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Speaker 1: They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven with
Speaker 1: Amy Wells. I'm Mike Keith, and the twenty twenty one
Speaker 1: draft is in the books. The Tennessee Titans got to work,
Speaker 1: and work they did, particularly on defense, particularly in the secondary,
Speaker 1: and overall though you see them and what they're able
Speaker 1: to do with this draft class, Amy, I think they're
Speaker 1: gonna feel pretty good about meeting the majority of their needs. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: I think the thing that stands out to me the
Speaker 1: most when I look at this list is how they
Speaker 1: addressed so many different positions of need. Obviously, the secondary
Speaker 1: was a place that the Tennessee Titans needed help, a
Speaker 1: lot of it due to injury in twenty twenty. But
Speaker 1: now having had to make some of the roster adjustments
Speaker 1: that they've made, there are some holes to fill and
Speaker 1: they addressed that this week in the draft, so that's
Speaker 1: a big deal. But they also were able to address
Speaker 1: the offensive line, which is a place where they're going
Speaker 1: to need some depth they were able to add a
Speaker 1: wide receiver, they were able to add some linebackers, so
Speaker 1: they were able to cover a lot of ground in
Speaker 1: three days, which I think is a really big deal
Speaker 1: for John Robinson and the rest of the scouting team.
Speaker 1: The words that continue to come out around the league
Speaker 1: about Caleb Farley is that he talked with other teams
Speaker 1: and as they did their due diligence like the Titans did,
Speaker 1: that his medicals were coming back in an exceedingly positive manner,
Speaker 1: not just for the Titans but for others. This pick
Speaker 1: looks better in the light of day three days later
Speaker 1: than it did on Thursday night. Absolutely, we were all
Speaker 1: excited when Caleb Farley became kind of a possibility for
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, and you started to see how the
Speaker 1: boards were shaping up. Everyone started to say, Okay, this
Speaker 1: could actually happen, and then it did. Now a couple
Speaker 1: days later, when we start to get more information and
Speaker 1: hear more stories about how his medicals shook out like
Speaker 1: you were saying, and just what kind of a player
Speaker 1: he is. This is a really, really good get for
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans, and it feels like less of a
Speaker 1: risk today. On Saturday than it did on Thursday night.
Speaker 1: It doesn't seem like a bold choice by John Robinson.
Speaker 1: It feels like the right guy for the job. They
Speaker 1: get another corner two on Friday night at number one hundred,
Speaker 1: and I would say of all of the Titans picks,
Speaker 1: the one that is being celebrated the most in terms
Speaker 1: of the player, where you got him and what his
Speaker 1: value is is Elijah Molden from Washington, the five nine
Speaker 1: and a half one hundred one pound corner who people
Speaker 1: really feel like he's going to play the slot corner
Speaker 1: in the pros. He's the son of former NFL player
Speaker 1: Alex Molden, and gosh, I mean, by the time I
Speaker 1: got home early Saturday morning and was, you know, looking
Speaker 1: at different things all over the web, the fact that
Speaker 1: the Titans were able to get him at number one
Speaker 1: hundred was being applauded by most everybody. Yeah, which is
Speaker 1: so great. And this is also a testament to what
Speaker 1: John Robinson and his team is able to do. They
Speaker 1: are so good at finding that guy that's a going
Speaker 1: to fit their system so well, but also as a
Speaker 1: steal where everybody kind of looks at each other and goes,
Speaker 1: wait a minute, how do we miss that? Why didn't
Speaker 1: we get that guy? Really excited to have him because
Speaker 1: of his versatility. What he's going to be able to
Speaker 1: do in that defensive backfield and also some other places
Speaker 1: where he might be able to contribute. Is that special
Speaker 1: teams we'll see. But I think that he's going to
Speaker 1: be a guy who's going to make an immediate impact
Speaker 1: on this Titans team, if for no other reason, because
Speaker 1: he's going to provide some competition at some of those spots.
