Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans Should SAY NO TO MATT NAGY in Head Coaching Search & Concerning Candidate Reports

Episode Date: December 23, 2025

The Tennessee Titans head coaching search is still the most important thing they must handle ahead of them and as we get closer to the end of the season when the search will really ramp up, we start t...o get more reports on what the options could be. Matt Nagy, the Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator and former Chicago Bears head coach, continues to be named as a possibility. The Titans should not hire Matt Nagy and the fact he keeps coming up is concerning. The rest of the recently reported names doesn't inspire a lot of hope either. It is limited on the offensive side of the ball and some great options aren't mentioned that should be. However, these reports always have an intent so we should not take them as certainty. Finally, Jeffery Simmons made the pro bowl in the AFC and he should also win an all-pro spot with it. Chimere Dike also got a pro-bowl nod as a returner in the AFC. A tremendous feat as a rookie. 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 Everydayer ClubIf you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans.Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclubSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!CarGurusShop the way you want with the tools, data, and unbiased deal ratings that make it easy.  Buy or sell your next car today at http://CarGurus.com.FanDuelIf you want to be right in the middle of the action this season, visit FanDuel.com and place your NFL live bets all season long. PrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNFLGametimeDownload 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.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) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Tennessee Titans must say no to hiring Matt Nagy as their next head coach, and I'll explain why 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 Price Picks
Starting point is 00:00:34 Download the Price Picks app today Use the code Locked on NFL to get $50 in lineups After you play your first $5 lineup On today's show I am gonna tell you why I would absolutely not hire Matt Nagy Why he is one of my least favorite candidates That have been reported for the Tennessee Titans Despite the fact that he continues to be mentioned in the reports
Starting point is 00:00:56 After I talk about Matt Nagy as a terrible option for the Titans, I'm going to go over all the other names that were a part of a recent report on the Tennessee Titans head coaching search. And I'll be honest with you, I don't really like the list very much either. So we're going to go over that and why you've got to take it with a grain of salt as well. And then two Tennessee Titans made the Pro Bowl, one of them being Jeffrey Simmons and not only should he make the Pro Bowl, Jeffrey Simmons should be a first team all pro.
Starting point is 00:01:21 Before we get into all of that, do want to thank you for making the Lockdown Titans podcast, your first listen. Thank you for making the Locked-on Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network. 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. Speaking of every day, shout out to my everydayers out there.
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Starting point is 00:01:58 But again, just say no to Matt Nagy. Matt Nagy would be a disaster. Matt Nagy would be a terrible hire and it makes me absolutely terrified that he continues to be rumored, continues to be mentioned anytime there's a report on the Tennessee Titans head coaching search and we got a report last weekend from Diana Rusini who talked about the Tennessee Titans search and she mentioned Matt Nagy once again she said
Starting point is 00:02:29 Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy is viewed internally as a serious candidate. Nagy will be in Nashville on Sunday with Kansas City but the NFL rules state there can't be any job discussions. Tennessee also plans to reach out to several defensive coordinators including Indianapolis Colts Luana Rumo Green Bay Packers Jeff Hathley Jacksonville Jaguars Anthony Campanil
Starting point is 00:02:51 Rams Chris Shula the Houston Texans Matt Burke and Chargers Jesse Mentor. So she mentions right at the top that Matt Nagy is viewed as a serious candidate and I just don't understand. I am going to be driving this bus. I'm going to be
Starting point is 00:03:07 driving the hate train. It may be Christmas Eve edition of Locked on Titans but I'm going to be the Grinch and say bah humbug to Matt Nagy. Like I don't understand whatsoever outside of oh Matt Nagy is in Kansas City and had a
Starting point is 00:03:24 relationship with Mike Borganzi because they were co-workers. Outside of that, I do not see any viable positivity. Let's start. Leadership. What the Tennessee Titans desperately need right now is a leader to lead the franchise to inspire guys. That is not who Matt Nagy is. Matt Nagy isn't a culture center. Matt Nagy isn't a big rah-rah leadership guy that's going to inspire players and going to be able to draw on past experiences to connect with every player in the locker room and get the best out of them. That is not who Matt Nagy is. And on the Kansas City Chiefs Crossover Thursday episode last week,
Starting point is 00:04:03 literally, literally my guy Chris Clark was like, yeah, I don't think he would be a very good head coach. I don't think that's a good idea. It's a guy who sees him every single day. Number one more than anything, the Titans need a leader for this organization, a North Star, a set of culture. That is not Matt Nagy's personality. That is not who he is.
