WEBVTT - The OTP: Analyzing the Titans' 2020 Pass Rushers 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:14.000 This is the OTP presented by farm Burea Health Plans. 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:16.520 Look to the folks at farm Herea Health Plans when 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:19.840 you need someone who understands the xs and ohs of 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:24.919 healthcare coverage. They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:28.520 My name is Mike Keith amy Wells is here as 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:32.080 usual in amy Wells. I am so glad that we 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:36.800 waited until the afternoon of Friday, August the seventh before 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:42.520 recording this edition of the OTP, because there is definitive news. 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:45.440 And when you have definitive news, who do you need 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:49.120 to have on the OTP, Amy Wells? Jim Wyatt of course, 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:55.240 Jim Wyatt, Tennessee Titans dot Com Senior writer editor. Let's 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:59.920 talk Vic Beasley. Let's delve into this right away. First 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:04.959 response to his reporting, Jim Relief, Yeah, I think so. 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:06.959 I mean it, really you just want to have any 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:08.800 distractions out of the way. You want to have this 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:12.960 team all together and doing everything a ken to prepare 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:16.200 for the season. And that was going to be a 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:19.479 storyline and a topic of conversation until he showed up. 0:01:19.560 --> 0:01:23.000 So fact, he has started the process of the COVID 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.720 testing and now you have to go through protocols like 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:27.480 everybody else, to be in a physician, to be on 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:31.280 the field this time next week. And you know, just 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:34.120 to hear some of his teammates on the conference calls today, 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:39.520 whether it's Kenny Vaccaro or Roger Sifold, you know they're 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:43.440 they're glad to have him on board. And that's what 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:45.320 the that's what this team signed him for him here 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:50.600 was a big free agent acquisition. Still has some pop 0:01:50.600 --> 0:01:54.080 in his game and now it's the process of getting 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:56.400 on the field and getting the best the team can 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.279 get out of him. And the bottom line. Jim touched 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:02.680 on some of the timing. Amy he comes in today, 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:06.560 takes a COVID test, he will come in tomorrow and 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:09.600 take a COVID test. He will come in on Monday 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:13.239 and take a COVID test, and if he is cleared 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:17.200 through those three tests, three negative tests, then he can 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:21.760 join the football team on Tuesday. Tuesday is when the 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:27.919 next phase of this unusual preseason training camp, summer camp, 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:31.960 whatever you want to call it, starts. And so, I mean, 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.200 he hasn't missed a whole lot. I guess that's the 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:38.240 best news, right, Yeah, he hasn't really it's we're starting 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:42.840 to transition into the more OTA like things, if that 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:46.280 makes sense. So it's not just the meetings and getting 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.720 familiar with the protocols and all of that. We're working 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:53.360 more towards more football, if that makes sense. We're adding 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:57.640 more football to the equation. So in terms of whether 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:00.720 or not he will be behind, I don't really think 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.480 that'll be an issue. Vic Beasley's a veteran and Kenny 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.600 Vaccaro said during his media availability a little bit earlier 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:10.480 today that he's not judging anybody for any decisions that 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:14.079 they make throughout this process in twenty twenty. He's saying, 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:15.840 you know what, I don't know this guy's life. I'm 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:18.440 not sure what was going on. I don't hold anything 0:03:18.480 --> 0:03:21.040 against him. We're all trying to make the best decisions 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:23.720 for ourselves and our families right now. I don't know 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:27.320 what's been going on in his world, so we're all 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.320 starting with a clean slate, and I thought that that 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:33.120 was a really good kind of way for him to 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.200 see the bigger picture of what's been going on with 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:37.600 all of this. Everyone's just trying to make the decisions 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:39.680 that are best for them in their families right now. 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.880 And trying to wade through very bizarre time. So if 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:45.840 he can come in, obviously test negative all the times 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.840 he needs to, and then rejoin the team, he's not 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:51.040 going to be that far behind. He's a veteran player. 