Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans RECORD PREDICTION: Staying in the Playoff Hunt & Will Levis' Growth

Episode Date: September 1, 2024

The Tennessee Titans are set to kickoff their 2024 regular season, but how many wins will they get? Tyler makes his official record prediction and goes through each game to prediction how the Titans f...are! The Titans get off to a slow start, but hit the bye week at .500. Also, a tough stretch in the middle of the year makes it difficult, but the Titans are able to stay afloat by beating teams they should. Finally, the Titans should be in the playoff hunt as the season winds down, but it may not quite be enough.GET SUBSCRIBED for year round Tennessee Titans film content!!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/videosFor your next listen, check out the Locked On Fantasy Football podcast. Get daily insight to the best Fantasy draft strategies so you can win your league this season. Click HERE to listen now. Part of the Locked On Podcast Network. Your Team. Every Day.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!PrizePicksGo to https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNFL and use code lockedonmlb 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. 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.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.eBay MotorsFor parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit at eBayMotors.com. Let’s ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply.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.FanDuelNow through September 22nd, ALL FanDuel customers can bet FIVE DOLLARS and get a THREE WEEK free trial of NFL Sunday Ticket from YouTube and YouTube TV. 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 will be in the playoff hunt in 2024. I'll give my official record prediction 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 Roland, Titans fans. Today's edition of the Locked On Titans Podcast is brought to you by PrizePix, the easiest and most exciting way to play daily fantasy sports.
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Starting point is 00:01:06 for me to go game by game through the schedule to give my official record prediction for the Tennessee Titans before I get into it do want to thank you for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day 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 here on the Locked on Titans podcast. Speaking of every day, shout out to my everydayers out there.
Starting point is 00:01:40 Tune in Monday through Friday. Couldn't do it without you guys if you aren't an everydayer. Well, you need to be one. On tomorrow's show, I'm going to be looking at some Titans awards, who I think will be the best defensive player, best offensive player, rookie of the year, stuff like that, who will be the biggest disappointment, all kinds of things. So make sure that you tune in for that and give me your guys' feedback.
Starting point is 00:02:00 Speaking of feedback, let me know down below in the comments or hit me up on Twitter at TicTacTitans. Let me know what you think the Tennessee Titans record will be this year. I think the Titans are going to be in the playoff hunt all year long, but as I've been saying for the past week or so, I think they may get off to a little bit of a slow start. I don't think it'll be a disastrous start for the Titans, but I think it could be a little slow.
Starting point is 00:02:27 And that begins with week one at the Chicago Bears, where I know a lot of you will be upset to hear this, but I do think the Titans lose week one against the Chicago Bears in a very, very close game. I think this game will be a one-point game, three-point game at maximum. I think it's going to be a tight one. I think at the end of the day, the Bears are at home,
Starting point is 00:02:53 and the Titans have basically a brand-new team, brand-new players, brand-new coaching staff, brand-new system. I mean, it's all brand-new for Will Levis. It's like he's a rookie all over again. And I think that there are going to be certain communication-related things that could be difficult. The Chicago Bears fans are going to be fired up for this game
Starting point is 00:03:16 with Caleb Williams as the QB. I think it's going to be very noisy in the Windy City. And I think there are certain things that later in the season, Will Levis is going to look out at Calvin Ridley, and they're not going to have to hear each other. They're just going to know, oh, based on this look that I'm seeing from the defense, we're going to make this adjustment. It's just going to be a known thing.
Starting point is 00:03:39 You cannot, that communication cannot be rushed through training camp. It's going to take into the season when they're playing real games for everyone to be on the same page. So I think the Titans are going to try to do changes. They're going to try to audible. They're going to have to communicate with each other because this is brand new situations for most of them. And I think with the environment in Chicago,
Starting point is 00:04:00 it may be just a little bit difficult, and there may be one or two plays where the Titans maybe weren't able to appropriately change things or communicate with each other, and that could be the difference in the game. So I do think it's going to be a very, very close game. I think it's a game that the Titans could absolutely win, but I think the Titans lose week one. But then they bounce back week two at home against the New York Jets. I don't really believe in the New York Jets all that much.
Starting point is 00:04:29 Like they're getting a lot of hype this year, but their offensive line has a lot of older players on it. Who are they going to be able to stay healthy? Can they protect Aaron Rodgers? The Titans are going to blitz a ton and Rodgers isn't as mobile as he used to be. Obviously at his older age and coming off of the Achilles injury. I don't think Rodgers is going to be able to get away from some of the blitzing linebackers that the Titans are going to send at him.
