1 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Far Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: Look to the folks at Far Bureau Health Plans when 3 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: you need someone who understands the x is and o's 4 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: of healthcare coverage. They've been protecting Tennesseeans since nineteen forty seven. 5 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: Mike Keith and Amy Well, Hello, Miss Welch, Hello Mike Keith. 6 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: How are you? It is good to have you back 7 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: with me for another edition of the OTP. As we 8 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 1: record mid afternoon on Friday, July the thirty first, Hard 9 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: to believe that tomorrow is August. It's crazy. It feels 10 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: like time is just flying by right now. So as 11 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: we record this, here's what we know. What we know 12 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 1: at this point is that the players have been back 13 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: in the building for another set of COVID nineteen tests 14 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: that's at St. Thomas Sports Park. If they pass the 15 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: three tests, meaning if they have a negative result to 16 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: the COVID nineteen tests, then they can be in the 17 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: building at St. Thomas Sports Park over the weekend. And 18 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: it sounds like it's equipment, it's physicals. It's kind of 19 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: minor get togethers. It feels almost like it's some sort 20 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: of retreat. You know what I'm saying like it's a 21 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: football retreat, like we're all getting together. I think Vrabel 22 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: said they're gonna meet Sunday afternoon, but that's kind of 23 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: the official start of the whole thing. If you are 24 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: negative on the three tests, is that how you read 25 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 1: it as well? Yes, I've kind of understood that Sunday 26 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: will be the first full team meeting and that's kind 27 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: of the kickoff of training camp right now. It's a 28 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 1: lot of logistics, is what it sounds like, you know, 29 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: getting your helmets fitted, your pads fit, in making sure 30 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: that all of that is good, going through a lot 31 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: of the things that guys typically honestly do in the 32 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: first day, and it happens very quickly, but with the 33 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: wanting to be aware of social distancing and following all 34 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: the protocols, and there's a whole new level to what 35 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: guys have to do now to get acclimated just and 36 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: ready for training camp, just because they have to learn 37 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: and understand all the new safety protocols. All great things, 38 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: but it's another step of things that guys have to do. 39 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: So I think it's making things a little bit different 40 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: right off the jump, right off the bat, from the jump, 41 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: from the jump right off the bat. However you want 42 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: to say it, I'm with you. The Titans release transactions 43 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: on July the twenty eighth, which was Tuesday. They waved 44 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: outside linebacker Jordan Williams. That was not really a surprise. 45 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: He was not part of the team last year due 46 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 1: to injury. Anthony McKinney was a voluntary opt out, a 47 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: rookie undrafted offensive lineman big guy six to eight out 48 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: of TCU, decided not to play football this year. To 49 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: this point, Amy, he's the only opt out on the Titans. 50 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:13,679 Speaker 1: Have you been surprised by how the opt out thing 51 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: has gone throughout the league to this point? Honestly, I'm 52 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: surprised by the amount of people and the amount of 53 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: names that you would recognize that have opted out. I 54 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: think that I was reading today Steven Smith. He had 55 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: an interesting take on the whole opt out thing because 56 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: he was talking about the financial aspects of it and 57 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: how there are some guys that can and some guys 58 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 1: that can't. And I had never really thought about it 59 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: from a monetary decision. I had always thought about it 60 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: as a very personal decision, and so I've kind of 61 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: been surprised that this has had more legs than I 62 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: thought it would. I kind of thought that was a formality, like, yeah, 63 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: and you can opt out if you want to. But 64 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: I think guys are really taking this seriously and are 65 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: really having those conversations with their family and are considering 66 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: pre existing conditions that not only they might have, but 67 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: their family members might have. And I mean, nobody knows 68 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: what's going to happen in one month, two months, five 69 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: months from now. We just don't know. The world seems 70 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: to be always evolving and changing. So I've been surprised 71 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: by the amount of people that are actually having those 72 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: hard conversations and are really kind of looking at the 73 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: bigger picture other than we want to play football right now, 74 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: because that's such an easy response to have, is no, 75 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: I want to play. You know, the standard thread, if 76 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: there has been a standard thread among players, has been 77 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: about babies. That seems to be the most common thing. 