1 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,600 Speaker 1: Healthcare coverage from Farm Bureau Health Plans. It's like an 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: extra set of pads when you need them the most. 4 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven with 5 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith, and the twenty twenty one 6 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: draft is in the books. The Tennessee Titans got to work, 7 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: and work they did, particularly on defense, particularly in the secondary, 8 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: and overall though you see them and what they're able 9 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 1: to do with this draft class, Amy, I think they're 10 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: gonna feel pretty good about meeting the majority of their needs. Absolutely. 11 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 1: I think the thing that stands out to me the 12 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: most when I look at this list is how they 13 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: addressed so many different positions of need. Obviously, the secondary 14 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: was a place that the Tennessee Titans needed help, a 15 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: lot of it due to injury in twenty twenty. But 16 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: now having had to make some of the roster adjustments 17 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: that they've made, there are some holes to fill and 18 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: they addressed that this week in the draft, so that's 19 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 1: a big deal. But they also were able to address 20 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 1: the offensive line, which is a place where they're going 21 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: to need some depth they were able to add a 22 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: wide receiver, they were able to add some linebackers, so 23 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: they were able to cover a lot of ground in 24 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: three days, which I think is a really big deal 25 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: for John Robinson and the rest of the scouting team. 26 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 1: The words that continue to come out around the league 27 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 1: about Caleb Farley is that he talked with other teams 28 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: and as they did their due diligence like the Titans did, 29 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: that his medicals were coming back in an exceedingly positive manner, 30 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: not just for the Titans but for others. This pick 31 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: looks better in the light of day three days later 32 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 1: than it did on Thursday night. Absolutely, we were all 33 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 1: excited when Caleb Farley became kind of a possibility for 34 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, and you started to see how the 35 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: boards were shaping up. Everyone started to say, Okay, this 36 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: could actually happen, and then it did. Now a couple 37 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: days later, when we start to get more information and 38 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: hear more stories about how his medicals shook out like 39 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: you were saying, and just what kind of a player 40 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: he is. This is a really, really good get for 41 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, and it feels like less of a 42 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: risk today. On Saturday than it did on Thursday night. 43 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: It doesn't seem like a bold choice by John Robinson. 44 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: It feels like the right guy for the job. They 45 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 1: get another corner two on Friday night at number one hundred, 46 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: and I would say of all of the Titans picks, 47 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: the one that is being celebrated the most in terms 48 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: of the player, where you got him and what his 49 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:58,799 Speaker 1: value is is Elijah Molden from Washington, the five nine 50 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 1: and a half one hundred one pound corner who people 51 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: really feel like he's going to play the slot corner 52 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: in the pros. He's the son of former NFL player 53 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: Alex Molden, and gosh, I mean, by the time I 54 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: got home early Saturday morning and was, you know, looking 55 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: at different things all over the web, the fact that 56 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: the Titans were able to get him at number one 57 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: hundred was being applauded by most everybody. Yeah, which is 58 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,920 Speaker 1: so great. And this is also a testament to what 59 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 1: John Robinson and his team is able to do. They 60 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: are so good at finding that guy that's a going 61 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: to fit their system so well, but also as a 62 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: steal where everybody kind of looks at each other and goes, 63 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 1: wait a minute, how do we miss that? Why didn't 64 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: we get that guy? Really excited to have him because 65 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: of his versatility. What he's going to be able to 66 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: do in that defensive backfield and also some other places 67 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: where he might be able to contribute. Is that special 68 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: teams we'll see. But I think that he's going to 69 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: be a guy who's going to make an immediate impact 70 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: on this Titans team, if for no other reason, because 71 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: he's going to provide some competition at some of those spots. 