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Speaker 1: We welcome you to the OTP. It is game week

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Speaker 1: time for the MAC and three to get us started

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Speaker 1: for the two nineteen season. That means Amy Wells is here, Hello,

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Speaker 1: Amy Wells. That means Jim White from Titans Online dot

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Speaker 1: Com is here in the house. That means Titans Radio's

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Speaker 1: coach Dave McGinnis is here. Hey, Mike. How is everybody great?

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Speaker 1: All right? So we had plotted this show to start

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Speaker 1: with me asking coach Dave McGinnis four days before the

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Speaker 1: first game, what's the thing that a head coach and

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Speaker 1: a coaching staff would be most worried about. I'll wrote

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Speaker 1: it down right here, and I'll show you this just

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Speaker 1: to show you that we're not faking. So what were

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Speaker 1: you going to say before the news hit? Right? Worry

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Speaker 1: about health? You worry about what you worry about because

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Speaker 1: you don't worry about anything else, because you've got control

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Speaker 1: of how you prepare. But health it's hard to control. Well,

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Speaker 1: we can't control how we prepare. So we get the

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Speaker 1: news just before we record that Ryan suck Up is

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Speaker 1: going on injured reserve and is replaced by Cairo Santos

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Speaker 1: Jim Wyatt. It obviously comes as a big surprise because

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Speaker 1: suck Up missed. I guess virtually all of training camp

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Speaker 1: he's brought in off pup. Things seem to be progressing,

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Speaker 1: but then against Chicago six days ago, things start to

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Speaker 1: take a little bit of a weird turn. It's just

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Speaker 1: not coming around. Yeah, And I have to feel like

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Speaker 1: the general manager and the head coach, you know, you

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Speaker 1: prepare for every scenario that they realized when they took

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Speaker 1: that you were going to have to have some backup

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Speaker 1: plans in your mind. An ideal In an ideal world,

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Speaker 1: Ryan suck Up continues to improve, gets himself in a

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Speaker 1: position where he can kick against the Browns and is

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Speaker 1: good to go throughout. This season didn't play out that way,

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Speaker 1: and so Kiro Santos, it's crazy way it played out

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Speaker 1: because Cayro Santos the reason that Ryan suck Up in

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Speaker 1: because that's who beat out Ryan suck Up in Kansas

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Speaker 1: City and led Ryan here in twenty fourteen. So he

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Speaker 1: an accurate kicker, you know, as his percentage is pretty

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Speaker 1: close to what Ryan has been throughout the course of

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Speaker 1: his career, and Ryan now has an opportunity to continue

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Speaker 1: to heal and we'll see what happens here in the

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Speaker 1: second half of the season where he whether he ends

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Speaker 1: up back on this roster at some point again or not.

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Speaker 1: We're watching practice on Monday, and we observe the special

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Speaker 1: teams period where they're kicking field goals and it's just

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Speaker 1: obvious he doesn't have quite the pop he normally does.

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Speaker 1: And this is the week you have to turn it loose,

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Speaker 1: you know, whereas the first couple of preseason games, they're

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Speaker 1: they're setting up and you see this on the sidelines.

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Speaker 1: They're setting up to give him field goal opportunities. Amy

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Speaker 1: Oh absolutely and Mike Ribble said it after the game,

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Speaker 1: even that they kicked field goals in some situations they

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Speaker 1: wouldn't normally because they wanted to give Ryan Suck up

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Speaker 1: those reps. They wanted him to get back into the

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Speaker 1: group because he hadn't kicked very often in the games

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Speaker 1: throughout the preseason. So to go from intentionally setting him

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Speaker 1: IR we were all a little surprised. But Monday, we're

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Speaker 1: watching and it just isn't doesn't look like the same

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Speaker 1: guy we're used to. Yeah, and I think Ryan obviously

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Speaker 1: knew that coaching staff knew that general managerin knew it.

