Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - TITANS SQUAD SHOW: Mike Borgonzi COOKING in free agency, GRADING roster moves

Episode Date: March 10, 2026

Titans GM Mike Borgonzi just shook up the league by landing John Franklin-Myers, Wan’Dale Robinson, and Alontae Taylor. In this episode, we grade these massive roster moves, break down how they fit under coach Robert Saleh, and identify the remaining holes the Titans need to plug. Is a 2026 turnaround officially underway? Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! TurboTax This year you’re getting a major upgrade — Intuit TurboTax now has in-person locations nationwide. Visit http://TurboTax.com/local to book your appointment today. Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast. Gametime Today's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONfor $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply. FanDuel FanDuel is giving you a way to turn that energy into even bigger potential wins with a College Basketball Parlay Profit Boost. Visit https://FANDUEL.COMto get started — Play Your Game. 5-Hour ENERGY Have your cake & drink it too. Birthday cake-flavor is back, no fork needed. Vanilla-y cakey flavor, caffeinated kick, and no sugar. It's party time. Order Now at 5-hourENERGY.com or Amazon. 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.

I'm Julian Minnensohn. The Titans made some big splashes and free agency. I'll tell you which moves I like and which moves I might be scratching my head on. I'm Tyler Rulin and they did make some splashes, but there's a lot more work to do. And I'm Brad Hopkins and Amy Adamstrung told me a couple years ago that she likes spending money. And boy, she ain't never lying. 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 Titans Squad Show. I'm Julian Minnesone, joined by the homies, Tyler Rowland, Brad Hopkins. Guys, free agency is upon us. The Titans were one of the big spenders on the first day.

We're going to break it all down for you here in the Titan Squad Show. Make sure like, comments, subscribe, all that fun stuff. And if you're live with us on YouTube, put your comments and questions in the chat. We'll do our best to answer them throughout the show. Of course, we're going to address all the moves the Titans made, some of the moves that still need to be made for the Tennessee Titans. We're going to give you the moves that we like the least and moves that we like the most. But first, before we get into that, I just want to give everybody a rundown on the moves that have been made so far. So we can start with a fresh, clean slate.

And fellas, if I miss any, let me know because there were a lot on. the first day of free agency. So we start with wide receiver Wondell Robinson, four years, 70 million. Defensive tackle John Franklin Myers, three years 63 million. Cornerback Alante Taylor, three years 60 million. They also had some depth pieces in cornerback market as well.

Cordell Flot, three years 45 million, and Joshua Williams on a two-year deal. Could be a nice special team's piece there. Tideon Daniel Bellinger, three years 24 million. Then they got Mitchell Tribiskey, quarterback two-year deal and then some depth pieces on the O line guard cordel volson and center austin schlottman of course they also re-sign long snapper morgan cox did i get all of that yeah it sounds right i just got to have morgan cox in there man yeah he's in all

timer uh i heard somebody talking on uh one of the local radio shows maybe he's on the way to becoming the like the longest tenured vol in the NFL so maybe that means a lot to him as well So, all right, guys, I wanted to start with your guys' most favorite signing of the day. So if there was anyone out of that, the nine and then, of course, we conclude Morgan Cox 10, but the nine new faces, if there was one at the top of your guys' list, who is that and why? Tyler, I'll start with you. I would say that my favorite signing is John Franklin Myers. I think that the path for this team to be competitive, the path for this team to win football games

is to be great on the defensive side of the ball. That's something that Robert Sala has proven he's able to get out of teams and stacking out the defensive line. And not only for the Titans to be competitive, but we've talked about it on this show. The path towards a Super Bowl championship is depth and power on the defensive line.

That's what we're seeing all over the NFL. So getting John Franklin Myers, who had seven and a half sacks last year, you have the number one interior defensive linemen in the NFL in Sachs and Jeffrey Simmons. and then the number three interior defensive lineman in the NFL in Sacks and John Franklin Myers. Attacking a quarterback through the interior to where he doesn't have anywhere to go. He can't step up.

That's great. So John Franklin Myers is my number one signing of the day. I'm going to go with Alante Taylor, the quarterback from New Orleans. Listen, the Jerry's Need experiment may not have worked. Finding a veteran that can stick may not have worked over the past couple of cycles. We're going to try it again. Here's a guy that was second on the roster for the Saints and tackles. He's pretty sure about what he does.

Had seven TFLs. The cat can fly around, and he definitely services a need. So while I didn't necessarily expect him to address cornerback in the draft, you know, to pick up a good cornerback, a quality cornerback in free agency, totally makes sense. Also, Wondale Robinson, here's the guy that has a lot of experience with Brian Dayball. so because he has an understanding of terminology, philosophy, you know, demeanor, those kind of things. He will be an asset because he's somewhat comfortable with the system that Cam Ward will be trying to run.

So if you think about it, becoming an asset early is a huge part. And this being in someone like a Wondell Robinson that Bryant and Dave all knows exactly how to use, it totally makes sense for this offense. I want to add on to the Wondale Robinson point because in the Earhart-Purkin system that, Brian Dable is bringing over. They don't do, you know, you've heard nine routes, seven route, six route, you know, the route tree. That is not the way that Brian Dable and the Erhard Perkins system actually describes routes, even different from like the West Coast system where each individual player's route is described.

If you want to change a route concept and you're in the West Coast system, you've got to tell Z spot, X corner, you know, F cross, like that's how they do it. And the plays can get real lengthy in the Earhart Perkins system. of the route concepts have names. So you'd say, hey, we're running in smoke. And that tells the outside and the inside receiver what they're supposed to do. Having a guy like Wondell Robinson,

who already has all the names of the route concepts memorized, and he can relay that to these young wide receivers, like a Chim Dikew Manor, like whoever they draft in the draft. I think it goes beyond just, hey, Wondell Robinson knows it. He can now teach that and be the liaison in the wide receiver room for the system. He can be in between the coaches and players. So I think that makes Brad's point. even better in that, you know, he's somebody who's been with Dable because the system is going

to be easier to teach with a guy like that in the room. Yeah, that was a big theme, I think, of the first day of free agency was how important familiarity was with Robert Salas, former guys, Brian Dable's former guys. Continuity certainly helps, and I think that'll give them the cheat sheet to the test, if you will, coming in with the Tennessee Titans. I'm going to give Alante Taylor as well. You know, I thought of how thin that cornerback room was. You needed a true C.B.1. You bring them back to Tennessee, which is also, he knows the importance of what it's like to the fan base to win here, being a former ball, 11 past deflections, two interceptions. And his best game probably was against the Tennessee

