1 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: We welcome you to the OTP presented by Farm Bureau 2 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: Health Plans. Get the home field advantage with healthcare coverage 3 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 1: from Farm Bureau Health Plans. They've been protecting Tennesseeans since 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: nineteen forty seven. We are laying down the OTP earlier 5 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: in the week than normal because of the holiday. It's 6 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: on Wednesday. Amy Wells, welcome. Thank you for making time 7 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: out of your busy schedule to join me. Mike Keith, 8 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,200 Speaker 1: my schedule is not that busy. I'm gonna be honest 9 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 1: with you. This is kind of what my world revolves 10 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: around right now, is this podcast. So anytime that we 11 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: can do it, I'm here. Yes. And thank you to 12 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: the ot people for the fantastic list of otpques that 13 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: we received last week. We were so very thankful for 14 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: those because we had Jim Wyatt and coach Dave McGinnis 15 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: take the time and they were both very impressed with 16 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: the questions. So when we ask them for time and 17 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: we're just not able to get them every week right 18 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: now because everybody is running in different directions with this 19 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: strange schedule of the year twenty twenty football wise, everybody 20 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: can't be together all at once. Very often, but we 21 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 1: do like to pull the group together and do the 22 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: otp qs, so fire them off anytime you have a 23 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 1: question wherever you're listening in the world, and we get 24 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: them literally from all over the world. Go to Tennessee 25 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: Titans dot com slash otp Q and submit your question. 26 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: We compile them, and then once we have a really 27 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: good list together, we make a plan and we fire 28 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: away with the group. And some of them were pretty blunt. 29 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 1: What's wrong with the defense and what's up with this? 30 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: And why isn't this guy playing better? And I mean 31 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: we came with both barrels last week. Yeah, but I 32 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: appreciate that. I like that we are able to address 33 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 1: the questions that the ot people really have. You know, 34 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: we're not just talking about fluffy stuff that we like 35 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: to talk about. We can get down and dirty and 36 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: talk about the things that matter to the people, and 37 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: I like being able to have that interaction, especially when 38 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: we're not able to see people as often as we 39 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: like too. The otpques have been my favorite thing, and 40 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: I check them once a week like this. I don't 41 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 1: just look at it when we're doing a show. I 42 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: have a running list of otpques that I want to 43 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:35,960 Speaker 1: fire at people, and I will say I got a 44 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 1: lot of flak for not doing a touchdown Titans. I'm 45 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: still not going to Well, it wasn't weak. I think 46 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: that my description of it was very accurate. You can't 47 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: do it to the guy that does it, it's just 48 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: you can Oh you can't. No, you can't because if 49 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: I mess it up, then I never hear the end 50 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: of it. Or if I do a great job, and 51 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: I also never hear the end of it. So no, 52 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: there's no winning in this for me. No winning, no winning, 53 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: No touchdown Titans for no touchdown Titans for you. But 54 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: the great thing is, so we got all these tough 55 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: questions and then the team goes to Baltimore and plays 56 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: like the Titans again. Isn't that great? It just makes 57 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: me happy. The defense is getting better. You're seeing things 58 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 1: from this defense just like you were seeing things in 59 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: September and October, and you're like, yeah, this is great. 60 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: We're winning, but I'm worried about this. You're starting to 61 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: see things improve in certain areas, making the opponent kick 62 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: field goals in the red zone, starting to play better 63 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: on third down, making plays at key moments in the game, 64 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: Brion Borders tipping a pass away, Amani Hooker tipping a 65 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: pass away, Kevin Byard tipping a pass away. Those don't 66 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: seem like massive thing, but when things start to come together, 67 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: you're like, okay, you know, and an NFL team is 68 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: it's almost like cooking a Thanksgiving meal. It takes a 69 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: long time, and what the team looks like at the 70 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: end is often very different than at the start. But 71 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 1: it takes a while, and if you have a good team, 72 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: just like the Thanksgiving meal, it's worth the weight, right, 73 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: Mike Keith, This analogy is so good. It's making me 74 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: so happy. But you, I mean, you're absolutely right. And 75 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: these are the conversations that we have in September when 76 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: everyone says, hey, this team's going to the super Bowl, 77 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,239 Speaker 1: or hey, this team is terrible both camps if people 78 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: need to wait because there's so much that can happen 79 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: throughout the course of the season. And now here we 80 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: are in late November going into December, seeing what this 81 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 1: team actually looks like. What does Dave Beginnis tell you 82 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: to do in those situations? Your powder dry? But it's 83 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: hard because you have all of these people. When the 84 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: Titans are five and oh oh, the ESPN poll has 85 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: them number two. Guess what that means? Zero. Now, that's 86 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 1: what they gotta do. That's their job. I mean, they 87 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: got to fill content and people want to talk about it. 88 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: I'm not saying don't do that, but I'm just saying 89 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: this is the hardest league to see because generally, if 90 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: the Lakers and the Celtics and the Bucks and whomever 91 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: are playing great the first week of the NBA season, 92 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: they're generally gonna be playing great at the end of 93 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: the NBA season. We knew that Dodgers had a really 94 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: good team when baseball season started. I mean we knew, 95 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: you know, we understood, and some teams come on and 96 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: improve and their surprises. But NFL teams, I mean, what 97 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 1: you see in September is rarely something that makes total 98 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: sense by the time you get to be in Kansas City. 99 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 1: Maybe because they got Patrick Mahomes and they're the champs anyway, 100 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: but I mean, it's just such a long process. But 101 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 1: i mean, even look at the Titans roster right now, 102 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 1: it looks dramatically different than it did in September when 103 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,799 Speaker 1: we started this thing. And that's for teams across the league. 