speaker 2: I legitimately after we were done, we were in a 278 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 2: good place. I grabbed my stuff, I left and went home. 279 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 2: It was like five o'clock, like I was. I was depleted. 280 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 2: I got sick for a few days after that, just 281 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 2: because it takes so much out of you to get 282 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 2: this done, and you know, you want to deliver a 283 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 2: product for the people in this room, the people in 284 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 2: this city, the people in this state, and knowing that 285 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 2: we were close to having it, it just takes a 286 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 2: lot out of you. So you know, we're just glad 287 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 2: that it came to Fruition. 288 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,000 Speaker 1: Head coach Brian Callahan, You are an offensive guy. We 289 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: know that you have coached some good quarterbacks, You've certainly 290 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: coached some good receivers. Why was Calvin Ridley worth all 291 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 1: of the time and effort. Well, there was an element 292 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 1: of explosive this that Calvin brings to an offense. It's 293 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: been proven. 294 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 4: He was explosive in Atlanta, he was explosive in Jacksonville 295 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,200 Speaker 4: teams in the NFL nowadays, you have to be able 296 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 4: to make those big plays, to make explosive plays, and 297 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 4: you have to have the guys that had the ability 298 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 4: to do it, and and Calvin does. He's got great acceleration, 299 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 4: great ability to separate, he can win in one on 300 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 4: one coverage. There's not many guys in the NFL that 301 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 4: can cover him in a one on one situation. And 302 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 4: he's a fantastic person on top of it. And so 303 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 4: you add that element to an offense that already's got 304 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 4: some good young players. We felt like that was something 305 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 4: that would be able to take us another notch up 306 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 4: up the wrong offensively. And as as everybody that follows 307 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 4: the NFL knows, I mean, you got to score points 308 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 4: in the NFL to win football games, and so we 309 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 4: needed someone that could help us do that, and and 310 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 4: Calvin fit that perfectly. 311 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: What can he do in combination with DeAndre Hopkins scheme wise, Well, 312 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: it's hard to cover both of them, you know. 313 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 4: It's though Deandre's obviously been a very productive player over 314 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 4: his entire career. He's big, he's strong, he's a matchup problem. 315 00:16:56,120 --> 00:17:00,120 Speaker 4: He's been an explosive player as well over his care 316 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,800 Speaker 4: and so to be able to have two receivers that 317 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 4: that are hard for people to match up with then 318 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 4: have to determine which corner they want to put on 319 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 4: which player, and both are different styles of players. So 320 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,400 Speaker 4: we feel like no matter who we go line up against, 321 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 4: that we're going to have something that can go win. 322 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 1: What can those two guys do for Treylent Burks development potentially, Well, 323 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: you get. 324 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 4: To be you get a chance to see for a 325 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:25,440 Speaker 4: young player like him, you get a chance to see 326 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 4: what another two other veteran, productive veteran receivers look like, 327 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 4: how they work, how they approach their their craft, how 328 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 4: they approach their workday, how they take care of themselves, 329 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 4: how they prepare for a game. And then there's a 330 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 4: there's an element of playing receiver in the NFL that's 331 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 4: confidence based and then these guys have an incredible amount 332 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 4: of self confidence. It's almost delusional the way that they 333 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 4: feel about how well they can do their jobs. And 334 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 4: that's how you have to be to go out there 335 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 4: every Sunday and play in front of all these people 336 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 4: and and produce. So to have a young player see 337 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 4: that from two veteran players I think. I think is 338 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 4: as an important part of any player's development at all positions, truthfully, 339 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 4: but those two guys, I think will really give him 340 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 4: an example to follow. 341 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:13,640 Speaker 1: Our Nashville Sports Council crowd here likes stories and they 342 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: know that we got a good cornerback this week. And 343 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: that's an understatement. In Lugarious Snead from Kansas City, I 344 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: guess it's more story Time with Ran carthon my new podcast, Yes, 345 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: your story Time with Uncle Ran. So Kansas City puts 346 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 1: the franchise tag on him, meaning they owe him. I 347 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: think it was nineteen point eight million dollars this season. 