Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - TITANS SQUAD SHOW: NO SURPRISE on roster cuts, team WIN TOTAL PREDICTIONS & Titans X-FACTOR

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

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I'm Julian Minnensohn, what we feel better about and worse about with the Tennessee Titans as we get closer to the season. That's coming up here on the Titans Squad Show. I'm Tyler Rowland. Roster cuts are here, and the Titans are about to have a waiver party. I'm Brad Hopkins. September 7th is right around the corner. Are the Titans ready for the regular season? We'll talk about it. Titan up. It's the Titans. Squad. Sponsored by game time. 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. As you heard right off the top there, I'm Julian Minnesone, joined by my esteemed panel of guests, Locked on Titans host. Tyler Rowland and to time, pro bowler, Brad Hopkins, fellas. It's roster cut down day, which is a big day for the squad. And it's also a big day because it's another step closer to the start of the regular season. How are we feeling today? You know, I'm actually looking around to see if there are any quarterbacks or any other pivotal positions that the Titans might feel that there's an upgrade out there. because you know whenever somebody gets released and of course with the titans having the first pick of the waiver wire situation they could elevate you know what i mean but i don't really see anybody that at this point would do a better job than brandon allen you know what i mean but it's not to say that the titans aren't thinking about it because we're only one play away from the back of ever being in and if brandon allen is the guy that feel comfortable enough to not only run this offense but give them the best chance to win then maybe there won't be any sort of chance.

changes in that regard. We'll see. T. Roe? Yeah, I love days like today. I mean, you hate to see guys lose their job, but as an NFL fan who really loves the ins and outs and all the different roster decisions, seeing guys who you're excited about be waived by other teams that the Titans have the potential to claim. We could talk about quarterback, and I'm sure we will, but even further, down the line, positions like linebacker where I don't even know if the Titans have a fourth linebacker right now. There are some names popping up. Cornerback is obviously a position the Titans could use some depth. I mean,

Really, they could use some depth all around the roster at different spots, but just seeing those names pop up who you're like, oh, I liked them coming out of college. Maybe it was a depth thing for the other team. They had too many good guys at one spot. It doesn't mean every player is bad. It gets cut. So I'm just excited about all the action

and what it could mean for the Titans to improve the back end of their roster with these waiver claims sitting at the number one spot. Yeah, certainly important. Well, today's episode is brought to you by Fandual. Football season is around the corner. Visit the Fandul app today and start planning your futures. now. Okay, so the Titans parted ways with 16 players yesterday. Maybe we should just go down the list here just to give everybody listening a refresher. Joshua Bledsoe, Josiah Bronson,

Amari Bernie, Desmond Evans, Jamari Harris, Jaquan Jackson, Jalen Kimber, Clarence Lewis, Davion Ross, T.J. Sheffield, T.J. Smith, Julius Wood, Joe Gazziano, Arlington, Hambright, Sam Mustafa, and Matt Landers. Do we have any thoughts on those? Because it doesn't seem like there are any big surprises at least there right now. I'll be honest with you, Julie, and I only have only have three big ones. I think Jaquan Jackson getting cut as a former sixth round pick. That's obviously going to stand out. But we saw his struggles in the punt return game. And if you can't do that with what his skill set is, it's just not going to work. He got passed up by other guys. I think also none of the undrafted free agent cornerbacks were able to hang on. And the Titans spent a lot

of capital on their undrafted free agent group at that cornerback position, and none of them worked. I think that that's a disappointment. And then also, I would say that Desmond Evans at edge. I thought he was big, physical. I thought he flashed a little bit in the preseason. I'm surprised he was a part of the first wave of cuts. I thought the Titans might like him on practice squad. Maybe they still do, but it's not as likely if you're part of that first wave of cuts as opposed to getting cut today. So those are the only three things of note that I stood out from a relatively unsurprising round of cuts. Yeah, you're right about that, T-Roe.

I think that Jaquan Jackson, he might have been supplanted by even James Proche. Bryce Oliver is another guy that works in the return game. He does a pretty good job there. Desmond Evans, I thought, was having a really good camp. Now, hopefully he didn't show the other 31 team just how good at camp he was having, and they can bring him back after tomorrow, right?

Because I thought he added depth at that defensive end position, outside lineback or however you want to call it into 3-4. But his ability to apply pressure is something that the Titans are going to need, especially when you start talking about rotating guys in and out. So those are a couple of guys that sit out to me and actually on both sides of the football. Other than that, you know, I've not really seen anybody that they need to stash on IR or anything like that, you know, kind of hiding them away from the rest of the league until they can sign them back. But it'll be curious to see which ones do actually make it back onto the roster,

or at least on the practice squad. Can I ask you with that? Sorry, Julian. I just want to ask with that NFL experience being in there. Is that something that does happen? Do teams kind of try to play with certain lesser-known guys in the early parts to hide them from other teams to do that? Is that something that does actually happen?

