WEBVTT - The OTP with Charles Davis 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:14.160 We welcome you to the OTP, presented by Farm Bureau 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:17.119 Health Plans, and I read this for you get the 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:21.120 home field advantage with healthcare coverage from Farm Bureau Health Plans. 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:25.079 They've been protecting Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven. My 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:28.200 name is Mike Keith and I'm joined by Amy Wells. Amy. 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:33.040 How you doing, Hey, Mike Keith, you sound especially announcery today. 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:34.480 I feel like we need to get you to booth. 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:38.600 That's because I've got a top flight professional television announcer 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:42.720 with us. Say hello to our longtime friend and Tennessee 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:47.720 Sports Hall of Famer Charles Davis. Welcome to the OTP. Hey, 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:50.280 thanks for having me. It's great to see you guys again. 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:53.319 So I was doing the background stuff and I was like, 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:57.880 let's talk about the jobs of Charles Davis. Amy, this 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:03.400 is incredible. He is the voice of Madden Football. So 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.600 for all the gamers out there, you know, Charles Davis 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:10.399 is the voice of Madden. You were doing Madden earlier today, 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:14.120 is that right? Yeah? Doing sessions from home myself and 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:16.959 my partner or the play by play voice, Brandon Goaden, 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:22.280 who at one point was the voice of Butler basketball, 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.120 and of course football, although when you think Butler, you 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:29.600 think basketball and Georgia Tech before moving into the full 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:32.480 TV ranks. For the most part with Big ten network, 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:36.680 Fox Sports still does Westwood One radio for NCAA basketball 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:40.360 tournament and other things. So yeah, we're having to work 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.680 from home like everyone is, and the Maddened people came 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:46.880 through with home equipment and we're still cranking it out. 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:50.160 So what are you recording right now for Madden? What 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:51.600 are the sort of I know you don't want to 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:53.400 give it all away, but the sort of topics that 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:56.920 you're doing at this point, well, finishing up everything to 0:01:57.000 --> 0:01:59.600 get ready for this year's game to come out, Madden 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:04.720 twenty one. As you understand, during the initial days of 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:06.880 the pandemic, as we all came to a kind of 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:10.320 a grinding halt, we're making up a ground there. We're 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.760 doing fixes and patches in the game, meaning you'll find 0:02:13.800 --> 0:02:16.480 glitches in the game that the gamers will quickly let 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:19.080 you know about and you better really get it fixed 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:21.320 as fast as possible. And that's what we've been working 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:23.960 on as well. And I'm sure we're already sprinkling in 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.320 some stuff for next year's game to go ahead and 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:28.960 start getting ready. But you know, we got all the 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:32.680 rookies now have been drafted, the free agents have changed teams, 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:35.600 and so for the most part, we have guys in 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.799 the proper places on their rosters. As we head into 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:42.600 training camp, obviously there'll be trades, cuts, things of that nature, 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:46.520 but right now we know Tooltunguea Violoa has indeed gone 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:48.680 to the Miami Dolphins, although I don't know we were 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.200 if we thought him going at number five was actually 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:54.840 going to happen. Right we know that Isaiah Wilson is 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:58.200 now a Tennessee Titan. So these types of things, you know, 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.480 have to go into the game and people getting ready 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:04.320 for that. And I can't imagine it's real for these 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:07.679 young guys the first time. Did they get to see 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:11.960 themselves in this game? Because I would bet the vast 0:03:12.040 --> 0:03:15.000 majority of them have played it growing up and probably 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.480 had visions in their mind, dreams of putting on that 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:21.440 NFL uniform and being in that game. And it won't 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:24.040 be long they'll be able to look and see themselves 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:27.239 in their uniforms playing. It's gonna be pretty cool. Amy, 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.160 would you freak if that were you? Oh my gosh, 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:32.800 I would lose my mind. But I would also play 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:37.400 it every single day. I wouldn't. I would just play 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.440 myself on that video game, and I would want to 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:44.320 hear Charles's commentary every step of the way. All right. 