1 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: Healthcare coverage from Farm Bureau Health Plans is like an 3 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: extra set of pads when you need them the most. 4 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 1: They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven with 5 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith and this is I guess 6 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: the wrap up OTP, seventy two hours after Saturday's loss 7 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: to the Cincinnati Bengals nineteen to sixteen. We are breaking 8 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: it down and putting it all in place, and there 9 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: is certainly going to be more news coming out during 10 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: the course of this week. Apparently some coaching changes, that 11 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: stuff has started to leak out. At this point, we 12 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: don't know as we record this anything specific about that. 13 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: There are certainly more things to come next week. I 14 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: know I'm going to the Senior Bowl. I know Amy 15 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: is going to the Pro Bowl, and so we are. 16 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: We're moving on. I mean, that's that's what happens is 17 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,839 Speaker 1: you people are like, well do you get a bunch 18 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: of time off, and well, we're going to take a 19 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: couple of days and get out of the office a 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: little bit and do some things that need doing. I 21 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: got my emissions done on my car. Finally the last 22 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: time you'll have to do that, Mike Keith, Well, I 23 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 1: guess that's right. But I got it done and had 24 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 1: been putting that off for a long time. And there 25 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: are things that we have had to put off because 26 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: especially for the last two to three weeks, we've been 27 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: going in hyper speed right right in a good way, oh, 28 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,520 Speaker 1: in a great way. Getting ready for the playoffs, and 29 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: especially the end of the regular season, when you know 30 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: that you have playoffs on the way, is a very 31 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: exciting time because there's so many different things that you're doing, 32 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: and you're planning for the long term and then the 33 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: super long term, and then you also have all these 34 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,639 Speaker 1: immediate things that you need to do and you're just rolling, rolling, rolling. 35 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: It's so much fun. It's the greatest time. One hundred 36 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: percent why everybody wants to work in the National Football 37 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 1: League is for those weeks where you are just off 38 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 1: to the races. But when it stops, it really stops, 39 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: and it is just like slamming into a brick wall. 40 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: I woke up on Sunday morning and my brain was 41 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: going a million miles an hour with all of the 42 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: things that I had planned for this week that needed 43 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: to be attended to, and I had a very real 44 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,839 Speaker 1: moment where I had to be like, it's done. It's over. 45 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 1: Strange question, but do you ever dream about work every 46 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,079 Speaker 1: single night? Yeah? Oh, I'm not talking about nightmares. I'm 47 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: talking about but during the build up to the end 48 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: of the season, in the playoffs, I was dreaming about 49 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: what we had to do, right, because because it's on 50 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: your brain and you're sitting here while you're sleeping, thinking 51 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: why am I dreaming this? Yeah? And yet it there's 52 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: so much to do, and I'm a superstitious person, and 53 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: yet we would have to make plans for what was 54 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: going to happen this week, if there was an AFC 55 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: Championship game, what we were going to do next week 56 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: in a bye week, what we would do with the 57 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 1: super Bowl, how you would travel, things of that sort. 58 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: And some would say, if you're superstitious, if you think 59 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: of those things, but in our business you can't be 60 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 1: that way. Yeah. You reach a point where, because I'm 61 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: superstitious as well, you reach a point where you don't 62 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: want to talk about the things you're doing. Like I 63 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: think I prefaced every conversation I had with you, Mike, 64 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: with in the event that this happens. Yes, what are 65 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 1: we gonna do about or what can we be doing now? 66 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: It's a very odd because you're right, you don't want 67 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: to jinx it and you don't want to feel like 68 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: you're the reason that it didn't work. But you also 69 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: know that's silly, and you also, I mean, I know that, 70 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: and yet I'm still superstition in I know it's insane. 71 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 1: But at the same time, what you have to do, 72 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: I mean, you have to make a plan because they're 73 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: gonna be TV shows, and they're gonna be radio shows, 74 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: and they're gonna be OTP dailies, which we hope you enjoyed, oh, 75 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: because we had a blast, and if you did, let 76 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: us know, because as we go forward, we'll look to 77 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: do more of that. We tried to give good content 78 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: every single day and interviews and things that we could 79 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,479 Speaker 1: share in a way that kind of kept you in it. 80 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: And you know, I just think what it's like right now, 81 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: It's like exams. You remember when you were taking exams, 82 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: how hard you went. I just took a history exam. 83 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: I studied, I studied, I studied. Now I'm gonna go 84 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: the drive through it. Wendy's and get a double and fries, 85 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 1: and I've got to go study now for biology, right, 86 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: and then and then you're onto this and you're and 87 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: then when it ends, you crash. Yep, yep. This is 88 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: like taking exams, only so much fun where exams weren't fun. 89 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: And so the crash is painful. Yeah, the crash is hard. 90 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 1: It's not something that anybody is looking forward to. You 91 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: hope that you crash after the super Bowl, and then 92 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: it's not really a crash. It's just like a slow release. 