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Speaker 1: is a very special OTP because we got to take

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Speaker 1: part in a very special luncheon on Wednesday, November the ninth,

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Speaker 1: and that is our Salute to Service Military Appreciation Luncheon

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Speaker 1: where we welcome Titan season ticket members who have served

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Speaker 1: the year because we get to honor some people who

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Speaker 1: gave for us and make what we do every day

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Speaker 1: possible through their service. So I gathered coach Dave McGinnis,

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Speaker 1: Amy Wells, and Rhett Bryan and conducted a bit of

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Speaker 1: a roundtable discussion at the halfway point of the Titan season.

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Speaker 1: Some thoughts on different parts of the year and where

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Speaker 1: That's what you're hearing now on the OTP. I'm Mike Keith.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Nissan Stadium, home of the AFC South leading

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. Our Salute to Service Military Appreciation Luncheon is

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Speaker 1: one of the favorite things that we get to do

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Speaker 1: all year because we get a chance to honor season

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Speaker 1: in the room who has served our country men, and

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Speaker 1: can we give them all a big hand right now?

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Speaker 1: Please thank you. I have an esteemed crew here with

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Speaker 1: we are going to give you a very in depth

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Speaker 1: mid season report on your Tennessee Titans. So I will

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Speaker 1: bring them up one by one and hope that you

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Speaker 1: will recognize them as positively as possible. Up first, a

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Speaker 1: gentleman who has been with Titans Radio for twenty five years.

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Speaker 1: There have been four hundred eighty six Titans Radio broadcasts.

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Speaker 1: He has been a part of all four hundred eighty six.

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Speaker 1: Please say hello to the ever reliable Rhett Brian. She

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Speaker 1: has been my broadcast partner for ten years years on

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Speaker 1: do on Titans Radio and all of our television programs

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Speaker 1: and the Official Titans Podcast, better known as the OTP.

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Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Abe Wells, and you know

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Speaker 1: him well. He is the mayor of Nissan Stadium. He

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Speaker 1: is the most interesting man in the NFL. He is

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Speaker 1: the backbone behind Titans Radio. We call him Titans Radio's

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Speaker 1: head coach, Ladies and gentlemen, Coach Dave McGinnis is here.

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Speaker 1: Have a seat. Coach mack welcome. You gotta come through

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Speaker 1: the middle here. She's got you blocked off. All right.

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Speaker 1: So I said there was good news. I said there

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Speaker 1: read it from the release from about thirty minutes ago. Right,

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Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans made the following transaction today return to

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Speaker 1: practice remains on injured reserve wide receiver Trailing Burks. Yes, sir,

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Speaker 1: all right, So Coach Mike, let's just now. It doesn't

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Speaker 1: mean he's gonna play Sunday against Denver. He could, they'll

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Speaker 1: have to activate him. Elijah Molden did this last week, right,

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Speaker 1: So it's not automatic. But if trailing Burks can come

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Speaker 1: for the receivers, for everybody involved. Well, Mike, the first

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Speaker 1: Believe me. We get to watch practice. We get to

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Speaker 1: She changes the rules a lot rules and so we'll

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Speaker 1: talk about that later. Amy, We've got a podcast together,

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Speaker 1: and you guys know it's called Titans Amy Coach Mac Podcast.

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Speaker 1: two straight games. Now, five and three is an amazing

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Speaker 1: trickled all the way down. I mean, there is no

429
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Speaker 1: quit in those guys. And it's fun to watch them

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Speaker 1: play because because they're so tough and so physical. But

431
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,800
Speaker 1: I would guess it is really not fun to play

432
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:08,040
Speaker 1: against them because they will just out muscle you until

433
00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:12,440
Speaker 1: you cry uncle, which is what we've seen. Opposing offensive

434
00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:16,320
Speaker 1: lines especially has happened time and time again. They just

435
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,560
Speaker 1: can't take it anymore. And for us to have guys

436
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:23,879
Speaker 1: who are that ferocious and who have a motor like

437
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Speaker 1: that that can keep going even into the fourth quarter,

438
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 1: it speaks tremendously to how they take care of their bodies,

439
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,440
Speaker 1: the way that they're coached, the just endurance that they

440
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,240
Speaker 1: have to be able to play at such a high

441
00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:38,679
Speaker 1: level for four quarters. They can take some punches, but

442
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,760
Speaker 1: they can give them back with the same level of

443
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 1: intensity throughout the entire game. And I think that that

444
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:48,800
Speaker 1: is something that not every defense has in its entirety.

