Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans BULLY Jacksonville Jaguars, Derrick Henry's Perfect Ending & Mike Vrabel Rumors

Episode Date: January 7, 2024

The Tennessee Titans bullied the Jacksonville Jaguars on their way to a 28-20 victory, sending the Jaguars home without a playoff spot. Derrick Henry was tremendous in what could be his final outing a...s a Titan. Also, the Mike Vrabel rumors just will not go away and now we have more details on the potential beginning of the problem.Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitansFollow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPodSubscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitans/videosSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Jase MedicalEmpower yourself when you purchase a Jase Case, providing you with a personal supply of 5 antibiotics that treat 50+ infections. Get yours today at jasemedical.com and use code LOCKEDON to get $20 off your order. BetterHelpThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Make your brain your friend, with BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/LOCKEDON today to get 10% off your first month.PrizePicksGo to PrizePicks.com/lockedonnfl and use code lockedonnfl for a first deposit match up to $100!GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase.LinkedInLinkedIn Jobs helps you find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFL. Terms and conditions apply.FanDuelScore early this NFL season with FanDuel, America’s Number One Sportsbook! Right now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning FIVE DOLLAR MONEYLINE BET! That’s A HUNDRED AND FIFTY BUCKS – if your team wins! Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started.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) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 It could be the last time we see it, but Derrick Henry reminded the Jacksonville Jaguars how dominant he could be, sending them home from the playoffs and reminding the world that the Jaguars are the biggest chokers in the league. We're going to break it all down on today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. Let's get it. 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.
Starting point is 00:00:54 I am your host, Tyler Rowland, Titans fans. Today's victory recap edition of the Locked on Titans podcast is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook. Make every moment more. Right now, new customers get $150 in bonus bets with any winning $5 Moneyline bet. That's $150 if your team wins. Visit FanDuel.com slash locked
Starting point is 00:01:14 on to get started. The Tennessee Titans absolutely bully the Jacksonville Jaguars out of the playoffs led by of course, who else? A dominant performance from Derrick Henry. We're going to dive into all of that. We're going to talk about the guys who I think showed that they need to be on next year's
Starting point is 00:01:33 team from this game. And before today's game, we got another big report about Mike Rabel and his status with the Tennessee Titans. So we're going to talk about all of that on today's show. Before we get into it, thank you for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day. Remember, Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round.
Starting point is 00:01:53 Always for free. Make sure you get subscribed. Stay subscribed. It's your team every day. I got a ton of content coming up this offseason. $85 million in cap space. Eight draft picks. One in the top 10. We got so much to discuss with this offseason. $85 million in cap space, eight draft picks, one in the top 10.
Starting point is 00:02:07 We got so much to discuss with the offseason ahead, so make sure you stick with me here. But first and foremost, a lot of you guys know my feelings about this game, and we'll get to that in a second. But if this is the last game
Starting point is 00:02:19 that we see Derrick Henry as a Tennessee Titan, what a perfect way for him to go out. 19 carries, 153 yards. We saw a 69-yard run, so we saw Derrick Henry break the big one once again, had the touchdown run as well. If you needed another reminder, Derrick Henry owns the Jacksonville Jaguars. He is their father, okay?
Starting point is 00:02:47 And going further than that, all credit to Derek Henry who took the microphone after the game and said that with the Titans was the best eight years of his life. So more than anything else, I know this is very important to a lot of people. Derek Henry got the send-off that his career deserved. Derrick Henry was amazing in this game. He looked like peak, classic Derrick Henry. This is exactly what a lot of Titans fans wanted to see.
Starting point is 00:03:15 A win to knock out the cruddy Jacksonville Jaguars, who the Titans have owned, and Derrick Henry being the star of the show while it happened. I mean, I know there are a lot of you out there who could not have scripted a better performance, okay? And Henry wasn't alone as someone who really balled out in this game. But we're going to talk about that when we get into tighten up, tighten down later in the show.
Starting point is 00:03:40 Now, I want to focus on this win. So, what I want to say here is more of an overall opinion of Jacksonville. Like, what absolute chokers, man. Jacksonville literally are the sons of the Titans. Like, the Titans own Jacksonville. Their best season in franchise history, they went 14-2 in the regular season. Who were the two losses to?
