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Speaker 1: It is November eight and we are here at Saint

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Speaker 1: Time of Sports Park. My name is Mike Keith Amy

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Speaker 1: Wells is here. Welcome. How are you? I'm well and

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Speaker 1: the Great Jim White better known as tg j W

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Speaker 1: jo Oh tg j wing. I like a little clunky,

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Speaker 1: but it's okay, j W. You say it louder, doesn't

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Speaker 1: make it less Clunky's kind of like the country's best yogurt.

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Speaker 1: I guess very it's the only different, the same, only different.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm worthy the acronyms. To me, Jim,

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Speaker 1: it's my area. You write the stories, you write the songs.

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Speaker 1: She did come up with you. You are the lyrical genius.

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Speaker 1: But uh yes, the acronyms, that's my area. We're glad

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Speaker 1: to have you with us for the OTP and really

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Speaker 1: proud shout out to Stuart Spears for getting this done

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Speaker 1: in here with how good the studio looks, the new

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Speaker 1: logos that you see. This is an evolving process with

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Speaker 1: this radio and television studio that we've had since August,

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Speaker 1: and we are really proud of it, really thankful to

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Speaker 1: It looks so nice. Amy's got the tightened up behind her,

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Speaker 1: which really looks good. And I have the OTP logo

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Speaker 1: in white, which is nice. It pops, and of course

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Speaker 1: you got a fireball and there's more to com Actually,

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Speaker 1: there are more things we're going to be doing to

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Speaker 1: the studio as we go, so we're very proud of it,

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Speaker 1: and a whole lot of room for Jim's sponsorship logos

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Speaker 1: that he wants to do. That's right. Can we name

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Speaker 1: that Titan? I mean are we allowed to or can't?

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Speaker 1: That's a good question because I think I know who

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Speaker 1: it is? But are not allowed to? Oh? I mean

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Speaker 1: you can do. You can try it if you want too. Sure,

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Speaker 1: who do you think it? I think it's logan Ryan

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Speaker 1: Yan too. I think it's generic Titan. Look how about these, uh,

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Speaker 1: these guys on this wall right here? Oh, I know

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Speaker 1: I know who all those? Okay? Um, So Monday night,

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Speaker 1: the Titans go to Dallas and get a big win,

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Speaker 1: and I know everybody's supposed to turn the page and

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Speaker 1: move on to the next game. I get that, haven't it?

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Speaker 1: But well we don't have to yet. Let's just take

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Speaker 1: just a minute and recap what we saw in Monday night. Football. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I'm most similar to London in that we all said

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Speaker 1: there and it's like, whoa, you know, this is really

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Speaker 1: something special. So you're saying Monday night football, Dallas, tennessee

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Speaker 1: both three and four, Um, okay. But then you get

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Speaker 1: there and at and T Stadium is electric. It's the Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: You see Jason Whitton and all and everything going on

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Speaker 1: with him there, and I mean, it's the big show

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Speaker 1: like you expected to be. And on the big stage.

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Speaker 1: The Titans promptly come out and screw it all up. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was terrible at the start, There's no question, and boy,

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Speaker 1: it would look like it was going to be a

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Speaker 1: long night. And I think we all know the play

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Speaker 1: that changed the game, the Kevin Byrd interception and the

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Speaker 1: end zone, and it was a completely different game. And

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Speaker 1: I think you felt like it should have been, you know,

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Speaker 1: thirteen fourteen, seventeen to nothing at one point early in

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Speaker 1: the fact that when it was seven to seven, I

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Speaker 1: felt like the Titans were in pretty good shape at

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Speaker 1: that point because the Cowboys had missed some opportunities and

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Speaker 1: the Titans knew that they had had dodged a couple

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Speaker 1: of bullets. Well, the Cowboys come out and they take

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Speaker 1: a thirty eight yard field goal, which is automatic in

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Speaker 1: It was a lot of Ezekiel Elliott and it is

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Speaker 1: exactly what everybody expected to see. And yet the Titans

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Speaker 1: get the stop, the Cowboys get the thirty eight yard

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Speaker 1: field goal attempt and Maher misses it, and you're like, okay,

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Speaker 1: well this is good. And then the sack and the

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Speaker 1: forest fumble that came up, which was a bad play

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Speaker 1: on a lot of levels, and it just I mean,

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Speaker 1: it was almost a nightmarish type fumble for how much

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Speaker 1: yardage The Titans ended up losing on the play along

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Speaker 1: with losing the football. Yeah, and the place was jacked up,

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys came out right to play. They get a

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Speaker 1: And a lot of times that's tough to recover from.

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Speaker 1: it was a great sign that this team was able

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Speaker 1: And then the Amari Cooper touchdown just set that place

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Speaker 1: big score. Here it goes exactly. You could tell that

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Speaker 1: the Dallas fan base was so excited that the Amari

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Speaker 1: everything they had done, everything that they were excited about,

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Speaker 1: I saw that it was Amari Cooper who made that touchdown. Well,

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Speaker 1: It comes on display Prescott. It's an in and out

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Speaker 1: pattern to Cooper who runs a perfect route and just

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Speaker 1: his or her solo. You're you're saying, oh, this is

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Speaker 1: messing up in exchange. I don't know whose fault it was.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that doesn't happen in the NFL. It's kind

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Speaker 1: of it was in his hip. I mean, this is crazy.

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Speaker 1: I think that's one of those playsure practice throughout the

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Speaker 1: We're really fired up, you know all of this. They

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Speaker 1: time they really got victimized on the screen all night. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So I like something fun, something fast, I don't mind it.

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Speaker 1: But what Thomas did getting the Joe the Joe horn

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Speaker 1: while I disagree with what Bayer did, I think coach

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Speaker 1: but and I know coach doesn't care for it, and

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Speaker 1: And I like Bayard's response to what coach Vrabel has said.

