Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans CAN'T LET KLIFF KINGSBURY LEAVE, Robert Saleh Mock Drafts & Mike Vrabel Acceptance

Starting point is 00:00:00 The Tennessee Titans interviewed my top offensive coordinator candidate Cliff Kingsbury on Monday, and they cannot let him out of the building without a contract. 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. on today's show.

Starting point is 00:00:37 I'm going to talk about why the Tennessee Titans cannot let Cliff Kingsbury leave the building without a contract or they risk getting used like they did early in the head coach process. Also, I'll tell you why Robert Sala influences what the Titans do in the NFL draft will go over a couple of mock drafts

Starting point is 00:00:56 and I'll tell you what I think makes sense and what doesn't make any sense. Also, I got a little Roland's rant for you guys. We got to have a conversation. about Mike Rable. Before we dive into all of it, do wanna thank you for making Locked on Titans, your first listen each and every day.

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Starting point is 00:02:04 about the cost of a cup of coffee, and the show is free all year round. But with that being said, again, the Tennessee Titans cannot let Cliff Kingsbury leave the building on Monday. And I know that a lot of you guys are going to be listening to this on Tuesday morning, probably on your way to work, at the gym, whatsoever. And hopefully, hopefully by that time, the Titans have hired Cliff Kingsbury as their offensive coordinator. As I have said throughout the process, after Mike McDaniel came off the board and he is officially signed with the Los Angeles Chargers now

Starting point is 00:02:38 but after Mike McDaniel came off the board Cliff Kingsbury became my number one option he was my number two all along but I mean option number one is gone we're gonna move you up you have now become one of my most important employees like they need Cliff Kingsbury he is the best fit for Cam Ward now that doesn't mean that doesn't mean that I don't like Brian Davel

Starting point is 00:03:02 I like Brian Dable. Some of you guys have a hard time understanding. I call it the pancake waffle meme. If I say, I love pancakes. Some of you guys hear, oh, so you hate waffles? And I just don't understand it. I like Brian Dable. I am going to be thrilled if the Tennessee Titans hire Brian Dable as their offensive coordinator.

Starting point is 00:03:24 But Cliff Kingsbury is my number one option again because he is a better fit for Cam Ward. because of the scheme. Cliff Kingsbury, Air raid, Cam Ward, college, air raid. Brian Dable, most of his success in his career has come with a running quarterback, whether it be Jalen Hertz Alabama, whether it be Daniel Jones,

Starting point is 00:03:45 whether it be Josh Allen, whether it be Jackson Dardt. A lot of the best offenses that Brian Dable was put on the table have been very good in the run game and it's because he utilizes the quarterback in the run game so well. Cam Ward is not doing that stuff. Cam Ward is not running

Starting point is 00:04:01 QB power and QB counter and QB sweep. Like that's not who Cam Ward is. Yeah, he could probably run a quick read option and short yardage like we've seen Ryan Tannahill do. But Cam Ward is not going to be somebody who runs quarterback run game stuff. So Cliff Kingsbury, who has had experience with running quarterbacks but also has had great experience with traditional quarterbacks

Starting point is 00:04:23 would be a great fit for the Titans. And again, what I'm concerned with, is that you're going to get played by Brian Dable. I believe, I believe that the Titans number one candidate is Brian Dable. I like Cliff Kingsbury better, but I think that the Titans want Brian Dable more than they want Cliff Kingsbury. And I understand why. Robert Sala actually has a relationship with Brian Dable

Starting point is 00:04:53 from the time that they were both coaching the New York teams together. There's so many pictures out there of them dapping it up and hugging. They clearly have a decent relationship together. where there is really no connection between Cliff Kingsbury and Robert Solis. So I would understand that and again, I would be thrilled. But Brian Daible was still up for two head coaching positions that are currently open. The Buffalo Bills, which right now, he is the betting favorite to be the Buffalo Bills next head coach. I'm not, I guess, as convinced of that.

