WEBVTT - The OTP | Kickoff Luncheon 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.720 This is the OTP presented by far Bureau Health Plans, 0:00:13.760 --> 0:00:17.439 where members are the plan. Far Bureau Health Plans makes 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:20.000 it easy for Tennessee AND's to get health coverage they 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:23.640 need for less than they expect. Get a quote at 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:29.120 FBHP dot com with Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith in 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:34.240 Booth seven at Nissan Stadium. We're home, home, sweet home. 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:36.720 It does feel nice to be here in the booth 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:40.639 knowing that there is Titans football on the horizon. Everything 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:42.600 feels right in the world right now. Mike and we 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:45.840 are here as part of the Kickoff Luncheon, the inaugural 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:50.720 Kickoff Luncheon that benefits the Titans Foundation. Raised a lot 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:53.680 of money for the Titans Foundation earlier today. Thanks to 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:57.920 our friends at Pinnacle who underwrote the event, and we're 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:01.280 the presenting sponsors, so we're certainly appreciate them. And thanks 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:03.920 to the man who totally stole the show, Dave McInnis 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:06.600 from Titan's Radio. I did not steal the show by Keith. 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:08.319 You were the MC and you're always the star of 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.679 the show. But that was a really nice event. No 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:15.080 you did. I mean so, Mike rabels On and we're 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:17.840 going to hear that, and John Robinson's on and we're 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:20.680 going to hear that. And we had Kevin Byard on 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.759 and Burke Nyhill, the President was on. But the man 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:28.039 who stole the show as he did the telestrator showing 0:01:28.200 --> 0:01:33.760 Bud Dupree, Josh Reynolds, Julio Jones, and Denico Autry Amy. 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:38.200 People were captivated. People were so locked in and Mike, 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.120 you do a great job of hosting an event. But 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:44.600 when Coach Mack was talking, nobody was on their phone, 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.760 different level, nobody was doing everything. They were all just 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:51.120 totally focused in on what he was showing them, which 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.480 says to me that people love football here in Middle 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.520 Tennessee and they want to learn more about it. Learning 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:01.240 some of those intricacies that the average person never gets 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:04.960 to experience that is so valuable. So it was so awesome, 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:06.880 Mac that you were able to do that. Well, it 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:08.800 was It's fun. It is fun for me, and you 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:10.960 know that we all, all of us, we do this 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.480 a lot, you know, when we're when we're doing events 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.160 and speak to people because you're right in what you say. 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:18.160 They want to know, they'd like to know the details, 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.560 they'd like to know something they can take back so 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:23.240 that when they're watching a ball game, they can say, hey, 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:25.600 you know what coach Mike and Mike Keith and Amy 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:27.600 Wills told me this. This is what they are doing, 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:31.399 something as simple as the personnel groups that we all do, 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:32.720 you know, in the places we go. I mean, it 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:36.600 just makes watching the game more fun and more interesting. 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:39.040 And I had a blast today, I really did. That 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.360 was very cool, nice set up that you know, that screen, 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:44.480 that telestrator screen was really the first class. I loved it. 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:46.720 I mean that was very, very cool. I would like 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:48.359 to do it again. I think we ought to take 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.960 that on the road somewhere and we could do a 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:53.680 whole game and it'd be fun. All right. So anybody 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.919 who's listening and wants to get Coach Mac a birthday present, 0:02:57.440 --> 0:02:59.880 he would like a telestrat. You'd like a telestrator? Yes? 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:03.760 Why not? I'd also need all those uh technical people 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:08.920 there to run it. Well that group did they fantastic job? Yes, 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:13.680 yes they did. Steve was Zensky, who was your cowboy Gods. 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:16.800 Steve had to run the tape back and forth, and 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:20.200 that was one of the great moments of the entire thing, 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:22.600 is that Coach got to call out Steve in front 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.120 of the audience. You actually complimented Steve more than you 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.080 harassed him. Well, because he was good. I mean Steve, 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:30.360 he was good. I mean if he did if he 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:32.440 did not do if he did not do something right, 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.000 well then then then I was gonna. I was I 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.160 was gonna. I was gonna let him know. But and 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:39.920 I told him that before it started. You went over there. 