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Speaker 1: Of course, it's always special when Amy Wells is here. Hello, Mike.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you coming in with the information about the

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Speaker 1: Dave McGinnis, thanks for getting up early with us. We

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Speaker 1: appreciate you being on. I'm Mike, Keith Hiamie Wells. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I'm already ready. Why aren't we drafting again? Let's go, Well,

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Speaker 1: we're drafting tonight. But this is something we're gonna pick

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Speaker 1: your brain for just a few minutes to give people

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Speaker 1: an update on what's happened so far in the process

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Speaker 1: of what's to come. So let me jump right in.

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Speaker 1: Why was Isaiah Wilson offensive tackle Georgia the right pick

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Speaker 1: for the Tennessee Titans last night? Well, we knew that

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Speaker 1: they needed they needed a young tackle, they really did.

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Speaker 1: And you saw the run. Everybody saw the run on

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Speaker 1: offensive tackles. We've talked about the depth of offensive tackles

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Speaker 1: was just really sticking out on the board as a big,

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Speaker 1: physical He's already a maler. And I've said this before,

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Speaker 1: and I know Mike Rabel and John Robinson think the

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Speaker 1: same thing. When you've got an offensive tackle that has

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Speaker 1: that type of attitude. I mean, he enjoyed always goring

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Speaker 1: people and I like that. I like my offensive tackles

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman. This guy is massive. He was impressive watching

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Speaker 1: him at the combine. When you put on the tape

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Speaker 1: when people start saying well, you know, he's a little

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Speaker 1: I love the pick. It fits the mindset, the mold,

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Speaker 1: and the culture that John Robinson and Mike Vrabel have

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Speaker 1: formed with this football team. The Tennessee Titans are a

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Speaker 1: physically tough football team. This is a physically tough football

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Speaker 1: player with a lot of real big to him. Coach mac,

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Speaker 1: going to look. You can't manufacture that big. I mean,

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Speaker 1: there's not that many humans walking around. Joe Green always

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Speaker 1: and so when you find those types of people, once

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Speaker 1: also the quality nutrition program they have to And that's

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Speaker 1: Things like that all fit together because things had been

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Speaker 1: teams that understand in taking a player like Isaiah Wilson,

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Speaker 1: the updates in technology, well, look, a strength program and

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Speaker 1: Adam Strunk being willing to say, okay, because it takes

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Speaker 1: Being surrounded by the Roger Saffolds, the Ben Jones, the

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Speaker 1: Those those dudes are They've got a herd mentality unlike

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Speaker 1: And so he's coming into an ideal situation. But they've

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Speaker 1: I will say this, Mike and we were we were,

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Speaker 1: exactly for the reasons you said, we saw those tackles

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