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Speaker 1: the NFL Annual Meeting Game Phoenix. Once again, we had

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Speaker 1: a great show last night. We've got another great one

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Speaker 1: later on Jim Wyatt from Tennessee Titans dot com formerly

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Speaker 1: Let's start here though, because the Competition Committee was at work,

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Speaker 1: off season, and you know this team, you know, since

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Speaker 1: the start of this off seasons released Title of One,

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Speaker 1: Robert Woods, Randy Bullock, Zake Cunningham, Ben Jones, Bud Duprive,

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Speaker 1: those all pretty big names, and they've replaced a lot

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Speaker 1: of these guys with up and coming players who really

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Speaker 1: are looking for an opportunity to get a chance to

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Speaker 1: start and to make a bigger impact than where they

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Speaker 1: had been previously. I think part of that is the

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Speaker 1: new vision with Ran Carthon. I think part of that

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Speaker 1: is because that's what Mike Vrabel did as a player.

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Speaker 1: You know, he started off his career with the Steelers

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, didn't really get an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: he got to New England. I think the Tits have

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Speaker 1: identified some players in free agent they think can take

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Speaker 1: it to another level. And these guys aren't going to

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Speaker 1: break the bank in doing so. So, yeah, it's these

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Speaker 1: guys are cheaper more for contracts. I don't think that

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Speaker 1: means it's a sign that they're, you know, just trying

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Speaker 1: to get by them. I think they believe in the

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Speaker 1: guys they brought in. I think they could be planning

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Speaker 1: to win offseason still young. You've heard them sure to

447
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Speaker 1: talk about Dereck Henry and Ryan Tannehill and Kevin Byer,

448
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Speaker 1: even Din in Houston. And we'll have to see how

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Speaker 1: some things play out. But I don't ever think NFL

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Speaker 1: teams tank. I don't never think NFL teams blow it up.

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Speaker 1: Is there a rebuild and I think it's more of

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Speaker 1: a college term. I think it's more of I'll use

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Speaker 1: the term reboot is what I think, because it's a

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Speaker 1: new look and it's gonna be a different direction moving

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Speaker 1: forward with Ran Carthon as a GM work of with

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Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel. All right, Jim Wyant Tennessee Titans dot Com

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Speaker 1: at joining Us formerly of the Tennessee. And you've covered

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Speaker 1: the Titans since once since they arrived right, oh time. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I've from Nashville. I grew up in Nashville, you know.

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Speaker 1: I've covered high school sports for a long time at

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Speaker 1: the newspaper, you know, as a part time guy. And

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Speaker 1: then the Titans moved to town and I guess the

463
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Speaker 1: late nineties, and I got an opportunity to start covering them.

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Speaker 1: In ninety nine, I covered the Titans and Predators boats.

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Speaker 1: I became the Titans full time beat guy for the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee in two thousand and one. But I started covering

467
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Speaker 1: the team you had the first year as Titans in

468
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Speaker 1: the new building. I wasn't around for the Tennessee Oilers

469
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Speaker 1: Day started the Memphis Days just when they started playing

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Speaker 1: at then a Delphia Coliseum. As a Tennessee Titans a

471
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Speaker 1: super Bowl year. That was my first year, and I've

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Speaker 1: covered the team for the Tennessee and from ninety nine

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Speaker 1: to two thousand and fourteen. Started working for the team

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Speaker 1: in two thousand and fifteen and had been doing that

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Speaker 1: ever since. Jim, what were your first interactions like with

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Speaker 1: John McClaine, because he comes in as a media guy

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Speaker 1: from Houston having covered the Oiler as the Oilers moved

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Speaker 1: to Tennessee. So, hey, who is this guy? What was

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Speaker 1: that like for you being at the Tennessee And at

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Speaker 1: the time, Well, he's great. You know, he's buddies with

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Speaker 1: Jeff Legwald, who was one of the guys that helped

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Speaker 1: break me in when I was at the Tennessee. And

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Speaker 1: and you know, when I first started covering the league,

484
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Speaker 1: I was a fan. I grew up a fan, and

485
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Speaker 1: you know, we didn't have NFL in Nashville, so I

486
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Speaker 1: was a fan of Buffalo Bills as a kid growing up.

