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Speaker 1: Health Plans. I'm Mike Keith, welcoming you to the OTP

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Speaker 1: for the Return of Amy Wells. Hi, Mike, Well wait,

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Speaker 1: you're actually on the OTP.

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Speaker 2: I'm actually on the OTP. It feels good to be back.

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Speaker 2: It feels really good to be back.

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Speaker 1: But you're not actually back because of Snowpalooza or whatever

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Speaker 1: we're calling this thing. You're still at the homestead, so

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Speaker 1: you're back at work, but you're not back at work.

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Speaker 2: I'm back. My heart is back at work, but my

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Speaker 2: physical body is still in my house.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: This has some like shades of twenty twenty to it.

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Speaker 2: At the house doing the OTP, having not seen you

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Speaker 2: in a really long time, face to face, it all

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Speaker 2: feels like a dream that I've lived before. But it

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Speaker 2: definitely it feels good to be back in the swing

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Speaker 2: of things, even though we are all very snowed in here.

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Speaker 2: We got a lot of snow at my house. I

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Speaker 2: don't know. Did you get a lot of snow, my Keith.

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Speaker 1: I want to say it would probably be ten inches

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Speaker 1: to a foot where I am.

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Speaker 2: Oh, you got more than I did. Holy yeah, but

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Speaker 2: I mean too much for the South. Nonetheless, it's a

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Speaker 2: lot of snow. So once this clears up, I'm ready

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Speaker 2: to physically be back in the office as well. But

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Speaker 2: it feels good to start thinking about Titans things and

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Speaker 2: start to do some planning for the off season. It

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Speaker 2: feels really good.

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Speaker 1: All right, So let's back up and bring everybody up

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Speaker 1: to speed on Amy Wells. They knew you were going

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Speaker 1: to have a baby. We mentioned it many times. A

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Speaker 1: second child in less than two years, barely over a

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Speaker 1: year and a half, right.

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Speaker 2: Not even a year and a half. Seventeen months apart.

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Speaker 1: Seventeen months apart. Okay, so September, we're through three games

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Speaker 1: when you go on maternity.

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Speaker 2: Leave, Yeah, we were. I was hoping that i'd make

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Speaker 2: it through week four? Was that the Indianapolis game in

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Speaker 2: week four?

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Speaker 1: Week four was Cincinnati?

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Speaker 2: Okay, Cincinnati, That's what it was. I was hoping that

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Speaker 2: I would make it through week four. I really wanted

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Speaker 2: to work another home game before I left. Baby girl

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Speaker 2: had other plans, and she arrived a couple days before

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Speaker 2: that game, and so I've been out ever since, and

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Speaker 2: I have been just enjoying the Tennessee Titans as a fan,

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Speaker 2: which has been a very strange, out of body experience,

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Speaker 2: but also very fun. And spending a ton of time

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Speaker 2: doing mom's stuff, just getting lots of baby snuggles and

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Speaker 2: trying to keep two babies alive. And it's been chaotic,

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Speaker 2: it's been hectic, but it's been awesome.

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Speaker 1: So you have two children under two, I have.

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Speaker 2: Two children under two. It is not for the faint

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Speaker 2: of heart. There's a lot of moving parts all the time.

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Speaker 2: But Livy, my oldest, is loving being a big sister

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Speaker 2: So yeah, no, So if you can be helpful from

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Speaker 2: a distance, that is ideal. And Kighlie just recognizes that

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Speaker 2: just how the world works. But it's been great. The

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Speaker 1: Wow. But people asked us, is she going to come

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Speaker 1: back to work, and the answer was absolutely, one hundred percent.

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Speaker 2: You are.

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Speaker 1: You're coming back to work. You are, you are committed

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Speaker 1: to I guess I would say this lifestyle, it is life.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you've made some choices here, but but it's

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Speaker 2: I definitely like to work. That was something that was

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Speaker 2: not even however, that's a complete thought. Also, I have

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Speaker 2: really missed work. I have so missed being a part

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Speaker 2: missed being around, of course, all my coworkers, being around

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Speaker 2: you every day, bouncing ideas just off the walls and

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Speaker 2: there's the football of it all. I miss going to practice,

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Speaker 2: but we're going to figure it out. And I'm excited

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Speaker 2: It's going to be absolutely crazy, but in the best

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Speaker 1: You know, a lot happened in the four months you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, there's some stuff that went down.

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Speaker 1: Huh Yeah, there's a lot that went down. I mean

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Speaker 1: yet the game not so much. Yeah, saw a preview

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Speaker 1: although Houston has a weird chance this weekend. New quarterback,

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Speaker 1: So I mean, so much has changed as when you

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Speaker 1: come into the building, you will. I mean, it's not

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Speaker 2: No and that's it. It's a very strange thing because

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Speaker 2: I've still been obviously tuning in. I've watched every game.