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Speaker 1: So then that's when you have to make a move

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Speaker 1: to protect yourself moving forward. Now, of course, some people

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Speaker 1: Why is this move happening, you know five days before

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Speaker 1: the season. Stars reality is, if you would have brought

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Speaker 1: signing a veteran. We know we've been through this before

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Speaker 1: when I mentioned to Suck up coming here in twenty fourteen.

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Speaker 1: He came here after the Titans tried some younger guys

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Speaker 1: If the Tits would have brought in Austin Bernard handled

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Speaker 1: And I guess he did that, which is important to

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Speaker 1: the type. Well, it's extremely important. And your veterans are

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Speaker 1: going on, especially in this your personnel department. Guys have

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Speaker 1: always got a rolodex of kickers that are out there

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Speaker 1: You know, when you you had a Grammatica, didn't you,

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Speaker 1: Bill Grammatica, I lost a kicker in the middle of

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Speaker 1: now not easy because he knows if Kiro Santos is

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Speaker 1: rolling eight weeks from now, Kiro Santos is probably still

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Speaker 1: going to be the kicker Amy. Yeah. I mean this

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Speaker 1: he never said anything but glowing things about Cairo Santos.

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Speaker 1: You know, he mentored him while he was there. But

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Speaker 1: I mean, Godi, this is a it's a tough business.

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Speaker 1: And then you know, there are some decisions that will

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Speaker 1: we go from there. But I poor Ryan Pacano has

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Speaker 1: He's almost twenty eight. He has been with the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: win the job. But again, not a young kicker. Eighty

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Speaker 1: But you know, Brett Kerne, Bow, Brinkley, those guys have

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Speaker 1: In two thousand and four, that was the week of

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Speaker 1: of the impending hurricane. And it's ironic. I told Amy

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Speaker 1: the Aaron Elling story. So we're down there and you

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Speaker 1: can pick up what union. Of course, Craig Hendrick had

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Speaker 1: nother wild story. But in pregame warmups, we're sitting there

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Speaker 1: punting in warmups, and we think It's like what they

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Speaker 1: reindeer games. And because Bruce Matthews was such an incredible athlete,

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Speaker 1: That that, to me is really paramount in this football game,

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Speaker 1: controlling them consistently their defensive front. Yeah, and I guess

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Speaker 1: I've I've kind of jotted down scale of one to ten.

429
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Speaker 1: Whereas the concern I put it put seven at blocking

430
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Speaker 1: their front, blocking what they're going to bring just because

431
00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,159
Speaker 1: somebody moving pieces on the Titans offensive line. Do I

432
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,600
Speaker 1: think the personnel and the guys that are that are

433
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Speaker 1: going to be starting on Sunday or cable of doing it.

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Speaker 1: I do. But Dennis Kelly playing in and really in

435
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Speaker 1: an unfamiliar spot for him, a couple of new guards

436
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Speaker 1: in there. We saw some issues during the course of

437
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,480
Speaker 1: the preseason and need to be cleaned up. So I think,

438
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,840
Speaker 1: to me, that's the big concern going into the game.

439
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Speaker 1: Can the Titans get pressure on Baker Mayfield? Have your concern,

440
00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 1: I say that's a low concern. I think they totally can.

441
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Speaker 1: I think this Titans defense is ready to be unleashed

442
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Speaker 1: a little bit and I'm excited to see them get

443
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Speaker 1: after him. And I put that as a four on

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Speaker 1: the on the one to ten scale just because and

445
00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,480
Speaker 1: it doesn't have to come from just you know, your

446
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Speaker 1: guys up front. This is where Dean Peace can get

447
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,880
Speaker 1: a little creative and send extra players and do some

448
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Speaker 1: things that he did so well last year to generate

449
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Speaker 1: extra pressure. Coverage is key to all of that. Coverage

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Speaker 1: is key to pressure on Mayfield because he is a

