1 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans, 2 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: celebrating seventy six years of providing Tennesseeans with high quality 3 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: health coverage at an affordable rate. Visit FBHP dot com 4 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: to learn about their history in Tennessee. With Amy Wells, 5 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: I'm Mike Keith, glad to have you with us following 6 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: the first Titans preseason game and Amy, you were not there. No, 7 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: you were missed, yes, but because you were not there, 8 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: different and unique vantage point for you. So you will 9 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,920 Speaker 1: spend this edition of the OTP in the Snickers hot seat. 10 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 2: Well that's great because the jar has been refilled. We've 11 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 2: had people in this seat and they keep taking my. 12 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:52,480 Speaker 1: Cand Everybody takes one, I. 13 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: Know, which is great and that's what they're supposed to do. 14 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 2: But also like, be cool guys. So I'm glad it 15 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: was refilled the game. This was the first Titans game 16 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: that I have watched on TV as it was happening. 17 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 2: First one, which was crazy. 18 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: And this is your eleventh year with the team. 19 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: This is my eleventh year with the team. 20 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: Explain why again for those who might not. 21 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 2: Know, Well, so I am. If you're not watching this 22 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 2: on YouTube, if you're watching this on YouTube, you can tell. 23 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 2: But if you are listening via iTunes, Google, whatever, you 24 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 2: get your podcast. Yes, I am having a baby in October, 25 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 2: and because of the timing of that, Ramon Foster is 26 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 2: doing sidelines. He's filling in on the pregame show for me, 27 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 2: and he's doing an excellent job. 28 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: Say something bad about it. 29 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 2: I won't say anything bad about it. 30 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: If you did, would stir it up. 31 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 2: It'd be good for our numbers. 32 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 1: Except that he's a big man. 33 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: He is a big man, and he lives pretty close 34 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 2: to me, so like I'm not messing with the big 35 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 2: guy who lives down the street. 36 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: And he is an exceptionally nice person. 37 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: He's an incredibly nice person and really, truly, from the 38 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: bottom of my heart, he did a great job in 39 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 2: his first game. It was just I was so proud. 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna. 41 00:02:11,480 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 2: Say anything bad about him, but it was not my 42 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 2: favorite thing, not being at the game. I missed you 43 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 2: guys a bunch. 44 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: We missed you. 45 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 2: It was very, very bizarre. But I also got to 46 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 2: see the game in a completely different way. Like you said, 47 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 2: I listened to, of course, the radio broadcast. I also 48 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 2: watched it on TV because I had to see Charles 49 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:39,000 Speaker 2: and Paul I had to watch, and. 50 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: The reviews they're getting great. Somebody said to me that 51 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 1: the Titans now have the best preseason TV team of 52 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,840 Speaker 1: anybody in the NFL, and I thought, that's what we want. 53 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's great. It was really good. It was entertaining. 54 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 2: They told compelling stories that I mean, those two guys 55 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: can't call a bad game and you can tell their friends, 56 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 2: and so the whole thing was just it was great 57 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,720 Speaker 2: to watch. But because there's a little delay just in 58 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: the way everything sinks up, you know, like with streaming 59 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 2: and all of the things, I got two cracks at 60 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 2: every play, so I'd watch it, I'd hear it. It 61 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 2: was great. So I got a lot of I got 62 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: to see a lot of things. I could rewind if 63 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 2: I missed something, which was also kind of nice, which because. 64 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: You have a sixteen month. 65 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 2: Old, Yeah, was good. Who slept through the whole first half. 66 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 2: The second half got a little weird because she wanted 67 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 2: like snacks and things. But first half great, baby sleeping. 68 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 2: I'm watching football titled in. 69 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: So let's do Amy Wells Three positives and three negatives 70 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 1: from the first preseason game with Amy sitting in the 71 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: Snickers hot seat. Let's start with a positive. 72 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 2: Okay, that's nice. I think we should start with positives. 73 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 2: So my first positive was Tajay Spears, the running back. 74 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 2: He had six two for thirty two yards. Watching him, 75 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 2: especially early on in this game when he was behind 76 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 2: the first team offensive line. That first drive was rocking 77 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 2: and rolling for the Tennessee Titans, and he looked great. 