1 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: Farm Bureau is for those who make plans for everything 3 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 1: except themselves. 4 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 2: We make it easy and. 5 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 1: Affordable for Tennesseeans who don't have a group or employer plan. 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: Visit FBHP dot com to learn more. We are here 7 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: in very Sunnymobile, Alabama at the twenty twenty five Reese's 8 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: Senior Bowl. I'm Amy Wells. Brian is here, Coach Mack 9 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 1: is here, Ramon Foster is here, the gang is all here, 10 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: and it feels so good to be covering the Senior 11 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: Bowl this season. But before we get started, I feel 12 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: that we have to acknowledge the empty seat at the table, 13 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: because there is one. If you've been listening to the 14 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: OTP recently and thought, oh, that's a lot of Amy. 15 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: What is going on win is Mike Keith has taken 16 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: his talents to Knoxville and he is going to be 17 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 1: the voice of the Tennessee Volunteers. He's going to be 18 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 1: covering football and basketball and doing all of the things 19 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: in Knoxville, and we are so so happy for him. 20 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 1: But there is definitely an empty seat at our table, 21 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: and it is very strange to not have him here 22 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: in Mobile. Everybody knows Mike Keith loved this trip more 23 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: than any of the others, I think, and as much 24 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: as we made fun of him for it, it is 25 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: really odd to not have him here. However, we are 26 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,039 Speaker 1: so excited for him. This is an incredible opportunity that 27 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: he has. It's a dream that he's had for a 28 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: long time, and so we are just so proud and 29 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: we're so excited for our friend. But it's also very strange, 30 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: and so I think there's a lot of emotions. I 31 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 1: think we all have some big feelings because it feels 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: like there's a little avoid But we've spoken to Mike, 33 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: and Mike is adamant in letting Titans fans know how 34 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: much he misses the fans and how just grateful he 35 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 1: is to everything that Titans fans have provided over the years, 36 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: and so I want to share that with everybody. I 37 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: wanted to make sure that we addressed it and we 38 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: talked about it, because I know it's a lot of 39 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: me right now, and we don't really know what the 40 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: OTP is going to look like going forward. We don't 41 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: know who else is going to be a part of it. 42 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: So for now, the Titans Radio crew is holding it down. 43 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 3: We're doing our best. 44 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 2: We're doing our best. 45 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 4: The Mike Keith was here because he called us while 46 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 4: we were in the stands. 47 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 3: He did, he did. 48 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 1: I mean, Mike Keith is not gone for good. He 49 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: has just moved a couple miles east. 50 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 3: He's migrated east. Yeah, that is correct, Yes, but yeah, 51 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 3: it's Uh. 52 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 5: I've described it continually to people who have asked me. 53 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 5: Is it's the literal definition of bittersweet? The better part, 54 00:02:56,600 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 5: selfishly is we miss our guy, yep. And it's a 55 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 5: massive void for sure. And the sweet part is we 56 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:07,839 Speaker 5: know that he will absolutely crush the job in Knoxville, 57 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 5: and how happy that we see him and we are 58 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 5: supremely happy for him. 59 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 4: Well, I mean, Mike has got a unique chance in 60 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 4: any career. I mean he started Titans Radio. I and 61 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,160 Speaker 4: Larry Stone, Rhet Brian started Titans Radio, built it to 62 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 4: what it is today, which is quite the entity, and 63 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,960 Speaker 4: then in Knoxville being able to go back in now 64 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 4: and kind of reconfigure what's going on there with the 65 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,119 Speaker 4: Vall network. I mean, it's it's a it's an amazing 66 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 4: career story. Uh that there's nobody more deserving for it 67 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 4: because he's a true Hall of famer. And I mean 68 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 4: we used to kid Mike all the time about all 69 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 4: the hall of fames. 70 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 3: That he was in. 71 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 2: I'm not going to any more dinner. 72 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: So if someone wants to put him in a Hall 73 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: of Fame, you just send me, enjoy yourself, send a letter. 74 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 4: But he will, There's no doubt, and rhet said it right. 75 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 4: He will absolutely crush Vall Network in Knoxville. 76 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,960 Speaker 6: And for me, like I got introduced to Mike one, 77 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 6: I was scared of Mike. Here I am saying sixty 78 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 6: sixty three hundred plus, and all I could think is, 79 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 6: don't step on Mike Toes, do the right thing, be professional, 80 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 6: don't embarrass. 81 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 3: Us outside of the house. Right. 82 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 6: But I say that to say like the professional that 83 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 6: he was, and how he did this, and how he 84 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 6: went about making sure that Titan's Radio wasn't just a 85 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,200 Speaker 6: station that you listen to like it's an event. It's 86 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 6: the way I somewhat look at it, and and how 87 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 6: is broadcast his voice the importance it was to a 88 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 6: lot of fans. I'll never get just with him, like 89 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 6: understanding like this is how you call a game, this 90 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 6: is how you do the job, and just his recall 91 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 6: of facts and history and everything else that comes along 92 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 6: with it. That to me is one of the biggest parts. 93 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 6: But I had no idea this was his favorite event. 94 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, he loved. 95 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 4: The Mayor of Mobiles, love the Senor boat and let 96 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 4: me say that the scene love Mike. Yeah, yeah, because 97 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 4: he treated with a lot of respect. And uh, as 98 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 4: I said, he's he set a standard for Titans Radio. 99 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 6: He did, and of course anybody that's been around him, uh, 100 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 6: you understand what it is like to work. 101 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 3: And that's that's one of my biggest things. I know, 102 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 3: we joke and I all have a good. 103 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 6: Time, but as soon as we get close to that 104 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 6: red dot come home and and record is game time, 105 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 6: it really is. 106 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:24,840 Speaker 2: Yep. 107 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: So there's we have a lot to talk about on 108 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: the show, but I wanted to make sure that we 109 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 1: started off by acknowledging that Mike is not here. We 110 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 1: miss him dearly and we are so so excited for 111 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 1: everything that he is going to be doing in the future. 