Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - TITANS SQUAD SHOW: KEEP or CUT WR Edition, Xavier Restrepo has SLIM CHANCE to make the roster

Episode Date: May 26, 2026

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Well, Cam Ward has his summer body ready to go, but does that mean good things for Brian Dable's offense? We'll talk about that next. The Tennessee Titans have helped Cam Ward, but Cam Ward is also helping Cam Ward, and that's good news for the Titans. And we're going to preview, guys, that we aren't talking about that we should. Mine might just surprise you. Titan up. It's the Titans squad. Everything Tennessee Titans every week. covering all the big hits and game-changing plays from the heart of Music City,

the way only the locked-on podcast network can. Squad up, the Titan Squad Show starts now. And welcome to the Titan Squad Show. I'm Julian Minnesone, joined by Brad Hopkins and Tyler Rowland on today's show. We're going to talk about what Brad T's at the top there, some under-the-radar players or players who we think can make a leap, who we aren't talking about enough as we enter week two of OTAs. We're also going to talk about some of the bubble wide receiver candidates who is in and who is off of our 53 man roster.

And of course, we're going to start with the guy who's maybe the most important player for the Tennessee Titans in Cam Ward, who when he took the podium guys this past week at OTAs for the first week of OTAs, you could tell he was noticeably slimmer. He says, lost 10 pounds, wants speed, durability, all of that stuff. But I wanted to ask you guys, could we? see Cam Ward on the move a lot more in 2026 under Brian Dable's offense. Do you guys think that is part of the strategy to get him out and running as maybe many fans clamored for last year? Tyler, I'll start with you on this one. I just think that Cam Ward is more of a scrambler than a

designed runner. Like I don't think that he's Josh Allen or even Jackson Dart. Like I've been steadfast with that throughout his career until he proves that I guess I'm wrong on that. I'm going to stick to that. I just don't think that's who. Cam Ward is more Patrick Mahomes as a runner than he is Lamar Jackson as a runner. You know what I mean to use big time examples. Josh Allen again. I just don't think that Cam's game like Mahomes, like yes, he can beat you in the biggest moment when you leave an opening and he can he's athletic enough to get through it. He could run a quick little read option. He could run a quick little read option. He could run a quick little read option. He could run a quick little read option. on the goal line and get it in something like, but is Cam going to be running like QB power and QB counter and QB sweep and stuff like that, like a wildcat quarterback like you would with other quarterbacks? I just don't think that's going to happen no matter how many pounds or whatever he

lose. For me, it is a durability thing. And I saw a lot of people saying like durability, don't people usually put on muscle to help them stay more door. But I think that's more of an offensive line, defensive line, lineback or running back, where you're hammering into people nonstop, snap after snap all game. I think for Cam Ward being more durable in the pocket is being more mobile, being more flexible, taking those weird hits from different angles when you don't necessarily see it coming, get hit in the back and having the mobility and the agility and the flexibility

in your body to not be stiff and rigid and get hurt. You know what I mean? So I do think losing weight is going to help Cam Ward stay more durable on the field. But I don't think that I look at it as, oh, you know, now he's going to turn into a runner, although it can help him be more effective when he runs. I just don't think he's going to become a runner per se. Well, I think that when he's talking about, you know, losing weight, it's more reshaping who he is. That's why he mentioned durability. You know, I know fatigue makes cowards of us all. And basically, if you're not playing the game at the same level in the four quarter as you were in the first quarter, that means that there's some sort of, you know, there can be concentration breakdowns.

It could be just, you know, a lot of things that can happen when you're when you're not. I guess you can say in shape. I'm not saying he's out of shape or has been out of shape, but that can be a problem. I'm going to give you some numbers. 669 rushes for 3,590 yards, an average of 5.4 yards per carry and 37 touchdowns. Those were Steve McNair's rushing statistics.

And he did all that with Eddie George, Jamal Lewis, Willis McGehee, Chris Brown. these were all backs that behind him rush for over a thousand yards. And I bring this up because I think that that's the type of diversity that Brian Daewa wants to have in his offense. He wants to have a guy that's mobile and that is a threat. He also wants to have a guy that can make sure that he's managing the first two downs, so that way third down is way more achievable to convert into first downs, if that makes sense. If he took off and got maybe three or four yards on a rush,

And then all of a sudden it was third and two, they're more likely to convert, move the sticks, and stay on the field longer versus him sitting back in the pocket, trying to go through a progression. And if he's having to go through three progressions, that means the defense is doing a damn good job of taking away his first two. And they're more likely to make an incompletion. What's the second best play on an offense, Tyler? It's a completion. Yeah, second best play is a completion, period. So if that's not so easily attainable, what he's got to do is he's got to get. go. Now, I was sitting at practice last week, and me and Ramon Foster and Taylor's

Arsor and Rhett Bryan were watching practice. And I looked out in the field and I said, hey, you guys know what? You know what Cam backwards is? Mac? And that's who I think that they wanted to resemble. They want him to resemble a guy that created complete balance in this offense, had a tremendous arm, which is the reason why we call him Air McNair. And he can still prove to be this guy that's very viable in the past game. You know, can put up those kind of big yards and be explosive and get this offense vertical. But at the end of the day, we need him to be able to scramble. We need him to be able to move around in that pocket, avoid sacks, and get as many

yards as he can with his feet when necessary. And you mentioned the fatigue portion of this Bhop. At practice last week, Cam made a completion to Gunner Helm in a two-minute drill. And they were celebrating. and Brian Dable yelling on the sideline, why the F are we celebrating? Get up and run the next play. And so from its fatigue standpoint,

you mentioned you want him to compete the same way in the first quarter that he does in the fourth. The slimmer physique should help with, hey, we're playing faster, getting up to the line quicker, you know, his mobility in navigating the pocket two. That should help with the slimmer physique as well. And quite frankly, one of the big things that, Cam, I think that maybe surprised a lot of us all was he went through that entire 18 week season relatively unscathed up until the end, which ironically, he ran in.