78 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: We've either had a baby, or my wife's pregnant, or 79 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: we have a young child, and you know, we in 80 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: some cases we had a hard time having a baby, 81 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: and so this baby's a blessing and we're going to 82 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: be extra careful. And I think if you're a parent, 83 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 1: we're just a human being in general. I think you 84 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: totally get that absolutely, And again I think that I'm 85 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:01,280 Speaker 1: impressed by the amount of people who have been able 86 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: to take this in as a bigger thing than just 87 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: what's happening on the field. You know, everybody, of course, 88 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: we want to get back to football. Everybody wants to play, 89 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: but to be able to look at your situation as 90 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: a whole, whatever that might be, whether it's financially or personally, 91 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: or whatever that decision is for you and your family, 92 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: I'm impressed that guys are having those conversations. Another move 93 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 1: that the Titans made they placed outside linebacker Vic Beasley 94 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: on reserve. Did not report. Most of you listening to 95 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: the OTP know the story by now is that he 96 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: is considered by John Robinson, the general manager, to be 97 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: an unexcused absence. At this point, we're not going to 98 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: go too deep on that on the OTP for two reasons. 99 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: Number one, we're taping mid afternoon on Friday, July thirty. First, 100 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: something may have changed with this by the time you 101 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: hear this, which would make it out of date. And 102 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 1: I think the other part two is I've found over 103 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: the years, you want to hear the entire story before 104 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: you make a full judgment. And so let's leave that 105 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: one right where it is right now, and there will 106 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 1: certainly be a time for us to discuss whatever comes 107 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,600 Speaker 1: out of that situation. But as we speak right now, 108 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,679 Speaker 1: Vic Beasley has not been part of the football team 109 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: with the Tennessee Titans. Isaiah Wilson, the first round pick, 110 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: was placed on the reserve COVID nineteen list, and that 111 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: was created for players who either test positive for COVID 112 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: nineteen or who have been quarantined after having been in 113 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: close contact with an infected person or persons. Clubs may 114 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 1: not disclose whether the player is in quarantine or is 115 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 1: positive for COVID nineteen, and that's obviously because your medical 116 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: history is protected, and so they are taking care of 117 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: the players on that And then the Titans placed linebacker 118 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: Jayon Brown and wide receiver Corey Davis unphysically unable to 119 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 1: perform as we know amy. That gives them the ability 120 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: to use pup if it's needed. Normally, it's just a 121 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: designation when a guy's not ready to start camp. Absolutely, 122 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 1: so no need to hit the panic button just yet. 123 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: Just let it be. Yeah, I think that's one true, 124 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: So that brings you up to date on where the 125 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: Titans are at this moment. Nothing has changed in the 126 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: last three days as they wait for all the testing 127 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 1: and gear up for the weekend of physicals, equipment fitting, 128 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 1: all of those sorts of things, and then next week 129 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: they start eight days of what amounts to some sort 130 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: of conditioning and so they'll be able to do workouts. 131 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: I think they can do walkthroughs, but it feels very 132 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: much like phase one of the off season program, which 133 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,240 Speaker 1: usually occurs right at the end of April in the 134 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: first part of May. Is that how you read it, Amy, 135 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: That's kind of what I've understood listening to Mike Vrabel 136 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: talk about it. It sounds like they're taking the major 137 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: parts of OTAs and the off season prom so the 138 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: install the conditioning, the weightlifting, all of that stuff, and 139 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: they're kind of consolidating into the first part of training camp, 140 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: which makes a lot of sense because we're talking about 141 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 1: an acclamation period and getting your body kind of back 142 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 1: to the grind and being used to this. Not that 143 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: guys aren't working out, because everybody has been working out 144 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: on their own, but it's a different type of working out. 145 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 1: Football shape is very different, and we talk about that 146 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,120 Speaker 1: a lot, and kind of getting back into the full 147 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: day of doing this, not just a three hour workout 148 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: in the morning. This is I mean, this is it now, 149 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: so to be able to use that time to really 150 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: make sure that everybody's where they need to be to 151 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: prevent some of the injuries that could even happen once 152 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,439 Speaker 1: these guys get back on the field and get in pads. 153 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: So I think it's good. It's different. It's very very different. 154 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: It's weird that we're kind of saying training camp is here, 155 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: but like we're not there yet. It's a weird thing. 