Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans Cam Ward's SUPERSTAR BREAKOUT BOOSTED by Carnell Tate, Brian Daboll & Diet Change

Episode Date: May 24, 2026

The Tennessee Titans had their first open OTA last week and it got the fan base stirring after a solid performance from Cam Ward and an excellent debut from Carnell Tate. Ward's growth is absolutely c...ritical and while the on-field work is key, Ward is making enhancements to his fitness and diet as well. Those changes can be equally beneficial as he tries to become a superstar and it sounds like Ward took the new ideas seriously. Carnell Tate can help him get there with assistance from Brian Daboll as well. Tate can win in isolated situations with consistency and Daboll can create those situations. Ward spoke after practice last week and explained it himself. Finally, there was a list of Titans that did not participate and while some are a bit worried, there is a valid reason to not be concerned about any absences at this time.   LOCKED ON TITANS EVERYDAY CLUB: https://lockedontitans.supercast.com/   Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitans   TicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop...   Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitans   Follow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPod   Subscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LockedOnTitans   Everydayer ClubIf you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Square If you’re starting a business, or running one that deserves better tools, Square helps you sell, manage, and grow without slowing down. Right now, you can get up to $200 off Square hardware at https://square.com/go/LockedOnNFL. FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get one-hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets if your first bet wins. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started — Play Your Game. Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast. Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Rugiet Get 15% off your treatment → https://rugiet.com/lockedonnhl Rugiet. Performance medicine for men.   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) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 It's only been one week of Tennessee Titans OTAs, but it's clear that Cam Ward has everything he needs for a superstar breakout. And I'll tell you why 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 Rollin Titans fans. Today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast
Starting point is 00:00:36 is brought to you by Fandle. Right now, new customers can bet just $150 and get $150 and bonus bets if your first bet wins had to Fandle.com to get started on today's show. We are going to talk about the people who were absent from Titans practice on Thursday and why it's really not a big deal. Also, we're going to talk about why Cam Ward is set up
Starting point is 00:00:56 for a superstar breakout in year two that includes Carnell Tate and him potentially being a superstar number one, wide receiver and what he can do within this offense, but also it's about the teaching and coaching that Cam Ward's going to get and his dietary changes, which is where we're going to start. Cam Ward said that he lost 10 pounds at his press conference after practice on Thursday, and he talked about the different changes that he's made to do that. And at the end of the day, I have talked quite a bit about how important it was for Cam Ward to go to the next level from a fitness
Starting point is 00:01:31 standpoint from a commitment to his body standpoint. I talked about that back in December. I had a couple of tweets about it. We talked about it after Robert Sala was hired because Sala mentioned on and off the field going back to square one from a professionalism standpoint for Cam Ward. Robert Sala mentioned it again later in the all season and every single time that it's been mentioned.
Starting point is 00:01:53 I have brought up, hey, back in December, I was like, I think Cam Ward can get to the next level. And quite honestly, even though people got mad about that because anytime there's any kind of criticism on Cam Ward, people in the Titans fan base are going to be sensitive to that. But at the end of the day, I don't think it's a hot take to say that a rookie can improve in his conditioning, his fitness, his dietary habits, his all field manner. Like those are the things that naturally improve for rookies as they grow into adults. We just saw it with Jeffrey Simmons where he dropped 20 pounds, got more serious about his diet, his conditioning, his fitness, off the field, all that different stuff. And then he had a career year. with 11 sacks and became the best interior defensive lineman in the NFL that we all knew he could be. Like he fulfilled his promise
Starting point is 00:02:37 and his potential finally by taking it to that next level with his commitment off the field. So it's not a hot take or a major criticism of Cam Ward to say, hey, I think he can you know, change his body for the better and take it to the next level and get better with his off field commitment. And that's only natural. You come in as a rookie off of the combine, off of the draft,
Starting point is 00:02:57 straight into rookie minicamp, straight into OTA, straight into training camp and it's kind of a whirlwind for you. So again, just a natural progression for the players who actually give a darn about their career and about taking care of their bodies and doing the right things and having the right diet and all that. Like that's just naturally going to progress. So not a shocker to me that Cam Ward also had that mentality.
