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Speaker 1: On today's OTP Road to Nashville, Nashville Convention and Visitors

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Speaker 1: Corporation President CEO Butch Spirited talks all things draft weekend logistics,

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Speaker 1: including suggestions for families. We preview the top offensive lineman

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Speaker 1: in the upcoming draft, and we take your questions for

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Speaker 1: Titans onlines. Jim, why all that in more? Next on

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Speaker 1: the April night, OTP Groom to Nashville. It's sixteen days

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Speaker 1: until players are drafted in Nashville. Welcome to the OTP

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Speaker 1: Road to Nashville. I'm Mike Keith with Amy Wells. He

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Speaker 1: welcome back this morning. Hey, thank you. Good to see

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Speaker 1: you this Tuesday. One of the sort of landmarks in

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Speaker 1: this process says for us not just about the draft,

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Speaker 1: but also towards the season, because later today we learn

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Speaker 1: the preseason opponents and the order in which we will

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Speaker 1: play them. They will not set specific dates, you know,

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Speaker 1: for a few more weeks, right, but we're starting to

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Speaker 1: get the schedule well, and that's later today. That's when

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Speaker 1: things start to get exciting. You can start making those

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Speaker 1: plans and start seeing the season as it's going to be,

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Speaker 1: you know, you can start to visualize. It starts to

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Speaker 1: feel real. I'm excited. You know what else is real?

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Speaker 1: What the guy in the room with us right now

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Speaker 1: truth the President CEO of the Nashville Convention in Visitors

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Speaker 1: Corporation Butch Spirit and welcome to the OTP Road to Nashville.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. You're all about the Nashville, so that's good.

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Speaker 1: I don't mind the Nashville. I was gonna say, this

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Speaker 1: journey to get here, this this whole thing, Amy, I

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Speaker 1: think we just start with it right off the bet

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Speaker 1: because this guy is the raider of the lost. Lutely

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Speaker 1: asked the question, Okay, I want to know about this journey.

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Speaker 1: What did you have to do to get the NFL

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Speaker 1: draft out of New York City and Internashville, Tennessee a lot.

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Speaker 1: We've always had an event strategy, so years ago we went,

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Speaker 1: you know, that draft makes perfect sense for this city.

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Speaker 1: And in May of twenty eleven on most of what's

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Speaker 1: that eight years eight years we made a trip to

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Speaker 1: New York with the Titans and knocked on their door

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Speaker 1: and they looked at us like we were crazy. We

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Speaker 1: don't move the draft. This is before they had taken

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Speaker 1: it out anywhere, This before they even had an inkling

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Speaker 1: that they might one day take it. I mean literally

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Speaker 1: no clue. And the first response was we don't move it,

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Speaker 1: and our answer was you should, this is a fan

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Speaker 1: eventum and then constantly stayed in touch. They made one

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Speaker 1: outreach to a bunch of cities maybe a couple of

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Speaker 1: years later, and then backed it and we said, yes,

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Speaker 1: we're in. Then then the Commissioner was in town to

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Speaker 1: honor Bud Adams, and I walked up to him and

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Speaker 1: introduced myself and said, pointed at Carldine and said you

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Speaker 1: should move the draft and he'll give you free police

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Speaker 1: and free venues. And Goodell looked at me like you

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Speaker 1: might think he did he would have patted me on

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Speaker 1: the head. I think if it sent me packing. And

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Speaker 1: then all of a sudden they came with they ran

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Speaker 1: into a conflict in New York. So I'm gonna knock

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Speaker 1: on wood our good fortune. They had to move it,

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Speaker 1: and they said we're going to Chicago or LA. And

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Speaker 1: I reached out to Peter O'Reilly at the League and

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Speaker 1: said we want to bid, and said we're just looking

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Speaker 1: at LA or Chicago, and I said, I know, I

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Speaker 1: don't care. I want to submit a proposal, and finally

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Speaker 1: said use it against Chicago if you want, but I

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Speaker 1: want to send you something. And the whole thought was

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Speaker 1: we want to constantly keep Nashville in front of him.

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Speaker 1: He allowed me to do that. Then I kept sending

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Speaker 1: him pictures if we were doing a big event. Ended

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Speaker 1: and that time he said, we're watching, so okay. They've

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Speaker 1: noticed that we've grown up. Then we got invited one

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Speaker 1: of seventeen cities we made the shortlist of five. Had

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Speaker 1: to go present New York in front of about twenty

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Speaker 1: But whenever wavered, we always thought we were the best option.

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Speaker 1: made it a lot harder. Unbelievable long stories had an

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Speaker 1: eight year journey to your journey to get here, and

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Speaker 1: it is sixteen days away from reality. By the way,

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Speaker 1: got limited time, so we will get to your questions

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Speaker 1: at the end as many as we can. Please be patient.

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Speaker 1: Economic impact, what are you estimating right now? And I

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Speaker 1: know you probably don't know any exact number, but where

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Speaker 1: do you think the economic impact ends up landing for

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Speaker 1: Nashville when this is said and done by habit or

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Speaker 1: internal rule. We try to stay away from that until after.

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Speaker 1: But Dallas did a roughly one hundred, twenty and twenty

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Speaker 1: five million dollar economic impact within the seventy to eighty

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Speaker 1: million in direct spend. I think we crushed that. To

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Speaker 1: be honest with you, We're the first true destination city

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Speaker 1: in this draft world. Our weekends are good anyway, Putting

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Speaker 1: it with the marathon was intentional. Makes it bigger. What

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Speaker 1: the NFL's doing is making it bigger, and what the

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Speaker 1: music does is make it bigger. All in. I think

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Speaker 1: we're already at twenty million in terms of production, mostly

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Speaker 1: from the NFL. Everybody thinks we're just paying the NFL.

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Speaker 1: They're writing the bigger checks on this. You said this

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Speaker 1: as a destination city. This has been called a destination draft.

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Speaker 1: What is it about this that makes it such an

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Speaker 1: intriguing destination The footprint start there. You know last year

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Speaker 1: not no offense, Darlington, but it took place in a

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Speaker 1: you know, among the neon lights of floor abroad, the

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Speaker 1: the music part of it. The music part of this

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Speaker 1: is a big deal, and it's not just country music.