156 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: It feels odd. August twelve through sixteen, the Titans are 157 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: able to practice football, but it too is much like 158 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:11,479 Speaker 1: an OTA five day window in terms of the limitations 159 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 1: of what you can do. And then August seventeenth, it 160 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: looks like real football practice can happen, and so then 161 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 1: you have four weeks to get ready for the first game. 162 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: And that's plenty of time. I mean, with three weeks 163 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: of acclamation meetings, all of those things, and then four 164 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: weeks of actual football practice with some tackling. And of 165 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: course they don't they don't do a lot of tackling, 166 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: taking guys to the ground. But they'll get into that 167 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: and they'll have time and it was interesting. Craig Aukerman, 168 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: the Special team's coordinator, was on a conference called This Afternoon, 169 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 1: and he made a point that I want you to 170 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: touch on about the fact that they're not having preseason 171 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 1: games and obviously they don't go full, full, full speed 172 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 1: contact in spec teams drills. He worries about that some 173 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: to start the regular season. Why well, he said, they're 174 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: going to have to get really creative because they have 175 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 1: to simulate these game scenarios and that intensity and that 176 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: speed in practice, and especially for guys like punt returners 177 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: and kick returners who when they're playing it's kind of 178 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: a life in depth situation. I mean, there's people flying 179 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: at you from everywhere. Your two options or make a 180 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 1: player get s mushed. That's kind of what that role requires, 181 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: and that's not something they can one hundred percent simulate 182 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: because they don't want to kill their own players. So 183 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: trying to find a way to create that level of intensity, 184 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: to create that urgency, the need to make those plays 185 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: and see how guys react in those situations and what 186 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 1: they're able to do from a performance standpoint, while also 187 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 1: keeping everyone safe and making sure that you know you 188 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: have a full, healthy roster when you start the regular 189 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 1: season is a complicated thing, and he kept saying that 190 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: there was a big need for creativity. He really drove 191 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: that home that they have to be creative. They have 192 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: to find new ways to simulate some of the things 193 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: because there's no preseason games to kind of get that 194 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: first look, who's the punt returner right now? Ye? Who 195 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: knows everybody? He basically ran through the list of everybody 196 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: who had done it last year and said, we're going 197 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 1: to run a lot of people through. I think that's 198 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: one of the main questions that the Tennessee Titans need 199 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: to get answered, is who's the punt returner? Because I 200 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: think when it's all said and done, Darrington Evans has 201 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 1: a real shot to be the kickoff returner. Hey, and 202 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: by the way, what about Ryan Tannehill's comments on his 203 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 1: press availability about working out with Darrington Evans in Florida. 204 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: That was great. Huh. That was a bit of a surprise. 205 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: I didn't know anything about that, but it was great 206 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,840 Speaker 1: to hear, especially for a rookie who's going to be 207 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:55,719 Speaker 1: in a new situation and to have had that one 208 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: on one time and that extra reps and some of 209 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: the things that he was it caught my attend. I'm 210 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: excited about Darrynton Evans. I'm excited about everybody, but Darrenton 211 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: Evans has my eye. Another press availability for outside linebackers 212 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: coach Shane Bowen earlier today, and they tried every way 213 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: they could and ask it, and that's what you do. 214 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: They're doing their jobs. The media guess. They tried to 215 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: get him to say he was going to call the 216 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: defense or he wasn't going to call the defense. I 217 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 1: counted four different ways that the same exact question was asked, Like, 218 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: come on, guys, I don't think he's gonna do it. 219 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: But I was so impressed by the creativity they did. Hey, 220 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: that's what you're that's what you're supposed to do. That's 221 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: what they should do, and I thought I thought he 222 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: did a really nice job in how he handled it. 223 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: Don was going back and doing some research on him 224 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 1: because there were some things that I thought I knew 225 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: and I wanted to make sure. So he's talking about 226 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: his football career on the media availability, and he played 227 00:12:56,559 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: at Georgia Tech, and I thought, I don't think he's 228 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: from Georgia. He's Pickerington, Ohio, which is Vrabel country. Yeah, okay, 229 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,840 Speaker 1: all right. So he ended up at Georgia Tech. He 230 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: started his career, was ended by an injury, and he 231 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,240 Speaker 1: ends up a ga there, and then he goes to 232 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 1: Ohio State where he's a graduate assistant on the defense. 