Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans Brian Callahan is CLUELESS, Don't Blame Cam Ward & Biggest Week 1 Improvements
Episode Date: September 8, 2025The Tennessee Titans got a disasterclass of a performance from Brian Callahan against the Denver Broncos and when Callahan went to the podium on Monday, his reasoning fell short and left him looking c...lueless, which means more than you would think. However, Cam Ward was spectacular despite the lack of help he received from the rest of his offense and Titans fans should be incredibly encouraged by the rookie's performance under the circumstances. Finally, while the offense was a major letdown, the Titans defense and special team really came to play and that is a positive sign moving forward as the season is far from over. Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitans TicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop/tictactitans-gear/C3AAPNWXSXA6SBYG3USV2I7R?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitans Follow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPod Subscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitans/videos Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!5-Hour ENERGYTee up that trip! Enter for a chance to win a dream golf trip for two to any golf tournament* in the USA. Visit https://5HEWIN.com for full rules and entry. No purchase necessary. Excludes the Master’s tournament. Ends October 31, 2025.DoorDashWith DoorDash Streaks, you save every Saturday you order — stack it up all season and you could save up to $250. Order this Saturday. Keep the streak alive. Fuel your gameday — only with DoorDash. Terms apply. Promo period through 11/18. Monarch MoneyTake control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNFL at monarchmoney.com/lockedonnfl for 50% off your first year. UpsideDon’t let this offer drive on by, download the free Upside app now using my limited time promo code TOUCHDOWN for a limited time 25 cent per gallon bonus! Offers vary by user and location, Go to upside.com for terms and conditions.Click Here to download the app: https://getupside.onelink.me/zlLr?af_xp=custom&pid=barrington&c=barrington_lockedon25&deep_link_value=promo&deep_link_sub1=lockedon25&af_dp=upsideapp%3A%2F%2F Yahoo FantasyPresented by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Draft now at https://yahoofantasy.com/lockedonnfl.PrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.FanDuelRight now, new customers can bet just FIVE dollars and if your bet wins—you’ll get THREE HUNDRED dollars in bonus bets to use across the app.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)
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Brian Callahan was a disaster against the Denver Broncos,
but his press conference on Monday made him look entirely clueless.
I'll tell you what he had to say on today's edition of Locked on Titan.
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what Brian Callahan had to say at his Monday press conference and why I think it makes him
look even worse than he did yesterday also we are going to look at the positives I've gone
through all of the tape. I want to tell you why it's not Cam Ward's fault that the Titans
offense looks so bad. Also, there's a lot of positives to take in the other phases of the team
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Obviously, there's a lot to discuss with the season starting now,
and I'm going to keep you as up to date, as entertained,
as informed as a Tennessee Titans fan could possibly be.
But with that being said,
we do got to talk about clueless Brian Callahan
and his confusing responses on Monday in his press conference.
So first and foremost,
we have to talk about the biggest controversy of them,
And it's the elbow catch by Elyke-io Manor on the sideline would have been a 20-yard game would have been an explosive pass play
Would have given the Titans a first down late in the game when they absolutely needed to get something going
But Brian Callahan didn't challenge the play and I think what's most frustrating for me going back through the tape is you could see on the sideline
Amani hooker not a coach the Tennessee Titans safety
Amani hooker is literally going to the referee and say he goes
that's a catch and then he points to his elbow
and he says his elbow is in and he points at the field
Amani Hooker knew that rule on the field
and not only did the Tennessee Titans head coach
not know it but the guy that the Titans hired
to be Brian Callahan spotter up in the booth
he didn't know it either and again
that mistake in and of itself
is embarrassing
but I thought Brian Callahan
embarrassed himself even more on Monday in his press conference.
So his initial answer, when asked why he didn't challenge that
or yesterday at the press conference, he said that he didn't get another foot in.
Well, Brian, if you look at NFL rules, it says that if any body part
other than your hands and feet are in bounds, that's a catch.
