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Speaker 1: Amy Wells, I'm Mike Keith, coach, Dave McGinnis and Rhet Bryan,

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Speaker 1: our Titans radio draft duo joined me and we're also

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Speaker 1: thrilled to be joined by former University of Tennessee and

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Speaker 1: NFL offensive lineman Ramon Foster. We appreciate you joining us,

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Speaker 1: and Ramone I start this conversation with you. The Titans

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Speaker 1: took Caleb Farley on Thursday night, cornerback for Ginia Tech.

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Speaker 1: The first pick for the Titans on Friday night at

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Speaker 1: number fifty three, Dylan Raiden's offensive linemen from North Dakota State.

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Speaker 1: As you have read, as you have studied, as you

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Speaker 1: have looked at Dylan Raidens, what can he do for

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Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. He's a young guy that's played at

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Speaker 1: You're talking about him as a player specifically, and one

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Speaker 1: What goes on ramone talk to me about through one

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Speaker 1: why so angry, why so mad? He's chosen balls in

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Speaker 1: Now we're seeing another wave of it. Titans fans should

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Speaker 1: All Right, Rep Brian, I've got a question for you

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Speaker 1: Day three to fully complete the Titans class and make

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Speaker 1: that you went, Wow, this guy's not like everybody else. Yeah. Well,

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Speaker 1: There's that, and then I'll never forget his first game,

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Speaker 1: he just in the Florida State game, his first start,

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Speaker 1: you know, with everything that he'd been through, and the

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Speaker 1: though they're ups and downs after that, to me, that

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Speaker 1: was the marking of the beginning of something pretty special.

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Speaker 1: And you watched the Titans, but you know Mike Rabel's

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Speaker 1: football team, you know John Robinson's organization. You said that

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Speaker 1: you were pleased that he gets a chance to play here.

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Speaker 1: Why in your mind, from what you know of the

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Speaker 1: I see a running, tough, hard nosed running game, and

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Speaker 1: I see great defense. And Caleb is going to understand

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Speaker 1: that culture and that expectation. I'm thrilled that he is

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Speaker 1: somebody else. And I think he's going to fit right

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Speaker 1: into that and hopefully be a great contributor. Finally, what

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Speaker 1: did Caleb Farley mean to Justin Fuente, to the other coaches,

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Speaker 1: to his teammates, this fellow student at Virginia Tech. Well,

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Speaker 1: for us, it's it's about trust. And I think trust

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Speaker 1: it's just a different dynamic than it was five or

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Speaker 1: ten years ago, mostly because of the information or misinformation

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Speaker 1: that many young people get. But this youngster trusted us.

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Speaker 1: You know, he trusted us through his rehab and the

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Speaker 1: people in our in our training room. You know, he

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Speaker 1: trusted us through his development in nutrition, in the weight room.

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Speaker 1: He trusted us in academics, He trusted us through a

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Speaker 1: position switch. And now he gets a chance to go

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Speaker 1: reap the benefits of that. And you know, that's what

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Speaker 1: we talk about, is you know this this youngster came

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Speaker 1: and wanted us to help him, and we take pride

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Speaker 1: in that, you know, like we can't. I'm certainly not

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Speaker 1: beating my chest, Kay who did the work, but it's

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Speaker 1: just it's fun to see that. It's fun to see

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Speaker 1: that that trust manifests itself in success for coach Dave McGinnis,

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Speaker 1: Ramone Foster, Rhett Brian, Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for joining us for this edition of the o TP