WEBVTT - The OTP | Covering Four Downs from Week 18

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<v Speaker 1>With Amy Wells, I am Mike Keith. Rhett Bryan is

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<v Speaker 1>also in the house as usual as we talk about

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<v Speaker 1>a seventeenth Titans football game. Titans went in Houston twenty

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<v Speaker 1>eight to twenty five to finish twelve and five. Rhett

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen teams say goodbye today, packing it up and closing

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<v Speaker 1>them out never easy, always good when you're not one

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<v Speaker 1>of that bunch. I've seen it in a world where

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<v Speaker 1>I was still in the locker room on locker room

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<v Speaker 1>clean out day. It's sad, I've seen it. I saw it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know AJ Brown's rookie year after you know they

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<v Speaker 1>got knocked out of the playoffs. But yeah, you never

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<v Speaker 1>want to be carrying that contractor's bag full of all

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<v Speaker 1>your gear in the locker you've collected all season long

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<v Speaker 1>and saying see you win. The fact that you're in

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<v Speaker 1>It's a whole another season reset. Here we go. The

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<v Speaker 1>fact that you're in is one thing. The fact that

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<v Speaker 1>the road to the super Bowl comes through your house

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<v Speaker 1>is pretty sweet. What the Titans have been able to

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<v Speaker 1>accomplish is incredible. And being in that spot today on

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<v Speaker 1>a day that for so many teams is a really

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<v Speaker 1>hard day, it's a great day to be a Titan.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you made the point too last night at

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<v Speaker 1>dinner as we were waiting on the plane, you said,

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<v Speaker 1>I sure am glad we're not having to hire a

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<v Speaker 1>coach or a general manager. What a blessing that is. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And that's something that you know, Titans fans got used

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<v Speaker 1>to for a couple of years. It felt like there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of turnover really quickly being with an organization

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<v Speaker 1>and that has had so much stability over these past

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<v Speaker 1>couple years and success that's come with that stability. So

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<v Speaker 1>you're not just sitting in a rut where people are like,

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<v Speaker 1>well will they stay will they go? That some teams

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<v Speaker 1>are sitting in right now. This is a group a

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<v Speaker 1>general manager and a head coach that have a plan.

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<v Speaker 1>The plan is working, there's noticeable, proven success attached to it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's such a relief I know for fans, for coaches,

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<v Speaker 1>for players, and for the staff who work with those

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<v Speaker 1>people all the time. It's really hard watching guys get

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<v Speaker 1>fired and knowing the ramifications of that beyond just their

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<v Speaker 1>job and what it means for a team, for their families.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a fun day across the National Football League.

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<v Speaker 1>So to be in a place where you know that

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<v Speaker 1>your core is going to remain intact, that's pretty great.

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<v Speaker 1>And for us selfishly, if we have to pack a

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<v Speaker 1>bag again, it's to go to Los Angeles. Otherwise our

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<v Speaker 1>bags are in the closet. I think that's the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>thing that I take away personally, and I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>what Titans fans feel, is that, hey, we get to

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<v Speaker 1>have home playoff games, and the road to super Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>fifty six in the American Football Conference is decided by

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<v Speaker 1>what happens at Nissan Stadium. It's huge. The opportunity is there. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I put my suitcase in the very back of the

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<v Speaker 1>closet last night, so I have no intention of going

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<v Speaker 1>in there to dig it out. I feel confident in

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<v Speaker 1>my team. There you go, yep, there you go. All right.

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<v Speaker 1>First down on this edition of the OTP for d

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<v Speaker 1>your play that turned the game, Rhett Brian, you get

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<v Speaker 1>to go first. I bet I know what you're gonna pick. Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the Ryan Tannehill escape and hitting Nick Westbrook Aquina

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<v Speaker 1>for thirty seven yards on a play that should have

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<v Speaker 1>been a sack for a loss. It was amazing, we

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<v Speaker 1>said postgame on Titans Radio. It was a lot like

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<v Speaker 1>what Steve McNair used to do on a pretty regular basis.