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Speaker 1: He did not mean to be a distraction in that

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Speaker 1: that conversation took to happen pretty quickly on Monday night too,

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Speaker 1: And but I think Mike Vrabel said something to him

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Speaker 1: night and they took advantage of So, I mean, he's

427
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:06,960
Speaker 1: got to be better. He knows that. You know. Questions

428
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,800
Speaker 1: have already started to come and when is he going

429
00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,480
Speaker 1: to be benched. You know, do you replace him with

430
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,040
Speaker 1: Lashawn Simms. Mike Vrabel's not going there. Uh, And I

431
00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:16,639
Speaker 1: still think Michael and Butler's got it in him to

432
00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:20,280
Speaker 1: turn this thing around. And uh, we're just half the

433
00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:23,880
Speaker 1: season in in I think the Patriots will come after

434
00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:27,000
Speaker 1: him on Sunday and Uh, we'll just kind of see

435
00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 1: how he responds. But he's not ducking and I expect

436
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,879
Speaker 1: to be back in the locker room, uh for a

437
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:35,119
Speaker 1: more extended conversation today. You know, I've never been a

438
00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,520
Speaker 1: defensive back in the National Football League, but I have

439
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,280
Speaker 1: to assume that that is one of the positions that

440
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,120
Speaker 1: is the most mental, because you are the one good

441
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,639
Speaker 1: point who's kind of out there on an island and

442
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,439
Speaker 1: you're gonna get blown past way more than you're actually

443
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 1: going to make a play. It is what it is.

444
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,359
Speaker 1: So what does a guy do to get his mindset

445
00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:59,320
Speaker 1: back in that place to where he's not thinking so

446
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:01,879
Speaker 1: much and trying so hard to make a play and

447
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,200
Speaker 1: he can just go out and do it. Well, that's

448
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 1: you've said it. I mean, if there won't be a

449
00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 1: better point made on the OTP today than what you

450
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 1: just said about where he is right now, I think, listen,

451
00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:16,280
Speaker 1: his technique looks good. He's in good position at different times.

452
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 1: But what I think they're discussing a lot with him

453
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,520
Speaker 1: is I discipline. Now, some of the catches he gives

454
00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:25,320
Speaker 1: up are in zone coverage and those are not necessarily

455
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:31,119
Speaker 1: on him, but in man and listen, mental reps. I discipline,

456
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,359
Speaker 1: I get it. Everybody rolls their eyes when they use

457
00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,760
Speaker 1: those terms. The mental rep things once always gotten me.

458
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,879
Speaker 1: But anyway, the eye discipline is he's peeking into the

459
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,480
Speaker 1: backfield at certain moments. That's what he did on the

460
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,760
Speaker 1: Hearns play. If he you know, he's got to when

461
00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:51,920
Speaker 1: he's in man, just concentrate on covering the guy. We've

462
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,320
Speaker 1: seen him do it. I mean, he's sticky, sticky. He's

463
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 1: going to give up some catches. But don't worry about

464
00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,000
Speaker 1: the big play. Don't worry about the interception, don't worry

465
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,000
Speaker 1: about the contract, don't worry about what everybody thinks of you.

466
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,560
Speaker 1: Just do what you do. Uh. The coaching staff has

467
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 1: confidence in him, they really do. They wouldn't keep putting

468
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,440
Speaker 1: him out there if they didn't believe in him. I

469
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,160
Speaker 1: just think he's trying to change the conversation too much.

470
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,960
Speaker 1: By making a play or getting to pick six, or

471
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 1: or or ending a drive in the red zone by

472
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,639
Speaker 1: making a spectacular play instead of just settling in and

473
00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 1: and doing his job like he's been coached to do.

474
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,320
Speaker 1: I hate it for him. Gonna think he's a really

475
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,040
Speaker 1: good guy. And I think he you know, he's a pro. Yeah.

476
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,959
Speaker 1: I mean the day he signed here and he got

477
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,080
Speaker 1: a nice contract, there's no question about it. He was

478
00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 1: signed early in free agency. He was out here on

479
00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,119
Speaker 1: the practice field the very next morning after getting that

480
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 1: contract at eight o'clock, you know, running sprints and and

481
00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:50,680
Speaker 1: I think he's approached, you know, this season just like

482
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,760
Speaker 1: he has in the other year. He's worked hard. He's

483
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,159
Speaker 1: he's he's he's again. I don't think he's kicked his

484
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,640
Speaker 1: feet back because he got a big contract. He's working. Uh,

485
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,280
Speaker 1: it just has not gone and like he wanted it too,

486
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,119
Speaker 1: or like anybody else's wanted it too so far. But

487
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,119
Speaker 1: I still think, you know, he'll settle in and I

488
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,159
Speaker 1: think he's gonna help this team moving forward. Well, physically

489
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,399
Speaker 1: he's fine, you know, It's not like some guys and

490
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,680
Speaker 1: this happens, we see it. Guys can't run anymore or

491
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,639
Speaker 1: a guy has a shoulder that bothers him all the

492
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:24,000
Speaker 1: time or whatever. It's really it's to Amy's point, It

493
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 1: gets to it gets to the point where you're sometimes

494
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,880
Speaker 1: trying to do too much, right, Yeah, you can't think

495
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: that much, right Yeah? And I think and I know

496
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 1: somebody on Twitter here a couple of weeks ago, after

497
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 1: one of his days, was coming at anybody who was

498
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:41,880
Speaker 1: pumping him up in the preseason or in training camp.

499
00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:43,679
Speaker 1: So all you guys, you know, have hyped him up

500
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: too much. You know, he said he was gonna be this,

501
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,160
Speaker 1: said he's gonna be that. What happened in training camp

502
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,919
Speaker 1: happened in training camp. He intercepted a half dozen balls,

503
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 1: he took the ball away from Corey Davis. I mean,

504
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,920
Speaker 1: he was everywhere. He had a little bit of a setback,

505
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,159
Speaker 1: didn't play the last couple of weeks because of an injury,

506
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,399
Speaker 1: but he was great from the get go here and

507
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,359
Speaker 1: he had an interception in week one. I mean I

508
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 1: think everybody figured, Okay, here we go, this is this

509
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,439
Speaker 1: is why this guy was brought here. He's giving up

510
00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,080
Speaker 1: a lot of play since I mean, and he's got

511
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,400
Speaker 1: to be better, there's no doubt about it. And well,

512
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 1: that's the way the defense which has been or one

513
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 1: of the ways the defense which has played well can

514
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 1: play even better is if they can get him. And listen,

515
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,239
Speaker 1: he's gonna give up some catches because of how he plays, right,

516
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 1: He's that guy. Listen. Give me, and I've said this

517
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:33,879
Speaker 1: twenty times on the OTP and everywhere else, give me

518
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: a guy who battles, rather the guy than the guy

519
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,399
Speaker 1: who's gonna play off six yards because you've got no

520
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 1: chance to make anything happen if you're playing off six yarts.