93 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: But that being said, I am so excited that we 94 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: had the opportunity to run for a sure, because that 95 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,919 Speaker 1: is great. When it stops, it's awful. It really, it 96 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: just is. And for as as sad and as hard 97 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: as it's been for fans, I promise you it is 98 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: just as awful for us. Well. And let me say 99 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: this to the OT people, Hey, we love you. I mean, 100 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: you have been awesome. The fan base has been awesome. 101 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: I've been so proud of Titans fans. I'm disappointed for 102 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: our head coach and our general manager, and our owners 103 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: and our players and the folks that we work with. 104 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,839 Speaker 1: I'm really disappointed for the fan base. I wanted the 105 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 1: big thing for them, because I thought they'd earned it. Yep, 106 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 1: I thought they went hard. I thought I thought they 107 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,679 Speaker 1: gave it all they had. They hung in there during 108 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: some wacky times years ago, they hung in there through 109 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,840 Speaker 1: some wacky times during the course of this season. Yeah, 110 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 1: there were a lot of strange things, and there were 111 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: a lot of chances to get off the bus and 112 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: you didn't do it. So I'm disappointed for the fan base, 113 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: in particular the ot people who follow this podcast regularly. 114 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: And I know you're probably hacked, and you're hacked because 115 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: you were invested. Yeah, you're disappointed because you were invested. 116 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 1: The only thing I'd say about that is a this 117 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: too will pass. There'll be another year and be Remember 118 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: two and fourteen, Remember three and thirteen. Yeah, remember the 119 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: five and twenty seven together. Remember seven years of being 120 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: out of it completely and totally out of it, winning 121 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: forty one games in seven years, And just think about 122 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: would you rather feel like you do right now or 123 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: would you rather go back to that. So for as 124 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: bad as this is, it ain't that bad. Yes, it's 125 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: much better than knowing in November you're done. You're just 126 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,240 Speaker 1: waiting for going on October. In a couple of those years. Yeah, 127 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: but I mean we had an incredibly fun season. It 128 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: would I mean, it had the highest of highs and 129 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: some really weird lows. But I mean this season was 130 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 1: a fun ride. Titans fans had a good time for 131 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: eighteen weeks, right, and that's awesome. And it's been a 132 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,239 Speaker 1: fun ride during the regular season for the last couple 133 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: of years now sure, I mean, well for six years. Yeah, 134 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans have been a fun team to be 135 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: a part of. And yes, this is awful, but every 136 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: team in the league except for one. This way, right, 137 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: there is one team that has the trophy and the 138 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: celebration and the parade and is throwing that Lombardi Trophy 139 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: all over the place, which I'll never understand. But or 140 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: you can get another one. Oh gosh, I still don't 141 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: like it. It makes my stomach turn. But thirty one 142 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: other teams feel this way. And so I think the 143 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: fact that the Titans were in it, we were able 144 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: to have so much fun. And yes, it didn't end 145 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 1: the way any of us wanted it to, but man 146 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: would ride so looking at some of the numbers to 147 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: end the season, just a couple things Titans ended up 148 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: averaging right at twenty four and a half points a game, 149 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 1: little lower than what they would have liked. Randy Bullock 150 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: twenty six of thirty one on field goals with a 151 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,640 Speaker 1: long of fifty one got the Titans back to normal 152 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 1: after two years of making sixty one percent of their kicks, 153 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: which is crazy. The league average was right at eighty 154 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: four percent. Randy Bullock made eighty four percent. I'll take that. Well. 155 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: He did. He did fine. It wasn't off the charts great, 156 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: but it was consistent. But it was more consistent. He 157 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: made three game winning field goals. Ryan Tannehill through for 158 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: three thousand, seven hundred thirty four yards, completed sixty seven 159 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 1: percent of his passes, twenty one touchdowns, fourteen interceptions too high, 160 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: forty seven sacks too high. The Titans certainly have to 161 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: get better in both of those areas for next year. 162 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 1: Sacks Titans had forty three as a team, which is 163 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 1: much better than nineteen the year before. They gave up 164 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: nearly seventy less yards per game. Third down conversions against 165 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,439 Speaker 1: the Titans fifteen percent lower than a year ago, so 166 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: that's better. Eighty five yards on the ground, two forty 167 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 1: five through the air, the big area, and Mike Vrabel 168 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 