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Speaker 2: I went to a couple as a fan that was

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Speaker 1: You mean you mean listen, don't you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well I watched. You said, well you got Mike.

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Speaker 2: There's a chance that I might have turned on the

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Speaker 1: By the way, explained about the delay. We're you know, I'm.

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Speaker 1: To make it our off season mission how to figure

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Speaker 2: Well, and with streaming and everything.

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Speaker 1: And like in the stadium, if you're listening to one

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Speaker 2: It really is an art for because obviously I've never

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Speaker 2: they have a special algorithm and formula. I mean, Titans

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Speaker 1: The most but that's not right.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm sure there's a way to do it.

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Speaker 2: You and I might not be smart enough to figure it out.

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Speaker 1: Figure it out that you have my word, we're going

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Speaker 1: to figure it out. Like I said, I know some

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Speaker 2: No oh no, I wouldn't do that.

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Speaker 1: Nice right the function, Like my wife was out walking

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Speaker 1: And when you're doing something outside, it doesn't matter if

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Speaker 1: that's I mean, that's not a bad thing, certainly, But

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Speaker 1: I would understand why it's a pain, and we will

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Speaker 1: do better. I promise we will do better. Telling you

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Speaker 1: the difference now, if people actually follow that, that will

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I mean, you can lead a horse to

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Speaker 2: water my well.

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Speaker 1: But I could see I could see you not following

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Speaker 2: Oh no, of course not, no way. Did enjoy the

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Speaker 2: in stadium experience overall as a Titans fan, I've seen

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Speaker 2: it in such weird chunks. The way that you and

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Speaker 2: I interact with a game is very different. When I'm

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Speaker 2: All I have are my eyes and you and my ears,

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Speaker 1: All right, So what was your view? Everybody has express

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Speaker 1: He's thirty four years old.

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Speaker 1: I like her. I've always liked her since she was

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Speaker 1: I just like them. I'm gonna I mean, I don't

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Speaker 1: hours by weather, and she had to leave before the

436
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Speaker 1: show started because the person she was at the show

437
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Speaker 1: with had to be at work the next morning at

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Speaker 1: like four point thirty to open.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, I've.

440
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Speaker 1: Got to get her back to see to actually see

441
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Speaker 1: Taylor Swift.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you gotta get her. I mean, it's the most

443
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Speaker 2: incredible concert I've ever seen in my whole life. Probably

444
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Speaker 2: most incredible like show I've ever seen in my whole life,

445
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Speaker 2: like Broadway anything. I mean, the whole thing was amazing

446
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Speaker 2: and just an athletic feat really and so I mean

447
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Speaker 2: as a performer, I like her. I like her personality.

448
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Speaker 2: I know I would say ninety eight percent of her

449
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Speaker 2: songs I knew more than I knew. I knew until

450
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Speaker 2: I went to that show and was just singing for

451
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Speaker 2: three hours. Oh, I know all of these words. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'm definitely a fan of her.

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Speaker 1: I hope she's happy. That's all I care about. She's

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Speaker 1: doing us money, She's very famous, She'll be famous for

455
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Speaker 1: the rest of her life. If I mean, if this

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Speaker 1: works out, this guy mean, she deserves to be happy.

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Speaker 2: That's all I I think.

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Speaker 1: Something I never thought I would talk about on the

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Speaker 1: Official Titans podcast.

460
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Speaker 2: I hope everybody I knew we would.

461
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Speaker 1: Have to have this discussion with you at some point

462
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Speaker 1: when you came back.

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Speaker 2: It was quite hard having all of this unfold, having

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Speaker 2: it be the biggest NFL story of the year, arguably make.

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Speaker 1: A story of the year, whether I admit it or not.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'm sitting in my house with a two

467
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Speaker 2: weeks old who cares none percent about my thoughts and

468
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Speaker 2: feelings on the matter. Kylie doesn't care, she just doesn't.

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Speaker 2: So I'm glad. You know. I thought about it a

470
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Speaker 2: couple of times, but every time I like had had

471
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Speaker 2: the time and the baby was sleeping. It was the

472
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Speaker 2: perfect storm. You guys are talking about something like really serious,

473
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Speaker 2: and I hated to like call and be like, Hey,

474
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Speaker 2: I know you're talking about this really important thing. This

475
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Speaker 2: is great conversation. Can we please segue to Taylor Swift?

476
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Speaker 2: I didn't want to do that to you.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's a big deal too, because she's from here,

478
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Speaker 1: because she she went to high school here and she

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Speaker 1: still lives here. Yeah, when she's not a kid, or

480
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Speaker 1: in New York or Calcula.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know those places she hangs out.

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Speaker 1: Yes. Seat geek is still the official ticketing partner of

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Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. They were before you left, and they

484
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Speaker 1: are now that you're back. Whether you're buying or selling

485
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Speaker 1: tickets to Titans games or any live event in Nashville,

486
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Speaker 1: Seat Geek is the place to do it. Seek Geek

487
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: the new official ticketing partner of the Tennessee Titans.

