WEBVTT - The OTP: Draft Recap 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.920 This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:16.600 Healthcare coverage from Farm Bureau Health Plans. It's like an 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:18.760 extra set of pads when you need them the most. 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:23.000 They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven with 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:25.919 Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith, and the twenty twenty one 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:30.840 draft is in the books. The Tennessee Titans got to work, 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:38.400 and work they did, particularly on defense, particularly in the secondary, 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:43.440 and overall though you see them and what they're able 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:46.240 to do with this draft class, Amy, I think they're 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:51.400 gonna feel pretty good about meeting the majority of their needs. Absolutely. 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:53.559 I think the thing that stands out to me the 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:57.800 most when I look at this list is how they 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:01.920 addressed so many different positions of need. Obviously, the secondary 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:04.720 was a place that the Tennessee Titans needed help, a 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:07.760 lot of it due to injury in twenty twenty. But 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:11.080 now having had to make some of the roster adjustments 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:13.920 that they've made, there are some holes to fill and 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:17.520 they addressed that this week in the draft, so that's 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.880 a big deal. But they also were able to address 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:22.039 the offensive line, which is a place where they're going 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:24.360 to need some depth they were able to add a 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:27.600 wide receiver, they were able to add some linebackers, so 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.120 they were able to cover a lot of ground in 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:32.520 three days, which I think is a really big deal 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:34.880 for John Robinson and the rest of the scouting team. 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:38.679 The words that continue to come out around the league 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:42.720 about Caleb Farley is that he talked with other teams 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:46.160 and as they did their due diligence like the Titans did, 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:52.040 that his medicals were coming back in an exceedingly positive manner, 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:55.400 not just for the Titans but for others. This pick 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:59.560 looks better in the light of day three days later 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.560 than it did on Thursday night. Absolutely, we were all 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:06.840 excited when Caleb Farley became kind of a possibility for 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.160 the Tennessee Titans, and you started to see how the 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:12.200 boards were shaping up. Everyone started to say, Okay, this 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:15.080 could actually happen, and then it did. Now a couple 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.360 days later, when we start to get more information and 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:21.080 hear more stories about how his medicals shook out like 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:24.040 you were saying, and just what kind of a player 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:27.320 he is. This is a really, really good get for 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:30.120 the Tennessee Titans, and it feels like less of a 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:34.600 risk today. On Saturday than it did on Thursday night. 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.760 It doesn't seem like a bold choice by John Robinson. 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:39.880 It feels like the right guy for the job. They 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:43.360 get another corner two on Friday night at number one hundred, 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.040 and I would say of all of the Titans picks, 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:50.760 the one that is being celebrated the most in terms 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.960 of the player, where you got him and what his 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:58.799 value is is Elijah Molden from Washington, the five nine 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:02.959 and a half one hundred one pound corner who people 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:05.560 really feel like he's going to play the slot corner 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:09.120 in the pros. He's the son of former NFL player 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:12.960 Alex Molden, and gosh, I mean, by the time I 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.840 got home early Saturday morning and was, you know, looking 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:20.320 at different things all over the web, the fact that 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:22.880 the Titans were able to get him at number one 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:26.640 hundred was being applauded by most everybody. Yeah, which is 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:29.920 so great. And this is also a testament to what 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.079 John Robinson and his team is able to do. They 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:37.160 are so good at finding that guy that's a going 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:40.120 to fit their system so well, but also as a 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:42.920 steal where everybody kind of looks at each other and goes, 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.080 wait a minute, how do we miss that? Why didn't 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.960 we get that guy? Really excited to have him because 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.280 of his versatility. What he's going to be able to 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:54.080 do in that defensive backfield and also some other places 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:56.480 where he might be able to contribute. Is that special 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:59.840 teams we'll see. But I think that he's going to 0:03:59.880 --> 0:04:02.280 be a guy who's going to make an immediate impact 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:05.440 on this Titans team, if for no other reason, because 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:09.000 he's going to provide some competition at some of those spots. 