Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans DRAMA FEST at Rookie Camp as Carnell Tate SITS & Brian Daboll HYPES Cam Ward

Episode Date: May 3, 2026

Tennessee Titans rookie mini-camp took place over the weekend and like always there was drama. First, Robert Saleh decided not to have the draft class, including Carnell Tate, participate due to healt...h concerns. This was criticized by some, but this is a perfectly fine decision that has the player's best interest in mind. Not only that, but focusing on the tryout players makes much more sense. Second, the Titans ran a special teams drill that drew ire from national media, but it shows a lack of understanding of what this camp, and football for that matter, are all about. Titans coordinators spoke over the weekend, including Brian Daboll, and he spoke about Cam Ward and how impressive he has been in a short time so far. Daboll also broke down Tate's skillset and the interior offensive line battle. Gus Bradley also spoke with media and hyped up second-year corner Marcus Harris as a nickel option after Saleh did so the day before.    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. Rugiet Get 15% off your treatment → https://rugiet.com/lockedonnhl Rugiet. Performance medicine for men.   Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONfor $20 off your first purchase.   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 The Tennessee Titans had their rookie minicamp this weekend, and of course, there was drama. But I'll tell you why once again, the media is getting it wrong with the Titans 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 Rowland Titans fans. Today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast is brought to you by Fandle. Right now, new customers can bet just $5 and get $150 and bonus bets
Starting point is 00:00:44 if your first bet wins had to Fandle.com to get started. On today's show, I am going to recap everything. You need to know from Tennessee Titans rookie minicamp. We'll talk about what Gus Bradley and Robert Sala had to say about Marcus Harris at Nickel. Also, Brian Dable talked about Cam Ward, Carnel Tate, but we'll start with all of the drama coming out of Tennessee Titans rookie minicamp and it all started on Friday.
Starting point is 00:01:11 When Robert Sala announced that the Titans draft class, the actual drafted eight players that the Titans selected last weekend, will not participate in the rookie mini camp event over the weekend. And of course, the media ran with that, different fans ran with that, people performative outrage, everything that you see anytime anything like this happens. Oh, Robert Sala, you know, the Jets people, he didn't learn anything from his time with the New York Jets. Oh, the veteran players, the veteran players will be mad about this. How dare they not make the rookies go out there and earn it?
Starting point is 00:01:50 Bup, but, but, but, but fans, oh, the rookies won't be ready. Some people who just want pictures and things like that don't care about the health of the players. but again, everyone is missing the mark on this. Robert Sala has it 100% correct here. Look, if a coach wanted the rookies to participate in rookie minicamp like the Titans have had the last however long, that's not a problem. But that doesn't mean that I have a problem with Robert Sala's approach
Starting point is 00:02:18 of not letting the rookies participate, and his reasoning for it makes a ton of sense. It's about the health and safety of these players. most important rookies at the end of the day. They have been doing combine-related testing, not football testing, not football practice, but working on three cones and agility drills and 40-yard dashes and bench presses and combine interviews.
Starting point is 00:02:47 And they have been doing the draft process prep the entire time. And Robert Sal is saying, I do not believe that their bodies are ready for a full-out football mini camp. I don't believe that. Again, they've been focusing on all these other things that have kept them from being in the shape that they would typically be in to play football. So what we aren't going to do is go out there and make Cornell Tate pull a hammy running routes when he hasn't been working on that stuff for months. When he's been flying all around the country doing 30 visits, draft interviews, media appearances, all these different things that
Starting point is 00:03:27 come with the draft cycle. So I have 0% of an issue with Robert Sala holding back the drafted rookies to look out for their health, look out for the well-being. It's not like he's going to sit the rookies until training
Starting point is 00:03:43 camp. They literally said that when the, you know, rookies join the veterans next week, they'll be there. Like they want to get them up to speed and it's not like they were doing nothing either. We saw some of the rookies out on the field,
Starting point is 00:03:59 getting videos and pictures of them being out there. Cornell Tate was catching some passes on the field. He's not running routes and this and that, but they went through warm-ups, the stretching period. They're just not going to do all the drill work. And if you look at the drills that the Titans were doing during the week, it makes sense that you wouldn't have your drafted rookies
Starting point is 00:04:18 involved with some of the things that were happening. But again, just the performative outrage, finding something to be mad about, creating drama. out of something that really is drama less. 60 undrafted free agent rookies were there to try out in front of the coaching staff. Why does the Titans' number one pick
Starting point is 00:04:40 have to be involved in that or it's a bad thing? Or the veteran players are going to be mad. Or they're soft. They're not going to be ready for the season. What, for two days? At the end of April? Was it May? Was it May already?