112 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: But now, Mac, I want to start with you with 113 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: talking about what this week really looks like and why 114 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: it's designed the way it is. So guys, come in 115 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: for a couple days and they have meetings, then they 116 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: have a couple of days of practice, and then obviously 117 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: the grand finale is the actual game. Why is this 118 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: designed in this way so that guys have the opportunity 119 00:05:56,960 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 1: to install and learn and then practice it and then 120 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: play the game well. 121 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 7: Plus they're also exposed to all the teams. 122 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 4: I mean, these guys their day starts at six in 123 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 4: the morning and it runs until ten at night. I 124 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 4: mean they're not just showing up here and going to 125 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 4: practice and then walking around mobile. I mean, there is 126 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 4: a lot their time is very well scheduled here and 127 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,159 Speaker 4: it's it's so extremely important because you've got a short 128 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 4: amount of time here. All the clubs want to find 129 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 4: real information about these guys, not only on the field, 130 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 4: but these meetings are are very vital. You know, the 131 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 4: guys that we interviewed today, that's vital for us to 132 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,720 Speaker 4: get to to get to know them. So their days 133 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 4: here are extremely and that that's you know, whenever I 134 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 4: talk to players that are here, I tell them be 135 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 4: ready to embrace the grind because it's a great it's 136 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 4: a great opportunity for their next step in their career. 137 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 4: But it's a grind because it starts, as I said, 138 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 4: early in the morning and goes late at night, and 139 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 4: you've always got to be on your game. You always 140 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 4: have to be on your game, because you know the 141 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 4: old laddage. In this league, every day is an interview. 142 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 4: Will really every hour is an interview here that you're 143 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 4: outside your room. So it's a big deal here. 144 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: Safe to say it's just as mentally strenuous as it 145 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: is physically stringuous. 146 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 7: Yeah, there's no doubt. 147 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 4: There's no doubt because these guys, some of them are 148 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 4: used to talking to the media, some of them are 149 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 4: not used to talking. Some of them have done one 150 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 4: on one interviews before, some of them have not. And 151 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 4: it can be it can be all of that. As 152 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 4: a coach, you know, when I coach this thing several 153 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 4: times you would try to help the players through that 154 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 4: by mentioning, look, this is going to be this and 155 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 4: so you just got to relax, let it come to 156 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 4: you and don't don't try not to feel any anxiety, 157 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 4: which they're. 158 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 7: Still going to but it's it's all important now. 159 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: Ht on the media side, pull back the curtain a 160 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: little bit because we're doing a lot of stuff. There 161 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: are a lot of different teams, a lot of different 162 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: media outlets here that are also having a pretty crazy 163 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: week in terms of just gathering things all trying to lead. 164 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 2: Up for the draft. 165 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I think that's the other reason why it's 166 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 5: important for us to be here because, like Max, that 167 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 5: we can get to talk to some of these draftees 168 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 5: and you know, kind of pick their brain a little 169 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 5: bit about who they are, what they are, what they've 170 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 5: where they've been training, what this journey has been like. 171 00:08:16,240 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 5: But yeah, on Radio Row here's there's other teams that 172 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 5: are represented here and certainly sports talk stations that are 173 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 5: all trying to get some of the same interviews that 174 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 5: we're doing. But yeah, Max Wright, in terms of the 175 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 5: media part of this, for the players, it's a good 176 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 5: primer for what they will have to go through if 177 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 5: they're invited to the combine. And I'd say a good 178 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 5: chunk of these guys have a chance to be able 179 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 5: to do that because this is an impressive class that 180 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 5: Jim Naggy, the executive director, has put together in twenty 181 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 5: twenty five. 182 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: Ramon how much can a guy really make improvements or 183 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: change or build on the experience that they have at 184 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 1: some all of the All Star Games, whether it's East 185 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: West Shrine or the Senior Bowl, and maybe make some 186 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: changes or tinker with things a little bit between now 187 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 1: and the combine. 188 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 3: Well, for the. 189 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 6: Guys like this is their last opportunity until late July August. 190 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 3: Actually put on pads. 191 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 6: So for the ones who are tweeners that are guards 192 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 6: going to tackles, they say, the last time put on 193 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 6: pass a showcase they're capable of being a guard or 194 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 6: at least coachable enough to play the position. And that's 195 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 6: where a lot of this comes into play, like this 196 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 6: resume that you're building up to be drafted or at 197 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 6: least be selected, be on the team, Like it's very important, 198 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 6: and anxiety I heard you guys speak about that is 199 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 6: high in these moments and it comes down to, all right, 200 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 6: if I do have a bad day, Coach Max said 201 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 6: it earlier when we were speaking off airs, like this 202 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 6: is just the first opportunity to prove yourself moving forward. 203 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,959 Speaker 6: And that's why I think guys have started to understand 204 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 6: this a little bit more. I think if a guy 205 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 6: had a good day today, you might not see him 206 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 6: the next day because they understand, yes, I'm good enough, 207 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 6: I'm capable enough to be down here. I showed you 208 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 6: guys what you think of me, and now's my time 209 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 6: to buy. So, yes, we've seen dudes come down here. 210 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 3: Last year. 211 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 6: If I'm not mistaken, Dwan Jones was one of those guys, 212 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 6: had a real good first day. Didn't I see him 213 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 6: the rest of the time. Why because what you needed 214 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 6: him to do, he did and it proved forerd him 215 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 6: to you know, be good enough that Cleveland Brown selected 216 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 6: him and he played a little bit this year. And 217 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 6: if I'm not mistaken, having an injury or two, but 218 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 6: this is where that happens, where coaches put you in 219 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 6: very you know, adverse situations to where you got to 220 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 6: come up out of it. We're speaking to a couple 221 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 6: of guys that had to go from guard I mean, 222 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 6: go from tackle to gar and watching them somewhat struggle, 223 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 6: but what you did see was a fight. Like I 224 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 6: know a guy was gonna lose a reper to here 225 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 6: or there, but guess what the idea that you're gonna compete. 