Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans Roster Predictions: Life on the EDGE, Keeping SIX Backers & Secondary Depth Issues

Episode Date: August 20, 2024

The Tennessee Titans are less than a week from cutdown day and the picture is still unclear at edge rusher. The Titans could keep five players, but should be looking in free agents and roster cuts for... more answers. At inside linebacker, the Titans actually have a lot of developmental depth, but the status of rookie Cedric Gray could complicate things. In the secondary, the Titans have a nice top four, but who gets the fifth spot or whether there will be a fifth spot remains to be seen. 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!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.BetterHelpThis episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Make your brain your friend, with BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/LOCKEDON today to get 10% off your first month.GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Terms Apply.FanDuelFanDuel, America’s Number One Sportsbook. As playoffs wind down, the sports stop sporting like we want them to. But this summer, FanDuel is hooking up ALL CUSTOMERS with a boost or a bonus, DAILY! That’s right, there’s something for everyone, every day, all summer long! Visit FANDUEL.COM/LOCKEDON and add a big win to your summer bucket list!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 living on the edge, at edge. I'll tell you why I don't think the answer is on the roster on today's edition of the Locked On Titans podcast. 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 GameTime.
Starting point is 00:00:38 Download the GameTime app, create an account, use the code LOCKEDONNFL for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. On today's show, it's going to be part two of my final 53-man roster predictions. On yesterday's show, we took a look at the offensive side of the ball. I had 24 players making the roster there. Now we're going to flip to the defensive side of the ball and special teams, and I'll get us to 53.
Starting point is 00:01:04 We're going to talk about the edge, where I think the Titans aren't done adding to the roster at the position. Then we'll talk about the middle of the defense, the interior defensive line and the linebacker spot and why there are so many good linebackers on this team. And then finally, we'll look at the secondary, where I think the depth is very much lacking. Now, before we get into all that, 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,
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Starting point is 00:01:55 Saints. And I'm going to be going live immediately after the game against the Saints to break down all the action. We should get a lot of starter work as well. So it should be fun to talk about. But with that being said, make sure that you throw a thumbs up on the video, throw a Titan to break down all the action. We should get a lot of starter work as well, so it should be fun to talk about. But with that being said, make sure that you throw a thumbs up on the video,
Starting point is 00:02:10 throw a tighten up down in the chat. Let's talk about the edge group. So talk about who's going to make the roster. For me, it was difficult because I don't know if the Titans have more than four edge rushers that I would feel comfortable saying need to make the roster. We have the top two in Harold Landry and Arden Key,
Starting point is 00:02:28 although you guys know I've talked about Arden Key and I think that Arden Key is more of a rotational player than he is a true starter, but he definitely is the second best edge rusher that the Titans have. And then, of course, you have Jalen Harrell, Rashad Weaver, Shane Ray, Caleb Murphy, Thomas Rush, and Khalid Duke. All right.
Starting point is 00:02:51 So to me, outside of the top two who are locks to make the team, you go after, I think that Rashad Weaver is going to make the team. Now, I don't think that Rashad Weaver has progressed in the way that I had hoped. I had high hopes for Rashad Weaver. I really did. After that five and a half sack season, I thought, okay, I didn't expect Rashad Weaver to maybe be a fantastic starter, but maybe he could be a low end starter for the Titans at minimum, be a good rotational pass rusher. And I just don't know. I don't know if Weaver is there now. I think he's good enough
Starting point is 00:03:19 for the Titans to keep him on the team. I don't think we're really in any kind of risk of, I wouldn't even call it risk because, you know, it's not that big of a deal. But I don't think that we're looking at Rashad Weaver not making this team. I think Weaver's going to make this team. And then right with him, I think Jalen Harrell is an absolute lock to make this team.