72 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: And the Titans staff saying that Elijah Moulden's virtual interviews 73 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: were the best of any player that they worked with, 74 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: And again, I think it comes from a guy whose 75 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 1: dad was a pro, knows what it takes. I was 76 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: reading his bio too, and part of his game is 77 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: that he just takes it so seriously. On his questionnaire, 78 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: it said what are your pregame rituals? He says, I 79 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:36,719 Speaker 1: don't have any I don't even listen to music. I 80 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: just show up ready to play. That's who he is. 81 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 1: He's not afraid of anybody. I think there's some Courtland 82 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: Finnegan to this guy. There is certainly some scrap to 83 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: this guy, and I think that's one of the reasons 84 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,559 Speaker 1: that Robinson and Raybell like you. I think that's great, 85 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: but not listening to music in pregame, Like dude doesn't 86 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: listen to music in pregame. I think all he cares 87 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: about is just getting to the ballpark and playing ball, 88 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: and that's what it comes down to. So Elijah Molden 89 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: at number one hundred is the pick that is getting 90 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: the most praise universally in terms of value for the spot, 91 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: and he was taking at number one hundred. The one 92 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: that's close to it is Dylan Raidens, the North Dakota 93 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 1: State offensive tackle. All of the draft analysts we're thrilled 94 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 1: with this pick for the Titans. They feel like he's 95 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,919 Speaker 1: going to play ball for Tennessee at some position in 96 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. And you had a chance to visit 97 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: with him. I know you were impressed, But this is 98 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: exactly what the doctor ordered for this ball club right now. Absolutely, 99 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 1: he's someone that can provide depth. He's someone that maybe 100 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: could fill him right away at that right table spot. 101 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 1: There's a lot of things that he can do, and 102 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: he's ready to go. He's not afraid of coming in 103 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: and being a rookie. He's ready to learn and he's 104 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: ready to compete for a spot, and I think he 105 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: takes it really seriously. He understands what the position of 106 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: being an offensive lineman means. He's got that personality to him, 107 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: you know, very protective and wants to make sure that 108 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: the people around him are able to do their jobs well, 109 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: running the ball, throwing the ball, all the things that 110 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: skill players do. And he takes it really seriously. And 111 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: I think that that's something that's going to fit in 112 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,680 Speaker 1: really well to that offensive line room. Well. I mean 113 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: we've heard this from Farley, from Raidens, from Molden, and 114 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: as you go down the list of guys, I think 115 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: there was a big focus in this entire draft class 116 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: on people who are extremely serious about football, their football 117 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: careers and doing their jobs. I mean, they all seem 118 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: to have the Robinson Rabel thing in common. It's apparent 119 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: it's something that they certainly dug for, but I don't 120 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: think they had to dig very hard to find it 121 00:06:56,279 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 1: in these players. Yeah, it just continues to show how 122 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: much importance this team puts on being the right fit 123 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: for this team. Right Listen, there are a lot of 124 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: good players that have been on the board when the 125 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: Titans have been picking. There are a lot of guys 126 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: who have been high rated and all those different things, 127 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 1: but you've got to be the right fit. You've got 128 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: to work with this locker room, with this style of 129 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: human being, because if not, you're not going to last. 130 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: You're not going to be able to make the impact 131 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: on the field, if you can't even get to the 132 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: field because you're not meshing well with the rest of 133 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: the culture in the Tennessee Titans. Well, and here's the 134 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: other thing too. They've said this, and this has been 135 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: an important part of what they've done since John Robinson 136 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: has been here and since Mike vrabel has come on 137 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: after year two of John Robinson as GM. But they 138 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: redoubled it in this offseason after what happened with Isaiah Wilson. 139 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:00,760 Speaker 1: They went back and they even they refocused that even more. 140 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: It became even more of a priority for obvious reasons. 141 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 1: And as I dealt with Caleb Farley at the stadium 142 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 1: and had a chance to spend time with him, he 143 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 1: asked me a question. I'm going to share this. I 144 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: don't think he would mind. He said, who's fastest guy 145 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: on the team? I said, well, I don't know he 146 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 1: said me. I mean, this is a guy who has 147 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: run in the four twos and he takes seriously, very seriously, 148 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: how his speed impacts his game. And of course the 149 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: first thing he said to John Robinson is when do 150 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: I get the playbook when you meet him? I mean, 151 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: he was there with his dad doing the things that 152 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: you need to do. But it was clear to me 153 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 1: that it was business with this kid. Was he excited 154 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: to be at Nissan Stadium, Yes, Was he excited that 155 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: there was a big welcome Caleb Farley on the JumboTron? Yes. 156 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: Did he take pictures for social media, Yes, but he 157 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: gets that that's great. But what he's here to do 158 