Starting point is 00:03:20 I think there are people out there with a mentality of complacency. And, you know, when you're like, hey, I think Cam Ward needs to get in better shape and be, you know, more serious about his fitness and his diet, things like that. people who maybe don't have that kind of commitment and kind of disciplined and things like that. Oh, you don't need to do that. Cam Ward doesn't need to do any of. Well, Cam Ward, luckily for us, does have that dog in him,
Starting point is 00:03:42 does have that drive, does that have that commitment. And again, he talked about that after practice on Thursday saying that he lost 10 pounds. He said, quote, I'm trying to get a little bit leaner and then just trying to stay durable for a long season. He said it's really just watching my calorie limit, watching the amount of protein, the amount of carbs, I need to put in and what's best for my body and how I feel.
Starting point is 00:04:04 I just think the weight loss will help me with durability, being faster, getting up in the pocket, and then trying to play at my speed and not know what else's speed. And I saw some people say, like, how is losing 10 pounds better for durability? And listen, I would get it if you're a lineback or a running back, an offensive line, and you want more bulk and more armor on you
Starting point is 00:04:24 to keep you more durable from the pounding that you're taking than sure. But I think for a quarterback, being more flexible, you're in those weird circumstances, people pulling out you, people diving at your legs, being quicker, lighter on your feet, more nimble, more flexible, having more mobility. I actually think those are more important things to keep a quarterback healthy. So I saw a lot of that pushback of why would lose a 10 pounds help you be durable. And I think just like, yeah, being lighter in your body, being more nimble, more mobile, more
Starting point is 00:04:52 flexible, more agile, that actually is going to keep a quarterback healthier rather than being bulkier and stronger and more muscle bound like you would want to be maybe for a lineback or running back offensive line. People who were right there hammerhead shark against each other nonstop. So I saw that out there and I thought that was absolutely ridiculous. But again,
Starting point is 00:05:11 these are the things that I have been focused on and it's not just him staying durable off on the field and being away. It's his stamina. carrying less weight. Being in better shape, better cardio. He said he's been doing cardio to go along with it. He's just trying to
Starting point is 00:05:28 to lose some weight and I honestly could tell. As a man with a chubby face, all of my weight goes straight to my face. It always had. I had chubby cheeks as a kid. I can be in pretty good, I'm in pretty good shape right now, honestly, but my cheeks, still, it's just the way it is. But when I do lose weight, the first thing that happens is my face slims down. And I don't think that I'm unique in that.
Starting point is 00:05:51 I think you can see people and see when they've lost some weight. We saw it with Jeff. We saw it with Trailing when he lost some weight one all season. A while ago, you see it in people's faces. And you can look at Cam Ward's face from last year to this year and be like, oh, yeah, he just looks so much more cut in the cheeks and the chin and everything like that. So you can see it. And last year, I can tell, hey, he's still got a little bit of that baby fat on him.
Starting point is 00:06:15 He can get a little bit, he doesn't need to have a six-pack like Captain America or anything like that. But you can just tell. And it makes sense because he's a rookie. He's not going to be at the full level maturation of his intelligence on his all field program. How could you expect that from him? But the fact that he's dedicated to it, he's starting it. I think Robert Sala had a lot to do with it.