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Speaker 1: How will music be integrated it was a big part

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Speaker 1: of our pitch to begin with. We have twenty bands involved,

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Speaker 1: Just about every genre you could think of. CC Windings

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Speaker 1: going to be better than they've ever experienced. They typically

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Speaker 1: would have a few cover bands. We don't have any

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Speaker 1: cover bands. We have Nashville artists. And then closing out

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Speaker 1: They've never had headliners involved. And the cost of this free,

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Speaker 1: free free, free, free, free, free. And what about the

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Speaker 1: weekend itself. If you want to attend the draft, the

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Speaker 1: cost is free. If you want to go to the

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Speaker 1: go to Selection Square, the cost is free. Unbelievable and

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Speaker 1: few days. But most of the parking, or certainly the

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Speaker 1: but I think we're gonna make it harder for them

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Speaker 1: My first question whenever I go anywhere is what do

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Speaker 1: I do about parking? That's always my first question, right

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Speaker 1: want to know about marking, and so to hear that

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Speaker 1: A couple will have some shuttles as well. That'll be

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Speaker 1: then it'll be on our website. Wow, free ninety nine, folks.

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Speaker 1: That's it. Let's go. Here's a question that I've been

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Speaker 1: I know that there is an app, there's a draft

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Speaker 1: app for everything. Where do we get it and why

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Speaker 1: is it important? It's the NFL Mobile Fan Pass. It

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Speaker 1: should have gone live last night. I haven't checked. Yep.

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Speaker 1: With everything being free, you don't have to have it.

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Speaker 1: But what the NFL is great at doing is communicating

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Speaker 1: We have some seats in the what they're calling the

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Speaker 1: primary point of contact. Correct. It's a wait for them

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Speaker 1: All right, butch spirit in sixteen days away? April twenty fifth.

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Speaker 1: What does Thursday night look like for an NFL fan

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Speaker 1: who wants to attend the Draft or the fan experience

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Speaker 1: opens it now, so let's we're starting it nearly live music,

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Speaker 1: food trucks, Beergarden, super Bowl trophies, celebrity appearances, interactive activities.

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Speaker 1: round five o'clock. We haven't announced who that is, but

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Speaker 1: pretty cool. I'll give up rock experience that will go there.

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Speaker 1: Then we will roll. We love it. We want to

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Speaker 1: showcase another Nashville, another Nashville band, and then to the

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Speaker 1: NFL's credit Day one is about the first round picks,

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Speaker 1: so we'll turn into a TV show getting ready. Probably

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Speaker 1: six to fifteen to seven goes live at seven and

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Speaker 1: we can't say it enough. Three networks. The Draft has

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Speaker 1: never been carried on three networks. Live never been carried

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Speaker 1: think about when you've got onto a game and ESPN

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Speaker 1: going to do a big event without fireworks, So we'll

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Speaker 1: start with music. We'll end with fireworks, and we'll have

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Speaker 1: a draft in between the wow. Okay, so if I

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Speaker 1: piping music from the fan experience. The goal is right now.

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Speaker 1: Both the video screens and the music will be carried

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Speaker 1: I'd go to the rooftop there. If you think down

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Speaker 1: front too crowded. Talk to the broadcasters from the roof

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Speaker 1: down to their set. So if you can't close, go up.

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Speaker 1: That's right, all right, here's lots of rooftop bars down there,

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Speaker 1: tons of rooftop bars. People. People will be fine. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure there's lots to do. Here's another question from Facebook.

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Speaker 1: It says at Selection Square, which will be at the Schermerhorn,

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Speaker 1: will the draft be broadcasts there? And I'm going to

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Speaker 1: expand on that and say, explain what Selection Square is

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Speaker 1: and why that's valuable to people. Okay, the draft was

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Speaker 1: always about, why I call it, the team desks where

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Speaker 1: the picks were made, and back in the day, it's

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Speaker 1: where the picks were made. Today it's where the picks

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Speaker 1: come in. So every team will have a desk. The

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Speaker 1: NFL will have their mission control. The picks will come

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Speaker 1: into the desk, they'll take it, come into the team desk,

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Speaker 1: the team will take it to the NFL. At every

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Speaker 1: step of the way it's verified. There will be no

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Speaker 1: oscar moments where we read the wrong name. It gets

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Speaker 1: checked three and four times and then it gets to

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Speaker 1: the commissioner to be read on stage on the air.

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Speaker 1: But that's the formal draft pit. It will be open

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Speaker 1: to the public for viewing during the draft. I don't

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Speaker 1: know the answer to whether the broadcast will be going

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Speaker 1: on there, but I'm going to get that answer today.

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Speaker 1: And that's standing. If you're there, you're you're not gonna

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Speaker 1: be sitting at Selection Square. You're gonna be standing. If

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Speaker 1: you're a fan, you're also obviously going to be standing

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Speaker 1: right in front of the stage where the picks are announced,

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Speaker 1: So that that's important, you know, if you're gonna get

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Speaker 1: in the action, and hey, it's a once in a

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Speaker 1: lifetime but just but just be ready to stand up.

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Speaker 1: We're comfortable. Shots, We're comfortable. Shoot one more question. Okay,

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Speaker 1: this is a good one. Um, who was the biggest

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Speaker 1: champion in bringing the draft to Nashville. You know, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna call it a a tie, certainly without Amy Adams

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Speaker 1: drunk saying yes do this, we don't do it. But

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Speaker 1: Steve Underwood and Burke Nihil from the Titan Organization invaluable

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Speaker 1: in the process. And uh, Scott Wright in our office

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Speaker 1: was the guy dot in the eyes and crossing the

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Speaker 1: ts on that proposal. That was maybe the most onerous

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Speaker 1: RFP we've ever responded to. Great stuff. Thank you, for

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Speaker 1: thirty minutes of your time for Titans fans and NFL

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Speaker 1: fans all over to hear all about this and more

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Speaker 1: news to come in the next sixteen days. Butch spirit

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Speaker 1: and thank you for your good work and we can't

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Speaker 1: wait to follow this process. Thanks looking forward to a

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Speaker 1: major free event in just sixteen days. Free. You know

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Speaker 1: it was not free, Roger Staffold, that's true. How about

476
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Speaker 1: just say we're talking offensive line today. We're certainly talking

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Speaker 1: about the Titans free agent offensive lineman added from the

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Speaker 1: Los Angeles Rams. This is a talented guy who figures

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Speaker 1: to add a lot to this group. He's the big

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Speaker 1: addition as the Titans jumped into the offensive line free

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Speaker 1: during free agency. This gentleman has played in one hundred

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Speaker 1: eighteen NFL games. He has started one hundred fourteen the

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Speaker 1: newest Tennessee Titan. Roger Saffold, welcome to Nashville. Thank you.