Starting point is 00:04:22 Okay? And not only that, but Matt Nagy is an offensive coach who had a bad offense. They were 9th in points that first year. They went 12 and 4. Matt Nagy is just surviving off the success that he had that first season in Chicago where they went 12 and 4. They were 9th and points.
Starting point is 00:04:42 The very next year they were 29th. The very next year they were 22nd. The very next year they were 27th. And then he got fired. Or he got fired in the middle of the season, but regardless. Or not the middle of season. He made it through. They were 27. Yards, they were 21st, 29th, 26th, 24th. The dude doesn't want to run the ball.
Starting point is 00:05:04 He was 6th and rushing attempts that first year. And then he went to 27th and 24th. And then 11th in the final year as they had finally ran out of gas and he got fired. Not committed to the run. An offensive coach who had struggling offenses. And again, everybody wants to say, Matt Nagy had a winning record in Chicago. Matt Nagy won games with Mitch Trubisky.
Starting point is 00:05:28 Well, Mitch Trubisky was better in his first year than he ever was after that. He didn't get better under Matt Nagy. He fell off under Matt Nagy. So do you want to put Matt Nagy with Cam Ward? A guy whose quarterback got worse under him? Like, his offenses weren't that good. He isn't committed to running the football. He didn't improve his young quarterback.
Starting point is 00:05:54 and then people say oh he's got a winning record he's got a winning he went 12 and 4 the first year then he went 8 and 8 8 and 8 and 8 and 6 and 11 he went 12 and 4 the first year and was awesome and that makes 8 8 and 8 and 6 and 11 look good now because he had a very good first season
Starting point is 00:06:14 and I'm sorry but I put a major asterisk on that first season that he had in Chicago because he had Vic Fangio as his defensive coordinator They had 36 turnovers on defense, number one in the NFL that year. Why were they 9th in points but 21st in yards? Because the offense barely had to go anywhere to score because the defense was so good and the defense was scoring points and that gets credit to the offense for points scored.
Starting point is 00:06:42 That defense was outrageous. Vic Fangio was a head coach level coordinator. So I'm sorry, the one good year, that Matt Nagy's whole entire candidacy is based on in my opinion the credit for that season should actually go to Vic Fongio not Matt Nagy Fongio was the best coach on that staff and that continues a trend of Matt Nagy
Starting point is 00:07:10 not being the top mind on his coaching staff like right now he was with Kansas City he wasn't the top offensive mind there Andy Reid is the top offensive mind there And then he goes to Chicago. All right, he's in Chicago. He's the top offensive mind of terrible offenses. The outside of the first year, again, 29th in scoring, 29th in yards,
Starting point is 00:07:33 22nd and scoring 26th and yards, 27th in scoring 24th in yards. Terrible offenses as an offensive coach. And then he goes back to Kansas City, and I'm supposed to look at what he's done in Kansas City since he got back and be like, oh yeah, he's ready for another opportunity. Kansas City missed the playoffs this year and you could say Patrick Mahomes towards ACL they were being beat
Starting point is 00:07:55 by the Chargers and eliminated from the playoffs before Mahomes injury took place this offense has fallen off a cliff the offense has been a problem last year for the Chiefs when they went to the Super Bowl their defense was what was most impressive the year before that when they won it remember everybody was crying about their offense saying it wasn't good
Starting point is 00:08:14 no wide receivers blah blah because the offense was not productive and Mahomes is simply carrying this team to some semblance of success, even though they're not developing any additional answers on the offensive side of the ball. Why would Matt Nagy's recent time with Kansas City where the offense hasn't been as good as the first couple of years with Patrick Mahomes? The offense is downgraded. And Matt Nagy isn't even the top offensive mind to get credit for being the top offensive mind because he went back to be Andy Reid's sidekick. Again, like, how can you tell me that year?