226 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 6: That's what a lot of those coaches like seeing too. 227 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 6: I know, like we joke all the time and practices 228 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 6: like the advantage sometimes goes to the offensive line in 229 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 6: one on one, but there's no excuse for it because well, 230 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 6: the defense has nobody around us and go inside outside 231 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 6: there's a lot that goes into the prep work of 232 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 6: this week. So yes, you can, you know, make a 233 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 6: better claim for yourself, but not just this game in particular. 234 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:06,559 Speaker 3: Like I've seen guys that being other. 235 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,719 Speaker 6: Bowl games, Senior Bowl games and get the invite to 236 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 6: come over here later because of what they did in 237 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 6: those moments. So all of this does matter, especially the 238 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 6: physical side of it too. 239 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: Mac as a coach, as a scout, what are you 240 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: trying to get here at the Senior Bowl that you 241 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: can't necessarily get at any. 242 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 2: Of the other stops along the pre draft process. 243 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 4: It's face to face now the pre draft process. See, 244 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 4: we're talking now about school visits in which you can 245 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:34,600 Speaker 4: get a lot of time, a lot of face time. 246 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 4: We're talking about thirty visits where now they come into 247 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 4: your facility after the combine. Combine is all scheduled meetings. 248 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 4: They've got scheduled meetings here now they didn't used to 249 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 4: used to. I mean, it was a wild West show. 250 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 4: You just try to grab guys in the hallway and 251 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 4: just get them when you could. It's all very organized now, 252 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 4: but the important part is getting face to face with them. 253 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 4: And the advantage of coaching this is is you can 254 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 4: really find out how they are in these moments where 255 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 4: they're a little bit when they're away from the other coaches, 256 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 4: are there away from this big spotlight that coming over here? 257 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: Is are sitting down with us? Is or even on 258 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 4: the field? Is what are they like as people? Because 259 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 4: that's extremely important too, What are they like as people? 260 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 4: Because I mean, you can fool somebody for fifteen twenty 261 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,319 Speaker 4: thirty forty five minutes an hour and put on your 262 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 4: best whoever you are. But if you are able to 263 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 4: live with these guys like the people that are coaching it, 264 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 4: it's a huge advantage. 265 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: Let's talk about position groups a little bit. Obviously, all 266 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: positions are represented here at the Senior Bowl. MAC, is 267 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: there a group or two that you are looking forward 268 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:41,319 Speaker 1: to watching as. 269 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:42,040 Speaker 2: This week goes on. 270 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 4: Let's talk about the draft numbers. The draft numbers this year. 271 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,319 Speaker 4: First of all, there are a lot of running backs 272 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 4: in this draft, and there are a lot of running 273 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 4: backs here and we'll see more running backs, so that's 274 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 4: number one. You Also, on the back end of all 275 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,800 Speaker 4: those COVID players. So you've got outside backers, you've got 276 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,840 Speaker 4: some defensive linement here, and not particularly at the you know, 277 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 4: the super superstars at the top, but the belly of 278 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 4: this draft, which is the bottom of the second through 279 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 4: about the sixth round, is full of players that are 280 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 4: going to help you at that position. The other thing 281 00:13:14,480 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 4: are there are edge rushers here, and this is a 282 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,319 Speaker 4: good tight end class. It's a good tight end class 283 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 4: when you start looking at it. And to me, you've 284 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 4: got some of those guys here, not all of them, 285 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 4: not all of them, but those groups today, and we 286 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 4: really concentrated on the bigs today. You know, just watching them, 287 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 4: you can tell that these guys, even if they're taking 288 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 4: in the belly of the draft, are going to be 289 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 4: able to help teams. 290 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 3: RTT. 291 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 2: Do you have a position group or two that you're 292 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 2: excited about watching? 293 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, Mac and ramone watched the big guys 294 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 5: in day one, and I decided to look at something 295 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 5: different because knowing the quarterbacks have an adjustment period in 296 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 5: day one and that they usually make adjustments and have 297 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 5: a little better showing of day two as you get 298 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 5: later into the week, I watched some of the skilled 299 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 5: positions that they were trying to target in this and 300 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:05,080 Speaker 5: so to his point, running backs R. J. Harvey from 301 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 5: Central Florida, Burschard Smith, the running back from SMU, Devin 302 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 5: Deal from Kansas. There's some nice backs in this just here, 303 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 5: plus the draft itself. The tight ends he mentioned were good. 304 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,000 Speaker 5: And then there's you know, there's some off ball linebackers, 305 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 5: a couple of those that are interesting to watch in this. 306 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 5: But in addition to watching the bigs, I watched some 307 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 5: of the skilled positions who were targets that actually made 308 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 5: a couple of plays here and there. 309 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 2: Ramoni, are you sticking with the big guys. 310 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 3: A little bit? 311 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 6: But I do have a little bit of flavor that 312 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 6: one I will say is this too. There was a 313 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 6: difference in my opinion, guys. I'm not sure if you 314 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 6: guys saw it, but like the national team, I thought 315 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 6: was a little bit more gritty in the morning than 316 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 6: it was the American team in the afternoon too, So. 317 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 3: I was a little bit surprised. I will say this. 318 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 6: I was shocked this morning because all I've been talking 319 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 6: about is edge players and defensive ends and d tackles. 320 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 6: I thought the offensive line held their own for the 321 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 6: most part in the morning practice on the national team 322 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 6: and just a couple of guys that come out Southern 323 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 6: Coals center guard. What it's a Jonah Monhaig Like, he's 324 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 6: the guy that showed up big time to me today. 