Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Carnell Tate WILL BE GREAT for Tennessee Titans and Ohio State Buckeyes Career Showed Exactly Why

Starting point is 00:00:00 Carnell Tate will be great for the Tennessee Titans, and it was obvious during his time with the Ohio State Buckeyes. We'll get the inside scoop on today's edition of Locked on Titan. 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, we are going to get the inside scoop on Carnell Tate

Starting point is 00:00:39 from the host of Locked on Buckeyes, Jay Stevens. We're going to break down Carnell Tate as a player, why he will be great for the Tennessee Titans, what he did at Ohio State, and we'll talk about who Carnell Tate is off the field, in the locker room, in the community. All of that. Before we get into it, though, do want to thank you for making Locked on Titans,

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Starting point is 00:01:19 Tonight, we are going to talk about all of the different draft picks and what they can do immediately in year one on day one for the Tennessee Titans. Tomorrow we'll be talking about Keldrick Fulk and his background from his time at Auburn and then get into the long-term potential of all of these prospects on tomorrow night's big time show. But with that being said, again, I want to bring in my guy Jay Stevens from Lock on Buckyes. Obviously, some Ohio connections here, a little Ohio magic going on at the end of the day. But with that being said, we're here to talk about Carnell Tate.

Starting point is 00:01:54 I think that he could be great for the Tennessee Titans. When you saw Cornell Tate get drafted to the Titans, what was your instant thought on that fit. That's a great pickup for Cam Ward, man. You need a quarterback that he has a quarterback. You want a quarterback you want a receiver that's reliable. You want your team to go out there and get someone, even if it's that high in the draft that you can throw the ball to,

Starting point is 00:02:15 you know, he's going to be great. You know, if he's on the outside or if he's at the slot, Cardinal Tate can do it all. As a football player in this draft, he was wide receiver one. I know people may say, well, he was never the first receiver, number one receiver at Ohio State. Amecabuka wasn't either.

Starting point is 00:02:30 and we see what he did in Tampa during his rookie year. So that's a really silly take the things he'll have because, oh, it's easy on the surface. But when you look at his production, he is the guy that can do anything you want from a receiver in the NFL. Yeah, I was looking at Malik Neighbors from the Giants was like, oh, I don't know if he's, he wasn't the number one wide receiver at Ohio State. And I was like, Malik Neighbors, you wouldn't have been the number one wide receiver at Ohio State this year. So think about that for a second. But I agree that is the number one complaint that people levy against Cornell Tate.

Starting point is 00:03:03 But, you know, what did you see from him at Ohio State on the field? What did he do well? What impressed you about his game that makes you think that that isn't a concern? Well, a lot of it is his position of versatility where you get some guys at receiver that are either great in the slot. They can't go outside or they're great on the outside and they can't go on the slot. Ohio State does a great job of working young receivers in at the slots a little bit easier. And they don't have some of the demands that you have with the outs. outside possession receivers that Ohio State can bring in.

Starting point is 00:03:31 He got his feet wet at the slot. And then when he got outside, it was almost not an easy transition, but one that he knew he had to work. He had to grind, make sure that he was better on the outside. They still moved him on the inside a little bit. He had a touchdown. I believe against Wisconsin, it was a play that he hadn't ran since his freshman year, but they put him at the slot and then he scored the touchdown there.

Starting point is 00:03:51 And so him being able to play inside or outside, but as a route runner, that's one of the best things about him. he is great at getting on top of the route quickly. He can beat you out of the line of scrimmage with his feet and hands. With his body movements, just subtle and slight movements in the middle of the route. He's able to overcome even the strongest of corners to get on top of the route. And he gets clear separation. A lot of his touchdowns, a lot of his catches, there's like three or four yards of separation

Starting point is 00:04:15 in between him in the corner. And I'm like, am I the only one seeing this? Like, this is normal. I saw a highlight video of him recently of just some of his bigger catches. and I'm like, that corner is nowhere near you. It's clearly this Carnot take the ball in the goal line right there. And that's what Tennessee needs. And he's somebody that can be reliable that can do it all.

Starting point is 00:04:36 And so he's kind of, I don't want to say he's like a mix of Chris Alave and Garrett Wilson, but he's great at the catch point. You throw it up. He can put two hands up there and bring it down. He's a smooth route runner. I think Alave in college was a smoother route runner. But Carnal Tate got better at that area every single year. you think is he physically ready? Of course. So he's not physically built like Jeremiah Smith,

Starting point is 00:04:58 but he got physically more fit to play football every year he was at Ohio State. Jeremiah Smith is different. He's one of one. And so, not in this conversation, but you can look at qualities of Alave Wilson and Jeremiah Smith from when they're at Ohio State. And you can see how Cardo Tate has a little bit of all three of those guys in his game. Heck, I would even throw Marvin Harrison Jr. in there with a contested catchability. It's like Cornell Tate is kind of like the child of all of the recent Ohio Statewide receivers. I think it's funny that you talked about how the cornerbacks are way behind.

