Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Carnell Tate HYPE CONTINUES After DOMINANT Tennessee Titans OTAs Performance & Will Levis MELTDOWN

Episode Date: May 31, 2026

The Tennessee Titans hit the field for another open practice on Friday and once again, Carnell Tate was the star of the show. With highlight catches and smooth route running, Tate has impressed anyone... and everyone who has been at practice to witness it and it makes you wonder what a true top receiver could do for Cam Ward and this offense. Speaking of Ward, he had a solid day that wasn't perfect, but Ward is being challenged in a major way in practice due to the circumstances they are working on. Will Levis though, had a meltdown performance consisting of underthrows and interceptions. You feel bad for Levis, but odds are he won't break out of his funk without a new home. Finally, there were some absences that are perfectly reasonable like Jeffery Simmons, but time missed by Femi Oladejo and some young receivers is somewhat of a concern.   LOCKED ON TITANS EVERYDAY CLUB: https://lockedontitans.supercast.com/   Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitans   TicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop...   Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitans   Follow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPod   Subscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LockedOnTitans   Everydayer ClubIf you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Square If you’re starting a business, or running one that deserves better tools, Square helps you sell, manage, and grow without slowing down. Right now, you can get up to $200 off Square hardware at https://square.com/go/LockedOnNFL. FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get one-hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets if your first bet wins. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started — Play Your Game. Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast. Betterhelp This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.Sign up and get 10% off at http://BetterHelp.com/LOCKEDON.   FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Cornell Tate dominated Tennessee Titans practice once again over the weekend, and now the hype train is out of control. But I'm getting on board. I'll explain why on today's edition of Locked on Titans. You are Locked on Titans, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome to the Locked on Titans podcast. I am your host, Tyler Rowland Titans fans on today's show.
Starting point is 00:00:37 We're going to break down everything you need to know from Tennessee Titans OTAs on Friday. Plus, use that information to look forward at the big questions coming out of that OTA as we get ready for next week. We got to talk about Femiola-Dagio, once again, not being out there in my disappointment there as we go over the roll call for who was absent at practice. Also, we got to talk about the quarterbacks and Will Levin. having an absolute meltdown, but we'll start with Carnell Tate once again, putting in a dominant performance.
Starting point is 00:01:10 And listen, the hype train is off the rails at this point with Cornell Tate. I mean, anybody who's at practice, any report, any observations you read, I mean, any text messages I send, anything I get back, Carnal Tate is the man. Carnell Tate is the dog. Even Cedric Gray, the Titans starting line. linebacker said, oh, Cornell tastes the truth. He's cold. He said he went up to him at practice and told him like, you're nasty, man.
Starting point is 00:01:43 I mean, the hype is literally overboard right now. It's bursting out of the cup. The cup overflow it at this point with Cornell Tate hype. And it's deserved. He keeps doing it. And these are just the practices that we get to see. It's not like, and that's what I love about Cedric Gray. saying that Carnell Tate is the truth. Because Cedric Gray isn't just out there on the one OTA of the week that the Titans Media gets to be at. Like, they have three OTAs per week.
