1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: This is the OTP. I'm Amy Wells. 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 2: The Tennessee Titans are finally getting ready to play a 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 2: game at Nissan Stadium. Week two brings everybody home to 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 2: take on the Los Angeles Rams. So of course Titan's 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 2: radio is Will Bowling is here to talk all about it. 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 3: Will. 7 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 2: You were actually in Denver for the Week one matchup 8 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 2: against the Broncos, so I want to talk about that 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 2: just a little bit, just kind of bump on it 10 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 2: for a second. But how excited are you to play 11 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: a game at Nissan Stadium? 12 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 1: Bring them back home? 13 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 3: One hundred out of ten ready to go. 14 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 4: Glad to be breathing thicker air as well, because I 15 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 4: learned how out of. 16 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 3: Shape I was at the altitude. No, I'm so excited. 17 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 4: I know so many fans are excited to see cam 18 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 4: Ward play football in person. I know I was blown 19 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 4: away the first time I saw cam Ward throw footballs 20 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 4: in person. It's something we've gotten used to just watching 21 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 4: him and watching this team practice. But many of you 22 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 4: who weren't at the open practice, who didn't make it 23 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 4: a Titans vikings in preseason, this is the first opportunity, 24 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 4: and if you are there, it's more than just one 25 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 4: drive or two drives of an opportunity. So excited to 26 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 4: see this team play in front of this fan base. 27 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 4: I think it's going to be packed with Titans fans, 28 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 4: and I think it's gonna be a fun Sunday. 29 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 2: What was your evaluation of this Titans team and how 30 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 2: it looked seeing everything in live action for the first time. 31 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: Was it what you expected? 32 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 4: I think defensively exceeded my expectations, and just in terms 33 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 4: of how the Russian coverage worked together, we saw a 34 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 4: glimpse I think of what this defense can be this season, 35 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 4: and through nineteen STAPs of Lagerius Steed who's working his 36 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 4: way back, through Jeffrey Simmons, and when those guys were 37 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 4: on the field together, things were excellent. But even with 38 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 4: Darryl Baker getting thrown in a corner and Marcus Harris 39 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 4: having to play some spot duty and some different faces 40 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 4: in that. 41 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 3: Defense, I thought it looked really, really good. 42 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 4: And I thought the turnovers created that's such a big 43 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 4: deal for this football team compared to last season when 44 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 4: they were to the bottom of the NFL and turnover margins. 45 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 4: So setting up their offense, setting up cam Ward with 46 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 4: short fields paramount for this football team throughout the season. 47 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 4: But there's a lot of talk about how this defense 48 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 4: wanted to collapse the pocket and not just rush around 49 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 4: the edge, but then give a lane for a quarterback 50 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 4: to step up in scramble. And we talked last week 51 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 4: about how bo Nicks averaged twenty one scramble yards per 52 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 4: game last season, almost five hundred rushing. 53 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 3: Yards a season ago. 54 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 4: So this defense went in with a plan of let's 55 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 4: cage b Nicks in, let's set the edge, Let's use 56 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,959 Speaker 4: the interior pressure to make him uncomfortable, get him off 57 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 4: his spot. And they did that and Jeffrey Simmons helps 58 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,840 Speaker 4: two turnovers happen for the first time in a single 59 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 4: game in his career. I thought, I really liked what 60 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 4: this defense was able to do. Offensively, It's going to 61 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 4: take some time. It's a process. 62 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:54,880 Speaker 3: We saw cam Ward make a lot of really high 63 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 3: level throws. 64 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 4: Just got to get on the same page with his 65 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 4: receivers and that's going to be an ongoing process. But overall, 66 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 4: I think this team was about where I expected in 67 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 4: Week one. It's going to look like a work in 68 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 4: progress in those timing situations, and defensively, I think there 69 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 4: are really high expectations. 70 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: With this defense as we head into week two. 71 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 2: I decided that the best way to kind of organize 72 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 2: this just for my brain was things I want to 73 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 2: see in week two and things that I want to 74 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 2: see less of in week two. Sure, and so that 75 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 2: was kind of the way I organized this. There's also 76 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 2: a cookie break in between, Thank you, Christy cookie. 