1 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Titans Tamy and Coach Mac podcast and 2 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: resented by far Bureau Health Plan. Need great healthcare coverage 3 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: with an affordable price tag? Let far Bureau Health Plans 4 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: coach you through it. They've been protecting Tennessee AND's for 5 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: seventy five years. Hello everybody, I'm Amy Wells, and of 6 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: course coach Mack is here as well. Mac. How you doing? 7 00:00:39,479 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: No great, Amy, I'm looking forward to this. We're in 8 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: the season now, and you know how much I like 9 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: our podcast. Anyway, this is even better. Let's go. Doesn't 10 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: it feel good to be actually talking about football that counts. 11 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: There's just something different in the air when the games matter. No, 12 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: You're you're one hundred percent right. I mean you could 13 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: feel it at practice this week. I mean you can. 14 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 1: You can feel it. You'll throughout the building and really 15 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: you can feel it throughout the city. You know, when 16 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: you're out, I'm out quite a bit. I don't know 17 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: how much you're out none, Okay, well I'm out more 18 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: than that. Anyway, I'm out about quite a bit. And 19 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 1: people are excited about it. But that's what the National 20 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: Football League does and we're in it deep and so yes, 21 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: you can feel it. It's fun. Mac. How often do 22 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: you get stopped when you are quote unquote out like, 23 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: how many times do you will just want to talk 24 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: to you? How much do I get stopped at the combine? 25 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: A lot? Well, that's a lot about the same, really, yeah, 26 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: I just I don't know if people know this, but 27 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:35,279 Speaker 1: going anywhere with coach Mac is kind of like hurting 28 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: cats in that you take about three steps and he's gone. 29 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: He's to the right, he's to the left, he's talking 30 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: to someone two blocks back behind you. You got to 31 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: circle back and go get him and hey Mac over here, 32 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: and then sure enough someone goes hey Mac, and the 33 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: whole thing's done. You gotta start all over. You gotta 34 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 1: find where he is, go back, rain him in. Takes 35 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: forty eight hours just to get to dinner. It's a lot. Well, 36 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: I mean at this city has been so great to me. 37 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: You know, when I was coaching here, it was really good. 38 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: And it's it's even better now because now I can 39 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: be out. You know, you guys have been out to 40 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: dinner with I mean, it's it's just it's a cool 41 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: vibe in this city. And I don't complain about it 42 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: at all, And you know, I encourage it. You know, 43 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: when I'm on all my radio shows, I said, if 44 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: you see me out, grab me, ask me a question. 45 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: I may not answer it good, but I can answer it. 46 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 1: So let's go, And who does coach mac? No? Everybody, everybody, 47 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: pretty much everybody, well Max Spigham knowing everybody. The Titans 48 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: are getting ready to take on the New York Football Giants. 49 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: They're facing them at Nissan Stadium this Sunday three twenty 50 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: five kickoff. Like the way that you said that the 51 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: New York Football Giants, that's old school, that's real NFL talk, 52 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: isn't it good? I like that. I liked hearing you 53 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: say that. It's how they answer their phones. You're one 54 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: hundred percent right, they do and will forever. Yeah. I 55 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: just kind of think it's a nice it's a nice thing. 56 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 1: It's a little bit different. But yeah, we're going to 57 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: play them. It's an opponent we don't see very often. 58 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: The Tessee Titans have only played them twelve times and 59 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: the series is tied six wins apiece. That's unusual too, 60 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: it is, And you're right, we've we have played them. 61 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 1: I mean I coached against them when I was here 62 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: we've played them since I've been broadcasting, But you're right, 63 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: twelve times over the course of all the seasons, not 64 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: very much. Nope, twenty eight team was the last time 65 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans faced the Giants, and that was in 66 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 1: New York. Twenty fourteen is the last time they were 67 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: at Nissan Stadium. So, Mac, when you're evaluating a team 68 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: and you're starting to get your game plan put together, 69 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: and it's a team that you don't see very often, 70 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: how does that change the way that you're breaking down 71 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: their film and what information you're bringing in because it 72 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 1: seems like you'd have a lot of ground to cover. 