1 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: Welcome in to the Official Titans Podcast, better known as 2 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: the OTP. Mike Keith and Amy well May, welcome back. 3 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: We're here. It's the Mac and three edition of the 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: OTP for the first full week in May. Dave McGinnis 5 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: Titans Radio right here, he is the Mac. He is 6 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,840 Speaker 1: the Mac, but you are of the Mac and three. 7 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: Jim Wyatt from Titans Online dot com, better known on 8 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: this program, is the Great Jim Watt. Welcome back. He's 9 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: thirty one of the three. All right, so here's the question. 10 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: The draft is over, So what's going on right now? 11 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: Somebody asked me that this morning, I'm sleeping a lot more. 12 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: What are you people doing? What is going on with 13 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: the Titans right now? Let's bring people up to up 14 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: to date. What's happening Titans caravan? All right? So I 15 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: got a question about Titans caravan. Okay, Rashaun evans first 16 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: round pick. Yes, is it true that he's trying to 17 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: go on every caravan date? Let me tell you, my man, 18 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: Rashaun evanska loves him some caravan. I've never seen anything 19 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: like it. He is. Trust me, I've never seen anything like. 20 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: We used to have to big guys to get off 21 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: the bus. No, he really is. He's loving, like truly 22 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: genuinely loving, sitting and talking to people, getting to know them, 23 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: having conversations with him. So, yes, it's true. He's going 24 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: on all of the caravans every day so far, on 25 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: every day so far. He plans to continue going until 26 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: someone physically restrains him and will not let him on 27 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: the bus. I think that he's going to continue to go. 28 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: I mean, I know for a fact this has never 29 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: happened before. Well, he says he gets free food. He 30 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: was talking about that last night at the Dixon stop. 31 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: He said, you didn't had to pay for a meal 32 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks because I guess he eats 33 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: here at the facility and he gets to eat lunch 34 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: and gets to eat dinner on the caravan. And again 35 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,679 Speaker 1: Lazami said he loves hanging with the people, so he 36 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: is very unique in that regard. And he says, hey, 37 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: I've got nothing else to do. He said, a lot 38 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 1: of guys would love to go. They've got families, they've 39 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: got wives, they've got other commitments they have to take 40 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: care of. I'm just looking to go in the caravan 41 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: and Shariff Finch deserves from credit to Sharif has kind 42 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: of hopped on board and as long for the ride 43 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: as well, but he wasn't a first round pick. Yeah, 44 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: I can understand why he'd want the free food, right, 45 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 1: But I mean, Rashawn's a single dude. He's just living 46 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: in Nashville and working out, so he figures this is 47 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: a fun way to spend my afternoons. Okay, So coach 48 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: mc OTAs are going on right now. It's phase two. Yeah, 49 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 1: it's the second week of phase two, all right, So 50 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 1: give us the quick explanation of what phase two is. 51 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: They can be on the field for an hour and 52 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: a half. They can still be in the facility for 53 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: four hours a day. An hour and a half, they 54 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: could be on the field, but they have to be 55 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 1: on the field separate. In other words, offensively and defensively. 56 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: They cannot come together and run any type of team drills, 57 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: no type of one on ones. They can't have any 58 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 1: of that. The offense and the defense are separate. They 59 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: have a a segment where they work on special teams 60 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: where those types of players can come together, but there's 61 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: not anything that they can do that involves competition between 62 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 1: the offense and the defense for phase two, but it 63 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: is ninety minutes that they can be on the field, 64 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 1: which as a coach I used to love phase two 65 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: because you'd had just about enough of Phase one in 66 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: that dut in that meeting room. I mean, you know, 67 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 1: we want to be in a coach, you want to 68 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: be on the grass with your players, and this is 69 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: this is a good thing. So the players are basically 70 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: done twelve thirty ish each day. It's somewhere around there, 71 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 1: but it's it's four hours total that they can you 72 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: know that they can they can be in the building, okay. 73 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: And that's why, I mean, I can understand him wanting 74 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: to go on on the on the l and so 75 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: he's done at twelve thirty and the caravan leaves at 76 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: what time, somewhere between one o'clock. So he comes in, 77 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: eats lunch, takes a showers on the bus, and hops 78 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: on the bus to grow. And the caravan is not 79 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: like what it used to be back in the olden days. 80 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: And that all changed when when we started the caravan, 81 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: we would go out for like a week at a time, 82 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,119 Speaker 1: and we would stay on the road and we would 83 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: shuffle players. We literally would bring players back and forth. 84 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: You know, somebody would come out and somebody would go home, 85 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: and people would spend the night. They really can't do 86 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: that anymore because in that time, when Jeff Fisher was 87 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: the head coach, we were under the previous CBA, the 88 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: previous Collective Bargaining Agreement is correct, the offseason program was 89 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: sixteen weeks, so Jeff would excuse guys from a day 90 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: of work. He would actually credit them a day of 91 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: work in workouts to be on the caravan. Well, now 92 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: that under this CBO, which is not the new CBA anymore, 93 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: it's eight years old, but it's only nine weeks of 94 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:10,719 Speaker 1: offseason program, so guys really can't be away. It's it's 95 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: not good to be away for a full day during this, 96 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: so you only you leave it to you're back at nine. 97 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: But Rashaan Evans is still doing this every day absolutely, 98 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: So this is his evening entertainment. Titans fans are his 99 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: new best friends, and so that's who he's hanging out with. 100 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 1: What you say, and Jim, you've seen this too. He 101 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: really talks to everybody he does, and it is great 102 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: about you know, he got in I think it was 103 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: the I'm trying to I'm losing track of my stops here, 104 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: but there was a stop last week where it was 105 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 1: a Titans fan that had a car that was decked out. 106 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: I think it was mister Titan, mister t think that 107 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: was Clark Full and uh, Rashaan Evans went out the 108 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: parking lot, got in his car and uh, you know, 109 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 1: took pictures with him next to his car. He's been 110 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,239 Speaker 1: h you know, he's been spending extra time with fans 111 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: getting to know him. I don't care where. They've got 112 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: an Auburn shirt on which you know him been an 113 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: Alabama guy. Yeah, is from Auburn, so he's seen plenty 114 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: of those fan Alabama fan. He's been up to Kentucky, 115 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: he's been down in Alabama. He's been throughout the state 116 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: of Tennessee. He said he's looking to buy a house, 117 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,679 Speaker 1: so he's exceeding parts of the state that the otherwise 118 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: wouldn't have seen. I don't think he's on the verge 119 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: of moving to Dixon, Tennessee, but at least he's seen 120 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: the area. No, No, I think I think it's great though, 121 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,679 Speaker 1: because look, first of all, let's go back to Rashawn. 122 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: Rashawn missed a whole lot of his rookie season because 123 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,520 Speaker 1: he was hurt. And I think we all knew coming 124 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: into that draft last year that Rashaun Evans was a 125 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: special type of players. Yeah, you know, I've got my 126 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 1: notebook right in here. I mean, I've created a few 127 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: players in my time, and watching him play, you knew 128 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: that this guy behind the ball and on the line 129 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: of scrimmage was a special type of player. We really 130 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: didn't get to see any of that, you know, And 131 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: I think I think when that happens sometimes, especially to 132 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: a high draft pick, a number one draft pick, the 133 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: fans sometimes don't even don't get to know the player 134 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: as a player, and they really don't get to know 135 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: the player as a person. Okay, I think this is 136 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: great what he's doing. And did he genuine do you? 137 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: I mean? Okay, thirty plus years in the NFL, can 138 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: have you known many players who would do this? Let 139 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: me tell you when I first got let me tell 140 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: you who would do that type of stuff. Sure, Walter Payton, Seriously, Yes, 141 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: Walter would come into the facilities sometime. He would just 142 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 1: pop into facility, take the take the headset away from 143 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: the reception, just and sit on the reception desk for 144 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:46,239 Speaker 1: two hours and answer calls and talk to fans Walter Payton. 145 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: Can you imagine just trying to call and like fix 146 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: your tickets and you end up having a ten minute 147 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: conversation with Walter Payton. He says, he says, Chicago Bears, 148 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: but I help you. They said, so and so and 149 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: so and so, and he said, okay, just tell them 150 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: Walter connected you, and then they'd start talking. I'm serious. 151 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: That's outstanding. Well, I mean, the early days of the caravan, 152 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: well that Mike, Look, I mean it was it was 153 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 1: a little it was a little different based on the 154 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: fact that you had to convince guys to go spend 155 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: the night somewhere. You know that they would have to 156 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: be out for a full day or in some cases 157 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: almost two full days. And it wasn't a bus, it 158 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: was an RV, and the RV was not as comfortable 159 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 1: as the buses. When we switched to the bus, that 160 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: was a big moment in the caravan, and we had 161 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 1: to do that for insurance reasons, which was a great 162 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: thing because the first thing y'all went in, it looked 163 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: like it was at Woodstock. Yes, it did, and it 164 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: was nice for I mean I'm not demeaning the RV 165 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: because the RV was very nice, but it wasn't nearly 166 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 1: as comfortable as the bus and there, and the overnight 167 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: stories too were utterly fantastic unless you were involved. That's Hilary. 168 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: They're fantastic now. I mean, I guess my favorite. Bob 169 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 1: Hyde's favorite too, was Jesse Mahlona, the late Jesse Mahlona, 170 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: Rest his soul. He was a good guy, and so 171 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: he took him to Knoxville. And guys were known to 172 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: hit the road when we went. I mean, we couldn't 173 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: tell them. I mean, they're grown men. So some of 174 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: them would hit town wherever they would be, and they 175 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: would be gone all night and we would not know, 176 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: you know, the next morning if they would be in 177 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 1: the hotel room. So we were calling Jesse Mahlona to 178 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 1: get him up, and he won't answer the phone, and 179 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,120 Speaker 1: he won't answer his cell phone, and he won't answer 180 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: the room phone, and so we're terrified about what's going 181 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: on with him. We're in Knoxville, so we're thinking, well, 182 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: what are we gonna do. It's time to go. We've 183 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 1: got to make the stop. So we get somebody from 184 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 1: the security office and the maintenance office at the hotel, 185 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: and we literally have to take his door at the 186 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 1: hotel off the hinges to go in and get him 187 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: because we won't answer. And Bob at that point is 188 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: terrified because I mean, you just don't know what's on 189 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: the other side. And on the other side, well, the 190 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:32,719 Speaker 1: other thing. Jesse Mahalona, for those who don't remember, was 191 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: a three hundred and thirty pound defensive lineman. He was 192 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: a big boy. He was a big guy, and so 193 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 1: you know, are you going to get in a fight 194 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: with him when he's on the other side. Well, turns 195 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: out he has serious sleep apnea and he's snoring so 196 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: loudly that he can't hear his alarm, he can't hear 197 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: the phones, he can't hear everything. So they had to 198 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: gently wake him up. But I mean, we had more 199 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 1: things go on like that the hotel, like at door 200 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,360 Speaker 1: being taken off the hinges. They were pretty proud of that. 201 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: I don't know, I didn't see that part. I was 202 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: down on the bus or the praying right. I mean, 203 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: I was always the guy who was you know, dear Lord, 204 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: if you'll just let us go on, I promise you 205 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: would never go on another caravan. What we would do 206 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,480 Speaker 1: as coaches is Jeff Fisher would give