Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans L'Jarius Sneed Trade a STEAL, Brian Callahan Talks Roles & NFL Rule Changes Impact Titans

Episode Date: March 26, 2024

The Tennessee Titans acquired top corner L'Jarius Sneed and as more information comes out it becomes clearer the Titans got a major STEAL. Next, Brian Callahan had some interesting things to say about... roles on the Titans during the owner's meetings. Finally, the NFL changed a bunch of rules on Tuesday and they will have a major impact on the Titans. GET SUBSCRIBED for year round Tennessee Titans film content!! L'Jarius Sneed FILM BREAKDOWN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPWGzdztmac #TicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop/tictactitans-gear/C3AAPNWXSXA6SBYG3USV2I7R?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitans 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 LOCKEDON 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 New Tennessee Titans cornerback LeJarius Sneed was an absolute steal. 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 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 LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase.
Starting point is 00:00:58 LeJarius Sneed was an absolute steal. I'm going to explain why. Also, Brian Callahan speaks on specific roles for offensive players. Very interesting quotes there. And the NFL released a ton of new rules on Tuesday, and some of them have a big impact on the Tennessee Titans. I'm going to dive into all of that. Before I do, thank you for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day. Remember, Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round,
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Starting point is 00:01:41 tuning in Monday through Friday. Couldn't do it without you guys. Also want to let you know, my Legereus Sneed film breakdown will be live at 8 a.m. Eastern time on the Tic Tac Titans film channel. I'm going to put a link down below in the description to that video. Make sure that you guys check it out. And also, get yourself some Tic Tac Titans merch that my sister so graciously created.
Starting point is 00:02:05 But with that being said, all the promo out of the way. LeJarius Sneed was an absolute steal for the Tennessee Titans. I mean, number one, just as a player, we've discussed it all week. Lockdown, shutdown, number one corner, press your number one wide receiver, dominate the matchup. Andy Reid talked to Paul Kaharski at the league owners' meetings and even said LeJarrius Sneed is as good of a person as he is a player. Incredibly tough.
Starting point is 00:02:33 Shutting down No. 1 wide receivers every week for us. And he admitted, no, it's kind of a financial thing. The reason they had to let Sneed go. They have other people to pay, obviously. They're paying Mahomes and Kelsey and Chris Jones and so many people. Such big money that somebody had to go. They have other people to pay, obviously. They're paying Mahomes and Kelsey and Chris Jones and so many people such big money that somebody had to go. And the Titans in that scenario
Starting point is 00:02:52 were able to slide in and again get an absolute steal in the deal that they got for LeJarius Snead. And it's multi-level here. It's not just the money. It's not just the trade terms. It is both. So number one, let's look at the contract because the
Starting point is 00:03:07 contract became official on Tuesday. The Titans still haven't tweeted it out, but we got Ian Rappaport tweeting it out reporting from Paul Kaharski that the physical was done. So the Jerry Estes passed his physical. That will secure the deal for the Titans and the contract
Starting point is 00:03:23 for years $76 million, with $55 million guaranteed. And that sounds like a lot of money, and don't get me wrong. It absolutely is a boatload of money. But when you look at that within the scale of other cornerbacks, it becomes obvious how much of a steal the Tennessee Titans really got. Number one, we're going to look at some information
Starting point is 00:03:49 from SpotTrack.com. Mike Giannetti, I believe, is the guy's name who runs the account here. The highest paid cornerbacks based on average salary in the NFL, LeJarrius Sneed is sixth. Jair Alexander at $21 million. Denzel Ward at 20 million
Starting point is 00:04:06 Marshawn Lattimore at 19.5 Marlon Humphrey at 19.5 Trevon Diggs at 19.4 all of them are getting a higher average salary per year than LeJarrius Sneed who in my opinion outside of Denzel Ward
Starting point is 00:04:22 and maybe Sauce Gardner I would take LeJarrius Sneed over all of those cornerbacks. So we were hearing when everything was getting fleshed out that LeJarrius Sneed was going to be looking at $22 million per season, $21 million per season, and clearly that did not happen. So an excellent, excellent value. And again, once Sauce Gardner gets paid here soon, some of these other cornerback contracts come in.
Starting point is 00:04:48 Like we talked about with Calvin Ridley, this is incredible value by Rand Carthon on the average per year. But not only that, look at the guaranteed money, the $55 million in guaranteed money for LeJarius Sneed. Again, according to SpotTrack, that is only the fourth highest guaranteed total in the NFL. Denzel Ward got 71 million guaranteed. Marlon Humphrey, who I believe Lajarius Sneed is a much better player than right now, got 67 million dollars. Marshawn Lattimore, 58 million dollars.