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: is be an impact player in twenty twenty one. And 159 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: that struck me as I interviewed him for Titans All Access, 160 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: which will come out next weekend. Yeah, I think that 161 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: that is what Mike Vrabel specifically is looking for, because 162 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: that's how Mike Vrabel is. This is a job. It's 163 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,439 Speaker 1: a glamorous job. There are some fun things that come 164 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: along with it. At the end of the day, you 165 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:31,439 Speaker 1: are here for ball and that's it, right. You are 166 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: here to contribute to this football team, and that is 167 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: what we take seriously. All the other stuff will kind 168 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: of come, and that can be all well and good 169 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 1: and something you participate in when you're not doing your 170 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: job that is football. And it is so clear that 171 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: that is what they want to be on this football team. 172 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 1: They want every single person to realize this is a job. 173 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 1: And then there's that other stuff. That's right, and the 174 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:01,719 Speaker 1: other stuff's great, but that's not what you're here for. 175 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: That's not what you were hired to do. That's exactly right, 176 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: all right. So the only other pick from Day one 177 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: and Day two was Monty Rice, the linebacker at number 178 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: ninety two out of Georgia, and that was the one 179 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: that sort of had a lot of people going who 180 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: that kind of surprised me, and I think it surprised 181 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 1: us that the linebacker pick came in the third round. 182 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: It didn't surprise because of the depth issue at linebacker, 183 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 1: and we went over that on Titans Radio. The Titans 184 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: have almost no depth at inside linebacker right now. They 185 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: have Jayon Brown and Rashaun Evans and David Long and 186 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: then three other guys that they have signed, and one 187 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,719 Speaker 1: b J. Bellow, has played in the league, but he's 188 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: more of a special teams guy. The other two have 189 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: never been on an active roster. Monty Rice is here 190 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: to compete not just for special teams, but to be 191 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: depth overall going forward in case they need a linebacker 192 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: to come in the game. And the other thing too, 193 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: is when you look at contracts past this year, they're 194 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: gonna be decisions that are gonna have to be made. 195 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: So they had to go get a linebacker that they 196 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: feel like can potentially get on the field and play snaps. 197 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: The other thing too, that jumps out to me about him, 198 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: and I've really been digging in him since day two 199 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: ended because I really wanted to learn a lot more 200 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: and that is speed speed speed, speed four or five 201 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: seven in the forty And I think they feel like 202 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: they needed to bring in another quality linebacker that's a 203 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: quality prospect, but a guy that could run, who can 204 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: potentially be a three down linebacker, And that is why 205 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: they grabbed him at that point. Well, and realistically, you've 206 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 1: got to think about the people that he will be 207 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 1: learning behind. He'll be in the room with a Jayon Brown, 208 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: with a Rashaun Evans, with some of those guys who 209 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 1: can really not only show him how to be a 210 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 1: pro but can show him kind of the ropes. I mean, 211 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: he's walking into a world where we all know Mike 212 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: Vrabel likes to work with the linebackers and like really 213 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: work with the linebackers. He likes to get his hands 214 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: on them, and so being able to be a part 215 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: of that and have other guys that are around him 216 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,080 Speaker 1: to kind of let him know this is how you 217 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: maneuver that situation. Keith has the opportunity to learn this 218 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 1: system while still contributing on special teams and kind of 219 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,720 Speaker 1: being that guy. He gets a chance to really grow 220 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: in this space, which I think some people come in 221 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 1: and it can be a little jarring because it's a 222 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: little bit different to have a coach like Mike Vrabel 223 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 1: who's so involved specifically in your development. Well, I think 224 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: a lot of the picks were made very obviously with 225 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one in mind, and Farley is clearly that 226 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: Raidens is clearly that I think Molden is going to 227 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 1: be in the mix for that as well, and some 228 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: of the others we'll talk about in a minute. Monty 229 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: Rice was a guy they took not only for twenty 230 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: twenty one, but for beyond, you know, because because you're 231 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: always having to anticipate some things in the beyond. And 232 00:13:08,520 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: I think most people probably thought linebacker. On Day three. 