78 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: We saw that shiftiness that we had talked about on 79 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 2: That's It, the shake that we had talked about on 80 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 2: the last edition of the OTP. We got to see 81 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 2: some of that. We got to see what he could do. 82 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 2: He didn't look scared, he didn't look like uncomfortable or 83 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 2: like he didn't know what he was doing. And we 84 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 2: had said, we're not going to see the full gamut 85 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: of what he's able to do. We're not going to 86 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 2: see every single way that the Titans are going to 87 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 2: utilize him. But we saw him do what he needed 88 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 2: to do, which was run the ball and make some plays. 89 00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 2: And he did that. So I was very excited to 90 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 2: see that. He kind of stood up to the hype 91 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:55,599 Speaker 2: and he was a consistent performer on the field when 92 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 2: his number was called. I mean, he also he had 93 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 2: a catch, which was good. He had a kickoff return 94 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 2: which was good. So you got to see kind of 95 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 2: a little sampler I think of what he can do 96 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 2: and where he's going to be plugged in. And I'm 97 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 2: excited to continue to see him kind of get in 98 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 2: the mix. And as you see more elements of this 99 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 2: offense throughout the preseason, I'm excited to see where he's 100 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 2: going to fit in. 101 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: Your first negative from the Chicago preseason. 102 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 2: Game, Oh, we're going back and forth. 103 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right. 104 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 2: I like that the Titans defense needed to finish some plays. 105 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 2: There were some areas where I feel like things were 106 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 2: left out on the field. Yeah, I thought you might 107 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 2: like that, especially especially that second touchdown for the Chicago Bears. 108 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 2: Titans are coming in, they're blitzing them, and it was 109 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,119 Speaker 2: Jade and Peevy and Elijah Moulden and they just didn't 110 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 2: get to the quarterback. They're right there, they had him. 111 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 2: But if they had sacked him all of a sudden, 112 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,919 Speaker 2: he can't extend that play longer and you don't have 113 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: a fifty six yard touchdown. 114 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,720 Speaker 1: Run right, Yeah, I mean you got to get there. 115 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 2: That's finishing the play. You're right there, finish it well. 116 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,919 Speaker 1: And I think the point is good because in going 117 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: back and watching it, it was a designed screen because 118 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: you outnumber them on the blitz, which is great if 119 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: you get there. If you don't, you're in trouble. You 120 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: have a big problem on the back end. The first 121 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: touchdown the quick screen to DJ Moore, these misstackles might 122 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: have been a block in the back, might have been 123 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: an offensive lineman downfield, but nonetheless you're just not playing 124 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: good defense there. That's not great. The second one, the 125 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: pastor Herbert, is the one that you're right. If they 126 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: get home, if Elijah Molden gets home, then all of 127 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: the sudden you don't think anything about that, and they didn't, 128 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: and it goes for a fifty eight yard touchdown. 129 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:58,760 Speaker 2: Well, and here's the thing that we need to remember 130 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: in that situation as well. You're seeing second and thirteen defense. 131 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 2: You didn't see a lot of starters on either side 132 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 2: of the ball for the Titans. So I mean you're 133 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: seeing guys who aren't necessarily going to be asked to 134 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: make plays all the time. You know, obviously you want 135 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 2: them to contribute and perform and do all that, but 136 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: you're seeing a lot of guys that the coaches want 137 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 2: to see get work done. So, yes, it's still work 138 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 2: in progress. Yes, there's a long, long way to go 139 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 2: throughout this preseason. But when you have the chance to 140 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 2: make the play, make the. 141 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: Play, make the play. Make the plays. Okay, make the 142 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: play right now, by this Friday at Pinnacle. 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Again, the cutoff is this Friday. 150 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 2: Oh so yeah, make the play by Friday. 151 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 1: Get in there. 152 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 2: I was afraid you're gonna ask me to make a 153 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 2: play and I don't. 154 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: No, No, that's not gonna happen. 