Starting point is 00:04:04 The Titans. Who knocked them out of the playoffs? The Titans. I mean, last2 in the regular season. Who were the two losses to? The Titans. Who knocked them out of the playoffs? The Titans. I mean, last year the Jags won. You could bring that up, but they barely won with a controversial fumble call against Josh Dobbs and the JV Titans. I mean, give me a break. The Titans own Jacksonville. They are the biggest chokers in the NFL. It is unbelievable. They came into the season with all these expectations, and Trevor Lawrence is this, and blah, blah, blah, blah, that. Doug Peterson was a moron on that fourth down on the goal line. He should do a QB sneak on third down,
Starting point is 00:04:37 and if you don't get it, then you pass it. He did the opposite and blew every chance for his team. Not only that, but how bad was Trevor Lawrence? Imagine being a Jaguars fan right now, Titans fans. You thought that this year was your year to dominate the division. You thought that Trevor Lawrence and Doug Peterson were going to take over this division and run it for the next decade. And instead, you are choking dogs who aren't even going to the playoffs.
Starting point is 00:05:02 And Lawrence looked like a bum. Lawrence wasn't even better than Ryan Tannehill. I mean, my God, how depressing and disappointing must this be for the Jacksonville Jaguars? I mean, absolutely absurd choking going on. That was embarrassing how bad they played. I mean, I could not imagine being a Jaguars fan and thinking that they were about to do something this year and then this happened. I mean, they might not imagine being a Jaguars fan and thinking that they were about to do something this year
Starting point is 00:05:25 and then this happened. I mean, they might not even be able to give an extension to Trevor Lawrence after the season with how terrible he was. Like, you can't give Trevor Lawrence a $250 million extension after this season he just put out there. What a choker! I mean, he had Ridley wide open. He threw multiple
Starting point is 00:05:41 interceptions. He overthrew both guys on the last two plays of the game. I mean, I mean, I'm not happy about the result here. I'm not going to lie to you. I wanted the Titans to secure a better draft pick or at least give themselves a chance, but they are going to
Starting point is 00:05:58 have to add a lot of extra L's to Duval. Put more L's on it. I mean, I'm going to call him Trevor Aren'ts because that L in his name needs to be added to Duval. Okay. My God, what choking dogs. That was unbelievable.
Starting point is 00:06:16 That was unbelievable, man. Absolutely insane. More than that though, listen, I don't want to focus too much on the negativity here. I put out my one-minute reaction video. You guys, my everydayers who have been listening to this show, you guys know that I would have liked the Titans to lose this game, all right, and give themselves an ability to move up in the draft.
Starting point is 00:06:42 That ability is gone now. The Titans will pick number seven. Hear me now. The Titans will pick number seven. Hear me now. The Titans will pick number seven. The Jets won against the Patriots, so the Titans can't drop down to eight. And now that they've won and have six wins, the Titans cannot jump
Starting point is 00:06:58 any of the teams that we've discussed before, like the Cardinals, the Giants, or the Chargers. So the Titans will pick number seven. Okay? But, I mean, or the Chargers. So the Titans will pick number seven, okay? But, I mean, whoo, man. Again, I'm not happy that the Titans won the game, but I'm not going to try to act like I'm flipping here on you guys.
Starting point is 00:07:19 But at the same time, how is it not hilarious how down bad Jacksonville is? I mean, my God. So that's my real takeaway, is Jacksonville fans thought they were about to run the division for the next 10 years. No, you're not. CJ Stroud is better than Trevor Lawrence. Will Levis with a competent NFL team might be better than Trevor Lawrence as well. And we only saw Anthony Richardson for five games, but he comes back.
Starting point is 00:07:38 He might be better than Trevor Lawrence too. I mean, Jacksonville thought they had the best coach and the best quarterback, and we're going to have those spots locked down for the next 10 years and they might have dropped all the way to the bottom. I'm sorry, but that's kind of funny. That is kind of funny. Now, I got to say this. I got to say this.