Fans talk about it and theorize, but, you know, is that something that does happen behind the scenes sometimes? Absolutely, especially when you gauge whether this kid is actually in your program. Like, he's committed, you know what I mean? Because if you think about it, that player has to be on somebody else's active roster for four weeks. So at the end of the day, it's like, hey, this is my chance to go play someplace else and really get on the field and, you know, kind of develop my skill set versus, hey, I really like this. I see an opportunity potentially somewhere I'm competing. And if they want to keep me

around by, you know, putting me on the IR or whatever, stashing me in essence that I'm down with that too. So it's like, where do you see yourself? You know, what kind of camp have I had? Think about that. It's an adjustment to be made to go someplace else and trying to have immediate success, right? these guys that got relief they've been in camp they've been here for a while now they've been going through OTAs they did all this stuff in Ricky minicamp the you know whatever it was and they either feel a certain way about their their position their lot on this team or they're really uncertain and could use maybe a breath of fresh air someplace else so it does happen yeah and you know for the viewers who are not listening or the listeners who aren't listening

live with us right now who might listen later there might be cuts by the time you turn this podcast on later in the day. So I just wanted to keep that in mind for all the listeners. Somebody who is, I guess the talk of the Titans town right now is, of course, Xavier Reshrepo. You know, that's the good question. Does he make the team or not? We already have a comment about him from Paul Garo.

Roshrepo can really help out Cam, not only on the field but off the field. That's his dog through the ups and downs. Where do you guys stand on Xavier Restrepo right now? Because he is a hot topic for the Titans. Well, he's the guy that has the most experienced. from Cam Ward, right? But he's also not a guy that you're going to see regularly in rotation. But he is somebody that understands exactly how to make Cam better because he became

one of the more prolific receivers at Miami while Cam was there. So it just makes sense. And I don't doubt that Cam said a few things like, hey, you know, my boy was good, right? My boy is good, right? Just kind of expressing his support for his former teammate. But, you know, when you look at his intangibles, the guy's gritty. I like that. You know what I mean?

He's a hard tackle. He's somebody that is sheer-handed, runs good routes. You know what I mean? Works hard. So he checks off a lot of the boxes. I'm sure that Brian Callahan and Nick Holtz would love to make sure that the receivers possess. And that's one of the reasons why I think he's still on the roster.

And you know what? I know that his preseason statistically wasn't all that great. But same thing, Cam Wards wasn't all that great either, but it's deeper than that. It's not just the stats. I saw Xavier Restrepo getting open on the top. type of short, quick routes that we expect him to get open on. And he didn't get the ball every single time that he got open, but it's not like he wasn't creating separation

and giving his quarterback a target if he wanted to go there. Now, the special team's issues are what's going to ultimately keep him off the roster if he doesn't make it. I said he was a lock. I honestly feel like I'm going to be wrong about that because of James Prochet being the punt returner. But if they were to feel comfortable with Chim D.K. is the starting punt returner, potentially, maybe.

I know that Bones Fossil said in a presser recently that he wasn't quite sure whether he was comfortable with Chim D.K., but if maybe they feel better about that now, you keep Xavier Restrepo on the roster over a guy like James Brochet because it's a long-term bet. Yeah, Xavier Restrepo may not cover punts and kicks and things like that. He may never turn into a great punt returner, but at the end of the day, he's a guy who can help your offense significantly in a specific type of role when you already have that chemistry with Cam Ward. I'm sorry, maybe I'm naive to think this, but that sort of long-term potential is more important than the short-term gain of having James Prochet over ChimDK at punt returner. I just can't help but feel that way. So I don't think that he makes it, but I agree with the comment.

And I think the long-term benefits outweigh the short-term in this scenario by keeping Restrepo. Yeah, I guess it depends on what you think he's going to be years down the line, right? Three, five years from now, what kind of player he could be. And also, you know, the off-the-field stuff that is important, especially with a rookie quarterback in his first year. He has a guy there in Restrepo. He has Quondre Diggs and family there. Respa was one of the dudes who was with Cam at five hours early

before that preseason game. It's just kind of like clockwork and getting it to a routine as much as possible when you make that transition to the NFL. There's a lot of Restrepo comments. We have another one here from Marquises King. I would definitely keep Restrepo over Prochet. I don't know about that. But, I mean, seriously,

Tyler, short comments yesterday. I was on your show, Tyler, Locked on Titans, made excellent sense. In three to five years, are we going to be okay with the decisions we are making today? You know, so that goes back to that point. There's another comment here. IDK, man, I feel Rishrepo is a wildcard. We kept five Titans on the roster last year, so why not keep 8 wide receivers? This year makes sense, right, slightly kidding.

So he is certainly a hot topic. Are there any other position groups? We talked about it off the top, fellas, other position groups that you would look for, Bhop. I know you had some in mind. Well, I'm looking at all the running backs that they have on the roster, which to me kind of makes sense because Tysay Spears is not 100%. We know Khalil Mullings is not 100%. I thought that Khalil, even as a sixth round pick, had a heck of a chance to make this roster because of how hard he ran in preseason. And I would expect him to be on the practice squad, of course, and doing some things.

Maybe he gets activated at a time or two. Julius Chestnut, he looked pretty good. Jordan Mims and Jamar Jefferson, both making the roster. Oh, okay. Maybe they're either special teams guys or just, you know, just, you know, someone that can actually run practice squad for them. You know what I mean? But I thought for the most part, that might be an emphasis that you see for the Titans of really running the football. You know, they want to try and stay as healthy as they possibly can. And having depth on that at that position, it kind of makes sense, you know. So that was one position that stood out to me.

And I was also looking at the fact that there were 11 defensive cuts versus five offensive cuts. like, huh, maybe they're, they felt that that side of the footwall is a lot more expendable than the offensive players, but that was something that definitely stood out to me, guys. Yeah, you're 100% right. It's clear, like, I'm doing my 53-man roster predictions and things like, and it's like, I don't want, I can't get to 53 with some of these guys on the defensive depth positions. Yeah, the Titans have some good starters on defense, but the depth on the defense is really, really bad. There's not a lot to choose from there. And that's why I agree on running back. And I think a guy that would make sense is Audric Estime. I

I think he went to Notre Dame, big powerback, just got cut by the Denver Broncos after getting drafted. I think if Tosier Spears goes to IR, remember, Tony Pollard was the lightning, not the thunder in Dallas, just because Tony Pollard ran like a truck last year and surprised everybody with his physicality doesn't mean that he's meant to be a powerback. Tony Pollard was a former wide receiver running back duo in college.