348 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: He has the ability to go out and potentially make 349 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: a trade. And then last Friday you officially acquired him. 350 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,840 Speaker 1: That was almost a month from the date that the 351 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: tag was applied until you officially acquired him. When did 352 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 1: you start working on this with him in Kansas City 353 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: and whomever else? And how long did it actually take 354 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 1: in terms of the process day to day. 355 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 2: Well, I'll say active conversations where compensation was discussed with 356 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 2: Kansas City was more like two weeks, So it wasn't 357 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 2: that long. You know, we had other conversations more just 358 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 2: us inquiring about where they were with their process and 359 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 2: where they were with him, and you do the research 360 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 2: and you know, kind of understand where other teams may be, 361 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 2: what other teams may be interested, and so again leaning 362 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,439 Speaker 2: on relationships and understanding like who we are as a 363 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:48,800 Speaker 2: collective group. I had a good relationship with his agent, 364 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 2: Chad and Mike Burgonzi, who is the assistant GM in 365 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 2: Kansas City. They have a really strong relationship. So allowing 366 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:02,240 Speaker 2: those to you know, to talk amongst themselves from a 367 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 2: team the team standpoint, and with us having Kansas City's 368 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 2: permission to engage in conversations with the agent, uh, kind 369 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 2: of just had an ongoing conversation with the agent, no 370 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,159 Speaker 2: offers or anything, just kind of learning a little bit 371 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,439 Speaker 2: more and more more than anything, doing a case study 372 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 2: to try to see where they want to be, you know, 373 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 2: what's important to them contractually, and so you know, as 374 00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:32,400 Speaker 2: time went you kind of we we we approach most 375 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 2: things with our walkaway price right where where we're ultimately 376 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 2: where we're done, and so we kind of knew where 377 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 2: we wouldn't go within a trade, and amongst myself, Cali, 378 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 2: miss Amy, and the rest of the team like, hey, 379 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 2: this is where we'd be comfortable, you know, making that move. 380 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 2: And so we got to a point with Kansas City 381 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,479 Speaker 2: where it was like, okay, you know, this is what 382 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 2: we're willing to do, and they accepted, and so then 383 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 2: it transitions from there to now you have to negotiate 384 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 2: a deal with the agent, and then that's where Vin 385 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 2: Marino you know, comes in, and kind of based off 386 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,680 Speaker 2: of my conversations with the agent of where they want 387 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 2: to be and what was feasible for us at the time, 388 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 2: we were able to find that happy medium. 389 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 3: And so again. 390 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 2: The process seemed like it drug out because so much 391 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 2: was coming out, you know, in the media and all 392 00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,640 Speaker 2: those different things, but it was really a two week process. 393 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 2: And then on the back end of it, it was 394 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 2: more logistical because we were getting ready to leave to 395 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,439 Speaker 2: go to owners meetings, as was the team with Kansas 396 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,199 Speaker 2: City and the way you have to execute from a 397 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 2: franchise player being you know, tagged, traded and signed, it's 398 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 2: our contract, but it has to be executed by Kansas City. 399 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 1: Because a player has to be under contract in order 400 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 1: to be traded. 401 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 2: Correct and the player has to agree to being traded. 402 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 2: And so there were some you know, some red tape 403 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 2: for all sides us in Kansas City as well. And 404 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:07,640 Speaker 2: again logistically, we're in Orlando, Kansas City's in Orlando, Lugerius 405 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 2: is in Dallas, and so getting him to sign, you know, 406 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 2: in person. If I'm not mistaken, I think Kansas City 407 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 2: had to fly you know, one of their young scouts 408 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 2: to Dallas to meet with him to get him to 409 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 2: sign the proper paperwork, you know, in order for the 410 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 2: trade to become executed. So, uh, it was more of 411 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 2: a logistical thing, but it over the course of two weeks. 