On a design run. On a design run. Yeah. Hit the shoulder, the irony of that. So I think the slimmer physique, there's less, maybe I'm looking for the word like less weight or impact on that shoulder as well. that should help an injury that if you don't treat it the right way, it could nag a quarterback for weeks and weeks on in. And as we've seen, the Titans, if they're going to turn things around, they can't punt on

games if he is out of there. And so he is doing the best he can to stay healthy. And that means losing the physique or losing the way better physique. I want to add this to, offensive coordinators like going fast. And to your point, Julian. you can't go fast if you're sucking wind. It can't go fast if all of a sudden you're sitting there thinking about your cardio. I mean, what's the best advantage for an MMA fighter?

Is it his technique? Is it his skill? No, it's just damn cardio, bro. Guess what? I was doing this, you know, the VR goggles and we were boxing, right? And I'm going to tell you what, man. You get tired? Holy crap.

You get tired. And so the only workout that I've ever done where I threw up literally during the workout was, was boxing training down in Franklin, Tennessee. So the point is that cardio is a huge part of that. And I want to be able to go fast as an offense. And to be able to go fast as an offense, I cannot have bad cardio. Can I just say that we're all,

we're all, the whole conversation, and then the next conversation that we're about to have too, it all comes in together is like, this is something that I've talked about recently is that the things that are going to help Cam Ward break out as a superstar. Like part of it is, the Titans have to help him. And part of that is Brian Dable is the coach, right? We're talking about

the tempo. And Julian, the note that you had where Brian Dable was on the side, like, why the heck are we celebrating? Let's go. Job not finished. Like, that sort of maniacal intensity that Brian Dable brings, where he is fiery, he's going to let you know, like, that's going to

translate off the practice field into the film room too. Like, he's not just going to all of a sudden be this docile guy in the locker room. Like, he has that intensity and that energy about him as human being and he has it all the time and he carries it with him. I think that is so perfect for Cam Ward. Cam Ward wants to be coached hard.

So when Cam Ward's like, you know, and I keep going back to guys, if you listen close, Robert Salah talked about going back to square one for Cam Ward off the field and on the field. Robert Salah a couple months later talked about Cam Ward's fitness at one point in time. Like they are being very intentional about getting Cam Ward better habits off the field. And when you have Brian Dable on the field and in the lock room and in the film room being driven

and super hardcore, like the total opposite of laid back Brian Callahan, right? Cali's like Kumbaya, everything's good, you'll be fine, Bubba. Dable is like, you know, what the F are you doing out there? You know, I think that kind of coaching

and push with, look what Cam's doing. He's talking about calories and macros and his protein and carbon take and how much cardio, he's getting like, this is natural. young players who really care, and Cam Ward is a Kobe Bryant guy. I'm a Kobe Bryant guy, Julian, Kobe Bryant

guy. You know what I mean? Like, we know, like this sort of, I am going to check every box, every single margin, I am going to find a way to carve out an advantage there. Cam going from a rookie to his second year and taking this kind of off the field maturation leap, like, yeah, I got to be better about what I eat. He said, how I feel going into practice.

That tells me maybe he wasn't eating right. wasn't hydrating correctly. He wasn't doing the right things before practice. He'd be sluggish at practice, not have his best practices, and that matters in the game. So I just think Brian Dable pushing him and that what that can mean, Cam doing his own thing. Cam Ward stepping up and making himself better, his own personal progression, those things are going to be just massive towards the breakout combined with, you know, the wide receivers and what we're hearing about Cornell Tate and all that. But those two things are massive. You know what? I've started the league at 346 pounds, there's no damn way in the world. I could have played 13

seasons at that weight. And you learned, right, just natural progression as a man. 100%. Because I knew and I far started realizing, especially when I got into years four and five, that when I was in shape, when I felt better about myself, about my body and the weight I was carrying, I was as competitive, if not more competitive in the second half than I was in the first. and that is huge. Also, it does help in your body's mechanics. You know what I'm saying? Because I thought I was more fluid. I felt I was flexible. I felt, you know, way more in control of my body. It's easier to move your body, right? 100%. So even though I felt strong as an ox at 346 pounds, that was the caveat. I also, you know, just did, I had my hands on my knees way more than I should have.

You know what I'm saying? So at the end of the day, losing that weight, shedding those pounds and reshaping our bodies. I mean, hell, Robert Sala is not going to allow seed oil in the building. He's not going to allow these dietary things. He's serious about it. Yeah, he's serious about it. That's why he looks like he could play. Exactly.

Yeah. I don't want to hate on Brian Callahan, but that's another, like Brian Callahan just looks like a regular dad bod type guy. Like, was he worried about seed oils and stuff? No, he was like having bonfires and playing tug of war and stuff with the guys. And Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Femi ride over, you know?

like he was a camp counselor basically. Robert Salah is like a freaking drill sergeant out there. No seed oils. We're doing this. Get your body right. Like I don't know. I'm sorry. Like Brian Callahan,

very nice guy. I just, that might be a huge difference for this team. I think we may even, even in the conversations about it, we may be underestimating this coaching change. And not like every coach on the Titans was a bad coach, but just at the top of the chain,

what's demanded, what's expected, the plans in place, the processes. It just feels totally different and I'm on the outside. You guys are there, so you would know. I would take Robert Salah's advice on any seed oils or non-seed oils just because of looking at the dude. The guy is jacked, right?

He doesn't look inflamed. I will say, I will, I will say for as much attention as the seed oil conversation got, they're kind of staying themselves up only though for jokes, though, right? because if the Titans end up winning, the seed oils aren't going to be a conversation. But if they end up losing the Jets in week one, it's going to be like, well, where did the seed oils come into play? Can I just say, as someone who also like did, you know, media, you know,

like journalism, stuff like that, we have to, you're around editors who decide what the big story is, what the lead with on TV and all that stuff. How did the seed oil thing become to where like Titans content is leading with the seed oil thing? Like I thought it was so silly and so unnecessary. Like I put it, the very last thing I mentioned in the 29th minute of my show after practice was the seed oil thing. And then other people were like writing articles and making it the lead story. And I'm just like, where in your training did the seed oil thing supersede Carnell Tate having a monster day in practice?

