Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - REPORT: Mike McCarthy 'Front Runner' in Tennessee Titans Coaching Search & Matt Nagy Disappointment

Starting point is 00:00:00 We got some new updates on the Tennessee Titans head coaching search, and I continue to be disappointed that Matt Nagy's name keeps coming up. I'll break it all down for you 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. I got a jam-packed episode for you guys today.

Starting point is 00:00:37 Again, big reports on the Tennessee Titans head coaching search. We got a frontrunner named. We got some disappointing news in there as well that I need to talk about. And the Tennessee Titans have a game this weekend against the San Francisco 49ers. I'm going to go over my keys to victory, my players to watch my predictions for that game. Plus, tell you what you need. to be looking for this weekend if you care about the Tennessee Titans draft pick. Before we get into all of it, do want to thank you for making Locked-on Titans,

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Starting point is 00:01:25 if you aren't in every day or you need to be one. Again, the Tennessee Titans head coaching search is the most important thing that's going to happen for the team this all season and the reports are going to come heavy. They're going to come often here very, very soon. So make sure that you stay locked in with the Locked on Titans podcast.

Starting point is 00:01:41 But with that being said, let's jump into the recent reports. We got a big time report coming out of Sports Illustrated from Connor or that says that Mike McCarthy is the front runner for the Tennessee Titans job earlier, or at least that's how it viewed. That's great news. In my opinion, Mike McCarthy is currently my number one candidate for the Tennessee Titans job.

Starting point is 00:02:03 So that's something that I really like to see and like to read because I want to make sure that the right candidates are on the Titans radar and they're interviewing the right people. So that gave me some comfort to hear that. But there is a disappointing aspect to this same exact report that has me a little worried for multiple reasons. Also, worried by a report from ESPN, from Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano going over some things.

Starting point is 00:02:28 And Matt Nagy's name continuing to come up. And that's something that I find, again, very disappointing. I'm going to go over why, but I want to read this report from Connor or from Sports Illustrated about the Titans frontrunner being Mike McCarthy. He says, quote, McCarthy 62 is viewed by some as the early front runner for the Titans vacancy given his experience at the quarterback position and the Titans needing to maximize 2025 number one pick Cam Ward. Though there are some conflicting opinions emerging that Tennessee may value a younger voice in the building.

Starting point is 00:03:02 Some of McCarthy's best work in Dallas came when Cooper Rush had to play at quarterback and Dallas still went four and three down the stretch, including a win over the NFC championship bound commanders. I've talked about Mike McCarthy and some of the things that Connor Orr mentions right there, experience with developing quarterbacks like Aaron Rogers, Dack Prescott, being able to maximize things on the offensive side of the ball with multiple top five offenses. He's won a Super Bowl. Three 12 win seasons in Dallas, one playoff games. He would add stability, a wisdom to the Tennessee Titans organization. He has a connection, obviously, with Chad Brinker from the Green Bay Days. I think that would make a ton of sense for the

Starting point is 00:03:41 Titans. But the part of that that concerns me is where Orr says, though, there are some conflicting opinions emerging that Tennessee may value a younger voice in the building. Now, the opinions that are emerging could be from outside the Tennessee Titans organization. So maybe it shouldn't be taken the way that I'm taking it right now or about to potentially read into it. But if there are already conflicting opinions emerging within the Tennessee Titans organization, then we're already having seeds of dissension between maybe the Chad Brinker's side of things and the Borgonzi side of things. That's something that you could take out of this

Starting point is 00:04:22 is that there are conflicting opinions emerging that Tennessee could value a younger voice so does that mean that maybe Brinker wants Mike McCarthy and Borgonzi would like a younger potential candidate that he can grow with long term? We don't know that that's the case it could just be outside opinions but it's coming from somewhere

Starting point is 00:04:42 so I am a little perturbed I guess by the fact that that tag was added on there, but I'm even more worried about the continued Matt Nagy reports. Like every single report that we've heard from early when we heard like Arthur Smith and Matt Nagy to a couple of weeks ago, we got a list that had like Chris Shula and Jesse Mentor as options that had a little bit of Matt Nagy. And then we get another one here again from Dan Graziano, Jeremy Fowler. Quote, the Matt Nagy Titans connection is one that comes up in the