412 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: So two weeks, Brian, I wonder your defensive coordinator, Denard Wilson, 413 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: your secondary coach Chris Harris, the guy who works with 414 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: him in the secondary guy we know well, and Steve Jackson. 415 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: Are they driving you crazy at this point to get 416 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: this done? 417 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 3: No? 418 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 4: We we we we did a really good job I think, 419 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 4: as a as a as a staff of identifying the 420 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,879 Speaker 4: players that fit what we were looking for from a 421 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,159 Speaker 4: from a player perspective, from a coaching perspective, and and 422 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 4: I thought we had a really tight free agency initial plan, 423 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 4: and so we knew corner was a spot that we 424 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,240 Speaker 4: were hoping to address. We knew there was some free 425 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 4: agents that would be available. We would have, you know, 426 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 4: at the onset, the idea that we could sign the 427 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 4: Jerius was obviously our top target, but then he gets 428 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,440 Speaker 4: franchised and now it's a tag and trade situation, which 429 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,920 Speaker 4: makes it very different than just a normal free agency 430 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 4: contract negotiation, and so we kind of put him on 431 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 4: the shelf. We signed Cheeto, who I love Cheeto. He'll 432 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 4: be a fantastic addition. But we knew that there was 433 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 4: an ability to get maybe two quality corners in the 434 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 4: free agency process and really solidify that position. And obviously 435 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 4: we knew those were needs for us, and so Dinard 436 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 4: was obviously very excited that we were going to take 437 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 4: that route for him and try to find two really 438 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 4: good players. 439 00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: And we felt like that was. 440 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 4: The best allocation of our resources for those positions, because 441 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 4: that's the way the NFL works, and. 442 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 2: They were very much included in the process, you know, 443 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 2: obviously the way we do things. Our scouts watched players 444 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 2: as as well as our coaches. But when the first 445 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 2: thought of potentially trading for LJ came up, myself, CALLI, 446 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:16,919 Speaker 2: Anthony Robinson, Dennard, Chris Steve, we all went into a 447 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 2: room together and we just watched him play. We just 448 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 2: turned on the tape and we watched him and we 449 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 2: literally talked about, Hey, are you guys comfortable if we 450 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 2: trade this for him? Now understand this will cast you 451 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 2: this And so we worked through all of those scenarios 452 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 2: with the coaches so they would understand, you know, everything 453 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 2: that goes into getting this player, because it's not always 454 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 2: an apples for apples thing, and so they were very 455 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 2: understanding of where we had to be and what it 456 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 2: you know, the areas that it would take us out 457 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 2: of if we pulled this off and made it happen. 458 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 2: But I promise you those guys were more than happy. 459 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: Which I mean Cheeto Woozy and Lagerious Sneid and Roger 460 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: McCrary for that matter. Don't those guys totally fit what 461 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: Dennard Wilson wants his guys in the secondary to do. Yeah. 462 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 4: If you watch those guys play, both both Cheeto and 463 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,719 Speaker 4: and Lajerias and the way that Roger plays the nickel position, 464 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 4: it is a tough, physical, smart group of of of corners. 465 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 4: And you know, you you see all the clips of 466 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 4: of Lagerius when he's you know, taking Tyreek Hill and 467 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 4: and jamming him into the ground in the in the 468 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 4: that late game of the year, and Cheetah plays very 469 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 4: similar style. They're both big players, they're there, their dimensions 470 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,920 Speaker 4: are big, they're tall, there long, and they play a 471 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 4: style that's very physical, which not every corner plays that way. 472 00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:47,479 Speaker 4: And we feel like we got three of them that 473 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 4: fit that style. And that's certainly one of the things 474 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,359 Speaker 4: that Dinard stressed when he got here, is that that 475 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,400 Speaker 4: ability for the corner to challenge and play physical at 476 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 4: the line of scrimmage and may not make life hard 477 00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 4: for for NFL offenses. And as an offensive coach myself, 478 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,680 Speaker 4: I've played against the Jerius. I've watched Cheeto in practice 479 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 4: for four years, and Lagarius is one of the toughest 480 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 4: corners that we've had to face. When I was in 481 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 4: Cincinnati and so to add him and add Cheeto really 482 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 4: transforms I think both the mentality and the physical nature 483 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 4: of our secondary on defense. 