Like this is more of a lightning-type running back, and people kind of forgot about that because of how we ran. So I think getting an estimate in, and then you have a guy like Julius Chestnut, You keep him around. If Mullings is a little banged up, Chestnut did some special team stuff for the Titans. So he can be that depth special teams guy.

And then Estime and Pollard can run together. And then when Spears comes back, when Mullings is fully healthy, if he's banged up at all, then you can make your decisions on who to get rid of. I would get rid of Julius Chestnut. I think he's a great practice squad guy. I'm not convinced he should be roster material.

But if they keep, if they don't do that, and they keep one of those, you know, Jefferson or Mems, I hope it's memes. He's got a little more jitterbug to him. and I think that would be a little more explosive if they need him to actually get the ball. But linebacker is the spot I'm looking at. And no matter who you want to say,

Curtis Jacobs, Brian Osamoa, it doesn't, I don't think they have a good fourth linebacker. I think they've been searching for it. You have the top three in Barton, Williams, and Gray. But I think that fourth linebacker will ultimately come from waivers. And Chad Muma, a former mid-round pick, just got released by the Jaguars, and it was kind of a surprise.

I know that Muma has underperformed, but as the fourth linebacker for the Titans, I think he would be better than what they have right now. So I think there are going to be a lot of options at positions, but linebacker is one I'm looking at for the Titans because they don't have a fourth at all, in my opinion. Yeah, last show, we actually had some with Behop and I. We had some suggestions for a running back position. Somebody mentioned Damien Martinez from Seattle.

He was Cam's teammate in Miami. He had 84 yards and 24 carries this preseason. And given what happens there in Seattle, I mean, that's somebody, or George Halani was the other one, I believe, that they had mentioned over there in Seattle, too. So there are certainly a ton of options, and you have your pick of the litter at that top waiver claim there. There is another comment I wanted to get to here. We mentioned the corner depth at the top of this show. This is from Michael Learn.

Should we look at trading sneeze? It kind of seems like he doesn't want to be in Tennessee. Maybe that is due to the, you know, kind of the teeter-totter of what he's said versus the action. of this off season where, you know, I'm closer than close or I'm as healthy as I've been, but then also barely getting back at the end of the preseason. What do you guys think about that? Is that even realistic? Yeah, you've got to find that right value, though, almost somebody that is a starter, you know what I mean, in essence, because right now what they're doing is that cornerback. They're working out Jarvis Brownlee is getting reps. You know,

obviously Darrell Baker is getting reps. Marcus Harris is getting reps. These are all guys are getting reps, but are they people that you see long-term fixtures at that position? If not, then you've got to find somebody that has been released, you know, or, you know, trading for somebody. It has to be equal value, I think, when you're talking about Legerius Sneed. And what does that look like? What do we gauge that off of? You know, in other words, what kind of trade value would Legerius Sneed bring? Are they looking at the Kansas City Chiefs version of Ligeria Sneed? Or are they looking at this version that just really can't stay healthy for a Titans roster? And going on with what Michael was saying on the chat.

I mean, you know, it doesn't seem like he doesn't want to be in Tennessee. Is that really the case? I mean, or is it just him just not being able to be 100% and not feeling he can give the true value that he has at that position? So I don't know that he doesn't want to be here because that would be obvious, I think, and then that will be kind of determined exactly what they do with him. People are like, yeah, I'm still gimpy, guys. I'm just not ready to go out there.

And he's going through all the regular rehab and whatever. and the train staff is looking at him, like, hey, he's, he's good to go. I mean, he's doing all the things that we need him to be able to do. And if he's not out there on the football field, that's by his own accord. So maybe there is something there. But I'm just not hearing that conversation about Ligerius. I don't know about you, Ty. Well, there's just no way that they would receive proper value in a trade at this point with where

Ligerius is that would outweigh what he could potentially give them on the field this year and how desperately they need a number one cornerback. Like 80% of Kansas City Legerius Sneed would still be better than what the Titans can put out there this year. And after him coming off, he didn't play great in every game that he had last year. It was a little up and down. It wasn't all bad, but it wasn't all good at times. He was getting burned a couple of times early in the season. And then coming off a serious injury, adding on to the injury maintenance that the rest of the league already knew that you would need to do with him.

Like they paid a third a year like 15 months ago or whatever. They're not going to get anywhere close to a third back under those circumstances. So there's just no way they're going to get something in return for Legerius need and someone to take on his money and what they already paid him like it would be dead money for them on the salary cap. When you get into the logistics of how that would actually work, it obviously doesn't make sense. And it makes it a lot easier to just say, hey, let's just hope that Legerius plays good this year because they need cornerback help. And if he doesn't, they probably move on in the off season and then readjust when it's easier to actually add talent. You can't really do much right now. We're talking about waivers to add depth at the end of the roster.

We're not talking about waivers to add starting level players. Like, you know, there's a difference in that. So, yeah, that's one of those things that sounds good on Madden, but in reality, it's just not going to work. And I don't mean to be crass, Michael. Like, I understand the question. But at the end of the day, realistically, that's just not going to happen. Yeah, and the coaching staff is careful with him because they know how paramount he is to this team, right?