1: alluded to this in his Monday press conference Takeaways. The 169 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:25,079 Speaker 1: Titans had twenty two takeaways in seventeen games. Not enough. Nope, 170 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: not enough. I mean the goal back in the day 171 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: when we started this in the Greg Williams era with 172 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: Jim Washburn and and you know this is over twenty 173 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: years ago, was forty takeaways. It's a good goal. It's 174 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: important to say this too. Some people say, well, the 175 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: defense needs more turnovers. A defense doesn't get turnovers. A 176 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: defense gets takeaways. Yes, an offense turns the ball over, 177 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: which the Titans offense did way too much, way too 178 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: much this year. Twenty five turnovers. Yeah, that's way too many. 179 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: Red zone offense was good. Red zone d defense was good. 180 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,839 Speaker 1: Brett Kern, who battled injuries and various things so at 181 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,480 Speaker 1: the course of the year forty four eight per punt, 182 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: forty point four net, eighteen inside the twenty only one 183 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: touchback along of fifty nine. Titans were much better on 184 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 1: punt returns Chester Rogers average nine to eight with a 185 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: long of fifty five. Titans were not great on kickoff returns, 186 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 1: averaging just nineteen and a half yards. Both punt and 187 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: kick coverage solid, not fantastic, but solid. Overall, AJ Brown 188 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: led the team in receiving sixty three catches eight hundred 189 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: sixty nine yards, five touchdowns miss four games. Westbrook Akena 190 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 1: was second thirty eight catches for nearly five hundred yards 191 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 1: and four touchdowns. Firks Are thirty four catches, Julio Jones 192 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: thirty one catches for four hundred thirty four yards and 193 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,599 Speaker 1: one touchdowns. One of the highlights of the loss to 194 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 1: Cincinnati was the fact that A. J. Brown and Julio 195 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 1: Jones showed what they could do together. Yeah. AJ caught 196 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:03,959 Speaker 1: five for one hundred and forty two and Julio had 197 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 1: six catches in the ballgame for over sixty yards, And 198 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,959 Speaker 1: you're like, this is what we thought the last two games, 199 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: is what we thought we'd see the whole year from 200 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 1: the two of them. Yeah, it felt good, felt really 201 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: good just to have them together and see potentially what 202 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: the future could look like. Henry rushed for nine hundred 203 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: and thirty seven yards in eight games and ten touchdowns, 204 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: forming five to sixty six and four to three a carry. 205 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: Hilliard three hundred and fifty yards rushing and sixty three 206 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: per carry Tannehill two hundred and seventy yards rushing in 207 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: seven touchdowns. So you sort of see some of the 208 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: bad and the good on the way the listen if 209 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: the turnover bug bit this team in the playoffs, they 210 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: were going out fast and that's what happened. Yeah, that 211 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: was the thing they showed in the regular season that 212 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 1: you knew that they couldn't show in the postseason, and 213 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: dang it it did. Yeah, that's just it beat them. 214 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: It beat them, And you know that there's so many 215 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: different things that go into that. It doesn't just follow 216 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: one person. It's a bigger issue than just Ryan Tannehill 217 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: throw the ball and someone else got it that wasn't 218 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:15,920 Speaker 1: supposed to do. It's more complex than that, but it's 219 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,080 Speaker 1: definitely something that is going to linger in the minds 220 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 1: of the players and the coaching staff for a while. Sure, 221 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,439 Speaker 1: Kevin Byard led the team in tackles for the second 222 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:28,600 Speaker 1: year in a row. Last year, it was considered a 223 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:33,439 Speaker 1: disappointment because he only had one pick and he had 224 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,959 Speaker 1: to lead the team in tackles. Yeah, because the defense 225 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 1: was not great. Second on the team in tackles, Harold 226 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 1: Landry was seventy five led the team with twelve sacks, 227 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,679 Speaker 1: David Long with seventy five in spite of the fact 228 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 1: that he missed several games with injury, and Amani Hooker 229 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 1: had sixty two. Elijah Molden, who I think was the 230 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: Titans top rookie this year, sixty tackles, six quarterback pressures, 231 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: three tackles loss, an interception, a forced fumble, of fumble recovery, 232 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: and a touchdown. Nice year for Elijah Molden. That's great, 233 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: and it's only the beginning. Well, and a lot of 234 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: people said on Draft Night two that he at one 235 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 1: hundred was a massive steel at the end of the 236 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: third round, and I think that turns out to be true. Ye, 237 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: the Titans figure to get a lot of help from 238 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: the draft class of twenty twenty one in twenty twenty two, 239 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 1: much like the Titans got help this year from the 240 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty draft class. Yeah, and having a full season, 241 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: that's what you hope. That's what you hope is that 242 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: in year two your rookie class can step up and 243 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 1: make a much bigger impact. Well, Caleb Varley will come 244 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: back from the ACL and he will fight for a 245 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: starting corner job. You're in a situation where Monty Rice 246 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: may fight for a starting job at linebacker. You're excited 247 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: about him. Rashad Weaver, a forgotten player at outside linebacker 248 