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Speaker 1: And again I said, I covered high school sports for

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Speaker 1: the newspaper and covered a lot of general assignment stuff.

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Speaker 1: You know, when I first started on the beat in

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Speaker 1: ninety nine, I didn't know a lot about the NFL.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I've had to learn on the job and

492
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Speaker 1: Jeff Legwald helped show me the ropes and Paul Kuharski

493
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Speaker 1: was one of the beat guys then, and they introduced

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Speaker 1: me to people across the league, and John McLean was

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Speaker 1: one of them. And obviously with John's knowledge of the

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Speaker 1: franchise and just where it had been and his knowledge

497
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Speaker 1: of the NFL was a great resource. And he's been

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Speaker 1: a great friend of mine over the years. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he is a larger than life figure. I just, you know,

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Speaker 1: just talked to him, you know, before I walked in

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Speaker 1: this door here. He's been so good to me. You know,

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Speaker 1: I decided to make the move from the Tennessee and

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Speaker 1: to start working for the Titans. John's one of the

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Speaker 1: guys I talked to about it because it's a different

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Speaker 1: job and always go to him for advice. So he's

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Speaker 1: had a great career still going and everybody knows John McLean. Yep,

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Speaker 1: the general casts a wide net. Jim White from Tennessee

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Speaker 1: Titans dot Com joining us, What do you think the

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Speaker 1: plan is a quarterback? As far as where we are now,

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Speaker 1: I know it's pre draft and a lot of different

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Speaker 1: things can happen. What are you thinking, Jim? Yeah, I

512
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 1: mean I think where we are now hit the you know,

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Speaker 1: at the NFL owners meeting, still a month for the draft,

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Speaker 1: I think, and Mike Vrabel and Ran Carthon have all

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Speaker 1: said this as well. Ryan Tannehill's the quarterback, Malik Willis

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Speaker 1: is the backup. Could things change? I mean I get

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Speaker 1: the sense that they feel like they've got a good

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Speaker 1: veteran quarterback and Tanney Hill a guy who's been in

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Speaker 1: the building all offseason, guy who works extremely hard. You

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Speaker 1: could do a lot worse with him. Yeah, he's got

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Speaker 1: a big number, but look around the league at cap

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Speaker 1: numbers for quarterbacks and it's not like he's at the

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Speaker 1: top of that list. But also know how things can change.

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Speaker 1: I mean this time last year, you know, A J.

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Speaker 1: Brown was a topic of conversation at the owner's meetings

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Speaker 1: and there are a lot of rumors roll around him.

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Speaker 1: And John Robinson, who's a gym at the time, and

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Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel, obviously the head coach. They said, A. J.

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Speaker 1: Brown's going to be on this team. We're not interested

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Speaker 1: in trading them, you know, try to do everything they

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Speaker 1: could to put that talk to rest, and I genuinely

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Speaker 1: think that's what they thought would happen. But we all

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Speaker 1: know what happened on draft Day, and so that's why

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Speaker 1: I always hesitate when people ask me about Tanney Hill

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Speaker 1: or Dereck Henry or Kevin Bide or anybody. You never know,

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Speaker 1: You never know for sure what could transpire, and I

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Speaker 1: could guarantee you. I think rabel I will say learned

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Speaker 1: his lesson, but I think he chooses his words a

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Speaker 1: little carefully now and ask about guys and whether they'll

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Speaker 1: be on the team in September, because things changed fast

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Speaker 1: in March and April. Fans in Houston want to know

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Speaker 1: when the Titans are going to wear the oiler uniforms.

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Speaker 1: Will it be against the Texans? Will they be shut

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Speaker 1: down by a cease and desist? I'm be kidding about that.

