Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans MUST TRADE DeAndre Hopkins, Trading Block Options & Will Levis HAS NOT Regressed

Episode Date: October 15, 2024

The Tennessee Titans saw two massive trades take place in the NFL on Tuesday, both for high-profile wide receivers and DeAndre Hopkins needs to be next on the list as the Titans' season is already ove...r. Hopkins isn't alone though, as players like Nick Folk and Dillon Radunz should be on the trading block as well, but Jeffery Simmons and Harold Landry should not be. Finally, a lot of fans are blaming Brian Callahan for Will Levis' "regression" this season, but the reality is we all need to accept this is who Will Levis is and it is all over his tape from last year. Levis simply got lucky with turnovers and fans simply ignored the bad to remain hopeful. Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitansTicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop/tictactitans-gear/C3AAPNWXSXA6SBYG3USV2I7R?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=ascFollow 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!Hillsdale CollegeAll of Hillsdale’s courses are self-paced so that you can start whenever, and tune in wherever. Plus, you can go deeper with readings, quizzes, discussions - or just enjoy the lectures. Go right now to hillsdale.edu/lockedon to enroll. There’s no cost, and it’s easy to get started. ZbioticsGo to zbiotics.com/LOCKEDONNFL to learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use LOCKEDONNFL at checkout.PrizePicksDownload the app or click HERE and use code lockedonnfl to win $50 instantly when you play $5. You don't even need to win to receive your $50 bonus, it's guaranteed! Prizepicks. Run Your Game.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Terms Apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime.FanDuelPlace your first FIVE DOLLAR bet and you’ll get started with TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS in BONUS BETS - guaranteed ! Visit FANDUEL.COM to get started.LinkedInLinkedIn Jobs helps you find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFL. Terms and conditions apply.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.RobinhoodThe new gold standard is here with Robinhood Gold. Sign up at robinhood.com/gold Terms apply, for product specific disclosures visit robinhood.com/gold. Investing involves risk. Rate may change. Gold membership is offered by Robinhood Gold, LLC.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 Two massive wide receiver trades in the NFL on Tuesday, and the Tennessee Titans need to be next. I'll explain 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 FanDuel.
Starting point is 00:00:37 Place your first $5 bet and you're going to get started with $200 in bonus bets guaranteed. Visit FanDuel.com to get started. The Tennessee Titans need to trade DeAndre Hopkins right now. I'm going to tell you what they should expect back in that trade. Also, we'll talk about some other Titans that might need to be traded as well. And finally, I got a Roland rant cooked up for you guys on why Will Levis has not regressed this season. We were all just wrong.
Starting point is 00:01:06 Before I get into it, I do want to 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, always for free. You're not going to beat that anywhere else. Make sure that you get subscribed. Stay subscribed. It's your team every day.
Starting point is 00:01:25 Speaking of every day, on tomorrow's show, time for Crossover Thursday with Joe Marino from Locked on Bills. We're going to get you ready for that game. I'm going to have my game preview, and I'll be live here after the game concludes on Sunday to break down all the action as well. With that being said
Starting point is 00:01:42 though, I know that some of you don't want to hear it, and I don't really care because you are wrong. The Titans need to trade DeAndre Hopkins right now, and there are going to be plenty of opportunities to do it with teams out there that need wide receiver help, and we saw two massive wide receiver trades take place on Tuesday in the NFL that set the stage and set the precedent for what the Titans should be looking for. First, Devontae Adams on Tuesday morning gets traded to the New York Jets for a conditional third round pick that becomes a second round pick
Starting point is 00:02:19 if the Jets go deep into the playoffs and Devontae Adams plays enough snaps. Jets go deep into the playoffs, and DeAndre and Devontae Adams plays enough snaps. Then, in the afternoon, we get a massive trade where Amari Cooper goes from the Cleveland Browns to the Buffalo Bills. They're going to swap third-round picks in 2025. And then there's also some late-round picks, 2026 seventh-round pick, 2026 sixth-round pick, that are going back and forth.
