Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans L'Jarius Sneed OWNS Stefon Diggs, Sneed Contract Details & Buffalo Bills Trade Down Madness

Episode Date: April 3, 2024

The Tennessee Titans saw division rival Houston Texans make a big splash on Wednesday when they acquired Stefon Diggs, but the media hype continues to be way overblown and L'Jarius Sneed owns Diggs an...yways. Next, the full details of Sneed's contract are now out and it just keeps looking better and better for the Titans. Finally, with the Bills trading Diggs, some Titans fans are already talking about trading down and moving down that far would be absolute madness.  Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitans TicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop/tictactitans-gear/C3AAPNWXSXA6SBYG3USV2I7R?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitans Follow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPod Subscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitans/videos Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!eBay MotorsFor parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit at eBayMotos.com. Let’s ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. RobinhoodRobinhood has the only IRA that gives you a 3% boost on every dollar you contribute when you subscribe to Robinhood Gold. Now through April 30th, Robinhood is even boosting every single dollar you transfer in from other retirement accounts with a 3% match. Available to U.S. customers in good standing. Robinhood Financial LLC (member SIPC), is a registered broker dealer. BetterHelpThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Make your brain your friend, with BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/LOCKEDON today to get 10% off your first month. GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase.FanDuelNew customers, join today and you’ll get TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in BONUS BETS if your first bet of FIVE DOLLARS or more wins. Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started. 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)

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Tennessee Titans saw the Houston Texans trade for Stephon Diggs on Wednesday, but LeJarius Sneed owns Stephon Diggs. I am not impressed. I'll explain why 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.
Starting point is 00:00:39 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 GameTime. Download the GameTime app, create an account, use the code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. I am fired up for today's show. The Texans trade for Stephon Diggs, but LeJarrius Sneed owns Stephon Diggs, so who cares?
Starting point is 00:01:07 Also, we got the details on LeJarrius Sneed's contract, and it is an absolute steal. And finally, no, the Titans should not trade down with the Buffalo Bills after the Stephon Diggs trade. I'll dive into all of that before I do. Thank you for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day, Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round, always for free.
Starting point is 00:01:31 Make sure you get subscribed, stay subscribed. It's your team every day here on the Locked on Titans podcast. Throw a thumbs up on the video if you're watching on YouTube and shout out to my everydayers out there tuning in Monday through Friday. Couldn't do it without you guys. And if you aren't an everydayer, you need to be one. But with that being said, again, the big news on Wednesday in the NFL is that the Houston Texans traded for Stephon Diggs. They traded a second round pick in 2025. They got back Stephon Diggs in a fifth and a sixth next year. And of course, the instant reaction from everyone around the NFL
Starting point is 00:02:06 is how great of a deal this is for the Texans. The Texans do it again. What an all season. I mean, color me unimpressed. The Texans got better this year. I'm not saying that. And I'll also say this. The Texans are the best team in the AFC South on paper right now.
Starting point is 00:02:25 If I had to make my predictions, I would tell you I think the Texans do win the division. So I'm not saying that the Texans aren't a good team or whatever, but I just don't understand the fanfare here. Number one, they added Daniil Hunter, who is a 30-year-old edge rusher that they paid a ton of money to when they had Jonathan Grenard already. And then they go out and trade for Stephon Diggs, who's going to be 31 years old by the time the season starts, has rapidly declined at the end of last year.