Starting point is 00:03:39 The rookie seventh rounder out of Michigan has been incredibly impressive. He had two sacks, had three pressures in the game against the Seahawks. He has impressed the coaching staff. I mean, Brian Callahan called him a strong rotational player. Like, there is a good chance that Jalen Harrell is edge number three on this team over Rashad Weaver. I feel actually pretty confident saying that that will be the case by midseason
Starting point is 00:04:06 if it's not the case already. I think Jalen Harrell may already be a better player than Rashad Weaver. But I think those four players are going to make this team. Really, the question is, would the Titans keep a fifth-edge rusher out of Shane Ray, Caleb Murphy? I don't think Khalid Duke or Thomas Rush are making this
Starting point is 00:04:26 team. I think you can kind of, Duke I'd like to have on practice squad, but I don't think either of them have a chance to make this team. To me, it's down to Shane Ray, Caleb Murphy. I don't think the Titans keep six edge rushers. I don't think that's happening no matter what. So would they keep five? You know, this goes back to Brian Callahan's comments earlier this week that they're not just going to check the box and just have a number of guys at this position because that's what you should do. They're looking to keep the best
Starting point is 00:04:53 53 players. And I just don't know that Shane Ray or Caleb Murphy are that. This has continued to be a position at edge where I think the Titans need to add somebody. Titans need to add a free agent. Now, that could be in a couple of different ways. I've mentioned
Starting point is 00:05:09 names like Charles Harris or Shaq Lawson as options for the Titans. But maybe what the Titans want to do with this position is not necessarily add somebody who's in veteran free agency right now, but but
Starting point is 00:05:24 they could be looking to take somebody off someone else's roster. I know that some people hear that and they're like, oh, they're going to take somebody else's trash. But the reality is that some teams have more talent at certain positions than they can keep. All right, that's not the case for the Titans at edge. The Titans don't have so many edge rushers
Starting point is 00:05:44 that they got to cut a good player. alright that's not the case for the Titans at edge the Titans don't have so many edge rushers that they gotta cut a good player but that's probably the case at wide receiver like if the Titans cut Kyle Phillips or cut Kiaris Jackson those players probably get picked up by somebody else especially Kyle
Starting point is 00:05:58 Phillips like somebody will probably say hey we don't have six good wide receivers or six wide receivers that we like. Let's bring in Kyle Phillips. I think Kyle Phillips would get picked up by another team on their 53-man roster if the Titans cut him, which I think is what happens
Starting point is 00:06:16 based on what I said yesterday in my offensive roster prediction. So there could be teams out there that are strong at edge that have to let go of a good player and then the Titans can add that player and that can be their fifth edge rusher that they keep rather than Shane Ray or Caleb Murphy. You know what I mean? So for me personally, for my predictions
Starting point is 00:06:38 without knowing that that's going to happen, I do have the Titans keeping Shane Ray as their fifth edge rusher, putting Caleb Murphy and Khalid Duke on the practice squad. That's what I have them doing. But again, this is a position where I wouldn't be surprised if Shane Ray got cut. The Titans only kept four that they have right now, and then they add their fifth rusher in a different way.
Starting point is 00:06:59 That's something that's going to keep coming up as we go through here because I think a lot of these positions on defense, the Titans could stand to add someone else. You know what I mean? So that's what I'm looking for. That's life on the edge. I think the Titans do need to add another body there. I don't know that Shane Ray or
Starting point is 00:07:17 Caleb Murphy are guys that you want to keep on the roster anyway. So will be interesting to see how they operate there. But linebacker, interior defensive line, a lot of question marks there, especially on the interior defensive line, where I think Titans could look at that like they do edge. And, I mean, in the secondary,
Starting point is 00:07:36 the last few spots, definitely, definitely not certain about who should take those. So, we're going to go over that. That's five edge rushers, though though as we continue to build our way to 53. So 24 on offense, five edge. We're to 29. We'll continue looking at the defense now. Before we do though, do want to let you
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Starting point is 00:09:29 doing part two of my 53-man roster predictions. Did offense on yesterday's show, 24 players over there. Go check that out if you missed it. On defense now, we got five positions down or five spots down with the five edge rushers that I kept, although I could see the Titans making some changes at the bottom of the depth chart there. Now let's talk about the interior. The interior defensive line.