us a list 207 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: of our guys, the dates they would be gone, and 208 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: the dates it would be, the dates they would be 209 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: gone overnight. When Tully was here, I think Tully had 210 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: a few overnight stays that were well, your linebackers were 211 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: just that were treat pretty interesting because they would Castle 212 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: and Rocky Boyman have one of the great all time 213 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: stories and I'll let them tell it. So they would 214 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: come back and tell me every bit. Oh that's great, 215 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: and it was. It was well. They had such an 216 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: an escapade one time that they didn't tell me for 217 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: a year what happened? Seriously. Yeah, uh see, that's the 218 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: mark of a good caravan. No, that was not the 219 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: mark of a good care I don't. I hate, I 220 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 1: hate to bring this up to you. But they came 221 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: back and told me immediately the next day. Okay, okay, 222 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: Greg does cloch Ba can know the history of the bus? 223 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 1: About about what about the bus? Who's who used to 224 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: be on that bus? Um on his campaign? That's Barack Obama's. 225 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: But the first bus we had was in two thousand 226 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: and eight, was Barack Obama the same one what's been used. Yeah, 227 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,080 Speaker 1: and it was kind of and the players. That was 228 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: one of the ways we had ticed the players, like 229 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: you know, Barack Obama seriously, Yeah, that was we were 230 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 1: using everything. It works. You fill that bus with snacks 231 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 1: and tell them a good story in their hooks. They're 232 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: all right. So let me come back to Draft weekend 233 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: for one thing. Here, biggest surprise from Draft weekend, Jim Wyatt. 234 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: You go first the TV numbers with forty seven and 235 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: a half million people watched the draft. The attendance in 236 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 1: Nashville more than six hundred thousand attended. Or the fact 237 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: that New Orleans had the second highest TV ratings for 238 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: Draft weekend outside of Nashville. After they basically had boycotted 239 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: the NFL just months ago during the Super Bowl due 240 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: to the fact that they felt like they got hosed 241 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: in the NFC championship game, they had great TV ratings 242 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: during the Draft. So your biggest surprise out of those three, 243 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: you know, you know, the draft was initially supposed to 244 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: draw three hundred thousands, so the fact that it doubled 245 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 1: in attendance qualifies as a surprise. But I didn't know. 246 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: But I'm not surprised anything Nashville does just because it 247 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: throws a party. So I'm going with the New Orleans aspect, 248 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: just because I didn't realize that until now. H Yeah, 249 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 1: basically nobody in New Orleans watched the Super Bowl, and 250 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,200 Speaker 1: so they've given up on the NFL, and then months 251 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 1: later they've just quit on that. They're back, and they 252 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: didn't even draft. They didn't even have a first round pick. 253 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: That's interesting. I think maybe people New Orleans were watching 254 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: to see they heard Nashville has become a little bit 255 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: more of a party town New Orleans. They or maybe 256 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: trying to get some tips watching the gym. Why calling 257 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: them out there? Oh no, Mamie Wells biggest surprise. I'm 258 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: gonna go with the New Orleans thing as well, just 259 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: because I didn't think it all the way through. I 260 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: knew about the TV rating and I thought, hm, that's odd. 261 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: But when you play that movie back a little bit, 262 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: that is really funny. I bet you they had just 263 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: like an NFL itch that needed to be scratched. You know, 264 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: you can only stay away for so long. It's like 265 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: a bag of potato chips. I'm surprised there weren't forty 266 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: seven million people here might have been faked those numbers. 267 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: That's what surprises me because that was the most fabulous 268 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 1: thing I've I've done a few things now. I've been 269 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: to some county fairs and some goat ropings in my life, 270 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: and so I've done some things. That was a tremendous event. 271 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: How did the draft compare to a good goat roping? 272 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: The draft topped it because you can't get six hundred 273 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: thousand people in a goat arena, and then that topped it. 274 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: Got to make room for the goats. Yes, okay, moving 275 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: right along, draft class getting rave reviews. As a matter 276 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: of fact, I was listening to PF while I was 277 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:21,760 Speaker 1: driving last week. The PF guys were doing their segment 278 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 1: on Series XM NFL Radio channel eighty eight, and they 279 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: rated the class excellent, said they think the first four 280 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 1: picks are likely starters. Um, it's a highly rated class, 281 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 1: you know what? And what impressed me. I was talking 282 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: with John Robinson yesterday out on the field and just 283 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: not congratulating him, but just saying, you know, that was 284 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: really solid and what was so? What? What? What? I 285 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,320 Speaker 1: you know, having been in a draft room and run 286 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: a draft before and done those things, the patients that 287 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: he showed when you're sitting at the middle of the 288 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: draft and you start to see he runs on players. 289 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: And I think I heard him saying this to you, Mike, 290 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: and one of your interviews is that you're kind of 291 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: like a duck. I mean, above water, it's all calm. 292 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 1: But he said when he said his foot was shaken 293 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: under that table, that as he was waiting on that 294 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: aj Brown pick, you know that you have to have 295 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,120 Speaker 1: great patience and you also have to be able to 296 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: understand the geography of your draft. And the fact that 297 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 1: he was able to sit and be that patient and 298 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: come away with the quality of players at those positions, 299 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: because nineteen is a very vulnerable spot in the draft 300 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: because there's people that can jump that spot. Because you 301 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: still got top fifteen players, you don't really know who's 302 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: coming up after you. You look at who's behind you, 303 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: especially you look at the people in your division, and 304 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: you're trying to think and figure ahead who were they 305 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: trying to get that I'm going to have to be 306 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: played against, you know, twice a year for however many years. 