Titans last year because that dude was all over the field when the Saints came in here and beat him. So that is certainly something. You know what you're going to get out of him and Cordell Flot every single Sunday. You didn't know what you were going to get at the DB room over the last few years, whether it would be Jarvis Brownlee with the penalties, whether it be trading away him and McCreary. Like Brad mentioned, Legerius Sneed, you didn't know what he was going to be or be available week to week. And so you have two guys who could start for you right away. What this also does, fellas, is we talk about all the time how the draft or the free agency impacts the draft. Maybe you won't be as, the cornerback position won't be as much of a priority

at that 35, let's say. Let's say you can go Jeremiah Love at 4 and maybe a receiver at 35. Maybe you can go an edge at four and somebody else at 35. So, yeah, I'm going to say Alante Taylor for the three years, 60 million. Mike, next question to you guys and Bhop, this is maybe right for you, is the depth piece is at O line right now. You know, they got Cordell Voulson, Austin, Schlotman, but it seems like there needs to be some more moves made on that front. Well, the only thing about it is, fellas, and I've said this before,

when you look at free agency, you can't find linemen in free agency. I know it sounds crazy, but equality offensive linemen will never be a free agent. Someone that a team feels is doing the job that they need to do as important in the role as those starting offensive alignment are. They will keep them in-house. They won't even let a team get near them if they're worth assault. So if there's somebody out there, it's because maybe they were so good that they got so expensive, that the team that they're on just couldn't afford to keep him because they had to do other things and just couldn't keep up with what the demand was going to be for this guy because he's so good.

Okay. And that might and that's probably the only one. That was crazy. Crazy. When you look around the landscape, do you see left tackles that are affordable and there are ballers and pro bowlers and all pros? No, absolutely not. You know, so at the end of the day, they weren't going to find their, they're the answer. in free agency. Now, where they could find it because we just don't know what these kids are

yet, and they were really good on their last platform, which was college, there are a handful of tackles and even interior alignment that could go in the first two, three rounds. That totally makes sense. And that's where you can get better. Drafting, developing, retaining. That's how this whole thing works. Well, Julian, putting those couple of points together, the point you made, the point Brad just made, you talk about what they could do and how they're open. Titans may be staring down the barrel of an offensive lineman at pick number 35 now if they don't do more on the interior. You know, there are some guys like an Emmanuel Prigone. It's just a guy who I'll mention from Oregon who makes sense.

I don't think they're going to be into, I cannot say, Vega Aoni, the guy out of Penn State, he's probably going to go a little too high. But there are certainly some guard options, some center options that could make some sense for the Titans on early day two in the draft. but part of that is that they have shored up some other needs which would allow them to maybe take a position that we didn't think that they might go after early on and that's critical. And if they keep things,

which we'll talk about free agency and the moves and all that more, but if they keep things how they stand right now and don't do anything else there, I mean, that's going to be a screaming need going into the draft. So those two things could pair up of, hey, they need more on the offensive line, probably going to find that in the draft more than free agency. and hey, they've opened themselves up to be a little more flexible in the draft.

What would you guys say is your least favorite signing so far that they've made? Tyler, I mean, I'm great. I know you're jumping at a bit. Always, always. But I would say, I don't know that I dislike it, but I guess I'm just raising my eyebrow at Cordell Flot. He's a good player, and a lot of people from the Giants seem to be upset that the Giants lost him

because he's a good, reliable player, but he's not somebody who makes a lot of plays on the football. Like, he can attack at the catch point and stuff, but he doesn't get a ton of interceptions. He also doesn't really fit the mold that we were sold by the Titans. Length and speed. I was right there. Robert Salas said it.

Length and speed. And he specifically mentioned the cornerback position. Well, Cordell Flot has very small arms at just over or just under 31 inches. He ran a 4-540-yard dash. He's not really a burner. He's a slender guy. Yeah, he's 6 foot 2, but he's only about 180 pounds.

So he's not overly physical. He doesn't give you great speed. He doesn't give you great length. And to pay $15 million per season for that, and I mean, I'll trust in Robert Sala because the report is out there from Connor Hughes of the New York media set that, He was about to sign back with the New York Giants.

They had him set to sign a deal everything but pen to paper. And then Robert Sala called him and sold him his vision for what he's going to do in Robert Sala's defense. And he changed his mind and came to Tennessee. So clearly the Titans wanted him. This wasn't just like a hey, we'll take what they get. He was a targeted player for them. And for him to not check the length, not check the speed box, not check the pedigree box, not check the ball production.

box. I'm just like, man, they must have really liked something because I don't see how he checks the boxes that the Titans coaching staff laid out for us. So I don't hate the signing, but it's just the one that I'm looking at like, did he need to get that much money for the fact that he doesn't really check the boxes? There are some good cornerback still on the board, like a Tarek Wollin and things like that. It just, I just wonder about that one. Yeah, that would be the first question to Cordell, right, is what did Robert Sala say to you that sold you on the vision to overlook some of the physical traits. That would be certainly interesting. Behop, who is your least favorite signing or one that maybe has you scratching your head still?

Who did Chick-a-cocco piss off? Why couldn't he get a three-year deal? These numbers are better than Daniel Bellinger's. First downs, targets, yards, all of that. He was a playmaker for this team. You know, wasn't the best blocker, so more like a slot receiver or a big receiver at best, So multi-functional. I thought him and Gunner Helm were a nice one, two, and 12 personnel combination. You know, I just didn't, I didn't necessarily see Chig O'Conkel sticking around, but I sure didn't see them replacing him with a guy that had lesser numbers and giving him a three-year, $24 million deal.

It just didn't see it. Yeah, that was the one that I said that, you know, three-year-24 million for, I guess, a tied-in two. But what I will say is this. It does signal that Gunner-Helm is your tied-end one. And the vote of confidence, I certainly sure think helps somebody like that. Like he is the future of that position for you for the Tennessee Titans. And you would have liked to see the tight end usage a little bit more. Chig led the team in receiving yards last year.