155 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 2: No, I'm not moving fast. 156 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: Let's go with a second positive for Amy Wells Uh. 157 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 2: The starting offensive line. Okay, we only saw them in 158 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 2: one series, but it was a really good series. I 159 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 2: ended in a touchdown. I mean there were passes that 160 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: were completed, there were runs that were moved, that were 161 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 2: run they moved the ball down. They Yeah, they did 162 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 2: a great job. Points were scored, no penalties, no sacks, Like, 163 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 2: what more can you want out of a starting five? 164 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 2: This is great? So it was exciting to see that cohesion. 165 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 2: This is something we've talked about all throughout campus. What 166 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,520 Speaker 2: is this offensive line going to look like? Who are 167 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 2: going to be these guys? And could we still see 168 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 2: some change up? Absolutely sure, But what the Titans had 169 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 2: right now for their starting five on offensive line worked well. 170 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,959 Speaker 1: And you hope you don't see any changes, you hope, 171 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 1: But I mean, I'm not in the meetings, so I 172 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: don't know how everybody grades or what the exact health 173 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: of everyone is. I'm just saying as a theory right now, 174 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: the best thing for the Tennessee Titans would be for 175 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: this five to be able to stay together through the 176 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,319 Speaker 1: next two weeks and then the two weeks after that 177 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: leading into New Orleans. 178 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 2: Absolutely so continuity, Yeah, and that's what you want. That's 179 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 2: what that group is so much about, chemistry, consistency, continuity, 180 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 2: all of the seas, and you really want them to 181 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 2: start to develop all of those things starting right now. 182 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 2: So having a good series where they were able to 183 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 2: go out show what they could do, and then get 184 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 2: off the field. Yes, and just kind of be right, 185 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: that's what you want. You can't ask for anything better 186 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 2: than that. 187 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: All right? Second negative? Give us a second negative from 188 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: Saturday's preseason. 189 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 2: Opener, Mike Keith. I think it's the turnovers. Okay, I 190 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 2: think four turnovers is not great. No, that's not what 191 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 2: you want to see. Each quarterback had an interception. You 192 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 2: had some lost fumbles. Malik Willis had one, Josh Wiley 193 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 2: had one. It's just it's ball security, it's making good choices, 194 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 2: it's making good decisions. Turnovers are a frustration for the 195 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 2: Titans and have been as of late, and they are 196 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 2: for all teams. But it feels like an extra pain 197 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 2: point around here, and so that's something that needs to 198 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 2: get cleaned up. Hopefully that will come with more experience, 199 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 2: more consistency, more opportunities to make plays. But oh, it's 200 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 2: frustrating to see that many turnovers. Your third positive, well, 201 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 2: in that same vein, it's the takeaways. There you go, 202 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 2: because one thing the Titans have been working a lot 203 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 2: on since. It feels like the minute the twenty twenty 204 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 2: two season ended, they start saying we need more takeaways. 205 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 2: This is what we have to do. And to see 206 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 2: them generate four takeaways, that's great, that's awesome. That is 207 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 2: something that we know has been a point of emphasis. 208 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 2: We know they've worked out, we've seen them work on 209 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 2: it in practice. So to get an interception, to force 210 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 2: two fumbles, I think that's great. I think that's an 211 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 2: awesome start. I think those are the things that you 212 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 2: want to see. 213 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that gives you. I mean, if you don't 214 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: have the four turnovers, so you finish the game minus 215 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: one turnover ratio four turnovers to three takeaways, the three 216 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: takeaways is a nice start. If you only turn the 217 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: ball over one time, then you're in the positive. Then 218 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: you're very much so, yes, yes, very good. All right, 219 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: your final negative? What was your final negative? What did 220 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: you go with here? 221 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:46,479 Speaker 2: Oh? The eight sax. 222 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: Eight sex, Yeah, and four of them. Tim Kelly said, 223 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: we're on the quarterback. 224 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 2: Well, and that's that almost makes it a little bit 225 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 2: better to me that it's a mix of everybody's involved, 226 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 2: it's everybody's fault. That makes me feel a little bit 227 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 2: better as a that it's not just one area that 228 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 2: really needs work or another area that really needs work. 229 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 2: There's a lot of things that need to be fixed 230 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,559 Speaker 2: in that. It's everybody's problem, but they can work on it. 231 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 2: You just don't want to see eight sacks ever, that's 232 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 2: not something. No, it's negative. I wrote not great, not correct. 