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:42.240 You went over there and introduced him to me, and 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.120 I told him, I said, Steve, look, I'm talking football 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:46.720 right now. So if you don't do this right, I'm 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.360 gonna call you out. And if you don't believe me, 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:52.360 ask Amy Wills because she's operated a cowboy from me before. 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:54.800 And uh, it's just a coach in me, and I 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:56.880 just want it right when I'm doing it. He was 0:03:56.920 --> 0:04:01.000 fantastic and speaking of calling people out, Mike Vrabel was 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:04.840 on via zoom as he recovers from COVID nineteen at home. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.119 He wanted to be part of this. He was really 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:11.920 a driving force behind making the kickoff luncheon happened. They 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:13.720 went to him and said, what do you think. He said, 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:17.479 this is a great idea, and so he got his 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:21.560 coordinators involved. He had ideas about different things, and he 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.360 was scheduled to be in person and it was going 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.240 to be a big wing thing with him, and then 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:29.440 obviously the news on Sunday changed all of that. But 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:32.400 we said, hey, would you feel up to being on 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:36.560 by Zoom? He said yes, And I thought his segment 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:40.000 was great and it looks like he feels a lot better. Right, Well, 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.240 I don't know, because he was like very nice to 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:44.800 you at the beginning of the program, which made me 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:47.240 think that maybe he's sicker than we all think, but 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:49.680 may changed. Yeah, but then he changed. By the end 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.000 of it, he was back to his old way. So yes, 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.680 I think Mike Vrabel is feeling pretty okay. Hey, all right, 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:56.520 so let's take a listen to that from the Titans 0:04:56.520 --> 0:05:00.320 inaugural kickoff Luncheon presented by Pinnacle. Here's our ch at 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:08.760 with Mike Vrabe. If you have your run of show, 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:14.599 you see Mike Vrabel at one oh five with chalk talk. Well, 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:16.800 you know there's not gonna be a chalk talk with 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:22.800 Mike Vrabel because Mike, unfortunately was COVID positive over the weekend, 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:26.159 but he wanted to be part of this event, so 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:30.039 through technology, please welcome the head coach of your Tennessee Titans, 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:40.440 Mike Vrabel, who's joining us coach. I get. First question, obviously, 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.960 is how you feel it? Feeling great? Mike. I want 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:47.200 to thank everybody for coming out and supporting us. We 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:49.600 love the fans, we love the support, we love the energy. 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.440 I love how you ran up on that stage today. 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:54.000 We playing a little run up music. Mike. You got 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:57.640 a little juice, little pep in your step. Coaches football season, 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:01.760 we gotta be ready, right you know? I did anybody 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:03.599 tell you that we played some of your highlights to 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.279 the team the other day after Tampa because I lived 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.240 until him and I'm like, man, this guy, we are 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:12.920 so blessed to have you to juice the energy. Molden 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:16.760 sack that call. So we just instead of showing them 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:19.520 my silly cut ups to the team, I just showed 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:22.200 the highlight videos that had had your voice in it, 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:24.320 and I think they liked it better than what I 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:26.640 can show them. Wow. Thank you. Well, I'm just gonna 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:31.080 leave now, good night, everybody. I'm done. Um gotta ask 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.960 you work wise, what have you been able to do 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:35.839 over the last couple of days and what do you 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:37.640 hope to be able to do over the next couple 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.000 of days. Well, we're kind of set up like we 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:42.839 were before. You know, everybody, you know, they were able 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:49.080 to bring me my stuff, computers, iPad, screens, you know, 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.520 great capability to connect into our server, to have access 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:54.880 to our film and practice as soon as it's done. 