233 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: They saw a guy that fit them so well and 234 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: he was the best player on their board. That's why 235 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: they grabbed him. I get it more spending time with 236 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: it after the fact. Then at that moment when I 237 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: saw Monty Rice Georgia, I knew him. He's an SEC player, 238 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 1: He's very good linebacker. My question wasn't him. My question 239 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: was linebacker at this spot. But then you see what 240 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 1: they were able to do on Day three, and you 241 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: understand it because everybody's like, okay, receiver. Well then you 242 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 1: grabb Dez Fitzpatrick trading up. You know you're able to 243 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: trade some picks that you had gathered to get Monty Rice. 244 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 1: You know you're able to get the extra four. And 245 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:57,959 Speaker 1: so you go up and you get Dez Fitzpatrick from Louisville. 246 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 1: And this is a guy I like a lot because again, 247 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: he fits the template the Titans because they play two 248 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: tight ends a lot. Amy are not gonna play a 249 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: lot of three receivers sets. They will in certain situations, 250 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: but they're gonna play two tight ends, two receivers and 251 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: the receivers are generally gonna be bigger. Des Fitzpatrick from 252 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: Louisville six two two O two four four to seven 253 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: in the forty very productive receiver for the Cardinals, even 254 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: though two two at well was really the focus. This 255 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: is a guy nearly twenty four years old, he'll be 256 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 1: twenty four by the end of the season. Four year 257 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: ball player, you know, physical guy, played one on one 258 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: on the outside, and so you say, Okay, there's your 259 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:49,400 Speaker 1: guy that makes total sense that you dealt that the 260 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: draft picks to get up and go get this guy. Yeah, 261 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: he's got the body type, he's got the skill set 262 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: that can compliment what the Titans do on offense anyway, 263 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: and he has some familiarity with the program because he's 264 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: been watching it for a while. He said that he's 265 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: been watching the Titans since Corey Davis was drafted, So 266 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: he's kind of got an idea of what he's walking into. 267 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: And who wouldn't want to walk into a room with 268 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: a J. Brown? Are you kidding me? How much fun 269 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: is that? But he's a guy that really can compliment 270 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: with the Titans are already doing on offense and can 271 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: fit right in. You're right because his body, typed and 272 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: skill set are just made for this Titans offense. The 273 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: other receiver that they took at number two oh five overall, 274 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 1: Racy McMath from LSU, maybe the most interesting player in 275 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: the entire group. Racy McMath, And this is just crazy. 276 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: He's a kid out of New Orleans. He's nearly six three, 277 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: he's two hundred and fifteen pounds, he runs under four 278 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: to four. Benn's press is almost four hundred pounds. And 279 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: he's this amazing athlete. And he goes to LSU and 280 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: what happens. They only have twenty wide receivers there. You know, 281 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,359 Speaker 1: he's played with all these receivers and he's been overshadowed. 282 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:57,520 Speaker 1: So his only way to get on the field was 283 00:15:57,560 --> 00:15:59,920 Speaker 1: to play special teams. For the majority of his career, 284 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: he played over five hundred special teams snaps. And then 285 00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: he goes to Senior Bowl and he blows everybody away 286 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: with the special team's work. Here's what's interesting about him 287 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: as a receiver. So he finally became a starter this 288 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 1: year and then he missed the last four games of 289 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 1: the season with a hamstring injury. So his time to 290 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: sort of show himself kind of went out the window 291 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,800 Speaker 1: because LSU didn't throw it that well, and then he 292 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: misses forty percent of the season with injury. Okay, got that. 293 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: But he plays in the slot a lot. And I 294 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: reached out to Mike Detillier because he's in Louisiana from 295 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 1: the MD draft report. I said, tell me about Racy 296 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: McMath and he said, of all of the LSU receivers 297 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: that he played with during that time, he's the fastest. Wow, 298 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: he has incredible upside. He's got a lot to learn 299 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: about route tree and things like this. But he's a 300 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: ball player. You know, he's big, he's physical. He was 301 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: listed at two twenty four. At his pro day. He 302 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 1: weighed two eleven and so I was going back to 303 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: the two twenty fourth and here's what's going through my mind. 304 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 1: Titans didn't draft a tight end. So I asked Mike Dee. 305 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: I said, is there any chance that with his body type, 306 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 1: they're thinking bulk this guy up and make a tight 307 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 1: end out of him. He's absolutely not. He said. He's 308 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 1: a receiver and if he's in the right situation, you 309 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: know he's got a chance to be a better pro 310 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 1: receiver that a college receiver. And We've seen this out 311 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,720 Speaker 1: of a lot of LSU receivers where they've