77 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: We'll get to that later. So where do you want 78 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: to start with? Things? I want to see Your things 79 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: I want to see. 80 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 3: Less of positive probably want to see. 81 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 4: More of it. 82 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: Things we want to see. 83 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 2: The first thing that I want to see is cam 84 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: Ward as a game manager. I want to see more 85 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 2: of him being able to not only call the offense, 86 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 2: which is what any quarterback does, but also creating those 87 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 2: those plays, those moments where. 88 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: You just go, oh my gosh, look at what he 89 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: just did. 90 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 2: What comes to mind is him kind of avoiding what 91 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 2: could have been a catastrophic sack and turning it into 92 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 2: this major yardage gain for Tony Pollard early in the 93 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,440 Speaker 2: first quarter. That's the kind of thing that we can 94 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: see him do. I want to see more of that. 95 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: I want to see more of him creating something out 96 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: of less than ideal circumstances, because I feel like that's 97 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 2: really where he shines. He's cool, he's calm, he's collected, 98 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,640 Speaker 2: he knows what to do, and he has the leadership. 99 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 2: He has all those intangibles. Now it's getting the opportunity 100 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 2: to do this. So that's the first thing that I 101 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 2: want to see more of. 102 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 3: I totally agree. I'm gonna be honest. 103 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 4: I surprised myself on how excited I got watching that 104 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,280 Speaker 4: play on the sideline, Like I genuinely like I let 105 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 4: out our loud whoo and just turn around and was like, 106 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 4: did I just wow, that's just that reaction, just all right, 107 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 4: here we go, let's. 108 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,920 Speaker 1: Go on an NFL sideline. 109 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 4: No, that was one of those just like oh yeah, 110 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 4: I'm working anyway, quick sidebarb. 111 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 3: But No, I think you're exactly right. 112 00:04:56,760 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 4: I think this organization has bought into cam Wards ability 113 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 4: to create and they have surrounded him with playmakers that 114 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 4: fit that skill set. Tyler Lockett made a career in 115 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 4: Seattle out of the second play, like the play within 116 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 4: the play with Russell Wilson, they feel like Chickakonquo as 117 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 4: an explosive athlete at the tight end position, is another 118 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 4: player that when the play breaks down, Hey, can I 119 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 4: just get open and beat the guy closest to me and. 120 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 3: Make a play. 121 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 4: And the play he made too, catching a pass on 122 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 4: third and long, short of the sticks spin move, hits 123 00:05:28,960 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 4: the B button and is able to reach out and 124 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 4: get a first down. That's just glimpses of I think 125 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 4: what we can see more of. But I think you're 126 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 4: exactly right. I think Brian Callahan has a lot of 127 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 4: faith and trust in cam Ward to go ahead and 128 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,919 Speaker 4: just let loose. And Brian talked about that this week, 129 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 4: about how he's got the full complement of the offense. 130 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 4: He's got the playbook, he has the freedom to make checks. 131 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 4: I wonder how much more tempo can be put into 132 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 4: this offense because the best moments of cam Ward that 133 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 4: we've seen in training camp were two minute situational periods 134 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 4: where I feel like he's thinking less and doing more. 135 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 4: I'm curious how much the Titans feel like they can 136 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 4: get that out of him now. Granted, you have to 137 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 4: a sometimes have a lead in order to take more 138 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 4: risks like that where you feel like you can add 139 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 4: different dynamics and the defense isn't just teeing off on 140 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 4: third and long, and that's something the Titans what want 141 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 4: to be in is more third and medium and third 142 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 4: and short. 143 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 3: But I totally agree. 144 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 4: I'm so excited in what Cam can create, and I 145 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 4: think Lici Manner is a big part of that as 146 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 4: well this week, and those two are starting to really 147 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 4: connect and understand each other. 148 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: I think, really well, I agree with all of that. 149 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 2: I also wrote down on my notes just a little 150 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 2: behind the curtain here. All I wrote was Cam makes plays, 151 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 2: Let's talk. 152 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 3: Sure? 153 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: What did I want to talk about? 