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.120 Film from around the league. So trying to stay in 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:03.520 communication the football team. Have had you know, zoom meetings 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.480 with them in the morning and then you know, been 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:08.320 able to check in on them as they go off 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:12.560 into their meetings. But I'd prepare the zoom meeting the 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.280 same way I would any other meeting to try to 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.800 get our message across or my message across to them 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.880 for that particular day. Things that we have to work 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:24.760 on from practice from the previous day, the things we 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:26.920 did well, the things we did bad, and the things 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:28.280 that are going to get as beat that we have 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:32.520 to eliminate. Usually is the emphasis of my meetings and 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:36.840 that that's continued, so you know, without me just running 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:40.160 around the halls, I would say everything's been pretty much similar, 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.600 all right, So you've been at this for a month now. 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:45.760 The things that have pleased you the most about the 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:51.400 Tennessee Titans so far in twenty twenty one camp. Well, 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:55.280 I'm really appreciative of, you know, the way that we've 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.080 played these first two games. You know, I felt like, 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:02.119 no matter who's been in there, whether they're new, whether 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:06.560 they're young, that they've tried to approach these games and 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.400 play them in a style, in a manner in which 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:13.000 we feel like is to our advantage. And I think 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:15.680 we've We've taken care of the football, We've been efficient 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.040 throwing the football, we've been able to run the football, 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:23.920 we've stopped the run, we really played complementary football, We've 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:27.360 gotten turnovers on defense, and I felt like there's an 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:31.040 energy in playing games, and sometimes that's not always the 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.360 case when you're talking about preseason games. And so when 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:36.480 I watch our games or I hear people say, hey, 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.360 watch the preseason game, and look like guys were flying 0:08:39.400 --> 0:08:42.360 around having fun and playing with energy and passion, you 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:44.440 know that that's what we're trying to preach and coach 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:47.440 and with no met with with with whoever is in there. 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.640 Several of the top Titans have gotten back to practice 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:55.520 this week. Was that really by design? With the opener 0:08:55.600 --> 0:09:00.400 eighteen days away against Arizona well as we You know, 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.520 everybody has a different plan and they work their way 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:06.000 through it as we get back to return to to 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:10.080 play or individual or jog through, and you know, it 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:11.959 was good to have some of those guys that weren't 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:15.360 weren't out there or hadn't been out there in previous practices. 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:19.839 UM certainly makes looking at the film a little better. 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.120 I thought it made COVID go away when I saw 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:24.440 Derek out there and Julio and aj out there and 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:28.120 in the offense together. I think COVID COVID went bye 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:33.560 bye after that. So Arizona is a team that we 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.679 have to joke. Mike, you're allowed to chuckle a little bit. Joke. 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:43.800 I love that. Okay, See he's on zoom and he's 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:48.359 still telling me what to do. It's great. Um. Arizona 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.520 is a team we have played since twenty seventeen. They're 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:54.360 an unfamiliar opponent. So I just wonder, is it better 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:57.760 for you, the coaching staff, and the players that you 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:02.280 have extra time to prepare hair for a talented yet 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:06.000 unfamiliar opponent in week one? Well, I mean, I think 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:07.800 at the end of the day, we have to focus 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:09.840 on a lot of things that we believe are still 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:14.600 our foundation what we believe in for you know, training 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:18.840 camp is so critical for the conditioning and the callous 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:22.600 for the season to develop technique and fundamentals, and you know, 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:26.120 I think we'll have plenty of time to prepare for them. 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.240 You don't want to overanalyze things. You want to make 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.720 sure that you know the team is where it needs 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:37.600 to be fundamentally and a conditioning standpoint to hopefully prepare 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:41.160 yourself for those battles of the regular season. But you know, 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:44.800 they are talented, just like a lot of teams in 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:48.960 the National Football League, we aren't very familiar with them. 