484 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: All right, so let me ask you. The Titans gave 485 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,719 Speaker 1: up a third round pick to get la Jerry Sneed. 486 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: Last year, you gave up a third round pick to 487 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 1: get Will Levis. Brian, how has Will Levis already made 488 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: his presence felt in this off season within Ascension Saint 489 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: Thomas Sports Park. 490 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 4: Just his eagerness to get started and improve. Obviously, we 491 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 4: have rules about when and where we can actually meet 492 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,680 Speaker 4: with players on actual football, but Will's been around, He's 493 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 4: been present. He's taken a couple of trips out to 494 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,199 Speaker 4: California to work with some of the quarterback people that 495 00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 4: are out there that are really good. But We've had 496 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 4: chances to have some discussions. I've talked him on the 497 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 4: phone a bunch. I keep him in the loop of 498 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 4: everything that's going on as far as where we're signing, 499 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 4: who's been targeted. I kept him on looping the coaching 500 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 4: staff as we hired guys. And I think that quarterbacks 501 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 4: need to feel that it's not an ownership necessarily, but 502 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 4: it's just an involvement in the process because Ultimately, he's 503 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,400 Speaker 4: the extension of me on the field. You know, he's 504 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 4: the guy out there playing on offense, and that's where 505 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,639 Speaker 4: you want your quarterback to be. So to be involved 506 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 4: in the process, to have communication with him, his willingness 507 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 4: to engage in that communication, and finally, his leadership role 508 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,800 Speaker 4: and talking to all the players that we've signed and 509 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 4: making sure that he's the one that's you know, making 510 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 4: a phone call from the player side, welcoming them to 511 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 4: the to the team has been really impressive. And so 512 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 4: we start Monday, and I can't wait to get actually 513 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 4: in a meeting room and talk football and coach finally 514 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,360 Speaker 4: after all this other stuff you gotta do. But he's 515 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,080 Speaker 4: been fantastic and I can't wait to get the work 516 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,920 Speaker 4: is really exciting, and that the work that he's put 517 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 4: in on his own has been really impressive. Ran who 518 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 4: have been some of the other guys who have really 519 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 4: made their presence felt that you feel like are going 520 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 4: to step up and take more of a leadership role. 521 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:07,880 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty four. 522 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 2: We've had a ton of guys and I think Brian 523 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,639 Speaker 2: said it when like his first week here, we've had 524 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,880 Speaker 2: a high number of players just in the building every 525 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 2: day working out on their own and. 526 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 3: That that's been the cool thing. 527 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: And that's one of the blessings about being in Nashville 528 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 2: that guys want to be here all off season. Guys 529 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 2: come here, whether you play a year or you play 530 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 2: twenty years, most guys come here and make Nashville their home. 531 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,919 Speaker 2: So that's one of our advantages. So we have a 532 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 2: ton of guys around, but one guy'll name is Taj. 533 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 2: You know, Taj is a guy that's he's been around. 534 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,480 Speaker 2: He cares a lot. I didn't know this, you know, 535 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 2: prior to us signing, but he and Tony Pollard have 536 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 2: had a relationship that I don't even know how exactly 537 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 2: they know each other, but I know Tony reached out 538 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,479 Speaker 2: to him Taj before he got drafted to kind of 539 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 2: offer him advice, and they kind of just kept in 540 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,280 Speaker 2: touch throughout this time. And so, you know, when we 541 00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,440 Speaker 2: brought these guys in the building for the first time, 542 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 2: Taj was one of the guys in, you know, making 543 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 2: sure that he's around. He's meeting everybody and meeting their families, 544 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 2: and so you started to see his leadership, you know developed, 545 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 2: you know, as time went on for him. Last year 546 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 2: and so especially with Derek no longer being here, there's 547 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 2: a void, you know, particularly in that room that I 548 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 2: know he's willing to step up and become the. 549 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 3: Guy in that room. 550 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 4: The one other guy that was the first phone call 551 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 4: I made when I got the job was Jeffery Simmons. 