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:15.000 And the Titans staff saying that Elijah Moulden's virtual interviews 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:17.880 were the best of any player that they worked with, 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:21.159 And again, I think it comes from a guy whose 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.400 dad was a pro, knows what it takes. I was 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:27.760 reading his bio too, and part of his game is 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:31.880 that he just takes it so seriously. On his questionnaire, 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:34.720 it said what are your pregame rituals? He says, I 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:36.719 don't have any I don't even listen to music. I 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.320 just show up ready to play. That's who he is. 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:42.720 He's not afraid of anybody. I think there's some Courtland 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:46.760 Finnegan to this guy. There is certainly some scrap to 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:49.520 this guy, and I think that's one of the reasons 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:52.559 that Robinson and Raybell like you. I think that's great, 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:56.160 but not listening to music in pregame, Like dude doesn't 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:58.960 listen to music in pregame. I think all he cares 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.600 about is just getting to the ballpark and playing ball, 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.839 and that's what it comes down to. So Elijah Molden 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:09.599 at number one hundred is the pick that is getting 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:14.920 the most praise universally in terms of value for the spot, 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.520 and he was taking at number one hundred. The one 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:21.560 that's close to it is Dylan Raidens, the North Dakota 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:26.599 State offensive tackle. All of the draft analysts we're thrilled 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:30.039 with this pick for the Titans. They feel like he's 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:32.919 going to play ball for Tennessee at some position in 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.400 twenty twenty one. And you had a chance to visit 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.680 with him. I know you were impressed, But this is 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:42.760 exactly what the doctor ordered for this ball club right now. Absolutely, 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:46.279 he's someone that can provide depth. He's someone that maybe 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.640 could fill him right away at that right table spot. 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:50.800 There's a lot of things that he can do, and 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:53.839 he's ready to go. He's not afraid of coming in 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.279 and being a rookie. He's ready to learn and he's 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:58.680 ready to compete for a spot, and I think he 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:02.360 takes it really seriously. He understands what the position of 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:06.159 being an offensive lineman means. He's got that personality to him, 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:09.920 you know, very protective and wants to make sure that 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.880 the people around him are able to do their jobs well, 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:15.520 running the ball, throwing the ball, all the things that 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:19.200 skill players do. And he takes it really seriously. And 0:06:19.240 --> 0:06:21.400 I think that that's something that's going to fit in 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.680 really well to that offensive line room. Well. I mean 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:28.760 we've heard this from Farley, from Raidens, from Molden, and 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:32.120 as you go down the list of guys, I think 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:35.320 there was a big focus in this entire draft class 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:40.880 on people who are extremely serious about football, their football 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:44.640 careers and doing their jobs. I mean, they all seem 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:49.440 to have the Robinson Rabel thing in common. It's apparent 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:54.040 it's something that they certainly dug for, but I don't 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.200 think they had to dig very hard to find it 0:06:56.279 --> 0:07:01.719 in these players. Yeah, it just continues to show how 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:07.400 much importance this team puts on being the right fit 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.080 for this team. Right Listen, there are a lot of 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.440 good players that have been on the board when the 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:14.800 Titans have been picking. There are a lot of guys 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.120 who have been high rated and all those different things, 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.480 but you've got to be the right fit. You've got 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.800 to work with this locker room, with this style of 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:26.800 human being, because if not, you're not going to last. 