104 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 1: It's not just Titans specific. And that's kind of what 105 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: happens over the course of the season. Things start to 106 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: gel in certain areas and things get a little weird 107 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,559 Speaker 1: in other areas. This is the nature of football. So, 108 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I hate it when coach Mack tells me 109 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: to keep my powder dry because it usually means that 110 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: whatever I'm getting excited about is not something to get 111 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,919 Speaker 1: excited about. But when it comes to evaluating an NFL team, 112 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 1: you've got to wait a little bit. But now it's 113 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 1: the time that we can start to get excited. Well 114 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: normally he's right too, yeah, but I try not to 115 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: say that a lot to his face. So let's do 116 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: this edition of THEOTP with Titans statistics that we are 117 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: thankful for. I like that. And these are things that 118 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,239 Speaker 1: now form trends because they're over a period of time 119 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: that we can say are real. They're not too early. 120 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: There are things that have percolated over the first three 121 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: months of the season, and you say, okay, these are 122 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: good things. I'm gonna go first and then I'll let 123 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: you go. So the whole question I got in the 124 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: offseason from everybody everywhere I didn't go everywhere I was 125 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: on virtually. But whether I was doing a talk or 126 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 1: making an appearance on radio, TV show, whatever it was, 127 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 1: everybody said, can Ryan Tannehill follow up twenty nineteen and 128 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: be as good in twenty twenty as he was last season? 129 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: And I said he didn't have to. I said, he 130 00:07:55,360 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: does not have to. If he's even a step below statistically, 131 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: we're winning games because last year as our starting quarterback, 132 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: he had a one nineteen point six passer rating. That's crazy, yes, 133 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: I mean that's crazy good. You know, the twenty two 134 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: touchdowns he finishes with six interceptions. I mean, he's phenomenal, 135 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: but as the starter he's won nineteen point six. I 136 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 1: knew he wasn't going to do that again. I said 137 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: he doesn't have to. And for us as the Titans, 138 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: if we got him over one hundred quarterback rating, he's 139 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: still doing great. Well, guess what, Amy Wells twenty two touchdowns, 140 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: four interceptions, a passer rating of one oh six point six. 141 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: Now he's not averaging over nine yards in attempt, which 142 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: was historically crazy good. That's why his passer rating is down, 143 00:08:55,679 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: but one oh six point six. I'll take it. Oh, listen, 144 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm so thrilled with that. Now, that's down 145 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,599 Speaker 1: from one nineteen point six. But he wasn't going to 146 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: do that again. I mean, who cares. I'm just saying, 147 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: I'm thankful that Ryan Tannehill has answered the question and 148 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: has followed up twenty nineteen with a great first ten 149 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: starts to twenty twenty. Well, Mike, we've got to continue 150 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: talking about things that we're thankful for when it comes 151 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: to Ryan Tannehill, because look at this, he has had 152 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: five five the ot people can't see it, but that's 153 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,680 Speaker 1: all five of my fingers right there. Five game winning 154 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 1: drives in twenty twenty. He's had eight game winning drives 155 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: since he's been a Tennessee Titans starting quarterback. That's crazy. 156 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: Five game winning drives in twenty twenty. That's the guy 157 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: that I want to be my QB one all the time. 158 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: Would you say he was worth the contract? Yeah, I'd 159 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 1: say he was worth a contract. I think, hey him again, 160 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 1: that's what I say. He's gonna get paid again next year. 161 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: I mean, he gets paid every two weeks right now, 162 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: but he'll he'll get I mean, he's that contract is 163 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 1: going to pay him pretty well over the next few years. 164 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: But seems like it was a pretty good investment. Yeah, 165 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: I think so. I think. All right, so we're up 166 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 1: on Ryan Tanney. He'll give us another guy, give us 167 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: another stat, give us someone else you're thankful for. Right now, 168 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 1: Let's look at Corey Davis a little bit. Because Cory 169 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: Davis a great season and he's overcome so many different 170 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,319 Speaker 1: obstacles in twenty twenty. But let's look at him a 171 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: little bit because from twenty seventeen to twenty nineteen, Corey 172 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: Davis had two games where he had one hundred plus yards. 173 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: Not bad. In twenty twenty alone, he has had three 174 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: games where he has had one hundred plus receiving yards. 175 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: That's pretty good well, especially considering he'd missed a couple 176 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: of games during the COVID period, and so he's done 177 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 1: that in eight games, taking more big plays. He had 178 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 1: the fifty yard catch that really ignited the Titans in Baltimore. 179 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: I'll take Corey Davis a step further. Here's another stat 180 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:13,079 Speaker 1: that I'm thankful for. Last year, Corey Davis forty three catches, 181 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:18,600 Speaker 1: six hundred one yards, two touchdowns. This year, in eight 182 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: games already, thirty nine catches, five hundred forty nine yards 183 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: and three touchdowns. Now we know he was hurt last year. 184 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: We didn't know that at the time, but there's a 185 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: pretty good chance that in Indianapolis he will catch enough 186 00:11:35,679 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 1: passes that he will surpass his season a year ago. 187 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: And so I think becoming the compliment to a J. Brown. 188 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: And AJ has thirty six catches for five hundred and 189 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 1: forty yards and seven touchdowns. So AJ is doing AJ 190 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 1: things Again. Here's the wild thing. There is a legitimate shot, 191 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 1: with the Titans getting the passing game restarted, that Corey 192 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: and AJ surpass a thousand yards receive them six games 193 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: to go. Both of them would need to average oh 194 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: what is that, seventy five yards per game, eighty yards 195 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:21,359 Speaker 1: per game something like that. Yeah, not crazy, not insane. 