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: who was doing some good things. Looked like a steal 249 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 1: in the fourth round. He will come back to play 250 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 1: outside backer, and if he does not start, would certainly 251 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 1: have the opportunity to contribute. Dylan Raydon's very exciting. Yeah, 252 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: And with some of the uncertainty about where the offensive 253 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 1: line is going forward due to age and other things, 254 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: you know, where does Raytons fit into all of this? 255 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: There are a lot of questions based on who is 256 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: not resigned at this point. That list, yeah, who is 257 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: not under contract? He always has a list, I do, 258 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: Ben Jones, Jayon Brown, Anthony Firks her Rashaun Evans, Jeff Swain, 259 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 1: Harold Landry, Morgan Cox, Marcus Johnson who was playing well 260 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: before his injuries. Right, Nick Dzubnar and Matthias Farley, who 261 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 1: both led the team with eleven special teams tackles, Randy Bullock, 262 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: La Daney Chester Rogers, Mike Cole Prue, Greg Maybon, Kyle 263 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: Peco who played a lot in the defensive line, Absolutely, 264 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: David Questenberry, Logan Woodside, Dane Crookshank, Cameron Batson. It's quite 265 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: the list. Yeah, that's the that's the ones that jump out. 266 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 1: This is going to be a very interesting offseason for 267 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. I think. Well, and if you follow 268 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: one of the cap sites, and I know a lot 269 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: of the OT people do, you're hardcore enough that you 270 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 1: follow a capsite, you know that the salary cap for 271 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: this year is two hundred eight million, two hundred thousand. 272 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: So two hundred eight point two million dollars is the 273 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: cap figure for twenty twenty two, higher than twenty twenty one, however, 274 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: not where it was expected to play when most of 275 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: these contracts. Yeah, yeah, I mean that's the difficulty is 276 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 1: you you have a cap that probably would have been 277 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: two twenty to two twenty three had there been no pandemic, 278 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:04,919 Speaker 1: and so all of the revenue that was lost in 279 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty is being fed in the twenty twenty one 280 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: cap and then to a certain extent into the twenty 281 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,240 Speaker 1: twenty two cap. Although not felt as much, and with 282 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: the seventeenth game, with the added playoffs now having fourteen teams, 283 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,639 Speaker 1: it did not end up being as bad as it 284 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:26,000 Speaker 1: could have been. But it's not as good as it 285 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: would have been. Right. So, when you signed somebody to 286 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:33,400 Speaker 1: a contract in twenty eighteen or nineteen, a long term 287 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 1: deal with years pushed out, knowing that the twenty one 288 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: number and the twenty two number would be higher, you 289 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: had no idea that the cap wouldn't also be considerably higher. Yep, 290 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: nobody predicted COVID in twenty eighteen. So the Titans are 291 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 1: not as you listen to the OTP, understand this. The 292 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:59,360 Speaker 1: Titans are not in salary cap jail. No, they are 293 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: not salarycap hell Nope, they are in neither. They don't 294 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 1: have a lot of money, but they start on the 295 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 1: plus side, and John Robinson will pick his way through 296 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: to kind of figure out what he has to and 297 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: what he wants to do next. Yep. This is where 298 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: guys like Vin Marino and John Robinson and his whole staff. 299 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: I mean, this is their time to shine. This is 300 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: their moment. And I mean the fact that they got 301 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: us through twenty twenty and that sticky situation just with 302 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: the cap being so low, I mean, those guys can 303 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: do anything. Well, here's what you need to know. On 304 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 1: March the sixteenth, at three o'clock Central time. That's when 305 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: you have to be under two hundred eight point two 306 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 1: million dollars for your top fifty one contracts. So at 307 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:03,239 Speaker 1: that point you've got to be under. Right now, there 308 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:07,760 Speaker 1: are people jumping around, go oh, it doesn't matter. It 309 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: doesn't matter until March the sixteenth at three o'clock Central time, 310 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: and then it's your top fifty one. So if you're 311 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: going to ask a guy to take a pay cut, 312 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: if you're going to cut a guy for cap reasons, 313 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 1: if you're gonna redo a contract, there's plenty of time 314 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: to do all of that. That's also when free agency 315 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: officially starts. But the quote unquote legal tampering period, and 316 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 1: I don't know why we call it that because it's 317 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: so funny. I think that's an oxymoron, right, it's an oxymoron. 