521
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,720
Speaker 1: This guy's a fighter. Give me a fighter who wants

522
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,119
Speaker 1: to do it. And that's why I don't think the

523
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 1: coaches are losing confidence him. They're saying to him, just

524
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 1: do your thing. And he's working with a great coach.

525
00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 1: Carry Combs is a great secondary coach. He and this

526
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 1: team's ranking number one the league and scoring defense, uh

527
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 1: you know, I guess it's eleventh overall and yards allowed.

528
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 1: So you talk about, as you mentioned, the waste you

529
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:13,479
Speaker 1: can improve. This team's got nowhere to go as far

530
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: as scoring goes. You can't clamp down on some of

531
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,120
Speaker 1: the yard and stuff. And he's you know, certainly given

532
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,439
Speaker 1: up some big plays on his side. That is an

533
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 1: area where you see like things can get better if

534
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 1: if he tightens. We didn't have to this week, Yep. Yeah,

535
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 1: this is a good week to do. Yeah, because you're wondering, man,

536
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 1: it's certainly all kinds of conspiracy theories on what happened

537
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,400
Speaker 1: with him in New England and why he didn't play

538
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,200
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl and why they didn't bring them back,

539
00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:41,239
Speaker 1: So you have to suspect that they probably gonna come

540
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,160
Speaker 1: after you. I always wondered in that situation, had he

541
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: lost his edge mentally because he had not had as

542
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: good a year had And was that something that Belichick thought, Well,

543
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,760
Speaker 1: if I mean, if that's the case, keeping him out

544
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 1: of the super Bowl is going to be another knock

545
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: to that. Trade him away or getting rid of him, yeah,

546
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 1: is going to be another knock to that. And then

547
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: he gets here, has a good training camp, but then

548
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: starts to see more of the same. If that's I mean,

549
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 1: if he had a mental thing before, he's got to

550
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: be in a really dark place right now. I mean,

551
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: but he keeps fighting. Yeah, he does it the right way,

552
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 1: and you believe in guys who do that. I'm just

553
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 1: I am by no means ready to give up on

554
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 1: this player. No me, neither. I'm not. And when when

555
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 1: they signed him, I was elated. Couldn't believe that they

556
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 1: got him. Love the fact that they have more depth

557
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:40,200
Speaker 1: than the secondary. I wouldn't do anything differently. The only

558
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 1: thing he's got to do right now is just be

559
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:44,960
Speaker 1: one of the five, right you know, because when he's

560
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: in the game, they play five. We knew that's what

561
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:49,640
Speaker 1: they were going to do. The shuffle early in the season.

562
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,200
Speaker 1: A Dory was coming in as the fifth, and then

563
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 1: Logan was sliding to the slot. Now Logan and a

564
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,680
Speaker 1: Dory or starting, and then he then he's coming in.

565
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 1: So he doesn't play quite as many snaps as those guys,

566
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 1: but I mean he plays what seventy five percent of

567
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:14,480
Speaker 1: the snaps? Yeah. Hey, by the way, speaking as snaps,

568
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 1: you got two starting inside linebackers. You got three inside

569
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: linebackers playing a ton of snaps. Yep. Wesley Woodyard the

570
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: other night, leads the team in tackles. I think he

571
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: played forty three snaps, and then jay On Brown, who

572
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: is just going crazy, played forty two snaps, and then

573
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 1: Rashaun Evans played twenty snaps and had four tackles, and

574
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 1: we showed one of them earlier. He did some very

575
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: good things. I like what they're doing, getting those players

576
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 1: on the field and giving them a chance to make

577
00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: some things happen. I like it too. It keeps everybody

578
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 1: a little bit fresh. Jayon Brown obviously is having a

579
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: ridiculous season. Wesley Woodyard has been consistent and he's who

580
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:03,080
Speaker 1: he's all ways been. And Rashawn now is starting to

581
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 1: come into his own. He's starting to catch up to

582
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 1: the rest of the group. And I mean Rabel said

583
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: some good things about him and has kept on him

584
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 1: a little bit. So I think that those three guys

585
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:17,200
Speaker 1: are they're playing really well, so why not rotate them out,

586
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: Why not keep them fresh, keep them ready to go.

587
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 1: The Jon play on Prescott that we're showing right now

588
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: was phenomenal. You could not tell initially that he had

589
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: gotten the ball out, but man, he did it and

590
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: made just a sensational play. And then this was a

591
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,479
Speaker 1: third down play. Look at them, just stack it up,

592
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 1: run into the ball. Fifty four is really starting to thump.

593
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: Fifty nine can play, and fifty five is having a

594
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: year that I think nobody could have expected. No, absolutely not.

595
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: I think I talked to him a couple of weeks

596
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 1: ago about it, and he even he seemed kind of

597
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 1: confident in what he could do, but really excited that

598
00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 1: it's all coming. Yeah. I mean, I think we saw

599
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 1: this coming too, because he was the star I thought

600
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 1: of the of the off season workouts. I mean, he's

601
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: the guy that you know I would when I would

602
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 1: do camp observations or do observations throughout the off season.

603
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: He was always somebody that I mentioned. So he's kind

604
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: of picked up where he left off before I stray

605
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: from the snaps. You know you're right, I mean Butler,

606
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 1: he played forty seven or fifty nine snaps on Monday Night,

607
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: and H and A, Dory and Logan Ryan played fifty

608
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: nine or fifty nine snaps and additional work on special teams.

609
00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 1: So those guys getting a lot of work. Kenny Vacaro,

610
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 1: good to have him back. He played every snap in

611
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,600
Speaker 1: his return. Okay, So that's what we're gonna move to next.

612
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: The unsung heroes of Monday Night. Mine is Kenny Vaccaro.

613
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 1: I thought his return with eight tackles and making things

614
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: happen the way he did gave the defense quite a

615
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: punch that they had not had in the three games

616
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 1: with him out. So he was my unsung hero of

617
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,520
Speaker 1: Monday Night and I think that's a good one. And uh,

618
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: you know, and he worked his way back. I think

619
00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 1: he got pretty close to playing in London. He made

620
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: that trump, you know, I know, you know, Dereck Morgan

621
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: didn't even travel to London because I think they used

622
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 1: that as a time to get him back. And by

623
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: the way, what a spot they got on this third down? Yeah,

624
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: where Vacaro Vacaro hit Elliott down that was not a

625
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 1: first down, but okay, I don't yeah, I don't know,

626
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 1: and I know Mike was asked about that and getting

627
00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: a review, and um, yeah, I thought that was a

628
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,719
Speaker 1: very generous spot. Uh. I think Vacarl's a good room.