Starting point is 00:02:44 But it's a third round swap. Okay. This set the sets the stage perfectly for the Titans to trade DeAndre Hopkins. Everything is in place. Now we know what the price is going to be. We know what teams are expecting. And that is why for me, you look at a DeAndre Hopkins trade, the Tennessee Titans should be looking to get at least a fourth round pick back. If they wanted to do a third round pick and the Titans say the Titans get their third round pick back from Kansas City. I think Kansas City is a prime team to trade for DeAndre Hopkins. I think the Baltimore Ravens are a team that should trade for DeAndre Hopkins. I think the Pittsburgh Steelers are a team that should trade for DeAndre Hopkins. I think the Pittsburgh Steelers are a team that should trade for DeAndre Hopkins.
Starting point is 00:03:26 But the Tennessee Titans traded their third-round pick to get LeJarius Sneed. If they can go to Kansas City and say, give us our third-round pick back from the LeJarius Sneed trade, we'll give you a sixth-round pick in return. Think, the Titans traded Elijah Molden and they have extra late round picks.
Starting point is 00:03:47 Because of that, they traded Malik Willis and they have extra late round picks. Because of that, the Titans can afford to say, okay, Kansas City, you give us our third round pick back and it's going to be a late third rounder. Kansas City is fantastic. We know that they're going to have a late round pick. We're still going to get a top 100 pick back.
Starting point is 00:04:06 What would it be? You know, 96, 95, 94, 93, someone there. So the Titans get a top 100 pick back. And then the Titans can send a sixth or a seventh round pick back to Kansas City to make that feel a little bit better. A fourth round pick for me after seeing these two trades is the minimum for DeAndre Hopkins. And the Titans could get a third round pick back
Starting point is 00:04:29 if they throw in a late round pick of their own, sixth or seventh. I would be fully on board for that. Not only am I fully on board, it absolutely has to happen. Listen, it is time to wake up. The Titans made a massive mistake last year, not trading Derrick Henry to the Baltimore Ravens
Starting point is 00:04:48 in the middle of the season. And then what? Derrick Henry goes to Baltimore for free anyways, and the Titans get nothing back? They cannot mistake, make that mistake again. They simply cannot. They need to trade DeAndre Hopkins, accept their fate. The Titans are one and four.
Starting point is 00:05:04 They're going on the road to play Buffalo and Detroit next. The Tennessee Titans are not winning those football games. They're going to be 1-6 at the end of October. Do not fool yourself into thinking that the Titans can turn this thing around and make the playoffs. It's over. They had to win against the Colts. They had to win that game to give them any hope whatsoever to turn this thing around.
Starting point is 00:05:31 It is not happening. It is time to sell the assets that you have and get back as much draft capital as you possibly can to prepare yourself for retooling the team in the offseason. It is that simple. And do a good solid for DeAndre Hopkins and send him to a contender. And here's the thing.
Starting point is 00:05:56 DeAndre Hopkins is a free agent at the end of the year. He is going to leave for nothing. So what? The Titans go 4-13 or 5-12? And what's that for? We kept DeAndre Hopkins around for that? Why? The Titans can't get the ball to him or Calvin Ridley anyways. So why would they keep Hopkins around?