196 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: I mean, if this team's running and then they're throwing 197 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: off play action, Corey and AJ have a chance to 198 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: do this, and you've got that one two threat that 199 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 1: you dreamed of. And I'm very thankful that Corey has 200 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: been able to put up the numbers he has, not 201 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: just for the Titans, but for Corey, and I think 202 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: it's been gratifying to see Titans fans be as excited 203 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: as they are for him. Well, Mike Keith, we are 204 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: about seventeen minutes into this podcast and we haven't mentioned 205 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry, which is I think a new record for 206 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 1: the two of us. He usually comes up much earlier 207 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: in the program, but I am thankful for this King 208 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: Henry stat. In the first three quarters of a football game, 209 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is averaging sixty six yards in about three 210 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: point nine yards per carry. Not bad. In the fourth quarter, 211 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: and in overtime, Derrick Henry averages forty two yards and 212 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: seven point one yards per carry. So to everyone who 213 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: says that Derrick Henry seems to get stronger as the 214 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: day goes on, those numbers seem to back that up. 215 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: Here you go, he's like Mario he is. But you know, 216 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: I think, honestly, I'm not surprised by the second part 217 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: of your stat because that's who he is and that's 218 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: what he does. But the sixty six yards and almost 219 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: four yards to carry in the first three quarters, with 220 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:55,200 Speaker 1: how teams set up to stop him, that's pretty impressive 221 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: in and of itself, right absolutely, I mean, you see 222 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: teams going out of their way to stop Derrick Henry. 223 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: Every single team in the NFL knows that Derrick Henry 224 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: is a machine and they have to shut him down 225 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: to have that much production when defenses are not tired 226 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: are intentionally trying to stop him. That speaks to him 227 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: and what he's able to accomplish and the monster that 228 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: he is just in and of itself. So the fact 229 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: that he's able to do that and then just eat 230 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,800 Speaker 1: defenses when they start to get a little sleepy in 231 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, I like that too. Good stuff. I 232 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: got a couple for you. How about this one, Anthony 233 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 1: ferks are twenty nine catches, which surprises me. I did 234 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: not think ferks Er would have this many catches through 235 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: ten games. I mean, he's on pace for a nearly 236 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 1: fifty catch season as the second tight end. Fourteen of 237 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: those catches are on third down, and so you see 238 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: teams now when they cover ferks Or they are not 239 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: putting linebackers on him anymore on third down. They're trying 240 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: different combinations, and he's still beat him. Here's my other one, 241 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 1: and I'm thankful for the stats that Harold Landry has 242 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: put up. Quietly, Harold Landry is having a really nice 243 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: year that I think can elevate in the last six 244 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: games of the season. Currently forty seven tackles, so he's 245 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 1: on pace for over seventy tackles, which is a nice 246 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: year for a gay please outside linebacker. Three and a 247 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: half sacks, but we know he can get hot and 248 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: he leads the team in sacks. He had that five 249 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: game stretch a year ago where he had sacks in 250 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: every one of those games. I think he may do that. 251 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,920 Speaker 1: I think we may see Landry do that. Leads the 252 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: team in tackles for loss, leads the team in quarterback pressures, 253 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 1: and has an interception. But if you had any doubt 254 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: who Harold Injury was to this defense the three plays 255 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: in overtime, he was phenomenal. What effort and this dude 256 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: is playing what ninety five percent of the snaps something crazy. 257 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: I mean, he doesn't come off the field. I think 258 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: he's an underrated player for this Tennessee Titans defense that 259 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: as they get better down the stretch, I think he 260 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: may get better. We've got two more, but I want 261 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: to I want to mention something. Here's something I'm thankful for. 262 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put my glasses on to make sure I 263 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: read it right. Okay, we love Duncan donuts. We do 264 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,680 Speaker 1: so I'm gonna read this. This is a stat for you. Hey, 265 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: Titans fans get a kick before kickoff with Duncan d 266 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: D Perks members. You've got the app, right, I do? You? 267 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: You sold me on the app. You've got to get 268 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: the app and be a d D Perks member. You 269 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 1: could score four times to the points on any beverage 270 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: every Titans game day during the regular season when you 271 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: order ahead on the Duncan app. So the other day 272 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: before we went to the stadium, you ordered on the 273 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 1: Duncan app. You got four times the points. I didn't 274 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: realize that. Yes, look at you. Check my app. Download 275 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: the Duncan app today and order ahead for your in store, 276 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: carry out or drive through pick up for a quick 277 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: contactless experience. Just use your phone to order and pay. 278 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: Make Duncan part of your game day ritual, and score 279 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: not one time, not two times, not three times, four 280 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 1: times the points to help keep you running all season long. 281 00:17:28,040 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: Titans fans run on Duncan. Participation may very limited time 282 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: offer exclusions apply. That's a good thing, my Keith. That's 283 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: the best stat that you've read this whole time. I 284 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 1: don't know about that, but you may be overselling slightly, 285 00:17:40,119 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: but it is awfully good from our friends at Duncan. 286 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: I think you're underselling how much I like free coffee. 287 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: If you get four times the points, you get there faster. 288 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: If you order one of those fancy latte things that 289 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,719 Speaker 1: you do, I mean you're on your way to a 290 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:58,720 Speaker 1: free drink just anytime. The fancy latte things are really good. 291 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 1: I know. Well, I like to breakfast sandwiches too. That's 292 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 1: that's my bad. Love a good breakfast sandwich. I love 293 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: a good breakfast sandwich. Okay, so we've now oversold totally. 