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.360 I mean, football is football, you know. And Amy touched 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.240 on it, Jim about Kenny's comments, and a couple of 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:00.600 other guys were asked about Vic Beasley too. Players don't 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:05.800 generally judge other players in instances like this because they 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.760 all know at some point that could be them, right, 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:11.120 That's very true. I mean, covering this team, you know, 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:14.040 as long as I have, I've pretty much seen it all. 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:17.000 You know, whether it's a guy you know showing up late, 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:20.040 like Samari Roll way back in the day. I remember 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:22.680 he was dealing with the contract situation. He was late. 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:26.200 You've had other players who have had pretty public bitles 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:29.679 with the team, and players don't get into the middle 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.840 of all that. Again, the Beasley situation, I didn't have 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:35.359 anything to do with the contract, but obviously there's something 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:38.920 going on that kept Vic Beasley from being here. And 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:41.839 I don't think anybody wants to be quick. I don't 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.440 think anybody wants to jump out and condemn him or 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.279 put him down. You know, the most important thing is 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:51.400 to get him here working out with his teammates. People 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:54.520 forget about those things, and I think fans will forget 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:56.440 about it, you know, as long as he comes in 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:58.800 does what he's supposed to do, you know, and it's 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.320 productive on the field. That's what this team signed him 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:04.760 for to get out of the quarterback. And I do 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.560 think that, yes, he missed some time or early that 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:10.479 and you'd like to see everybody in at the same time. 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:14.000 But the on field work doesn't start unto the end 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.960 of next week. There's plenty of time for him to 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:19.680 get himself in good shape, plenty of time for him 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:21.800 to get comfortable with what they're going to ask him 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:24.320 to do. And this is not a first second year 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:26.120 Guy's a guy who's done it for a while, and 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.680 I expect him to be able to hit the ground running. Oh, 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:32.839 he's gonna pay his price fine wise, I mean, that's 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:37.599 that's between he and the collective bargaining agreement and whatever 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:41.000 goes with that, and so that's that's another story. But 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:43.279 as long as he goes and hits the quarterback a 0:05:43.320 --> 0:05:47.520 bunch in Denver on September fourteenth, and hits the quarterback 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:50.839 on September twentieth against Jacksonville, and it hits the quarterback 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:55.359 in Minnesota and September twenty seventh, all will be forgiven. 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:57.880 I agree. I mean, I think it's so important. I mean, 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:02.960 it's obviously important to have a guy that you kind 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.360 of earmark and went after a free agy to have 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.640 him show up, because you know, I think today he's 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.680 the team's biggest free agent acquisition. But you know, while 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.080 he was not here and there were questions about what 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:14.880 and he was going to be here, I thought about 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.400 guys like Harold Landry, and I thought about Camelot Karea, 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:20.599 and I thought about you know, Derek Roberson and DeAndre 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:22.599 Walker and all these guys who were gonna have to 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.800 step up without him, And I thought, you know, all 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:30.599 this talk about trying to reduce Harold Landry's workloads and snaps, 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:32.720 you know you're not gonna able to do that if 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:37.200 you're thin at that position, and and so so Beasley 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:39.880 being back, being a part of the group helps everybody. 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:41.920 I mean, it takes pressure off a Landry, it takes 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:45.160 pressure off Karea, and you just didn't want to have 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:49.159 anybody kind of scrambling for more answers or looking for 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:53.479 more options with what's left in the market, because you 0:06:53.520 --> 0:06:55.400 want your own guy in here, the guy you went 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.039 after to get. You know, that was so interesting, the 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:03.400 landry piece that was written. And I was shocked at 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.400 how many snaps he played in the playoff game. I 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:10.040 guess it was Baltimore that he played all but two snaps. 