WEBVTT - The OTPQs: You Asked. We Answer. 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:14.240 We welcome you to another edition of the Official Titans Podcast. 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:17.160 My name is Mike Keith. Amy Wells is here as usual. 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:19.760 Hello Mike, Hello Amy, how are you? I'm fine? Thank you, 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:24.200 Kate McGinness, thank you, Coach, Yes, sir, and here is 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:27.920 the great Jim Wyatt. I appreciate the intro. Not worthy, 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:30.560 but I'm here and I appreciate it. Titans Online dot 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:34.519 Com Senior writer Editor. We're excited about this edition of 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:37.720 the OTP because we're excited about all of them, but 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:42.720 we're especially excited because your questions through the otpques, which 0:00:42.760 --> 0:00:46.120 have been compiled by Amy Wells. Tell people Amy how 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:49.840 they submit OTP cues that we like to answer during 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:53.120 the Official Titans Podcast. Titans Online dot Com slash o 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:57.280 tp Q. I go in. There's a form, I gather 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:01.000 all of the questions and then I asked them to you. Fine, gentlemen, 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:03.720 this is how this works. Let him roll, all right, 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:05.920 We're going to start at the very beginning, and Jim, 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:08.319 this one's directed at you, but everyone feel free to 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:12.360 chime in. Mike, Oh sorry, sorry, Howard, this is from 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:16.240 Howard in California. I got ahead of myself. Howard asks 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:19.560 Mike Vrabel is taking on an additional role in the 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:22.920 defense next season. How difficult is it for a head 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:26.280 coach to be involved in game day play calling while 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:28.880 still attempting to manage the game. How much of a 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:32.520 distraction is that at critical moments within a game. Well, 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:34.440 and I'm only defer to coach Mike. I'm gonna let 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:36.520 him jump in on this early because he knows that 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:39.000 a lot better than I do. I would think that 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:41.760 a lot of the work will be done during the 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:43.880 course of the week that would make it easier on 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:46.959 game day for him. You know, we watch him. You 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:50.440 know we're on the few, the select few that get 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:54.440 to watch practice and know how involved Mike Vrabel has 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:56.680 been in this defense ever since he's been here. I 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.840 noticed him coaching guys up, making sure guys are on 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:03.000 the right position. If something's not done right, do it 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:06.960 this way. And then I'll watch games on Sunday and 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:09.600 see some of the things that Mike Vrabel has taught 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:12.640 during the course of week, see how it's executed, and thinking, Okay, 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.600 this is something Vabel taught, and I think he'll continue. 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:19.400 It will just be a continuation of what he has done. 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:21.639 I'm not trying to take away from anything Dan Piece 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:23.400 has done, because this kind of been his show, but 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:26.080 Mike Vrabel has been very much involved all the way through. 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.119 This is gonna be different for him, and I'm gonna 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.120 let coach Mike kind of explain that part of it. 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:33.440 He can so much better than I can. Well, I've 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.960 done this, I mean, I've done this, but your perspective, 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:40.320 we have watched Mike Vrabel in practice, and he's involved 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.240 in much more than the defense. I mean, we watched 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.200 him do a lot of things hands on with offensive players, 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.680 with defensive players, And to your point about during game day, 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:50.679 you know, Mike Vrabel is not one of those head 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.480 coaches that stands on the sideline without a headset on. 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.840 He is. He is very involved in what's going on. 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.520 And you talked about the hands on teaching out here. 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:02.880 He's also involved in the hands on implementation of game 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.919 plans during the week. I mean, I haven't set in 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.120 any of those meetings, but I know that I know 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:08.920 that just by talking to him, I know that just 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:12.760 by watching him, this won't be this won't be an 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:15.880 extra burden what he will do. I think if you 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:18.520 know he brought Jim he you know, brought Jim Haslet 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.440 in here. The one thing you cannot manufacture in this 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:26.440 business is experience. You can't manufacture experience. Has has done everything, 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:28.919 has has gone through the progression in this league too. 