And it felt like there was a lot left on the table. Some of the better catches throughout the season felt like they went to Gunner Helm. A lot of was made about his catch radius. So yeah, I think the Bellinger signing is kind of a, we'll wait and see. But again, another dable guy. You know, giant, that's the point I was going to make right there. If you're talking about someone that stylistically understands Brian Dayball, understands exactly the system that they're going to be using, yada, yada, yada.

Then it totally makes sense to, you know, to grab a guy that is on the market that you just coached last year. So I get it. Jake would have the learning curve of understanding and adjusting and all the other stuff. And maybe, and like you said, Gunnar and Helm being the guy, if you're going to have someone that, you know, kind of keep things of flow and gives him a breath and is that extra tight in during the series when I have to be somebody that understands exactly what I'm saying. I don't think this is likely, but maybe Chig comes back.

If his market isn't as robust as maybe it was expected to be, he still hasn't signed anywhere as of this recording. There were some people in the NFL media yesterday saying that Chig could get, you know, $11 million, $12 million per year. I have a hard time buying that personally. don't understand how that could happen from just based on his limitations. But at the end of the day, if he doesn't get that and the Titans want to give him a two-year deal worth 8 million a year and just have three good tight ends, that would make some sense.

But I guess my thought is, you know, Chigacanquo in a 12 personnel set, two tight ends, you don't really have to respect that. He's more of a wide receiver. So it's like, yeah, we're in two tight-end sets, but that's not going to force the defense to do anything. You're not going to force the defense's hand because they're just not worried about him as a blocker. So he's a good yard after catch guy. But I think the versatility of a Daniel Bellinger,

even if he doesn't have the numbers that Chick does. And I want to say this, Chick's numbers are inflated because he was on a terrible team with no wide receivers. Like if Chig Ongwell was on the Rams or a team with actual good NFL weaponry, he wouldn't have the numbers that he does. He just took advantage of opportunities being on a bad team.

So I guess I'm not as a very, by Chick's statistical output on a bad team and I'm not as excited about his skill set. I like the versatility of a Daniel Bellinger, but hey, if the Titans could get Chig back cheap and use him as that slot-wide receiver and just have a three-man rotation at tight end, that's exactly the way you use Chig is you have your gunner helm, you have your Daniel Bellinger and then you can use Chig as that versatile weapon and not ask him to be that tight end too that you would traditionally see in the NFL. So maybe they can get him back. Yeah, maybe.

and blocking, he certainly gives them in yards after the catch and versatility downfield. That's for sure. Okay, on the other side of the break, we're going to continue to talk about the signings the Titans have made and remaining needs still on the board. That's next on the Titans Squad Show. Keep it locked here. All right, it's tax time, but for a lot of us, the old way of doing taxes is a lot, trying to book an appointment.

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that was made at least earlier in the day. The backup quarterback position, Mitchell Trubisky, two-year deal. Certainly maybe signals the end of the Will Levis era. What do you guys think about having a backup quarterback like Mitch Trubisky? Well, thank the head.

No, I'm not. Go ahead, Ted. I'm just glad to have a backup quarterback that I feel like could actually do something if they got to go in the game. Again, him and Brian Dable work together in 2021 in Buffalo, so it's another guy who can teach the offense. But, you know, he's significantly better than Brandon Allen.

He's one of the more respectable backup quarterbacks in the league. You know, two years, it's being reported $10 to $12 million. That's a respectable number for a backup quarterback. He got less money than Marcus Mariotta, and I would rather have him than Marcus Mariotta. So to me, I thought that it was a good signing. And I got to say, you know, if you don't pat yourself on the back, no one will. A lot of these signings, you watch the Locked-on Titans prediction show,

Mitch Trubisky, Daniel Bellinger, Wondell Robinson, like, we were on top of this. We talked about these guys last week. I talked about them on Sunday night. It just makes a lot of sense. I'm very happy about having that. And, you know, we can spin it forward. It's another sign that Will Levis is not going to be on this football team. They're not keeping three quarterbacks and they're not having Willis on the practice squad. So go ahead and pack your bags, William. You will not be in Nashville. much longer. And quite honestly, like I've been saying all along, I think Levis is happy about that.

He wants to go somewhere else and get a fresh start and get a fresh opportunity. So I'm happy all the way around about not only Trubisky as a player, but what it means going forward. I like Mitchell Trubisky or Will Levis to actually make it hard by having a tremendous training camp, increasing his value in any situation. You know, other teams looking at him, they see this guy that is undefeated in the preseason. be thrown four or five touchdowns, maybe a man for a couple, you know, I mean, just really looked like someone that could actually be improved in a different situation, you know what I mean?

That son may have set here in Tennessee, but, you know, I think that if given the proper chance, in other words, he basically inherited a crack line that got him killed, they got Ryan Taneyhill killed, they got Mike Vrabel fired, all these things happened, and he just never had a real fair shake at being the guy, you know what I mean? And so as the line improves, as the players around the quarterback improve, you know, I hope he take full advantage of a different skill scheme and design and mentoring by a Brian dayball and what his system will do. And I hope he goes someplace else and really has success.

You know, I mean, I'm not wishing Sam Donald on him or anything like that. But, you know, he can go somewhere and be an Indiana Jones. He can go somewhere and be a Gino Smith. He can go somewhere and be, golly, a Malik Willis, 45 minutes. for two years, you shut your mouth already. You see what I'm saying? He can be that dude. You know, I just think with a, with a chance to be able to do it.