Starting point is 00:05:26 I kind of think that the Bills might be looking at one of the coaches that was in the playoffs this weekend, whether it's a Davis Webb or a Clint Kubiak or something of that nature. But ESPN's Adam Schaefter went on a show on Monday and said, I think all the coaching hires will be completed by Wednesday. All of the spots will be filled. Now was Adam Schaefter just doing an agent's bidding and trying to force a team's hand? And, you know, there's all these different motives in the media and everything like that.

Starting point is 00:05:57 But if that's the case, if Schaefter is right, and all of the coaching staffs or all the head coaching positions in the NFL will be filled by Wednesday that would make it less likely that Clint Kubiak goes to the Buffalo Bills and that would make it more likely that Brian Daible was hired.

Starting point is 00:06:17 So what if the Titans let Cliff Kingsbury out of the building and he goes to be the offensive coordinator of the Ravens and then Brian Daible takes the head coaching job of the Buffalo Bills. Then what are you left with? Then what are you looking at? Then you lost out on Art Smith,

Starting point is 00:06:38 Bobby Sloick, Cliff Kingsbury, Brian Dable. Now your best option and the only other guy that would truly be a top option for you is Adam Stenevich from the Green Bay Packers who I like out of the inexperienced play callers out of the guys who have never called plays before, I like Stenevich the most.

Starting point is 00:07:04 But outside of that, you have Thad Lewis, who is the quarterback coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And if you're looking for a CEO-style offensive head coach, yes, offensive coordinator, but truly an offensive head coach, if that's what you're looking for, you're going to hire 38-year-old Thab Lewis,

Starting point is 00:07:27 who's never called play. and is just a quarterback coach, that's the opposite of what Robert Salas should be looking for. And again, I like Stenevich from Green Bay. I would be happy with Adam Stenevich, but that's not a CEO-level offensive head coach who's been a head coach before and called plays before. And that makes me nervous

Starting point is 00:07:53 because that's not what I want for Cam Ward. So can you afford to lose out on Cliff and Daible by waiting on Daible and potentially irritating Cliff? You know, it's not just about where they get hired and where they go. Like, if they have Cliff Kingsbury in the building and they don't offer him a contract and they make it obvious, which it would be if they didn't give them a contract,

Starting point is 00:08:22 if they make it obvious that, yeah, we're waiting for Brian Daibble and if we don't get him, we'll hire you. Like, that might not go very well. Again, can you risk losing out on both of them because to me, Dable and Kingsbury, whether you like Dable more or whether you like Kingsbury more, both of them are clearly leagues ahead of Stenevich or Thad Lewis or whoever the mystery Rooney Rule candidate is

Starting point is 00:08:54 that the Tennessee Titans interviewed for their offensive coordinator position. and let me say this. I said it yesterday just to be sure, but I want to confirm here. The Tennessee Titans have satisfied the Rooney Rule for offensive coordinator. You have to have two interviews, either virtual or in person, for your offensive coordinator position, and you have to have at least one for your quarterback coach position.

Starting point is 00:09:20 And the Titans have had that Lewis in the building on Monday morning, and then they, again, according to Paul Karski, a mystery, unknown Rooney Rule interview with another offensive coordinator candidate that we don't know about yet. Now, that'll come to the light of day eventually. But the point is, it's not like the Titans are against the rules to hire Cliff Kingsbury right now. And they need to get on it. And I've seen some people, the Titans need to be patient about that.

Starting point is 00:09:47 No, they don't. The Titans need to go get one of the best candidates on the market before they are left with less than best candidates on the market. They need to operate quickly here. Do not be waiting on Brian Daibol for a couple more days just for him to get the head coaching job in Buffalo and you let Cliff Kingsbury go to the Baltimore Raiders. And then you're stuck with Stenevich or Thab Lewis

Starting point is 00:10:10 or whoever the mystery man is or Matt Nagy. Like, just can't do that. You can't take that risk. So again, by the time this episode comes out, by the time you're hearing this, there's a good chance that we might have news. on something like this. But for the time being, as I'm recording,

Starting point is 00:10:29 the Titans don't have an offensive coordinator. And I'll tell you what, they let Cliff Kingsbury walk out of the door when they could absolutely hire him and offer him a contract to get it done. It's going to be frustrating if they don't end up with Daibor or Kingsbury. There's just no way around it

