Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans Cut 5 Players, Sign Lonnie Johnson & Matchups to Watch in Joint Practice W/ Tampa Bay

Episode Date: August 16, 2022

The Tennessee Titans have reached their first cut down day of the offseason as they were required to cut from 90 down to 85 players on Tuesday. Who were the five players cut? Josh Malone and Jordan Wi...lkins were two mild surprises and Tyler goes over the whole list. Tuesday wasn't all about cuts though as the Titans signed safety Lonnie Johnson. Tyler goes over what his role could be within the defense. Next, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers come to Nashville for joint practices starting Wednesday. There are some key names not participating for Tampa, but a highlight name that will be playing is Julio Jones! What does all this mean for the Titans? Tyler explains. Finally, what are the matchups to focus on during joint practices? Tyler talks about his list of six matchups including Julio Jones v Caleb Farley.Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitansFollow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPodSubscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitansSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!DaveDownload the Dave app from the App store right now for an Extra Cash account and get up to 500 dollars instantly. For terms and conditions go to dave.com/legal. Instant transfer fees apply. Banking provided by Evolve. Member FDIC.BetterHelpIt’s not a crisis line, it’s not self-help, it’s professional therapy done securely online, available to people worldwide. And they have a special offer for my listeners: get 10% off your first month at Betterhelp.com/LockedOnEliasNFL season is right around the corner, so don’t wait! Find Elias Game Plan in the App Store or Play Store today!LinkedInLinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFLBuilt BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order.BetOnlineBetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts!Athletic GreensTo make it easy, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/NFLNETWORK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Welcome to the Locked on Titans podcast. I am your host, Tyler Rowland. Titans fans, it was cut down day on Tuesday for the NFL. The Titans released five different players, but they also claimed a player on waiver. So we're going to talk about all those transactions. Then the Titans do start joint practices with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday. I'm going to preview that, tell you who is playing, who isn't playing for Tampa Bay, and the matchups that I'm excited to see during joint practices.
Starting point is 00:00:34 So talking about cuts and previewing joint practices with the Bucs, all on today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. Let's get it! edition of the Locked On Titans podcast. Let's get it. You are Locked On Titans, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Lock to talk about on today's show. Excited to dive into the cuts that were made by the Titans, the signing, and of course, preview and joint practices with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Starting point is 00:01:24 Before we get into all that, I do want to thank you guys for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen every day. If this is your first ever listen to the Locked on Titans podcast, well make sure you subscribe on whatever platform you do stream. I am going to be putting out Monday through Friday daily free Tennessee Titans content on all platforms all year long. That includes the Locked on Titans YouTube channel. Subscribe there.
Starting point is 00:01:49 Smash that notification bell and throw a thumbs up on the video if you're watching on YouTube right now. I'm trying to get this video up to like a billion likes or something. So do your part and help out the channel. But we're going to dive into the cuts here. And cut down day was coming. And I did a little preview of that on Friday's episode after the game, I gave you guys about seven to eight names I thought would be cut.
Starting point is 00:02:12 Well, two of them got cut before cut down day Terrell Bonds was cut. And you started looking at some other cut possibilities. And I'm seeing some of the names that we did discuss. So I'm going to go in order of how surprised I was by each name. Number one, Josh Malone, the wide receiver out of Tennessee. Good size at about 6'2", 6'3", some good speed. I guess with Racey McMath really coming along, Des Fitzpatrick probably ahead of Malone on the pecking order. That would make sense.
Starting point is 00:02:50 What really surprised me is Reggie Roberson. Mike Vrabel said that everyone who was healthy enough to play traveled with the team to Baltimore. Well, Roberson traveled with the team to Baltimore, but he didn't play. So what happened there? I don't know. I had some theories. You know, maybe he got banged up in pregame warmups. Maybe it was a disciplinary thing. Who knows? Either way, I'm surprised that the undrafted free agent Reggie Roberson stuck on the roster here longer than Josh Malone. That is a bit of a surprise to me. But again, if you look at
Starting point is 00:03:26 Des Fitzpatrick, who's about six foot two with some speed, you look at Ray C. McMath, who's about six foot three with some speed, and you look at Reggie Roberson, those are three guys with a similar skill set within the offense that would play a similar role within the offense that kind of overlap with Malone. So Malone was the last man out there. So, oh yeah, Brandon Lewis along with Terrell Bonds were already cut over the weekend. So those were two guys I mentioned as top fives. But going forward, this is the next surprising cut to me.
