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Speaker 1: MGM studio and a special OTP today as we welcome

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Speaker 1: Titans rookie quarterback Will Levis. Well, thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: joining us, Thanks for having me all right, So, has

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Speaker 1: any part of the entire last eight months, including the

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Speaker 1: football season, gone as you would have expected it to

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Speaker 1: back when you got drafted?

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Speaker 2: No, I mean I tried not to have any expectations.

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Speaker 3: You know, I had a mindset of not letting the

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Speaker 3: circumstances and you know, whether personal or a team or

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Speaker 3: everything affected how I came into the building and worked

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Speaker 3: every day. So you know, there's always going to be

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Speaker 3: those things that you can never expect, and there's been

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Speaker 3: a lot of those things happened, But I feel like

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Speaker 3: I've kept the right mindset to just be able to

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Speaker 3: roll through them and come out, you know on top.

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Speaker 1: Here's something I wonder about quarterbacks, every one of them.

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Speaker 1: When you get drafted, do you expect to come in

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Speaker 3: Mentally, Yeah, I think you got to prepare that way, regardless,

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Speaker 3: it doesn't mat where you're drafted. I think you got to

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Speaker 3: prepare as if you are the starter and you're going

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Speaker 3: in there and do whatever you can as a teammate

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Speaker 3: Some guys, that's a little more immediate and obvious, if

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Speaker 3: But you know, for me, it was a little bit

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Speaker 3: with you know, Ryan being here and someone who's won

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Speaker 1: You know, one of the worst questions that's asked in

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Speaker 1: you didn't know coming in. It's a terrible question, it's

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Speaker 1: just cliche. So what part of the job of being

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Speaker 2: I would just say how much information is needed.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'd like to think that I'm a good learner,

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Speaker 3: And I knew it was gonna be an uptick from

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Speaker 2: So it's a lot. It's a lot. It's the toughest

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Speaker 3: I gotta say, I'm obviously biased, but it's been a

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Speaker 1: I would think part of the blessing is at Penn

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Speaker 3: Though, right, yes, I think everything that led up to

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Speaker 1: Overall, that Atlanta game couldn't have gone much better. Have you?

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Speaker 3: No, I mean that was one of those games where

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Speaker 1: Well, it was obvious that you checked yourself right after

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that there's been a lot of people

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Speaker 3: And you got to be able to keep in that

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Speaker 3: They do a good job on the sideline as well,

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Speaker 3: just making sure that I'm getting back to neutral and

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Speaker 1: You talked about that in training camp some that you

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Speaker 3: I think it's just reaffirming with myself that you know,

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Speaker 3: any game in the NFL, bad things are going to happen.

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Speaker 2: You know best.

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Speaker 3: The best team in the league is going to have

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Speaker 1: You have touched on your relationship with Charles London. What

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Speaker 3: I mean, he said, I talked to him more than

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Speaker 1: Here's something I've wondered since you got drafted. We knew

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Speaker 3: I think they just saw my competitiveness, my drive, my spirit.

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Speaker 1: They dug in on you. They really got to know you.

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Speaker 3: I mean they checked all the boxes. They visited with

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Speaker 1: certainly who understands you the best is your family. You

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Speaker 1: Do you have your off season mapped out yet? Football

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Speaker 1: It seems like that trip to Vegas is gonna cost

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Speaker 1: All right, So we're gonna take a quick break from

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Speaker 2: Gonna tell them that their season tickets are on the

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Speaker 1: So that's awesome. Yeah, all right, let's style them up,

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Speaker 2: Hello, Hey, Lisa, Hi are you doing? This? Is Will Levis.

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Speaker 1: How are you?

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Speaker 2: I am doing just fine. We just finished up practice year.

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Speaker 3: I wanted to call on first say thank you so

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Speaker 3: much for your for your support of us and our team.

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Speaker 3: I mean your continued support is as paid off. Looking

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Speaker 1: Well, thank you so much. That's just amazing.

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Speaker 2: Go tightans.

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Speaker 1: We've got more with Will Levis coming up. But I

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Speaker 1: It's always the best call for football America runs on Duncan.

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Speaker 1: Will All right, what would Will Levis of today tell

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Speaker 3: He's not getting picked in the first round. At least

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Speaker 1: All Right, Five rapid fire questions to end this thing?

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Speaker 1: Are you ready? Yes, Nashville experience that you have not

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Speaker 2: Troubadour. I want to go out and play golf at Troubadour.

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Speaker 1: Wowka hidden talent that you possess that you're proud of.

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Speaker 2: I could sing. I have a decent singing voice.

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Speaker 3: I'm not gonna you know, I'm not gonna do it

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Speaker 1: All right. Golf course not the Troubadour golf course that

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Speaker 3: They got that float in the nineteenth Green Nice played

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Speaker 1: Like the last one, celebrity that you have been most

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Speaker 2: I haven't met, that you've met.

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Speaker 2: Since joining the Titans.

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Speaker 3: I'd met him briefly before, but when we were out

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Speaker 2: I want to see him.

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Speaker 1: Well, we're thrilled you're here. It is so much fun

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