Starting point is 00:06:36 And we've heard Robert Sala talk about it multiple times. I think Robert Sala got on the phone with Cam and said, hey, we need to get in better shape. That's what, and when you hear about the seed oil thing, I think a Monty Hooker looked real thin too, really thin in the face, which if you think the seed oils are supposed to, you remove seed oils, it helps with inflammation and, you know, I'm not a doctor, as I tell you guys all the time,
Starting point is 00:07:01 but it does make logical sense altogether. So I loved seeing that from Cam because that's something that I personally had identified as something that could take him to that next level. That can take him to that next step. More dedication to your fitness, all-field regimen, your diet. And he's talking about his macros,
Starting point is 00:07:20 his protein, his carbs, his intake, his calories. Like, that's regiment, discipline, understanding so many people in life don't pay any attention to any of that stuff at all. How much protein they're intaking, their calories, all that different stuff. So for Cam, who is in shape of professional athlete, doesn't necessarily need to live a lifestyle like that
Starting point is 00:07:43 to ensure that he's in good enough shape to perform. But if you do it, winning on those margins. Every little bit counts. Every little thing matters. So his stamina on the field, his quickness on the field, being able to recover faster,
Starting point is 00:08:03 being in a better preventative state to not get injured because you're more mobile, more flexible, lighter on your body. He even talked about how he feels going to practice. He said that in one of those quotes, how I feel before I practice. Which tells me that maybe he wasn't eating the right things before practice last year.
Starting point is 00:08:21 And he wanted to make sure that he felt good going into practice every day and was eating the right things and fueling his body correctly. a different level of self-awareness that is required to take. It's not just on the field, throwing the football, reading the defenses, knowing the playbook. Like it's your wellness as a human being in total
Starting point is 00:08:40 that can take you to that next level once you get into your prime. And Cam is already beginning that journey, which proves to us that he does care. And we're sitting here talking about all of this right now, Cam's dedication, Cam changing this. We're going to talk about Cam's connection with Cardinal Tate, him and Brian Dable together, learning the playbook. And I take you back to a video that Cam Ward once made with Shador Sanders.
Starting point is 00:09:04 I play football. I play football. Why other young quarterbacks are out there kicking hornets nests and causing controversies in the locker room or, you know, doing different things. What does Cam Ward do? I play football. Cam Ward plays football.
Starting point is 00:09:23 He focuses on all the things that matter. Rather than champagne and campaigning out in the media, doing different things, this and that, being all in the videos. You know, like that, you know, Cam's a football player. And I think this conversation about his diet, his fitness, his commitment level off the field.
Starting point is 00:09:46 It's step one. Cam Ward, making Cam Ward better a step one towards that superstar breakout. But again, the on-field stuff matters a lot. Now that he has Cornell Tate, the sky is the limit. Do want to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook. The NBA playoffs are here and every possession matters if you're looking to get even closer to the action.
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Starting point is 00:11:23 Podcast. Again, Cam Ward can have a superstar breakout and a big part of it is his dedication off the field like we just talked about, his fitness level, but obviously on the field matters as well. And with the connection that he seems to have to Carnell Tate, who Carnell Tate can be in this offense, the coaching he's getting in this offense from Brian Dable, those are the other parts of this.
Starting point is 00:11:45 take Cam to that next level. Now, before we dive into those parts, which are obviously standing out as well, 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 out to my everydayers out there. Tune in Monday through Friday, couldn't do it without out you guys. If you aren't an everydayer, you need to be one. stay locked in to the number one Tennessee Titans podcast in the world.
Starting point is 00:12:16 Locked on Titans. But Cornell Tate, the connection with Cam Ward, Cam to Cornell, already heating up. We got official numbers. Jim Wyatt said Carnell Tate had six catches, three touchdowns against one of them was called back, but would have been a third touchdown for Carnell Tate. I mean, Jim is dunking on other media people about Carnell Tate already.
Starting point is 00:12:41 Everybody ooh and on about Carnell Tate. all over the place, nonstop, and listen. We could talk about Cam Ward off the field. We'll talk about the coaching from Brian Dable. But there is nothing more definitively helpful for a young quarterback to go to the next level than a number one wide receiver. When Tyree Kill took that step forward,
Starting point is 00:13:07 which Patrick Mahomes obviously helped with. Jamar Chase for Joe Burrow, Stefan Diggs for Josh Allen. Look, what Bryce Young did last year with Teteroa McMillan, right? I mean, that's on the lower end of the spectrum, but it's up there. Jackson Dart looked pretty good with Malik neighbors when he was out there, right? You know, let's call it what it is. C.J. Stroud has been a disaster without Tank Dell.
