Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans NOT GOOD ENOUGH in Loss to Rams, Cam Ward Shows Flashes & Tons of WASTED MONEY

Episode Date: September 14, 2025

The Tennessee Titans lost big to the Los Angeles Rams to drop to 0-2 on the season and the reality is no one on the team was good enough in the game and that includes Brian Callahan and Cam Ward. The ...Rams are a far better team and that showed as the second half unfolded. Ward showed some flashes of the greatness we hoped for and the rookie receivers, Elic Ayomanor and Chim Dike, showed incredible promise. That is something Titans fans should be excited about going forward. The bigger issue is that the Titans are burning money with Dan Moore, L'Jarius Sneed and Calvin Ridley. Having your highest paid player be some of your worst players is not going to lead to winning. 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!5-Hour ENERGYEnough with boring, flavorless caffeine, it’s time to give your caffeine a flavor upgrade with 5-hour ENERGY®️ shots. Get the favorites you love or be bold and try something new in-store and online at https://www.5hourENERGY.com or Amazon today.  DoorDashWith DoorDash Streaks, you save every Saturday you order — stack it up all season and you could save up to $250. Order this Saturday. Keep the streak alive. Fuel your gameday — only with DoorDash. Terms apply. Promo period through 11/18. Monarch MoneyTake control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNFL at https://monarchmoney.com/lockedonnfl for 50% off your first year. UpsideDon’t let this offer drive on by, download the free Upside app now using my limited time promo code TOUCHDOWN for a limited time 25 cent per gallon bonus! Offers vary by user and location, Go to upside.com for terms and conditions.Click Here to download the app: https://getupside.onelink.me/zlLr?af_xp=custom&pid=barrington&c=barrington_lockedon25&deep_link_value=promo&deep_link_sub1=lockedon25&af_dp=upsideapp%3A%2F%2FSquareTo learn more, go support your favorite neighborhood spot and see what Square has been up to in your neck of the woods. And then if you have extra time, check out https://square.com/go/lockedonnfl.PrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. 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.FanDuelRight now, new customers can bet just FIVE dollars and if your bet wins—you’ll get THREE HUNDRED dollars in bonus bets to use across the app.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 are literally setting money on fire every Sunday as they drop to 0 and 2 against the Rams. I'll break it down 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. Locked on Titans podcast. I am your host, Tyler Rowland Titans fans.
Starting point is 00:00:34 The Titans dropped to 0 and 2 against the Los Angeles Rams. No one was good enough in this game, but boy, the Titans are setting money on fire with some of their big paid veterans. I'm going to get into why the Titans weren't good enough in this game, how they're wasting money all over the field, but there were some incredible signs of life that Titans fans should be excited about. from this game as well. Before we dive into all of it,
Starting point is 00:01:02 do want to thank you for making Locked-on Titans, your first listen, each and every day. Remember, Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year-round, always for free. Make sure that you get subscribed, stay subscribed. It's your team every day here on the Locked-on Titans podcast. Speaking of Every Day, shout out to my Everydayers out there, tune in Monday through Friday.
Starting point is 00:01:23 Couldn't do it without you guys. If you aren't an everydayer, you need to be one. Make sure that you stay locked in with Locked-on Titans. just not good enough not good enough whatsoever especially in the second half and look if we're going to keep it honest if we're going to keep it a buck here
Starting point is 00:01:38 Cam Ward saved the Titans for even being competitive in this game if not for Cam Ward absolutely walking on water at the end of the first half the Tennessee Titans would be destroyed in this game like if not for Cam Ward
Starting point is 00:01:55 this would have been one of the uglier beat downs that we have seen in recent history for the Titans, and my God, that is saying a lot. Now, I do want to say that Cam Ward is also on the list of not quite good enough on this day, but you can't go anywhere except the coaching. Once again, the Tennessee Titans get lucky to be in the game at halftime. They're leading 13 to 10, and then you come out in the second half and you get beat 23 to 6, 23 to 6 in the second half.