Starting point is 00:06:21 Hopkins did great for the Titans last year. It's been a pleasure having DeAndre Hopkins on the team, but it's over. The season is over. It is time to sell what you can and get draft picks back. And if the Titans can get a fourth round pick back, if the Titans can go to Kansas City and get their third round pick back,
Starting point is 00:06:42 they absolutely must do that. No question about it. Again, DeAndre Hopkins is a free agent at the end of the year. He is going to leave for nothing at the end of the season. If you can get something back for him right now and do right by him, which you should for your veteran players, that is what the Tennessee Titans should be doing. DeAndre Hopkins must be traded. And now with Amari Cooper and Devontae Adams setting the
Starting point is 00:07:14 stage and setting the price range, the Titans know what they should be getting back for DeAndre Hopkins. They have to make that move. Period. No question about it. Let me know down below or hit me up on Twitter at TicTacTitans. Let me know what you would accept for a DeAndre Hopkins trade. And I know some people are going to say, well, aren't they trying to get a look at Will Levis? Wouldn't having DeAndre Hopkins make it easier to do that? We have the look. We have the look. And I'm going to talk about that at the end of the show when I explain to you why Will Levis has not regressed under Brian Callahan. He has not regressed. He just is who he is. But first, we got to talk about some other veteran players on the Titans who I
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Starting point is 00:10:08 That's PricePix. Download the app. Use the code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 instantly when you play your first $5 lineup. It's PricePix. Run your game. Titans fans, let's continue today's edition of the Locked On Titans podcast. We talked about why the Titans need to trade DeAndre Hopkins right now and what they should be looking for in a trade for DeHop. Now I want to talk about some other trades the Tennessee Titans need to consider. And look, I don't want to absolutely gut this team, but the reality is this team is going nowhere fast this year.
Starting point is 00:10:57 And they need to get younger players in the building and start to draft and develop going forward. And they might need to make a move for a quarterback in the draft. So having some extra draft ammo to do that is only going to help you get the guy that you actually want. But before we talk about some other veterans who the Titans should consider trading, and I'll tell you yes or no on some of these names,
Starting point is 00:11:21 do want to 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. Get subscribed, stay subscribed, throw a thumbs up on the video, throw a Titan up down in the chat.
Starting point is 00:11:35 Also on the Tic Tac Titans film channel, I did a film breakdown on LeJarrius Sneed's poor performance against the Colts, but I have a film breakdown coming out on Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. Eastern time on Jarvis Brownlee Jr., who had a fantastic game against the Indianapolis Colts. So have some positivity in your Titans life and check out that Jarvis Brownlee Jr. film breakdown.
Starting point is 00:11:56 But I talk about DeAndre Hopkins because he is the most likely candidate to be traded. He is the number one guy, in my opinion, that could get the Titans the best return, because he is the most likely candidate to be traded. He is the number one guy, in my opinion, that could get the Titans the best return, and it would be the simplest move that the Titans could make. But there are other players on this team who the Titans need to consider trading. All right?
Starting point is 00:12:15 Number one on that list is Nick Folk, the kicker. What is the use of having a 40-year-old kicker? When you're not a competitive team? The reason that you want a reliable kicker like Nick Folk is because you're a competitive team who's going to be in close games and you're going to need a field goal kicker to make sure that you win those and that you get all the points that you possibly can. This team is not going anywhere.
Starting point is 00:12:42 They aren't going to be in important games going down the stretch of the season. It's not important. All right. The Titans would be better off to start to look for their kicker of the future at this point in the season. And if you could get a sixth round or a seventh round pick back for Nick Folk, again, a guy who's going to be 41 next year is going to be a free agent after the year who probably either A, isn't coming back to the Titans or wouldn't make any sense to bring back to the Titans next year. You absolutely trade him and look at all the teams that are struggling with kicker.
Starting point is 00:13:14 Look at the Buffalo Bills. Look at the Green Bay Packers. You know what I mean? Like the Titans absolutely would have a market for Nick Folk. It makes no sense whatsoever for them to keep him on this roster. It doesn't. One and six, and you're going to keep your 40-year-old kicker around?
Starting point is 00:13:30 It does not make any sense whatsoever. So Nick Folk is number one. This one hurts me. All right? This one hurts me. But Dylan Radins. Dylan Radins. He's going to be a..., again, think about the contract.
Starting point is 00:13:48 Dylan Radins is going to be a free agent at the end of the year. He's going to be a free agent. What are the odds that the Tennessee Titans re-sign Dylan Radins? I don't think they're super hot. I don't. The Titans already paid Lloyd Cushenberry. The Titans are probably going to have to go out and sign a free agent right tackle and make sure that they actually address that position. So if you have a high-priced center and you have a high-priced right tackle,
Starting point is 00:14:15 you're going to have to pay Peter Skowronski in two years if you want to keep him around. I do not think that the Titans should be paying Dylan Radins after the year, especially he's played pretty well so far. So a team looking for offensive line help, if they would give up a fifth round pick for Dylan Radins, a sixth round conditional that becomes a fifth round pick with playing time, that would make a ton of sense. And we know that offensive line depth around the NFL is shoddy.