629
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: My unsung hero was gonna be Logan Ryan and the

630
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,320
Speaker 1: way he played against Cole Beasley, especially on third down.

631
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 1: Obviously Dallas was looking to do something different, a lot

632
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:39,280
Speaker 1: of plays with a new shiny toy, and Amari Cooper

633
00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 1: been out there. But I thought Logan Ryan played well

634
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 1: and I think he's played well all season. Well. Cole

635
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 1: Beasley is basically Linus's blanket to Dak Prescott on third

636
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 1: down and he is. I mean, but it's one hundred

637
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 1: percent true. I mean, and he only had three catches

638
00:33:56,280 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: for sixteen yards. Logan played great, So who's you're unsunky

639
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: row Amy will wesleywood Yard number fifty nine. He tackles, Yeah,

640
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: he had a good game, led the team in tackles.

641
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 1: But his consistency, his leadership. He came out on the

642
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 1: sidelines after a couple plays that didn't go the defense's way,

643
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 1: and he was getting on guys as butts. He was

644
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 1: in their face. You're welcome. He was in their face.

645
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,759
Speaker 1: He was I mean, he he wasn't letting anyone off

646
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 1: the hook. And that's what you need in games. You

647
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 1: need a dad, you need a coach, you need someone

648
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,600
Speaker 1: to keep everyone together. And that was wesleywood Yard. You

649
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 1: say he was maybe pigpan out there, man, come on,

650
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:47,280
Speaker 1: he was Lucy. She was the one that kept everyone

651
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: in line. Yeah, she pulled the ball out, Charlie. I

652
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 1: think by was maybe the loose he was. He was

653
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:58,399
Speaker 1: Lucy in the Houston game with the fake That's nice,

654
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 1: alright to be snoopy in this. Well, here's who we

655
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: get right now, Amy Wells with it's her show. So

656
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:07,240
Speaker 1: she says, Amy Wells wonders. What is your Amy Wells

657
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 1: wonders for this morning on November eighth on the OTP. Well, Mike,

658
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 1: this is one for you. Actually, this is a wonderment

659
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 1: regarding you. Oh okay, you prepare for these games and

660
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: for the broadcast, and you have lots of little nuggets.

661
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: My office is right next to yours. I get to

662
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,439
Speaker 1: hear some of your nuggets when I just shout them out.

663
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 1: I guess right, that's why she keeps headphones on you. No,

664
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 1: it's really nice. I learn a lot of things. But

665
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,520
Speaker 1: I was wondering if there are any nuggets that you

666
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,319
Speaker 1: pull out throughout the week that you did not get

667
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:43,239
Speaker 1: to use in Monday Nights broadcast. There was one real

668
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:45,480
Speaker 1: good one that I wanted to use it. I think

669
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:50,319
Speaker 1: Jim Wyatt will appreciate. I'm a big SEC fan. You are, yes,

670
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: I know, to the consternation of the head coach, who

671
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,800
Speaker 1: was an Ohio State guy and many others, I was

672
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,399
Speaker 1: a huge Dak Prescott fan when he was at Mississippi State.

673
00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of his, and so I was

674
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 1: reading up on his background and I remembered he's from Louisiana.

675
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: He's actually from a small town known as Houghton, which

676
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 1: is right around Shreveport, Okay. He is not the most

677
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 1: and Dak Prescott, I mean for what he Mississippi State

678
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: went to number one in the country while he was there.

679
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: This is a guy who has his bachelor's degree, has

680
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: his master's degree. I mean he is a high type bright.

681
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,560
Speaker 1: I mean, he's a leader. I don't understand why the

682
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys he is not their problem right now, is

683
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,839
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I'm a fan, so in reading about

684
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 1: him though, and being from this small town of Houghton, Louisiana,

685
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 1: he is not the most famous football player from there. However,

686
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,840
Speaker 1: the most famous football player is Joe Delaney. That's a

687
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: name you won't know, but Jim and I know it.

688
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: In nineteen eighty three, after a glorious rookie season with

689
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs, some kids fell into I think

690
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,240
Speaker 1: it was a pond or a lake, I can't remember.

691
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:57,840
Speaker 1: Joe Delaney could not swim, and yet he dove in

692
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: to save children and law lost his own life in

693
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:05,320
Speaker 1: doing so. And uh, I mean you talk about heroic,

694
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: I mean when when you are of the heart and

695
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 1: courage of Joe Delaney. Uh, that's a pretty amazing thing.

696
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,919
Speaker 1: So not surprising to me, as somebody who likes Dak

697
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 1: Prescott that he would come from a place that produced

698
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 1: such another great figure who lost his life thirty five

699
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:27,359
Speaker 1: years ago saving and had eleven hundred rushing yards as

700
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 1: a rookie with the Kansas City Chiefs. Would have been

701
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: a great star in the league. Wow, So that was

702
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 1: gonna be my story. Oh, Mike, you know, I'm gonna

703
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:39,800
Speaker 1: say that's heartwarming and lovely doesn't in that case? I

704
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 1: mean that's because that's what it was meant it was.

705
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,120
Speaker 1: It was not surprising to me that he would be

706
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,799
Speaker 1: from a place that produced that kind of character human being. Right.

707
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,360
Speaker 1: I like stories like that, kind of page out of

708
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 1: a wonderful life. Yeah, a little bit, a little bit,

709
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:59,200
Speaker 1: So moving on short week. That was lovely, Mike, Okay,

710
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 1: that made me happen. Well, Joe Delaney is a good story.