Starting point is 00:02:30 After the halftime adjustments. You know, it just, it's once again, this team is so poorly coached. This is such a poorly coached football team. And let me once again, as I have said for weeks now, everybody's, I want continuity. I want continuity. If they change coaches all the time, they're going to ruin Cam Ward. You know it's going to ruin Cam Ward?
Starting point is 00:02:53 Keeping Brian Callahan as his head coach. That is what's going to ruin Cam Ward. And I know that a lot of you guys, a lot of you guys are maybe younger. Maybe you haven't had a lot of relationships. Maybe you haven't been out in the dating world. You haven't been in love. You haven't done these things. Let me tell you this, folks.
Starting point is 00:03:12 Staying with the wrong person is just as bad as leaving too early. Staying with the wrong person for too long is just as bad. So I don't know what else we need to see. you know, Callahan had a big opportunity here to bounce back and Cam Ward tried to carry Brian Callahan. Cam Ward tried to carry Brian Callahan to a semblance of NFL level football. He tried.
Starting point is 00:03:42 And then Sean McVeigh, who is light years, light years of a better coach than Brian Callahan, made adjustments at halftime, destroyed the Titans over the middle of the field, could not get the Titans offense going again, it's coaching folks it's coaching is the roster great is this roster great
Starting point is 00:04:04 no if you're honest with yourself this roster is not great but if you put Sean McVey as the head coach of the Titans this team's gonna win seven games they're not absolutely despicable like it looks like out there I know some of you guys don't want to believe that
Starting point is 00:04:20 but look at what we're seeing this Titans football team is good enough to be far more competitive than this at home, 33 to 19, and only because the Rams felt bad. And only because Cam Ward saved Brian Callahan at the end of the first half. How many times do we got to talk about this? Penalties. Penalties. Penalties. I mean, let's just, let's just take a gander.
Starting point is 00:04:50 10 penalties! After 13 last week and Brian Callahan harping, harpen, harping, harping, harping, harping on the penalties. You know what that means? When you spend the entire week harping, harping, harping on the penalties and then your team comes out at home. They can't use the, oh, it was a tough environment,
Starting point is 00:05:11 the Broncos crowd, we had to go quick game, the offensive line, it was a struggle, rookie quarterback, first start, all of that's out the window. Special teams penalties, what a stupid penalty from Cedric Gray. You guys can say the Titans got screwed by the rest, but Jim D.K. was already past him.
Starting point is 00:05:29 And by the NFL rules, that is still a penalty. That was a stupid boneheaded penalty. James Williams, two more special teams penalties. The defense, the pre-snap penalties from the offensive line. The Titans cannot get drives consistently going because they kill themselves with penalties and sacks. The locker room has tuned out Brian Callahan. If Brian Callahan again preached all week long
Starting point is 00:06:01 About penalties penalties penalties If Brian Callahan preached all offseason long About penalties penalties penalties penalties And your team comes out and has 23 penalties In the first two games Your locker room does not respect you Your locker room has turned your message out tuned it completely out
Starting point is 00:06:23 Brian Callahan is lost Brian Callahan is not respected by his players Brian Callahan does not know what he is doing period how many more examples do we need and this was such a good opportunity for him to bounce back I said it on Twitter during the game at Tic Tac Titans
Starting point is 00:06:47 when you're backed into a corner when you get backed into a corner in life in life you have two choices either you lay down and you get in the feeble position and you cry or you come out swinging and you may die and you may lose the fight look I'm not a huge guy
Starting point is 00:07:07 I'm five foot and nothing you know but I don't care how big you are if you back me into a corner I am going to come out swinging for my life and I will go down with pride knowing that I put it out there Brian Callahan curled up in a feeble position in a ball and
Starting point is 00:07:23 started shaking today that's what happened the team does not trust their coach they don't respect their coach they don't listen to their coach 23 to 6 in the second half 10 penalties
Starting point is 00:07:42 tell me that ain't coaching tell me that ain't coaching look me in the eye right now and tell me that ain't coaching it's despicable Again, if you put Sean McVeigh on the Titans As the coach, this team wins seven games I fully believe that The talent is not elite
Starting point is 00:08:03 But the Titans are a better football team Than what they have shown in the first two weeks Because their coach has no idea how to do the job Period. Period. Period. Now look, we could talk about Brian Callahan all we want But again, nobody was good enough out there including the Titans highest paid players. And the Titans, it's like the fairly God parents.