233 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,359 Speaker 1: Guess what position he worked with in twenty twelve linebackers, 234 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:31,240 Speaker 1: defensive line. Guess who the defensive line coach was, Mike Vrabel. 235 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: Very good, So the two of them, he did the 236 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: job for Vrabel that kind of what John Striker, better 237 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: known as Stretch, sort of does, watching tape all these things. 238 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 1: So he forms this bond. He goes back to Georgia 239 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: to Kennesau State to help start their football programming. They've 240 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: been wildly successful since they started playing football. I think 241 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: they won forty eight games in the last five years. 242 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: So he coaches at Kennesaw for a couple of years, 243 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: and then he leaves and goes to the Texans, and 244 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: so he's with the Texans with and then he's been 245 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: with the Titans for two years. This is year three 246 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: and he's with Mirabel. I'm noticing a trend. Yeah. I 247 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: mean the bottom line is, and I mean we know this, 248 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: but the direct connect in three places now, and the 249 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: fact that they've worked so closely together and that they 250 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:31,400 Speaker 1: obviously form these bonds, and it's just like John Striker 251 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: and and this. You know this coach Shane Bowen, who's 252 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: a really fine young coach. I mean, you watch him coach, 253 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: and you've seen the way his guys have developed. You 254 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: see the way Harold Landry played last year. You see 255 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: the improvement in Kamala Correa. You see Roberson, come on. 256 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: I mean, he's a fine coach. He may be ready 257 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: to be the defensive coordinator. He may end up calling 258 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: the defense. I don't know that. And Vrabel ain't saying either. Okay, 259 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: well let me ask you this, yes or no. Do 260 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 1: you think Vrabel knows what he's gonna do about who 261 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: calls the signals on defense? Yes? I think he probably 262 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: does too. But I think he wanted to see how 263 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: that's gonna work. Yeah, I think so. I don't think 264 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:18,240 Speaker 1: that it is a solid decision. But Mike Vrabel is 265 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: always five steps ahead of the rest of us. He 266 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 1: just is like, nothing surprises this dude. He is ready 267 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: to go. And I think that the minute that he 268 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: decided what his staff was going to look like, he 269 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: also decided who was going to call the place. He's 270 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 1: not going to tell us. He might tell you, he's 271 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 1: certainly not going to tell me. He's not gonna tell 272 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 1: me either. And you know it, maybe that Shane's in 273 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: the booth, stretches in the booth and he's calling it in, 274 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: but he's you know, having these conversations with him. Matt 275 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: Edwards is another really good young coach. And we mentioned Ackerman, 276 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: who is something else as a special teams coach. And 277 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: Anthony Midget comes in from the Texans and who was 278 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: he with before? I mean, they all know, I don't 279 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: know who's calling the defense. Vrabel's probably the defensive coordinator, right, Yes, 280 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: he may not call the plays on Sunday, but I 281 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: mean these are his dudes, this is his defense, it's 282 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: his philosophy. I don't blame these the media members for 283 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: asking that's that's their job, right. I've sat where they've 284 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: sat before. I'm not I've tried to get it out 285 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: of people because you don't know when you can. Yeah, 286 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: nobody just says, you know what, I've decided I'm just 287 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: going to tell you, yeah, it does happen. No, really, 288 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: it does happen. It's happened to me twice in a lifetime, 289 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: but two times, that's right. But if you think about it, 290 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: even on game days in previous years, I'm around on 291 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: game days observing what's happening in the bench area, and 292 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel, when the defense is not on the field, 293 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 1: is usually in the defensive area, sure, working with them. 294 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously he's got to handle on what's going 295 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 1: on in the field, and he's managing the game, and 296 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: he's doing all of the head coach things, of course, 297 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: but if you're ever loose track of him, you can 298 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: probably find him talking to a linebacker somewhere, or holding 299 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: a grease board or flipping through pictures. This is not unusual. 