1 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: To the Official Titans Podcast, better known as the OTC. 2 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: Amy Wells is here, joining me, Mike Keith and Titans Radius. 3 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: Dave McGinnis is here. Most amazingly, I think Jim White 4 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: from Titans Online dot Com is here. And I say 5 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 1: that because how could you get away from the mailbag 6 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: long enough to come be part of the OTP. These mailbags, 7 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: I mean, um, if twenty of them make it, there's 8 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,319 Speaker 1: probably eighty to one hundred that don't. And sometimes it's 9 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: because it's the same question a lot of them around 10 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: Marcus Mariotto. Sometimes there's just a little bit too much 11 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: venom in there. Some the expl de Field Tirades don't 12 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: make it into the mailbag. Oh you should, shouldn't he do? 13 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:01,639 Speaker 1: Like an X rated a non rated mail bag. But 14 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: but but I love the passion of the fan base. 15 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: And that's why, you know, when I started doing it. Um, 16 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: you know, it's it's easy to do them after wins 17 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: and when all's good and everybody's praising you. But when fans, 18 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: you know, fans want to sound off, and you guys 19 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: have all dealt with it, you know, Uh, whether it's 20 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: on talk radio or or radio shows that this team produces, 21 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: and when fans are not up, not happy with the 22 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 1: way things are going, I want to give them a 23 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 1: voice in there as well. I mean I can't always 24 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,559 Speaker 1: answer the questions, but at least I let them vent 25 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: if that's what they're looking to do. So what's the 26 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 1: number one topic? If you got a hundred total, you know, questions? 27 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,960 Speaker 1: What what? What's the biggest topic? Marcus Mariota. I mean, 28 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 1: it's it's and some people are signing off on him 29 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: and ripping them and questioning whether he's this team's future. Um, 30 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: then I think it never fails that. Then the next 31 00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: mail bag is people that have seen what other people 32 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 1: said about Marcus and they're defending them. And the thing 33 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,480 Speaker 1: about this stretch is that we've had a game on Thursday, 34 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 1: so you got a mailback on Saturday. You got another 35 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: mailbag that did yesterday, another mail back, so it'll be 36 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: three mail bags by the time this team plays another 37 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: game on Sunday against the Falcons, and a lot of 38 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: them are kind of hammering home what we saw in Jacksonville, 39 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: and it's you know, after that performance. I get it. 40 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,839 Speaker 1: I mean, I get why fans are upset, but I'm 41 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: hoping that the mood will be different on Monday morning 42 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:31,800 Speaker 1: when I start opening up some of those emails, you know. 43 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: I mean, that's look, that's part of that's part of 44 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: being a fan. And when I when I signed on 45 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 1: to do this three years ago, I did an extra segment. 46 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,840 Speaker 1: I did an hour Monday morning, you know, with with 47 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: with on the Zone one or four or five. They 48 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: asked me, if I, you know, come in and do 49 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: another segments, that's sure, And I wanted all the calls. 50 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,399 Speaker 1: I want, you know, let the people talk. Let them talk, 51 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: because if they're talking, they're interested, and they're interested because 52 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: they care and they care and they want you to 53 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: do well. So yeah, it's it's fine, and I agree 54 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: with with with Jim. I mean, it's it's just because 55 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: you know, the fan base. The fan base does care, 56 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 1: so you know, give them a voice and then try 57 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: to try to try to explain. You don't. You don't 58 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: try to you don't try to defend, you just try 59 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: to explain. I've got a little bit of an advantage 60 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: because I've got thirty four years of experience in this league. 61 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: I've been through the ups and the downs of what 62 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: this league is. And it's all based. It's all based 63 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 1: on performance, because at the end of the day, if 64 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: you win, that covers up everything, and everything is not perfect. 65 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: But if you win covers it up. If you lose, 66 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 1: everything's wrong. In some people's minds, that's not true in 67 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: either case. So the calls that you have taken on 68 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: the various shows that you have done, Coach Mac, do 69 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: you find the same thing Jim's finding the majority start 70 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 1: with the quarterback? Well, absolutely, and it starts with the quarterback, 71 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: and it starts with it starts with the offense. You know, 72 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: they just say that, you know, they just and again. 73 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: And as I explained you know about the Jacksonville game. 74 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: I mean that was a hard thing to watch just 75 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: because of all the starting stop because of the penalties. 76 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,080 Speaker 1: I mean, that was so chopped up and so and 77 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: the league did something about it, and they had to 78 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: because it was And you'd ask me this question on 79 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: Coach Vrabel's show, if I really thought that that Tom 80 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: Brady's tweet had anything to do with it. I don't 81 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: think it was the lynchpen that started it, but he 82 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: was expressing something from a point of view that a 83 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: lot of people don't have. I mean that made that 84 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: game extra hard you know, on top of the loss, 85 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: it was just extra hard to watch for a viewer 86 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: because of everything that was happening, and most of the 87 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: things that were happening bad penalty wise, were happening to 88 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: the Titans. I think that all of this and what 89 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: we need to remember. Though, yes, fans are frustrated, Yes, 90 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 1: that game against Jacksonville was ugly, it's also week three, guys, Like, 91 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: we can't completely come unhinged yet. There's still so much 92 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: football to play. There's so much of the season left, 93 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: and anything is possible. Anything can still happen in this league. 94 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: There's so many things that can change. I understand that 95 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: people feel the need to vent, and I think it's 96 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: so good that people have the opportunity to have touch 97 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,799 Speaker 1: points like coach Mac and Jim Wyatt to be able 98 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: to get some of that information, to get some more 99 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: context to what they're seeing on the field. But we 100 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 1: can't completely come undone guys. It's too early. We've got 101 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: a long way to go, and to completely write this 102 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 1: season off as a loss because we are one in 103 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: two right now doesn't seem like the best plan to me. 104 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 1: I think bands who are writing this team off and 105 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: have decided that there's too many things that are broken. 