Speaker 1: And the Titans staff saying that Elijah Moulden's virtual interviews
Speaker 1: were the best of any player that they worked with,
Speaker 1: And again, I think it comes from a guy whose
Speaker 1: dad was a pro, knows what it takes. I was
Speaker 1: reading his bio too, and part of his game is
Speaker 1: that he just takes it so seriously. On his questionnaire,
Speaker 1: it said what are your pregame rituals? He says, I
Speaker 1: don't have any I don't even listen to music. I
Speaker 1: just show up ready to play. That's who he is.
Speaker 1: He's not afraid of anybody. I think there's some Courtland
Speaker 1: Finnegan to this guy. There is certainly some scrap to
Speaker 1: this guy, and I think that's one of the reasons
Speaker 1: that Robinson and Raybell like you. I think that's great,
Speaker 1: but not listening to music in pregame, Like dude doesn't
Speaker 1: listen to music in pregame. I think all he cares
Speaker 1: about is just getting to the ballpark and playing ball,
Speaker 1: and that's what it comes down to. So Elijah Molden
Speaker 1: at number one hundred is the pick that is getting
Speaker 1: the most praise universally in terms of value for the spot,
Speaker 1: and he was taking at number one hundred. The one
Speaker 1: that's close to it is Dylan Raidens, the North Dakota
Speaker 1: State offensive tackle. All of the draft analysts we're thrilled
Speaker 1: with this pick for the Titans. They feel like he's
Speaker 1: going to play ball for Tennessee at some position in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. And you had a chance to visit
Speaker 1: with him. I know you were impressed, But this is
Speaker 1: exactly what the doctor ordered for this ball club right now. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: he's someone that can provide depth. He's someone that maybe
Speaker 1: could fill him right away at that right table spot.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of things that he can do, and
Speaker 1: he's ready to go. He's not afraid of coming in
Speaker 1: and being a rookie. He's ready to learn and he's
Speaker 1: ready to compete for a spot, and I think he
Speaker 1: takes it really seriously. He understands what the position of
Speaker 1: being an offensive lineman means. He's got that personality to him,
Speaker 1: you know, very protective and wants to make sure that
Speaker 1: the people around him are able to do their jobs well,
Speaker 1: running the ball, throwing the ball, all the things that
Speaker 1: skill players do. And he takes it really seriously. And
Speaker 1: I think that that's something that's going to fit in
Speaker 1: really well to that offensive line room. Well. I mean
Speaker 1: we've heard this from Farley, from Raidens, from Molden, and
Speaker 1: as you go down the list of guys, I think
Speaker 1: there was a big focus in this entire draft class
Speaker 1: on people who are extremely serious about football, their football
Speaker 1: careers and doing their jobs. I mean, they all seem
Speaker 1: to have the Robinson Rabel thing in common. It's apparent
Speaker 1: it's something that they certainly dug for, but I don't
Speaker 1: think they had to dig very hard to find it
Speaker 1: in these players. Yeah, it just continues to show how
Speaker 1: much importance this team puts on being the right fit
Speaker 1: for this team. Right Listen, there are a lot of
Speaker 1: good players that have been on the board when the
Speaker 1: Titans have been picking. There are a lot of guys
Speaker 1: who have been high rated and all those different things,
Speaker 1: but you've got to be the right fit. You've got
Speaker 1: to work with this locker room, with this style of
Speaker 1: human being, because if not, you're not going to last.
Speaker 1: You're not going to be able to make the impact
Speaker 1: on the field, if you can't even get to the
Speaker 1: field because you're not meshing well with the rest of
Speaker 1: the culture in the Tennessee Titans. Well, and here's the
Speaker 1: other thing too. They've said this, and this has been
Speaker 1: an important part of what they've done since John Robinson
Speaker 1: has been here and since Mike vrabel has come on
Speaker 1: after year two of John Robinson as GM. But they
Speaker 1: redoubled it in this offseason after what happened with Isaiah Wilson.
Speaker 1: They went back and they even they refocused that even more.