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:31.880 He's been he's been a position coach, he's been a coordinator, 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:34.240 he's been a head coach. You know, I've been in 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.000 the league. You know, you know has came up through. 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:39.320 I've done a lot of things with Jim Haslett. He 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:41.880 added a lot of experience to his staff, you know, 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.000 which you've got to have. So he's got plenty of help. 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:47.760 But he's also look these last two years, even with 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:50.280 danps here, believe me, he's had a lot of hands 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:53.160 on to do with this. So his hands on ability 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.600 and his hands on involvement will not change now. It 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:59.000 will be, it will remain to be seen, and he 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:01.200 may share this with us, he may not. As far 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:03.240 as to who on game day is actually calling it 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:06.120 play by play by play, We'll see how that works out. 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.440 But this is not too big for Mike ver able 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.640 to handle. I promise you I've done it now. Mack. 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:15.960 You mentioned Jim Haslet and Michael Hayes from Guntersville Alabama 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:19.159 knows that you know every person in the National Football 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.000 League pretty much. So he said, what do you know 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.960 about Jim Haslett? Do you know him personally? Absolutely? I 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:26.640 know him personally. You know when he when he came 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.279 into the league. You know when we when the when 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:31.919 the combine first started. You know now that they have 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:34.120 they have so many of the extra quarterbacks they'll bring 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.160 in to throw routes, you know, to the individual to 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:39.880 individual drills. But we never did that. We we as 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.680 assistant coaches would throw the drills. You know, That's why 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:46.000 my arm's gone right now. But has It myself? John Fox, 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:47.839 I mean a lot of us used to work and 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:50.560 throw those drills together. I mean I've known has You know, 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:52.359 I knew has as a player when he was in 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:54.360 the league. You know, had a very good career at Buffalo, 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:58.039 you know, a very good career. Has Uh Who's Jim 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:02.600 has It myself? Gary Kubiak and John Fox all interviewed 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.680 for the New Orleans Saints head job at the same time. 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.120 I mean, he's been a coordinator when I was a coordinator. 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:11.279 I know, I know has very very well excellent football coach. 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.039 Really really gets the game from all different levels. He's 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:16.960 a lot like Mike Vrabel and the fact that he 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.520 came up as a player, you know, and as as 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.840 a significant player in this league. I know has very 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.640 well he's getting, you know what, and Raves knows him too. 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.240 And what he's getting is he's getting an experienced football 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.039 coach that has seen it from a lot of different angles. 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.520 But as far as do I know Jim Haslett personally, 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:36.480 absolutely yes, I do. And it's a big thumbs up 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:38.760 to me on this higher Now mack Is we're talking 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:40.520 about coaches. I want to stick with you for just 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:44.000 a second because Jerry from Saint Louis asks, how does 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:49.400 the addition of secondary coach Anthony Midget improve this Titan secondary. 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:51.920 It feels like for years the Titans have been giving 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:54.919 up quite a few passing yards. Yeah, passing yards again, 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:59.120 Jerry from Saint Louis, Passing yards means Z roll. Passing 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:03.560 yards means Z role. You know, touchdowns mean everything this defense. 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.240 This defensive secretary carry Colms did a great job with 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.760 this secondary. It was it was a very first of 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:12.719 all to watch them work and I think to really 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:15.719 appreciate what this secondary does and what the secondary did 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:18.360 with this defense, to watch them grow and to watch 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:20.240 them practice, and a lot of the things that they 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.680 were doing defensively, a lot of it, you know, and 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.880 a lot of the problems that they gave opposing quarterbacks 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.960 during the course of two seasons stem from the fact 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.839 that they were so synchronized so well because of the 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.520 work that they put in and how intricate and detail 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.520 they were as disguising coverages being able to work things. 