Starting point is 00:08:29 Is that the Nickelodeon show? Where you got the two dudes just shoveling cash into a furnished or about a reference that I know a little bit better. How about the Joker? Lighten a pile of cash on fire. That's what the Titans are doing every single Sunday with Calvin Ridley, Legerius Sneed, and Dan Moore. Absolutely despicable.
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Starting point is 00:11:59 it would have been even uglier than it was. But listen, I talked about Brian Callahan enough. We got to look at all this other wasted money. Because again, the Titans are literally setting cash on fire and throwing it into a dumpster with some of their veteran players. and we have to start with Legerius Sneed. Legerius Sneed was one of my players to watch in this game because I knew, and I was right, I was right.
Starting point is 00:12:26 I had the schematics right for you folks. That's why you listen to Locked on Titans because you can know what to expect. I told you guys on Friday's preview show that if I were DeNard Wilson, I would put Legerius Sneed one-on-one with Devante Adams and then I would try to let everybody else deal with Pooka and Nakua. That's the best option that they had.
Starting point is 00:12:45 Sneed had some moments early on, but, man, as the game went on, Devante Adams just tore him absolutely apart. I mean, that touchdown, that last touchdown to Devante Adams, he just gave him a quick little turn and absolutely cooked him. Devante goes six catches, 106 yards, and that touchdown. He just whooped Legerius Sneed up and down. Sneed gets a holding penalty on one play in the end zone. The Titans paid a third round pick for this guy. Titans paid this dude $70 million. And he's either not on the field or getting absolutely roasted so far throughout his
Starting point is 00:13:25 Titans career. He played 21 snaps last week. It wasn't the worst 21 snaps I've ever seen. But now he plays a full game and he's an absolute liability. Now, that's probably, I think that the Legerius Sneed trade might be the number one reason that Rancarthong got fired. I think Chad Brinker hated that idea. I think that is clearly his worst move that he made.
Starting point is 00:13:50 Sneed is an absolute liability out there constantly. But think about how much money the Titans are paying and a draft pick that the Titans paid to make Legerius Sneed their CB1. Just literally setting money on fire for nothing to get cooked. Now, Devonte Adams is a good player. You know, it's not like people are just going to shut down Devonte.
Starting point is 00:14:15 Adams all the time, but six catches, 106 yards, and a touchdown all on your headtop, that ain't a good game. You can't color that as a positive game in any light. So, and it's not just legurious need. It's not just legurious need. Dan Moore. Dan less. Dan less.
Starting point is 00:14:36 What a disaster. Now, who could have called that? Who could have known that the guy who gave up the most sacks in the NFL last year and was one of the most penalized offensive linemen in the NFL. And a guy who got replaced by the Pittsburgh Steelers, they drafted a first-round offensive tackle in back-to-back years to replace Dan Moore and then let him go in free agency. Who could have guessed
Starting point is 00:15:00 that Dan Moore would be a disaster for this football team? Who could have thought, you know? And I remember these are these moments where people get mad at me and they say, Tyler, you're, uh, you're such a jerk. You're, you know, you're so cocky. You're so arrogant. Bub, blah, blah, blah.
Starting point is 00:15:21 Well, I'm sorry, but I had to sit here for the entire off season and let you guys tell me that Dan Moore would be just fine. And guess what? It's not just fine. He's garbage. He's not good. And they paid him $22 million. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
Starting point is 00:15:44 We knew that Jonajuku or Ali Udo, we knew that they were going to struggle. We knew that. They're backups, their practice squad level players. We knew that. But that's why Dan Moore was one of my players to watch in this game. Because if Dan Moore was a disgrace, they had no chance at all. And guess who was a disgrace? Dan Moore.