233 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 2: That was my note. 234 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 1: You know what it is great? Oh what my key, Duncan. 235 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:26,439 Speaker 2: Duncan is great. 236 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: It's always great. It's always game on with Duncan. So 237 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: grab a coffee and kick off the action. Whether that's 238 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: drinking a cup of coffee on your way to the game, 239 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 1: or grabbing one to go before watching the game at home, 240 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: or listening to the game at home, Duncan is always 241 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: there to help you get your game on. Just like 242 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: the pros, we need to be at our best come 243 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: game time, which is why Duncan is the most important 244 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 1: part of your game day ritual because it's always the 245 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: best call for Football America runs on Duncan. Did you 246 00:12:58,200 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 1: come out of the game with any questions? 247 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 2: I did come out of the game with a question, actually, 248 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 2: and it's written here at the top of my page. 249 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 2: Who is Eric gher Eric Gherrer? 250 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: I'm so glad you asked who was that? 251 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 2: Fella? 252 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: Eric Ghrer is a player that was a tryout for 253 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: the Titans in the rookie mini camp. And you know, 254 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: you can bring in players who have agreed to undrafted 255 00:13:24,280 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 1: free agent contracts. You can bring in veterans for those camps. 256 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 1: You can have a select number of younger players who practice, 257 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: and then you can just bring in people as tryouts. 258 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:40,040 Speaker 1: And the Titans brought in Eric Gehre as one of 259 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 1: the tryouts and he made the team. He made the 260 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 1: team over some people that they had initially thought that 261 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 1: they were going to sign, and so Eric Gere was 262 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: signed to the roster on May the fifteenth. He played 263 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: at Louisiana, Okay, Louisiana Lafayette, but it's now known as Louisiana. 264 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: Sixty two games games, one hundred and sixty two tackles, 265 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: three tackles for loss. I have here one sacks. No, 266 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: it'd be one sack, Mike. 267 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 2: That's okay. 268 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,719 Speaker 1: Nine interceptions with one hundred five return yards, so when 269 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:16,439 Speaker 1: he gets his hands on the ball, he does something 270 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: with it. Eight kickoff returns for one hundred twenty seven yards. 271 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: But here's what's crazy. Ninety five punt returns for eight 272 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: hundred and fourteen yards and three touchdowns. His senior season, 273 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: he averaged fifteen point one per punt return and scored 274 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 1: two touchdowns. Eric Garrer five eight one seventy four ran 275 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:41,800 Speaker 1: four five one at Louisiana's pro day. He originally prepped 276 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: at McGill Tulan Catholic in Mobile. That's one of the 277 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: best prep schools in Mobile, and that's saying something. 278 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 2: Wow. 279 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 1: His original commitment was to Richmond, but then Louisiana came in. 280 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: He was not going to be a Spider. Instead, he 281 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: became a raging Cajun. And in the ball game on Saturday, 282 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: four tackles, two for loss, two punt returns for twenty 283 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: six yards. I have a hunch we're going to see 284 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: more of him Saturday night as the Titans take on 285 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings. 286 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 2: Name to know, Eric Gerrer. 287 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: There you go, it's pretty good. 288 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 2: Are you excited to go to Minnesota? 289 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: I am. You know. I was thinking about the last 290 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 1: time we went and just what a bizarre sequence that was. 291 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 1: We were there the last weekend in September of twenty twenty. Yes, 292 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: and the Titans really played pretty lousy for the majority 293 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: of the game. They were behind twelve points in the 294 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: third quarter and came back and took the lead and 295 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: then let the lead get away and they had to 296 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 1: kick two field goals, Steven Goskowski from fifty four and 297 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,720 Speaker 1: then from fifty five, and then the defense held on. 298 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: Amani Hooker picked off the pass at the end and 299 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: they won thirty one to thirty to go to three 300 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 1: and zero. And there was nobody in the stands because 301 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 1: of COVID. 302 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that was that was back before there were 303 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 2: like limited people in the stands or just like friends 304 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 2: and family or something. It was empty. 305 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: Well, and that was when we were the only AFC 306 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: radio crew who was traveling. Yeah. The only other radio 307 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: crew that traveled that year was New Orleans. The Titans 308 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: and the Saints were the only two radio crews that traveled. 