488
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Speaker 2: So Titans fans can fan.

489
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Speaker 1: You remember how to do it? Well done?

490
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 2: I remember how I was afraid I'd forget.

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Speaker 1: I don't have right, So what questions do you have

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Speaker 1: for me after four months? I know you probably have

493
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Speaker 1: some football questions or other questions that you'd like to share.

494
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:24,359
Speaker 1: Go right ahead, what questions do you have for me?

495
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,840
Speaker 1: As you returned to the OTP, and the OTP you

496
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Speaker 1: to hear you.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I just feel I should relay the questions

498
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Speaker 2: of the people. Is that, okay?

499
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Speaker 1: Whatever you wish.

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Speaker 2: Well, a lot of people would like to know about

501
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Speaker 2: the search for a new head coach. I've been asked

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Speaker 2: this question before. What exactly does that process look like?

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Speaker 2: What is the maybe a vague timeline, do we know?

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Speaker 1: So? I would think the earliest the Titans could have

505
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 1: a head coach would be late next week, and late

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Speaker 1: next week be January twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven. Yep,

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Speaker 1: you're right, Okay, I think because of this, because where

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Speaker 1: we are right now, if you are interviewing coaches who

509
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Speaker 1: work for NFL teams, whether they are in the playoffs

510
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Speaker 1: or not, you can only do it by zoom. My wife,

511
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Speaker 1: when I mentioned this rule to her, she goes, well,

512
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Speaker 1: that's stupid. Ye I said, well, okay, you know, I

513
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Speaker 1: mean that's an opinion. I said, here's the reason that

514
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Speaker 1: they've done it. The reason that they've done it this

515
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Speaker 1: way is so that coaches who are still in the

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Speaker 1: playoffs on winning teams who go to the Final eight,

517
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Speaker 1: go to the Final four, go to the Super Bowl,

518
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Speaker 1: don't completely get boxed out of their chance to be

519
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Speaker 1: in the hiring process. If you just allowed people to interview,

520
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Speaker 1: then like right now, if they can come in and interview,

521
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Speaker 1: then I mean, let's say you're a guy like Brian

522
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Speaker 1: Callahan from Cincinnati. Sounds like he's probably gonna end up

523
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Speaker 1: with a job somewhere, maybe even here, who knows. But

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Speaker 1: you bring in Brian Callahan to interview last week, you

525
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Speaker 1: sit down with you, you go, oh, this is our guy.

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Speaker 1: We think. You do the rest of the interviews, and

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Speaker 1: then you come to Sunday or Monday of this week

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Speaker 1: and you say, let's hire it. Well, then a coach

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Speaker 1: on the Baltimore staff, or a coach on the San

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Speaker 1: Francisco staff, or on the Detroit staff, or teams that

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Speaker 1: are still in it, they don't have a chance. So

532
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Speaker 1: what you're doing is you're slowing down the process. And

533
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Speaker 1: you're also saying that the Rooney rule applies to in

534
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Speaker 1: person interviews as well. In Person interviews for NFL employees

535
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Speaker 1: cannot start until after the divisional round, which is next Monday,

536
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Speaker 1: and zoom interviews don't count towards the Rooney rule because

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Speaker 1: they want you to bring in candidates and give them

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Speaker 1: a chance to impress you, just like what Mike Tomlin

539
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Speaker 1: did with the Steelers, just like what Ran Carthon did

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Speaker 1: with the Titans. For the general manager's role, I mean

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Speaker 1: more than once. By these guys getting this chance and

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Speaker 1: getting to be in front of you, they have gotten

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Speaker 1: their opportunity and they have won. So you have to

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Speaker 1: do these things in person. So if you're setting up

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Speaker 1: the interviews next week, you've got a set number that

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Speaker 1: you're thinking of in your own mind because you've you've

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Speaker 1: got to do some things and then you've got to

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Speaker 1: go through the process. Theoretically, you could go ahead and

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Speaker 1: try to make a hire the end of next week,

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Speaker 1: or you could go into the following week and things

551
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Speaker 1: would open up more after the championship round because during

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Speaker 1: the bye week the coaches on when the Super Bowl

553
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Speaker 1: teams have the flexibility to do some interviewing themselves, so

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Speaker 1: you don't have to. It could be the week of

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Speaker 1: January thirty, could be that week, or it could be

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Speaker 1: late next week at the earliest. I mean it could go,

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Speaker 1: it could go a couple more weeks theoretically, but those

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Speaker 1: are how what I'm laying out for you, just how

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Speaker 1: the rules are set up, which is how the timetable

560
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Speaker 1: is going to be produced quite organically because of how

561
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Speaker 1: you have to fill those things. Titans has I think

562
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Speaker 1: multiple more zoom interviews that they're going to do before

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Speaker 1: they figure out who goes to the next round.