Starting point is 00:16:05 Once again, he might be the lowest graded offensive linemen on the team for a second week in a row. Dan less And the Titans paid more What I mean Dan Moore's agent Is snickering like Mr. Burns from the Simpsons right now Excellent Think about the cut he got off that contract
Starting point is 00:16:28 You guys are going to pay Dan Moore $22 million a year? What? What? I mean I'm taking that deal now Where do I sign? I'll fly there. I got eight pens in my pocket Don't let the ink dry Just crazy
Starting point is 00:16:43 I know that the Titans didn't have a lot of good options at offensive tackle I recognize that but out of all of the options that they had paying Dan Moore $22 million a year was the worst one like I'd rather pay Jalen Moore who was a backup for the San Francisco 49ers
Starting point is 00:17:00 for 10 million guaranteed for one season and give yourself some flexibility Dan Moore is it much better than Andre Dillard the outcomes aren't that different just throwing money in the furnace, gasoline, pour it on. And not only that, look, I like Calvin Ridley.
Starting point is 00:17:23 I think Calvin Ridley is a good player. Good. I didn't say great. He's a good player. But the Rams played so much man coverage in this game. And you're telling me that Calvin Ridley could only catch three passes for 57 yards. And he had that one pass knocked out of his hand.
Starting point is 00:17:41 and everyone was coping. That's not a drop. That's a good play by the defense. That's just a good play. Well, if Calvin Ridley would have caught it when it first touched his hands, instead of bobbling it for a second, probably wouldn't have been punched out.
Starting point is 00:17:57 And why are we looking at Emmanuel Forbes, a disgraced former first-round pick for the commanders, and saying, oh, he just made a good play? When is Calvin Ridley going to make a good play? The guy who's getting paid 90 million dollars. Is it so much to ask for a Tennessee Titans player to finally make a play? Especially when you have Elyke Eo Manor who is making plays. Iow Manor is the best wide receiver on the team already.
Starting point is 00:18:28 And Ridley's getting paid $90 million. When can I expect a Titans high paid player to make a play? Why is it always, oh, the defense made a play? Oh, the winner the Titans gonna make, one. It's absurd. Sneed, more
Starting point is 00:18:48 Ridley. Money in the furnace. Up and smoke. Like, the craziest part about this is is the Titans young players are the ones who actually gave them a chance to win.
Starting point is 00:19:05 Now, let me say this. Before we go anywhere. Before we go anywhere, I'm going to say it. You guys are. are going to get mad. Go ahead, load it up. Get mad right now. Go ahead. Start getting mad. I give you permission.
Starting point is 00:19:18 But the reality is Cam Ward wasn't quite good enough in this game either. Especially in the second half. We saw flashes. We saw flashes of what we wanted. But Cam had a lot of fumbles in college. A lot of fumbles in college. And he's had two fumbles in two weeks.
Starting point is 00:19:36 And you could blame the offensive line for that. Sure, go ahead. Ignore the college information. Also, the overthrow to DK, I'm going to break down the tape. There in the second half, he was just holding on to the ball so long when there were guys open. And he just wasn't getting rid of the ball. Maybe he was chasing the big play because they were down or whatever. But we all have to be honest with ourselves.
Starting point is 00:20:01 It's not Cam Ward's fault that they lost, but he was not perfect in this game. Now, it's a rookie in a second game against one of the top five defensive lines in the NFL and a top eight football team in the NFL, in my opinion. I'm not saying, every time I say stuff about a single game, you guys take it to a season-long thing. If I say, Cam Ward wasn't quite good enough in this game,
Starting point is 00:20:24 Tyler called him a bust. Tyler thinks that Cam Ward sucks, but no, you're a moron. I'm just saying he wasn't quite good enough in this game, much like the rest of the team. Now, the reality is, though, we saw the flashes of greatness, and we saw what Cam Ward can be for this football team and we saw what we should be excited about for this football team as well
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Starting point is 00:22:32 We did my Titan downs with Dan Moore, Calvin Ridley, Legerious Sneed. There were a couple other ones in there that could throw in. I didn't think Roger McCreary had a great game. Puka absolutely ate his lunch out there. Obviously, you could talk about John Ojuku, but we should have known that he was going to struggle. He is who he is.