309 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: And I remember we convinced you after the game to 310 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: do something kind of goofy because you if you watch 311 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,720 Speaker 1: the Mary Tyler Moore show growing up as I did, 312 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,920 Speaker 1: and you loved Mary Tyler Moore as I did and 313 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: do even though she's no longer with us, but I 314 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: still love her. Right, we convinced Amy to do the 315 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: Mary Tyler Moore twirl and hat throw if we won 316 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: the game. 317 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 2: Huh. 318 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: You were very reluctant to do this. 319 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 2: I was afraid I was gonna get hit by cars. 320 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 2: What is not told in this story is that the 321 00:16:56,080 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 2: road that we did it across was a pretty major street. 322 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,639 Speaker 1: Down and it was not the Mary Tiger. There was 323 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: not the place where Mary Tyler More did that the 324 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: famous hat throw in Minneapolis, because she worked for I 325 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: think it was w j M. I think that was 326 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 1: the name of the TV station in Minneapolis, and she 327 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: did the famous hat throw. And of course she was 328 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: the you know, the modern woman of the time, and 329 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 1: and you know, the whole the whole thing. And we 330 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: thought this would be really good because we. 331 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 3: Have you who speaking of modern modern women. That's true, 332 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,280 Speaker 3: but you were you're not married at the time, no chosen. 333 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 3: You sort of fit the whole thing, and we thought 334 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 3: this would be a cool So Brad Willis, who is 335 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 3: our expert in technology, put together the video and uh, 336 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 3: I think I'm gonna post it again on Instagram to 337 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,520 Speaker 3: let people see it if you don't remember it, because 338 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 3: here's what happened. So we're in the Minneapolis airport and 339 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 3: Brad Brad does the video. He edits the video on 340 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 3: the way to the airport. 341 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 2: He shot it on his phone, edited it on his 342 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 2: phone as we're driving. 343 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: The rental van that we had because every week we 344 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: had a rental van. 345 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 2: Because Mike Keith loves a Mini man. 346 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: Well, no, it's because we needed a mini van to 347 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 1: drive everybody around. 348 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 3: Mike loves mini man. 349 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 1: I don't really phone two. But that's when we had 350 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: children who needed minivans. But that's another story anyway. So 351 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: we get there and Brad posts this on Twitter, uh huh, 352 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: and it goes crazy. It exploded, It goes absolutely nuts, 353 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,959 Speaker 1: and we're sitting here thinking we've got a we've got 354 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 1: a sensation on our hands because the Titans are three 355 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: and oh and everybody's excited. That was the reason supposedly 356 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: in the video for Amy throwing the hat, and so 357 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: you get this thing. And then the next day, the 358 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: next day, the news hits that the Titans have had 359 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,679 Speaker 1: a massive COVID outbreak. 360 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:02,200 Speaker 2: Yep. 361 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: And we would go through the most the two most 362 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: bizarre weeks in my time. Here, game being postponed, TV 363 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: shows being postponed. You know what access we could have 364 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: to anything in anybody. I mean, the whole thing was 365 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 1: just nuts. 366 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 2: It was crazy. It was like that video I have 367 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:28,639 Speaker 2: very distinct memories of that moment, which throughout a season 368 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 2: a lot of things kind of get muddled together. But 369 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 2: I remember us being in that airport. I remember all 370 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 2: all of us being on our phones with social media 371 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 2: going crazy like everybody loves this video. What a weird thing. 372 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: Well, so, brad willis so well done. 373 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 2: A funny thing that we just decided to do that 374 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 2: people actually think is funny. We must be hilarious, must 375 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 2: be hilarious, Nash. But it was like this really high moment, 376 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:55,520 Speaker 2: and then the next morning it was like over, boom, 377 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,239 Speaker 2: the sky is falling. It is over, and it was 378 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 2: just the craziest wing from this really high high coming 379 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 2: off for three and oh we're three, and oh what 380 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,960 Speaker 2: a funny thing. What a great trip we've had. And 381 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 2: then what in the world is going on? How are 382 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,120 Speaker 2: we even gonna move forward? 