73 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 1: That's a that's a real relevant football question. So let's 74 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: let's take it two ways. First of all, if you're 75 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: if you're going against a team that you haven't seen 76 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: a lot, but their coaching staff is the same, well, 77 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: then you've got, you know, you've got a lot of 78 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: bass film that you can watch, you can you know 79 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: you Normally it's when you're crossing over conferences, which this 80 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: is This is even a more special situation because not 81 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: only are you crossing over conferences, not only are you 82 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: going against an opponent you haven't seen, but you're also 83 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: going against a new head coach, a new defensive coordinator, 84 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: and an entirely new staff you know, set up mostly 85 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: so that adds another layer to the depth of the 86 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: preparation that you have to go. So what you have 87 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: to do, what the staff has done, what we have done? 88 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: You and I We've gone back and we've watched Buffalo 89 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: film because that's where Brian day Ball came from. We've 90 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: gone back and watched Baltimore film. It's where Wink Martindale 91 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: the defensive coordinators from. And so you've got to get 92 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: some of those baselines established before you even start looking 93 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 1: at the personnel of the New York Football giants you 94 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 1: know this year, and so it takes a little bit 95 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: more preparation, and it's a really really relevant question because 96 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: it makes a difference in the way that you get 97 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: ready and you have to start a little bit earlier. Now, 98 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 1: when you're taking all of the information you've gathered, because 99 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: you've mentioned this before that you try not to as 100 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: a coach over your players, you as a coaching staff 101 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: ingest all of this information. How do you then decide 102 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 1: what you shrink down and filter into the players because 103 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: you don't want to overwhelm them, and you don't want 104 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: to get them every tendency that you notice and every 105 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: little quirk or tell or things like that. You only 106 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: want to give them the good bits. How do you 107 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: filter that when you're looking at it? A lot of 108 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: it depends on the type of team you have. If 109 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: you've got a veteran team, you can feed them a 110 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: little bit more. If you've got a younger team, they 111 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,680 Speaker 1: don't need as much because the thing that you don't 112 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: want to do, you don't want to slow them down. 113 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 1: You know, the thought process. You want the thought process 114 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 1: to be automatic reactions once game time comes, and so 115 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 1: you've got to get the digestible information as you put 116 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: it to them so they can repeat it, they can 117 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: practice it and practice it. And then what you have 118 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: to be ready to do in a first game, you've 119 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: got to be ready on those Microsoft surfaces. Between series, 120 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: you've got to be working those hard because there's something 121 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: going to come up this ball game that the Titans 122 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 1: have not prepared for, and there's going to be something 123 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: that we do that the Giants haven't prepared for. But 124 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: it takes a while to be able to paar it down. 125 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 1: The longer your staff has been together amy and the 126 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: more experienced your staff is with one another, the easier 127 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: it is to do because then you understand what your 128 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: players know, and you also understand what the responsibilities are 129 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: for your assistant coaches. Because on a staff, just say 130 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: on defense, you've got coaches that are responsible for first 131 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: and second down runs, responsible somebody else responsible for first 132 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: and second down play action passes. Somebody else is responsible 133 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: for third down runs. Someone else is responsible for short yardage, 134 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: goal line, someone else is responsible for red zone. To 135 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: be able to study it and then to paar it down, 136 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: present it to the coaching staff, and then pare it 137 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: down even more once a coaching staff looks at it 138 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: to present it to the players. And so if you've 139 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 1: been together for a while, then you understand that whose 140 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: responsibilities are. What a new staff together, it takes them 141 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 1: a little longer because you've got to decide how those 142 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 1: responsibilities are going to be parsed out. So the Giants 143 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: staff is new, but the components the players within the 144 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: staff are not new. Brian day Ball, of course, first 145 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: year as a head coach, but has been around the 146 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: league for a while. Wink Martindale, another person first year 147 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: as a defensive coordinator for the Giants, but not his 148 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: first year in the NFL by any stretch. So for you, 149 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,559 Speaker 1: coach Mac, because you're familiar with both of these people, 150 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: how do you evaluate some of their tendency? Oh, that's big, 151 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: because you scout coaches and play callers in particular as 152 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 1: much as you scout personnel, because the play callers are 153 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:42,560 Speaker 1: human and they have tendencies and they once and the 154 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 1: longer the track record that they have, the more tendencies 155 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: you're able to draw. The thing that you find out though, is, 156 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: you know, longtime defensive coach when you start looking at 157 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: offensive coaches their tendencies. A lot of it depends on 158 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: what type of personnel they have available. And the better 159 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: ones are able to do what I call layering calls. 