Starting point is 00:10:42 because they got him in the building and he wouldn't come interview in the building in this weather if there wasn't serious interest there. And Robert Salas press conferences on Thursday and I would imagine they want to have this figured out by then. But with that being said, talking about Robert Sala,

Starting point is 00:10:58 I think he will have a big impact on who the Titans draft. Let's go over some mocks. Do you want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by game time. There's nothing like being in an NBA arena. The crowd, the energy, the moment. Getting tickets, though, that's the part that hasn't always been so simple. And that's why game time has become the go-to app for scoring tickets fast without the hassle. puts the advantage back where belongs with the fans.

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Starting point is 00:13:41 But now I want to start, eventually we got to move away from coaching stuff. And we got to start looking at the roster, how the Titans can add players. And it was a big day for mock drafts on Monday. As we got past the conference championships, I'm going to go over three different mock drafts and talk about what I think makes sense for Robert Sala and what doesn't make sense for Robert Sala. Before we get into it, thanks again for making Locked on Titans

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Starting point is 00:14:38 But with that being said, tons of mock drafts came out on Monday. And a lot of these mock drafts have the Tennessee Titans taken David Bailey, the edge rusher out of Texas Tech. And I got to tell you, based on what I know about Robert Salas' defensive scheme, I do not think that David Bailey is a fit. Pro football focus. Dalton Wasserman had one. He had Mendoza going to Vegas.

Starting point is 00:15:06 Ruben Bain going to the Jets which is what I would expect at this time Arvel Reese going to Arizona who is my number one player in the draft Rvel Rees and then the Titans take David Bailey. Now let me say this David Bailey is my edge three If you're in my comment saying that Rvel

Starting point is 00:15:23 Reese is a linebacker you do not know ball. Sorry hate to tell you that. Hate to be the one to break the bad news to you. Arvel Reese at minimum is going to be a hybrid player at the NFL level who is a, it was primarily an edge rusher. Arval Reese is going to rush the passer in the NFL.

Starting point is 00:15:45 Like Abdul Carter or like Micah Parsons or like Hassan Reddick, for example. All of those guys were off ball linebackers in college. Are they off ball linebackers now? No, they aren't. They're pass rushers. Okay. So if you think I'm telling you that the Titans are gonna draft a linebacker I'm sorry you just don't understand what's happening here

Starting point is 00:16:11 Arvel Reese is gonna spend most of his time at edge Yeah, maybe you could be creative with him and move him around and have him play linebacker on early downs and rush the passer on passing downs and Put him on the edge and second and long and you could be creative with him and I think that Robert Salo would be creative with him But Arvel Reese is going to be an edge rusher prime So that's my number one player and I think that Robert Sala is ideally suited to get the best out of R. Val Rees and turn him into an absolute freak. But again, my point here is I'm not going to be mad if the Titans get David Bailey, but I do not think that David Bailey fits Robert Sala's scheme. And let me say this.

Starting point is 00:16:57 Robert Sala runs four-man fronts. Think about traditional defensive ends. David Bailey is 250 pounds, sopping wet. Now, he's going to go to the combine super heavy. Because weight is the big concern about David Bailey. Is he big enough to be a true defensive end? I say no. He is more of an outside linebacker, a wide rusher,

Starting point is 00:17:27 a designated pass rusher. David Bailey reminds me of like Yanuk and Gokwe Arden Key these guys cannot stop the run they cannot set the edge and David Bailey improved in run defense in his final year at Texas Tech

Starting point is 00:17:43 he got better but prior to that he was basically exclusively a third down player and why? Because he ain't got enough junk in the trunk he's light his lower body is thin he's got skinny legs

Starting point is 00:17:56 skinny hips a skinny butt at like I'm sorry but when you're Robert Salah and you don't run five-man fronts and you don't want to put a lot of extra bodies on the line of scrimmage

Starting point is 00:18:10 and you want to keep four-man fronts with wide alignment you need defensive ends with power and look who San Francisco drafted last year in the draft they drafted Mikel Williams out of Georgia who was not the most refined pass rusher