Starting point is 00:04:54 Yeah, it was May already? Two days. I just think it's insane, especially when the reasoning behind it is health and safety for these draft picks. How angry would you be if today's show was Carnell Tate hurt his hamstring at rookie minicamp? Is that worth it? They're not playing with Cam Ward.
Starting point is 00:05:18 They're not playing with the O-line. Jeffrey Simmons ain't out there for Keldrick folk to learn from. They're playing with a bunch of dudes who will not be in the NFL. You want Carnell Tate to go out there so you can see videos and pictures or so that the veterans aren't mad or for what? Again, would I be angry if he played them?
Starting point is 00:05:37 No. But I'm not going to be angry that Robert Sala is taking a different approach that again is based on his previous experience with health and safety of players because he said when he was in Jacksonville in the 2000 and teens, I think it was 2015 maybe,
Starting point is 00:05:55 Dante Fowler was the number three pick in the draft, and he tore his ACL at rookie minicamp. So Robert Sala doesn't push the drafted rookies too hard. And outside, if that isn't a good enough reason for you, which I think is insane, that is plenty of a good enough reason to be happy with Robert Sala's approach here.
Starting point is 00:06:15 If that wasn't a good enough reason for you, though, how about this? And more drama, more drama. The Titans were doing drills, all right? and Bones Fossil who everybody in the NFL, media, fans, everybody. Everybody says that Bones Fossil is the best special teams coach in the world. Maybe one of the best special teams coaches in the history of this football league. And yet, you had numerous people criticizing the Titans for a drill that they were running,
Starting point is 00:06:53 where guys start on the ground. They get up, they run through some bags, they do an agility ladder, they dip around some stand-up tackling dummies. They run to the finish line and finish and they try to pick up a tennis ball. The coach bounces at them and they try to pick it up. And everybody is saying,
Starting point is 00:07:11 oh, this drill is stupid. There's no rep in football this long. Why are they doing this, blah, blah, this and that? And you're all idiots. You're morons. Who don't know football. And don't understand coaching. Shut up.
Starting point is 00:07:26 You don't know what you're talking about. You know who does? Bones Fossil. The best special teams coach in the NFL. So a couple of different things, and this all ties together. That's a special teams drill. That's why the drill is so long. No, a wide receiver or a tight end or a cornerback.
Starting point is 00:07:47 The rep isn't going to be that long. But they're working on special teams because these are undrafted free agents. These are rookie tryout players who don't have a contract. These guys have to play special teams. And you know what is a long rep? Kickoff coverage. Punt coverage.
Starting point is 00:08:07 Those are long reps. And outside of, oh, is this simulating, they're testing the players want to. How do you compete in the drill? Do you go hard? How do you move through the bags? Are you a smooth mover? Are you fluid? Do you compete? Do you hustle?
Starting point is 00:08:29 Do you take coaching? When the coach stops you and says, hey, you need to do this as you're going through that. Do you roll your eyes and not listen? Or do you take the coaching? The drill isn't about scheme. They aren't trying to find elite wide receivers and running backs. Those guys get drafted.