552 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 4: To me, Jeffrey is who the Tennessee Titans are. He's 553 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 4: to me, the face of what our organization is. And 554 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 4: so I think that he's continuing his role that's what 555 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 4: he's been here. But Jeffery's been great and he's he's 556 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 4: been around as well, and so having that he's sort 557 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 4: of like the Will Levice of the defense in my 558 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 4: We've tried to keep in touch and make sure Jeffrey 559 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 4: was sort of aware of what we were doing and 560 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:58,600 Speaker 4: how we were doing it because he's he's. 561 00:29:58,480 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: A guy too. 562 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 4: That's that's a you know, he is the Tennessee Titans. 563 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 4: When I when I think of Tennessee, I think of 564 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 4: him because that's what I had to go game plan against. 565 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: So why did you start offensive line construction with Senator 566 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: Lloyd Cushion Berry from the Denver Broncos getting him to 567 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: commit as quickly as possible? 568 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 2: Well, I think it starts with another fellow. About also 569 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,040 Speaker 2: about the last name of Callahan, I call him big coach. 570 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 2: Having big coach, you know, a part of it being 571 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:34,440 Speaker 2: the best in the game at coaching O line. Guys 572 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 2: want to be here, you know, Guys want the opportunity 573 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 2: to play for him. He's gotten a lot of people paid, 574 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 2: you know, and so you know, we had again we 575 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 2: talk about. 576 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 3: Relationships and being relational. Big coach. 577 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 2: Over the last few years coached Ethan Posick, which was 578 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 2: his center in Cleveland. And Posick and Cushion Berry they 579 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,400 Speaker 2: trained together that both l s U guys. They trained 580 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 2: together in the offseason and so they had plenty of 581 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 2: time to talk about what plan for Bill Callahan can 582 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 2: do for your your career and do for you as 583 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 2: a player. And so we identified him very early in 584 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 2: the process as you know, the best center in free 585 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 2: agency and a young and ascending player who has a 586 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 2: ton of ton of ton of great ball you know, 587 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 2: left ahead of him. 588 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 3: And so. 589 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 2: As a staff we identified you know, him as as 590 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:32,479 Speaker 2: a top target. Our coaching staff agreed, and you know 591 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 2: at that point, I mean, we didn't ask Ethan Posik 592 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 2: to do anything, but you know, when it when it 593 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 2: starts coming down and we're having these conversations during the 594 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,080 Speaker 2: tampering period with his agent. Of course the agent communicates 595 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 2: you know, hey, you know Tennessee called. And then now 596 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,040 Speaker 2: those phone calls start from the players, and then you 597 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 2: get guys that you look up to stamping you know, 598 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 2: the coach that makes it makes it easy for us. 599 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: Your dad is an unbelievable evaluator. I've wondered how much 600 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 1: of the current offensive line room can he evaluate on 601 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,000 Speaker 1: tape and how much more will he need to see 602 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: as you get on the field in the weeks to 603 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: come to fully know them. 604 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean he's evaluated every player and a roster. 605 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:22,000 Speaker 4: He watched every snap they all played. He's watched practice 606 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 4: reps of some of the guys that didn't play a lot. Uh, 607 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 4: So he's very aware of what we have currently on 608 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 4: the roster, what we needed moving forward, where are where 609 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:34,040 Speaker 4: our deficiencies were, where we might have some strengths. So yeah, 610 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 4: he's evaluated the whole thing from top to bottom. He's 611 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 4: there's nobody better And obviously I'm biased, but there's nobody 612 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 4: better out there when it comes to both evaluating and coaching. 