Starting point is 00:09:48 The inside linebackers. Before we do, I do want to thank you guys for making Locked On Titans your first listen. As for your second listen, go check out Locked On Fantasy Football. You're going to get daily insights, the best fantasy draft strategies, so you can win your league this season. It's part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Also, check out the Tic Tac Titans film channel.
Starting point is 00:10:10 I had a Malik Willis film breakdown on Tuesday. On Wednesday morning at 8 a.m., I'm going to have a Jaquan Jackson film breakdown. Very, very exciting stuff from the rookie. And then on Thursday, I'm going to have a Jalen Harrell breakdown. I might even do a James Williams breakdown on Friday as well. So a lot of content over at the Tic Tac Titans film channel. Make sure that you go down in the description of this video and click
Starting point is 00:10:32 on that and get subscribed over there. But with that being said, let's talk about the interior and we'll start at linebacker. I don't think the Titans can afford to get rid of any of their linebackers. I think that the Titans have a, somehow, the Titans have a good little group of developmental linebackers right now. I may not feel great about the starting linebackers for the Titans and Jack Gibbons and Kenneth Murray. Like, I don't think the Titans have a, I think linebacker is one of the struggle spots on this roster.
Starting point is 00:11:02 But all the young guys that can develop, Otis Reese, Cedric Gray, James Williams, like that's a solid trio of young linebackers that the Titans can develop. And again, I have said that roster building wise, I don't want to spend a lot of money at off-ball linebacker. If I'm on defense and I'm spending money, I want to spend it on pass rush and secondary. Off-ball linebacker, inside linebacker is kind of like running back
Starting point is 00:11:30 or tight end, in my opinion. It's just not a position I want to spend a lot of resources at, okay? So having that is good. You got those young three guys, and that's why I got to keep six linebackers for the Titans. It seems like a lot, I know. But I'm keeping six. I'm keeping Kenneth Murray and Jack Gibbons, obviously. They're locks. They're the starters. I'm keeping Chance Campbell as well as the primary backup linebacker. A guy you can trust.
Starting point is 00:11:58 Alright? Otis Reese, Cedric Gray, James Williams. I am obviously keeping those guys. Now that leaves Garrett Wallow out for the season finally placed on injured reserve Luke Gifford has been banged up a little bit and been at the end of the depth chart a guy that was signed
Starting point is 00:12:14 last year more of a special teams player than a linebacker though Jojo Doman also got hurt earlier this year the Titans actually brought in a new linebacker Mikel Jones after they officially put Garrett Wallow on injured reserve, but I don't think that Mikkel Jones is going to make the team. He's a body to get them through these last week of practice.
Starting point is 00:12:35 Somebody's got to play. They played Chance Campbell all game long in basically both the preseason games so far. They probably want to get him out of there and let somebody else take those reps, and I think Mikkel Jones is the guy who will be doing that. But I think the Titans keep six linebackers. Here is where things get a little interesting. And it's kind of like what we were talking about at edge, but just with a little different touch on it. So I was talking to one of my friends in the Titans community.
Starting point is 00:13:02 He's also a content creator. Will Lomas from Titan Size. And we were kind of just talking about our 53-man roster projections and who we think makes it. He sent me his list and we were talking about mine and why we disagree at certain spots. Shout out to you, Will. Always good conversation.