Starting point is 00:02:14 They're going to have four, two weeks from now. But they've had three OTAs per week and back-to-back weeks. Media only gets to be at one of them. Cedric Gray is at all of them seeing Cornell Tate dominate. It's not just one day. So for his teammates, it's not just like his teammates are there one day giving him praise. they're seeing it every single day. And in this practice on Friday,
Starting point is 00:02:36 Carnot and the Titan social team, thank you for posting some of these. But Carnotate, one-handed catch on third and long from Cam Ward. Bam. Another one, he jumps up over top of the cornerback, grabs it, wrestles it away from him with two hands. And these are third down, red zone key moment situations that we've seen these Carnel Tate highlights coming. Going all the way back to last week,
Starting point is 00:03:01 where Cam Ward looks right, comes back left, hits Carnell Tate in the back of the end zone. And we heard about another deep ball that he caught for a touchdown on a 50-yarder. Like Cam Ward and the Titans were running third-down two-minute drills when most of these plays are happening. So that means that Cam Ward
Starting point is 00:03:19 is finding Cornell Tate in the most critical situations that they're practicing. Again, third and long, two-minute, red zone. Football is all about being able to execute situational football. Do you understand what situation you're currently in? Do you understand what that would mean that you need to do? Where you need to attack the defense,
Starting point is 00:03:43 when you need to call timeouts, how to manage the clock, what do we want to do right here, what's our goal? It's all about situations on offense and defense. And we are learning that in the biggest moments, when the chips are on the table, even early on in OTAs in May, Cam Ward's going to Carnel Tate. When it's money time,
Starting point is 00:04:04 Cam Ward's going to Carnell Tate. And that has the ability, again, to transform this offense for a decade. And I talked about the Cam Carnell chemistry on Thursday show as a preview to practice on Friday. Like, I want to see that connection continue to grow because of the domino effect that that connection and that elite number one wide receiver
Starting point is 00:04:28 alpha wide receiver with your star quarterback. What that means in today's NFL has such an impact on the rest of the team that it can fundamentally save the Tennessee Titans offense for the next five to 10 years. For what we know is offensive football and what we've been deprived of as Titans fans of offensive football. Like Cardinal Tate can have that sort of impact if him and Cam Ward are on the same page in this way.
Starting point is 00:04:53 And again, here come the caveats. Because I already know I'm five minutes in, and the negative nancies, the naysayers, they're going to be down in the comments. They're going to be, oh, it's OTAs. He was catching it on Micah Robinson, who's a backup quarterback. It's not the titan starting quarterbacks.
Starting point is 00:05:12 It's not, you know, Alante Taylor, Cordell Flod. Yeah, but I've seen Cardell Tate do this to everybody. And it's not like bum wide receivers are making these kind of plays consistently every single practice on any cornerback, no matter whether that's a backup, a practice squad, a starter, like just the ability for Carnell Tate to use his hands the way that he does, his body control, his adjustments,
Starting point is 00:05:40 you know, his coordination to jump up and grab, and he's got monster hands, massive hands, with elite body control, the things that we knew that Carnell Tate was great at coming out of college. Now, I need to see him be a great intermediate. and short route runner. I need him to play with physicality over the middle of the field and catch slants
Starting point is 00:06:01 and at the catch point, not deep down the field in one-on-one situations where you could jump over top of people, but in traffic, when you've got to be physical and take the beating and make the catch and be strong, there's no pads on right now. So you can't test that with Cornell Tate. All right, so I want to see that.
Starting point is 00:06:17 But what I did know Carnell Tate could do was get down the field, make it insane catches, have great body control. And even in this practice, it was reported multiple times. He had two drops early on, like in 7 on 7, had a drop or something like.
Starting point is 00:06:34 So it's not like, you know, Cardo Tate will never drop a football ever in his entire career in history, but there won't be many. And the elite catches and the superstar catches. Again, in these scenarios, the reports that have described them, I think Nick Suss from the Tennessee
Starting point is 00:06:51 and did a very good job with some of his observations. Austin Stanley from A to Z, Jim Wyatt from Tennessee Titans.com always does a great job for written observations and things like that. But any observation said these are third down, third and long, third and tough situations. And Cam's just taking the snap and throwing fade balls out the Cornell tape. And he tried to do that with Elyke Iommanner early in the season consistently. And Iommanner just couldn't win on those consistently. But the opportunities were there. So Cam likes doing that.
Starting point is 00:07:22 Carnel Tate can dominate doing that. That is the Titans pet play. That's their, that's their, you know, Kareem Abduljabar Skyhook. That's their Michael Jordan turnaround fadeaway. That's their Dirk Novitsky one leg up. Their LeBron James, look at the ball. That's what it is. Like, the Luca step back.
Starting point is 00:07:45 It's the Titans pet play that's unstoppable. We have a 6'2 elite contested catch wide receiver. We have a quarterback that can throw great deep, deep, or back shoulder throws. We're spamming that when we need it. And then if you've got to adjust to that, it's going to open up stuff for other people and the domino effect that we talk about commences. Two massive catches that were elite control catches and isolation. It's just a great sign.