318 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: It makes absolutely no sense, But you gotta keep it 319 00:19:42,560 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: because it's just so damn well entertained. The OT people 320 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: know what I'm talking about. That's why I say it 321 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 1: that way. Yeah, because everybody knows what that means. Well, 322 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: that starts March the fourteenth, So if the Tennessee Titans 323 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: go to amy Wells on March the fourteenth, and say 324 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:03,639 Speaker 1: five years, seventy million dollars. Then at that point you 325 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: and your agent can say will take the deal. But 326 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: you don't officially become a Titan until after three o'clock 327 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,400 Speaker 1: on the sixteenth, and it would probably be a little 328 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: later than that actually, because for formality standpoint, you would 329 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: come in and take a physical yes, and so it 330 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 1: might even be Saint Patrick's day before it gets done. 331 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 1: So the announcements figure to start on March the fourteenth, 332 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: March the fifteenth, but then the next part comes immediately 333 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: after that. John Robinson and Vin Marino will will have 334 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: a plan, of course, they will come up with a plan, 335 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: and they're guys who are going to be gone. Yeah. 336 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: When you have a good team every year, you know, 337 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: guys are departing because either they can afford you, or 338 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: you want to go somewhere else and get paid, yeah, 339 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: or they or they decide you're not good enough. Yeah, 340 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: you know, they make the decision. At that point, we 341 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 1: think we can get better, but you're going to take 342 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: all the pieces. If you're John Robinson and Ven Marino, 343 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:14,200 Speaker 1: who helped write the original salary cap formula as part 344 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: of the NFL office in the early nineties. Did you 345 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: know that about him? Know that he was part of 346 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: the Titans hired him from the NFL office because he 347 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 1: was one of the I mean, let's put it this way. 348 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: He's not only in the game. He helped write the game. 349 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 1: He created the game. He helped create the game. That true. 350 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,680 Speaker 1: So the Titans. When you hear the name Ven Marino 351 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: tossed around, just know he's the guy. Ot people, you 352 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: have one of the best. John's also very good at 353 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 1: it because John is a numbers guy, and he will 354 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 1: go to Van and he'll say, what if we did this? 355 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: And remember too, So we have new TV deals coming in, 356 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: we have a new streaming deal coming in. There are 357 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: all these gambling deals that are going into it. We 358 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: have a seventeenth game. Now, we have fourteen team playoffs 359 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 1: instead of twelve team playoffs. The cap number is going 360 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,920 Speaker 1: to rise dramatically starting in twenty twenty three. So there 361 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 1: may be ways that John and Ben say, you know what, 362 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:29,080 Speaker 1: we can push some things off into the future. So 363 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: you'll hear some people say, well, this is definitely going 364 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 1: to happen, or this is definitely off the table, No 365 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 1: way it can happen. I would say believe neither. Yeah, 366 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: do you agree? I totally agree, And I think that 367 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: if there's anything that we have learned in our last 368 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:51,760 Speaker 1: few years with John Robinson, the man's thinking way down 369 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: the line. He's thinking way further than any of us are. 370 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: So believe nothing I think is great. Just eight, in 371 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 1: the words of the great coach mat keep your powder dry, 372 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,880 Speaker 1: because they got it under control. Right, it's gonna be fine. Well, 373 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: there there are ways to maneuver. You have the post 374 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,840 Speaker 1: June one options correct, which means you can pro rate 375 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: things over two years. There are options in terms of 376 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: do you trade something for something else? You know, there 377 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,640 Speaker 1: there are ways to do it. I just think what 378 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: we've learned in six years of being around John and 379 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 1: starting our seventh now that, like I've already read, well, 380 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: there's no way this could happen, or this is definitely 381 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: gonna happen. I've read both, and I respect the people 382 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: who wrote them. They may end up being right, but 383 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 1: I don't believe it. Right. You gotta John's working well, 384 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:59,240 Speaker 1: and they'll know the mechanics of the game, right. We don't. 385 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: I don't. Maybe you do know. If you don't know, 386 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: I certainly don't know. All right, so otp qes, you've 387 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:10,600 Speaker 1: scanned people have gone to Tennessee Titans dot com and 388 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: they have sent in questions. Now, we're not giving away 389 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:17,120 Speaker 1: T shirts, but I'm just interested to get a temperature 390 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,199 Speaker 1: from the OT people at this point as to what 391 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 1: they might want to know. Do you have something you like? Well, 392 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: I have some things that I like. This one is 393 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: interesting to me. This is from Scott Scott in California. 394 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 1: Scott in California. Yes, he says. The team motto has 395 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,439 Speaker 1: been next man up, and there have been quite a 396 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: few players that have stepped up to make this team successful, 397 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 1: some off original practice squad and others coming off the couch. 