613 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,920 Speaker 4: And so you know we we made we made the 614 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 4: move at center because the center was is that's the 615 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 4: middle of your offensive line. That's the that's the guy 616 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 4: that where everything goes through the balls. He touches the 617 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:57,240 Speaker 4: ball every play. Uh, there's there's the communication aspect, and 618 00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 4: if you're good in the middle of your offensive line 619 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 4: in the interior, you gotta have a chance to be 620 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 4: a pretty good unit. So that was sort of a 621 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 4: key starting point for for the offensive line. And he 622 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,720 Speaker 4: was adamant that that was the guy that we target 623 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 4: because that's the one where you as you build out, 624 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 4: you know you're building from inside out and those guys 625 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 4: you need a center. And his ability to know exactly 626 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 4: what he wants and how he wants it done is 627 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 4: what makes him unique. And he can't wait to get 628 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 4: under grass and get to know these guys a little 629 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 4: further and actually coach. But we got a pretty good 630 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 4: feel for where we're at and where we need to head. 631 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: And how much of a help is that to you 632 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: and the rest of the personnel staff. Ran that you 633 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: can walk down the hall and you've got somebody that 634 00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: he says this guy yes, and you you can just 635 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 1: be like this guy yes. I mean maybe you don't 636 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 1: take him because he doesn't fit the spot and you 637 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: have other needs, but the stamp of approval is realistically 638 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: all you need if you want to go in that direction. 639 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 2: I think it's it's it's an advantage for us as scouts, 640 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 2: and I think it's you know, not only big coaches, 641 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 2: all of our coaching staffs. The number one thing when 642 00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 2: we were talking with CALLI during the interview process was 643 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,720 Speaker 2: being able to have a plan. Not only have a plan, 644 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 2: but being able to articulate that plan and create the 645 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 2: vision for what we need to do as a personnel department. 646 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:19,240 Speaker 2: And both of our backgrounds, you know, we have experience 647 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,040 Speaker 2: with what we call profile tapes, which are basically, you know, 648 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 2: highlights if you will, of what you're looking for at 649 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,879 Speaker 2: every single position and being able to describe those attributes. 650 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,880 Speaker 2: And so we had a big meeting, one with the offense, 651 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,279 Speaker 2: one with the defense about what we're looking for at 652 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 2: every single position from a skill factor and critical factor. 653 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 2: And so for us as scouts now we have a 654 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 2: visual because these tapes were put together by the coaches. 655 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,040 Speaker 2: We have a visual as a reference point to always 656 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,760 Speaker 2: be able to go back to and to know what's 657 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 2: required to plan our scheme. So it makes it really 658 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,280 Speaker 2: really easy for us to know that although player A 659 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 2: is a great player, he's just not a fit for 660 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,839 Speaker 2: what we do, and that player B or C may 661 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,319 Speaker 2: be better options because they fit exactly our scheme, and 662 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 2: so it makes our job so much easier. 663 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,759 Speaker 1: Okay, we got to wrap up. Seems like I've been 664 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 1: going for five minutes, but I told you we could 665 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,239 Speaker 1: go for three hours. I've got so much more, but 666 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: they obviously have to get back to work. The draft 667 00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:24,439 Speaker 1: is approaching. Do you guys look at mock drafts, either 668 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:24,840 Speaker 1: one of you. 669 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:30,120 Speaker 4: I think there's an element of mock drafts that you 670 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:34,480 Speaker 4: have an awareness of because people are collecting information from 671 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,120 Speaker 4: all different parts of the league, from scouts, from coaches. 672 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,680 Speaker 4: You know, some of these people have good relationships around 673 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:43,080 Speaker 4: the league, and so they do get accurate information sometimes 674 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,960 Speaker 4: but never like one. But it's usually an aggregate of 675 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,319 Speaker 4: all the mocks. So you just get an idea of 676 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:55,960 Speaker 4: where publicly maybe guys are I guess being mocked to 677 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 4: what's your chances would be for a guy? For example, 678 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,759 Speaker 4: if you have if you're picking at thirty eight, what 679 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 4: are the chances that ex player is there well and 680 00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,400 Speaker 4: publicly in all the mocks, it's you know, it's like 681 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,359 Speaker 4: a ten percent chance they make it to thirty eight. 