294 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: But that's okay because fans of the OTP, the ot 295 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: people know we love the Duncan and we appreciate them 296 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 1: supporting one of our great titans partners. Dunkin Donuts. Here's 297 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,840 Speaker 1: the other thing. Get a donut. Yeah, like this isn't hard. 298 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,479 Speaker 1: It's called dunkin Donuts. Go get a donuts. Get a donut. 299 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: I mean, you don't have to do anything hard. You 300 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 1: can order it ahead. You just walk in. Someone hand 301 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: you a donut, You a donut, you're out. That's exactly right, 302 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: that's the dream. Last two stats were thankful for Mike. 303 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: You were talking earlier about quietly successful players on this 304 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans team. And here's one, John U. Smith. John U. 305 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: Smith doesn't have a lot of pumping circumstance about him. 306 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: He just kind of goes about his business. But did 307 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: you realize that when he catches the ball in the 308 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,480 Speaker 1: end zone, the Tennessee Titans win the ball game five 309 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: and oh when he catches a touchdowns? He scored eight 310 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: touchdowns this year, thirty catches. That is a high percentage 311 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 1: of the Titans total touchdowns. Yeah, AJ has seven and 312 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: then Derrick Henry has nine total. So yeah, I like 313 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: that stat. I'll hit it with this. The Titans have 314 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: two hundred and seventy nine points through ten games. That 315 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: means they're unpaced for four hundred and forty six points, 316 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: and four hundred and forty six points would be the 317 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,200 Speaker 1: most points in the Titans era. I'm thankful for that. 318 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 1: I didn't know it, but I really love offense. Yeah, 319 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: I thought I only love defense, but it is so 320 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: much fun to be around a team. When they started 321 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: scoring the other day, and you know, the Titans scored 322 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: on their last four possessions in Baltimore if you don't 323 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: count the kneel down, which I don't the kneel down 324 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: right at the end of regulation after the Tucker field goal. 325 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,480 Speaker 1: That's not really a possession. They scored on their last 326 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: four possessions. They scored two touchdowns in two field goals 327 00:19:57,119 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 1: against the Baltimore Ravens. I mean, let's stop and think 328 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: about that. Twenty five games against the Baltimore Ravens. Titans 329 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: fans know this series. They know. I mean, if I 330 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:13,160 Speaker 1: told you most weeks against the Baltimore Ravens you could 331 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,440 Speaker 1: score sixteen points, you would be happy. You'd be like, well, 332 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: we got a chance to win the game scored sixteen. 333 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: Were they esthetically pleasing games to watch? No, collegue. I 334 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 1: mean it was punts and guys getting taken off the field, 335 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: and so this game was hard hitting, and I don't 336 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: know that it was esthetically pleasing all the time. And 337 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: yet thirty points you scored against the Baltimore Ravens. Four 338 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: hundred thirty yards you gained against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore. 339 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,399 Speaker 1: It's crazy. The last time you played the Baltimore Ravens 340 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:52,360 Speaker 1: you scored twenty eight points. I'm thankful for offense. I mean, 341 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 1: it's a it's a totally different word for me. Remember 342 00:20:56,920 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: when not too long ago, every week we were saying 343 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: that Tennessee Titans need to score points, like every single week, 344 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: that was the key to the game. And now the 345 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: Titans they're scoring points and it's marvelous. People would laugh 346 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:12,879 Speaker 1: because they would say, well, of course you need to 347 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: score point, you know, that's your key to the game, 348 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: scoring points. Like, oh, yes, I guess outscoring opposition. But 349 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 1: what you meant by that? And I did the math 350 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: after the twenty eighteen season when the Titans averaged eighteen 351 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: nineteen points again and the playoff teams in the AFC 352 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 1: that year averaged a full touchdown more. I mean, the 353 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: fact of the matter is in today's game, you have 354 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,439 Speaker 1: to be able to score. And here are the stats 355 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:44,760 Speaker 1: I've pulled on that, and I don't know if I'm 356 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 1: thankful for these, but these are interesting stats. NFL teams 357 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 1: are averaging three hundred fifty nine yards of total offense 358 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: per game. That's the average hundred seventeen rushing two hundred 359 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: forty two pass it So NFL teams on average, if 360 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: you go with that two forty two number extrapolated over 361 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: sixteen games, that means NFL teams are going to average 362 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: a four thousand yard passing season almost well, that's unheard of. 363 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:22,479 Speaker 1: I mean, sixty five point seven percent of passes in 364 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:26,320 Speaker 1: the NFL are complete, so two out of every three 365 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: passes that are thrown are complete. Offensive game. For all 366 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:34,320 Speaker 1: of the talk about defense, I mean, you can be 367 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: as good as you want to be, but because of 368 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,120 Speaker 1: the rules, because of the play design, because of everything 369 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: that goes with it, you've got to be able to 370 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: score points. And that's what has elevated the Titans is 371 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:53,840 Speaker 1: they can now score points, and you know, four hundred 372 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: forty six points. I mean, that's outstanding. If the Titans 373 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: could average more more than twenty eight per game the 374 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: last six games of the season, I think they're I 375 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,440 Speaker 1: think they're going to be just fine. I'm so excited 376 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,159 Speaker 1: for the rest of the season. This thankful exercise right 377 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: now has given me so much excitement for the rest 378 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: of the season. I mean, we're not flowing smoke here. 379 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: These are just the numbers. These are facts and figures. 380 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: This is an exciting football team. Let's get on to 381 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: November December football. Let's go. We'll see. What we want 382 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: the ot people to do is call your favorite radio 383 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 1: show and then cite these numbers as your own. Don't 384 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: credit us, say just say them, just throw them at 385 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: the hosts, just say, let me tell you about this, 386 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 1: and then see what they do. Bonus points if you 387 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: live in a different country and just call in, like 388 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 1: a news talk show, just about these numbers. Whatever program 389 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: you want, just talking about European soccer and you call 390 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 1: in and throw out these numbers. But it's good stuff. 