Speaker 1: It became even more of a priority for obvious reasons.
Speaker 1: And as I dealt with Caleb Farley at the stadium
Speaker 1: and had a chance to spend time with him, he
Speaker 1: asked me a question. I'm going to share this. I
Speaker 1: don't think he would mind. He said, who's fastest guy
Speaker 1: on the team? I said, well, I don't know he
Speaker 1: said me. I mean, this is a guy who has
Speaker 1: run in the four twos and he takes seriously, very seriously,
Speaker 1: how his speed impacts his game. And of course the
Speaker 1: first thing he said to John Robinson is when do
Speaker 1: I get the playbook when you meet him? I mean,
Speaker 1: he was there with his dad doing the things that
Speaker 1: you need to do. But it was clear to me
Speaker 1: that it was business with this kid. Was he excited
Speaker 1: to be at Nissan Stadium, Yes, Was he excited that
Speaker 1: there was a big welcome Caleb Farley on the JumboTron? Yes.
Speaker 1: Did he take pictures for social media, Yes, but he
Speaker 1: gets that that's great. But what he's here to do
Speaker 1: is be an impact player in twenty twenty one. And
Speaker 1: that struck me as I interviewed him for Titans All Access,
Speaker 1: which will come out next weekend. Yeah, I think that
Speaker 1: that is what Mike Vrabel specifically is looking for, because
Speaker 1: that's how Mike Vrabel is. This is a job. It's
Speaker 1: a glamorous job. There are some fun things that come
Speaker 1: along with it. At the end of the day, you
Speaker 1: are here for ball and that's it, right. You are
Speaker 1: here to contribute to this football team, and that is
Speaker 1: what we take seriously. All the other stuff will kind
Speaker 1: of come, and that can be all well and good
Speaker 1: and something you participate in when you're not doing your
Speaker 1: job that is football. And it is so clear that
Speaker 1: that is what they want to be on this football team.
Speaker 1: They want every single person to realize this is a job.
Speaker 1: And then there's that other stuff. That's right, and the
Speaker 1: other stuff's great, but that's not what you're here for.
Speaker 1: That's not what you were hired to do. That's exactly right,
Speaker 1: all right. So the only other pick from Day one
Speaker 1: and Day two was Monty Rice, the linebacker at number
Speaker 1: ninety two out of Georgia, and that was the one
Speaker 1: that sort of had a lot of people going who
Speaker 1: that kind of surprised me, and I think it surprised
Speaker 1: us that the linebacker pick came in the third round.
Speaker 1: It didn't surprise because of the depth issue at linebacker,
Speaker 1: and we went over that on Titans Radio. The Titans
Speaker 1: have almost no depth at inside linebacker right now. They
Speaker 1: have Jayon Brown and Rashaun Evans and David Long and
Speaker 1: then three other guys that they have signed, and one
Speaker 1: b J. Bellow, has played in the league, but he's
Speaker 1: more of a special teams guy. The other two have
Speaker 1: never been on an active roster. Monty Rice is here
Speaker 1: to compete not just for special teams, but to be
Speaker 1: depth overall going forward in case they need a linebacker
Speaker 1: to come in the game. And the other thing too,
Speaker 1: is when you look at contracts past this year, they're
Speaker 1: gonna be decisions that are gonna have to be made.
Speaker 1: So they had to go get a linebacker that they
Speaker 1: feel like can potentially get on the field and play snaps.