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Speaker 1: You have a lot of experience, Yes I do, Okay,

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Speaker 1: Outside of experience, what's the most important thing you bring

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Speaker 1: to the Tennessee Titans offensive line? I think the biggest

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Speaker 1: thing is just you know that communication, you know, being

488
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Speaker 1: able to talk through things, being able to get you know,

489
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Speaker 1: running backs and offensive lineman, wide receivers, tight ends, all

490
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Speaker 1: working together towards a common goal. You know, It's it's

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Speaker 1: easy to get lost when you're sitting in the positioning

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Speaker 1: rooms for so long. So I'm hoping that I can

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Speaker 1: bring that tenacity as well, you know, be that aggressive

494
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Speaker 1: offensive line that you know offensive coordinator Arthur is talking about,

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Speaker 1: and be able to win games. You have played all

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Speaker 1: over the offensive line in your career. Yes, two part

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Speaker 1: question number one, how much does that help you with

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Speaker 1: communication because you understand basically the whole line. And number two,

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Speaker 1: do you have a position that you prefer at this

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Speaker 1: point in your career? The years ago, I probably would

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Speaker 1: have said left tackle as well. I was most comfortable

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Speaker 1: with because my whole life that's what I played. As

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Speaker 1: transitioning into guard, you know, I started off as right

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Speaker 1: guard before I moved to left, and then once I

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Speaker 1: got to left guard, I was I was pretty much

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Speaker 1: settled in. I could just really see how I was excelling.

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Speaker 1: And yes, you're right, you know, being able to play

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Speaker 1: all those positions, I understand the game a little bit

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Speaker 1: better from each point of view, and I also understand

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Speaker 1: that our left tackle has to handle the most athletic

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Speaker 1: guy on the field, so you know, being able to

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Speaker 1: help and pass protection, but also understanding you know how

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Speaker 1: the hard is it to block on an island. So

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Speaker 1: when we get our double teams, being able to help

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Speaker 1: out that way, it's really going to help the offensive

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Speaker 1: line as a whole. Most guys can't play all over

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Speaker 1: the offensive line. What has allowed you to be so

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Speaker 1: versatile in your career, You know, I think it's just

519
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Speaker 1: always being humble. I mean, for me, you know, it

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Speaker 1: was always about the team. You know, of course, you

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Speaker 1: know I rather wouldn't have changed here and changed there.

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Speaker 1: But there's been games where I've had to play four

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Speaker 1: positions in one game, and you know that's based off

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Speaker 1: of injury and just you know, going where my team

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Speaker 1: needs me. There's been situations where a guy's injured this

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Speaker 1: week and then a different guy injured that week and

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Speaker 1: I've had to switch. But really it was just all

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Speaker 1: about the team. I just I just want to be

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Speaker 1: able to help my team win games. And you know,

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Speaker 1: now that I got a chance to get settled in,

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Speaker 1: it's it's even better. You get to perfect your craft

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Speaker 1: so much more, and your trial and error is a

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Speaker 1: lot less there's a big man, Roger Saffled, who will

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Speaker 1: play as a starter somewhere in the offensive line for

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Speaker 1: the Titans. We think it'll be left guard. As we

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Speaker 1: take a look at the Titans offensive line depth, we

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Speaker 1: have Saffled penciled in at the left guard spot. But

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Speaker 1: I think penciled is the good way to put it.

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Speaker 1: His versatility gives you a tremendous amount. Obviously, Taylor the

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Speaker 1: Wine's going to be the left tackle. Saffold's gonna be

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Speaker 1: in there somewhere. Center Ben Jones return for another year

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Speaker 1: as a starter, and the right tackle figures to be

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Speaker 1: Jack Conklin at this point, who'll be bouncing back from injury?

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Speaker 1: But who plays right guard? Do we know? Do we know?

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Speaker 1: Do we know? What we do know is Titans online

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Speaker 1: dot Com Senior writer editor, the great Jim Wyatt is here.

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Speaker 1: Jim could be a right guard. He could. He's far

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Speaker 1: too svelt trying to help you out to be a

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Speaker 1: right guard, Jim. What do we do here? Is it?

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Speaker 1: Is it pump feel? I use right guard bout well,

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Speaker 1: that's great, but that doesn't make me a right guard.

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Speaker 1: Pump feel I think is h He's the most intriguing

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Speaker 1: guy us too much too, TMI. Are you just gonna

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Speaker 1: let that dad joke go? No, because I don't think

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Speaker 1: it's a joke. I'm a dad too. Pump Fiel is

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Speaker 1: interesting because he was obviously used as a tackle last

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Speaker 1: year because he was needed at tackle as Jack Conklin

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Speaker 1: was working his way back from an injury. And then

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Speaker 1: tay Luan goes down with an injury and he bout

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Speaker 1: back and forth and his season ends before they really

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Speaker 1: had a chance to let him compete anywhere else. And

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Speaker 1: when he became a free agent this offseason, one of

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Speaker 1: the things that intrigued him about coming back here was

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to compete at the guard spot. So he

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Speaker 1: is going to be a factor there, is he can

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Speaker 1: you Can you pencil him in and say he's the guy. No,

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Speaker 1: because there's still a lot of offseason to go. We

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Speaker 1: don't know what's going to happen in the draft, and

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Speaker 1: we're just gonna have to see some things play out.

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Speaker 1: But he's certainly qualified. He's a versatile guy, as you

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Speaker 1: mentioned with Southfold, and I think he's someone to keep

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Speaker 1: an eye on. I have a question, girl, how is

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Speaker 1: Jack Conklin going to impact this search? For a right

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Speaker 1: guard and his health and where he's at well. He

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Speaker 1: has been a topic of conversation anytime the gym or

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Speaker 1: the head coach have spoken about the potential for him

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Speaker 1: moving inside, and they have reiterated again and again he's

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Speaker 1: going to be a tackle. The question is is his

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Speaker 1: health and how he's going to be. I think the

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Speaker 1: expectation is he's going to be ready to play and

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Speaker 1: expecting to be better another year removed from that knee injury,

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Speaker 1: as he's obviously balling back from another injury now. I

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Speaker 1: expect him to be at tackle and some other things

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Speaker 1: will develop inside well. And if the Titans want to

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Speaker 1: select an interior offensive linement, if they want to go

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Speaker 1: with the center or a guard and kind of make

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Speaker 1: some swaps, and they want to find a guy to

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Speaker 1: plug in right away, this is a draft where you

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Speaker 1: can likely find that guy on day one or day two.

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Speaker 1: Check it out. If you're looking for a center in

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Speaker 1: this draft, evaluators suggest you look at two states, Mississippi

592
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Speaker 1: State and North Carolina State. Elton Jenkins is the center

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Speaker 1: from Starkville, and it's six four, three hundred and fifteen pounds.