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.760 I mean that I had no idea he was on 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.120 the field that much, and so it's kind of no 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:18.720 wonder he wore down and Shane Bowen has talked about 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:22.160 it extensively. Amy, did that surprise you did? I mean, 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:23.920 you're down on the field. I know you probably don't 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:27.800 count snaps, but I had no idea he played that much. Yeah. 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:31.000 I mean, looking back on it, you kind of think weo, Yeah, 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:32.680 that kind of makes sense. I mean, he was on 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:36.680 the field a lot. But when the actual numbers came 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:38.800 out in the percentage of the snaps that he played, 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:41.640 it was like, oh, yeah, that is kind of a lot. 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:43.680 And when he was asked about it and whether he 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:47.640 wants I guess less snaps or something. I mean, what's 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:51.320 any guy gonna say? No? Like he wanted to be 0:07:51.360 --> 0:07:53.560 out on the field right. He was happy to do it, 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:56.720 and his whole thing was building his endurance so that 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:59.480 when he's asked to do that again, he can still 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.120 perform the same level and there's not a drop off 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:04.360 even if you're getting tired. But I mean, for a 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:07.160 guy playing that many snaps, of course you're gonna get tired. 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:10.400 You're a human being. Were you surprised, Jim, I didn't 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:13.280 realize that many I knew was planning, I didn't. I 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:17.960 didn't realize the significance there. And uh, you know, obviously 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:19.840 he's not wanting to make excuses. I'll say this. His 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.000 stack numbers went down, but he was still getting after 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:25.400 his quarterback pressure. Still, he was still disrupting plays even 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:27.400 though he didn't have the stacks that he had during 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:29.680 the first part of the season. One other thing I 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:31.760 thought was interesting that he said, because I think I 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:35.240 think everybody's looking for pass rushers to develop more moves, 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:38.760 and he's talked himself about one to add more to 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:42.559 his pass rush arsenal. But you know, you know, he said, hey, 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:44.800 I'm not looking to have, you know, a thousand moves. 0:08:44.840 --> 0:08:48.280 I'm looking to perfect the two or three that I 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.600 have to be as good as I possibly can at 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:53.520 those and he figures that's a way he can be successful. 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:57.160 I thought that was an interesting approach that he's taken, 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:59.640 and I think that's, you know, it's a smart move. 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:01.480 I mean, if he can be as good as he 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:03.640 can possibly be with some of the moves that he 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:07.000 feels or his strengths, then that's gonna go along way. 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:11.720 He has that bicycle lean that the birthday boy Dave 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:15.880 McGinnis Happy birthday, Coach Mac. He has that bicycle lean 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:19.400 that Coach Mack talks about Amy and Vic Beasley has 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:23.800 it too, and they are those kind of rushers. Roberson 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:28.520 has that Krey is a stiffer, more power rusher. That's okay, 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:32.480 that works as well. But you love having some of 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:36.440 those guys who really put pressure on those tackles on 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:41.720 the edge. Landry Roberson a guy, a guy like Vic Beasley, 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.400 who I mean, listen, if you've put up fifteen and 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:47.040 a half sacks in a season at some point, which 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.640 he has, you can rush the passer. You know you 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.760 don't do that by accident. I'm gonna be honest with you, Mike. 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.360 I don't care what kind of moves you have I 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:59.160 don't care if you're running, walking, crawling. However, you get 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:01.880 there and get the man on the ground. That's what 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:04.760 I'm interested in. How you get there. If you're skipping 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:07.920 or spinning or none of that matters to me. Just 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.640 get there. But speed rush is a big deal in 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.559 a three to four. You've got to have power guys, 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:17.679 but you've also got to have speed guys so that 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.680 you can get there when you're only sending four people. 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.520 You can't blitz all the time. You just can't. Jim, 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:28.280 I agree, And I do think this team's obviously better 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.600 in my mind than it was last season from an 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.840 edge rush, pass rush standpoint, a team that went to 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:37.280 LFC Championship game last year. So I think Beasley, if 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:39.480 he gets in here, get some self ready to go 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.679 and plays, you know, like he's capable playing. I think 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:45.679 you can see him improved Harold Lander this year. I 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:47.840 really like the way kaya finish the year last year. 