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:29.920 You're not going to be able to make the impact 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:32.920 on the field, if you can't even get to the 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:36.560 field because you're not meshing well with the rest of 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.880 the culture in the Tennessee Titans. Well, and here's the 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.360 other thing too. They've said this, and this has been 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:45.920 an important part of what they've done since John Robinson 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:48.320 has been here and since Mike vrabel has come on 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.560 after year two of John Robinson as GM. But they 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:55.480 redoubled it in this offseason after what happened with Isaiah Wilson. 0:07:55.880 --> 0:08:00.760 They went back and they even they refocused that even more. 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:04.720 It became even more of a priority for obvious reasons. 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.480 And as I dealt with Caleb Farley at the stadium 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.000 and had a chance to spend time with him, he 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:12.560 asked me a question. I'm going to share this. I 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:16.040 don't think he would mind. He said, who's fastest guy 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.800 on the team? I said, well, I don't know he 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:23.560 said me. I mean, this is a guy who has 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:30.400 run in the four twos and he takes seriously, very seriously, 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:33.440 how his speed impacts his game. And of course the 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:35.840 first thing he said to John Robinson is when do 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:39.400 I get the playbook when you meet him? I mean, 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:42.720 he was there with his dad doing the things that 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:45.640 you need to do. But it was clear to me 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.680 that it was business with this kid. Was he excited 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.920 to be at Nissan Stadium, Yes, Was he excited that 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:56.040 there was a big welcome Caleb Farley on the JumboTron? Yes. 0:08:56.520 --> 0:09:01.560 Did he take pictures for social media, Yes, but he 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:05.640 gets that that's great. But what he's here to do 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.880 is be an impact player in twenty twenty one. And 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:12.800 that struck me as I interviewed him for Titans All Access, 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.640 which will come out next weekend. Yeah, I think that 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:19.640 that is what Mike Vrabel specifically is looking for, because 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.960 that's how Mike Vrabel is. This is a job. It's 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:25.439 a glamorous job. There are some fun things that come 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:27.800 along with it. At the end of the day, you 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:31.439 are here for ball and that's it, right. You are 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:35.320 here to contribute to this football team, and that is 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:37.880 what we take seriously. All the other stuff will kind 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:41.280 of come, and that can be all well and good 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.839 and something you participate in when you're not doing your 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:49.280 job that is football. And it is so clear that 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:52.480 that is what they want to be on this football team. 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:55.439 They want every single person to realize this is a job. 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.840 And then there's that other stuff. That's right, and the 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.719 other stuff's great, but that's not what you're here for. 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.680 That's not what you were hired to do. That's exactly right, 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:07.600 all right. So the only other pick from Day one 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:10.160 and Day two was Monty Rice, the linebacker at number 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:12.400 ninety two out of Georgia, and that was the one 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:14.600 that sort of had a lot of people going who 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:18.280 that kind of surprised me, and I think it surprised 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:21.800 us that the linebacker pick came in the third round. 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:25.800 It didn't surprise because of the depth issue at linebacker, 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.840 and we went over that on Titans Radio. The Titans 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:33.040 have almost no depth at inside linebacker right now. They 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:36.760 have Jayon Brown and Rashaun Evans and David Long and 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:40.199 then three other guys that they have signed, and one 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.719 b J. Bellow, has played in the league, but he's 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:45.840 more of a special teams guy. The other two have 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:49.360 never been on an active roster. Monty Rice is here 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:53.040 to compete not just for special teams, but to be 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:57.840 depth overall going forward in case they need a linebacker 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.160 to come in the game. And the other thing too, 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.840 is when you look at contracts past this year, they're 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:06.400 gonna be decisions that are gonna have to be made. 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:09.960 So they had to go get a linebacker that they 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:13.640 feel like can potentially get on the field and play snaps. 