Starting point is 00:08:46 They're trying to find guys who are going to hustle. Take coaching. Work hard. compete, go through the drill, maybe play on special teams and use that as a way to get into the NFL. People just, just people do not understand football. And everybody wants to make a joke and get their likes on Twitter and get the interactions that they want. Oh, look, the Titans are dumb. Titans aren't playing their drafted rookies.
Starting point is 00:09:14 Titans are doing a stupid drill. Titans are, blah, blah, oh, the media, the Titans media is all angry now because they have to stay back a certain amount because they're building a stadium and there's health and safety restrictions and but but like it's all just nonsensical drama and in my opinion and look I create content and right now as we speak I am benefiting from the drama that was created by other people because now I can give my opinion on the nonsensical drama but again I can't help it I am a Tennessee Titans fan that is tired of seeing the Titans get disrespected by stupid people.
Starting point is 00:09:57 No, Robert Sala isn't an idiot for protecting his drafted players. He would know. No, Bones Fossil is not an idiot for the drill that he used during the weekend. He may know what he's talking about. And maybe you don't understand what the end goal of the drill is.
Starting point is 00:10:21 And the media restrictions, the Titans are the mafia in the NFL when it comes, the media restrictions. The Titans are the most media restricted team in the entire NFL period. So I'm not shocked by that. Do I like it?
Starting point is 00:10:36 No, but I'm not shocked. We're not going to waste a question at the press conference asking the coach about safety construction media restrictions when we should be talking about football. And shout out to Tehran Davenport, who continues to be the best beat reporter that the Titans have ever had
Starting point is 00:10:53 asking real football questions. And you guys want to talk about the real football because Brian Dable had a lot to say about Cam Ward, Cornell Tate and that interior offensive line. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you
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Starting point is 00:13:03 If you aren't an everydayer, you need to be one. With that being said, though, Xavier Restrepo participated in the rookie mini camp. Now, there was more drama about that. Should a second-year player be allowed in rookie minicamp? The Titans are trying to find the best football players. They could put a 10-year veteran out there. And quite frankly, we have seen veterans participate in rookie minicamp forever in the NFL.
Starting point is 00:13:29 This is not some controversy. This is not some new thing. Chase Claypool. Yes, that Chase Claypool that hasn't been in the NFL since 2023, he participated in the rookie minicamp for the Green Bay Packers this weekend. Chase Claypool. So Xavier Restrepo, an undrafted free agent practice squad player going into year two, is 100% in his rights and logical to be at rookie minicamp.
Starting point is 00:14:01 Again, just people don't quite understand what the real motivation for the coaching staff is here. Like, this is not training camp or mandatory mini camp for the 90-man roster. This is a rookie tryout. Now, I will tell you this, Xavier Restrepo being there, not a good sign for him. Like, if they're like, hey, we're not certain that you're better
Starting point is 00:14:25 than these guys at our rookie tri-out. We want to see you compared to these other rookies to see how you look. That's not a good sign for X. That is, we don't think that we aren't certain that you're good enough to make the 90-man
Starting point is 00:14:44 roster. That's what they're telling Xavier Ostrepo. That's what they're telling us is we don't know that you should even be on the 90. That's why you're at rookie mini-camp tryouts with 60 dudes who aren't going to be in the NFL. Are you better than Tyron Montgomery? Are you better than Hank Beattie? Are you better than James Rex Steiner? Big Papa Pump, son. That's what they're trying to find out. Now with that being said, though, Jim Wyatt from Tennessee Titans.com when he did his observations, he said both days, day one and day two,
Starting point is 00:15:22 Xavier Strepo was active, making plays all over the field. So you could say, well, he's a second-year player, they're all rookies, this and that. But the point was, the Titans want to see just how much better you are than all of these rookies. And Xavier Estrepo proved that he is much better than those rookies based on what we heard from the observations. Tyrone Montgomery,
Starting point is 00:15:48 another guy who I found very, very interesting. At wide receiver is an undrafted free agent. He got a lot of flack for the drill I was talking about that Bones Fossil had the guys going through with the bags and the dip in the bend and the speed and the tennis ball and the agility ladder and all that. Tyrone Montgomery, boy, he looked,
Starting point is 00:16:10 I don't want to downplay him as an athlete. I mean, Tyrone Montgomery was, as been a better athlete than I could ever dream of being. I never even, in my wildest dreams, never dreamed of being as good of an athlete as Tyron Montgomery is. So take that for what it's worth. But his arm was like flailing around. He did not look excessively coordinated. I will tell you that. He was fast.