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:50.680 And then you just get really one of the other 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.959 two Walker and Robson to step up and help you, 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.360 and both of them could. I mean, I think you'll 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.199 use a lot of guys in rotation. When I look 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.240 at the defense, I think the edge Rush has a 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:05.240 potential beat even better than the last season. You know, 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:07.240 the guy we don't talk about enough in that is 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:11.200 Gilbert because Gilbert comes over from Green Bay. He's coming 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:13.960 back from an injury. He did some good things at 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:17.360 different points. But I know Shane Bowen's been talking about 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:20.480 the fact that him being healthier, he may be able 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:23.360 to give more this year. Jim, Yeah, and I probably 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:25.280 should have mentioned him in that group because he is 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:27.240 you know, they thought enough of him to bring him 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:31.319 back for another year, and he has some experience. You know, 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:34.640 he dealt with an injury when he first came to Tennessee. 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:38.200 He kind of battled through that. He's a hard working guy. 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:41.199 So when you talk about rotation, when you talk about 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:44.360 guys competing, he's very much in the mix there and 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.320 really anxious to see how some of these guys look, 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:51.520 you know, especially Gilbert, Robertson and Walker. When camp starts, 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:53.199 all right, Amy, let me ask you a question. Go 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:56.240 put you on the spot just a little bit. Do 0:11:56.520 --> 0:12:02.440 you think that in twenty nineteen the most improved tighten 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:06.720 from twenty eighteen was Harold Landry? Was he the most 0:12:07.000 --> 0:12:13.719 improved player from the year before? Probably I would put 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:17.560 Harold Landry and Rashaun Evans kind of on a similar 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:21.280 line there, although Rashaun Evans was playing great at the 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.360 end of twenty eighteen. Yeah, but I still think that 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:28.400 he was more consistent in twenty nineteen and he was 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:32.040 more effective in twenty nineteen. All Right, that's fair. Who 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:36.199 will be the most improved Titan in twenty twenty? Maybe 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:38.040 you can go first, and then I'm gonna let Jim go, 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.319 and then I've got one. Well can I pull one 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.280 that it's kind of a cop out answer, Well, yeah, sure, 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:46.680 what have you won? Okay? I think Jeffrey Simmons, because 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:50.760 he's going to have a full year, have a full offseason, 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:54.199 have a working leg. I mean, he's already leaps and 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:57.760 bounds above where he was at this point a year ago. 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:01.959 So I think that, just by a productivity standpoint and 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:05.000 not having so many cards stacked against him, I think 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:08.160 Jeffrey Simmons is my guy. So we've already done something 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.679 with Jeffrey Simmons for TV and I asked him the question, 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:14.800 I said, where is your knee braves? Yeah, he does 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:16.760 not know where it is. He doesn't know where it is. 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.599 I don't know where it is. I happy because I 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:22.160 thought maybe he burned it or he was going to 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:24.679 auction it off for charity. But he said, you know 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:26.599 the truth is, I don't even know where it is. 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:30.000 I said, that's the best answer you could have given me. 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.120 That makes me happy. That means it's not even in 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.400 his mind. In his mind, Jim Wyatt, all right, So 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:38.319 I'm gonna give it to you. Who is going to 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:43.080 end up being the most improved Titan in twenty twenty. Well, 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.040 I'm going with A J. Brown. And people say that's 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:48.240 crazy because this had a thousand yards receiving last year 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:50.880 and eight touchdowns and you know, he already looked like 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:53.120 he was NFL ready last year. But I think that 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.440 just kind of was to tip the iceberg for him 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:57.640 about how good he can be. He can better those 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:01.280 numbers and then some because I think he's going to 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:04.679 be that much better from you know, a technique standpoint, 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.319 from a knowing what defenses are trying to do to him. 