The seed oil thing got so blown out of proportion. I guess maybe that's a blind spot for me. I don't get it. It's not that interesting to me. It's just like, yeah, they're making the place more healthy. Okay, move forward, you know? Yeah, it was stupid. It was so stupid.

Yeah, it's just not thinking of a deal. We are in the middle of May at OTAs with nothing to talk about. That's why the seed oils was a big thing. You got to admit, though, like when you're talking about professional athletes nowadays, back in the day, it was just a strength coach, right? But now it's your massage therapist. It's your nutritionist. It's all of these things now that players are spending money on

to make sure that their mind, body, and soul are prepared to compete. so it's more than just getting in there throwing weights around. You know what I mean? You're doing all kinds of things that remain flexible, to remain in shape. Your dietary needs need to get met. All of these things play into the longevity of your career. Kobe Bryant, all those players like that. Who's a Christian McCaffrey?

All these guys pay attention to what's going in their mouth, as much as they do of how much the work they put in and on the field. So that's a huge part of it. Yeah, indeed. Well, like I said, I'm clearing out of the seed oils in my kitchen right now as we speak. Beef tallow, baby. Avocado oil. All right.

On the other side of the break, we are going to talk about the wide receiver room. A crowded one, at least right now, is OTA Stan, and whether some of the borderline bubble players could either make the roster or might be left off the roster. That's next here on the Titan Squad Show. Support for today's episode comes from Square, the system that helps fix one of the biggest headaches in running a business. Starting a business is exciting, but actually running it, that's where things can get complicated fast.

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And then, of course, you got guys who are going into year two, such as Ellick Ilech, Eilmanor and Chim D.K. But that leaves a flurry of players who may be on the bubble to make the roster. If you're with us on YouTube, watching on the video portion, I put the names on the screen of some of the bubble guys here. KJ. Osborne, Mason Kinsey, Bryce Oliver, Courtney Jackson, who picked up off waiver, Xavier Restrepo, and Tyron Montgomery, who has created a lot of buzz as an undrafted free agent. So I want to ask you guys, out of this group, who do you keep and who do you cut? Well, here, these are the guys that are definitely going to be on the roster. No thought about it. Carnal Tate, Calvin Ridley, Wondell Robinson, Ellick I.U. Manor, Jim D.K.

So after that, Mason Kinsey, 10 games, two receptions, four targets, Bryce Oliver, three games, one reception, one target, Xavier Restrepo, two games, three receptions, seven targets. No one else after that has any stats from last season. That means they're expendable. At the end of the day, I mean, unless you can go out there and shine in practice and show us to, hey, there's some potential there. I think any of those guys that don't have numbers because they don't have game time experience with this roster, I mean, they're going to be in question. and if anything but one, two, three, four, five, the five players that I meant were actually going to be on the roster and in the rotation, those guys played 16 plus games. That was it. I mean, they were in the roster, they're in the rotation all the time.

Now, I know you need scout players. I know you need guys that are on teams and some receivers might make the lineup in that form or fashion. But for the most part, those other guys that I named with those limited statistics, other than say even Mason Kinsey, who had 10 years, games, there could be some question marks. And really at the end of the day, it really doesn't matter. I just want to say I'm offended. Hank Beattie is not

on this list. The undrafted free agent out of Illinois, he's like, all you got to do, I tell people this all the time, just think about Kyle Phillips. Like he's a Kyle Phillips type guy, slot wide receiver, you know, short, shifty, get open, catch a lot of footballs. And listen,

in this New England-based style offense that got popular with Tom Brady and all that. And remember Brian Dable came from there over a decade ago. Those little short, shifty slot wide receivers because they're saying, and look, Wondell Robinson is a $70 million version of one. You know, he's a short, shifty slot wide receiver that can get open on option routes and read leverage on the defense and get open and do all of that.

So Hank Beattie is a guy that I have my eye on. Can he be a backup returner? Like, Xavier Restrepo is in trouble. Can we just, we'll get there. I'm sure, but like all these new guys, you know, they made him play in that rookie minicamp. That is not a good sign for his status on the roster. How many wide receivers will they keep?

Brad already talked about it. And I got to tell you, KJ Osborne. I don't know about you guys, but it seemed like from the videos the Titans were posting, KJ Osborne is getting a lot of catches. And he was catching last, Cam Ward. Last week you mentioned that he is under the radar guy that you really like. Yes.

I mean, he had like 1,800 yards. and three seasons. I know it was a while ago with the Minnesota Vikings. It was 21, 22, and 23, and he really hasn't done much of anything. He's had 14 catches in the last four years. But I think some of that is a lack of opportunity, you know, like he's just not a super talented guy who's good, but as a sixth wide receiver who could be a backup slot, and you have I.O. who backs up Cornell Tate. You have D.K. who backs up Ridley. And then you have KJ. Osborne who backs up Wondale Robinson. You have six wide receivers. Maybe you keep a seventh like Bryce Oliver because he plays special teams and he's bigger.

You know what I mean? Like that can make sense too. But I think a seventh wide receiver conversation ultimately comes down to whether they keep Will Levis or not. If Levis gets traded or maybe they just don't want to keep three quarterbacks and they cut him. I don't think they'll do that. But say he gets traded.

I think a guy like KJ. Osborne, Bryce Oliver can make the team keep seven wide receivers there. But yeah, I like KJ. Osborne. I think he's a veteran. They want to have veteran guys with some of these young guys mixed in. I think he makes a lot of sense if he can find a home on special teams. I was just going to ask if Bryce Oliver, if you guys feel like it's his job to lose. Because remember the Titans did exercise his exclusive rights tender because of his

under three years in the league. That means he can't negotiate with another team. And the fact that he played Gunner on special teams. And it seems like John Fossel really liked him. You know, bigger body guy. It felt like he was a riser in camp last season. and I just wish I would have liked to see him more actually in the receiving game as opposed to just a lot of special teams too.