325 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:12,480 Speaker 6: You know a lot of Titans fans might not I 326 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 6: want to hear this, but North Dakota State had a 327 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 6: guard today that played right guard, Gray Zabeled. 328 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 3: Okay, that was really. 329 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 6: Good and was very solid for the most part, and 330 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 6: it was sprinklings all across. But I will go outside 331 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 6: the offensive line. I'll go to tight ends. 332 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 3: Okay. 333 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 6: One guy in particular, Elijah Royal, I thought today had 334 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 6: a solid day down the field. He was able to 335 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 6: show he's a big prospect to begin with number one, 336 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 6: but he was able to break down some linebackers and 337 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 6: the safety too in his route running. So I was 338 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 6: very pleased in watching him for the most part. But 339 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 6: that was my focus for the most part today was 340 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 6: watching the interior exterior and the old line and D line. 341 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 6: That's what my interest was. I was about to pretict 342 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 6: the quarterbacks and coach Max at ramone. No, no, no, 343 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:00,400 Speaker 6: simmer down. It's day one quarterbacks iner exchanges. Thing that 344 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 6: has to be worked on. Timing of routes for the 345 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 6: wide receivers to quarterback is always a big thing. So, 346 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 6: as coach Mack like to say from time to time, 347 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 6: the ies instant evaluators coaches that are watching this tape, 348 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 6: they understand these scenarios right here, so we'll see a lot. Hey, 349 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 6: this guy wasn't good. That guy would No, it wasn't 350 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 6: that today, it's the adjustment. Another unique individual that I 351 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 6: am looking at while we're on the O line two 352 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 6: is North Carolina's Willie Lampkin five ten two seventy five 353 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 6: playing guard and center. Wow, yes, under six foot. For 354 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 6: the most part, he held his own. But of course 355 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 6: we'll see where he goes in the draft number one, 356 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 6: but also how he handles uh because there's some big 357 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 6: individuals out here. So we'll see how that goes over 358 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 6: the course of the rest of this week and in 359 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 6: his career. I mean, the guy, if I'm not mistaken, 360 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 6: was at least first team All acc and maybe All 361 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 6: American too, so he can play. It's a matter of 362 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 6: where in the NFL. 363 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 4: Well, just to stay with off though, the guys that 364 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 4: were making transitions that they asked them to make transitions 365 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 4: from tackles to guards like Whyatt Milem from West Virginia today, 366 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 4: Marcus Bowl from Purdue, Ozzie Trepeo from BC. Those guys 367 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 4: did a nice job. 368 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 6: I will say this to about White mylems. Also, you 369 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 6: can tell, if you understand the game we had them 370 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,760 Speaker 6: on earlier when we were speaking to him, he was 371 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,199 Speaker 6: going from tackle to guard. Now you can tell he 372 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 6: was trying to figure out how do I play guard? 373 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 6: Is one of the wildest things you have to learn 374 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 6: in your career because it's such a difference in space 375 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 6: and being close confined. What I saw from him today 376 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 6: was he had to start to fight early because in 377 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 6: his mind, if he could stop a guy, then it 378 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 6: means it was better for him. But what it was doing, 379 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,719 Speaker 6: he was over exposing his inside charge, like his legs 380 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 6: were getting out from underneath them, and guys would beat him. 381 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 6: I'm okay with that. I love to see a guy 382 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 6: experience experiment in practice because it lets me know that 383 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 6: he's at least attempting to get better. So I'm not 384 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 6: upset with Wyatt Mileam today and how he played left guard. 385 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 4: One more guy that jumped out to us and I 386 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,199 Speaker 4: knew nothing about coming in here and Rhet and I 387 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 4: do a pretty good car wash of guys before we 388 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,879 Speaker 4: get down. Here was Anthony Belton from North Carolina State. 389 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,360 Speaker 4: I mean this this dude, and Ret's the numbers guy, 390 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 4: so he's in my ear when I'm watching this guy. 391 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 4: I mean he's six oh five three three forty five 392 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 4: and he's got an eighty three and an eighth inch 393 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 4: wingspan and just measure that sometimes at home with a 394 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 4: tape measure. 395 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 7: So that guy was interesting today. 396 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 6: Since you did it, Coach Mack, I guess we'll just 397 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 6: ping pong this thing back and forth. But there's a 398 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 6: guy defensively that showed up time and time again. Anita's appeables. 399 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 6: He just kept being in the backfield all day long 400 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 6: on the national team practice today. Undersize, but I think 401 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 6: Aaron Donald has changed that narrative across the board as 402 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 6: far as defensive line and goal. If you can play, 403 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 6: you can create chaos what he did today during practice 404 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 6: and one on ones. This league will find the pathway 405 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 6: for you. 406 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 7: What's the same way. 407 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 4: And we're going way back now because we're the Titans. 408 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 4: To Jerrell Casey, yes real Casey was I can remember 409 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 4: his talking about him in draft rooms. It was the 410 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,959 Speaker 4: same thing as far as you know. Not the tallest dude, 411 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,719 Speaker 4: but quick and then there's a place for him. I 412 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 4: was around the drafting of him and the drafting of 413 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 4: Aaron Donald, and the showing down here is important. 414 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 7: Yes it is, RTT. 415 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 2: Do you have any names that we should know to add. 416 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 5: To the Yeah, I'm gonna do an honorary frog for 417 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,200 Speaker 5: mac TCU's wide receiver Jack Besh. 418 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 7: Thank you, Ritt. 419 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 5: Jack Besh is going to I think he's going to 420 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 5: get a lot of attention this week. Nice receiver prospect. 421 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 5: He'll get different attention too because his brother, Tiger, the 422 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 5: wide receiver from Princeton, obviously tragically lost his life and 423 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 5: the incident happened a few weeks ago in New Orleans, 424 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 5: and so everyone's gonna wear his brother's tag and sticker 425 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 5: on the back of their helmets. He's wearing his brother's 426 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 5: number in the game. But he's actually a technically sound, 427 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 5: good route run wide receiver that I think can make 428 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 5: a difference in this. And then when we're talking about 429 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 5: I didn't talk much about the defensive secondary guys, but 430 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 5: Max Harriston from Kentucky is a name you should definitely 431 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 5: be paying attention to Darien Porter from Iowa State, Quincy 432 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 5: Riley from Louisville, and that's the pipeline that we saw, 433 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 5: you know, Jarvis Brownlee come out of last year and 434 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 5: a Storm Duck. 435 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:27,719 Speaker 3: Thank you. 436 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 4: I just didn't want you not to mention Storm Ducks. 