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:09.720 You know, it lit a fire underneath them. The fact 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.200 that he didn't have some success late in the season 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:14.520 and some of those games that he did early in 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.760 the year, and I think he's motivated to show that 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:23.400 he can be a tremendous pro and you know, felt 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:28.240 the perceived snub from being third in offensive Rookie of 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:30.400 the Year. I think has been on his mind as well. 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.280 So I think A. J. Brown takes it up another 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.560 notch in twenty and twenty and is uh, you know, 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:40.960 becomes a Pro Bowl caliber receiver. Maybe Wells. Who is 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.320 Mike Keith gonna say? I don't know. I'm sitting here 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.920 looking at my roster trying to figure out who you're 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:50.400 gonna say, someone goofy. I've got no say. Who am 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.280 I going to say? He's gonna say a Moni hooker? No? 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:56.400 Actually no, although I thought about that, I think it's 0:14:56.440 --> 0:15:01.680 Adam Humphries. I wouldn't h And it's not fair to 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:05.280 say he played poorly because he didn't. I just think 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:07.960 he never got on the same page with Mariota because 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:11.200 Mariota was, you know, let's face it, markets in the 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:15.400 same book. No, he wasn't playing that well. And then 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.640 he finally gets Tannehill in there and it looks like 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:21.800 they're gonna establish some rhythm and he gets hurt. I 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:25.800 think we will see the Adam Humphreys from twenty eighteen 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:29.800 in Tampa with the Tennessee Titans in twenty twenty. I 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:32.400 think you're talking about a guy. I think he leads 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:35.200 the team in catches and I'm not saying he leads 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:37.280 the team in yards. I think he leads the team 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:41.480 in catches. Reaction response, I'm here for it. I think 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:44.520 that's great. I was excited when we signed him last year. 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.880 I was disappointed that he didn't get off to the 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:51.840 start that I think we all, including himself, wanted him too. Sure, 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:55.920 So I'm I'm okay with that, Mike, Like, if he's 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.320 the most improved Titan, that would make me very happy. 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:01.040 And I think that our why receiver room would be 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:05.760 pretty pretty solid if Adam Humphries has the season that 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:08.480 we're all expecting him to have. You spent some time 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:10.840 with him, didn't you, Jim. I did. Yeah. There's actually 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.480 a story on Tennessee Titans dot com about Adam Humphries 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:16.320 that was posted this morning, so good timing on that. 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:19.680 And he's excited. I mean, I think he felt, like, 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:23.000 you know, he would make more of an impact at 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:26.400 times last season, and just the transition and getting comfortable 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:29.280 in a new offense and with new quarterbacks. That off 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:32.120 obviously was an adjustment for him. There was a stretch 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.560 there in the middle of the season where he was 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:37.520 having games where he caught four or five passes and 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:39.440 he felt good, and then he had the ankle injury 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:43.320 in Indianapolis and missed six games, including the two playoff games. 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:48.400 You know, he feels like the team having tanney Hill back, 0:16:48.520 --> 0:16:51.280 the team having so much continuity on offense, that's going 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:54.040 to go a long ways. And you know, he's comfortable 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:57.000 in Tennessee. You know, in Tampa he talked about, you know, 0:16:57.120 --> 0:16:59.200 living in an apartment with two of his teammates his 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.440 entire time there, and now he's bought his own place 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:06.120 here in Tennessee. Again, he's fired up by tanney Hill. 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:08.600 He did a lot of work this saw season to 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.399 get himself ready to go. And I think that's a 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:14.000 good kind of breakout candidate because you look at his 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:16.680 numbers and they don't jump off the page at you. 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:18.560 But you got to consider that he did miss a 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:22.440 significant stretch and he was adjusting the different quarterbacks like 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:26.119 everybody else. So he's a good candidate to make a 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.359 huge jump in my mind as well. All right, telling 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:32.880 me ask you this we're at August seventh. The Titans 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:38.719 had one player opt out, Anthony McKinney, an undrafted rookie 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:42.080 offensive lineman who quite frankly, was going to be hard 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:45.399 pressed to make this roster, and so the Titans current 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:48.200 roster was not affected by the opt out thing to 0:17:48.280 --> 0:17:52.120 a big degree. Now they're in a situation where Vick 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:57.040 Beasley is back, Jayon Brown has been activated from pup. 