You can change the corner. Yeah, you need the corner depth. Yeah, you know, exact. He's an X factor. We'll talk about that. maybe later in the show. Maybe a nice little tease from Tyler there as well. All right, on the other side of the break,

on the other side of the break, we're going to talk about what we feel better about the Titans after this preseason and the three games in the training camp and what we feel maybe a little bit uneasy and worse about. That's next when the Titans Squad show returns. All right, this episode is presented by Yahoo! Fantasy. The NFL season is around the corner

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What do you feel better about when it comes to this team after seeing them through these couple weeks of the off season here? The most obvious thing is there is the play of the offensive line, right? They've given Cam a good pocket. They've given Brandon a good pocket. they've made holes in the run game. But the curious thing, fellas, is they're not at full strength. In full strength, meaning they don't have Dan Moore on the field.

They don't have Kevin Zitler on the field, but yet they're playing as well as they have been. I don't expect them when these veterans get on the field for them to take a step back, but it might take them a little bit more time to just adjust because we haven't seen Dan Moore playing with Peter Skoranski in game time situations. We haven't seen Kevin Zitler playing alongside Lloyd Cushenberry, another guy that hasn't been on the field much. But the players that have been on the field have done a really good job and maybe it just says that there's more stability there than there has been in years. I would agree with that. But we're yet to see, you know, the full strength of this offense aligned with the two

free agents that they signed this year, plus Lloyd Cushenberry being healthy and being in that mix as well. So it's going to look like a completely different unit out there. But from what I've seen so far, it really looks like these guys have taken strides to understand what they're supposed to be doing schematically how they can also stay out of bad you know manageable down in distances that that to me is the most important thing right understanding what you need to do so that way you're not a liability and creating junkie situations we didn't have a bunch of penalties up front one about your holdings one of a bunch of jumping off sides that kind of stuff which the offense line is directly responsible for and if that's something that they can keep in control then i think that this unit has

the best chance to probably take the best foot forward and be a real cog for what they need to be accomplished this year. You know what? Everybody's excited about the offensive line because of the past blocking stuff, but I think this offensive line is going to blow people off the ball in the run game. Brian Callahan was talking about it in a recent podcast appearance. They have guys who can really execute power stuff on the right side with Zeitler and with Latham. They have a center in Lloyd Cushingberry who coming off the Achilles but is a good mover so he can get out on those pools. He talked about how his dad can implement that gap stuff, but also has that mid-zone run game. They can kind of do a little bit of everything.

I think that this team is going to be really good in the run game, which is why running back is so important like we were talking earlier. But for me, the thing I'm more confident in or more excited about right now going forward is Cam Ward's long-term potential. Like, you can never really know, and I know every fan in the world could say, I knew all long, he's the guy, he's the one, but we can all say that and faint excitement, and that's great. But you can't really know anything in life for sure.

But seeing the way that he got better throughout the preseason, in the stats and all this stuff, but he played cleaner every single game. He looked more comfortable every single game and his poise and Mike Borganzi and Brian Callahan both mentioned it last week. His spatial awareness, like just watching him be smooth and operate in the pocket and move around, he just doesn't look overwhelmed. And quite honestly, I keep saying I don't want to bash Will Levis, but watching his happy feet in the pocket last year and how he kind of, you could tell he panicked in it when things started, when the bullets started flying, you could tell he was like, oh,

You know what I mean? You could just see him out there. You could see it. Cam is the opposite of that. He's so flatline all the time. And like, I'm overly impressed by that throughout the preseason. And I think that's a fantastic sign for him being a good player for some time because he's just not, he just doesn't look uncomfortable.

He's just smooth sailing. And I think there will be ups and downs with him being a gunslinger. But I'm more confident in him being good long term after watching what we've seen so far. Real quick. I mean, that's a great point you made, Tyler. I think Cam Ward has this confidence because he's not running for his life back there. You know what I mean? Yeah.

I don't think the Will Levis came in from the first snap to start running around looking manic and crazy. I think it was over time him getting hit, him having bodies around him constantly. Just bad offensive line play is one of the things that put him in survival mode, you know? For sure. For sure. I've always said that, you know, in seven on seven, quarterbacks look amazing because there's no pass rush. There's no defense to sit there and worry about, right? And guess what? All I'm doing is trying to put the ball in the best position for the receiver to catch it and make runs and make yards after the catch, you know, going through a progression and make sure I put it in not in harm's way and commit turnovers and throwing picks.

But the biggest caveat is when you got guys that are just coming, you know, up the field to try and knock you down, that really changes your thinking. And that's one thing that Will Levis was like, hey, look, this is crazy up here, you know. So it's unfortunate that he had to deal with probably the most inept part of this, of this team, which is the offensive line. But Cam Moore doesn't have to worry about that at this point. Yeah. We hope. Yeah. There is actually a comment here talking about the O line.

There are Paul Gera again. I'm looking at the O lines since they haven't played together much, kind of curious on how long their chemistry will take to develop. And that goes to Bhop's point that they've looked pretty solid. And that's without Zitler in there and Cushenberry still coming back. I'm going to agree with you here, Tyler, on, well, I agree with both of you, but Tyler, Cam Ward, you know, the Titans were in desperate need of a culture set it, right? They haven't had it for a while. And he came in first day one and set the culture. He is poised. He is calm. You know, the results on the field. There's been flashes that say, hey, this guy could be really, really good. And the way he talks, I mean, you just don't believe that he's not going to be at least the solid player. Maybe that's just the confidence in him instilling confidence in everybody else, even the people covering. him, but I think, I think Cam is checked every single box imaginable, and I think he's ready for that first week of the regular season, that's for sure. Okay, so is there anything that you guys feel a little bit more nervous about after these first few weeks, a little bit uneasy?

