1 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans 2 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: celebrating seventy five years of providing Tennesseeans with high quality 3 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: coverage at an affordable price. Visit FBHP dot com to 4 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: learn about our history in Tennessee. And there is nobody 5 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: that knows high quality healthcare coverage better than Farm Bureau 6 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: Health Plans With Amy Wells, I'm Mike Keith, and this 7 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: is the first edition of the OTP to come out 8 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: after the regular season ends. Correct. So we get off 9 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: the plane from Jacksonville approximately two am. Gotten bet at 10 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: three Sunday was not much of a day in terms 11 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: of football by design, because we were getting act so late. 12 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,679 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel brings the players in early on Monday morning. 13 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: They take exit physicals, they meet with position coaches, they 14 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 1: have discussions, they clean out their lockers. They meet with 15 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: the media, some of them. Not every player is interviewed 16 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: by a member of the media, but many are. And 17 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: so that happens, and then Vrabel goes on with his 18 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 1: press conference. I think it was at eleven thirty, yes, 19 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: about forty minutes. Very detailed, very detailed for Vrabel in 20 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: terms of some of the specific things that he said, 21 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 1: many have pulled out cuts about we need to get faster. 22 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: Many have pulled out cuts about people need to be 23 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: better prepared to handle soft tissue injuries by their preparation. 24 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: Lots of things brought out of it. Not a lot 25 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: of formal declarations towards players for next year, understanding that 26 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: a new GM is coming in. It's so he wasn't 27 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: going too far with what he said on certain players, 28 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: with the exception I would say of Jeffrey Simmons, who 29 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: he praised lavishly, and for Vrabel it was lavish praise, yes, 30 00:02:10,320 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: and any nice things said, our lavish praise. For Mike 31 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: Vrabel generally yeah, yeah. He's not a name someone specifically 32 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 1: by name kind of guy. So if he does and 33 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: get that gets me in trouble. When I asked him 34 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: general questions like hey, who did you think played well? 35 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: Or he does not like to answer those questions, so 36 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: I try to stay away from him. But sometimes yes, 37 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: sometimes no. The other takeaway, too, is there was not 38 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,839 Speaker 1: a resounding endorsement of Todd Downing as the offensive coordinator 39 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: in Vrabel's comments. He was asked specifically by John Glennon 40 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: had any members of the staff been let go at 41 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: that point, he said, no, I think it's probably true 42 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: because I have a hunch that when the press conference 43 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 1: was over and the players were gone, that was when 44 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 1: he went to work having discussions with the staff. And 45 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: then at four o'clock that afternoon, we were hit with 46 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: the news. The Tennessee Titans informed offensive coordinator Todd Downing, 47 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: offensive line coach Keith Carter, secondary coach Anthony Midget, and 48 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: offensive skills assistant Eric Frasier they had been relieved of 49 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: their coaching staff. Were you surprised by the timing? The 50 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: timing was surprising to me because it is not typically 51 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 1: how the Titans have handled moves like that. There's usually 52 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: a longer period of time before some of those announcements 53 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 1: are made. There's usually a couple days. This was pretty 54 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: quick by historic Tennessee Titans standards, historic Mike Vrabel standards. 55 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: I wasn't surprised that there were moves that were made. 56 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: I didn't expect the timeline to be what it was. Yeah, 57 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: I didn't expect four o'clock that afternoon, correct. I would 58 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: have thought the next day or Wednesday. There's usually a 59 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: little bit more time to the point that we actually 60 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: recorded the Mike Vrabel show that night, the final Mike 61 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: Vrabel radio show, Little Peek behind the Curtain for the 62 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 1: OT people. So that show was done. I pulled in 63 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: my driveway and the release had come out about them 64 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: firing the coaches. Yeah. We finished around like three ish, Yes, yeah, 65 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 1: I had to turn around, drive back to Nashville and 66 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: reet Brian and I had to re edit part of 67 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: the show for Monday night because what we had done 68 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: is Rabel was not going to be on on Monday night. 69 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: He wants to go home and be with his wife 70 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: and be with sons and have a nice dinner. Season's over. 71 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: It's been a hard year. Totally get that he did 72 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: so much for us during the course of training camp 73 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: and up through the regular season. I mean, Rabel is fantastic, 74 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: and this is standard fair with all coaches. I mean 75 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: Fisher was like this, and you know, all Munchak and 76 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: Whiz and Hunt and Malarkey all the way through standard procedure. 77 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: This is this is not new. So we had to 78 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: come back in and recut part of the show. But 79 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: that was just kind of an interesting aside that so 80 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: right now, not surprised that Downing was let go. No 81 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: tied Downing's good football coach. He's an exceptionally nice man. 82 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: The offense, however, two hundred ninety eight total points, two 83 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: hundred ninety seven yards per game, thirty six and a 84 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: half percent on third down, fifty three percent on fourth 85 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: down in terms of conversions, one hundred and seventy one 86 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: passing yards per game. You just you understood that that 87 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: wasn't making it. Vrabel is not going to make a 88 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: bunch of changes in season. No, that's not his thing. 89 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: That's not his thing because his feeling is at that point. 