Starting point is 00:08:16 And if they're doing this this early on in the process, folks, that's a great sign. And again, it's, I'm buying into. the hype. I guess I was wrong about Cornell Tate. He looks. And again, it's more than just, oh, he made this catch, this highlight, this moment, just the conversation around him, he just looks like the dude. I think, again, I think it was Nick Suss who said that he has just been the clear best player on the field at both open practices. He is the best football player out on the field. I've talked about it. With the PTSD that I have from draft picks and wide
Starting point is 00:08:57 receivers as a Titans fan, there's no way that you're going to have me being like, oh, well, it could just be, no, I'm, I have prayed for times like this, where a Titans first round pick, a wide receiver at a flashy skill position, comes out and just starts balling right away and is great. That is, I mean, not that I can recall, has that ever happened for the Titans? Not like this. so no way that I'm going to be salty in that regard. But we got to talk about something other than Cornell Tate.
Starting point is 00:09:33 I mean, I guess I have to, but it's hard not to just be so over the moon excited about Cornell Tate. The hype is just at a roar right now. Now, it needs to be paid off in training camp in the season, more importantly, but again, about as great of a start as you could want for Cornell Tate if you're a Tennessee Titans fan. Now, with that in mind, there are some other players on offense. who played pretty well.
Starting point is 00:09:56 What about Cam Ward? Poor Cam Ward. He's like Woody right now. And Carnel Tate is our Buzz Light Year. Okay, we're like, oh, you know, we'll play with you later. We're talking about Carnal Tate right now. But how'd Cam Ward do? Will Levis had,
Starting point is 00:10:09 sounded like a meltdown practice out there. But Gunner Helm, Wondell Robinson, Tagee Spears, there are other guys on the offense that we need to talk about from practice and talk about what it means going forward as well. Do you want to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by fan, sports book. The NBA playoffs are here and every possession matters. If you're looking to get
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Starting point is 00:11:54 We talked about Cornell Tate dominating practice. Once again, the hype train going off the rails, but you know what, I'm getting a ticket aboard the Cornell Tate Hight train because it could mean incredible things for the Titans moving forward. But now we need to talk about everybody else at practice. There were some big updates from offensive players that we need to get into. Also, we need to talk about the absences and what all of them mean for the Tennessee Titans. And I'm salty that Femi still isn't out there. But before we dive in,
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Starting point is 00:12:56 But with that being said, the quarterbacks, how they do? Cam Ward was up and down by all accounts. It was a rainy practice for the Titans. Things were a little discombobulated according to a lot of reports. Cam had a couple of those good throws to Carnell Tate. He also had a wheel route down the sideline, 25 yards to Bryce Oliver. Bryce Oliver, I'm telling you. I think he's making the roster.
Starting point is 00:13:22 But Cam had some good throws out there again. They were practicing tough situations, two-minute, tough third-downs, third-and-eighths, third-and-tens, third-and-elevens, things like that. So these are tough. He went 17 for 31 at the practice. I don't get too bent out of shape about quarterback stats during practices. Again, because they are purposefully practicing the most.
Starting point is 00:13:43 most difficult situations. Cam isn't taking any quick, you know, three, four, five yard dump downs and stuff when it's one minute and 12 seconds left on the clock and they're at the 50 yard line and they've got to drive down and score. You know, like the Titans are repping situational football that if quarterbacks don't spend the whole game in those high stress situations. So it's not necessarily fair to look at Cam Ward's stats and judge it like you would a normal game. But nonetheless, 17 for 31, had a couple throws behind guys. He's adjusting to timing, depth, routes, things like that.
Starting point is 00:14:18 But, you know, it's May. There's no need to freak out when the great throws are in there, too, and the connection with Carnell Tate is doing so well. I'm more interested in that individual chemistry between the players than I am how Cam Ward stats look in May. Like, other things are more important than the stats right now that they're working on. And now is the time where quarterbacks need to press, need to learn, need to make mistakes, need to be sure,
Starting point is 00:14:43 short on a seam route, need to be short on a dig route where you got to understand the depth. Like, that is literally the stuff that they are working on right now and mistakes will happen so that they can learn from them. That is what the off season is supposed to be for. So I love hearing what we're hearing from Cam Ward making those superstar plays and having a couple of things, just be a little bit off here and there that need to be cleaned up. But Will Levis, man. Struggle.