So, one butt cheek, one knee, one elbow, one shoulder.
Any body part other than your hands or your feet is in bounds, it's a catch.
And Callahan said, well, he didn't get one foot down with his one elbow.
He did not know the rule.
And then on Monday at the press conference, he was asked, and he said that he misinterpreted the rule,
that that's his mistake, that he just,
misunderstood the rule and to me that's an explanation.
Hey, I just didn't understand the rule.
Now that's a terrible explanation for an NFL head coach
who's getting paid millions and millions of dollars
to lead a football organization at the highest level.
That's a disgrace.
But hey, I didn't know the rule.
I should have challenged it. I didn't know the rule.
And that's where he started.
And they asked, why didn't the guy upstairs tell you to challenge it?
Did that guy not know the rule either?
And Cali's like, I'm not gonna, you know,
You know, he didn't want to throw whoever under the bus.
He said, I should have known, I should have challenged.
All right, cool.
Understandable.
Not happy about that.
But all right, at least you're honest.
But then, later, at the end of the press conference,
when he was kind of pushed about it again,
Brian Callahan said that he did know the rule.
That he does know that one elbow means that you're in.
But then he said, the game was going so fast
and things are moving at such a high pay.
and I was trying to think of the next play call and it was a punt.
The next play call was a punt.
What do you mean you're trying to think of the next play call?
What are we talking about here?
So it's just insane to me that Brian Callahan starts off
by saying, I didn't know the rule my bad.
I misinterpreted it.
I misunderstood.
And then by the end of the press conference,
he's starting to get defensive.
And he's like, oh, he said,
I've been in this league a long time.
I know the rules.
I know the rules.
well clearly you don't
he said at the end he said
I misspoke yesterday
so did you not know the rule
or did you misspeak
which one is it
you know what I mean like
he said both things
and talked out of both sides of his mouth
during the press conference
and that to me
we can talk about how angry that makes us
and how frustrated that makes us
but think about the players in the locker room
Amani Hooker, part of a Titans defense that got four turnovers
and generally made the Broncos' offense look awful for most of the game.
Amani Hooker, a player on the team, knew that.
So for the coach to say, I misinterpreted the rule, I didn't know it.
And then change his opinion and say, no, I knew it, just things were moving too fast, that's my fault.
How frustrated do you think the players in the locker room have to be by that?
not only on defense for wasting their performance,
but the offensive players who desperately needed that play to be a real play for them.
See, I want to throw back to my guy Brad Hopkins, the legend,
the Titans legend who I do the squad show with.
And Brad has said consistently to me when we've talked about Brian Callahan,
coaches only get fired if they lose the locker room.
Well, when Arden Key is in the locker room saying,
we've got to score more points.
Like, yeah, the defense has to play better, but we got to score more points.
We got four turnovers.
We got to score more points.
And when a Monty Hooker is on the sideline knowing the rules,
and when the head coach is at the press conference,
talking out of both sides of his mouth and won't take accountability,
that is a quick way.
That's a turbo button to lose the locker room.
Your defensive players don't trust you.
all the players on your team don't think that you're prepared
I'm just saying like if losing the locker room
is what is going to actually get Brian Callahan fired
well it's only week one but he's well on his way
because there's a lot of players in there
and I hate that everyone saying it's one week it's one week
this is week 19 for Brian Callahan
this ain't week one it's week 19
and there are players in the locker room
who were here last year
and the incompetence that we saw last year
and then to start the season this way,
that is a quick way
to lose the locker room
and for your players to lose faith in you.
So, you know, and let me say this.
A lot of you guys are saying fire Brian Callahan now,
but that's not going to happen.
Brian Callahan's not going to get fired anytime soon.
I laid it out when the schedule came out, guys.