90 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: Unless you're forced to, then you're disrupting whatever flow that 91 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 1: you have. When it's time to address. It's time to address. Now, 92 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: had there been some sort of calamitous sort of thing 93 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: that had gone on with the football team in particular, 94 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: that's one thing. And I understand that people are like, well, 95 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: you gotta do this, you gotta do this, because other 96 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: teams make changes. You saw what the Colts did. They 97 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: made several changes, and listen, sometimes they work. But Vrabel 98 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 1: just does not believe. He says, this is what we've got, 99 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: this is what we're going with, and here we go 100 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 1: and at the end of the season we will you 101 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: know we will address and he did literally within hours. 102 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: Mike Vrabel is a man of consistency in a lot 103 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 1: of different aspects of a football season. He likes to 104 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: maintain a consistent routine, a consistent schedule. He likes to 105 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: have consistent personnel. And there's a loyalty factor too. I mean, 106 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:34,200 Speaker 1: you've hired people to do a job. Let them continue 107 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: to do the job. At the end of the year, 108 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: we will reassess that job. But let's go forward with 109 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: what we have and try to do the very best 110 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 1: we can under whatever set of circumstances the season provides, 111 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: and then we will evaluate when it's all over. And 112 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: that's that's Mike Vrabel. So Downing was gone quickly. I 113 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 1: think more people were surprised about offensive line coach Keith 114 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: Carter and secondary coach Anthony midget because Carter was an 115 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: original hire on the Vrabel staff. He came, if my 116 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: recollection is correct, he came at the recommendation of Matt Lafleur. 117 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: I think there was some tie in there. He came 118 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: from Atlanta. The secondary coach Anthony Mitchett is somebody that 119 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: Vrabel had known from his time with the Texans. I 120 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: think what that speaks to, just my opinion, is a 121 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: change in personality, a change in teaching style, a change 122 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: possibly in some technique issues. Is he wants some things 123 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: done differently, and he feels like whether it's an internal 124 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: hire or an external hire to replace these gentlemen, that 125 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: just new voice needs to be heard at those two positions, 126 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,800 Speaker 1: which were not as successful this year as a group 127 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: as they had been in years past. Fresh set of eyes, 128 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: fresh set of eyes, Yeah, I think fresh ideology is better. 129 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: Set a new voice. Yeah. Yeah. The situation with Frazier 130 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: and why he was relieved of his coaching duties, I 131 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: can't really speak to that. He was somebody who worked 132 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: with the receivers. Obviously, the Titans have a receiver's coach 133 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 1: that they certainly think a lot of and Rob Moore, 134 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: and so I don't know much about why or what 135 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: if they're just looking to get somebody new into that position. 136 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: But you know, we'll see what happens from here, and 137 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: we'll see how quickly verbel goes. Does he hire internally, 138 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: does he look externally? He has normally been someone who 139 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: has been willing to scan the lot, to listen to people. 140 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: I mean he hired Matt Lafleur in essence on a recommendation, 141 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: because Lafleur was interviewed for the head coaching job here, 142 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: the people here liked him. He targeted Ryan Day, if 143 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: you'll remember, yes, Well, then Ryan Day ends up being 144 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: the head coach at Ohio State. And I'd say that's 145 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 1: worked out pretty well. Yeah. Well, when that didn't happen 146 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: and a couple of other things didn't sort of fit together, 147 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: the brass here said, hey, we interviewed Matt Lafleur and 148 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: he was terrific. Wellbel doesn't know Matt Lafleur from anybody 149 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: in terms of coaching, but he brings him in and 150 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: he says, oh, yeah, this is great, and he hires him. 151 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: And that always showed a lot to me because I mean, obviously, 152 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: what happens after one year, Matt Lafleur gets hired as 153 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 1: a coach of the Green Bay Packers, Right, So that 154 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: told me all I needed to know about Vabel. He's 155 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: never been scared to have talent on the staff. He's 156 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: never been scared to go out and get somebody. He's 157 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 1: also never been scared to promote. I don't think he 158 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: has any one pattern that he necessarily looks at with it. 159 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,319 Speaker 1: He has promoted more because I think he prefers stability 160 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 1: and consistency and message. But it doesn't mean that he 161 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: won't go outside. Yeah, I think there's a lot to 162 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: watch in the coming days and weeks as it pertains 163 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: to filling some of these roles, seeing what direction he 164 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,560 Speaker 1: ends up going, because I mean one could influence the other. 165 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: The way that you go with offensive coordinator could influence 166 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: what you end up doing with that offensive line coach. Sure, 167 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 1: I mean there's just there's a lot of things to watch, 168 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 1: and with that plus a general manager search all kind 169 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: of on the horizon, there's a lot of there's a 170 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: lot of upside to this offseason. Yeah, I don't I 171 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: don't think the general managers search is even on the horizon. 