Starting point is 00:22:51 You know what I mean? You could say Jeffrey Simmons didn't live up to what he needed to do. You could go with those as tighten downs. James Williams got more penalties on special teams, all that. But I want to talk about the tightenups. Because I know that everybody's pissed off. I know that everybody's messed off. The chat's blowing up. I'm getting blown up on social media. Everyone's mad and angry and you should be angry.
Starting point is 00:23:13 You should be upset with how this football team is coached and playing and operated. You should be upset. But there are some things that we should be really, really excited about with this football team too. Like there are some things that should give us real hope and real optimism going forward. And that's Cam Ward. Like I just said, and both these things can be true. I am always shocked at the lack of nuance in some people's brains. You can say Cam Ward wasn't quite good enough in this game.
Starting point is 00:23:45 It wasn't a perfect game. And some of the bad things about Cam Ward showed up. But boy, did some of the great things about Cam Ward show up. I thought he was poised. He was composed. Those throws on the sideline to Elyke Ionanour, we got one, folks. We saw the absolute special. generational.
Starting point is 00:24:08 I'm not calling him a generational talent but his playmaking ability is generational. We saw him get out of the pocket. We saw him run for a first down on a fourth down. We saw him navigate things. We saw running around, finding a guy and tell him, hey, we're going over here,
Starting point is 00:24:24 throwing a strike. Once they got Cam Ward moving out of the pocket a little bit too, we had a couple of those rollouts to the left in the first half. We had a rollout to the right. We had the one where he got out of the pocket again on the fourth down and got the conversion to for first with his legs. We saw how Cam Ward could be special in this game.
Starting point is 00:24:46 And for his second game of his career against a top five defensive line and a top eight football team in the NFL, how could you not be over the moon with what we saw from Cam Ward? Even acknowledging that we saw some of the bad from Cam Ward. Okay. All right But the good Far outweighed the bad in this one
Starting point is 00:25:08 And again If not for the good From Cam Ward The Titans don't even score 10 points Period The Titans had three points Before Cam Ward Put on his Superman cape
Starting point is 00:25:22 Before Cam Ward put on his cape And carried the Titans down the field Helmet Catch to Ehrlich Iron Manor Scramble Drill to Ehrlich Iowa Manor. Before Cam Ward went David Corencewet, went Superman, the Titans were floundering once again, lost
Starting point is 00:25:43 in the sauce, once again with a terrible coach and a terrible offensive line. And then Cam Ward makes some special plays, and now the Titans have a lead at halftime. I mean, again, I will be the first person
Starting point is 00:26:01 to keep it 100 with you. and tell you that Cam Ward was far from perfect. But the only good thing about the game was the rookies in Cam Ward. That's the only sign of life, the only heartbeat, the only pulse that the Titans had were because Cam Ward has special abilities.
Starting point is 00:26:20 So this is like how I felt about Jeffrey Simmons last week. Was Jeffrey Simmons perfect last week against the Broncos? No. But if not for Jeffrey Simmons, the Titans would have been in the gutter. And was Cam Ward perfect in this game? No. But if not for Cam Ward, it's 33 to 9.
Starting point is 00:26:41 It's 40 to 9. I mean, this is one of the biggest blowouts of the entire NFL season. If not for Cam Ward being special. We got one, folks. He is a good quarterback. His second game in the pros in this environment. With this bozo head coach, And he looks the way that he looks.
Starting point is 00:27:05 With this offensive line, like, I don't know. I'm going to be honest about Cam Ward and point out the bad plays, but they're up to 11 sacks on the year. And maybe one, two, you could actually sit down and tell me it is 100% Cam Ward's fault.
Starting point is 00:27:26 And even then, when I tried to blame Cam Ward for a sack against the Broncos, you guys were like, well, Gunner Helms snuck out. on the, and you could say that the play design was terrible. All right, fair enough. Cam Ward might be worth one sack total. A half a sack last week, a half a sack this week.
Starting point is 00:27:44 But like, regardless of the downplays, Cam Ward is not the reason the Titans are losing games. Like the quarterback position was last year. And not only that, but I.O. and D.K. Those guys are weapons. Tighten up for I.O. and D.K. I mean, Chim D.K. is a returner. Again, a stupid penalty by Cedric Gray.