Starting point is 00:05:22 Lajarius Sneed got less than all of them in guaranteed money. And that's not even like you get the guaranteed money and then you get the fully guaranteed money afterwards. So that total is going to be even lower when we get the full details of the contract structure. So you're telling me that the Tennessee Titans gave a brand new contract to LeJarius Sneed, who was just maybe the best corner in the NFL last year,
Starting point is 00:05:50 and they paid the fifth most or the fourth most and guaranteed the sixth most in average per year? That is an absolute value and an absolute steal, and I think the Titans really benefited here by sneaking in late in the process because we're halfway through the first week of free agency. We're through the first week of free agency. There was nobody else with the money to make this deal. So the Titans did a great job with the contract, getting good value there. But also look at the trades. You want to talk about the
Starting point is 00:06:21 trade terms. Look at the trades for cornerbacks that have happened in recent years. Carlton Davis and a sixth and a fifth or a sixth in 2024, a sixth in 2025 and Carlton Davis got a 2024 third round pick. And LeJarrius Sneed only gets a seventh round pick swap in a third next year. Snead only gets a seventh round pick swap and a third next year? What? How is that possible? Not only that, Razul Douglas, good player Razul Douglas, but Razul Douglas got a third round pick in 2024.
Starting point is 00:07:01 The Packers traded him to the Bills for a third round pick this year. So Razul Douglas is going to get you more in a trade than LeJarius Sneed? What a deal by Rand Carthon. I mean, Jalen Ramsey got a third round pick in that year's draft and Hunter Long, a player. Jeff Okuda got a fifth round
Starting point is 00:07:22 pick in this year's draft in his trade. You go back even further. Bradley Robey. Bradley Robey. Garnered a 2023 third round pick, which is a year later. It would be the 2025 now.
Starting point is 00:07:40 And then a 2023 sixth. A third and a sixth. For Bradley Robey. I mean, I've talked about LeJarrius Sneed and his impact on the Titans as a team we talked about LeJarrius Sneed as an individual player with his skill set yesterday
Starting point is 00:07:55 I'm going to break down the tape on my Tic Tac Titans film breakdown on LeJarrius Sneed but just what the Titans have done here and the value that they've got whether you look at the contract, whether you look at the trade value, what an absolute steal by Ran Carthon. Let me know how you guys feel about the trade details down below. Now we got to talk about some Brian Callahan and Ran Carthon talk
Starting point is 00:08:19 because they had some things to say at the league owners meetings that I think are incredibly pertinent and relevant to Tennessee Titans fans. So I'm going to dive into that. Before I do, though, I do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. All right, guys. Say goodbye to your busted brackets because FanDuel lets you bet on every game of the tourney.
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Starting point is 00:09:51 Little technical mishaps there with the transition videos and everything going on. That's all right. We're powering through here because that's what we do. We just talked about why LeGarrius Sneed was an absolute steal for the Tennessee Titans. But now I want to dive into some of the stuff that's happened at the league owners meetings because we got words from Brian Callahan. We got words from Rand Carthon that I thought were very important. And we got a ton of new rules that will impact the Tennessee Titans. So I'm going to dive into all that before I do. Thank you for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day,
Starting point is 00:10:21 Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round, always for free. You're not going to beat that anywhere else. Make sure you get subscribed. Stay subscribed. It's your team every day. But Brian Callahan had a lot to say at the league owners meetings. He talked to Jim Wyatt of TennesseeTitans.com, and he talked to Kevin Clark of ESPN as well. And I really want to hone in on what he had to say about Calvin Ridley,
Starting point is 00:10:50 what he had to say about the offensive line, what he had to say about edge rushers. So much in here. Number one, Brian Callahan was talking about Calvin Ridley and his role within the offense. And like I explained to you guys, when Calvin Ridley and his role within the offense. And like I explained to you guys when Calvin Ridley was
Starting point is 00:11:06 signed and like I explained on my Calvin Ridley film breakdown over at the Tic Tac Titans film breakdown channel, Calvin Ridley was used as an isolated X wide receiver last year for Jacksonville and it makes absolutely zero sense that Jacksonville used him in that way. Calvin Ridley needs to be a Z-wide receiver, which is your wide receiver that is off the line of scrimmage, that goes in motion, that you can move around the formation. You should get creative with Calvin Ridley with his speed, his route running ability, to put him at one isolated spot and just basically keep him there all the time.