We'll go with Tyler here, start. Yes, this is my corner right here. Let's get some negativity going, you know, yeah. No, but in all seriousness, I'm much less confident in the defense overall than I was coming in. I felt pretty good that my picture of the team was, bless you, the team, the defense would be good. I didn't think that they were great, like, you know, number two defense and yards last year. Some people tell you this, the top two defense.

No, it's not, okay? But I thought the defense would be good and then the offense would struggle. I honestly at this point think I might have that backwards. I think the offense isn't going to be a juggernaut, but I think the offense might actually be pretty even with the defense and it's not because the offense is so much better, but because I don't think the defense is going to be as good as I thought it was going to be the pass rush issues. I think the pass rush may be worse

this year than last year. And then also with the depth issues and the secondary and the depth issues everywhere. Like, DeNord Wilson likes to rotate his defensive line, which is smart. Keep your guys fresh. That's important. The Titans will go two series and then one with the backups. And last year what happened is when the backups came in, they got run all over and people like the Titans run defense fell off. Well, it's because the backups were bad because they had bad depth on the interior defensive line. I know James Lynch had a good final game of the preseason, but I'm not convinced. And he's the only guy outside of the top three of Simmons, sweat, and SJD, that you can even say, yeah, I think

he's probably going to make the roster. And I think they would replace him if they found a good enough waiver option. So I just think that the way that the Titans want to rotate their defensive line and the lack of talent that they have on the defensive line combined with the pass rush and the depth issues in the secondary. I just think the defense is not going to be, like I think there's a chance that this is a bottom third defense, not a top half defense. Yeah, I would agree with that, 200% Tyler,

especially when you look at four sacks in three preseason games, it just doesn't really feel like, man, this is the team that's going to be able to apply pressure. It's hard for interior alignment, defense alignment to get sacks because, you know, there's so many more bodies and there's so much more traffic. But when you're out there on the edges, when you're in space, you should be able to take advantage of those one-on-ones.

And I just didn't see somebody just really coming in and really taking the bull by the horns and being that guy that we need to be worried about. Now, I thought that Femi El-Dajio had a good camp. I thought he showed some things. And Desmond Evans, who's no longer on the roster right now, I thought he showed some things. But Sebastian Joseph Day, he's the guy that's going to have to step up. He's going to have to be, you know, Arden Key is another guy that's going to have to step up. These are guys that have the ability, I guess, but for whatever reason that we haven't seen a whole lot of it.

You know, maybe when you start game planning teams or maybe when you start looking at Denver and how to really attack Bo Nix and that offense, we'll start to see some more productivity. But at this point, I've just not really, you know, all in as far as them being able to get off the field on third down. You know what I mean? That's the thing. You've got to be able to either get them to making mistakes because the pressure is so crazy or the back end has got everybody locked down and there's nowhere to go with the football. Those are the two situations that have to happen because you're not just talking about the big bodies up front that are getting to the. the passer, you have to make sure that the pastor has nowhere to go with the football. And that's the case, then they'll get those sacks.

But that balance, I'm not sure it's quite where it needs to be right now for them to be as competitive as I need them to be in its division. And Bhop, what I'm worried about is that the back end will do their job, but because the pass rush is so unfortunate, you know, that even if the back end does a perfect job, the pass rush still may not do it. And then you're asking too much of the secondary because the second play has begun instead of the first play. And that's what I'm worried about here.

and there are only two answers. There's Blitz, which is going to put you in uncompromising position somewhere else and a good enough quarterback can take advantage. Or what they're trying to do, I think, is they got all these big physical edge rushers to try to collapse it because they know they can't win one-on-one, and then push the quarterback up into Jeffrey Simmons and Tavondre Sweat and SJD, who they might rely on a little more. So it's unconventional based on what normal teams would do,

which is just, hey, someone's going to get a one-on-one and we need to win it. You know, that's what teams are preaching. and the Titans got to try to be a little more creative, and I'm just not certain that that's going to work realistically. I'm going to stick with the defense on what I feel uneasy about. I'm going to go with corner. You know, I know we talked about it in the last segment, Legerious need.

The question is not just that can he play, but if he does play, what can he give you realistically? Is he going to be the legurious need of old? I know Jarvis Brownlee was kind of thrown into the fire last year. He's trying to improve on his game this season. And Bhop kind of talked about it. You're going to be playing really good players every week, especially at receiver. I mean, week two, Pooka Nakua and Devante Adams come into town.

And then you've got, you know, two guys in your division and Nico Collins, Brian Thomas, that you're going to play twice a week. So can those guys consistently give you what you need from them week after week after week? And then, of course, the big Sneed question is one of the biggest questions that we've seen for the last year here in Nashville. All right, guys. go ahead be hot no i'm just going to say you have to in a perfect world you would have somebody that can neutralize an offense is the best option you know i mean that's outside outside there and

i'm just not confident that uh if legurious isn't 100 percent that we have that guy that can do that you know which means that there's going to be somebody running open in that offense you know for that offense and you know i think that maybe even schematically it may put more pressure on Denar Wilson to dial up the right kind of pressure. But if you can disguise things, if you can kind of come from areas and ways that people just don't even see what's happening. And I mean, you know, dropping off linemen in the coverage, bringing back from the outside, sneaking a guy down in every now and then from the secondary as a strong safety

and blitzing him or whatever else or just, you know, doing some things that catch an offense off guard, you might need to be smarter than the offense. You know, that might help. But for the most part, they do need to get better on that side for me to feel more comfortable. I think they're set up to do that, Bihop. I think Kevin Winston is a good blitzer at the safety position. He's physical and will tackle. I think Roger McCreery has shown that he'll be a physical blitzer from the nickel position.