been good, 312 00:17:27,800 --> 00:17:30,280 Speaker 1: solid college guys, but then they've gone to the NFL 313 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: where they throw it more and they do more. And 314 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,680 Speaker 1: so maybe Racy McMath is going to be that guy 315 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 1: for the Titans. But the Titans don't have a better 316 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: athlete in this group of draft picks well, and that's 317 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 1: encouraging and should be exciting for Titans fans because when 318 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: you see someone with raw talent and ability, you can 319 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 1: coach the rest of that stuff. And the Titans have 320 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: a lot of good teachers on their staff, so combining 321 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: good teachers with someone who has raw ability and Jess 322 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: need maybe some coaching to refine some of the things 323 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 1: that he does, but also just needs more balls thrown 324 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: his way. I mean, at a place like LSU, you've 325 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 1: got some grown men in front of you. And it's 326 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: not because you too are not a grown man, but 327 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: there's only one football. That's the reality, that's true. The 328 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 1: only guy who threw the ball for them though, was 329 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow in twenty nineteen. I mean, you remember, coming 330 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: out of twenty eighteen, they still didn't have a passing offense, right, 331 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: and then Joe Burrow goes in there in twenty nineteen 332 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: and LSU starts throwing the ball all over the place. 333 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,000 Speaker 1: And then last year they were kind of right back 334 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: to where they were before where they threw it, but 335 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: they certainly didn't throw it like they did in twenty nineteen. 336 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 1: And I mean, we'll see, you know, we'll see what 337 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: McMath can do. But I think you've hit on something 338 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:54,199 Speaker 1: really important there, and that's Rob Moore, the Titans wide 339 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: receiver coach. Think about what he did with Corey Davis. 340 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,639 Speaker 1: Corey Davis got better. Think about what he's done with A. J. Brown. 341 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: Think about what he has done with some other guys 342 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: that they've put in Situationally, Cam Batson is an improved 343 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: player under him, So that's exactly right. Racy McMath might 344 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: be a big find, particularly if he could go in 345 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: a slot when you go three wide receivers. Oh my goodness. 346 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 1: I was really thrilled of the third day picks. I 347 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: think the one that I went yes, Yes, Yes on 348 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:31,359 Speaker 1: was Rashad Weaver, the outside linebacker from Pitt For a 349 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: lot of reasons. He's six four, he's two sixty five, 350 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: he's got the long wingspan, He's the guy that can 351 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: put his hand in the dirt and rush the passer 352 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: when you go in those situations where you're gonna line 353 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:51,199 Speaker 1: up four guys just to rush. He can play outside backer. 354 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: He plays the run well. So the Titans have two 355 00:19:55,359 --> 00:20:00,399 Speaker 1: outside backers coming from the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bud Dupree and 356 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: Ola Daney, and now they have one coming from the 357 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: University of Pittsburgh pitt and Rashad Weaver. What's funny about Weavers. 358 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: He's almost the exact same size as bud Dupree. He's 359 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:17,359 Speaker 1: got that Derek Morgan type size, which you really like 360 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:20,119 Speaker 1: to set that edge and not only be able to 361 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: rush the passer, but to play the run well. And 362 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: he already has a relationship with bud Dupre. They know 363 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 1: each other, they've spent some time together, they have some 364 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: mutual people in common, and so they've had experiences with 365 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,320 Speaker 1: each other dinner, things like that. But to already have 366 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: that relationship with him and have that established kind of 367 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 1: maybe built in teacher, someone who can kind of take 368 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: him under his wing, the sky's the limit for him, 369 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: especially when he already has those physical attributes that you're 370 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: looking for. I think that's really exciting, and the more 371 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: good players that we can steal from the Pittsburgh area, 372 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: I am all for it. Let's go. The first thing 373 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: I thought about with Weaver was the bud Dupree thing, 374 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: because I didn't know before he talked that they knew 375 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 1: each other. But I'm absolutely sure he's a bud Dupree fan. 376 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: You know, you're one hundred percent sure that a guy 377 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 1: who's this aware, he's another one who will be twenty 378 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: four years old during the course of the season, So 379 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: he's not twenty and he's gonna know exactly who bud 380 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,680 Speaker 1: Dupree is. He's gonna have watched and studied his game 381 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: and just think about what that's gonna mean to him 382 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: to sit down in a room with bud Dupree. If 383 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: bud Dupree carries his tray out of the cafeteria in 384 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: a certain way, he's gonna do it the exact same way. 385 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,280 Speaker 1: And that's one hundred percent what you want to see. Absolutely, 386 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: You like those guys who walk in day one, take 387 