0:06:37.520 --> 0:06:40.560 And then plus what he did, what carry did, he 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.320 was able to come in as a as a new coach, 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.840 you know, the National and the National Football League and 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.400 very much and very much improved techniques. But they also 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:51.479 trusted him. They trusted him, you know, because of his 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:53.720 energy and because of what he put into it. And 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:55.360 he had a lot of different guys from a lot 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.880 of different avenues at a lot of different points in 0:06:57.920 --> 0:07:00.680 their career that he assembled very very This was a 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.320 very very good secondary. The last thing that you need 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:05.200 to worry about. There's a lot of things in life 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:08.640 to worry about. With football, yards are the last thing 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:12.000 you worry about defensively, Jim, I want to switch over 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:13.880 to you and talk a little bit about offense, because 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:15.800 we got a lot of questions about the offensive side 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:18.280 of the ball as well, and this one comes from 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.520 Ryan in Alabama. He says, do you think that John U. 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:25.320 Smith and Corey Davis will get used, will be used, 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:28.600 excuse me in our offense more this upcoming season. I 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.360 really like both of their games, that would love to 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:32.560 see more of a role for them, I would think so. 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:35.240 I mean, I think both those guys have continued to 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.280 progress during the course of their career. We've seen it 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.440 from John U. Smith. The more opportunities he gets, the 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.840 more he takes advantage of them. So I continue to 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.560 see I see continued improve it for him. I think 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.920 with Corey Davis, you know he's gonna do what is 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:52.800 asked of him to do. And A J. Brown obviously 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:56.640 coming off a tremendous rookie season, I expect to see 0:07:56.840 --> 0:08:00.600 that to continue as well. And you know Davis a 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:05.040 great blocker. You know, certainly when given opportunities, he has 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:07.880 made a lot of plays for this team. I think 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.200 that's what's I think you've got to be so optimistic 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.800 about as you look forward to next season with this offense, 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:15.640 you got A J. Brown heading the second year should 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:17.760 be that much more improved. Corey Davis as a pro 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:21.840 with this point does all the dirty work. Adam Humphreys 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:23.720 another year in the system as long as than keep 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.040 him healthy. I mean, you've got a good threesome at 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.880 receiver right there. And we'll have to see what happens 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.520 with ty J. Sharp and free agency and see you 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:34.319 know who maybe who else is competing on the back end. 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:37.400 But I like the weapons on this team, and uh, 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.440 I think both those guys going to get a lot 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:42.439 of opportunities moving forward. The thing to keep in mind, please, 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:46.160 is that you have one football per play. Yeah, and 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:48.880 that's I mean, you have one football per play, and 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.400 we've got you've got a lot of weapons, so you know, 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:54.280 and and I get this question also just out you 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.760 know about Corey Davis is a is a good player, 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.160 and Corey Davis is is a big part of this offense. 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:01.240 You know. But to say, well, they be used more, 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:03.160 I mean that they're used in conjunction with what the 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.680 game plan is. But as I said, one ball per 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:08.600 play till the XFL throws in three or four, then 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:10.319 we'll adjust. And a lot of times that ball is 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:12.360 going to the running back too, so that limits, like 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.959 I get, you know, continue to get will Ryan Tannehill, 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:17.800 you know he didn't play very on the post in 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.400 the postseason. Is passing over more goodwood because he's through 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.760 the ball, you know, fourteen times in the first game, 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:26.280 in fifteen times second game. Because this team's relying on 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:29.280 the running game and that impacts the targets that the 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:32.000 receivers are getting. It's not that the receivers had an 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.480 off day on some of those days. It's just the 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:36.840 game plan caller for you to run the football and 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:41.000 that that's gonna impact, you know, targets and catches. Let 