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:48.560 So he's also on Serious NFL satellite radio that's Channel 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:52.360 eighty eight. And how often are you on there in 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:55.720 the offseason? Typically once a week, usually on Thursday nights. 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:59.040 Occasionally we'll fill in when other people, you know how 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:02.200 it goes, take vacation or unavailable, that sort of deal. 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:05.600 But I typically do that from about the time we 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:08.360 all meet together at the Combine, you know, our annual 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:11.040 visit it the Combine in Indianapolis. That's when I tend 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:14.440 to start, and I will roll through until probably about 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:17.240 mid training camp, and then I get out of it 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:20.160 for the season. Could I do it, of course, But 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:24.120 I really like the flexibility during the season of just 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.520 locking in on what we all have to do each week, 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:29.360 which is getting ready for a game, you know. And 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.400 the serious people have been fantastic with me, and and 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:36.080 really I appreciate every opportunity that they've given me. So 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:38.919 you understand, Mike, You've You've had plenty of experience with 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:42.000 the serious XEM people and doing the radio there, and 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:45.039 I remember calling you one time. I was like, Mike, 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.800 I'm listening, tell you right, this is so cool. I 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.080 want to do this with you. This is so awesome. 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:53.599 So you know, here, here we are once again. I'm 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.560 continuing to follow the path you've blazed and it's pretty cool. 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.560 From the serious x M. NFL radio is fantastic. I 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:02.400 love it. Now are you still doing NFL network stuff 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.320 when they call? But now that the draft is over, 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:09.680 As a general rule, I'm pretty well done until next year. 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:11.920 With the run up to the draft and through there. 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.280 There might be an occasional thing they might call me 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:17.960 for throughout the season, but not nearly like it was 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:21.679 years ago. You remember during that time frame, I would 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:23.279 do a game, whether it was a college or an 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.920 NFL game, on a Saturday or a Sunday and fly 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.479 to Los Angeles and then I'd be in Los Angeles 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:34.040 work NFL Network Monday, Tuesday, maybe something possibly Wednesday, but 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.080 the general rule Tuesday, catch your red eye flight home, 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:40.400 and then Thursday or Friday start all over again, going 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.400 to the next city and doing the next game. And 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:45.200 I did that for about five years, so there's a 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:47.159 lot of fun. And you know, every time I tell 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:50.560 that story, I always say to myself, how's that sounding 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:53.520 to people? Are people hearing that and saying, oh, look 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:55.760 at you, mister, Oh my god, I had to fly 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.080 everywhere and do all of that. That is certainly not 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.600 the way I want to come across. It's an honor 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:03.680 for us to get to work. I mean, you know 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:07.240 that Amy knows that anytime someone asks us to work. 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.520 Are there times when we're tired? Yes? Are there times that, 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:13.840 oh boy, I had such and such scheduled. We have 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.680 all those things like everyone else has in the world. 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:20.320 You know, we all have different things. But but I 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:22.440 don't want anyone to ever think for a second, I 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:26.360 don't understand. Yeah, we're pretty fortunate, you know, because because 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.760 people are working every single day in a decent number 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:31.320 of people are doing things they don't want to do. 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:34.760 We're doing exactly what we want to do, and I 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:38.520 cherish that. And then of course, back working with the 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:42.760 Titans an analyst for our preseason television. We are so 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:46.839 thrilled that you're back. Now. The question, however, is are 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:49.600 we going to play four preseason games or are we 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.320 going to play two? Preseason gifts. What do you think 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:55.720 about hearing the first word of that right now? Yeah, 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:58.039 you know it's it's it's one of those things that 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:00.960 it stopped chewing your tracks and you first get it. 