Week 7 at home against the Patriots
If Brian Callahan is 2 and 4
or looking more like 1 in 5
and you get beat down by Vrabel's Patriots to go to 1 and 6
then he's probably fired
The buy week is in week 10
I believe week 10 or 11
if the Titans go into that
1 and 8 2 and 7
with embarrassing losses
Callahan will be fired
he will be
but remember
as my guy Brad Hopkins
the legend said
coaches get fired when they lose the locker room
so if this continues
he is going to lose the locker room
and if we're doing a scouting report
on Brian Callahan
in my opinion the thing that he is
worst at is motivation and leadership
because his team is not responding
to what he's preaching they preached
all all season long
about the penalties
the discipline. And then the very first opportunity they have, they come out and throw up
13 penalties and have as many penalty yards as they do offensive yards.
The players at some point will stop listening to the message
if they don't feel the coach can deliver.
Now, I don't feel that that loss of confidence is going to come within the first month of the season,
but it is definitely already started.
And I said this before the year when we talked about why the Titans need to get off to a fast start
because the lingering doubt from last year
will intensify if the same problems pop up this year.
And guess what, week one, they're already back.
Now, I just want to say this
because a lot of you guys are saying to me,
well, who should be the next coach?
What will the Titans do?
I mentioned it on yesterday's show.
If the Titans fire Brian Callahan during the season,
I think his dad's going to go with him.
I think Scott Fuchs,
who's the assistant offensive line coach,
the offensive line gig.
Mike McCoy, Titan's senior offensive assistant
who's been a head coach in the NFL.
He will be the head coach.
That way Nick Holes and DeNard Wilson
can just stay doing their job.
And then at the end of the season,
when the Titans go into their process
to actually hire a new coach,
I haven't done a ton of research
on who I think would make sense,
but just some names that come to mind.
We mentioned John Gruden with the connective tissue
with Kansas City and Green Bay
and Brinker and Borgonzi.
although I think that's much less likely than some other names.
I think Mike McCarthy would also be on a list
to get a professional Super Bowl winning coach,
who I thought did pretty good with the Dallas Cowboys, in my opinion.
I think a guy like Joe Brady,
who is in Buffalo right now with Josh Allen as their offensive coordinator,
who's been a highly sought after a guy would make sense.
I think Cliff Kingsbury, who didn't do great in his first chance with Arizona,
although he did go 11 and 5 and go to the playoffs his first year,
but a guy who transformed Jaden Daniels immediately into an all-pro-level quarterback
and had a great offense that centered on RPO and shotgun.
I think that would fit great.
And maybe in a second opportunity as a head coach,
he'd be more prepared and ready to go.
I think those names make a lot of sense.
Now, again, don't hold me to the fire on those names.
I'm just saying those are the immediate names that pop up,
and then Dernard Wilson.
At some point, Dernard Wilson might get an opportunity to interview for the
big boy job. I think he would get a chance
in the all season so
you know
it's just disappointing that we're right back
and it feels like we're right back to where we were
before but there are a couple things that I
don't think are like last year
and it has to start with
Cam Ward who you pop
on the tape, Cam Ward look
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Titans fans, let's continue today's edition of the Locked-on Titans podcast.
We talked about Brian Callahan's press conference
and why his answer to the Elegio Manor challenge situation
made me even less confident in him being able to retain the locker room,
talked about some potential options,
but again, I don't think that the Brian Callahan firing is going to come anytime soon.
With that being said, though, Cam Ward was great in this game.
and I know that the dumbest person you know
is going to say he went 12 for 28 with 112 yards
no touchdowns and a fumble
he was terrible he had a 7.4 QBR he was not
look at the tape
I went through the all 22 on Monday morning
I put out my film breakdown on Cam Ward's best throws
on the Ticktack Titans YouTube channel
make sure that you go check that out guys
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So make sure that you go check out my Cam Ward film breakdown
but when you see it,
you'll see that Cam Ward threw some dots, my friends,
some absolute dots.
It started on the very first play of the game.
He showed us everything that we wanted to see
and he didn't do the things that I was worried about.