Starting point is 00:07:57 This makes it much more difficult for us to feel confident that the Titans get one of those left tackles. All right? So while we can have our fun poking fun at Jacksonville, they're going to get a better pick in the draft now. The Titans got a worse pick than they maybe could have had depending on what happens at the 4 o'clock games. So this has the potential to maybe not be as good of a feeling
Starting point is 00:08:17 in the future as it is right now for a lot of you guys. That is the reality that we have to accept here. Because what I do want to say is if you're somebody who is outright celebrating the Titans winning this game, you have no right to complain about the offensive line next year if the Titans don't get one of those left tackles. If the Titans have to sign a mid-veteran free agent left tackle and try to put some duct tape over that problem when they've had the worst left tackle position in the NFL for two years running. If you're somebody who wanted the Titans to win this game and you're celebrating them winning this game, you have zero ability and zero right
Starting point is 00:08:55 to complain about the offensive line next year, period. You have no voice in that matter. It's like complaining about politicians when you don't vote. You know what I mean? If you wanted it to be this way, then this is on you. Because Joe Ault and Ola Fashanu, there is a great chance that ain't happening. And I am no way taking Fuwago or Latham or Mims. No way I'm taking any of them at 7. Not a chance. No way am I taking OT three or four or five
Starting point is 00:09:27 at seven. Not happening. So there's, the Titans could still get those guys. We don't know how the draft is going to play out, but you can, you cannot deny the fact that the Titans odds of getting a stud left tackle to solidify this franchise for the next
Starting point is 00:09:44 decade, that has gone way down. Way down. Way down. So, if the Titans sign some mid-tier veteran free agent left tackle and he gives up 15 sacks next year, you have no right to complain about it if you wanted to win this game because this is what you wanted. Alright?
Starting point is 00:10:03 You wanted short-term glorification instead of long-term success. That is what you chose. You win your Twitter arguments. You get to cook Jags fans throughout the all-season. But when next year comes around and the Titans O-line is terrible again and Joe Alt and Ola Fashanu are on different teams, think about that. Just think about that. Now, I do want to also acknowledge that all of the three teams that the Titans needed to win today, they could all lose,
Starting point is 00:10:32 and then it wouldn't matter, and then I'm a moron. So, hey, if that happens, we'll cross that bridge when we get there, but I'm not going to wait for that to happen because the Titans are locked into the number seven seed, so waiting on the four o'clock games and all that, not doing that anymore. But we got a lot to talk about in this game because there are a ton of players who balled out in this game and they need to be back on the 2024
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Starting point is 00:12:15 That's linkedin.com slash locked on NFL to post your job for free. Terms and conditions apply. Titans fans, let's continue today's victory recap edition of the Locked On Titans podcast. Last game of the season for the Titans, they bully, I mean literally physically bully the Jacksonville Jaguars out of a playoff spot. I mean, it was physical dominance. Like the Jacksonville Jaguars are a soft finesse team. They have always been a dumb, soft football team. And that's what they look like again today.
Starting point is 00:13:05 So I know that a lot of you are taking a lot, a lot of joy in that. But the Titans win 28-20. And outside of kind of the overarching point about Jacksonville and about the Titans' future, there were a lot of players in this game who really did some good things. I mean, there are, again, while I may, I get it, I'm being negative about the result of the game. But I have been as optimistic as any Titans content creator about 2024.
Starting point is 00:13:36 I am as optimistic as possible about what the Titans can do next year with $85 million in cap space, which obviously that'll fluctuate a little bit. And we'll talk about that as the all season continues. I'm going to go over salary cap. I'm going to go over who they should cut. I'm going to go over free agency. I'm going to go over the draft, all that stuff, all off season long. So again, make sure you make the Locked On Titans podcast your first listen
Starting point is 00:14:00 each and every day. It's your team every day here on the Locked On Podcast Network. your first listen each and every day. It's your team every day here on the Locked On Podcast Network. But not only am I excited about the cap space, about the draft capital, about the offseason maneuverability, I'm excited about a ton of the players the Titans have on the team that can be used next year. I mean, number one, if we're doing tighten up, tighten down,
Starting point is 00:14:21 of course I got to give credit to Derrick Henry. I just did 19 carries, 153 yards, one touchdown, the greatest running back in Tennessee Titans history, an absolute stud and an incredible performance to send him off. But even if Derrick Henry isn't back next year, and that's a conversation we will have at a later date when we start getting into roster construction. Even if Derrick Henry isn't back next year,
Starting point is 00:14:43 did you see Tajay Spears today? You, yes, you, did you see Tajay Spears today? You, yes, you. Did you see Tajay Spears today? Three carries, 25 yards and a touchdown. Had three catches, 41 yards and a touchdown. Tajay Spears is an RB1, folks. Okay? And all of you guys are like,
Starting point is 00:15:01 I don't know, he's got no ACL in his knee, blah, blah, blah. I told you immediately when he was drafted, this is a good pick. Who cares about an ACL? He's a baller without one. So Tajay Spears, RB1, baby. Like, how could you not be excited about what he can do? Okay? Huge.