160 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: In other words, they're able to put personnel out there 161 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: for the first you know, series two, series three, series 162 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: to be able to see how you're going to react 163 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: defensively personnel wise, and then they will layer their calls 164 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: to set up calls. And I may not set up 165 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: a call just one after the other. I may present 166 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: you something in the first quarter, see how you're going 167 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: to react to it. Hope you forget about it, present 168 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: it to you later on and give you a different 169 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: look out of it, and try to catch you play 170 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: in the same thing. And so all of this stuff 171 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: goes into it. Chess not checkers. Chess not checkers to 172 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: a big level, it's chess at those what's those multi 173 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: layer chess games you play where you play those three 174 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: kids play? Yes, well you play all the all the 175 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 1: dimensions of it. That's what this is. Mac. I can't 176 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: even play just two dimensional chess. You don't have to. No, 177 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: oh gosh, that has no bearing on you. You play chess, yes, really, Yes, 178 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: you're smart guys. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, 179 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: I'm not. Let's not say I'm smart your No. This 180 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,200 Speaker 1: isn't this intelligent human. No, this this is a podcast 181 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: that always tells the truth. So do not put that 182 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: out to the million listeners that we have and working 183 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: on two million, that coach Mack is smart. I know 184 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: some things, not everything. I have never met a dumb 185 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: person that played chess. I may be the dumbest person 186 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: you've ever known to play chess. Can you teach chess? Yes? 187 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 1: All right, here we go in season two. I'm going 188 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,080 Speaker 1: to learn how to play chess. You're gonna teach me. 189 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 1: You could learn. You're going to teach me you could learn. 190 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,319 Speaker 1: I'm going to buy a set. I'm so serious. We 191 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,319 Speaker 1: could do it on computer. No, if I'm gonna do it, 192 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: I would do it all the way. Here's what I 193 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,200 Speaker 1: want you to do, football giants. I want to play 194 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 1: chess with my hands. This has nothing to do with 195 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: football ball. I want you what I want you to 196 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 1: buy in your backyard. When those big giant chess sets 197 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: where where those chess pieces are three and four feet tall, 198 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: so it takes two hands to moving around. Do that. 199 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: Get that set up and we'll do it. No, I'm 200 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: gonna get one. I'm gonna leave it set up in 201 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: my office and we'll be those people who have like 202 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: an ongoing chess game and it can go all season. 203 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: We can do that. People do that. We can do that, 204 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: and plus people come by your office. It's got a 205 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,440 Speaker 1: nice glass front on it. Smart. Oh they will this. Wow, 206 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: Andy's really smart. She's got a chess game going on forever. 207 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: She's probably beating somebody in Russia right now. No, Matt, 208 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: I know you're you're kind of thinking. I'm kidding. I'm 209 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 1: so this is a real thing. Who are you well 210 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 1: enough to know when you get your mind made up 211 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 1: you're doing something. You will be in here tomorrow and 212 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: there will be an Amazon box with a chess set 213 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: inside of it. I can't wait. Yeah, Okay, So anyway, 214 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: I want to get back to football because I want 215 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: to talk about this a little bit because I know 216 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 1: that with you being so familiar with these coaching staffs 217 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: and you being able to evaluate and know those tendencies. 218 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: I mean, when we sat down on Monday, you already 219 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: knew what you wanted to look for from some of 220 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:52,600 Speaker 1: these coaches just because you've known them, coached against them. 221 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: I mean, coaching trees are crazy, and you've been around 222 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: the league for one hundred years, so you know a 223 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:00,439 Speaker 1: lot of things. So tell me some of those tendencies 224 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: that maybe Titans fans can be looking for in this 225 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 1: game that's coming up. What are some of the things 226 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: that you would say, Oh, wink, Martindale is the defensive coordinator, 227 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: this is something you can expect and the Titans are 228 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: on offense. I mean it's a very pointed question, and 229 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: it's it's probably one of the keys to this game. 230 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to be prepared for a lot of pressure, 231 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: a lot of pressure, a lot of different looks bogies 232 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: or disguises or what I'm talking about, and basically a 233 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,320 Speaker 1: lot of overload. You're gonna you're gonna see some strange fronts. 