Starting point is 00:28:15 If you don't think that that's a penalty, you don't know the proper rules. And if you want to disagree with the rules and say it's a bad rule, then okay. But saying that the refs were wrong, that's not right. That was the right call by the rule. The rule sucks. I think the rule sucks.
Starting point is 00:28:32 and it's trash. But they called it right. The problem with that is Cedric Gray is a moron. What are you doing? Chim D.K. is five yards past you. You don't even got to touch anybody, and it's a touchdown. Boneheaded play by a player tuning out his coach and getting penalties. But Chim D.K.
Starting point is 00:28:54 Returns that punt. Should have been a touchdown. Average 16.6 yards on his kickoff returns. 18.5 yards on his punt returns, even without, even without the touchdown. He had a 21-yard punt return. And then you go to offense. Alachio Manor, four catches, 56 yards, and Cam Ward's first touchdown. I got five on it.
Starting point is 00:29:28 Don't copyright me. YouTube. I just got a little excited. I wanted to sing a little bit. But I know that right now it's hard to not be anything but terminally angry with this football team. If I was the Hulk, I'd be green and flipping my desk. But the reality here is, most of us didn't expect the Titans to beat the Rams coming into the season.
Starting point is 00:29:52 I mean, it was there, though. The Rams had 20, the Titans had 16. I said, Titans go down, score a touchdown. 23 to 20. Titans win. it. I got it. I did it. And then, you know, Cam gets the strip sack fumble and the game's immediately over.
Starting point is 00:30:10 But it was right there. It was right there. They had a chance. They had a chance to win the game. But nonetheless, I know that it's very, very hard to be happy about anything right now. But Cam Ward's really good. Chim Dek is a weapon on special teams and when Brian Callahan is gone,
Starting point is 00:30:29 he'll be used a lot better. Elic I.O. Manor might be wide receiver one right now. He is clearly, I.O. Manor is clearly better than the fourth round where he got drafted. He's going to be one of the better rookie wide receivers in the NFL this year. The Titans' offense is a disgrace,
Starting point is 00:30:46 so it's not like he's going to be Brian Thomas Jr. from last year. But we can see it. And everybody just cannot wait to hate on Femiola-Dazio. Had a tackle for loss in this game. set some great edges. Nobody in the Titans pass rush really did anything. The only sack that the Titans got on the day
Starting point is 00:31:07 was when they blitzed to Monty Hooker. Nobody on the Titans Pass Rush did anything. I find it hilarious that everybody wants to look at a rookie who is a converted offball linebacker and say, Femmy's not playing well. Where's Arden Key? Where's Jeffrey Simmons? Why doesn't anybody want to say
Starting point is 00:31:28 what's going on with Arden Key? We want to blame the rookie who switch positions, but we don't want to talk about Arden Key being butt? Why don't we blame the veterans who are getting paid money instead of the rookie who's converting to a brand new position this year? Hilarious to me. No one says a word about Arden Key being a ghost, but Femi sucks, right?
Starting point is 00:31:53 In two games at a new position. Femi sucks, but nobody says anything about Arden. Okay, hilarious. But at the end of the day again, I know everybody's mad, you should be mad, we should all be upset, this team is a disgrace right now because the coaching is so, so bad. But Cam Ward, Elykeo Manor, Chim Dekay all looked very good in this game
Starting point is 00:32:17 and they get massive tight-ups. I thought the interior offensive line was great too. Peter Skoronsky, Lloyd Cushenberry, Kevin Zitler for most of the game. Good. Special teams. Joey Sly is a freak. Johnny Hecker was incredible. So, be mad, we should all be mad, but remember, remember, yin-yang, folks, in darkness,
Starting point is 00:32:46 there's always a little bit of light. And it may not be good enough this year, but there are players on this football team that are good enough to build back towards a good football team. and it won't happen with this coach but there are some players there that the team can actually use and that is very encouraging to me at minimum
Starting point is 00:33:13 but with that being said again make sure that you get subscribed stay subscribed thumbs up on the video tighten up on the chat if you're watching on YouTube as always I am your host Tyler Rowland and this
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