154 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 2: I have no idea. Something interrupted my thought process. But 155 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 2: as you were talking, I looked down and I was like, 156 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,920 Speaker 2: what were we going to talk about? So I mean, ot, people, 157 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 2: let me know you want to talk about as you 158 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 2: watch Cam Warden make plays, because apparently we're going to 159 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:08,520 Speaker 2: talk about it anyway. Another thing I want to see 160 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 2: a lot of as the Titans take on the Los 161 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 2: Angeles Rams is Jeffrey Simmons the wrecking Ball. You mentioned 162 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 2: it earlier that Big Jeff was just playing. 163 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: Like we expect Big Jeff to play. 164 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 2: But almost the next level up he was doing so 165 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 2: many things to just be disruptive and to create some 166 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 2: of those turnovers that we saw which was so great. 167 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 2: And I think that when jeff plays at a high level, 168 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 2: it raises everybody else's level of play. He is just 169 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 2: that kind of leader for this team, regardless of your position. 170 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 2: When he's playing lights out, everybody else rises to that challenge. 171 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 2: Did you see that on the sideline? 172 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 4: I absolutely saw it. I mean I saw a sack 173 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 4: fumble that he created. I saw an interception that was 174 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 4: because he pushed bo Nicks off of his spot. Jeffrey 175 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 4: Simmons is locked in, locked in in a kind of 176 00:07:58,520 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 4: way that. 177 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 3: Could create a career year. 178 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 4: I think if you get seventeen games of this version 179 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 4: of Jeffrey Simmons, he's got his eye on ten sacks 180 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 4: and that is a stated goal for him, and I 181 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 4: think it's attainable. He also was a wrecking ball against 182 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 4: the Los Angeles Rams last time we saw these guys 183 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,240 Speaker 4: back in twenty twenty one for a Titans win on 184 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 4: Sunday Night Football in SOFI Stadium. So to me, there's 185 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 4: a potential big matchup advantage for Jeffrey Simmons against the 186 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 4: Rams offensive line because two of their guards are week 187 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 4: to week. According to head coach Sean McVay, Kevin Dotson 188 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 4: and Steve Avila both have ankle injuries. 189 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 3: Rob Havenstein does too. He's a tackle. 190 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 4: But for Jeffrey Simmons, if he's going up against backup guards, 191 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 4: advantage Jeffrey Simmons, advantaged Tennessee Titans. When Jeffrey Simmons is 192 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 4: going up against starting guards, advantaged Jeffrey Simmons. But I 193 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 4: really liked what I saw from him and just the 194 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 4: leadership of jeff And you know, he's spoke in the 195 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 4: locker room to us this week and said, I told 196 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 4: Cam wore to have his back always. And I think 197 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 4: Jeff is enjoying having a someone to spar with on 198 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 4: offense and practice and be someone else to take some 199 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 4: of that leadership from him and share that with him 200 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 4: a little bit. On the sideline, you just see a 201 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 4: really focused and motivated and engaged Jeffery Simmons. And that's 202 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 4: what we've always seen. He is the face of this 203 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 4: organization in so many ways. He is motivated to another 204 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 4: level this season. And boilboy, the new car that he's driving, 205 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 4: he doesn't have that big eighteen wheeler. He's in a 206 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,839 Speaker 4: muscle car that can go a little bit right now, 207 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 4: and that could be something for athletes to get used to, 208 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 4: and they feel like you're literally driving a new car 209 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 4: when you lose as much weight and still not sacrifice 210 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 4: the power. That's a tricky thing to do, and it 211 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 4: appears that Jeff's done it pretty well. 212 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, changing your body composition is a real thing. I mean, 213 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 2: think on a much smaller scale, but when your body changes, 214 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 2: no matter what it is, weight loss or working out 215 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,719 Speaker 2: or whatever, you feel differently in the space a little bit. 216 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,359 Speaker 1: And athletes they're. 217 00:09:59,200 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 2: Just like us, They too have to figure out how 218 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,839 Speaker 2: to work this body and make it do what they 219 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 2: need it to do and be as productive as they've 220 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 2: always been even when it shaped a little differently. 221 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 4: Totally totally, and he was adamant in the preseason saying 222 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 4: I haven't given up anything as a run. 223 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 3: Stopper, just to rush the passerboard. And so far, so good. 224 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 4: I mean, until the defense kind of wore down a 225 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 4: little bit in the fourth quarter because so much was 226 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 4: asked of them in this football game because of how 227 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 4: well the Denver defense played on the other side, they 228 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:32,440 Speaker 4: were stopping the run as well, they were limiting the 229 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 4: explosive plays. So Plan A for the Titans looks really 230 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 4: good right now on defense and now it's about complimentary 231 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 4: football and the offense complimenting what the defense is doing 232 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 4: and helping them control the flow of a football game. 233 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 2: The last thing that I want to see on Sunday 234 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 2: when the Titans take on the Rams is more big plays. 