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:53.240 The quarterback poses just a lot of problems just from 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:59.040 an athletic standpoint and an ability to to extend plays well. 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:04.880 Obviously our familiarity with DeAndre Hopkins and what he's able 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:08.080 to do offensively, they do have a lot of great 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:12.560 weapons Defensively, They're they're gonna be long, they're gonna blitz, 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.559 they're gonna pressure. You know, they got big inside linebackers 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:19.839 that are young, obviously edge guys, you know, and then 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:21.960 they're gonna they're gonna bring a lot of different pressures. 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:27.560 Chicago's the final preseason game Saturday night here at Nissan Stadium. 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:30.880 The Bears have announced that they'll start Justin Fields at quarterback, 0:11:30.920 --> 0:11:33.760 who was their number one pick and is their quarterback 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:37.240 of the future. Their offensive line is going to play, 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:41.240 but otherwise they're gonna play backups. So have you decided 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.800 yet how much your number ones are gonna play Saturday 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.680 night here against the Bears. No, I haven't made that decision, 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:51.360 you know, And whatever Matt does, you know that that's 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:53.480 what he's doing with his football team. We'll try to 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:55.880 focus on, you know, what we think is best for 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.960 our team. Hopefully, you know, we can get everybody that's 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:03.040 healthy and available, you know, out there for the football 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:07.040 game that we can start tom you know, continue to 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:11.719 build and create that continuity that's so critical, and if 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:13.640 it works out that way, great, and if it doesn't, 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:17.080 then we'll continue to put the guys in there that 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.640 that are the next guys in And you've seen that scene, 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:23.400 us do that over and over and guys have responded 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:27.320 and taken advantage of those opportunities. How will Mike Vrabel 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:34.440 handle Saturday nights preseason game? Probably like a fan, I guess, 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.920 unless I get cleared, which you know, it's still always 0:12:37.920 --> 0:12:41.400 a possibility that that I could have two negative tests 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:44.120 in a forty eight hour period. If that doesn't happen, 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.120 you know, I'll be uh. I'll probably put you and 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:50.080 Coach mac on and put the TV on mute and 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:56.520 listen to you guys, no pressure, Well, coach listen. Making 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.920 this effort, you were a driving force behind getting the 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:04.160 lunch and started a new tradition for Titans fans. We 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:07.199 thank you for making the effort, and certainly you've been 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:10.040 the subject of a tremendous amount of thoughts and prayers 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.360 by a lot of great Titans fans all over the 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:16.400 Mid South. Thank you so much for taking time with us, Mike, 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.600 I appreciate it. Again. I want to thank everybody for 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:20.719 coming out. I know how much money we raised for 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:24.319 the Titans Charitable Foundation. That's what it's all about. It. 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:26.720 We are blessed and lucky to get to do what 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:28.840 we do, where we get to do it and with 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:31.240 the people that we get to do it with. There's 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.400 so many more people that are less fortunate than us, 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:38.000 so we're very conscious. So that that was reiterated to 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:43.640 the football team again today. Just in recognizing you folks 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:47.920 for your contributions to be there to help our charitable foundation. 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:51.320 So again, thank you and to everybody there, have a 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:52.920 great day and we'll see you guys out there on 0:13:52.960 --> 0:14:03.040 Saturday night. Mike Rabel everybody. And he gave me permission 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:07.280 to laugh. That was good. Um, it's so great. Oh 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:13.400 now you're still here. And then we couldn't turn his 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:15.800 microphone off, which is the best part of the whole. 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:19.280 So I'm going on to something else and he's still talking. Great. 