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Speaker 1: He's a little bigger than your average center in Raleigh,

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Speaker 1: Garrett Bradberry anchored the pivot for the wolf Pack. This

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Speaker 1: young man at North Carolina State, Garrett Bradberry's very intriguing

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Speaker 1: to me because in a perfect world, Ryan Khalil's retiring

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Speaker 1: in Carolina, his clone is Garrett Bradberry. He can plug

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Speaker 1: right in and play their style. It's much more of

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Speaker 1: his zone, block move guy. But he adjusted to power

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Speaker 1: pretty well the Senior Bowl, which I like. And Elton Jenkins,

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Speaker 1: the center from Mississippi State, looks like a power player,

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Speaker 1: but he's much more of a positioner, even though he

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Speaker 1: has some power in some pop. He's another guy that

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Speaker 1: you're going to look at and go home. He's pretty

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Speaker 1: good looking for versatility. How about Wisconsin's Michael Dieter the

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Speaker 1: Big ten alignment of the year in twenty eighteen, Deeters

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Speaker 1: started fifty three games for the Badgers, playing its center,

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Speaker 1: left guard, and left tackle. I think he's got five

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Speaker 1: position flexibility, which is so valuable allow you get your

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Speaker 1: guys on the field. Now. He's a little bit more

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Speaker 1: of a short area player. You get him out in

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Speaker 1: space a little bit, he will struggle, but you can

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Speaker 1: watch him in Michigan game first ten plays, five plays

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Speaker 1: end with him putting somebody on the ground, So you

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Speaker 1: love that nastiness that he brings. Another name to remember

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Speaker 1: among interior line prospects Dalton Restner of Kansas State. Tough, physical, nasty, demeanor.

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Speaker 1: Is everything that you kind of expect from an offensive lineman.

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Speaker 1: Does the grunt work, but also has the skills to

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Speaker 1: be able to be on the edge. Really really good player.

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Speaker 1: The number one name among tackle prospects seems to be

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Speaker 1: under Dillard. Dillard. He's trying to become the first lineman

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Speaker 1: from Washington State to be selected in the first round.

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Speaker 1: Big dancing bear, light feed, nice balance and body control.

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Speaker 1: Probably the best left tackle in this class in Dillard's

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Speaker 1: class as a prospect is Oklahoma's Cody Ford, but Ford

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Speaker 1: is new to offensive tackle, so that might not be

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Speaker 1: his home in the NFL. Cody Ford's play guard. You

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Speaker 1: play tackle, you talk to ten teams, you'll get five

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Speaker 1: and five some hm as tackle, some of you them

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Speaker 1: as a guard. Big thick bone kid, I mean, just

632
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Speaker 1: a big strong man who in the run game can

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Speaker 1: generate a lot of movement and in pass protection you're

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Speaker 1: not going to go through him because he's just too big,

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Speaker 1: he's got too much mass. He can anchor it down,

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Speaker 1: some little footwork things he can kind of clean up.

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Speaker 1: But he's so much, very interesting. Jodi Cougest of West

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Speaker 1: Virginia has been moving up in the eyes of some analysts.

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Speaker 1: Cagest his six five three hund twenty two pounds with

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Speaker 1: long arms and a lot of experience at left tackle.

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00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,400
Speaker 1: Cagest may not be as pretty as Dillard and Forward,

642
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:30,799
Speaker 1: but he was effective in Morgantown. After that, a group

643
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: of names that may well be first round picks but

644
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 1: could be second day selections. Charles Davis explains that once again,

645
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: it's going to be how teams see these prospects from

646
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: a long term positional standpoint. We started the season with

647
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,720
Speaker 1: Jonah Williams at Alabama maybe being the acknowledged guy. Greg

648
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 1: Little the left tackle at Mississippi, John Taylor the right

649
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,800
Speaker 1: tackle at Florida, may have supplanted them. I think Jonah

650
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,200
Speaker 1: Williams from Alabama projects better inside for me. I could

651
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: better as a guard, and I think it's gonna be

652
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: a very good guard. So my comparison for him would

653
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,239
Speaker 1: be Brandon Sheer, remember him coming out of Iowa. All

654
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:10,280
Speaker 1: American left tackle, it's been an all Pro guard inside.

655
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,799
Speaker 1: I feel like Jonah Williams is more more like that.

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00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,720
Speaker 1: All right, Jim, here's a question for you, and watching

657
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Speaker 1: all of that, who jumps out to you? Yeah, I

658
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: think Garrett Bradberry from NC stays as the guy who

659
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,879
Speaker 1: I think is the best match for the Titans. He's

660
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: projected as a center because that's his true position, and

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00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: if that happened here, obviously you potentially could move Ben

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00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,000
Speaker 1: Jones to guard. I'm not saying that's going to happen.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying he seems like the best of the bunch.

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Speaker 1: Jonah Williams. I thought it was interesting here in Charles

665
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: Davis talked about him because Jeremiah projects him. He's got

666
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,719
Speaker 1: that played left tackle in college at Alabama, but you know,

667
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 1: is projected as a guard. He's another guy that you

668
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:56,120
Speaker 1: have to consider as a possibility. So, just to summarize everything,

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Speaker 1: and this is a question from social that I think

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00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 1: wraps it up nicely. Is the signing of Saffled a

671
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Speaker 1: big enough upgrade or is there still a chance that

672
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 1: the Titans beef up the offensive line. I think there's

673
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 1: still a great chance, Matt. When I look at needs

674
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,560
Speaker 1: of this team. I still consider interior old line is

675
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:14,399
Speaker 1: one of them. I consider edge as one of them.

676
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,400
Speaker 1: I consider you a big, nasty defensive linement as one

677
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Speaker 1: of them. I still think this team needs help at receiver,

678
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:24,719
Speaker 1: but I think there's still more to come in the

679
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: interior line and just curious to see how early it comes.

680
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: The thing about the line that I'll say, just to

681
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Speaker 1: wrap this up, and I said this on yesterday's OTP

682
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:38,000
Speaker 1: wrote to Nashville, I think you could find a potential

683
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:42,040
Speaker 1: starter on day three. I really do. Bradberry's great. Bradberry

684
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:44,880
Speaker 1: is a first round pick. If you don't take Bradberry

685
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 1: in the first round, he is not going to be there,

686
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Speaker 1: or it's very unlikely he's going to be there at

687
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Speaker 1: fifty one. Some of these other guys we saw in

688
00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:54,640
Speaker 1: this package are going to be there at fifty one.