Starting point is 00:18:26 but was big. prototype size, physical against the run. Now he got injured in his rookie year, but that doesn't change what I'm saying right now is that Robert Salas said if we're gonna take a defensive end for my system it needs to be more of a traditional type defensive end who can stop the run because I put a lot of pressure on my defensive line to stop the run. So you know Mel Kuyper from ESPN last had the Titans taken David Bailey

Starting point is 00:19:00 and pro football focus had the Titans taken David Bailey and look if Bain and Reese are both off the board and the Titans take David Bailey I understand but if Bain or Reese is on the board there's no way that they're

Starting point is 00:19:16 taking Bailey over one of those guys especially Ruben Bain who is a prototypical big body defense event now he doesn't have super long arms but I don't care about that. A T-Rex doesn't have long arms.

Starting point is 00:19:32 It's still the most dangerous and scariest dinosaur out there even with its little arms. And a guy like Brandon Graham, a guy like Jared Verse. Like, there's no reason that Ruben Bain can't be like these guys. Elvis Dumerville didn't have super long arms. What about, uh, uh, Colts, edge rusher. I'm going to lose my mind, their best one.

Starting point is 00:20:02 I can't let the show stop on that. But anyway, I think that Bain is by far the best off. Dwight Freeney, perfect. You know what I mean? Like, Bain is that big, physical, disrupted, powerful type edge rusher that would be perfect in the four-man fronts of Robert Sala. That makes sense.

Starting point is 00:20:28 But again, I don't think that David. Bailey does. I don't think that he's a scheme fit. And now, I did get good pushback. And this is why I like to talk to you guys online. Valid pushback was when Robert Sala was with the Jets, they drafted Will McDonald. Will McDonald, not a big

Starting point is 00:20:47 physical edge rusher. He's very similar to David Bailey's measurements. He was about 245 pounds. Not great against the run. Not overly physical. setting the edge, and they took Will MacDonald. And you're right. But I wouldn't say that Robert Sala would do that again.

Starting point is 00:21:07 Will McDonald had a good second year in the NFL where he had 10 and a half sacks. But last year, he had eight sacks. Four of them came in one game. So he had four sacks in 16 games. And he was out of edge rushers that played at least 200 snaps last year in the NFL. He was the worst run defender in the entire NFL according to pro football focus.

Starting point is 00:21:34 So I don't think that Robert Sala would make the same mistake twice. And draft Wilma, he's not a good enough pass rusher. Like, he's as good of a pass rusher as Harold Landry was with the Titans. But Landry could drop back in coverage, was physical against the run, always knew his assignment. If Robert Sala could go back, I don't think that he would draft Will McDonald again. So I don't think he's going to make that same mistake with Bailey. Now, moving to some other mock drafts, another one that makes no sense at all.

Starting point is 00:22:06 Daniel Jeremiah. I think Daniel Jeremiah is great. He does great work for the NFL network. He is one of the best draft guys in the entire world, maybe the best media draft analyst in the world. He knows what he's talking about. This was his mock draft. Mendoza to the Raiders.

Starting point is 00:22:27 Reese to the Jets Spencer Fana the offensive tackle to the Cardinals and with Rubin Bain Jordan Tyson, Cornell Tate Mackay Lemon Jeremiah Love

Starting point is 00:22:44 Jordan Tyson if I already said that my bad all on the board he had the Titans taking CC Mugga Francis Mewaga the offensive linemen out of Miami what

Starting point is 00:23:00 Are we doing? The Tennessee Titans will not, will not with a bullet, bookmark, write me down, take a screenshot, chisel it in stone. I do not care. The Titans will not be drafting an offensive lineman with the number four pick. What are we even talking about? You're going to draft a backup offensive tackle or a right guard with the number four pick when you have a crying need at three premium positions

Starting point is 00:23:31 in wide receiver, edge rusher, and cornerback? What are we talking about? I would take Caleb Downs or Jeremiah Love. You guys know I am not as high on Cornell Tate as a lot of other people. I'd take Cornell Tate a million times over before I took the number two offensive linemen who's maybe a guard at the next level. What the heck are we talking about, Daniel Jeremiah?