106 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 1: Nothing will be fixed. It's over. I think they're going 107 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: to miss out on a lot of fun this season. Well, 108 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: the Titans and the Falcons are in largely the same 109 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: boat both one and two. Both have gotten off to 110 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: bad starts in games and that has hurt them. Both 111 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: have a lot of mistakes, many of which have been 112 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: self inflicted, and both can still win their respective divisions. 113 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: The Falcons are a game out of first in the 114 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: NFC South. The Titans are a game out of first 115 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,679 Speaker 1: in the AFC South. This is one of those games 116 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: this week you feel like somebody wins at Mercedes Ben's 117 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:07,920 Speaker 1: Stadium and takes a step right back into it. The 118 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: other team stays in the malaise there. Jim Wyatt's mail 119 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: you know, mail bag gets filled up with whatever, and 120 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: coach Mack doing the shows, whether it be the Atlanta 121 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: coach Mack, which is Dave Archer, or our coach Mac 122 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: keep getting the calls. Somebody's really happy and goes into 123 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: October saying we're two and two, We're alive. Somebody else goes, 124 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: wait a minute, yeah, because you're in ketchup mode at 125 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 1: that point. But but you know, no matter what happens 126 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: on Sunday, it's still not a lost cause. I mean, 127 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: we look back at the Texans last year. They started 128 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: oh when three, and they end up winning the division 129 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 1: with eleven wins. Look, you know, I go back. I 130 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: thought it was interesting Keith Indianapolis started one in five 131 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: right and got got back in it. And then I 132 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: thought it was interesting. Keith Bullock even chimed and it 133 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: was kind of did it in humor about it. If 134 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: Twitter and social media would have been alive in two 135 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 1: thousand and two, I guess when this team started one 136 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: and four and then ended up winning eleven games going 137 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: to the AFC Championship game, of Twitter would have been alive. 138 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: He would have had a lot of blowbike. I guess 139 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: when the season ended for the people who questioned where 140 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: the team was at that point. But there's time. I mean, 141 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 1: I'll say, and nobody Ryan here, no player, no coach 142 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: would take this attitude. But when I looked at the schedule, 143 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: and this is especially true when the table of one 144 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: suspension came down the pike, I thought, if you could 145 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: get to two and two after four games, you'd be 146 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: in pretty good shape. And with a win on Sunday, 147 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: this team has a chance to be two and two 148 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: and then uh you know, with the chance to then 149 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: pick up some momentum. So we'll see what happens. I mean, 150 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: Falcons are talented. You know, I had a chance to 151 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: watch a couple of their games because they're on TV 152 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: against the Eagles. You know, we're on on Sunday when 153 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: the Titans that weren't playing and very talented, and they 154 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: got some great receivers, got a quarterback who's really good. 155 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: But they can be beat. And we've seen it already 156 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: this year. You know, the NFL flips week to week. 157 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I just lived it for too many years, 158 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: and it flips week to week. And and the people 159 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: in the building, your coaches and your scouts and everybody involved, 160 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: and the players, they have a chance to flip it. 161 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: They're the ones that have a chance to flip it. 162 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: And so that's what I mean, that's the life in 163 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: the NFL. If you have if you are if you 164 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: have a win, you feel good. Everybody in the building 165 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: feels good. But you still have to reset because next 166 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: week you have to win, and you have to start 167 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: preparations because it's a brand new it's a brand new team, 168 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, to to Jim's point about when 169 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: you look at the schedule as coaches, when you look 170 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: at the schedule and as players, you think you're going 171 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: to win every game, because that's the mindset you go 172 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 1: into preparation too, when every game regardless of who's there, 173 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,200 Speaker 1: I mean, because the league is unforgiving like that. But 174 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: also you get a chance to reset every week. This 175 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: is another chance to reset. I think the thing that 176 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,440 Speaker 1: is sticking in people a little bit more is that 177 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: these were division losses, two teams that the Titans have 178 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: a history with. I think that's the extra kind of 179 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 1: knife in the side to all of this. I think 180 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: that those are personal games, those are emotional games, and 181 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,920 Speaker 1: so that's what's causing a little bit more of the 182 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: reaction than we would see otherwise. I think a lot 183 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: of people agreed that getting out of this first stretch, 184 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: the first quarter of the season, that was really a 185 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: challenging one. I mean, having a Thursday night game in 186 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 1: week three is not an easy task. And I think 187 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 1: everyone agreed with Jim saying that if we could come 188 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 1: out of that two and two, we'd be in a 189 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: pretty good spot. But it's the emotional letdown of the 190 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: Jags the Colts. If you win the Colts, you're two 191 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,199 Speaker 1: and oh and then in essence, you're playing with house money, right. 192 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: I said when the schedule came out, I hated the 193 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: Jacksonville game on Thursday night in Week three because win 194 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:55,199 Speaker 1: or lose Indianapolis is emotional, and that's when we thought 195 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck was still gonna be there. We didn't know 196 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: they were going to retire numbers. We didn't no. I 197 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: mean it, it's just it's an emotional game because the 198 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 1: Titans haven't beaten them regularly, and so win or lose, 199 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a hard time getting on a plane 200 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: Wednesday to go play Thursday. It's just and everybody has 201 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 1: these moments in the schedule. Everybody can make a complaint. 