Starting point is 00:15:22 Tajay Spears is awesome at football. So love that. Not only that, but did you see DeAndre Hopkins? Seven catches, 46 yards and a touchdown. Honestly, Hopkins should have had two more catches and about 20 more yards if Ryan Tannehill wasn't mid. So, he might even be worse than mid now.
Starting point is 00:15:40 You know what I mean? Tannehill had some terrible passes in this game that were way off the mark. And two of them specifically that stick out in my mind about Hopkins. So, Hopkins has to be back, and for $15 million, yeah, DeAndre Hopkins should be back. So, Spears, Hopkins, and Chig Aconquo. Chiggy turned it on at the end of the season, man. It was a slow start to the year. No doubt about it. Slow start to the year for Chiggy turned it on at the end of the season, man. It was a slow start to the year.
Starting point is 00:16:05 No doubt about it. Slow start to the year for Chiggy Conquo. But he had two catches for 36 yards in this game. Clearly a playmaker. He's over 500 yards over the catches that he had last year. I mean, Chig, with the slow start to the season, for him to end up with the stat line that Chiggy Conquo had at the end of the year, I mean, I don't know how Titans fans can be anything but happy about what Chica Conquo can do for this team going forward.
Starting point is 00:16:33 He had the drop on third down and long, whatever. Come on, you know, he's cleaned up the drop issues at the back half of the season. So loved seeing all of that. I mean, on offense. And then another name on offense that I am going to take a victory lap. Alright? I'm taking a victory lap. Peter Skowronski is a beast. He absolutely dominated the Jacksonville Jaguars in this game. I mean, Peter
Starting point is 00:16:57 Skowronski dominated. So, any... Why'd you pick a guard at 11? He hasn't played well. You're an idiot. You're a moron if you doubted Peter Skowronski. Period. Period.
Starting point is 00:17:12 Okay? He had a mid-season core muscle injury where he lost nearly 20 pounds and zapped himself of his strength in the middle of his rookie year when he was changing positions from college next to the worst pass-blocking left tackle in the NFL of his rookie year when he was changing positions from college next to the worst pass blocking left tackle in the NFL regardless of who it was and the worst pass
Starting point is 00:17:30 blocking center in the NFL regardless what it was Peter Skowronski was the best offensive lineman in that draft and the Titans got him at 11 if you have been doubting that pick or criticizing that pick he had because he had a couple of down games the last week. What, did you forget the middle of the year when he went a whole entire month without giving up a sack and only gave up two pressures? And then he dominated a division rival out there today. I mean, literally at the beginning of the game, the Titans were just like, let's run behind Pete. One time on Derrick Henry's touchdown run,
Starting point is 00:18:00 Peter and Derrick Henry were symbiotic the way that they were working together. Henry faked the cutback and went back outside and Peter was moving back and forth. I mean, my God, it was poetry. Peter Skowronski was poetry in that game. I mean, whoo! So you want to look at Hopkins? You want to look at Tajay Spears?
Starting point is 00:18:19 You want to look at Chigaconkwo? You want to look at Peter Skowronski? Oh, I'm ready for 2024. Give them some help, get Levis healthy, and we are ready to rock. And clearly, Jacksonville ain't some juggernaut team that's going to run the division for 10 years that we got to worry about. So major tighten up. On the defensive side, Arden Key drew multiple holdings in this game. $7 million for seven sacks. Arden Key coming back next year. Harold Landry turned into a top 20 edge rusher after the bye week. He is a back. Roger McCreary
Starting point is 00:18:54 is one of the best slot cornerbacks in the entire NFL. Sean Murphy Bunting. Hello. Did you see Sean Murphy Bunting making tackles behind the line of scrimmage? Did you see Sean Murphy Bunting making tackles behind the line of scrimmage? Did you see Sean Murphy Bunting making plays on the ball? He had an interception in this game. I mean, Sean Murphy Bunting has his ups and downs, but he is a solid, cheap, number two cornerback. He had eight tackles. He had a tackle for loss. He had a pass defended. He had an interception. I mean, Aziz Alshire, I have criticized for the missed tackles, for the coverage stuff, for getting out of position. But for $5 million, he's a fine replaceable level linebacker. So you see Otis Reese making five tackles, got hurt in this game. But Otis Reese is someone who they can bring back and develop as a UDFA.
