1 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: This is the OTP presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans. 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: Healthcare coverage from Farm Bureau Health Plans is like an 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: extra set of pads when you need them the most. 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven. I'm 5 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: Mike Keith. It is Wednesday, January the nineteenth, the big 6 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,479 Speaker 1: story of the days. For the first time in twelve weeks, 7 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 1: Derek Henry spoke to the media. In case you missed it, 8 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: here is Derrick Henry's news conference from earlier today, provided 9 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: by the OTP. Date. So, Derek, how are you feeling? 10 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: And for you, I mean, as healthy as you've been 11 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 1: in your career. Is this the first time you've ever 12 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: had to deal with an injury like this? Yeah, it 13 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: was the first time that I got injured during the 14 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: season and you know, had to miss you know, the 15 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: rest of the season. So it was definitely different. Um, 16 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: a little adversity, but um, you know, just glad that 17 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: you know, I was able to get through it and 18 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: have my support system and you know, happy to be 19 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: back feeling back on the practice field and maybe what's 20 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: your excitement level moving forward? You definitely appreciate this game 21 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: a lot more on your away from it. Been ware 22 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: from my teammates, just having that camaraderie and you know, 23 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: going to going to work every day and wanting to 24 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: play on Sundays, um, each and every week. Definitely missed 25 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: that and um, you know, just happened to be back 26 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 1: on appreciative everybody that helped me get to be able 27 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 1: to come back and um contribute during the playoffs and 28 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: we're just happen to be back playing football. After getting 29 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: that extra contact and practice yesterday, the extra contact that 30 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: you got in practice yesterday, how did you respond to that? 31 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: How how do you feel after that? Oh? Yeah, I 32 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: felt great. Um, you know, just want to get some 33 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: paths on, have haven't had them on in a while 34 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: and get some contact going in. I appreciate those guys 35 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: coming over to uh help me do that. And yeah, yeah, 36 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: definitely felt good. The toughest part of you know, this 37 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: whole rehab returned to play process us and maybe what 38 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 1: helped you get through that. Um No, I love football. UM, 39 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: I mean it's all a d onceince I was five 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: years old, and you know it's what I fell in 41 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: love with and um, you know it's just the first 42 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: time somebody this has happened, and um, you know, just 43 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: adversity and just you just got to overcome it. And 44 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: UM like to you know, thankful for the trainers, Um 45 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: my girlfriend who was driving me uh here five weeks 46 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: straight when I couldn't drive, and um, you know everybody 47 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: that you know supporting me, Titans fans wrote uh get 48 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: well letters. I definitely appreciate that, and you know, just 49 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 1: you know, just having faith in the man above and 50 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: you know, just continue to rehab, continue to get healthy, 51 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 1: and you know, he never has an opportunity right here, 52 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 1: pretty much indestructible there, you know for the for the 53 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: first several years. The fact that this injury has something 54 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: to do with with wear and tear a little bit too, 55 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: you know, is that is that cause for concern looking 56 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 1: forward in terms of the you know, the amount of 57 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: carries and so forth, and the and the load that 58 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 1: you can deal with going forward. Now, I don't think 59 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: you worry about that. I mean, it's football, is the 60 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: game of injuries. Injuries happen, and um, you know you 61 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,640 Speaker 1: just gotta keep pushing forward. And everything happened for a reason, 62 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: you know. I don't try to get into all the 63 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: what else and this and that that and this. Just 64 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: focus on the right now and appreciate the journey and 65 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: that's all I can do. You between your feet that 66 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: right now in terms of cutting right, cutting left, playing thing, 67 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 1: how close are you to the same same on each side? 68 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: I feel good. I may have a big steel plate 69 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: of my foot that's only different from the from the 70 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: left foot to the right, but I mean I feel good. 71 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: Just you know, I haven't did anything like two and 72 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: a half months, so you know, just getting back out there, 73 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: getting acclimated to everything and you know, get back to 74 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: being me. You can feel if you think you can 75 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: kind of pick up where you're left off. And man, 76 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: you haven't played the preseason a lot, so I know 77 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: people talk about Russ. Do you feel like you can 78 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: kind of step back in and be be the Derek 79 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: you word the start of the season. Well, I mean 80 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: it all starts out here in the practice field and 81 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: you know, UM doing everything I can to be ready 82 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: for Saturday, and that's just that's then that's where it starts. 