Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans Defensive Options at Pick 11, Malik Willis' Future and Lamar Jackson Price Tag

Episode Date: March 28, 2023

The Tennessee Titans need help on the offensive side of the ball in the NFL Draft, but if all of the top offensive prospects are off the board when the Titans get their first pick, what defensive players should they be targeting? Also, what is Malik Willis' future in Tennessee and why have some seemingly given up on him? Finally, if the Titans did pull off a trade for Lamar, what would it look like?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!Built 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.Ultimate Football GMTo download the game just visit Ultimate-GM.com or look it up on the app stores. Our listeners get a 100% free boost to their franchise when using the promo LOCKEDON (ALL CAPS) in the game store.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Don’t miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON.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

If all of the best offensive options for the Titans are off the board at pick number 11, what defensive prospect should the Titans focus in on? I'm going to answer that and more 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. I am your host, Tyler Rowland, Titans fans.

It's a pre-vacation mailbag edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. I'm going to be answering your guys' questions. We're going to start with a banger about what the Titans would do if all the top offensive options were off the board at pick number 11. Before we get into that, I do want to thank you guys for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen every day. Remember

Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content on all platforms all year round and always for free. Make sure that you get subscribed. Stay subscribed to the Locked on Titans podcast where it's your team every day. I am your host, Tyler Rowland, nearly 25 years as a Tennessee Titans fanatic, a staff writer for Sports Illustrated over at alltitans.com and a certified film junkie. I also am a man who is 12 hours away

from being on a plane on my way to vacation. If you guys couldn't tell, went away from the standard typical long sleeve or polo shirt, rocking a little beach attire. Baby, I am ready to head to the Caribbean. Got a few questions from you guys in that regard that we will get into, but want to start with a question from Cove Montana. And he says, let's say Paris Johnson Jr. Go Bucs. Jackson Smith and Jigba. Go Bucs.

And Skowronski are all gone by pick 11. Should we turn our attention to the defensive side of the ball? A prospect that's grown on me is Lucas Van Ness from Iowa. What are your thoughts on him? I like Lucas Van Ness. I think he's a strong guy who can be a better player in the NFL than he was in college. I think he could fit really, really well with what the Titans want to do on defense. I think he could fit really, really well with what the Titans want to do on defense. For me though, if we get into a position where the Titans don't have any of the top offensive prospects on the board, Skowronski, Paris Johnson Jr., let's say for argument's sake, Broderick Jones is also off the board and you can't trade back because I know

what you guys do. So trade back, trade back, trade back like the Titans can just choose to trade back. This isn't a draft where I think there will be a lot of people coming up for pick number 11. I just don't think that's going to happen. I don't think the Titans are going to have the option to trade back. So if all of the best offensive prospects are gone and the Titans have to go defense, they have to pick a player on the defensive side of the ball. For me, it's Christian Gonzalez, the cornerback out of Oregon. If not him, I like Devon Witherspoon, the cornerback out of Illinois.

I like Joey Porter Jr. as well. If you guys aren't catching my drift here, I would go with a cornerback. You can never have too many good cornerbacks. And I'm sorry, but Christian Fulton could be gone after the year. Roger McCreary, he's okay. He's okay. Moulton was hurt all last year. Caleb Farley, sadly, most likely a bust. Not somebody who's going to help the Titans.

Sean Murphy Bunting was brought in, but I don't think that's any kind of long-term answer for the Titans at cornerback. If you can get a freak stud cornerback early in the draft, you got to consider doing that. And for me, Christian Gonzalez with his size, his length, his athleticism, I mean, that would be a fantastic pick for me. I've said this all along.

This is not a great draft class overall compared to previous years. Okay? There are only 14, 15, maybe prospects in the draft that are even worthy of a first round grade. So to me, if you're a pick number 11, the Titans job in this draft is simply to get a first round talent out of this draft.

They're high enough to where they can do it and taking a Christian Gonzalez, taking a Joey Porter Jr., taking a Devon Witherspoon for me would check that box. That would be them getting one of the top prospects in the draft. So there's the answer for you Cove. Alberto says, hey Tyler

if the Titans fall in love with three of the top quarterback prospects, should they try to pull the trigger now and trade with Arizona or wait until the draft. If they know, like with San Francisco, if they know that they would love to have one of three prospects, then you go up now.