172 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 1: I mean I think it's coming in the next couple 173 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: of days. I think it is going to be rolling. Yeah. Well, 174 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 1: because it's a it's a situation where she has already 175 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: Amy Adam Strunk, has already identified candidates, understands what she 176 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 1: wants to do and who she wants to interview. She's 177 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: put in slips on several people from other teams. We 178 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: don't know which teams have said no, or the person 179 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 1: has said hey, I'm just gonna stay where I am, 180 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: or who the exact candidates will be. But I think 181 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: they will reveal themselves rather quickly and ot people. If 182 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: you're following this and you're wondering. The national reporters have 183 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: had lots of names because they you know, you turn 184 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: in a slip to ask for permission for that person 185 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,959 Speaker 1: to be able to interview. So the names are probably 186 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:08,440 Speaker 1: not going to be a big secret. The Titans will 187 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: not confirm the names beforehand, but when an interview has done, 188 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:16,679 Speaker 1: the Titans, as I've been told, do plan to say 189 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: Bob Smith has yeah, we've talked to so and so 190 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: for the job, and that interview has been completed, or 191 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: so on and so forth. We do know internal candidates 192 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 1: Ryan Cowden and Monty Asenft, both very very capable. Cowden 193 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: is long time with the team, vice president player personnel. 194 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: Asenfort a longtime Patriots guy who came here who is 195 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: outstanding at what he does. The Cardinals have asked to 196 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: interview him as well. Cowden has interviewed for several jobs 197 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 1: in the past. By all rights, he was a finalist 198 00:11:50,679 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 1: in terms of the outside candidates for the Steelers job 199 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 1: a year ago. So we'll wait and see, and you 200 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 1: wonder as that goes fast, and I think there's some 201 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 1: feeling that that can get done by the Senior Bowl. Wow, 202 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl actually starts on Monday the thirtieth, that's 203 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: Senior Bowl Week. So as we record this right now, 204 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: that's nineteen days away. Maybe it happens by then, maybe 205 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: it doesn't. But if you have that person in place, 206 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 1: you'd like to have them representing you at the Senior 207 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: Bowl and mobile for that week. My Keith, can you 208 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 1: believe the Senior Bowl is nineteen days away? Yeah? I can, 209 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: because where we are, I mean, I mean we're rolling 210 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: now we are. So at this point, Friday, January the twentieth, 211 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: the list of underclassmen who have been approved for entry 212 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 1: into the twenty twenty three college Draft will be sent 213 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 1: to the clubs. So all the underclassmen who apply and 214 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: who are confirmed at that point, and you see a 215 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: lot of names in the paper, this guy from Michigan, 216 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 1: and this guy from Wisconsin, and this guy from Alabama, 217 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: and you know, all the players from Georgia and all 218 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: of these things happening. So you're starting to see the names. 219 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: There will be a compiled list that will be out 220 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 1: on Friday, January the twentieth. Senior Bowl Week begins January 221 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: the thirtieth. That's also the beginning of Pro Bowl Week. 222 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: The Senior Bowl Inmobile is Saturday, February fourth, the Pro 223 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 1: Bowl in what is left of it, I guess the 224 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: Flag football game, Yes, the actual flag football game will 225 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:28,000 Speaker 1: say Sunday, February the fifth Super Bowl fifty seven at 226 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Sunday, February the twelfth, 227 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: all right, So then on the twenty first of February, 228 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: that's when clubs may designate, franchise or transition players. So 229 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 1: that begins the window for the tags. That's February the 230 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: twenty first. The Combine opens a week later on February 231 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: the twenty eighth, and so we'll go back to Indianapolis 232 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 1: for the Combine and that will last through Monday, March 233 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 1: the sixth, So it's a Tuesday to Monday. The top 234 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: fifty one rule. When the Combine opens, the top fifty 235 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: one rule is in effect. All clubs must be under 236 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three salary cap prior to three pm. 237 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: So that's getting started, okay. So the combine concludes on 238 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: March the sixth. One week later, March the thirteenth, the 239 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: free agent negotiation period begins. The legal tampering period begins Monday, 240 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: March the thirteenth. On Wednesday, at three o'clock Central Time, 241 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: free agency and the league year begin. So the twenty 242 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: twenty three season begins on Wednesday, March the fifteenth at 243 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: three pm. That's when it all gets started. And then 244 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: two weeks later, March twenty sixth through twenty nine spring 245 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: meetings at the Biltmore, Arizona, which is a big deal 246 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:00,320 Speaker 1: because that's where the rules are discussed. That's the owners 247 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: have four major meetings a year. This is the big one. 248 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: That's the biggest one. That's where a lot of the 249 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: things that we talk about all season long are dealt 250 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: with at that meeting. Offseason program begins for teams with 251 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: new coaches on Monday, April third. The Titans and everybody 252 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: else who returns their coach will start the off season 253 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: program on Monday, April seventeenth. Then the draft is in 254 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 1: Kansas City Thursday through Saturday, April twenty seventh through twenty 255 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: nine Rookie Premier, which is another big event, is May 256 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: eighteenth through twenty one. Did any they feel like Mike 257 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: Keith just fast forwarded through all of our lives? Well, 258 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:44,600 Speaker 1: I guess, all of the sudden, it feels like the 259 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: draft is tomorrow. I guess what I'm saying is as 260 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: we you know, you talk about for the Titans, they're 261 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,880 Speaker 1: hiring four coaches, they're doing a general manager search. Then 262 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: you're gonna have the underclassmen come out, and then two 263 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: week weeks from Monday go to Mobile for the Senior Bowl, 264 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 1: and everything kind of hits. A week to ten days afterwards, 265 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: boom boom boom, boom boom, the schedule will be out 266 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: we think around mid May. Yeah, it's usually that second 267 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: or third ish week of May. Well, now it is 268 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: because the league is very interested in making the schedule 269 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: release a thing, and so it is their May thing, yep. 270 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: Whereas the combine is really your February early March thing. 