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00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 1: Some of the guys that we saw in this package

690
00:40:56,960 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 1: are going to be there at eighty two. And there's always,

691
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 1: you know, the possibility too, that you have specific guys

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Speaker 1: that you've targeted who will be there in rounds four

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Speaker 1: and five. And over the years we've seen this organization

694
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 1: make Hay with picks down the line. You know, so

695
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: they don't all have to be first round picks to

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00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: fit what you need and to be an upgrade. I

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00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:25,720
Speaker 1: would make the case that the Titans took their first

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00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:29,840
Speaker 1: rounder in signing Saffled that he was that kind of upgrade.

699
00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: So it won't shock me if the offensive line pick

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Speaker 1: doesn't come until Day three. Yeah, I would agree with

701
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: that wholeheartedly. And that gives you a lot more flexibility

702
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 1: and what you can do early in the draft and

703
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 1: if you'll think you can identify guy who is a

704
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 1: good fit there. I mean, the depth I think is

705
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,440
Speaker 1: pretty good on the offensive line right now, and you've

706
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 1: got some verstil guys who could bounce inside, bounce outside.

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00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 1: So that's a question, I know, John Robinson, Mike Label pondering.

708
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 1: Now as we edge closer to the draft, let's continue

709
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: our look at the AFC South opponent previews. We did

710
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 1: last week with Jim White, we did Indianapolis. Today it's Houston,

711
00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,879
Speaker 1: the twenty eighteen AFC South champions, eleven and five. They

712
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 1: lost a lot in the secondary. That's the big thing

713
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,799
Speaker 1: is they have had what we would call the secondary

714
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 1: shuffle howl and Jackson and Johnson and Matthew Damarius Thomas,

715
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Speaker 1: who they traded for a wide receiver, was obviously basically

716
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 1: a loner, you know, a couple month guy. He was

717
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 1: at the end of his career. He helped them down

718
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:38,759
Speaker 1: the stretch, but he is gone. The free agents that

719
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: they've added, they have gone into the secondary and looked

720
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Speaker 1: for help Robie and Boddy Calhoun or the two corners

721
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 1: you see to Sean Gibson, the safety late of Cleveland

722
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 1: and Jacksonville, who figures to be a starter. And then

723
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Speaker 1: they think they've got a starting tackle in Matt Khalil,

724
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Speaker 1: that they added a blocking tight end and Fells, and

725
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:07,680
Speaker 1: a new backup quarterback in aj McCarron. But their needs, however, well,

726
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 1: they still need to help at the offensive tackle position,

727
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Speaker 1: and that's one thing that kind of jumps out, particularly

728
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:19,279
Speaker 1: protecting Deshan Watson. They feel like they need not just

729
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 1: a cornerback, but multiple cornerbacks. This could be a team

730
00:43:23,080 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: that goes corner corner right off the bat, or certainly

731
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Speaker 1: goes corner corner, or takes two corners in their first

732
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: three picks. They're also looking for help at the running

733
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Speaker 1: back position, and as you look at their picks, it's

734
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Speaker 1: a good spot for what their needs are. Because at

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Speaker 1: twenty three, any of these spots, any of these positions,

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Speaker 1: top guys should be available. And then remember they have

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Speaker 1: back to back picks in the second round, so they're

738
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Speaker 1: going to go on the board twice and or you know,

739
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 1: possibly could trade out of one of those spots and

740
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: add another third round or whatever they want to do.

741
00:43:58,120 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 1: But Jim, they're in a good spot and this offseason,

742
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 1: the key really comes down for you to two offensive players.

743
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: Let's start with Deshaun Watson. Yeah, and I think the

744
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 1: key for Deshaun watsons to protect him. I mean, we've

745
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,440
Speaker 1: all seen what a talented guy is, how he can

746
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,000
Speaker 1: make plays, but he's been underway too much pressure. He's

747
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 1: taken away too many hits. If they can find a

748
00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:24,200
Speaker 1: way to repair that offensive line kind of like what

749
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 1: the Colts did, kind of like what the Titans want

750
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 1: to do, then that's a game changer for him and

751
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 1: you could give him another weapon. And Will Fuller, who

752
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 1: went down I think it was Week seven last year,

753
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,280
Speaker 1: that changes a look at of the offense. Deanrew Hopkins

754
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,719
Speaker 1: is arguably the best receiver in the league, and he

755
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:43,279
Speaker 1: catches ball, he goes up and catches balls with the

756
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 1: guys draped all over him. And if you've put Fuller

757
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 1: out theory guy who can stretch the field, a guy

758
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,480
Speaker 1: who's had some big games obviously against the Titans, their

759
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: offense takes a completely different look. So but it all

760
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,320
Speaker 1: starts up front. I mean, we hit on the old line,

761
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: and I think that's an area that they're going to

762
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,480
Speaker 1: hit hard this offseason in the draft. I think the

763
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 1: point about Fuller is dead on because there is no

764
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 1: better combat catcher, as Dave McGinnis likes to say for

765
00:45:10,800 --> 00:45:16,399
Speaker 1: his quarterback than DeAndre Hopkins. But Fuller, with that speed man,

766
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:20,759
Speaker 1: he stretches things so dramatically. Hopkins just does not have

767
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:24,680
Speaker 1: the wheels that young Fuller does. Absolutely, but I am

768
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:29,080
Speaker 1: the most excited to see Deshaun Watson fully healthy for

769
00:45:29,120 --> 00:45:34,319
Speaker 1: an extended period of time. Last year, he was beat up.

770
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 1: The man had Bruce ribs, He had all kinds of

771
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: internal issues. I mean, he got knocked around pretty hard. Yeah,

772
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,680
Speaker 1: they were afraid his body was going to explode if

773
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,239
Speaker 1: he got on an atom planet. That's pretty much what

774
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 1: it sounded like to me. I'm basically a doctor um

775
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 1: body explosion, but really truly I think that when we

776
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,960
Speaker 1: see him have a complete season where he is healthy,

777
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 1: he's able to get in a rhythm and he's able

778
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,960
Speaker 1: to just continue on the success that he's had. As

779
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,640
Speaker 1: a football fan, he is going to be a crazy

780
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 1: quarterback to watch. I think. I think it's going to

781
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:12,919
Speaker 1: be really exciting to watch him progress as a Titans fan.