Now, was he perfect?
Absolutely not.
Cam Ward was not perfect.
There were a couple of throws.
He was a little over on that throw to Tyler Lockett.
There's a deep ball down the sideline to Ehrlich Iomman
or down the left sideline where Cam threw the ball a little too wide
and Elek didn't really have a chance to put a play on it.
There are, you know, the throw to Chick-a-conquo over the middle
on the last drive of the game where it barely hit his fingertips.
You could say it hit your hand, you should catch it.
not on that one.
That ball wasn't close.
It was kind of similar to where
Will Levis hit Kyle Phillips
in his rookie season against the Steelers.
You know, he's trying to force a seam route in
on a dagger concept
and he was just a little too far inside.
So Cam Ward had his fair share of misses.
Certainly.
But go through the tape.
How many passes did Cam Ward throw
that were absolutely pinpoint perfect
that were either ruled in completions
because they were on the sidelines,
and the guy couldn't make a play
or because they were drops,
the Titans had five or six drops.
So if you add in those five or six drops,
now Cam Ward is 18 for 28.
Doesn't look near as bad.
You know what I'm saying?
So like, and here, let me say this too.
I was concerned because, again, we've had these conversations.
I know that the national media
and how the Titans are discussed on the big talk shows
and all of that,
that doesn't really matter to win.
and losses.
And there are some of you out there
that say, I don't care about all that stuff.
I just want to see my team win on Sundays.
But I'm sorry, but I do care.
I do care whether the Titans get respect.
I do care whether the Titans are covered properly.
I do care whether people have a good understanding
of what's actually going on with the Titans.
And let me say this,
I'm pleasantly surprised that pretty much
all the national media that I've seen,
whether it's Dan Orlovsky on ESPN
or it's Colin Cowherd
It's some of the talking heads on Twitter
that I like like a Sam Monson from pro football focuser
I think he might be with 33rd team now, whatever.
The general consensus out there is,
heck, I even talk to Kevin O'Connor about this
who writes for Yahoo about the NBA,
one of my favorite NBA content creators.
Cam Ward was not the problem.
Cam Ward looked awesome and everybody else let him down.
Look at the throw on the sideline to Gunner Helm,
which I still think
probably should have been a catch
but they said he bobbled it
before he got the second foot down
whatever.
That's a dart on the sideline
on a corner route to the sideline.
And then he hits Gunner Helm again
on the same exact route
on the other side for a completion
for a 20-yard game.
He puts a ball
down the left-hand sideline,
not the one that was a little too far left,
but down the left-hand sideline
to Elicio Manor
and it wasn't like
Io did bad
or it wasn't a bad
from Cam. There's a good play by Riley Moss
from the Broncos. And it was broken up.
But it was a dot. It went right to
Ellick, right where it needed to be
to give him a chance to get it. It just didn't work out.
The throws
to Calvin Ridley. I mean, we talked about
it yesterday. Cam Ward's dad is literally
in the stands, bending
over the handrails
because he can't believe
that Calvin Ridley dropped so many passes.
Elic Iyo Manor had a slant
that he dropped at one point in time.
Cam made multiple plays with his legs
the very first play of the game
Cam moves up in the pocket
moves out of the way of the defender
goes through a defender grabbing his shoulder pads
looking like Air McNair baby
and dumps it off to Tony Pollard
for the Titans' biggest play of the game
it was their only explosive play of the game
and then you have the one
where he's fallen back into the end zone
and he finds Calvin Ridley on 3rd and 13
to get a conversion.
He showed us everything.
He showed everything.
You wanted to see.
So, like, I'm just having a hard time
taking people serious
who say that Cam Ward played poorly
or Cam Ward didn't have a good game.
Cam Ward played awesome.
There were six, seven drops.
He took six.
Six sacks, and again, people tried to say it was Cam Ward's fault on a couple of those sacks.
I broke down that tape.