Starting point is 00:23:58 was despicable. That's one of the laziest things I have ever seen from DJ. And I know that some of you are just like, oh, they need an offensive line. They need... They have Latham who's a first round pick. They have Scoronsky who's a first round pick.

Starting point is 00:24:14 Dan Moore is in year two of a $20 million contract. Like, they're not taking O line in round one. Are you out of your ever-loving mind? It's just insane. And the reality is that Titans fans, some of you just won't accept this.

Starting point is 00:24:33 Some of the reason that the offensive line struggled last year, the majority of it, is because the coaching was terrible early in the year, and in the back half of the year, when they actually committed to running the football better, the offensive line all of a sudden was better in pass protection, and out of the 55 sacks, probably half of them were Cam Ward's fault. And you don't want to acknowledge that because you don't want to hear anything bad about Cam. But the truth is, a lot of those sacks, especially early in the year, were Cam's fault.

Starting point is 00:25:04 He didn't get rid of the football quick enough. He ran out of a clean pocket. He stepped out of bounds and turned it into a sack when he could have just thrown the ball away. Sacks aren't just an offensive line stat. They're a quarterback and an offense stack too. So nobody being open because the coaches are bozos and they don't have wide receivers who can beat man coverage,

Starting point is 00:25:25 a rookie quarterback who didn't move quick enough and get the ball out of the same. hands. Those things are just as responsible for the offensive line performance as the O-line. The Titans are not taking offensive line. Dispicable F-minus-minus from Daniel Jeremiah. Now, CBS, Blake Brockmeyer got this thing right. Vegas took Mendoza, Jets, take Arvel Reese, Arizona

Starting point is 00:25:52 takes Francis Mawaga, and the Titans take Rubin Bain. And God willing, that's exactly how it'll play. out because boy, Ruben Bain would be the perfect fit for Robert Sala. Now, with that being said, we talked about offensive coordinator. We've talked about some of these mock drafts and how I don't think that David Bailey is a clean fit for Robert Sala scheme. But now we got to do what a lot of Titans fans simply don't want to do. And we got to have the Mike Frable conversation.

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Starting point is 00:28:38 It's price picks. It's good to be right. Fans, let's cap off today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. Again, we talked about Cliff Kingsbury getting his interview, the Titans being Rooney-Role compliant, and why the Titans should not let Cliff Kingsbury leave the building without a contract offer. Also, we talked about how Robert Sala's defensive scheme could influence who they take in the NFL draft. Now, I want to have the conversation, the ugly conversation that Titans fans really don't want to have, but it's something that we need to have about Mike Vrable as his New England Patriots advance to the Super Bowl. Before we dive in, do want to thank you again, though, for making Locked on Titans.

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Starting point is 00:30:02 You can get it from me directly in the group chat. Again, we're almost up to 80. I want to get up to 100 here soon. But with that being said, Mike Vrable goes to the Super Bowl. And here is where I come down on it, guys. The people who get in my comments and say, you gotta move on,

Starting point is 00:30:24 it's not that big of the... Or the people, the other side of it, where people are, I hope Mike Vrable wins. I don't understand that. I don't understand either of those statements, if I'm honest with you. Number one, how could you root... for the Titans to look like idiots.

Starting point is 00:30:42 Because that's, I mean, they already look like idiots. That's already set in stone. But if Mike Vrable takes the 4 and 13 Patriots to be Super Bowl champions in his first year, that is one of the most all-time embarrassing things that could ever happen to the Tennessee Titans organization. And you want that to happen? Like, I'm sorry if my best friend,

Starting point is 00:31:08 which is, this is how I can. kind of see it. If my best friend was married and his wife cheated on him, which Mike Vrable, going to New England week six, it's not like this

Starting point is 00:31:23 everywhere, appreciate what you got. You think that Mike Vrable didn't sit in that owner's box with Robert Kraft and plot out this whole thing? I'm going to go to Amy. I'm going to make a power play and say, give me roster control. They're not going to do it and they're going to

Starting point is 00:31:39 fire me and then I'll be here waiting for you. Like, you think that that didn't happen? You didn't think there was any tampering that happened? If your best friend got cheated on by his wife, would you root for his wife to find a better man than him? What are we saying here? What is it with the doomsday attitude of Titans fans where you want the Titans to look even dumber?