Starting point is 00:02:53 Stephon Diggs had zero, zero hundred yard games in the last 13 games of last year. Not only that, but he had a huge drop in yards per route run, yards per catch, yards per target, catch percentage. Not only all of that, but he is an absolute drama queen. Like, Stephon Diggs is on the sideline every single week
Starting point is 00:03:15 screaming at Josh Allen, yelling at the coaches, throwing a fit, making a scene. You're going to say, so, Stephon Diggs has been getting 150, 160 targets every year for four years, and you're going to put him on an offense with Dalton Schultz and Nico Collins and Tank Dell? What do you think that Stephon Diggs is going to do when CJ Stroud throws the ball more to the
Starting point is 00:03:40 better player in Nico Collins? Nico Collins is a better player than 31-year-old Stephon Diggs. So what is Diggs going to do when he's not getting the rock 160 times a year? He was already throwing fits when he was getting it 160 times a year. Going to the playoffs, winning playoff games, making deep postseason runs. So you're telling me he was unhappy in that scenario and he's going to go to the Texans with a second year quarterback with players who should get the ball more than him with a team that's not guaranteed to win as many playoff games or make deep runs all the time and he's going to be happy? So to me, this trade for Stephon Diggs is more like the Titans trade for Julio Jones than
Starting point is 00:04:24 it is anything else. You're not getting Stephon Diggs in his prime. Stephon Diggs is more like the Titans trade for Julio Jones than it is anything else. You're not getting Stephon Diggs in his prime. Stephon Diggs statistically is on the decline. And the history is out there of wide receivers once they hit 31. It would be one thing for the Texans to sign a Stephon Diggs to $20 million a year or whatever. It would be one thing to do that. But to trade a second round pick to do it?
Starting point is 00:04:48 So the Texans, two big additions this year, are two players who are on the decline and towards the end of their career. And I'm supposed to freak out and say that they're Super Bowl contenders now? Not a chance. And not only that, but LeJarrius Sneed literally owns Stephon Diggs. He owns him. In the last five games that Stephon Diggs
Starting point is 00:05:09 has played against LeJarius Sneed, when LeJarius Sneed has matched up against Stephon Diggs, he is three for ten, three catches out of ten targets with 37 yards and zero touchdowns. Last year, in their regular season game,
Starting point is 00:05:28 Josh Allen targeted Stephon Diggs five times when LeJarrius Sneed was on him. Zero catches. I'll say it in English. Zero catches. Zero yards. Zero touchdowns. So what am I worried about here? The Titans just bolstered their
Starting point is 00:05:47 cornerback group. They now have LeJarius Sneed who owns Stephon Diggs. Chito with ton of experience going against Stephon Diggs. And Roger McCreary, who's one of the top five slot cornerbacks in the NFL. Top ten at minimum.
Starting point is 00:06:04 And everybody's like, oh, well, you know, you put Snead on Diggs. What about Nico? What about... Well, last year, against Roger McCreary, who is significantly smaller and not an outside corner, but against Nico Collins, Nico had one catch for negative two yards. Okay, look. Again, the Texans are good.
Starting point is 00:06:27 They're the best team on paper in the AFC South. They're the favorites to win the division. CJ Stroud, very good player. But again, we have seen this movie before. After Trevor Lawrence's second season, the Jags were the crown jewel of the NFL. Did you see that comeback in the playoffs? Did you see them go toe-to-toe with the Jags were the crown jewel of the NFL. Do you see that comeback in the playoffs? Do you see them go toe-to-toe with the Chiefs?
Starting point is 00:06:49 Trevor Lawrence is going to be MVP. The Jags are going to run the division for years. But we heard it all. We heard it all. I have seen this movie before. And I think that C.J. Stroud is a better player than Trevor Lawrence. But, like, what are we doing here? I got people online telling me that C.J. Stroud is better than Josh Lawrence. But like, what are we doing here? I got people online telling me that C.J. Stroud is better than Josh Allen.