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Speaker 1: You have the right to do it, I suppose, But

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Speaker 1: what are you thinking here, Jim? Yeah, And it's funny

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Speaker 1: how this is another one of those deals. It's just

548
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Speaker 1: been I know in Houston especially, it's a hot topic.

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Speaker 1: It's been a topic of conversation for a long time.

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Speaker 1: I remember at the NFL Owners meetings last year, I

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Speaker 1: wrote that the Titans we're playing on and the Oithers

552
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 1: uniforms let off a mail bag it was marchal last year,

553
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Speaker 1: and it generated on conversation and and everything I've heard

554
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Speaker 1: from back then is the Titans plan on wearing them

555
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Speaker 1: in two twenty three. You know, the most likely game

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Speaker 1: they'd wear them against. Team they'd wear them against would

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Speaker 1: be against the Houston Texans, UM for a home game

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Speaker 1: in Nashville. I've probably said that a dozen half dozen

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Speaker 1: times at least over the past year, and every time

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Speaker 1: it generates generates a lot of feedback because some people

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Speaker 1: love it, some people hate the idea. UM. You know,

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Speaker 1: Titans have a lot of fans that are in Houston

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Speaker 1: that love the Oilers, uh, you know, support this team

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Speaker 1: because of that, and and they a lot of those

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Speaker 1: people feel like the city of Houston kind of turned

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Speaker 1: their back on the team when they left. And I

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Speaker 1: get it, um and and a lot of these former Oiders,

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Speaker 1: you know, feel like they're attached to the teams that

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Speaker 1: Titans feel like, Hey, these are our guys. We should

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Speaker 1: be able to wear their uniforms, you know, whenever we

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Speaker 1: want to. And so we'll see what happens. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think we'll get some true answers here by the

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Speaker 1: by summertime, and we'll see if it ends up generating

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Speaker 1: a lot of conversation in the fall. Jim Wyatt Tennessee

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Speaker 1: Titans dot Com joining us SO Jacksonville Jaguars. They won

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Speaker 1: the division. You had that great night. Well, I don't

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Speaker 1: want to call him great for the Titans, but that

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Speaker 1: AFC champion AFC South Championship game, if you will, and

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Speaker 1: the Titans almost had that where not for the late fumble.

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Speaker 1: That that was pretty wild that with everything that went

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Speaker 1: wrong for the Titans down the stretch, they still had

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Speaker 1: a chance to win the division. But where do you

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Speaker 1: think the Jags are headed after that finish, after the

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Speaker 1: playoff game, come back, the loss of Kansas City and

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Speaker 1: some of the moves and non moves they've made this offseason. Yeah, man,

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Speaker 1: I think they've gotten better. I think they've got a

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Speaker 1: good coach. I think they've got some good talent on offense.

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Speaker 1: I think they're going to continue to score points. Or

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Speaker 1: quarterback is really, you know, a good player. I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, getting over the hump for them was big. Um,

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Speaker 1: you know you're right. I mean the Titans is a

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Speaker 1: horrible in the year for the Titans this past year,

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know, Texans had something to do with that,

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00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,160
Speaker 1: and Titans lost seven games and row to finish And

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Speaker 1: despite everything that happened, went to Jacksonville last week the

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Speaker 1: season with Josh Dobbs, who've just been with the team

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Speaker 1: for a couple of weeks, you know, win that game,

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Speaker 1: and uh, you make it into the postseason, host a

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Speaker 1: playoff game. And for the longest time I thought that

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Speaker 1: was gonna happen because the Titans had were in control

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Speaker 1: of that game all the way through. Uh, Josh Dobbs,

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Speaker 1: you know, doesn't pick up a blitzer gets hit questionable

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Speaker 1: well fumble pass. I think it was a fumble and uh,

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Speaker 1: a lot of people in Nashville still think that was

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Speaker 1: his arm was moving forward and shouldn't have been should

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Speaker 1: have shouldn't have counted. But uh, the Jacks found a