445
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,959
Speaker 1: One amazing stat about the Titans defense is they are

446
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,160
Speaker 1: blitzing less than any team in the league because they

447
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 1: are actually getting more pressure with a four man rush

448
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Speaker 1: than any team in the league. Coach, why are they

449
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,200
Speaker 1: getting so much pressure with a four man rush? Because

450
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 1: they got dudes? And that's and that's and that well,

451
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,840
Speaker 1: I mean, that's it. Look, I first came into the

452
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,040
Speaker 1: league and we had five Hall of Famers on the

453
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Speaker 1: Chicago Bear team. You think we were any good? And

454
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 1: I knew when I came in. I was really young.

455
00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 1: I was very young. I knew nothing about it, all right,

456
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 1: and after one season just coaching those guys, I'm lecturing

457
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,560
Speaker 1: all over the country on defensive play because of I

458
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,680
Speaker 1: had dudes all right now, and that's doing it without

459
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Speaker 1: Harold Landry. But they've they've had some guys really step up.

460
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Speaker 1: And if you can rush with four in this league

461
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Speaker 1: and cover with seven, As a former defensive coordinator, I'm

462
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Speaker 1: telling you life is good if you can do that,

463
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,160
Speaker 1: because there's so many iterations of coverages that you can

464
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Speaker 1: can work against an opponent. You saw it last week

465
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Speaker 1: against Kansas City, that the way they were working disguising coverages.

466
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Speaker 1: But when you can rush with four, it's because they've

467
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Speaker 1: got guys that understand. Our defensive line coach have already mentioned,

468
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Speaker 1: I think does a tremendous job technique wise. They run

469
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Speaker 1: really well coordinated games. And plus you've got they've got

470
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Speaker 1: we've got about six or seven guys that are in

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Speaker 1: a rotation in there that are really nasty dudes, I mean,

472
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Speaker 1: and that's what you have to be. You have to

473
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Speaker 1: be nasty to play that position. Coach, explain games, if

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Speaker 1: you would please, What does that mean in terms of

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Speaker 1: the defensive line. If we're the four defensive lineman up here. Okay,

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Speaker 1: on the right end, Amy's Jeffrey Simmons, Retz, Tier Tart,

477
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Speaker 1: Mike's bud Dupree, and I'm just anybody they put in. Okay, Now,

478
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,359
Speaker 1: if you're the offense out there and you and we

479
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Speaker 1: want to run a game, we were going to run

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Speaker 1: a te stunt because we think we can really work

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Speaker 1: this guarden this tackle here. Amy will give me a signal.

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Speaker 1: She will, thanks Amy, she will. She will take an

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Speaker 1: outside shot to the outside shoulder to try to get

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Speaker 1: the garden the tackle to go with her. I'll take

485
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Speaker 1: a couple of steps up field to draw the tie,

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Speaker 1: and then I'm going to loop around as tight as

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Speaker 1: I can around her. And on the other side, on

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Speaker 1: the other side, Tier Tart over here is working the

489
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Speaker 1: center so he can't come back to block me as

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Speaker 1: I come around, and the edge player over there, bud Dupree,

491
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: he's screaming around the edge so that they can't get

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Speaker 1: any help from the other side. And then now we

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Speaker 1: can run to et. So I'll give Amy a signal.

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Speaker 1: I'll start up the field, go underneath, she'll start, She'll

495
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,120
Speaker 1: wrap around, and they do it. They can do all

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Speaker 1: four at once. They can do one side or the other.

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Speaker 1: They can change their alignment. We can line up real wide.