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:42.959 me take you into you know, you talk about game plan, 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.000 and that's a good when you're game planning as a 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:47.800 coach on offense or defense. I promise you the first 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:49.400 thing that you do not do when you go into 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.160 a game plan is how many yards can we get 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:53.400 this guy this game? How many yards can we get 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.800 this guy this game? That's you go into it, and 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:59.280 how can we win this game this week. That's what 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.840 good game play is. That's what you saw this football 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:05.000 team do last year, a really good job of winning 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:07.960 games week to week that they had to win, especially 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.800 down the stretch, regardless of where the football went. Now, Jim, 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.120 you brought up Bryan Tannehill. So we have to do 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:18.080 this combined question from a variety of ot people who 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:22.400 just threw out some names as quarterback possibilities for the 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:27.599 Tennessee Titans. So Steve from Manhattan, Kansas, Luke from Nashville, Tennessee, 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.760 they both threw out some names. If Tannehill isn't the option, 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.600 would Teddy Bridgewater be a good option to pursue. What 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:38.440 about Blake Bortle's what about Tom Brady? What about Philip Rivers? 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:42.640 We've got a running list here. So let's just for 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:46.359 this point in the OTP, let's talk about the quarterback. 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:49.440 Do you think that there's an option at free agency? 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:51.440 Do you think that there's an option at draft? Do 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:53.880 you think that there's an option of signing Ryan Tannehill. 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:57.720 Let's talk about it now. I think all those are options. 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:02.600 I think the noble one is Ryan Tannehill. I continue 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.240 to get questions about Tom Brady and my mail bag, 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.280 and my answer has always been the same one. I'm 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.200 not going to disrespect Ryan Tannehill by talking about some 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:14.080 of these other guys based on what he did in 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:18.960 twenty nineteen and two. I always say I like my 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:22.079 job too much than to put myself in a position 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:26.480 where I'm accused of tampering by talking about a quarterback 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:30.080 that's on somebody else's roster. At this point, I always think, 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:32.400 what would the general manager safe He's listening to this 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:36.520 and hearing me talking about guys who are employed by 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:40.000 other teams right now. So I'll talk about Tanney Hill now, 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:42.720 but I'm not in a position where I feel comfortable 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:46.839 talking about anybody else but him until something's resolved. There. 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:50.679 There's plenty of time to talk about everybody. And Jim's right, 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:53.280 I mean, that's the you know right now, right now 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:56.079 that you know, the focus is and the conversations are, 0:11:56.200 --> 0:11:58.600 how can we make this football team better for next year? 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.240 That's what That's what everything is focused on, and that's 0:12:01.400 --> 0:12:04.640 that's what John Robinson and Mike Vrabel and everybody that's 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.360 involved in a decision making position is involved with right now. 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:12.000 And just throwing out random names. I mean, it might 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.720 make for good clicks, but it's that's not what they're 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.679 doing right now. I think it needs to be pointed out. 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:22.120 To take Jem's point a step further, players are under 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:26.920 contract until the next fiscal year starts on March the eighteenth, 0:12:26.960 --> 0:12:29.760 and there is a legal tampering period. I think it's 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:33.440 March the sixteenth through the eighteenth where free agents have 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:36.719 a chance to do that. Now, Philip rivers situation is 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:40.240 a little different because he and the Chargers have announced 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.920 that he will not be back even though he's under contract, 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.199 so that's maybe a little bit of a different one. 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:47.319 I'm gonna tell you what I told my mother at 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:50.200 dinner the other night. Okay, where are you guys eating? 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.760 We were eating the Connors, which is always good, Connor 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:59.160 Steakhouse at Cool Springs. Love the Connors. But I said, 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:06.120 with John Robinson, anything is possible. We've seen it. We've 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:10.079 seen him go, you know, We've seen him go shopping everywhere. 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:16.000 We've seen him go shopping at Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, you know, 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:20.000 go to the fanciest stores. We've seen him shop flea markets. 