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Speaker 1: way to win that game, and and uh, and I

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Speaker 1: think they're a team to beat, you know, going into

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Speaker 1: two thousand and twenty three. I mean, yeah, the Titans,

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Speaker 1: you know, won the division two years prior, and still

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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be competing. But I think you

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Speaker 1: got to give the Jaguars their credit right now going

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Speaker 1: in the season. That doesn't mean anything though, because I

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Speaker 1: remember a couple of years ago they were coming off

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Speaker 1: an AFC Championship Game appearance, and they were the darlings

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Speaker 1: to pick to go to the Super Bowl the next year,

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Speaker 1: and then they would they win five games that year,

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Speaker 1: So yeah, you got it's a proven league. You gotta

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Speaker 1: do it again and again and again. You know how,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how injuries are gonna affect things. You

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Speaker 1: don't know how other teams are gonna be what looks

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Speaker 1: like an easy schedule and April you know, could end

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Speaker 1: up being a lot tougher depending on what other teams

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Speaker 1: do and vice versa. So, um, you know, I think

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Speaker 1: Jaguars have to be considered the favorite going into this year,

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Speaker 1: but um, you know, you gotta gotta play the games.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely thoughts on the Cults before we close it out

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Speaker 1: here too. Yeah, I mean, I think I think, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think everybody in the AFC South has benefited from

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Speaker 1: them having a couple of down years. Uh. I feel

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Speaker 1: like they're gonna start to find their footing. Same thing

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Speaker 1: with Houston. I mean, I think I think those teams

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Speaker 1: have made some changes that should kind of put things

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Speaker 1: in a better position moving forward. How quickly that change happens,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm curious myself, but I think the division,

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Speaker 1: I think everybody in the vision is getting better. All right, Jim,

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Speaker 1: thanks a lot for joining us. We appreciate you. I

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Speaker 1: appreciate you having me. There's our visit with Jim Watt

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Speaker 1: if Tennessee Titans dot Com. All right, Coming up, my

640
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Speaker 1: buddy Dan Leberfeld. He works with serious XMNFL radio Jets Confidential.

641
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Speaker 1: He's an interesting guide. Let's visit with him. Next here

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Speaker 1: from Phoenix on Texans Radio. Texans All Access continues. In

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Speaker 1: a moment, Tickson's Radio is back. It's our final segment

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Speaker 1: here at the NFL annual meeting today, Mark Vandermeyer with you.

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Speaker 1: As I indicated earlier, a lot of rules business done

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Speaker 1: today by the league, and much of it voted down

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Speaker 1: or tabled, possibility of voting in later that I'll have

648
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Speaker 1: another meeting in May. That fair catch on the kickoff

649
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Speaker 1: rule has me esteemed, and I can't wait to talk

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Speaker 1: to Johnny about that. As I indicated, why have a

651
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Speaker 1: kickoff at all if you're gonna have a fair catch

652
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Speaker 1: with the kid. But it was tabled, it wasn't put in,

653
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 1: so you never know. There might be hope for it.

654
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Speaker 1: Hope for the kickoff to actually continue in this league.

655
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 1: Is it such a great thing. I think the special

656
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Speaker 1: teams coordinators appreciate it. Of course, if that's approved, you'll

657
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: still have the fair catch on a punt where the

658
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Speaker 1: ball will not be brought out to the twenty yard

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Speaker 1: line as it stands. Now, don't confuse the listeners. Let's

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Speaker 1: just get to the final guest of the day, shall we.

661
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Speaker 1: Dan Leberfeld. He works for Serious XM NFL Radio on

662
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: the weekends, does a great show with Vic Carrucci and

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00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:33,719
Speaker 1: also Jets Confidential. I had a chance to catch up

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Speaker 1: with Dan, and we have a little personal history together.