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Speaker 1: I'd slide this chair a little wider, but i'd fall

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Speaker 1: off the stage and can real wide to stretch them out,

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Speaker 1: all right, And then they'll work the edge the edge

501
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Speaker 1: on a offensive lineman one on one. They do it

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Speaker 1: so well, and they coordinate it so well. Comes with

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Speaker 1: a lot of film study two you've got. Are those

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Speaker 1: called by the coaches or do they do them themselves?

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00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:59,360
Speaker 1: A lot of it, A lot of it is called.

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Speaker 1: But they have the ability to change it depending on

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Speaker 1: what the set is that they see, what's upfront. I mean,

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00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: they have the ability to change that. And here's the

509
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Speaker 1: other thing that's true. When you're studying tape, I mean,

510
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,520
Speaker 1: I want to be sure I can see everyone. When

511
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:17,840
Speaker 1: you're studying tape, all offensive lines, guys have at least

512
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Speaker 1: one pigeon, okay, that you know you can work one

513
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Speaker 1: on one. If you got two, you've got a great chance.

514
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,840
Speaker 1: If you've got three that are just highway cones, you're

515
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: gonna have a great day, okay. And so but you

516
00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,399
Speaker 1: study that, you study that who you can work and

517
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,680
Speaker 1: who you can go against, and what you and so

518
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:36,920
Speaker 1: all of that comes with study, and then they work

519
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 1: it in practice and then you can see it in

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Speaker 1: the games. I mean, as I said, I get to

521
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: watch practice every day, so I know who they're going

522
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Speaker 1: to pick on. I know how they're going to work.

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Speaker 1: But to make it work in the ball game, it's

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Speaker 1: really really special. That's why they can do it because

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Speaker 1: they're very well coordinated, and as I said, they're doing

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Speaker 1: it without their really bad best Ed's rusher that you

527
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Speaker 1: know that we lost before the season even started. Kudos

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Speaker 1: to that group. But that's why this defense is playing

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Speaker 1: so well because they can rush. For Kudos to coach

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Speaker 1: Mac everybody, how about that. That's good. That's why he's

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Speaker 1: so great on Titans Radio. Now we're gonna we're gonna

532
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Speaker 1: go for a real little Russell Wilson knowledge, because when

533
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Speaker 1: you were with the Rams, you were in the same

534
00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: division with Russell Wilson. You saw him probably ten times total.

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Speaker 1: What must the defense do to handle Russell Wilson? Well, yeah,

536
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Speaker 1: when we went to I went to the Rams with

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Speaker 1: Jeff Fisher, we're still in Saint Louis. We built a

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Speaker 1: defense to stop him in Seattle. Because that's what you

539
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 1: have to do. You have to be able to get

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Speaker 1: your roster to beat the best team, and they were.

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson was Patrick Mahomes before Patrick Mahomes was Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: His off schedule plays are dangerous. I mean, and this guy,

543
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: plus he's got a really, really good arm. I mean,

544
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: he's got a major league arm. This guy can throw

545
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,840
Speaker 1: off platform, and off platform means he doesn't have to

546
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,480
Speaker 1: be both feet on the ground picture perfect form. He

547
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,160
Speaker 1: can throw off platform to any area of the field.

548
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 1: But his off schedule plays and his ability to run

549
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,160
Speaker 1: are a real problem because then what has to happen.

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00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: It becomes just like playing laser tag with your little

551
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: brother in the backyard. If you're faster than he is,

552
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 1: no matter what you run, he can't touch you. So

553
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Speaker 1: in the back end when he starts moving, So it's

554
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: gonna be really important. We talk about this defensive line.