83 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: Just trying to work hard, trying to do the best 84 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: I can to you know, being be the best pay 85 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 1: I can be for this team and try to UM 86 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: contribute as best as I can. But you know, the 87 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: work starts out here like it always does. Impressed if 88 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 1: you bet with the job to play, be able to 89 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 1: do without you Derek to get to this point to 90 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: get the number one seed. Oh, I was definitely the 91 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: biggest ship leader. Um, you know it was fun watching them. 92 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 1: You know, while I while I missed playing with him, 93 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: but did a great job. Guy stepped down, the guys 94 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: who are hungry, did a great job running the ball 95 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 1: and you know overall as a team that did a 96 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: great job as well. And for us to have number 97 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: one seed, get about a week and then coming to 98 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: the vision around, I don't get a good appointment he's 99 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: there because I know that's a big part of that 100 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: recovery process from the engine black playing football. You know 101 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: that's all it is. You feel like you'd be ready 102 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: for he didn't get into all that. But whatever I 103 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: can do to help, um, you know I'm always for it. 104 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: Defense and what kind of challenge do they presentally have 105 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: been good against a run this year? Yeah, it did 106 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 1: a great job this whole year and um, watching them 107 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: gets the Raiders, I feel like they did a great job. 108 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:12,919 Speaker 1: I know they've got a couple of guys that that 109 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: went down. But overall, the physical um penetrators, UM, linebackers, um, 110 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: they played very well. Experience in the back end they 111 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: you know, do do a great job boxing um um fast, 112 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: try to get the ball out and got a great experience. 113 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: A lot of guys who who who played together for 114 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: a couple of years, so we got a handsful gott 115 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 1: to prepare for them this week. Thinking the first hit 116 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 1: on it in a game, all these questions. I mean, 117 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: I'm not really focused on that. I'm just ready to 118 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: go out there and play. If you sit there and 119 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: focus on all that, then you're not gonna be yourself 120 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 1: manage Derek to maybe having fresh legs, you know, not 121 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: having played, not having had warning tear for the last 122 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: three months. Is there a benefit to that going up 123 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 1: against you know, maybe guys who've been playing week after week. 124 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,400 Speaker 1: I would think abody who hasn't played in two months, well, 125 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: you know, feel pretty good about the body and where 126 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 1: they're at. So University, you've been going through this last 127 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: several months. How difficult was that mentally for you? I 128 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: know you said it was fun watching the Titans play 129 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: and do so well, but also how difficult was that 130 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: watching your team and being away from your from your organization. UM, 131 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: it's always hard when you know you go down in 132 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: an injury and you know the season is still going 133 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 1: on and you love football, you want to play, but 134 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: you know you just gotta work through it. It's all. 135 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: It can be tough times, you know when something like 136 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: that happens. But you know what don't breaks you, makes you. 137 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 1: So that's a mindset. I had to just continue to rehab, 138 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: get better to the best I can get back on 139 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: the field. You also mentioned your support system, how grateful 140 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: you were to them and for everyone that kind of 141 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: supported you through these last couple of months. How often 142 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: did your teammates reach out to you and how much 143 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: did you feel that support from your team? Oh? Yeah, 144 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: they reached out to me every day. UM, who who 145 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 1: whoever was that text me before