665
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 1: I go back with you. I mean, we didn't know

666
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Speaker 1: each other the time, but I knew of your work

667
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,800
Speaker 1: when you with the voice of U Mass Mamma Mater

668
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 1: a long time ago. I'm getting a lot of nostalgia

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Speaker 1: this week because I was the voice of the Hurricanes

670
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Speaker 1: and they're in the final four, and you Mass always

671
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 1: comes up in conversations as well. You and I always

672
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Speaker 1: have these conversations. They got to do something about that

673
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 1: football program. You can't be an independent lose every single

674
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 1: week but make big checks. I still ask you you

675
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 1: asked questions, how long have you been out of that place?

676
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 1: A long time? A few years now. It's a programmer

677
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 1: like that. You can't get a lot of information. It's

678
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: not covered a lot. There's very little stuff out there

679
00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: to fight out about them. Yeah, yeah, there's very little

680
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 1: information on them. And it's funny because I've been with

681
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 1: the Texans since two thousand and two, so it starts

682
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 1: to sound like a long time with the Texans, and

683
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,200
Speaker 1: it feels like, I don't know, five years, but it's

684
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: been twenty one years. So it's bizarre. But your Jets

685
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: confidential and you talk about the whole league mostly on

686
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: the weekends on serious serious XMNFL radio every Saturday from

687
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 1: ten to two with the Caruci. Yeah that's a great show.

688
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,960
Speaker 1: I listened to it. You guys do a tremendous job.

689
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: I'm always out and about, so I appreciate that. Let's

690
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,960
Speaker 1: start with the Jets, though, because the Texans will visit

691
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 1: the Metal Lands this year to play the Jets, and

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Speaker 1: whatever quarterback does eventually play, we assume it's Aaron Rodgers.

693
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Speaker 1: But how bizarre has it been this offseason for you

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Speaker 1: covering the Jets with everything they're going through? Yeah, it's

695
00:32:56,360 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: kind of unprecedented. The order of business here is unprecedented.

696
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 1: You know, the owner of the head coachs the GM

697
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Speaker 1: they go out to California to meet with Rogers. They

698
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: have a nice dinner in Malibu and they want to

699
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 1: work together, but no trade was arranged beforehand. I don't know.

700
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:21,600
Speaker 1: Maybe it's unusual. It's like a franchise. Yeah, the order

701
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,720
Speaker 1: was a little unusual, and that's led to the problem.

702
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Speaker 1: And also I thought Albert Breer of Sports Illustreaming a

703
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: good point that that interview with Pat McAfee that Aaron

704
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Speaker 1: Rodgers did, as Albert described, they took a blowtorch to

705
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 1: the Packers organization. I don't think that's helped because it

706
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 1: didn't portray Mark Murphy in the best slide or whatever

707
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: as far as in Aaron's view and how they handled

708
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Speaker 1: things from after the season until now. So I think

709
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: that probably up the Annie as far as what the

710
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Speaker 1: Packers would want in return, because that interview was kind

711
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: of bad pr for them. So if Rogers back channel

712
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: people talk to the Jets wanted to make that happen

713
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: without that interview, maybe it's done by now. But that

714
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:08,239
Speaker 1: interview I think will lead to the Jets having to

715
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,400
Speaker 1: pay more, Yeah, pay more in draft capital and they

716
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 1: already have to pay more in money, a lot in money. Anyway,

717
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 1: to have Aaron Rodgers, we all know what Rodgers can do.

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Speaker 1: Tell me something about Zach Wilson quickly. He's going into

719
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:25,480
Speaker 1: year three. Can he be revamped, rebuilt, whatever he needs

720
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 1: to be redone to be a successful NFL quarterback? Can

721
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: it happen? We assume it's not going to happen this year.