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00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 1: We always had a plan when we played Russell Wilson

556
00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 1: to cage rush him and cage rushes, or you take

557
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 1: your two outside men and you squeeze the pocket. You

558
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Speaker 1: don't run past the depth of the quarterback because that

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Speaker 1: gives him another gap, and then you have your two

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Speaker 1: interior people. So you've got four people and you've got

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Speaker 1: five linemen, so one of those interior people has to

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Speaker 1: be able to cover two gaps. So there's not a

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Speaker 1: place for a quarterback to step up. So the most

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Speaker 1: important thing is cage rush this dude. Don't let him

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Speaker 1: get outside, don't let him escape to his throwing hand,

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Speaker 1: which is his right hand. And then you've got a

567
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Speaker 1: plaster in the backfield, which means once he starts moving,

568
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,720
Speaker 1: everybody's in man to man. They did a tremendous job

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Speaker 1: last Sunday night against Kansas City of plastering coverage, a

570
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,480
Speaker 1: tremendous job, the best anybody's done, because they had no

571
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: explosive plays, you know, throwing the football, but Russell Wilson

572
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: can't let him get out and start playing holly gully

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00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 1: football outside the pocket. Broncos have one of the best

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Speaker 1: defenses in the NFL. They're giving up one hundred twenty

575
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Speaker 1: three yards rushing per game, but only one hundred sixty

576
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Speaker 1: six yards passing. They traded their best player to Miami

577
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 1: last week during their bye week, Bradley Chubb, and yet

578
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 1: they've still got several good pass rushers. So what or

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Speaker 1: who stands out to you as you've begun studying the

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Speaker 1: Broncos defense. I'm gonna do an Amy Wells here because

581
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Speaker 1: I can, because she's my friend. Three levels. I'm gonna

582
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: give you their defensive front, Draymont Jones from Ohio State.

583
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Speaker 1: Five and a half sacks, five and a half sacks,

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Speaker 1: third round pick. This guy's really coming into his own.

585
00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 1: Really a good player that you watch. Lex Singleton is

586
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: a linebacker that's from Montana State. Was a number one

587
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: pick in the CFL. Then the Seahawks drafted him in

588
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: the seventh round. All he's done is lead the team

589
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 1: in tackles. Really a smart guy. And then in the

590
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Speaker 1: back end a guy that everybody's familiar with here in

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Speaker 1: the Southeastern Conference. Patrick's retained. The second is a tremendous,

592
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Speaker 1: tremendous corner that can He's a true lockdown corner out there.

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00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 1: And then I got to give kudos to their young

594
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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator at Jero Echero. This guy has been in

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Speaker 1: the league for fourteen years. You know, came up, was

596
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 1: a defensive quality control guy with the Tampa Bay Bucks

597
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 1: and has worked he's most recently with the Rams. Really smart,

598
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 1: really smart, does a nice job of dissecting offenses. And

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00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 1: so they've got really good coaching and that again, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna hear me say it a lot. You'll hear me

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Speaker 1: say it on Sunday on the radio. They got dudes

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00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: at every level that can make place. They are going

603
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 1: to be a hard nut to crack on Sunday here

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00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 1: at Nissan Stadium because you feel like amy their offense

605
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: is getting better. Russell Wilson is getting used to the

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00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett system, and they know they've added some more pieces.

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00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,320
Speaker 1: They've certainly got receivers. The defense has been double tough

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Speaker 1: all year. The Titans are going to have to be

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Speaker 1: on point because the Broncos feel like a three and

610
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 1: five team that could elevate during their last nine games.

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Speaker 1: And that's what makes November and December football so much

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00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 1: fun is that this is the time that some of

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Speaker 1: those teams that maybe have had a down start, or

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Speaker 1: that had a brand new quarterback to their system, or

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Speaker 1: who had some sort of offseason changes, now they're starting

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Speaker 1: to find their footing. So this is a chance for

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00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:41,760
Speaker 1: a lot of teams in these next two months to

618
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: kind of take off and start to make those pushes

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Speaker 1: towards the playoffs. For the Tennessee Titans. It's fun because

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Speaker 1: you're gonna start to see some good games, and you're

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Speaker 1: gonna start to see some real talent coming in. And

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Speaker 1: this team is also one that has found its footing

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Speaker 1: and really has the opportunity to take off and has

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Speaker 1: the cushion of being pretty successful in the first half