Speaker 1: The other thing too, that jumps out to me about him,
Speaker 1: and I've really been digging in him since day two
Speaker 1: ended because I really wanted to learn a lot more
Speaker 1: and that is speed speed speed, speed four or five
Speaker 1: seven in the forty And I think they feel like
Speaker 1: they needed to bring in another quality linebacker that's a
Speaker 1: quality prospect, but a guy that could run, who can
Speaker 1: potentially be a three down linebacker, And that is why
Speaker 1: they grabbed him at that point. Well, and realistically, you've
Speaker 1: got to think about the people that he will be
Speaker 1: learning behind. He'll be in the room with a Jayon Brown,
Speaker 1: with a Rashaun Evans, with some of those guys who
Speaker 1: can really not only show him how to be a
Speaker 1: pro but can show him kind of the ropes. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's walking into a world where we all know Mike
Speaker 1: Vrabel likes to work with the linebackers and like really
Speaker 1: work with the linebackers. He likes to get his hands
Speaker 1: on them, and so being able to be a part
Speaker 1: of that and have other guys that are around him
Speaker 1: to kind of let him know this is how you
Speaker 1: maneuver that situation. Keith has the opportunity to learn this
Speaker 1: system while still contributing on special teams and kind of
Speaker 1: being that guy. He gets a chance to really grow
Speaker 1: in this space, which I think some people come in
Speaker 1: and it can be a little jarring because it's a
Speaker 1: little bit different to have a coach like Mike Vrabel
Speaker 1: who's so involved specifically in your development. Well, I think
Speaker 1: a lot of the picks were made very obviously with
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one in mind, and Farley is clearly that
Speaker 1: Raidens is clearly that I think Molden is going to
Speaker 1: be in the mix for that as well, and some
Speaker 1: of the others we'll talk about in a minute. Monty
Speaker 1: Rice was a guy they took not only for twenty
Speaker 1: twenty one, but for beyond, you know, because because you're
Speaker 1: always having to anticipate some things in the beyond. And
Speaker 1: I think most people probably thought linebacker. On Day three.
Speaker 1: They saw a guy that fit them so well and
Speaker 1: he was the best player on their board. That's why
Speaker 1: they grabbed him. I get it more spending time with
Speaker 1: it after the fact. Then at that moment when I
Speaker 1: saw Monty Rice Georgia, I knew him. He's an SEC player,
Speaker 1: He's very good linebacker. My question wasn't him. My question
Speaker 1: was linebacker at this spot. But then you see what
Speaker 1: they were able to do on Day three, and you
Speaker 1: understand it because everybody's like, okay, receiver. Well then you
Speaker 1: grabb Dez Fitzpatrick trading up. You know you're able to
Speaker 1: trade some picks that you had gathered to get Monty Rice.
Speaker 1: You know you're able to get the extra four. And
Speaker 1: so you go up and you get Dez Fitzpatrick from Louisville.
Speaker 1: And this is a guy I like a lot because again,
Speaker 1: he fits the template the Titans because they play two
Speaker 1: tight ends a lot. Amy are not gonna play a
Speaker 1: lot of three receivers sets. They will in certain situations,
Speaker 1: but they're gonna play two tight ends, two receivers and
Speaker 1: the receivers are generally gonna be bigger. Des Fitzpatrick from
Speaker 1: Louisville six two two O two four four to seven
Speaker 1: in the forty very productive receiver for the Cardinals, even
Speaker 1: though two two at well was really the focus. This
Speaker 1: is a guy nearly twenty four years old, he'll be
Speaker 1: twenty four by the end of the season. Four year
Speaker 1: ball player, you know, physical guy, played one on one
Speaker 1: on the outside, and so you say, Okay, there's your
Speaker 1: guy that makes total sense that you dealt that the
Speaker 1: draft picks to get up and go get this guy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's got the body type, he's got the skill set
Speaker 1: that can compliment what the Titans do on offense anyway,
Speaker 1: and he has some familiarity with the program because he's
Speaker 1: been watching it for a while. He said that he's
Speaker 1: been watching the Titans since Corey Davis was drafted, So
Speaker 1: he's kind of got an idea of what he's walking into.
Speaker 1: And who wouldn't want to walk into a room with
Speaker 1: a J. Brown? Are you kidding me? How much fun
Speaker 1: is that? But he's a guy that really can compliment
Speaker 1: with the Titans are already doing on offense and can
Speaker 1: fit right in. You're right because his body, typed and
Speaker 1: skill set are just made for this Titans offense. The
Speaker 1: other receiver that they took at number two oh five overall,
Speaker 1: Racy McMath from LSU, maybe the most interesting player in
Speaker 1: the entire group. Racy McMath, And this is just crazy.