Starting point is 00:07:09 That C.J. Stroud is the second best quarterback in the league. Like, what are we doing here? What is going on? So again, I think the Texans are a good team. I think they probably win the division. I think C.J. Stroud is a very good player. I loved C.J. Stroud coming out of the draft, was my QB1, far and away, far above
Starting point is 00:07:29 everybody else. So I'm not trying to hate here, but at the same time, this hype train for the Texans all season and what they've done, I am just not on board. I just do not get it. And I think it's outrageous at the end of the day. And especially when you talk about a player who, again, 31 years old, owned by LeJarrius Sneed. I mean, Stephon Diggs is LeJarrius Sneed's son, for real. So I'm just having a hard time understanding this national media freakout about the Houston Texans. Even if I think they're a good team, I don't think that they've done some crazy thing to get better. Aziz Alshire is a replacement level linebacker. Danico Autry got $20 million and he's 34. I love Nico, but what? So your big additions are giving Aziz Alshire the most
Starting point is 00:08:20 guaranteed money of any linebacker when he is an average run-of-the-mill replacement level linebacker. Giving a 34-year-old Danico Autry $20 million until he's 36 years old. Trading for a 31-year-old declining Stephon Diggs, giving up a second round pick, and then signing a 30-year-old edge rusher. That is the best all season in the NFL. Like Delaney Walker once said, crown him if you want to crown him. Still got to play football. So with that being said, I'm going to move forward here. We got the final details on the Jarius Sneed's contract. And of course, it's an even better deal than we first expected.
Starting point is 00:09:01 I'll show you guys the details. Before we get into that, than we first expected. I'll show you guys the details. Before we get into that, I do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by Robinhood. Did you know that even if you have a 401k for retirement, you could still have an IRA?
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Starting point is 00:10:44 and how LeJarrius Sneans trade for Stephon Diggs does not move me and how LeJarrius Sneed literally owns Stephon Diggs. Now I want to get into LeJarrius Sneed's contract because we had some of the numbers. We had four years, 76 million, 19 million average. We had 55 million guaranteed, which like I've been saying, the details that get reported are never the details that are real. So we're going to dive into the real details of Logerius Sneed's contract and look at where the Titans are at from a cap space perspective. And if you've been listening to the Locked on Titans podcast every day, you would already know exactly where their cap space is
Starting point is 00:11:22 before the official details of this deal came out because your boy told you what they were. But we're going to get into all of that before we do. Thank you again for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round, always for free. Make sure you get subscribed. Stay subscribed. It's your
Starting point is 00:11:39 team every day. Tomorrow, probably going to do a mailbag episode. Feel like after free agency now, I kind of need to take your guys' questions and see how you're feeling there. And then next week, we're going to start the Locked on Titans NFL Draft Preview Series. I got some great Joe Alt stuff coming up as well. Very excited to dive into all that. But Legereus needs contract. Of course, the details that we got about the average and everything, it is four years, $76 million. So that's an average of 19 million, which as I told you guys before is only the sixth highest paid contract for cornerbacks
Starting point is 00:12:11 in the NFL. So it's the sixth highest average pay. What a deal for LeJarrius Needle is a top three cornerback in the NFL, maybe top one. I would hear top one. I do like sauce gone quite a bit though. Patrick Sertan Jr., very good. Anyway, that's a conversation for a different day, but LeJerry Steed is up there, and clearly the Titans are getting a bargain here. Then you go to the guaranteed money, and all we heard was $55
Starting point is 00:12:35 million guaranteed. $55 million guaranteed. Well, folks, of course, that is not the truth. The truth of the matter is LeJerry Steed had $44 million guaranteed. So basically, if you want to look at it, this is a two-year, $44 million deal. The Titans can have Legereus Sneed for two years,
Starting point is 00:12:59 and then if it doesn't work out, they can cut him with $12 million in dead cap. And I know $12 million in dead cap sounds like a lot, but the NFL salary cap right now is $255 million. In two years, it's going to be $270 million. In two years, it's going to be $265 million, whatever. So $12 million to $270 million or $265 million, percentage-wise, that's not that much.
Starting point is 00:13:20 I've been talking about this as we've gone through the contract details of all the Titans' big free agent signings, saying, hey, some of these deals are going to work out, and the Titans are going to keep these players more than just two years. But some of them probably won't, and they'll only be on the team for two years. So it's not like all of the dead cap hits that we've talked about are all going to come on 2026 and be there.