0:13:20.360 --> 0:13:23.199 We've seen him shop online. We've seen him shop the 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:27.720 discount stores. We've seen him shop everything in between. He's 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:32.040 gonna look at every single option that's best for the 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:35.920 football team. And when people ask me at church, when 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:39.480 my mama asked me, when anybody asked me, that's what 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.439 I say to them right now is I'm not getting 0:13:42.440 --> 0:13:46.200 into specifics. I don't know who's who, But Jim, I 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.080 think that's what in four years of covering this man, 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:52.480 I think that's what we've learned, is that John Robinson 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:56.080 is gonna look at every option. We don't know what 0:13:56.160 --> 0:14:00.200 he thinks, We don't know what his conversations with Anna 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:03.319 Hills agent has been, like Tannehill has a new agent, 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:09.040 who knows. But I think the unpredictability of John Robinson 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:13.600 is one of his strengths as he goes to maneuver. However, 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:18.040 we don't know anything except what his past history is, 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:21.560 and that is that he's going to look at everything. Yeah, 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.800 and that's taking the market into consideration. Sure, we've mentioned 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.200 some of the quarterbacks who could become available and there 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:31.200 it's a pretty long list quarterback and that's going to 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:35.440 influence what guys are gonna make or what their value 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:39.640 is across the league. And again, as you stated, we 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:43.160 don't know what talks alike with Ryan Tannehill or Derrick 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.960 Henry or some of these other agents. Vin Marino and 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.840 John Robinson worked through that on a daily basis, But 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.920 we also all know their different avenues where you can 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:59.040 keep players using tags, those are costly and they can 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:02.840 impact what you are able to do in other areas, 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:06.040 and free as you don't want to handcuffed yourself by 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.640 signing a guy or two and you lose everybody else 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.440 along the way. So there's a lot of things that 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:15.400 you have to consider as you make these decisions. And 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:20.240 we're still several weeks away before you really have to 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:23.360 make some hard decisions and free agency starts. Now, you 0:15:23.360 --> 0:15:27.600 guys reference something that Chad from Mount Juliet actually asked about, So, 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:30.280 just for clarification's sake, to talk about all of the 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:34.440 tools that John Robinson has at his disposal, he says, 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:37.400 could y'all explain the difference between the franchise tag and 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:41.320 the transition tag? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:43.640 You want me to take that? Yes, I had put 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:48.120 something together just as sort of a something that I 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.920 would know so that I would understand. Okay, we're in 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:54.600 the last year of the collective Bargaining Agreement between the 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:59.680 players and the owners. Because this is the last capped 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:03.520 year of that CBA, teams have a right to use 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:07.600 both tags, the franchise tag in the transition tag. In 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:10.640 a normal year, teams can only use one of those, 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.800 but because it's the last cap to year, both tags 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:18.320 are available. The franchise tag can be used on one player. 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:22.160 That means that player is going to be designated a 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:26.600 salary that is the average of the top five players 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:31.760 at his position over a five year period, or one 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:35.480 hundred twenty percent of what he made the last year, 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:40.240 whichever is higher. So if one hundred and twenty percent 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:42.960 of his salary from the year before is higher than 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:45.800 the top five average, then he gets that hundred and 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:51.280 twenty percent. All that money counts against the cap. Okay, 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.440 So if so and so gets a twenty million dollar 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:58.360 franchise tag, that's twenty million. That's a bite out of 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:02.160 the cap right away, and that's why it's a disadvantage 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:05.680 to the teams. There are two types of franchise tags. 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:11.119 There's the non exclusive and that allows the player to 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:16.720 negotiate with other teams his current team can match if 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:20.760 they choose not to. That team is entitled to two 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:25.679 first round picks okay from the other team. From the 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:30.640 other team, so that's the non exclusive. The exclusive tag, 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:35.800 which is rarely used, does allow does not allow a 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:39.640 player to negotiate with other teams. He's tagged, all right, 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:44.560 so that's franchise. The transition tag can be used on 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:49.080 one player per team this year, pledging a player the 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:54.400 average salary of the top ten players at his position. 