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<v Speaker 1>That was a play that the Titans desperately needed at

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<v Speaker 1>that point in the ballgame, and it certainly was the

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<v Speaker 1>place where it helped close the deal. So I cheated

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<v Speaker 1>on mine a little bit because I was standing on

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<v Speaker 1>the sidelines during the game, behind the offense bench, and

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<v Speaker 1>Todd Downing came down the line and he said, to

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<v Speaker 1>every single guy sitting there, this drive is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be the most important drive of this game. So I thought,

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<v Speaker 1>play the turn the games probably in there, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to write this, So I did, and I just decided

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<v Speaker 1>that whatever happened in that moment, that was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be my play of the game. And it turned out

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<v Speaker 1>that this was at seven oh four ish in the

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<v Speaker 1>fourth quarter, and that was the Julio Jones touchdown, So

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<v Speaker 1>got a good play out of it. It was so

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<v Speaker 1>great to see Julio have that success. We saw him

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<v Speaker 1>play a great game in Houston, and so to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to see him contribute, to finally see all of

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<v Speaker 1>his hard work come to fruition and to score points

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<v Speaker 1>that really mattered in this Titans game, I had no

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<v Speaker 1>problems at all, just copying what Downing said. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>go back to the first quarter, and I think the

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<v Speaker 1>Tannehill play where he threw Martin off his back and

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<v Speaker 1>then completed the past to Westbrook Aquina was absolutely huge.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm gonna go back to the second quarter. The

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<v Speaker 1>Titans score on first and goal at the one in

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<v Speaker 1>a scoreless game, and Jeffrey Simmons did not report eligible,

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<v Speaker 1>so they lose the touchdown, and then they don't score

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<v Speaker 1>on first and second down, but on third down and

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<v Speaker 1>goal at the five, Ryan Tannehill passed short left to

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Firkser for a five yard touchdown. If the Titans

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<v Speaker 1>had only gotten three there, this game I think gets

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<v Speaker 1>vastly more interesting faster than what it did. By getting

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<v Speaker 1>a touchdown, you established him dominance. You ended up dominating

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<v Speaker 1>the second quarter. You got the twenty one nothing lead,

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<v Speaker 1>and you needed every bit of that. But I just

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<v Speaker 1>think there was this feeling after the missed field goal.

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<v Speaker 1>There was just this feeling that if you leave a

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<v Speaker 1>touchdown out there and don't get it and you only

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<v Speaker 1>get three there, that you're playing with fire. As it

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<v Speaker 1>turned out, you were playing with fire in the second half.

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<v Speaker 1>I kept thinking about the Bullock missfield goal in the

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<v Speaker 1>second half and how nice it would have been to

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<v Speaker 1>have it. Not having that touchdown, oh goodness, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>that would have been so much worse. So I think

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<v Speaker 1>cashing that in, overcoming that mistake was my play that

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<v Speaker 1>turned the game. Fair enough. Fair enough second down. Your

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<v Speaker 1>stat that tells the story, Amy Wells. Fact that the

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<v Speaker 1>Tennessee Titans were four for four in the red zone

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<v Speaker 1>when they were in a position to score, they did,

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<v Speaker 1>and they were scoring touchdowns. Those were points that, as

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<v Speaker 1>we saw the game unfold, mattered. The Titans have put

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<v Speaker 1>an emphasis on this. This has not been the case

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<v Speaker 1>all season long. The Titans have not been as successful

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<v Speaker 1>as they typically are in the red zone this season

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<v Speaker 1>as an entirety, and so seeing them have that success,

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<v Speaker 1>get those touchdowns when they needed them, and be able

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<v Speaker 1>to continue to put points on the board. When this

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<v Speaker 1>was a game that came down to points on the board,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that was great for me. It was the

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<v Speaker 1>tale of two halves. In terms of the yardage, Houston

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<v Speaker 1>Texans had sixty seven total yards of offense in the

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<v Speaker 1>first half. They explode for two hundred and eighty six

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<v Speaker 1>more yards in the second half to finish three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty three yards from scrimmage. That tells you where

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<v Speaker 1>that think went from twenty one to nothing until oh,

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<v Speaker 1>my goodness, hold on for me. It's Dontrelle Hilliard nine

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<v Speaker 1>rushes fifty seven yards, including the game winner on the

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<v Speaker 1>flip play, which enabled the Titans to take a knee

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<v Speaker 1>and put it away. Dontrelle Hilliard average six point three

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<v Speaker 1>yards per carry in Houston for the season, Dontrelle Hilliard

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<v Speaker 1>averaged six point three yards per carry and did a

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<v Speaker 1>very nice job. The other thing about Dontrelle Hilliard is

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<v Speaker 1>with Jeremy McNichols waved, the Titans used him as the

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<v Speaker 1>third down back, and unless there's some sort of change

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<v Speaker 1>which might occur, Dontrelle Hilliard can have a bigger role.