I mean, Malik got traded and he got a chance to shine, right? So much to where he was the first quarterback taken in free agency. So, you know, who's to say what can happen with this kid if he's giving him a shot someplace else? And worth noting that the system that Brian Dable runs that I mentioned earlier, the EP system, is the same system that Tim Kelly ran when Will Levis had that good season, his rookie year when he got to start for the second half of the season. So hopefully there's some familiarity and terminology for Will Levis

that might help him get back to a good spot and ultimately help him get more value for the Tennessee Titans in a trade and get him to a better opportunity. So it helps everybody, really. Yeah, raising his stock. When it comes to Trubisky, guys, I mean, the hope is that you never have to get to him, right? Because I remember, you know, Cam went through the entire season

and then they had the graphic at that game against Jacksonville that basically jinxed them and said, hey, he's played every snap this year, and then he gets hurt, of course. But for him to do that again, knock on wood, you hope Cam is healthy, but bumps and bruises happen along the way. And you want to get to the point if you're the Tennessee Titans

where if Cam Ward has to sit out of a game, you don't just necessarily completely punt on a game. You want to have at least a better option. And like Tyler mentioned, Mitchell Tribisky is certainly an upgrade from Brandon Allen because we saw what happened when he came in that Jacksonville game. felt like it was certainly over at that front. Okay, guys, what do you guys think of the, the Titans go from here now,

needs for the rest of the roster as we continue through free agency? Well, I think any way that you address the trenches is going to be depth pieces. You know what I'm saying? If there wasn't someone grabbed in his first frenzy of the tampering period or whatever it was called, you know, before guys can actually be released and whatnot, you know. they're just looking to add something in case someone gets hurt. You know, the first few hours of free agency, you address the most pertinent need. If you can't get that solved or resolved with what you spend there, then you draft it.

You know, so I think that there will be obviously even some more free agent signings after they finish the draft and get what they get there. You know what I mean? So I don't think they're trying to fully complete the roster before the draft starts. They're looking at some of those pieces that they know they need to have an immediate. impact and can put players into that understand things and that aren't thinking as much and don't need to be taught as much. But I think that now we're going to start focusing on the draft with this fury of free agency

having opened for the Titans. You know, something that we talked about, they do need to get into the draft, but I would not feel comfortable going into training camp with Austin Schlotman, Cordell, Voluson, and then some young guys in the draft on the interior offensive. line. Like, I'm sorry, that is not good enough for me. They need to go out there and add another guy with some versatility, whether that be in Elkton Jenkins, who was just released by the Green Bay Packers, who has played guard, played center, played tackle. He can start at one of the spots. Jackson Slater is a name that we probably need to bring up. Maybe they're higher on him, and he can be

a starting center or a starting guard in one of those spots, the fifth round pick last year at a sack state. Like maybe, you know, they feel confident in him. He did play pretty well. during the season when Kevin Zitler was hurt, so maybe there is some confidence there. But a Dylan Parham, who's a name that I've been talking about for a while, was with Carmen Bracillo, with the Las Vegas Raiders, has played center, has played guard.

They need to get a Jenkins, a Parham, or get a guy who's a legitimate start of bring back Kevin Zitler. That way you only have competition at center. I don't think you can go into training camp with rookies and backups and just, you know, snap the pool stick like your Joker in the dark night and throw it on the ground and say,

you guys figure out who's the starter. Like, I think that's far too risky of a situation for the Titans with how important the offensive line needs to be. You cut Lloyd Cushingberry. You need to make sure that you solidify one of those spots with a veteran starter who has been a starter in the NFL.

So go out and get Jenkins, get Parham, bring back Kevin's eye. In a perfect world, I want to see them do both. Get a Parham or a Jenkins at center. get a Zytler or a Wyatt Teller at guard and still draft a guy, sure, but they need to at least get a veteran starting level player who's been a starter in the NFL consistently at one of those spots. But he's got to be a Wyatt Teller.

Wyatt Teller is a pro bowler. Wyatt Teller is going to bring some chiching to him. Don't get some affordable dude. Don't overpay for some dude either. That's the point. You see what I'm saying? That's what I was saying. When you're trying to address the offensive line,

I mean, you can't get bums or the situation of recycles itself. You think about that. I mean, think of some of the free agents that we've had come through these doors. They sucked, okay? At the end of the day, you've got to spend some cash or some draft equity to get quality players. Wyatt Teller, first time, he's one of my boys. I love that man to death, okay? Yeah, he's awesome.

But he ain't cheap. Now, the only reason why he's available is because what? He's tired of being Cleveland. Well, that too. Yeah. He's been a little banged up. I'm one of my second child that was born since I've been in this franchise, and we ain't won, ish. You know what I'm saying?

I want to look at my kids and be like, hey, be proud of what we've been able to accomplish. But it hadn't happened yet. So he's like, hey, look, I'm wasting some of my best years here. They have a damn quarterback. So at the end of the day, the only reason why Tyler or why is available is because he just doesn't want to be in Cleveland. Not because they, you know, who would say, they wouldn't just say, hey, look, we don't throw kings ransom at you, man. We're going to, we're going to make you, we're going to do better than, Tyler Lindenbaum, we're going to, Linderbom, we're going to give you the highest interior

offensive lineman contract ever in history. And if that's the case, he probably would stick around. Miles Garrett did it, right? Why did Miles want to leave? Miles, I'm getting the hell out of here, man. Y'all are crazy. But guess what? They threw that briefcase that, I mean, he's like, you know what?

Just like in training days, in trading places, I think I can play with you. I think I can hang out with you fellas. You know what I mean? You want to jikuz me? Yeah, you go ahead. We can jacuz. Let's go. So at the end of the day, that's what it's about.

Speaking of Miles Garrett, though, edge is the next spot, Julian. I don't know if that's where you were going, but we could talk about interior offensive line, but they haven't really done anything on the edge either, and we all recognize that as a big position of need coming in. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, I mean, and maybe that would tell where they're going in the draft,

potentially. I mean, there's been a lot of Jeremiah Lovtoe, but that number four, remember, there are still those three top-tier pass rushers at the top of the draft, so maybe that's where you go. another thing to keep in mind, fellas, with the offensive line while we're on this topic, you know, the money you spend isn't necessarily for new dudes. It's also to draft, develop, and retain the guys you have. They have until May 1st to pick up that fifth year option on

Peter Skoronsky, but Mike Burgundy made it clear. They don't want to do that. They want to restructure his deal, right? Yeah. So I think that needs to get done as well, because he is one of the two best players you have on this team, him and Jeff Simmons. Both guys are going to be due for new money. So Peter, whether it be, I think some of the projections, he's like a three year, 72 million or something like that from some of the projections I've seen. I think that needs to get done by training camp. Like that deal needs to be solidified because he is right now the heart and soul of your offensive line.