each game and just 146 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 1: just checking up on me. I definitely appreciated that. And 147 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: you know, my teammates of life family, so I definitely 148 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 1: appreciate it. And UM was rooting for him while I 149 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: was trying to get back. You get a lot of letters, 150 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,760 Speaker 1: you mentioned letters from fans. Did you did you get 151 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: a lot of support mail and did you read a 152 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: lot of it. Yeah, I got UM a pretty good 153 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: bit of them, and I definitely I appreciate it for 154 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: them taking the time out to UM send love and 155 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 1: UM send get well wishes. UM got some of the 156 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: best fans in the league and UM definitely, you know, 157 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: it was heartfelt messages and I definitely appreciate it. What 158 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: was it like back when it first happened, Like, like 159 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: you said, you've really had no injuries. How kind of 160 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: shocking was it not only to learn you've been hurt, 161 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: but that you might be out for such an extended 162 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: period of time. Yeah, it was. It was definitely, UM shocking, 163 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,320 Speaker 1: you know. UM, Like I said, this has never happened 164 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: to me, UM, my whole career. So it was just, 165 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: you know, I was like, well, you know, can't do 166 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: nothing about it. Now, try to get surgery and start 167 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: the recruit process. Try to get back this because I can. 168 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: So do you expect to play on Saturday? Do I 169 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: expect to play? See how this week goes, and we'll 170 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: see what where I'm at on Saturday. The opportunity that 171 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: this team has been the number one seed, it is 172 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: an opportunity to do something that's never been done around here. 173 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 1: How much of you guys looking to hopefully take advantage 174 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 1: of an opportunity. Um, yeah, you know, we definitely know 175 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: it starts out here and continue to get better on 176 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 1: all three phases. M compete and then you're ready for Saturday. 177 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: But we have a big opportunity in front of us, 178 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 1: and we want to make sure we stay focused every 179 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: day in the meetings, in the practice field, and then 180 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: let it lead to Saturday. Last one last year when 181 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,840 Speaker 1: you had a home game chance, how much is that 182 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: sit with you at the end of that promising season. Yeah, 183 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: you know, not really trying to focus on too much 184 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 1: of last year. You know that's in the past. But 185 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: he came up short last year and if we want 186 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:04,679 Speaker 1: to do the right things this year so that that 187 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: doesn't happen. That's Derrick Henry talking about everything that he 188 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: is feeling at this point in time. Dave McGinnis from 189 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: Titan's Radio kind enough to join me on the OTP Daily. 190 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: Derek Henry talking today sounded like an excited man, but 191 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: it's still important to point out nothing about his status 192 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: for Saturday has changed yet. No, it hasn't changed yet. 193 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: And look, this guy's a professional and we all know 194 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: how important this is to him, but he is also 195 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: keeping it in perspective right now. So he was just 196 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: telling exactly how he feels, how he felt, you know, 197 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:49,839 Speaker 1: you know when you watch practice and you go through 198 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: it and they're going through the proper progression with him. 199 00:09:52,800 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 1: He was patted up yesterday and so everything that they're 200 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:59,880 Speaker 1: doing Mike is working towards him being out there. But 201 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: as you said, it's nothing has been solidified yet. But 202 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,560 Speaker 1: watching him at practice and then having him on the 203 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: podium today, that's a nice touch. It feels like he's 204 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: gonna play Saturday at three thirties Central against Cincinnati, but 205 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 1: again not official yet, not official, no, and we're always 206 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 1: official on the OTP. We're always official on the OTP. 207 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 1: The Titans will need a roster spot to activate him. 208 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 1: They got a roster spot today. Greg Mabon was put 209 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: on the COVID nineteen reserve list defensive back Greg mabin 210 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: There could be other things that the Titans choose to do. 211 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,440 Speaker 1: We'll see, you know, we'll see what they choose to do. 212 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 1: Derek Robertson not at practice today, the outside linebacker out 213 00:10:41,760 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: for personal reasons, and Jack Rabbit Jenkins, who was a 214 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: full participant yesterday, did not practice today in the rain 215 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: with a lot of things going on. No great explanation 216 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: about that, but I guess we'll know more tomorrow about 217 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: Jack Rabbis. Well, well know plenty more, you know, as 218 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: the week progresses. But Mike, if there is any on 219 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:05,479 Speaker 1: office and there's any coaching staff that's adept at maneuvering 220 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: activations and deactivations, is this group ninety one different people 221 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 1: during the year, they know what they're doing right now, 222 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: all right. So on the other side, the big news 223 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: from Cincinnati, Trey Hendrickson, the really outstanding pass rusher, continues 224 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 1: to progress in concussion protocol. He was a full participant today. 