Because I think as you get closer to the draft, it's going to be more expensive because more teams will have more information on their quarterbacks. It gives teams more time to fall in love with a guy and be willing to make that move. So if you're the Titans and you really feel like there's three quarterback prospects that you would be enamored with no matter what, then you go up to Arizona and you make that trade now.

So that's what I would do there, Alberto. As for Kenneth, Kenneth says, Texas sports. One Titans question. Plenty of trade up talk. I have a trade down question, who is a player later in round one, the Titans could target if they move back, moving down to me would require at least a 2024 first. So if you're doing a trade back, you're getting a first in next year's draft. I think that would be a great move if they could. I don't think that would be the case because of what I explained earlier about the draft class. But for me, if they trade down, I would like a guy like Darnell Wright from Tennessee. I would like one of the wide receivers at that point. Quentin Johnston or Zay Flowers or Jordan Addison

could make a ton of sense at that point. That's where I would be looking if the Titans were to execute a trade down. That Osiris Torrance on the offensive line. Offensive line or wide receiver, if you feel you can get better value and pick up a first-round pick for next year, then you got to do that. Dom says, can you answer this question? Are the Titans going to pay Jeffrey Simmons anytime soon?

Well, Dom, obviously, I don't know the answer to that for sure, but I'm going to tell you there's no way, there's no way that they let Jeffrey Simmons go. I think the reason they haven't gotten a deal done with Jeffrey Simmons yet is because Simmons camp is waiting to do a deal because you're going to see more interior defensive linemen in the coming weeks, in the coming months, get deals that are going to allow Jeffrey Simmons to say, hey, I want even higher than that. We saw something like that with Deron Payne. Jeffrey Simmons should just wait. Let a couple more interior defensive linemen sign their contract

and then go and say, hey, I'm better than that player. I need more money. That's what his camp is doing right now. So do I think the deal gets done? Yes, I do. I absolutely do. But I could see why from Jeffrey Simmons' team's perspective, they want to wait and see some more deals take place before then.

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Make every moment more with FanDuel. Titans fans, we are going to continue today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. We just talked about some draft-related questions. I'm going to move into some more of your guys' questions on a mailbag edition. I'm not going to lie to you guys. I am in vacation mode. So I appreciate all you guys sending in your questions here so we can have some fun on the show before I head off

to the Caribbean. So excited. Can't wait. Anyways, moving forward, Logan Beatty says, do you think Malik has a chance to start for us in a year or two? If maybe in 2024, but I got to tell you, I think there is a better chance.

I think there's a better chance that Malik Willis is off the Titans completely than there is that he's starting next, next season. Not this season coming up, but the season after. I think there's a much better chance that Malik is just not on the roster than him being a starter, unfortunately. Another Malik Willis question. Jon Snow says, Where do you see Malik Willis in the future for the Titans?

Do you believe he could be that franchise guy they've been looking for? And as I said, no, I don't. I don't think that he's a franchise guy. I think maybe Malik Willis could come in as a guy with athletic tools who manages the game and could be like a Jacoby Brissett, not in skill set, but just in the way that he's viewed. If Jacoby Brissett was the starting quarterback for your team, you're thinking,

we might be able to get some wins. He's not absolutely awful. But you don't think he's the answer quarterback going forward. To me, that's pretty simple. I know that's not what people want to hear, but at the end of the day, that's what I think.

Another Malik Willis question here from TightenUp69420. Why is everyone out on Malik Willis? We all knew he needed a redshirt year and he needed improvement, but can still improve a lot this fall season. Well, that's a valid question. That's a fair question, for sure. It really is. But I think the reality is, let's do it this way.

I like to quantify things because it's just easier to have discussions. So let's say to be a starting NFL quarterback, you need to be at a 7 out of 10. 7 out of 10. Well, we knew that Malik Willis would take some time to eventually get there. But I thought that Malik Willis could come in and be a four, be a three or a four, and then you only got to get to five, six, and then you're at the seven. What I saw from Malik Willis last year is he's a one or a two out of ten right now.