Starting point is 00:08:50 in Chicago where we went 12 and 4 and what he's done in his second stint with Kansas City and his lack of leadership qualities is just a personality how can you look at me and tell me that Matt Nagy is a great candidate for this head coaching job and here's the reality if they
Starting point is 00:09:06 pick Matt Nagy it is simply picking relationship over talent they care more about the past relationship with Mike Borganzi than they do the talent of the coach that they're hiring and Matt Nagy is just and not in any way, shape, or form. What this franchise needs right now. I agree. A coach with experience,
Starting point is 00:09:25 a coach with an offensive slant to work with the quarterback, he's worked with Mahomes, he works with Cam Ward. I get the argument that people would make for him. But I just think it's a flimsy, terrible argument. I think when you look deeper at the situation, it's even worse. And yes, the talent that the Bears had on offense wasn't the best and he had Mitch Trubisky. But as a coach, you're supposed to elevate and make those players better. And after that first season where he was carried by Vic Fongio's defense, he never did that ever. So I'm sorry, what you would take as evidence of him elevating an offensive bad.
Starting point is 00:10:00 I think he got exactly what that talent would have given him. And that's bad offensive play for three out of four years. This guy doesn't elevate offensive talent and get the most out of his guys. He gets exactly what his guys are going to give him, which is what the Titans are getting right now. So leadership, pelts on the wall, the offense, I'm just so out on Matt Nagy I could not possibly be more out on Matt Nagy
Starting point is 00:10:24 but the problem is I don't really like any of the other reported candidates we got from Diana Rusini either do want to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by prize picks the holiday season is one of the best times for sports you got bowl games, you got big basketball matchups
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Starting point is 00:12:07 but with that being said want to talk about the rest of the list and we heard that the Tennessee Titans might be looking for youth and that's what's on this list but another thing that really stands out as this on this list is it's all defense. Everyone else besides Matt Nagy is defense. And I think that is a bit of a surprise. Before I get into it, I do want to thank you for making Locked on Titans your first listen. Thank you for making the Locked On Podcast Network,
Starting point is 00:12:31 your first listen in the number one sports podcast network. Also, happy holidays, Merry Christmas. All of that to all of you guys, thank you so much for making Locked on Titans your first listen each and every day, of course, like I just said. But with that all being said, we dive into the list. And number one, Lou Anirumo. The Colts defensive coordinator.
Starting point is 00:12:51 Yes, the Colts defense that has not had a consistent pass rush all year, that has completely fallen off a cliff, that has bad secondary play, that gave up 47 points to the San Francisco 49ers at home. Yeah, I'm out on Lou Anirumo. Not only is Lou Anirumo a good defensive coordinator, but he's not great. He's not talented enough to be like, oh, that guy needs to be a head coach.
Starting point is 00:13:17 He's such a brilliant defensive mind, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Like, and I'm sorry, he's an older guy. And, like, whereas Mike McCarthy is 62 years old, he has a Super Bowl. Mike McCarthy has been a head coach in the NFL for, you know, two decades now, 15 years now. Luana Rumo's never been a head coach. So you're telling me that you're going to get a guy
Starting point is 00:13:49 who is going to be 60 years old by the time next season starts and this is his first time ever being a head coach that's the worst of both worlds you get an older guy who's going to have a harder time connecting to younger players that you can build around for the next decade and he's inexperienced and as a first time head coach
Starting point is 00:14:08 not a chance in the world get out of here with Lou Anorumo Matt Burke is the defensive coordinator of the Houston Texans. He's not even the top schematic mind in Houston. That's Damico Ryans. Demico Ryans is the czar of defense. He's the play caller.
Starting point is 00:14:25 Why would you go get a defensive coordinator who's not the top schematic mind and isn't a play caller? What are we doing? No, we're not taking Matt Burke to division rival defensive coordinators. Get out of here. Terrible, terrible choices right there.
Starting point is 00:14:41 What are we doing? Those are awful. Now, the four names that I am higher on than those two. Those are my least favorite names, a part of this report. But I will tell you this. Jeff Halfley from the Green Bay Packers, they've had a real good defense. He's a guy who has had some, I guess, buzz about him as a candidate.