Starting point is 00:05:17 league circles with the belief that Tennessee general manager Mike Borgonzi had a good relationship with Nagy from their Kansas City days. Nagy's Chicago tenure has aged well going 34 and 31 with Mitchell Tribesky at quarterback. The chief struggles could affect Nagy's chances but I expect him to be a candidate in Tennessee and to me that would be a major red flag that the Titans are valuing relationships over talent. Mike Borgonzi may have had a good relationship with Matt Nagy back in his Kansas City days and I know Mike Borgonzi earlier this year in that trade deadline time press conference that he did said that they will value the ability to work together and I agree that that is important

Starting point is 00:06:02 but at some point it's like when Brian Callahan was asked by me at the NFL Combine how do you do the valuation of talent versus 50s? in your scheme. And he said, we'll always go with the talent and find a way to use them. You've got to go with the talent. And I feel the same about this. Like the fit of you two together cannot be significantly outweighed by the talent in a perfect world. You find a way to have a good relationship and be a very talented person. And I'm sorry, but I just don't buy Matt Nagy. And here's my thing. He doesn't really, in my opinion, and this is anecdotal.

Starting point is 00:06:39 He doesn't seem like the type of guy that can be an inspirational leader to a locker room. a north star for an organization, which is what the Titans need right now. He may be a smart offensive mind and have a ton of experience in the NFL and experience as a previous head coach. But at the end of the day, he does not seem like that leader that the Tennessee Titans need in the locker room right now. Not only that, but he's an offensive coach with mostly bad offenses. When he was the head guy for the Chicago Bears,

Starting point is 00:07:08 they were ninth in points his first year and 21st in yards, his first year. and that is the year that they did really well and went to the playoffs. And every year after that, 29th and points, 22nd and points, 27th and points, 29th in yards, 26th in yards, 24th in yards.

Starting point is 00:07:25 Every year except the first, he was terrible in third zone offense, red zone offense. He was an offensive coach that got fired because he had a bad offense. And you can blame that on Mitch Trubisky, but at the same time, like, Mitch Trubisky was a talented young pick

Starting point is 00:07:40 that needed more development and he ultimately wasn't good enough to be more than a backup. But the Titans are in a position where they have a young quarterback like that that isn't set in the world on fire. And can you really trust Matt Nagy to develop that guy? Also, let's say this. Matt Nagy went 12 and 4 in his first year, and everybody praises him for it. Then he went 8 and 8 and 8 and 6 and 11.

Starting point is 00:08:01 While he didn't have the best talent on the offensive side of the ball, he had Alan Robinson and Jordan Howard and Torek Cohen. I understand that. That's not the best talent with Mitch Trubisky. Absolutely. But he didn't develop, you know, those guys into anything more than that Jordan Howard had a good year. Alan Robinson had good years. Then Alan Robinson was a better player than people remember. You know what I mean? But my point is, the only year that he had a really good season was that first year, and he had Vic Fangio as his defensive coordinator, who went on to be a head coach himself and is one of the best defensive coordinators in NFL history.

Starting point is 00:08:33 His defense had 36 turnovers that season first in the NFL. That was a defense team that dominated with turnovers, even though the offense was. was just okay and had points of, and spots of bad play throughout the season. He's a guy known for not running the ball enough. Sixth in rushing attempts that first year, but then goes 20 and 27. Why abandon what worked for your offense and put extra pressure on Mitch Trubisky? Is that what we want from the Titans? And, in my opinion, he's not the top mind where he's been. Like, he came from Kansas City.

Starting point is 00:09:09 He was not the top offensive mind in Kansas City Andy Reed was the top offensive mind and then he goes back to Kansas City and has success but how much of that is, hey, you got Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reed is the top offensive mind so he's never truly been Matt Nagy has never truly been the top offensive mind where he's been

Starting point is 00:09:33 he was a bad offense when he was the head coach of the team the one year he was good was led by a defense with a historical defensive coordinator and a historical turnover margin or takeaway rate he doesn't really inspire as a leader

Starting point is 00:09:50 I'm sorry he may have a good relationship with Mike Borgonzi but he is not a talented enough head coach to be the leader of this football team going forward he's simply not and when you look at the other options on the table and look Mike McCars

Starting point is 00:10:07 I just mentioned why I liked him and why he makes sense. And if you're going to go with a guy with experience who has a relationship with somebody, it would be Mike McCarthy. And maybe you go, Matt Nagy's younger. He's 47. Mike McCarthy is 62. Maybe that's the younger voice.