But is it Bryce Oliver's spot to lose in a way, would you guys say? Well, I mean, he didn't have as many games as Mason Kinsey did where he was actually in the lineup, you know, a few games. And when he was in the game, he was only targeted in that offense one time. I'm not saying that everybody that gets on the field needs to get targets or receptions. But at the end of the day, they weren't really going to him as a focus. of what they were doing on those plays that he was in. So I think that, you know, other than, and Mason's a guy that I think even though he only

had two receptions on four targets, he's somebody that saw a lot of time in the games. And maybe some of that was special teams in the role that he played there. But I just think, you know, like you mentioned, Tyler, strep might be just the odd man out. Love his relationship with Cam. Obviously, he goes back to college and the short intermediate stuff. Those are the quickest, easiest place to develop. You know what I'm saying? And if I really want to target the go route and I see that they're blank, they're bracketing him and I need to go to that second look. Bam, that's out of my hands. You see what I'm saying? I can look out there and see that that route's already taken away from me in two seconds and then get my ball out of my hands before protection is an issue with guys like strep, guys like, you know, that are in the underneath stuff like the like the kid from Illinois that you're mentioning. So I think that that's where they bring advantage. But for the most part, I just think that, you know, it's almost unknown when we will know.

is when the preseason starts. That's when you're going to see these young players get to show off and focus, you know, against other uncommon opponents, like other teams that are going to be playing in preseason, exactly what they are and the value that they bring, other than just running down covering kicks. I mean, I think that that does give Bryce Oliver

somewhat of an advantage, though, because you look at KJ Osborne isn't the biggest guy who's going to be great on special teams. Mason Kinsey has played on special teams, has been up and down as a coverage guy, not really anything as a returner other than a guy would just catch the ball. But I mean, there's some value in that, but we have better things now with Chim Dekay doing that.

Xavier Restrepo is never going to be a special teams coverage guy. He's small and slow. Like, that's just not, you need big and fast on teams. That's what you're looking for, you know? And Tyron Montgomery, 25, Tyrone Montgomery is a fun story, but he's 25 years old. The guy, the undrafted free agent out of John Collins,

25 years old, still a project, good athlete, but when you're 25 years old and you're a project, by the time you pay off as an undrafted free agent, you might be 28 years old. And then what? You know what I mean? So it's like the odds are still low there. Bryce Oliver hasn't done a lot production-wise,

and since he was banged up last year, he didn't get a ton of opportunity to. I don't think Bryce Oliver is ever going to be some good wide receiver or anything like that. But at the end of the day, him being good on special teams for a 6th wide receiver, seventh wide receiver spot, that gives him a huge advantage over some of these smaller guys who we just know are not going to be big, good special teams players.

Let's switch it over to Xavier Restrepo now, the guy who dominated a lot of the storylines going into last OTA training camp and all of that stuff because of his relationship with Cam Ward. Jared Vaughn in our comment sections thinks Xavier will be on the roster. But Tyler, you mentioned his chances are slim. Yeah, I don't think that. He's going to have to beat out Hank Beattie on the low level and then move up the Mortal Kombat ladder and beat KJ Osborne out.

And I just don't, you know, it's fun. It was fun, man. Xavier Ostrepo seems like a fun guy. They had a great connection in college. They were fun to watch in college. It's kind of like, you know, regular people can see themselves in Xavier Ostrepo because he's regular sized.

So it's like such a fun story when you see a guy small like that who can fall out and do stuff. but like the typical ending of that story is the guy just isn't big enough and fast enough and talented enough and it just doesn't work. And I think with him being in that rookie minicamp that we talked about, you know, a month ago after the draft, I think that shows where his place is on the roster that they're not even certain he's better than some of these rookie tryout guys

and they want to see him be better. I think you move up another level of that. He didn't make the roster last year and the roster was worse. So I just, I don't know that he has, the ability to improve enough to make the team. So I'm not going to have them making the roster. And quite frankly, he's going to have to fight with these undrafted free agent guys and a guy like KJ Osborne.

He's going to have to fight with them to be the practice squad slot. You know, like there might be better guys to be the practice squad guy. He might not be with the team by the time that we get to the season. I think that's a real possibility. He didn't make the squad last year. I mean, they cut him in August. They brought him back, of course. And it was a couple of times during the season he was elevated from the practice squad.

think at this point, that's probably what his reality is. I mean, he cleared waivers for a reason, right? It wasn't like somebody saw him, you know, screaming down the field in preseason. It was like, hey, that kid from Tennessee at their release, we need to get him on our roster. It didn't happen. It's probably for a reason.

Yeah. Well, one thing is for certain that these guys, whether they're auditioning for the Titans, they're also auditioning for the other 31 NFL teams. So you're always being evaluated and you never know. So we'll see how that plays out as O-THAs. TAs continues this week. On the other side of the break,

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Click the link in the show notes or go to Lockdown Podcast.com slash every dayer. Once again, that is locked on podcast.com slash every dayer to claim your free trial. All right, guys. So as we enter week two of OTAs, a lot of the talk has been Carnell Tate, Cam Ward, the offensive line competition between center and right guard, some of the usual things that we would expect where the Titans are at roster-wise. But is there a player that isn't getting talked about enough. Could be a guy who's a depth piece, could be a guy who you're expecting to take a leap in year two, who maybe isn't getting asked about enough to Robert Sala and the rest of the coaching staff. Well, I teased it, so I'll go first. Listen, I know that Tony Pollard has rushed for over

a thousand yards the last four seasons, okay, but it hasn't amounted much to them winning and losing, right? At the end of the day, in Brian's scheme, running the football is a must and will be a feature and what he wants to do and have how this offense basically looks, Tony Pollard's success is then going to only translate into more success for Cam Ward. So there's been very little attention paid. As a matter of fact, we've been teasing Jeremiah Love coming in here and supplanting Tony Pollard, you know, because you can't keep him both.

They're wanting some Jeremiah Love. Why? Tony Pollard was not being disrespected, but at the end of the day, he wasn't a focusing feature in his offense. And he's seen a number of different quarterbacks that have been under center, right? he's endured the Will Levis's, the Mason Rudolphs, the, you know, Cam in his rookie year.