Starting point is 00:14:44 All right? So the opportunity to get a starting level guard for a late round pick, and you may be saying, I hate when people say, what's a fifth round pick? What's a sixth round pick? Jarvis Brownlee Jr. was a fifth round pick, right? There were a lot of people out there who were pissed off that the Titans traded Kevin Byard last year.
Starting point is 00:15:04 What are we going to do? Or two last year. What are we going to do? Or two years ago. What are we going to do? No, it was last year. What are we going to do with a fifth and a sixth round pick? This team sucks at drafting. How's that? Well, the Titans got a starting cornerback out of it
Starting point is 00:15:17 who played better than LeJarius Sneed on Sunday. And they got one of the top ten returners in the NFL right now. and they got one of the top 10 returners in the NFL right now. So, I'm just saying, I'm just saying, Rancarton can do a lot with a fifth and a sixth round pick. Alright, and again, it's not just the pick itself. You can use that pick to move up the board, to get back into the top 100 so that you have multiple picks in there to move up in the first round if you need to go get your quarterback.
Starting point is 00:15:48 It's about having ammo in your gun, not just one bullet. Okay? So to me, it hurts because I've been a Dylan Radins fan. I think he's a good player. I think it's just crazy to me that the Titans offensive line has been so bad for so many years, but yet Dylan Radins couldn't get on the field. Just perplexing, but everybody wants to say, oh, I missed Mike Frable. Yeah, right. That's dumb. All right. Anyways, that's a topic for a different time, but Dylan Radins would be a prime candidate, in my opinion, to be traded. He's on the last year of his rookie contract,
Starting point is 00:16:26 so he's affordable for a team to go get. Because he's an offensive lineman that's highly valued, you could probably get a good pick back. Now, there are a couple of people who, you know, obviously I would trade Traylon Burks for a ham sandwich, and I hate ham. So, like, yeah, you could throw Burks in there, but let's talk about people that could actually get something back for the Titans, not a broken washing machine.
Starting point is 00:16:48 Which is all that Traylon Burks could maybe get you. A bag of chips. I don't know. It depends on what the bag of chips is. If it's a classic glaze, I'd probably you know, I'd probably take the deal. But, there are other bags of chips that I probably wouldn't.
Starting point is 00:17:04 But, either way, we move forward. On the defensive side of the ball, don't put down in the comments, trade Jeffrey Simmons. You're out of your mind. Number one, he's far too expensive for any team to trade for Jeffrey Simmons mid-season. That's not happening. And you build the defense around Jeff and Tavondre Sweat.
Starting point is 00:17:21 So get that out of here. Now, two people who do make some sense though. Number one, Quandre Diggs. Quandre Diggs is on a cheap deal. He's here for a good time, not a long time. He's played very well this year for the Titans. I'm going to say no to a Quandre Diggs deal. I think bringing him in and having him enjoy his time in Tennessee
Starting point is 00:17:45 would be good for the Titans. I think Hopkins has enjoyed his time in Tennessee. It wouldn't be bad for the Titans to trade Hopkins. It would actually be good for the Titans because they would be doing him a favor. But with Quandre Diggs, he came here on a one-year deal probably because Jamal Adams was already here.
Starting point is 00:18:00 They're having trouble with Jamal Adams already, which I could have told you that. He's not only a bad player, but he's not a great guy either, which I said when they signed him. But I don't think that Quandre Diggs is going to get you enough in a trade to make it worth it for the Titans. And the last name that I want to mention is Harold Landry. And Harold Landry is on the last year of his contract. Not the last year of his contract, but the last year with guaranteed money. But here's the reality. Landry is on the last year of his contract. Not the last year of his contract, but the last year with guaranteed money.