225 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: What do you like about Trey Hendrickson as a player, coach, Mack, Well, 226 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,600 Speaker 1: he's got an incessant motor and that that that's really 227 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: the big part of him. You know, basically what they've done. 228 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: You know what Duke Tobin has done, who's been who's 229 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 1: put this roster together along with his dad, Bill Tobin, 230 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: who's been with him the whole time. You know, Bill 231 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: Tobin was the architect of those great Bears defenses, and 232 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: so he has he has he has, he has made 233 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 1: his offense through the draft, and he's solidified this defense 234 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: through free agency, and so they he've built both sides 235 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: of the football very very differently. Hendrickson is a guy 236 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: that that adds a lot off of the edge. He's 237 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: a good pressure rusher that comes off the edge. And 238 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: there was no doubt in my mind that as soon 239 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: as we were informed that he was at practice, you know, 240 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: the first day that he was available, he's going to 241 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 1: be available to play. But we're gonna have to he's 242 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:15,640 Speaker 1: a problem coming off the edge. Sam Hubbard, the defensive 243 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,959 Speaker 1: end on the other side, doesn't have the sack numbers, 244 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: but he does have seven and a half in his 245 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: own right, and he plays the run well well. And 246 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: here's what they've done defensively and defensively. They're not a 247 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: big pressure team that they rely on those guys up 248 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: four to bring the pressure and they and their guys 249 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: off the edge. And let me say just say this too, Mike. 250 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: With the explosive nature of this offense and the number 251 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: of points they're putting up, these guys up front for 252 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: them defensively have a chance to get in their track 253 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,319 Speaker 1: stance and go. That's what the Titans cannot allow them 254 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: to do is to get the score separated in their 255 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: favor as to where they can just incessantly rush the passer. 256 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: We need to separate the score in our favor and 257 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: we need to keep this running game going, all right. 258 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: I want to go into coach mac mode here about 259 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:01,719 Speaker 1: something other than Joe in the wide receivers. I want 260 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 1: to talk about c J. Yusamba, the tight end, who 261 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: is big. He's six six two sixty seventh year man 262 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:12,559 Speaker 1: out of Auburn, finished the year with forty nine catches 263 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: for nearly five hundred yards and five touchdowns. And then 264 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: in the playoff game the other night, in the win 265 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 1: over Las Vegas, six catches sixty four yards and what 266 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: you call a combat catch for a touchdown. How big 267 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,679 Speaker 1: a problem is he for the Titans. He's a big problem. 268 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,719 Speaker 1: And they paid him too. I mean, this guy got 269 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: paid for a reason. He's what this offense and what 270 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 1: Zach Taylor is using within this offense. He and well, 271 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:39,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll talk about Joe Mixon here in a minute, 272 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 1: but those guys everybody wants to talk about, and they're 273 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: they're primarily an eleven personnel team, which is three wides. 274 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: But the tight end is involved in this throwing game 275 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 1: quite a bit. He's a big mid range target and 276 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 1: then in the red zone he's a big issue just 277 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 1: because of the size advantage. The Titans had used Dane 278 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: Krukshank to shadow tight ends earlier in the year, but 279 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: quite frankly, the teams that they were doing it with 280 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: didn't have as many wide receiver threats as what the 281 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals do. Can the Titans attack it again that way? 282 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: Or because of Chase and because of Higgins and because 283 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: of Boyd, are they limited in that? Well? You and 284 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: I get to watch practice, So I mean they're gonna 285 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 