782
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 1: I say, knock him down a couple of times, you know, yeah,

783
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:17,319
Speaker 1: I mean it's kind of scary to think about him

784
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:19,360
Speaker 1: and really think about the AFC South in generally you

785
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:22,480
Speaker 1: got Andrew luck who's now back to form Deshaun Watson

786
00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 1: if they can keep him healthy and give him Tom

787
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:29,200
Speaker 1: nick Foles in Jacksonville obviously, Marcus Mario and in Tennessee,

788
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,279
Speaker 1: it's it's a it's a it's a division that not

789
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: so long ago faced all kinds of questions at the position,

790
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 1: and now you're you're faced with seeing the top talent

791
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:43,880
Speaker 1: each week. Deshaun Watson in his second year had exactly

792
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:47,360
Speaker 1: the same touchdowns to interceptions that Marcus Mariota did in

793
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 1: his second year twenty six to nine. Wow, but sixty

794
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: two sacks that's too many. No wonder his lung was

795
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 1: collapsed by the way Titans Online dot Com. Jim Wyatt,

796
00:46:58,120 --> 00:47:03,360
Speaker 1: Senior writer editor. He looks at many mocks, many mock drafts.

797
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: He puts them together. Let's take a tour of the mocks.

798
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:09,360
Speaker 1: And by the way, Amy Wells wants to say something

799
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:14,000
Speaker 1: about the Nashville Draft logo because there's something that you're

800
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:18,239
Speaker 1: dying to make sure everybody realizes you on this. It

801
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,640
Speaker 1: makes me so happy. The draft logo is what Amy.

802
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:26,280
Speaker 1: The draft logo is a guitar pick and we're picking players,

803
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:31,680
Speaker 1: and we're picking that pun. Oh, I think it's so good.

804
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,840
Speaker 1: I just think it's what attention to detail. I know.

805
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:42,239
Speaker 1: Noah Fant remains the top pick of the mockers, and

806
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:46,799
Speaker 1: then Christian Wilkins remains number two. Hollywood Brown, Marky's Brown,

807
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:50,360
Speaker 1: the wide receiver from Oklahoma, is the third most popular

808
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: mock pick. And then you've got Burns and Furrow back

809
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 1: to back, a couple of edge rushers, and then the

810
00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 1: names get kind of different, lot of wild cards. Yes,

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Speaker 1: Dion Baker at the corner from Georgia. A J. Brown,

812
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:05,759
Speaker 1: the wide receiver from Old Miss TJ. Hockinson the tight

813
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:09,400
Speaker 1: end from Iowa, who many doubt will be there, and Dexter,

814
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:14,080
Speaker 1: Lawrence Montest Sweat, Garrett Bradberry was mentioned earlier, DK Metcalf

815
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:16,960
Speaker 1: Byron Murphy. The corner from Washington is new. IRV Smith

816
00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:20,200
Speaker 1: is back. The two new ones, a couple of SEC guys,

817
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:24,880
Speaker 1: Bunchee Stallings, an interior alignment from Kentucky, and Mack Wilson,

818
00:48:24,960 --> 00:48:28,879
Speaker 1: a linebacker from Alabama. So people changing up. They're mock

819
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 1: drafts right now. Yeah, and we'll continue to see that.

820
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,399
Speaker 1: I think, uh, you know the one that I think,

821
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 1: you know, Minta Sweating being available at nineteen I think

822
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,000
Speaker 1: is probably a pipe dream. You know, he's one of

823
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:43,920
Speaker 1: those Javon Curse type players that you know, maybe he

824
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:49,680
Speaker 1: falls like Curse did twenty years ago. Happened, so so

825
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 1: bunch of Stallings surprised me. That was in April one

826
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:55,759
Speaker 1: mock by Vinnie Eyer with the Sporting News, but it

827
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:58,000
Speaker 1: was a serious mock. He's already changed that. I looked

828
00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:01,239
Speaker 1: again yesterday, he'd already he changed it again last night.

829
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:04,000
Speaker 1: A lot of these guys he changed it too. I

830
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,000
Speaker 1: want to say he changed it to Christian Wilkins, but

831
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:09,560
Speaker 1: I'll need to check. Bunchee Starlings. When was I mean

832
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:13,719
Speaker 1: I haven't seen him in anybody's first round anywhere, but

833
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:15,839
Speaker 1: we're seeing a lot of adjustments. I mean these are

834
00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,319
Speaker 1: changing by the week now, some of them changing, uh,

835
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:23,360
Speaker 1: you know, by the day. And Noah fan and a

836
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:25,839
Speaker 1: tight end continues to be a popular pick. And I've

837
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:29,320
Speaker 1: got in the mailbag. I do mailbag every Tuesday and Saturday,

838
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:33,040
Speaker 1: and I got three tight end questions in there from

839
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:37,520
Speaker 1: all the mocks uh that are projecting a tight into

840
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,479
Speaker 1: the Titans to how many tight ends will the team keep?

841
00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:43,719
Speaker 1: Can Anthony Firs would potentially be a number one or

842
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:47,080
Speaker 1: number two tight ends? That's in your mailbag today, right

843
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:49,160
Speaker 1: it is? And my answer to that was, I think

844
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Speaker 1: he's probably uh fighting for a roster spot more than

845
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:55,799
Speaker 1: he is fighting for the number one or new two

846
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,440
Speaker 1: job at tight end, just because of the bodies that

847
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:01,280
Speaker 1: are in the building. And U start with Lenny Walker

848
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 1: and John hu Smith and obviously Michael pruittt is back

849
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:08,879
Speaker 1: and another tight end added yesterday, So I think he's

850
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Speaker 1: competing and obviously trying to get better as a blocker

851
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Speaker 1: to put him in contention to stick around. Yeah, the

852
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Speaker 1: Titans with a couple of AAF signings, the tight end

853
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Speaker 1: that you're referring to is Keith Towbridge, who played at Louisville,

854
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Speaker 1: was with the Buffalo Bills, played for the Atlanta Legends

855
00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:32,680
Speaker 1: seventeen catches, one hundred and ninety six yards, six five

856
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Speaker 1: two sixty two. So this is his third year away

857
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Speaker 1: from Louisville. And then Logan Whiteside quarterback that the Titans

858
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Speaker 1: liked enough that they they brought him in before the

859
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:48,520
Speaker 1: season last year before the draft pre draft visit. Logan

860
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Speaker 1: is back with the ball club now. He spent three

861
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Speaker 1: weeks on the practice squad in September after Luke Falk departed.

862
00:50:55,520 --> 00:51:00,600
Speaker 1: Really good athlete overall through for over ten thous yards

863
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Speaker 1: for the Rockets of Toledo and a total of ninety

864
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Speaker 1: five touchdowns. So now three quarterbacks on the roster at

865
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Speaker 1: this point, Logan Woodside is the third one. There you go.