398 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,880 Speaker 1: Even who has been the most successful or who has 399 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: been the biggest surprise, I think it's probably question Barry. Yeah, 400 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 1: I said in training camp, I thought he could end 401 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: up being the right tackle, even though he really wasn't 402 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: playing much right tackle at the time, just based on 403 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,880 Speaker 1: the fact that they had so much trust in him. 404 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:06,400 Speaker 1: And you know, David is considerably older than what everybody 405 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: assumes because of his experience with defeating cancer. And he 406 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: was drafted in twenty thirteen and they didn't play in 407 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 1: the NFL from twenty fourteen through twenty sixteen. Came here 408 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,199 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen as a practice squad guy and has 409 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: sort of worked his way up. But David will be 410 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: thirty two this year. David's older than Taylor Lawan, maybe 411 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 1: a little younger than Ben Jones. He's younger than Roger Saffold, 412 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: But he's an older player than what you would realize 413 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: because he's new to the Titans fan base right because 414 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: of what he's been through, and for him to hold 415 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: up all year as the right tackle was a big 416 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: deal and overall did a really nice job in taking 417 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 1: over and filling that role for an offensive line that 418 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,480 Speaker 1: had no stability really anywhere else other than Ben Jones, 419 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 1: which was amazing considering how dinged up he was. And 420 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,960 Speaker 1: Eddie kept playing Roger Saffol too for that matter. Here's 421 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: another one that I think is interesting. This is from 422 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,920 Speaker 1: Kevin in Texas, Kevin in Texas. Earlier in the season, 423 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 1: several NFL quote unquote talking heads wrote off the Titans 424 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,120 Speaker 1: when Derrick Henry went down with a foot injury. In 425 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: recent weeks, do you feel the national media has been 426 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 1: equitable and acknowledged the tremendous accomplishment of the Titans and 427 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: their ability to capture that number one seed in the AFC, 428 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,439 Speaker 1: I do I do? I think they. I think they 429 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 1: gave the Titans credit. You know, the Titans went six 430 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 1: and three without Henry. Something that needs to be pointed 431 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,879 Speaker 1: out is the six and two with Henry was against 432 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 1: a much tougher part of the schedule. The six and 433 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,640 Speaker 1: three without was not as tough as far as the schedule, 434 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,040 Speaker 1: but and yet an accomplishment. I think Mike Rabel has 435 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 1: gotten credit. I think the coaching staff has gotten credit, 436 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: guys who've stepped up half. Listen, the Titans were gonna 437 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: have to prove more winning in the playoffs to get 438 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: everybody off their back, and they didn't. Yeah, and that's unfortunate, 439 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: but that's the way it goes. So you have to 440 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 1: you have to wear it. You know, you lost in 441 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: the divisional round, and it doesn't matter how you did it, 442 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 1: it still says lost in the divisional round. So I 443 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: thought leading up to the Cincinnati game, I thought the 444 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: Titans were getting plenty of credit. I haven't been as 445 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: caught up in that as some people have been. Yeah, 446 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 1: the worst number one seed ever, I didn't that didn't 447 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 1: shake me to my core or the way it did 448 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 1: some people. I was just glad to be there. Yeah, 449 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: it doesn't do anything for me. I mean, I'll be 450 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: the worst number one any day of the week. I'm 451 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 1: still number one. Like that doesn't bother me at all. 452 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,199 Speaker 1: Here's my final one. This is from David in Nashville. 453 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: David in Nashville. He says, Hello, Amy and Mike. First, 454 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: a comment. When I lost my vision forty years ago, 455 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,159 Speaker 1: I never thought I could enjoy football again. When the 456 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: Titans came to Tennessee, I started listening to you and 457 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,679 Speaker 1: I never stopped. The way you described the action on 458 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,239 Speaker 1: the field is so vivid. It's like I have the 459 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: best seat in the stadium. You have restored my love 460 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:16,880 Speaker 1: for football, and I am eternally grateful. So there you go. 461 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,879 Speaker 1: His question is how's Jayon Brown and what is his 462 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: status with the team going forward? First of all, David, 463 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 1: the best compliment we could ever get, and you have 464 00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: made my whole day with that on a day where 465 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: I needed my day to be made. So thank you. 466 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,040 Speaker 1: Jon's free agent and we'll see what comes next. He 467 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: did a good job on Saturday playing in certain situations, 468 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: he is a quality player, he's a better human being. 469 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: He's one of our favorite guys. For a fifth round 470 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 1: pick and for what he's been able to do for 471 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 1: this organization, and then to come back and get the 472 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: contract he did this year, he got paid. He makes money. 473 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: Good for him. Don't know what comes next because of 474 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: the numbers, but know that we will always regard him 475 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: as a Titan. You know, this will always be his 476 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: home and I think he will be wildly successful in 477 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: whatever is a next step for him, whether it's playing 478 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: football or the off the field. I think he is 479 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: a guy with a tremendous future. He was a founding 480 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: and sort of building block. John Robinson draft pick. He 481 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: was very much stole him in the fifth round. He 482 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 1: played so much football for this team. Because of how 483 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: much football that he played for what his cost was, 484 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: he enabled them to invest in other areas and improve 485 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,880 Speaker 1: the football team. But also because of who he was 486 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: and what he was. You talk about locker room culture, 487 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: Jayon Brown a big part of locker room culture. Not 488 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: necessarily the guy that everybody's gonna huddle up around right 489 00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:00,240 Speaker 1: before the game, you know, but the kind of guy. 490 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: And they're about twenty of these dudes who do their 491 00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: job every day. They talk to the press after a loss, 492 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: They keep things in perspective when things are not going right, 493 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: they keep things in perspective when they are going right. 