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: it seriously, No right away, the guys that they need 388 00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: to be watching, talking to, emulating and can just go 389 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: do it. And then they got a safety in Brady Breeze, 390 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:54,719 Speaker 1: converted linebacker, sat out this year at Oregon, and you know, 391 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 1: it happened to a lot of those Pac twelve guys 392 00:21:57,720 --> 00:21:59,880 Speaker 1: because the Pac twelve was not gonna play. You remember 393 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 1: that they have decided they weren't going to play, and 394 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: then they decided they would play late. And he came back, 395 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 1: Brady Breese did and said, well, I've already sort of 396 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: committed myself to what I'm gonna do in terms of 397 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: getting ready, So he opted out. If he doesn't opt out, 398 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: he's probably higher than the two hundred and fifteenth pick 399 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 1: because his story first two years at Oregon, he's a 400 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: special team's demon, converted linebacker, backup safety, ends up in 401 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 1: his career playing over seven hundred special team snaps. So 402 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: then his junior year nineteen and this is guy was 403 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,959 Speaker 1: a four star recruit and is the nephew of Chad Cota, 404 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 1: who played safety in the league for a long time. 405 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:50,880 Speaker 1: So I mean he's a heralded type prospect. So he 406 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: doesn't become their starter and the consistent starting guy in 407 00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: Oregon's defense until at the end, and then they go 408 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,639 Speaker 1: to the Rose Bowl and they play Wisconsin and he 409 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 1: just goes off eleven tackles for his fumble fumble recovery, 410 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,879 Speaker 1: I think he scored a touchdown. He's the MVP of 411 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty Rose Bowl, yep. So if he doesn't 412 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,880 Speaker 1: opt out, and if he plays as well as he 413 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: did at the end of twenty nineteen, he ain't last 414 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: until day three. Problem and the opt out thing, and 415 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty season in general has just been so 416 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 1: screwy you almost can't even take that as part of 417 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: the story when evaluating someone because the circumstances were just 418 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: so bizarre across college football. Yeah, and it's one of 419 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: those things that it's so frustrating now because you wish 420 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: you could see what these guys could have done. But 421 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 1: I guess the plus side is there's a lot of 422 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: people who are really hungry to get out and play 423 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,439 Speaker 1: in the National Football League and are so excited to 424 00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:57,160 Speaker 1: get back to real organized football. I mean, he's been 425 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:01,320 Speaker 1: working out for a year, right, That is that is 426 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: not football. Working out as important it is valuable, but 427 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 1: you don't get the same experience as actually being in 428 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 1: football routine with your teammates. So I guess the plus 429 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: side of what a goofy year twenty twenty was is 430 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: that you get a lot of guys who are coming 431 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,719 Speaker 1: into the Titans locker room who are hungry and they 432 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 1: are fired up. That's right, that's right, And I mean 433 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 1: the fact of the matter is the Titans haven't opening 434 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:33,120 Speaker 1: it's safety. Brady Breeze could win that job. He could 435 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: start at safety in week one. Now. Amani Hooker is 436 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: going to have something to say about that, and Dan 437 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: Crookshank's gonna have something to say about that. And there 438 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 1: may be others, you know, Matthias Farley may have something 439 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: to say about that. We'll see. But two corners, a 440 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 1: linebacker inside, a linebacker outside safety, two big receivers, and 441 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: an offensive line. So that's your group. I guess the 442 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: thing that everybody's talking about as the draft ends for 443 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,800 Speaker 1: the Titans is no tight end. And the Titans currently 444 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: have five tight ends on their roster. Jeff Swaim and 445 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 1: Anthony Firks. Are you know those guys are playing ball. 446 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: Parker Hessey is entering his third year out of Iowa. 447 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: He's a converted defensive lineman. He's gonna have to make 448 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: a move to make the roster. Tommy Hudson is a 449 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: guy who's on the practice squad last year spent part 450 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: of the season on the suspended list. He's good blocker, 451 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: He's got a chance. And then you know Jared Pickney 452 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 1: from Vanderbilt, who's in his second year away from the 453 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: Vanderbilt program, is the wildcard in all of this. Is 454 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,159 Speaker 1: he the guy that maybe takes the place of the 455 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: draft pick? Is he the guy who can make the move? 456 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, it's possible. And we also have to remember, 457 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 1: Mike that there's still some people who are in free 458 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 1: agency right And that's what I was gonna say is 459 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: maybe the Titans are a team that decides to spend 460 00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: some money and they don't have a lot of money 461 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: right now, and you know, they're they're still gonna be 462 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: cap issues. They're still gonna