451
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Speaker 1: cylinder thrower. I mean, he's not, and he doesn't jack

452
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Speaker 1: rabbit immediately and he likes to scan the field. So

453
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Speaker 1: if your coverage is good, it gives you a better

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Speaker 1: chance to get back there. Next when can the Titans

455
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Speaker 1: stop or at least slow Cleveland's run game? They can

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Speaker 1: do it with eight, I mean absolutely, they can do

457
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Speaker 1: with eight. They need to be able to do it

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Speaker 1: with seven. That's what I want to see. I just

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Speaker 1: wrote hope. So so that's where I'm at. Wow, that's deep,

460
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Speaker 1: deep analysis. This from the side of the table, and

461
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Speaker 1: I go think, so yeah, I think so yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think so. I think so would be about a six,

463
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Speaker 1: five or six. That's better than hope. So I don't

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Speaker 1: think so. That's good that This is where you come

465
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Speaker 1: to the OTP for this type of analysis. That's why

466
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Speaker 1: you pay the money for the Wait a minute, you

467
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,480
Speaker 1: don't pay money, it's free, so you get Hope. So

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Speaker 1: that's right, Okay, can can this? I want something from

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Speaker 1: all of you on this. Can the Titans handle what

470
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Speaker 1: figures to be a wild atmosphere at First Energy Stadium

471
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Speaker 1: in Cleveland? I think the Browns fans are already there.

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Speaker 1: I do too, and My answer that is if the

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Speaker 1: Titans can run the ball, Yes, I think they can

474
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Speaker 1: handle that wild atmosphere because that's the way you kind

475
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Speaker 1: of shut the crowd down a little bit, shut the

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Speaker 1: noise down to establish the run control the football. If

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Speaker 1: the Titans can't run the ball, uh could have some

478
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Speaker 1: misuse because you can put your quarterback in a situation

479
00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,320
Speaker 1: where you're where you're making calls uh uh and trying

480
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,639
Speaker 1: to do some things with the hysteria around them. Look,

481
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,879
Speaker 1: this is coming from experience being in over six hundred

482
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Speaker 1: NFL games. Coaches and players feed off of this, Wow,

483
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Speaker 1: feed off of this. You love this. This is why

484
00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,359
Speaker 1: you're in it to be a vesting team in that

485
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,040
Speaker 1: kind of atmosphere. I mean I could never wait to

486
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Speaker 1: go play at Seattle. I could never wait to go

487
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Speaker 1: play at Green Bay. And players and coaches in this

488
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 1: league love competition and that even fuels it more. That's

489
00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:30,359
Speaker 1: a great point because we had a Dory Jackson on

490
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Speaker 1: Titans tonight and he said the same thing. He was

491
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Speaker 1: excited about going in and having people not necessarily hate

492
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Speaker 1: on him. But I mean that's what's going to happen. Well, Yeah,

493
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Speaker 1: I mean, guys love to go in and take the

494
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Speaker 1: wind out of an entire stadium. You know that really

495
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:49,480
Speaker 1: Jazz is a team up. They get excited about going

496
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Speaker 1: in and being those game wreckers. And so the more

497
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Speaker 1: that they can set the pace, the more that the

498
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,240
Speaker 1: Titans can control the tempo and can just suck the

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Speaker 1: air out of that stadium. It's going to be another

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00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 1: concern outside of the four that I raised that you

501
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,879
Speaker 1: might have Jim Wyatt about the Titans taking on the

502
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,879
Speaker 1: Browns well, and I talked about the old line and

503
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 1: the personnel and whether or not I thought this group

504
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,400
Speaker 1: was capable of doing it, and this is the same

505
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: thing with this position. But I think the receiver position.