Starting point is 00:13:42 Some of them may. Some of them might not. You know what I'm saying? Like, not every signing that the Titans have is going to be a bust. Some of them are going to work. Hopefully all of them work, but reality is probably one or two of these big signings, Pollard, Cushenberry, Sneed, Ridley, you know, one of those is probably not going to work out as well as we hope. That's just the reality of life. But maybe they all hit. But if not, I'm just saying, the Titans are not going to be in a bad spot in 2026
Starting point is 00:14:09 if some of these deals don't work out because the Titans have positioned things very smartly where they put a ton of money into next year. Like Calvin Ridley, $28 million cap hit in 2025. LeJarius Sneed, $24 million cap hit in 2025. Legereus Sneed, $24 million cap hit in 2025. The Titans know that they don't have anybody to pay anytime soon. So if they pay big time money on the salary cap for those couple of players in 2025, they can afford to do that. I mean, right now the Titans are set to have like $100 million in cap space next year. Now that won't be the case by the time we get there, which we learned this year and figured, obviously.
Starting point is 00:14:47 But just saying, the Titans are going to have a ton of cap room next year, even with these big deals that they're going to have when the cap hits jump up. LeJarrius Sneed's cap hit is $9 million this year. That is 17th among cornerbacks in the NFL. So, third in cash, sixth in average, fourth in guaranteed, 17th in cap hit.
Starting point is 00:15:11 Again, the more details that we get and when reality starts to come out, it is obvious that this contract is a major, major steal for the Titans. For the Titans to only have to pay this kind of money when you have cornerbacks making a ton more in guaranteed cash, and for the Titans. For the Titans to only have to pay this kind of money when you have cornerbacks making a ton more in guaranteed cash. And for the Titans to have only given up a third round pick in
Starting point is 00:15:29 2025 and then the seventh round swap this year. Whatever. That's nothing. I mean, an absolute masterclass by Rancart Dawn. And the more we know, the more it is confirmed how great of a move this was for the Titans. And, throw this in, now that the Texans have traded for Stephon Diggs,
Starting point is 00:15:49 trade looks even better for the Titans. They needed this. So, absolutely love the deal. Love the contract for LeJarius Sneed. As for where the Titans are at cap space-wise, right now. Again, a couple of weeks ago, when we did the draft free agency
Starting point is 00:16:06 or trade or draft free agency or both is what it was. When we played draft free agency or both, at the end of the show, I went over how much cap space the Titans actually have remaining. And I told you, right now if you go on these websites
Starting point is 00:16:19 like spottrack.com and of course spottrack.com, that's where I got the Legereus Sneed contract information. So shout out to that website. Great stuff over there. If you go to spottrack.com. That's where I got the Legereus Sneed contract information. So shout out to that website. Great stuff over there. If you go to spottrack.com, if you go to overthecap.com,
Starting point is 00:16:30 these cap management websites for the NFL, you would think the Titans had $50 million in cap. And all of your friends who don't listen to the show and aren't as informed as you are, they're telling you the Titans got $50 million in cap space. They should be going out and doing this and going out and doing that and blah, blah, blah, blah, and this and that. And I told you, yes, it looks like they have $50 million in cap space.
Starting point is 00:16:53 But we had unconfirmed details on Kenneth Murray, Jack Gibbons, Nick Folk, Nick Westbrook-Akene, Sadiq Charles. There were smaller moves that we didn't have the details on yet, and I said that would probably be about $10 to $12 million of cap space right there. So chunk that off, and that gets you to $40, $38 right in there. And I said LeJarius Sneed. We don't have the cap hit details, but that's probably going to be $10 to $12 million on the cap,
Starting point is 00:17:19 maybe $14 at the max if the Titans front load it, but that's going to drop you from 3840 down to 2820, or 2830, somewhere in there, $30 million in cap space. And then you add on the $7.5 million that represents the Titans rookies, and in reality, the Titans had $22, $23, 24 million dollars in cap space which is nowhere near the 50 million dollars that your uninformed friends who clicked on spot track told you that they had.