Starting point is 00:03:59 So Josh Malone cut by the Titans on Tuesday. The next surprising cut for me was Jordan Wilkins at running back. Now, if I was running the team, which thank God I'm not, let's just all be honest about that. John Robinson, far better at the job than I am. But if I was running the team, Wilkins wouldn't even have come to training camp
Starting point is 00:04:17 because I was very unimpressed with Wilkins last year in his spot duty with the Titans. He got the training camp invite. I didn't understand that either. The guy provides no value as a running back. with Wilkins last year in his spot duty with the Titans. He got the training camp invite. I didn't understand that either. The guy provides no value as a running back. He's awful running the football. And his only special teams appearances for the Titans last year,
Starting point is 00:04:36 he didn't really do much to impress me, including his first game, he had a terrible penalty on a good return. I don't understand the fascination with Jordan Wilkins. I never understood why he was on the roster. Can't say that I'm upset to see him get cut. After that, though, after Malone and Wilkins, not really that surprised by the next few names. Offensive lineman Carson Green, who is a guy who got brought over,
Starting point is 00:04:58 had some time in Houston, obviously Houston connection. We're going to be talking about that a little bit more. Haskell Garrett, the undrafted free agent, interior defensive lineman from Ohio State. I'm surprised that's not Sam Okwuenonu. I have to be honest with you. I'm surprised that it's not Okwuenonu because I figured Jordan Peavy and Haskell Garrett would hang on longer than Okwuenonu. And yeah, I'm flexing Okwe Nonu. What about Thomas Odukoye? Boom. I'm out here with the pronunciations. I got you guys. Anyways, I
Starting point is 00:05:32 pronounce so many names wrong in my day though, so I got to get the flex in when I can. But Carson Green, Haskell Garrett, and then finally defensive back Deontay Burton, who was added over the weekend. I said this does happen. With this training camp cut down, sometimes you wave a guy, you add a guy,
Starting point is 00:05:49 practice on Sunday, practice on Monday. Is he good enough to stick around? Nope. Okay, you're gone again. So, no surprise there. So, those are the five required cut downs that the Titans had to go from 90 down to 85 by 4 p.m. on Tuesday. They did that with Josh Malone, Jordan Wilkins, Carson Green, Haskell Garrett, and Deontay Burton. Now, there may be another player eventually being cut here soon
Starting point is 00:06:13 because the Titans picked up a player that was released by another team. And I told you guys on Friday night, churn. The technical business term is churn. The Titans are going to churn the bottom 5 to 10 15 players. They're going to take guys off other teams who are cut. Because the reality is, these are all examples. These are just examples.
Starting point is 00:06:35 Let's say the Arizona Cardinals have really good depth at cornerback, which they don't right now. They are one of the worst cornerback teams in the NFL. So maybe just, it's just an example. Don't take it literally. Say the Cardinals have really good depth at cornerback and the Titans don't. Well, the Cardinals may cut a cornerback who would be the fifth best cornerback on the Titans. They just had a bunch of depth.
Starting point is 00:07:00 So even though they didn't have enough room for that talented corner, their seventh cornerback could be better than the Titans' fifth cornerback. Therefore, when that player gets cut, not because he's bad, but just because there's too much talent on one team at one spot, well, now that player can be picked up by other teams who maybe aren't as deep at that position. So that's why you're going to see this churn as cuts start to happen. And we saw a player get cut by the Kansas City Chiefs,
Starting point is 00:07:26 who over the weekend, I mentioned on Twitter, I could see the Titans taking a look at. And it's defensive back Lonnie Johnson Jr. Now Lonnie Johnson played for Houston, was a second round draft pick out of Kentucky for them, I believe in 2019. So kind of a higher pick. He washed out of Houston, went to Kansas City, washed out of Kansas City so far in training camp. So you got to take that into account. Houston let him go. Kansas City didn't want him around for very long.
Starting point is 00:07:56 So will Lonnie Johnson make the roster? I think it's still a long shot. But Lonnie Johnson as a player, good length. He's about 6'2", good length. He's about six foot two good size. He's over 200 pounds, uh, in his time in the NFL. One thing that he's done pretty well, probably the thing he's done the best is be a tight end matchup guy. He can go out there, line up on a tight end and man coverage and dime situations using his size, using his length, using his athleticism and take that role. Well, Elijah Molden has been banged up for a week.