307 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 1: I thought it was a I mean I was really 308 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: excited about it, and I really liked it because I 309 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 1: spent a lot of time watching about two hundred players 310 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,240 Speaker 1: in this draft and the people that he got, I 311 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 1: mean it was I was genuinely excited, you know, especially 312 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 1: with that first group. Yeah, and I agree, And I'll 313 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: look at this draft class and I think, you know, 314 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: John Robinson, the personnel department, everyone that was involved did 315 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: a great job, I will say, And I'm guilty of 316 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 1: this myself because I did. I did a report card roundup, 317 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: you know, the day after the draft, because it's interesting 318 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 1: to see how people great drafts. But I've seen a 319 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: lot of first rounders that people think are great picks 320 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: that don't pan out. And I've seen a lot of 321 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: six seventh rounders that people think this guy is never 322 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: gonna mount too much, and they turn out to be, 323 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,320 Speaker 1: you know, a star of the class, like a Courtland Finnegan. 324 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: So we obviously are gonna have to wait to see 325 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: how some of these guys turn out. I think Jeffrey 326 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 1: Simmons has enormous potential. I think a G. Brown has 327 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:01,720 Speaker 1: great potential. Date Davis, you know, I think he has 328 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: a chance to come in and play early. But uh, 329 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 1: as we all know, I mean, it's going to take 330 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: time before we really know what this class is about. 331 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: And some of these people and some of these teams 332 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 1: that are being dog for having bad draft classes, they 333 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: could turn out to be good a couple of years 334 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,399 Speaker 1: from now. I don't think you can put a grade 335 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: on the twenty nineteen draft class until fall of twenty twenty. 336 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,200 Speaker 1: That's just me. Well, yeah, but that's no fun. Well 337 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: I know that. I that. I mean, it's longer than 338 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:36,160 Speaker 1: I mean. The NFL people, all of the NFL people 339 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 1: hate it. They hate the grades, right, they understand why 340 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: you have to do it, because it's what everybody's talking 341 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 1: about it. It's just like they hate the mock drafts. 342 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: But that's what everybody that's what everybody's expecially what everybody's 343 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: excited about. That's why forty seven and a half million 344 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 1: people watched it. True story. Yeah, I mean, it's it's 345 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:00,199 Speaker 1: part of the whole thing. I think in turn of 346 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: hitting needs, in terms of hitting potential, I mean, if 347 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,640 Speaker 1: Simmons hits, the fact that you got him at nineteen 348 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:13,440 Speaker 1: makes him unbelievable value. If Brown hits, the fact that 349 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 1: you got him at fifty one is crazy good. If 350 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,639 Speaker 1: Davis becomes a starter, in the third round. That's a 351 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: great thing. And if a Moni hooker does what a 352 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,679 Speaker 1: lot of people think he can do over time and 353 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: becomes a starting safety, you know, then that's an even 354 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: that's a pick like Kevin Byard was in the third 355 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: round in twenty sixteen. You know, so that's that's tremendous value. 356 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: I think the wildcard in the group. First of all, 357 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: David Long in the sixth round I love. But the 358 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 1: wildcard to me is DeAndre Walker because DeAndre Walker is 359 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: the unknown. The Titans need somebody to really work out 360 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,480 Speaker 1: at outside linebacker to continue to provide depth. This is 361 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: a guy at Georgia who he's been close but you 362 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: just don't feel like he's hit all of it yet. Well, 363 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: I mean I was DeAndre Walker. We were, of course, 364 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 1: we did the draft very closely together for you know, 365 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: for three days, and we're looking at it and when 366 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: that was coming up, the fact that he was still 367 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: on the board to me, when you watch him play, 368 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: he is a guy that hythe wise, you know, if 369 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: you want to get it into traits hythe Wise. He's 370 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:33,880 Speaker 1: not long, but he plays long. He's got a wingspan 371 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: of eighty plus and this guy can make plays both 372 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: latterly and horizontally. I like the player. And plus he's 373 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: an energy player. He's an energy player. But he's one 374 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,360 Speaker 1: of those guys that when you study tape and you're 375 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,960 Speaker 1: looking just at at football, don't take in, don't worry 376 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: about all the numbers. To begin with, some guys jump 377 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: out at you, but some guys, as you continue to watch, 378 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,239 Speaker 1: you go, that's a football player. And I think the 379 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: fact that he had the sports hernia, that he wasn't 380 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: able to do anything at the combine, had a little 381 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: had missed the Senior Bowl, because all of those things 382 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 1: unless you have glaring traits that people are willing to 383 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: say because you know, you want to go back to Simmons, 384 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: you know, regardless of the fact people knew even with 385 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: the injury, that's a guy. That's a guy, and that's 386 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: a guy that can that we need. And that to 387 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,239 Speaker 1: me is that you want to predict some things. This 388 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: guy is going to be special. He really is. But 389 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,239 Speaker 1: Walker's a football player and he's got a chance on 390 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 1: this football team to help pretty soon. If he comes 391 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: in this building and starts to get it well, and 392 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: he's got to get it and he's got to get 393 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: in that room. And this is part of it too. 394 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 1: I mean, you got a chance to learn behind Cameron 395 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: Wake in that room. How much does DeAndre Walker love football? 396 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: If he If he loves it and he wants it, 397 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: and he's willing to get in there and learn, I mean, 398 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:03,399 Speaker 1: he's got a great opportunity. I agree. I mean he's intriguing. 