271 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 1: Free agency is your March thing, The draft is your 272 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 1: April thing. The schedule is your May thing. Many camps 273 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: and all of the O tas are your June thing. 274 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: The open of training camp is your July thing. Preseason 275 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: is your August thing. September begins your season thing. So 276 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: they got it. They have a thing for everything you do. 277 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: Oh absolutely, I mean the offseason is not off. The 278 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: only time we're really down now is really the fourth 279 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: of July. Yes, and I protect it with my life. 280 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: I understand. Do not ask me to do anything. Fourth 281 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: of July weeks my favorite holiday. I am out of office. Okay, unavailable, 282 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: Mike unavailable? All right. So the Titans schedule, in starting 283 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: to study these teams littered with playoff teams, as you 284 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: would expect. Obviously, Jacksonville is a playoff team now, and 285 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 1: so because of that, they are a home and a 286 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: way opponent that is a playoff team. Seattle, who is 287 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: a home opponent, is a playoff team. The LA Chargers 288 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: a home opponent a playoff team, Miami is a playoff team. 289 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:47,439 Speaker 1: A road opponent, Tampa Bay a road opponent that is 290 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 1: a playoff team. Since an Addie a home opponent a 291 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 1: playoff team. Baltimore a home opponent that is a playoff team. 292 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: The schedule is not as rigorous as it would have 293 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:03,040 Speaker 1: been had the Titans finished first in the division. Nope, nope. 294 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: If there's any advantage to it, which that feels very 295 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: very much like a letdown at this point. Yeah. Yeah, 296 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,639 Speaker 1: you don't have to see Kansas City. I feel like 297 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: we see them every year. Anyway. They'll still pop up somewhere. 298 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: They'll show up, they always do. No Kansas City, No Buffalo, 299 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: that's great news. No Buffalo, no San Francisco, phenomenal, stay away. 300 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: The Titans do have nine home games Baltimore, Cincinnati, Atlanta, 301 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: Carolina Chargers, Jacksonville, Houston, Indianapolis, and Seattle. A great home schedule. 302 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: It's a very good home schedule. It's a great There 303 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: will certainly be announcements later in the spring if the 304 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: the AFC this year has the ninth home game. For 305 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,199 Speaker 1: the seventeenth game, they have the ninth home game, So 306 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: do you get flex to Europe somewhere? Do you you know, 307 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 1: do you go somewhere? Who knows. We'll have to wait 308 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: and see, But those announcements would be coming pretty soon 309 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:00,399 Speaker 1: as well. They generally try to get out ahead of 310 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: that for the publicity because those games are wildly sold out. Yeah, 311 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 1: you gotta get your tickets early, yes, I mean really 312 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: those are they involve a little bit more planning. You 313 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: gotta announce it early. What else involves new planning is 314 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: the new Duncan Rewards program. These are rewards you can 315 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: really use. No really, you can't use them on free donuts, 316 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,719 Speaker 1: coffees and breakfast sandwiches, and then use those free donuts, 317 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: coffees and breakfast sandwiches to say anything from hey, thanks 318 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,040 Speaker 1: for that thing you did, or my bad for that 319 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 1: thing I did. Join Duncan Rewards today, save them, stack them, 320 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 1: use them however you want. America runs on dunk in 321 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: terms apply not your finest transition. Why's that You've had 322 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,360 Speaker 1: some really good ones that you didn't like that one? 323 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:45,360 Speaker 1: What's the problem with that one? I give it a six? Really? Yeah, 324 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: I mean it was fine. But the whole point of 325 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: the rewards points is you don't have to plan. You 326 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: can just use them because their rewards. But you can 327 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: plan to go to Duncan to build up the rewards points. Okay, 328 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: I'll give it a seven. Okay, not not sterling, No, 329 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: not even an eight. Okay. So a few a few 330 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: highlights from the course of the season to discuss. Obviously, 331 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: Ryan Stonehouse breaking Sammy Ba's record for punting yards. Yeah, 332 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: for gross punting. Sammy Baws record stood for eighty two years. 333 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: Ryan Stonehouse, who punted ninety times average fifty three point 334 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: one per punt gross forty four point zero net, which 335 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: is still awfully good, thirty inside the twenty with nine 336 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: total touchbacks. He did have fifty nine punts returned for 337 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: six hundred thirty six yards an average of ten point eight, 338 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: which is not hugely surprising because he was kicking the 339 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,680 Speaker 1: ball so far and the Titans chose to let him 340 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 1: kick it far and then cover those kicks, and I 341 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: think overall it worked out. The longest return they gave 342 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: up was twenty seven yards, so nothing disastrous in that area. 343 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: They mailed Brian Stonehouse's cleats off to the Hall of Fame. 344 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: I saw the box go by. It's really remarkable, pretty 345 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 1: cool because he is He's now set that record and 346 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,680 Speaker 1: he was also the nc doublea's all time record holder, 347 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 1: averaging forty seven point eight per punt. That's bad for 348 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: your rookie year, It's not bad. I mean, that's pretty awesome. 349 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: And to have your stuff in the Hall of Fame, 350 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 1: your rookie year, it's pretty cool. You want to bet 351 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 1: on something, I bet he never averages that high again. Really, Yes, 352 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: why do you bet that? Because he will improve his 353 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,679 Speaker 1: skills in terms of directional punting. He will improve his 354 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: skills with the end over end kick. He'll have more 355 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 1: kicks down inside the twenty, He'll have less kicks returned. 