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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Titans Amy and Coach Mac podcast, presented

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Speaker 1: Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven. I'm Amy. Well, thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for tuning into this playoff edition of

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Speaker 1: the Titans Amien Coach Mac podcast. Mac of course is here.

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Speaker 1: Coach Mac, how you doing. I thought you were about

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Speaker 1: to put your mask on, like we're okay, we're all

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Speaker 1: vaxed here. I know, but I had my mask on

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Speaker 1: when I was out there watching practice, and so I

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Speaker 1: just put it down. Here. Ashley Farrell's over here shaking

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Speaker 1: her hands. I think she's got frostbite. It was a

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Speaker 1: tad nippi out there, but it's gonna be a tad

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Speaker 1: nippy on Saturday. So we're all used to the elements.

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Speaker 1: It is chilly here and it's also going to be

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Speaker 1: chilly on Saturday. As Coach Mac said, the Titans are

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Speaker 1: taking on the Cincinnati Bengals in the Divisional round of

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Speaker 1: the NFL Playoffs. Is that Nissan Stadium which is just

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Speaker 1: so great. Kickoff for that game is at three thirty

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Speaker 1: pm Central Time. Titans Radio, by the way, goes on

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Speaker 1: the air with Titans Countdown at two pm, so you

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Speaker 1: get a little extended pregame. We're very excited about that.

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Speaker 1: We'll all be there. So Mac, I guess we've got

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Speaker 1: to start off just by talking about the playoffs. You

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Speaker 1: can feel the excitement around this city. Like everywhere you go,

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Speaker 1: it feels like everyone's buzzing about the Titans playoffs. And

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Speaker 1: you're a man about town, you roll around doing all

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Speaker 1: of your coach mac things. What are the people saying

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Speaker 1: to you? Oh, they're so excited, I mean, and it

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Speaker 1: really covers all avenues of people, you know, because I

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Speaker 1: just it's amazing about the energy that is in this

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Speaker 1: city right now, and rightfully so, because that's what the

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Speaker 1: playoffs are about. This is why we all do this.

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Speaker 1: This is actually while we're all invested in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League and invested in the Titans, these are the times,

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Speaker 1: these are the playoffs, and so you can you can

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Speaker 1: feel it everywhere. And you know, when I first got

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Speaker 1: when the playoffs come around, you're all breathing a different

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Speaker 1: type of air and we can feel it and it's

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Speaker 1: going to be. It's it's great now. The build up

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Speaker 1: is great. You can never be I mean, the excitement

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Speaker 1: And I think this city's building to a big one

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Speaker 1: right now. Oh my gosh. It's just you can feel

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Speaker 1: the grocery store to the doctor's office, Like every single

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Speaker 1: person that said something to me about the playoffs, which

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Speaker 1: is just so cool. So we're so excited to see

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Speaker 1: everybody on Saturday at Nissan Stadium. Make sure you come early.

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Speaker 1: There's so much going on at the stadium. Head on

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Speaker 1: over to Tennessee Titans dot com for the full list

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Speaker 1: of all the things that are going on. I can't

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Speaker 1: even name them all. We'd be here for forty five minutes.

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Speaker 1: There's so much going on, But I can tell you

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Speaker 1: Little Big Town is singing the national anthem, which is

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Speaker 1: so so cool. And Darrell Casey is the twelfth Titan

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna hear from him a little bit later

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Speaker 1: on this show, which is so exciting. But you're gonna

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Speaker 1: want to be in your seat when the game starts,

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Speaker 1: so make sure you get there early. Leave time to

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Speaker 1: get your car park, get yourself all situated, walk around

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Speaker 1: down because it's gonna be awesome. But there's also something

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Speaker 1: listeners could be there, that'd be pretty cool. Pep Rally

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Speaker 1: Friday night at six and Peabody from six thirty to

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Speaker 1: excited again because that's the actual game. Yeah. I don't

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Speaker 1: that's what everybody's here for. You've been at practice all week.