383 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,720 Speaker 1: Well, because Amy, you'll remember, we were so in the 384 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: dark about everything that was really going on, because we 385 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: at that point we could enter the building yep, and 386 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: we were having to get COVID tested regularly. We would 387 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: do the drive through COVID tests, and so we didn't 388 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: see anybody. We really didn't see anybody in person in 389 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: regards to football for the twenty or the twenty one season. 390 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: But in the twenty season, we really didn't see anybody, so. 391 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,440 Speaker 2: We barely saw each other right in person. 392 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: Right, But the information was so fourththand yep, because we're 393 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:58,679 Speaker 1: all at home and we just didn't know. And so 394 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: it went from yes, we're three and zero and this 395 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: is kind of fun and we did this to not 396 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: making fun of anybody, just doing something kind of fun 397 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,359 Speaker 1: and you did it and you were a great sport 398 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: and it was great. And the next minute, you know, 399 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 1: it's like, wow, nothing's funny right now, nothing's And as 400 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 1: it turned out, the Titans didn't do anything wrong. Initially 401 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: there were some who said, you know that the Titans 402 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,239 Speaker 1: have done something wrong. The league ended up learning a 403 00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: lot from what happened to the Titans in that instance, 404 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 1: which allowed them to keep it from happening to other people. 405 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: And then the Titans played two weeks from that Tuesday against. 406 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 2: Buffalo in another crazy game. 407 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,480 Speaker 3: Yes, with I mean minimal practice, but they hadn't. 408 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: The team for all intensive purposes didn't practice for sixteen days. 409 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, it was crazy. To your point about minimal information. 410 00:21:55,760 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 2: I just remember laying in bed every morning, I wake 411 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 2: up and the first thing you would do is refresh 412 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 2: Twitter over and over and over because Adam Schefter was 413 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 2: reporting COVID tests right and how the number of positives 414 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 2: for each team. And every morning you'd wake up and 415 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 2: refresh Twitter a million times, and you'd check your email 416 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 2: over and over, over and over, waiting to see what 417 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,919 Speaker 2: had happened because we're all being tested. And then you 418 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 2: just drive home and cross your fingers. 419 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 1: Well, this trip to Minnesota will not be as bizarre. 420 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 2: No, I mean we hope. 421 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: There is almost no way. No, I mean, yeah there. 422 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,360 Speaker 2: I can't think of anything that would make it weirder. 423 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 2: What West Nile, I guess. 424 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: No, don't even. Seat geek is now the official ticketing 425 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,040 Speaker 1: partner of the Tennessee Titans. That's right, the deal is 426 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 1: finalized and seat Geek is the newest member of the 427 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,640 Speaker 1: Titans family. If you haven't heard the name yet, get 428 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,440 Speaker 1: used to it, because you'll be hearing it a lot 429 00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: more this season. Whether you're buying or selling tickets to 430 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 1: the Titan Games, are any live event in Nashville, seat 431 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: geek is the place to do it. Seat Geek the 432 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: new official ticketing partner of the Tennessee Titans. 433 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,920 Speaker 2: So titanspans can ban. 434 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: Well done. I'm blanked out for you kind of went 435 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: out of it a little bit. So a couple of 436 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 1: things that we want to make sure that people know. Yes, 437 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: if you are not a current Titan season ticket member, 438 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 1: you can put down money. You are able to get 439 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: in line for a PSL in the new stadium. 440 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 2: That's exciting. 441 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,479 Speaker 1: Yes, that is. That is up and running as of 442 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, August fifteenth. All right, so 443 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,640 Speaker 1: get in there if you want to do it. If 444 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,800 Speaker 1: you're a current season ticket member, no worries. You're already 445 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: in line. So that's good news. 446 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 2: That's great news. 447 00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 1: But if you want to get in line, now is 448 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: the time to strike. Now is the time to strike. 449 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: Titans Foundation lunch and exciting. On the way to Minnesota, 450 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: where the Titans will practice Wednesday and Thursday against the Vikings. Friday, 451 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: just to practice, the two teams will be separate, and 452 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 1: then Saturday the game is It's seven fifteen Central. Titans 453 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: Radio on the air at sixth Central. 454 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:19,360 Speaker 2: It's so exciting. What an exciting week. I love joint work. 455 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: Get this though, I mean, we're ten days away from 456 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,399 Speaker 1: the preseason being over. 457 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 2: Oh, don't say that, and then. 458 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: Two weeks toward the lead up. 459 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 2: That's crazy. 