Starting point is 00:15:08 Two interceptions. One of them an ugly pick six to Solomon Thomas. yes, the defensive lineman on a running back screened Nick Singleton out on the field. That's good news. We'll talk about that more in the absentee and attendance section, I should call it. But Levis, ugly looking pick six interception to Solomon Thomas threw another bad interception, had a couple of underthrows according to reports. I think Jim Wyatt had him at 15 for 23.
Starting point is 00:15:39 Wyatt was who had Cam at 17 for 31 as well. Shout out Jim. Levis had a couple of good throws, according to reports in there as well. Don't just want to slam him nonstop, but a relatively ugly practice by all accounts for Will Levis. Honestly, at this point, look, he got the million dollars, he got the money from the contract. Obviously, he's well off from that compared to most people. So whenever I say this, people always say, well, he got all that money. Well, money doesn't mean that you're never sat again.
Starting point is 00:16:07 Like, you know, that's not necessarily how it works. like, I have more money than the next guy. I have more money than I had 15 years ago. I still get sad. Things still make me upset. Things still go wrong that I want to go differently. Like it's, you know, and I'm just a regular, literally mid-class type person.
Starting point is 00:16:29 I mean, just because you're rich, doesn't mean you're never sad. I feel bad for Will Levens. I want him to get a new opportunity somewhere else. The Cam Ward situation, how the fan-based, reading him, you know, the leaks, just the constant negativity around him
Starting point is 00:16:46 since he got drafted here. I don't wish that on any draft kid just because they get money. Like, I feel bad for Will Levis. I do. I hope eventually he does get moved or they release him or so he can just get a fresh start somewhere else with a fan base that may accept him more than the time.
Starting point is 00:17:06 It's not the Titans fan base's fault, Will Levis's career to. and go the way he wanted. That's not what I mean, but just it can't make it any more fun. When you get drafted and stuff, imagine if most of the fan base wants you to lose and fail.
Starting point is 00:17:21 That's just a weird thing that young men don't deserve, I guess, or Will Levis didn't deserve. Maybe other... Levis is a guy who can rub people the wrong way with his personality, which I resonate with, quite frankly. But it doesn't mean that he deserve people to wish him to fail.
Starting point is 00:17:37 You know, he didn't do anything bad, like, in that sense, You know, so hearing the reports and everything, it did just make me feel bad for Will Levis, whether he got money on a contract and is a pro football player or not. It's just tough. Outside of that, though, I've talked about Cornell Tate,
Starting point is 00:17:57 but I've also talked a lot about Gunner Helm, who has a perfect skill set to go with Cam Ward as a gunslinger. It's a perfect skill set. And multiple folks out there, I've talked about how smooth Gunner, looks, his route running, his ability to catch the football just looks absolutely incredible. Gunner Helm is going to make a major... I talked about Gunner Helm is a guy who I think could make a massive leap this year
Starting point is 00:18:26 and become one of the best 10 tight ends in the entire NFL. I really see prime Austin Hooper. I think that's who Gunner Helm could be. Austin Hooper in Atlanta with the Falcons. you know, elite in the red zone. Not an incredibly shifty route runner, but smart, good depth, good read of zone coverages, caught everything that was thrown to him all the time. Austin Hooper's still good at going up in high point in a football.
Starting point is 00:18:54 Didn't he, didn't Austin Hooper score against the Titans? One of those tight ends for the Patriots scored when the Titans played the Patriots last year. I think it might have been Hooper in the corner of the end zone. One of their tight ends. You guys can look it up. But either way, Austin Hooper, I think is a great comparison for Gunner. Helm. I think he could take that guy. Austin Hooper was never an elite top five, tight end, top three tight end in the NFL. And I don't think the Gunner Helm will be either.
Starting point is 00:19:17 I don't think he's ever going to be Kiddle or Kelsey or something like that, you know, but I think he could solidly be the 8th, 9th, 7th, best tied end in the NFL. And here in the chemistry with Cam Ward, he caught a bullet pass over the middle from Cam Ward at one point. Here in the chemistry that those two have had early on makes me very excited because I believe in Gunnor Helm. Wondell Robinson, according to Jim White, had six catches. That chemistry is still very important. He's going to be the chain mover. If Cam can consistently find him underneath.