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.040 I don't know what exactly you and Amy thought right away, 0:07:04.480 --> 0:07:07.719 but when I heard it, I was like, oh, because 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:10.960 we look at preseason a little bit differently than I 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:14.680 believe the general public looks at preseason now, because when 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:18.360 I was a young whipper snapper, preseason meant a lot. 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:23.200 There were six preseason games. Now, Amy, there's no way 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:26.800 you were around fronty of that, okay, but there used 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:31.040 to be six preseason games, fourteen regular season games, and 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:34.880 then you got into the playoffs and the six preseason games. 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:39.520 You were more than likely going to see starters in 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:45.200 every preseason game in some shape or form. Maybe a 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.600 little bit less in the beginning, but as it went on, 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:50.120 more and more and more you would see them. Now, 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.280 the sixth game that's when they pull people back, but 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.320 for the most part, you would see starters all the 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.240 way through preseason. It was a different deal. Then as 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.320 we got to the four games in sixteen and other 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:04.360 things kicked in, it still took a while to get 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:06.720 to where we are now, where you may not see 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:09.320 any starters in the preseason, they may be in full 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:12.360 bubble rap. So to go from four to two for us, 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:15.640 it's a little bit different because this is part of 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.720 what we do. This is part of our livelihood. And 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:22.400 now I'm thinking of people who work these games. Think 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:25.400 of the people at the stadium right who this is 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.200 part of their job and their income. If you cut 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.480 it down to two I'm guessing, right, guys, we'll talk 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:33.400 about one home game, one road game, right, So they've 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:36.920 gone from two games to one. Their income gets cut 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:39.480 in half. If you're working at home. The people who 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.680 are doing the games, whether it's Titans, radio or TV, 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:45.640 now all those people who are used to working three 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.800 or four games depend on if you get a national 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:51.160 game or not. That gets shrunk down. So I don't 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:54.160 want people to hear that and think about us as much, 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:57.360 and think about everybody else that's involved in putting on 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:01.120 an event, putting on a game. They're come gets cut 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:04.199 in half because the preseason you're getting too. Now you're 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.920 getting cut to one. That's my first thought. My second 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:11.240 thought is I'm not overly surprised. It's been that type 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:15.040 of the off season with COVID going on. I'm not 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:17.480 I'm not overly surprised at all, because aren't we kind 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:19.600 of headed in that direction to begin with, right where 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:22.160 we're talking about the day when we know we're gonna 0:09:22.160 --> 0:09:24.960 get cut down on preseason. It just may start earlier 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:29.040 than we expected. So whether there's two preseason games or 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:32.640 four preseason games, you will still be working though, Charles, 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:36.920 because you're now also with CBS Sports. Tell me how 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:41.319 that CBS opportunity came to be Amy, You know, I 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.640 always to use the words lucky, fortunate, and I hope 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.080 they don't know right after a while because they're real. 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:50.000 But I was fortunate that, you know, I had fourteen 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.680 terrific years with Fox. I mean I got to do 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:55.880 a lot of things there, including the BCS National Championship 0:09:55.920 --> 0:10:00.640 games before we got to the College Football playoff you 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.280 know called NFL games, you name it. I had an 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:06.280 opportunity to do a lot of great things there. But 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.600 my contract was ending at the end of last year, 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.040 and as a free agent, I had an opportunity to 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:14.600 explore other options if indeed someone was interested in me, 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.440 and as it turned out, I was again fortunate and 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.600 happy that CBS actually had some interest. So that's where 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:23.480 it came about, Amy, And it all worked out for 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.520 me that CBS had that interest, they had an opportunity 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:29.199 for them, they hadn't something in mind. And as it 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:32.440 turned out, you know, Fox, as I said, terrific to 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.119 me for all those years, they gave me an opportunity 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.400 to continue with their their group and continue going. But 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:40.679 what it was all said and done, it made more 0:10:40.760 --> 0:10:44.959 sense in my opinion, to be with CBS and start 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.560 a new chapter in my life. So I thank Fox. 