Starting point is 00:11:42 Doesn't make any sense, but we talked about that at the end of the film breakdown video. Went over some of the stuff from reception, perception about his route usage, his route success rates, all that stuff. And there were some people who were worried that, oh, the Titans just hired the passing game coordinator from Jacksonville.
Starting point is 00:11:58 How do we know that they're going to use him differently than what they used him last year? Well, I told you that that shouldn't be a concern because Callahan is smarter than that. And he spoke that into words today. He said, quote, his speed, his ability to get in and out of breaks, to separate are really kind of top level
Starting point is 00:12:20 for the position in the league. He brings an element that we really needed. The opportunity to add him was really awesome. Rancor Thon talked about Calvin Ridley as well and he said he's a guy that you can move around to a bunch of different spots. He's one of the better separators in the league. One of the better guys working releases, finishing at the top of his routes. He gives another explosive element to the offense,
Starting point is 00:12:51 another weapon for our quarterback to throw to. So if you had any doubt whatsoever about how Calvin Ridley will be used on offense, you could put those to bed. You could put those to side. As I had been telling you, my everydayers will remember, Calvin Ridley is going to be moved around this offense. He is going to be used creatively. Nothing like what we saw from Jacksonville last year. And think
Starting point is 00:13:12 this guy was misused and still got a thousand yards. What's he going to do when he has the rust knocked off from missing some time and when he's used more properly in the offense? And another thing from the Kevin Clark, as I have been saying as well,
Starting point is 00:13:30 Brian Callahan said we're going to use Calvin Ridley very similarly to how we use Jamar Chase in Cincinnati. There you go. I've been trying to say it, and now it is confirmed by Brian Callahan. Not only that, though, but we got some offensive line discussion from Brian Callahan. He talked about potential options at offensive tackle, and of course we've been wondering, Jalen Duncan, Nicholas Petit-Ferrer,
Starting point is 00:13:59 Dylan Radins, what's going to go on? Do they think that they might have a right tackle option? I wouldn't quite say that. But Brian Callahan did talk about offensive tackle. And he mentioned, according to Jim White from TennesseeTitans.com, he mentioned Nicholas Petit Ferrer and Jalen Duncan when asked about the right tackle position. He said both the players have skills.
Starting point is 00:14:20 They just need some more development. He expects them to compete. But here's the quote. But we might end up adding But here's the quote. But we might end up adding a tackle in the draft. Callahan also said, quote, we might end up adding another tackle later. It could happen a bunch of different ways.
Starting point is 00:14:37 So they're going to add tackle in the draft. They might add a veteran tackle later on during the summer. The Titans clearly have a plan. Add offensive tackle. And hearing that Jalen Duncan and Nicholas Petit-Ferrer are guys who they have a plan at offensive tackle. And hearing that Jalen Duncan and Nicholas Petit-Ferrer are guys who they expect to work at right tackle kind of clears things up for us.
Starting point is 00:14:53 Another thing, Brian Callahan said, he sees Dylan Radins starting out at guard. So, there we go. Some clarity. Dylan Radins probably going to work at right guard.
Starting point is 00:15:05 Nicholas Petit-Ferrer and Jalen Duncan are going to get an opportunity to work at right tackle. So, I thought that was very informative and it makes a lot of sense. I've been saying all offseason, give Dylan Radin's an opportunity to be the starting right guard. You could save some money with Daniel Brunskill. Who knows if the Titans are actually going to do that, but I think giving an opportunity for Dylan Radin's to just work at right guard would be absolutely huge. NPF and Jalen Duncan out at right tackle. That makes sense. That's why the Titans are maybe looking at bringing in a backup left tackle, and then you could draft a guy in the draft. It's all coming together. All right, so I like the plan there. Finally, Brian Callahan talked about edge rusher, and this is what he had to say. And I think there's terminology
Starting point is 00:15:47 in here that's very interesting. Again, from TennesseeTitans.com. Quote, asked about edge rushers. I think good. I think with Harold Landry, we've got a guy with proven ability to rush. I think Arden Key is a proven situational rusher. I think Arden Key is a proven situational rusher. I think he played really well last year. I think we still need more. You can never have
Starting point is 00:16:12 enough pass rushers. I think we've got guys who have proven themselves with the ability to do it. You'd like to have three of them. You'd like to have four of them. I think we have some guys that can rush the passer and we'll keep trying to add guys to the position.