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:16.240 The other thing too, that jumps out to me about him, 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:19.640 and I've really been digging in him since day two 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:22.040 ended because I really wanted to learn a lot more 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:26.760 and that is speed speed speed, speed four or five 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:30.400 seven in the forty And I think they feel like 0:11:30.480 --> 0:11:35.240 they needed to bring in another quality linebacker that's a 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:38.240 quality prospect, but a guy that could run, who can 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:42.240 potentially be a three down linebacker, And that is why 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.760 they grabbed him at that point. Well, and realistically, you've 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:47.839 got to think about the people that he will be 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:51.559 learning behind. He'll be in the room with a Jayon Brown, 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.000 with a Rashaun Evans, with some of those guys who 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:56.880 can really not only show him how to be a 0:11:56.920 --> 0:12:00.679 pro but can show him kind of the ropes. I mean, 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:03.760 he's walking into a world where we all know Mike 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:08.040 Vrabel likes to work with the linebackers and like really 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.679 work with the linebackers. He likes to get his hands 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:13.880 on them, and so being able to be a part 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:16.360 of that and have other guys that are around him 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.080 to kind of let him know this is how you 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:22.280 maneuver that situation. Keith has the opportunity to learn this 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.840 system while still contributing on special teams and kind of 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.720 being that guy. He gets a chance to really grow 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.880 in this space, which I think some people come in 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:34.120 and it can be a little jarring because it's a 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:36.840 little bit different to have a coach like Mike Vrabel 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:40.600 who's so involved specifically in your development. Well, I think 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:44.120 a lot of the picks were made very obviously with 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.640 twenty twenty one in mind, and Farley is clearly that 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:51.160 Raidens is clearly that I think Molden is going to 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:53.320 be in the mix for that as well, and some 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:55.360 of the others we'll talk about in a minute. Monty 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:59.600 Rice was a guy they took not only for twenty 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:03.400 twenty one, but for beyond, you know, because because you're 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:07.560 always having to anticipate some things in the beyond. And 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:12.520 I think most people probably thought linebacker. On Day three. 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:16.000 They saw a guy that fit them so well and 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.240 he was the best player on their board. That's why 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:23.160 they grabbed him. I get it more spending time with 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:25.760 it after the fact. Then at that moment when I 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:28.440 saw Monty Rice Georgia, I knew him. He's an SEC player, 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:32.280 He's very good linebacker. My question wasn't him. My question 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.760 was linebacker at this spot. But then you see what 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:38.200 they were able to do on Day three, and you 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:41.480 understand it because everybody's like, okay, receiver. Well then you 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:45.840 grabb Dez Fitzpatrick trading up. You know you're able to 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:50.120 trade some picks that you had gathered to get Monty Rice. 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.079 You know you're able to get the extra four. And 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:57.959 so you go up and you get Dez Fitzpatrick from Louisville. 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:01.560 And this is a guy I like a lot because again, 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:05.280 he fits the template the Titans because they play two 0:14:05.320 --> 0:14:08.920 tight ends a lot. Amy are not gonna play a 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:12.720 lot of three receivers sets. They will in certain situations, 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.920 but they're gonna play two tight ends, two receivers and 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:19.520 the receivers are generally gonna be bigger. Des Fitzpatrick from 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:23.600 Louisville six two two O two four four to seven 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:27.840 in the forty very productive receiver for the Cardinals, even 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:31.600 though two two at well was really the focus. This 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:34.200 is a guy nearly twenty four years old, he'll be 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:36.920 twenty four by the end of the season. Four year 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:41.520 ball player, you know, physical guy, played one on one 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:45.160 on the outside, and so you say, Okay, there's your 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:49.400 guy that makes total sense that you dealt that the 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.960 draft picks to get up and go get this guy. Yeah, 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.600 he's got the body type, he's got the skill set 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:57.880 that can compliment what the Titans do on offense anyway, 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:01.320 and he has some familiarity with the program because he's 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:03.360 been watching it for a while. He said that he's 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:06.120 been watching the Titans since Corey Davis was drafted, So 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.040 he's kind of got an idea of what he's walking into. 