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:49.320 I thank them for having the interest in me in 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:52.120 the first place and still wanting me to be around. 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.560 But I also thank CBS. Of course we're giving me 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:58.520 this great new place to be, great news start in 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.679 doing something thing that I love to do. And now 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:03.200 I get to work with a guy by the name 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:06.839 of I an Eagle and Evan Washingburn works the sidelines. 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:10.680 And I've been and I'll leave it with this. How 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.600 lucky am I in my career? Amy? These have been 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:17.880 the play by play people I've worked with at Fox. Okay, 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:22.040 Tom brennaman college football, Dick Stockton. When I went to 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:27.080 the NFL, Tom Brennaman again while I was with the 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:31.440 NFL Gus Johnson. When I went back to college football 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:36.840 and finished my last few years with Kevin Burkhardt, another 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:40.560 good one could not be I mean, what person could 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.600 be upset with those played by play people, every single 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:45.800 one of them phenomenal in what they're doing. I mean, 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:47.720 Dick Stockton's a hall of famer, a living hall of 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:49.959 famer for us, you know, so to be able to 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:51.880 do that, and in these last few years with Kevin 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.280 could not be better. And then what was my landing part? 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:59.320 Landling spot? I an Eagle? You're kidding me? I met 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.240 I in years of amy. I remember I told a 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.920 friend of mine, Laura Oak, and I said, Hey, if 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:05.280 I ever had a chance to work with I A 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:08.360 the Eagle in my career, that would be phenomenal. I've 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:12.360 realized that was probably ten years ago, and now it's 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:15.920 come it's actually come to pass. Unbelievable. Have you and 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:19.880 I and already started doing things together? Have you already 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:24.360 started the collaboration process. He's been so terrific. Welcomed me 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.240 right away, so did Evan Washburn, so did everyone else 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:30.439 on the team, you know. Producer Mark Wolfe and director 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:33.440 Bob Fishman. And we've been doing like I think a 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:37.400 lot of us have been doing, phone calls, zoom calls, emails, 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:40.680 getting to know each other, know each other's background, just 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:44.199 spending time and I think it's been extremely valuable for us. 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:47.319 And what I've liked about what these guys have done 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:50.080 and welcoming me in is they didn't bring me in 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:51.959 and say, Okay, this is how we do a game, 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:53.880 and this is how we're gonna go over the first quarter. 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:56.599 We're just meeting each other, similar to the three of 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:59.920 us talking right now, we've got experience. We've done this 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.400 us for a while. Now we fall into this like that, 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:06.000 the three of us, we're learning that. Now I'm learning them, 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:11.320 they're they're learning me. But I consider myself again happy 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:15.800 and again fortunate. These guys have been extremely welcoming and 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.720 it's been fun. Now you've had the opportunity to start 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:21.400 that prep process a little bit, and we talked a 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:24.079 little bit about the preseason, but we are hoping that 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.160 things are still on track for the twenty twenty season 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:32.720 to start kind of in a regular fashion. In your opinion, 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.920 what is the biggest hurdle that's kind of left to 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:40.079 clear before we can, maybe with more confidence, say that 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:42.600 the seasons is going to start on time. You know 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:46.080 that expression above my head. It is, but only for 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:48.560 this reason. Our medical experts are going to tell us 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:50.720 what the big hurdle is. I mean, they're going to 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:55.120 flat out tell us. And what I love about us 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:58.000 and I keep referencing the three of us because I 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:02.160 know that we do the same thing right in terms 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:06.840 of we prep, we care, we investigate, we do all 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:10.080 those things. And you guys have been so wonderful to me. 