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<v Speaker 1>He picked up a couple of first downs on third

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<v Speaker 1>down runs Foreman is the power back of the two.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we got a powerback coming back though I've heard,

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<v Speaker 1>but Dontrelle Hilliard. I think it's going to continue to

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<v Speaker 1>have a role as the third down back, as the changeup,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe as the kickoff returner, and his speed and ability

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<v Speaker 1>to do something with the ball when he gets that opportunities.

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<v Speaker 1>Big didn't hurt he was released by the Houston Texans

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<v Speaker 1>in the preseason two. There were a bunch of those guys.

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<v Speaker 1>There were nine guys that had formerly played for the

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<v Speaker 1>Texans and the unbelievable stat that they did not play

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<v Speaker 1>a player. The Texans did not play a player in

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<v Speaker 1>the game against the Titans who they had drafted before

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<v Speaker 1>two nineteen, and the Titans played five players in the

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<v Speaker 1>game that the Texans had drafted before two thousand nineteen.

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<v Speaker 1>It feels a little a little nefarious when you say

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<v Speaker 1>it like that, like we're all just sharing each other's Well,

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<v Speaker 1>they stole five players from the Texas, But I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom line is it shows you where the Texans

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<v Speaker 1>are and where the Titans are at this moment. Yep.

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<v Speaker 1>Zach Cunningham, former Texan nine total tackles. That was good.

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<v Speaker 1>To have him. When he came out with the kick

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<v Speaker 1>returners and warm ups, I tapped coach Mac and I said, look,

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<v Speaker 1>who's out there with the kick returners. He's out there

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<v Speaker 1>with that his helmet on, running around and it's like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he's ready to play. My man couldn't sit down any longer.

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<v Speaker 1>He had to go do something. Yes, your area that

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<v Speaker 1>the Titans have to get fixed is third down, rhet Brian,

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<v Speaker 1>you go first. It's the explosive place. And that was

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<v Speaker 1>what the story was in the third quarter. I believe

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<v Speaker 1>there was five explosive plays that the Titans defense gave

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<v Speaker 1>you up in the second half of that game. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>the great thing about that is the Titans offense was

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<v Speaker 1>matching those explosive plays almost play for playing this thing,

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<v Speaker 1>because you mentioned the receiving game and how many first

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<v Speaker 1>downs were you know, acquired by whether it's Anthony Ferkster

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<v Speaker 1>or aj Around or Julio Jones. And then some shot

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<v Speaker 1>plays in there as well. But that's one place they've

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<v Speaker 1>got to shore that up. And that's where a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of that two hundred and eighty six yards in the

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<v Speaker 1>second half that the Houston Texans racked up came from

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<v Speaker 1>mine most explosive plays as well. So, just for the

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<v Speaker 1>sake of being different and saying something different, I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to say penalties, and specifically penalties on special teams, because

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<v Speaker 1>as the Titans continue through the playoffs, field position is

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<v Speaker 1>going to become more and more and more and more important,

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<v Speaker 1>and those penalties on special teams can take a great

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<v Speaker 1>play and all of a sudden put the team in

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<v Speaker 1>a really bad situation. So whatever they can do to

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<v Speaker 1>clean that up, tighten all of that up, not have

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<v Speaker 1>so many penalties I think would be beneficial for this

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<v Speaker 1>Titans team as a whole. Titans didn't have a great

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<v Speaker 1>special team's day period. They had the penalty on special

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<v Speaker 1>teams on Wilkins, which added fifteen yards to a thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>yard return. It gave the Texans the ball at the

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<v Speaker 1>Titans forty four to begin their second possession. They didn't

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<v Speaker 1>do anything with it, but you can't do that with

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<v Speaker 1>a good team. Missed a field goal. The other part

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<v Speaker 1>two is you missed the field goal and you gave

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<v Speaker 1>up a long kick return to Tremon Smith and got