494 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,960 Speaker 1: He's a winner. Yep. He's a professional, and he's a winner. 495 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: And Jayon Brown has certainly meant a lot to us. Again, 496 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: don't know what the future holds, and those are way 497 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: beyond our pay grade. But we're fans, that's for sure. 498 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: I know you are. I'm a huge fan of Jayon 499 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,960 Speaker 1: Brown and you're one. Right. He was one of the 500 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:37,440 Speaker 1: first kind of prototypical titans, right, he was one of 501 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: them John Robinson here, Yeah, one of the first ones 502 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,479 Speaker 1: that John Robinson brought in and said, this is what 503 00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:45,840 Speaker 1: a titan is. And now we've seen a whole locker 504 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 1: room full of guys that have those similar traits, who 505 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: are able to show up every day and work is 506 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: good to work with every day. Is just a guy 507 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 1: who never gets too high, never gets too low. Everything 508 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: kind of stays in perspective for him, I mean, And 509 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: he's just he's involved off the field. He does things 510 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: in the community. We went back to his high school 511 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: in Long Beach, Polly in California and spent some time 512 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: with him there, getting to know his coaches and his family, 513 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: and I mean, he has just been a delight. And 514 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:19,719 Speaker 1: so whatever happens in his future, whether he ends up 515 00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,480 Speaker 1: staying here, whether he ends up someplace else, I'll always 516 00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: be cheering for Jayon Brown. Well, it's like Jarrell Casey, 517 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: who we saw back this week when it was really bad. 518 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: Jarrell Casey was still doing the right things and handling 519 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: himself the right way and teaching other players how to 520 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: do it. And when John came in, he saw what 521 00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: Jarrell meant. And then at the point where after the 522 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen season, Darrell's cost was more than what his 523 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:54,320 Speaker 1: production was and that Jeffrey Simmons was here and was 524 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: ready to take over that role, well, that's part of 525 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: the business. That's hard, it's awful. And when I was 526 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 1: in Arizona when I got the call that we were 527 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:10,000 Speaker 1: trading Darrell Casey, and I was expecting something to happen 528 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: based on jeff And I told everybody at the table 529 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: when we when we drafted Jeff, I said, Darrell's on 530 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 1: the clock, yep, because Darrell couldn't stay and make all 531 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: that money when you had another guy and you had 532 00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: to take that money and spend it somewhere else easier. 533 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 1: It doesn't make it easier, but especially when people are 534 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: doing things the right way. And I think it's one 535 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:40,800 Speaker 1: of the reasons we're so proud of Derrick Henry. Is 536 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry is maybe the biggest Titan of all time. Yeah, yeah, 537 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: I think he probably is. He's everywhere, He's everywhere commercial 538 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: the other night, Well, so he's he's Eddie George. I 539 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: think to an even different level. He's Eddie George in 540 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. Yeah, but I mean even beyond where 541 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 1: Eddie was such a big deal in two thousand, because 542 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: Eddie was a Heisman Trophy winner and he was photogenic 543 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: and telegenic, and Eddie's Eddie. Eddie has a great personality. 544 00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 1: And I don't think Eddie would mind me saying that 545 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 1: Derek has sort of eclipsed him in terms of football fame. Yes, 546 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 1: and that's great, But Derek's also a really good teammate. 547 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 1: He's a really good guy. You know what he's doing 548 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 1: with his foundation. I'm so hoping he wins to Walter 549 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,480 Speaker 1: Payton Man of the Year because I think that says 550 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: not only something for him and for the Titans, but 551 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 1: for the entire NFL. I tell people all the time, 552 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: if you want your kid to wear a twenty two jersey, 553 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: you'll always have something to be proud of. Yeah, if 554 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,360 Speaker 1: your kid wants to be like Derrick Henry, that's a 555 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: good person. And it's my favorite thing when people ask me, 556 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: is he really like you? What's he like in real life? 557 00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,920 Speaker 1: You know? And you can say, he's just as good 558 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 1: as he's He's just as cool. One thing about Jurrell 559 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: Casey that has made me so happy, and this might 560 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:10,320 Speaker 1: be a little girly thing, but when he was there, 561 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 1: but I am, but when he was the twelfth Titan 562 00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 1: and he's coming out of the tunnel. Behind him is 563 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 1: his squad, and his squad is made up of Brian Rackpo, 564 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:30,600 Speaker 1: Derek Morgan, Wesley Woodyard, Harry Douglas was there. His best 565 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: buddies are some of the Titans, great guys that we 566 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 1: loved working with, loved cheering for, and they were buddies 567 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:42,680 Speaker 1: in the locker room. And for me, it just warms 568 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:47,239 Speaker 1: my little soul when that group gets together because that 569 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 1: was the core of the locker room for so many years. 