be moves that they have 463 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: to make. But do they say, I'm going to spend 464 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: some of that dough and bring in another veteran, you know? 465 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: And that may be what they do. The other thing, too, 466 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 1: is let's say Kendall Lamb does not win one of 467 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,359 Speaker 1: the starting jobs on the offensive line. What did he 468 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: do and has he done throughout his career? He's played 469 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: the jumbo tight end. You know, come in in the 470 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:44,480 Speaker 1: blocking situations as the extra tight end. David Quessenberry has 471 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:48,159 Speaker 1: done the same thing, So maybe the Titans don't carry 472 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: as many tight ends this year. It's obviously going to 473 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: be an area that you have to address. And you 474 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: never come out of the draft getting everything. You can't, No, 475 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: I don't think. I mean unless you have thirty eight picks, 476 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 1: which you don't unless you are some select teams that 477 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: just collect picks most of the time. You don't have 478 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,440 Speaker 1: a million picks in the draft. You just don't. So 479 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: you address the areas of need. You address based on 480 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: what is on the board that's in front of you. 481 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: But do you get everything. No. For months, we've been 482 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,400 Speaker 1: talking about how there's probably going to be a third 483 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 1: wave of free agency where teams are going to be 484 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: making some cuts and adding some new people. The cap 485 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: situation is weird this year. It just is, and it's 486 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: playing a big part in all of this. So now 487 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: we wait and see what happens with free agency, and 488 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,679 Speaker 1: we see kind of how rosters shape up through team's 489 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: offseason programs, and then we'll address it again at training camp. 490 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 1: That's the next time that we'll kind of look at 491 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,160 Speaker 1: this and see what we've got, absolutely good stuff. Amy 492 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 1: will seventy nine players on the Titans roster as the 493 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 1: draft ends, So you know, they could waive a guy 494 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: or two and sign more than eleven undrafted free agents, 495 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,879 Speaker 1: or they could sign right at eleven, or maybe they 496 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: just take nine or ten and go out and sign 497 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: another veteran free agent somewhere to add some depth, because 498 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: they're going to be some guys looking for jobs and 499 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 1: they're going to be some more veterans. Unfortunately that get 500 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:25,120 Speaker 1: cut in the next week to month based on what 501 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: teams got in this draft because you've got to get cheaper. 502 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: I think one thing's for sure, a veteran player making 503 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 1: the Titans roster to just play special teams probably doesn't 504 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: happen this year. Yeah, I mean the Titans have done 505 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 1: well with that. Obviously. We love Darren Bates, Nick Dzubnar. 506 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: We've seen Brendan Trowick do it. I mean, there have 507 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,800 Speaker 1: been guys who have done that and they are playing 508 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 1: for more than the rookie minimum. It's just hard to see. Now. Now, 509 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,959 Speaker 1: maybe that changes, maybe some money gets freed up and 510 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,040 Speaker 1: you can figure out a way to do that. But 511 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: it looks like, you know, these guys, drafting Breeze a 512 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 1: good special teams player, Drafting McMath a good special teams player, 513 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:14,080 Speaker 1: Drafting Monnie Rice a guy who figures to play special teams. 514 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: You know, those sorts of things were done with the 515 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: idea in mind. You're not going to be able to 516 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: spend two to two and a half million dollars on 517 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 1: a guy to cover kicks in the twenty twenty one 518 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: scenario for most teams. It's just it's just probably not 519 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 1: going to happen in many places around the league. Yeah, 520 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: but what an opportunity for some of these young guys 521 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 1: to get on the field and make plays and show 522 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: that they can. I think that this is gonna shake 523 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: out well for some young players who really are able 524 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: to take advantage of that situation, because you're gonna need 525 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: bodies out there. I mean, yes, you want playmakers, and 526 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 1: you want guys who are good at that position, but 527 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you still got to 528 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: field a whole team of people out there. And I 529 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: think it's gibe a really good opportunity for some young 530 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: guys who maybe can't get the snaps that they want 531 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: within their respective positions, especially on the defensive side of 532 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: the wall, but they want to show that they can 533 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,280 Speaker 1: make plays and earn a spot on the active roster. 534 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 1: The OTP is brought to you by Farm Bureau Health Plants. 535 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 1: Let the expertive Farm Bureau Health Plants coach you through it, 536 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,680 Speaker 1: and then you need great healthcare coverage at a price 537 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: you can afford. 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