391 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: You're listening to. The OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 392 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: Look to the folks at Farm Bureau Health Plans when 393 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: you need someone who understands the exes and o's of 394 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 1: healthcare coverage. All right, So we started doing something we 395 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: weren't able to do it last week, but I really 396 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: really like it. And that is who loves the Titans. 397 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: A chance to chat with some famous Titans fans about 398 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 1: their passion. So you, as one of the ot people 399 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,840 Speaker 1: can see, hey, I'm just like this guy, or hey 400 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,719 Speaker 1: I'm just like this girl. They love the Titans just 401 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:43,880 Speaker 1: like I do, and their stories are often really intriguing. 402 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: I mean, we've been able to find some good ones 403 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 1: so far. We're going to keep doing this. The target 404 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: this week is a guy that you got a shot 405 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:55,040 Speaker 1: to visit with. Russell Dickerson. Explain to the OT people 406 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,439 Speaker 1: in case they don't know, and they probably do, but 407 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: in case they don't, who is Russell Dickerson, Well, Mike Keith, 408 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 1: you want to talk about stats. Russell Dickerson is a 409 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: singer songwriter from the Nashville area. He's a Nashville native 410 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:13,479 Speaker 1: and his debut album, Yours, has amassed over one point 411 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 1: one billion with a B worldwide streams. That's a lot 412 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:22,120 Speaker 1: of people listening to his music. He's got another album 413 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: on the way called Southern Symphony, and he's got a 414 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 1: single on the radio right now called love You Like 415 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 1: I used to that everybody has in their heads all 416 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: the time right now. And I had a chance to 417 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,480 Speaker 1: talk to him about twenty twenty as a whole, with 418 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: him creating all this new music, not being able to travel, 419 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: and he's been super busy, but the biggest change in 420 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:51,199 Speaker 1: his life has been right at home. All right, we 421 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: are being joined by Russell Dickerson. Russell, I am so 422 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: excited that you're here, and there are so many things 423 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: that I want to talk to you about day. How 424 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: is new dad life? Treating you. When we first brought 425 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 1: him home, we were like, you know, we got this 426 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: like up every couple hours, like it's not that bad. 427 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: And then like week four or five, six starts hitting 428 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 1: of that, and then it's like, all right, we gotta 429 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,359 Speaker 1: we gotta start sleep training this baby, Like we can't 430 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: be up every two hours all night. And so we have. 431 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: He's he's been getting better and we've been getting a 432 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: little more sleep. But yeah, you get a little hysterical, 433 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: hysterically crying, laughing, and I was just like, wow, I 434 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 1: haven't slept in weeks. Yeah, this is the manifestation of exhaustion. 435 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,719 Speaker 1: This is good. What surprised you the most about this 436 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 1: dad life thing? Is it the extreme fatigue or is 437 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 1: there something more? I don't know. It's not like really 438 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 1: extreme fatigue. I mean it is, but like I love it. 439 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: Like I get up in the middle of the night, 440 00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: wife feeds him, I change the diapers, and you know, 441 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,120 Speaker 1: burp him and get him back to sleep, and I'm like, 442 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,360 Speaker 1: I wouldn't rather be doing anything else, Like I wouldn't 443 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,479 Speaker 1: rather be sleeping. I wouldn't rather be you know, just 444 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: coming off stage or being anywhere, like just being home 445 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 1: holding this little, tiny human being that me and my 446 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: wife created is like the best thing ever. Now that 447 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: feels like a good segue because another thing that you 448 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: have created recently is a new album that is going 449 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: to be coming out in December. How has the lead 450 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: up to being a dad maybe influenced the way that 451 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,440 Speaker 1: you created this album and some of the music that 452 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:32,239 Speaker 1: you're putting out now? Yeah, I mean really, you know 453 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: you can hear it in the single we put out 454 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: a few, I guess a month or so ago called 455 00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: home Suite, and that when we wrote that song, I 456 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: wrote it with my producer and Charles Kelly from Lady 457 00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 1: A and so we wrote that song as a timeline 458 00:27:49,080 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: of me and my wife's relationship. It's like when we 459 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 1: went on our honeymoon, we got back and I'd found 460 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: out that I had just gotten dropped as a writer, 461 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: So income completely stopped. My wife was babysitting, and I 462 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 1: was just trying to pick up gigs and play, you know, 463 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: anywhere I could. And so, you know, that just kind 464 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 1: of walks through. It starts there, and then it talks 465 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: about us being on the road and broken ac hotel room, 466 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 1: but no matter where where we are, it's home suite 467 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 1: with you kind of thing, and then it comes around 468 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: to the babies. And this album really really digs deeper 469 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,959 Speaker 1: into emotion. And my first album was, you know, super 470 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 1: fun and lighthearted, and this one still is. It's still 471 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: fun and lighthearted, but you know, it's more storytelling. It's 472 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: deeper songwriting. It's much better songwriting in my opinion, and 473 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: so every single song just tells the story of the 474 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 1: last few years of my life. Like love You like 475 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: I used to is kind of it kind of feels 476 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: like part two of Yours, which was my first single, 477 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: first number one and all that. But you know, it's 478 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: the continuation I don't love you like I used to. 479 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: It gets better every time you kiss me, and you know, 480 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,680 Speaker 1: all that that kind stuff. It's just like it's just 481 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: something I'm I could not be more proud of every 482 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,080 Speaker 1: single song. I wrote every single song on this album 483 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: as well, and I would put these songs up against 484 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,959 Speaker 1: any and all songs. It's just I'm so freaking pumped. 