506
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 1: I mean, we've got a lot of guys who are

507
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,879
Speaker 1: who in kind of prove its situations, and Corey Davis

508
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,399
Speaker 1: needs to prove he can execute and perform at a

509
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,479
Speaker 1: high level on a consistent basis. Adam Humphreys will be

510
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Speaker 1: playing in the game for the first time. I have

511
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Speaker 1: no concerns about him, but a j Brown first game

512
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Speaker 1: as a Titan. You know, Taj Sharpe had a great camp,

513
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 1: but a lot of guys that kind of need to

514
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:45,359
Speaker 1: settle in and show that they can be accountable and

515
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:50,399
Speaker 1: produce in pressure pike situations on a consistent basis, and

516
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 1: it starts on Sunday in Cleveland and the opener, especially

517
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Speaker 1: if you're on the road, You've always got to be

518
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Speaker 1: able to withstand the early surge because the home team

519
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,320
Speaker 1: is usually going to have an early surge because they're

520
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 1: at home. Everything that You've got to be able to

521
00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,160
Speaker 1: withstand that and then get settled in and play consistent ball.

522
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,360
Speaker 1: That's what you have to do. I think the Titans

523
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 1: need to score points. I mean it again with the analysis,

524
00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:15,920
Speaker 1: but it's really that simple. This Titans offense needs to

525
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,360
Speaker 1: score more points this season. Overall, Cleveland outscored them last year,

526
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Speaker 1: just without all of the offensive weapons that they've added

527
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 1: this year, just scored more points last year. We need

528
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,240
Speaker 1: to get this offense rolling and actually get into the

529
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,160
Speaker 1: end zone. You're gonna give you the first chance here.

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00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:36,359
Speaker 1: What's the biggest advantage a position, a matchup, whatever that

531
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Speaker 1: you think the Titans have over the Brown Zamie Wells.

532
00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: Cohesiveness and experience is what I said. I think that

533
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,360
Speaker 1: this team has played together, they know this coaching staff.

534
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 1: There's a lot of veterans on this team. The experience

535
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:51,200
Speaker 1: together as a group is going to push them over

536
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,120
Speaker 1: the edge. The defensive pressure package against the Brown's offensive

537
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 1: line that Dean piece is going to bring. And I'm

538
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Speaker 1: with Amy. I wrote down cohesiveness on my list just

539
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:05,920
Speaker 1: because this group kind of this group is familiar and

540
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:08,880
Speaker 1: yes some new pieces are in the mix, but they're

541
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 1: you know, familiar with everything going on around where the

542
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: Browns so much as new and so many expectations and

543
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:18,879
Speaker 1: so much pressure on them leading into this game. I

544
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 1: think the Titans have an advantage from that standpoint. Titans player,

545
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:26,119
Speaker 1: you are most eager to watch at Cleveland, I feel

546
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,879
Speaker 1: like I'm cheating. But the quarterback, I mean Marcus Mariota

547
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 1: and just how he does in his first game under

548
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,919
Speaker 1: Author Smith with all of the weapons run and we

549
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,320
Speaker 1: remember the last game up there, remember a couple of

550
00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 1: games against Cleveland up there when things didn't go perfectly

551
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: and start a year five for him. I'm excited to

552
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 1: see how that goes. Jim kind of cheated. I actually cheated.

553
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,160
Speaker 1: I said the linebackers as a whole. I am ready

554
00:28:49,160 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 1: to see people get hit. I'm ready for it. Hello,

555
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: she did like that. Let's go every day, Cameron wake

556
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 1: Cameron Wake is going to be a big piece of

557
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 1: this defense, and what he brings is going to be important.

558
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 1: I know how good a player he is. I want

559
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 1: to see. I want him to be a really good

560
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: player for us, and I'm really interested in watching him.

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00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 1: Mine's Adam Humphreys. It's kind of an easy one too,

562
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,800
Speaker 1: but excited about him all right, Coach Mac. NFL matchup

563
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: outside of Tennessee at Cleveland that you were most interested

564
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 1: to see in Kickoff Weekend twenty nineteen Bears Green Bay.