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:23.240 He starts answering me like from above. It's it's like 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:26.720 a nightmare. It was that nightmare. I agree with Amy, 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.440 that was That was a high point moment for me. Well, 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:32.880 Coach Max face still Coach Max's favorite part of the 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:37.400 week of the Friday production meet. Oh yes, yours. I'm 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:40.120 gonna get it because so we go in with the 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:42.720 coach and we sit down and we record the stuff 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.520 for the pregame interview a little behind the curtain. It's 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:48.760 not live surprised. Uh, that's what you get for being 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:52.120 one of the OT people. Yeah, now you know if 0:14:52.160 --> 0:14:56.440 you didn't suspect it. Um. But so we also talk 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.800 about some different things and he is really great to 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:04.080 us coach with what the insight he gives and the 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:08.680 helpfulness that he gives us. It's it really is fantastic 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.280 to sit down and talk ball with him. But what 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:14.080 you know if you walk in that room is when 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:17.920 you start asking questions to get what you'd like to 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.720 get or what you need, you're gonna get it. And 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:23.960 that ends up being me right as it should be 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:27.680 every time. Now that's what I can't wait. I mean, 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:29.800 I go in there and I can see the look 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:32.960 on Rabel's face. And Mike Keith is a consummate professional, 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:35.400 but he knows it's coming. It's coming. He knows it's coming. 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:37.200 And so when we're sitting there and then all of 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:39.800 a sudden he starts asking a question. I go here, 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:42.560 here it comes. We really could make cuts out of it. 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:46.080 I mean, if it was completely uncensored, whatever we were 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:47.840 on it, we were on HBO. We can do it. 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.080 Because it is it is, it is, it is something. 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.840 I mean, we ever do hard knocks, ye, that should 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:55.960 be part of her. It'd be a huge part of it. 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:57.600 And I've been on hard knocks and it would be 0:15:57.640 --> 0:16:00.320 a great part of it. Because, as I say, I 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:03.640 for the five years that I've done this and have 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:06.960 walked in that room with you, and then especially with him, 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:09.920 with him as the head coach. I absolutely love it. 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:12.320 I can't wait for the production meetings. I can't wait. 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:14.560 Every time I go out to the field on Friday, 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.560 my first question is always to coach Mac and it's always, so, 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.720 how is the meeting? And he always goes, oh, it's perfect. 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:25.320 And that means that Mike's going to emerge at some 0:16:25.400 --> 0:16:28.600 point with his head hanging. What it's like during the 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.600 breaks on the TV show? Yeah, what kind of question 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:35.680 was that? It's great? I live for these moments. It's 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:38.800 so funny. People think, you know, people wonder They said, 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.480 do you you know, do the two of you get along? 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:44.000 And I mean I think we do. Oh, you definitely, 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:48.080 But I think but he's I mean, he's a tough one. Now, Mike. 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:49.920 Let me tell you something, though I've been a head 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.320 coach and I've had people in there, if if he 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:55.520 didn't like you, it would be worse. No, is that 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:59.640 it would be completely bland and vanilla with so he 0:16:59.760 --> 0:17:02.400 really he likes you because I mean, you're just one 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:05.760 of the dudes. But he loves Oh, my goodnesses, he 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.480 has some nice ones and and Vrabel. I can imagine 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:10.800 Vrabel as a player. I mean, I bet he was 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.840 slinging it back and forth from the time he came 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:15.960 on the field until the time after they beat you, 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:17.960 when he was walking on I love the dude. I 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:20.680 love Mike Vrabel, and I love his interaction with Mike 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:23.840 Keith production meetings. He's pretty good coach too. The general 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:27.400 manager can be the same way. He can be hardcore 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:30.400 and Amy Wells actually got to experience some of that 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:34.760 as we took Twitter questions from the audience. Can't really 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:38.880 walk around with a microphone, slips a paper, It's kind 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.520 of not not a cool time pretty that. So we 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.200 did the Twitter questions which we mentioned on the last 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.440 OTP that we were going to do. So Amy got 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:50.080 the five best ones. She got to ask the questions. 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:53.399 And here's Amy with John Robinson from the Kickoff Luncheon 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:57.080 presented by Pinnacle and Amy gets hit a couple of times. 0:17:57.160 --> 0:18:06.480 Your two Okay. The tough part of Amy's job has 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:11.919 been picking out through hashtag Titans kick Off, the five 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:17.199 best questions for Titans general manager John Robinson. Do we 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:20.360 have John on the line, Let's bring him in John Robinson. 