437 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 3: Oh great name he mentioned done. 438 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 5: But yeah, there's just there's interesting prospects and Max right 439 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 5: the quarterbacks, they're just trying to find their footing in 440 00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 5: day one. In day two, I will be very interested 441 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 5: to see there's a Canadian prospect here because Will Howard, 442 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 5: the Ohio State quarterback, took himself out of this because 443 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 5: we just finished college football. 444 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 3: He's got to be tired, gotta. 445 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 5: Be national champion. But there is a guy, Taylor ELGERSBA 446 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 5: and he is a graduate of Wilfred Laurier in Ontario, Canada. 447 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 5: He won the Heck Brighton Award, which is basically the 448 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 5: equivalent of the Canada's equivalent of the Heisman. Wow it finished. 449 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 5: He had a lot of yards passing, but he was 450 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,919 Speaker 5: two time player of the Year and one of the 451 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 5: few guys. But he's been working with an outfit called 452 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 5: QB Country and they have stations all they have actually 453 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 5: have won in Nashville, but it's some of the same 454 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,679 Speaker 5: group of folks that run the Manning camp started this 455 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 5: whole deal. He's been down to Birmingham working at QB Country, 456 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 5: getting himself ready for this pre draft process and certainly 457 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 5: this invite to the Senior Bowl. That's the same group 458 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,479 Speaker 5: that trained both Drake May and bow Knicks into pre 459 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:55,240 Speaker 5: draft process. But yeah, Taylor Elgersma is something that's going 460 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 5: to be interesting because he just you don't see guys 461 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 5: from Canada come to this thing at the quarterback position much. 462 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 5: And I think a lot of these guys, the evaluators, 463 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 5: the scouts, a lot of them hadn't seen him because 464 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,719 Speaker 5: he hasn't been to the Manning passing camps. He has 465 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,719 Speaker 5: been taking a part of the Canadian Football League's Quarterback 466 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 5: Initiative and internship where you can actually a college player 467 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 5: can go and be in training camps in CFL training camps. 468 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 5: He's done that for the last three seasons for the 469 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 5: Toronto Argonauts and for the Hamilton Tiger Cats. So he's 470 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 5: been around some pro type stuff and we'll see what 471 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 5: happens with him. But yeah, six six two fourteen, and 472 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 5: you know, if Jim Naggie tells you you can throw 473 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 5: it through a brick wall, he probably can. We'll see 474 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 5: about the touch and the accuracy. But yeah, that's that's 475 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 5: that's an interesting prospect. 476 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 4: Well. 477 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 2: A name that we should know all of us is 478 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 2: Titan's head coach Brian Callahan. We should know that name. 479 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,119 Speaker 1: We had a chance to sit down and talk with 480 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: him here at the Senior Bowl and kind of the 481 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: kind of talk to him about a bunch of different things, 482 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: but one of the things that we started with was 483 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: his confidence level heading into his second season as a 484 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: head coach. Coach, you are no longer a rookie head coach, 485 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,640 Speaker 1: you are now a seasoned head coach. 486 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:14,360 Speaker 3: Feels good. 487 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 4: Yeah. 488 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 1: See, does that make you feel a little bit more 489 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: confident not only in the role that you have going 490 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: into year two, but what you're looking for and how 491 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: you're evaluating. 492 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 8: Absolutely, everything's everything is clearer. The vision is very clear. 493 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:30,800 Speaker 8: What we need to do and how we need to 494 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 8: do is very clear. Things I need to improve on 495 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,160 Speaker 8: are very clear. I just I feel so much more 496 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:38,360 Speaker 8: comfortable in a job now than I did a year ago, which, 497 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 8: like anything, as we all grow with experience, but that's 498 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 8: not to say that the urgency isn't the same. You know, 499 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 8: my urgency to get our team better and to improve 500 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 8: as high as it's ever been. And I'm excited about 501 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,359 Speaker 8: the challenge. But yeah, I feel feel like I'm in 502 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 8: a good place right now. 503 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: Last year we heard a lot about like templates or 504 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,200 Speaker 1: blueprints to Tennessee Titans, what that player looks like, get 505 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: a variety of positions. Following the twenty twenty four season, 506 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 1: did you tinker with those blueprints a little bit? No? 507 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,360 Speaker 3: Really, what we look for is pretty consistent. 508 00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 9: You know. 509 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 8: The best way I can describe it is, you know, 510 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 8: if you look at, for example, like Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker, 511 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 8: they've looked the same for forty years, right right, There's 512 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 8: a there's a there's a profile and a process to 513 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 8: getting the players that fit what you're looking for, and 514 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 8: all that starts right here, which is which is great. 515 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 8: But our what we look for and why we look 516 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 8: for a certain characteristics hasn't changed much. It'll be interesting 517 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,640 Speaker 8: to see how you know, a lot of new personnel 518 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 8: people with with Ziggler and Reggie and Chad and Mike, 519 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 8: what that looks like and from them, But from a 520 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:42,440 Speaker 8: coaching standpoint, You know, what we ask of them and 521 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 8: the players we look for is is pretty consistent, and 522 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 8: I think they see a lot of it the same. 523 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 1: There's a lot of quarterback evaluation going on right now, 524 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: and you've talked a lot about that nervous system and 525 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: the reaction time. Is that something that you're able to 526 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: gauge and evaluate here at the Senior Bowl or do 527 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 1: you need those interviews that will come a little bit later. 528 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:01,760 Speaker 8: You need all of it, you know, you need every 529 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 8: part of the process. You need the Senior Bowl, you 530 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 8: need the combine. You need to see him throwing live, 531 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 8: you need to see him throw at their pro day. 532 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 8: You need to see them in your building on the 533 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 8: thirty visit. So there's there's a whole list of things 534 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 8: you sort of have to check off on your way 535 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 8: to making that decision. It's a long ways off at 536 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 8: this point. There's a lot of work to do on 537 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 8: all these players, in particular the quarterbacks. But there's no 538 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,960 Speaker 8: other way you can arrive at that conclusion until you've 539 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 8: sort of hit every part of the process to find 540 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 8: out about how they function and who they are as 541 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 8: a person. 