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00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: of the season. So November football is in December football

626
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,560
Speaker 1: is better than all other football in the world for

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00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,800
Speaker 1: that reason. And I'm excited to see this game on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: When it's two teams that I think are pretty well

629
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: matched going up against each other, I think it's going

630
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:20,399
Speaker 1: to be a lot of fun. Their offense hasn't found

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Speaker 1: its rhythm yet, and that's what we hope doesn't happen

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00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,320
Speaker 1: on Sunday at all in a couple of weeks to

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00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, because he's got weapons Courtland Sutton, kJ Hamler,

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00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 1: Jerry Judy at wide receiver. They have a rookie tight

635
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 1: end Greg Dulsi's from UCLA who's really starting to emerge.

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00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 1: That game two weeks ago in London, four catches for

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00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:41,400
Speaker 1: eighty seven yards. He's becoming a target for Russell Wilson.

638
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:45,279
Speaker 1: But where the Titans defense can do it right, and

639
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,399
Speaker 1: coach Max laid it out with Kage Rushing. They're down

640
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 1: to their third different starting left tackle, their second now

641
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Speaker 1: center because Lloyd Cushionburry, their starting centers on injured reserve,

642
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,520
Speaker 1: and their backup right tackle. He's been sacked twenty three

643
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 1: times a this season. That's what the Titans have got

644
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: to do is get him on the ground. All right.

645
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:09,080
Speaker 1: So let's do a little NFL talk here. Which of

646
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 1: these is the most interesting story to you that you

647
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,760
Speaker 1: will be following during the second half of the season.

648
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: A Jeff Saturday becoming coach of the Indianapolis Colts with

649
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 1: no previous coaching experience. B Deshaun Watson returning from suspension

650
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: to quarterback to Cleveland Browns for the final six games

651
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,760
Speaker 1: of the year. Or see everything going on with Tom

652
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: Brady and Tampa Bay. Well all of those are fun. Yeah,

653
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 1: well that's why I picked him. So which which one

654
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 1: will you follow the most closely? Oh? Definitely Jeff Saturday

655
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 1: being the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, because what

656
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:52,439
Speaker 1: in the world, I mean, he's a very nice man.

657
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 1: Were you there with him? Which I was not? He

658
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 1: was not there. He was there with mister Earsay. I

659
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 1: did work with mister Earsay. Yep, I sure did so.

660
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: Behind the curtain. I had texted Amy when they announced

661
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:16,279
Speaker 1: they fired Frank Reich, and I said, because they did

662
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 1: not announce a successor immediately. Usually you say Jim Smith

663
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: has been fired as the head coach and Bob Williams

664
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 1: will become the interim It's in the same sentence. It's

665
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 1: in the same sentence with a comma, right, But there

666
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 1: was no second part of the sentence. So I texted

667
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 1: Amy and I said, do you think since they didn't

668
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,800
Speaker 1: name anybody, that they might put Chuck Bagano, their former

669
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 1: coach who the owner loves, back in as the interim

670
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:49,240
Speaker 1: head coach, to which you responded, I said, doesn't seem likely.

671
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: They've got so many people with head coaching experience on staff,

672
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 1: but who knows. Anything's possible. Nothing would surprise me, And

673
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 1: then they surprised me. I mean, Jeff Saturday be a

674
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 1: nice man, has no coaching experience, he's coached in high school,

675
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 1: but I don't even think he was a head coach Georgia. Yeah,

676
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:17,600
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure that's fantastic, did a great job,

677
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 1: but there is so much that goes into being a

678
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 1: head coach, that is beyond just being a good former

679
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 1: NFL head coach. Sitting Mike, I was just about to well, no,

680
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,959
Speaker 1: I don't want to take a sip of coke zero. Alright,

681
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:35,920
Speaker 1: I don't want to take it. But I was going

682
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: to ask. I mean, Mac, we talk about this all

683
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 1: the time, to the point where we'll be like, well,

684
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: a guy, he was a good coordinator, but he wasn't

685
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,280
Speaker 1: a great head coach. Or oh, he was a great

686
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: position coach, but he might not be a great coordinator.