565
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 1: I mean, I've been involved in twenty of those games.

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Speaker 1: It's a real deal. For a hundred years, we were

567
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 1: just up there. We know that those you talk about fans,

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00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: those fans that are going to that game, I think

569
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 1: they stayed in their seats after that preseason game. You

570
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: know for Thursday that that's mine, Walter Payton and Papa

571
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 1: Bear finally get statues. I mean, this is look Chicago

572
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: Green Bay all the way. I think that's going to

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00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 1: be a great game. I'm very excited, but I'm also

574
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,960
Speaker 1: interested to see Colts Chargers. I'm interested to see kind

575
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 1: of what the Colts are doing after all of their

576
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 1: changes that have happened the last couple of weeks and

577
00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 1: we've got them week two. So do some scout and

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00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: for me, Kansas City, Jacksonville's offense against defense and whether

579
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,800
Speaker 1: Mahomes can keep it rolling, and whether Jags are going

580
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 1: to be back and playing good defense again. Jacksonville's at home.

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Speaker 1: This is a chance for them to get right back

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Speaker 1: on the map to win a big game. Their advantages

583
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: are something. What they do well, I should say better

584
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 1: matches up well against Kansas City, and you just wonder

585
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 1: if they might not have a sneak attack in place

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Speaker 1: to get to one zero and put themselves right back

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Speaker 1: on the map. That's Kansas City scores sixty on them. Well,

588
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Speaker 1: I have a feeling that's not going to happen because

589
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 1: I think Jacksonville's pretty good on defense. I say shoot

590
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 1: for the stars, Coach Mack, I hope they score sixty.

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00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:50,120
Speaker 1: I love you guys and appreciate the effort. And switching

592
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 1: the plan a little bit as we record this edition

593
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 1: of the OTP after the news about Ryan suck up,

594
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Speaker 1: we had something planned for the start. Can we still

595
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 1: end with it? So we had sort of a fun

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00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,240
Speaker 1: Week one nostalgia thing plan, go ahead and hit that

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00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: if you would. And this is big time nostalgia. It's

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00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: from nineteen ninety eight, and we can always say we

599
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:19,959
Speaker 1: had Ronnie done. On the OTP beca is Ronnie done.

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Speaker 1: This is him so for Coach Mack, for Amy Wells,

601
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 1: for Jim Wyatt. Here it is the Tennessee Oiler's theme

602
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 1: song from nineteen ninety eight, Ronnie done with the Tennessee orders,

603
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:40,320
Speaker 1: the red wine blue with the Tennessee orners, gonna get

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00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:45,560
Speaker 1: all over you get the Tennessee honors, and he it

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00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 1: calm in the Tennessee honors. We're gonna beat you. Lock

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00:31:50,040 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: canto s Tennessee had Tennessee a sad hat Tennessee. I

607
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: hate Tennessee with the Tennessee orders are red wine blue,

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00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: with the Tennessee orders. We're gonna get all over you

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00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: with the Tennessee orders. Bad to the mall in the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee orners, unless you get it all. I say sad

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Speaker 1: hat tennisee my head, Tennessee A sad hat tennisee my head,

612
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Speaker 1: tenni Sea. I ain't gonna say, I hain't gonna say,

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00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: I ain't gonna say. I ain't gonna say I said

614
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Speaker 1: say hand tisee until See. I said, say hand Tennessee,

615
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Speaker 1: I hainte tensee. We're the Tennessee owners, red white and blue,

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00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 1: or we're the Tennessee owners. We're gonna get all over you.

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00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 1: I read a Tennisee orders you better hid, and a

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00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: wrong w Tennessee orders. We're gonna beat you like Cantown.

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Speaker 1: When the Tennessee orders, or when the Tennessee orners, We're

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Speaker 1: gonna god, or when the Tennessee orders will win back

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Speaker 1: to the morn or when the Tennessee orders, let's get

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Speaker 1: back plass down every every day