542 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 1: You mentioned Mike Worganzi and his staff. How much into 543 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: the weeds do you get in the evaluation process with 544 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 1: him or do you kind of let him do his 545 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: thing and kind of. 546 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,479 Speaker 2: Get his team settled. 547 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:45,080 Speaker 3: It's both. 548 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 8: I think they they have, you know, personnel sides always 549 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 8: focused on on the on the acquisition coaching, we still 550 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 8: have things that we start when we get back to 551 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 8: the office, our evaluation process. Then we sort of interject 552 00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 8: into that process as it goes along. This is a 553 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,719 Speaker 8: great time for me. It's my first exposure all these players. 554 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 8: But that's that's a whole. They definitely are more pushing 555 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 8: forward on the personnel, whereas I have other things that 556 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,040 Speaker 8: on the coaching side that I still have to work on. 557 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 3: So it's good. It's a good mix and a good 558 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 3: marriage of it. 559 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: Speaking of personnel changes, you have some staffing changes on 560 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 1: the coaching side, adding John Fossil, better known as Bones, 561 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 1: to the special team. 562 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 2: Staff as a new coordinator. 563 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,680 Speaker 1: What was it about him that made him such a 564 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 1: valuable person to add to your staff. 565 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 8: Well, he's one of the best special teams coaches in football. 566 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,320 Speaker 8: Guys like him don't come available very often, and it 567 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,000 Speaker 8: just so happened that whatever the situation was at his 568 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,879 Speaker 8: previous employment, there was an opportunity to add him, and 569 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 8: we jumped on it, and we aggressively tried to go 570 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,240 Speaker 8: after him, and he's done. 571 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 9: He is. 572 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:50,119 Speaker 8: Wait till you guys get to know him. As the 573 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,480 Speaker 8: best way I can say, he's he's got incredible energy, 574 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 8: He's a fantastic football coach. He's he's just one of 575 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,040 Speaker 8: the best out there, both as a special teams coach 576 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 8: and then the injection of energy to the team and 577 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 8: connection with the team. He's phenomenal. And so I can't 578 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,199 Speaker 8: wait for you guys to get a chance to meet Bones. 579 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 8: But I'm thrilled to have him. It's a huge gift 580 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 8: for us. 581 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: Other guys that were added to the team, Tony Odin 582 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: was added as this passing game coordinator in quarterbacks coach 583 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,359 Speaker 1: Renee Stewart as assistant special teams coach. 584 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 2: What do those guys bring to their respective role. 585 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 8: Yeah, well, Renee has been with Bones, They've they got 586 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 8: a relationship. Special teams coordinators and their assistants usually are 587 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 8: kind of like pairs, So like the line coaches and 588 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,879 Speaker 8: assistant line coaches, they work really well together. It's a 589 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 8: very critical role for them. To be on the same page, 590 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 8: and so that was part of bones coming is that 591 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,680 Speaker 8: we'd have an availability to bring Stu with them, and 592 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 8: I'm excited about that pairing. 593 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:42,480 Speaker 3: They work really well together. 594 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,399 Speaker 8: Tony Oden I was with in Detroit in twenty sixteen 595 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 8: and twenty seventeen, coached a fantastic secondary there with Darius Slay, 596 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 8: Caandre Diggs who was on that team, Glover Quinn. We 597 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,399 Speaker 8: were really good in the secondary. Had a ton of 598 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 8: respect for him and again a guy that came available 599 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 8: due to change another organization, and so we acted aggressively 600 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 8: try to add him to but did a great job 601 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,720 Speaker 8: in New York. That secondary is fantastic, really really good 602 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 8: football coach and adding some more diversity of thought from 603 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 8: He's from a little bit different scheme in Denards, so 604 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 8: it'll be helpful for us. 605 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: Luke Stalker, who Titans fans remember as a tight end 606 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,160 Speaker 1: player for the Titans, now promoted to the tight ends coach. 607 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: That's a really important position coach job to have. What 608 00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,080 Speaker 1: did you see in him in your time working together 609 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,119 Speaker 1: that made you confident he'd be great in that role. 610 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 8: The experience as a player is a part of it, 611 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 8: you know, He's one thing I appreciate about Luke is 612 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 8: he didn't he didn't skip any steps. You know, he 613 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 8: played for twelve years and came in and was an 614 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 8: internals first year, and then he was he'd drawn cards 615 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 8: and breaking down film and doing all the things that 616 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,880 Speaker 8: a young coach would do. But I just see an 617 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 8: immense coaching talent. I think he's going to be really 618 00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,920 Speaker 8: good for a long time, and an opportunity to keep 619 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 8: him here with us was important to me, And I'm 620 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 8: excited about what he'll bring from an experience standpoint as 621 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,320 Speaker 8: a player and his knowledge as a young coach. 622 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: All right after your time here in Mobile, how are 623 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 1: you going to bring all of this information back to 624 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: Nashville and ingest it all? 625 00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 2: Like what does that process even look like? 626 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 8: It's the beginning, And so there's all these interviews in particular, 627 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 8: and watching the tape, I know our scouting staff will 628 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 8: will go into the draft room here sometime next week 629 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 8: and they'll be in there. You might not see him 630 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 8: for a month, you know. They just they go in 631 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 8: there and they go all day, sometimes seven days a week, 632 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 8: all over to the combine to make sure that we 633 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 8: get every exposure on the players. They watch multiple games 634 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,680 Speaker 8: on each player on the board, and that's a lot 635 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,920 Speaker 8: of players, and so they're in there for a long time. 636 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 8: It's just the beginning part and then we hit the 637 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 8: combine and that's the next step. And so we just 638 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 8: said to hit all these checkpoints as we go. Their 639 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:48,120 Speaker 8: job is much more demanding of compiling information than mine 640 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 8: because I have other things I have to do to 641 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 8: coaching wise. But I'm really excited about their process and 642 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 8: how they do it, and it thinks gonna be really 643 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 8: good for us. 644 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: How excited are you about just kicking off the twenty 645 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: five road to the draft. It's such an exciting time 646 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: for the Tennessee Titans. 