He is the de facto, whether he wanted to be or not, whether he was the quiet dude who had to feel like he had to step up in a session and be like, okay, enough is enough. he is the best player that you have up front right there. So that's where I was going. That's going to get done. You saw just like I did, Julie, and we were at the combine together. Like, you saw the way he spoke about that

as soon as that was brought up. Like, that is not a coincidence. That will get done. But I want to let people know that because he is on the last year of his rookie deal, Peter Skoronski's extension will not affect the salary cap until next year. So it's not like doing an extension for Peter

Skoronsky is going to affect how much cap space they have or their financial situation. It would be something that would matter next year when he goes into the fifth year that that would actually be solidified. Jeffrey Simmons on the other hand, his extension, if the Titans were to extend him for, you know, three years, $100 million, something like that to make him the highest paid interior defensive linemen of all time, that would save the Titans a little bit money on the salary cap, probably give them anywhere between $8 to $12 million in additional space. So I look for that to take place. but a lot of that stuff doesn't happen until the summer.

So may not be something that happens until around training camp time. Yeah, and I think his, correct me if I'm wrong, Tyler, but Skoronsky's fifth year option, I think is around $20.5 million or something to that extent. So, yeah, it's like the franchise tag. All the offensive linemen are in the same bucket,

which doesn't make sense, because we know that offensive tackles make, you know, the guys like Brad Hopkins make a lot more money than the guys on the interior. So it's funny how the NFL puts everybody in the same bucket like that, But yeah, they're not going to let it get to the fifth year option because it would be, you know, punitive on the cap to have a guy for $20 million for one year.

Yeah, absolutely. We'll certainly see that get done. All right, on the other side of the break, we're going to talk if free agency impacted and changed our minds about what the Titans do in the upcoming draft. That's next year in the Titans Squad Show. Keep a lot. College basketball season is nonstop.

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or the most electric back in the draft, Jeremiah Love. None of that has been addressed to what they've done so far. They grabbed a receiver, they've got the tight in, and they grabbed the center on offense and some depth line, and, of course, Mitchell Trivisti. But other than that, they haven't really addressed their most pertinent need, which pressure without blitzing is a huge factor. Does John Franklin Myers help with that? Yeah, but he's an interior alignment.

Do Jermaine Johnson help with that? Sure. His numbers weren't up there to say that we don't need to keep looking at receiver, I mean at defensive edge. You know what I mean? But I still stand patent what I said earlier, that this team is looking at the potential of bringing in a running back that feels like Bijan Robinson,

that feels like, you know, an Ashton Genty, a player that you know very early on is going to have an immediate impact on this offense. I think he coupled with Cam Ward. and some of the other guys that got around him will make this offense definitely something that Brian Debo can work with. Mike Tyler. I totally agree.

And quite honestly, like we talked about last week, I don't think that the Titans should be affected in the draft by free agency. The draft is about long-term solutions. Free agency is about short-term veterans that fill spots. Like, they should not be overly influenced. Just because the Titans traded for Jermaine Johnson, doesn't mean that they shouldn't go edge at number four

if the top player on their board is an edge rusher. You know, like they could go out and sign Brian Robinson at running back, who's a downhill, you know, depth type running back. That doesn't mean that they shouldn't take Jeremiah Love. Now, what I will say is what other teams have done in free agency may tell us about what they think is going to happen because you saw the Arizona Cardinals. They brought back James Connor on a restructured deal.

they also signed Tyler Algier who's one of the most underrated backs in the league. The chiefs go out and pay Kenneth Walker nearly 15 mil a year. The Saints go out and pay Travis E.T.N. about $13 million per year. That doesn't sound like teams that are taking running back in the first round if you ask me.

So if Arizona's not going to take Jeremiah Love and Kansas City and New Orleans don't believe that Jeremiah Love is going to drop to them that leaves the Titans. The Giants. The Giants were in on Kenneth Walker as well. So they definitely have interest there. the Washington commanders. So I think whereas we can't look at the Titans moves and discern,

oh, that's what they're going to do in the draft because they did this. We can look at other teams moves and be like, maybe they think the Titans are going to do this, which might be the most information that we can possibly get. But I agree the two big spots that we've been talking about, Jeremiah, I love it running back and then the edge rusher spot. The Titans didn't do anything there. So if they haven't done anything at either spot,

then we can't deduce anything from that. No, it's like we can't drop ourselves into the bathtub and see how much water comes out and know how much water's in there. Like it doesn't work like that right now. Now, if they go out and sign Trey Hendrickson in the next 24, 48 hours, then we might be able to be like, all right, you sign Hendrickson, you traded for Jermaine Johnson. They'll probably wait to get Edge a little bit later. They're probably going after Jeremiah Love or something else. But until that happens, we didn't get any clues as to what they're going to do with pick number four, at least. Let me ask you this then, because if the Seahawks are the standard,

right now that everybody is trying to be. They just let their Super Bowl MVP running back walk. But they won the Super Bowl by getting to the quarterback, by getting to Drake May. So if you're trying to emulate what the top of the league is doing, wouldn't that say edge at four as much as Jeremiah Love might be the best player on a lot of teams boards? And while there may be some question marks about each of the edges, I have a counter to that, Julian. you're right about that and I agree but also

some organizations that are very well respected in the NFL for the way that they roster build and they are the smart teams and they do everything the right way the Baltimore Ravens what they do paid Derek Henry a bunch of money the Philadelphia Eagles what they do pay Sequin Barkley a bunch of money

the Green Bay Packers what they do pay Josh Jacobs a bunch of money the Chiefs are respected they never go out and spend on running back they haven't had a thousand yard rushers since 2017. What'd they do? Go out and spend $15 million on Kenneth Walker.

We have talked on the show about the cyclical nature of the NFL schematically and how with teams playing more too high safety looks, teams are going in heavier personnel on offense and running the football more. The passing yardage rates were way down this year. Like as low as they've been since like 2011, 2011, 2012. Okay, so the NFL is sliding back towards, hey, we want to get heavy on offense, and we want to run the ball down your throat. And the smart teams are ahead of the game

and they're actually spending more resources at running back than we've seen smart teams do in the past five or six years. So maybe if we follow the smart teams in the NFL, given big assets for running back is actually the right thing to do. Is it right? Is it wrong? I don't know. I'm not a GM. I'm a podcaster. All right.