Starting point is 00:19:47 Again, they're repping third and long, red zone, time situations, two minute drill, stuff like that where situations aren't normal. But in all the other normal situations, the first down, second down, second and six, first and ten, all of those, that's where Wondell Robinson is going to be incredibly important to keep drives on schedule. Wondell Robinson is the director of scheduling for the Tennessee Titans offense. That's what I'm officially naming him.
Starting point is 00:20:13 And Tadier Spears, everybody's talking about how electric he looked. Every report's talking about Tadier Spir. Guys, call me a Grinch, all you want. Bah humbug, I'm Scrooge. I played Scrooge in a play one time in high school. But I'll say bah humbug to the Tajay Spear stuff.
Starting point is 00:20:34 I'm going to do an episode later this week where it's like, I buy this OTA hype or do I not buy the OTA hype? Tad J Spears, I'm not buying it. Yeah, he looks great with no pads on. He's going to be a little jitterbug, like a pinball machine bouncing around out there. He's still good at that stuff when the pads are on, but he's not, you know,
Starting point is 00:20:55 going to, it's just not going to be what we ever hoped it would be with Tadje Spears. And I'm not going to let him being juky and, you know, elusive in OTAs, make me believe all of a sudden that it's finally going to be different for Tajé this year. I just, he is who he is, and that's what he is. And I can accept that. But with that being said,
Starting point is 00:21:16 what I can't accept, I cannot accept that is that Femiola Dejo is still not out on the practice field. Do want to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by Indeed, workplace chaos, deadline stacking up, inbox overflowing, and the one position that you have to fill still sitting open.
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Starting point is 00:22:32 Need to hire. That's a job for Indeed sponsored jobs. Let's cap off today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. We're breaking down everything. We need to talk about from practice on Friday and what it could mean going forward. We talked about Carnell Tate, his continued dominance. We talked about Will Levis Mountain Down,
Starting point is 00:23:06 Cam Ward, some of the other offensive pieces. But now I want to talk about the attendance at Tennessee Titans practice, guys who are still missing, guys who came back, what that all means, including Femiola Dejo, still not being out there. Before we dive into it, though, I do want to thank you for making Lock. on Titans, your first listen each and every day.
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Starting point is 00:23:48 Join the Locked on Titans Every Dayer Club today. but again, roll call. Little attendance list here. Femiole dejo, still not out on the practice field. I'm frustrated by it. I don't like it. This is valuable time for him to get reps, valuable time for him to work on technique,
Starting point is 00:24:09 valuable time for him to be coached by Aaron Whitecotton. Firing off the ball is something that Aaron Whitecotton puts a big focus on, the Titans defensive line coach, and that's something that Femio dejo needs reps at, help with is using the physical gifts that he has to maximum capacity until his technique can catch up. And part of that is firing off the line of scrimmage, being physical with his limbs and his hands and his long arms. Like, all of that stuff could just be repped over and over and over again.
Starting point is 00:24:37 And he's not getting reps on it right now. And for a developmental player that missed so much time in his rookie year, that is a disaster. So I am not happy about Femiola Dejo best in time. That's unfortunate. Jermaine Johnson was also not there. but he's been involved. Germain Johnson was literally like day one at the Titans facility when he get traded.
Starting point is 00:24:56 Germain Johnson's about football. I'm not worried about Jermaine Johnson in any way. He like fully committed from day one to being a true Tennessee Titan. Alante Taylor or Cordell Flock were both out. I think one of them and I don't remember exactly which one. I try to put a star in my notes and I don't see it. One of them worked on a side field. I think it was flop.
Starting point is 00:25:16 But neither of them were out there for the team stuff. Dan Moore was back. Very important for the offensive line to gain so much chemistry as a possibly can. That's another very chemistry-based situation on the football team. Nick Singleton back out there doing team stuff.