Starting point is 00:08:27 He got back to practice, but he's still been banged up. The Titans lost Dane Cruikshank, who's in Chicago now. And outside of that, the only guy that we've even theorized could play that Dane Cruikshank role from last year where he matched up on tight ends was Theo Jackson, the rookie safety out of Tennessee. Well, all reports indicate Theo Jackson has not been very impressive. Now, he's not been awful, but he hasn't really done much to show that he should be a guy
Starting point is 00:08:49 who's out there getting defensive reps and critical moments and dime packages. He hasn't been good enough to say that. So maybe, maybe, just maybe if Lonnie Johnson can contribute on special teams, he might find a way to carve out a role on the Titans defense as the new Dane Cruikshank, a long athletic safety who's a tight end stopper in nature. He's proven that he can do that a little bit. If the Titans could get the best out of Lonnie Johnson Jr., I think it could be a nice pairing. And of course, that Houston Texans connection, the Titans love taking folks that played at Houston. So five cuts, one claim on waivers. It was a claim on waivers.
Starting point is 00:09:30 So the Titans will now, you know, use their waiver claim as they did last year on Zach Cunningham. So when it's worth it, when the Titans are really interested in a prospect, they use that waiver claim so that they don't hit the open market. So Titans clearly have interest in Lonnie Johnson Jr. And I think that I already know the role that the Titans could be looking to use Lonnie Johnson in. It's something I talked about over the weekend on Twitter. Make sure you follow me on Twitter at Tic Tac Titans, additional analysis, and that's where I put all of my film work. So make sure you guys check that out. But we have to talk about joint practices with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Starting point is 00:10:08 coming up on Wednesday for the Titans. Who's playing for the Bucs? What matchup should you be looking forward to? I'm going to break all that down for you guys before we get into it though. Do want to tell you a little bit about our friends over at Athletic Greens. They have an incredible product called AG1. And basically it's a green powder. It comes with a scoop. You scoop one scoop of it, add it to about eight ounces of water, a glass of water, mix it up and you drink it in the morning.
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Starting point is 00:13:15 Now we got to spin it forward and start talking about Wednesday when joint practices with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers kick off. And what I want to do is I want to talk about the players for the Bucs who will be playing. The players for the Bucs who won't be playing. And how that affects the Titans. And then look at some matchups that are going to be vitally important from the Bucs against the Titans in joint practices. But first, I got to point out the sweet neon sign, man. Check it out. Nasty, right? Awesome out the sweet neon sign, man. Check it out.
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Starting point is 00:14:18 But, you know, things take time these days. Moving right along here, though. We got to talk about joint practices. And just to break it down quick, over the weekend, we got word, no Tom Brady. So Tom Brady is not going to be participating in joint practices. He's got a personal matter to attend to that'll keep him out of the week of practice and the preseason game. No idea what it is. Don't really care. Either way, Tom Brady's not going to be there. And let's just say, that sucks. One, the interactions between Mike Vrabel and Tom Brady,
Starting point is 00:14:49 the leadership that Tom Brady displays, just his aura, causes guys to raise their game. Not only on the Bucs, but it would on the Titans too. Okay? That's huge. Mike Evans,
Starting point is 00:14:59 who's had some hamstring issues, he is not going to be participating in joint practices. Russell Gage, the nice slot receiver who came over from Atlanta, also not going to be participating in joint practices. However, two guys who will be participating in some way. Number one, Chris Godwin coming back from an ACL tear. He is going to be limited. He's probably going to be an individual period. He's probably going to work at maybe some 7-on-7, but full 11-on-11, stuff like that. Don't expect to see Chris Godwin.
Starting point is 00:15:36 But, you know who is going to be participating in joint practices? Julio Jones. And I forget who it was. I think it was Mike Deer. He made a joke. Will Julio Jones participate in more practices this week with the Bucs than he did his entire career with the Titans? That's pretty funny. Hyperbole, but pretty funny.
Starting point is 00:15:54 Pretty funny nonetheless. I guess my big takeaway here is although Julio Jones is playing, Mike Evans, Tom Brady, Russell Gage, Chris Godwin, all probably not participating in 11-on-11 stuff and intense stuff, it takes away the benefit for the Titans defense. It really does sully what kind of work the Titans, because they're going to be going up against Blaine Gabbert or Kyle Trask. They're going to be going up against Tyler Johnson and Scotty Miller.