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:11.600 And who wouldn't want to walk into a room with 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:13.960 a J. Brown? Are you kidding me? How much fun 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:16.720 is that? But he's a guy that really can compliment 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:19.000 with the Titans are already doing on offense and can 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.400 fit right in. You're right because his body, typed and 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:25.720 skill set are just made for this Titans offense. The 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:29.200 other receiver that they took at number two oh five overall, 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:32.520 Racy McMath from LSU, maybe the most interesting player in 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:36.280 the entire group. Racy McMath, And this is just crazy. 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:39.320 He's a kid out of New Orleans. He's nearly six three, 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.400 he's two hundred and fifteen pounds, he runs under four 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:45.880 to four. Benn's press is almost four hundred pounds. And 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.040 he's this amazing athlete. And he goes to LSU and 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:52.240 what happens. They only have twenty wide receivers there. You know, 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:55.359 he's played with all these receivers and he's been overshadowed. 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:57.520 So his only way to get on the field was 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.920 to play special teams. For the majority of his career, 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.800 he played over five hundred special teams snaps. And then 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:05.480 he goes to Senior Bowl and he blows everybody away 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.800 with the special team's work. Here's what's interesting about him 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.800 as a receiver. So he finally became a starter this 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:13.920 year and then he missed the last four games of 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:17.240 the season with a hamstring injury. So his time to 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.840 sort of show himself kind of went out the window 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.800 because LSU didn't throw it that well, and then he 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.960 misses forty percent of the season with injury. Okay, got that. 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:29.360 But he plays in the slot a lot. And I 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:32.520 reached out to Mike Detillier because he's in Louisiana from 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:34.720 the MD draft report. I said, tell me about Racy 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:38.400 McMath and he said, of all of the LSU receivers 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:42.480 that he played with during that time, he's the fastest. Wow, 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:46.720 he has incredible upside. He's got a lot to learn 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:50.440 about route tree and things like this. But he's a 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.480 ball player. You know, he's big, he's physical. He was 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.040 listed at two twenty four. At his pro day. He 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.640 weighed two eleven and so I was going back to 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:01.640 the two twenty fourth and here's what's going through my mind. 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.440 Titans didn't draft a tight end. So I asked Mike Dee. 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:08.800 I said, is there any chance that with his body type, 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.400 they're thinking bulk this guy up and make a tight 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:14.280 end out of him. He's absolutely not. He said. He's 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:17.919 a receiver and if he's in the right situation, you 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:20.520 know he's got a chance to be a better pro 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:24.000 receiver that a college receiver. And We've seen this out 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:27.720 of a lot of LSU receivers where they've been good, 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.280 solid college guys, but then they've gone to the NFL 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:32.760 where they throw it more and they do more. And 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.680 so maybe Racy McMath is going to be that guy 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:38.200 for the Titans. But the Titans don't have a better 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:41.320 athlete in this group of draft picks well, and that's 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:45.160 encouraging and should be exciting for Titans fans because when 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:48.720 you see someone with raw talent and ability, you can 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.439 coach the rest of that stuff. And the Titans have 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:55.840 a lot of good teachers on their staff, so combining 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:59.640 good teachers with someone who has raw ability and Jess 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:03.399 need maybe some coaching to refine some of the things 0:18:03.400 --> 0:18:06.439 that he does, but also just needs more balls thrown 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:09.800 his way. I mean, at a place like LSU, you've 0:18:09.840 --> 0:18:12.280 got some grown men in front of you. And it's 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:14.760 not because you too are not a grown man, but 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:19.520 there's only one football. That's the reality, that's true. The 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:24.240 only guy who threw the ball for them though, was 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:27.040 Joe Burrow in twenty nineteen. I mean, you remember, coming 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:30.440 out of twenty eighteen, they still didn't have a passing offense, right, 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:33.320 and then Joe Burrow goes in there in twenty nineteen 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:35.440 and LSU starts throwing the ball all over the place. 