235 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,080 Speaker 1: On special teams. Yes, how fun. 236 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 2: Was it to watch the Titans have a a dominant, 237 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 2: productive special teams group. It was incredible between chim Rii 238 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:10,800 Speaker 2: Dka and his seventy one yard kickoff return and then 239 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 2: the recovery from the muff punt, all of it was 240 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,599 Speaker 2: just so much fun to watch, but also just the 241 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 2: regular moments where everything was functioning the where it's supposed 242 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 2: to be and it was working really well. 243 00:11:22,559 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: It feels like this. 244 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 2: Team, this core, this group of people under bones fossil, 245 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 2: is doing a remarkable job of like really buying in 246 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 2: to what this phase of the game means throughout the 247 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 2: course of the game. 248 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: And that has been so much fun to watch. 249 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 2: So I want to see more production from that group 250 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:45,079 Speaker 2: on Sunday. 251 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 4: And they are having a blast playing special teams. I 252 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,760 Speaker 4: mean that is sometimes kind of an oxymoron, like having 253 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 4: fun playing special teams, But the Titans had a group 254 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 4: of players, and they've been very intentional about retaining and 255 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 4: going on and finding a group of players who enjoy specialty. 256 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 4: Bryce Oliver is a very good gunner in this league. 257 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 4: Him and Van Jefferson both are two weapons within that 258 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 4: phase of the game. Mike Brown is someone who provides 259 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 4: tremendous value. Jalen Harrell had a career high three special teams. 260 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 3: Tackles in this game. But I talked to chimray DK yesterday. 261 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 4: You hear a little bit of that on our pregame 262 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 4: coverage on on Titan's countdown on Sunday before the game 263 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 4: and just talking to Titan special teamers about bones Fossil. 264 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 4: I don't think there's a guy who loves special teams 265 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 4: more than bones fossil in the world, truly, in. 266 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: The entire world, in the whole world. 267 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 4: And that means something, right, because that can be a 268 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 4: thankless part of a football game, of a team and 269 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 4: for a lot of players, and this starts in college 270 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 4: as well for a lot of players, like that's the 271 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 4: thing you do before the team is ready to put 272 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 4: you in a starting role. But it feels like a 273 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 4: lot of these players are viewing special teams as a 274 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 4: starting role as a. 275 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 3: Way to impact the game. 276 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 4: And Dorian Mausi who comes over for the Minnesota Vikings 277 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 4: and undrafted rookie out of Auburn who is able to 278 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 4: recover that fumble and make that play. And Jim ray 279 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,720 Speaker 4: dk is a playmaker though, and I'm really excited to 280 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 4: see how he can change things within this team and 281 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 4: within this return game. One of a note on Joey 282 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 4: Slide too, who scores all the points on Sunday, I 283 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 4: was talking to Taylor Zarzar about this. We were talking 284 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,560 Speaker 4: to some of the specialists and they said, we have 285 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 4: never seen a performance in the entire day of the 286 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 4: game like what Joey Slide did. The Denver fans were 287 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 4: applauding him in warm ups. 288 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:32,320 Speaker 1: That's great. 289 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 4: He did not miss a single kick. He hit from 290 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 4: sixty seven yards with a ton of room to spare 291 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:42,359 Speaker 4: in pregame. The way the kickoff works now where touchbacks 292 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 4: bring you back to the thirty five, has changed the 293 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 4: way Brian Callahan can call football games. And Joey Slide, 294 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 4: I'm telling you the Nissan Stadium record he's already set, 295 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 4: including preseason, that might not be saved this year with 296 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 4: the leg that he's got the confidence that he has. 297 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 4: It's incredible to watch in person, and especially was an 298 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 4: altitude on Sunday. 299 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 2: Yeah, the altitude thing is a whole different ballgame that 300 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 2: airs a little bit thinner, and those balls can go 301 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 2: a little bit far. 302 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,319 Speaker 4: Yes they can, Yes they can. And I learned I'm 303 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 4: very out of shape in the process as well. 304 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 2: Well, just a little oxygen, that's buddy, we'll get you straight. 305 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 2: Is there anything that I left off of that list? 306 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 2: Is there anything that you want to see on Sunday specifically? 