682 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,920 Speaker 4: So there's there's some things that do go into the mocks. 683 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,960 Speaker 4: I do not pay attention to what they say. It's 684 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 4: just more about an aggregate of what the public perception 685 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 4: is of players and teams. There is some accurate information 686 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 4: in there. Sometimes I bet Rand loves them. 687 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,160 Speaker 2: I love and hate them at the same time because 688 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,360 Speaker 2: it keeps me up at night. Part of one of 689 00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,480 Speaker 2: the things that Sarah Bailey, who runs our research and 690 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,800 Speaker 2: development department, one of the number one things I asked 691 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 2: of her when she was hired was. 692 00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:39,720 Speaker 3: To create a draft predictor model. 693 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 2: And it's kind of what he was talking about in 694 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 2: Knowing showing us being And it's based on our grades, 695 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 2: the coaches grades, mocks, and a bunch of different you know, variables, 696 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 2: analytic variables, and it gives us a percentage of the 697 00:36:57,120 --> 00:37:00,440 Speaker 2: chances that these certain players will be there at each 698 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,759 Speaker 2: one of our picks. And so we were talking about 699 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:07,920 Speaker 2: it this morning actually, and what goes into her model 700 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:10,880 Speaker 2: is there's over four hundred mock drafts. 701 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:12,040 Speaker 3: That are out there. 702 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:13,240 Speaker 1: Really, yeah, they're. 703 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:13,960 Speaker 3: Over four hundred. 704 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,319 Speaker 2: Some could be my next door neighbor putting one online, 705 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 2: don't know, but there are four hundred available mock drafts 706 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,640 Speaker 2: or over four hundred available mock drafts that kind of 707 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,560 Speaker 2: go into our algorithm. 708 00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:29,880 Speaker 3: So yeah, I pay attention. 709 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 2: Unfortunately, but like coach said, you know the reputable ones, 710 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 2: the ones that have good relationships that might be tapped in. 711 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 2: Right now, we're twenty what's today the four twenty day? 712 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,600 Speaker 2: We're twenty one days away, so three weeks away from 713 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:49,880 Speaker 2: the draft. They'll get better, you know, next week a 714 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 2: little bit more accurate. Next week, and probably the week 715 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,240 Speaker 2: of the draft has time to just turn off everything 716 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:59,239 Speaker 2: because that's that's when the misinformation period starts. And so 717 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,320 Speaker 2: you don't want to get. 718 00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,080 Speaker 1: You go from the legal tampering period to the lying period. 719 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:06,680 Speaker 3: Don't you. It's all lives, all right. 720 00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:09,600 Speaker 1: We're going to wrap up with this. You gentlemen, have 721 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,360 Speaker 1: been working together for two and a half months roughly, 722 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,200 Speaker 1: and I'll start with you, Brian. In the two and 723 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:19,440 Speaker 1: a half months, what do you most have excited to 724 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:24,080 Speaker 1: have gotten accomplished with Rand Carthon and with everybody else 725 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 1: in the Titans organization. 726 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:29,680 Speaker 4: That's a great question. There's not been much time for 727 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:35,279 Speaker 4: reflection yet. Unfortunately, it just seems like every day there's 728 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,359 Speaker 4: just something else coming that we have to keep moving 729 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,440 Speaker 4: forward on. So I haven't had much chance to reflect 730 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:43,279 Speaker 4: on the early part of that's been just every day 731 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:47,200 Speaker 4: something's coming. But what I am the most excited about 732 00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:49,120 Speaker 4: and the most proud of so far, I think is 733 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,520 Speaker 4: the way that we've worked together in the processes in 734 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,200 Speaker 4: the you know, we went from Rand and I working 735 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,800 Speaker 4: hand in hand trying to get our staff hired, getting 736 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,280 Speaker 4: a two strength coaches hired, the people that were involved 737 00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 4: in that process, starting the free agency process, getting the draft, 738 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:10,680 Speaker 4: and there's just it's been a really really seamless starting 739 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:14,319 Speaker 4: point to now where everybody's just works works in their 740 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,120 Speaker 4: role and does their job and we all work together. 