356 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: He will become a much better situational punter. I was 357 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,120 Speaker 1: impressed with how much better he became through the year 358 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: because I didn't know if he could do that in 359 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,520 Speaker 1: training camp. I thought that was the biggest area that 360 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 1: the Titans would miss Brett Kern because he was so 361 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 1: good at it. But this young man kept getting better 362 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:57,960 Speaker 1: and better. I think as he improves, those numbers will 363 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 1: go up even more. I think he will be a 364 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: high forties to fifty guy who helps them more with 365 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: field position and overall positioning. I think he has that 366 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 1: kind of talent and that is a compliment that is 367 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: not a criticism. Yeah, he's not just relying solely on power, 368 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 1: which is something he had so much of, and I 369 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: mean as a rookie punter. He I mean, my man 370 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 1: was launching that s all. He was so strong and 371 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: so powerful in his legs. But yeah, having a little 372 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: bit more of the directional aspects, having more tools in 373 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:38,440 Speaker 1: his toolkit as a punter. I think you're right. Well, 374 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna have Yeah, he's not just gonna 375 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: be the fastball. He's gonna have a changeup, and he's 376 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 1: going to have more of a changeup going forward. I 377 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: think yep. The other couple that jumped out to me statistically, 378 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 1: obviously Kevin Byard leading the team in tackles again at 379 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: one hundred and six and leading the team in interceptions 380 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 1: with four, so he continues to be productive. David Long 381 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,760 Speaker 1: finished second on the team in tackles, even though he 382 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: missed the last five games. Wow, eighty six tackles. Roger 383 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 1: McCrary third at eighty five, started all seventeen games. Roger 384 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,439 Speaker 1: McCary was really fun to watch this year. I mean, 385 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 1: you take this rookie class and I think you see 386 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,200 Speaker 1: you see trailing Burkes, and you see what he did 387 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: and what he can become. McCreary certainly played really good 388 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: ball for a rookie. Nicholas petit Frere did a really, 389 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: really nice job at Chickacoque, was a starter by the 390 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,240 Speaker 1: end of the year. At tight end, Hassan Haskins played 391 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: a major role. We keep forgetting about Kyle Phillips. We 392 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,200 Speaker 1: don't forget about well, no, but we haven't talked about 393 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,239 Speaker 1: him in a long time because he you know, he 394 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: didn't play except for early in the season. He got 395 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 1: hurt in the first game of the year, and then 396 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,800 Speaker 1: he tried to He played a really good game against 397 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,720 Speaker 1: the Giants, he tried to come back. He lost another 398 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 1: fumble against Buffalo. I think they will go back to 399 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: him as the punt returner next year and see if 400 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,199 Speaker 1: he can't get that worked out. But in listening to 401 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: him talk Monday in the press conference, it's obvious he's 402 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 1: going to try to put on weight, yes, yeah, which 403 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: I think is something we all had noticed, was that 404 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: there might be a durability issue just given his size. Overall, 405 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: putting on some weight can help you manage the force 406 00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: that you are encountering in the National Football League. It 407 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: was amazing to meet him the first time because he 408 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: did not look like a professional football player. He looked 409 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,720 Speaker 1: like a golfer or a tennis player, somebody who's in 410 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: really good shape, but not somebody with the kind of 411 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,199 Speaker 1: bulk that you would expect. I mean, even if you 412 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: look at a guy like Mason Kenzie. Yeah, Mason Kenzie, 413 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 1: who was brought back to the Titans on a futures 414 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,040 Speaker 1: contract this week and it's been on the practice squad 415 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:03,880 Speaker 1: for three years. He's a five ten hundred ninety five 416 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: pound to two hundred pound guy, but he's a thick, 417 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: muscular guy. And Phillips just looked totally different than even 418 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: a Kinzie or you know a guy that we've seen, 419 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: you know, Calif Raymond or somebody of that sort of look, 420 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: and you just wondered, can he get through it? And 421 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 1: I think, unfortunately the answer was no. I did an 422 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: interview with him during training camp with Kyle Phillips, and 423 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: he said he has a hard time convincing people but 424 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 1: he's a football player, especially being from California. He looks 425 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 1: like a like a surfer or a skateboarder, just obviously 426 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: someone who's in great shape, but is incredibly lean and 427 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 1: is not super tall. So he struggles that people don't 428 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,160 Speaker 1: believe him when he says he plays football, and especially 429 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: playing football at the professional level, like nobody was buying. 430 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: You know, he can really really play. He can and 431 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: he can smart, and he's bass. If they can just 432 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: figure out a way to keep him out there, I mean, 433 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,160 Speaker 1: we talked about him in the preseason and man, how 434 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,480 Speaker 1: much he would have helped this football team this year. 435 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:12,440 Speaker 1: Whomever was the quarterback caught eight passes for seventy eight yards, 436 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: but caught five for sixty two in the first game 437 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,119 Speaker 1: and or six for sixty two something like that. And 438 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: it's like, man, if they could have kept him out there, 439 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: and I know, if ifs and buds were candy and nuts, 440 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,960 Speaker 1: what a wonderful Christmas we would have. But he can 441 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 1: clearly play to that level. But the question is can't 442 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: he stay healthy to that level? And when you take 443 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: him across this draft class, I mean, I think that 444 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: the disappointment in the draft classes that THEO Jackson got 445 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: away to Minnesota because THEO Jackson would have played a 446 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: lot of football for the Titans by the time they 447 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 1: would have needed him, you know, midway through the year, 448 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 1: and I think he would have been able to step 449 00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 1: up and help. But he got the opportunity early in 450 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: the season to sign with Minnesota's active roster, And if 451 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 1: you're him, how do you not do that? Yeah? But 452 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 1: I mean to your earlier point, having the wherewithal and 453 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: the knowledge that Okay, Kyle Phillips needs to put on 454 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 1: a little weight. This guy needs to do this thing. 