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:38.000 And then last year they were kind of right back 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:41.359 to where they were before where they threw it, but 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:44.600 they certainly didn't throw it like they did in twenty nineteen. 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:48.159 And I mean, we'll see, you know, we'll see what 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:50.320 McMath can do. But I think you've hit on something 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:54.199 really important there, and that's Rob Moore, the Titans wide 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:57.560 receiver coach. Think about what he did with Corey Davis. 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:01.639 Corey Davis got better. Think about what he's done with A. J. Brown. 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:05.800 Think about what he has done with some other guys 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:09.960 that they've put in Situationally, Cam Batson is an improved 0:19:10.000 --> 0:19:14.080 player under him, So that's exactly right. Racy McMath might 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:18.399 be a big find, particularly if he could go in 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:21.960 a slot when you go three wide receivers. Oh my goodness. 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:24.879 I was really thrilled of the third day picks. I 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:27.320 think the one that I went yes, Yes, Yes on 0:19:27.600 --> 0:19:31.359 was Rashad Weaver, the outside linebacker from Pitt For a 0:19:31.400 --> 0:19:34.320 lot of reasons. He's six four, he's two sixty five, 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:40.520 he's got the long wingspan, He's the guy that can 0:19:41.080 --> 0:19:43.440 put his hand in the dirt and rush the passer 0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:46.920 when you go in those situations where you're gonna line 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:51.199 up four guys just to rush. He can play outside backer. 0:19:51.320 --> 0:19:55.320 He plays the run well. So the Titans have two 0:19:55.359 --> 0:20:00.399 outside backers coming from the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bud Dupree and 0:20:00.600 --> 0:20:04.040 Ola Daney, and now they have one coming from the 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:09.480 University of Pittsburgh pitt and Rashad Weaver. What's funny about Weavers. 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:12.120 He's almost the exact same size as bud Dupree. He's 0:20:12.200 --> 0:20:17.359 got that Derek Morgan type size, which you really like 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:20.119 to set that edge and not only be able to 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:22.359 rush the passer, but to play the run well. And 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.040 he already has a relationship with bud Dupre. They know 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:28.120 each other, they've spent some time together, they have some 0:20:28.440 --> 0:20:31.600 mutual people in common, and so they've had experiences with 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:34.320 each other dinner, things like that. But to already have 0:20:34.560 --> 0:20:38.840 that relationship with him and have that established kind of 0:20:39.119 --> 0:20:41.720 maybe built in teacher, someone who can kind of take 0:20:41.800 --> 0:20:44.320 him under his wing, the sky's the limit for him, 0:20:44.400 --> 0:20:47.520 especially when he already has those physical attributes that you're 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:51.280 looking for. I think that's really exciting, and the more 0:20:51.400 --> 0:20:54.119 good players that we can steal from the Pittsburgh area, 0:20:54.240 --> 0:20:57.240 I am all for it. Let's go. The first thing 0:20:57.280 --> 0:21:00.280 I thought about with Weaver was the bud Dupree thing, 0:21:00.800 --> 0:21:03.920 because I didn't know before he talked that they knew 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:07.600 each other. But I'm absolutely sure he's a bud Dupree fan. 0:21:07.760 --> 0:21:10.320 You know, you're one hundred percent sure that a guy 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:13.600 who's this aware, he's another one who will be twenty 0:21:13.640 --> 0:21:16.480 four years old during the course of the season, So 0:21:16.520 --> 0:21:19.760 he's not twenty and he's gonna know exactly who bud 0:21:19.800 --> 0:21:22.680 Dupree is. He's gonna have watched and studied his game 0:21:23.040 --> 0:21:25.680 and just think about what that's gonna mean to him 0:21:26.040 --> 0:21:29.200 to sit down in a room with bud Dupree. If 0:21:29.200 --> 0:21:32.240 bud Dupree carries his tray out of the cafeteria in 0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:34.960 a certain way, he's gonna do it the exact same way. 0:21:35.240 --> 0:21:38.280 And that's one hundred percent what you want to see. Absolutely, 0:21:38.320 --> 0:21:40.800 You like those guys who walk in day one, take 0:21:40.840 --> 0:21:44.160 it seriously, No right away, the guys that they need 0:21:44.160 --> 0:21:47.280 to be watching, talking to, emulating and can just go 0:21:47.400 --> 0:21:49.960 do it. And then they got a safety in Brady Breeze, 0:21:49.960 --> 0:21:54.719 converted linebacker, sat out this year at Oregon, and you know, 0:21:54.840 --> 0:21:57.439 it happened to a lot of those Pac twelve guys 0:21:57.720 --> 0:21:59.880 because the Pac twelve was not gonna play. You remember 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:02.960 that they have decided they weren't going to play, and 0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:07.960 then they decided they would play late. And he came back, 0:22:08.040 --> 0:22:11.000 Brady Breese did and said, well, I've already sort of 0:22:11.040 --> 0:22:14.439 committed myself to what I'm gonna do in terms of 0:22:14.480 --> 0:22:18.520 getting ready, So he opted out. If he doesn't opt out, 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:21.520 he's probably higher than the two hundred and fifteenth pick 0:22:21.520 --> 0:22:26.199 because his story first two years at Oregon, he's a 0:22:26.240 --> 0:22:31.040 special team's demon, converted linebacker, backup safety, ends up in 0:22:31.080 --> 0:22:34.920