Starting point is 00:04:52 And are they going to have a song Redick? If they don't have Redick, then their pass rush is just nowhere near as good as it has been in previous years. And if the Titans are playing a team that doesn't have a good pass rush, that's only going to help the young offensive line. So for me, I think the Titans win week two against the New York Jets, which brings them to one and one.
Starting point is 00:05:14 Then week three at home against the Green Bay Packers, I have this as a loss. Never beaten the Green Bay Packer fan allegations with that one. But Green Bay is just a better team. Like, I don't know how else to say it. Jordan Love is a better player than Will Levis right now. Their
Starting point is 00:05:33 offensive line isn't a bunch of big-name stars, but they have cohesion and they play very well together. They have a really good pass rush unit as well with Rashawn Gary, Preston Smith, Lucas Van Ness, Devontae Wyatt. You got Clark in there as well.
Starting point is 00:05:55 I mean, they just have a really good team. They have a really, really good team. I think the Packers, I have the Packers going to the Super Bowl this year. So I just don't think the Titans are good enough to beat the Packers this early in the year. I think if the Titans played the Packers in the back half of the season, when they had a chance to get their own cohesion and, you know, be on the same page more than they're going to be early in the year, I think the Titans could win this game, especially with it being at home. But I think with it being so early in the season and Green Bay just being a better team off the start, I think Green Bay wins that game, dropping the
Starting point is 00:06:28 Titans to one and two through three weeks. So again, a little bit of a slow start. I think if you told Titans fans, the Titans are going to be one and two through the first two weeks, people would call that a slow start. But week four, Monday night football at the Miami Dolphins. Some would say, I don't think it would be right, but it'll be played up this way. The Titans season's hanging in the balance. If they drop to one and three going into the bye week at week five, they're not going to make the playoffs.
Starting point is 00:07:02 If they go to two and two,2 though they're still in the hunt. And as I told you guys at the beginning of the show the Titans will be in the playoff hunt and I have them winning again in Miami. Let me just say this. I think Will Levis owns Tua. I think it's just going to be a thing. It's going to be one of those things in Will Levis' career
Starting point is 00:07:23 where he just always beats Miami if he plays in Miami. Will Levis runs Miami. He is Miami Vice. I don't think their pass rush is great. Jalen Phillips, good player, coming back. Is he going to be 100%? Nick Chubb, not going to be out there for the first four games. They lost Christian Wilkins as well. Also, not in love with their offensive line. Teron Armstead and Austin Jackson are pretty good tackles, but the interior, they lost a bunch of guys on the interior,
Starting point is 00:07:53 and the Titans are going to bring pressure up the interior with their blitzes. So I think Odell is going to be out, which helps the Titans' quarterback room. I mean, I think the Titans beat the Miami Dolphins week four on the road, Monday night football in the Florida heat, something about it. I just think Will Levis is going to dominate Miami his whole life. He's got a mental edge on them now after the comeback win last week, but then the Titans go into the buy in week five. That sucks. It sucks to have the buy that early. Um, especially all the Titans division rivals have their bye week 12 or later. I would rather have the bye later in the year when you're beat up
Starting point is 00:08:31 and you're sore and you need a break for the stretch run. Titans getting a bye week five. I mean, nothing. It just sets them up to have to play two and a half months straight of hard competitive football. So sucks that the buy is right there, but I have the Titans two and two as they go into the week five by ready for a game against the Indianapolis Colts. So we'll talk about that now. Before we do, do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by GameTime. GameTime is the best
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Starting point is 00:11:22 I have the Tennessee Titans at two and two through the bye. Now we're going to get into a tough middle stretch of the year that I have the Tennessee Titans battling their way through. Before we get into it, I do want to thank you again for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day. I do got to tell you guys now, pretty excited, and I would appreciate your support on this. The new Locked On NFL is here. Locked On NFL is now two shows every day.
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Starting point is 00:12:34 Please, guys, go check out the new Locked On NFL show that I'm hosting. Big, big opportunity for me, so I'm taking some time here. Would appreciate your guys' support if you go over to Locked On NFL and show that some love. But, oh, man, the voice is trying to give out on me, folks. But the Titans aren't giving out on their season. So week six at home against the Colts.