722
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,800
Speaker 1: He won't get the opportunity. But what about the future

723
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 1: for him? Well, he clearly was an instant coffee coming

724
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 1: out of BYU, so he was started too soon. So

725
00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: now talk about an unusual order of things. As we

726
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: were talking about the Rodgers meeting and then not having

727
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 1: the compensation worked out, how about the fact that they're

728
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 1: going to red shirt him in his third year. To

729
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: use a college term, he probably should have said his

730
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: first year. I don't have a problem with it. His

731
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: mechanics and footwork are a mess right now, so why

732
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,959
Speaker 1: not take a time out. If you get Aaron Rodger,

733
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 1: he can learn some stuff from Rogers. He can have

734
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 1: their assistance, work with them in practice and try to

735
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,759
Speaker 1: improve the footwork and mechanics like a lot of quarterbacks.

736
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Speaker 1: He looks good in practice without the pressure, and the

737
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 1: mechanics are okay, But when the real lights are on

738
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 1: on Sunday and guys are breathing down his neck and

739
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: trying to take his head off, the mechanics revert to

740
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 1: street your ball. Yeah, and that's not a good thing

741
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 1: in this league. So Rob sala here, he is going

742
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: into year three as a head coach. What are you

743
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 1: seeing out of him? The growth, the leadership, obviously they

744
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 1: had some good things going on, just hasn't been able

745
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: to sustain the success. Now. The fact that you call

746
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 1: him Rob Salom means you know him from the past,

747
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:46,879
Speaker 1: because it's Robert. Yeah. No, but his friends call him Rob. Yeah. Yeah.

748
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,280
Speaker 1: Well were you there when he was there? Yeah? Yeah,

749
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,239
Speaker 1: I was there from the beginning. So he was one

750
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 1: of those assistants. And I always say, I always say, Dan,

751
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 1: be nice to the interns because someday they'll be the leaders.

752
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 1: They might be your boss, still be somebody's boss. So

753
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he was an intern, but he was

754
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: a defensive assistant a long time ago. He was in

755
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:09,960
Speaker 1: the building as Demiko got there. Pretty much with the

756
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,360
Speaker 1: Houston Texans organization before Matt Lafleur was there. Mike McDaniel

757
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,040
Speaker 1: got into the building all at somewhat different times. But

758
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 1: look at them now, they're all head coaches and if

759
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, and you know the college game so

760
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 1: well and a lot of the people involved. There was

761
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,320
Speaker 1: a ball boy for the Patriots who became the athletic

762
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 1: director of Villanova. Oh really yeah. He was a ballboy

763
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: for Belichick a long time. So once again, you never know.

764
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 1: Gary Kubiak was a ball boy with the Oilers. Love

765
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 1: you Blue bum Phillips. Yeah, so, and you know, you

766
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 1: see you never know. Oh, here's one for you. We

767
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 1: saw them today. A Bill Belichick, you know, his right

768
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,400
Speaker 1: hand man, Bursion and Jerry. Yeah, Burge was a Jets

769
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 1: pr intern. Belichick had went to the Jets between Cleveland

770
00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: and New England and they became friends in the in

771
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 1: the weight room, you know, going on the treadmill together.

772
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 1: Now Burge has been with Bill for twenty years and

773
00:36:56,760 --> 00:37:00,359
Speaker 1: he's his right hand man. Build those relationships, make those contacts, right,

774
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 1: So what about Robert sala As We're talking with Dan

775
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 1: Leberfeld Jets Confidential and serious X m NFL radio. What

776
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: do you think one of the nicest people in the

777
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:14,280
Speaker 1: business just walk by Mike cliffs whose class APU. He's

778
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,279
Speaker 1: growing on the job, he's maturing. He had to make

779
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 1: the tough decision after the year to fire a very

780
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 1: good friend, Mike Lafloor, the offensive coordinator. I don't think

781
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 1: he wanted to do it, but I think the owner

782
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: wanted to change. When you're ranked as low as they

783
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 1: were offensively, you know, sometimes the owner wants the staff

784
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 1: to be tweaked a little bit so that how many

785
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:37,839
Speaker 1: quarterbacks did they play? Yeah, I mean, you know, if

786
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 1: Mike White was playing more, I'm not sure la Floor

787
00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,799
Speaker 1: would have been fired. They they believed in Mike White,

788
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 1: but they didn't believe him too enough because earlier year

