Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - REPORT: TENNESSEE TITANS COULD LOSE JEREMIYAH LOVE TO ARIZONA CARDINALS & THE THREAT IS VERY REAL

Starting point is 00:00:00 Brace yourselves Tennessee Titans fans because the Titans might not even get a shot to draft Jeremiah Love in the first round. I'll break down all the big news 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. today's show. We got big time new reports as we enter into NFL draft week about Jeremiah Love and the Arizona Cardinals being very interested, which could give the chance that the Titans don't even get to draft Jeremiah Love. We'll talk about why I believe that noise. Is it a

Starting point is 00:00:54 smoke screen? Is it not again? I believe it. We'll dive into all of it before we do. Do want to thank you for making Locked on Titans. Your first listen each and every day. Remember, Monday through Friday. Tennessee Titans content all year round, always for free. Make sure that you get subscribed. Stay subscribed. It's your team every day. Speaking of every day, shout up to my everydayers out there. Tune in Monday through Friday. Couldn't do it without you guys. If you aren't an everydayer, you need to be one. The draft is just a couple of days away. If you want to be as informed as possible leading up to the NFL draft, and then as informed as possible coming out of the NFL draft on all the new players that the Tennessee Titans selected,

Starting point is 00:01:32 Again, make sure that you stay locked in with the number one Tennessee Titans podcast in the world locked on Titans. But with that being said, big time reports coming out of NFL draft media as we head into draft week. And the biggest one coming out on Monday morning is that the Arizona Cardinals actually love Jeremiah Love and that they are set to take him at number three if they don't trade out. That's something that Adam Shepter came out with on ESPN.

Starting point is 00:02:06 Todd McShay also saying the same thing that he's hearing the Arizona Cardinals. What Jeremiah Love, and I know a lot of Titans fans are going to be like, oh my God, I don't want them to take love. Why would they take love? It's smoke screen. There's a lot of different things that it could be attributed to.

Starting point is 00:02:22 But quite frankly, I believe that the Arizona Cardinals do like Jeremiah Love. And I believe that the Arizona Cardinals would take Jeremiah Love at number three. Number one, is it smokescreen? I just don't buy that it's smokescreen. I don't believe that NFL general managers are going to be lining up to trade up in the NFL draft. It's one thing to take a running back that high in the NFL draft.

Starting point is 00:02:48 But to also trade multiple picks to move up for Jeremiah Love, I think that that is, that is just not going to happen. So if you're sitting here telling me, oh, I think it's just smoke screen. the Arizona Cardinals are just trying to get somebody to trade up for Jeremiah Love. Like, I'm sorry, I simply do not buy that. I don't think that that's the route. If somebody trades up with Arizona at number three, it's going to be for David Bailey.

Starting point is 00:03:13 It's going to be for Arvel Reese. It's not going to be for Jeremiah Love. Nobody's going to trade up for Jeremiah Love, in my opinion. So the smokescreen angle just, I don't buy that. I personally don't buy that it's a smoke screen from the Cardinals to try to get a trade up. If they're trying to get somebody to trade up, then David Bailey is the one that they're going to be pumping.

Starting point is 00:03:35 We like David Bailey, we're going to take David Bailey, we're going to take Arvel Reese. Those are the guys that are going to get somebody to move up to get one of the best pass rushers in the NFL draft. So I buy the report because I don't believe that it's smokescreen. Now, that is my read of would somebody actually trade up for Jeremiah Love? But the other side of this is ownership interference.

Starting point is 00:04:04 The way that you guys talk about Amy Adams Strunk is how I feel about people like Jerry Jones, Michael Bidwell, and David Tepper. Like those are owners that truly do metal in the football decision-making. Like those are guys who actually would force a draft pick by one of their general managers, by their scouting staff. Like, that's somebody that would actually do that. Is Michael Bidwell from the Cardinals? So I personally believe that the owner would force the Cardinals to take Jeremiah Love at number three

Starting point is 00:04:39 because that's who he wants, which means that I do believe this from the media. And Todd McShay, also in his reporting, said that he's heard that there is a powerful voice. there's a powerful voice in Arizona that is pushing for them to draft Jeremiah Love. You know who that powerful voice is going to be? It's going to be Michael Bidwell, the owner. So those two factors together, I don't believe that this is a smokescreen for Jeremiah Love

Starting point is 00:05:11 because I don't believe that the Cardinals truly believe someone would trade up for Jeremiah Love and I also think that the owner could force the pick. Now, my tinfoil hat theory on the Carly Cardinals situation is that Monty Austinfort, their general manager, doesn't want to take Jeremiah Love. That's something that the owner wants to do. He doesn't want to take Jeremiah Love.

Starting point is 00:05:38 What Monty Austin Fort wants to do is avoid taking Jeremiah Love at number three and trade down is the best way to do it. That's the best way for the Cardinals to avoid having the owner interfere in their draft is to find a trade down. So that's what I think. I think the Cardinals are pushing so hard for a trade down because they don't want to have to take Jeremiah Love. And if they stick and pick at number three,

Starting point is 00:06:08 the owner's going to make them take Jeremiah Love. They want pass rusher. They want offensive line is what they really want. And all of the reporting has said that the Cardinals desperately want to trade down. Well, why? Again, I think it's because they don't want the owner to force them to take Jeremiah love.