Starting point is 00:10:25 And Mike Borganzi wants Matt Nagy because that's his guy and Chad Brinker wants Mike McCarthy because that's his guy in his relationship. And if that's the case, that goes back to the disappointment and the worry that I had initially when we read the report, the first one, because we're already hearing that there are conflicting opinions,

Starting point is 00:10:43 you know, and it just leads you down a path of where that could come from. And Matt Nagy and the Connor Orr won, where we got the Mike McCarthy information from. It even says, Matt Nagy 47 has been the Chiefs, senior offensive assistant, quarterback's coach, offensive coordinator since he was fired by the Bears. He got the Bears to two playoff appearances with Mitch Tribeski. at quarterback when looked back on his tenure, which includes a top five offense with

Starting point is 00:11:11 top weapons, Trubisky, Tariq, and Jordan Howard, Alan Robinson, looks far better in the rear view mirror. And top five offense, I guess there's certain metrics maybe where you could say that they were top five, but I didn't see anything in particular that stood out to me. And it wasn't like they were top five across the board, again, 21 in yards. So I guess, you know, I guess. But here in both, of those reports about Matt Nagy say the same thing, like, oh, his tenure has looked at more fondly. And then you look at Robert Sala. Sala is the guy who the Titans are about to play this weekend. And he may not be an offensive coach, but he can bring good offensive minds with him from being in that Kyle Shanahan group for so long.

Starting point is 00:11:56 And that's something that me and Brian Peacock talked about yesterday on the crossover show. And you look at the anecdote in Connor Orr's report here about Sala. says in the Jets final 17 games with Sala as the head coach the team was number one in defensive EPA per play allowed and points per drive allowed in the team's first 17 games without Sala

Starting point is 00:12:20 they were the worst team in the NFL by those same metrics look if I am going to get an experienced head coach like a Matt Nagy or a Robert Sala they better at least be able to create a dominant unit on their side of the ball. Matt Nagy has had terrible offenses. Robert Sala has had elite defensive performances.

Starting point is 00:12:45 So, if we're going to go that route, I'm sorry, but, like, Matt Nagy is one of the worst options that they could possibly go with, in my opinion, very uninspiring and disappointing to keep hearing his name be involved. But with that being said, again, we're going to see Robert Sala this weekend in action, his defense, and I think the Tennessee Titans have a clear formula here for how to go against this 49ers team. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by Zock Doc.

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Starting point is 00:15:19 That's C-A-R-G-U-R-U-S dot com car gurus.com. Titans fans, let's continue a jam-packed Friday edition of the Locked-on Titans podcast, the YouTube crowd already, it's only Thursday, uh-huh, whatever. Either way, jam-packed episode, big-time coaching reports my thoughts on what we're hearing. Now we've got to talk about the game because the Tennessee Titans do play a football game. game this weekend. Keys to victory before I dive in. Thanks for making locked on tightens. Your first listen each and every day. But number one, they got a corral Christian McCaffrey. It is obvious

Starting point is 00:16:16 that the San Francisco 49ers are a totally different team when they aren't able to run the football with Christian McCaffrey. 83, 48, 67, 74 rushing yards in their four losses this year. If you can hold the San Francisco 49ers rushing attack down, you have a chance to be competitive. And it's not just about the run game either. It's also about Christian McCaffrey out of the backfield. We know that he is a very potent receiver, and that's why I think part of corraling Christian McCaffrey is going to be man coverage.

Starting point is 00:16:54 You can't let Christian McCaffrey run up, past the offensive line, settle down. down in a zone while your linebackers are dropped back 12, 15 yards like the Titans always do. How many times have the Titans had a third and long on defense where it's third and 17 or third and 20 or, you know, against the Texans is third and 20 and the other team finds a way to score or to get the first down or to get a bunch of yards and set up a fourth down, which is really what we see happen all the time for the Titans is it'll be third and long at midfield. They'll back all the way up to not give up the first down, but they'll give up 15 of the 18. 14 of the 17. And then the team just goes for it and you got to have another down anyway.

Starting point is 00:17:35 So it's like the Titans back up too much if they do that. They're going to dump it off the CMC. They're going to dump it off the George Kittle and they're going to destroy you. So corral CMC by stopping the run game, which is an absolute requirement or you're going to get blown out. And then you got to have man coverage on the tight ends and running backs in this game. And that'll factor into our players to watch discussion that we have here in just a moment. So make sure that you corral CMC in the run game. in the passing game with man coverage, and you got to tackle. The San Francisco 49ers put a lot of stress on you in that realm.