The sacks were not his fault, especially on the one where the Titans got knocked out a field goal position after the muffed punt.
That was not Cam Ward's fault.
Brian Callahan ran two wheel routes down the sideline and two post routes that literally ran into each other over the middle of the field.
No one was open and pressure got there right away.
That's not Cam Ward's fault.
That's a bad call and bad design by Brian Callahan.
And it harkens back to when Kurt Warner broke down the tape of the Titans preseason game
and was like, man, these routes are all messed up.
Why are they teaching the wide receivers to do this and that?
And it goes back to Callahan doesn't know what he's doing.
That, like, that's the reality.
You ran posts and wheels against cover four,
and then the next play, he runs a levels concept that's a zone beater
where you, on the right-hand side of the field,
you have a short guy, you have an intermediate guy,
and Calvin Ridley's your deep guy.
It's a zone-beating concept, and the Broncos are in man.
Well, I said before the game,
the Broncos run 30% cover 1 on 3rd and short to long.
From 3rd and 3rd and 15,
the Broncos run 30% cover 1.
number one. So why did you think you were getting zone anyway?
And then there's nobody open. And Brian Callahan even said,
maybe he could have got rid of the ball on the second down sack, but Tony Pollard
stayed in to help and Tony Pollard didn't get out quick enough to
came word to dump the ball off to him. And then on the third one, he basically admitted
the pressure was on him too fast from the left-hand side from his blind side. He couldn't do
anything. And why are you running that sort of route combination? When you know that you
just took a huge sack, Olli Udo is in the game at right tackle, they didn't help
Oli Udo on either play, Tony Pollard helped on the inside with Cushenberry and score,
instead of helping the backup offensive tackle you need to help. It just, it's all very
perplexing. And again, I just think it's nuts to blame Cam Ward. And I saw somebody say
Cam Ward had a 32% off target throw rate in week one, the highest in the NFL.
That's like, my guy Justin Mello said, that's like five out of 29 throws. So five of Cam Ward's
throws weren't perfectly on target. And we're going to skew that as he didn't have a good
game. Look at all the dots. He threw all over the place. Hitting Calvin Riddles.
on a backside dig coming off his progressions
and Calvin Ridley drops.
You know, I just
I just want to make sure
we're all on the same page here
because this is the most exciting part of this game
is, yeah, a lot of stuff on offense look terrible
but Cam Ward looked like a guy
and national people
who typically would just crap on the Titans
because it's easy to do and it's lazy analysis.
No, all of these people are looking at it
and are like, wow, it's so bad on them.
offense outside Cam Ward, I can't even pretend like he played bad.
So, don't let the dumbest person you know tell you that Cam Ward didn't have a good game.
You should be even more excited for Cam Ward after week one than you were coming into it.
But with that being said, let's stay excited.
Because the other two phases of the ball, defense and special teams,
they were great in this game.
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Titans fans, let's continue and cap off today's edition.
of the Locked-on Titans podcast.
We talked about Brian Callahan's press conference on Monday
and why it was confusing and concerning
and all of the other C-words that I could possibly think of.
Cam Ward, though, was incredible, in my opinion.
It wasn't a perfect game,
but he showed everything that I wanted to see from him
and was really let down by everything around him.
But let's talk about some more positive stuff.
Let's keep it positive here, folks.
The rest of the Titans look pretty dang good
compared to last year.
You go to the defense.
The defense held Bow Nix to 25 for 40, 176 yards.
Had a touchdown to Cortland Sutton there at the end,
which is Brian Callahan's fault.
The defense was ready to go to halftime.
Force two interceptions.
Jeffrey Simmons gets the sack strip fumble.
That's three turnovers from a Titans defense
that could not force turnovers to save their life last year.
DeNard Wilson emphasized turnovers, turnovers, turnovers, turnovers all year
and unlike Brian Callahan's offense
who couldn't do anything that they emphasized throughout the offseason
the Titans defense came out and stood on business.