234 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: As far as you know, it's not going to be 235 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: balanced fronts. You will see overloaded fronts will look like 236 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: huge gaps on one side and you'll say, well, coach 237 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: mac hwa, wouldn't you just run right here where they're 238 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:41,839 Speaker 1: gonna fill them with different people. You're gonna see a 239 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: people moving around quite a bit. And wink Martindale has 240 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 1: blitzed in his career forty five percent of his snaps. 241 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: That's a lot that's first through third down, and so 242 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,319 Speaker 1: you've got to be prepared for that. And it's not 243 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: only the blitzes themselves, because you know you got eight gaps, 244 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 1: no matter how many looks you're gonna give, you've got 245 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: eight apps, but the number of gaps that you threaten 246 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: early and then the people that you bring to maybe 247 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 1: look like you're coming from one side. Overload blitzes are 248 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:12,119 Speaker 1: always predicated on trying to get your protection turned away 249 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: from where you're bringing the main pressure. A lot of 250 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: your overload blitzes will look like they're coming from one 251 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:20,040 Speaker 1: side and will eventually end up coming from another. It's 252 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 1: also very important to understand who is pulling out of 253 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: the overload front that maybe in some type of coverage. 254 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: That's what you look for first against this team when 255 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 1: Wink Martindale is on defense. Offensively, Brian Dable has always 256 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: been a guy that has liked to spread spread it 257 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: out as far as with personnel. But then what he 258 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,800 Speaker 1: will do, especially with the running back that he has gotten, now, 259 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: he's gonna he's gonna try to run the football, you know, 260 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: a variety of ways. But don't be surprised if you 261 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: see don't see sae Quon Barkley involved in the passing 262 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: game first through third down. They're going to try to 263 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: get him the football through the air also, So that's 264 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: what you need to look at. And the other thing 265 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: we've talked about it you knew it before I knew it. 266 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:02,959 Speaker 1: Daniel Joe can run. Yes, And don't think that this 267 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,560 Speaker 1: is just an iron deer in the backyard standing there 268 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: stuck in the ground, because he is not. This is 269 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,079 Speaker 1: a guy that can run, has got a lot of 270 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,359 Speaker 1: runs in his career, and you cannot ignore his runs. 271 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: And not only this off scheduled runs, Amy, but his 272 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: scheduled runs. They will have planned quarterback runs for us. 273 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,079 Speaker 1: And what that makes you do as a defense is 274 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: played plus one defense. You have to be able to 275 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: have somebody responsible for him, because when you start counting 276 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: your numbers, the quarterback never hardly counts as a runner 277 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 1: that you have to count as numbers when you fill 278 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: the gaps. But the Tennessee Titans, especially on defense, it 279 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: seems like they have the appropriate skill sets to defend 280 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: against a running quarterback. Well, they've they've done it. I 281 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: mean we've we've saw it. I mean when we played Baltimore. 282 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,040 Speaker 1: We remember, you know that the previous games with Baltimore, 283 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: the plan they had, Now that was an extreme case 284 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:55,720 Speaker 1: of a planned running quarterback. But they've seen it, they've 285 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: known it, and so you would I would bet anything 286 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,680 Speaker 1: I have if they've prepared for a running quarterback for 287 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. Give me a couple of players that 288 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 1: you're excited about seeing in their first go at the 289 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two seasons. I want to see Phillips. I'm 290 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: looking forward to him, not only in the return game 291 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 1: because normally in your first ball game, you really need 292 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: to be clean on teams in your first ball game, 293 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: because there's a lot of hidden yardage gained and lost 294 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,080 Speaker 1: on special teams, spacially the first couple of weeks, because 295 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 1: everybody's kind of trying to feel their way around special teams. 