866
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Speaker 1: I like seeing some of the guys who participated in

867
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,839
Speaker 1: the AAF starting to get some some teams that are

868
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:22,360
Speaker 1: pulling them on. I think I saw that thirty different

869
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:25,880
Speaker 1: guys who have played in the AAF this year have

870
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:29,160
Speaker 1: been added to NFL teams. I think that is so cool,

871
00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:31,799
Speaker 1: really is And you're exactly right on that number and

872
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:33,640
Speaker 1: he and he played well. I mean I watched some

873
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:35,600
Speaker 1: of the af games. I thought they I hade to

874
00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:38,920
Speaker 1: see the league shut down because I love watching football,

875
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:41,480
Speaker 1: even drowing the offseason, and love having players get an

876
00:51:41,480 --> 00:51:45,479
Speaker 1: opportunity to get noticed and get another opportunity in the league.

877
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 1: And that's happening now with the league folding. But no,

878
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:52,120
Speaker 1: we do no woodside from being around here, and um,

879
00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:55,480
Speaker 1: you know does he does that mean Tights want to

880
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:58,600
Speaker 1: add another quarterback between now and were draft one? Yeah?

881
00:51:58,719 --> 00:52:01,560
Speaker 1: Or draft one that? I don't think that keeps that

882
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:05,960
Speaker 1: from happening. All right, So we've had good social participation

883
00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:09,040
Speaker 1: today we have thank you, Thank you for your social

884
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:12,880
Speaker 1: participation on the live portion of the program we mentioned yesterday.

885
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:16,759
Speaker 1: We're gonna mention again right here your call for questions

886
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:21,760
Speaker 1: to send questions via Twitter to Amy Wells at Titans

887
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:25,759
Speaker 1: Amy for head coach Mike Vrabel. Yes, Mike Vrabel will

888
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:29,839
Speaker 1: be part of our program. It will be airing on Friday,

889
00:52:30,320 --> 00:52:35,080
Speaker 1: but because of his meeting schedule, he's tied up in

890
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:38,719
Speaker 1: the mornings, which is more important than the OTP Road

891
00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:43,239
Speaker 1: to Nashville. Truthfully, close second, close second, But we want

892
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:45,600
Speaker 1: him to do meetings to run the football team, so

893
00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:47,120
Speaker 1: we get it. But we have a chance to sit

894
00:52:47,200 --> 00:52:49,200
Speaker 1: down with him, so we're not going to be able

895
00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:51,839
Speaker 1: to take your live questions, but we want you to

896
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 1: tweet what you want to know. Send him via Twitter

897
00:52:55,239 --> 00:53:00,319
Speaker 1: to at Titans Amy at Titans Amy. The response yesterday

898
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:04,480
Speaker 1: was tepid at best. Amy was really dogging all of

899
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,200
Speaker 1: you for not responding more in a nice place. It

900
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:09,799
Speaker 1: really wasn't I can't really say what all you were

901
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,520
Speaker 1: saying in a nice way, but seriously, do send us

902
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:14,600
Speaker 1: questions because we don't want to just ask what we

903
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:16,960
Speaker 1: want to know. We want to ask what exactly we

904
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,000
Speaker 1: want to ask. Yeah, that's the important thing is we

905
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:22,360
Speaker 1: get a shot at the head coach. We're very thankful

906
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:25,279
Speaker 1: in all seriousness that he is making time to be

907
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 1: part of the OTP because obviously he and John and

908
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:30,440
Speaker 1: all the rest of the football folks are very busy.

909
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:33,160
Speaker 1: The players get back next week to start the off

910
00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:37,319
Speaker 1: season program, which is pretty exciting, so we're hopefully going

911
00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:39,080
Speaker 1: to have some players come by and see us here

912
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:41,240
Speaker 1: in the studio at St. Thomas Sports Park. But again,

913
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:46,560
Speaker 1: send those questions to Amy Wells via Twitter at Titans Amy,

914
00:53:46,640 --> 00:53:51,399
Speaker 1: that's a m I E. Yes, very confusing, but that's

915
00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:54,520
Speaker 1: my name. That's that's it. Yep. Something that surprised guys.

916
00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:57,800
Speaker 1: Came back early so they could be on OTP. Well

917
00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: we've thought about that, but you know, the Collective Bargaining

918
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:03,799
Speaker 1: Agreement probably doesn't allow it in that way unless they're

919
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:07,440
Speaker 1: here already. And if you're rehabbing, you can be here

920
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:10,360
Speaker 1: on the show. And speaking of the show, tomorrow, another

921
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:14,920
Speaker 1: good program. It's Wednesday, so that means it's coach Mack.

922
00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:18,520
Speaker 1: Dave McGinnis is here and he's talking d line prospects

923
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:22,640
Speaker 1: and he has reviewed seven thousand, four hundred twenty seven

924
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:28,040
Speaker 1: defensive line prospects in the notebook. Everybody last week talking

925
00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:32,120
Speaker 1: about the notebook. It's coming back. The notebook will be

926
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:36,080
Speaker 1: here and I have already reviewed with him which players

927
00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:38,920
Speaker 1: he would like to talk about. He loves the defensive lineman. Tomorrow,

928
00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:42,360
Speaker 1: tenh central on the OTP. If you can't join us live,

929
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,040
Speaker 1: you can go to Titans online dot com and check

930
00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:49,560
Speaker 1: out all of the shows on video or download the podcast.

931
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:54,440
Speaker 1: Absolutely go to wherever you get your podcasts. Just hit subscribe.

932
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:57,440
Speaker 1: You just touch it and all of a sudden they

933
00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:58,960
Speaker 1: all come to your phone. You don't have to think

934
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:00,600
Speaker 1: about it. You just wake up in the morning and

935
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:03,320
Speaker 1: go a podcast, a new podcast. So you're going to

936
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,319
Speaker 1: get to work out. You're going to be stuck in

937
00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:08,799
Speaker 1: Nashville traffic for a while. You're gonna be cutting the

938
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:12,840
Speaker 1: grass there. You've got your Titans information via the OTP,

939
00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:15,640
Speaker 1: and we would appreciate it if you would bring a buddy,

940
00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:19,160
Speaker 1: tell a friend. Yeah, please spright around. So tomorrow at

941
00:55:19,160 --> 00:55:23,520
Speaker 1: ten o'clock, coach Mac, nice job. Are appreciate a great job.