711
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 1: The great thing about covering this league is there are

712
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:11,760
Speaker 1: a lot of great stories. Yesterday we did a season

713
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:17,720
Speaker 1: ticket member event at Nissan Stadium for season ticket members

714
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: who were either active or retired military because this is

715
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: Salute to Service Week, Dave McGinnis came, Mark Maryanny came

716
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 1: and they spoke to the crowd. It was really Kenneth Adams,

717
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 1: the fourth was there. I mean, it's really special. And

718
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 1: Coach Mack told the Pat Tillman story. Wow, I mean,

719
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 1: you could have heard a pen drop with that audience

720
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 1: and the Pat Tillman story. And for all of the

721
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 1: stories that you hear that are news that are not positive,

722
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,840
Speaker 1: there are so many more guys of the character of

723
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,439
Speaker 1: a Joe Delaney and a Pat Tillman that we get

724
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,839
Speaker 1: to know. And maybe they don't rise to that level

725
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,359
Speaker 1: in terms of the dramatic, but there are a bunch

726
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,280
Speaker 1: of guys in this league who do some really really

727
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 1: special things with the opportunity that they have. Yeah, there

728
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 1: are there are a lot of I mean, gosh, this

729
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: locker room specifically, we are surrounded by some awesome, awesome

730
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:20,399
Speaker 1: It's like, we're gonna see Jason mccordy and that's gonna

731
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: be a little hard. That's going to be because I

732
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,720
Speaker 1: mean that's a guy who he was on some bad

733
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: teams here and when people weren't ready to talk after

734
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,359
Speaker 1: games or after practice, and Jim, you were still working

735
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,320
Speaker 1: for the Tennessee, and so you were coming at it

736
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,839
Speaker 1: from a little different perspective, but that was a guy

737
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 1: who always stepped forward in whatever situation. Yeah. Man, it's

738
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: since covering the team. I think when he left, I

739
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 1: always felt like he's one of all time favorites, just

740
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:51,400
Speaker 1: because he's such a pro and and just handled himself

741
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 1: well even when things weren't going right. From a great family.

742
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 1: And I'm happy for him that his career's gone like

743
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: it has and we hope we whip it. Yeah, he

744
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 1: can have tough, tough break for three hours, but but

745
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 1: the point is as human beings, he's somebody that you

746
00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 1: really value in that way. And his brother is extra

747
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:14,400
Speaker 1: special too, obviously, Yeah, I mean, and him going to

748
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 1: Cleveland and obviously things didn't go like he thought they

749
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 1: would there and ends up on a team that's uh,

750
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 1: you know that struggled miserably, But I'm happy that he's

751
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 1: able to be with his brother. His mother doesn't have

752
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 1: to split her jerseys anymore to wear, you know, one

753
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 1: team's color on one side. That uh, now she can

754
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 1: wear a Patriots Jersey's confusing though, both of the name

755
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: plates on the back are just mccorty. Yeah, you just

756
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:43,839
Speaker 1: have to figure it out. I haven't seen a Jay

757
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:49,240
Speaker 1: mccorty or a once thirty and one's thirty two, Jason's

758
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 1: thirty and Devin is thirty two, and yep, the right,

759
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 1: I mean. And I think they confuse him in the head.

760
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 1: Coach Belichick was on a conference call and ask him

761
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,080
Speaker 1: if he gets those guys can confused and he said, yeah,

762
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: he still does, and they get him on that all

763
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,439
Speaker 1: the time. So I think they're probably pranking. So only

764
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,839
Speaker 1: one of them has to go to a meeting. Yeah,

765
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:13,359
Speaker 1: all right, so short week. How does the schedule change

766
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: for this football team? How was Wednesday different? Wednesday was

767
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 1: a was a you know, stuff was moved back a

768
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 1: little bit. Had more of a walk through instead of

769
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,800
Speaker 1: a practice yesterday, and it was a very light walkthrough.

770
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 1: And there are a lot of guys, you know, they

771
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,840
Speaker 1: when the injury report came out, it's it's kind of

772
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: a projected injury report. You know. People see that and

773
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:32,240
Speaker 1: they thought, okay, well it's just this guy didn't practice.

774
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 1: Well really, it wasn't a practice. It was more of

775
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: a guys didn't have a uniform so on. So they

776
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 1: did a walkthrough and it was limited today's the day

777
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,360
Speaker 1: you turn it up. You need that from a recovery

778
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 1: standpoint more than anything else. And now everything is kind

779
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:49,720
Speaker 1: of condensed. I don't think you can get to everything

780
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 1: in a short week. And that's an advantage that the

781
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 1: Patriots obviously have at this point. Look through the injury report,

782
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,799
Speaker 1: so Bates was out just Illum crookshank with an ill

783
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,680
Speaker 1: us too, and he had also he got dinged up

784
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:06,600
Speaker 1: in Monday's game. Of course, we saw Taywan tayt Or

785
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 1: leave the game with a foot, and I think the

786
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:14,400
Speaker 1: worry especially with Taiwan and Taja who did an ankle

787
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 1: in pregame. Uh one last day it certainly is a

788
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 1: factor for conklin and concussion protocol with one last day, absolutely,

789
00:42:22,760 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 1: because that concussion protocol is so rigid. There are steps

790
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 1: that you have to go through and time is a

791
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 1: big part of that. So with one extra day, if

792
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 1: Jack really is in any sort of part of that

793
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,839
Speaker 1: concussion protocol, there's a chance that he won't be able

794
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: to go just because he doesn't have enough time to

795
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:44,399
Speaker 1: get through all the steps he needs to get through.

796
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 1: And good to see Dennis Kelly back, though, I mean,

797
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:51,880
Speaker 1: that's that's a benefit you still out was still paying

798
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,160
Speaker 1: off for John Robinson, you know many years later. Man,

799
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 1: he was a great get in that DGB trade. And

800
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 1: glad that his hell's got to a point where he

801
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 1: has been able to put the white back on. He's

802
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 1: able to play and he can fill in in a

803
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,800
Speaker 1: number of spots. And I thought he stepped in and

804
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,040
Speaker 1: played well on Monday night when Concklin went out. Any

805
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 1: of your Missouri folks hear anything from Dorial greenbackham Um?

806
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 1: He last I heard, he's been in Springfield. He's I

807
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: don't think that he's been called by anybody, but he's

808
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: living in Springfield, Missouri. Would waste the talent I thought

809
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 1: he would show up. I don't even know if I

810
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,840
Speaker 1: saw after he left here that I saw him showing

811
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 1: up to work out at places anymore. I was surprised

812
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 1: after Hill, Yeah, after he left Philly. Yeah, because once

813
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: his career he goes there, it's his career ends. And

814
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:38,920
Speaker 1: I thought, Okay, somebody's gonna take a flyer on this

815
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:42,800
Speaker 1: guy just because of a size and his athleticism, and

816
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 1: it just never happened. Take a look at the AFC

817
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:49,840
Speaker 1: South Houston is off this weekend. They lead the division

818
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:53,720
Speaker 1: at this point at six and three because Denver couldn't

819
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 1: make a field goal. Boy, the Titans still right in

820
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 1: it just to get and a half out Jaguars and

821
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:05,680
Speaker 1: the Colts both at three and five. Titans with that

822
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,359
Speaker 1: two and oh in the division so huge. Now, who

823
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:11,800
Speaker 1: were we four Jaguars or Colts this week? You know,

824
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 1: that's a great question, and I'm surprised to see it

825
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,839
Speaker 1: for entertainment entertainment purposes only. I was surprised to see

826
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:22,480
Speaker 1: the Colts I actually favored in that game over the Jaguars.