485 00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: I do have to say that Yours is one of 486 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: my favorite songs of all time forever, like a top 487 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: five or so. I was very excited to have the 488 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: opportunity to talk to you solely based on that. I'm 489 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: a very big fan. But I do want to ask, 490 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:30,600 Speaker 1: when you're putting together songs and you're creating an album, 491 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: how many songs do you actually have to go through 492 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: to get like ten good ones that you're like, this 493 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: is the album, this is it my first album. There, 494 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 1: I mean hundreds, Like I've been writing songs for four 495 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: years leading up to this album, and then with album two, 496 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: I'd say sixty to seventy five songs. It's more just 497 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: the songs that like give you chills when you listen 498 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,880 Speaker 1: to it, Like you just know, like if you got chills, 499 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: then somebody else out there's gonna get chills when they 500 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: hear this song. That's really how I gauge the songs. 501 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: And you know which ones do I keep wanting to 502 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 1: listen to? You know, I try to listen to music 503 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: that's out there, but honestly, I'm I get so consumed 504 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: with my own just not for the selfish reason of 505 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 1: I only listen to myself. It's just like I want 506 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: to I want to listen to my music in the 507 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: car on a sunny day. I want to listen to 508 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: my music in the car on a rainy day. I 509 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 1: want to listen to my music on my phone speakers 510 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: in a park while i'm you know, eating Jersey Mike's 511 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,480 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Like, I want to listen 512 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: to it any and everywhere to figure out which songs 513 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 1: fit in daily life. And and that's just like one 514 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 1: of my favorite processes is figuring out what songs to 515 00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: put on a record. I think you're the first person 516 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: that I've ever talked to who has vocalized what I 517 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 1: always say about country music, which is it feels like 518 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: summer to me, Like country music is the quintessential summertime vibe. 519 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: Like I am at the cool at the lake, drinking 520 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: a beer, living my best life. Every time I hear 521 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: country music, and it sounds like you kind of do 522 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,800 Speaker 1: the same thing. You take it through like the scenarios 523 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: where people would be listening to it and try to 524 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:14,560 Speaker 1: experience it in that space. Yeah, Like we were at 525 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: the lake a couple months ago and we you know, 526 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: listen to the whole album on the boat. It's like 527 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: you gotta listen to it where the people are going 528 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: to be listening to it. And this this album, Southern Symphony, 529 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:33,120 Speaker 1: is a summertime jam session drink a beer wherever you are, 530 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,920 Speaker 1: like legitimately in a field and a pool, wherever you are. 531 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: This album is full of life and energy and fun, 532 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 1: and uh, you know that's that's me, That's what I do. 533 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:48,160 Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not the breakup depressed like whiskey drinking 534 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 1: depression songs like I'm stoked on life and I want 535 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: my music to sound that way. Now, you mentioned something 536 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 1: that's interesting to me in that you write all the 537 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: songs on your album, and I used you write them 538 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 1: with other people. You mentioned Lady A and some other 539 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: well known artists that people would know. Is the music 540 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 1: industry kind of like professional football in that people don't 541 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: necessarily realize how small of a world professional football is. 542 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,800 Speaker 1: People trade teams all the time, coaches work with players 543 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: all the time. Everyone kind of knows each other in 544 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,000 Speaker 1: the NFL space. Is music the same way, where you've 545 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: collaborated with this person, You've played a gig with this person, 546 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 1: you all kind of know each other absolutely. Like I 547 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: remember when I signed my first deal, it was like 548 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: there are more there are more professional football players than 549 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 1: there are professional songwriters. Actually, you know, And it's like 550 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 1: if you let that sink in it's like really true 551 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:49,000 Speaker 1: and so like it is like people trade managers all 552 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: the time in the music business. People trade labels and 553 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:56,000 Speaker 1: this and that, and you know, I write with Mike competition, 554 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,720 Speaker 1: like I write with Tyler Hubbard from Florida, Georgia line, 555 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,960 Speaker 1: I write with Thomas, I write with Lady A and 556 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:04,239 Speaker 1: it's it's and I see that on the field too. 557 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: It's so awesome to like and like when somebody helps 558 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: the other team up, Like I love that because like 559 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,719 Speaker 1: maybe they were probably teammates at some time before. You know, 560 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: It's like it's so cool to see that camaraderie. Even 561 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: like even in the heat of battle, there's still that 562 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,120 Speaker 1: that camaraderie, you know, a little tap on the tush 563 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,480 Speaker 1: or whatever, like great play, buddy, Like I love seeing that. 564 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: I want to ask you about your Titans fandom. This 565 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: is a Titans podcast. How long have you been cheering 566 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 1: for the old Tennessee Titans. I'm a day one er 567 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: y yeah, so I'm born and raised in Tennessee, So 568 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 1: always been a Tennessee anything fan, you know, Valls, anything 569 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 1: Tennessee is what I can proudly plant my flag on. 570 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,120 Speaker 1: And so like, yeah, I've been I've been here since 571 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: the oiler days. And I remember one night we were 572 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 1: coming home from church and my dad was like, you 573 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 1: see the sky. You see the sky is a little 574 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,200 Speaker 1: brighter tonight, and I was like what, and so we 575 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 1: I remember the first night they had turned on the 576 00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: lights at the Titan Stadium, we drove by to see 577 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,879 Speaker 1: like the huge lights all lit up in the brand 578 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: new stadium. Man, I go, I got chills just talking 579 00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 1: about it, because it's like I've been I've been to 580 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,280 