1: have They're gonna have a plan for him. They're gonna 286 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 1: have to have a plan for him. But Mike, a 287 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: lot of it's gonna be predicated on down a distance, 288 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: a lot of it's gonna be predicated on field position, 289 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: and a lot of it's gonna be predicated on the 290 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: type of splits they're getting with what's going on with 291 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 1: the wide receivers. Anytime that you've got a subdefense and 292 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: you want to conform your coverages in a subdefense and 293 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: you're trying to take care of inside the number players 294 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: and outside the number players. A lot of it depends 295 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: on what type of splits you're getting. And that's gonna 296 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: be really interesting to me when we broadcast this game 297 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: to see how this starts to play out. All right, 298 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:51,640 Speaker 1: So let me go to Joe Mixon, the running back. 299 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: Joe mixons a guy who had nearly sixteen hundred total yards, 300 00:14:55,840 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: sixteen touchdowns, over twelve hundred yards rushing, forty two matches 301 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 1: for over three hundred yards receiving. Why is he such 302 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: a problem. Well, I went back and checked my draft 303 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: notes on Joe Mixon coming out of Oklahoma, and the 304 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: first thing, you know, you always you always put down 305 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: your bullet points for a player contact balance. He's got 306 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: extreme contact balance, which means he's very strong in his lords. 307 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: He's not easy to knock off of his pens. He's 308 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 1: able to take that first lick and still keep on moving. 309 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: And plus a lot of those guys that do that, 310 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: Mike are bigger, stronger backs. But he's also got jump 311 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: cutability and he can catch the football. Look at his 312 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: numbers catching the ball. He's he's a problem, and he's 313 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: he's gonna be a problem. Because Zach Taylor comes from 314 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: an offense you know he's from the Sean mcvaytree that 315 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: knows how to use their running backs in both ways. 316 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: But the biggest thing that comes with him, he's a 317 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: He's a big yards after contact guy. He's contact balance back. 318 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: All right. Let me talk about another guy that the 319 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: Titans want to get involved and has been involved more lately. 320 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: Anthony Firkser eight catches, seventy yards, two touchdowns in the 321 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 1: last two games. Can't he stay hot in the playoffs. 322 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 1: He's got to, I mean he's got to be and 323 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,680 Speaker 1: most of his routes take place we talk about between 324 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: the numbers. Most of them are taking place between the numbers. 325 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: And if we start getting two high safeties like we've 326 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: gotten in the last few weeks at certain times, then 327 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: those shots down the middle are important. Tanney Hill is 328 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: not afraid to take those shots down the middle. It 329 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: takes laser target throws, and Ferkster has done a nice job, 330 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: especially lately, being a contact catcher downfield. I mean he 331 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: has taken some big hits and making those catches. But 332 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: if they want to play him one on one, he's 333 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: got the ability to out maneuver a linebacker or a safety, 334 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: especially chain moving third down place. Is it your belief 335 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: that the Bengals will do what they've done in recent 336 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: weeks and put former Seahawks defensive back Tray Flowers on 337 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: Ferkser when he comes into the game. Well, Flowers is 338 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: a bigger corner. He's a big long corner, and what 339 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: he's normally done, if you go through all of their games, 340 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: he's drawn either the bigger receiver or the bigger tight end, 341 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: and so they could possibly do that. Yes, Flowers is 342 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: an interesting We played against him September nineteenth in Seattle. 343 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:07,400 Speaker 1: He started at corner, he played all eighty eight snaps 344 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 1: in the game, and then by October thirteenth they had 345 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: cut him. Cincinnati picked him up off waivers and here 346 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: he is. Yeah, well, I mean Seett'll have their issues 347 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: this year, Mike, you know what nine knows. So whatever 348 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 1: was going on up there towards the end of the 349 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: year when we played the Seahawks, they were really good. 350 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,120 Speaker 1: Later on in the season they were not so good. 351 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: So who knows what went on, But nice job by 352 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: the Bengals picking him up. Were you surprised that Ken 353 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: Norton Junior was let go as the Seahawks defensive coordinator no, 354 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: I was not. Their defense was not good. It was 355 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: not good at all. Now that defense is Pete Carroll's defense. 