647 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. 648 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,960 Speaker 8: Again, as I've said before, I don't really enjoy picking 649 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:09,440 Speaker 8: first overall. I hope to not have to do it 650 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 8: ever again. But it is an opportunity and opportunity to 651 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,239 Speaker 8: improve our team. And that's how the league works. If 652 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 8: you need players, they put you in position to get them. 653 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 8: You pick at the top of every round. You're gonna 654 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,600 Speaker 8: have a chance to get good players at every turn. 655 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 8: And we got to add as many as possible. And 656 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 8: I love the draft process. I love the scouting process. 657 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 8: That's why I'm here. You know, these are things that 658 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 8: I enjoy doing because I want to make sure we 659 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 8: get the right players and we need them. We need 660 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 8: the right players with the right makeup, Guys that love 661 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 8: playing football, the love winning football games, and as many 662 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 8: of those guys as we can get. That's how we guys, 663 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 8: what we got to find out, that's why we get 664 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 8: to go watch these guys and interview them. But I'm 665 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 8: really excited about the process and where we're headed. 666 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 2: Brian Callahan, thanks so much for the time. 667 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 8: Thank you. 668 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: Whether you're buying or selling tickets to a Titans game 669 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: or any live event in Nashville, Seat geek is the 670 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: place to do it. Seek Geek the official ticketing partner 671 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 1: of the Tennessee Titans. So Titans fan kim fan Home 672 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 1: is the forefront of all we do. It's why we're 673 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,480 Speaker 1: so committed to caring for the places and spaces in 674 00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 1: which we work and live. Ashley the official furniture provider 675 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: of the Tennessee Titans. Little Caesars is the official pizza 676 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: partner of your Tennessee Titans. Download the Little Caesars app 677 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:23,080 Speaker 1: and get your favorites delivered today. Delivery fees apply now 678 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: back to the OTP. We also had the opportunity to 679 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: talk with new general manager Mike Borganzi. He is here 680 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: and really starting to get in a groove kind of 681 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: build chemistry with the new group of people that he 682 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 1: is going to be working with within the Titans personnel department. 683 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: So here's that conversation with Mike Burgonzi. Mike, you are 684 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: obviously not new to talent evaluation, but you are new 685 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: to the Tennessee Titans. When you are with a new organization, 686 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: does it color the lens that you are evaluating these 687 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:56,400 Speaker 1: guys through. 688 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 9: This is a great opportunity from coming down here and 689 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 9: meet the staff of first time, so just to be 690 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 9: able to start those relationships with the with the scouts, 691 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 9: it's a great time to do that. This game has 692 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,920 Speaker 9: always been an important part when we're in Kansas City 693 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 9: of evaluating guys. We've We've got a lot of guys 694 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 9: on our roster throughout Kansas City, so we know the 695 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 9: evaluation part here is you finally get to sit down 696 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,680 Speaker 9: and talk with some of these guys and see them 697 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 9: in person for the first time, right and then be 698 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 9: on the field to see them go through the competition. 699 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 9: So this is an important part of the process here 700 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:27,760 Speaker 9: to start here in. 701 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: Mobile when you are getting to know your staff. I mean, 702 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: this is a real intensive in getting to know a 703 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: staff because you're here together for a couple of days, 704 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 1: you're on the road a lot. What are the first 705 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: things that you're trying to establish with your new team? 706 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 9: Just relationships, who they are, where they came from. Some 707 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 9: of the guys I do know over the years, but 708 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 9: some of them are new to me. So that's the 709 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,920 Speaker 9: most important part, I think, is building that relationship with 710 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 9: everybody you know, whether that's going out to dinner at 711 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 9: the East West with some of these guys and being 712 00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 9: here with them and talking through them throughout practice. So 713 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 9: that's really the first step is really to get to 714 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 9: know the staff and really to develop a relationship with them. 715 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: When a team gets a new head coach, there's a 716 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 1: lot of talk about a new language, the play callings 717 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 1: a little bit, different things are labeled a different way. 718 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 1: Does the same thing happen in personnel? Is there a 719 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: new language that you guys are learning how to speak together. 720 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 9: Yeah, it'll be a different process, a different grading scale. Listen, 721 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 9: at the end of the day, it's scouting football players, 722 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 9: So it's just really getting on the same page and 723 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 9: speaking that same language. But that's a process and we'll 724 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 9: go through that through through here where it starts. We'll 725 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 9: have meetings here in another week here and for seventeen 726 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 9: straight days, so that means that'll be new to the staff. 727 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,320 Speaker 9: A lot of film watching, but I think that's the 728 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 9: best way to learn the new language is to walk 729 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,520 Speaker 9: through it, watch the film. It's a process. But like 730 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 9: I said, everything starts here right now. 731 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 1: Obviously you're creating relationships with your staff, but also with 732 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: Titan's head coach Brian Callahan and the time that you 733 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 1: guys have gotten to work together. I know you were 734 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: at the East West shrinebol now you're here. What have 735 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 1: you learned about him and maybe the way that you 736 00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: guys are going to work together. 737 00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 9: First of all, great person and I've heard that over 738 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 9: the years that you know mutual people in the business 739 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,880 Speaker 9: that has worked with him. Very smart, very detailed. I 740 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,080 Speaker 9: see a lot of the same qualities I think in 741 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,440 Speaker 9: me in him. So we kind of hit it off 742 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,680 Speaker 9: right away. It's really just starting to develop the relationship part, 743 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,640 Speaker 9: and that part has been great so far with Brian. 