Starting point is 00:15:07 But it is fair to say that his time in Boston College, does that really work out? You know, do you think that he can really do the job? I don't know. He's been a head coach before again at Boston College, so he has some experience with that. The defense has been fantastic. Maybe he could have some connections to the Matlifler offensive tree
Starting point is 00:15:29 since he's been there. He's 46 years old, so he's still, you know, a younger candidate, but he's not so young. He's not in his 30. So Jeff Halfley is an okay candidate. And remember, not every person on the list is going to get the job. That's not how it works. Getting guys in to get information from them.
Starting point is 00:15:46 How would you use our roster? What areas do you think we need to improve in? What would be your plan? What would your offensive coaching staff look like if we hired a defensive guy? Asking all those questions as a means of getting information and getting smarter about your team, that is a good way to do it. And Halfley is a guy who I would actually like to have in the building
Starting point is 00:16:05 to at least ask those questions. So Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator, Jeff Halfley would be my fourth out of the four that I actually am interested in. Next, Anthony Campanile, the defensive coordinator from the Jacksonville Jaguars. You do have to wonder how much of their boost in Jacksonville has been from Leon Cohen, who is a force of personality, you can just tell. But Campanil is a guy who has really gotten a lot of buzz as of late, and he's really got the Jacksonville Jaguars defense playing really, really good football.
Starting point is 00:16:32 But another division rival, he's a younger guy, and I just don't know, I just don't know if the Titan should be taking that kind of risk. You know what I mean? Like he's 43, he's not in his 30s or anything like that. He's had a lot of experience for sure in college in the NFL. He's coached in Michigan before. He's coached on offense and defense. I think that's pretty interesting.
Starting point is 00:16:56 It makes him intriguing as a candidate, but probably too big of a risk, in my opinion, to go that route. Two guys who I really like, though, are Jesse Mentor, the defensive coordinator from the Los Angeles Chargers, and then Chris Shula, the defensive coordinator from the Los Angeles Rams. and I think Shula is my favorite out of this list. Shula is a guy who comes from a strong football family. You've heard of the Shulas, obviously.
Starting point is 00:17:20 Now, he is 39 years old. He's a young guy, the youngest of the guys that we've just talked about recently. He is in his second year being the defensive coordinator for the Rams under Sean McVeigh. And here's the thing. He has the personality and the leadership qualities that make people believe he could be a franchise leading head coach here in the near future. And I think that sort of reputation, even though Shula is a younger guy, even though he's a guy who has not had head coaching experience before, out of this list,
Starting point is 00:17:51 he is my favorite guy. I mean, none of these guys other than Matt Nagy, who we already talked about, none of the guys we've talked about in this segment, have head coaching experience. So out of this list, Chris Shula is certainly my favorite. Now, that defense has been absolutely fantastic. He's at the cutting edge of the scheme on defense. He is the top defense of mine. And I know that you may be Here, oh, family history is coaching in the NFL, 39 years old, never been a head coach before. This is just Brian Callahan all over again, right? Well, I think the main difference here is for me that Chris Schula actually calls plays on defense. He is the play caller.
Starting point is 00:18:26 He is the top offensive mind. Brian Callahan was not the top offensive mind in Cincinnati. That was Zach Taylor. Brian Callahan was not the play caller in Cincinnati. That was Zach Taylor. so Chris Shula is the cutting edge defensive mind in Los Angeles Chris Shula is the defensive play caller in Los Angeles so he could come over and still be that defensive wizard
Starting point is 00:18:50 and because he comes from Sean McVey's team I think he also gives you some of that little sprinkle that you get from Robert Sala who is a candidate I like where you can get access to that Kyle Shanahan Sean McVey coaching tree so that you have a better chance of having a good offensive coordinator because that's always going to be the problem with a defensive-minded head coach is are you going to be able to get the offensive coordinator right consistently? And I think having a guy from that Sean McVey tree, that Kyle Shanahan tree,
Starting point is 00:19:18 I think that does give you a better opportunity to fill that offensive coordinator position. So I think Chris Shula is the number one guy on my list. Jesse Minter is a spicy candidate, defensive coordinator again for the Los Angeles Chargers. The defense has been pretty good this year for the Chargers. been a little up and down at times, but Mentor is truly, truly, truly a cutting-edge defense of mind. He is at the forefront of defensive scheme in the NFL.