Speaker 1: so many games there and it's just like, the Titans 581 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,840 Speaker 1: are that's my team, that's my home, my hometown team. 582 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 1: The Old Day one ers as you called them, are 583 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 1: an interesting group to me because they can really sense 584 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: not only how much the team has changed, but how 585 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,759 Speaker 1: much Nashville has changed because of the team. Is that 586 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:42,520 Speaker 1: something you've noticed that Nashville has evolved since the National 587 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 1: Football League has been in this city. Absolutely, we were here. 588 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: We were in Nashville specifically, probably two years before that, 589 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: and I was like ten years old. But yeah, just 590 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 1: to see it's I mean, it's been a part of 591 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:59,719 Speaker 1: my growing up, my entire you know, adult life, and 592 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,480 Speaker 1: it's just been so cool, Like there's always that commonality 593 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,799 Speaker 1: of like because play on Sunday. I grew up going 594 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,320 Speaker 1: to church every Sunday, and so you know, the passion 595 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: would be like hollylujah, Amen, everybody go to the Titans game, 596 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And so it's just like 597 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: it's just that cool, just camaraderie that we all have 598 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: in common. That is now the Titans. Hit me with 599 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:26,440 Speaker 1: some of your favorite Titans memories moments. Well, I mean 600 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:31,080 Speaker 1: obviously the Music City Miracle. I you know, I was 601 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,279 Speaker 1: I was the only one watching with the faith for 602 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:39,400 Speaker 1: this play. Like my parents had stopped watching and my 603 00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,040 Speaker 1: my little sister. Everybody had like just kind of well, 604 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: you know, good game, and I was like, no, we 605 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: can still win this. And then Music City Miracle happened 606 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:52,200 Speaker 1: and like went down in history. Then there's the heartbreaking 607 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,600 Speaker 1: the mile long one yard or whatever they call it 608 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:59,680 Speaker 1: that was. That was our Super Bowl victory right there. 609 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,799 Speaker 1: Those two plays are burned in my memory. That's a 610 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,120 Speaker 1: good one and a bad one. Somebody asked me, like, 611 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:09,120 Speaker 1: who's your favorite NFL player of all time? And I said, 612 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: Javan Curse because like it's a great answer, you know, 613 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,960 Speaker 1: like the freak I was, like I was in like 614 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,440 Speaker 1: eighth grade or ninth grade when when he was like 615 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:23,440 Speaker 1: in his prime and everybody at school had number ninety on, 616 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:27,399 Speaker 1: like everybody was Javon Curse and it's just like he 617 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:31,040 Speaker 1: was the beast. He was just the beast. And so 618 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:35,600 Speaker 1: like we did this like celebrity dinner event recently for 619 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,719 Speaker 1: I think Rascal Flats puts it on. Yeah, and it's 620 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:42,040 Speaker 1: for charity, and it's like this, it's all the celebrities 621 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:46,560 Speaker 1: are the wa the waiters. Yeah. Yeah, So I got 622 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:49,279 Speaker 1: to be a part of that. And I'll be dang 623 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:54,560 Speaker 1: if Eddie George and Javon Curse were all we were 624 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,200 Speaker 1: all serving tables together, and I was like, what am 625 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,280 Speaker 1: I doing here? Like I like I had just started 626 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 1: coming up, you know, like I wasn't that big, and 627 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,759 Speaker 1: I'm sitting there with Javon Curse and Eddie George just 628 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,520 Speaker 1: like towering. I'm six foot four and so like Javon 629 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 1: Curse and Eddie George right here just like jacked out 630 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,800 Speaker 1: of their minds. And you know, that was a surreal 631 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: moment for me because I just like idolized them growing up. 632 00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:24,360 Speaker 1: Can you imagine being ten year old you and going 633 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,239 Speaker 1: back and saying, hey, young Russell. Let me tell you 634 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,120 Speaker 1: what's going to happen in your future. Would you have 635 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,360 Speaker 1: believed it? Probably? You know, I'm a dreamer. I always 636 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: I always like to, you know, dream big dreams, and 637 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: so I would have been like, all right, I can 638 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 1: kind of see that happening. But that would have rocked 639 00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:41,319 Speaker 1: my world, Like, hey, you're gonna be hanging out with Eddie, 640 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,200 Speaker 1: George and Javan Curse one day. Give me your evaluation 641 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,720 Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty Tennessee Titans. What have you seen? 642 00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,120 Speaker 1: What do you like? What do you don't like? I 643 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,760 Speaker 1: think this year we've come back with a smarter offense, 644 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,120 Speaker 1: a more versatile offense. That's what I'm stoked about is 645 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,000 Speaker 1: you know, we we still got Henry running the ball, 646 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,720 Speaker 1: and but you know we're getting You're getting touchdown passes too, 647 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,840 Speaker 1: and so that's what I'm stoked on. How often do 648 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:06,840 Speaker 1: you get to go to a Titans game? You are 649 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:11,120 Speaker 1: a very busy man. Now, you're touring, you're writing, you're recording. 650 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 1: How often do you actually get to go to a 651 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,880 Speaker 1: Titans game? It has been a minute, honestly, you know. 652 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:20,879 Speaker 1: That's kind of the bittersweet side of success, is like 653 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,279 Speaker 1: you know, you get to a point where people want 654 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,200 Speaker 1: you on the road all the time. You're getting offers 655 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,440 Speaker 1: to be on the road all the time, and so 656 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,040 Speaker 1: that's kind of a tradeoff of you know, we don't 657 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:34,919 Speaker 1: get home until sometimes Sunday night, and we missed those 658 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:37,600 Speaker 1: those days, and now that we're off, I'm like, I 659 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:39,799 Speaker 1: know there's like twenty people in the audience, but I 660 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,880 Speaker 1: want to be one of those twenty people. I have 661 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,920 Speaker 1: a cardboard cutout of myself in the stands though, So 662 00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,360 Speaker 1: do you do you know where it is? I don't. 663 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: I think they might move them last time I was 664 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:55,239 Speaker 1: in the like the visitors and zone. The next time 665 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,760 Speaker 1: I go to the game, I will find yours, hopefully 666 00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,000 Speaker 1: it's somewhere close to mine, and I'll take a picture 667 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,720 Speaker 1: and I'll send it to you. Yes, I'll make sure 668 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:03,960 Speaker 1: you know where you're located. Let's take a selfie together. 