Starting point is 00:16:34 He was quick. But he didn't look excessively coordinated. One of his arms was like wiggling up. Like it's just a lot of wasted movement. As a track kid, I ran track. Sprinters, baby, realized, let's go. But as a track kid, I look, and I'm like, oh my God, like you're taught to have such minimal movement in track
Starting point is 00:16:55 to restrict, you know, air friction and all this other stuff, like minimal wasted movement. He had so much wasted movement. But, again, Jim White's observation said he made a big high point touchdown catch. Also had a drop, though, was inconsistent. Guys, I've got to tell you the honest truth. Tyron Montgomery is 25 years old. Shouldn't be having inconsistency.
Starting point is 00:17:18 Now, I know that he didn't play football until he was later in life, and that's part of the conversation around Tyron Montgomery. But at the end of the day, that may be why you're far behind, but you're 25 years old and you're far behind in your development. NFL teams just aren't. By the time you develop Ty Montgomery into something, it'll be 27, 28.
Starting point is 00:17:40 why not develop someone who's 21 or 22. You see what I mean? Like, it's that like, yeah, maybe we could develop you into something, but when? What will be the return on investment if we do? You're better off working with a younger guy. That's just the truth of the NFL right there.
Starting point is 00:18:04 That is it. Why would I develop this 25-year-old when I could develop a 21-year-old? if neither of them are that great of players, then what are we doing here? So that's the conversation. Now, the other guy I want to mention here is Emil Wagner,
Starting point is 00:18:20 the offensive tackle out of Notre Dame, who I think has a pretty good shot in a lot of videos. And I think Jim White mentioned this as well, talked about him getting extensive individual working with Carmen Bracillo, the Tennessee Titans offensive line coach. And I think the reason for that is, I think Emil Wagner could be a guy that takes Brendan Crenshaw-Dixon's spot
Starting point is 00:18:43 as the development offensive tackle. Like, I think that Emil Wagner could get that. Because whether we like it or not, and I don't like it. Austin Declis will probably be the swing tackle, or Brendan Crenshaw-Dixon or Emil Wagner will beat him out for that spot. But in my mind, Austin Declis is, is the next rung up. Right now, it's Brendan Crenshaw Dixon
Starting point is 00:19:11 against Amil Wagner for the low-level roster offensive tackle that we want to develop. And if one of those guys does well enough in the coming months, then he could potentially beat out Austin Declis. But if you're looking at the Mortal Kombat roster battle, it's Emil Wagner and Brendan Crenshaw-Dixon
Starting point is 00:19:31 against each other right now. Now again, those are the guys that were out on the field. Bishop Fitzgerald, the safety out of USC, who I'm very interested in. Him and Tyron Montgomery got some love from Bones Fossil for the way that they competed in the drill in the Bones Fossil
Starting point is 00:19:49 Mic'd Up video, which I encourage you guys to watch on Tennessee Titans' YouTube channel, but Bones Fossil was miced up and he gave some praise to Bishop Fitzgerald and to Tyron Montgomery for the way that they went through the drill. Said they were moving well and all of that. So those are two guys that we definitely should have our eye on moving forward.
Starting point is 00:20:08 But we talk all offense guys. I had to mention Bishop Fitzgerald, who I'm pretty high on. Now, Brian Dable talked about Cam Ward. He said Cam is a young professional. He wants to be great. Good at communicating about what he's seeing on tape. Picks things up quickly. Has a good relationship with him.