455 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,959 Speaker 1: This is what the offseason is for now. These are 456 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 1: the evaluations where we say, Okay, what can we do 457 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: to establish the depth that we clearly need at certain positions? 458 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: What can we do to start getting people in a 459 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,879 Speaker 1: place to have more durability to last throughout the whole season. 460 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: What can we do to get this team healthier? How 461 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 1: can we start this process right now the day after 462 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,679 Speaker 1: the regular season ends, to start getting ready for twenty 463 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 1: twenty three. What changes can we make? How can we 464 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: get this team along further with as many of their 465 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:51,360 Speaker 1: people intact as they possibly can't? That is the challenge 466 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: for this Titans offseason. It is. And when you consider 467 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,119 Speaker 1: how solid this draft class was as a rookie group, 468 00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 1: I mean Petit for Air start every game except one 469 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: at right tackle, McCrary starting every game in the secondary. 470 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:09,199 Speaker 1: What you see from Burke's you know, Malik Willis is 471 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 1: still We'll have to wait and see. He wasn't really 472 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,960 Speaker 1: expected to play much this year, and he appeared in 473 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: eight games, So I think he's a work in progress. 474 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: That there's a there's a question mark. The two fourth 475 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: round picks, A Conquo and Hassan Haskins both played. Phillips 476 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: played when he was healthy, and then to add Stonehouse 477 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:33,360 Speaker 1: as an undrafted to add Jack Gibbons as an undrafted 478 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 1: to add Josh Thompson as a rookie signed off Jacksonville's 479 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,959 Speaker 1: practice squad. They did some pretty good things in that 480 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:46,600 Speaker 1: particular area that give them some cost effective options towards 481 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: building a base, and you know they're gonna need another 482 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: offseason like this. They're gonna be many things solved about 483 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: the salary cap for the Titans pretty quickly, and you're 484 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: gonna read the number, and wherever you read the number 485 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,560 Speaker 1: in terms of how far over the Titans are, you're 486 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: gonna be like, oh wait, you start the offseason so 487 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 1: much and so much. But understand, there are two to 488 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,880 Speaker 1: three to four moves that the Titans can make in 489 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 1: any direction. You pick the two to three to four 490 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 1: moves and they can get right back under the salary cap. 491 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: So this is not something that is going to hang 492 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,000 Speaker 1: over them. Now. The question becomes what are the two 493 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: to three to four moves? Yeah, because where do they 494 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 1: make six moves? Yeah? I mean the Titans are a 495 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: real choose your own adventure right now. There's a lot 496 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: of different roads that you can walk down with the team. 497 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: In no way are the Tennessee Titans backed into a 498 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 1: corner in any capacity. You can go whatever direction you 499 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: want to go, and there are moves to be made 500 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: that can help get this team where they want to be. Well, 501 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,320 Speaker 1: the statement has been made, and I think it's true. 502 00:29:56,520 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 1: And the reason that the general manager hire is so 503 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:05,160 Speaker 1: pivotal is we will probably look back in five years 504 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 1: and say this was the offseason where they put themselves 505 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 1: on the course for this because what you do have, 506 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,480 Speaker 1: You're right, they're not backed into a corner. But there 507 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 1: are big decisions to be made, absolutely, and these big 508 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: decisions will be will be what affects your free agency, 509 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: and then that affects your draft. General manager, offensive coordinator, 510 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: offensive line, which is always a key position, especially because 511 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 1: you've had stability there, the teaching position in the secondary, 512 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: because you're gonna be very young in the outside of 513 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: Kevin Byard, you're gonna be young in the secondary. Hooker is, 514 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 1: you know, maturing into an older player. He's sort of 515 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: that middle aged now as he goes into year five, 516 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 1: but everybody else is one, two or three Foulton will 517 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: be a four, But I mean it's gonna be and 518 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: I think that's what it's always going to be. I 519 00:30:56,760 --> 00:31:00,280 Speaker 1: think you're gonna be drafting corners and safeties. I don't 520 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: think you're going to be signing a lot of corners 521 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: and safeties. Agree, because for what the cost is of 522 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: a defensive back, it's much better to draft one and 523 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 1: see if it can work out than it is to 524 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: go sign one and have it not work out. I 525 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: agree with that. It's an expensive position and there's a 526 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: lot of there's a lot of expectations on position like that, 527 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 1: and there's the injury factor too. The older people get, 528 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: especially in that position, the harder it becomes to be 529 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: as durable as is required for that position. Well, that's 530 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: a great point, and it's hard. It's a hard position 531 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 1: too right now because of the receiver talent that's coming out. 532 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,160 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you have a Jamaar Chase who comes out 533 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: of LSU, who didn't even play in twenty twenty, and 534 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 