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Speaker 2: Well, and what we know for sure is that Amy

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Speaker 2: Adams Drunk and the crew that she's put together, they're

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Speaker 2: going to do their due diligence. They will leave no

567
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Speaker 2: stone unturned and they're going to make sure that they

568
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Speaker 2: find the best guy for the job. So I think,

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Speaker 2: on one hand, you want to get this done. You

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Speaker 2: want to get someone in place so they can start

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Speaker 2: putting together their staff and they can start doing all that.

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Speaker 2: But on the other hand, you want to make sure

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Speaker 2: you find the right pieces and you want to make

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Speaker 2: sure that you've talked to the right person, that they're

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Speaker 2: right fit in every possible way. So going by the

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Speaker 2: rules is important. Of course, we got to get the

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Speaker 2: right man for the job.

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Speaker 1: The rules are good. I think the rules that force

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Speaker 1: you to take your time a little bit to talk. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you could just sit here and say, Okay,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna infour guys by zoom. We're gonna cut it

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Speaker 1: to that at this point, and then we're gonna bring

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Speaker 1: them all in for in person interviews and you know,

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Speaker 1: we're not gonna waste everybody's time. And it's like, no,

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Speaker 1: you have this time. Talk to everybody. You can learn

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Speaker 1: as much about it. I mean, it's like the accelerator

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Speaker 1: programs that they do, and they're gonna do one at

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Speaker 1: the meetings in May and Nashville here at the NFL

589
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Speaker 1: meetings in Nashville coming up. Those things are so good

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Speaker 1: because the more people. And it's good for the candidates

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Speaker 1: obviously because they established their own network, but it's good

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Speaker 1: for you too to have a frame of reference, because hey,

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Speaker 1: what if you're hiring somebody in two years. Yeah, what

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Speaker 1: if you're going, Okay, this didn't work or something happens

595
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Speaker 1: and you have to make a big higher and you've

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Speaker 1: met people and then you have a frame of reference,

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Speaker 1: not just talking to this person's buddy or this this person.

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Speaker 1: You know, you want to have your own frame of

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Speaker 1: reference in order to make all of these decisions. The

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Speaker 1: more the better. The more knowledge of this the better.

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Speaker 1: And I think you would be making a huge mistake

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Speaker 1: if you didn't take advantage of this zoom time. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you really, realistically should talk to close to double digit

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Speaker 1: people during the zoom time.

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Speaker 2: Why would you know it?

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Speaker 1: Right? Why would you know? I mean, all it is

607
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Speaker 1: is time, and you know you can't go to the

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Speaker 1: next round until after the divisional games this weekend, So

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Speaker 1: why wouldn't you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, expanding your network is important, I think, and I

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Speaker 2: think Amy has done such a good job of that.

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Speaker 2: And we saw that with Rayan Krthon and that higher

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Speaker 2: that was a product of having a wide net, taking

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Speaker 2: advantage of every networking opportunity that she could to meet people,

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Speaker 2: talk to people, see what's out there, and I mean,

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Speaker 2: look what came of it. So I think, Plus, it's

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Speaker 2: just nice to have friends, you know, Mike, well.

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Speaker 1: And that's it, I mean, And so you can pick

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Speaker 1: up the phone too at a certain point and you

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Speaker 1: could tell a fellow owner, hey, listen, we spent a

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Speaker 1: bunch of time with this guy. Yeah, and he didn't

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Speaker 1: fit us at the moment, but man, is he good.

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Speaker 1: You know that you can sort of serve as a

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Speaker 1: reference for somebody to get that opportunity and to that

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Speaker 1: next step as you sort of create that next generation

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Speaker 1: of leadership. You know, so many of these guys who

627
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Speaker 1: are interviewing for jobs right now are in their mid

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Speaker 1: to late thirties. You know, they've just gotten to the

629
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Speaker 1: point that they've a right in early forties as well.

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Speaker 1: They've just gotten to this point. And you know, some

631
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: of the older coaches have now moved on, and so

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Speaker 1: this becomes their time and their opportunity, and you know,

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Speaker 1: it's exciting. You've you've seen a lot of positives come

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Speaker 1: out of these rules and the league saying, Okay, let's

635
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Speaker 1: try to give everybody an equal shot when they get

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Speaker 1: into these circumstances, not only the teams, but also the candidates.

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Speaker 1: And that's why I think the rule about slowing it down,

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Speaker 1: even though my wife said that's stupid, but you know,

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00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,919
Speaker 1: they could slow it down even more. They could say

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Speaker 1: that you couldn't do in person interviews until the week

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Speaker 1: off between the championship games and the super you know,

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Speaker 1: and that would make it even more and that may

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Speaker 1: be something that they do in the future. You know,

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00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:12,399
Speaker 1: every league mandate is not my favorite, but this this

645
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,439
Speaker 1: thing I think is is a really really good thing

646
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:20,280
Speaker 1: because in seeing the Titans higher coaches over the years

647
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Speaker 1: and higher general managers, they they have gotten more exacting

648
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Speaker 1: in what they've been able to do, largely because of

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Speaker 1: the rules.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned the next generation of coaches. I would like

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Speaker 2: to talk about the next generation of quarterbacks because it

652
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 2: seems that there's something to bruin with the Tennessee Titans.