Femi Oladayjo can drop back into coverage. Draymont Jones can do a little bit dropping back into coverage, not as much as Femi as a former offball linebacker. James Williams and Cedric Gray, we've both seen it in the preseason, are good blitzers who get downhill and are physical and big. So, like, I think they have personnel-wise tried to do exactly, what you're saying. You can see it not only from the scheme, but from the player types of the

people they're trying to bring in. So I think you're 100% right there. All right, guys, on the other side of the break, we're going to talk about the X factors for this team. What could be the difference or who could be the difference in the Titans having a better season than last year or if it gets worse. We were talking about that here. The Titans Squad show returns. Keep it here. All right, we have an important request. Locked on wants to hear from you and we've put together a survey to learn more about our listeners and make your favorite podcasts even better. This is your chance to tell us what you like, what you don't, and answer questions about our advertising. Go to Lockdown Podcast.com slash survey to get started.

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Who is maybe an X factor you're looking at this year? Well, I want to see the receiving corps be as dangerous as they possibly can be. and that means that either Van Jefferson has to step up or maybe we see some more Elyle-Aye manner. You know what I mean? I think that either one of those guys is going to end up being in the rotation and provide a good opportunity

basically because I think that people are going to see Calvin Ridley coming, right? Tyler Lockett is a guy that didn't surprise anybody as far as his ability. He's been on some really good teams, and I would suspect that Cam's going to know where he's at on the field, especially in that slot position. But to be at full strength, I'm going to need one of those guys to step up.

I'm going to need to see that Van Jefferson that took it 60 yards to the house when the coverage slips and falls down. He has that kind of abilities. He's got to track speed. So I just kind of want to see him in his first opportunity to play at home, you know, in front of his family and whatever else, to just, you know, really take that next step, you know, to being a guy, you know. So when you look around, you mentioned, you know, the Nico Collins is,

the Brian Thomases, Thomas, those guys that obviously have a good pedigree. I want somebody else also to step into that rank. I think that those defenses have respect for Calvin Ridley and who Tyler Lockett is, but I'm going to need somebody else to be the Nick Westbrook of Kine. It kind of comes out of nowhere, you know, the surprise factor in this offense. So for Cam Ward to be exceptional, I think he's got to have exceptional targets, and then it has to come from all areas of the football field, not just the ones that we already can see make a difference.

Well, Julian, I'll leave you the obvious one, but I'm going to say Legerius Sneed, who we talked about earlier, because the domino effect that he's going to have on the Tennessee Titans defense, if the Titans get, just, you know, I feel like Matthew McConaughey, close your eyes with me, and just imagine. You know what I mean? Imagine the Titans get Legerius Sneed from Kansas City Super Bowl run, where he was erasing number one wide receivers every single week

and pressing at the line of scrimmage and dropping back into coverage underneath and making plays literally every week. It's your favorite wide receiver. one catch, 14, two catch, 20, just taking them out of the game. If the Titans get that version of Ligerius Sneed, the defense might be able to be very good because he's just locking it down. It makes it so much easier on everybody else to manage the rest of the field.

However, there is also a version of the future where Ligeria Sneed gets banged up again right away. The maintenance knee is bad, or he just, you know, being out of football for so long, not feeling ramped up, he's playing terrible, and it's not worth his contract at all. Like, he could either be great again or it could go very, very bad again.

And if it goes very, very bad, the Titans are going to be in serious trouble because they don't have the depth at cornerback to withstand that. And then it bumps everybody up into a new place where they're not supposed to be where Jarvis Brownlee Jr. is your best corner when really you should be your two

and all these different things. So I think it could take the defense to, you know, pretty good or bottom five in the league if Ligerius goes all the way wrong. So I think what happens with Ligerius need, good or bad, is one of the top three at minimum, biggest swing X-factor players on the entire roster. I'm going to go, I know Bhop went with the wide receivers behind Calvin Ridley, but I'm going to go Calvin Ridley.

I mean, he's had over 1,000 yards each of the last two seasons. And now, and the last year was with Will Evans and Mason Rudolph there at quarterback. and now you have Cam Warden, and we've seen all offseason long that they've been each other's shadow, you know, and it was kind of on display of what's to come in that first preseason game when he found Calvin Ridley three different times. And that's a good sign. He could be a safety valve for Cam there. The thing to me is after Calvin Ridley, I kind of think you don't know what you might get from the rest of the group. And Tyler Lockett's not a spring chicken anymore. you know, can what can he give you in a 17 game season?