Starting point is 00:18:05 You got to tackle. So, Corral C.M.C., and those are the elements that are involved. Also, you got to put pressure on Brock Purdy, and I don't just mean that in the pass rush, where the Titans certainly do have to put pressure on Brock Purdy, and I think there are some potential things the Titans can do to get that done. But Purdy's completion percentage drops 30% when he's under pressure compared to when he's not.

Starting point is 00:18:27 is a guy who needs to be kept clean. Also, when I say pressure on Purdy, I mean, make him do things that he doesn't want to do like throwing deep down the field. Brock Purdy is absolutely a guy who's looking to throw the ball 10 yards and shorter. He doesn't want to drive it down the field. He doesn't have the arm strength.

Starting point is 00:18:44 The drive it 20 yards down the field consistently all game. If I'm the Titans, I'm playing up tight. I'm playing man coverage. I'm making him take shots downfield. I'm having guys play zone coverage underneath and saying, hey, if you're going to beat our guys deep down the field with speed, let's see it. Let's see it. Because they don't have a lot of guys who have deep speed.

Starting point is 00:19:03 And I want to see Brock Purdy be accurate down the field all game long because I just don't think that that's what he wants to do. So you put pressure on Purdy by actually getting pressure on Purdy, but you also put pressure on Purdy with your coverages by forcing him to go down the field for his answers and outside the numbers for the answers rather than over the middle short where he wants to go anyway. And then the final thing is they need turnover luck. San Francisco's 9 and 1 losing the turnover battle in their four losses this year.

Starting point is 00:19:33 So if the Titans want to win the game, the only way you beat San Francisco who's a really good team is to win the turnover battle. And if the Titans who aren't a good team don't win the turnover battle, they really have no chance. So they need some luck. They need a muff pun, another block pun, a blocked kick, you know, somebody to drop a ball, a bad kick out of bounds a couple of times. a kick return, a punt return, turnover on downs for San Francisco to go for it.

Starting point is 00:19:59 They need some luck, and they need that luck to come in the form of turnover. As a defensive touchdown, I think, is what they need to win this football game. But as we transition to the players to watch, and we kind of zoom in a little bit on who we're looking for, we go to the offensive side of the ball. And for me, obviously, we have to start with Cam Ward. Cam Ward needs to play better than he played against the Browns last week. And I think he's going to have a lot more time in the pocket and be a lot more comfortable in the pocket. and I said it yesterday in our, you know, our crossover episode.

Starting point is 00:20:34 Cam Ward's going to have a great opportunity to bounce back here. He's going to be able to have some time to operate if the Tennessee Titans offensive line steps up. So when we go into my players to watch on the offensive side of the ball, we start with Cam Ward because he needs to have a bounce back performance, like we talked about yesterday, especially after the, you know, attitude crisis of week 14 and all of that nonsense. But in this game, I think Cam Ward is not going to be under so much pressure. I don't think the Tennessee Titans are going to have to run a similar game plan that limits his opportunity to just drop back and throw the football. And I think the offensive line, I put the whole offensive line as a player to watch.

Starting point is 00:21:13 And I know that may not necessarily be fair, you know. But again, like we talked about yesterday, San Francisco's defense, 16. sacks on the season, the worst in the NFL. They're a team that does not blitz, one of the lowest blitz rates in the NFL. Their pressure rate is last in the NFL. This is a team that is not getting pressure on the quarterback. They aren't doing that consistently.

Starting point is 00:21:34 The Titans are actually way better than them and getting pressure on the quarterback, and they aren't really blitzing to try to change that. They're just running what they're running. Now, they're 9 and 4. They're one of the best past defenses in the NFL. They're 12th in run defense. Like, things are going okay for the San Francisco 49ers

Starting point is 00:21:50 without the pass rush that limits their long time upside. But that's not what the Titans are worried about. They're worried about this week. And I think the offensive line coming off the performance that they had in a really, really unique game plan that they had last week. I think coming back to what could be considered their easiest matchup of the entire season, I think that gives the offensive line something to build on

Starting point is 00:22:13 to help them go forward. And if this offensive line can start gaining momentum, I think that would be absolutely critical. So Cam Ward is a player to watch because he needs to bounce back and have a better performance and play a better football game than he's played the last two weeks