653
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:41,799
Speaker 2: Tell me about Will Levis what.

654
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:46,080
Speaker 1: I miss I think what you missed is you missed

655
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: a guy that showed all of the traits to potentially

656
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,919
Speaker 1: be the guy. And that's the most important thing right

657
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:01,319
Speaker 1: now in the discussion with Will Levis, is you have

658
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: seen enough from him, in my opinion, that you move

659
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: on to twenty twenty four feeling like he's going to

660
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: be your starter and giving him the right to have

661
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:17,239
Speaker 1: the keys to the car and let's see what he's

662
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 1: able to do going forward. That does not mean he's

663
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,959
Speaker 1: the quarterback of the future forever. That does not mean

664
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 1: that he is automatically a franchise quarterback. It doesn't mean that.

665
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: And there are those in the discussion who feel like

666
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:39,919
Speaker 1: when you say something positively about Will Levis that you're

667
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: saying Oh, he's definitely it, and that if you're not

668
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,719
Speaker 1: positive enough about it, then if you're just couching that

669
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: saying he did well, we're excited to see more of

670
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: him than all of a sudden. Well, what you're not

671
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,120
Speaker 1: telling us is you don't think he's it. It's like, no,

672
00:37:56,360 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: it's neither. It is neither it is the Titans make

673
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:05,320
Speaker 1: their plan for twenty twenty four and beyond, he gets

674
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 1: the next shot, and you feel good about it. I

675
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:12,799
Speaker 1: think he has a real chance to be that guy. Now,

676
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: what's his off season like? Does he have an off

677
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: season like Vince Young did after he was Rookie of

678
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 1: the Year and come back his second year and not

679
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: play as well? Or does he improve? You know, what

680
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: does it look like? Can he expand his game? Can

681
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 1: he take coaching? How will he be as the off

682
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: season leader? How will he be with an off season

683
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 1: of it being his time really for the first time

684
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 1: in his entire life, having a couple of bucks in

685
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 1: your pocket and you're not married to a school calendar

686
00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 1: or to a workout calendar all the time. Those are

687
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: the things that you have to see. But did he

688
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: prove that he is worthy of giving him the next step,

689
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 1: Yes he did. Do I like the way he played? Yes?

690
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 1: I did. He played quarterback. He didn't just run plays,

691
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: he played quarterback. I like what I saw. But if

692
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: anything in this thing for a while has taught me,

693
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 1: it's that you don't know until you see the development.

694
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,600
Speaker 1: You don't know until you see the adjustment. You don't

695
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,239
Speaker 1: know until you see the progress. So do I think

696
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,600
Speaker 1: the Titans are drafting a quarterback high in twenty twenty four.

697
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: I don't, because they have the shot to know that. Amy.

698
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: If this works out of Will Levis as the second

699
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:44,279
Speaker 1: round pick and he does become the franchise quarterback, then

700
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: you've hit a gold mine. You've hit an absolute goal mine,

701
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:52,360
Speaker 1: and he has given you enough faith to take that shot.

702
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,319
Speaker 1: And then if year two doesn't work out, if there's

703
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: a regression or there's a problem or whatever, then you

704
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,839
Speaker 1: have the right the money to go on and do

705
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,160
Speaker 1: something different. But for now, I think that's what you're doing.

706
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 1: I mean that in golf terms, would be hitting the

707
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,360
Speaker 1: three iron down the middle in terms of a comment,

708
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 1: instead of pulling out drive. But everybody wants to pull

709
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 1: out drive. Everybody wants to make it one thing or

710
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,800
Speaker 1: the other. And it's not. And if you're the Titans,

711
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:25,120
Speaker 1: it absolutely shouldn't be long answer.

712
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,799
Speaker 2: Sorry, no, that was a great answer. I feel very

713
00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 2: caught up. I want to talk a little bit if

714
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:31,320
Speaker 2: you've got the time.

715
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 1: I have, Yes, I do.

716
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 2: That's so good about the roster in twenty twenty four,

717
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 2: it's going to look a lot different than it did

718
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:43,960
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty three, right, Maybe not.

719
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:46,920
Speaker 1: I mean the roster looked a lot different in twenty

720
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: twenty three.

721
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 2: It sure did.

722
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:54,400
Speaker 1: I mean it turned over about half. Yeah, I don't

723
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 1: mean yeah, I mean I think there's We've always said

724
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 1: that the average and over for a roster is thirteen

725
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: to seventeen when you change coaches or general managers, and

726
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: so that's roughly a third of the a quarter of

727
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 1: the roster to about a third of the roster turns over.