570 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 1: Griff was in that group as well. I mean, and 571 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:57,319 Speaker 1: these guys still hang out together. They get together for birthdays, 572 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:00,400 Speaker 1: their families or friends, like they STI I will do 573 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: things together. And that is just so cool for me 574 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,360 Speaker 1: because that's what you want football to be, that's what 575 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: you want to locker around. Well, and that was the 576 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 1: best part of Friday Night at the Pepper Alley when 577 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 1: Brad Willis our friend from Titan's Radio, my friend for 578 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: over twenty years, and the executive director of the Tennessee 579 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: Sports Hall of Fame told Javon Curse that he was 580 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,719 Speaker 1: being inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame. The 581 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 1: best part was the reaction of Keith Bullock, Chris Johnson, 582 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 1: and Eddie George on Javon's behalf right right. It's just 583 00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 1: so cool to see these friendships last forever and see 584 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 1: how these guys kind of transition into the real world together. 585 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,359 Speaker 1: And it just makes me feel like the locker room 586 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: talk and the conversations about oh I missed the camaraderie, 587 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,720 Speaker 1: John missed the boys, all of that, like it's not fake, 588 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,719 Speaker 1: that is it's very very real, and it makes my 589 00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:04,920 Speaker 1: little heart happy. Well, that's good. I'm I'm glad for that. 590 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,719 Speaker 1: That my heart is. 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And it's hard to accept, 609 00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,319 Speaker 1: but we're pushing, we're moving on we're pushing into the 610 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,360 Speaker 1: next thing we have to. Yeah, there is there is 611 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: no off season. If anybody tells you there's an off 612 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,200 Speaker 1: season there, I liar. But we do get a couple 613 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,279 Speaker 1: days off. We don't want to make it sound like 614 00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: but no, and I don't mean it in a bad way, 615 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,239 Speaker 1: like there is very little time, like you're complaining about 616 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: your boss. I'm not complaining about my boss because he's 617 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:29,839 Speaker 1: sitting right here. No, I'm very excited that there there 618 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 1: is football and future right now. Like we're not taking 619 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:37,880 Speaker 1: days and just twiddling our thumbs and wallowing in our sadness. 620 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,840 Speaker 1: We've got stuff to do. We are moving on to 621 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,760 Speaker 1: the draft, Mike, we are moving on to the Pro Bowl. Ay, 622 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:49,319 Speaker 1: We've got free agency coming up. There's a schedule that 623 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,319 Speaker 1: will be released in May. Is that May? I think 624 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,440 Speaker 1: it's gonna be you know, I interviewed the commissioner. Yeah, 625 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:59,080 Speaker 1: while he was here. How much do you like saying that? Well, 626 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 1: I mean it was good. He was he was very nice, 627 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:04,759 Speaker 1: Commissioner Goodell, and he indicated the whole schedule release thing 628 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,080 Speaker 1: is going to continue to be a deal in May. Yeah. So, 629 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 1: I mean last year it was the second full week 630 00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 1: in May, Okay. See, that's why I thought, I remembered. 631 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:16,520 Speaker 1: There are just so many things coming up. We are 632 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,839 Speaker 1: not sitting and wallowing. Did I sleep all day on 633 00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:24,520 Speaker 1: Sunday after the Titans game at Nissan Stadium on Saturday? 634 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:27,320 Speaker 1: Yes I did have, I started ozark, Yes I have. 635 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,240 Speaker 1: I did too last night. So I mean there is time. 636 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,600 Speaker 1: Your time is allocated a little bit differently. We are 637 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: not running a million miles an hour anymore. I ate 638 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,080 Speaker 1: a delicious breakfast this morning and then came into the office, 639 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:44,960 Speaker 1: like things are a little bit different now, but we 640 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,480 Speaker 1: are still moving on. There are football things to do. 641 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:51,279 Speaker 1: There's stuff going on. The Tennessee Titans are still making moves. 642 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 1: Make and move, make a move, making moves, all right. 643 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:58,799 Speaker 1: So we'll have OTPs. I guess what I meant. We'll 644 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,319 Speaker 1: certainly have one from Mobi next week, at least one 645 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:03,920 Speaker 1: we can. We have them from Vegas, and you'll have 646 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,360 Speaker 1: one from Vegas. I mean, who do you think people 647 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 1: want to hear from you and mobile or me and vegans? Well, 648 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:13,000 Speaker 1: it matters you know what they're interested in. I mean, 649 00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 1: if they're interesting to take a poll? No, no, no, no, no, 650 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,360 Speaker 1: I do not want a poll because I'm afraid of 651 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,600 Speaker 1: how that'll turn out. We know, but I do that. 652 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,480 Speaker 1: But people are gonna be saying, Hey, who are the 653 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,880 Speaker 1: tight ends, Who are the quarterbacks? Who are the pass rushers? 654 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,359 Speaker 1: Who are the safeties? They're gonna want to know. I'm 655 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:32,520 Speaker 1: gonna know. I'm gonna know. I promise you, I'm living. 656 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,919 Speaker 1: I'm getting ready to get on a two hour call 657 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:38,799 Speaker 1: for the Senior Bowl. Oh that's thorough. Hey, I'm not 658 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,480 Speaker 1: playing for Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith. Thanks for joining 659 00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:46,560 Speaker 1: us all year. Ot people hanging there, hanging there, this 660 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,640 Speaker 1: two she'll pass. Okay, thanks for listening to the O 661 00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:56,040 Speaker 1: t PE. Welcome to the Big where the legends got 662 00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:57,680 Speaker 1: to know. It's our house.