Starting point is 00:22:26 but the entire offensive line I think is absolutely critical in stepping forward in a matchup that they should be able to do well and you got Bryce Huff in there he's a really good player but there's a ton of injuries up front Keaum White is a guy

Starting point is 00:22:39 they got in the trade that Brian Peacock mentioned yesterday but come on now like this isn't the type of matchup like the Titans have had recently with the Seahawks with the Texans with the Jags, with the Browns. Like, this isn't like that. So I want to see that type of performance

Starting point is 00:22:54 from the offensive line in their improvement. The final player to watch for me on offense is Gunner Helm. I think where the 49ers are vulnerable on defense is over the middle of the field. De Winters at linebacker, Curtis Robinson, at linebacker, upton stout at slot corner. Malik Mustafa at safety. Mustafa is a small guy.

Starting point is 00:23:17 You get him one-on-one against. Gunner Helm, I think there's some opportunities there. San Francisco likes to run cover three. They like to run cover four. I think that gives you opportunities over the middle of the field when they run those cover four coverages to have only three people in that intermediate layer. If you spread San Francisco out with some spread wide formations and then you attack back inside with some of those zones, I think you can get to their linebackers and get to some of their safeties and their slot cornerback. I don't think that you want to challenge their outside cornerbacks. Renardo Green is a pretty good player.

Starting point is 00:23:48 Commodore Lenore is a good player as well. So I think that there are, and Jair Brown, safety is a very good player as well. I think there are other areas where you could potentially attack, and I think they're over the middle of the field, attacking some of that zone coverage. So I think Gunner Helm is a guy who can take advantage of that. And again, you get them on those, on those,

Starting point is 00:24:08 think about a cover four. And the Titans send the outside receiver's vertical, which pushes the outside cornerbacks vertical, and then Gunner Helm runs that double move that they like to run, the little up and out down the side. line. Get him on Malik Mustafa, one of the linebackers. I think the Titans could have some success there. I think Gunner Helm gets a touchdown catch this weekend against one of the most famous tight ends in the NFL. But with that being said, we do move to the defensive side of the

Starting point is 00:24:32 ball where I think it'll be very, very important for Jeffrey Simmons to dominate this one. So Ben Bartch got injured in the game against the Browns before the buy for the 49ers. He is on injured reserve, and that means we're going to get a lot of Spencer Burford. And he's a guy who's played pretty well in spot duty this year, but that's Jeffrey Simmons. And even Dominic Pune, who is an excellent young player for San Francisco has struggled this year more than he struggled last year. And their entire offensive line, honestly, has struggled more. You look at, you know, Trent Williams, he's giving up four sacks this year. Colton McKivitz, who's a good player at right tackle, has given up three sacks this year.

Starting point is 00:25:13 But I think the Titans need to try to attack the interior. I think you look at Jake Brandel, Dominic Poonie. Like I said, we'll probably get Spencer Burford in this one. I think Jeffrey Simmons can really have his way with those guys in the interior. And if the Titans are going to pull off a major upset with our 12-and-a-half-point underdogs, Jeffrey Simmons is probably going to have to be at the center of that victory. Now, outside of that, I talked about playing man coverage on Christian McCaffrey, man coverage on tight ends, Gunner Helm, or Gunner Helm, that's the Titans' tight end.

Starting point is 00:25:41 George Kittle, I think that's where Cedric Gray and Kevin Winston come in, because whether it's stopping the run, whether it's playing man coverage on those guys who are big yards after catch threats, not only do you have to cover those guys and try to prevent throws to them, but you've got to get them on the ground once they get to them.

Starting point is 00:25:55 Kevin Winston has the length, the physicality, and the speed to stick with George Kittle in this matchup, and Cedric Gray has the speed to stick with a guy like Christian McCaffrey right now. I think that those two young defensive players and man coverage against those two primary weapons will be critical. So those are my players to watch,

Starting point is 00:26:14 my keys to victory in this matchup. Now, we've got to talk about my predictions for this one, game and score, gambling, fantasy, all of that. And I'll tell you what to be watching for if you're concerned about the draft pick this weekend. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by prize picks. This holiday season is one of the best times for sports.

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Starting point is 00:28:04 We broke down all of the new reports on the Tennessee Titans Head coaching search and my thoughts on those. Talked about my keys to victory, my players to watch in this game. on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers. Now I'm going to get into my predictions for this weekend and what you need to be rooting for for the Titans' draft pick. Do want to thank you for making Locked-on Titans. You are at first, listen.