You know what I mean? So at the end of the day, I think we're going to be hearing more and seeing more focus put on Tony Pollard and his ability to control that backfield. I know that he's not going to do it by himself. I know Tadji Spears is going to get in there and be a compliment to that game. At the end of the day, Tony Pollard has came here

and been statistic. I mean, been steady. He's been consistent. He's done a lot that we haven't really paid that much attention to because his team has still been struggling. And maybe that is because of offensive line issues that we have yet to correct in some instances. But for the most part, I know it just seems like a low-hanging fruit one.

He will take that leap, that leap of being acknowledged for what he's been able to do in this offense and for this team ever since he got here. You want to know a funny step? There's only two running backs, two running backs in the entire NFL that have gone over 1,000 yards the last four seasons. Derek Henry and Tony Pollard.

Isn't that crazy? That's just crazy the way that that works out. So I hear you there, but I'm going to stay on offense. Gunner Helm is my guy. Cornell Tate coming in, Wondell Robinson, is Jim D.K. going to take a leak. Take a leap, a leak. I'm sure he's going to do that at least a couple of times a day.

What? Everybody's hype on Elykeo. Manor, because he, I mean, even Robert Sala brought up Ellikayo Manor the other day over some other guys and how good he looks and all that. So everybody's talking about Gunner Helm, man. I think Gunner Helm has the potential to be the third leading receiver on this team. It could be Cornell Tate, Wondell Robinson, and Gunner Helm. And he's making plays out there already as the number one tied end over the middle of the field. I think with his contested catchability and his size and his ability to run down the field,

that he's going to be good in this vertical offense. It sounds like to me, you guys can corroborate. It sounds like me, Brian Dable was wanting to push the ball down the field. Like, he was looking to throw it down the field. And I think Gunner Helm in that intermediate to deep area because of those things, I think that he can dominate in this offense. I've been high on Gunner Helm. I live on Nightmare on Helm Street.

All right, that's where I'm at. And I think he can be a top 10 tight end in the NFL. He is exactly the kind of skill set that you want with Cam Ward. Big, big catch radio. strong hands, no drops. Like Gunner Helm is everything you've been, I was salty that it took so long for him to get more snaps than Chicka Conquo.

It didn't happen until the very end of the year when the better coaching staff took over and started to do smarter things. Like Gunner Helm was the better tied in all year last year. He should have played more. He should have had more opportunities. He's going to help the offense in a major way. He's so good on the sidelines and things like that with those tight catches, really intelligent and those scramble drills.

I think Gunner Helm is going to take a huge. huge leak, a leap, another leak. I think he's going to have 600, 700 yards. I think Gunner Helm's going to be, he needs to be talked about more as a progression weapon in his second year. Why do you keep talking about him taking a piss? I'm drinking all this water, Brad. I have to pause.

I got to go. But listen, no, I agree with you 1,000 percent. I can't tell you how much of a Gunter Helm fan I am. This guy has made contested catches. He's made big plays. He's been explosive. He's a guy that can block would need be and also just leak out into the flat and catch a ball. I did it.

There you go. The point, yeah. But the point being, every single offense that's effective has a ringer at tight end. Period. Think about that. Some of the best, most qualified quarterbacks that we see, the ones that we give so much attention to from Lamar Jackson, Mark Andrews, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey, Brock Purdy, George Kettle. I mean, you name some of the most effective quarterbacks.

They've all got a tight end on that roster that you have to be fearful of. And we got one, bro. We got one for sure. Yeah, especially now that we know he is tight end one, right? Now that Chigokonkwo is out of the picture, Gunner, chance for him to step in. He was all along, Julian. He was tight end one. We just had Bozo Callahan running this place, and he didn't know what he was doing, all right?

Oh, my gosh. Tired of it. The other guy who's going to take a leak is, Chim D.K. I mean, did we forget that he was a pro bowler last year? You know, and the thing is this year, fellas, he's not going to surprise anybody anymore. So how is that going to impact, I think, what he could do out on the field? John Fossel, getting another year under arguably the best special teams coach in the game, what he can do from a returning perspective. That's awesome, because it felt like every week

last week that though the offense or defense, the Titans may be at a disadvantage. They had one of the better special teams unit. It felt like week after week. I'd like to see what he could do more in the receiving game at four touchdowns, a little bit over 400 yards last year. Of course, the receiving room is a little bit more crowded than it was and got Wondale Robinson there now. But how many times last year did we see Chim Dike go horizontally too much under

Brian Callahan's offense. It was like, oh, you could tell a sweep was coming a mile away or a screen was coming a mile away. Let's go vertical downfield and show off this guy's speed that was talked about and one of the big reasons why he was drafted last season. And so I just think Chim D.K. coming off of arguably one of your two best players last year getting into the Pro Bowl, him and Jeffrey Simmons, I'd like to see more of what his development could look like going

into year two, whether it be not just in the receiving game, but the special teams portion of that as well. You know who also is going to make Chim's game better, Carnell. Carnell's going to clear out a bunch of ish, man. This kid running go routes, this kid running posts, this dude being explosive and Brian Dayball attacking the secondary, that's going to take so much attention away from the line of scrimmage to where the slot receivers like Tim D.K., where I just feast.

No, I agree 100%. Julian, you were talking about like, yeah, less opportunities this year because now there's Wondell, there's Cornell Tate, but that could almost help Chim DK, like Brad's saying. Like, that could get him more opportunities, have him more space on the field to get the ball in his hands and then use that speed like he does when he has the ability to return things. I think you're right. Returning might be difficult because people are going to know about Chim DK. Now they're going to be scared of him.