Starting point is 00:19:44 He's had a lot of experience. He's a Jim Harbaugh guy, so he's had a good opportunity to see what real leadership and truly leading a professional football team looks like. Harball is at the top of the list when it comes to professionalism with running an NFL unit and what it's supposed to look like. So I think having that example to look up to could be very helpful for Jesse Mentor. overall, I don't really like this list. This is not, where is the offense?
Starting point is 00:20:09 Where is the guy who's going to help Cam Ward? And if the Titans basically look at all defensive guys and then they hire Matt Nagy and say oh, we wanted somebody who could work with Cam Ward, I'm going to be pissed. All right? You can't say that you want somebody
Starting point is 00:20:29 who wants to work with Cam Ward and then only be interested in one offensive coach. But here's the reality. Here's what we have to remember. And here's maybe the most important point at this point after going through the list. This is only Diana Rusini. And there are a lot of you who point out Rusini has had some else on some reports in recent memory. Now, I don't keep track of every big time now.
Starting point is 00:20:59 Do that. You know what I mean? I'm not out there charting whether Diana Ruhrush. or see any scoops are all right or wrong. But she's had her fair share of misses. And I don't think that she's had good sources inside the building since Vrable left. And I think, again, you've got to take this list with a grain of salt. We don't know that these are the actual candidates.
Starting point is 00:21:20 We don't know that this is the actual list. Last year, we heard all kinds of crazy talk about, you know, this guy's the front runner and this, and they didn't even get a second interview. So until we hear the official interview list from the Titans, It's okay to not be too panicked by any single report. But I will tell you this, Matt Nagy's name has come up in every single report from ESPN to Diana Rusini to any report that you want to get from many different sources. Matt Nagy's name's always brought up, so that is concerning to me.
Starting point is 00:21:50 But with that being said, pro bowl rosters were announced. Two Tennessee Titans made the Pro Bowl, and one of them, maybe even both of them, should be on the All-Pro team as well. Titans fans. Let's continue and cap off today's edition of the Locked on Titans podcast. We talked about saying no to Matt Nagy. God, I'm going to be so angry. Matt and Aggie is hired as the head coach. We talked about the rest of the names on the list in the recent report and why they're not all that inspiring to me either.
Starting point is 00:22:41 But now I want to talk about some recent news. Two Titans make the Pro Bowl. Both of them I think should probably make the All-Pro team. Before we dive in, thanks again for making Lockdown Titan Jew at first. Listen. Thank you for making the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network. But Jeffrey Simmons made the Pro Bowl.
Starting point is 00:22:59 No surprise, he should. I've said it online. I made some short content recently showing Jeffrey Simmons domination talking about it Jeffrey Simmons is the best interior defensive lineman
Starting point is 00:23:12 in the NFL this year, full stop. Period. Period. He's number one amongst interior defensive linemen in sacks with 9. He's number 2 among interior defensive linemen and tackles for loss with 16. He's first in pressure rate.
Starting point is 00:23:28 He's got the highest grade in pass rush. on pro football focus amongst the Terrier defensive lineman with a 90.9. He is a dominant force out on the field. Absolute dominant force. And I know, I know, I know. The Titans are going to be 3 and 14. They're not very good.
Starting point is 00:23:51 But that shouldn't take away from how absolutely insane Jeffrey Simmons has been this year. And mind you, all of that production is in 13. 13 games. Not 16. Not 15. Like, think about it. Dude has been absolutely dominant every game making massive plays, two force fumbles, batting down passes at the line of scrimmage even when he doesn't get there. And all the while, he is the guy who, how many players on the Titans,
Starting point is 00:24:26 do you think that the defensive coordinator or the offensive coordinator says, we got a game playing around that guy? It ain't Arden Key and Jihad Ward. It ain't Cody Barton. It ain't Amani Hooker or Daryl Baker Jr. or Jalen Armar Davis. It's Jeffrey Simmons. The entire plan every week is to stop Jeffrey Simmons.
Starting point is 00:24:50 And they can't. And they can't. Even with the lack of helper, imagine if he had an NFL starting edge rusher next to him. Imagine. You know? Like, he is just absolutely insane. He has been incredible this year.