Starting point is 00:28:23 Thank you for making the Locked-on Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network. But with that being said, I do not think the Tennessee Titans win this game, and I do not think that they cover either. I have the 49ers winning this game 27 to 13 if the Tennessee Titans defense comes to play. Maybe it's 21 to 13, and the Titans give themselves

Starting point is 00:28:42 some hope, but they have some things going against him here. San Francisco has two head coach-level coaches in Kyle Shanahan and Robert Sala, maybe one of the smartest combinations in the entire NFL. And while DeNard Wilson is a good defensive coordinator, the Titans don't really have that to match. Not only that, but San Francisco has a much more talented football team, better roster. Not only that, but the Titans are on the road.

Starting point is 00:29:08 They're going to be on the West Coast, different time zone, tons of travel. not only that, but San Francisco is coming off a by week. There's a reason this is a 12.5 point spread. I think the Tennessee Titans has some areas of opportunity in this game. Like I said, I think the offensive line can have a good day, and the Tennessee Titans might be able to throw the football in this matchup,

Starting point is 00:29:26 but I don't think they're going to be able to run it, and I just don't think that they're going to be able to stop San Francisco's offense. And if San Francisco just plays a clean game with no dumb things, they're going to put it on the Titans by multiple scores. So I'm going to go 27 to 13, and again, point spread in this one is 12.5, according to fan dual sportsbook, 44.5 on the over under. I wouldn't play this because 12.5 is too big. So this isn't one of my best bets of the weekend on Locked-on NFL for like the Madman's moneymaker. I'm not rolling with this one. I wouldn't

Starting point is 00:29:58 bet this game if I was betting anything anyways. But if I had to lean and I had to give my pick on this one, I would go 49ers minus 12 and a half. I think there's a better chance. This is, you know, 30 to 3 than it is 24-21 with the Titans covering. Like, I just think San Francisco is prepared to dominate this game. I hate over-unders. San Francisco could score a ton, but if I had to go, I would go under with, again, a game like, you know, 30-3 or 30-6 or something like that.

Starting point is 00:30:29 I would go under the 44 and a half. My beautiful dark-twisted fantasy player of the week, I am going to go with Gunner Helm. Again, I think Helm catches a touchdown this week. The only touchdown the Titans get, he gets a lot of dump-offs as the game is kind of ugly at the end. I think he has, you know, five catches for 57 yards and a touchdown, kind of a breakout performance for Gunner Helm.

Starting point is 00:30:49 And then finally, when we're looking at the tank, what is the tank route this week? What's the plan for the tank? Well, there are three teams in the NFL right now with two wins only, the Titans being one of them, the New York Giants being the other, and the Las Vegas Raiders being the other. Now, I think that there is a great chance this week

Starting point is 00:31:08 that one of those teams gets a win and it's the New York football Giants. They are two and a half point favorites. They're favorites this week. Two and a half point favorites against the Washington commanders. The commanders are going to be without Jaden Daniels. Jackson Dart is back.

Starting point is 00:31:30 Maybe things happen. The Giants are at home. Let's hope that the Giants get a win because if you're the Titans, what you have to be hoping for is. The Giants win this week against the commanders. The Raiders play the other two-win team. The Raiders is in Philadelphia this week. L.O.L. is what I wrote in my notes. The Raiders aren't beating the Eagles, even if the Eagles

Starting point is 00:31:56 are sucking right now. There's no way that's happening. They're going to have Kenny Pickett in no way. Kenny Pickett revenge game at the Eagles in Philly. Putting a cap on how bad the Eagles season is, that would be awesome, but that ain't happening. But the week after that, the Raiders and the Giants play. And I believe it's in Vegas. So what you have to hope for is that the Giants beat the commanders this week. The Raiders beat the Giants next week, maybe with Gino Smith back. And then the Titans are the only team with two wins again.

Starting point is 00:32:26 The Titans lose out. The Saints have been playing better football lately. The Titans get the first overall pick. Cam still beat Shador Sanders. And we ride from there. That's, if you're looking at the draft pick, that is the path forward for the Titans to still get the number one overall pick

Starting point is 00:32:42 but with that being said that is going to do it for today's edition of Locked on Titans I am your host Tyler Rowland and again get subscribed, stay subscribed at your team every day I'm your host Tyler Rowland

Starting point is 00:32:55 and this was Locked on Titans Thank you.

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