And we saw some teams at the end, like take it at the 35 or whatever. We don't care. We're putting it in the back of the end zone. We're not giving the ball to this dude anymore. So he might have less opportunities. but I think he could be even better as a receiver. You know, one thing I think that we're not talking about enough. And because it, when you first think about it,

when I first say this to you, it doesn't feel good. What if Chim is better than Calvin Ridley? Like, it doesn't feel good because Calvin Ridley is Calvin Ridley, right? And you're like, oh, I'm kind of hoping Calvin Ridley has a bounce back year in this offense. But what if Chim steps forward? I mean, what if Jim is, he's younger, he's faster now, what if Jim becomes the primary Z receiver by the end of the year? I mean, Calvin Ridley, they restructured his contract,

probably not going to be here after the season in some form or fashion one way or another anyway. What if D.K takes that step forward, you know, like I think that's a possibility as part of this conversation that as a receiver, that motion Z, Brian Dable really likes to get guys an early motion before the snap, getting DK in motion and then letting him use his speed. to go vertical, he could have a major impact and ultimately proved to be the better player over Redley by the end of the year. Yeah, it's not like Chim can't play the Y and, you know, obviously the slide. He can do both of those things. But I really think it's really, I think that it's really going to come down to how healthy Calvin is. Calvin could be the next D.Hop,

you know what I'm saying? DeAndre Hopkins can play on 50 different teams and still somehow be effective, no matter how old the guy is, because he's durable. And Calvin really's only the issue is that when he's not healthy, he's just not, he can't be a contributor, basically. But when he is healthy, this can't catch so in a thousand yards. So I think that he, I think he's gambling himself. I think Calvin really saying, you know what, I'm going to do everything I possibly can to make sure that I'm healthy as a horse and can stay on the field for 16, 17 games. And then you're going to see the productivity that you thought you were going to get when you brought

a big name like me into the building. Yeah, I think that with Calvin Ridley, the Titans are in a win-win scenario there because if he is healthy and you're able to squeeze out the back end of his career there, awesome. And if he isn't effective, let's say Chim DK takes that leap you're talking about Tyler. The restructuring of Calvin's contract makes it a little bit easier to justify having him on the roster,

but also maybe justify moving him if that is the case to a team looking for, you know, a Sammy Watkins back end of the career receiver or a D'Andre Hopkins like you're talking about, that kind of player as well. So certainly interesting, something to watch, watching Calvin Ridley go into this year, under an offensive coordinator that he's got familiarity with because they won together at Alabama.

So that's for sure. I think another under the radar thing, sorry, Julian on offense, is, what if Cardinal Tate plays Z? He could play in the Z. He played in the Z. He played in the Z. He could play that. Like, we just say, okay, Cornell Tate's the X, and what's, you know, can Jim D.K.

swap in at Slot and Z can with Calvin Ridley and what if Elyo Manor does take a huge step forward? And again, Robert Salah just brought him up after OTAs and what if he plays X and they can play Cardnell Tate more at the Z? And then they have a bigger lineup, you know, and you have Gunner Helm, Elyke Iomanner, Cornell Tate, just these massive guys all over the field with speed

that can get vertical down the field and jump over top of your defensive backs and make plays. That plays pretty well with Cam Ward's gun-sling and mentality as well. So like, that's an under the radar combination that I think we don't acknowledge enough is Carnel Tate has the versatility to play at the Z. And you could have Elykeh who very well may turn into the better wide receiver of him and Jim Dek. And then that is just a massive lineup that fits well with Cam Ward. So I think that's a fun possibility as part of the rotation at wide receiver that doesn't get discussed enough as Tate and Iommaner being on the field together. This is where you got to give Mike Borgonzi tons of credit because he got a Chim Keeke,

basically that's going to be very, very productive. And guess what he's going to cost you this year? One three against the cap. Next year, one three against the cap. In the draft. His last year, one five against the cap. So he's basically cheap and giving you a lot of productivity. Yeah, what do we say, fellas, the Titans did a great job in that fourth round.

And those middle rounds of the draft is where you build the meat and potatoes of your team. That's for sure. Okay, on the other side of the break, we're going to take some comments and questions in our live chat here on the Titans Squad show with our Titans talk segment. don't go anywhere. All right. The CRA1 says when the Titans improved last year down the stretch, we didn't have Rid, Calvin Ridley.

So it feels like we added Tate, Wondale and Rid, D.K. I. I. Elm naturally developed into year two. Just kind of what you guys are talking about that. Maybe you don't need Ridley to be as productive because you have more options there. I just want the comeback story. I just want the comeback story. Yep.

I want this guy off. Because thing about this, When people start talking about Calvin really being in his office, we're like, oh, my God, we got Calvin Ridley. But what were we going to get the Calvin Ridley or we're going to get like Julio Jones when he got to Tennessee? You know, we're going to get Randy Moss when he got to Tennessee. Yeah, these are some big names that came here, but they just were not, you know, the only one that really kind of lived up to the building was DeAndre. DeAndre Hopkins was still a big play guy when he got here. And his name preceded him.

He did. So I just want Calvin to just, I mean, I see the future. I get it. It's bright. there's a lot of young players that are going to be in position to do what what Calvin's doing. But just to have him go out on a note to where you're like, yeah, we had Calvin Riddley when he was here, man. And I'd just be like, yeah, we had Calvin. People don't even remember Randy Moss, his last team.

They don't even remember him being here. You see what I'm saying? I don't want to remember it either, Brad. Geez, I'm tired of it. Chase Bananas 2-2-0 says, Kenny Moore is still a free agent. Should the Titans go after him in the second? and Tyler, I know you've banging the drum for Kenny Moore. Considering also, we've talked about how the secondary is a quiet concern.

And should I say, Kenny Moore, the one interception he had last year was the pick 60 had on Cam to open the game against Indianapolis. So Tyler, go ahead. Well, Gus Bradley had Kenny Moore during his prime when he was the defensive coordinator for the Colts. So clearly he fits into the scheme and fits into the system and knows what they want to accomplish philosophically on the defense. and I just continue to be, maybe I'm just a

a Marcus Harris hater, I guess. Maybe he's just the goat sitting there and we just don't realize it. You know what I mean? Like the way the coaches have talked about Marcus Harris, they haven't even bothered to bring in any kind of veteran competition. They haven't brought in that much young competition for Marcus Harris either. There's just no competition for Marcus Harris right now. Again, unless Kevin Winston is secretly playing the big slot position

and he's the competition for Marcus Harris, and that's how they feel about it. we just don't know about it yet because they're being quiet about it, then sure, that could be the answer. But at this point, I am just, I continue to be shocked by how they just bring in no competition for Marcus Harris at the slot. When they talk, I mean, they got their own position coach for the slot. Brad, when have you heard of that?