Van Jefferson, it was a nice preseason finale, like Bhop said, over 100 yards, but can he do that consistently week after week? And then you have the two rookies that you're trying to develop with Elicio Manor and Chim Dike. So I think Calvin Ridley needs to have one of his best seasons ever if the Titans are to have at least a step in the right direction, not just for the team as a whole, but for the development of Cam Ward. as well. There are a couple comments actually in here that I wanted to get to that have some interesting suggestions on the fans X factors. Somebody had Gunner Helm as an X factor. What do you guys think about Gunner Helm, especially showing a lot in this preseason, maybe more than at least

I expected, at least early on. Well, first off, we know how pivotal the tight end position is in almost any offense. And that position doesn't necessarily have to be someone that's an inline blocker can also be someone that has versatility to be able to, you know, to motion out to the slot or even, you know, do some of the things that kind of keep the defense, getting them in motion. But I think that you're going to see more than just ticket conco. Now you've got some depth. Josh Wiley did a good job, I thought, you know, just in opportunities. But I think Gunter Helm brings another element to the equation. You know, I think that he brings, you know, just something different to the position that could definitely be useful for Ryan's offense. So

I totally expect to see the tight-in position play a pivotal role just because of not only the camp that Gunner Hill has had to show that, hey, look, as a fourth-round pick, I'm a steal. You know, they have three fourth-round picks on offense, and I think that all three of those guys could actually end up making a difference. Could be X factors of sorts because I think you need depth that receiver, but you also need, you know, different options when it comes to tight-in position. Chig has done a good job. I don't know that Chig is like what you said, Tyler, an extension of an offensive line that can blow, guys off the ball, you know, it's just not the way he's built, you know, but maybe Gunther Helm is more of that guy, but then also, but then also, I don't know, I just muted me. Anyway, just wrapping it up, tight-in position, I think it's going to be a huge factor, and I think that Gunner Helm is a guy that can be somewhat of a go-to person

for Cam War when this thing really gets going. I agree with everything. You're going. I agree with everything. just said, and I guess it depends, in my opinion, how you're looking at X factor, like what people in the comments are putting as their X factors. I think with, you know, where the Titans are at roster-wise, if any player pops and turns into a star or a superstar, that's going to be an X-factor player. So there really aren't any bad answers. I guess I'm looking at it as boom or bust almost. Like, they're an X-factor because it could go so poorly or it could go so great and that could change the quality of the season. Maybe I'm naive, but I have so much faith in Gunner Helm and what we're going to get from him

that I wouldn't put him in my X Factor list and like, because I just trust what I'm going to get from him. I don't think there's going to be as much down. But if he goes crazy and turns into the next Travis Kelsey or something, then I'll absolutely be wrong about that. But we've got to talk Cam Ward, right? I mean, that's the biggest X factor of them all

at the end of the day. If Cam struggles early and the game's a little too quick for him and he's throwing interceptions because he's trying to you know, calibrate where he can throw in these gunsling and passes and Things like, and he won't let plays die, and he's throwing it down the sideline and getting picked. You know, like that could crush the season as we saw last year.

But, in the other hand, if Cam Ward comes out, and he looks like Jaden Daniels, C.J. Stroud in their rookie years, and he's carving people up, and it's like, whoa, this dude is legit, then the Titans could be a playoff team. Like, that's how important quarterback is. And I have sat here and talked about how bad the Titans roster is and things like that. But if Cam is truly special, special right away, the Titans. Titans will have a chance to fight for a playoff spot in the AFC South. So, obviously, it's more interesting to talk about all the other guys because Cam Ward's been talked about at length.

But the truth is, Cam Ward is the biggest X factor because he can change the entire franchise if he's the one. And he could be good for maybe one or two more wins, just alone, if you're talking about quarterback play. Maybe more. Yeah, somebody else had an interesting suggestion here. I know we talked about Sneed and Bhop talked about the depth after Calvin Ridley at receiver.

But Dan Moore Jr., obviously brought in on an $82 million contract. The initial thought from Titans fans was wholly overpay. But sometimes that's the cost of doing business. And you were a 3 and 14 football team, so there's the bad team tax in the NFL. But you hope that he is the guy that is set on the left side with Skoronski for years to come and that he protects Cam Ward for years to come. Bihab, what do you think about Dan Moore as an X factor? Well, you know, obviously I thought that, you know,

there's no way that he was going to beat out Broderick Jones at Lift Tackle in Pittsburgh, so it made him available. But when you see guys that are available, especially at pivotal positions like Left Tackle, you've got to ask yourself, why? You know, why would somebody let him go? Why would somebody let a sure-handed pass blocker, someone that was very dependent,

someone that actually they're very dependent on to having a good season. Why would they let him out the door? You know what I mean? As a matter of fact, when I listen to when I'm on Sirius Examine, I'm listening to Pittsburgh fans talk about Dan Moore, they're saying that he was their worst offensive alignment. So if that's the case, what do we inherit?

Now, we haven't seen him on the field, working with Peter Scronsky. We haven't seen him giving up sacks. We haven't seen any of that. Now, there have been times when I was at practice, I was like, man, I sure wish he moved his feet a little bit better. You know what I mean? And now I'm hoping that he's getting some better coaching, you know, than what he's had in the past and can be a better alignment.

But I'm going to say the jury is still out on Dan Moore. I want to see him, you know, working with the ones and playing against some stout defenses and really giving Cam Ward a chance. Cam Ward's confidence is probably directly related to how well they perform up front. You know, it's one thing for you to say, hey, look, you know, I believe him. guys, we're going to get it done, whatever else, but after about four or five times you get hit, you know, and there's nowhere to go with the football, then that can be an issue. So I just want to see it, you know, with my own eyes before I cast judgment. But right now, we don't really have a huge sample size of what Dan Moore really is.

And I think Dan Moore, if you're doing like a top three X factors on the team, Dan Moore would be in my top three at this point after knowing what we know going through the training camp because he is one of those guys where, man, at the end of the day, He gave up the most sacks of anybody in the NFL last year, and the Titans gave him over $20 million per year. I don't care what tape you want to watch, how you want to explain it, what contract details you want to go over.