356 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 1: Let's not get it twisted. It's Pete Carroll's defense. And 357 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: the way that things went, I mean clearly you do. 358 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,679 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll wasn't gonna get fired. So the assistant coaches 359 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 1: always take it, you know, when you've got a head 360 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: coach at that is that established. But his deep Ken 361 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,160 Speaker 1: Norton as the coordinator, his defenses have not been good 362 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 1: for a couple of seasons. All right, Amy Wells had 363 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 1: a chance to talk to a guy who's going to 364 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: be important for the Titans this Saturday at three thirty 365 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: Central Time Nissan Stadium as Tennessee takes on Cincinnati. That 366 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:14,360 Speaker 1: player is number seventy six, Roger Saffold. Here's Amy's conversation 367 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: with Roger Saffield on the OTP Day. Roger, the twenty 368 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: twenty one season has brought challenges for everybody, but for 369 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: you specifically. We've seen you battle through injuries. We've seen 370 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: you battle through personnel changes within your own offensive line. 371 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: We've seen you battle just personally through life and being 372 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,640 Speaker 1: a human being. What has this season been like for you. 373 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: It's definitely been like a mental strain, you know, when 374 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 1: it comes to life in general. You've got so many 375 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: things you do with outside of the game, and then 376 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 1: you have these struggles inside of the game. And you know, 377 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,919 Speaker 1: luckily I've been talking to the right people and helping 378 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: me through that, and I love how consistent I've been 379 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: and just you know, my approach and just trying to 380 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,880 Speaker 1: make every day as best as I possibly can make it. Mentally, 381 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: that's got to be just exhausting, though, oh yeah, yeah, 382 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: it's it's mentally exhausting, it's mentally draining. But there are 383 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,360 Speaker 1: always ways that you could kind of, you know, come 384 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:10,159 Speaker 1: back that like I do a lot of things like 385 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: kind of off the field that kind of you know, 386 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: make me happy and give me some time away so 387 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: I can come back refreshed. And you know, sometimes that's 388 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 1: not a bye week or when you're injured and not 389 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 1: playing in a game. Sometimes it could just be you know, 390 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:23,880 Speaker 1: a Tuesday, you're off day. What makes all of this 391 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: worth it for you, it's the grind. I fell in 392 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: love with the grind when I was a little kid. 393 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 1: You know, learning how to work hard was kind of 394 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: like my whole mo my entire life, and then you know, 395 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: picking up on some talents here and there, but you know, 396 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: just the fact that there's always a journey, it's always 397 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: the one goal. It gets so fun around this time 398 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 1: of year. Everyone talks about how hard you work. That 399 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: grind really shows through. Where does that I guess, mental toughness, 400 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: that mentality come from, and just the ability to keep 401 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 1: going no matter what. Oh man, it was something that 402 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: was instilled in me at a young age from my father. 403 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 1: You know, we used to always talk about, you know, 404 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,959 Speaker 1: hard work, beast talent, and you know, even when I 405 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: was a young kid in nine years old, I used 406 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 1: to do push up set ups and run around my 407 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: neighborhood like that was my training as a little kid, 408 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 1: and it kind of stuck. It kind of stuck, and 409 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,439 Speaker 1: you know, you get get heavy with the results at 410 00:20:13,480 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: the end of the year, and I've just been trying 411 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: to stay consistent with that through my career. When you 412 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: talk to people over the years, it's interesting how much 413 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: variety there is to this question. A young guy will 414 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 1: give an answer very different than an older vet. So 415 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: the question is what does this game mean to you? 416 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: It means everything to me. This is another opportunity to 417 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: get closer to the goal of winning the championship, and 418 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: for me, it elevates my game completely. The focus goes up, 419 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 1: the hard work goes up, the attentive in meetings, and 420 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 1: then just overall game play. I seem to just play 421 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: better around this time of year. You know, this is 422 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: the type of games to bring out the best of you. 423 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 1: You've been to a Super Bowl before, You've been through 424 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: the experience of grinding through a regular season, than going 425 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 1: through the entirety of the playoffs then getting to that 426 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: bag game. How do you use that experience to help 427 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: motivate or maybe explain to guys in this building who 428 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,720 Speaker 1: haven't had that experience before what's about to come. Well, basically, 429 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: just off the field in general, it's a little bit 430 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 1: tough because you see all these people just on vacation. 