741 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,560 Speaker 4: And it's that part's been really enjoyable, and I think 742 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,160 Speaker 4: that that's what attracted me here in the first place, 743 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 4: and to see that in action every day is really 744 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,680 Speaker 4: what's made that. You know, this is the fact that 745 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,440 Speaker 4: I got to come here and they offer me a job, 746 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 4: but my decision to come here as well was that 747 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 4: this is what I thought it would be. And I 748 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,839 Speaker 4: think that that's Probably the highest compliment I can pay 749 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,839 Speaker 4: to the people in the building right now is that 750 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,719 Speaker 4: it's it's exactly what I expected it to be, and 751 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 4: I think that that's bodes well for for what's to come. 752 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:46,360 Speaker 4: And I think that that's to me, the most important 753 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,960 Speaker 4: part is the way that everything's been worked together on 754 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,000 Speaker 4: and collaborated on, and everyone's pushed forward with the same vision. 755 00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,799 Speaker 4: That's been pretty outstanding to see in action. 756 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the same for me. 757 00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:01,200 Speaker 2: It's the relationship that's been developed, not only between Cali 758 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:05,280 Speaker 2: and I, but just our staffs, you know, merging together 759 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:08,680 Speaker 2: and you know, you're you're in the building and you 760 00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,279 Speaker 2: you're up and down the hallways and doing your thing, 761 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,439 Speaker 2: and but you know, I think everybody that comes into 762 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,799 Speaker 2: the building feels, you know, our building, they feel We 763 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:20,759 Speaker 2: were just talking yesterday and we were like, man, because 764 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 2: we've been having a bunch of draftees come in for 765 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,919 Speaker 2: what we call thirty visits, because you're allowed to bring 766 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,080 Speaker 2: in thirty players, and we kind of jokingly said to 767 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:33,160 Speaker 2: each other that if this was college recruiting, you know, 768 00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:34,960 Speaker 2: we'd be Alabama or Georgia. 769 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:41,600 Speaker 3: You know, we'd get our notice. I didn't say Florida. 770 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,840 Speaker 1: But that was nice. How you did that. You almost 771 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:44,319 Speaker 1: got it right. 772 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:47,880 Speaker 2: Sorry, But I think and I think that's a testament 773 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 2: to uh, not only who we are as people, but 774 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:55,560 Speaker 2: our coaching staff and our personnel staff. So to to 775 00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:58,040 Speaker 2: fully answer the question, the thing I've been most proud 776 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,879 Speaker 2: of is the great people, you know, that we've brought in. 777 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:04,200 Speaker 2: And that's something that we care about a lot. You know, 778 00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:07,360 Speaker 2: it's a pre requisite to be a good coach, to 779 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,120 Speaker 2: be a good personnel person, and to be a good 780 00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:13,520 Speaker 2: football player to be here. But we care about the people. 781 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,920 Speaker 2: We're not going to sacrifice that. We're not going to 782 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,799 Speaker 2: sacrifice our build in our locker room, because these people 783 00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,480 Speaker 2: have to be stewards of the community and stewards of 784 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:23,760 Speaker 2: the organization and the state. 785 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:28,719 Speaker 1: So I'll just these two gentlemen mentioned that they have 786 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:32,000 Speaker 1: the thirty visits, and there how many in today. They're 787 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,319 Speaker 1: a bunching today three yep. So you got to get 788 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:37,080 Speaker 1: back and so I'm going to let them go. And 789 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,120 Speaker 1: as we let them go, I think the thing that 790 00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,640 Speaker 1: I have been most excited about, and the people in 791 00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:46,120 Speaker 1: this audience have been most excited excited about, is the 792 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:50,160 Speaker 1: fact that we have had so much to be excited 793 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:53,239 Speaker 1: about in the last two and a half months. There 794 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,560 Speaker 1: have been a lot of fun days. We didn't play 795 00:41:55,600 --> 00:42:00,440 Speaker 1: the game yet, so Titans fans are fired up. Thank 796 00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,720 Speaker 1: you both for making this happen. Thank you for taking 797 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,319 Speaker 1: the time for the Nashville Sports Council and for our 798 00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:10,080 Speaker 1: great fans. Brian Callahan Redguard for thanks having so far 799 00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:20,360 Speaker 1: shed it. Seat geek is now the official ticketing partner 800 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,680 Speaker 1: of the Tennessee Titans. Whether you're buying or selling tickets 801 00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:28,160 Speaker 1: to Titans games or any other event in Nashville, seat 802 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,080 Speaker 1: geek is the place to do it. Seat Geek the 803 00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:35,080 Speaker 1: new official ticketing partner of the Tennessee Titans. So Titans 804 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:39,840 Speaker 1: fans can fan thanking the Nashville Sports Council for allowing 805 00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:43,440 Speaker 1: us to share this with you. I'm Mike Keith. 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