296 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: Because when you flip your roster thirty percent every year, 297 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: most of those flips come on your special teams. You're 298 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: big four pump pump return, kickoff, kickoff return, so you 299 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: want to be as clean as you can in the 300 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,360 Speaker 1: special teams area. I want to see him with the return, 301 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,200 Speaker 1: with the proper blocks. Nobody block anybody in the back. 302 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 1: Don't have any minus yard. He's taken away from a 303 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: good return. But I'm anxious to see him too when 304 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: he gets a chance to get in the slot. I 305 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: think I know what I'm going to see, and I'm 306 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: anxious to see him do it against real dudes at 307 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: real NFL speed. What about on the defensive side the ball, 308 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: You know, I think Rashad Weaver is going to get 309 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:03,840 Speaker 1: his chance. I mean, we thought that he was going 310 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: to get a big chance this year, and Rashad Weaver 311 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: is going to get his chance this week. But you know, 312 00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: unfortunate that we lost Harold Landry Rashad Weaver. We all 313 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: of us thought and we looked at it and it 314 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: was validated. He had a really good preseason coming back 315 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: from his offseason injury last year. He was coming on 316 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: a little bit before the injury happened. I'm looking forward 317 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: to seeing what Rashad can do with his chance that 318 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 1: he's going to have now. Coach Mac, I'm so happy 319 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: you said that because I had the opportunity to sit 320 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: down with Rashad Weaver, chat with him a little bit, 321 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: get to know him, talk about overcoming some of that 322 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: adversity as it pertains to injuries, and I would like 323 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: to share that with everybody right now. So here's my 324 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: sit down. Weaver feels like one of the words that 325 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: is associated with you a lot as adversity. You've overcome 326 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,880 Speaker 1: a lot of adversity, especially when it comes to your 327 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: health throughout your career. Yeah, for you, what is it 328 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: that keeps you coming back to this game every time 329 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: you're going through that therapy, every time you're going through 330 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: that rehab. What's sticking in your brain that says I'm 331 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: going to overcome this because I want to play football. Thing. 332 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: It just starts with like to me, you know, it 333 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,920 Speaker 1: is what it is, type of person. Everybody gets hurt, 334 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 1: It's part of the game. Some injuries are a couple 335 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: of weeks. Some happen to whose seasons. You know, it 336 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:28,360 Speaker 1: sucks and it's really you know, everybody says backup plans, 337 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: have this and that, But football is what I do. 338 00:16:31,280 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 1: It's part of me. I love it and like when 339 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 1: I'm not doing that, just feel like I'm missing a 340 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: part of me. So until I until I can't do 341 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,960 Speaker 1: it anymore because I'm too old, I played on doing it. 342 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: Even with injuries. You know, those are just a little 343 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 1: a little bumping the road. You know, coaches talk a lot, 344 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: not only about your physicality and your skill set, but 345 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: about the mental aspect of the game and how you 346 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: really seem to be a cerebral player. Where does that 347 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: come from? Man, Maybe it's from my mom make me 348 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: read books when I was like five, and I hate 349 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: reading and trying to learn and not let School was 350 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 1: always pretty easy for me. Learning was good, always had 351 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: a good memory, stuff like that. And then once you 352 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: get older, you realize just knowing the plays and knowing 353 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: what to do allows you to play at the next 354 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: level and just the next speed and be better than 355 00:17:17,080 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: what you are at that current time. If you don't 356 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: know the plays like the back of your hand, you know, 357 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: when you're out there, like trying to think a lot, 358 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,439 Speaker 1: it can physically make you more tired. You have to 359 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 1: it's more draining on you and all that. So I 360 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: just try to eliminate all those things so I can 361 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:32,280 Speaker 1: go out there and be the best football player I am. 362 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: You know, your mom made you read books when you 363 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: were five, But like, also, weren't you pre med for 364 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,240 Speaker 1: a minute, And I'll be telling people that listen, I 365 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 1: failed bio and got to see and Kim, So I 366 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 1: don't know if I was previous. I try to be 367 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,640 Speaker 1: premad for a semester. Changed that real quick. It wasn't, 368 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,159 Speaker 1: But I just used the excuse a little. People that 369 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: don't play sports were failing too, so I was trying 370 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 1: to do both. So that's just fine. That was letting 371 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: myself off the hook on that one, because normally I 372 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,120 Speaker 1: don't give up on things. But it it just wasn't. Yeah, 373 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:03,560 Speaker 1: it wasn't panting out how I thought it was going 374 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: to be. Freshman year of college. Well, those bio classes 375 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: are no joke. It was a setup. She was like, 376 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: I took my first test. Listen, I got really good grace. 377 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: I took my first BIOT test and she handed it back. 378 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 1: I'm thinking maybe like a D seventy. It was like 379 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 1: a forty. Oh, and I was like, oh my goodness. 