They said, we're getting more turnovers this year
and that's exactly what they did.
The defense played far in a way
good enough to win this football game.
In my opinion, the defense only really gave up 13 points.
Brian Callahan gave the Broncos a free touchdown
but regardless of that
I thought the Titans defense did a very good job
they gave up those classic, you know, big runs in the fourth quarter
after the offense continues to let them down
and we had these conversations last year
and I know that to some of you this is unsatisfactory
but I don't really care
if you're on defense these are human beings
and Arden Key is after the game saying
the offense has to convert on third downs
like we got to find a way to convert some third downs
the defense knows what's happening
we'll go back out there again
man can we get anything like football is a symbiotic game
you need all three phases to work together
if you are a three-legged animal
and one leg just wasn't working
you're gonna have a hard time walking
when one leg is broken
you're going to have a hard time getting much done
now I don't know a lot of three-legged animals
but just walk with me on that all right
you know what I'm saying
but the point is
eventually these human beings
who have emotions and passion
and care about what's going on
it isn't mad
they're not just going out there stone-faced
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momentum is so real don't
listen to anybody who tells you that momentum is not a real thing in life, confidence, momentum,
all that stuff is so real.
And to see the offense, do what it did last year and let down the defense early in the season,
and then to come out here for the Titans defense to stand on business and get three
turnovers and hold the Broncos offense down for the most part throughout most of the game,
three and a half quarters, for that's,
to happen and them get rewarded 0% by their offensive counterpart?
Any, any rational, logical human being
would be disappointed by that, would come out flat eventually,
would be downtrodded, would be defeated by that.
And you can say, oh, they're professionals, they get paid, they should go,
they're human beings.
So I thought the defensive performance, barring the, you know,
know, a couple of big runs that they gave up.
I mean, J.K. Dobbins had six carries for 70 yards, but had 50 yards on one run.
So that means five carries for 20 yards.
Okay.
You know what I mean?
And then, or that's R.J. Harvey.
But J.K. Dobbins had 16 carries for 63 yards.
That's 3.9 yards of carry.
That's under 4 yards per carry.
Cortland Sutland had the 22-yard touchdown.
But other than that, that's five catches for 39 yards.
The Titans defense played well in this game,
and if you want to be encouraged and you want to be excited about the season going forward still,
which look, I'm frustrated with Brian Callahan.
I hated what we saw out there from him.
But the Titans defense did look improved.
And the Titans special teams,
if we want to talk about the biggest improvement,
The Titans special teams was a weapon in this game.
We talked about before the season
not only do the Titans need to not be terrible on special teams
but they need special teams to be an advantage for them.
You get a turnover on special teams.
Chim D.K.
looks awesome as a returner including the 71-yard return
that set up the Titans for three extra points.
half time. Four returns on kickoff for 144 yards, 36 yard average. Jim D.K., one punt
return, but 12 yards. Not only did he catch the ball, but he made something happen.
Joey Sly, four for four on field goals, 100%. The only points the Titan scored.
Hit a 50-yarder as well, right down the pipe.
Johnny Hecker
who he had concerns about
coming into the season
average 49.4 yards per punt
that's 50 yards
had a 65 yard punt
old man Hecker
He down multiple punts
inside the 20 when he had the opportunity
Only one punt
What I say was bad from Hecker
Where he should have pinned them inside the 20
And it went out of the end zone
The Titans special teams was way better than the Broncos special teams
The Titans defense was just as good if not better
than the Broncos defense because they forced turnovers
So again I know that everybody's mad
I'm angry too about the game and how it played out
But at the end of the day
Cam Ward looked really good
The defense looked majorly improved
and the special teams was a weapon
and I know that it's not
you know everybody's favorite to be excited right now
but those three things right there
make me feel very excited
that the Titans can be an improved football team
if Brian Callahan doesn't sabotage them
throughout the season
but with that being said that is 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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