307 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 4: Well, I will drop my first Nerd nugget of the 308 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 4: show today to say the whole perfect, but just something 309 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 4: I want to see more of, more of Elachi a 310 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 4: manner in the downfield passing game, I think is something 311 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 4: that I want to see and I like to see. 312 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 4: Elachi Maner averaged eighteen point four air yards per target. 313 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 4: That was the second most among all Week one players 314 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 4: who were targeted with passes in the National Football League. 315 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 4: I think there is major opportunity for Elchi Amander to 316 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 4: be a downfield combat catch specialist for this football team. 317 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 4: And as much as cam Ward We're gonna talk about 318 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 4: later with another NERD nugget if you stick around around 319 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 4: the cookie break. As long as cam Ward is the 320 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,119 Speaker 4: quarterback of the Tennessee Titans, he is gonna take shots downfield. 321 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,680 Speaker 4: He is a certified gunslinger by his own admission. And 322 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 4: Elick is that guy that's going to be the beneficiary 323 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 4: of it to start. I think Jim ray DK has 324 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 4: something to say about that as well. I think Calvin 325 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 4: Ridley is really motivated to put his best foot forward 326 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 4: this weekend as well. 327 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 3: But Ellick and cam watch those. 328 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 4: Two this weekend against an interesting kind of young, inexperienced 329 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 4: ram secondary as well. 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A little bit of toffee in there too, 377 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 4: sets it over the top. 378 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: Let Christie cook you improve your day. 379 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 3: That's right there you go. 380 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,439 Speaker 1: Okay, what are some things you want to see less of? 381 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: I will go first. 382 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 3: Okay. 383 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 2: The first thing that I would like to see less 384 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 2: of is penalties. Thirteen penalties for one hundred and thirty 385 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 2: one yards is too many penalties. It's too many yards, frankly, 386 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 2: but thirty is too many penalties. Coach Callahan has talked 387 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 2: a lot about it. You know, some of them are 388 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 2: to be expected. There are some penalties that are just 389 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 2: unavoidable by playing hard, playing fast, trying to make a play. 390 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 2: Sometimes mistakes happen. Every officiating crew calls a game differently. 391 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 2: There are going to be penalties in a game. However, 392 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,960 Speaker 2: some of those are self inflicted, and so those are 393 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:42,680 Speaker 2: the ones that you really try to clean. 394 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 4: Up definitely, And I think Brian Callahan was specific too 395 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 4: in saying, like, the penalties on the perimeter are going 396 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,639 Speaker 4: to happen, the holding penalties, the pass interferences, the things 397 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 4: like that. I think Dinard Wilson wants to work with 398 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 4: his defensive backs on when to be physical, physical getting 399 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,959 Speaker 4: off the line, getting off the ball, but at the 400 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 4: top of the route, impacting a player's ability to turn 401 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 4: and make a play for the ball is going to 402 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 4: be called every time. So I think first and foremost 403 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 4: you start there, the illegal contacts, the defensive holdings, the 404 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:19,600 Speaker 4: things like that. Jeffrey Simmons took accountability for his penalty 405 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 4: at the end of the game. I mean, granted I'm 406 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 4: on the field, that is a loud environment. It is 407 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,399 Speaker 4: hard to hear a whistle at the end of a 408 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,640 Speaker 4: play like that. I have a little bit more sympathy, 409 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 4: I imagine, because I was a couple, you know, feet 410 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,399 Speaker 4: away from it, but still Jeffrey Simmons, as a veteran 411 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 4: on this team, knows that that's not something that he 412 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 4: can put himself in position to get called for. If 413 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 4: there is a silver lining to wall of it, Amy, 414 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 4: I think it's the fact that there was not pre 415 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,719 Speaker 4: snap operation flags. That's something that Brian Callahan, I think 416 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 4: took a little bit of solid and saying, you know, 417 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 4: we didn't fall start, we didn't have the delay of games, 418 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 4: we didn't line up incorrectly with the illegal formations. New 419 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 4: special teams rules are still taking some getting used to 420 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 4: as well for both teams. But one hundred percent the 421 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 4: self the self inflicted negatives, the quote unquote sins that 422 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,840 Speaker 4: was a major major talking point for this team from 423 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 4: the beginning of the offseason program. 424 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 3: It's one of those things where you kind of learn. 