380 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: She called me. She like, we just need to keep 381 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: doing better. So I met with their study hands back 382 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: next that she was like, you did better. It was 383 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: like a fifty. And I was like, this is the 384 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 1: this isn't gonna work. But you switched to business. So 385 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 1: in making that switch, was that a long term thought 386 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: like this degree will set me up for life after football. 387 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: Do you have thoughts of what that could look like? Yeah? 388 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 1: I mean and in business, I picked her do finance 389 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 1: and business information systems, which a lot of people that 390 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 1: were like, you know, that's hard too, But after I 391 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: already went through Kim, I was like, this is nothing. 392 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: You know that business math is a lot easier than 393 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 1: in fake numbers and letters and cam and buy and stuff. 394 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: But yeah, it was the thought of everything's a business, 395 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: you know, even nonprofits, charities, those are businesses all the way. 396 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: Up to the NFL and the Titans and teams. These 397 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,640 Speaker 1: are businesses. Everything's a business, and everything revolves around money 398 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,359 Speaker 1: and finances, and there's just things that not just for 399 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,200 Speaker 1: you know, backup plans or when you're done with football 400 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: in the future, but also to understand your money and 401 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: stuff you'll have yourself while you're still part of the game. 402 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 1: So it was a just seemed like it was the 403 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: best thing for me to do and not waste to degree, 404 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: you know, and something that might kind of not be used. 405 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: Your coaches from college mainly have said you have a 406 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: lot of grit and you are exceedingly positive. Those two 407 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,359 Speaker 1: things seem like they go hand in hand. Yeah, how 408 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 1: has that being part of your personality the fiber of 409 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 1: your being? How does that make you a better football player? 410 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: You know? I think the grit part is just you know, 411 00:19:58,359 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: a lot of my coaches have told me that. I've 412 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: all it's been like that younger, but especially in college 413 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: when my coach told me, you get out what you 414 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: put in. So you know, if you can't grind through 415 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:10,120 Speaker 1: the hard days of practice, or something's hurting, or you're 416 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 1: out there in tough situations, it's just the game's not 417 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 1: gonna give you back what you give it. You know, 418 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: you gotta you gotta show love to the game and 419 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: give it a lot for it to show you love 420 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: back and be successful. And so that was something I 421 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: just really leaned on in college a lot. But it's 422 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: always just been a part of me. I don't know 423 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,160 Speaker 1: where it comes from. Not a big complainer. And even 424 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: if I do complain, which I was talking about this 425 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: other day, I used as a coping mechanism, I might complain, 426 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: but I always do it, Like I always finished that. 427 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: I might complain why I'm doing it, but it always 428 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,199 Speaker 1: get done and get done the right way. And that 429 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: was just something you know, I think, if you're gonna 430 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: do it, do it the right way. I'd rather just 431 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: not do something then not do it the right way, 432 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:52,159 Speaker 1: you know, right, there's no halfassing here. Yeah, let's just 433 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: like me making dinner or something by myself and it's late. 434 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 1: Might I just throw something in the air frying or 435 00:20:56,240 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: something happen something quick in the air fryer shakings, you know, 436 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: season them up them in there. And I'm even like lazy. 437 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: I don't know if this lazy or smart. I like 438 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: put some a littmo foil down so I don't have 439 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 1: to clean it, just take it out. Yeah, I know 440 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: that's called smart. That's definitely smart. Some people that it's 441 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: lazy lazy. Making wings is not a lazy man's meal. 442 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: Seasoning cooking wings. I mean that's labor intensive like peanut 443 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 1: butter and jelly lazy man meal. Chicken wings is like experience. 444 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 1: It is, you know, throw some rice in the rice cooker. 445 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: I finally buy the rice steamer. I used to make 446 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,560 Speaker 1: it like on the stove, but that was too much work. 447 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: I was getting lazy. Yeah, so I had to get 448 00:21:37,440 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: the rice steamer because I can't cook well. So okay, 449 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 1: so what do you cook when you're not being lazy? 450 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: If chicken wings is like I've got twenty minutes, I 451 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 1: think that's the problem. Is that that grit and just 452 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:48,879 Speaker 1: I just go with the flow. I'm not a going 453 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: plainer and like I would eat like anything, I'm not 454 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 1: picking either. So I could, you know, go all five 455 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,600 Speaker 1: course and put a lot of energy in it, or 456 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 1: I can just some chicken wings in their fair figs 457 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: a week if you're okay with it. But you know, 458 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: I think I cook anything even if I don't know 459 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: it off top of my head. You could give me 460 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 1: the recipe, I'll it'll be done right. Who taught you 461 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: to do that? Man? My mom and dad both cooked 462 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: and they weren't those parents that kicked me out of 463 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: the kitchen. They let me, you know, annoy them, be 464 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: on Mom's hit, my dad's hid while they cooked, grilled 465 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 1: to anything. And I just think I could do anything. 