Speaker 1: He's a kid out of New Orleans. He's nearly six three,
Speaker 1: he's two hundred and fifteen pounds, he runs under four
Speaker 1: to four. Benn's press is almost four hundred pounds. And
Speaker 1: he's this amazing athlete. And he goes to LSU and
Speaker 1: what happens. They only have twenty wide receivers there. You know,
Speaker 1: he's played with all these receivers and he's been overshadowed.
Speaker 1: So his only way to get on the field was
Speaker 1: to play special teams. For the majority of his career,
Speaker 1: he played over five hundred special teams snaps. And then
Speaker 1: he goes to Senior Bowl and he blows everybody away
Speaker 1: with the special team's work. Here's what's interesting about him
Speaker 1: as a receiver. So he finally became a starter this
Speaker 1: year and then he missed the last four games of
Speaker 1: the season with a hamstring injury. So his time to
Speaker 1: sort of show himself kind of went out the window
Speaker 1: because LSU didn't throw it that well, and then he
Speaker 1: misses forty percent of the season with injury. Okay, got that.
Speaker 1: But he plays in the slot a lot. And I
Speaker 1: reached out to Mike Detillier because he's in Louisiana from
Speaker 1: the MD draft report. I said, tell me about Racy
Speaker 1: McMath and he said, of all of the LSU receivers
Speaker 1: that he played with during that time, he's the fastest. Wow,
Speaker 1: he has incredible upside. He's got a lot to learn
Speaker 1: about route tree and things like this. But he's a
Speaker 1: ball player. You know, he's big, he's physical. He was
Speaker 1: listed at two twenty four. At his pro day. He
Speaker 1: weighed two eleven and so I was going back to
Speaker 1: the two twenty fourth and here's what's going through my mind.
Speaker 1: Titans didn't draft a tight end. So I asked Mike Dee.
Speaker 1: I said, is there any chance that with his body type,
Speaker 1: they're thinking bulk this guy up and make a tight
Speaker 1: end out of him. He's absolutely not. He said. He's
Speaker 1: a receiver and if he's in the right situation, you
Speaker 1: know he's got a chance to be a better pro
Speaker 1: receiver that a college receiver. And We've seen this out
Speaker 1: of a lot of LSU receivers where they've been good,
Speaker 1: solid college guys, but then they've gone to the NFL
Speaker 1: where they throw it more and they do more. And
Speaker 1: so maybe Racy McMath is going to be that guy
Speaker 1: for the Titans. But the Titans don't have a better
Speaker 1: athlete in this group of draft picks well, and that's
Speaker 1: encouraging and should be exciting for Titans fans because when
Speaker 1: you see someone with raw talent and ability, you can
Speaker 1: coach the rest of that stuff. And the Titans have
Speaker 1: a lot of good teachers on their staff, so combining
Speaker 1: good teachers with someone who has raw ability and Jess
Speaker 1: need maybe some coaching to refine some of the things
Speaker 1: that he does, but also just needs more balls thrown
Speaker 1: his way. I mean, at a place like LSU, you've
Speaker 1: got some grown men in front of you. And it's
Speaker 1: not because you too are not a grown man, but
Speaker 1: there's only one football. That's the reality, that's true. The
Speaker 1: only guy who threw the ball for them though, was
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow in twenty nineteen. I mean, you remember, coming
Speaker 1: out of twenty eighteen, they still didn't have a passing offense, right,
Speaker 1: and then Joe Burrow goes in there in twenty nineteen
Speaker 1: and LSU starts throwing the ball all over the place.
Speaker 1: And then last year they were kind of right back
Speaker 1: to where they were before where they threw it, but
Speaker 1: they certainly didn't throw it like they did in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1: And I mean, we'll see, you know, we'll see what
Speaker 1: McMath can do. But I think you've hit on something
Speaker 1: really important there, and that's Rob Moore, the Titans wide
Speaker 1: receiver coach. Think about what he did with Corey Davis.