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.920 But let's be honest about it. Whatever the adjustment is, 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.480 we'll be prepared for it right. Whatever it is, and 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:17.840 how they say we go, how we cover, how we 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:19.920 we'll do it, that's not a big That part's not 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:23.520 a big deal. Whether it'll look like gets looked before. 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.000 The medical experts to tell us that and the league 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.240 will listen to them and then they'll emplement how we go. 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.360 So that's the only thing I keep coming back to. 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:33.560 But whatever it is, it's kind of like remember the 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:36.360 Titans when when Louis came running into their first being 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.240 a little bit late, and they're like, where do you guy? 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:41.440 He said, I heard football and I came running, that's 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:46.400 gonna be the three of us. Well, there's been some 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:50.440 talk in some other sports that broadcasts like radio and 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:53.960 TV are going to be done remotely. So do you 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.640 have any experience with that? Do you know what some 0:14:56.720 --> 0:15:00.400 of the challenges may be with broadcasting and you're not 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.520 running into the field, but you're running to a studio 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:07.360 somewhere to broadcasts. You know. I did some remote games 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.760 for NFL Europe years ago. All right. I went to 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.480 a studio and I think I went to NFL films 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:17.480 and did games that were in Amsterdam or Barcelona or whatever. 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:21.440 I don't remember challenges during that time, but it was 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:25.440 younger in my career, and I was just like, okay, 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.120 great and you just go ahead and do it. The 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.440 rest of it, I couldn't begin to tell you because 0:15:30.480 --> 0:15:34.760 I know whatever is going on out there, everyone behind 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.160 the scenes is going through all the permutations, aren't there. 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.640 They're going through all the possibilities. Shouldn't we try this? 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:42.600 Should we do that? And again when they tell me, 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:44.240 I'm going to do it. But I don't know of 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:48.640 any major challenges other than, let's be honest about it, 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.440 we're used to being on site We're used to being 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:55.600 in the fray. We're used to walking into that stadium 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:58.760 three hours ahead of time and feeling it all unfold 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.960 in front of us rise to a crescendo. If we're 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.840 all going to studios, that part may be a lot 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.040 different for us. But again, we would adjust, and we 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:11.000 would adapt, and we would do it. But you know, 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:13.520 being on site with a full crowd is a whole 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.720 different ballgame than than not. We'll just have to see 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.440 if we actually get to that point. This is the OTP, 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:23.000 presented by Farm Bureau Health Plans, Amy Wells, Mike Keith, 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:26.880 joined by Tennessee Sports Hall of Famer Charles Davis, who 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.720 is leaving Fox to broadcast for CBS. One more broadcast 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.920 question before I jump into the Titans, Gonna have a 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:36.360 chance to do other sports, Gonna have a chance to 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:39.600 do other things for CBS. Do you know yet there's 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.600 a possibility that I might do some do some golf. 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:48.000 They had mentioned that and with PGA Tour Radio on Thursday, 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:51.720 with the golf coming, Golf coming back, I'm gonna do 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:56.000 something with PGA Tour Radio, you know, through CBS, I 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:57.880 would believe, for about an hour and a half on 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:00.320 the internet, which is gonna be a lot of fun 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:02.920 to get my feet wet again and kind of get 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:05.520 reintroduced to my old PGA tour days, which was a 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:07.399 whole lot of fun when I was a tournament director 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:09.959 at Disney. So yeah, Matt might do a little bit 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:12.159 of that, but again that remains to be seen. And 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:15.000 you know how that is, Mike and Amy. Bottom line 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:17.719 is they signed me up for football. I'd better do 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:21.040 my best job with that before I worry about anything else. Well, 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:24.000 that's true, but you have that background with golf and 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:28.200 you have such a love for any sport and such 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:29.840 a great night. I could see you work in the 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:34.440 nc Double A tournament somehow, and that was a blast. 