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Speaker 1: How is Mike Vrabel really keeping his team focused in

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Speaker 1: a different place. Yeah, he's not. He's not quelling their excitement,

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Speaker 1: not three out of five, it's not four out of seven.

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Speaker 1: It's this one. And so that's why it's so big

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Speaker 1: for this team. You mentioned earlier. Health is such a

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Speaker 1: big deal for the Titans, especially on offense. So many

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Speaker 1: someone like Todd Downing the offensive coordinator, or Ryan Tannehill,

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Speaker 1: done a great job this year. Since we've i mean

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Speaker 1: that slump carry over for two weeks? That was a

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Speaker 1: on paper? Yeah? Absolutely. This is a really young, explosive

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Speaker 1: first seed and have a home field, a bandage, and

426
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:34,080
Speaker 1: you know to say that I was part of those

427
00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:36,560
Speaker 1: guys coming up and being able to be where they

428
00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:40,280
Speaker 1: are today. Una, these guys are doing anything. There's got

429
00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:42,880
Speaker 1: nothing to do with me. These guys are ballers, they're

430
00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,879
Speaker 1: getting after it, and on all three phases, the Boyds

431
00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,320
Speaker 1: are executed. I want to get props to John and

432
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,239
Speaker 1: be able to do the crushing it over there and

433
00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:53,520
Speaker 1: knowing how to find guys to come in and get

434
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,560
Speaker 1: it done. It's there. I can't wait to gout to

435
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,479
Speaker 1: see how static these fans on to be, see how

436
00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,119
Speaker 1: rock in that stad I'm gonna be. I know, I

437
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,359
Speaker 1: know the Floyers should be shaken, I know the light

438
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,160
Speaker 1: should be rumbling. It's gonna be incredible, And I can't

439
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,159
Speaker 1: wait to get out there and just take it all in.

440
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,879
Speaker 1: You know, like you say, to go on to a

441
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,800
Speaker 1: playoff atmosphere is already nuts, but to have home field advantage,

442
00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,480
Speaker 1: I know that's gonna be even crazier. I know that

443
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,320
Speaker 1: you have been a mentor to a lot of guys,

444
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:21,440
Speaker 1: but one of them specifically is Jeffrey Simmons. And Jeffrey

445
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,120
Speaker 1: Simmons is a guy who has had a career that's

446
00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,600
Speaker 1: kind of similar to yours, and that he's been so

447
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,800
Speaker 1: productive on the field. We've seen the impact that he

448
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,199
Speaker 1: can have in games. He can be an absolute game wrecker,

449
00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,320
Speaker 1: and yet he doesn't seem to get the postseason accolades

450
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,080
Speaker 1: that we always expect him to have, which is similar

451
00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:41,240
Speaker 1: to kind of what happened with you for a while,

452
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,840
Speaker 1: We'd see you be so disruptive during the season, and

453
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 1: then you weren't necessarily getting those postseason accolades right away.

454
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,119
Speaker 1: How do you kind of mentor him, continue to advise him,

455
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,000
Speaker 1: and continue to be a part of his growth as

456
00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 1: a player, trying to give understand that. The biggest thing

457
00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:00,359
Speaker 1: is like at the end of the day, hate to

458
00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 1: say that, you know, but tend he's a smaller market

459
00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,320
Speaker 1: appear to the other teams and a lot of people

460
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,720
Speaker 1: don't pay to still because in the past we was

461
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,560
Speaker 1: not good. We had we had a rough time of

462
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 1: you know, establishing the name for ourselves and establishing, you know,

463
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,879
Speaker 1: dominance in the league. And now we have done that,

464
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,080
Speaker 1: so it's gonna be that. It's gonna be. You know,

465
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 1: that thing is just like me, like the first couple

466
00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:20,879
Speaker 1: of years, you're gonna fall out and people want to

467
00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:22,719
Speaker 1: recognize it, but you're just not gonna get You're just

468
00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,200
Speaker 1: not gonna get that recognition. But you know, once you

469
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 1: do it again and show that you're consistent, everybody just

470
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 1: want to understand that if you playing a tendency, they

471
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,000
Speaker 1: want to make sure that you're a consistent player, and

472
00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 1: it's not a one year team. And I think you

473
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,840
Speaker 1: know he's been doing that so far, which is a blessing.