Speaker 1: Corey Davis got better. Think about what he's done with A. J. Brown.
Speaker 1: Think about what he has done with some other guys
Speaker 1: that they've put in Situationally, Cam Batson is an improved
Speaker 1: player under him, So that's exactly right. Racy McMath might
Speaker 1: be a big find, particularly if he could go in
Speaker 1: a slot when you go three wide receivers. Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1: I was really thrilled of the third day picks. I
Speaker 1: think the one that I went yes, Yes, Yes on
Speaker 1: was Rashad Weaver, the outside linebacker from Pitt For a
Speaker 1: lot of reasons. He's six four, he's two sixty five,
Speaker 1: he's got the long wingspan, He's the guy that can
Speaker 1: put his hand in the dirt and rush the passer
Speaker 1: when you go in those situations where you're gonna line
Speaker 1: up four guys just to rush. He can play outside backer.
Speaker 1: He plays the run well. So the Titans have two
Speaker 1: outside backers coming from the Pittsburgh Steelers, Bud Dupree and
Speaker 1: Ola Daney, and now they have one coming from the
Speaker 1: University of Pittsburgh pitt and Rashad Weaver. What's funny about Weavers.
Speaker 1: He's almost the exact same size as bud Dupree. He's
Speaker 1: got that Derek Morgan type size, which you really like
Speaker 1: to set that edge and not only be able to
Speaker 1: rush the passer, but to play the run well. And
Speaker 1: he already has a relationship with bud Dupre. They know
Speaker 1: each other, they've spent some time together, they have some
Speaker 1: mutual people in common, and so they've had experiences with
Speaker 1: each other dinner, things like that. But to already have
Speaker 1: that relationship with him and have that established kind of
Speaker 1: maybe built in teacher, someone who can kind of take
Speaker 1: him under his wing, the sky's the limit for him,
Speaker 1: especially when he already has those physical attributes that you're
Speaker 1: looking for. I think that's really exciting, and the more
Speaker 1: good players that we can steal from the Pittsburgh area,
Speaker 1: I am all for it. Let's go. The first thing
Speaker 1: I thought about with Weaver was the bud Dupree thing,
Speaker 1: because I didn't know before he talked that they knew
Speaker 1: each other. But I'm absolutely sure he's a bud Dupree fan.
Speaker 1: You know, you're one hundred percent sure that a guy
Speaker 1: who's this aware, he's another one who will be twenty
Speaker 1: four years old during the course of the season, So
Speaker 1: he's not twenty and he's gonna know exactly who bud
Speaker 1: Dupree is. He's gonna have watched and studied his game
Speaker 1: and just think about what that's gonna mean to him
Speaker 1: to sit down in a room with bud Dupree. If
Speaker 1: bud Dupree carries his tray out of the cafeteria in
Speaker 1: a certain way, he's gonna do it the exact same way.
Speaker 1: And that's one hundred percent what you want to see. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: You like those guys who walk in day one, take
Speaker 1: it seriously, No right away, the guys that they need
Speaker 1: to be watching, talking to, emulating and can just go
Speaker 1: do it. And then they got a safety in Brady Breeze,
Speaker 1: converted linebacker, sat out this year at Oregon, and you know,
Speaker 1: it happened to a lot of those Pac twelve guys
Speaker 1: because the Pac twelve was not gonna play. You remember
Speaker 1: that they have decided they weren't going to play, and
Speaker 1: then they decided they would play late. And he came back,
Speaker 1: Brady Breese did and said, well, I've already sort of
Speaker 1: committed myself to what I'm gonna do in terms of
Speaker 1: getting ready, So he opted out. If he doesn't opt out,
Speaker 1: he's probably higher than the two hundred and fifteenth pick
Speaker 1: because his story first two years at Oregon, he's a
Speaker 1: special team's demon, converted linebacker, backup safety, ends up in
Speaker 1: his career playing over seven hundred special team snaps. So
Speaker 1: then his junior year nineteen and this is guy was
Speaker 1: a four star recruit and is the nephew of Chad Cota,
Speaker 1: who played safety in the league for a long time.