Starting point is 00:05:29 I noticed in a lot of his big time catches and the big contested catches, it's like, Julian's saying throw the ball down the field. Some of these are underthrows and Cardinal Tate has to kind of come back and then make the contested catch. He's dusting these guys. You're right. The way that he, what I really like is

Starting point is 00:05:45 he, you know, he ran the 4-5 or some teams had it this and that. That was a big debate during the draft cycle and big talking point and all that. But the way he glides past people, it almost reminds me a trial prior. In a way, everybody was like, oh, he's not that fast. Yeah, he's not that fast until he's right in front of you and then he's past you. And it's like, oh, he's a four or five.

Starting point is 00:06:06 But with how long his strides are, it really could throw you off of, oh, this is how fast he's going to be on me. He's on you faster than you think. I think about that Wisconsin touchdown or the Michigan touchdown, the skinny post from the slot. And the Michigan safeties are right there. and all of the sudden at the very end, he's just like past him. And they did not see it coming.

Starting point is 00:06:28 You talk about the route running. I know that's something that has progressed for him. Is that the thing that's impressed you most about his, his growth during his time at Ohio State? Or is there anything else that stands out of, he got a lot better at this over his time there? I think just being physically more ready to play football. It's kind of, it's a kind of a heartline thing.

Starting point is 00:06:46 If you're an elite receiver, you're always getting better at route running. So I kind of gloss over it, even though it's a very big part. If you can't run rocks, you're not playing football anyway. Right. If you look at his progression from his freshman year until this past year, you see a guy that's physically more ready to withstand the pounding that he might take as a receiver. Now, you transition that into the NFL. You have to, he has to continue to get his body right and keep his body right,

Starting point is 00:07:10 healthy with the nutrition, in the weight room, doing all the workout so that his frame is always ready to withstand any type of hit that he gets into football in the NFL. And so I think it was a touchdown against Wisconsin. Julian Sand threw the ball up. There were two defenders right there, and Cardinal Tate got the ball. And I was like, how in the world do you catch that ball? Well, physically, he had to have that muscle

Starting point is 00:07:35 and have that wear and tear on his body so that when he went up, when he got hit, those hits didn't cause him to drop the ball. And so that's probably the biggest thing for me because there are some guys at Ohio State that have been there for two or three years that we don't really talk about because they aren't physically there.

Starting point is 00:07:51 Carnotate is you group that with all the other attributes that they can grade. Tennessee got a steal maybe. Not a steal at number four, but a big win. Let's just go there, a big win with the draft pick. Well, they certainly needed,

Starting point is 00:08:04 especially at the wide receiver position, like you mentioned at the very beginning, helping Cam Ward. But, you know, you talk about making sure that he's physically able to withstand the beating of the NFL level and all that, physically able to make those contested catches at the next level.

Starting point is 00:08:17 A lot of that will have to do. with him as a person. Is he willing to put in the work? Is he willing to be dedicated to making his body the way that it needs to be? And we'll learn a little bit about Cornell Tate as a person during his time at Ohio State as we continue this mini-draft crossover edition of Locked on Titans with my guy, Jay Stevens, from Lock on Buckeyes. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by Ruggiat.

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Starting point is 00:11:05 Again, got a special guest on the show. Jay Stevens from Locked on Buckeyes. Talked about Cornell Tate as a player while we're high on Tate going forward. But a big part of Carnell Tate's journey in Carnell Tate going forward for the Titans is going to be the person that he is. So wanted to spend a little bit of time hearing what Jay had to say about Carnell Tate as a worker in the locker room, things like that. You've talked about his physical maturation.

Starting point is 00:11:30 would you say that's a good jumping off point for explaining, you know, what kind of guy Carnell Tate is as a football player? It is because as a good person, you want to make sure that you're doing everything in your occupation so that you're at the top of your game. And so the physical part is a big, it's benefited because of his mental state. The one thing about Carnal Tate that I don't want to overlook is a tragedy in his life shortly before he came to Ohio State. He's from Chicago.

Starting point is 00:11:57 His mom got killed on a drive-by. So he's not to go to college, loses his mom. And I can't imagine the pain, the heartache that he went through in that moment. And a lot of guys that are at his age, at that young age, you may think they would lose their mind or maybe they would not want to go to college to be in a high pressure environment like Ohio State playing football. He cut his head down. He kept working. He kept grinding.