202 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: It's part of it. You know that one. That one 203 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:29,200 Speaker 1: is tough, but not as disappointing I think is Indianapolis 204 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: because Indianapolis is a home game, it's a division game, 205 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: it's winnable. It gives you a chance to go to 206 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: two and oh, and if you're two and old coach Mac, 207 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: then you go into Jacksonville saying, ah, let's let it ride. Yeah, well, 208 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: your analogy of house money is correct, and that that's 209 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: what happens, you know, But again, you play these things 210 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: one at a time, right, and the basic thing that 211 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: you do if you stack wins. Okay, there's there's there's 212 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: two things that happen in the National Football League. If 213 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: you lose two in a row, you can still come 214 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: back to life once you get to three in a 215 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: row and pass that which I've experienced. I've experienced six 216 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: in a row and resetting and winning eight out the 217 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: next ten. And so once you if you get to 218 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: two losses in a row, you can still reset. And 219 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 1: to your point, if you've got house money in the 220 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 1: bank going into something, then you've got a chance every 221 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: week to still stay even that was the biggest and 222 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 1: I agree with you, Mike. I think the whole thing 223 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: with Indianapolis, the whole thing with how emotional it was 224 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 1: and the fact that you had a chance to win 225 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: that football game several times in the fourth quarter and 226 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: weren't able to do it at home. I think that 227 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: there was a hangover from that, and you had a 228 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: chance to win over a fan base that has questions 229 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: and at national media, local media, whatever that has specific questions. 230 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: You go down the field at the end of that 231 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: game and win twenty to nineteen. Everybody who is there 232 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: is definitely back for Buffalo, and others are fired up 233 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 1: and everybody's talking about you, and the energy's good. Now 234 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 1: suddenly the air comes out of the balloon and then 235 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: you go to Jacksonville and you don't put the air 236 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: back in the balloon, and so right now everybody's sort 237 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: of just sucking wind and you got ten days, all right. 238 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 1: I want to ask coach mac a question here about 239 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: what coach Vrabel did on Monday with the practice. Came 240 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: out individual fundamentals. That's the whole thing, and that's what 241 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: he's been talking But he's been talking about accountability and 242 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: fundamentals as a coach from a motivational standpoint and from 243 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 1: a practical standpoint. Why did he come with that message 244 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:43,559 Speaker 1: and that approach during the extra practice time. Well, because 245 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 1: that's exactly what you need to do to reset. I mean, 246 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 1: it's not about it's not about schemes, it's not about 247 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: you know, it's not about a game plan. At that point. 248 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: With that extra practice, you need to get everybody back 249 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: back to base. Most of the time you do that 250 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: as a coach during one or two of the practices 251 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: in your open date. That's what you do. A Thursday 252 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: ball game and the Monday after Thursday ball game is 253 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: like a mini open date. That's exactly what you do 254 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: because you refocus everybody, and you refocus everybody on football. 255 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: You refocus everybody on their individual techniques. You and look 256 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: to the thing that you have as a player in 257 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 1: the National Football League that when things start going sideways, 258 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: if you've got solid base and solid technique, whatever your 259 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: position is, to fall back on and not only fall 260 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:33,359 Speaker 1: back on, but to rely on when things are going sideways, 261 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: that gives you, That gives you confidence. And so I 262 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: think he did exactly the right thing. I've done that too. 263 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: He did exactly the right thing. And you know, and 264 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: along with that, you know, team obviously looking ahead to 265 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: Atlanta and now we've got extra time to see what 266 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 1: kind of changes could be implemented moving forward. I think 267 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: one of the things I'm curious about is what happens 268 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 1: on the offensive line. We've heard like Rabel talk a 269 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: couple of times since the game in Jacksonville about the 270 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: potential for Nate Davis being a line if he wants 271 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: to see him. We've kind of seen Nate Nate Davis 272 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,720 Speaker 1: make positive steps on the practice field, so now we'll 273 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: see if this is the week he gets in. I 274 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: think what happens, it's not a matter of eason a man. 275 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: I think when it's Nate Davis time, he's the guy 276 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:19,360 Speaker 1: moving forward. And this offensive line against Buffalo in a 277 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: couple of weeks potentially could have you know, two fifths 278 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,160 Speaker 1: of it look different with Taylor Wan back and potentially 279 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: Nate Davis. So we'll see and if he does make 280 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: that move. I don't know that he's gonna talk about 281 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: it before Atlanta. We might just find out on Sunday 282 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: when the starting lineup trots out there. But potential for 283 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: some change during a long stretch as well. I think 284 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: for Vrabel to say what he has said about Nate 285 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: Davis though, gives us the impression amy that if he 286 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: has a good week of practice, he's definitely in the 287 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: mix to play for the first time as the Titans, 288 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: for it as a Titan, if not start. Absolutely, I 289 00:14:55,680 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: think that having given him the opportunity to kind of 290 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: work back and go through some practices has given coach 291 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: the chance to see him and build some trust in him. 292 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: I think that trust is going to be the word 293 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: when it comes to putting together this offensive line. However, 294 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,920 Speaker 1: it's going to look on Sunday in Atlanta. He's gonna 295 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: be looking for players he can trust, players he can 296 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: trust to execute what he's asking of them, players he 297 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 1: can trust to not make stupid penalties. And I think 298 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: that if Nate Davis can earn that spot this week, 299 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: he'll get a chance to do it. That's kind of 300 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: how Mike Vrabel has operated since he's got here is 301 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: you work, you work, you work, you earn a little 302 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: bit of trust, and then you get some opportunities, and 303 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: then when you show you can handle them, you get 304 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: a little bit more. I think that Nate Davis is 305 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: working that program right now. He's earning some opportunities, we think, 306 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,800 Speaker 1: and we'll see what he does with them to maybe 307 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: get a spot on the field on Sunday. Nate Davis 308 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: is like Raschell and Evans was last year. He missed 309 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 1: a vital part of training camp, which is, I don't 310 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: care where you're drafted, I don't care where you've come from. 311 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: If you miss the initial part of training camp in 312 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: the National Football League as a rookie you are behind 313 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: because it is just different, all right. Now, he's had 314 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: a chance now to start to work. And if he 315 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: starts this ball game and plays in this ball game, 316 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: then he's going to get a chance to do that. 317 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: But he's gonna do it under fire, because I tell 318 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: you who else is going to know that he's in 319 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: there is Grady Jarrett and Quinn and those people, you know, 320 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: people on defense. There's no mercy in the National Football League. 321 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 1: And so Mike Vrabel will not put him in there 322 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: if he doesn't think he's ready to go in there. 323 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: But at the same time, let's not put a whole 324 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 1: huge expectations just because Nate Davis is going to go 325 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: out there that I mean, he's gonna have to fight, fight, 326 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: fight when he gets out there, because everything's going to 327 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: be until you prove, until you prove that you are 328 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 1: not a weak link in the chain, they are always 329 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: going to attack that link that they think they can. 330 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: So he goes in this ball game, he's gonna have 331 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,000 Speaker 1: to prove that he can stand up and he probably 332 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: has a pretty good chance to do that. But the 333 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: good thing for the Titans with this prospect is this 334 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: is a guy they targeted. This is a guy that 335 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: he said, and I think there's a pretty good shot. 336 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,199 Speaker 1: And obviously if the three of you disagree, if he 337 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 1: stays healthy through training camp, I think there's a pretty 338 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,080 Speaker 1: good shot he's the right tackle or the right guard 339 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 1: at Cleveland. No. I believe that. I believe that wholeheartedly. 340 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 1: I vetted this guy. You know, why did you like 341 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: him and why did they like him? Well, because he's physically, 342 00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: he's he's he's physically what you want, and he can 343 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: move and he's a he's a strong guy. He's powerful, 344 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 1: he's able to move his feet. He's not just a big, 345 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,200 Speaker 1: thick guard that's gonna just be just a cylinder guard. 346 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: I mean he can move his feet, he can do 347 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: all of those things. And everybody talks about the stance 348 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,160 Speaker 1: that he had, Well, you can fix the stance quick. 349 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 1: But the athleticism and also the physical toughness and he 350 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 1: had a mindset. You watched him, and I don't care 351 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: what level you're playing on, you're either a tough, physical 352 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 1: football player or you're not. That's just in you. He's 353 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: got that. I agree with you one percent. If he's 354 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 1: healthy from the jump, hit be the starter Eveland. Yeah, 355 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 1: and when you start to figure about if if he 356 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 1: was not the star, then Kevin Pomfield maybe should have 357 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,640 Speaker 1: been the star. So Jamil Douglas, who has actually been 358 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: in there, number three in the pecking gore, which doesn't 359 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 1: explain all the problems. Because across the board, I mean, 360 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 1: the Titans have got to be better. I mean, Roger 361 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: Seifold has said it. I think Jack Conklin said that, 362 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: Dennis Kelly has said him. It's not it's not just 363 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: been a Jamil Douglas problem that Nate Davis is going 364 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: to fix. Me. I kind of get across the board, guys, 365 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: you have to be better. I don't get the sense 366 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 1: that it has been communication problems. I mean, so when 367 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:32,399 Speaker 1: a new guy comes in, I don't think you continue 368 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: to have problems there. I just think physically, guys got 369 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 1: to play with better technique. They've got to hold up better. 370 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:39,679 Speaker 1: Marcus is going to have to do his part to 371 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: get rid of the football. But I think when day 372 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 1: Davis is in there, I think you start improving the group. 373 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna go back to Rashaan Evans. I mean, 374 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: we all knew that he had ability, okay, but he 375 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: you know he missed all that time, but the first 376 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:54,640 Speaker 1: time he saw him in the ball game is Buffalo. Right. 377 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: You could see the athleticism, but you also see that's 378 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 1: a different position, but a little bit of the hesitation. 379 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: But clearly you could say and he got better really quick. 380 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: I think Nate Davis will be the same way. He's 381 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: going to get better very quick once he starts getting 382 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,159 Speaker 1: live reps. Here's the thing with the offensive line that 383 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,120 Speaker 1: makes it so much different than other positions is all 384 00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: of those guys have to work kind of in unison. 385 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: They're a group, and there's so much chemistry. I mean, 386 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,399 Speaker 1: they've been saying since training camp it's not necessarily the 387 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:27,080 Speaker 1: most talented guys, it's the guys that work best together. 388 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 1: So I think that with the injuries, with some of 389 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 1: the goofy things that have happened to the offensive line 390 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: since training camp and in the first part of this season, 391 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: I think it's still kind of finding that perfect configuration 392 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: of what creates the best chemistry, what creates the best 393 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 1: group of guys that can work together. Well. It's one 394 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: of the reasons the Lawan suspension was such a big deal. Yeah, 395 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: I mean, because he didn't work with the ones all 396 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: through camp because you couldn't you knew you weren't going 397 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,360 Speaker 1: to have him for the first month of the season. 398 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: I mean that becomes from the chemistry standpoint, that's a 399 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: huge factor, because if you have your left tackle and 400 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: you want to experiment with other things, you can do that. 401 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: Right now, Dennis Kelly has to be your left tackle, 402 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 1: and frankly, you've had to help him some. He's done, okay, 403 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: you know, I don't I don't think he's been spectacular. 