474
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,600
Speaker 1: He's a dominant player. He's gonna continue to be dominant.

475
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,040
Speaker 1: And as long as you keep on doing what you

476
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,359
Speaker 1: gotta do on the football field, the accolade is gonna come. Mac.

477
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,560
Speaker 1: You went through your notebook, you know, you you really

478
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: gave us the evaluation of Gerald Casey as he was

479
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 1: going through the league and his career. You had to

480
00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:59,960
Speaker 1: watch him play and play against him and how affect

481
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,640
Speaker 1: div was Jurrell Casey at ruining what opposing teams were

482
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,440
Speaker 1: trying to do. On Sunday, we'll talk a little ball here.

483
00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,920
Speaker 1: And you know, again, as I say, I've drafted a

484
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 1: few players in thirty one years, but you're always keep

485
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,160
Speaker 1: your eye on the guys because after you do the draft,

486
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,480
Speaker 1: you always watch guys you know, develop and go through

487
00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,360
Speaker 1: the league, and there's guys that you know that you've evaluated,

488
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,760
Speaker 1: and you really kind of want to test yourself as

489
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,119
Speaker 1: an evaluator to see how those guys perform. And I

490
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,119
Speaker 1: was always I was always so proud to watch you

491
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,119
Speaker 1: and watch your development because the one thing that that

492
00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,760
Speaker 1: that I really knew. And it goes clear back to

493
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 1: the sc when I wrote on there it never stops.

494
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 1: You never did stop. And whether and whether you know

495
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,280
Speaker 1: the scheme meant for you to play a shade you know,

496
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 1: or meant for you to play a three technique, whatever

497
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 1: it meant for you to do, or to get out

498
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,240
Speaker 1: on the edge in a subdefense, you always were able

499
00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,439
Speaker 1: to make it work. But the thing that impressed me

500
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,720
Speaker 1: so much, and again, as I said, I've been doing

501
00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 1: this a long time, but your effort from start to finish,

502
00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: from year one to the year that you got through

503
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,400
Speaker 1: playing it never changed. And that is something that does

504
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,919
Speaker 1: not only take some physical ability and physical toughness, it

505
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,320
Speaker 1: takes some mental toughness because you know as well as

506
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 1: I do, Darrell, really this is a grind. This profession

507
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,480
Speaker 1: is a grind for players and coaches, and you have

508
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,119
Speaker 1: to be mentally on top of your game. And you know,

509
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,520
Speaker 1: when I came back to Tennessee, you know, after I'd

510
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:23,040
Speaker 1: been gone and you were still here, the thing that

511
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: really impressed me was as to how much you had

512
00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 1: improved your game. You had improved yourself physically, you had

513
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,280
Speaker 1: improved yourself and your game had taken on a whole

514
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:35,280
Speaker 1: different aspect than what it was when you first started.

515
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,200
Speaker 1: And to be able to watch that type of development,

516
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,480
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what you look for when you're a

517
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,199
Speaker 1: coach in this league. You look, you look, and you follow,

518
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 1: and you're really happy about your players that you've had

519
00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,440
Speaker 1: a hand in their development. And you I mean, as

520
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,680
Speaker 1: I said, I just read off the guys that went

521
00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 1: before you, and it didn't matter, as you said it right,

522
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,919
Speaker 1: that mindset that you had coming in here. It doesn't

523
00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 1: matter how I got here. Now that I'm here, here's

524
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:02,720
Speaker 1: what I'm going to do. And you should be very

525
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,600
Speaker 1: very proud of that, and I have. I'm very proud

526
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,520
Speaker 1: to have had a small part of bringing you in

527
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 1: here because I really appreciate that you got me almost

528
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:16,399
Speaker 1: always tears right there. Well, yeah, and it's something that

529
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 1: you do when your coach in this league because you