Starting point is 00:12:54 First division game for Brian Callahan. And the Tennessee Titans are winning that game. Look, the Titans have a lot more speed at linebacker now. And that's going to help them with the RPO attack of the Indianapolis Colts. I don't think the Colts edge rush group is all that great. They lost Samson and they have obviously Quiddy Paye who's had moments, but been injured. Latu is the new draft pick. I think he's going to be a good player, but that's a rookie. So I think the Titans could find a way to slow him down. So without a great pass rush from the Colts
Starting point is 00:13:28 because of some of the injuries that they're dealing with and their secondary without injuries is bad, the Titans should be able to put up some points on the Colts. And I think the speed that the Titans have on defense at linebacker now with Ernest Jones and Kenneth Murray, I think they're going to be able to do better against some of the RPO stuff. Also, Tavondre Sweat will have to have a big game that game. So I have the Titans going to three and two,
Starting point is 00:13:48 a winning record coming out of, and they're coming out of the bye. They should have a great plan for the Colts after a first month of the season. Then the Titans play what might be one of their toughest games all year. They go to Buffalo in week seven. And I got them losing that game. I just think Buffalo is a better, more
Starting point is 00:14:05 experienced team. Josh Allen is at worst the third best quarterback in the NFL. They have maybe the best offensive line that they've had throughout the Josh Allen era and with the Titans, what I think will be struggles in pass rush,
Starting point is 00:14:22 especially on the edge. I mean, Landry's good, but I don't trust Key. I don't trust Jalen Harrell to be like an every down impact player as a seventh-round rookie. I think he's going to be a good rotational player to help the Titans, especially on early downs. But I don't think, you know, you're just lining up Jalen Harrell out there like go get him, Rook.
Starting point is 00:14:40 So I think the Bills can slow down the Titans' pass rush a little bit by focusing their energy inside. Obviously, Buffalo is going to be able to put up their own points, and their tight ends are really good. They got Dalton Kincaid, Dawson Knox, and I think the Titans will struggle over the middle of the field in pass coverage. That'll be a struggle for them all year. So I have the Titans losing that game and dropping back down to three and three. Then they stay on the road week eight at the Detroit lions. I got them losing that one as well. Look, Detroit's offensive line is absolutely beastly. I think the Titans pass rush could struggle without the blitz. Like they're going to have to blitz to get consistent pass rush in my opinion. And I just think that the Lions offensive line is
Starting point is 00:15:27 going to be ready for that. Not only that, but the Lions don't really have great wide receivers other than Amon Ross, St. Brown. They kind of just ham and egg it over there. And that minimizes the Titans' cornerback advantage. Like if you don't really have great wide receivers and you don't really throw to your wide receivers, like a ton other than your slot receiver and your tight end. Well, having a bunch of great cornerbacks, isn't as cool.
Starting point is 00:15:51 You know what I mean? So I have the Titans loose. Look, Buffalo and Detroit are better football teams than the Titans. The Titans could beat those teams. I mean, that's why we love the NFL. Anything can happen,
Starting point is 00:16:00 but I can't predict that the Titans and back-to-back weeks on the road are going to go in there and win those games. I just can't. So I have the Titans at three and four through eight weeks. All right. They were three and two. They lose to Buffalo on the road. They lose to Detroit on the road, but then they come home for what should be their easiest game of the year week nine against the new England Patriots.
Starting point is 00:16:22 And of course I have them winning that game. The Titans are a better football team and a better roster with a better quarterback and a better coach. Everything about the Titans team this year is better than the Patriots. So I think the Titans get some picks on Drake May, who's probably playing by that time. Titans win that game, I think by double digits. I think they would crush the Patriots like 27, 13, something like that. So four and four. Now for the Titans, we moved to week 10 against the Los Angeles chargers. It's at San or San Diego. They're always the San Diego chargers to me. I'll never change it, but they're going all the way to LA flying across the country. Think about those three games in that four weeks span. So in one month,
Starting point is 00:17:09 they go to Buffalo, to Detroit, to Los Angeles. That's a tough stretch right in the middle of the season, man. So I have the Titans losing to the Chargers. Justin Herbert is going to be healthy by then based on the injury he has now. Maybe he gets hurt again. I don't know. I think they're going to be able to run the ball really well. I think the Titans are going to try to do kind of what they did with Mike Vrabel and Shane Bowen where they're going to try to stop the run
Starting point is 00:17:34 and nickel. That's why Tavondre Sweat is so important because he has to take up two blockers like T.R. Tartt used to do. And that's how the Titans were able to stop the run, even though they had five defensive backs on the field. I think the Titans aren't going to be able to do that as well against San Diego. I'm going to keep doing it because they're the San Diego Chargers to me.