728
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: That's just a normal year when you change coaches or gms,

729
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:19,439
Speaker 1: that goes up over forty percent. I think it's probably

730
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 1: going to be forty percent. I think it'll be twenty

731
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 1: ish roster spots because I think a lot of guys

732
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: will come back in their same sort of roles, but

733
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 1: with a chance to do more, or they will come

734
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,360
Speaker 1: back in like, I think some of the offensive linemen

735
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: will come back in different roles, maybe not as a starter.

736
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,760
Speaker 1: Maybe they're a starter, maybe they're not, but they showed

737
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 1: that they can play and they can help you, and

738
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,359
Speaker 1: so you want them to be part of your team.

739
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:54,319
Speaker 1: That's a change in the starting lineup, but that's not

740
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:58,240
Speaker 1: a change in the roster. I do think the starting

741
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: lineup change considerable. Yes, I don't know that the roster

742
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 1: will feature as high a percentage of change because I

743
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: think they found some guys who can play and you

744
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,799
Speaker 1: need you know, it's often been said the roster is

745
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:20,600
Speaker 1: really divided into thirteen or into three parts, one through twelve,

746
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 1: your very best players, regardless of position. Thirteen through forty

747
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,400
Speaker 1: guys who are active on Sunday and making things happen.

748
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: Some pushing to be in the one through twelve, some

749
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,680
Speaker 1: improving to become a starter, and some just sort of

750
00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:38,719
Speaker 1: maybe on the back end of a starting career now

751
00:42:38,719 --> 00:42:42,960
Speaker 1: they're backups. And then forty one through fifty three, which

752
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 1: is the guys who cover kicks that you're specialists, all

753
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 1: of those sorts of people. That kind of factor in

754
00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: what you want to do is you want to be

755
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 1: as good in all three areas as you can be.

756
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:58,120
Speaker 1: You want the best one through twelve you can possibly have.

757
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: You want the most solid thirteen through forty you can

758
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,480
Speaker 1: possibly have with guys busting at the seams trying to

759
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:09,680
Speaker 1: push their way forward. And then you want the most active, talented,

760
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:14,160
Speaker 1: athletic forty one through fifty three you can find. I

761
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,719
Speaker 1: think in all three areas, Ran Carthon, Chad Brinker, and

762
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:23,920
Speaker 1: Anthony Robinson, the guys who run personnel. I think they

763
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: are looking to improve in all areas, and that you

764
00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 1: know you are going to see some guys in that

765
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 1: one through twelve who turned over, which means roster changes.

766
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,359
Speaker 1: You're going to see some guys who push forward who

767
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 1: bring some some roster changes, but also some lineup changes

768
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 1: as well, probably more lineup changes.

769
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,799
Speaker 2: And the Titans have a lot of caproom this year,

770
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:45,879
Speaker 2: a lot to work with.

771
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,359
Speaker 1: A ton of cap room, a ton of freedom. They

772
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,920
Speaker 1: have the ability to go do what they need to

773
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:55,000
Speaker 1: do in a variety of areas. Trades are certainly a

774
00:43:55,040 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 1: possibility that the eight draft picks, they don't have a

775
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,359
Speaker 1: third round pick. They'd love to have a third round

776
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:03,640
Speaker 1: pick back. I don't know where or how they get that,

777
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 1: you know, that could be dropping down in one of

778
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:11,800
Speaker 1: the first two rounds. If they get to number seven

779
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,240
Speaker 1: and they have a pool of four or five players

780
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,760
Speaker 1: that they would like to have, they might be willing

781
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 1: to drop back to ten in exchange for somebody's three.

782
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:25,840
Speaker 1: You know, somebody's desperate to get one of the quarterbacks. Titans. Again,

783
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 1: in the philosophy, you don't feel like they're going to

784
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 1: take a quarterback at seven, So maybe you're open for

785
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:34,799
Speaker 1: business to drop back and then you end up with

786
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: your tackle that you want, or you end up with

787
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 1: your wide receiver that you want, or you end up

788
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 1: with your corner that you want. I mean, from a

789
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 1: Titans perspective, you should probably hope six quarterbacks go in

790
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:49,719
Speaker 1: the top ten. I don't think that's happening, but that

791
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 1: would be That would be what your hope would be

792
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:55,920
Speaker 1: because that makes number seven more valuable. And remember what

793
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 1: you got in the third round last year was Taja Spears.

794
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 1: So nobody can convince me that a three is not

795
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:08,319
Speaker 1: important because he is. To me, he's one of your

796
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 1: top twelve and he was a third round pick last year.

797
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, Mike, did we do it all?

798
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:18,319
Speaker 1: Do we get it all?

799
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:21,120
Speaker 2: Are my biggest ones.