687
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 1: There's so many other things that go into it beyond

688
00:37:54,440 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: just Ex's nose. Right, Well, there's some unusual things. I've

689
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 1: been in this league for thirty seven years straight, so

690
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 1: I've been I was a head coach for six hours

691
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,760
Speaker 1: and didn't know it for three at the Chicago Bears. Okay,

692
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,719
Speaker 1: let's start with Let's start with that story. And I

693
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 1: worked really hard to get my first interview. I was

694
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: in the league twelve years before Tom Benson interviewed me

695
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,759
Speaker 1: at the New Orleans Saints. So clearly, you don't have

696
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: to do anything to be a head coach in this league.

697
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: I mean really, seriously, we may have several head coaches

698
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,719
Speaker 1: sitting out here at these tables right now. I mean,

699
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: that was a while and I'm let me just give

700
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: you my thoughts on this, and I'm sure all of

701
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: you were aware of. I mean, mister Ersay lost his

702
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 1: mind last year when they got beat by Jacksonville. I

703
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:50,840
Speaker 1: don't know if you've seen it, but there's a rant

704
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: that he made when his private plane jets were going

705
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,360
Speaker 1: on the tarmac that this is not going to happen.

706
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 1: We've got to beat the Titans. We've got to get

707
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,480
Speaker 1: we've got to get tough. We can't be scared. This

708
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: will never happen again. And then fast forward to this

709
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: season that we've all experienced together and the Titans sweep them,

710
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 1: the Titans sweep him, and all of a sudden, now

711
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: they're they're they're firing, they're firing their quarterback that they

712
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 1: traded one away that they didn't like, bring Matt Ryan in,

713
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden they don't like him. Frank

714
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: all see, I think the Titans sweeping them this year

715
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 1: broke them. I mean, we broke them, all right, And

716
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: so it doesn't bother me. All right, Well, let me

717
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:36,359
Speaker 1: take one thing seriously, though, if if you're sitting where

718
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday is right now in that seat, and you're

719
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: preparing to play Las Vegas this weekend. What's the first

720
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,399
Speaker 1: thing he has to get his arms around. Well, let's

721
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 1: get this on Jeff Saturday. Though, he was a really

722
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: good player in this Yeah, and he's really smart and

723
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 1: a really smart and a really smart guy. He Look,

724
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 1: he's got he's got guys on his staff and have

725
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 1: been head coaches. He's got Gus Bradley there, he's got

726
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 1: John Fox there. They will all help him. It's not

727
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,839
Speaker 1: gonna be on Jeff Saturday. Let's get that out there.

728
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 1: It's not gonna be on Jeff Saturday. He'll He'll have

729
00:40:06,239 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 1: to he's got to get he's got to get a

730
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:11,960
Speaker 1: you know, a line of authority established pretty quick as

731
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 1: far as to what he wants to do. Who's gonna

732
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,319
Speaker 1: call his place, who's going. But the basic thing that

733
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 1: he's got to do is he's got to rally the troops.

734
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: He's got to let his he's got to let his

735
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 1: coaches coach. They've got good coaches up there. I'm just

736
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 1: telling you, he's got to let his coaches coach. What

737
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 1: he's I've been an interim head coach in my career too.

738
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,880
Speaker 1: It's not easy, all right, and it's really not easy

739
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 1: if it's if it's made during the middle of the season,

740
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:37,799
Speaker 1: which I did also. Okay, So the first thing you

741
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:41,760
Speaker 1: have to do, you him, Jeff Saturday, coach, Mike whoever

742
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 1: the inner have head coaches. Your job is to get

743
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 1: the mindset of that locker room right. Let your coaches coach.

744
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 1: Let your coaches coach. And they've already been working on

745
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 1: game plans. You're not going to be involved in that.