Starting point is 00:25:08 Again, not only did he make the Pro Bowl, but he should absolutely be the first team all pro in the NFL, full stop, point blank period. Doesn't matter how you want to cut it. He should be the top. Interior defensive linemen in the NFL, all pro first team. I don't care that the Titans haven't won a lot of games. He is by far the most dominant.
Starting point is 00:25:28 If you watch him play on a week-to-week basis, it is not only impressive, it's even more impressive with the lack of help around him and the performance of the Titans defense. Like, it's just insane. And not only that, but I need Jeffrey Simmons to get that first team All-Pro because he deserves it.
Starting point is 00:25:49 Not just on the field, off the field. What he's done in the community, the player and the person that he's become for this team, the leader that he became this year using his voice to speak up and say this isn't right, we got to get better challenging people and practice on the other side of the ball,
Starting point is 00:26:06 expecting more, demanding more, criticizing his teammates in public. Jeffrey Simmons has said this is not good enough and I have to do more. I have to physically spiritually, emotionally drag this team back to where we have to go.
Starting point is 00:26:22 Now that Cam Ward's here and I feel like I have real help to do it, I'm putting my all into it. Jeffrey Simmons has given everything to the Tennessee Titans and the Tennessee Titans fans this year. And he has lived up and truly become this year, truly become not only just the player, but the person that he always dreamed that he could be,
Starting point is 00:26:42 I guarantee it. And, you know, his house is getting broken into. And he's like, I'm still smiling. They didn't win. I'm still smiling. I didn't lose nothing. Like, the adversity of the team not being good. What he's going through with that.
Starting point is 00:27:02 He dropped the weight before the season, remember? And he is just a truly different person, different dedicated level of person this year. And he deserves all of the success that he's getting. He should make the Pro Bowl. He should be first team All-Pro. And I literally can't hear anything else about it. He is the best interior defensive lineman in the entire league.
Starting point is 00:27:22 It's not close. It's not close. So that's all I have to say about, that. Now, he wasn't alone. Jim D.K. also made the Pro Bowl as the returner in the AFC, and I think DK should also be the All-Pro as well. Now, the Patriots have a really good returner. Um, Marcus Jones. Is that his name, Jones? Is his name Marcus Jones, I believe? Very good returner has been awesome this year. No doubt about it. But Jim D.K.
Starting point is 00:27:52 I mean, he should have another punt return touchdown on top of the two that he already has. He's one of the first rookies. There's only like four rookies in the last 25 years that have had four receiving touchdowns and two return touchdowns, and he's one of them. Like, he has had a historic season as a returner. He's added as a wide receiver. Jim, look, there are two all-pro spots.
Starting point is 00:28:18 He may not get the first team all-pro spot, but Jim D.K. definitely needs to get at minimum second-team all-pro as the returner because he has been fantastic, a revelation, And I got to tell you, seeing Bones Fossil get up in front of the team, the Titans media team put out a video showing when they announced the Pro Bowl stuff to the team in the team meeting. And him announcing Chim D.K. getting the spot was just, it was awesome.
Starting point is 00:28:47 They got to bring Bones Fossil back. And that's why I like Mike McCarthy as my number one option for head coach because he had Bones Fossil on his coaching staff in Dallas before he got let go. So, keep bones fossil around. Honestly, I think DeNard Wilson might even stay around if Mike McCarthy gets hired. I think that would be a great idea. I'm here for it.
Starting point is 00:29:06 I'm not going to pound the table for it, but I'm not against it either. You know what I mean? They just need better offensive coaching and a more professional leader. But with that being said, congrats to Chim DK. Congrats to Jeffrey Simmons on the Pro Bowl and hopefully an all-pro selection as well. But I'm going to be back with you guys tomorrow on Christmas with a little crossover Thursday with,
Starting point is 00:29:26 Ross Jackson from Locked On Saints. So make sure that you guys check that out. And I'm going to have on Christmas night on the day after Christmas morning I'm going to have my game preview. There are holidays, but y'all know I don't take holidays here on the Locked On Titans podcast. So again, make sure that you get subscribed.
Starting point is 00:29:43 Stay subscribed. It's your team every day. That's going to do it for me today, folks. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowan, and this was Locked on Titans. You know,

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