At the end of the day. But if you just look at what the quote unquote smart teams in the NFL, The San Francisco 49ers traded for Christian McCaffrey, gave him $40 million on a contract. So yes, you're right. Smart teams build the edge. But it seems like the smart teams are also paying more for running back than they used to. Yeah, I don't know that, you know,

I'm not taking anything away from Kenneth Walker the 3rd's performance in the Super Bowl, but it might have just been a microcosm of the environment itself because that defense was so dominant early, they were able to run the football and make it less about Sam Darnold. Because if you think about it, No one's looking at Sam Darnel like he was the one that won the Super Bowl. This will never be a situation where he looked at and like, oh my God, Sam Donald did all these great things.

And he went and just won the Super Bowl to Seattle. That defense, the dark side is what won the Super Bowl for Seattle. And I'm not calling Sam Donald a Trent Dilfer by any stretch, but he certainly took advantage of the circumstances and their ability to run the football. So in other words, if I can run the football, why do I do anything else? You know what I mean? So that's why Kenneth Walker, I think.

think because of the attention that he was able to get in that offense on that day, it helped him solidify a really good performance, but also gave the Seahawks their first win in what was a dozen years or so. So, yeah, I can definitely see why they let him walk. But at the end of the day, man, like I said before, I've never seen a bad running back in a national football league. Now, there are some separators, right, like the ones that Tyler just mentioned, you know, Sequin, Derek, those guys that run.

rush for or have rushed for 2,000 yards. But by and large, everybody's got a thousand yard back. The other thing, if you've got to line this worth of salt, you've got a running back this. Carolina had a running back. Tony Fowler this past season hit a thousand yards, and that seemed impossible. Exactly. But at the end of the day, I can see why they feel that they're expendable because there's

just so much fruit to pick from, basically. Yeah, I will say the thing that does favor, at least Jeremiah Love, it doesn't seem to have any question marks going in. Like people are thinking, you know, outside of Mendoza, like he is going to be the best player, like generational type of running back. With the three edges, you know, Arvel Reese is kind of still,

has the high ceiling that you need to reach, like a little bit of a project there. Ruben Baines got the short arms. David Bailey, you wonder what is run game stopping. So like, that's the only thing when it comes to Jeremiah Love is like, there's questions about all three of those edges, but Jeremiah Love seems like the short bat. Yeah, totally.

He's the guy with no questions. If you want to draft an elite prospect, go ahead and just get Jeremiah Love. The reality is we have to accept this. It's not a great top 10 in the NFL draft. There aren't the blue chip, clean prospects that we normally see. And if you want to just make sure that you're getting a guy who can actually make an impact,

like Jeremiah Love is going to score points for the Titans. And at some point, if there's all these questions, like you just said, Julian, about all these different guys, why not just take the guy who has the most answers instead of the questions? You know what I mean? Like, that might be the way to go about it. So I am not somebody who believes in taking a running back that high, but you have to look at each individual draft class as its own thing.

And in this draft class, I'm more, as you used on the thumbnail last week, Julian, I'm more open to love than maybe I would be in previous years. And also to that point, type, I mean, like, I feel like if you, the gap between maybe the top three edges, you could still get some pretty good value at 35 at edge and still address that need when you could then take the best player at four. So. Yeah.

And I would say this. The Titans have added a lot of power edges. I would say that Femiola-Dajio is a power edge. I would say that Jermaine Johnson is a power edge. And they told us that they want a power edge and then they want more of a speed rusher. Well, I think a lot of the speed rusher guys who are maybe a little undersized, like a Cassius Howe, like a Romello height, you know, like an R Mason Thomas out of Oklahoma. A lot of those guys who are going to be around in the early second round at edge

are more undersized speed rushers who are more in the vein of like a Bryce Huff who Robert Sala used in New York. So I actually think if they want to go love at 4 and then double back for a speed rushing edge, the value with what we expect on the consensus boards does line up with some of those guys being there at 35. Indeed, indeed it does. All right, on the other side of the break, we have a ton of questions and comments in the chat.

We're going to do our best to answer them on the other side of the break here in the Titan Squad Show. Keep it here. All right, fellas, we got a question from Kevin Route 850. All this talk about Will Levis potentially getting traded with the signing of Mitch Trubisky. What do you guys think you get for Levis? A sixth round pick?

I would almost have to agree with that because I don't think, I think going any higher than that would say that you're talking about a more established veteran. Maybe someone that's actually seen more playing time. I know Will was a starter for a handful of games over the past couple years before Cam was actually brought in to be the starter. But it's just not enough tape on them to throw that kind of commitment out there, right? Now, you go out there and just like, look, unbelievable during preseason, which is what I kind of hope. I'm kind of hoping that, you know, whatever Brian Dayball is sprinkling on that offense, it gets someone, Will Levis and this guy all of a sudden just lights click on and teams want it. You know what I mean?

So then that does raise his potential and even what you're willing to give up for him. But a sixth, in my opinion, will be a little lofty. I think there are two ways to look at it. If they want to trade him before the NFL draft so that they can have an extra pick in this year's draft, I think a sixth round pick is probably the best that you could possibly get. But if they do what Brad is hoping for and they let Levis play and join him. practices in preseason games. You don't need to see Mitch Trubisky in the preseason.

Let Cam play his one series and then let Levis go out there and dice up these second, third string defenses. And then you might get a fifth round conditional where, hey, it's a fifth round pick in 27. But if Levis starts a certain amount of games, now it's a fourth round pick because we're giving you a starting quarterback. It could get even higher. You could do a fourth to a conditional third.

It's just whether the Titans want that pick this year in the draft or whether they're willing to wait and maybe get more. I compare it to like the lottery. When you win the lottery, they say, hey, we'll give you a lump sum right now that isn't quite as much as you actually won in the lottery. But if you want to take it spread out throughout the rest of history, we'll give you your full amount just spread out.

If the Titans want something right now, they could probably get a sixth round pick for Levis. If they want to try to increase that value and are willing to wait until 2020, to get that pick. They might be able to get a fourth round pick out of Will Levis. So it's about their level of patience. But the thing is, when you sign Mitch Trubisky,

you're telling the rest of the NFL, we're not keeping Will Levis, which hurts the leverage that they would have in a trade also. So it could go either way. But I think a sixth round pick, if the Titans do it soon, does make a lot of sense. Tyler, when you win the lottery, let us know, so we could, you know, spread the wealth a little bit.