300 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer does it with Minnesota with the defense. Andy 301 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 1: Reid does it with the offense in Kansas City. I mean, 302 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: I was watching the Super Bowl the other day and 303 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 1: Andy Reid's sitting on the bench late in the first 304 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:40,440 Speaker 1: quarter talking to Patrick Mahomes. He's not watching. What's you 305 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: don't have to watch every single play is the head coach, 306 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: Because you have some pretty capable folks with you exactly. Yeah. 307 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,040 Speaker 1: So to think that Mike Rabel is going to be 308 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: doing something too much different than what he's been doing, 309 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: it would be hard for me to believe Demps was 310 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,040 Speaker 1: always up in the booth kind of the boots on 311 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,320 Speaker 1: the ground, on the bench anyway Mike Rabel was. So 312 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: I think that it's going to be relatively similar. Honestly, 313 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 1: I do too. That's a good discussion, though. Thank you 314 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,239 Speaker 1: for engaging me on that. Like they pay me too, 315 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,360 Speaker 1: you know they do. They force you to be nice 316 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 1: to me. Arthur Smith, the offensive coordinator, also talk. I'm 317 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: so impressed at how much more comfortable he has gotten 318 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: with the media, and I think we see an evolution 319 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: in Arthur that maybe not fortunately for the Titans, but 320 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: good for him. I think he's beginning to sound like 321 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: a head coach. Yes you know what I'm saying. Yeah, 322 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: he's got that thing now where he gets what the 323 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: media needs, he gets what the questions are. Like every 324 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: football coach, he doesn't want to go too far, with 325 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,720 Speaker 1: the exception of Bruce Arians who says whatever you know, 326 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: and Mike Lee. Yeah, I mean, you've got about three 327 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 1: football coaches in the world go in a different direction, 328 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: but most all of them they're measured, but they understand 329 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: what it takes. And I listen to Arthur now and 330 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: think about where he is now doing that from a 331 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: year ago. He sounds so much more comfortable. I mean, listen, 332 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: you and I knew he could coach. We'd been around him. 333 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 1: We believed it was a great hire because we had 334 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: seen him. And I love hearing the Titans fans with 335 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: their love for Arthur Smith because he's got a good 336 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: grasp on things and you can tell. I mean, he's 337 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,800 Speaker 1: like a race car driver right now who's got a 338 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,800 Speaker 1: new car he's ready to go try out. After he 339 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: had a good season last year, I think he feels 340 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 1: like he's got something even better in twenty twenties, that's 341 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: your sense, Yeah, I think that he's really excited about 342 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: not only the success that they had last year, knowing 343 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:59,120 Speaker 1: that their scheme works, whatever the idea is, they've had 344 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: success in it, and so gosh, how much easier is 345 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 1: it going to be to have guys buy into what 346 00:20:05,280 --> 00:20:08,400 Speaker 1: they're doing and then improve upon it. I think part 347 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: of why Arthur Smith was the way that he was 348 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: with the media last year, especially at the beginning was 349 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,640 Speaker 1: that he didn't want to set expectations that he couldn't 350 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: live up to. I think that he wanted to make 351 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: sure that he got something on the field first, you know, 352 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:27,719 Speaker 1: he didn't want to be saying all of these things 353 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: and speaking the things that he didn't know about yet. 354 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: So now I think, yes, I mean, he is more 355 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: confident in the role that he has. He's more confident 356 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: in speaking with the media and doing that sort of thing. 357 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: You get to see a bit more of his personality now. 358 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: But he also has the confidence in Okay, we can 359 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: do this, like this could work, this is something, and 360 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,880 Speaker 1: so to have the consistency and the familiarity with so 361 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 1: many players, he seems like he seems to be pretty excited. 362 00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: He had a quote that I wrote in all capital 363 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: letters because I thought it was so funny. He said, 364 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: we may not be as esthetically pretty, but I feel 365 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: pretty good about it it being the offense, and I 366 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,400 Speaker 1: just thought, well, isn't that just everything that you want? 367 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:19,280 Speaker 1: Like we're not good looking, but we win. So that's 368 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: how I took that, Like, sorry, it doesn't look that great, 369 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: and I mean it's not fancy, but you know what's 370 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 1: good looking w's well, ninety one yard touchdown passes and 371 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:35,120 Speaker 1: forty five yard touchdown passes and sixty eight yard touchdown runs. 372 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: And I think they're prettier than what people may think. Now, 373 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: they're not five wides throw it every down, you know, 374 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 1: they're they're three tight ends and do something wild out 375 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,640 Speaker 1: of three tight ends and you know, three receivers, and 376 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: you know they do it different ways. But Kyle Lee 377 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: I said this on one oh four five The Zone 378 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: earlier today. The fact that we are looking forward to 379 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: what an offense can be going into twenty twenty based 380 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: on the fact that at the end of last year, 381 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: this was one of the five best offenses in the NFL. 382 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: Not through the whole season, but at the end of 383 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: the year, there weren't four offenses. You know, there were 384 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 1: a couple maybe Kansas City, and you know, they certainly 385 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 1: did a great job. But the bottom line is this 386 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 1: was a super offense and I can't wait to see 387 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,200 Speaker 1: Usually we're like, well, we hope the offense is better. 