Okay? So the amount of development and the amount of improvement that Malik Willis would need to show for him to actually be the guy, going from a 2 all the way to a 7, man, that's just a long way to go. So I hope that makes sense.

If he was a 3 or a 4, 4 or 5 I could see him eventually getting to 7 and being a possible option for the Titans but there's no way he's going from the 1 or 2 that he was all the way to a 7 and he's definitely not going to a 10 that's just too much development to ask for a guy

who's in the NFL now so that's why I think a lot of people have lost faith in Malik, not because they're judging him off last year and saying, you should have been ready to play. But what we did see from Malik last year, it's just hard to fathom that he could improve so much that he could actually be an option for the Titans as a quarterback. You know, that's where I'm at right now. So another quarterback question here from Slappy. Slappy says, all right, Tyler, give me your GOAT quarterback,

but also your GOAT quarterback if football was played seven on seven. Why are the answers different? Okay, so, huh, that's a great question. I would say the GOAT quarterback is Tom Brady. If you say anything else, you're just a liar or you're being facetious on purpose. It's Tom Brady. There's

no argument here. No argument at all. If football was played just seven on seven with no pass rush, then it's Patrick Mahomes. Or, I would give you, turns out he's not a great guy, but Brett Favre. I think that the thing that made Brady so incredible is how quickly he would process the defense,

how quickly he would get the ball out of his hands, and you just could never get to him. But if pass rush isn't an issue, and it's a timing thing, then I would go with Pat Mahomes or Brett Favre because they just have the most unreal arm talent. And if you gave them a little more time and you gave them a little more space without the pass rush, they are just going to go nuts at all times.

So that would be my answer there for you, Slappy. Moving away from the quarterbacks, Titans mock drafts and more says, if Paris Johnson is off the board, do we still go Skowronski or is it JSN or another receiver? To me, I'm still focused on offensive line. If Paris Johnson Jr. isn't there and Peter Skowronski is there, I'm going with Peter Skowronski over a wide receiver. I don't like refs. Dylan Edelman says,

in a fictional world where the Titans managed to trade for Lamar, what would they have to give up? Two first round picks and what else? And would trading for Lamar put them in cap jail and draft capital jail over the next couple of years? No. My answer to that second question is no. It wouldn't put them in cap jail. It wouldn't put them in draft capital jail over the next couple of years? No. My answer to that second question is no. It wouldn't put them in cap jail.

It wouldn't put them in draft capital jail. The Titans would be giving up first round picks, but they still have all their other picks in the drafts. And then, if you look at the cap situation, the Titans are about to have an insane amount of cap space the next two seasons because they haven't hit on any draft picks

over the last few years. So they don't have anybody to pay to keep around. So to me, the Titans could give up two first round picks, 2024, 2025, pay Lamar Jackson what he wants, and it still wouldn't crush the team in any way from

a team building standpoint, in my opinion, which is why it is a viable move. Will it happen? Probably not, but that's why it has to at least be on the table for the Titans. Got a question from Cole Welch here. He says, if we roll out with Henry, Chig, Burks, Tannehill, an improved offensive line and the defense, we're not going to have the worst record in the NFL, so we won't get the USC kid.

What are we looking at for quarterbacks afterwards? Well, to me, if you're not talking about Caleb Williams, then the first question is Drake May. I mean, that has to be the number one option outside of Caleb Williams. And some people think that Drake May is a better prospect than Caleb Williams. I know a guy like Quinn Ewers

from Texas could be an option. Tyler Van Dyke from Miami. Spencer Rattler, of course, from South Carolina. Bo Nix. Bo Nix had a pretty good year for Oregon and he will be eligible next year. So I think those are options that make sense. Either way, next year's class, whether it be at the top, whether it be the couple of projects or whatever, next year's class is way better

than this year's class, in my opinion. So, yeah, I think those are some names that could make some sense. Kevin Davis says, two-part question. What do you think about the Titans trading down a bit in the first to pick up another second and using those picks to take Jackson Smith and Jigba, Darnell Washington, and Hendon Hooker? I'm cool with everything except Hendon Hooker. I'm sorry, it doesn't make any sense for the Titans.