Starting point is 00:19:37 They brought in Kevon Wallace, an undrafted free agency at safety. And he's been their second best safety all year behind Imani Hooker. So, I mean, again, I would have liked the Titans to lose and give themselves a chance to move up in the draft order. I would. But don't let that distract you from the fact that there is a ton of optimism to have about this football team.
Starting point is 00:20:04 Absolutely a ton of optimism to have about this football team. Absolutely a ton of optimism to have about this football team. I mean, there are plenty of starters and plenty of good players on this team that are going to be back next year. And if you add those players to $85 million in cap space and eight draft picks with number seven, folks, that's tighten up. So that is a big tighten up for me. You want to talk tighten down.
Starting point is 00:20:31 You want to talk about tighten down. Well, we got even more reporting about Mike Vrabel. So I'm going to talk about the recent Mike Vrabel news. Also talk about who I expect or will realistically want the Titans to get in the draft now that they do have pick number seven for sure. So we're going to get into all of that in a moment. Before we do though, do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook.
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Starting point is 00:22:30 Titans fans, let's cap off today's victory recap edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. So we talked on Friday's episode of the show, and I asked you guys whether I should go live right after the game, whether I should wait for the 4 o'clock games to see what happens there. Well, obviously the 4 o'clock games do not matter anymore. That's why I'm going live and doing a full episode right now. I'm not going to go live again after the 4 o'clock games when they don't even matter.
Starting point is 00:22:52 The Tennessee Titans will pick 7th in the NFL draft. Okay? And we're going to talk about who I want them to focus on with that pick in a second. But first, we got more Mike Vrabel news early on Sunday morning. And yes, it's the same sort of story. Mike Vrabel may be unhappy with the situation in Tennessee.
Starting point is 00:23:19 Would he want to leave? Would he want out? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. All the same stuff. But I wanted to point out this one tidbit of information that we had not heard before in all of these reports and all of these rumors that I thought was incredibly interesting so quote from Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Tennessee hired Rand Carthon a year ago over
Starting point is 00:23:47 in-house candidate Ryan Cowden, whom league sources believe to be Vrabel's preferred candidate. Former NFL executive Michael Lombardi, who worked for the Patriots and has close ties to Vrabel, mentor Bill Belichick, recently said
Starting point is 00:24:03 on his podcast there are real issues between Vrabel and the front office adding they want to keep Vrabel but I think Vrabel is not happy with the setup okay I don't care about what Mike Lombardi said we've already talked about that but this line right here Tennessee hired Carthon a year ago over in-house candidate Ryan Cowden whom league sources believe to be Vrabel's preferred candidate. So, if that is to be believed, and again, you don't have to believe it. We all get to choose what reports and rumors we personally believe in the media. Okay? That's your choice. Alright? But, if Mike Vrabel wanted an in-house candidate to take over at GM
Starting point is 00:24:49 who was just a J-Rob assistant, then what are we doing? What are we doing? Imagine if last year at this time when the Titans were looking for a general manager, the Titans hired from within. When all of you guys were screaming for an outside hire. Imagine, imagine. Rand Carthon came in and modernized the front office. He added analytics people.
Starting point is 00:25:16 He added a structure that is more conducive to the best front offices in the NFL with a main general manager and then two general managers over different aspects of the front office. Imagine if Mike Vrabel got his yes man in Ryan Cowden and the Titans made zero changes to the front office other than just firing John Robinson. Mike Vrabel wanted a yes man. Mike Vrabel wanted a yes man at general manager. He wanted to hire John Robinson's assistant and just stay the course of what this team has been doing in the front office
Starting point is 00:25:50 for the last 25 years with no analytics people whatsoever. The Titans were the least analytically inclined franchise in the NFL for the last five years battling with the Washington Commanders. Is that where you want to be when Jesus comes back? No. So I just want all of you to realize you're all supporting Mike Vrabel. Well, half of you are supporting Mike Vrabel. You're committed to him blindly no matter what.