Starting point is 00:06:26 It all lines up for me. I just do not believe, I do not believe that this is a smokescreen because I don't think anyone would trade up for love and I think the owner truly would interfere and force a pick. So with that, I actually do believe this. And there's a lot of people out there who are saying, well, the Cardinals have Tyler Algier,

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Starting point is 00:10:13 Let's continue today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. Again, talking about all the big buzz that came out on Monday morning, the Arizona Cardinals, like Jeremiah Love, I am buying that. I do not think that it's smokescreen. Again, I just explain why I don't think it's smokescreen. But another big reason why I see Titans fans and the Lovenuts out there is I have affectionately starting calling a lot of you guys that are Jeremiah lover or you won't be happy in the draft.

Starting point is 00:10:56 The reason why I think a lot of Love Nuts are pushing back on this is because they say the Arizona Cardinals don't need a running back. Right? That's what all Titans fans want to say. We've talked about that. They just signed Tyler Algier. restructured James Conner's contract. They brought back Bam Knight. They have Trey Benson coming off the injury.

Starting point is 00:11:16 The Cardinals don't need a running back. They're not going to take Jeremiah Love. So it has to be smokescreen. You've got to look yourself in the mirror. And be honest here. If you're not a Tennessee Titans fan, if you're not a Tennessee Titans fan, you would say the same thing to the Titans.

Starting point is 00:11:35 That's what everyone is saying to the Titans. You don't need a running back. You have bigger needs. You have a guy in Tony Pollard who's rushed for a thousand yards multiple seasons in a row. You have a guy in Tagee Spears who is one of the most elusive

Starting point is 00:11:49 electric running backs in the NFL when he's actually out on the field and that's a good one-two pairing the Titans don't need a running back. That's what everyone who's not a Titans fan is saying to the Titans that the Titans don't need a running back. So if you look at the Cardinals

Starting point is 00:12:04 and you're honest, James Conner's contract got restructured. He's probably only going to be there for one more year. Tyler Algier, you're telling yourself that Tony Pollard is not a good enough running back

Starting point is 00:12:23 to pass on Jeremiah Love. That's what you're saying. The Titans can't pass on Jeremiah Love because they have Tony Pollard. Tony Pollard's not good enough to pass on Jeremiah Love, right? Well, how then can you look at Tyler Algier

Starting point is 00:12:41 and say that Tyler Algier is so good that they can pass on Jeremiah Love. Tony Pollard is better than Tyler Alger. They're at minimum comparable. They're probably in the similar tier in NFL running backs, quite honestly. So you can't say that, oh, you know, the Titans can pass,

Starting point is 00:12:58 or the Titans should take Jeremiah Love because they only have Tony Pollard and Tad Jaze Spears and then look at the Arizona Cardinals and say, oh, they have to pass on Jeremiah Love because they have Tyler Algier and James Connor. Like, that's not fair. And let's be honest. If you're talking about who's more ready to take a running back in the NFL draft,

Starting point is 00:13:18 is it the Titans with no true number one wide receiver, no long-term left tackle, offensive line missing multiple starters. They don't have a star tied end. Look at Arizona. Marvin Harrison Jr. Michael Wilson is a very good player. They have Harris Johnson Jr. at left tackle.

Starting point is 00:13:42 they have frohold at center. If they draft Ty Simpson in this draft class, they're just as set up for a running back as the Titans would be. It's literally just the same. And if not the same, the Cardinals are actually in a better situation to draft a running back than the Titans. So, again, I don't buy that a team would trade up for Jeremiah Love to number three.

Starting point is 00:14:10 So the Cardinals aren't going to use that as a smokescreen attempt because I don't believe that that would entice anybody. If someone trades up, it's going to be for David Bailey. So that's what they would sell if they were trying to smoke screen. I do believe that the Arizona Cardinals owner would force them to take Jeremiah Lovett 3 because that's what he wants. And for the same reasons you guys tell him, sell jerseys

Starting point is 00:14:31 and have a superstar and fan base and sell tickets and blah, blah. So the Arizona Cardinals owner would force that just for those reasons. And then the final thing is the Cardinals are just as ready for a running back as the Titans. You can't say that the Titans should take Jeremiah Love and then say that the Cardinals can't for the same reasons people are saying the Titans aren't.

Starting point is 00:14:55 So you put all those things together and yes, I am buying. I am buying that Jeremiah Love could go to the Cardinals at number three. But I have to tell you and this is something I'm going to talk about later on tonight. I think it's a good thing for the Titans. I think it's a good thing for the Titans

Starting point is 00:15:19 if Jeremiah Love goes at number three. Because what the Titans are left with at number four is absolutely awesome. They're in a great position at number four. If it goes Arval Reese, Jeremiah Love, the Titans are in a great position. Elite position. Maybe the best position that they could possibly end up in

Starting point is 00:15:39 in this draft. And I'm going to talk about that later on tonight. so make sure that you meet me back here. But that's going to do it for me today, folks. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowan, and this was Locked on Titans.

Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - REPORT: TENNESSEE TITANS COULD LOSE JEREMIYAH LOVE TO ARIZONA CARDINALS & THE THREAT IS VERY REAL

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