They have a development quarterback in Malik Willis. You don't need Hendon Hooker, who by the time he's going to be able to play, is going to be 26 years old. I'm sorry, but I'm just out on using, if the Titans want to take Hooker in the

fourth round, then go ahead. But even then, I'm not going to be happy about it. Stop drafting mid-round quarterbacks. Over the last, like, 10 years, I talked to Locked On Saints, Ross Jackson. We talked about this just a few weeks ago. There is, out of all of the mid-round draft picks, there is like a 20% chance,

even lower, that you get a starting level quarterback. If you take a quarterback in the first round, it's like a 20% chance, even lower, that you get a starting level quarterback. If you take a quarterback in the first round, it's like a 75% chance. Starting quarterbacks in the NFL are drafted in the first round. There may be a few outliers, but even Lamar Jackson was drafted in the first round in the last pick. Jalen Hurts was a second round pick. So, Kirk Cousins, Dak Prescott, Brock Purdy, but give me a break.

That's San Francisco. Come on, man. Kyle Shanahan isn't a fair way to judge quarterbacks. So, to me, I'm just, take your quarterback in the first round if you want one. If not, don't waste your time. So, Jackson Smith and Jigba, Darnell Washington,

if the Titans wanted to trade down like three, four, five spots and still get a top wide receiver, then I would stomach that. But dropping down any further than that, like I said, in this draft class, I just don't think it makes sense. But with that in mind,

we're going to move forward, finish off with more of your guys' questions in just a moment. Before we do, I want to thank you guys again for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen every day. As for your second listen, check out the Locked on NFL Scouting with the Draft Dudes podcast. It's free and available on all platforms Monday through Friday as well.

They're talking draft, free agency, how to build a successful roster in the NFL. Make sure that you check out the Locked On NFL Scouting with the Draft Dudes podcast on whatever platform you do stream. Titans fans, we are going to cap off today's mailbag edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. By the time some of you guys are hearing this, I'm going to be on South Beach with a drink in my hand, probably a mimosa, maybe a strawberry bellini,

peach bellini, something like that. Going to be enjoying vacation. It has been six years since I went on a vacation, since 2017. And boy, I am ready. But I'm also ready to finish off your guys' questions here. Question from Mark Warren. He says, which rookie will have the best sophomore season? I would predict Chig Aconquo.

Chig will be highlighted more in an offense without Hooper. Todd Downing failed to utilize him and played Jeff Swaim over him. Mark, I agree with you, but I am going to go with Traylon Burks. I think Burks has the potential to have a breakout season if he just stays healthy. He showed us that when he's on the field, he can be the Titans' number one wide receiver. And he can make incredible plays down the field over top of people.

I continue to run that catch over Jair Alexander in Green Bay where he gave him the two small celebration afterwards. That is right there, the Traylon Burks that I'm expecting to see. So Dom says, is Darnell Wright a potential pickup at 41? No. I personally don't think that Darnell Wright will be available at 41. I think that he's going to go in the late first round.

Timmy, Tim Owen says, do you think Malik should get a fair shot at starting? No. Malik needs to earn the opportunity to get a shot at starting. Nothing has to be fair about it. Fair is not a real thing in the real world. Zachary Story says,

if the Titans have a worse record than 7-10 the next two seasons, is Vrabel's job not safe? Yeah, I would say if that happens the next two seasons in a row, this year and next year after that, then yeah, I think Mike Vrabel would be on the hot seat at that point. Jay the Sensei says, who do you think we're taking in the first three rounds? I mean, that's hard to do, man,

without doing like a full mock draft. But I think the Titans get all offense in the first three rounds. Offensive line, tight end, wide receiver. I think that's where they got to go. Max Bishop says, if the Titans stay the course and go with Tannehill and go 8-9 what's the next step for this Titans team I mean take every draft pick that you have for the next decade and try to go up and get a quarterback

because there is nowhere to go but down after that unless you get an elite quarterback to help you out. Okay. Okay. Vontae says, are there any set of results that can disappoint you this draft season, especially when our needs are offensive line and wide receiver? Would you be pessimistic if we went BPA at 11 and filled those needs later on. I'm not advocating, but thoughts. I mean, it depends on who they pass on. If you pass on Paris Johnson Jr. to draft defense, or you pass on Peter Skowronski to draft defense, I'm going to be a little annoyed.