Starting point is 00:16:30 Number one, belief in Harold Landry, proven ability to rush. I agree. But Arden Key, he says, is a proven situational rusher, which to me tells me, which to me tells me, that the Titans don't see Arden Key as a starter. And I have continued to say throughout the offseason and throughout last year that Arden Key needs to be your third edge. He needs to be a guy who can come in on passing downs,
Starting point is 00:16:56 rush inside and outside. He plays with great energy, and that energy can wane throughout the course of a game and the course of a season if you play Arden Key too much. So slotting Arden Key in more of a, again, situational rotational pass rushing role is where you're going to get the most value out of Arden Key. So watch edge rusher for the Titans in the draft.
Starting point is 00:17:18 I think it'll be very interesting. And we'll talk about that more as we get closer to the draft, the possibilities and edge rusher and how that factors in. But I found that incredibly informative. Then finally, I do want to point out this one last thing. Rand Carthon said, quote, if I'm being honest,
Starting point is 00:17:35 we weren't able to get Aziz redone, weren't able to get Danico. Those were two guys of our own that you'd like to have back. But they ultimately made the decision that was best for them and their families. And it's like anything else, when one door closes, another opens. And us being able to pivot and be fluid allowed us to make some other moves. You listen to some stuff that Brian Callahan had to say. It's pretty clear that once Aziz and Autry chose to go to Houston,
Starting point is 00:18:00 the Titans said, okay, fine, we're going to pivot. And they went out and got Calvin Ridley. So to me, I'd rather have Calvin Ridley than overpaying for Aziz and overpaying for a 34-year-old Danico Autry. I get some of you guys are really upset they went to Houston, but to me, those were complete
Starting point is 00:18:17 overpays, and I would much rather spend that money on Calvin Ridley. So totally fine with that. But with that being said, we got more news from the league meetings. Rule changes that not only you guys will want to know about, but also that affect the Tennessee Titans. So I'm going to dive into that before I do. Do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by GameTime.
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Starting point is 00:19:50 Guaranteed. Titans fans, let's cap off today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. We talked about why LeJarrius Sneed was such a steal for the Titans comparatively to other things that have happened at the cornerback position. Some good data there. I hope you guys enjoyed that. Then we talked about some comments from Brian Callahan and Rancart Thon that shined some light on how they see the roster right now. Now I want to talk about some new rules that the NFL
Starting point is 00:20:31 instated on Tuesday and how they impact the Tennessee Titans and just my thoughts on how the Tennessee Titans are involved in that or how it can impact them before I get into it. I want to thank you guys again for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day. Again, I am encouraging you all
Starting point is 00:20:48 to go over to the Tic Tac Titans YouTube channel where I'm doing all of my film content this year. Got a breakdown of Legereus Need coming out on Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. Eastern Time. Hope you guys all check that out. And like I said, Tic Tac
Starting point is 00:21:04 Titans merch. I'm going to have a link down below. You guys can go purchase some of that off my sister's website. Really appreciate any support. It's up to you guys. Wanted to let you know. But with that being said, the biggest thing that changed was the kickoff. The NFL has completely changed how kickoffs
Starting point is 00:21:22 work after the play had basically been made irrelevant throughout last season. They stole, not stole, that sounds bad, but they basically copied what the XFL has done for kickoffs. So what's going to happen now is instead of the kickoff team lining up with the kicker on the 35-yard line, the kickoff team is going to line up on the 40-yard line on the opposite side where the kickoff return team would usually be. So it's going to be a line on the 40.
Starting point is 00:21:55 And then the kickoff return team is going to have a line of players on the 35. The ball is going to be kicked, and once the ball is either caught by the returner or once the ball lands within the 20 yard line, then the two lines of the kickoff return team and the kickoff team are able to go at each other and block, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Alright? So, there are additional rules here where if the ball lands within the 20 yard line in the end zone and then rolls into the end lands within the 20-yard line in the end zone and then rolls into the end zone,
Starting point is 00:22:27 the team takes a touchback at the 20-yard line. If you kick it directly into the end zone for a touchback, the offense gets the ball at the 35-yard line. It's basically a 15-yard penalty to kick a touchback now. That's going to encourage more returns. It's going to, in the NFL's theory, be safer because guys aren't running at each other from 20 yard run up distances. They're five yards apart going at each other. So that is the new kickoff rule. They're
Starting point is 00:22:55 going to test it for one year on sidekicks can only happen now. If you alert the officials, you're doing an onside kick. So surprise onside kicks are now dead. Me personally, I love this idea. The kickoff was a dead play last year. It was boring. It was awful. Like 5% of onside kicks got recovered by the kicking team. Only like 22% of kickoffs actually got returned. They have made it boring. I want less boredom. I want more action. And this kickoff rule is going to do that. So I'm very excited to see it. But how does it impact the Titans? To me, this is a great opportunity to get the ball in the hands of your best playmakers. Tajay Spears and Traylon Burks should be the top two players who go out for this.