Speaker 1: So I mean he's a heralded type prospect. So he
Speaker 1: doesn't become their starter and the consistent starting guy in
Speaker 1: Oregon's defense until at the end, and then they go
Speaker 1: to the Rose Bowl and they play Wisconsin and he
Speaker 1: just goes off eleven tackles for his fumble fumble recovery,
Speaker 1: I think he scored a touchdown. He's the MVP of
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty Rose Bowl, yep. So if he doesn't
Speaker 1: opt out, and if he plays as well as he
Speaker 1: did at the end of twenty nineteen, he ain't last
Speaker 1: until day three. Problem and the opt out thing, and
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty season in general has just been so
Speaker 1: screwy you almost can't even take that as part of
Speaker 1: the story when evaluating someone because the circumstances were just
Speaker 1: so bizarre across college football. Yeah, and it's one of
Speaker 1: those things that it's so frustrating now because you wish
Speaker 1: you could see what these guys could have done. But
Speaker 1: I guess the plus side is there's a lot of
Speaker 1: people who are really hungry to get out and play
Speaker 1: in the National Football League and are so excited to
Speaker 1: get back to real organized football. I mean, he's been
Speaker 1: working out for a year, right, That is that is
Speaker 1: not football. Working out as important it is valuable, but
Speaker 1: you don't get the same experience as actually being in
Speaker 1: football routine with your teammates. So I guess the plus
Speaker 1: side of what a goofy year twenty twenty was is
Speaker 1: that you get a lot of guys who are coming
Speaker 1: into the Titans locker room who are hungry and they
Speaker 1: are fired up. That's right, that's right, And I mean
Speaker 1: the fact of the matter is the Titans haven't opening
Speaker 1: it's safety. Brady Breeze could win that job. He could
Speaker 1: start at safety in week one. Now. Amani Hooker is
Speaker 1: going to have something to say about that, and Dan
Speaker 1: Crookshank's gonna have something to say about that. And there
Speaker 1: may be others, you know, Matthias Farley may have something
Speaker 1: to say about that. We'll see. But two corners, a
Speaker 1: linebacker inside, a linebacker outside safety, two big receivers, and
Speaker 1: an offensive line. So that's your group. I guess the
Speaker 1: thing that everybody's talking about as the draft ends for
Speaker 1: the Titans is no tight end. And the Titans currently
Speaker 1: have five tight ends on their roster. Jeff Swaim and
Speaker 1: Anthony Firks. Are you know those guys are playing ball.
Speaker 1: Parker Hessey is entering his third year out of Iowa.
Speaker 1: He's a converted defensive lineman. He's gonna have to make
Speaker 1: a move to make the roster. Tommy Hudson is a
Speaker 1: guy who's on the practice squad last year spent part
Speaker 1: of the season on the suspended list. He's good blocker,
Speaker 1: He's got a chance. And then you know Jared Pickney
Speaker 1: from Vanderbilt, who's in his second year away from the
Speaker 1: Vanderbilt program, is the wildcard in all of this. Is
Speaker 1: he the guy that maybe takes the place of the
Speaker 1: draft pick? Is he the guy who can make the move?
Speaker 1: I don't know, it's possible. And we also have to remember,
Speaker 1: Mike that there's still some people who are in free
Speaker 1: agency right And that's what I was gonna say is
Speaker 1: maybe the Titans are a team that decides to spend
Speaker 1: some money and they don't have a lot of money
Speaker 1: right now, and you know, they're they're still gonna be
Speaker 1: cap issues. They're still gonna be moves that they have
Speaker 1: to make. But do they say, I'm going to spend
Speaker 1: some of that dough and bring in another veteran, you know?