Starting point is 00:26:16 Imagine if Mike Vrabel got his way and just promoted John Robinson's lackey to GM and the front office stayed exactly the same. Imagine that. And that's the guy who you want to give personnel control to. You want Mike Rabel to have final say over everything in the entire organization. He's going Bill O'Brien, folks.
Starting point is 00:26:36 He's going Bill O'Brien. He wants total control of the roster, and if he's got to share it with anybody else, he won't be happy. That's why these rumors are out there. So, I'm just saying, be careful what you wish for, folks. Because if I had to choose right now between Mike Vrabel being the GM and the head coach of the Tennessee Titans, and Rand Carthon and Bobby Slowick as the head coach,
Starting point is 00:27:00 I would go with Carthon and Slowick. Okay? Because what's the worst that could happen? The Titans go 13-21 the next two years? Anyways. Anyways. Just wanted to report that to you guys, make sure you were up to date on the latest news.
Starting point is 00:27:17 I mean, that's absurd. Mike Vrabel wanted to promote Ryan Cowden, John Robinson's assistant, to be the GM for the Titans. That's what he, I mean, absurd. Absolutely absurd. But anyways, anyways, before I go, let's talk about this draft pick. So, I do not believe with all of the teams that are in front of the Titans, I do not personally believe that the Titans are going to get Ola Fashanu or Joe
Starting point is 00:27:44 Ault. I don't believe that. And I don't think that they have are going to get Ola Fashanu or Joe Ault. I don't believe that. And I don't think that they have the ability to trade up this year. I don't think that would be a smart move for them. So, I have pivoted with that in mind. If they aren't going to get either of the offensive tackles, then it's easy. It's Malik Neighb, or Romo Dunze, or bust.
Starting point is 00:28:09 If the Titans can't get Olt or Fashanu, and they take anybody, except Odunze or neighbors, well, I'm gonna go nuts on draft night. I will be here live after their pick, going insane. Like,
Starting point is 00:28:29 if they miss out on the top two tackles and then they reach for Latham or they reach for Fouaga, Latham, Fouaga, and Mims are right tackles. That does not solve the left tackle issue. And you're going to take a guy who's a right, you're going to take OT4 or OT5 and move them to left tackle and think that the position is solved?
Starting point is 00:28:51 Ha! No. No. Okay? If you can't get Ola Fashanu or Joe Ault at pick number seven, then you draft a wide receiver. You draft a wide receiver and you don't look back. And then you go get another offensive tackle in round two
Starting point is 00:29:09 and hope that at least, at least gives you the ability to solve right tackle. Okay? So, it's simple to me. Again, it is very simple. At pick number seven, if both the offensive tackles are going, it is Malik Neighbors or Romo Dunze or bust. Some of you guys are saying Brock Bowers. I get it, but I'm sorry.
Starting point is 00:29:32 I am not drafting a tight end that is not a dominant run blocker at number seven. I'm not doing it. I would much rather, much rather go with the two wide receivers. Now, for some reason, both the offensive tackles and all three of the top wide receivers are gone, which, I mean, I guess in saying that would mean only one quarterback went in the top six, which isn't happening. So, I guess then yes, then yes, you could pivot to Brock Bowers. I would still take Brock Bowers over a cornerback or an edge rusher.
Starting point is 00:30:07 So that's how I feel there. But I'm sorry, at this stage, it is Romo Dunze or Malik Neighbors or bust at number seven. And you know what? I can live with that. Now, that means that it'll probably take another year and another offseason to fix left tackle, but at least they got a stud at wide receiver. So I will find some solace in that. But let me know down below,
Starting point is 00:30:36 if the two offensive tackles are not there, who do you want? Do you want Romo Dunze? Do you want Malik Neighbors? Do you want Brock Bowers? Or would you go defense with like Dallas Turner or Kool-Aid McKinstry? Let me know down below, guys. But that is going to do it for me today.
Starting point is 00:30:50 We got so much all-season content. This Mike Vrabel stuff is going to play out over the next few days. Oh, man. Oh, man. It is a perfect time to subscribe to the Locked on Titans podcast. But that is, of course, going to do it for me today. Folks, man, the Jaguars are absolute choke artists.
Starting point is 00:31:12 That is hilarious. But with that being said, 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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