399 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: I think the fact, I mean, the fact that the 400 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: team waited so long to pick an edge rusher too 401 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 1: makes me think that they have great confidence that some 402 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: of the guys are in the building. Obviously, adding adding 403 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: camera Wake this offseason changes things, but you know some 404 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 1: other guys are gonna have to step up and play 405 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: well this fall for this team to be successful. That's 406 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 1: assuming more moves are not coming at edge rusher. But 407 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 1: I think Walker is intriguing the guy when I look 408 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: at this. Obviously, Jeffrey Simmons, you know, nineteenth overall is 409 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: the one everyone talks about most. I think A. J. 410 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,680 Speaker 1: Brown's the one I'm most intrigued by, just because of 411 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: his potential and because of that group. I mean, you 412 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: can get to five pretty quickly now when you start 413 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: doing the math at receiver, But how quickly he rises 414 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: to the top of that group alongside Correy Davis. I'm 415 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: you know, we'll start to get some of those answers 416 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:57,000 Speaker 1: as early as this weekend when the rookies reported. Yeah, 417 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: and I don't think we're gonna get any answers, but 418 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: you'll get an idea to see. And the biggest thing 419 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 1: for rookies when they come in is to incorporate themselves 420 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: into the culture of the building and figure out what 421 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,479 Speaker 1: it takes to be successful out there. We all know 422 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: they have physical traits, but as a coach, when someone 423 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: when those rookies come in, you really want to start 424 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,520 Speaker 1: to figure out in those meeting rooms who can get 425 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:24,359 Speaker 1: it the quickest, because that is something that's extremely vital 426 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,600 Speaker 1: and important. And to Mike's point about having veterans to 427 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: learn from, I would always, you know, because I would 428 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 1: always address the rookie class because a you know, at 429 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: the end of my career, I could actually stand up 430 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,679 Speaker 1: in front of them and say, I've been in this 431 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: league longer and you guys have been alive. So here's 432 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you some things that will help you. 433 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: And the first thing you need to do is find 434 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,359 Speaker 1: somebody on that in that locker room that you can 435 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: attach yourself to, because veterans can teach rookies the ends 436 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,880 Speaker 1: and the outs of what it takes daily more better 437 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,879 Speaker 1: than anybody else. If you're John Robinson and you're working 438 00:23:55,920 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 1: this roster right now, do you build the roster with 439 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: the idea in mind that you're not gonna have Jeffrey 440 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: Simmons at all this year, and then if you get him, 441 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 1: it's just a bonus. Yes, absolutely, I mean that's why 442 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: urban's here. I mean that, Yeah, absolutely, I mean that 443 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: that's what you do because you know you do that 444 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 1: and and and I love the pick. And I love 445 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: the pick because it's a football move. It's a football 446 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: move because you don't find players like that very often. 447 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: My most recent history with it, you know, And again 448 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,199 Speaker 1: I don't I keep don't like to refer to I 449 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 1: did this, I did that. But when we waited, when 450 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,640 Speaker 1: we took Todd Gurley with an ACL and we waited 451 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: on him, I mean, you knew that was a transcendent talent, 452 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: but you had to have enough patience to do it. 453 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 1: And it's clearly worked out pretty well, you know, for 454 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 1: the Rams. Simmons will work out well for the Titans. 455 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: I'm saying that right now today. Well, and going back 456 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: to what you were saying about finding good veteran leadership 457 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: to attach yourself to. Golly, looking at some of these groups, 458 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: you've got Cameron Wake, You've got Kenny Vaccaro at safety, 459 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: Durrell Casey, you've got Adam Humphries in the receiver room now, 460 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,360 Speaker 1: Roger Saffold, and some of those guys on the offensive 461 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 1: line there are Yeah, there are so many great people 462 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 1: for these guys to learn from, and this is such 463 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: a good opportunity for them and also shows that this 464 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,199 Speaker 1: team is kind of planning for the right now but 465 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,680 Speaker 1: also planning for the future. These young guys can grow 466 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: up behind some of these big veterans and that should 467 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: make you feel good for a couple of years. Yeah, 468 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be curious to who kind of merges as 469 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: a leader in the receiver among the receiving course, because 470 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 1: Humphries is the veteran of the group now, but it's 471 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,159 Speaker 1: not something he's done before. I mean, he's been behind 472 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 1: veterans and he's kind of watched them, and now he's 473 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: in a position where obviously people will be watching him 474 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,960 Speaker 1: no matter what he says. Corey Davis head in the 475 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,160 Speaker 1: year three should be more assertive. I know Rob Moore 476 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 1: talked about him within the last season, just how he 477 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,240 Speaker 1: was showing traits and characteristics of being a better leader. 478 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,400 Speaker 1: And somebody's gonna have to stop up in the group. 479 00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: You know, it's not a group that has a lot 480 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: of experience, but uh, certainly a lot of potential. And uh, 481 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 1: I think all of them kind of and Humphrey said himself, 482 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 1: they all kind of have that chip on the shoulder 483 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: mentality that ought to help him work well together. Man, 484 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 1: go ahead, let me say something here about Davis. I 485 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,960 Speaker 1: just did a function last night where you know, anyway, 486 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:23,400 Speaker 1: as a charity function, and what I did was take 487 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: fifty plays, fifty total plays out of the out of 488 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:30,080 Speaker 1: the Titans New England game. You know, just to break down, 489 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: to break down at wow, to break down a deep dig. Okay, 490 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 1: you know on it. Corey Davis in that game wore 491 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 1: Gilmore out. If you want to watch a really nice 492 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: performance in a real impact position, because if you'll remember, 493 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,400 Speaker 1: we're coming off that Dallas game, it's a short week 494 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: of preparation, and to watch what he did, if you 495 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: really want to go back and take a deep dive 496 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 1: into that matchup because clearly New England came in here 497 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 1: saying we can cancel him out, all right, and then 498 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: we'll work around everything else. And Corey Davis not only 499 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,120 Speaker 1: stepped up, he was a huge difference in that ball game. 500 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 1: I mean, so this guy is a player. I mean, 501 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: he's a player. And you talk about Rob Moore was 502 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: talking about leadership. I coached Rob Moore Arizona for a 503 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,479 Speaker 1: lot of years. Rob Moore never said two words on 504 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 1: the field, but he was definitely the leader of that 505 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: receiver room because of the respect of the way he 506 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: went about his business. That's how you gained respect really 507 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 1: quick in a room. Lots of things still happening with 508 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: the roster you mentioned. Brent Urban was a pickup on 509 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,159 Speaker 1: Day two of the draft. They signed him after he 510 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 1: spent five years in Baltimore. Also picked up Riley Buller, 511 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: who is a linebacker who was in Tampa his first 512 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: two years in the league. And boy, he has some 513 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: Michigan State heritage, doesn't he. The bull of name at 514 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: Michigan State is about like the Manning name, you know, 515 00:27:55,320 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: I mean his grandfather, his father, his brother. So I 516 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,800 Speaker 1: mean it's a yeah, and he's a he's a player 517 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,120 Speaker 1: that I think that that I like what John Robinson doing, 518 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,480 Speaker 1: what he's trying to do now, he's trying to layer 519 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: this roster from the bottom up, and he's just and 520 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: he just he's just adding another layer to it. Now. 521 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,320 Speaker 1: You know, this is a guy that's got some NFL experience, 522 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 1: and you never know, circumstances make a lot of difference, 523 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 1: you know. And if he comes in here, it can 524 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 1: establish a spot on special teams and can be a 525 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 1: core team or to start with. That's why training camp 526 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 1: is going to be very interesting. It's gonna be very 527 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 1: interesting this year because you've got a lot of guys 528 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: that have a chance and people need to understand and 529 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: I know everybody in this room does and our listeners 530 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 1: need to understand. Just because you draft do players, it 531 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: doesn't mean the veterans that are sitting here are willing 532 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: to give up their jobs. And so that's what makes 533 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: a good football team is when you've got veterans that 534 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: are willing to help rookies understand what it takes, but 535 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: at the same time make them work really hard to 536 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: even be able to gain entry into the lineup. I'm 537 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: ready for training camp It's not time yet, I know, 538 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: but I'm so excited. Riley may have a chance at 539 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: inside linebacker, but certainly he is going to have a 540 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 1: chance to be one of the great stories of training 541 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: camp because Riley Bulla is a character. If you saw 542 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: him on Hard Knocks two years ago, you remember the 543 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: fettiewop six seven nine thing. If you haven't seen him 544 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: do that, he can The guy can sing. He plays 545 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: three instruments. He's a huge Eric Church fan. I have 546 00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: a feeling he's going to have some sort of issue 547 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: with Taylor to Wane about the whole Michigan Michigan State thing. 548 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:48,720 Speaker 1: I don't know Michigan State thing ends, because he is 549 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,480 Speaker 1: like mister Michigan State. There is no doubt about so 550 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: You've You've got a feeling there's going to be some 551 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: chatter that will go on there. But the fact that 552 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: he loves Eric Church. He's to end up singing somewhere 553 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 1: on some sort of video. Something's gonna happen with this guy. 554 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: I think people are gonna love Riley Bulla. His nickname 555 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: when he was with Tampa Bay was Joe Dirt because 556 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 1: he had long hair and he looked like the David 557 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,240 Speaker 1: Spade character Joe Dirt. So he's cut it though. I 558 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: think he Ben Jones's uh his charity event fundraiser event 559 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,920 Speaker 1: at the Nashville Gun Club last week and uh, which 560 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,719 Speaker 1: was impressive that he had cut it a while back. Yeah, 561 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: but I didn't even Okay, I saw the picture and 562 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:36,880 Speaker 1: I was like, who's that guy. I didn't make the 563 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: connection because he cut his hair. It's gonna be a thing. 564 00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:43,120 Speaker 1: But he stop talker. I mean, yeah, that's one thing 565 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: I remember about the hard knocks. He's just constantly and 566 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: the guy can play. He's a smart player. He understand. 567 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: I mean his granddad and was head coach of the 568 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. I mean, so he's you know he comes from. 569 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,040 Speaker 1: He's probably fine. He's not afraid to stick his head 570 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: in there. I'm outber. When Tampa came here to practice 571 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: against the Titans last year, the drill that I think 572 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,200 Speaker 1: got the most attentional one I remember most was Derrick 573 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: Henry going up against Bulla in drills, and Henry got 574 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,600 Speaker 1: the best of them at some plays, but there were 575 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: other players where Bulla after taking absorbing some pretty big 576 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 1: hits from Henry and kind of a pass blocking drill 577 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: he came right back and got the best of Derrick 578 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: Henry on a couple of those. So and if you remember, 579 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: Dirk Cutter in the in the Hard Knocks credited him 580 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: for being the tempo senter. I mean, he is a 581 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 1: on paper, he seems like a Robinson Verbel type guy. 582 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 1: And again that may be no further than just four 583 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,400 Speaker 1: weeks of training camp, and he may be done. But 584 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 1: I mean, these are the types of guys you bring 585 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:54,840 Speaker 1: in who not only create storylines, but create ripples because 586 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: he wants a job. He has been an active NFL 587 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 1: player for he has cashed a good sized check as 588 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: an NFL player. He's been a practice squad guy. Those 589 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: guys want jobs. He is serious about football, and that's 590 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: the type of dude they want in here. No matter 591 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: if he wants to sing like Fettie Whopper or Eric 592 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: Church or you know, sing in church, or to make 593 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:23,479 Speaker 1: any difference, he wants to play. I'm all for that. Yeah. 594 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,960 Speaker 1: That's that's why I talk about laying. You're layering your 595 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: squad from the bottom up, and then the bottom not 596 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: being a derogatory term. It's just that you start to 597 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: layer your roster and then that's what training camp is 598 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 1: for earn a job, because every day in this league 599 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: is an interview, and so earn a job. That's when 600 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: it gets good. Oh I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it. 601 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: I'm getting excited. Okay. So I got a couple of 602 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:55,720 Speaker 1: questions this weekend rookie camp, the tent through the twelfth 603 00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 1: Why does John Robinson not reveal the undrafted free agents 604 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,600 Speaker 1: like some teams? To Jim White, you have a good 605 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: explanation for this, I would appreciate it if you would 606 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: share with the OTP audience. Yeah, And I've worked at 607 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,160 Speaker 1: both ways because as with the Tennessee and I you 608 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 1: know that I used to dig up and try to 609 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: get all those before they were announced by the team, 610 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 1: and it used to be that the team would make 611 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 1: them public sometimes the day after the draft, and that 612 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,600 Speaker 1: kind of changed. And I think it's a couple of 613 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 1: different reasons. You know. One is players have the right 614 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: to change their minds, and that's happened before, where players 615 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,000 Speaker 1: initially agree to terms with one team as an undrafted 616 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 1: free agent, then they end up getting a better offer, 617 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: a better opportunity somewhere else, so they flip on you 618 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: and you don't want to be put out a list 619 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 1: that has a guy who is not signed yet and 620 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: then he ends up flipping on you. Is that's one reason. 621 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,880 Speaker 1: Another reason is they want these guys to come to 622 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 1: the building and pass the physical and and sign a 623 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:56,480 Speaker 1: contract before they put that out there. And you're gonna 624 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: see a lot of list and you have already seen 625 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 1: a lot of list up to this point that have 626 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,840 Speaker 1: a list of all the undrafted free agents by the Titans. 627 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 1: But it never fails that some of the guys that 628 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: are on that list as an undrafted free agents, well, 629 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: I actually be tryout players because teams regularly bring in 630 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:16,400 Speaker 1: a good number of triout players during the course of 631 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,400 Speaker 1: the rookie can probably be more tryout players guys that 632 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: they signed because you can, because you can do that, 633 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 1: and absolutely you can. And what happened last year, I 634 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:29,600 Speaker 1: think maybe five guys that that initially we're triouts ended 635 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,880 Speaker 1: up replacing the undrafted players. And it's not like the 636 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,120 Speaker 1: team's gonna wait until all that competitions over with and 637 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:37,799 Speaker 1: after the weekend they're going to at lease the list. 638 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,359 Speaker 1: It'll be out before that starts. But there's it's a 639 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 1: very fluid situation. All the way up until the time 640 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 1: they signed, and even through the first weekend. That's a 641 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: perfect explanation for it. And that's why you do it 642 00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: as a as a coaching staff too, because you understand 643 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:54,560 Speaker 1: there are there are agencies that all they do is 644 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:59,920 Speaker 1: work on free agents. I'm talking about talent agencies agents 645 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: that that's all that their agency does and work on, 646 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 1: and they they place these people for a lot of reasons. 647 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: First of all, you know, they try to get as 648 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,120 Speaker 1: much money as they can. Everybody's got a certain pool 649 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,640 Speaker 1: to sign these guys because that's what most of the 650 00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: agents three percent comes from that signing bonus because they 651 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 1: don't know what these guys are gonna make it. But 652 00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: when you've got when you start releasing names before you 653 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,719 Speaker 1: have them signed, you're also and you're trying to bring 654 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,640 Speaker 1: tryouts in. People are looking and seeing how you're stacking 655 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 1: the bottom of your roster to see what kind of 656 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,959 Speaker 1: chance I have. So if you don't release it, which 657 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: is smart, you collect all the people you can bring 658 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,240 Speaker 1: them in here, let them compete. But if you start releasing, 659 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,319 Speaker 1: if I'm a you know, if I'm a tight end, 660 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, I see there's eight tight 661 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:46,840 Speaker 1: ends on the roster, and they've signed three free agents 662 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 1: and you've got somebody you want to bring in, and 663 00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:50,759 Speaker 1: all of a sudden he says, well, I'm not coming 664 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:53,880 Speaker 1: because you have too many. Then you're basically working against yourself. 665 00:35:54,400 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: Good explanation. Final thing. Commencement speaker at Bowling State University. 666 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,800 Speaker 1: Have you seen this yet? This morning eighteenth, Dean Pas, 667 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,840 Speaker 1: Titan's defensive coordinator, will be the commencement speaker at his 668 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:12,120 Speaker 1: alma mater. I would like to hear that. No, that will. 669 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,920 Speaker 1: I will go on record right now as saying it 670 00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 1: will be inspirational, it'll be from the heart, and it 671 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: will be outstanding. I stood out here in the lobby 672 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,839 Speaker 1: last week. Are the couple maybe ten days ago with 673 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 1: Dean Peas and he was waiting on one of his 674 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:30,160 Speaker 1: former players to come in and visit, and he started 675 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:33,280 Speaker 1: telling me the story about you know, how this player 676 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 1: really came from not anything, and then he wanted to 677 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,840 Speaker 1: quit the team, and Dean said, no, you're not quitting, 678 00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,399 Speaker 1: because she said no, yeah, you're just not quitting. Yeah, 679 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,440 Speaker 1: you know you're not going to quit, and not necessarily 680 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:47,080 Speaker 1: because you know I need your performance on the field. 681 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:50,000 Speaker 1: You're not quitting because this is gives you a chance 682 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 1: in life. And now this guy is highly successful, so 683 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:57,440 Speaker 1: that will be that will be worth listening to. I 684 00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:59,239 Speaker 1: was going back through too, because I was trying to 685 00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,680 Speaker 1: think who didn't sports would I like to hear a 686 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 1: commencement speech from. And as I was going through, just 687 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:11,360 Speaker 1: googling the twenty best, there is nobody in sports listed. 