Starting point is 00:17:53 So I tried to tell everybody where they were at and now that we have all these details, we have LeJarrius Sneed as a 10 million dollar cap hit. We have the details on Folt and Charles and these auxiliary guys that the Titans signed, and we know about the rookies. Well, now the Titans have $22, $23, $24 million in cap space.
Starting point is 00:18:12 There's a little bit of a million dollar to $1 million window, depending on the site that you go to, because they do calculate things a little bit differently. But at the end of the day, I told you, and it is proven out here now that the Titans have about $22 to $24 million in cap space to actually work with. They're going to want to carry over some of that cap space into the regular season so that they can sign guys, they get cut after training camp, so that they can make moves during the year
Starting point is 00:18:38 when injuries happen, and they can add to the roster and all that. So, if we're honest, effective cap space that the Titans can actually use, it's realistically probably $7 million, $10 million at maximum. So you look at a guy like Justin Simmons. You look at some interior defensive line options. You look at some linebackers that are still available in free agency.
Starting point is 00:19:02 Places, maybe offensive tackles, which we have talked about. You look at those situations, and the Titans just simply don't have as much money as maybe some people think that they do. So maybe one or two more veteran additions probably going to come after the draft, but we're getting down to, hey, the Titans need to hit the draft to fill some of these spots. But with that being said, speaking of the draft, some of you want to see the Titans trade down, and now some people
Starting point is 00:19:26 are saying the Titans should trade down with the Buffalo Bills because they need to jump up and get a wide receiver. But the Titans can't give great players to other teams. I'm going to explain the trade details that I've seen and why I think it's insane for the Titans to do it. Before I get into that, though,
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Starting point is 00:22:22 Before I get into it, thank you again for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day. Tomorrow will be a mailbag episode. Hit me up on Twitter at TicTacTitans. Let me know your question. Also, next week, Locked on Titans NFL Draft Preview Series begins. I think I'm going to start off with the offensive tackles because I have a lot to say about
Starting point is 00:22:41 the offensive tackles. But got to cap off today's show. And this idea that the Titans need to trade down in the first round has perplexed me, frustrated me, angered me at times. And it's only getting dumber. Like, the ideas are only getting dumber as we get closer to the NFL draft. So I've already said, I don't want the Titans to trade down. And here is why.
Starting point is 00:23:07 Pretty simple. The Titans need top tier talent. The Titans need blue chip players. The Titans need top 10 players at their position in the NFL. Look around. All right, look at the Chiefs. Mahomes, Kelsey, Trey Smith, Creed Humphrey, Chris
Starting point is 00:23:28 Jones, LeJarius Sneed, maybe Trent McDuffie as well. The Chiefs have five to eight players who are in the top five. I mean, Mahomes is number one. Kelsey's number one. Chris Jones is number one. Trey Smith and Creed Humphrey, probably
Starting point is 00:23:44 top ten at their position. Maybe even higher for Creed Humphrey, he might be top five. Chris Jones is No. 1. Trey Smith and Creed Humphrey, probably top 10 at their position. Maybe even higher for Creed Humphrey. He might be top 5. Chris Jones, top 5. LeJarrius Sneed, top 5. Trent McDuffie, top 10, top 15 at max. What wins in professional sports is elite high-level players. And especially in the NFL.
Starting point is 00:24:03 Do you guys know the term JAG? A JAG. J-A-G. Not the Jaguars. JAG. That has been a term in the NFL for decades. Since before I was even born, the term JAG was used in the NFL. And do you know what it stands for?