744 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,200 Speaker 2: Let's talk a little bit of football. 745 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,320 Speaker 1: Now, what are you able to gather here in Mobile 746 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 1: that you're maybe not able to get at any of 747 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,680 Speaker 1: the other places throughout the pre draft process. 748 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,239 Speaker 9: Last night we went through the interviews, and tonight we'll 749 00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 9: have more interviews. So it's the first time if you 750 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,960 Speaker 9: haven't been into the school to really sit down and 751 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,400 Speaker 9: talk with them, get to know them as people. If 752 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,839 Speaker 9: there's any questions that we have for them that came 753 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,320 Speaker 9: up in the past with them. It's an opportunity to 754 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 9: really just sit down and get to know the person. 755 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 9: So we'll go through the interview process. That's a very 756 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 9: important process, whether it's the All Star Games, the Combine, 757 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:54,920 Speaker 9: and then of course being out on the field and 758 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 9: seeing them go through competition, and it's the best of 759 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,160 Speaker 9: the best out there, So it's this is this is 760 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 9: an important time and this. 761 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: Really is the last time that you get to see 762 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:07,560 Speaker 1: these guys go through real football Like this is the last. 763 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 2: Time that they're doing these things. 764 00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: Does your evaluation mean a little bit more because they're 765 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: actually in a game like setting or practice like setting 766 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,759 Speaker 1: as opposed to doing drills and things on air. 767 00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:20,760 Speaker 9: The most important part is being on the football field 768 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 9: in pads. They'll go through the testing at the combine 769 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:27,680 Speaker 9: and we'll gather that information. But for us, the most 770 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 9: important part is going to be watching practices, watching game film. 771 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:33,239 Speaker 9: So we get a lot out of this game. 772 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:34,919 Speaker 2: How do you ingest all. 773 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 1: Of this information once you get back to Ascension Saint 774 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:38,239 Speaker 1: Thomas Sports Park. 775 00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 9: As soon as we get back, we'll turn the film on. 776 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 9: Now we start to watch all the practices. We'll go 777 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 9: through the game and that's part of our college pre 778 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,839 Speaker 9: draft meetings that we'll do. Not only will we watch 779 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 9: the game tape from the fall, but we'll turn on 780 00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,000 Speaker 9: this film here. We'll watch all the practices, the individual periods, 781 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,000 Speaker 9: and then of course the game. So yeah, and it's 782 00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 9: and it's great competition out here. That's that's the most important. 783 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 2: A lot of work to do, but it's fun work, right. 784 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:03,880 Speaker 9: It's fun work. This is what we're in the business for. 785 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 1: Mike Woorganzi, thank you so much for taking the time 786 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 1: to talk to us. 787 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:07,600 Speaker 3: Thank you. 788 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 2: Hey, Titans fans. 789 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,280 Speaker 1: With a Kroger Boost membership, you'll score big with double 790 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,360 Speaker 1: fuel points, free delivery, and lots more. Go to Kroger 791 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:21,440 Speaker 1: dot com slash Boost for details. Kroger the official grocer 792 00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: of the Tennessee Titans. Tighten up the OTP presented by 793 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,839 Speaker 1: Farm Bureau Health Plans. When it's game day for your 794 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 1: health coverage, trust Farm Bureau Health Plans to draw up 795 00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:35,560 Speaker 1: a winning play for you. They've been covering Tennesseeans for 796 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 1: nearly eighty years. Now back to the OTP. Well, guys, 797 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:46,360 Speaker 1: we've got coaching staff additions. We've got all of the 798 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,840 Speaker 1: things happening right now. We have a personnel group that 799 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,440 Speaker 1: is down here trying to get their feed on the ground, 800 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,880 Speaker 1: trying to figure out what's what. We've got all of 801 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,399 Speaker 1: these players to evaluate. We've got a high draft pick 802 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,400 Speaker 1: for the Tennessee Titans, and what that it's going to 803 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:04,239 Speaker 1: look like. It feels as though there are so many 804 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 1: things going on for the Titans. 805 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:06,319 Speaker 2: Mac. 806 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 1: How does any group of people keep everything kind of 807 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,720 Speaker 1: straight in their brains and how did they work between Okay, 808 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:16,680 Speaker 1: we've had some coaching staff changes. 809 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:17,439 Speaker 2: Okay, that's done. 810 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:18,040 Speaker 7: Now we move on. 811 00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,640 Speaker 1: Now we've got to evaluate these players. Okay, we've got that. 812 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,439 Speaker 1: We've got to keep going. Free agencies just around the corner. Okay, 813 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:24,239 Speaker 1: we got to worry about that. 814 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:25,320 Speaker 3: How do you keep it all straight. 815 00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,520 Speaker 4: Well, I'll tell you exactly how. First of all, I'll 816 00:37:27,520 --> 00:37:29,160 Speaker 4: say Titans Radio is on top of all of it. 817 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,239 Speaker 4: So if you want to know how you keep everything straight, 818 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:36,920 Speaker 4: it's Titan Radio. You have a plan coming in, you know, 819 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,120 Speaker 4: none of these groups just show up and just start 820 00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 4: going off in all different directions. This is very well 821 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,839 Speaker 4: planned out. It's very well organized. When you get down here, 822 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,400 Speaker 4: who's going to look at, what meetings you're going to 823 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 4: have afterwards, what you're going to try together and glean 824 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,960 Speaker 4: from the meetings, what specifically you want to talk about. 825 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,640 Speaker 4: All of this stuff is planned out, and that's exactly now. 826 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 4: That's why it's so important to your point, for these 827 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:05,720 Speaker 4: new additions to the Personnel Department and High Level Personnel 828 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,880 Speaker 4: Department not only to get to know each other, but 829 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,160 Speaker 4: for everybody else involved to get to be able to 830 00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:15,400 Speaker 4: know them and see, the League is a very linear calendar. 831 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,520 Speaker 4: No matter how many changes you make, it doesn't stop. 832 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 4: There's no difference, it doesn't stop. So you have to 833 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,880 Speaker 4: be able to slot in like a jingle puzzle immediately. 834 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:27,120 Speaker 4: That's what their meetings were about coming down here. 835 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:31,239 Speaker 1: So tomorrow there will be another day of interviews. There 836 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:34,040 Speaker 1: will be more practice to be had. There is more 837 00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 1: to come at Tennessee Titans dot com, on all the 838 00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 1: Titans social channels, on YouTube, and of course right here 839 00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 1: on the OTP. So for coach mac Retbrian Ramon Foster, 840 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,240 Speaker 1: I'm Amy Wells, thanking you for listening to the OTP