Starting point is 00:23:42 Tajay Spears is obvious. He already had some kick return duties last year. Great wiggle. Great vision. Good speed. He makes a lot of sense. Burks I got a little bit of pushback on. Why would you put Traylon Burks out there? You don't want him to get hurt.
Starting point is 00:23:55 Do you guys remember what Traylon Burks actually did well in college? It was screens. They threw him little bubble screens. And he would just get the ball and then run. That's basically what you're doing with this kickoff. You're just getting the ball to a guy in space. So to me, based on what Traylon Burks has actually showed us he is good at, this would be a great opportunity to get him in the mix.
Starting point is 00:24:15 And if you draft a wide receiver, you have Calvin Ridley, you have DeAndre Hopkins on the outside, that's going to give Traylon Burks less opportunities to actually play wide receiver. So get him more opportunities as a kickoff return guy. I think that would make a ton of sense. His skill set fits.
Starting point is 00:24:33 His role on the team would be better with that opportunity. And some of you guys are, oh, we don't want him to get hurt again. He needs to play football. All right. Traylon Burks is at just as much risk to get hurt playing wide receiver as he is doing kickoff return. So just spare me the, oh, he's going to get hurt.
Starting point is 00:24:51 He's going to get hurt if he plays wide receiver too. There is no safety out there. You're not saving anybody or preventing anybody from injury if they're out on a football field in the NFL. So spare me that line of thought that he's got a better chance of getting hurt if he does kickoff return. He's got a better chance of getting hurt if he plays NFL football. Like, you're not safe anywhere.
Starting point is 00:25:15 So let's not act like playing wide receiver is safer than doing kickoff return. And like, get out of here with that. Not hearing that. So that was the number one rule. I also want to point out here, this is good news for special teams players because it makes them more important now that the kickoff is a more important play.
Starting point is 00:25:32 And Nick Folk, this is big for him. Nick Folk doesn't have the biggest leg. He's not just booting the ball through the back of the end zone every time. So this actually lines up with an older kicker's strength here. He could be more of an accuracy guy than a power guy. So I actually love this for Nick Folk.
Starting point is 00:25:48 Helps him. Also, you have unlimited call-ups for practice squad quarterbacks. Again, Malik Willis with the ever-changing quarterback rules in the NFL continues to get opportunities because the rules have changed and it's not forcing him off the roster. So before, you could only elevate a player, I believe, three or four times off a practice squad before you had to put him on your active roster. Now, if it's a quarterback, you can leave him on the practice squad all year long
Starting point is 00:26:15 and pull him up as your third emergency quarterback without ever having to put him on your active roster. The trade deadline. The trade deadline has been moved back to the Tuesday after week nine. It's going to be November 5th in this year's season. This was a great move by the NFL. With a longer season
Starting point is 00:26:34 now, 18 weeks, 17 games, you need to push that trade deadline back so teams have a better understanding of where they're at as a team and can make those decisions to help their franchise, whether it be buyers or sellers. So I love that flexibility. It helps the Titans. Also, new rule, before, if you put somebody on injured reserve
Starting point is 00:26:54 before roster cut down day, from 90 players to 53 players, if you put somebody on injured reserve before that, those players were out for the season. They could never return. But now the NFL has made it that you could place two players on IR before the roster is cut down, and those two players can return during the season. As a matter of fact, they must return during the season.
Starting point is 00:27:22 That is, they have to hit your active roster based on the rules. Now it sounds to love that. And then finally, the hip drop tackle thing. I think it's absurd. I think it's hard enough to play defense. But at the end of the day, I'm not going to stop watching the NFL because they took out the hip drop tackle. I didn't even know what a hip
Starting point is 00:27:40 drop tackle was. I didn't know they had a term for just a tackle. To me, it's just tackling. That's just every example I've ever seen of a hip drop tackle is. I didn't know they had a term for just a tackle. To me, it's just tackling. That's just every example I've ever seen of a hip drop tackle is just a tackle in football. So, just more stuff for the referees to have their input on. But again, they're trying to make the game safer, and I'm not going to stop watching football because of it. So, what's the use in complaining at the end of the day?
Starting point is 00:28:05 But that is why LeJarrius Sneed was an absolute steal for the Tennessee Titans. What Callahan and Rand had to say about roles and also new rules at the NFL has ruled out. So I hope you guys enjoyed. That's going to do it for me today. As always, I'm your host, Tyler Rowlandland and this was Locked on Tigers.

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