466 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: The one thing I can't do is draw. I'm not 467 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: an artist, can't see, can't play anything. But anything else, 468 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: I think I could do it better than probably everybody. 469 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: So I like that. There's there's like a confidence there, 470 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: there's a swag something like that. I just like, I 471 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: don't know. I just don't think. I gotta be able 472 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: to eat feel like I eat some good food. And 473 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: I even actually had my mom for Christmas. I was like, 474 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: I just need you to make me. You know, I 475 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: know to cook everything, but I don't know all the 476 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,200 Speaker 1: ingredients or some so I need you to. She made 477 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 1: me a little tin box with all the recipes everything 478 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,040 Speaker 1: she even made. So not gonna make it because you know, 479 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,760 Speaker 1: nothing will happen to my mom, but just you know, 480 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: just in case anything ever, I gotta have all that 481 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,400 Speaker 1: type of stuff. You know, that might be the sweetest 482 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: thing I've ever heard. Like really, what what guy in 483 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:17,360 Speaker 1: their twenties has their mom's recipes in a recipe box. Yeah, 484 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 1: I'm just gotta be prepared to cook. You know. Sometimes 485 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:23,160 Speaker 1: she's at working, and even that's my problem. She knows 486 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: it too, Like I know how to do most of 487 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: the stuff and I don't have every ingredient, but I'll 488 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 1: still ask her like three times. I need to get 489 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: to the point where I don't because she gets a 490 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: confident boost out of it. But no one can do 491 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: it like mom does it. Though you'll never be able 492 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,479 Speaker 1: to recreate, you could do it exactly right. I can 493 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: do anything just as good. Just to let her know. 494 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: And she says it's her fault that I'm like this. 495 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 1: So she gave you too much confidence raising kids. It's 496 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: very tricky, you never know. It's a fine line. All right. 497 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: We've got to bring this back a little bit. I 498 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 1: want to talk about you and Bud Dupree because you 499 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 1: guys have gotten the opportunity to work out together. You 500 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: knew each other before you were at the Titans, correct, Yeah, 501 00:23:59,359 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 1: I mean we were in his close when he was 502 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: in Pittsburgh and I was at still in school at 503 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,679 Speaker 1: pitt We knew of each other obviously. I knew him 504 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 1: as one of the best pass freshers in the NFL 505 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: on the Steelers see him throughout the same building, and 506 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: he knew me as you know, I want to start 507 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: in DNS for the college that shares a facility with him, 508 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: all of you know, good player in college and all 509 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 1: of that. So you know, we connected from there. I 510 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: followed each other on social media, will talk here and there. 511 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: But once we got here, that's when it really you know, 512 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 1: turned him more into a true friendship and doing that 513 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: relationship not just at the facility but outside of the facility. 514 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: And someone you know that I was around a lot 515 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,199 Speaker 1: and could lean on while being hurt, kept me company 516 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: when he wasn't at the facility, would invite me over 517 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: to be around him, stuff like that. So he was 518 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 1: someone that definitely took me under the wing, and it 519 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 1: was good. You know, you want to look at guys 520 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,920 Speaker 1: that make lots of plays in this league and set 521 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,960 Speaker 1: themselves up to provide for their family and help their 522 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,159 Speaker 1: teams win and stuff like that. So that was something 523 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,800 Speaker 1: even if he doesn't know I watched what he does, 524 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: his routines, what he takes care of his body, things 525 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 1: like that, and just how he operates start in the building, 526 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: because that's every his angal, you know, be able to 527 00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: take care of their family and set themself off in 528 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: a good way. Being able to learn from someone like that. 529 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:10,239 Speaker 1: How do you feel like you have set yourself up 530 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: better for year two? But your first full season of 531 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 1: football here? Again, I think it's just, you know, kind 532 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: of I've always been a scheduled guy, and I was 533 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: really good in college with it, you know, having a schedule. 