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<v Speaker 1>very fortunate that they called a penalty. The penalty didn't

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<v Speaker 1>seem to be the reason that a kick return opened up. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>it may have allowed it to continue, it may have

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<v Speaker 1>made it into a bigger play, but it wasn't like

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<v Speaker 1>they were going to knock him down at the fifteen

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<v Speaker 1>yard line. So I just didn't think they had a

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<v Speaker 1>great day overall. They've got to play cleaner in that area,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, fourth down. One thing you noticed and wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to share, Amy Wells the NFL this time of years

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<v Speaker 1>really really fun. That's I know that's a very broad thing,

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<v Speaker 1>but the last day of the regular season for the

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<v Speaker 1>National Football League was pure insanity from start to finish.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, think about all of the games that happened

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday that were just nuts. Obviously, you have the

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<v Speaker 1>Texans and the Titans, which was a very close game

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<v Speaker 1>and a game that mattered. Baltimore and the Steelers went

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<v Speaker 1>into overtime. That was a game that mattered. The forty

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<v Speaker 1>nine Ers and the Rams went into overtime, The Chargers

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<v Speaker 1>and the Raiders was absolutely nuts. I mean, you had

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<v Speaker 1>all of this amazing football that happened. There were upsets

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<v Speaker 1>all over the place. The Jags beat the Colts that

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<v Speaker 1>was crazy, The Dolphins beat the Patriots. There were all

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<v Speaker 1>of these nutty things that happened in the final day

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<v Speaker 1>of football, and that is so cool to me. I

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<v Speaker 1>feel very fortunate to be a part of a league

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<v Speaker 1>where you can have a day like that, where so

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<v Speaker 1>many things matter all at once, and as a fan,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you can just wall to wall football all

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<v Speaker 1>day and you are locked in two teams that it

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<v Speaker 1>would have behooved them to lose to end up with

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<v Speaker 1>the number one pick. Jacksonville and Detroit played their rear

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<v Speaker 1>ends off and one yep, absolutely so for people sang

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<v Speaker 1>tank and tank and all of this, that does not

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<v Speaker 1>happen in the NFL. It absolutely does not happen. Ask

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<v Speaker 1>the Indianapolis Colts. You don't have enough games to tank,

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<v Speaker 1>like but there's reason too at times. Yeah, there's obvious,

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<v Speaker 1>and we see it in other sports, but it just

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't happen in the NFL, even though some people believe it.

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<v Speaker 1>Want to keep the myth going, want to lay it

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<v Speaker 1>out there. I mean, if you saw how Jacksonville played

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<v Speaker 1>and you saw how Detroit played, you get it. Jacksonville

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<v Speaker 1>took it to Carson Wentz. They sacked him six times

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<v Speaker 1>for a loss of forty six yards, forced two turnovers.

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<v Speaker 1>There was an interception in a fumble that Carson Wentz

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<v Speaker 1>lost that they converted into ten points. They were super

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<v Speaker 1>physical with him. One thing I was going to say

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<v Speaker 1>about Amy's observation, it's the longest final Sunday of a

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<v Speaker 1>regular season since the AFL NFL merger in nineteen seventy's

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<v Speaker 1>eleven hours, thirteen minutes of professional NFL football yesterday, and

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<v Speaker 1>Amy now understands why a tie isn't necessarily a bad thing. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's true, because you were pulling for a tie last night,

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<v Speaker 1>so don't act like you were the first time ever.

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<v Speaker 1>I was not going to publicly say it, but yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I was pulling for a tie. I kind of like

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<v Speaker 1>the calamity that that brought. There's a lot of drama

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<v Speaker 1>around there being a tie, so I was very much

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<v Speaker 1>into it. Yes, last night, I could see the benefits

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<v Speaker 1>of there being a tie. However, No, However, in normal situations,

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<v Speaker 1>I do not support this. Plus the Steelers not getting

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<v Speaker 1>in might have made me laugh a lot. But the

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<v Speaker 1>whole tie scenario I still think, and I've said regularly,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're talking about player safety, which you should be,

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<v Speaker 1>then don't have overtime in the regular season. Don't ties

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<v Speaker 1>are Okay, it's not the end of the world. People

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<v Speaker 1>would play the last two minutes of games like they

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<v Speaker 1>were overtime if there was no overtime, So why have

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<v Speaker 1>the extra plays the extra ten minutes. So you say

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to cut it back from fifteen minutes to

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<v Speaker 1>ten minutes for player's safety, then just cut it out.