Starting point is 00:13:35 I'm sure that there are more examples out there. I think there's like one big one than I'm forgetting of a recent quarterback high pick. that got a number one wide receiver. But regardless, you see the past, oh, Jalen Hertz, A.J. Brown. Look what happened there. So it's like, you get your young quarterback a big-time number one elite receiver
Starting point is 00:14:01 and they go to the next level. Because what that does is, that gives you someone who can be your security blanket. When the defense is covered everybody, I could still throw it to this guy and he's going to make a play. When the zone coverage closes every window, I know that he's going to get open and find a window for me. And we already saw that sort of,
Starting point is 00:14:31 when I have nothing, I have Carnell. When I have nothing, I have Carnell. We already saw that at OTAs on Thursday when the second touchdown that Cornell Tate got, that actually counted, was in the red zone during two minutes, and the Titans posted the video of it, and Cam Ward is looking to the right, nothing there, comes back to the left,
Starting point is 00:14:57 and hits Cornell Tate over the middle for a touchdown in the back of the end zone. To tap, hands up high, catch, toe tap in touchdown. He doesn't drop the ball. He's going to be there. I can look right, no one there, go back, throw it to Carnell. If I get it close, he'll get it. So, that philosophy of why a number one wide receiver matters so much already on display for Cam Ward from day one with Carnell tape. From the very first day, we were able to see anything.
Starting point is 00:15:34 There it is. Already proof of concept. And in this offense, like I continue to say, isolated situations. I've literally been talking about this for weeks and now you're starting to hear Cam Ward talk about. Cam Ward talked about Cornell Tate after practice on Thursday and he said he's got great hands.
Starting point is 00:16:01 He wins in man coverage. He's a strider. He's a guy who can create versus off versus press. He really doesn't drop nothing. So I've just got to continue to find ways to get him the ball early or to get him the ball early, get him the ball, continue to work on timing. And here's the part that I love the most. In this system, which I've been telling you, side note, back to Cam, he's going to have a lot of field to have a lot of freelance
Starting point is 00:16:31 within his routes, feel space to sit down. For a rookie coming in, I think this is one of the best offenses he could be in. just because he's going to get coached, but he's not going to be over-coached. He's going to still be able to play football how he sees it. He listens to the quarterback. He's going to be a great target for me. This point right here,
Starting point is 00:16:57 for a rookie coming in, it's one of the best or back. He says he's going to have a lot of field to have a lot of freelance with his routes feels space to sit down. Carnell Tate's going to have the opportunity. To be on the isolated side where he's in man coverage
Starting point is 00:17:18 and I've talked about how this happens. Brian Dable is excellent at creating matchups. He will use trips. He will use alignment to change the defense based on their rules. So imagine if they're playing a defense that runs cover four zone. If he runs trips to one side, three wide receivers to one side
Starting point is 00:17:41 with Carnell Tate on the backside by himself, he knows that based on that defense's rules, they're going to one-on-one the backside corner and play man coverage against Carnell Tate. So now you have Carnal Tate one-on-one, run them on a vertical route down the field. Carnal Tate one-on-one vertical route. That's his specialty.
Starting point is 00:18:01 We're throwing that. And he's winning, jumping over cornerbacks, making play, scoring touchdowns, making big plays happen. We want that. So Brian Dable is going to be able to create those isolated situations where, okay, we beat you deep. Now I can sit down. Now I can run a quick out route.
Starting point is 00:18:22 Now I can stutter you and slant inside. And Cam Ward can just look over at Cornell Tate and tell him what he wants. They can feel the coverage and the leverage of the cornerback together and get that timing down and through years and years and years of work, make it completely unstoppable, especially in the Red Zone. So if Carnell Tate is going to be this, and again, it's one OTA, doesn't prove anything, doesn't, you know, don't get the Hall of Fame jacket ready for Carnell Tate quite yet. But let's just close our eyes and imagine for a moment, if Cornell Tate can be this with how he fits in the offense, it can win in the situations that this offense creates for him. this offense is literally designed to create those isolated matchups.