827
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,359
Speaker 1: I don't think I think it's a three point line

828
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 1: on that one. I never would have guessed that would

829
00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 1: be the case going to the season. I think you

830
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: probably want the Jacks to be buried and have them

831
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 1: not be a part of the conversation anymore, because we

832
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: all know how talented they are on defense, and so

833
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:40,840
Speaker 1: I think you pull for the Colts. Yep, I agree

834
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:43,680
Speaker 1: with that. You pull for an extremely physical game that

835
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:47,399
Speaker 1: goes into the final second of overtime. Yeah, and hope

836
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:51,800
Speaker 1: Luck pulls it out, yes, yeah, or a hammy, you know,

837
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,560
Speaker 1: I don't. I'm just I mean, I know what the

838
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 1: schedule is. I know where we're going next week. You

839
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 1: ain't scared, all right, I'll say this, and before we

840
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,920
Speaker 1: stray away from those standings, Obviously you want to win

841
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 1: the division, and you mentioned the two and o division record.

842
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 1: That helps, and if you keep taking care of business there,

843
00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 1: that's your best path to get to the playoffs and

844
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:16,200
Speaker 1: host of home host a game uh in the playoffs.

845
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:18,440
Speaker 1: I will say this. A couple of weeks ago, I

846
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 1: didn't I thought pretty much thought, you know, any wild

847
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,120
Speaker 1: card possibilities out the window, just because the losses of

848
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,759
Speaker 1: the Chargers and the Dolphins, into the Ravens and all

849
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,800
Speaker 1: these teams you're compete all your these teams you're competing

850
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:32,320
Speaker 1: against for a wildcard spot. Some of those teams have

851
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 1: kind of come back to the pack. Obviously the Chargers

852
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:36,839
Speaker 1: are in a great position. But some of these other

853
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 1: teams that I thought we were gonna be hard to pass,

854
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,680
Speaker 1: look at their schedules and see what's coming up. That

855
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:49,120
Speaker 1: window has that door is not closed either, you know,

856
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: it never really does. It hurts the Titans that all

857
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:56,360
Speaker 1: four of their losses are in the AFC DO and

858
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 1: they can still win the division. I think had they

859
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 1: lost Monday night, I think two and a half games

860
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:04,400
Speaker 1: down with eight to play, I think the division almost

861
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:07,000
Speaker 1: would have gone out the window. But as long as

862
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,719
Speaker 1: you're within two games and you already have a win

863
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,800
Speaker 1: over Houston, I don't think you're out of it, particularly

864
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:14,800
Speaker 1: if you could, if you could get the game on

865
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 1: November the twenty six. It is so exciting to me

866
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 1: that we have reached the point in the season where

867
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 1: we can start to do playoff math. It's one of

868
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: my favorite things is when we have to pull out

869
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:30,759
Speaker 1: your sweaters. Well, yeah today, then she gets her coats out.

870
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:33,799
Speaker 1: I love my coat. I've got my coat. But really,

871
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:35,759
Speaker 1: I mean, it's so fun to be able to start

872
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 1: to calculate, Okay, we need a win over here. This

873
00:46:38,239 --> 00:46:40,520
Speaker 1: needs to happen. That guy needs to go down. It's

874
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: fun to watch other teams in the NFL because all

875
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 1: of a sudden, you have a rooting chance in all

876
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:46,919
Speaker 1: of the other games. Guess who has a good team?

877
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:49,680
Speaker 1: The Patriots. Yeah, they're all right. They've won six in

878
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: a row. Started one and two and now have won

879
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:56,520
Speaker 1: six in a row. I think their offense is better

880
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:59,440
Speaker 1: now than the offense we saw in January because of

881
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 1: Josh Yeah, and you look at their injury report and

882
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 1: you can't help but think that they're finally getting healthy.

883
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 1: I think Sony Michelle's back this week, who's really been good,

884
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: and that changes the look of the run. With Cordell

885
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 1: Patterson runs him, it's pretty amazing. Michelle is Rob Gronkowski

886
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,480
Speaker 1: and whether he's back this week, and you can't help

887
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:23,480
Speaker 1: but think. And coach has never admit this, but they've

888
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 1: got to buy coming up after this game. So do

889
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:28,919
Speaker 1: they take the approach? Okay, give him one more game

890
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 1: off and let them have a couple more weeks to

891
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:33,560
Speaker 1: heal and then bring them back for the stretch run.

892
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 1: I think if you're the Patriots, you can probably afford

893
00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: to do that more than some other teams. That has

894
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,480
Speaker 1: to be going through their minds. I asked that very

895
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 1: question of Dave McGinnis yesterday from a coaching standpoint, with

896
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,759
Speaker 1: the Patriots having to buy after this game, how do

897
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 1: they play it? He goes, he'll play him, He'll play. Yeah.

898
00:47:50,200 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 1: He said, he doesn't care. He wants to win this

899
00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:57,279
Speaker 1: game this week and then he'll worry about the next

900
00:47:57,360 --> 00:48:01,200
Speaker 1: one because his whole thing is stacking wins, which I

901
00:48:01,239 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: guess is why Belichick's won two hundred and eighty five

902
00:48:04,200 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 1: of them in his career um. But if he's not

903
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:09,840
Speaker 1: ready to go, he's not ready to go. Speaking of

904
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:13,840
Speaker 1: Gronkowski or Sony Michelle, James White is on pace to

905
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,879
Speaker 1: set the NFL record for catches in a season, buy

906
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:19,560
Speaker 1: a back. Do you know who holds that record? By chance?

907
00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:25,440
Speaker 1: I sure don't. Matt fourteen? How many do he needs?

908
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,759
Speaker 1: Forty three? He has sixty, he needs forty two. He

909
00:48:28,880 --> 00:48:31,600
Speaker 1: has sixty one right now. The record is one hundred

910
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:34,640
Speaker 1: and two Matt Forte when he played for the Chicago Bears.