534 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: That's something they always harp on them. But still once 535 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: you get to this level, there's different things you add 536 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: to that schedule now and you adjust and change, and 537 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,640 Speaker 1: it's just taking little things that you see. And I'm 538 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: asking them how they study. You know, I've always studied 539 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: in no plays, But there's different ways you can continue 540 00:25:36,359 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: to learn and learn how to study and help you 541 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: learn the plays because I was again just my biggest 542 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: goal is to be able to know these plays coming 543 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,480 Speaker 1: back like the back of my hand, so they not 544 00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: could go out there and actually play with him, you know, 545 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: picking parts of from each other. You know, we're a 546 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 1: different type of rushers. You know, ability skill set every 547 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: player is and you know, asking him what he thinks 548 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 1: I could use from his game, and even as young players, 549 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 1: you see me do something, you know he'll be like, 550 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: that's something I could see myself doing that, and I 551 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 1: think it just works together. Sad, thanks for hanging out 552 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: with us. I'm coming over to your house. He I'm 553 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,600 Speaker 1: coming over for dinner. Actually, when I was in college, 554 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 1: we're a homeboy for Thanksgiving would go crazy, but we 555 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:19,199 Speaker 1: replaced turkey in hand with fried chicken, so he had 556 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: all So I'm coming over for thanks scared all Thanksgiving 557 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 1: sides that I made homemade on and he frieda to chicken. 558 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: So that was one of the best things you ever 559 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: had Thanksgiving with fried chicken. No, but it sounds like 560 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 1: the best thanks you know, nobody cares about. Everybody cares 561 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,120 Speaker 1: about fried chicken. All right, this is an invitation. I'll 562 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 1: be there. Coach really excited to see him get on 563 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 1: the field, and I'm excited to see what he's going 564 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 1: to be able to do in what feels almost like 565 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: a second chance for him. It is a second chance. 566 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: I mean, that was a great interview you had with him. 567 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: You asked him a lot of the right questions, and 568 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: the thing for him is it is a second chance 569 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: because he was having a chance last year before he 570 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 1: broke his leg. Well, he's gone through all that rehab. 571 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 1: I know this. Just watching him this year in camp, 572 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 1: you could tell that he was really really looking forward 573 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: to this. I expected him to be in the rotation. 574 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: But now again, as I say, and it made me 575 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: sick to my stomach, you know, with Harold Landry. But 576 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 1: anytime someone goes down, someone else has a chance to 577 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 1: step up. And I think Raschard Weaver is going to 578 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 1: have that chance. Max skill of one to ten. How 579 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: fired up are you right now to start the regular season? 580 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: Thirteen and a half. Oh, that's pretty good. Higher than 581 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 1: I thought. That's higher than I thought. I think it's 582 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: gonna be great. Looking forward to seeing everybody at Nissan Stadium. 583 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,640 Speaker 1: The sideline reporter in me feels I should let everybody 584 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:51,320 Speaker 1: know it could rain, so paca poncho pack. You can't 585 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: bring an umbrella into the stadium, so don't bring that. 586 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:57,520 Speaker 1: But the ponchos are great, and I mean football in 587 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: the rain, there's nothing wrong with that. And doesn't love 588 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 1: him at all. Here's what I don't want. That doesn't 589 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,760 Speaker 1: bother you at all. You're inside. That sometimes comes we 590 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 1: have the windows open. That sometimes comes with rain. I 591 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: don't want lightning. No, I don't want lightning. No, because 592 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 1: we don't want lightning. Rain all day. I'm fine, maybe 593 00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,160 Speaker 1: not all day. Okay, I'm out in it. Here's here's 594 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen, Amy, regardless of what goes on, unless 595 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 1: it's lightning, we're gonna play. Hey, yes, we're gonna play. 596 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 1: And we know it's lightning, we can still uh make 597 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: it work. Because we made it work for eight and 598 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,160 Speaker 1: a half hours one time in Miami, So yeah, let's 599 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 1: not do that twice. It was really fun one time. 600 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: We can handle anything. We can handle anything, and really 601 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,239 Speaker 1: excited to see everybody out at Nissan Stadiums. I am 602 00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 1: so fired up to start the twenty twenty two season 603 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: and let's ride, Mac. Yeah, let's go. I mean, the 604 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,320 Speaker 1: preseason was fun with the fans. You can tell me 605 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: the preseason. For preseason games, the fans were live. So 606 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 1: this is gonna be great on Sunday, this is gonna 607 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: be great. It is gonna be great for coach Mac. 608 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: I'm tight, Amy, thank you, so much for joining us 609 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,920 Speaker 1: on the Titans Amy and Coach Mac Podcast Knowledge