404 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 1: He certainly hasn't been a washout either, which is what 405 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: you what you really hoped, right, Yeah, well, one guy 406 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: is never going to be the answer. But to your point, 407 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: the plans that they had going in when they drafted 408 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: Nate Davis, when they when they resigned the people they 409 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: wanted to resign, you know, when Jack Conklin was coming 410 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 1: back another year removed from the surgery, the plans that 411 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 1: they had, they had to completely switch all of those 412 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: things and start searching other plans when you knew that 413 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: your your left tackle was going to be suspended for 414 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: a month, and then you start adding injuries on that. 415 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: And Jamil Douglas is a great example of it, and 416 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: Jim Watts one percent right. He was the third guard 417 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,680 Speaker 1: that would have probably been in there, but he had 418 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 1: to be the first guard. And so that's just what happened. 419 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 1: That's what happened. Now they're moving forward. But as I said, 420 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: you get a chance every week in the National Football 421 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: League to reset, and that's what you do as a coach. 422 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 1: And the Titans reset the practice squad two and this 423 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 1: is largely based on the fact that Lwan is back 424 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: in a week and that Nate Davis appears to be available. 425 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: So they let Adam Pankey go off the practice squad 426 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: and they added another defensive lineman, Lyndon Johnson, who spent 427 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 1: a bunch of time with Jacksonville, including three games on 428 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 1: the active roster. Quick reset on the practice squad. In 429 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 1: case you haven't been following, on defense, Kareem or in 430 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:44,120 Speaker 1: the secondary, Kim a a League at linebacker, Deck Roberson 431 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: and outside linebacker, Lyndon Johnson, and a Monti Bledsoe in 432 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: the defensive line. And then on offense, four or three 433 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: receivers Khalif Raymond, Poppy White, Cody Hollister, running back Dalen Dawkins, 434 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: and Parker Hessey at tight end. I think interesting thing 435 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: with Lyndon john He brought up six five, two eighty seven. 436 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: He has some experience with Jacksonville. My understanding that he 437 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,000 Speaker 1: potentially could be a project on the offensive line himself 438 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 1: as things move forward, think he could go on the 439 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: offensive That's what I've heard. He potentially could be a 440 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: project there. I don't know how this is going to 441 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 1: play out once he gets on the practice field, but 442 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: I think he was brought in here with the potential 443 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,400 Speaker 1: that he could be a project, even on the offensive Wow. Okay, 444 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,000 Speaker 1: Jim Whitt with News, how about think, Well, Johnson's an 445 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: interesting guy who's a football and basketball player in high school. 446 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: He's from West Point, Mississippi, and he ended up at 447 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:39,120 Speaker 1: Holmes Community College. Of course, Mississippi has that great junior 448 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: college athletics system. Then he goes to Cincinnati and he's 449 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: there three years, and he really only played two. He 450 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 1: had one year of injury. Jacksonville liked him as a 451 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: defensive lineman to the point that they played him in 452 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: three games and then they brought him back in training camp. 453 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,199 Speaker 1: And I mean, he's apparently a very athletic guys that 454 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: would make a lot of sense. We'll see, and I 455 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 1: guess it's good to have a guy who talked about 456 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: guys being versatile. You can do offense or defense, you know, 457 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 1: And that's Parker Hesse too, because Parker Hessey's defensive line 458 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: experience allows him on the practice field to play offense 459 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: and defense, which is a great thing for scout teams. 460 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 1: All right, two more things before we depart. First thing 461 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 1: that I want to know, and I want to hit 462 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,199 Speaker 1: coach Mike with this, and the other two of you 463 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: may certainly chime in if you will. I want to 464 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: theory on an issue with the offense that I have 465 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: noticed first half passing. They've had two halfs where they've 466 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,959 Speaker 1: been under fifty percent passing. And we all know Marcus 467 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,719 Speaker 1: Mariota is very accurate, coming off the most accurate year 468 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 1: of his career. He was eight of eighteen passing in 469 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 1: the first half at Cleveland last Thursday at Jacksonville six 470 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: of sixteen for sixty two yards, and he was only 471 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 1: sacked once in the first half. Eight of the sacks 472 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: came in the second half. Over All, Titans completing just 473 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: twenty seven of fifty in the first half passing of 474 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: the three games, and again not all on Mariota. Is 475 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: certainly I'm wondering, Dave McGinnis, why has the Titans passing 476 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: game not been as effective in the first half. Well, 477 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:21,920 Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter which half, but you're talking about 478 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 1: the first half. You've got to be You've got to 479 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: be in rhythm, all right, and whether you're running play 480 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: action or whether you're taking five or seven step drops, 481 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: everything has to sync up, now, you know. And some 482 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 1: of it is Marcus. Some of it is Marcus. We've 483 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 1: seen open receivers on dig routes, on deep routes, on 484 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: you know, on even bootleg routes where he's throwing them 485 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,200 Speaker 1: or he's throwing them out of bounce. Some of it 486 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: is on the quarterback, right all right. Now he may 487 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 1: not have been sacked in the first half, all right, 488 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 1: but there was pressure right there. Okay. So all there's 489 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: three things that have to work for a passing game 490 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: to click consistently. Okay. The first thing that has to 491 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 1: happen is is you need some sort of protection from 492 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: to two and a half seconds. You need some sort 493 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 1: of protection there. Then your receivers, okay, post snap, need 494 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: to be able to if it's man to man, they 495 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: need to be able to separate in man to man. 496 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 1: If it's zone, they have to read which zone it 497 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: is when it is and sit down and in conjunction 498 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: with the quarterback get in sync with that if and 499 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 1: then the quarterback has to be accurate with his throws. 