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:00.960 He's back to work or ready to start work as 0:18:01.040 --> 0:18:04.679 they get deeper into things, waiting on Corey Davis at 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:07.600 this point, he's still on the pup. So things have 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:09.560 settled down a little bit. Jim, I'm gonna give you 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:14.000 first cracking the namy. You go with some cap money. 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.760 Does John Robinson, now that he's got some things sorted out, 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:21.240 does he start to make a few moves? Now? Is 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:25.800 this where he starts to kick some tires and light 0:18:25.920 --> 0:18:28.480 some fires and bring some free agents? And I know 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:32.159 everybody's gonna assume this is a Jadevian clowney comment, not 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.399 just saying that maybe he does, maybe he doesn't. But 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.960 do we see business start to pick up for Titans 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:41.120 as far as free agents, no matter who that may be. Well, 0:18:41.320 --> 0:18:44.000 I guess with John nothing surprises me because he is 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:48.040 aggressive and he does you know, he does surprise people 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:51.520 from time to time on some of the bold moves 0:18:51.600 --> 0:18:55.639 that he makes Personally. I mean, I kind of get 0:18:55.720 --> 0:18:59.760 the hunch that because he's waited so long this offseason 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:05.240 ootas and many camps and really an offseason program, I 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:07.879 just think he's chomping at the bit to see his 0:19:08.080 --> 0:19:10.680 own guys, and I think he's going to give those 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:15.280 players a long look during the early portion of camp 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:19.439 to kind of gauge what he has exactly, and if 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:23.000 he doesn't like what he has after a couple of 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.320 weeks or it feels like the team needs to upgrade 0:19:25.320 --> 0:19:28.480 at certain positions, I kind of think that's when he 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:32.600 jumps out and makes a move, you know, at certain spots. 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:34.879 I thought it was interesting when the team cut down, 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:36.760 you know, got us roster down to eighty, that the 0:19:36.840 --> 0:19:39.960 team parted ways with players that had some experience, not 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:42.879 the undrafted guys that probably some people expected. And the 0:19:42.920 --> 0:19:45.160 reason the team did that because they want to look 0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:47.480 at these undrafted guys and then at that point they 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:50.960 feel like the guys that they released initially are going 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:53.240 to be better options. Then you'll bring those guys back. 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:55.640 But I think this is the time now, whether it's 0:19:55.640 --> 0:19:57.800 with Logan Woodside or whether it's with some of the 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.439 rookies who are gonna be buying for spots. I think 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:02.800 you got to give those guys a shot, and then 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:05.399 I think you kind of jump in and add to 0:20:05.480 --> 0:20:08.280 the roster because we still have time. I mean, the 0:20:08.440 --> 0:20:11.359 seasons still over a month from now. Some of these 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:14.080 veterans you'd be bringing in, maybe they don't need the 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:18.080 camp as much as some other guys do. So I'm 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:20.080 over the feeling that he's going to wait a little bit, 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:23.520 look at what he has, and then decide to make 0:20:23.600 --> 0:20:26.840 some moves. I think you also have to consider the 0:20:27.320 --> 0:20:30.840 financial aspect of this, and Mike you had mentioned that, 0:20:31.240 --> 0:20:33.080 you know, we still have some cap room and money 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:36.000 to work with, and I think that John Robinson is 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:39.200 going to be a little bit more I don't know 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:41.320 if frugal is the right word, but he's going to 0:20:41.400 --> 0:20:45.080 be a little bit more aware of socking away some 0:20:45.359 --> 0:20:48.040 extra money for the season than maybe we would see 0:20:48.040 --> 0:20:51.240 in other situations. Because we don't know what this season 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:53.760 is going to look like. There's a chance that there 0:20:53.800 --> 0:20:56.680 could be a lot of turnover on a roster, and 0:20:56.800 --> 0:20:59.359 you've got to have money to pay people to play 0:20:59.480 --> 0:21:03.720 for you. So it wouldn't surprise me if everyone kind 0:21:03.760 --> 0:21:05.920 of sits on this team that we have for a while, 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:09.000 really evaluate the guys that are in the building, see 0:21:09.040 --> 0:21:11.760 what we can put together, and then make some tough 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:13.879 decisions from there. But I don't think you're going to 0:21:13.960 --> 0:21:17.120 see any big just blow them out of the water, 0:21:17.280 --> 0:21:21.879 big surprise moves until after training camp is over, and 0:21:22.280 --> 0:21:24.480 John Robinson may look at this roster and say, Okay, 0:21:24.520 --> 0:21:26.119 we need to fill in some pieces. But I think 0:21:26.160 --> 0:21:28.000 he's going to hang on to more money than he 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:31.200