388 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 1: What was I saying this time last year? The offense 389 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: has got to score a touchdown more a game. It 390 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: has to Our season is going to be determined by 391 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:48,200 Speaker 1: quarterback play. It was not to say that I was right. 392 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: It was just obvious the offense wasn't good enough. And 393 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 1: now you're seeing an offense that can play so much better. 394 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. I mean you're that they can. They 395 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: can take what they did and can keep the Titans 396 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: in a very different place where all the pressure isn't 397 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: on the defense for the first time. Right. Well, and 398 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: you look at some of the skill positions on offense, 399 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 1: there's someone or multiple people to be excited about in 400 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: every spot, right, which is a little bit rare for 401 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 1: the Titans. Oh, it's not a little bit rare. I 402 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: was trying to be nice. This was the best offense 403 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 1: the Titans have had since two thousand and three when 404 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: Steve McNair won the MVP. This was the best quarterbacking 405 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 1: that they've had statistically since Steve McNair won the MVP, 406 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 1: and Ryan Tannehill was statistically better than Steve McNair. Now, 407 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 1: a little bit different game, right, a little more wide 408 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: open game today. Some rules have been changed. It's not 409 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:58,239 Speaker 1: always fair to compare statistics in eras because it's just 410 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: like the quarter backs of the sixties and seventies. Well, 411 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: a lot of people may not realize that many of 412 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: those numbers were skewed by two things. Number one, you 413 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,439 Speaker 1: could beat the ever love and crap out of a 414 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 1: wide receiver. You could do yeah, I mean, you could 415 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: do whatever you wanted to a wide receiver. And number two, 416 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: for a lot of that period, offensive lineman could not 417 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:28,200 Speaker 1: use their hands to block. They had to keep their 418 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: arms in and just basically block with what amounted to 419 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: their forearms. Well, it was easier to rush the passer 420 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 1: in those days. Did the quarterbacks throw more interceptions? You 421 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,919 Speaker 1: bet they did because receivers weren't open and they got 422 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,560 Speaker 1: hit a lot more. You could do it. Give a 423 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 1: quarterback ahead slap, you could give a you know, you 424 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: could give an offensive lineman a head slap. Different game. Yeah. 425 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,160 Speaker 1: And now the quick passing game and the fact that 426 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,760 Speaker 1: you know, at the very least you've got to run 427 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: a round an offensive lineman who can extend his arms. 428 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,440 Speaker 1: It makes the era quite different. So little history lesson 429 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: for you there. That was nice, But I struggle with statistics, 430 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: mostly because I'm terrible with numbers and so I have 431 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: a hard time just digesting them in what they mean. 432 00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:20,199 Speaker 1: But also talking to Ryan Tannehill about it on a 433 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: call with the media a couple days ago, he kind 434 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 1: of said, yeah, that's cool. I don't care, Like, right, 435 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 1: he doesn't lend a lot of credence to the fact 436 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: that he had this statistically very impressive season. He wants 437 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: to win. He doesn't really care about the rest of it. 438 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: And the question was asked, like do you want to 439 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: continue that? Like are there more things that you're trying 440 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 1: to achieve? Other goals you want to hit, And he 441 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: was like, like, I want to win, and it just 442 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 1: if it doesn't matter to him, it surely doesn't matter 443 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: to me because I can't even keep him in my 444 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 1: brain to begin with. Speaking of quarterbacks, what about Logan 445 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: Woodside getting a full media opportunity. Look at Woodsides living 446 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: his best life this week. Everybody is saying such nice 447 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:05,120 Speaker 1: things about him. Everyone has been so impressed. He talked 448 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: to the media for like twenty minutes. Logan Woodside, come 449 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: on through. By the way, have you ever seen Logan 450 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 1: Woodside and Craig Ackerman in the same room at the 451 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: same time? No, No, because they could be the same person. 452 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: They could be the same person. When I was looking 453 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: at Regan Woodside, I thought, I thought, is that logan 454 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: woodside or is that Craig Ackerman very similar looking, gentleman, 455 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: you just blew my mind. You're absolutely right. Yeah, have 456 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 1: we not talked about this little pre training camp fact 457 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 1: there for you? Speaking of facts? Antonio Brown, oh what 458 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: a shift? Announced today, suspended by the National Football League 459 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,920 Speaker 1: for eight games, the first eight games of the season. 