500 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 1: If any one of those three is off, you are 501 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: not going to have a complete pass. That's just the 502 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: way the National Football League works these first three weeks. 503 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: In the first half, all of those things have raised 504 00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: their head at some point during the first half. Listening 505 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: to coach Mack described that just then, it's a miracle 506 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: that any pass play ever works ever in the National 507 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 1: Football League. Truly, it really is rhythm though you said that. 508 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: And now he was thirteen of sixteen in the Indianapolis game, 509 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 1: but the only three for ninety four yards, So it's 510 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: not like they had a lot, you know, working down 511 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:58,199 Speaker 1: the field. When you talk about developing that rhythm, is 512 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 1: that because they rely on play action a good bit 513 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: and teams don't bite on play action as much in 514 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:07,680 Speaker 1: the first half because you haven't necessarily had a chance 515 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,719 Speaker 1: to establish your running attack. Or is it is it 516 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith getting used to getting in that rhythm himself 517 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: with play calling? How do you, how do you see it? Well, 518 00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: I thought Arthur was in great rhythm the first ball game, 519 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,119 Speaker 1: you know, over the year. But you have to you 520 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: have to, you have to consistently be able to do it. 521 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: And here's here's the other thing. Here's the other thing 522 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: about about about a passing game. If you're playing from behind, okay, 523 00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,080 Speaker 1: which they have been in all three games, that's and 524 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,360 Speaker 1: hit that. That was going to be my next segue 525 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: into this. As a defensive coach, your your your mindset changes. 526 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 1: What you tell your players changes too. On the sideline, 527 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: you're not honoring a play action run fake very much, 528 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: and so it only takes it only takes a second 529 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,480 Speaker 1: level player, a linebacker or a safety to not take 530 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 1: two steps forward for all of a sudden. Those windows 531 00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,600 Speaker 1: that you that are normally there in play action when 532 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: you're I can see play action passes out here. You 533 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: guys have been to a lot of practices. The one 534 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 1: thing you always tell the linebackers bite up, bite up, 535 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: so we can get an accurate look. Well, if you're 536 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: in a ball game and they're not, they're not honoring 537 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: the play action, well then that changes what you can 538 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: do with your play action pass. All right, if they're 539 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,920 Speaker 1: not doing that, and they're they're and they're gonna sit 540 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: and squeeze those zones off to the inside. Sometimes you're 541 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: relegated to dump off, dump off, dump off to get 542 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 1: them to start moving up. All right, that plays into 543 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: it some like it's hard to add to what coach 544 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: Mike said because he's so thorough on that explanation. And 545 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 1: I agree with everything you said, I think obviously, and 546 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: with only one sick in the first half on Thursday, 547 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 1: doesn't explain some of the issues that maybe happened in 548 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 1: other games where the team has been in longer down 549 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: a distant situation when was throwing the football and then 550 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: they're tougher to complete a longer path and Marcus is 551 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: frankly just missed some guys. I mean, there have been 552 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:02,160 Speaker 1: some throws that and has been accurate certainly, I think, 553 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: you know, certainly last year, but he's he's missing guys 554 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 1: and the communication issues there not guys now on the 555 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: same page. That has to improve moving forward for this 556 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: to get better. Watching the three Oh you wanted to say, yes, 557 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,560 Speaker 1: I do, but just just just just what he said, no, 558 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: and and it's it's it's it's a point the opening 559 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: play against Indianapolis. I mean we watched it in practice 560 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: for a week. It was very well designed. You had 561 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,800 Speaker 1: all the bite that you wanted. Okay, you had you 562 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,439 Speaker 1: had the linebackers up, you had the safeties up. I 563 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: mean they swallowed the hook like a big fat catfish. 564 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:34,119 Speaker 1: I mean they were they were, they were pulled up 565 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,800 Speaker 1: and you miss him, you know, you miss Delaney Walker. 566 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: That's all on the quarterback. So there's, as I said, 567 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: there's a lot of components that have to work. Okay, 568 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: but early on, when your play action is working, then 569 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: you have to be accurate. And that chat, I mean 570 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: that was gonna be a huge play too, and that 571 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 1: changes the whole start of that game because if you 572 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: complete that, you're potentially off. Watch that play again a 573 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 1: couple of times. If he makes a guy miss, he 574 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: goes a really long way. Jim. Let me give you 575 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 1: a little point here than I'll quit talking. Don't watch 576 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: it again. It's still incomplete no matter how many times. 577 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: But it's like the screen to Derrick Henry, that's what 578 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 1: I was at Jacksonville, and that leads me to my 579 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: last point. I'll give Amy the first crack at it. 580 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: Arthur Smith calling plays. I've watched the three games back. 581 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 1: They've made some good plays. I certainly did in the 582 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 1: Cleveland game, but there were other plays that were there 583 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: that if executed, like the Delandy Walker play, like how 584 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: he timed that screen. There were a couple other things, 585 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: the deep shot to Taj Sharpe, which if accurately thrown, 586 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: it's a touchdown in Jacksonville. It seems like he may 587 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,680 Speaker 1: be pretty good at this thing. And you're you're not 588 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,200 Speaker 1: thinking that at one and two because everything feels negative. 