Starting point is 00:19:12 And if you have somebody who can perfectly win in those isolated matchups, that's enough to be a number one wide receiver for Cam Ward. And again, help take him to the next level. And that is possible because it's Brian Daibald's offense. And Daible knows what he's doing. And Cam Ward talked about, you know, Dable working on his mechanics. Cam Ward's had just being slower in the pocket,
Starting point is 00:19:42 not getting to the top of my drop as fast, which when he's dropping back into the pocket, getting to the very top of his drop. He says not getting there as fast before a receiver even makes his decision. So apparently Brian Dable told him he was getting dropping back in the pocket too fast and it was messing up the timing of the routes with the receiver
Starting point is 00:20:01 so nobody was open when he got to the top of his drop because he's too fast. I could see that. That makes sense. See, that's the type of stuff. I'll admit to you. I don't see all of that. I'm not Brian Daible. I'm not a, you know, professional offensive coordinator, quarterback guru in the NFL and college football for the last 15 years. So that's a great little nugget there that it's clear Cam Ward's working on that because
Starting point is 00:20:23 Brian Daibble is getting him to work on that. He says, just continue to feel the tackle set, not put them in a bad situation, and just continue to lead the football team. And this is another aspect that I talked about of Cam Ward not causing sacks, which I have about eight or nine last year that were Cam Ward's fault. Now, that's eight or nine at a 56, 55. But nonetheless, still, you can clean that stuff up and get yourself in less pressure and less problems. He's got growing up to do and maturing to do an improvement to do.
Starting point is 00:20:55 Yes, he's a very good player already, but these are all things that this is what we wanted to hear. Brian Daible has a fiery, intense personality that will demand better from Cam Ward. And he even talked about, Cam Ward even talked about the Brian Dable connection. Quote, the biggest thing that I'm trying to do is get better and see it from the play caller's standpoint
Starting point is 00:21:15 and why he's calling this play, whether it's first or second down, and I'm going to see what his mindset is, and it's been going good so far. And I thought this nugget was hugely important from Cam Ward. He talked about last year's offense about things slow and down for him. He said, no, quote, we're just running, playing faster plays where I can control a lot of it.
Starting point is 00:21:37 I get to see angles of guys where they are going, and I just anticipate the throw. So he's literally saying Brian Dable's offense is just faster. The plays are faster. And what did I complain about all the time during, the slow developing plays, especially the slow developing run plays with orbit motion and a fake inside handoff
Starting point is 00:22:01 to a spin pivot, outside handoff, with two pullers outside. and just so slow, quickness, speed, Cam, making decisions with his mind, cutting people up. That's what the Titans needed to do, and instead they were in this bulky, slow offense under the Callahan's.
Starting point is 00:22:18 Didn't make any sense. So it's Daible, it's Carnotate, it's Cam himself improving off the field, but all of those factors together create the superstar breakout that I think we're getting from Cam Ward this year. I think it happens.
Starting point is 00:22:37 So that's what I'm looking for. Now, I want to finish today's show with a little bit of a Roland's rant for you guys because I've had some people be a little concerned about the absences during Thursday's OTA and I just don't, I don't think there's any reason for concern. Do want to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by Square, the system that helps fix one of the biggest headaches in running a business.
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Starting point is 00:24:04 Run your business smarter with Square. Get Started today. Fans, let's cap off today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. Again, we talked about Cam Ward Superstar Breakout, how we made some dietary changes to help him get there. We talked about Carnell Tate's emergence, Brian Dables, tutelage, helping Cam Ward get there. Now I want to pivot a little bit again to the people who missed OTAs on Thursday
Starting point is 00:24:45 and why I don't think that it's a very big deal for a multitude of reasons. except for one player who I do have my eye on, who missed on Thursday. But before we get into that, I do want to thank you again for making Locked-on Titans your first listen each and every day. If you want to be a true locked-on Titans every day, or you've got to join the Locked-on Titans Every Day or Club.