Starting point is 00:16:25 And, you know, while those guys are decent players, they're not Mike Evans. They're not Russell Gage. They're not Chris Godwin. They're not Tom Brady. So if we all want to say iron sharpens iron and people want to bring that up all the time, iron sharpens iron,
Starting point is 00:16:41 well, not everybody is iron. Okay? Not everyone's iron. And I got to tell you, Scotty Miller and Tyler Iron sharpens iron. Well, not everybody is iron. Okay. Not everyone's iron. And I got to tell you, Scotty Miller and Tyler Johnson are not iron. While they're good players, good depth players for the Bucs. Again, they're not Chris Godwin. They're not Mike Evans. So I think that does kind of limit the work, but the Titans defense has been super far ahead of the offense in camp and defenses usually are. And we think the Titans defense is going to be better than the Titans offense for the most part. Most fans would tell you that that would be the case. So I'm more concerned about the offense getting
Starting point is 00:17:17 the work that they need to get than I am the defense getting that work. Although it's still, you know, it's not ideal. But what I want to get into here is, and guys, I try to be as unbiased as possible when I can, but I'm never going to pretend that I'm some national reporter who's given an unbiased take on the Titans. I am a Titans fan. I have been for nearly 25 years. And I'd like to think that my combination of just factual information and my level-headed approach sometimes to covering the team or at least less biased than some fans can be is a good thing.
Starting point is 00:17:58 But not right now. I want Julio Jones to get shut down. I want reports coming out of camp that Julio hasn't been impressive, that the Titans have been locking him up, that he doesn't look like Julio Jones. That's what I want to hear. Because I expect that Julio Jones will be
Starting point is 00:18:15 getting a heavy dose of Caleb Farley. Not only do I want Julio to get shut down just because I'm a Titans fan and you guys get it. It would suck if Julio was just a bust for the Titans and then went to Tampa Bay and all of a sudden was just good.
Starting point is 00:18:35 That would suck. I don't want that. That would just suck. So I hope that Julio gets shut down. I hope it's Caleb Farley doing a lot of the shutting down. I think that's going to be an awesome matchup to watch, and I'm very excited for it. Let's go, Caleb.
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Starting point is 00:19:06 and see how that matchup goes. So that's the number one matchup that I'm looking for simply because I don't want Julio to do good in these practices. I want the Titans to shut him down. But either way, we're going to move forward here. I got five other matchups that I want to talk about with you guys as well. Before we get into it though,
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Starting point is 00:22:11 We talked about the cuts the Titans made. Josh Malone, Jordan Wilkins, Carson Green, Haskell Garrett, Deontay Burton. We talked about the claim that the Titans made. Lonnie Johnson Jr. at safety. And we talked about the players who are participating, the players who aren't participating in joint practices
Starting point is 00:22:27 for Tampa Bay. We talked about Caleb Farley going up against Julio Jones and what I want to see there. Now I'm going to get into some more matchups. Before I do, I want to thank you guys again for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen every day. Make sure you subscribe on whatever
Starting point is 00:22:43 platform you do stream for Monday through Friday, free Tennessee Titans content all year long. We're getting into the next matchup, and I'm staying on defense, and it's Rashad Weaver. Okay, so as you guys know, it's my opinion, Bud Dupree will be cut after the season. So not only is it important for Weaver to help as a rotational rusher and a rotational edge guy this year, but
Starting point is 00:23:05 I'm hoping that Weaver does enough to solidify himself as the starter in 2023, and that starts with a matchup against Tristan Wirfs and Donovan Smith at offensive tackle for Tampa Bay. Weaver's been impressive. He was impressive in the preseason game. He was impressive in practice. This week on Sunday and Monday, I want to see Weaver carry that forward against two starting level good offensive tackles in the NFL. That's one matchup that I'm really focusing on. The Titans, like Farley, the Titans need Weaver to become an impact player on the defense.
Starting point is 00:23:44 And at minimum, at minimum, a guy worthy of a rotation spot on the Titans defense. That's going to be absolutely critical for them. Going forward though, the next matchup that I want to talk about, we're going to start looking at offense. And the tight ends of the Titans, Austin Hooper and Chigaconquo, even Tommy Hudson, Briley Moore. I want to see those guys against Levante David and Devin White.