911
00:48:35,680 --> 00:48:38,880
Speaker 1: He's gonna get it. Yeah, James White is a really

912
00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:41,680
Speaker 1: good back. He scored ten touchdowns this year already, and

913
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 1: Brady uses him, and Edelman's back, and Chris Hogan's there,

914
00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:50,719
Speaker 1: and he's got Dwayne Allen, and he's got Cordarrell Patterson

915
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:54,839
Speaker 1: and and then and Dorsett's played okay for him, has

916
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 1: done a nice job for him. But the guys, Josh Gordon,

917
00:48:57,600 --> 00:49:01,640
Speaker 1: I mean Josh Gordon is people don't realize that people

918
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:05,480
Speaker 1: have forgotten about him because I mean, realistically, he went

919
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 1: three years without playing in the NFL because of all

920
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,120
Speaker 1: the off the field stuff. Right, This guy is six

921
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 1: to four, he's two thirty. He used to run in

922
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:17,920
Speaker 1: the low four fours or the four threes. Maybe he

923
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:22,359
Speaker 1: still does, but I mean, his numbers for a guy

924
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 1: who's played so few NFL games are scary. They're like

925
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:30,240
Speaker 1: Randy Moss, I mean, would be he would be talked

926
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:34,200
Speaker 1: about had he stayed out of trouble. He would be

927
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:38,480
Speaker 1: talked about like DeAndre Hopkins and guys of that. Ill.

928
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: So now you've given that guy to Braidy. Yeah, yeah,

929
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:43,960
Speaker 1: And I think it was really that they just kind

930
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,279
Speaker 1: of got fortunate with him because they needed him. It

931
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: was kind of a move that was made out of necessity.

932
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:50,400
Speaker 1: They had injuries, so they said, okay, let's take a

933
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:53,960
Speaker 1: flower on this guy. And he's definitely exceeded their expectations.

934
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:57,400
Speaker 1: Four Yeah. And you know with this past, you you know,

935
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:00,600
Speaker 1: certainly know that you could have some misues up. I mean,

936
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:05,560
Speaker 1: but he's from a talent perspective, he's off the charts

937
00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:08,320
Speaker 1: and changes the look of that offense. Well, Cleveland, for

938
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:11,720
Speaker 1: all of the heat Cleveland takes about things at different points,

939
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,160
Speaker 1: they did they did everything they could for him, and

940
00:50:15,239 --> 00:50:17,920
Speaker 1: they did everything they could with him. And when you know,

941
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: he has apparently reportedly has trouble getting the meetings on

942
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:24,560
Speaker 1: time or showing up for things, and you just can't

943
00:50:24,640 --> 00:50:28,759
Speaker 1: run your team that way. In this situation. The Patriots

944
00:50:28,800 --> 00:50:32,359
Speaker 1: are year to year. Yeah, their quarterbacks forty one years old,

945
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:36,960
Speaker 1: and they have a culture where you either fit or

946
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:40,160
Speaker 1: you're gone. So they bring this guy in and they're like, Okay,

947
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:42,360
Speaker 1: we'll see and I mean he had one hundred and

948
00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:45,680
Speaker 1: thirty yards the other night. Yeah, that's it's worked well.

949
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:48,840
Speaker 1: I mean they don't just have all these little you know,

950
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 1: you know, patterns that they were running. I mean, he

951
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:54,719
Speaker 1: can get down the field, he can break tackles, and

952
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:57,719
Speaker 1: then how they're able to use Cordarrell Patterson, who is

953
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:02,720
Speaker 1: one of the best as fleets. People who have covered

954
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,920
Speaker 1: the University of Tennessee will tell you that he's right

955
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:10,560
Speaker 1: there with Carl Pickens as one of the best overall

956
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:14,879
Speaker 1: athletes they've ever had up there because he's big. Yeah,

957
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:18,399
Speaker 1: I mean he's two hundred and thirty pounds, ran four

958
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:20,319
Speaker 1: four two at the combine. I mean, this is a guy.

959
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 1: For his career, Cordell Patterson for his career, has averaged

960
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:29,839
Speaker 1: thirty yards a kick returns he's very good. By the way.

961
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:33,479
Speaker 1: Let's end with this quite a note in the news,

962
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 1: and of course politics have been in the news for weeks,

963
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:39,960
Speaker 1: the election in the news. We got more of the

964
00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:43,120
Speaker 1: election than we wanted. So we walk in, I mentioned

965
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:46,320
Speaker 1: earlier in the show, walk into the hotel in Dallas

966
00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:51,280
Speaker 1: late Sunday afternoon, and I click on the New Orleans,

967
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:53,920
Speaker 1: LA ramscape and there at halftime and there said and

968
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:56,920
Speaker 1: we go to break with the score thirty five to

969
00:51:57,080 --> 00:52:00,000
Speaker 1: seventeen in favor of the Saints. And the first commercial

970
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:06,759
Speaker 1: that comes on cold hates children and old people. He

971
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:12,760
Speaker 1: believes we should outlaw ice cream. Colin Aldred has poor penmanship.

972
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:17,280
Speaker 1: He's a lousy tipper and he fixed the designated hitters

973
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:20,520
Speaker 1: should be the law of the land. And I'm like, so,

974
00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:22,920
Speaker 1: I'm listening to this. They're hating uncoll You know those

975
00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:25,239
Speaker 1: ads were didn't matter which side you were, and they

976
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:29,120
Speaker 1: were all like that. I'm going, hey, that's our guy

977
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:33,560
Speaker 1: calling up. Played linebacker for us, and I know he

978
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:37,640
Speaker 1: likes old people. That's not right. What a great guy

979
00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:41,959
Speaker 1: he was, who came out of Baylor, covered kicks here,

980
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:46,359
Speaker 1: worked his way up. Uh and now he won Tuesday night,

981
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,680
Speaker 1: he's a congressman from Texas. Yeah, it's pretty great for

982
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:52,359
Speaker 1: him and certainly a remarkable story to see a guy

983
00:52:52,520 --> 00:52:55,800
Speaker 1: go from where we knew him as a player to

984
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,880
Speaker 1: now the position he's in. So great for him, and

985
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:02,520
Speaker 1: it's a no, certainly I was happy to see him win. Yeah,

986
00:53:02,600 --> 00:53:04,520
Speaker 1: he's a I mean the guy who had to battle

987
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:07,040
Speaker 1: to stay on the roster. Did he spend more time

988
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 1: in the practice squad than probably so? Yeah, he bounced

989
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,440
Speaker 1: back and forth and uh, I mean he was fighting

990
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:14,799
Speaker 1: to stay on the roster the whole time he was here,

991
00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:18,279
Speaker 1: went to law school. Yeah, and has has really made

992
00:53:18,560 --> 00:53:23,160
Speaker 1: something of himself. And we've seen several guys. Sean Runyon

993
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:26,319
Speaker 1: was another one who's Runyon was in Congress for sure.