Starting point is 00:24:19 Just another guy. 75%, maybe 80% of the NFL is just another guy. Replacement level. Look at a guy like Aziz. Aziz Alshire is a perfect example. He was a backup linebacker in San Francisco. He was an average linebacker for the Titans. You could change out Aziz Alshire with 20 other middle linebackers in the NFL and it would be just the same. David Long, Aziz, none of these guys are difference makers. They're just average
Starting point is 00:24:52 replacement level players. Or average starters. Most of the NFL's, like, if you took the middle 50% of every NFL roster and you just switched them around, the teams would probably finish in the same exact places because the best players are what makes a difference.
Starting point is 00:25:15 The Tennessee Titans need depth, but you know what they need more? High level players. The Titans need top 10 players at their position. And yes, you can hit on draft picks in the mid rounds. Yes, that is absolutely possible. But the reality is, and especially when you're talking offensive line, the better players are drafted earlier in the draft. Like look at quarterback. Look at wide receiver. Look at offensive line, folks. Look at offensive tackle specifically. The better players are typically found early in the draft, especially at offensive tackle.
Starting point is 00:26:00 So, I saw a trade proposal where the Titans trade back all the way to 28 for pick 60, pick 128, and a first rounder in 2025, and a fourth rounder in 2025 from Buffalo. It's basically a similar trade to what the Falcons made with the Browns to trade up for Julio Jones. This would be an outright disaster. Number one, the Titans cannot afford to go back to 28.
Starting point is 00:26:29 There are not 32 first round talents in the draft. There never is. Never does any scout have 32 first round grades on players. The Titans cannot afford to trade back that far and miss on Joe Ault, Malik Nabors, Roma Dunzay, hell, even Brock Bowers. Even Oluf Ashanu, J.C. Latham. I'll even put him in there.
Starting point is 00:26:56 Like, I will not be happy if the Titans trade back to 11, 12, 13. I think that's a mistake. I think you's a mistake. I think you take Joe Ault, you take Malik Nabors, you take Roma Dunzay, and you're riding to the sun. But if the Titans miss on all of those players I just mentioned to trade back to number 28 to take, what, Kingsley Suomata? Or Tyler Guyton? Like, for what? For what?
Starting point is 00:27:25 Pick 60? A first round pick next year? The Bills are going to make the playoffs next year. And at minimum, they're going to be 10-7, 9-8. It's not going to be a good draft pick. It's going to be another draft pick where you don't get a first round talent. It's going to be another draft pick where you're at 17, 18, 19, 20, 20 or later. And now you're trading a Joe Ault, a Malik Neighbors, a Roma Dunze.
Starting point is 00:27:53 For what? For two Bs? For two 20 or later picks? It makes zero sense. I say it in Spanish. Cero. It makes cero sense. Insanity is what it is.
Starting point is 00:28:08 The Titans can absolutely not, absolutely not trade back that far. That is absurd. To even contemplate it, and again, as we get closer to the draft and people start to get bored, things get even more wacky. I just finished watching my Joe Alt film review stuff,
Starting point is 00:28:26 diving into all this tape, passing on that guy to have pick 22 in next year's draft and pick 22 in this year's draft is insane. Think of the Bills do the same thing next year. So you would rather have pick 28 this year and pick 28 next year than Joe Alt. Again, top tier players, top 10, top 5 players. That's what wins in the NFL, not depth.
Starting point is 00:28:56 You can change the depth on basically, you could give the Chiefs the Bengals depth guys, or you could give the Bengals the Eagles depth guys, and it wouldn't change a freaking thing because the high level players are what makes a difference and the Titans need high level players like Malik
Starting point is 00:29:13 neighbors like Joe all way more than they need depth players so asinine insane get it out of here. The Titans cannot make that trade with the Buffalo Bills. But with that being said,
Starting point is 00:29:32 I was fired up today, folks. I wasn't lying to you. I was not lying. Mail back tomorrow. That is going to do it for me today, folks. As always, I'm your host, Tyler Rowland. This is Locked on Titan.

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