460 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: It is crazy. 461 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:35,360 Speaker 2: Time is going in fast forward, Yes it is. Does 462 00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 2: nobody else feel that? 463 00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,120 Speaker 1: I mean I feel that one hundred percent. I mean, 464 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:42,639 Speaker 1: we get back from Chicago, we're in for the Verbel 465 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 1: press conference, and next thing you know, we're on the 466 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 1: way to Minneapolis. 467 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:47,320 Speaker 2: Time to turn around. 468 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: It's time to turn around fast. That's what I had 469 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 1: to do. 470 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, just one big load. 471 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: Absolutely, it's not clean. 472 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:55,480 Speaker 2: Just shake it for breeze. 473 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:57,720 Speaker 1: You gotta I mean, because you've got to have more 474 00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: stuff to I mean, just had to have a couple 475 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 1: worth to go to Chicago. We went to Chicago early, 476 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 1: our broadcast crew did, because we went to Indianapolis and 477 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:13,919 Speaker 1: shot some things at Indianapolis Cathedral High School. Spoiler alert, 478 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,800 Speaker 1: ot people. We're doing a story on Blaine Bishop, which 479 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: is kind of a cool thing, and different players have 480 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,160 Speaker 1: said it in the course of this process that they 481 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: feel like he is the most underdiscussed great player in 482 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 1: Titan's history. Yeah, we're out to change that a little bit, 483 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: because his story is rather remarkable and he was certainly 484 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: a player who was highly accomplished, and then we went 485 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 1: on to Chicago Thursday night, and on Friday we got 486 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: to have lunch with Bob and Anne Scronsky. 487 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 2: How was that? 488 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: They were lovely. We went to Peace Pizzaia and Brewery 489 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:58,240 Speaker 1: where his draft party was held, and they were just fantastic. 490 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:04,280 Speaker 1: I did, of course, well, it's coal fired, which is 491 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: New Haven style. 492 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 2: Okay. 493 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 1: So Bob Skronsky Junior's dad, Bob Skronsky, who played for 494 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: the Packers, played for Vince Lombardi. He was from Connecticut, okay, 495 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 1: and so he grew up having this kind of pizza 496 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,440 Speaker 1: when he would visit the relatives in Connecticut. And it's 497 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: very different and outstanding. 498 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:26,440 Speaker 2: Sounds good. 499 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: I recommend New Haven style pizza, okay, I recommend Chicago 500 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 1: style pizza. 501 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,400 Speaker 2: You recommend most I recommend New. 502 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,520 Speaker 1: York style pizza. But I'd never had this kind of pizza. 503 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: And it's just the crust is unbelievable. 504 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 2: It's not cutting too squares as no, no, no, that's Detroit. 505 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 2: I don't like square pizza. 506 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: It's okay, Detroit's good too. I like Detroit style pizza. 507 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: But they were lovely, oh good. And I learned an 508 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:56,919 Speaker 1: interesting fact about Bob Skronsky who played for the Packers. Okay, 509 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: I'm going to share this with the OT people because 510 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: I just think it's a great story. So he's from Connecticut. 511 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 1: Indiana offers him a scholarship to come play football. Okay, 512 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 1: So he goes to Indiana and he's gonna sign the 513 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: scholarship papers, all right, And so his name at the 514 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: time is spelled sko w r O n ski. 515 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 2: Okay, all right. 516 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: When they hand him the scholarship papers, there's no W. Well, 517 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 1: I founded on the web two. 518 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 2: So they misspelled. 519 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: So they spelled it s k O r O n ski. 520 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:42,400 Speaker 1: They left out the way. Bob Skrinsky never says a word. 521 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 1: He's he's just happy to have the scholarship. He's not 522 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: He doesn't want to correct anybody. So he just signs 523 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 1: in the new spelling without the W. 524 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 2: He signs it the misspelled one. 525 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: But the whole thing is, his whole thing was respect 526 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 1: for the people who are giving him this, and he's 527 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: glad to be playing football and to have a scholarship. 528 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:06,280 Speaker 2: He didn't want to he rock the boat. 529 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: And so the rest of his life and now Bob 530 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: and Peter and the rest of the family they spell 531 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: it without the W. The two brothers right older, Bob 532 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,239 Speaker 1: Skronsky's brothers, who were in their eighties still spell it 533 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: with a W. 534 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 2: It's like having an alias. 