530
00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:21,040
Speaker 1: know how hard it is, but you get close. You

531
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,560
Speaker 1: got close to players because you live with them, and

532
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,880
Speaker 1: what you did was it was impressive, but you did

533
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,919
Speaker 1: it the right way. I really appreciate that, because, like

534
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,280
Speaker 1: you said, it definitely was a whole mental strange, especially

535
00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:35,199
Speaker 1: going through the year, the you know, changing coaches and

536
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,800
Speaker 1: changing position coaches and having you know, having a switch scheme,

537
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,879
Speaker 1: switch learning the playbook and come. You know, I just

538
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,679
Speaker 1: want to say thank you to USC. You know, they

539
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,199
Speaker 1: definitely got it prepared and gotta mentally to prepare for

540
00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,880
Speaker 1: being able to come to NFEL with the right mindset

541
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 1: of you know, how to attacks has been a pro

542
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,280
Speaker 1: And just having the right people around me. I think

543
00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 1: I had developed a great team with just you know,

544
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 1: managing the financial, just family, by just having the right

545
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 1: people around me and at that time, you know, just

546
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,800
Speaker 1: keeping the mind stable then just saying, you know, you

547
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,119
Speaker 1: gotta move with the time. The NFL is not alone.

548
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,199
Speaker 1: So if you can't, you can't develop and keep on

549
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,679
Speaker 1: moving if you can't train other And that's the biggest thing.

550
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,640
Speaker 1: I understand what my weakness was year in and year out,

551
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 1: and if you know, and go back to just hearing

552
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,720
Speaker 1: me when I did my interviews and stuff like that.

553
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:27,560
Speaker 1: Every single year I focus on something else and try

554
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: to develop a different part of my game because I

555
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 1: just knew how the NFL works. You know, you never

556
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 1: just know who's gonna come in, what scheme you're gonna

557
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,760
Speaker 1: be working in. And I didn't like it. I didn't

558
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:38,919
Speaker 1: enjoy it a whole lot, but I knew this is

559
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,639
Speaker 1: what the job entitled. And I can't go out and

560
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,280
Speaker 1: complain about it. All to do is make the best

561
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,080
Speaker 1: of it. If they're gonna give me in a certain role.

562
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,199
Speaker 1: I got executed, and that's how I just went and

563
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 1: took everything in Drell. That's that's that's exactly the type

564
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 1: of attitude. As I said, I've coached a lot of

565
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 1: great players in my career, and the thing that they,

566
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: the great ones, always did, I'll never forget. When I

567
00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,639
Speaker 1: was coaching Mike Singletary for all those years in Chicago,

568
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,359
Speaker 1: he would come in every off season with a blank

569
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 1: notebook and say what do I need to work on?

570
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,239
Speaker 1: And you're talking, we're talking about a first ballot Hall

571
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,640
Speaker 1: of Famer. But every year he put behind him what

572
00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 1: he had done and said, what do I need to

573
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 1: work on? Coach Mac? And that to me is and

574
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel did that with his team this year in

575
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 1: the open date. You know, he talked with every player

576
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: and said, look less, concentrate on just just one aspect

577
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,280
Speaker 1: for this off week that we have. People don't really

578
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,879
Speaker 1: understand what it takes. And once you've been in the

579
00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:35,640
Speaker 1: league and a productive player, you started facing more dumble teams,

580
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 1: You started facing more you know, attention from opposing offenses

581
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 1: once you start to be the dude, and people don't

582
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: ever understand how much it takes not to only be

583
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 1: able to come back at the next level, but to

584
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 1: be able to take it beyond that, because it once

585
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: you become a known commodity in this league, offenses are

586
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,360
Speaker 1: going after you and so all of that stuff. As

587
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: I said, it just makes me really proud of what

588
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: you've done. You did it right, definitely now I appreciate that.

589
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,960
Speaker 1: You definitely right about that, because it's not just play

590
00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 1: the game at one level. You have to be able

591
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 1: to take it to that next level. Of that you say,

592
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,160
Speaker 1: once you stopped yourself, you start getting the double team.