That they literally have a coach for just the slot cornerback position. If it's that important to your defense, how can you only go into the season with second year Marcus Harris' six-round pick coming off a knee injury? Like, I'm sorry, I've, seen the tape, he looks good. He's impressive, but it's not enough to have no competition at that important of a position. So yes, bring me Kenny Moore, but it's really just my shock about how they've gone about treating that spot when the way they've handled the roster

doesn't match up with how they've discussed it and acted about it with the coaching staff. The math isn't mapping for me on the slot position. I mean, what about Trayvon Diggs is available? You got a lot of other players that, you know, I don't know, maybe they're bigger names. Maybe they cost too much at this point. Maybe they're asking for too much. Maybe the expectation is that they would, they would garner too much money to bring in.

But, you know, I can see where you want to bring in that friendly competition type, right? The people that actually kind of, that's exactly what you want. Exactly. But I don't know, maybe some of these young guys like, I think Alante Taylor and Cordill Flop might be a couple of dudes

that we just got on the steel. You know what I mean? That can come in and just kind of really, you know, take control of those positions and be the same. starters without question. And you're not just saying that because Alante Taylor moved pretty close to you, right, Brad? Right across the street. See, I thought Alante Taylor could play. Alante Taylor has played his best football in his NFL career in the slot in New Orleans, like that, because he's big and he's physical and that's kind of the modern slot in the NFL nowadays.

But he has said himself when he signed, Robert Sala is kind of confirmed that they want to play him and flaw on the outside. So it's like if flaw is the field corner and Taylor is the boundary corner, I get that, I support that. But like, that limits who you bring in at Trevon Dix. He's going to play on the outside. So now are you moving Taylor inside when you signed him telling him he was going to play outside? Is that all a ruse and they can do more with him? I don't know. I have a lot of questions about the deployment and cornerback that I'm interested to see answered soon. Next question. Tyler, what do you think about Josh Williams real quick?

Josh Williams is a dude that was showing up in practice, man. Really? Well, he's six foot three. He didn't get as many opportunities as he should have in Kansas City. He could be a perfect outside boundary corner in this zone defense. And he would be the Alante Taylor like press boundary. He's going to play on the line of scrimmage type guy. And then Alante Taylor could play more slot on the inside.

And that would free him up to do what I think he does best and be more physical. So it would be. Clearly, Borgonzi likes Josh Williams. I mean, that's clearly, he must have been pounding the table for him in Kansas City. So he was like, I'm bringing him over on day one, baby, get my guy in here. We're going to turn him into a starter. He fits exactly what Robert Salad. And Robert Sal is good at making cornerbacks look good because of how good his fronts are.

It makes the defensive backfield. So he can do more with less in the defensive backfield because his fronts are so good at controlling games. So Josh Williams, Josh Williams, Josh Williams, Josh Williams, has a chance. I like him. He's got the size. Our next question says, how can Cam Ward improve on the simple fumbles and drops from last season and how much did the O-line play a part in those fumbles? Do you think we may see similar turnovers with the offensive line this year? Yeah, you still got to be, you know, ball security and traffic. That's what it comes down to. You know, it's just, I'm going to say simple mechanics

and things that you're very well aware of. You know what I mean? You just can't be loose with the ball. and understanding when there are bodies around you, you've got to take care of it. It's just one of those things. It's really about concentration. And I don't think it's an issue. Like he didn't have like edy-bitty hands or, you know, this kind of stuff that, you know,

can contribute to like, you lose in the football, you know. But I think that at the end of the day, it's just him being cognizant, being aware of where you are in traffic, you know, navigating the pocket without, you know, just putting the ball in danger itself. These are just things that, you know, going into a second year, he'll be aware of. I'm not going to say it was just a rookie thing, but it was just a rookie thing.

Next question from Daniel. Julian. Go ahead. I thought for sure you were going to jump in. I just want to say, I agree with Brad. It's a rookie. He stopped fumbling the ball at the end of the year. Like that stopped happening at the end of the year.

It was just a speed of the game. Rookie. Wow, the game's going real fast. I just got blitzed up the A gap in Oakland and I'm on the goal line and I'm kind of panicking. And I get hit. I drop it or against New England when they, like that quit happening. And that was the speed of the game, rookie, okay, I'm all right now type thing. And I don't blame the O line for that either.

Quarterback has to hold on the ball. You know you're going to get hit. It's football. Like that's, you know that could happen. So just how old. I would imagine Daveau just looked at him and said, hey, football, take care of it, all right? Yeah. And that was the last thing that needs to be said about it.

Yeah. When I covered Cam in college, at least this was at Washington State, he was a little lackadaisical with the football at times, a little bit too nonchalant, you know? Yeah. And I think it is, going back to B. Hobbs' point, just a young player thing that ultimately, year two, the hope is that it gets better. Daniel Caribbean. Yeah. Daniel Caribbean asked, could Cordell Volson take a big step forward under Bracillo after spending his time in Sinci under the worst offensive line coach in the NFL, Frank Pollock?

Listen, I'm going to tell you what. I love the scheme that they're employing. It does protect each one of those guys by and large. when you slide protect and you gap rule, you know, that takes away the one-on-one type stuff. And even if you're not the best pass blocker, you know what I mean? You somehow now have at least some help on either side of you, so I like that. And I really did, I did like Carmen.

You know, we talked about just him being from New York and how, you know, he would just, he just seemed like a relatable dude. You know what I mean? You know what he seemed like, Tyler? Offensive line coach. Yep. He just seemed like an offensive line coach. You know what I mean?