535 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 1: But it just to me, it shows, first of all, 536 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,920 Speaker 1: that is an offensive lineman in a heartbeat. He never 537 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: wants to rock the boat. It's not about me. Spelled 538 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,000 Speaker 1: my name however you want, I don't care. And he 539 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: was a great player for the Green Bay Packers, a 540 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: great player. But it just also says something about, you know, 541 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,800 Speaker 1: just being appreciative, and hey, I'm you know, I'm just 542 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,440 Speaker 1: not going to get into that. 543 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 2: That's a really sweet story. 544 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: Well, when I saw that the uncles spelled their name, 545 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 1: they both at Harvard, by the way. Bob Junior played 546 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 1: at Yale, and. 547 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 2: This is a smart family, proud to tell. 548 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,560 Speaker 1: You he never lost to Harvard or Princeton in his 549 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: four years, by the way. So the story, you know, 550 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: I read that the uncles spelled the name this way, 551 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh, they've misspelled this in the article. 552 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: And then I go back and read the whole story 553 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: about Bob Senior and it's just really remarkable. So that's 554 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:29,240 Speaker 1: a good story. 555 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 2: That's a good story. 556 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: And and Bob Skronsky are wonderful people. Their son played 557 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: well the other day. He comes off the ball ladies 558 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:42,720 Speaker 1: and gentlemen and New Haven Pizza. Huge thumbs up. Ashley 559 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: Ferrell says huge thumbs up too. 560 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 2: Well, this sounds like just a rousing success all the 561 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:47,959 Speaker 2: way around. 562 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: Well, it's it was pretty great. It was. It was 563 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 1: a good experience. I could see why they loved having 564 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 1: his draft party there. Yeah, what a nice place. If 565 00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: you ever go to Chicago and get peace p I e. 566 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,640 Speaker 2: Ce like the piece of pizza, but. 567 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,560 Speaker 1: They do the whole thing with like that. It's a 568 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: takeoff on peace, like peace love and understanding. What's so 569 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 1: funny about peace, love and understanding? That's Elvis Castello. Oh 570 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: before your time, we're gonna have an OTP from Minneapolis, 571 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 1: that and a lot more, and you're gonna keep You're 572 00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: gonna keep watching. 573 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 2: I'm gonna keep watching. I'm gonna keep taking my notes. 574 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 1: I thought that was good. Yeah, that was a good 575 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: because I mean when we met before I spoiler alert, 576 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 1: I knew what she was gonna say, but we you know, 577 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: her insight was very good because you do get to 578 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 1: watch it in a different. 579 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 2: Way it's a very different way. And again, there's a 580 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:46,040 Speaker 2: lot of things I have to get used to about this, 581 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 2: this new arrangement for this season. Yes, this season is 582 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 2: going to be an adjustment in a lot of ways, 583 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:57,200 Speaker 2: but being able to watch in a new way is 584 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 2: very interesting. 585 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: Did you talk back to coach Mackett as you listen 586 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:04,120 Speaker 1: to him on the radio? I you find yourself answering him. 587 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 2: No, I had more commentary for those on the technical side. 588 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 2: I may have said some things out loud to to 589 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 2: our friend and. 590 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: And you won't say anything about Foster. 591 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,719 Speaker 2: No, I will never never before tried asy I comfort 592 00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 2: fill every now and then. No, it was it was 593 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,320 Speaker 2: so much fun to listen I had. My hardest thing 594 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 2: was remembering that everybody's working and not texting everybody every 595 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 2: thought that came into my brain. That was my hardest 596 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 2: part was everybody's they're working. 597 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 1: You didn't text let them work? 598 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 2: No, I didn't text you. Well, I know you won't 599 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,640 Speaker 2: have your phone anyway, correct. I know Mike's a professional. 600 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen from. 601 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: The Snickers hot seat, where she will be all twenty 602 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: twenty three, whether it be watching at home or having 603 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: a second. 604 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:57,160 Speaker 2: Child, yep. 605 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:01,640 Speaker 3: God, that's certainly the Snipers in air. That's certainly the Snickers. 606 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 3: That's the Snickers seat of a different sort. 607 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: Yeah. 608 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 2: I'm taking these Snickers with me a lot of work 609 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 2: I might need them. 610 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: Amy Wells, Mike Keith, thanking you for listening to the 611 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: Oh Teas.