425 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 4: What mistakes you make once the lights really come on 426 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 4: that you can't really learn in practice when you don't 427 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,439 Speaker 4: have the adrenaline, when you don't have the fear of 428 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 4: getting hit, when you don't have the extra competitiveness that 429 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 4: comes with the regular season. So we hope that that's 430 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,919 Speaker 4: something that can get ironed out with the adrenaline and 431 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 4: the extra nervousness of game one, and. 432 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 3: This is a young football team. 433 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 4: I mean, twenty one of the fifty three man roster 434 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 4: for Week eighteen last year was on the fifty three 435 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,159 Speaker 4: for this week one game. I mean, that is a 436 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 4: remarkable amount of turnover. Four rookies started in week one 437 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 4: for the first time in Titan's history and the Titans 438 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 4: era since nineteen ninety nine. So there are going to 439 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 4: be some growing pains expected with having such a young 440 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 4: football team, but that's one that certainly has to be 441 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 4: minimized going into Week two, and. 442 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 2: The expectation is that that number will come down as 443 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 2: people A. It's a point of emphasis throughout this week, 444 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 2: and we guarantee you it's a point of emphasis. But 445 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 2: B everyone kind of settles down a little bit. The 446 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 2: nerves come down a little bit. We're coming home, so 447 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 2: the crowd's in your favor a little bit more. The 448 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 2: atmosphere is not as hostile like. There are things that 449 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 2: will happen that will bring that number down, so it 450 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 2: will hopefully be improving as time goes on. The second 451 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,240 Speaker 2: thing that I would like to see less of is drops. Yes, 452 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 2: with a rookie quarterback, drops are especially frustrating. I think 453 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 2: no and listen, nobody ever wants to drop a ball 454 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 2: like these are professional athletes who want to do their 455 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 2: job and do their job incredibly well, like that is 456 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 2: just a given. 457 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: However, when you have a rocky quarterback. 458 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 2: It almost feels like it exacerbates any problems that you're 459 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 2: already kind of having because it's like, ah, want you 460 00:21:57,320 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 2: want to help him out, you want to build his 461 00:21:59,160 --> 00:21:59,959 Speaker 2: confidence as well. 462 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 1: Well. 463 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 4: It's fair and you know, cam Ward was open about 464 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 4: it on Wednesday when he spoke to the media and said, 465 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 4: I'm never going to get on a receiver for dropping 466 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 4: the ball because I'm going to throw a pick. I'm 467 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,600 Speaker 4: going to make mistakes, even though he hasn't yet thrown 468 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,080 Speaker 4: a pick. But you're right, Calvin Ridley was really ready 469 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 4: to move on. And I think that's the one thing 470 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 4: in NFL locker rooms that I've learned the most just 471 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 4: being around this team is just how quickly you have 472 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,240 Speaker 4: to move on because one week, I mean, after you 473 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:28,159 Speaker 4: watch film and kind of go through all of that, 474 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 4: on Monday Tuesday, like Wednesday, it's a brand new week 475 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 4: and you just have to keep moving otherwise those mistakes 476 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 4: are going to stick in the back of your mind. 477 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 4: I think for Cam there's a lot of communication with 478 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 4: his receivers. You know, he was asked, how do you 479 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 4: fix a lot of this? And as quickly as things 480 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,920 Speaker 4: are moving, as quickly as he's throwing the football, how 481 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 4: do you fix it? And he just said, you know, 482 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 4: extra time after practice and those guys are on the 483 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 4: jugs machine. 484 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 3: I mean, I think Tyler Lockett. 485 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 4: Was the last guy off the field at practice on 486 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 4: Wednesday and he didn't have a drop in this game. 487 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 4: But going that extra mile to fix all of those things, 488 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 4: I think timing is important, and having the full context. 489 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 3: Of each play matters. 490 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 4: You know, if it's single high safety and you've got 491 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,399 Speaker 4: two vertical routes, are you throwing to a seam and 492 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,679 Speaker 4: throwing to a spot to where Cam is expecting a 493 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 4: receiver based on certain leverage to cut in or sit 494 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 4: on the outside with inside leverage and things like that. 495 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:29,160 Speaker 4: That just the best kind of growth in this league 496 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 4: comes with experience. I mean, coach Max says it one 497 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 4: hundred times that the only true lesson in this league 498 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 4: is experience and live reps. And that's again something that 499 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 4: you can only do so much of teaching in preseason 500 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 4: when you don't have the fear of getting hit and 501 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,760 Speaker 4: a safety really leaving his feet and hitting you over 502 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 4: the middle. So one hundred percent. Some of these can 503 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,200 Speaker 4: just be, hey, you just drop the football right. Some 504 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 4: of them are, hey, can the ball placement here? Not 505 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,120 Speaker 4: blaming Cam, but like, can we get on the same 506 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 4: page to where you're curving that route in or out 507 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 4: a little bit? All those things I expect to be 508 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 4: ironed out in due time. 509 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,199 Speaker 2: I like the way you said that the context of 510 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 2: every play is important, the nuances of what is supposed 511 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 2: to be happening there, and we are not privy to those. 