460 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: But he doesn't currently have a job, right, he doesn't 461 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,400 Speaker 1: currently have a job. Of course. Lamar Jackson has been 462 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: trying to talk the Ravens into signing ab quite a cell. Okay, 463 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: so here's what I looked up. Okay, I said, if 464 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,959 Speaker 1: they were to sign him after his suspension, would he 465 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:10,440 Speaker 1: play against the Titans this year? The answer is yes, 466 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 1: because the Titans played Baltimore in Week eleven. If now 467 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 1: this is hypothetical, if he signed with them after a suspension, 468 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: after an eight game suspension, his first game would be 469 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: at New England on November fifteenth, and then week eleven, 470 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 1: his first home game as a Baltimore Raven if Antonio 471 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: Brown signed with him would be November twenty second against 472 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: the Titans. Isn't that always the way? Like I feel 473 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 1: like goofy things like that always happen to the Tennessee Titans. 474 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,880 Speaker 1: Like this guy who hasn't played in thirty five years 475 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:50,120 Speaker 1: and is making a miraculous comeback plays against the Titans. 476 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: We're having a conversation on the OTP presented by Farm 477 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 1: Bureau Health Plans on July the thirty first, And so 478 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 1: that's all it is. All it is is a conversation. No, 479 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: it's a fun it's a fun game to play. But 480 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: that doesn't surprise me at all. I'm surprised we're not 481 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,160 Speaker 1: the first team that he would play. Actually, I mean 482 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: why not that That's usually how it goes, like you 483 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: can almost predict it. Yeah that, I mean, that's a 484 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: tough sell for all. Lamar. It feels like Antonio Brown 485 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 1: would come with a lot of baggage. Well, I mean, 486 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 1: can you see he and Hollywood Brown together? I mean, 487 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: because I'd be with like their nine tight information or 488 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 1: whatever it is they run and all the backs that 489 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: they have, And I mean that's it's scary. Oh, I 490 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,959 Speaker 1: get it. But you know where it didn't work the 491 00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: playoffs in twenty nineteen. That's fair. Sorry, there you go. 492 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: M she dropped a bomb. Yeah, I'm going to ride 493 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: that one for as long as I can. That is 494 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: a really really fun time. All right, So what is 495 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: out there upcoming that you feel like Titans fans need 496 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 1: to keep an eye on. What are you looking for? 497 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:01,840 Speaker 1: What do you follow or do you expect the next 498 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,160 Speaker 1: week to just be quiet? Well, I'd never expect anything 499 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: anymore the years twenty twenty, Mike, expect the unexpected at 500 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: all times. Fair, But I'm ready to start seeing teams 501 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: get out on the field in whatever capacity. That is 502 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,719 Speaker 1: a walkthrough. Pictures of guys in any sort of cleat 503 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: formation on football turf. That's what I want to see. 504 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: Like I am jonesing for anything that is football related. 505 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: Just inject it right into my veins. That is what 506 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: I want. Anything that resembles normal football activities I'm here for. 507 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: So if guys are running on the field, I'm excited 508 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,760 Speaker 1: about it, like I'm ready. That's me. What about you? Well, 509 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: what I know is when it comes to your healthcare coverage, 510 00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 1: you should be the one to make the call. So 511 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,720 Speaker 1: call Farm Bureau Health Plans. They've been protecting Tennessee and 512 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,320 Speaker 1: since nineteen forty seven. I'm just hopeful that all of 513 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:59,840 Speaker 1: this kind of continues. I'm interested to hear, you know, 514 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: as we get into August, I think they're going to 515 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 1: be ready to say things about potential seeding at the stadium. 516 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 1: I'm interested to hear some of that if it comes out. 517 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: Hopefully we're going to hear some good news about that, 518 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: and moving forward with everything going on, just the continuation 519 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 1: of football, and hopefully teams will continue to be in 520 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:27,360 Speaker 1: a position that they stay safe to where they can 521 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:32,760 Speaker 1: keep going. We just don't want football to stop like 522 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 1: it has for a couple of baseball teams. Well, and 523 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,320 Speaker 1: I was going to ask you the question, because I'm 524 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: not a huge baseball fan. I struggle to keep up 525 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 1: with it this season. Well, I know you are, so 526 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: I'm trying to be delicate, but the season's too long 527 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 1: and lose interest very quickly. But I have been following 528 00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: it very closely right now because it feels like there 529 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: are some similarities and I don't know the details of 530 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 1: what they're doing on a day to day basis and 531 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: what their protocols and things like that are. But they're 532 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 1: the only pro sports team that I can look at 533 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 1: that's not doing some sort of bubble situation where everyone's 534 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:09,240 Speaker 1: completely isolated. So I've been paying close attention to that 535 00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: and my hope is that football is also paying attention 536 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: to that and maybe we can learn from some of 537 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: the things that they seem to be struggling with a lope. So, yeah, 538 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: the NBA and the NHL feels like they've gotten off 539 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 1: to good starts, and so you know there are positive cases. Hey, 540 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: I got one for you as we wrap up. Yeah, 541 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 1: little yes or no for Amy Wells. Okay, the SEC 542 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 1: is going to play a ten game conference only schedule. Yes, 543 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:39,959 Speaker 1: the SEC and the PAC twelve are going to start 544 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: their season on September twenty six. That's the plan. So 545 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: the question I have is does the NFL think about 546 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 1: moving games on the first weekend of the season to 547 00:31:55,120 --> 00:32:00,000 Speaker 1: Saturday and the second weekend of the season to Saturday 548 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: to help their broadcast partners who will not have college football. 