But at the end of the day, I think Christian Gonzalez is an incredible prospect. If like Will Anderson drops, you know, it would be hard for me to be mad if the Titans got an absolute stud in the first round and then filled in later in the mid rounds because like I said earlier, there are only so many first round talents in this draft.

So the Titans just need to leave with one of them. I want it to be who I want it to be, but at the end of the day, just get one of the first round talents with your first round pick. That's all I ask for. Logan Stafford says, what if any Titans games do you want to attend

this season? I think I'm going to go to the Bengals game again because I'm from Ohio and a lot of my friends who are Bengals fans will want to go. I typically try to get to the Indianapolis game because it's only two hours from me. So right now those are the games that I'm pretty certain that I'll end up going to. But I should be able to go to

a lot more games this year because I'll be able to be credentialed through Sports Illustrated. So that'll be really cool and a really I mean honestly a lifelong experience to go in and cover the game on the field. It'll be great. So we got a funny question here from Dooney the Pootie. He says, what Titans fan subgroup would you rather be trapped on a desert island,

on a deserted island with? The Mariota is better than Tannehill crew. The Derrick Henry haters. The Mariota is better than Tannehill crew. The Derrick Henry haters. Josh Dobbs stands circa December 2022. Or Paul Kaharski's Twitter account after a collective tragedy. Man, Dooney, that is one of the funniest things I've ever been asked.

For me, if I had to pick, I'll take the Derrick Henry haters. I'd rather be around those guys because Mariota is nowhere close to Ryan Tannehill. That's absurd. The Josh Dobbs stans were one of the most annoying things that I've dealt with since I've hosted the show. I cannot take the look-at-me nature of the reaction to the last one. So I'll go with the Derrick Henry haters because at the end of the day,

I could see what point they have. Henry has a limited skill set. He's not an every down running back. You have to build your offense around him to get the most out of him. And I think for him to have true value, you got to have a great offensive line that allows him to get to the second level.

So I would go with the Derrick Henry haters. I'll be chilling with them. Uh, Jay King says, what running back do you, uh, project will snag in the draft or possible undrafted free agent option? Uh, for me, I like Sean Tucker from Syracuse. I like, uh, Taji Spears from Tulane. Those are two guys who I think would make a ton of sense for the Titans. Super Wilbur says, do you think the Titans add a vet wide receiver to the room? I think they do, but I don't think it's anybody that's going to make any of us happy.

Jordan Lowry says, if CJ Stroud drops to three, do you see the Titans moving Jeffrey Simmons in the 11th pick to grab Stroud? I think they would do that. I do. And then Jordan says, second Batman movie, do you see them going with the Penguin as the main villain and then incorporating possibly the Joker, Doctor Strange in a third movie? What I want the Titans to do, or the Titans, what I want Matt Reeves to do

with the second Batman movie is to, the Penguin is going to be the main villain, but I think they need to introduce another heavy hitting villain. I would like to see Doctor Strange would be a great option because it could be done in a realistic way. And then Mr. Freeze. I think the city flooded at the end of the Batman. So I think they could use Mr. Freeze and all of the water in the city to create some really cool stuff. And the flood, flooding the city, I think a way that they could set it up for real revenge is Mr. Freeze is working on a cure for his wife

because of the flood that Batman allowed to happen and didn't stop. It flooded his lab which is underground and drowned his wife before he could fix her. And that is his motivation for wanting to kill Batman at all costs. So,

the Riddler's motivation was to show corruption. Mr. Freeze's pure motivation is revenge on Batman because of that. I think that along with the side story of Penguin creating more leverage and getting more of a hold on the city

from a mob perspective, those two together would be great. And then Batman cleans up the city, gets the flood stuff out of there, and then in the third movie, the Joker breaks out of Arkham, releases a bunch of other villains, and the third movie is a free-for-all where Batman has to get everybody back into Arkham

and then fight the Joker at the very end. I think that would be a great path forward. Call me, Matt Reeves. Call me Warner Brothers. I'm ready. Some more non-football questions, I guess, here at the end. Logan says, will you have guests on the show or do something with fans' guests at some point? The most that I'm going to do is have the winner of the fantasy football show on

because I'll just tell you the honest truth. I am a fan at the end of the day football show on because I'll just tell you the honest truth. I am a fan at the end of the day, guys. So the perspective that I am bringing you guys every day is a fan's perspective. Having another fan on the show just to give their opinion, it doesn't really serve everybody else very much. You know? So anyway, Keith Lester says,

mailback question. I've been standing on the table for five years about the Titans drafting a kicker. Just get it done. Will the Titans finally draft a kicker? I want Moody out of Michigan. I doubt it, but I would love Moody out of Michigan as well.