593
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,120
Speaker 1: You can't go home and start to play. Man, I'm

594
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 1: not making any players because I'm getting double with him.

595
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 1: I mean making any players because they're not running the

596
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: ball all way or whatever the cases. You still got

597
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: to come up award the way to still trying to

598
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 1: make the plays and still be a factor for the team.

599
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 1: And I think that's the blessing that Tennessee have right now.

600
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 1: In this stage of a bad time of having Jeffrey Simmons,

601
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 1: he's a title can still dominate the field and still

602
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 1: get get things going. And it's a blessing to be

603
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: able to watch that guy out there. Man, he's been

604
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 1: so dominant. And for me to be able to see

605
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 1: a young guy that I was able to touch for

606
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 1: a little bit and get him a little bit underneath

607
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 1: my wing, just a blessing to see him going there

608
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 1: and be dominating right now. Durell. The last time we

609
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: were able to talk to you, you were here retiring

610
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 1: as a Titan, which I think was a great day

611
00:29:58,520 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: for all of us. It was so good to have

612
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: if you back around and be able to relive some

613
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 1: of those old memories. But you now have a full

614
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: football season of retirement under your belt. What has this

615
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 1: been like for you? It's been It's been different, you know,

616
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 1: just basically just not having so much structure has been

617
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 1: been mind tripping. I'm like, Dann, what I'm gonna do

618
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: on it? What's gonna what's gonna do? What's gonna be

619
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 1: my hospital to day? And so that's been the most

620
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 1: difficult part of the trying to fill your day of

621
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 1: what stuff to actually do. And so it's been a

622
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,760
Speaker 1: blessing though, just having been able to have a voice

623
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,880
Speaker 1: part time to school and they never to have a

624
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,120
Speaker 1: wife out working right now. So she kid me fully busy.

625
00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 1: We have full day days. We go and just enjoy

626
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:41,560
Speaker 1: each other as much as we can and take advantage

627
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,000
Speaker 1: of this before we start getting real busy again. Um.

628
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: I just gave myself a promise of two years before

629
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 1: I start doing anything crazy, just relaxing and enjoyed this

630
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 1: free time, and then um, get start getting busy again,

631
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 1: like I said, with school, and start getting busy with

632
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: other stuff off the fielding, you know, starting enjoying having

633
00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,120
Speaker 1: true retirement life, but trying to get into golf and

634
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 1: get into the gun range, get into archery. He's been

635
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: trying to get into a little bit of little extra activities.

636
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 1: But retirement has been beautiful, not having to stress about,

637
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 1: you know, carrying the weight on your shower, playing football,

638
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 1: and you know the stress of if you're winning and losing.

639
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,080
Speaker 1: I think that part of the game I'm happy to

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Speaker 1: be over with. I definitely missed the commodity. I've been

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Speaker 1: out there with my boys in them and smacking folks around,

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Speaker 1: but at the end of the day. Man, I played,

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Speaker 1: I paid my dudes, and now I get kicked my

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Speaker 1: feet up and enjoy the time of every time. Have

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Speaker 1: you found hobbies or activities that you are surprisingly good at? No,

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Speaker 1: I'm not crazy part man. I'm so damn good at football,

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Speaker 1: but everything else is so difficult to learn. I ain't

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Speaker 1: going to top golf trying to hit trying to hit

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Speaker 1: these golf balls. Can't get that down. I'm out here,

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Speaker 1: I got I'm getting these house shot the archery in

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Speaker 1: my backyard a little bit, and so I got I could.

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Speaker 1: I'm decent at that, but I didn't lost about three

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Speaker 1: or four arrows already missing the target. Just like in

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Speaker 1: the neighborhood. There's just no off my backyard. I got

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Speaker 1: like a little open space. It's like this a little open,

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Speaker 1: little pad area. So it's just straight open space. There's

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Speaker 1: nobody in danger at all. But it's just man, it's

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Speaker 1: it's it's crazy. It's like, dude, I'm so good at football,

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Speaker 1: but I can't do nothing else. I'm open and getting

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Speaker 1: crossed up by my son playing basketball. I'm like, this

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Speaker 1: is I can't make a basket. It's it's crazy, but

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Speaker 1: I'm enjoying it all. Just to have a lot of

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Speaker 1: free time and enjoy the family as much as I can.