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Starting point is 00:25:32 all this and that. So make sure that you hit the link down below in the description and become a true Locked on Titans every day or with the Locked on Titans Every Dayer Club. But with that being said, again, there were some people who were absent from Thursday's Titans practice Mitch Trubisky, Calvin Ridley, Elykeyeo Manor, Chim Dikey,
Starting point is 00:25:58 Jeffrey Simmons, John Franklin Myers, Cordell Flott, Dan Moore, Femiola Dasia. Now, I have seen different lists with different names from multiple different beat reporters and the Titans because it's a voluntary, Keep that in mind. It is a voluntary portion of the offseason, these organized team activities. Mandatory mini-camp is the first mandatory...
Starting point is 00:26:25 Mandatory mini-camp. It's the first mandatory item on the Titans' off-season schedule. Now, training camp, mandatory, you know. But these are voluntary off-season team activities. But when you have a new coaching staff, it's very important that people go. at a pretty high clip because it's a whole new system, new culture. You want your culture setters there.
Starting point is 00:26:49 You want people to be able to lean on each other. You want people to be able to learn from each other. You want your best players to set an example. And, you know, it's important for people to be there. But through videos that the Titans have put out of, it was phase one of OTAs where they're not really doing 11 on 11, as much 7 on 7 stuff. but it's more individual work,
Starting point is 00:27:14 it's more walk-through install, you know, conditioning, things like that, lifting, all that different stuff that they're doing. It's more of that kind of stuff. But nonetheless, we've seen Jeffrey Simmons there. We've seen the heavy hitters there who maybe weren't there.
Starting point is 00:27:32 Dan Moore has been there a ton in the videos, you know, things like that. So I'm not overly concerned that like one of these guys is holding out or not showing up or this and that, even Jeff. Jeff has been at some of these and he'll be back. And if anybody has earned the right to do their own thing
Starting point is 00:27:48 and get themselves right, it's Jeffrey Simmons, right? But more I just want Big Jeff around for leadership and things like that. But again, I don't think because he wasn't there on Thursday, that he hasn't been around when we know he has from other team media and things like that. But like, I have, Jim, where are they at? What are they doing? Now, there are personal things. Like guys could go on vacations during this time.
Starting point is 00:28:10 Guys could be working with their personal trainers. They could be doing cleanups. They could have family obligations, weddings, and, you know, this is the kind of stuff that happens right around that, which is why all this stuff is voluntary. Because if it was mandatory, they would literally be screwed. You know, there's so much to do during this time when you play in the NFL and basically July to February, your books.
Starting point is 00:28:31 You've got to get a lot of stuff done. So, again, not concerned for those reasons. But I will say this. Femi, according to multiple reports, watched practice over like by the building or something. You know, he had like a shirt off or something. It was just like standing outside the trainer's room or the locker room or where. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:28:56 I don't know. He was standing by a building watching practice, not in practice. And I'm like, why? Other guys, maybe they had obligations. That's why they weren't there. They're on vacation. All the things that I, weddings, this, that, all the things that I talked about before. I think Jim D.K. was graduating this weekend.
Starting point is 00:29:12 I thought I saw something like that. I could be wrong on that, but either way. But Femmy was there. So if he's there and he's not participating when this is valuable time for Femi and he needs to get every rep possible, is he banged up? Is he already hurt again?
Starting point is 00:29:36 After not being hurt in college, ever. Is he banged up again? The Titans have another open OTAs. on Friday, Femmy better be out there. Like, period. So I'm going to be watching that.
Starting point is 00:29:56 But with all of these guys missing OTAs, it gave more opportunities to some younger players. And we're going to talk about some of those younger guys, things like that, as we continue throughout the week. Because again, the Titans don't have their next practice until Friday. So I'll have a bonus episode on Friday after practice. But that's a full week of shows for us. to dive into some of these things that popped up from the last OTA
Starting point is 00:30:20 and other conversations that need to be had. 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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