942
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:25,960
Speaker 1: How great was Butch spirit In, the President CEO of

943
00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:28,640
Speaker 1: the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation. I'll tell you what,

944
00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:32,480
Speaker 1: so much information and so many questions that you always

945
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:34,400
Speaker 1: kind of wonder in your head but never get the

946
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:37,600
Speaker 1: opportunity to ask out loud, like where are the bathrooms?

947
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:40,560
Speaker 1: Such a good I mean, it's an important question. The

948
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:42,360
Speaker 1: other thing too, and I know you make fun of

949
00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:46,320
Speaker 1: me about the parking, but again, such a big thing.

950
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:49,440
Speaker 1: If you don't take anything else from this, where the

951
00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:52,600
Speaker 1: ride chair drop offs are and where and then parking

952
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:55,919
Speaker 1: at Nissan Stadium is free, free, But I mean such

953
00:55:55,960 --> 00:55:59,400
Speaker 1: a big deal to know because if you're plotting. Like,

954
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:01,480
Speaker 1: my brother has an eleven year old and a six

955
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:05,040
Speaker 1: year old. If he's gonna go on Saturday, these are

956
00:56:05,120 --> 00:56:08,000
Speaker 1: things he needs to know because you can't be doing

957
00:56:08,040 --> 00:56:10,359
Speaker 1: the loops with the eleven year old and the six

958
00:56:10,440 --> 00:56:13,440
Speaker 1: year old. No. Now, if I'm with my buddies, I'm

959
00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:15,399
Speaker 1: going to go down stand in front of the stage, right,

960
00:56:15,520 --> 00:56:18,279
Speaker 1: But again you're standing. Yeah, you need to know that.

961
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:21,800
Speaker 1: Take a lift, bring a plancho. If the weather looks weird,

962
00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:23,960
Speaker 1: I haven't seen a weather forecast, I guess we're too

963
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,239
Speaker 1: far out. We're too far out. But yeah, I mean,

964
00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:29,440
Speaker 1: just come were some sneakers. Come on down. There's music,

965
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:32,960
Speaker 1: there's food, there's beer. It'll be fun. I think the

966
00:56:33,000 --> 00:56:35,400
Speaker 1: thing that Jim and I can wrap up onto because

967
00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:38,279
Speaker 1: our kids are out of the house. But we've done this,

968
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:42,799
Speaker 1: and you've been to this as well. This is like

969
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:46,400
Speaker 1: going to Disney. It is this experience. How the NFL

970
00:56:46,560 --> 00:56:49,680
Speaker 1: does it so big and what this is gonna be

971
00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:52,759
Speaker 1: like is like going to Disney. It's Disney World for

972
00:56:52,800 --> 00:56:55,719
Speaker 1: football fan It's Disney World for football fans. But when

973
00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:58,840
Speaker 1: you go to Disney, you have a plan. You have

974
00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,000
Speaker 1: a plan about where you gonna park about what you're

975
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:03,359
Speaker 1: gonna do. And the thing is, if you really want

976
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:07,200
Speaker 1: to enjoy this, read the information, listen to the OTP,

977
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:10,840
Speaker 1: read Jim White, follow him on Twitter, get the app,

978
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:14,120
Speaker 1: and really know it, because man to have this here,

979
00:57:15,239 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 1: and especially if you're coming in from out of town,

980
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:21,000
Speaker 1: to maximize your time and really be able to enjoy

981
00:57:21,360 --> 00:57:23,800
Speaker 1: have a plan. Yeah, and that's that's what's gonna be cool.

982
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Speaker 1: Of seeing fans from other teams invade the city. I mean,

983
00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:29,280
Speaker 1: you don't want to see that on Sundays when the

984
00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:31,480
Speaker 1: Titans when they're playing the Titans. But done the draft weekend,

985
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:34,960
Speaker 1: I think you'll welcome everyone and other drafts. I've been

986
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:38,080
Speaker 1: to just to see the Cowboys fans and the Falcons fans,

987
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:40,680
Speaker 1: and the Patriots fans and the Pikers fans, you know,

988
00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:43,160
Speaker 1: enjoying our city. And people are coming in from not

989
00:57:43,240 --> 00:57:45,960
Speaker 1: only across the United States but from overseas. I know.

990
00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:49,400
Speaker 1: I've gotten some correspondence on Twitter from people who are

991
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:52,920
Speaker 1: making the trup from from London and from other areas

992
00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:56,240
Speaker 1: all over the world to see the city. And it's

993
00:57:56,280 --> 00:57:58,200
Speaker 1: gonna be specially just kind of have to keep your

994
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:01,760
Speaker 1: fingers crossed for the weather. But if the weather holds up,

995
00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:04,040
Speaker 1: it's a it's a great event because you know, not

996
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:06,600
Speaker 1: only did the draft itself brings so much excitement, but

997
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:08,960
Speaker 1: all the stuff that goes along with the draft. Everything's

998
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:11,720
Speaker 1: gonna be taking place over at the Nissan Stadium parking lots,

999
00:58:12,040 --> 00:58:15,000
Speaker 1: with the NFL experience, uh, you know, the chance to

1000
00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:17,480
Speaker 1: see so many of these celebrities that are coming into town,

1001
00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:20,800
Speaker 1: these players from other teams. It's gonna be a great weekend.

1002
00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:25,520
Speaker 1: Good stuff, yep, great stuff. You're done. I'm done. But

1003
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:28,320
Speaker 1: shout out to Eddie in the Netherlands, who's watching us

1004
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:30,600
Speaker 1: right now. Shout out to Eddie and the that sounds

1005
00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:32,800
Speaker 1: made up. It sounds like a band that sounds made up,

1006
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:36,720
Speaker 1: Eddie and the Cruisers. No, it really was. Thanks for watching.

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00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:38,640
Speaker 1: We appreciate you. Yes, and I'd like to say hello

1008
00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:42,400
Speaker 1: to Fritz in Holland. Okay, he's making he's making fun

1009
00:58:42,440 --> 00:58:44,320
Speaker 1: of me. But that's a real thing. Eddie. You know

1010
00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:48,240
Speaker 1: you're real. Eddie, you know you're real. You know you're real.

1011
00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:51,280
Speaker 1: Jib Wyte and Amy Wells, I'm the very real Mike Keith,

1012
00:58:51,960 --> 00:58:56,320
Speaker 1: the real one. Reminding you that it is sixteen days

1013
00:58:56,480 --> 00:59:00,400
Speaker 1: until players are drafted in Nashville. Thanks for John Vegas

1014
00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:05,160
Speaker 1: for the OTP wrote to Nashville see tomorrow. I'm pulling

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Speaker 1: the