Starting point is 00:20:30 Thankful that he gets to work with Cam Ward. after the relationship he built with him last draft cycle when he was with the Giants. So loved hearing that. He talked about Carnell Tate. He said Carnell Tate has to earn it, but he's mature, good and contested, good route runner, good body quickness,
Starting point is 00:20:51 said they'll give him as much as he can handle. They want all the wide receivers to learn all the different spots. I found those comments very interesting. We may dive more into the comments from the coach, staff, Robert Sala, Brian Dable, but I wanted to make sure I mentioned some of these big time quotes. Again, I feel like I might take some time to dive more
Starting point is 00:21:10 into them because there's so much meat on the bone with what Brian Dable and Gus Bradley and Robert Sala had to say over the weekend outside of the football that actually took place. But I loved hearing him talk about Cornell Tate like that. He mentioned the interior offensive line
Starting point is 00:21:26 and I hated his answer. He said it's going to sort itself out in the months he's like right now you know we're just trying to get accustomed to the guys learn the guys
Starting point is 00:21:38 blah blah but you know there's veterans there's young guys they're all going to compete it's going to sort itself out okay
Starting point is 00:21:46 well that's like saying to me I have $500 I have $1,000 worth of bills and when you ask me how I'm going to do my budget I say oh well
Starting point is 00:21:58 it'll sort itself out yeah you'll pay a couple your bills and then not have money for the rest. Yeah, the O line will sort itself out. Yeah, you'll be using some bombs as starters on the offensive line. So, of course, it's going to sort itself out. To me, it was such a silly response
Starting point is 00:22:18 and I'm sure that, you know, Brian Dable doesn't want to say anything too much of value, you know, coach speak. He just wants to get through the interview without causing any problems. But like, DUD's going to sort itself out. has to. You have to have a starting offensive line. The problem is, is how good is it going to be
Starting point is 00:22:39 when it sorts itself out? Is it going to be okay when it sorts itself out? And my answer right now is no. So, oh, he said it's going to sort itself out. What else are he going to say? Yeah, our offensive line is terrible. We botched the offseason in that regard. I don't have a good plan going forward to how we're going to make this work. He's not going to say that. So, oh, it'll sort itself out. Somebody will establish themselves. Someone will win the battle.
Starting point is 00:23:09 Yeah, it doesn't mean it'll be someone good. So my concerns about the interior offensive line and the offensive line in general still at max capacity at this time. Give me Kevin Zeitler and I'll feel better. All right, I'll feel better. But with that being said, we got to talk a little bit about defense
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Starting point is 00:25:39 We talked about some guys who stood out on the actual field, some things that Brian Dable had to say about the offense. Now I want to talk about what Robert Sala and Gus Bradley had to say about the defense. particularly Marcus Harris at slot cornerback. Before I do though, I do want to thank you again for making Locked on Titans. Your first listen each and every day. You guys need to check out the Locked on Titans Every Dayer Club. Hit the link down below in the description to join.
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Starting point is 00:26:32 Marcus Harris as the nickelback. And quite honestly, they don't even need to. Isn't that the expectation? Right now, as things stand, if you had to put together a Titan starting defense, wouldn't Marcus Harris be the starting slot cornerback anyways? Now, I think that the Titans could use some big nickel with Kevin Winston as a safety.
Starting point is 00:26:57 But if you're just like, hey, who's the Titan starting slot cornerback? It's, we always said it was Marcus Harris. So Robert Salah is talking about the cornerback position and that nickel back spot. And he says, don't sleep on Marcus Harris. called him a bigger-bodied option in there, which we'll get to that in a second. I don't get it.
Starting point is 00:27:21 But Robert Sala says, hey, don't sleep on Marcus Harris and brings him up unprompted. And then we get to day two. And Gus Bradley starts talking about Marcus Harris. Big-bodied guy, willing to be physical.