That's for sure. Then we can all get the 10-house to go to the Super Bowl. So yeah, if I'm doing the show from a yacht, I may not tell you guys, but there will be signs. All right. This next question comes from Zooks. Why no signings at linebacker? Getting worried.

I think that Robert Sala is a linebacker savant. So like, why would the Titans go out and pay a bunch of money for a linebacker when Robert Sala has shown a history of taking mid-round guys and turning them into good players? you know, so I think the Titans just need a depth signing at linebacker, and it's a really good linebacker class in the draft, too. So if they go out and they sign a Leo Chanel, a Bobby O'Caricay, something like that, and then they draft a guy in the fourth or fifth round to develop behind him, I think that's a fine plan at linebacker. Cody Barton's little brother who's at the combine?

See, with 10 fire on him. It's such a great one playing so well, sideline the sideline. I might be like, you know what? We need to pay more attention to that. but I think they've got cats that are in that second line past the front seven, the front four to be okay, at least maybe addressing the draft. And James Williams, baby.

Can we give James Williams a shot under Robert Sala? He might blossom into something. Jay Will and Cedric Gray. Maybe they both work out. I'm willing to see that. Yeah, and James Williams did play better at the end of the season. Like he made the most of his opportunities, not just on the field, but special teams too.

He had the block kick in Cleveland. So he could have power. but he didn't. So Zooks also has another question. This is offensive line related. Maybe a center in the fourth round. Let him sit for a year or two. There's been, you know, at least some of the mock drafts we've done, somebody like a Jake Slaughter from Florida or Logan Jones from Iowa. Bhop, what do you think about a center around that spot? Right. Like at 66, I'm thinking, you know, he might be the guy. I'm even thinking that they might even go. I don't know that tackle would necessarily, if you're trying to push Dan more a little bit, you know what I mean?

Yeah. And grab him at 35. If you're saying, hey, look, Dan, you're good enough for this 80 mil. You know, just take care of this rookie and you'd be all right. If you don't, you know what I mean? So I think that they might end up going offensive lines. In my draft, I didn't have them taking Caden Proctor because Caden wasn't available. I haven't taken, matter of fact, let me tell you who I had.

Let's see. Real quick, this is good radio here. This is good. Do you need me to pull that up? Behop, I still have it if you want me to pull it up. Oh, yeah, yeah, you had it. Exactly. When you, Kayla and I did it.

So I took, no, not that one. Not this one? No, you have another draft? Oh, yeah, I had a couple drafts. Drew Shelton was this one, but I think I had somebody, I had a lineman going in the second pick. You know what? You're wrong.

I'm wrong. Because none of the linemen were available. The key quality linemen, the Spencer Fano's, Francis, uh, little new, Noah, Manoa,

Manoa's, Maui Noah's. Now it go up. I don't know. I've heard it pronounced a hundred ways. Caleb Lomo, he was gone. You know,

all those guys were gone. That's why I picked up Drew. But Chris Bell, the receiver was the one that kept, and that was an awesome drafting, by the way, that you picked up, Julian.

I love doing that. I did like four drafts, you know, to see guys that you had slated that you were going to pick and to see him get taken. You're like, you know what I mean?

So now. You got to go through another position. That's how it probably feels, right? You know, when you're a GM and you want a certain guy and they get taken, you know? That's how it is in a fantasy draft. I think that that's why they're so excited in the war room because if it works out, I mean, there's a lot of luck that goes into that. They have the guys that you are slating because you don't know who the other teams are picking.

You guys can have the same guy being on track for the same dude, and you got them. They're probably like high-fiving the hell of each other. Yeah, whether you're a GM in the real draft or whether you're in like a fantasy football draft. You have guys who you have circled. Like if he gets to me, that's who I'm taken. And the feeling that you feel when they come off the board a pick or two in front of you, again, whether it's fantasy or the real life draft as an NFL GM, that feeling of anger and disappointment is still there. I'll just say this about the center thing. They can do that if they want. I am on board with that, but they can't roll into the season thinking that

Austin Slotman is going to be their center for a year or two while they develop a guy behind them. They got to do better than that if they want to follow that plan. Well, they will draft interior-wise early because Austin Slotman, like you said, not an answer. Corey Levin, Blake Hans, Kevin Zeitler, all free agents. No depth, no starters per se. So you got a lot that you've got to fix in the meantime. With draft in, obviously, even signing a few dudes off the street. And if you wanted to check out the mock draft episode, you can check it out on the Locked on Titans YouTube channel. we posted that this past Friday. Julius Curry says this.

What about Sunny Stiles? Damn. Obviously, he impressed with a combine, but a non-premian position. Yeah, it's going to be a no for me. Robert Sala is such a history had taken late round linebackers and turning them into good serviceable players.

I just don't see the need to do that. And over one of the edges, over Jeremiah Love. I just, he had a great combine for sure, but I'm out on that. That's not for me. Yeah, he showed some tremendous athleticism. I don't know that linebacker is something that they want to address that early.

You know what I mean? Right. Only because it's the position. And when's the last time you saw a linebacker taking the top time? You know what I mean? It's interesting because Beehop and Tyler, this draft, like, without a doubt, all the analysts are saying the three best players are the non-premian positions in running back, safety with Caleb Downs and Sunny Styles.

Yeah. So it's going to be a test of will for a lot. lot of these general managers is like, do we just take the best player or do we address the needs that we have on this roster? I'm willing to go non-premium, but I want the guy who scores touchdowns if I'm going with a non-premium position. Let's get a guy who puts points on the board if we're not going to go with a, and the reason that teams don't want to go with non-premium positions is because it doesn't give you a lot of value. There isn't a lot of money. Like, if you take

Jeremiah Love at number four, he immediately becomes a top eight paid running back in the NFL, Where if you take an edge rusher that turns into a great player at number four, the top edge rushers in the league make 35, 38, 40 million dollars per year, and you're paying this guy six or seven million dollars per year, that's a great value. So the conversation about premium, non-premium positions is more about the financial ramifications of it rather than just, hey, that's not a premium position that doesn't impact the game.