Starting point is 00:13:20 But he made a great point that what the Titans may do at inside linebacker because Cedric Gray has been hurt. He's been out with a shoulder injury, and we don't know if he's going to return this week. We don't know if he's going to be able to play in the final preseason game, and a lot of times what happens is in these situations is the team will put a player on injured reserve,
Starting point is 00:13:40 but they have to do it after the 53-man roster is set. Okay? So if you put a guy on injured reserve before the season starts, there are rules out there where you can't bring all those guys back. Okay? It's not like in the regular season where you put a guy on IR and you can bring him back after three weeks, after four weeks. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:14:03 Now, there's a limit on that now. The NFL changed the rules a little bit recently. There is a limit, but there are still, I think, the old locked-on NFL around the NFL podcast, which is dead now, RIP. But they claim the term IR boomerang. Like, you have a number of guys that you can place on IR and bring them back, but in the preseason,
Starting point is 00:14:23 those rules are different. And often, the guys that get put on IR before the regular season, before the 53-man roster is set, those guys don't come back. So if the Titans think that Cedric Gray is still going to be out a while with his shoulder injury, what they could do is they could put him on the 53-man
Starting point is 00:14:38 roster, but then immediately place him on injured reserve, which would then open a roster spot on the 53-man roster, which they could bring back somebody that they already cut, or they could bring back somebody at a different position from a different team, like we talked about with Edge. Like the Titans could get a guy who was cut by a different team,
Starting point is 00:14:58 who had a surplus at a certain position. So that could be a place where it makes the roster rules funky, even though Cedric Gray did make the team, they would immediately place him on IR, and then they would add somebody else at either linebacker or a different position. I think it would be a different position, probably, but that is a possibility that I want to at least mention, but since I don't know, again, good credit to Will, Good idea there on how the order of operations could work. But since I don't know that that's going to happen for sure, I'm just going to say the Titans keep six linebackers. The six guys who I think will stay with the team. Kenneth Murray, Jack Gibbons, Chance Campbell, Otis Reese,
Starting point is 00:15:38 Cedric Gray, James Williams. So that's six. So we had five edge, six linebackers. That's 11 guys. We got 26 spots on defense. All right? So we filled 11 of them. Moving to the interior defensive line.
Starting point is 00:15:53 Again, I go back to the quote that Brian Callahan said. We're not just checking boxes with numbers here. We're going to keep the best players on the team. And I just, I have said it all summer long. I've said it all training camp long. I've said it all preseason long. I do not like the interior defensive line depth for the team. And I just, I have said it all summer long. I've said it all training camp long. I've said it all preseason long. I do not like the interior defensive line depth for the Titans.
Starting point is 00:16:09 I do not. So you got Jeff, you got Sweat, you got Sebastian Joseph Day. I think they are locks. Keiondre Coburn, who's also a nose tackle. He's the direct backup to Devondre Sweat. I think the Titans keep Keiondre Coburn. Not only did he have a good preseason,
Starting point is 00:16:25 but he could be a babysitter for Tevondre Sweat. He could be a mentor, if you like that term better. They played together at Texas. You got Jeffrey Simmons' locker, Sweat's locker, Coburn's locker. So those two veteran guys are right next to him. Coburn was Tevondre Sweat's big at Texas, like his older brother, his big brother in the football program. So you have Coburn, who's proved that he's good enough
Starting point is 00:16:49 to make the roster this preseason. I give him credit there. And then you have Sweat as your two nose tackles. And then you got Jeff and you got Sebastian Joseph Day, which means that your next interior defensive lineman has to be someone with a little bit of versatility who can play the three technique behind Jeffrey Simmons, but also kick out and play a little defensive end in the Titans base five-man set, which is what Sebastian Joseph Day has been doing in the limited amount that we've seen him
Starting point is 00:17:13 in the preseason. So I'm going to keep TK McClendon. All right. I'm going to keep TK McClendon who can be that versatile guy and do both of those. Now that means I'm cutting Isaiah Iton, the rookie out of Penn State, put him on the practice squad. Really would like him on the practice squad. I'm going to cut Abdullah. He was just added when the Titans put Marlon Davidson on IR. That's a camp body. Quentin Bohanna is the guy who,