1: he's a man and he is a ready made player 535 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: for the NFL. He's as good as DeAndre Hopkins almost 536 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 1: the first minute he walks in the league. And these 537 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 1: guys keep walking in, just and Jefferson walks in, and 538 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: and all these guys keep showing up and do it, 539 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:05,920 Speaker 1: and they can do all these things. So you have 540 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:10,040 Speaker 1: to find the defensive backs to physically match up with 541 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: them with a twenty two year old grown man, or 542 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,719 Speaker 1: in some cases a twenty year old grown man, and 543 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: then you still have the guys at thirty who can 544 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 1: really really play too. Well. It's changed. I mean when 545 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: I got to the league, they used to say receiver 546 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: was the second hardest position to play outside of quarterback, 547 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: and that was because receivers didn't have to make the 548 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:38,880 Speaker 1: same sort of reads that the quarterback did in college, 549 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 1: and so they weren't as ready. Well, I don't think 550 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 1: that's the case anymore. I don't think. I mean, we've 551 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: seen more receivers. I mean, listen, had Traylan Burks not 552 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,800 Speaker 1: gotten hurt, had he not missed the six games, I 553 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: think Traylan Burks probably ends up with a close to 554 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,160 Speaker 1: a thousand yards season. Yeah, I agree with that. I 555 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: mean the way he played in the instances where he played, 556 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 1: You're like, yeah, that guy can do this at twenty two, 557 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,280 Speaker 1: Yeah he can do this. And now he's got to 558 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 1: take the next step. If the Titans offense is going 559 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,239 Speaker 1: to get better, I don't care who they hire as 560 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator. Traylan Burkes has to take the next 561 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 1: step next year because they took the pick that they 562 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:23,000 Speaker 1: traded for A. J. Brown, with the thought process of 563 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,360 Speaker 1: taking him and knowing that while he might not be 564 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: a one initially, he's got to grow into a one 565 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 1: pretty quickly. Yeah, and I think he understands that. It 566 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: seems that he is very in tune to the task 567 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: that's in hand, the challenge that has been set before him. 568 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 1: And I still think that all of the obstacles that 569 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 1: he overcame in the early early early part of his career, 570 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 1: the asthma thing, the losing some weight, the just coming 571 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: in and returning to the team as more of a 572 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: pro even than he did in rookie minicamp. I think 573 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 1: he took his licks pretty early and then really kind 574 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: of understood what this was. And as he has continued 575 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 1: through his rookie season, we've seen him even in struggling 576 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 1: with an injury, even not seeing him on the field 577 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: as much, but we've been able to see him take 578 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:21,239 Speaker 1: this seriously, mature, understand what it means to be a 579 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: pro in every facet of having this job. And I 580 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: think that that experience is really going to help him 581 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 1: going forward, help him lock in earlier, help him understand 582 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: what this really entails, and he hopefully will take a 583 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,799 Speaker 1: big step from year one to year two. Yeah, he 584 00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: needs to. And his two injuries, I mean the toe 585 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: and the fact that he got knocked out because he 586 00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: was hit in the face were those were not injuries 587 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,400 Speaker 1: of lack of preparation or being out of shape or 588 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: anything of that. I mean, the toe injury could happen anywhere. 589 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,560 Speaker 1: And obviously you get hit right in the face in 590 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 1: the end zone. I mean still made the playlists, still 591 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: and still made the play but you know, so you 592 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:08,399 Speaker 1: missed three quarters of that game because you get knocked out, 593 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: and then you miss two, you know, two more games, 594 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:14,600 Speaker 1: so you know, hopefully, and and that's the whole thing 595 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 1: is I mean some of if if you ask me 596 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: what my greatest wish is for the Tennessee Titans in 597 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, it's luck. Yeah, It's just a little 598 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 1: bit of luck, you know, and and just to have 599 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: a break. Some years you just don't get well. I mean, 600 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,640 Speaker 1: this team hasn't got any for two years. Yeah, and 601 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,319 Speaker 1: that's been the tough part of it is they have 602 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 1: just not been really for three when you consider what 603 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,920 Speaker 1: happened to this team, in particular during the COVID situation 604 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:49,759 Speaker 1: in September and October of twenty twenty. Yeah, this team 605 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: needs a break. They need their best receiver not to 606 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,719 Speaker 1: get hit in the face and knocked out for two 607 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:58,040 Speaker 1: and three quarters games. They they need some things like 608 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:02,600 Speaker 1: that to just happen to somebody else for a change. Yeah. Yeah, 609 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,919 Speaker 1: and that's part of the injury thing that's so frustrating. 610 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 1: And Mike Vrabel said it, We're looking at everything, but 611 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,839 Speaker 1: some of it is just bad luck. Well, and he 612 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 1: made the point to ninety percent of it's in game. 613 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,359 Speaker 1: And if you've played a sport at all, you know 614 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,200 Speaker 1: a high ankle sprain is not something you train for 615 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,839 Speaker 1: or you say, oh, I'm gonna do this, so I'd 616 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,759 Speaker 1: never get a high ankle sprain, and ACL is not 617 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:30,799 Speaker 1: something I mean that happens. That's an injury of competition. Yeah, 618 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,520 Speaker 1: injuries of competition are just part of it. And again 619 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 1: that goes to the luck standpoint, right, it's just yeah, 620 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,799 Speaker 1: I mean, sometimes I'm sure there's somebody out there that 621 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 1: has some data that would make the case that those 622 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,439 Speaker 1: are injuries that can be avoided