Starting point is 00:32:09 You want the Titans to experience even more pain. And the other side of it, you people acting like it doesn't suck and it doesn't bother you at all that Mike Vrable went and did this. You're a liar. You are a liar. And how you deal with your pain is to act like it doesn't bother you. I want Mike Vrable to go win the Super Bowl. He deserves it.

Starting point is 00:32:31 That's you wearing the happy mask over the tear face. Get out of here. No, I don't want Mike Vrable to go win. a Super Bowl with the Patriots to prove that the Titans are one of the dumbest franchises in NFL history? Did you want Steve McNair to win a Super Bowl with Baltimore? What are you talking about? That's absurd fan behavior, in my opinion. All right?

Starting point is 00:32:55 Absurd behavior. And the other side of it is we need to move on. That is not how life works. Sorry, buddy. That's not how it works. once you make a critical mistake like that, you don't just get to say, well, no one's allowed to ever talk about that ever again

Starting point is 00:33:16 because we need to move on. Yeah, in a perfect world, great. Every mistake that you ever make, no one will ever talk about it ever again. Sure, that would save you from the pain, wouldn't it? See, that's my opinion of this. Both of those attitudes that I've seen from Titans fans of, I want Mike Frable to win,

Starting point is 00:33:34 I want him to make the Titans look, stupid. And we need to move on. Why are we still talking about Vrable? He's fire. It's time to move on. All that is, is, I can't take the pain anymore. I can't take the pain anymore. I'm going to pretend that I want him to do well. I'm going to tell everybody to move on. We shouldn't talk about this. You're just experiencing pain and you're not man enough to admit it. That's my opinion. Except me, what I am about to say is accepting it. The tightness. The Titans messed up. Now, does that mean that Mike Vrable wasn't doing a bad job at the end?

Starting point is 00:34:15 No, he was 6 and 18 in his last 24, couldn't get the offensive coordinator, higher right, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But what did the Titans do? The Titans just went out and hired a different version of Mike Vrabel and Robert Sala. The reality is, what the Titans should have done is wrote it out with Mike Vrable. and hired Ryan Cowden. That's what they should have done. Because even though Mike Vrable struggled here,

Starting point is 00:34:46 even though Mike Vrable wasn't getting the offensive coordinator position right, he's still a top five, maybe top one. Best coach in the entire NFL. And you simply don't let people like that leave. And I was wrong. A lot of you guys like to get in my comments and say,

Starting point is 00:35:06 you wanted Mike Vrable fired. You like to be. Brian Callahan hire. So what? Yeah, I was wrong. You got me. What now? What now? What now? What do you want? You want me to hit the end button on the podcast and never come back? Sorry, I'm not quitting my job because I was wrong about firing Mike Vrable. So you're throwing a temper tantrum for nothing in the comments, crying and boohooing over nothing. So what? Now what? What do you want? Oh, you just want to cry and act like you were right. But here's the reality. Nobody's going back two years to check your comment. so you could just be lying too

Starting point is 00:35:41 and pretending that you were right. We'll never know. So, I just want to say this and it's the last time that I'm going to talk about it. The Titans messed up. Now, they're trying to correct that mistake by hiring Robert Sala who is in a similar vein as Mike Vrabel,

Starting point is 00:36:02 defensive guy, leader, big alpha male type dude. They're trying to correct it. but the reality is they messed up. It was wrong and even though Vrabel was 6 and 18 and even though Vrable couldn't get the offensive coordinator higher right and even though Vrable tried to pull a power play to get more roster control

Starting point is 00:36:22 that would have been a better path to go down than the path that they chose. I was wrong. Amy was wrong. It is what it is. But if you can't at least sit there and accept that the Titans got it wrong, I don't know what else to say.

Starting point is 00:36:41 They were wrong. It was a mistake. And it sucks to watch the Patriots go to the Super Bowl. And with that being said, go Hawks. That's going to do it for me today, folks. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland, and this was locked on tight.

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