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<v Speaker 1>In the postseason, yes, you have overtime, but in the

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<v Speaker 1>regular season, why do it? I hate this proposal, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's about it. But I'm saying, if you're saying player's

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<v Speaker 1>safety is helped by fifteen minutes down to ten minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>how would it not be helped by no overtime. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a fine line between safety and just ruining a football. Okay, Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, fine, Red Brian. One thing you noticed and

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to share just how many Titans fans there were

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<v Speaker 1>in Houston. It was really neat to see. And this

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<v Speaker 1>has been They've been great all season, but this is

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<v Speaker 1>building towards a fever pitch. Now. Talk to several Titans

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<v Speaker 1>fans at the airport, riding on these airplane rides to

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<v Speaker 1>get to and from the game, and just how excited

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<v Speaker 1>they are and how they came out in numbers. You

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<v Speaker 1>could hear it in several points in that game and

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<v Speaker 1>in RG Stadium that they were there and we're making

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<v Speaker 1>their voices known. It was really cool to see Anthony

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<v Speaker 1>firks are coming alive. Certainly not Peter Frampton live. Peter

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<v Speaker 1>Frampton comes alive, but Anthony ferks are coming alive is

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<v Speaker 1>such a big thing for this football team. Down the

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<v Speaker 1>stretch before the season, we thought Ferkser was going to

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<v Speaker 1>have a really big year, and for three quarters of

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<v Speaker 1>the year he was invisible, had a bad fumble at Pittsburgh,

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<v Speaker 1>just didn't play particularly well overall, and in the last

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<v Speaker 1>three games he started to come back around and Vrabel

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<v Speaker 1>even went as far as to refer to his confidence,

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<v Speaker 1>the way he's playing, what he's doing that is so

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<v Speaker 1>big for this offense on third down and in the

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<v Speaker 1>red zone in particular. A J. Brown's back, Julio Jones

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<v Speaker 1>just had his best game, Nick Westbrook, Akina had a

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<v Speaker 1>good year, Derrick Henry's coming back. Lots of good things

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<v Speaker 1>are happening, but don't under sell what Ferkser can mean

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<v Speaker 1>in key situations. He helped you win the New England

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<v Speaker 1>playoff game two years ago with two massive catches, and

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<v Speaker 1>I just think he's a guy to keep an eye

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<v Speaker 1>on as we head into the postseason. Tight ends factor

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<v Speaker 1>in big in the postseason for some reason, they always do.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're gonna come alive, now is the right time

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<v Speaker 1>to exactly right. It makes me very happy that he's

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<v Speaker 1>doing that. Eight for ninety three and two scores in

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<v Speaker 1>his last three games. There you go, there's the numbers

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<v Speaker 1>right there. There you go. Both of those touchdowns in

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<v Speaker 1>the last two weeks, well, huge the touchdowns. But also

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<v Speaker 1>if you look at the fact that he's averaging nearly

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<v Speaker 1>twelve yards a catch, whereas at one point during the year,

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<v Speaker 1>I think he was averaging right at seven yards a catch.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not necessarily that Ferkser has to have seven to

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<v Speaker 1>eight catches a game. It's that the catches he has

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<v Speaker 1>have to be significant. That's when he plays well. It's

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<v Speaker 1>great when he catches, you know, several passes. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>saying that, but Ferkser is a weapon third downs and

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<v Speaker 1>also in the red zone, and he has been lately

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<v Speaker 1>because you're not asking him to be Delaney Walker. You

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<v Speaker 1>have a j. Brown, you have Julio Jones, you have

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Westbrook, Coquine, you have weapons at your disposal, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're right. He needs to come up in those spots

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<v Speaker 1>when his numbers called. Well, the catch that he made

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<v Speaker 1>on the third down in six in the fourth quarter

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<v Speaker 1>for twenty four yards was Monday. I mean it was

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<v Speaker 1>so big that he came through at that moment. So

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<v Speaker 1>Firkser seems to be back and hopefully we'll continue to be.

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