589 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 1: But when you do the deep dive, you're saying, who 590 00:29:55,720 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 1: okay this. If this keeps coming together, he might have down. 591 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: I think that he's really good at it. I think 592 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,320 Speaker 1: that this is in his wheelhouse. He's called, if you 593 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 1: look back, a pretty balanced game. He's had some of 594 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: the deep plays, the big plays in there, whether they've 595 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,880 Speaker 1: happened or not. But he switches it up a lot. 596 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: I think that he can only do so much. Though 597 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:23,959 Speaker 1: the man's calling the plays, he's preparing for whatever happens 598 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: after that. He's getting ready for the next one, trying 599 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: to stay ahead of the game a little bit. But 600 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: he can he cannot throw and catch the ball. You 601 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:34,959 Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. I mean, at some point he 602 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: can call whatever he can call, and he can strategize 603 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: as best as he can. But if that is not 604 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 1: translating to the field, and that's not being executed by 605 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: the people who need to execute it, that's a problem. 606 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 1: But it looks like the plays are there. Yeah, I mean, Arthur, 607 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: what what's the old saying, rising tide raises all boats? Right, 608 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 1: If everything works, then everything you've done is right. If 609 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: you don't win a ball game, again, that's the nature 610 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: of the National Football League. You don't win a ball game, 611 00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: then the focus immediately goes to the negatives, which it 612 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: should because you need to correct it. But there are 613 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: also things that go on that when you as to 614 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 1: your term, Mike, you take a deeper dive and start 615 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:19,200 Speaker 1: looking at it. Now. You know, a lot of people 616 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: don't want to hear about the deep dive because they 617 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,960 Speaker 1: don't want to go that far, and sometimes they don't 618 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,240 Speaker 1: know what they're looking for when they go that far. 619 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,120 Speaker 1: But to your point about Arthur Smith, I've really got 620 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: no issues with the way Arthur Smith is structuring nor 621 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: calling these ball games. And that's with a quarterback that's 622 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: been sicked seventeen times. And that's with so many third 623 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 1: downs where you're in a predictable play call situation, teams 624 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 1: know you're throwing it. So he's had to work through 625 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 1: all of that as well. Jim. Let's not only say 626 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,240 Speaker 1: third downs, check the second, check the second, and seven 627 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 1: pluses in the first calls check and so I mean, 628 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: you know, second and twenty. It is a huge, huge, 629 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: really small call sheet when you start putting call sheets together. 630 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: So I mean we're talking about things that are obvious, 631 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: that have happened. And all anybody wants is a win. 632 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: All that's it. That's all everybody wants. And so believe me, 633 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 1: the people that are working hardest to get that for 634 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 1: all of us are these coaches and players. Yeah, it 635 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 1: just comes down to it. To take another phrase, you 636 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,880 Speaker 1: don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. And I 637 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: think that's a lot of what Vrabel was saying and 638 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 1: is saying to the guys. It's like, look, you guys 639 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,160 Speaker 1: know what you're doing. We've got a plan. There are 640 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 1: things within this plan that you can see will work. 641 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,000 Speaker 1: We've just got to make sure we're taking care of, 642 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: you know, the deep things. It's it's what was disappointing 643 00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: in the Indianapolis game. And as you take a look 644 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 1: back at the Jacksonville game, when you watch play by 645 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 1: play by play, you say, oh my goodness, this was 646 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: there and there were these chances and you and it's 647 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: not crazy stuff either. It's not like you have to 648 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 1: have the Music City miracle for this to work. It's 649 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 1: it's just these little things. You know. I just did 650 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: a just did a this Weekly beneath the Surface thing, 651 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,000 Speaker 1: and we highlighted the run defense, right, and we went 652 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:19,959 Speaker 1: into that game saying, look, they're gonna they're gonna take 653 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,719 Speaker 1: Fourgnette and they're gonna try to pound Fournette at us 654 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:26,080 Speaker 1: to let Gardner Minshew work. They played as good a 655 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 1: run defense as I've seen in a long time. You 656 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,800 Speaker 1: had one run on a run blitz at the end 657 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,840 Speaker 1: of the game where Deanp's was trying to force something 658 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,880 Speaker 1: to happen because you were in desperation time. Then. So 659 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: there's things that are going on that you can build on. 660 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: You just need to put them all together and win 661 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 1: a game. And getting off to a good start would 662 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: would help me. Allowing scores early in these games is 663 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 1: affecting mood. I man. And if there's one thing about 664 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: that game on Thursday, and there were several things that 665 00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: didn't go right. Didn't like the way as the team 666 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: handled the adversity right out of the gate when a 667 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:06,040 Speaker 1: Doory Jackson muffed the punt, and it just seemed like 668 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,280 Speaker 1: that took too much wind out of this team's sales 669 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 1: and it took them too long to really get into 670 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: a flow of the football game. And that's got to 671 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: be better because Atlanta is a team is capable of 672 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 1: scoring early and scoring often, and if you find yourself 673 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 1: in a hole down there again, you can it could 674 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: be an other ugly situation. But after listening to this 675 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 1: conversation and kind of being able to separate out some 676 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: of the things that are going well from some of 677 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:39,880 Speaker 1: the things that maybe need improvement on, they're relatively small things. 678 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:44,000 Speaker 1: You know. We don't have these overarching system problems. We 679 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,840 Speaker 1: don't have. It's little stuff. It's details that need to 680 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 1: be cleaned up. It's getting back to fundamentals, which this 681 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: team is doing. It's finding the right pieces to go 682 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,399 Speaker 1: in the right spots. But darn it, I'm encouraged. I 683 00:34:55,440 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: think that this is this is something that is I'd 684 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:04,360 Speaker 1: be more encouraged if Julio Jones took the weekend off. Well, okay, 685 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,359 Speaker 1: he decided that he had the flu or whatever and 686 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,360 Speaker 1: he just didn't want to come. Huh. I'll say this 687 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:15,360 Speaker 1: about Julio Jones in my humble opinion, he's the best 688 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:21,200 Speaker 1: overall receiver in the National Football League. I agree to me. 689 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:27,360 Speaker 1: To me, it's Umpkins, it's and I listened to Kenny Viccarlo, 690 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,480 Speaker 1: who was one I guess one oh four five yesterday afternoon, 691 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,040 Speaker 1: and he's in agreement as well, and he says he's 692 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,480 Speaker 1: heading shoulders above the best receiver in this league, and 693 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,160 Speaker 1: as the guy that's faced him so many times when 694 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,680 Speaker 1: he was with the Saints, so he's big. His physical 695 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:42,640 Speaker 1: problem is They've got more than just Julio Jones. So 696 00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: you've got Mohammed Sanu, You've got Ridley, You've got a 697 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,919 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl tight end and Hooper. You've got a back 698 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,480 Speaker 1: who can who can do things out of the backfield 699 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:55,800 Speaker 1: in Freeman who's five eight, two hundred and ten pounds. 