669 00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,400 Speaker 1: I think I'm right next Tim McGraw. Oh, that's a 670 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 1: good company. Honored to be just sitting right there with 671 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 1: Tim McGraw. I'm next to Mike Keeps, so like, Okay, 672 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:20,200 Speaker 1: it's whatever. It's not Tim McGraw. You've had the unique 673 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,479 Speaker 1: opportunity to see Nashville become a sports city in every 674 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,560 Speaker 1: sense of the word. What does that mean to you 675 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,480 Speaker 1: and how fun has that been for you as both 676 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:33,239 Speaker 1: obviously a musician in Nashville, but a sports fan. At 677 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: Bridgetown or as it was, the so A Center, we 678 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:40,720 Speaker 1: had a little indoor football team called the Nashville Cats. 679 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,920 Speaker 1: And that was when I think I was in like 680 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,960 Speaker 1: seventh grade, and literally the wide receiver for the Nashville 681 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:53,960 Speaker 1: Cats was one of my substitute teachers. And so I'm 682 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,640 Speaker 1: just show I'm just telling you how much I've seen 683 00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 1: this town change and how much how much time I 684 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,560 Speaker 1: got in Nashville. Okay, so a player from the Nashville 685 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:09,479 Speaker 1: Cats was literally my substitute teacher. Again, just jacked out 686 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,480 Speaker 1: of his mind, huge dude. And so that was pre Predators, 687 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:17,319 Speaker 1: and you know, to see to see the Titans come 688 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,759 Speaker 1: to town and just just like even to see the 689 00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:24,240 Speaker 1: people downtown after a win, you know, to see people 690 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:28,759 Speaker 1: flood out a Nissan Stadium, flood downtown Broadway, and just 691 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:33,720 Speaker 1: like only sports teams can do that. Only sports teams 692 00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:37,560 Speaker 1: can draw that many people together and and just like 693 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:41,680 Speaker 1: bring that every everybody's cheering for the same thing. We 694 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,960 Speaker 1: love the Titans, and you know, after a win, you're 695 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:49,160 Speaker 1: downtown having a beer with everybody celebrating, like only only 696 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,680 Speaker 1: the Titans can do that, and that's just that's just yeah, 697 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:55,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, it's just like such a proud thing 698 00:40:55,080 --> 00:41:02,879 Speaker 1: for me. That's a good guy, right there, good guy 699 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,560 Speaker 1: and a fan of yours, which is even cooler. Well, 700 00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,120 Speaker 1: I was, yeah, I was kind of I was kind 701 00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:13,160 Speaker 1: of touched by that. Actually, a dude. Well, you're very 702 00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:16,200 Speaker 1: kind people, Thank You're cool. Thank you, You're very kind. 703 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,320 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 704 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:23,640 Speaker 1: We are very thankful for them sponsoring the OTP. Very 705 00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 1: thankful for all the ot people. Hope that your holiday 706 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,520 Speaker 1: weekend is safe, Hope that you have a lot to 707 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,239 Speaker 1: be thankful for it. Certainly hoping to leave Lucas Oil 708 00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:38,160 Speaker 1: Stadium eight and three and in control of the AFC South. 709 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:44,040 Speaker 1: That is the plan, folks. Yes, will not be easy. No, No, 710 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:45,799 Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a doozy of 711 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,640 Speaker 1: a game. But I'm excited about it and I like 712 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:53,480 Speaker 1: the energy going into this game. Got to stop Philip Rivers. 713 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,560 Speaker 1: He's gotten hot the last five games. Amy A stat 714 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,279 Speaker 1: for you here, Philip Rivers the last five games in 715 00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,640 Speaker 1: which the Colds gone four and one, averaging two hundred 716 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:06,960 Speaker 1: ninety one yards per game, passing ten touchdowns, three interceptions. 717 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:10,000 Speaker 1: Guy has only been sacked nine times all year. He's 718 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:14,160 Speaker 1: not taking hits, hasn't fumbled all year, or hasn't lost 719 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:17,360 Speaker 1: a fumble all year, So that's going to be the challenge. 720 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,239 Speaker 1: He played great against the Titans, Tennessee. Can't let it 721 00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,320 Speaker 1: happen again. Nope, this is the time that we change 722 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,719 Speaker 1: some of those stats. I think, yep, I say we 723 00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:28,960 Speaker 1: get after him a little bit. Get on the road. 724 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:31,480 Speaker 1: I sixty five, be headed up that way. You know 725 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:34,040 Speaker 1: some Titans fans are headed up that way as well. 726 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:37,120 Speaker 1: We hope to see you there. Remember this too, not 727 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:39,840 Speaker 1: only Titans Radio, and we're on the air at eleven 728 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:44,360 Speaker 1: am Central Time with Titans Countdown on your favorite Titans 729 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,080 Speaker 1: radio station, and there are many throughout the mid South, 730 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,080 Speaker 1: including one h four five to Zone in Nashville, our flagship. 731 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:55,080 Speaker 1: But also if you joined us eighty minutes before kickoff, 732 00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:58,239 Speaker 1: we have a preview of the ball game with the 733 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:03,200 Speaker 1: latest news and that comes your way Tennessee Titans dot Com. 734 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:07,240 Speaker 1: It's on the Titans Twitter feed. Is it Facebook as well? 735 00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:11,280 Speaker 1: It's on Facebook Keith yep. So if you're at home 736 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,239 Speaker 1: and you're like, okay, who are the inactives, what are 737 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,160 Speaker 1: the what's the latest news? Well, like last week I 738 00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,080 Speaker 1: told you who was going to start at left guard? 739 00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,760 Speaker 1: He did, Mike Keith knew. I give you some stuff 740 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:26,319 Speaker 1: that you're not going to get anywhere else but on 741 00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:30,160 Speaker 1: this feed. And so we're going to get you up 742 00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:33,600 Speaker 1: to date. And the real hardcore Titans fans, the serious 743 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,480 Speaker 1: people they know about this live look in eighty minutes 744 00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:41,000 Speaker 1: before the game Tennessee, Titans dot Com, the app, Facebook, 745 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,920 Speaker 1: and the Titans Twitter. We've got it up, we've got 746 00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,359 Speaker 1: it rolling, and we want to make sure that you're 747 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,480 Speaker 1: as plugged in as possible because this has been a 748 00:43:49,520 --> 00:43:52,200 Speaker 1: really great addition to what we're doing on game day 749 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:55,239 Speaker 1: and we want people to take advantage of it more 750 00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:56,839 Speaker 1: and more. And to those of you who do, thank 751 00:43:56,880 --> 00:44:02,080 Speaker 1: you so much. It's been really great for Aby Wells. 752 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,960 Speaker 1: I'm Mike Keith. I hope you're having a great Thanksgiving 753 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,640 Speaker 1: weekend and thanks for joining us for the o tea. 754 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:12,919 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Big Show where the Legends go. Everybody 755 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:17,480 Speaker 1: knows it's our house, fighting though Tennessee, making us to 756 00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:22,520 Speaker 1: read greatness is meant to be ours. Now, we got 757 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:24,400 Speaker 1: tighting butter running through a VA