0:17:55.280 --> 0:18:00.639 The transition tag allows a player to negotiate with other teams. 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:05.320 His team can match, his current team can match, but 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:09.960 if they don't, his current team gets nothing, all right. 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:15.280 The tag window starts on February twenty fifth and runs 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.040 through March tenth, so if you're going to tag a player, 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:21.240 you have to do it in that February twenty fifth 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:26.840 to March tenth window. The league normally announces the official 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:32.040 tag values at each position around March first. Here are 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:36.000 the estimates for quarterback and running back that I've seen, 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:38.720 and I'm just throwing these out based on different things 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:40.960 i've read, but I think they're gonna be pretty close. 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:44.920 The quarterback transition tag number is going to be about 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:49.320 twenty seven million dollars. That's twenty seven million in salary 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:53.399 for twenty twenty. The transition for quarterbacks is going to 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:58.680 be about twenty five million. For running back, the franchise 0:18:58.760 --> 0:19:02.000 tag number is going to be at ten point four million. 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:06.320 The transition is going to be about eight point six million. 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:11.240 Teams can use the tag. So let's say that Team 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:17.040 X tags their quarterback. They have until July the fifteenth 0:19:17.080 --> 0:19:20.399 to negotiate a new deal, so they could go ahead 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:24.200 and slap the tag on their quarterback and can hold 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:29.320 him in place basically, and then they have until July 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:31.920 fifteenth to make a new deal. If they don't buy 0:19:31.960 --> 0:19:35.879 July fifteenth, then he's playing the year under whatever tag 0:19:35.920 --> 0:19:41.320 they have applied. So it's franchise transition. And that's and 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:44.480 that's how it works. And at this point, with no 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:48.560 new CBA in place, and that could change, each team 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:51.639 can use both of those this year when in a 0:19:51.720 --> 0:19:56.160 normal year they can they have to pick one. Let 0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:59.280 me add one caveat to all that for those things, 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:02.480 to all of that, that was a wonderful explanation. No, 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:05.920 it's perfect, and that was beautiful. That's perfect For all 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:07.960 of that stuff to happen. The player has to sign 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:11.200 the tag. They have to sign it because that the 0:20:11.200 --> 0:20:13.440 tag can still be put on a player and they 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:16.320 can refuse to sign it. That is also that is 0:20:16.359 --> 0:20:19.920 also in play. Tags can be withdrawn. Absolutely, that's that's 0:20:19.920 --> 0:20:22.119 a part of it too. And with the new CBA, 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:23.840 this is a question I don't know the answer too, 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:28.359 and you guys might let's say this team wants to 0:20:28.520 --> 0:20:31.439 use to TAG two years in a row without without 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:34.040 a CBA in place, Do we know whether that's going 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:38.240 to be I think rules would theoretically apply right now 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:41.640 based on what's in place. I mean, everybody is going 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:45.760 with the theory that you're that you're that you've got 0:20:45.760 --> 0:20:48.080 to think about the rules that are in place now. 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:51.359 But I think there's some understanding that some of these 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:55.359 things are going to change, So so teams are having 0:20:55.400 --> 0:20:58.600 to look at it as we've got to go with 0:20:58.640 --> 0:21:02.200 what we know right now, because we have no choice 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:04.679 to know what's going to happen in the future. And 0:21:04.760 --> 0:21:08.520 that's why the player's decision about whether or not they 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:12.119 are going to accept the offer and potentially put some 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:16.680 caveats of the new CBA into the twenty twenty season, 0:21:17.640 --> 0:21:19.320 you know, that's all up in the air right now, 0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:24.280 all right. Susan from Franklin, She said, I think that 0:21:24.400 --> 0:21:26.280 chemistry on this team is a big part of our 0:21:26.320 --> 0:21:30.320 success last year. That being said, how will we resign 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:32.920 all of our free agents and still have enough money 0:21:32.960 --> 0:21:35.879 to sign our draft picks. Jim, Well, I don't know 0:21:35.920 --> 0:21:37.439 when this team is not going to sign all the 0:21:37.440 --> 0:21:44.280 free agents. I think you know, between unrestricted, restricted, exclusive, 0:21:44.359 --> 0:21:47.680 right free agent, I think it equals twenty two. Now 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:51.440 I expect half of those guys back. I mean, maybe 0:21:51.440 --> 0:21:55.640 not even that number. And every year across the league, 0:21:55.640 --> 0:21:57.439 I mean there're at least a twenty twenty five percent 0:21:57.520 --> 0:22:00.760 turnover every season between new free agents and draft pick. 0:22:00.880 --> 0:22:04.800