789
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,280
Speaker 1: it was Joe Flacco and Zach Wilson. He was inactive

790
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 1: for half the season. So in defensive Mike Lafloor, Zach

791
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 1: Wilson wasn't ready to play, as we said before, And

792
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 1: what do you want to core needed to do coaling

793
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,839
Speaker 1: place for a quarterback who's not ready to play, right,

794
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 1: But you know that's those are that's the reality in

795
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 1: the NFL. The un to pay a price, there's no

796
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: uh Asterix next to who's playing a young quarterback not

797
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: ready to play? Dan covering the AFC, AFC East. Tell

798
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:22,320
Speaker 1: me about the Bills, because that's it's a really interesting

799
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: situation with them. That's a team that's right there. Everyone assumes,

800
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 1: or a lot of people assume that, yeah, they'll get

801
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:30,719
Speaker 1: there next year, and that's been happening happening the last

802
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: couple of years. Does it ever happen for them or

803
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 1: do they sort of maintain this plateau and come down

804
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,279
Speaker 1: a little bit? How's that going to play out for

805
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,600
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, Because as you know, you go to

806
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 1: three years in a window, that window changes. You have

807
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: to roll that roster over and we're seeing some of

808
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: that happen already with them. Yeah, and once you pay

809
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 1: the quarterback, you got a short change o the positions

810
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,399
Speaker 1: and Josh Allen got paid and you saw their lack

811
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: of depth this year now, I think, but Josh Allen,

812
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,879
Speaker 1: they'll always have a puncher's chance, right, I know people

813
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:04,239
Speaker 1: will critical him this year they went thirteen three. I mean,

814
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,879
Speaker 1: he wasn't perfect, But there are certain quarterbacks like if

815
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:09,840
Speaker 1: they're not on the team, you cor reverse the record

816
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,400
Speaker 1: I remember their he was in Indianapolis with Peyton Manning

817
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 1: where they were not good, but they ended up thirteen

818
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,840
Speaker 1: and three or whatever. Who knows what the Pats have

819
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: been all these years. He could reverse the record. I

820
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 1: think Aaron Rodgers had some seasons like that in Green

821
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 1: Bay where they had issues and he figured out ways

822
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,439
Speaker 1: to win the game. There's only about five or six

823
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 1: of those guys in the league. That's that's the problem.

824
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 1: So I think that Josh Shallen will always be a

825
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: tough out. I think something about the division that's not

826
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 1: talked about enough is that are two assistant coaches who

827
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 1: are hired, and you know one of them very well.

828
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:46,400
Speaker 1: Vic Fangio going to Miami is a tremendous hire to

829
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,080
Speaker 1: the defense round and Bill O'Brien going to New England.

830
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:53,319
Speaker 1: That you can address Bill O'Brien better than anybody. I

831
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,520
Speaker 1: will not address that right now. We'll see what happens.

832
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 1: We don't play the Patriots, the Texans don't this year,

833
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:01,480
Speaker 1: all right, So on the weekends you're talking about the

834
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 1: whole league. How hard is that to get ready for

835
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:07,080
Speaker 1: when you have to be on that network an expert

836
00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:11,719
Speaker 1: on every team? How do you work that well, it

837
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,400
Speaker 1: is a challenge, but we do more of a topic

838
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: driven show, a meaning that we have a lot of

839
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: sound and we react to the sound and we kind

840
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: of lay out the show. We know what we're going

841
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 1: to talk about. We don't do and I'm not judging

842
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 1: any of the shows. All the shows are great on there,

843
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 1: but we don't do the taking the calls on what

844
00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:31,440
Speaker 1: did you think of the Texans draft? What did you

845
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 1: think of the Packers offseason? We don't tend to do that.