Let me see here. Barney Vale says, what are your most anticipated movies coming out this year? Will you consider doing a listeners bachelor party for you? And we go to a Titans home game. Probably not on that one, Barney, just because bachelor party activities, being around listeners of the show,

while I'm supposed to be professional, not a great mix. My most anticipated movies coming out this year. I can't wait for the Flash movie. Very excited for that. And I know this may be controversial right now, but I want to see Magazine Dreams with Jonathan Majors. He's a great actor.

I know he's in trouble right now, but either way. Martin Kern says, Do you think Caleb Williams will still wear 13 when he's taking snaps in Nashville? Yes. Yes, he will wear 13. Alan says, do you think Caleb Williams will still wear 13 when he's taking snaps in Nashville? Yes. Yes, he will wear 13. Alan says, where in the Caribbean are you going? I'm going to the Bahamas, my man. Thank you for asking.

Zach Clark says, hey, Tyler, happy belated birthday. Thank you. Hopefully you enjoy your time in the Caribbean. I will. I've been meaning to ask a non-football question for a long time. I noticed your custom jersey is number eight. So I wanted to know if that number is significant to you for any reason. So if you guys could see behind me, my Roland jersey, number eight, funny story. So I got a couple of different jerseys for a couple of different Titans throughout my lifetime. I had

a Chris Brown, number 29. I had a Tyrone Calico, number 87. I had a Vince Young, number 10. They never work out. They never work out. Ever. Okay? So basically I got to a point where I'm done buying Titans jerseys. I want a Titans jersey with just my name on it that can stand the test of time.

I don't actually wear jerseys anymore. So doing this with the jersey and hanging it up on my wall is, you know, the best use of it. I will tell you this. I have a Kevin Byard jersey. And thank God that KB worked out. But I was on the KB. As soon as Byard was drafted,

I knew that that was my guy. So I just had faith in that one all along and it was rewarded. But as for the number, number eight, so a lot of you guys know this. I am a huge Kobe Bryant fan. Kobe Bryant is my sports hero. I had a lot of trauma in my childhood and quite frankly, Kobe Bryant was like a guiding light to me. His work ethic, his intensity, his attention to detail, all things that I try to bring into my everyday life. And I wore number eight my whole life in youth sports, football, basketball, baseball, always tried to pick number eight, always tried to get number eight whenever I could.

Softball, any team activities, wiffle ball that I played with my friends or anything like that. I'm going on a cruise for my brother's bachelor party and we got custom shirts and mine has a number eight on it. I'm number eight. So it's my number. Shout out to Kobe.

My dog's name is Kobe, if you guys didn't know that. So a big Kobe fan. That's why I love number eight, but it's my number as well. So there's your answer there. And then David Yusuf, final question says, you said you have a job outside the podcast. What do you do?

Seems like a full-time gig with the quality content you're putting out. Yeah, I'm just insanely busy all the time from sunup to sundown. That's just a reality. I do logistics as a day job. But with me recently starting to write for Sports Illustrated, there's a good chance that by the time the season rolls around, I'm able to quit my regular job entirely and just focus on the podcast, writing about the Titans for Sports Illustrated and truly just living my dream of covering sports for, for a living and paying all my bills and living my life as a guy who talks about sports for money. Been trying to do that

since puberty when I realized I wasn't going to get as tall as everybody else. So, yeah. Anyway, things are going good there, but I appreciate all your guys' questions. I'm out of here, baby. I'm catching a plane.

I'm leaving. I'm headed to the ocean. Everybody take care. That's going to do it for me today, folks. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland, and this

is Locked on Titan.