746
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: You've got to be the mentality and you've got to

747
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 1: you have got to be the vibe coach. That's what

748
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 1: you've got to be. And you've got to get your

749
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: locker room right because the make no mistake about it,

750
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:09,279
Speaker 1: they've got good players up there. They just hit a

751
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: rough patch that sent the owner over the rails. Okay,

752
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 1: So Jeff Saturday, get the locker room straight. Let your

753
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: coaches coach. That's his job, all right. Red. I've got

754
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:25,760
Speaker 1: a theory on the Jeff Saturday hire. Okay. I think

755
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 1: that mister Earsay is so consumed with the Titans that

756
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:36,919
Speaker 1: he just thinks he hired his Mike Vrabel. Well, because

757
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: he that he thinks he's hired this guy who relates.

758
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 1: He sees Vrabel here, and let's face it, nobody in

759
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 1: the NFL has players that play for him like Mike

760
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:56,280
Speaker 1: Vrabel's players play for him. He is absolutely in touch

761
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,760
Speaker 1: with his guys. They enjoy playing for him, they believe

762
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 1: in the message. I think that's what he thinks he's hired.

763
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 1: He's forgetting the fact, quite possibly that Mike coached at

764
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: Ohio State, that he was an assistant with the you know,

765
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,719
Speaker 1: with the Texans, that he was a coordinator, and now

766
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: he's been the head coach five years. He's kind of

767
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:21,759
Speaker 1: forgetting all that. But he's just thinking Jeff Saturday was

768
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: to the Colts in that era what Mike Vrabel was

769
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 1: to the Patriots. So I've just hired my Mike Vrabel.

770
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: I buy your theory, and I'll tell you why if

771
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: we rewind to twenty eighteen. First of all, all the

772
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,640
Speaker 1: hoot coaching hires in twenty eighteen have all been fired

773
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:42,959
Speaker 1: except for Mike Vrabel, who is coach of the year

774
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,960
Speaker 1: to division championships. As we have seen multiple appearances of

775
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 1: the playoffs winning seasons, and if you'll remember Mike Vrabel

776
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,960
Speaker 1: interviewed for the head coaching job for the Indianapolis Colts

777
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. They tabbed their guy to be Josh McDaniels,

778
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,000
Speaker 1: who stood them up and left them at the altar,

779
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,400
Speaker 1: and by the time they got back to Mike Rabel,

780
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,239
Speaker 1: he was signing paperwork to be the head coach of

781
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 1: your Tennessee Titans. Mike Rabel's the one that got away well,

782
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,879
Speaker 1: and then they ended up with Frank Reich as sort

783
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,240
Speaker 1: of the yes, second choice. And look who they're playing

784
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: this week. They're playing Josh McDaniel's team bingo kind of ironic.

785
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 1: So what do you think? What do you think about

786
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 1: that theory? Amy Wills Mike, I really like that theory.

787
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 1: Thank you. That's really good. I mean, that's strong. And

788
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:31,440
Speaker 1: I think that what he's looking for more than anything

789
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 1: is someone who can who a he trusts because he

790
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,399
Speaker 1: has a very small circle anyway, So he wants one

791
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,720
Speaker 1: of his guys in there who he has a direct

792
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: line to, and someone who he feels can rally the troops.

793
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 1: And I mean, realistically, of all people who could walk

794
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 1: in and really get in with the guys and really

795
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,839
Speaker 1: rally a locker room Jeff Saturday might be the one

796
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,800
Speaker 1: to do that. Well, that's why I said, that's his job, yeah,

797
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 1: and so it's why is there. I think that from

798
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: that respect, I can see the line kind of, but

799
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 1: from a logistic perspective, from an actual X is an

800
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:17,800
Speaker 1: o's perspective, in some of the subsequent moves that they've made,

801
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 1: I see this being a little chaotic. So I think

802
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,719
Speaker 1: the locker room might be there, but there still might

803
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,879
Speaker 1: be a little confusion day to day. I see your

804
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:31,719
Speaker 1: chaos one hundred percent because I just look at the

805
00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 1: young man who's going to be calling the plays for them,

806
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:38,359
Speaker 1: Parks Frasier, thirty years old, and they were like, who