846
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 1: So it does help with the preparation that you can

847
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,839
Speaker 1: here's the ten to fifteen things we're going to talk

848
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 1: about today, and you just focus on those things. Tell

849
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: me about the New York market right now? Is baseball

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Speaker 1: still the king? Are the Yankee still the king of

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Speaker 1: New York? Or has it changed over the years with

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Speaker 1: the NFL and the popularity of this league nationwide. No,

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Speaker 1: it's still a baseball town in basket Boat Town. You know,

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Speaker 1: people talk about how Aaron Rodgers, how will he do

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Speaker 1: with the New York media? Very very well, it's not

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Speaker 1: that tough. It's not a football town. Really mean, the

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Speaker 1: sophistication of the questions are going to be significantly more

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Speaker 1: impressive in Texas than they are in New Jersey and

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Speaker 1: New York. The stuff that's brought up in press conference

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Speaker 1: is more annoying than you know, really putting your feet

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Speaker 1: to the fire. It's it's not really a tough market

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Speaker 1: in football. I think in baseball and basketball can be tougher.

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Speaker 1: That's interesting. I mean, it's tough as far as the

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Speaker 1: back page of the tabloid ripping you, but the questions. Look,

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Speaker 1: I'll give you two examples. Recently, we're two big stories

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Speaker 1: with the Jets. Their wide receivers coach was suspended for

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Speaker 1: online gambling, Miles Austin. Right. The whole week, nobody asked

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Speaker 1: the coach about it. Finally Friday, the guy from AP said, Hey,

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Speaker 1: no one's brought it up the whole week. You have

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Speaker 1: an assistant coach suspended for gambling, and for a week

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Speaker 1: nobody asked the coach about it. Yeah, I mean, yeah.

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Speaker 1: Another one, Derek Carr. Right, there's that story where the

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Speaker 1: Jets told Derek Carr in the meeting that they think

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Speaker 1: that he could be a Hall of Famer if he

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Speaker 1: played for the Jets, and he could win a Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl with him. Right, So that comes out that they

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Speaker 1: told him that the meeting. The coach was never asked

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Speaker 1: about it ever. Yeah, and so it's kind of a

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Speaker 1: weird market. It's not as tough as think it is, right,

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Speaker 1: even if he doesn't address it as I don't know.

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Speaker 1: There's our visit with Dan Leberfeld from Jets Confidential and

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Speaker 1: Serious XM NFL Radio out here at the NFL Annual

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Speaker 1: meeting in Phoenix, and we're gonna have chairman and CEO

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Speaker 1: of the Houston Texans Cal McNair on tomorrow. That'll be

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Speaker 1: fun to hear about his opinion of the acquisitions, the

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Speaker 1: draft coming up in a month, and also the fan counsel,

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Speaker 1: some of the other things going on with the organization.

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Speaker 1: It'll be good to catch up with Cal for the

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Speaker 1: first time in a bit here on Texans Radio. So

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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to it and looking forward to digesting

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Speaker 1: some of the information coming out of here. A lot

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Speaker 1: of breaking stories this week. We talked about the rules stuff,

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Speaker 1: but of course the Lamar Jackson thing yesterday, which was

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Speaker 1: totally bizarre as he requested a trade the minute John

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Speaker 1: Harbaugh was sitting down for his media availability. Damiko Ryans.

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Speaker 1: We had him on the show last night in a

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Speaker 1: little visit, and some of that stuff can be digested,

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Speaker 1: ingested or just consumed on the Texans app, Houston, Texans

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Speaker 1: dot Com, all of our platforms. We've written stories, drew

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Speaker 1: in deep a bit on that, so that's fun. And

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Speaker 1: also tomorrow we'll have a show with cal McNair. As

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Speaker 1: we said, we'll have Sal Capaccio, good friend of Johnny,

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Speaker 1: sideline reporter for the Buffalo Bills. He'll be on the

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Speaker 1: program as well the general on Thursday, and we'll just

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Speaker 1: take it from there, shall we. Thank you very much

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Speaker 1: to Chris for producing. I have a great night everyone,

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Speaker 1: and go Texans. This is Texans Radio on Sports Radio

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Speaker 1: six ten.