And I know that there are a lot of. the guys that have been playing offensive line coach for the past couple of few years here, you know, over the period of time that we've been struggling. This guy, you know, not only does he have, you know, an existing relationship with Brian and the style of the offensive he wants to run, but the cat just, he speaks so line. And I don't know. I just felt like, I felt like he's going to be asking me some stuff. You know what I mean?

I love that. And he's like, so you're in Nashville. I was like, yeah. He goes, hmm. I'm like, yeah, okay, yeah, right down the road. Yeah, you need to get down here and help these guys. Brad, let's go. Come on.

When I walked into the locker room last week, I walked over to JC and just gave me the biggest hug. He's like, I'm in shape, hop. I'm getting in shape, man. It's like, first off, I'm looking up with this cat. I hate doing that. He's such a massive dude. I'm just looking at his arms.

I'm like, holy crap, man. With the right coaching, man, you could be a beast. So I'm looking forward to seeing what Carmen does with this office line. Another under the radar topic there, J.C. Latham taking a big leap in year three, finally turning into the player that we hoped he could be. I think it's on the table with this coaching and then the natural maturation of his fitness and conditioning and diet and all that different stuff.

Like it could, offensive lines hard, man. It's hard going against these grown men when you're a pup out of college. That's difficult. So it may take him a little time, but he always had the physical gifts to really be a beast. Cordell Voson, though, I'm sorry, no.

Maybe he could be serviceable under Carmen Bracillo, but they're going to, right guard is going to be a massive need if Cordell Bolson is that he's not the answer at right guard folks. Fernando might be that dude, man. Fernando, he's just, he's got a screw loose, man. You like that, you know what I mean? I have less faith in Jackson Slater taking the spot by the day. I will tell you that.

Yeah. Well, it was interesting because, you know, obviously Schlotman and Bolson were running with Cam, at least in a lot of the, you know, the scrimaging drills. But that comes to be expected considering they're the guys. have experience and all that stuff. But going back to J.C. Latham conversation, guys, B. Hop, you were just as impressed with his physique as I was, at least going into O.T.'s first time we're seeing him this off season.

And I think last year, the injury kind of really hindered him throughout the year, which ruined his kind of lateral mobility at times, it seemed. For big bodies, it's hard to rehab, you know what I mean? And be effective like that. It really is. and to see him healthy, to see him, first off, understand what he has to do to get himself in a position to be successful like that. These are, as Tyler would say, maturation deals.

You know what I mean? These are, this is him understanding and learning the ropes about being a professional. He's still a very young player. You know what I mean? And he's now for the first time, I guess, as a pro, he's going to be playing the same position in successive years. So hopefully it just translates into him understanding more about his body and, and, more about put this way i said this in the last program you can't be giving an advice to kate and

proctor if you're not willing to take it yourself if you're sitting there saying hey look bro there ain't no crispy packages here you know no crispy creams and crap to eat because you got to make sure that you're on the field and consistent so if he's sitting here telling him he needs to drop weight how would he be doing that if he didn't feel that this is some advice i need to take on my own you know what i mean so i just like the way he looks i like his mental focus i like some consistency I'm sure that Carmen's going to really breathe some life into him, and you'll probably see him get the best coaching that he's gotten. I know we had Bill here previously,

but sometimes messages get stale and they stop listening. Well, the scheme is included in that, too. It's not just the coaching of Bill Callahan on the offensive line. It's the plays that his son was calling as well. Like that is helping your offensive line with the play calls, not being in third and eight every freaking time and letting defense off with twists and stunts and these elaborate loop schemes

that they're running against the offensive line. Like a healthier offense in general is going to benefit this offensive line and make them look better as well. So when we say better coaching, it's not shots at Bill Callahan for his technique and his sleds and the drills that he ran. It's more about the scheme in which the offensive line

was put in and asked to execute. We talked about, like remember what Cam said at the press conference, He said, the game doesn't feel slower for me. It feels like we're running faster plays. Because Brian Callahan would run those orbit motion into an inside fake, into an outside spin, handoff to Chim Dike on a sweep out,

like all these slow hitting, slow developing plays. Why do you think the screen game was bad for two years? Because the screens hit too slow. Everything moved too slow. There wasn't enough urgency and intensity in the offense. So that by itself is going to create more third and serviceables, more third and manageable, less T-and-off on the offensive line, less pinning your ears back with a third-n-eight, third-nine, third-and-10. Football is just all together in a domino effect, and all of that can make the O-line look better without them getting that much better.

You know what I mean? Like, it'll just make Latham look better to have better situations. And I wanted to end on this comment from Rye's School right here. He says, The Freak training up Femi, Brad training up Lerner. Latham just need cable to train up Anthony Hill and we're cooking with the alumni training portal right there. Yeah, let's go. You also got you guys throw in the pre-training, J.C., throw me training to Femi.

I learned just as much from guys that were on the opposite side of the football about what I was doing and what they were doing to disrupt me as I did for Mike Munchak and the guys that were on my side of the football. You know the first person I met in the building when I came over the other day? Took me. Very first player and walked up to me and said hello. Now, admittedly, we were walking towards each other at the hallway, so it was almost like, you know, you got to say hi, I was going to jack him up against the wall. No, I'm just kidding.

But the point being, the point being, he was just the, you know, nice young man. You know what I mean? That kind of showed respect because, you know, because the gray beard, you know what I mean? This kid right here, he must have been around here a minute. So let me go over and say hi to him. And he did. Said out of me and Taylor. Yeah.

I think it's awesome that you're going to be on the sideline this year, Brad, as we talked about it on the show. last week. Do the analysis that you're giving here. Now you're going to be watching the games and giving analysis in real time. That's going to be awesome for Titans fans for sure. So Brad Part, if you have not heard or living in a bubble here in Nashville or Titans fan living in a bubble, Brad Hopkins is one of the rotating Titans this year. The legend.

The sideline. Yeah. Let's go. Who better to give it than one of the greats? That's for sure. Okay, that'll do it for us here on the Titans Squad show. Remember to like, comment, subscribe, all of that fun stuff. Get the Locked on Titans Squad show every day, or twice a week, I should say,

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