with a specific sort 623 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:51,239 Speaker 1: of training. Maybe so well, but no, But the point 624 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:56,160 Speaker 1: being that would be a very small group of any 625 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,480 Speaker 1: audience would believe that. Well. And I don't know if 626 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:00,680 Speaker 1: I want a football team full of people who spun 627 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:04,960 Speaker 1: the offseason only like training their acls, like I want 628 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: you all lifting volkswagens, like right, Derrick Henry, Well, you 629 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,840 Speaker 1: know what I thought with the callous and the blister 630 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:15,319 Speaker 1: analogy that he used the other day. It was really 631 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,120 Speaker 1: interesting because I talked with somebody in the foot in 632 00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,040 Speaker 1: the game of football who thinks one of the big 633 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 1: problems with football right now at every level is that 634 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:29,319 Speaker 1: we don't hit in practice anymore. And the rationale is 635 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: towards the callous. Is that when you hid in practice, 636 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,320 Speaker 1: and when you do more practice things like the old days, 637 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 1: not the Oklahoma drill, not the crazy stuff, exactly, none 638 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:45,439 Speaker 1: of that. But back when you did that, you would 639 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,880 Speaker 1: be used to the angle that you would have to 640 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,640 Speaker 1: take to hit somebody. Your neck would get a little 641 00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,520 Speaker 1: sore after the first day, and it didn't mean you 642 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,640 Speaker 1: had a neck injury. It meant your neck was sore, 643 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,160 Speaker 1: and so after a couple of days of it it 644 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:00,919 Speaker 1: got better. You know, you would finished the first couple 645 00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,680 Speaker 1: of days of two a days and you would have 646 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,520 Speaker 1: muscles in your legs that would be hurting you that 647 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,440 Speaker 1: you had no idea that you had. In other words, 648 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,840 Speaker 1: the only way to get ready to play football is 649 00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:14,640 Speaker 1: to play football, right. Yeah. You can lift votes wagons, 650 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,680 Speaker 1: and you can run laps, and you can lift weights, 651 00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,480 Speaker 1: and all of that is valuable, and there are clearly 652 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:26,800 Speaker 1: more training tools available towards explosion, and yet the game 653 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 1: is the game. Yeah, and we do less of that 654 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:33,279 Speaker 1: now than we ever have before. So then when you 655 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:38,400 Speaker 1: are missing the practices, then you are more likely to 656 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,160 Speaker 1: be a blister than a callous, even more so than 657 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:44,520 Speaker 1: thirty years ago, because you don't do as much actual 658 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:48,680 Speaker 1: practice today. Yeah, that's a very good points. I never 659 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,240 Speaker 1: thought of it in that way. That's a very good thought. 660 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,439 Speaker 1: I played high school football, that's as far as I went. 661 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:57,200 Speaker 1: But when I played, I always like to get in 662 00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,440 Speaker 1: some contact the week of the game. Not because I 663 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 1: was any guy or anything like that, but just because 664 00:39:03,239 --> 00:39:06,000 Speaker 1: I felt better going into the game if I had 665 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:09,480 Speaker 1: had some contact on a Tuesday or Wednesday. And I 666 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,800 Speaker 1: think a lot of the ot people who are listening 667 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:15,360 Speaker 1: know what I mean. It's just you you feel a 668 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,560 Speaker 1: little bit of a rhythm, like you're ready, like you've 669 00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,440 Speaker 1: taken it on. You know, you've charred your neck just 670 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:23,480 Speaker 1: a little bit there, and so you know how it's 671 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,400 Speaker 1: going to feel the first time you make contact. And 672 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:28,959 Speaker 1: it's just not done as much anymore at any level. 673 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,120 Speaker 1: It's not it's not just the pro level, it's the 674 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 1: it's the college level. And now instead of playing through 675 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:40,280 Speaker 1: some of these things soreness, guys sit out. Yeah, because 676 00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:47,000 Speaker 1: they're right, And yeah, that's a very interesting thought. That's 677 00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:50,120 Speaker 1: a very interesting thought. Yeah. So there, I mean, they're 678 00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:52,279 Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of dominoes that are gonna fall 679 00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:57,120 Speaker 1: with the Titans this GM search, which I don't think 680 00:39:57,120 --> 00:40:00,799 Speaker 1: we'll take forever, moving towards what they're going to hire 681 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:05,120 Speaker 1: as an offensive coordinator, who they choose to hire as 682 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,600 Speaker 1: the offensive line coach, who they choose to hire as 683 00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:13,200 Speaker 1: the secondary coach, and then you know, the move they 684 00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:18,759 Speaker 1: start to make in advancing the message of what the 685 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:20,839 Speaker 1: team is going to look like amongst some of these 686 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:24,120 Speaker 1: veterans as they try to get the number down and 687 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,959 Speaker 1: get started on what they can do free agency wise 688 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,359 Speaker 1: and move towards the draft. I think it's the most 689 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:34,640 Speaker 1: intriguing offseason since twenty sixteen when this franchise was reshaped yea, 690 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:38,799 Speaker 1: and this team was reshaped when everything was redone. I mean, 691 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,000 Speaker 1: it's it's seven years in the making and it's going 692 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,200 Speaker 1: to happen. Yeah, there's a lot to watch, So stay tuned. 693 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,720 Speaker 1: Stay tuned indeed to the OTP presented by Farm Bureau 694 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,400 Speaker 1: Health Plans. Are a long time sponsor, and we certainly 695 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,200 Speaker 1: appreciate all they do for US. Farm Bureau Health Plans 696 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:56,720 Speaker 1: has been serving members and protecting their health for seventy 697 00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:59,080 Speaker 1: five years. Now that it's twenty twenty three, it's really 698 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:02,800 Speaker 1: seventy six years. Well, because it was nineteen forty seven. 699 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,280 Speaker 1: Sheep there, Well, I'll just read what I'm giving, Okay, 700 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:09,480 Speaker 1: Like Ron Burgundy learned about our Tennessee roots at FBHP 701 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,440 Speaker 1: dot com. Raby Wells, I'm Mike Keith. Thank you for 702 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:23,440 Speaker 1: joining us for the O t T. Welcome to the 703 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:27,839 Speaker 1: Big Show. Whether legends called, I never Broughten knows it's 704 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:28,520 Speaker 1: house