Starting point is 00:12:21 He didn't miss the workouts. He wasn't a problem in the locker room. It was almost like he used that as fuel. And in his interview on one of the, I don't know what network I was watching, but when he got drafted, he did an interview and he discussed that his mom is everything. He does everything for his mom. Now, his mom no longer with us, but that's still his motivation. And so his motivation is to do things for family, do things for mom. And that shows up in a big way when he's playing the football. He's very passionate about his mom. And you see the passion that he has for mom on the football field. And so as a person, he's kind of the guy you want to have in the locker room. Ryan Day has done a great job of recruiting players out of high school that are not only elite football players, but they're great human beings. And you don't know how a guy is going to mature from the ages of 18 to 22. You're not sure if he's going to get older, get some money and have his mental state go crazy

Starting point is 00:13:13 or if he's going to get older, get some money and keep his mental strong or they'll be stronger because of the person that they are that they are. For Cardinal Tate, he got older, got some money. And at the end of the day, he's a better football player and a better person. than he was when he got to Ohio State, even though he tragically lost his mom in a drive-by. I hate doing the talk about tragedy and loss and death on shows. I really hate it, bro, but I can't talk about his story

Starting point is 00:13:37 about talking about what happened with him and his mom and how that's kind of fueled him the rest of his collegiate career. Well, I think, you know, not to do a side tangent, but the reason that draft shows bring up that kind of stuff is because it's relatable. You know what I mean? Like people have been through a lot of bad things and a lot of people out there who have lost their mothers

Starting point is 00:13:55 in different ways will really, relate to that and that eases their pain to see, hey, you know, Carnell Tate survived it, got better, still honors his mother, like all the good things with it. So I hate talking about the tragedy stuff too, but at the end of the day it's meant to, you know, serve the purpose of maybe inspiring people or at least easing people's pain, making them not feel so alone. So that's, you know, a tragic story. But to see Carnell Tate respond from that. Now, that's what kind of motivates him internally, what drives him.

Starting point is 00:14:23 That has showed up, you said, in the wait room and the practice. FACTS at Ohio State. He's never been an issue with, you know, kind of his work ethic for the football team, right? No, no, no, no, never that. That's a Ryan Day thing, too. Like, it goes with the guys that Ryan Day brings in. And I'm not going to lie to you. At times, I want Ryan Day to go out there and get a guy that has a few screws loose.

Starting point is 00:14:45 Like, it doesn't have all the happy meal, all the fries in a happy meal. Like, I don't care if you have a little crazy. I like football players that a little out there, a little wacky. You got to be. You got to be a little. Ryan Day has found guys that play a little wacky. but they're not wacky in the locker. And they're not out of their minds

Starting point is 00:15:00 when they're in the meeting room. And so I like the combination that Ryan Day has brought in. I still think Ryan Day needs to go out there and get that wacky kid. I hate calling names, man, but you know like the kid that you know was a little not all the way there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Starting point is 00:15:15 And he acknowledges it, but when you get to the football field, you're like, oh, I want that guy in my huddle. Ryan Day doesn't really get those kind of guys. He gets guys that are these stand-up human beings. And he, and that always is something that shows up in the weight room, in the meeting room, in the locker room, in those moments off the field where you think trouble could happen, that doesn't happen. Ohio State's been very fortunate to have such elite talent that they've been to the playoffs

Starting point is 00:15:40 multiple years in a row that they've won the national championship recently, which is not only multiple playoff games, but that's traveling to Dallas. That's traveling, I believe they traveled to Atlanta. So you're traveling to various places where you can get in trouble. You can get in trouble. But you got some money at these, these colleges have some money. And so, like, I know they have curfews and security.

Starting point is 00:16:00 Man, look, we hear all the time about these athletes breaking curfew or sneaking out or getting people to come inside the room. And so you don't hear about that with Ohio State players. It's not because the media just doesn't share it. It doesn't happen. And Carnal takes one of those guys that has been a leader, that's been a stand-up person that the Buckeyes have leaned on in big moments, not only because he's a great football player,

Starting point is 00:16:23 they know when it's a big time moment, they can rely on him to get the job done. It's because it was mental state, any kind of person that he is, and that has helped everybody on the team, trust him no matter what situation they're in. And that will absolutely get Tennessee Titans fans fired up. But thank you so much.

Starting point is 00:16:42 Jay Stevens, Locked on Buckeyes. Hey, go Bucks, baby. Oh, H-I-O. You know that it's a Buckeye adjacent podcast here on Locked on Titans. So make sure you check out Locked on Buckeyes for all your Buckeye needs, more stuff on all of the different players coming out of Ohio State in the future. Because there's another wide receiver that Titans fans would like to get here. Some of the Buckeyes.

Starting point is 00:17:04 Which one you want, Jeremiah Smith, one, Christenie Jr. Which one you want, man? I mean, just line above. I'll just, yes, the answer is yes. But, you know, thank you so much, Jay. We appreciate you coming on the show. But with that being said, make sure that you guys get subscribed, stay subscribed. Thank you for tuning in.

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Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Carnell Tate WILL BE GREAT for Tennessee Titans and Ohio State Buckeyes Career Showed Exactly Why

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