Starting point is 00:17:56 They're going to have trouble doing that because the Chargers have a good offensive line. So, again, the travel, the offensive line matchup, Justin Herbert is a better player than Will Levis. I got to go with the Chargers on that one. So the Titans dropped a four and five. Then the Titans come back home though, and they play the Minnesota Vikings and the Titans should be better than the Vikings. Okay. The Vikings don't have a great secondary. The defense is okay, but they don't have a great secondary. The pass rush is all right. I wouldn't say it's great. I mean, the Titans have a better quarterback. The Titans have a better running back.
Starting point is 00:18:36 The Titans have luxurious need to go up against Justin Jefferson. Now, Minnesota is going to be used to dealing with the Blitz because they go up against their defense all the time, so that might help them out. But I think the Titans are going to win this one. It's going to be close, like 24-17, something like that. But I think the Titans win this game and move to 5-5 on the year. Again, they're battling. They're in the playoff hunt, and that's exactly what you want.
Starting point is 00:19:01 We're going to conclude the season and get into the rest of these division games now. and that's exactly what you want. We're going to conclude the season and get into the rest of these division games now. Before I do, though, I do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by PrizePix. PrizePix is back, folks.
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Starting point is 00:20:17 PrizePix. Run your game. Titans fans, I can't do the loud yells right now. I just squeak out like a maniac. But anyways, thank you for making Locked on Titans your first listen each and every day. Go check out Locked on NFL. Of course, my first episode hosting the Locked on NFL show. My voice is practically gone.
Starting point is 00:20:57 So that's my luck if you guys want a window into how my life works. But I would still appreciate it if you guys went over to Locked on NFL and checked out my first episode. It's going to be awesome. Really, really excited about the opportunity. But with that being said, right now, Tennessee Titans are five and five through 11 weeks. Okay. And I think that would be a great success for the Titans, to be honest with you.
Starting point is 00:21:19 I just want them to be a competitive football team this year. But week 12 is the Titans first division matchup against the Texans. And it's on the road at Houston. So they played the Colts at home in week six, but then their first game against Houston, their next division game isn't until week 12 again on the road at Houston. And guys, I,
Starting point is 00:21:44 I think they'd lose. Houston is a better team. I like Will Levis. I think Will Levis can be good. I do not think that Will Levis can be better than CJ Stroud. He's never going to be better than CJ Stroud. The Titans as a team need to be better around Will Levis than the Texans are around CJ Stroud. But I don't think individually that Levis will ever be a better player than Stroud. He can be good enough to win the Titans a Super Bowl with a good team, and he can be a very good quarterback. But I think Stroud is just elite, man.
Starting point is 00:22:17 And at home, I think that could be right around the time where some of the Titans are hitting the rookie wall, like Tavondre Sweat and J.C. Latham. It's right around that time where you usually get that big break in college football where the season ends, and then you wait a little bit for the bowl games to happen. So I think there could be a rookie wall here for some of the Titans' best players who happen to be young. The Texans have a very good pass rush and stride. So I have the Titans losing to the Texans in week 12, dropping to five and six. But then they go on the road and play the Washington Commanders.
Starting point is 00:22:52 And I think the Titans win that game. I think the Titans are just a better team. I don't think that the Commanders have a lot of wide receivers that you would fear. I mean, Terry McLaurin is a really good player, but I'll take LeJarrius Sneed on Terry McLaurin. And then nobody else on their offense worries me at all. So, like, the Titans should win that game.
Starting point is 00:23:12 They're a better team than the Commanders. If they lose that one, no bueno. Okay, so 6-6. The Titans are 6-6 at this point. Just chugging along here. And we get to Week 14, and it's home against Jacksonville. All right. The Titans at this point have traveled so much.
Starting point is 00:23:35 Think starting from week seven at Buffalo, at Detroit, home, but then out to California against the Chargers, home, but then down to Houston. So much travel in the last six weeks. And then they go at the Commanders. Like, so many road games in there. What is that? One, two, three, four, five. Five road games in seven weeks.
Starting point is 00:24:01 The Titans come back home. They play Jacksonville, and I think that they just kind of lacks out a little bit you see that in the NBA a lot a team will go on a big road trip and their first game back home they get smoked
Starting point is 00:24:15 because they're like back home and they're finally comfortable but all that travel kind of lands on them basically the Jaguars have their bye in week 12. So I think they're going to be more rested. They're going to be prepared. And I think Jacksonville wins that game in Tennessee.