994
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:28,759
Speaker 1: Now we wait and see what happens with my run Roll,

995
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:32,120
Speaker 1: who was probably one of the most impressive guys rolling

996
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:35,279
Speaker 1: through here. And well, but you look at a guy

997
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:37,480
Speaker 1: like I tell you those linebackers, they take a lot

998
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:40,560
Speaker 1: of pride. A guy like Nate Morrow, yes, who who

999
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:44,440
Speaker 1: played good, really good player at Vanderbilt, came here good

1000
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:46,920
Speaker 1: football player, just not good enough to make it regularly

1001
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:51,000
Speaker 1: in the NFL. And Richard Anderson at Chris Presbyterian Academy

1002
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:54,680
Speaker 1: takes a flyer on him, ends up at a very

1003
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:57,320
Speaker 1: young age, putting him in charge of their upper school,

1004
00:53:57,360 --> 00:53:59,440
Speaker 1: and now he is the head of school at CPA.

1005
00:54:00,239 --> 00:54:02,319
Speaker 1: You know, just really doing some great things. I mean,

1006
00:54:02,360 --> 00:54:04,400
Speaker 1: there are a lot of a lot of Rusty Smith

1007
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:08,080
Speaker 1: at Grace Christian Um, a lot of guys coaching and

1008
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:09,960
Speaker 1: doing clues that having a lot of six says at

1009
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:14,359
Speaker 1: Page Pages best team ever, the best team Page has

1010
00:54:14,480 --> 00:54:18,440
Speaker 1: ever had so in coaching, and Myron Roll in the

1011
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:23,680
Speaker 1: medical field, and now Colin Alred pretty impressive, pretty impressive

1012
00:54:23,719 --> 00:54:27,279
Speaker 1: and probably can't let an OTPN without giving him. Mention

1013
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:31,919
Speaker 1: to Chris Johnson who officially announced and I will say

1014
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:34,279
Speaker 1: that his run here was probably one of the most

1015
00:54:34,320 --> 00:54:37,400
Speaker 1: exciting runs that uh and certain we've seen some great teams,

1016
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,480
Speaker 1: some great players come through, but that two thousand and

1017
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:44,760
Speaker 1: nine season and really the CJ era uh And somebody

1018
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:46,640
Speaker 1: made a great point on Twitter that I think he

1019
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:50,960
Speaker 1: he developed a whole new generation of Titans fans just

1020
00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:53,520
Speaker 1: by the way he played, in the excitement he brought

1021
00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 1: you always. You never knew when he was gonna bust

1022
00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:59,880
Speaker 1: a long one. He was fun to watch and he

1023
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:02,439
Speaker 1: officially announced his retirement this week. I'm glad you brought

1024
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,400
Speaker 1: that up. That's one hundred percent correct. One of my

1025
00:55:04,560 --> 00:55:08,279
Speaker 1: favorites to call. Certainly, he provided a lot of great

1026
00:55:08,400 --> 00:55:12,239
Speaker 1: moments and even at some dark times. I mean that

1027
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,439
Speaker 1: two thousand and nine season with the o N sixth

1028
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:16,640
Speaker 1: start and by the end that team was playing well

1029
00:55:16,719 --> 00:55:19,759
Speaker 1: and he went over two thousand yards. If not for

1030
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:22,359
Speaker 1: ED Hockey League, I think he sets the all time

1031
00:55:22,440 --> 00:55:26,200
Speaker 1: record for rushing, a call for which ED Hockey League

1032
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:31,919
Speaker 1: later apologize to the team. We'll see, really it doesn't

1033
00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:35,640
Speaker 1: get the yards back, but yeah, nothing like calling holding

1034
00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:40,160
Speaker 1: thirty yards behind the play. Thanks Ed. Not good, not good,

1035
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:43,480
Speaker 1: but uh. But his run with the Titans certainly goes

1036
00:55:43,560 --> 00:55:45,839
Speaker 1: down as one I like, how you did that run?

1037
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:52,560
Speaker 1: You're just constantly that's why, that's why you are TGJW

1038
00:55:52,880 --> 00:55:55,719
Speaker 1: the Great Jim resisted the ED Hockey Lee flexing his

1039
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:59,960
Speaker 1: muscles on that call, held back for the c J ruffers,

1040
00:56:00,080 --> 00:56:04,200
Speaker 1: but he wasn't been obviously, looking back, he most one

1041
00:56:04,200 --> 00:56:06,040
Speaker 1: of the most fun guys I've ever covered. Oh so

1042
00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:08,319
Speaker 1: much fun. I mean, if you if you love the game,

1043
00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:11,160
Speaker 1: you loved watching him, and certainly he ended up. He

1044
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 1: was a favorite on Madden every kid wanted to be. Yeah, yeah,

1045
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:19,239
Speaker 1: Chris Johnson. Maybe Cj'll run for Congress. I don't think maybe.

1046
00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 1: I don't think he. I don't think he's such a

1047
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 1: relaxed guy. I don't think he wants that kind of

1048
00:56:27,239 --> 00:56:30,719
Speaker 1: you know, he'll do some some juice, Yeah, Washington, I

1049
00:56:30,800 --> 00:56:38,360
Speaker 1: don't think. Yeah, So you did a Jim White that

1050
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:43,800
Speaker 1: I don't believe I'd want to be in Congress? Do you.

1051
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 1: I admire Colin Aldry, God bless him, and I'm glad

1052
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:51,200
Speaker 1: people want to do it. Right. Here is good, Right

1053
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 1: here is good. Okay, So if you want to follow

1054
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:58,840
Speaker 1: our two standouts on the social media. On Twitter, you

1055
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,880
Speaker 1: can follow Jim White Awite Sports dot com, Amy Wells

1056
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:06,719
Speaker 1: at Titans Amy A m I E. That's me. Do

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