431 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,679 Speaker 1: Everybody's having a good time. They're back with their families, 432 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 1: back in their hometowns, just experience in life, and you're 433 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: still on your grind and it's tough. You know, there 434 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: could be a mental strain with that as well. You 435 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,400 Speaker 1: try to instill and try to try to bring these 436 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: guys up, especially the young guys, so they can understand that. Listen, 437 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 1: the hard work is going to work with you right 438 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:33,919 Speaker 1: now and you're gonna have all the time in the 439 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 1: world later. And to just stay focused through this whole 440 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: process because some people let it slip away. Getting to 441 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: that game and getting a win in the Super Bowl, 442 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,959 Speaker 1: winning a championship is always the goal. Like, that's what 443 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,439 Speaker 1: everybody wants to do for you in this season, after 444 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 1: everything that this team has been through, everything that you've 445 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 1: been through. Would that make it even sweeter? Oh man, yes, yes, 446 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: it would absolutely make a sweeter I mean going after 447 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 1: a championship and like I said, being there, you know, 448 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 1: you put everything that you have into preparation and everything 449 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: you have in the offseason. You start thinking about all 450 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: the sacrifices that you've made for so long, and you know, 451 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,640 Speaker 1: when you finally get there, you're like, wow, I'm here, 452 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,359 Speaker 1: and and the and the moment is just so amazing 453 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: and magnificence. It's almost magical. But you want to win. 454 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: It's not just about getting there. And that's something that 455 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: I learned, and you know, through my observations and going 456 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl back in twenty eighteen than nineteen, 457 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: I learned that you know, you really have to put 458 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 1: in everything you can. You can't get distracted with media 459 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 1: and everything else that comes involved with the Super Bowl. 460 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: You have to focus on the game, and I think 461 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 1: that I'm gonna do a better job of that if 462 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 1: we get another chance. I want to ask you about 463 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: some of your teammates, and I want to start with 464 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 1: a guy who plays right next to you, Ben Jones. 465 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,160 Speaker 1: What has he meant to the offense, the offensive line, 466 00:22:57,200 --> 00:22:59,480 Speaker 1: to this team this season? Oh? Man, you know, we 467 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,320 Speaker 1: gotta have been out there. I don't think that people 468 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,360 Speaker 1: understand about the gravity of the responsibility that that man 469 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: has to our offense. He doesn't really get to have 470 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,240 Speaker 1: days off because you know, quarterbacks need him snapping the ball. 471 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: He can't be injured. I mean, he literally can't be injured. 472 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,640 Speaker 1: I know that we've seen people doing in the past 473 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 1: when we haven't had any other options, and we've been 474 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 1: able to make things work. But he's pivotal in our 475 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:22,399 Speaker 1: team's success and the way that he's been able to 476 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 1: battle through injury and corona like all this stuff is 477 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: a testament to him and just how hard he works 478 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 1: and how much he cares about this team. He's the 479 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: epitome of a grown man. Yeah, he's a grown man. 480 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: You see his ass. Those are grown man hands. Those 481 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: are hard working, farm working hands. Another guy I want 482 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 1: to ask you about, Ryan Tannehill. Has impressed you about 483 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 1: him the most of this season. I just think that 484 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: he continues to show just his toughness. I mean, his 485 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: toughness is unmatched. I mean we've seen him take hits 486 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: and just delivered dimes. We've seen him run the ball 487 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,119 Speaker 1: and get touchdowns. You know, for the life of me, 488 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: we can't get this man and the slide. But you know, 489 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: I'm super proud of him, just so what he's been through. 