Starting point is 00:24:31 Titans drop to six and seven. Then Titans play the Bengals at home two weeks in a row. Finally. And I think coming off a loss to Jacksonville at home and being pissed off about
Starting point is 00:24:45 that and being six and seven, they play that game against the Bengals at home in week 15 and get a huge emotional win. I think the team is going to be playing for Brian Callahan in a crazy way that game. I think it's going to be a super emotional win. You got former Bengals on the team, the Bengals and Titans already don't get along. There's a rivalry there from the games that they played, the playoff game, and then the couple of games that they played the last few years. There's definitely a little bit of a rivalry there between the players. So the players kind of not liking each other and wanting to win.
Starting point is 00:25:20 The Titans blowing out the Bengals last time they played. The Brian Callahan emotional connection. I think the Titans beat the Bengals last time they played the Brian Callahan emotional connection I think the Titans beat the Bengals I think the Bengals are going to be a really good team this year I have them winning their division this year I think the Titans are going to get a huge win late in the season against a good football team it's going to get them back to seven and seven that's going to be one of the most exciting outcomes of the entire year. The problem is for me is after an emotional victory like that in two weeks at home, the Titans then go on the road against the Indianapolis Colts in Indy. Indy is always a tough place to play for the Titans. And the first time the Titans played the Colts, it'll be the
Starting point is 00:26:00 first time that the Colts have gotten to see the new Titans offense. Well, the second time the Titans play the Colts, there won't be that newness. It'll be much first time that the Colts have gotten to see the new Titans offense. Well, the second time the Titans play the Colts, there won't be that newness. It'll be much later in the season. The Colts will have much more information. They're at home. The Colts have a very good offensive line. So I think the Colts win that game, and the Titans drop to 7-8. Okay?
Starting point is 00:26:21 But then the Titans go on the road and go to Jacksonville and get a little bit of payback. I have the Titans beating Jacksonville in Jacksonville in week 17 to get their get back, to get their revenge. And I think that this win for the Titans over Jacksonville cements the Titans having a better record than Jacksonville. I think Jacksonville would be like 7-9 at that time after they lose to the Titans in Week 17.
Starting point is 00:26:51 The Titans move to 8-8 on the year, so drop to 7-8 against the Colts, move back to 8-8 in Week 17 against the Jags, and then we have the final game. Week 18, at home, in the Oiler throwbacks against the Houston Texans. And I think the Titans will be 8-8 with a playoff spot potentially on the line. I have the Titans winning that game against the Houston Texans in week 18, getting their revenge.
Starting point is 00:27:27 So they split their division games three and three, but I have them getting revenge on Houston from the early season loss in Houston. I have the Titans going nine and eight with a winning record, but I will say this. I don't think that's good enough to make the playoffs. I think the Titans can go nine-8 and miss the playoffs. And let me just say this. This is the last thing I want to say here.
Starting point is 00:27:51 It might be the last thing I physically can say. If the Titans go 9-8 and almost make the playoffs, this is an incredible season. Great season of competitive football. I know that a lot of you guys this time of year get super jazzed up about the team and what they can do. Hey, you never know. They could win the Super Bowl. You never know. They could win the Divin... What I'm looking for this year is I want the Titans to be improved from last year. I want them to build momentum
Starting point is 00:28:23 to 2025 and 2026 when Will Levis is in his third and fourth year. And that's when he should really explode and be an incredible player, which is what they're going to need if they want to be a Super Bowl contender. They'll need Will Levis to be great. And I think that you look at first year Josh Allen, second year Josh Allen, this is basically Levis's rookie year again with the new system, the new players around him. Dealing with injuries last year, only playing nine games. He's basically still a rookie.
Starting point is 00:28:54 So I think the Titans will be competitive this year. I think they'll be 8-9, 9-8. I'm going with 9-8. I'm going to be optimistic. I don't know if they make the playoffs, so even with that, and that's okay. They don't need to make the playoffs for me to think this is a successful season. They just need to create positive momentum. The players that are going to be important need to play well. We need to have hope in Will Levis still at the end of the year,
Starting point is 00:29:20 but let's just move this in the right direction. That's what I'm looking for. So my official record prediction is nine and eight. I do have the Titans missing the playoffs barely in the AFC, but that would be a great season. Nonetheless, let me know your predictions down below. That is going to do it for me today, folks. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland, and this was Locked on Titans.

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