Starting point is 00:25:35 The rookie running back out of Penn State had a foot fracture, I believe, at the end of the season or at the Senior Bowl, had Jones fracture surgery, finally getting back out there. He was the guy who Will Levis was trying to throw the screenbass to when he threw the pick six to Solomon Thomas. But just nice to see Singleton get back out there, getting some work, doing some things.
Starting point is 00:25:53 Let's bring him along slowly. But it could be a big impact player. I think it was Nick Suss who said that he was running 50-yard sprints on the sideline when it wasn't his turn to be in. So good to hear that he's feeling good and able to do stuff like that. But I definitely don't want any setbacks there because I think Singleton could make a bigger impact than people realize. The wide receivers.
Starting point is 00:26:12 Remember Calvin Ridley, Jim D.K., Alec Ayo Manor all not out there last week. well, they were back this week. Calvin Ridley, Chim D.K., E.K., all participated in some capacity. I think it was Buck Rising who said that Chim Dekay was the only one that did anything after individual drills. So that means Ridley and I.O. would have warmed up, done individual drills with their position group,
Starting point is 00:26:36 which I think there was pictures or videos of them doing that anyway. The Titans put out a cool picture with Cam Ward, Carnell Tate, Calvin Ridley, Elich Iommano, Manor, Wondale, Robinson. and Chim D.K. was the only guy not in it, and I felt bad for him. He probably wanted to be in that pick, but it was during special teams. And Jim D.K. is obviously doing returner stuff during special teams. But D.K. had a couple of catches, according to reports, and had a limited role in practice, but participated in stuff after individual.
Starting point is 00:27:04 Elykeye O'Manor and Calvin Ridley did not. So wondering what's going on with some of these guys. We don't get injury reports during this time of the year. So it's hard to know whether these guys are having a rest day, because that's how the program is built, whether they're banged up, whether they had this, they had that, anything that's hard to know.
Starting point is 00:27:22 Big Jeff, not there, John Franklin Myers, not there. I've told you guys, time and time again, those are two of the three players on the team that I think have the right to just skip if they want to because it's voluntary.
Starting point is 00:27:41 These are not mandatory workouts. So Big Jeff, John, Franklin Myers, sure. I don't care. Tony Pollard's another guy. Like, no reason for Tony Pollard to be overworked at this time of year. But moving forward, the Titans aren't going to have another open OTA for quite some time.
Starting point is 00:28:03 It's going to be the 11th of June, which is Thursday. And then the week after that, the 16th through the 18th, I believe, it might be 16, 17, and the 19 that's how the Titans do it. Often, that's how they do all these OTAs. They have Monday, Tuesday, break Wednesday, another one on Thursday or Tuesday, Wednesday, break Thursday, one on Friday, which was how last week was structured.
Starting point is 00:28:27 So that's how they structure these. This upcoming OTA, the Titans are off this week. They're off all this week. Next week, they have four days of OTAs, and we get the fourth day, which is on Thursday. No, we get the third day. It's going to be eighth, ninth break, on the 10th, 11th, 12th,
Starting point is 00:28:46 and then mandatory minicampus the next week after that, I believe all three of those sessions are going to be open to media. So that'll be a very interesting week. But throughout this week, it's time to take temperature, okay, of what's going on, what we need to look at,
Starting point is 00:29:04 we need to have some fun conversations. I'm going to talk about, again, what I believe and what I don't believe, hype coming out of, OTAs, all of the assistant coaches for the Titans spoke to the media, and I thought there were interesting things. All three DB coaches, how they're splitting responsibilities.
Starting point is 00:29:22 Anthony Hill flashing in practice, according to Mike Borganzi's brother, Dave Borganzi. Shea Tierney had some really interesting things to say about Cam Ward that caught my eye. Marcus Winston, or Marcus Harris, Kevin Winston comments from the defensive back coaches. Keldrick Falk being used only on the right hand. inside, Austin Schlotman, the big nickel package. There's so much stuff that I'm going to get into this week. So make sure that you get subscribed, stay subscribed,
Starting point is 00:29:54 because Titans football never has a dead period on Locked on Titans. But that's going to do it for me today, folks, as always. I am your host, Tyler Rowland, and this was Locked on Titans.

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