Starting point is 00:27:41 I think he could impress people. We liked what we saw. All right. Let's break that down. Marcus Harris always made sense as the starting nickel cornerback. Again, it's been the expectation all along. Outside of the injury, he had a pretty good rookie season. Some of the advanced analytics on Marcus Harris, separation prevented, things like that,
Starting point is 00:28:08 looks very good. I think that Marcus Harris is going to be awesome in coverage. The problem is, I do not think, that Marcus Harris can be the every down nickel. I don't think that he's physical enough against the run. He's not big enough either. That's one thing that perplexed me
Starting point is 00:28:28 and I even tweeted it out and everybody got mad and, you know, this and that, blah, blah, blah. But Robert Salah and Gus Bradley both called Marcus Harris a bigger-bodied nickel. No, he isn't. He's 5'11,
Starting point is 00:28:45 190 pounds. He's not a bigger body nickel. Roger McCreery was 511, 190 pounds. Has anybody ever called Roger McCreery a bigger nickel? No, because he isn't. Nick Eamonwary at 6 foot 3, 220 pounds is a big nickel. Caleb Downs at 6 foot 200 is a big nickel. Jalen Petrie
Starting point is 00:29:16 At 6 foot, 200 is a big nickel. Like, I, I, I, I'm not saying that Marcus Harris can't be the nickel. And I'm not saying that it's impossible for Marcus Harris to be the every down nickel. But Gus Bradley even said, yeah, we're going to see how it looks and we've used safeties in the big nickel package before. Marcus Harris is not a big body nickel. Now he's not a small nickel back. There are nickels out there who are 5 foot 8, 185, 5 foot 9, 190.
Starting point is 00:30:01 Yeah, he's 5 foot 11 190. He's a little bit taller than them, a little bit longer than them. But acting like he's a big nickel in today's NFL. Now, Robert Sala has used some small, guys at nickel back before. So maybe he's a bigger nickel for Sala, but he's
Starting point is 00:30:25 not a big nickel by NFL standards. This is like the same dude that said Cedric Gray is going to play Sam. Been arguing with me about it. Like, brother, come on. What are we doing here? I just I don't get it. So
Starting point is 00:30:41 Marcus Harris getting hype and he should get hype. He should be the starting slot cornerback right now. but he's not a big slot cornerback by any measure in the NFL. There's no way you could say, if you want to come to me and say he's an average size nickel.
Starting point is 00:30:59 He's not small, he's an average size nickel. Okay, all right, okay, I'll concede that. 511, 190. Let's say he added five pounds of muscle. You know, he's 511, 195,
Starting point is 00:31:15 longer arms for a guy his size. Okay, he's an average size nickel. Not small. He's not big either. So it just, I don't know. It's grinding my gears that they keep saying that. But whatever. If that's how they feel, great.
Starting point is 00:31:32 I hope Marcus Harris does awesome. Again, he's been expected to be the starter all along. Gus Bradley talked about how they view linebacker and how the mic and the will need to have similar skill sets and whoever is the best communicator out of those will end up being the Mike green dot linebacker. So the skill set for Will and Mike doesn't have to be that different. That's important information for us to know.
Starting point is 00:31:58 Also, he talked about how Anthony Hill could be similar to Bobby Wagner and they have similar builds. Now, he didn't bring up the comparison someone in the media did, but he didn't shoot it down either. So I think that that is interesting to note is that Gus Bradley sees some similarities there as well. But again, there is so much.
Starting point is 00:32:22 When I was making my notes for this show, I had to leave so much on the cutting room floor because of all the different things that were said by the coaches over the weekend. We'll probably dive more into that throughout the week and I'm going to do my initial 53-man roster. And the rookies join up with the veterans next weekend. We're going to be talking about that later in the week as well.
Starting point is 00:32:43 So much content coming your way. So much to discuss here. Make sure that you stay locked in with the number one Titans podcast in the world Locked on Titans. But that's going to do it for me today. Folks, as always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland,
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