Starting point is 00:17:39 if the Titans keep six interior defensive linemen that are currently on the roster, Quentin Bohanna would be the guy who would be added, who I'm cutting. But again, I don't like the interior defensive line for the Titans. I think even a guy like TK McClendon could be cut and the Titans could add somebody
Starting point is 00:17:56 from someone else's cuts. So I think that there could be, like, perfect example, there could be a sixth interior defensive lineman so the Titans have a direct backup at every spot on the IDL. And then Cedric Gray placed on IR. So I say six linebackers with Cedric Gray
Starting point is 00:18:15 and five interior defensive linemen, but the Titans could ultimately put Cedric Gray on IR, leaving only five linebackers, and then use his spot to add a sixth interior defensive lineman from another team, which I think is a possibility of happening because I want the Titans to churn a little bit there. So that's what could happen. But for right now, my official predictions,
Starting point is 00:18:36 six linebackers, five interior defensive linemen, Jeff Sweat, Sebastian Joseph Day, Keiondre Coburn, TK McClendon. Really hope the Titans do prove me wrong and add something else there, though. But we got to talk about the secondary, where the Titans look good in the front four spots. But after that, things get awfully hairy. Before we get into it, though, I do want to let you guys know that today's episode is brought to you by GameTime.
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Starting point is 00:20:42 Check that out if you missed it. Doing defense today. So far, we have 16 spots out of the 26. So we have 10 spots left. We have six inside linebackers, five interior defensive linemen, five edge rushers. We'll go to safety. We'll go to cornerback.
Starting point is 00:21:00 Again, 10 spots left. All right. Now, before I get into it, do want to thank you guys again for making the Locked on Titans podcast your first listen. Now go check out Locked on Fantasy Football. You're going to get daily insights, the best fantasy draft strategies
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Starting point is 00:21:32 He was awesome. Could have been even better, too, if he got the ball when he was open every time. So, I hope you guys will enjoy that. And then Jalen Harrell will come out on Thursday. But looking into the secondary, we'll start at cornerback. The top four is easy, right? Sneed, Chito, Roger, Jarvis Brownlee Jr. Simple, plain, easy, flat out, no questions.
Starting point is 00:21:56 Okay? So that simple. But after that, what do you do? And I am a firm believer that you need at least five cornerbacks. You got to have five cornerbacks. Honestly that you need at least five cornerbacks. You got to have five cornerbacks. Honestly, I would lean towards six cornerbacks if I could have my perfect roster. But the Titans don't have six players worth keeping.
Starting point is 00:22:15 So if you have the front four of Snead, Chito, Roger, JBJ, who is the fifth? All right. I'm curious to hear what you guys have to say down below. My pick, my pick would be Gabe Judy Lawley. I think Gabe Judy Lawley's had a good training camp. We've heard good reports. He's an undrafted free agent rookie.
Starting point is 00:22:35 So there's potential there. You can develop him. But here's the reality. Every opportunity this offseason, Trey Avery has played over Gabe Judy Lawley. When the Titans are in the first team defense and they don't have Sneed and they don't have Chito out there, which has been the case for most of training camp,
Starting point is 00:22:54 it's Trey Avery. So at some point, you would think that the Titans would put Gabe Judy Lawley out there over Trey Avery, but they haven't. So I hope that Gabe Judy Lawley gets the fifth spot, but my prediction is going to be Trey Avery. And I know that he's been getting cooked,
Starting point is 00:23:17 and I know that a lot of people out there don't think he's very good. And I'm not going to argue with you about that. But I think that the team and the coaching staff likes Trey Avery a lot more than we all do. All right. So just got to keep that in mind, but I'm going to go with the five cornerbacks again, Snead, Cheeto, Roger, JBJ. And then finally I'll give the fifth spot to Trey Avery. I think that Gabe Judy Lawley goes to practice squad. I think that Eric Gerwar goes to practice squad. That way you have an outside corner and an inside corner on practice squad. I think that Eric Gerrard goes to practice squad. That way you have an outside corner and an inside corner on practice squad. Robert Javier,
Starting point is 00:23:48 Tay Gowen, Caleb Farley of course, and then Anthony Kendall I think all get cut. So that's where I'm at on that. Maybe Kendall comes back on the practice squad. I don't know. He's been banged up. He's been injured. So who knows if that's even possible or what they're looking at.