688 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 1: It's all military people, different political leaders. A lot of 689 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:24,200 Speaker 1: comedians apparently have given great commencement speeches. Ellen DeGeneres, Stephen Colbert, people, 690 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: but nobody in sports. So I was thinking about who 691 00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 1: I would like to hear a commencement speech from in 692 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:34,680 Speaker 1: the world of sports. He's on He's on a list. Yeah, 693 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:39,279 Speaker 1: he's a top twenty guy, no doubt. Greg Popovich. Oh, 694 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: I would like dar Greg Popovich because if he really talked, 695 00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 1: not like the answers he gives on the one word 696 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,759 Speaker 1: you know in game interviews that he does, I think 697 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: that would be interesting. I bet Peyton Manning would give 698 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,359 Speaker 1: a good speech, right, he gives a great speed. Yeah, 699 00:37:55,400 --> 00:38:00,480 Speaker 1: I bet it would be entertaining and motivational. He He's 700 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: gonna give a great speech at the Tennessee Sports Hall 701 00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:05,399 Speaker 1: of fame June the fifteenth. I bet there you go. 702 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,400 Speaker 1: He'll be worth the price of admission. Absolutely so well, 703 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 1: Dean Peace, Dean Peace will be too right. Yeah, who 704 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: would you pay to here? I mentioned Denzil? I mean 705 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:18,840 Speaker 1: I've seen his. I've seen his in the past and 706 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,279 Speaker 1: it gives you goose bumps some of the ones he's done. 707 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,080 Speaker 1: So I Denzel's will a ball time favorite. Do you 708 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:29,480 Speaker 1: remember your college commencement speaker? I don't I do. Who 709 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,440 Speaker 1: is your It was the governor at the time, the 710 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 1: governor of Missouri. Yeah, his son was in my same department, okay, 711 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,360 Speaker 1: my same major. So he gave the commencement speech. His 712 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: son was very embarrassed. Is that right? Yeah? It was boring. Sorry. 713 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 1: Do you remember your commencement speech? Coach Mac? Absolutely? I do. 714 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:55,560 Speaker 1: Did you give the speech? Davey Crock? Absolutely was Davy 715 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,920 Speaker 1: Crock Buffalo Bill talking about how he came to the 716 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:06,399 Speaker 1: Alamo the Sorry, coach, it was too easy, It's way 717 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,759 Speaker 1: too easy. Who was yours? Mike? Do you remember Jim 718 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:12,000 Speaker 1: Sasser who was our senator at the time, and it was, 719 00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:15,000 Speaker 1: you know, having the senator there. Do your commencement speech? 720 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:18,799 Speaker 1: Was you know you felt honored that he that he 721 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:22,360 Speaker 1: took the time, so that was nice. I don't remember. 722 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,120 Speaker 1: I sat next to Condrade Holloway when I graduated, though, 723 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,360 Speaker 1: So I thought that was the greatest thing. Yeah, that 724 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 1: was the greatest thing. He probably thought it was the 725 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:33,959 Speaker 1: greatest thing he did. I think he after twenty something years, 726 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,160 Speaker 1: he was glad to graduate. He was thrilled to get 727 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,400 Speaker 1: his degree. But I don't think he was thrilled. I 728 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,640 Speaker 1: also sat next to Charles McCrae, who played in the league. 729 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 1: In the league, as he did, played for the Tampa 730 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,160 Speaker 1: Bay buccaneer. Hupabet really suited you? Well, eh, what's that 731 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:50,399 Speaker 1: did you guys? I guess you guys wouldn't have lined 732 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,080 Speaker 1: up alphabetically. You're a Keith. I was going with Mike 733 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 1: my fault. I just was sitting down. That's all I 734 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:58,759 Speaker 1: knew is I was sitting there. I was glad to 735 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,839 Speaker 1: be there, and I was glad to be out, glad 736 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:05,120 Speaker 1: to get Yeah, I was glad to be out. Okay, 737 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,239 Speaker 1: all right, So when are we plugging at the end 738 00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,480 Speaker 1: of the OTP. How about Titans Online dot Com? Jim 739 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:14,960 Speaker 1: White writing things and and also uh tweeting. Yeah, it'll 740 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 1: continue to continue to flow because there's there's still it 741 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: never really stops in this It does businesses, you guys know, 742 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,000 Speaker 1: So uh, we'll continue. That's one of the reasons why 743 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,240 Speaker 1: I've tried to make a lot of these caravan stops 744 00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:28,279 Speaker 1: because you know, talk to Jill Casey last night. I've 745 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: talked to Roshan Evans and Marcus Mariota's on the caravan 746 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,120 Speaker 1: tonight and UH and a lot of stories I've been 747 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,000 Speaker 1: able to accumulate over the last couple of weeks. I'll 748 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:39,719 Speaker 1: be riding uh in the coming days and weeks. And 749 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:42,759 Speaker 1: obviously we've got the uh you know, Kevin Byrd has 750 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:45,680 Speaker 1: a football camp in town on on Friday night, We've 751 00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,320 Speaker 1: got the five K on Saturday, We've got the rookie 752 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:52,239 Speaker 1: camp here over the weekend, and uh, before we know it, 753 00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,080 Speaker 1: we'll be into OTA's and mini camp and then we'll 754 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:58,080 Speaker 1: be here talking about training camp. So it's gonna fly 755 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:02,680 Speaker 1: by J White Sports at J Watte Sports is where 756 00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,279 Speaker 1: you can find me on Twitter and Instagram. All right, 757 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,440 Speaker 1: subscribe to the podcast, do the right thing. If you 758 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:12,400 Speaker 1: haven't subscribed, do it, just hit hit the button. A 759 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,440 Speaker 1: lot of people subscribed in April that a lot of 760 00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,560 Speaker 1: people subscribed in April. And if you're somewhat new to 761 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:23,279 Speaker 1: the OTP clan, Hello, We're happy you're here. Please don't 762 00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,520 Speaker 1: dump us. Stick around for a next week on the show, 763 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 1: Kevin Byard, which is gonna be so fun. Kevin Byrd 764 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,319 Speaker 1: will be our guest on the ot I get so 765 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:34,640 Speaker 1: many great h comments on the OTP just when I'm 766 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:36,680 Speaker 1: out and about, because I'm out and about a lot, 767 00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,279 Speaker 1: you know, in this city, and that they this is 768 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,600 Speaker 1: they really do. This is a you know, and just 769 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:43,800 Speaker 1: one thing on the on the on the caravan, and 770 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,960 Speaker 1: back to the way that that this organization reaches out 771 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,279 Speaker 1: to their fans. You know, first of all, all the 772 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,960 Speaker 1: fan events before the draft, during the draft that Mike 773 00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,479 Speaker 1: Keith attended, every one of him he was the first 774 00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:58,919 Speaker 1: round draft pick with that, but that it was outstanding, 775 00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:02,560 Speaker 1: the the reaching out to the fans and the things 776 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,239 Speaker 1: that they did. And then this caravan. Look, this is 777 00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,399 Speaker 1: pretty unique. I mean it's a unique thing. So I think, 778 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:10,560 Speaker 1: you know, people come out, fans take advantage of it, 779 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,000 Speaker 1: and it's free, well plus and you get to sit 780 00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,600 Speaker 1: with a sit with the players in a relaxed atmosphere. 781 00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:17,840 Speaker 1: And this is going to be an exciting team to 782 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,759 Speaker 1: be hooked up. And who knows, Rashaun Evans might like 783 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,680 Speaker 1: come over to your house. Yeah, I mean, we don't 784 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,759 Speaker 1: know what Rashawn's doing. He's getting very comfortable, so I 785 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,440 Speaker 1: don't know, he might take your dog for a while, 786 00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,279 Speaker 1: baby sit your kids, or we don't know what he's 787 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,360 Speaker 1: gonna do. He is very just happy with all of 788 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,319 Speaker 1: Titans fans love the mac and three edition of the 789 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:41,839 Speaker 1: OTP for Jim Wyatt, for Dave McGinnis, for Amy Wells. 790 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,600 Speaker 1: Mike Keith says thanks for joining us on the O 791 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:45,680 Speaker 1: t P