549 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: So are you suggesting that a portion of the Sunday 550 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: games would move to Saturday? Two? Probably two? Okay, maybe three, 551 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,480 Speaker 1: but two? Do you think about that if you're if 552 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: you're the NFL, So I'm asking you, Amy Wells, you're 553 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,720 Speaker 1: Roger Goodell right now, You've got plenty of time to 554 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: do it. If you want to tell two teams, Hey, 555 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 1: you're playing a day early. I mean in two thousand 556 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: and four, Amy, they moved our game up a day 557 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 1: in forty eight hours because they were worried about a hurricane. 558 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: So I've seen it done, so don't give me this. 559 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 1: Oh it's too late. Now, it's not too late. We've 560 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 1: we've done it. We got on a plane a day early, 561 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: went down and beat the Dolphins waiting on a hurricane 562 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 1: that never came. So it's been done. So the question 563 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: becomes do they play game or games on September twelfth 564 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:57,800 Speaker 1: and September nineteenth when there's no college football? Honestly, I 565 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 1: don't hate the idea. I kind of like it. Well, 566 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 1: I love it, but like, can I like it for 567 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: someone else? I don't want to Titans. The Titans wouldn't 568 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 1: be able to do it because we play Monday night football. Yeah, 569 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 1: they would not turn around because we play Monday night 570 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 1: September fourteenth. They would not turn around and make us 571 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:24,080 Speaker 1: play on Saturday nineteenth unless Lamar Jackson had a chance 572 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 1: to Scott, well, unless he asks them, unless and then 573 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: we will. That is a very interesting proposition, and I 574 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:36,320 Speaker 1: really would enjoy that because if you told somebody now 575 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 1: plenty of time you've got a month, more than a month, 576 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: more than a month. Yeah, yeah, I'm one into it 577 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: because that means that I get to watch football on Saturday, 578 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,719 Speaker 1: and that's really all I care about. I've got the shakes, 579 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 1: like I need some football in my life. I know, 580 00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,480 Speaker 1: what have you heard of NFL network? I have spent 581 00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: a lot of time. I want to see all of 582 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: our games. I'm like, whatever I can do. I'm watching 583 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: Last Chance You on Netflix, Like whatever I can do 584 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 1: to just get it I need. I can watch the 585 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,239 Speaker 1: The Go Goes documentary on Showtime this weekend. Oh thanks? 586 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: So is that what I saw something on the news 587 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: that just said the Go Gos are back? Are back? 588 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:28,359 Speaker 1: The story? Is there a story to tell? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, 589 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,719 Speaker 1: it's a pretty crazy story. But that's another show, for 590 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,399 Speaker 1: another podcast, for another time. Interesting. Yes, I think it's 591 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:37,840 Speaker 1: gonna be fascinating action. I think I'm gonna watch Beyonce's 592 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 1: new visual album or whatever that's called. So now we 593 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 1: are falling away and it's time for us to just leave. 594 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 1: I think that's a great weekend activity. You think it's great. 595 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: I'm talking about for the podcast us discussing it, people 596 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: are like, please stop, Oh no, I think people would 597 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:57,319 Speaker 1: like to discuss Beyonce and her and not so much 598 00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 1: the go goes. Trust me, if you are of a 599 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:03,600 Speaker 1: certain age, the go goes are probably more appealing. I 600 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: think if I were to take a poll of our 601 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 1: listeners right now and said go gos or Beyonce, I said, 602 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: if you are of a certain age, which you are not, 603 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,680 Speaker 1: they could participate in my poll. It's fine, but they 604 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:19,239 Speaker 1: wouldn't because the people of a certain age don't participate 605 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:24,359 Speaker 1: in polls. They have better things to do. All right, Yeah, 606 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:28,200 Speaker 1: we've evolved. It's gonna happen, but we've got football coming up. 607 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 1: Because it's almost August. As you listen to this, it 608 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,560 Speaker 1: probably will be August. Thank you for listening to this 609 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,680 Speaker 1: edition of the Official Titans Podcast, better known as the OTP, 610 00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,439 Speaker 1: presented by far Bureau Health Plans for Amy Wells. I'm 611 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,920 Speaker 1: myke Keith. We thank you for joining us for another 612 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,240 Speaker 1: edition of the t