Starting point is 00:18:26 But here's the reality. Landry is still young enough that I want to keep him around. Landry can help the team next year. And he'll be cheaper in the next few years because of the lack of guaranteed money. Also, right now, Harold Landry's salary is pretty high. And that makes it difficult to trade him midseason, as I already explained, with Jeffrey Simmons. So I'm saying no to Quand him mid season. As I already explained with Jeffrey Simmons. So I'm saying no to Quandre Diggs,
Starting point is 00:18:48 no to Harold Landry, and obviously no to Jeffrey Simmons. That's stupid, but yes to Nick Folk. Yes to Dylan Radins. And obviously as we covered at the beginning, yes to DeAndre Hopkins, but I've got a Roland's rant for you guys on Will Levis's regression,
Starting point is 00:19:04 which I think if we're honest with each other, isn't really real at all. Before I get into it, I do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook. Hey, Titans fans. Yes, Titans fans, I'm talking to you. You can start the second quarter of the season with a
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Starting point is 00:20:03 against the Titans this weekend, hammering that one. Make sure that you go to America's number one sportsbook. It's Fandle at Fandle.com. Titans fans, let's continue and cap off today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. We talked about the wide receiver trades that happened in the NFL on Tuesday and why DeAndre Hopkins needs to be next in that list. We also talked about some other assets the Tennessee Titans could part ways with
Starting point is 00:20:45 to get back some draft picks. You guys need to accept reality. This season is over. The Tennessee Titans are going to be 1-6, 2-5 if they're lucky. They're not making the playoffs. It's time to sell off assets. But with that being said,
Starting point is 00:20:59 we need to have a discussion. I got a little bit of a Rollins rant for you guys. I think we all need to have a discussion. I got a little bit of a Roland's rant for you guys. I think we all need to accept something. And there are going to be a lot of you out there who say, I knew this all along. I tried to tell you guys. Okay, great. You're right.
Starting point is 00:21:15 And your team sucks because of it. So congratulations. You're right. Your team sucks. Awesome. Good job. Okay. But a lot of people have been asking me, Your team sucks. Awesome. Good job. Okay? But,
Starting point is 00:21:29 a lot of people have been asking me, and I've seen a lot of conversation online about why has Will Levis regressed under Brian Callahan? A lot of people who are mad at Brian Callahan and blaming Brian Callahan are asking that question. Why has Will Levis regressed under Brian Callahan? He's supposed to be a QB guru, supposed to fix the offense.
Starting point is 00:21:49 Why is Will Levis worse this year than he was last year? And the answer to that question is, he hasn't regressed in the way that you're saying. He hasn't regressed in the way of, he's worse this year than he was last year. I don't believe that that's the case. Where he has regressed, and again, shout out to my guy F-Words, Zach Lyons.
Starting point is 00:22:20 He pointed this out. He made this point. I think it's fantastic. So I bring it to you now and double down. The place where Will Levis has regressed is back to the mean. Go watch the tape last year. Will Levis, or look at the analytics if you want, turnover worthy plays. If you're not aware of this stat, then like it's hard for me to have any conversations with you about stuff. You know what I mean? Like turnover worthy plays.
Starting point is 00:22:48 Will Levis was at the top of the NFL. He got lucky last year that he didn't have more interceptions. He didn't have more lost fumbles. He didn't have more catastrophes. Will Levis put himself in bad situations all year last year and it starts, but he got lucky that the turnover worthy plays didn't convert the turnovers as much as they should have. So Will Levis has not regressed in terms of he is a worse player right now than he was last year. Last year he got luckier on his
Starting point is 00:23:20 bad plays. He was more lucky last year that his bad plays didn't turn into actual turnovers, but he was at the top of the league in his games for turnover worthy plays. So outside of the Atlanta game and outside of the Miami game, Will Levis was mostly a bad quarterback. And look, the part of this, why it's hard to get people to admit this, why it's hard for all of us to sit down and admit that Will Levis hasn't gotten worse, Will Levis is still just who Will Levis is. Is we let a couple of, and I am guilty. I am admitting my guilt to you right now. I am
Starting point is 00:24:08 guilty, but I'm willing to admit it. And you need to be willing to look yourself in the mirror and admit it too. We got too hopeful. We saw the good plays against Atlanta, against Miami, a couple of throws here and there, and we said, oh my God, this guy is the future. We had hope. We wanted to believe. We wanted to hope that we had a franchise quarterback finally, and we wanted to hope that Will Levis could improve, and Will Levis could get rid of some of the bad plays and continue some of the good. The problem is we ignored all the bad in that process.