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:37.040 I did that, I think for three years and had 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:41.360 a great time working NCAA tournament and meeting coaches and 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:45.720 doing interviews and chasing down players after hitting game winners 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:48.800 and things of that nature. That was a blast. Let's 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.679 talk about some of the newer types. Charles. One of 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.360 the exciting things about you being on CBS, as you're 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:57.720 going to get to do AFC games, Hopefully we'll see 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.280 a lot of Charles Davis at Nissan State him and 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:03.520 on the road calling Titans games. But for the last 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:07.240 few years you've called NFC games, You've seen the Atlanta 0:18:07.280 --> 0:18:10.199 Falcons a lot. Tell us what you think about the 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:14.120 Titans newest outside linebacker, Vic Beasley. He's one of those 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:17.440 guys that's just loaded with talent. We saw that in 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:20.159 what was it the twenty sixteen season, which was the 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:23.800 monster breakout, you know, when he had fifteen and a 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:26.760 half sacks. Even more than that, I think he had 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:29.480 seven fourced fumbles during that time. He was he was 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:32.760 exactly what you were looking for. You know. You guys 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:35.560 know nowadays we don't need a ton of bulk to 0:18:35.640 --> 0:18:38.320 play on the defensive side of the vault. Speed, the 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:41.040 ability to get to the quarterback. That's what made Big 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:43.760 Beasley Vic Beasley. I think the last couple of years 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.240 for him and in Atlanta, he's been more of a 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:50.280 hybrid type player where he's had to play on the 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:53.920 defensive front and maybe drop into coverage a little more 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:56.119 often than maybe you might expect from that type of 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:59.879 a player. My guess is that Mike Graybill now have 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:02.600 a heavier hand in the defense, a second opportunity for 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:05.240 Vic Beasley in a new spot. He's going to do 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:09.840 probably brush you in the quarterback that's what this That's 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:12.320 what they got him for. That was a need for 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:15.560 Tennessee something to upgrade. And if they can get that 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:21.120 Vic Beasley back twenty sixteen or approaching those numbers, that's 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:23.840 that's a big hit for Tennessee because now it allows 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:27.320 the Jeffrey Simmons of the world to work inside and 0:19:27.400 --> 0:19:31.879 be even more courseful getting up field themselves. From Titans fans, 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:34.040 I get a lot of questions and Mike Keith, I'm 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:37.200 sure you did too, about the time second round pick 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:40.760 Christian Fulton and whether he will be ready to make 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:45.400 an impact in this Titan secondary as a rookie. Now, Charles, 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:49.679 you know Dbs, you know Christian Fulton. What do you 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:52.080 like about him and how he's going to fit in 0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:55.439 with the Titans. Well, what I like is one playing 0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:57.600 in the SEC and dealing with the speed that he 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:00.639 saw every week. That was a big deal. Next step 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:03.960 is playing at LSU and dealing with the receivers that 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:08.240 they put out, because think about it, justin Jefferson, first 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:11.120 round pick this year, right going to the Minnesota Vikings, 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:14.399 their number one receiver wasn't eligible to come out this 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.680 year Jamar Chase, he was the bullet and the coff winner. 0:20:17.680 --> 0:20:19.480 I believe in college Roll was the best receiver in 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:21.879 the country. So those are the types of players he 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:25.480 has to deal with all the time. You know, worked outside, 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:29.200 worked inside in the slot. He's really a quieter kid. 0:20:29.359 --> 0:20:30.560 He's not one of those you know, a lot of 0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:33.359 times with dbs and wide receivers, you know, we tend 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:35.240 to be a little more of the expressive types. So 0:20:36.640 --> 0:20:39.800 he is not really like that in terms of, you know, 0:20:40.040 --> 0:20:43.120 that type of interpersonal and being a little brash and louder. 0:20:43.520 --> 0:20:46.359 He's gonna be much more letting his play do the 0:20:46.359 --> 0:20:48.760 work for him. I think he'll have a very nice 0:20:48.800 --> 0:20:51.200 opportunity to get his feet wet early and have a 0:20:51.320 --> 0:20:53.200 chance to go in there and play. And I think 0:20:53.240 --> 0:20:56.360 for him, if I'm eyeballing a spot to go, I'm 0:20:56.359 --> 0:20:59.240 thinking hard about going inside and playing that nickel with 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:02.360 everyone that they've got in the secondary already that can 0:21:02.800 --> 0:21:05.639 command the outside of the Dory and Malcolm and you 0:21:05.680 --> 0:21:08.800 know those guys, I think hard about finding a spot 0:21:08.840 --> 0:21:11.080 there being able to get on the field early. But 0:21:11.200 --> 0:21:14.080 I do think having played at LSU, played for a 0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:17.240 national Championship last year, played more games in the average 0:21:17.240 --> 0:21:20.280 Bear and more big games than the average Bear. That 0:21:20.400 --> 0:21:24.080 helps your transition coming into the NFL. Now, he touched 0:21:24.119 --> 0:21:26.320