Speaker 1: And that may be what they do. The other thing, too,
Speaker 1: is let's say Kendall Lamb does not win one of
Speaker 1: the starting jobs on the offensive line. What did he
Speaker 1: do and has he done throughout his career? He's played
Speaker 1: the jumbo tight end. You know, come in in the
Speaker 1: blocking situations as the extra tight end. David Quessenberry has
Speaker 1: done the same thing, So maybe the Titans don't carry
Speaker 1: as many tight ends this year. It's obviously going to
Speaker 1: be an area that you have to address. And you
Speaker 1: never come out of the draft getting everything. You can't, No,
Speaker 1: I don't think. I mean unless you have thirty eight picks,
Speaker 1: which you don't unless you are some select teams that
Speaker 1: just collect picks most of the time. You don't have
Speaker 1: a million picks in the draft. You just don't. So
Speaker 1: you address the areas of need. You address based on
Speaker 1: what is on the board that's in front of you.
Speaker 1: But do you get everything. No. For months, we've been
Speaker 1: talking about how there's probably going to be a third
Speaker 1: wave of free agency where teams are going to be
Speaker 1: making some cuts and adding some new people. The cap
Speaker 1: situation is weird this year. It just is, and it's
Speaker 1: playing a big part in all of this. So now
Speaker 1: we wait and see what happens with free agency, and
Speaker 1: we see kind of how rosters shape up through team's
Speaker 1: offseason programs, and then we'll address it again at training camp.
Speaker 1: That's the next time that we'll kind of look at
Speaker 1: this and see what we've got, absolutely good stuff. Amy
Speaker 1: will seventy nine players on the Titans roster as the
Speaker 1: draft ends, So you know, they could waive a guy
Speaker 1: or two and sign more than eleven undrafted free agents,
Speaker 1: or they could sign right at eleven, or maybe they
Speaker 1: just take nine or ten and go out and sign
Speaker 1: another veteran free agent somewhere to add some depth, because
Speaker 1: they're going to be some guys looking for jobs and
Speaker 1: they're going to be some more veterans. Unfortunately that get
Speaker 1: cut in the next week to month based on what
Speaker 1: teams got in this draft because you've got to get cheaper.
Speaker 1: I think one thing's for sure, a veteran player making
Speaker 1: the Titans roster to just play special teams probably doesn't
Speaker 1: happen this year. Yeah, I mean the Titans have done
Speaker 1: well with that. Obviously. We love Darren Bates, Nick Dzubnar.
Speaker 1: We've seen Brendan Trowick do it. I mean, there have
Speaker 1: been guys who have done that and they are playing
Speaker 1: for more than the rookie minimum. It's just hard to see. Now. Now,
Speaker 1: maybe that changes, maybe some money gets freed up and
Speaker 1: you can figure out a way to do that. But
Speaker 1: it looks like, you know, these guys, drafting Breeze a
Speaker 1: good special teams player, Drafting McMath a good special teams player,
Speaker 1: Drafting Monnie Rice a guy who figures to play special teams.
Speaker 1: You know, those sorts of things were done with the
Speaker 1: idea in mind. You're not going to be able to
Speaker 1: spend two to two and a half million dollars on
Speaker 1: a guy to cover kicks in the twenty twenty one
Speaker 1: scenario for most teams. It's just it's just probably not
Speaker 1: going to happen in many places around the league. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but what an opportunity for some of these young guys
Speaker 1: to get on the field and make plays and show
Speaker 1: that they can. I think that this is gonna shake
Speaker 1: out well for some young players who really are able
Speaker 1: to take advantage of that situation, because you're gonna need
Speaker 1: bodies out there. I mean, yes, you want playmakers, and
Speaker 1: you want guys who are good at that position, but
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you still got to
Speaker 1: field a whole team of people out there. And I
Speaker 1: think it's gibe a really good opportunity for some young
Speaker 1: guys who maybe can't get the snaps that they want
Speaker 1: within their respective positions, especially on the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the wall, but they want to show that they can
Speaker 1: make plays and earn a spot on the active roster.
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