It's, hey, a good edge rusher gets $40 million a year and we get to pay this guy $8 million a year. A good running back gets $15 million a year, and we have to pay this rookie 12 million per year. Now, like, you know, there's not as much financial value at the non-premium positions compared to what the good veterans get. But again, Jeremiah Love is a touchdown score. So if they're going to go non-premium at 4,

it better be love, not a safety or a linebacker. Indeed. Julius also follows up with this. What do you each of you guys is first and second round picks if you were drafting for the Titans? Again, Julius, you can check it out on the YouTube channel here, locked on Titans on Friday's episode. for context. I went Jeremiah

11th, 4th and 35th overall. I love Zion Young. Brad, Bhop, at least in the draft that we showed, had Jeremiah 11, Chris Bell, from Louisville, the wide receiver there. You guys were cooking. Yeah, thanks, man. Malik Mohamed's, bro.

Yeah. I don't know about Malikovina now that we got the corner. We can do another mock draft as it gets closer after free agency. We could totally do this. that. They need another, they need another cornerback in the draft still, in my opinion. Flott, Alante Taylor, I think, is going to play inside in the slot. Flot is an outside corner.

But outside of that, Josh Williams has been a special teamer. He played 17 snaps last year for the Chiefs. You can't count on him to be a starter. Marcus Harris, can, you know, can you count on him to be a starter? I still think that they need to address cornerback in the first four picks of the NFL draft. And Malik Mohamed is a guy who does check the boxes of length and speed. He's fast. He had 32-inch arms. He checks those. So I still think corner is squarely on the board.

For me personally, let's go with, I think, and this is what I think the Titans would do. Let's go David Bailey and Chris Brazel, the big 6'5 speed demon

out of Tennessee. If they go David Bailey, who is a speed rusher, to go with Femi and Jermaine Johnson who are power rushers on one side, and then they double back with a wide receiver like Chris Brasel or Omar Cooper. Cooper. I mean, we are absolutely cooking with

gas at that point. So those are non-Geremiah love options that I think the Titans would consider. Yeah, Brazel will be interesting, Tyler, because the Titans don't have a- I always say Brazil. He runs like a gazelle, but it's Brazzle. No, Brazzle-dazzle. He's somebody, like, he's a type of receiver like the Titans don't have. Like, when you think of a top receiver one, you're thinking of somebody like 6-1 or taller. They have Iommanner who is a little bit slower, but he's a combat catch guy. And then they have Chim, who is the speedster, but he's not as big. And so Brasel was certainly the top wide receiver option.

We watched a lot of them here in Nashville covering the ball. So I certainly could see that happening there. All right. Any final thoughts on free agency before we call it a day, fellas? Man, and this is fun. But I mean, what a week. Like, you know, with new coaches, adding all these players, you know, it doesn't always result.

Free agency splashes don't always result in success. It was a common thought in the NFL for a long time that the teams that won the offseason are the teams that lose in the season. But look at the top five spenders last year. The Panthers, they increased their wins by three. The Seahawks were a top five free agent spender last year. They won the Super Bowl.

New England was the top spender in the NFL. They went to the Super Bowl after being a bottom five team. You know, the Jags are a team that spends and they find a way to be successful. So like, I just think seeing the Titans actually go out and spend this money when there aren't really a lot of ramifications because there aren't a lot of young players that need to be paid. It's not going to prevent them from keeping anybody who they need to keep.

Seeing them make these moves with the coaching change. The New Jersey's come out on Thursday. I know that I play the fan role on it. Julian, you're the professional TV analyst. Brad, you're the Hall of Fame, former player, Ring of Honor. You know what I mean? I play the fan role and know what, I'm happy to play the fan role. As a fan of this football team, I'm so happy.

Like, I went to bed with a smile. This is such a great week, and we could look back years from now and look back at this week as New Jersey's, new brand, new logo, new team, new players that turn this thing around. This could be one of the most monumental weeks in the history of this franchise. And I'm just fired up, man. It's pretty obvious. I'm so fired up for this football team.

Yeah, I mean, I just like the fact that the Titans are being recognized early off in this franchise in the free agency market as being aggressive. They're not going to leave stones unturned. They're not going to take chances. They're not going to do these things that we feel a team that has suffered enough to be able to afford this stuff, right? To be able to take full advantage. Now let's just make good. I mean, to what we've seen so far, we're not even halfway done. With free agency, we haven't gotten to the draft.

But with all that newness you talk about, Tyler, I mean, I can understand and feel your excitement and your anticipation as a fan. As a former player, I can't wait. Let's go. Let's go. Julian, one thing, I can't help myself. I see Fatty Maddie in the chat. Every year, Titans fans convince free agents are great.

Let me just say this. There are a lot of people in the comments all the time who want to boohoo and cry, oh, this team is going to, you get no extra points. no extra credit for being a sad, depressed fan. Why did you become a football fan? Why did you start liking the NFL and professional sports? To have fun, to be entertained, to bring you enjoyment. So what, if you're right, and the free agent moves don't work out?

You're not going to get put up on a pedestal. No one's going to give you a medal. Oh, you hated everything and you were right. Everything was bad. That's just the worst possible way to be a fan of a football team. It's the total opposite of what professional sports and fandom is supposed to bring you. No one's going to give you a medal for being right about being a negative Nancy. Enjoy it. Have hope. Have joy. Have optimism. Because if not, then what are you in it for in the first place?

Tighten up, man. And to Brad's point, Titans being aggressive, I just picture, because that first hour of free agency, nothing happened. And I could just picture Brinker going into Borgonzi's office, him meditating like in a dojo somewhere and said, A, Borgle, we're ready. And then he attacked free agency and then all the news started coming out. So, he's certainly not done. I like the direction the franchise is going, and that's for sure. A lot to be hopeful.

Selling wins or selling hope, like we always say on the show, and the Titans are certainly selling hope right now. We wanted to thank you guys for tuning into this edition of the Titans squad show. Make sure to like, comment, subscribe, wherever you may be. Get us wherever you get your podcasts. Make sure to tune into the other shows on the Lockdown Network, including Lockedon Titans with Tyler Rowland every single day.

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