Starting point is 00:24:04 But five corners there. So five spots left. I'm going to safety. All right. You have the top four that we know. Amani Hooker, Quandre Diggs, Jamal Adams, Elijah Moulton. That's your top four. Feel comfortable with that.
Starting point is 00:24:21 But again, I want to have a fifth safety for special teams purposes. I want to have a guy who's a key member of my special teams unit. And when you're looking at who remains, you have Mike Brown, you have Shai Carter, you have Matt Jackson, you have Keaton Ellis, the undrafted free agent rookie. I know that most people in this position would take Matt Jackson. He's made some splash plays in camp, like some interceptions. People have heard his name.
Starting point is 00:24:50 He's a young guy, and I think Matt Jackson's in his second year. I think he was an undrafted free agent last year. But here's the reality. Mike Brown has played over Matt Jackson all offseason long and any opportunity that we got to see the team Mike Brown has played over him I think that Mike Brown might even be better than Elijah Moulton Mike Brown is an underrated player
Starting point is 00:25:16 he can also be a dime backer he's also good on special teams he can be the personal protector on punt I think that Mike Brown is a guy, Mike Brown is one of the most underrated players on the roster, not in terms of he's so good and people don't see it, but in terms of he's solid
Starting point is 00:25:33 and Titans fans don't talk about him at all. Okay? Mike Brown, I think is the fifth safety who makes this team. So, six inside linebackers, five interior defensive linemen, five edge rushers, five cornerbacks, five safeties. That's 26 players on defense to go with the 24 players on offense.
Starting point is 00:25:56 That makes 50. And then the final three spots, Ryan Stonehouse at punter, Nick Folk at kicker, Morgan Cox at long snapper. That's 53. So, curious to hear your guys' 53, man. If you want to do a full roster prediction in the comments or hit me up on Twitter and send me yours, at TicTacTitans, that's cool with me.
Starting point is 00:26:17 That's fine. I always find it interesting to see who people think are going to make the roster and why. And, you know, these sort of things, this is a great example of there are some fans out there who will tell you why even discuss this stuff. You're not in the building. You have no control.
Starting point is 00:26:34 You know, the team doesn't listen to you, blah, blah, blah. But, like, this is a perfect example of this is what being a football fan is all about. Like, this is fun, right? Like, having these discussions, disagreements about whether to keep five linebackers and six interior defensive linemen or seven wide receivers, four tight ends. Malik Willis is a third QB.
Starting point is 00:26:55 Having these discussions among ourselves and sharing a passion and sharing an interest in this football team, that is what it's all about. That's why I enjoy football so much. The game itself is fantastic. I love the game of football. But I also love all the discussion
Starting point is 00:27:14 and all the camaraderie and just all of the conversation that comes along with being a football fan. So never let people tell you that, you know, you shouldn't be discussing these things. This is exactly what we should be discussing. And this is why the NFL is so popular. Because people love to talk about it in their free time.
Starting point is 00:27:35 So, anyways, with that being said, I'll get off my soapbox. But, yeah, that's 53. Let's see what really happens next Tuesday. The cuts happen and I'll be here on Tuesday night to break down everything that happened and talk about how right or how wrong I was. So can't wait for that. Can't wait for some answers.
Starting point is 00:27:53 But first, we got a football game, and we got football practice, and I'm going to be bringing those to you guys this week. So remember, throw a thumbs up on the video. Throw a Titan up down in the chat. 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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