512 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 2: Of course, the context of each play is not something 513 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 2: that we always know. We know what we see and 514 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 2: what we assume, but we don't know. 515 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 4: And that can change mid game too. I mean, like 516 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:27,479 Speaker 4: you have one lineman go out. It maybe changes the 517 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 4: comfort level you have in your pocket to where a 518 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,439 Speaker 4: certain route you're throwing that ball two tenths of a 519 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 4: second earlier because you just got hit on the previous 520 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,640 Speaker 4: play and the receiver turning out of his break doesn't 521 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 4: expect it to be It's just it's such a fragile 522 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,919 Speaker 4: choreography of a bunch of moving parts to make just 523 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:45,879 Speaker 4: one play happen. 524 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 3: That it's going to take time. 525 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: Home is at the forefront of all we do. 526 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,440 Speaker 2: It's why we're so committed to caring for the places 527 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 2: and spaces in which we work and live. 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It is time for the 539 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 2: Little Caesars Real Deal matchup of the game with our 540 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 2: very own Keith Bullock. 541 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 5: Here's the deal. The matchup I'm looking forward to seeing 542 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 5: this weekend is the Tennessee Titans Secondary versus Puka Nicole 543 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 5: and DeVante Adams. Of course we know Legarius Snead and 544 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 5: Jarvis brown Lee Junior anchor the Corners they're going to 545 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 5: have a test for them, but they're going to need 546 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,320 Speaker 5: the safeties to play a big role as well when 547 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 5: catches are made and to eliminate run after catch. Nicola 548 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 5: and Adams were targeted twenty of the twenty eight times 549 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,800 Speaker 5: last week, Nicola lining up a lot of different places 550 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:17,239 Speaker 5: within the formations, receiving ten of those targets for one 551 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 5: hundred and thirty yards. So you know, the secondary of 552 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 5: the Titans are going to be very busy this weekend. 553 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 2: Titans fans get fifteen percent off your little Caesars order 554 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 2: of fifteen dollars or more at participating stores using code 555 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:36,199 Speaker 2: Titans fifteen. That is Titans one to five at checkout 556 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:41,159 Speaker 2: Pizza Pizza. So Keith Bullock is talking about Puka Nakua, 557 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 2: Davonte Adams, what they're able to do against this Titans team, 558 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 2: especially that secondary. 559 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 1: What about you? 560 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 2: What's a matchup that you're looking forward to watching on Sunday? 561 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 3: Mentioned it a little bit earlier. 562 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 4: Whoever is on the Rams interior offensive line against the Titans' 563 00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 4: defensive line. Jeffrey Simmons looked like a man possessed in Denver. 564 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 4: I'd like to see. 565 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 3: More of that. 566 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,360 Speaker 4: If it's Kevin Dotson and Steve Avila. If it's backup lineman, 567 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 4: younger guys for the Rams, I think that's number one. 568 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 4: This Rams run game doesn't get enough credit and what 569 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,440 Speaker 4: they're able to do in just a Sean McVay West 570 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 4: Coast offense, right like a Shanahan system, a McVeigh kind 571 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 4: of system. You talk so much about the explosive pass 572 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 4: game and the quarterbacks that run a lot of these systems. 573 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 4: It's all built and predicated off of running the football 574 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 4: well and what Kyen Williams is able to do and 575 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 4: what they do and just setting up play action bootlegs 576 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,640 Speaker 4: and getting Matthew Stafford on the move. 577 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,840 Speaker 3: I think is a key matchup. So this Titans run defense. 578 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 4: At Cedric Gray making his first start last week, he 579 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 4: felt good about what they were able to do, barring 580 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 4: a couple of explosive plays late in the game. But ultimately, yeah, 581 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 4: I think that's a really fun matchup to watch. Is 582 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 4: the Rams ability to run the football against the Titans' 583 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 4: ability to keep them out of running the football. 584 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,840 Speaker 2: So what nerd things do you have? Is there anything 585 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 2: on your little notepad that we didn't get to? 586 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 3: So many nerd things. 