807
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:40,880
Speaker 1: is Parks Frasier? Good? I'm with you. I didn't know

808
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:42,800
Speaker 1: until I read up on him last night. He was

809
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 1: a quarterback at Murray State just up the road. He

810
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 1: was an assistant coach for Rick Stockstale with MTSU just

811
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:52,920
Speaker 1: a few seasons ago. I don't know. I mean, I

812
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 1: saw Front Office Sports post basically his LinkedIn review and

813
00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:01,680
Speaker 1: his you know LinkedIn page. This guy's gonna be in

814
00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:05,800
Speaker 1: for just a crazy week, I mean. And Sam Ellinger

815
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,800
Speaker 1: is a second year quarterback who was sacked nine times

816
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:12,120
Speaker 1: last week. I mean, you talk about chaos. Coach I

817
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: wondered if they wouldn't let Matt Ryan call the plays. Well,

818
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 1: let me say this though, everybody up there, Jeff Saturday

819
00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:23,200
Speaker 1: and all of those coaches and really the players, now

820
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:27,280
Speaker 1: they're playing with house money. All the pressure is off.

821
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:32,240
Speaker 1: There is no pressure on anybody. That's true. They're playing

822
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 1: with house money right now. So are they dangerous or

823
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:41,719
Speaker 1: in retreat? Well, they're NFL players. Still, Hey, look we

824
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 1: beat them twice. We know how good those players are.

825
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:49,080
Speaker 1: And they've got they've got legitimate, legitimate dudes. And so

826
00:45:49,360 --> 00:45:52,440
Speaker 1: to me, Jeff Saturday can rally the troops and really,

827
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 1: you know, calling the plays, you know that'll be. They

828
00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 1: just have to get everybody on the same wavelength as

829
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:02,240
Speaker 1: to what they're doing, because it has been nothing but chaos.

830
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 1: And I go back to my original statement. The thing

831
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:08,520
Speaker 1: that started the crack in this wall, the big crack,

832
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:12,520
Speaker 1: the Titan sweeping them. If Coach Saturday, which feels like

833
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:19,480
Speaker 1: King Friday, if Coach Saturday can get that locker room

834
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:22,239
Speaker 1: on board with him, they're dangerous. If some of those

835
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 1: guys start to kind of check out, because this seems

836
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: nutso um, then they're mailing it in. I wonder rafting high.

837
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:34,040
Speaker 1: I wonder about coaches checking out, Yeah, I mean having

838
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:39,160
Speaker 1: been passed over, and yeah it's possible. Final thoughts, Rhet.

839
00:46:40,840 --> 00:46:44,520
Speaker 1: My final thought is this, I am honored to be

840
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:46,719
Speaker 1: in front of every one of you today and to

841
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:50,799
Speaker 1: be up here with this panel you. Every one of

842
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: you understand the word sacrifice and we wouldn't be sitting

843
00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:57,800
Speaker 1: up here if it wasn't for your service to our country.

844
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:00,760
Speaker 1: And I am forever indebted to you. I cannot repay

845
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,400
Speaker 1: you enough for what you've already done, and I appreciate

846
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:07,400
Speaker 1: you being here today. Outstanding Final thought, Rehet Brian, amy Wells,

847
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:10,560
Speaker 1: Coach Mack, thank you all for being here and thank

848
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 1: you for your support of our Tennessee Titans. Let's go

849
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 1: Pete Broncos on Sunday. Tighten up, everybody, Coach Dave McGinnis,

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Speaker 1: Amy Wells, and Rhet Bryan at the Salute to Service

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Speaker 1: Military appreciation luncheon for Titan season ticket members who had

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Speaker 1: That's going to do it. For this edition of the OTP.

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Speaker 1: Remind you Titans Broncos Sunday at Nissan Stadium. We actually

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Speaker 1: Chris Harris along with Dave McGinnis and me Mike Keith.

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Speaker 1: At eleven o'clock on Titans Radio, it's Titans Countdown with

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Speaker 1: T He Welcome to the Big Show where the legends

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