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Speaker 1: And you know, the best party is fencing. My boy,

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Speaker 1: they're doing soccer in basketball now, so they both out there,

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Speaker 1: man turning up. My boys scored his first God Saturday,

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Speaker 1: she had his first soccer game, So I'm juiced about that.

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Speaker 1: That was pretty dope. Well, Darrell, we are so excited

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Speaker 1: to see you at Nissan Stadium on Saturday. Cannot wait

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Speaker 1: for you to come out in front of all those fans.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna go absolutely bananas to have you back in

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Speaker 1: the house. Oh, it's gonna be ridiculous. I can't wait.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a turn up. And you know I'm

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Speaker 1: about the brain, did you so? I know? I know

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Speaker 1: Nashville will turn up. Baby. Let's get Darrell. Looking forward

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Speaker 1: to seeing you, man, it's playoff football. It's really cool man,

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Speaker 1: We're looking forward to seeing you. Let's get it. Mackett

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Speaker 1: was so good to have a conversation with Jarale Casey

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Speaker 1: like that was spectacular. I think that Titans fans are

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Speaker 1: going to go absolutely berserk when he comes out of

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Speaker 1: the tunnel. Wasn't it great talking with him and hearing

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Speaker 1: the excitement in his voice. I mean, and of course

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Speaker 1: one of my favorites, you know, and of course you

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Speaker 1: heard in that. I mean, I feel like I had

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Speaker 1: a small part in getting him here and just so

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Speaker 1: proud of his whole career and it so great that

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Speaker 1: he's gonna be the twelfth Titan for this playoff game.

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Speaker 1: Couldn't be more perfect. Yeah, it's gonna be epic. I

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Speaker 1: can't believe it's almost here. Like it is, it's go time.

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Speaker 1: It's close to go time. It's close to go time,

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Speaker 1: close to go time. And we made it this far

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Speaker 1: without you telling me to keep my powder dry. Well done,

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Speaker 1: a pretty good job of it. You've done a pretty

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Speaker 1: good job of it. You're pretty busack trying to be Then,

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Speaker 1: do you have final thoughts before the Titans take on

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Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals in the playoffs. Yeah, we're gonna need

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Speaker 1: everybody there, everybody. I know, everybody's gonna be there, but

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Speaker 1: we need you to be there and be there, you know,

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Speaker 1: be totally involved because these are one and done shots

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Speaker 1: in the National Football League playoffs, and it's hard work

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Speaker 1: to get a first round by It's a hard work

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Speaker 1: to get a home playoff game. Let's all work hard

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Speaker 1: to get this victory. Well, and Bud Dupree was actually

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Speaker 1: talking the other day about how much the fans and

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Speaker 1: the noise in a stadium can benefit the defense, not

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Speaker 1: the offense, the defense. So when the Tennessee Titans are

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Speaker 1: on defense, get loud, no loud as you can. You

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Speaker 1: know you would talk about Joe Burrow in this explosive offense.

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Speaker 1: Let's get a couple of false starts out of them.

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Speaker 1: Do anything, do anything that we can. This crowd this

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Speaker 1: year has been outstanding at home. The crowd that went

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Speaker 1: to Houston was outstanding. So let's amp it up for

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. I agree, Coach Mac. Let's just get a

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Speaker 1: little rowdy. This is gonna be fun for Titans Amy.

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Speaker 1: He's Coach Mac. This has been the Titans Amy and

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Speaker 1: Coach Mack Podcast. We are looking forward to seeing all

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Speaker 1: of you at Nissan Stadium and the night before the

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Speaker 1: prep Rowley. All one million of you, all one million subscribers,

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Speaker 1: please come to the pep Rowley. Thanks for listening to

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