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:30.040 Everybody thanks for joining us. Sir Mike Keith, can you 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:32.080 hear me and we can hear you, Amy Wells, can 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:35.600 hear you too? Say hello to her up standing? Hey, Amy, 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:37.480 how are you hey? I just wanted to take a 0:18:37.560 --> 0:18:40.400 quick minute and say thank you to everyone that is there. 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:44.119 Our intent was to be there with you in person, 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.240 shaking hands and taking pictures, but out of an abundance 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:51.800 of caution, giving Coach Rabel situation trying to keep you 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:55.439 guys safe and the football team safe, we thought this 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:58.520 was the best mechanism that to visit with you guys. 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:01.359 We'll be there with your lives soon. Thank you for 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:04.159 coming today, Thank you for what you've done for our 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:09.480 football team, our organization, the foundation. And to echo what 0:19:09.520 --> 0:19:12.080 Coach Rabel said yesterday about the folks over in Waverley, 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:16.080 the announcement we made today to try to help provide 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:20.159 some relief to that community over there. That's a strong 0:19:20.240 --> 0:19:23.360 community filled with a lot of proud Tennesseeans. I grew 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:25.880 up about two hours west of there, and it's about 0:19:25.880 --> 0:19:30.000 an hour from here, so I know that they're going 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:33.840 to keep fighting to get back to some degree of normalcy. 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:36.840 But thank everyone in attendance, and for what you've done 0:19:36.880 --> 0:19:39.600 to come to this luncheon today. All right, John, are 0:19:39.640 --> 0:19:42.800 you ready for five questions? Far away? All right? Amy, 0:19:42.840 --> 0:19:45.480 Welles take it. This is so great. Okay, here's the 0:19:45.520 --> 0:19:49.639 first one from hashtag Titans kickoff. How have for Shaun 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:53.840 Evans and Jayon Brown looked in camp so far? Oh? 0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:56.960 They looked like two linebackers, Amy, they looked like two linebackers. 0:19:57.280 --> 0:20:00.800 Anything else? Now, you know, I think the one thing 0:20:00.840 --> 0:20:02.840 that though, it's it's great to have that that pair 0:20:02.920 --> 0:20:08.000 back together. Um, you know, stylistically they're they're different. Um. 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:13.479 You know, Rashawn is an aggressive downhill run stuffing thumper. Um. 0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:16.240 He had a play yesterday where he met the fullback 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:18.119 in the hole and it was to say, it was 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:21.240 a pretty loud collision. And jay On has kind of 0:20:21.240 --> 0:20:24.359 prided himself more on, you know, his coverage skills, his 0:20:24.560 --> 0:20:27.840 range of speed. UM. But to both of their credit, 0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:31.680 they knew that coming into the season. Rashaan has been 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:35.040 better in coverage. UM, he's really focused his attention on that, 0:20:35.440 --> 0:20:37.520 and jay On with his run fit. So I'm proud 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:39.840 of the work that those guys have put in, uh 0:20:39.840 --> 0:20:43.200 in the offseason. Looking forward to them putting the opposing 0:20:43.240 --> 0:20:46.000 offensive ball carry on the ground. Allot this fall? All right, 0:20:46.040 --> 0:20:49.240 here's another one from hashtag Titan's kickoff. This one's about 0:20:49.240 --> 0:20:52.919 the secondary. Where has a Moni Hooker improved the most 0:20:53.080 --> 0:20:55.320 and what does he give us at safety that maybe 0:20:55.359 --> 0:20:58.760 this team didn't have in twenty twenty. Yeah, that's a 0:20:58.800 --> 0:21:01.840 great question, Amy. I think he's hook was a really 0:21:01.960 --> 0:21:04.679 versatile player coming out of Iowa and it kind of 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:07.760 carved a roll out for himself on special teams and 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:10.320 was really our third safety last year where he played, 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:12.920 you know, mostly in subdefense in the back part of 0:21:12.960 --> 0:21:15.240 the field. I think he's improved his play down around 0:21:15.240 --> 0:21:18.400 the line of scrimmage, which is where Kenny mccaro, who 0:21:18.400 --> 0:21:20.639 has been with us the last few years has played. 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:24.960 He's been active, he's been more vocal. He's an extremely 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:28.280 smart player. He's helped a lot of these um, you know, 0:21:28.400 --> 0:21:31.320 younger dbs, whether it's you know it's Caleb or Molden 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:35.120 or Chris Jackson, Breon Borders, those guys, just making sure 0:21:35.160 --> 0:21:37.320 that they're lined up where they need to be with 0:21:37.359 --> 0:21:40.760 the proper leverage, letting them know that he's back there 0:21:40.800 --> 0:21:42.439 as at safety to help them when they need it. 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:45.240 Here's a question I really like it says. I keep 0:21:45.320 --> 0:21:48.840 hearing Mike and Coach Mack talk about Nick Westbrook Akeena 0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:51.719 at wide receiver. Is that just hype or is he 0:21:51.840 --> 0:21:55.439 really good? It's probably a little bit of both. You know, 0:21:56.240 --> 0:21:58.280 Coach Mack has been known to belish or the last 0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:02.040 seam sitting there in the front row. But but you know, 0:22:02.119 --> 0:22:04.480 I think Nick, I mean, Nick was an undrafted guy 0:22:04.520 --> 0:22:07.879 who came in here last year out of Indiana, and 0:22:07.920 --> 0:22:10.000 he was on the practice squad, and you know, he 0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:12.879 kept getting better at practice. And that's what Coach Rabel 0:22:12.880 --> 0:22:14.480 and I preach all the time, is you're going to 0:22:14.560 --> 0:22:17.919 earn the opportunities that you have to go out there 0:22:17.960 --> 0:22:21.679