587 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 4: Let's start with cam Ward targeting receivers downfield. We talked 588 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 4: about the explosive pass game with Elic guy Manner. According 589 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 4: to nexten stats, cam Ward targeted receivers ten plus air 590 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,120 Speaker 4: yards down the field forty two point nine percent of 591 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,640 Speaker 4: the time. It's actually the most buy a rookie quarterback 592 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 4: in their debut since Will Levis against the Falcons in 593 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 4: twenty twenty three for the Tennessee Titans. So going deep 594 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 4: window shopping, as he said the night he got drafted 595 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 4: by the organization that with the seventh highest rate in 596 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 4: the NFL in terms of ten plus air yard passes. 597 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,280 Speaker 4: Jeffrey Simmons four pressures and multiple turnovers for the first 598 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 4: time in a single game in his career. So he's 599 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 4: never forced multiple turnovers in a game. That happened for 600 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:57,560 Speaker 4: the first time on the Rams. Matthew Stafford in this 601 00:28:57,640 --> 00:28:59,760 Speaker 4: game against the Houston Texans that they went fourteen to 602 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 4: nine seventeen of twenty one against four or fewer rushers. 603 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 4: He struggled under pressure last season. He had a bad back. 604 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 4: In preseason. Sean McVeigh kept putting timelines of he's gonna 605 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 4: be back this week. He's gonna be back this week. 606 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 4: He didn't got there exactly. Ever, No, he is back 607 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 4: now against four a fewr rushers. When he wasn't blitzed, 608 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 4: he was excellent. Found poukin Kakua quite a bit. Pokin 609 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 4: Akua was used in a different way against the Texans 610 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 4: than he was last year. Forty four percent of his 611 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 4: snaps were from the slot. That's about double of what 612 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,000 Speaker 4: he was used in last year. I talked to Roger 613 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 4: McCurry about that yesterday and he just kind of smiled 614 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:38,239 Speaker 4: and was like, I'm ready for him. 615 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 3: Yep. 616 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: Absolutely post Cooper cup Era exactly right. 617 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 3: Ye, very different. 618 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 4: And DeVante Adams on the outside as well. We know 619 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,960 Speaker 4: about him and just heard about him. And then the 620 00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 4: Rams defensively, they only blitzed twenty three percent of the 621 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 4: time against the Houston Texans, but when they blitzed, they 622 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,400 Speaker 4: got pressure seventy five percent of the time. That was 623 00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 4: the fourth highest rate in the NFL in Week one. 624 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 4: So Chris shulet that defense, they don't blitz as much 625 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 4: as the Broncos did last week. We'll see if that 626 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 4: changes though, because Cam that those are the moments where 627 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 4: he struggled against Denver and understandably so for a rookie 628 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 4: quarterback on the road a mile high, but interested to 629 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 4: see how they come after him. And they don't have, 630 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 4: you know, Darius Williams on the back end at corner. 631 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 4: They've got Emmanuel Forbes. They claim off waivers from Washington 632 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 4: last year. Their secondary is a little bit of the 633 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,880 Speaker 4: weak spot, but their pass rush is so good that 634 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 4: not a lot of teams can really expose it. So 635 00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 4: you got to have time to actually throw to get 636 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 4: to that secondary. So those are kind of some of 637 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 4: the things I'm looking for. Some of the Nuggets Titans 638 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 4: past the football down the field, if the Rams blitz 639 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 4: a little bit more against a rookie quarterback. Just a 640 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 4: few of the storylines to watch on Sunday. 641 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,640 Speaker 1: That's awesome. I love your your little nerd moment. 642 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 3: Thanks. 643 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,960 Speaker 2: I think that's great. And I also love coming to 644 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,600 Speaker 2: Nissan Stadium. I'm excited to get back home to see 645 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 2: a real, live football game for a while. 646 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: It's going to be great. 647 00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 2: It is going to be hot, folks, so bring your sunscreen, 648 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 2: make sure you wear a T shirt, no long sleeves. 649 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: You'll get too hot. Will I guess the next step 650 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 1: is Nissan Stadium. Huh, do it all right? 651 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 3: We're excited. 652 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 2: The Titans take on the Los Angeles Rams at Nissan 653 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 2: Stadium this Sunday. Kickoff for that game is noon. You 654 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 2: do not want to miss it. Titans Radio will be 655 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 2: on the air at eleven a m. Central time for 656 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 2: Titans Countdown. You definitely don't want to miss that. There's 657 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:25,360 Speaker 2: all kinds of good stuff in there. And then of 658 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 2: course coach Mac Taylor's ours are Rhet Brian will Bowling, myself. 659 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 2: We will all be there for the actual game on 660 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 2: Titans Radio. So for will Bowling, I'm Amy Wells and 661 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 2: this has been the ot