800
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 1: Well, we've got a lot to do. Going to hire

801
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: a coach. Yeah, excited about that. Uh, we think we're

802
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:32,040
Speaker 1: going to Senior Bowl. That's the plan. Kind of matters

803
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:37,439
Speaker 1: when we hired the coach. We love Senior Bowl Mac

804
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 1: and read or ready to go to the Senior Bowl.

805
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 2: Now, of course, bust at your matching sweatshirts. Boys, we're

806
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:44,320
Speaker 2: going to Mobile.

807
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,319
Speaker 1: I hope they don't wear the matching sweatshirts.

808
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 2: Oh they will.

809
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 1: Step brothers.

810
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 2: It was just going to pull out that picture again.

811
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 1: It was so great. Yeah, they had no idea how

812
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:58,680
Speaker 1: many hits that would get that picture of the step

813
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:00,160
Speaker 1: brother's picture as we call it.

814
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:01,440
Speaker 2: I love it.

815
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:05,600
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean last week was a tough week

816
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 1: for Titans fans and I get it. And it got better,

817
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 1: got a little better every day. And now you're to

818
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:16,240
Speaker 1: the point where you're turning the page and you're saying,

819
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 1: who's the coach going to be? And I would say

820
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:23,640
Speaker 1: this about the coach search. Remember you're hiring a head coach.

821
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 1: You're not hiring somebody who ran an offense or a defense.

822
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:31,879
Speaker 1: I wouldn't spend a lot of time judging what their

823
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:35,200
Speaker 1: team did. In the first round of the playoffs based

824
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 1: on what kind of head coach they're going to be,

825
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: and the overriding fit of a head coach is about

826
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 1: a lot more than just being a football coach. I've

827
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:48,360
Speaker 1: been around a lot of head football coaches that it

828
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:52,600
Speaker 1: has driven them crazy how little football they actually get

829
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:57,320
Speaker 1: to coach because they are so busy, you know, making

830
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:01,200
Speaker 1: sure the coordinators have everything straight, working with the general

831
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 1: manager on personnel, doing the things in the building that

832
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 1: they have to do, administratively, doing pr things. They all

833
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 1: first time head coaches would love to be coaching more football.

834
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:17,120
Speaker 1: That's what they'll end up telling you. In the end.

835
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 1: They learned about the good ones, learn the balance, and

836
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: they learn to say no to certain things, and then

837
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 1: they find the balance. But they would still tell you

838
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 1: they don't coach as much football as they did back

839
00:47:28,600 --> 00:47:33,200
Speaker 1: when they were coordinators because the other things that are required.

840
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 1: You've got to talk to the owner, You've got to

841
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 1: talk to fan groups, you've got to you know, do

842
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,560
Speaker 1: the media four times a week. I mean, all those

843
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:45,759
Speaker 1: things that are requirements of the job. So being an

844
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:48,200
Speaker 1: administrator and an organizer is a big part of it.

845
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:53,040
Speaker 1: Being somebody who can be a communicator with everybody in

846
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,680
Speaker 1: their world and outside of it is part of it

847
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:59,280
Speaker 1: being a front guy. You know, there are some people

848
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:02,319
Speaker 1: in life, women who are just front people, you know,

849
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:05,480
Speaker 1: like Taylor Swift. You know, Taylor Swift doesn't need the

850
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:10,560
Speaker 1: band is important, but it's she's front person. A really

851
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 1: good head coach is a good front person. So as

852
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:17,360
Speaker 1: you evaluate the candidates, I would encourage the OT people

853
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 1: to look at it from a much bigger, wider view,

854
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:26,879
Speaker 1: thirty thousand feet for sure, because that role. And look

855
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:30,800
Speaker 1: at the number of people who have been head coaches before,

856
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:37,320
Speaker 1: and the NFL is full of guys Bill Belichick, Marv Levy,

857
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:40,760
Speaker 1: on and on and on who were better the second

858
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:45,080
Speaker 1: time around. So as you hear, you know, so these

859
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:47,759
Speaker 1: things are out there, and I think you always want

860
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: to keep those things in mind as you're looking for

861
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,719
Speaker 1: the head coach, not how many yards they gained or

862
00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:57,360
Speaker 1: how many yards they gave up. You know, they wouldn't

863
00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 1: be in their roles if they weren't pretty good overall.

864
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 1: They didn't. You know, everybody has games where your players

865
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:05,680
Speaker 1: are not at their best, or you're not at your best, whatever,

866
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:07,560
Speaker 1: So I'm not man to give a lecture. I just

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Speaker 1: I just think it's a bigger discussion. And having seen

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Speaker 1: it for years here, when we have focused on one thing,

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Speaker 1: we have not picked head coaches that were as good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think perspective is important, especially in that role,

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Speaker 2: because you see such a small amount of the whole

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Speaker 2: of what that role requires, right.