490 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: I mean, he never beats an eye. He's always working 491 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,680 Speaker 1: towards the goal of the team rather than himself, and 492 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:12,919 Speaker 1: he doesn't care what anybody says about him. He just 493 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 1: goes to work every day, the same guy, every single day. 494 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,360 Speaker 1: The return of Derrick Henry is something that has Titans 495 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 1: fans losing their mind, like actually going crazy for this 496 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,640 Speaker 1: Titans offense. How much of a help is it to 497 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: get a big, strong, physical back like Derrick Henry back 498 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 1: in the lineup. I mean, honestly, I think it's like, 499 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 1: what is the difference when you have your star player 500 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: on the field. I mean, he takes a lot of 501 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 1: attention in many different areas. He's going to make things 502 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: easier for AJ Julio, all of our wide receivers, tight ends. 503 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 1: He's going to make those play fakes a little bit 504 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: harder to see. It's just great to have him back 505 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,399 Speaker 1: on the field, have another leader on the field, have 506 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: another star on the field, and see what exactly these 507 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: defensives can do to really stop us. How much better 508 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 1: is the offense now than it was in October when 509 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,960 Speaker 1: he left. Honestly, think it kind came down to just 510 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:05,400 Speaker 1: how consistent could we be and just being efficient in 511 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: the run game in the past game, and we've been 512 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,719 Speaker 1: starting to do that. We show signs that the thing 513 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:11,640 Speaker 1: that's great about this team is that there's always room 514 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 1: for improvement, and we have never thought that we just 515 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,720 Speaker 1: arrived like we're continuing to work. The Titans faced the 516 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals in twenty twenty in Cincinnati, didn't get the 517 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,560 Speaker 1: win in that game. Do you go back that far 518 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 1: and look at a game that you played against the 519 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 1: team even though an entire season has passed. Honestly, I can't. 520 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: I mean, I think that the entire look of the 521 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 1: Bengals has completely changed. There's many different players in their front. 522 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 1: They had great guys in front. On their defense, We've 523 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:40,959 Speaker 1: seen what Jamar Chase has been able to do, and 524 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: we see that they've been a high scoring offense. All 525 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: of those are recipes for a playoff team, which they are, 526 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,840 Speaker 1: and for us, it's going to be yet another challenge. 527 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 1: I think that we just have to be excited that 528 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 1: it's at our place and on our terms. When you 529 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: see a team that's really starting to hit their stride 530 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,919 Speaker 1: at the end of the regular season to the playoffs, 531 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 1: does that change the way you approach them at all? No, No, 532 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 1: absolutely not. I think that we when you constantly focus 533 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: on yourself, it's hard to overlook everybody on your way. 534 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: Dave McGinnis, you know Roger Saffold, Well, why has he 535 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: been so important in the last three years for the Titans. Well, 536 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: I mean he went I had him for a lot 537 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,199 Speaker 1: of years at the Rams. Look, this guy, first of all, 538 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 1: is an outstanding athlete. I mean you really don't really 539 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,360 Speaker 1: understand his athleticism until you watch him play. I mean 540 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: he's a massive man. First of all, he's extremely smart, 541 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,120 Speaker 1: and he's exactly what you want. I mean, you don't 542 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,280 Speaker 1: play at that level for this many years in this league. 543 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: When we had him at the Rams, Mike he played 544 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 1: every position during a season except for center and could 545 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 1: do all of them. And so it's so important when 546 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: you have those types of guys. And plus he's a 547 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:55,160 Speaker 1: veteran player and his experience on that offensive line is huge. 548 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: And when we have when we have Ben Jones and 549 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 1: you go to the left, you got Roger and then 550 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: you got Lawan, that's a strong side. I mean, that's 551 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 1: something that you need. And Roger has always been a 552 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: stand up guy, you know, first of all. I mean 553 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 1: we can tell that just the way he takes ownership 554 00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:12,200 Speaker 1: of everything he does. But he's an outstanding, outstanding physical talent. 555 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,120 Speaker 1: Want to mention this for Titan super fans, It's time 556 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 1: to show your team pride this playoff season. Share your 557 00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:22,439 Speaker 1: game day rituals at hashtag LG Tighten Up for a 558 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: chance to win epic LG Prizes. Participation is valid starting 559 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,880 Speaker 1: today through February thirteenth. Hope we're playing on February thirteenth, 560 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:36,040 Speaker 1: we will be all right. 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