700 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,680 Speaker 1: I mean, he's essentially a Maurice Jones Drew type guy. 701 00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:02,719 Speaker 1: He's a wonderful back, hard to tackle. And then you've 702 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 1: got Matt Ryan, who's been the trigger man for twelve years, 703 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,799 Speaker 1: and I think he's a very underrated player. The interesting thing, 704 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:10,960 Speaker 1: why do you think Matt Ryan's thrown six picks to 705 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 1: this point, Dave McGinnis, You know, and that surprises me some. 706 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,440 Speaker 1: But Matt Ryan, ever since he's been in the league 707 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,360 Speaker 1: has always first of all, his his m O. And 708 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,240 Speaker 1: even coming out of Boston College. He's a great location thrower. 709 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: He really is. He's a location accurate thrower. I think 710 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,880 Speaker 1: some of the time some things that happened it was 711 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,600 Speaker 1: it happened with these guys that are they're accurate, and 712 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,120 Speaker 1: so they will take chances in close windows and they 713 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:37,680 Speaker 1: and also it goes with this, when you've got receivers 714 00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 1: like he has, you are willing to put it up 715 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 1: thinking that a fifty fifty ball is not really a 716 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:46,719 Speaker 1: fifty fifty ball, whether they're single or double covered. Okay, 717 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,279 Speaker 1: that probably has something to do with it too. Here 718 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,960 Speaker 1: the thing that impresses me about Matt Ryan, He's always 719 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,680 Speaker 1: able to write his own ship. He really is. You 720 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:57,239 Speaker 1: saw that first half against Indy. He was all over 721 00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:00,359 Speaker 1: the place, he was spraying the thing everywhere. He back 722 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,360 Speaker 1: in that second half you could see his demeanor on 723 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,520 Speaker 1: the sideline when they brought the camera over to him. 724 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,640 Speaker 1: He was like, Okay, I've had enough of this. And 725 00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:08,880 Speaker 1: he came back in that second half and was the 726 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan that you know has made him his whole career. Yeah, 727 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 1: I went by. I watched the second half again to 728 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,920 Speaker 1: see that, and they were so. I mean, if they 729 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,839 Speaker 1: play like that Sunday, the Titans are gonna, you know, 730 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:23,759 Speaker 1: be in a big time fight, which they're gonna be 731 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,440 Speaker 1: in anyway, but I mean the second half Falcons compared 732 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 1: to the first half Falcons against Indianapolis, it was like 733 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 1: they brought another team off the bus. And when you 734 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,960 Speaker 1: get prepared, when you prepare to play Matt Ryan and 735 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,719 Speaker 1: this group of offensive people that they have assembled down 736 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: there there, that's what you have to expect. You have 737 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,720 Speaker 1: to expect and be ready for and be on point 738 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 1: from the jump to play that second half. Matt Ryan. 739 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,560 Speaker 1: If you're Mike Vrabel and you win the toss, do 740 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:52,400 Speaker 1: you take the ball first? No, you defer even against 741 00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:57,280 Speaker 1: that offense and they're building. Sure, I got to defer, 742 00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,279 Speaker 1: the coach on this one. Put your defense out there. 743 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 1: Let's go show them that you're gonna have show them 744 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:06,120 Speaker 1: that you're not going to have success early on. I 745 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,960 Speaker 1: want to go get ahead seven to nothing. Yes, please, 746 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: I'm with Mike on this side, and I think I 747 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,920 Speaker 1: think you I'm going to politely disagree, and just because 748 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:18,359 Speaker 1: it's just because it's a podcast, and I'm just gonna say, 749 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,200 Speaker 1: it would be nice to see you say to your offense, 750 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:24,839 Speaker 1: go get it, Go get it from the start, let's 751 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 1: take the ball right here. We're not worried about the 752 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,800 Speaker 1: first possession of the second half. We're worried about right now. 753 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 1: We don't want to be behind seven to nothing in 754 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,640 Speaker 1: this building. Let's go get it because we've got a 755 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,960 Speaker 1: good plan and we don't think your defense can stop us. 756 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:44,400 Speaker 1: And also with the mindset, we're gonna have to score 757 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,799 Speaker 1: some points today. The defense has done enough to this 758 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: point to be three and ozo in terms of what 759 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:55,799 Speaker 1: they've allowed. And I'm not saying they've been perfect, and 760 00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:59,479 Speaker 1: they've certainly allowed, you know, two first drives of the game. 761 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:01,600 Speaker 1: They can't do that. I mean, they've they've got to 762 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,200 Speaker 1: get more pressure. I get it. But in terms of points, 763 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,279 Speaker 1: the defense has done enough to be three and oz 764 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,080 Speaker 1: right now. In terms of points allowed. I just think 765 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 1: that the offense has got to be incredibly aggressive and 766 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,799 Speaker 1: prepared to go get thirty five in this game. And 767 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,160 Speaker 1: that's got to be the octane mindset. That's me. Yeah, well, 768 00:39:22,200 --> 00:39:24,480 Speaker 1: I say you're a head seven oh because you go 769 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,839 Speaker 1: on defense and Logan Ryan intercepts the first third down 770 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 1: slot pass, takes it to the house. Good night, everybody. 771 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:37,600 Speaker 1: That's what he does. That's why he's so good. Good stuff. 772 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:40,360 Speaker 1: Jim Watt Titans Online dot Com, thank you for taking 773 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,520 Speaker 1: time away from the mail bag. Glad to be here. 774 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 1: You're glad to get a break from malback mailbag and 775 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,759 Speaker 1: Amy Wells all your good work. Thank you. Coach Dave 776 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,040 Speaker 1: McGinnis with Titans Radio, thank you, and to all you 777 00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:55,960 Speaker 1: listening hanging there. It's gonna be on Sunday. Two and 778 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:59,400 Speaker 1: two is the only goal I like it. Depart September 779 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,160 Speaker 1: two and two and you're right in the middle of everything. 780 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 1: One in three and Jim White has six hundred in 781 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,279 Speaker 1: the mail bag waiting for him Sunday night when we 782 00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:12,799 Speaker 1: land from Atlanta. Poor Jim. For all these folks, I'm 783 00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 1: Mike Key, thank you for listening to the O t