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Speaker 1: So well, and the other thing too, is I mean

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Speaker 1: and Ran Carthon said, well, we're not hiring the next

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Speaker 1: head coach with just Will Levice in mind. And that's

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Speaker 1: really smart. Yeah, because even if you hire one of

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Speaker 1: these guys who has a background on defense, plenty of

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Speaker 1: these guys can go out and hire a great offensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: great quarterback coach, and you can be absolutely just fine.

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Speaker 1: I mean, certainly nobody was complaining about the offense here

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Speaker 1: from twenty nineteen through twenty twenty one. Yep. And you know,

882
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Speaker 1: when you've got your quarterback rolling, you get your running

883
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Speaker 1: back rolling, you spend a bunch of money on your

884
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Speaker 1: offensive line and AJ Brown showing out, and you know

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Speaker 1: you have all these things that are happening. You know,

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Speaker 1: it all works out. The biggest thing is pick the

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Speaker 1: right person who fits the framework that Amy Adams Trunk wants.

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Speaker 1: And then go get better players. That's to me, that's

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Speaker 1: what it comes down to. Amy, I think that was

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Speaker 1: the year. If you asked me, if you had not

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Speaker 1: seen or heard any of the twenty twenty three Titan season,

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Speaker 1: my description of it to you in a sentence would

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Speaker 1: be our talent wasn't good enough.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's fair.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's what whenever you lose the game by a

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Speaker 1: play or two plays. Yeah, generally the underlying thing isn't

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Speaker 1: a call by the official or a game plan, a

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Speaker 1: game plan or a play call or whatever. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there're certainly all things we would do differently in anything

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Speaker 1: we failed in, but most of the time it's the

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Speaker 1: other team was better. Yeah, and for several years we

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Speaker 1: were better, six straight winning seasons, seemed to win virtually

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Speaker 1: every close game. But you know, our first twelve pretty good,

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Speaker 1: Our top twelve was pretty good. Our our thirteen through

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Speaker 1: forty was pretty good. Our forty one through fifty three had,

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Speaker 1: you know, guys who were coming on all the time.

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Speaker 1: This year just not enough in any of the three areas.

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Speaker 1: To me, that's what it came down to.

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Speaker 2: And now we've reached the time of the year where

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Speaker 2: we can go and address some of those things.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's like the commercial they ran after the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl that Steve McNair started in twenty years ago. The

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Speaker 1: minute after US super Bowl ends, they cut to Steve

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Speaker 1: McNair in a white bathrobe sitting out by a pool,

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Speaker 1: and he starts singing Tomorrow, and then they have all

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Speaker 1: these they cut to all these other people singing tomorrow

917
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Speaker 1: because the bottom line was now that the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: was over, Tomorrow starts the next year, and we're almost

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Speaker 1: to tomorrow. We're almost to the point. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: Houston won three games last year and they're playing in

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Speaker 1: the divisional round. They won the division and they were

922
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Speaker 1: bad too. There was a real thought they might have

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Speaker 1: just won one game. There are teams that go from

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Speaker 1: being down to being right in the middle of it

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Speaker 1: in a hurry. The Rams did when we played them.

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Speaker 1: They won four games the year before we played them

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Speaker 1: in Super Bowl thirty four the next year. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's the beauty of this league. We just got to

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Speaker 1: keep pushing for tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: I can't wait. I can't wait. Well, you'll have to, no,

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Speaker 2: I think, actually tomorrow, I'm leaving my house tomorrow. I

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Speaker 2: hope fingers cross fingers cross. But we've got a lot

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Speaker 2: of good stuff coming up.

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Speaker 1: Well, we do. And most of all, and I want

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Speaker 1: to say this, honestly, the best thing is you're coming back,

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Speaker 1: and we're glad we've missed.

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Speaker 2: It feels good to be coming back. I've missed you

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Speaker 2: all very much. I've missed doing this, I missed the OTP.

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Speaker 2: Man of all the things we do, I love this

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Speaker 2: podcast and I love the ot people, And it feels

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Speaker 2: so good to be back. I can't. There are not

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Speaker 2: words to describe how good it feels to be back.

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Speaker 2: And I'm ready to go. I'm ready.

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Speaker 1: Well. Fortunately, there's a lot to do.

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Speaker 2: There's a lot to do.

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Speaker 1: The OT people can tell you there's a lot to

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Speaker 1: do for the Tennessee Titans in this offseason. There's going

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Speaker 1: to be a lot of good stories. There's gonna be

949
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Speaker 1: a lot of news, gotta be a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: discussion and let's go. Oh man, I mean it's time.

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Speaker 1: Let's just go.

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Speaker 2: Countdown to dy begins Mike Keith. We're going to the Combine.

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Speaker 1: In weeks YEP Senior Bowl, first Senior Bowl. First for

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Speaker 1: the returning Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith, thanking you for

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Speaker 1: joining us, for the O T Keith,