Starting point is 00:24:23 That's one of the best inside linebacker combinations in the entire NFL. And probably two of the top 10 to 20 inside linebackers in the entire league, especially in pass coverage. Levante David, although he's getting towards the end of his career, has been one of the best pass coverage linebackers in my life, watching the NFL. Fantastic. And Devin White, obviously, an excellent player. Draft number five overall a couple of years ago.
Starting point is 00:24:52 He's lived up to the hype. So seeing the Titans tight ends go up against a talented group of inside linebackers, I think that'll be a matchup to watch. Next, looking at the guards and that left guard spot, Aaron Brewer and Aaron Brewer was the backup center for the Titans, so he's probably going to get some run with the second team as the center there. But Aaron Brewer at left guard and Jamarco Jones at left guard and Aaron Brewer at center. All of that, I want to see those guys
Starting point is 00:25:24 against Vida Veya. So number one for Aaron Brewer, Aaron Brewer is a smaller guy. He's one of the smallest offensive linemen. I think he might be the smallest starting offensive lineman in the NFL if he starts this year. Like he's going to be in the top five, top 10 of the smallest starting offensive lineman in the league at like 6'1", 270 pounds, something like that. Well, Vita Vea is one of the biggest, strongest defensive linemen on the interior in the entire league. So if Aaron Brewer can hang with a guy like Vita Vea, then I'm not worried about how undersized he is.
Starting point is 00:26:00 Do you see how that logic goes there? This is going to be one of the toughest possible matchups for Aaron Brewer at left guard. So I'm curious to see the reports of that matchup in camp. That's one thing that I'll be looking for. Next, the right tackle battle. Dylan Radins, Nicholas Petit-Ferrer going up against Shaq Barrett and Joe Tryon-Sharanka.
Starting point is 00:26:25 That's a nice group of edge rushers there, especially Shaq Barrett and Joe Tryon-Sharanka. That's a nice group of edge rushers there, especially Shaq Barrett. Joe Tryon really stepped it up last year. He's a solid developing player. Not quite Shaq Barrett, of course, but you see what I'm saying there. I hope both those guys get chances
Starting point is 00:26:39 to go up against both those guys. Radins needs to improve in pass protection. Everybody's saying he looks okay in run blocking, but it's pass protection where he's struggling. NPF, he was playing some guard, playing some tackle at college to see him get
Starting point is 00:26:55 full-time reps at tackle and take on some of these talented pass rushers. That's going to be a big step for the rookie. He did well against second stringers in the preseason game. How will NPF do against the first string edge rushers of Tampa Bay? I'm looking to see that.
Starting point is 00:27:12 And then finally, Traylon Burks and Kyle Phillips, the two rookie wide receivers, how are they going to look against true starting cornerbacks from Tampa Bay? Jamal Dean, Carlton Davis, slot cornerback Sean Murphy Bunting. How will
Starting point is 00:27:30 these rookie wide receivers who have had good moments throughout camp, especially Kyle the Professor Phillips. Also, I'm well aware of the and one basketball player named the Professor. A lot of you guys got a hold of me like I didn't know who that was. Duh.
Starting point is 00:27:46 I'm 31, guys. I grew up on and one. Hot sauce. 50. I mean, come on. I know about the professor. All right. Anyways, moving forward.
Starting point is 00:27:59 But seeing Kyle Phillips go up against Sean Murphy bunting in the slot, can he actually win against a starting slot corner in the NFL? Same thing with Burks against Jamal Dean and Carlton Davis who are solid corners. What's he going to be able to do against them? That's something that I'm watching for. Those are the matchups I'm really
Starting point is 00:28:17 focused on. That's all the info you need to know about joint practices. I'll be back with you guys on Wednesday night to break down everything that took place that was notable from joint practices. I'll be back with you guys on Wednesday night to break down everything that took place that was notable from joint practices with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday. But that's going to do it. I'm going to be a little bit later.
Starting point is 00:28:35 Well, I don't think so. I think I should be able to have it out in the middle of the evening, 5, 6 p.m., depending on where you're at, Eastern, Central. It'll be out around then, I would suspect. But either way, that's going to do it for me today, folks. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland, and this was Locked on Titans. you

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