Starting point is 00:24:50 So Will Levis hasn't regressed. Will Levis isn't worse this year than he was last year. No, Will Levis is still Will Levis. We are the problem. We are the problem. We overhyped his good plays, and we ignored all of the bad stuff that was on tape because it didn't turn into statistical turnovers. Although the mistakes, the lack of reading progressions, the lack of being
Starting point is 00:25:16 able to read a defense, the risky opportunities that he would take, it was all there on tape and me included, we ignored it because we wanted to have hope. And now, because we feel that we were wrong, we don't want to admit that we were wrong about Levis. We want to blame Brian Callahan when it's not actually Brian Callahan's fault. And I have people say to me, well, he's not throwing the ball down the field anymore.
Starting point is 00:25:41 But it's not because Brian Callahan isn't calling plays to throw the ball down the field. I posted the quote yesterday and we talked about it. Brian Callahan said, quote, there are definitely calls to go down the field that don't get thrown down the field. Why is Will Levis not throwing the ball down the field and taking the chances that he took last year. Why? It's because he is broken from making stupid mistakes at the beginning of the year. He doesn't want to take those risks anymore because he feels bad and has lost his confidence because of the stupid turnovers he had at the beginning of the season. And those stupid turnovers, the flick six against Chicago, the underhanded fumble against the Jets, the flick six against Chicago,
Starting point is 00:26:27 the underhanded fumble against the Jets, the bad interception against the Dolphins, the pick six against the Packers, those aren't Brian Callahan's fault. Will Levis' confidence is shot because of stupid stuff Will Levis has done. Not bad play calling. So Will Levis has done. Not bad play calling. So Will Levis has not regressed. Will Levis is the same player he was last year.
Starting point is 00:26:51 He just didn't have as bad of results last year because people dropped the interceptions because his own players got on the fumbles. Will Levis has not regressed as a player. Will Levis' bad has regressed back to the mean of being as bad as it should have been. He got lucky last year with a lot of the bad decisions and plays that he made. He is not getting lucky this year. And it makes people think that he is worse when really he's just the same guy he was last year.
Starting point is 00:27:26 And the same guy that he was in college. And what we need to admit is we were wrong. We were wrong. And again, I know that there are going to be people in the comments. I wasn't wrong. I told you guys all along, Tyler, if you would have listened to me, if I would have, I tried to tell. OK, congrats.
Starting point is 00:27:45 You're right. And now the Titans suck. So congrats. I guess. But to those of you who want to continue to blame Brian Callahan and say that Will Levis has regressed under Brian Callahan, that is not reality. It's not Brian Callahan who was at fault for this. It's you and me and mostly Will Levis.
Starting point is 00:28:10 We got too hype. We overrated what he did last year. And now our expectations were far too high. And he's just the same guy he always was. And it's disappointing and it hurts. That is the truth of this situation. That is the facts. Whether you choose to accept it or not is on you, but all I can do is tell you the truth and what the film is showing me. So I'll admit my faults if you do too.
Starting point is 00:28:43 With that being said, though, that is going to do it for today's episode. Crossover Thursday with the Buffalo Bills. Tomorrow, Game Plan Friday. Last show of the week and then live here on the Locked on Titans YouTube channel immediately after the game ends on Sunday. But make sure you get subscribed, stay subscribed, throw a thumbs up on the video, tighten up down in the chat. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland,
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