That sounds risky, and you can't make that not risky. And Pittsburgh not only let him go, but they back-to-back years drafted offensive tackles in the first round to replace him because they knew they needed to replace him. So, like, I get what the philosophy was. It's going to be hard to find to, you know, move J.C. Latham, keep him. It's going to be hard to find another starting offensive tackle.

So probably the best path that they had was to overpay Dan Moore, get him in it left tackle, move J.C. to right tackle. That's probably the best they could do this year. But we talk about Dan Moore for years. I think realistically, Dan Moore, two years is what the Titans want. And then hopefully during that time, you're able to replace Dan Moore with a younger player for cheaper who's a better value. I think Dan Moore is just a placeholder.

but if he plays average offensive tackle play, it's an overpay but average offensive tackle pay at left tackle when you have Latham above average value, Skoronsky above average value, and then Zaitler and Cushingberry on decent deals, that's the best they could probably do

but I agree 100%. There's no reason to believe that Dan Moore is the left tackle of the future for this team. He's just the left tackle for right now and they need him to be worth his money. All righty, so on the other side of the break we're going to talk about the Titans win total this season. Does it even matter the five and a half wins

or as long as there is some progress? And we're going to take some comments from our listeners and viewers and the Titan Squad Show returns, quick break. All right, fellas. So Vegas has this team at five and a half wins. Are you over or under that this year? well on my show on sundays on serious we ran through the entire schedule for all the teams and we did the wins lost situation and i got came up with seven wins for the titans this year

i think this is going to be probably a more competitive version of the titans also there's a lot of unknown about this roster about this team that people just can't key in on yet until we see exactly what this how this team is built and how they're going to approach the 2025 season. I thought that they got better in positions that they need to get better in, particularly offensive line. It doesn't really have to go any further than that. Lineback and court, others tackling, getting off the field. That's another spot they got better in, I feel. So I think that's going to afford them a few more wins than last year. Five and a half, you know, it's better than it's an improvement from, you know, the three wins

and picking first in a draft, but it's not a whole heck of a lot better. But I think that seven wins would be something that, hey, keeps people talking from talking crazy about Brian Callahan and his tenure here. I think it makes it exciting for the potential in the future. So I kind of see seven wins for this Titans team being somewhat of a benchmark for them. I think seven wins would be a great season. I mean, going from three wins, seven wins, that means Cam Ward looked good. Brian Callahan was a better head coach. That means we're going in the right direction.

be too much to ask to think about nine wins in 2026. And then you're talking about a potential playoff berth. I mean, that would be, I would be elated if the Titans won seven games this year. I got to say, I'm probably at five. I think that, you know, as we get closer, you know, that we got two weeks or a little less than two weeks, but I'm probably at five. And I think five is the minimum that Brian Callahan keeps his job. I think five wins for the Titans and a good Cam Ward keeps Brian Callahan's job for one more year. But under that, I think that is the line. If they win four games, just one more win this year,

if Cam Ward's hurt for a majority of the season, God forbid, and they win four games, then Callahan may be safe. But I think five wins is the bare minimum. I think that anything under that, Callahan's fired, and I'm going to say that they do get five wins, I think the beginning of the season is just going to be tough. But I think they're going to bounce back and play better

at the end of the season, going to give him good momentum going next year and ultimately keep Callahan his job even though he's at the bare minimum wins. Yeah, if there, you know, we get a lot of comments that, hey, if there's a losing season, does he keep his job? Well, six wins is a losing season, but you double your win total from last year, which would constitute a step in the right direction. But to your point, Tyler, if you were at four, then that really doesn't say that the team is developing in the way that you really need it to if you're right. It would look too bad. It would look too bad to only win four games.

Like, the football couldn't be good enough for them to only win four. This is a big what if, but you, you mentioned something, Tyler. You don't want it to happen. God forbid something happens to Cam Ward, and you can't really evaluate Brian Callahan the way you need them to. And you get those four wins or you get three wins the same as last year. What do you do if you're the front office of this franchise? I mean, that's a tough question.

Honestly, the answer is it would depend on how the football looks. You know, like if the special team, improves, if the offensive line is better, if the team looks like it is improving, but they just couldn't do anything, you know, then that would be understandable. And quite honestly, if they go into the season with Brandon Allen as the backup quarterback, how could they expect anything else out of Brian Callahan? We've seen Brandon Allen isn't going to win any games. He's not a good backup quarterback.

You know what I mean? So you can't be like, oh, you don't have Cam. You got to win games, Brian. So I think it would be everything else except quarterback that he would have to be judged on. Yeah, I think you should have to look at the circumstance. as to why this team finished under five wins, right? And if it's injuries, if it's, you know, something catastrophic, then you can say, hey, look, that was the reason why.

But if it's just because this team is not playing as well as they could be, because Brian, I think the only way that gets Brian Callahan fired is if he loses the locker room. And how do you lose the locker room? You lose the locker room because you've got frustrated players that aren't listening. They're not buying into what you're saying. They're not committed to your culture. And I just don't see that at this point. Now, a struggling situation where you lose like eight, nine games straight,

that could definitely get some stinking thinking going on in the building. But at the end of the day, I think it would take something monumental for this team to kind of lose its focus and then forget what they were working so hard this all season to try and accomplish. I just don't see that just the moment. We want to take for a few minutes of comments here based on some of the topics that we discuss. Zach Carpenter has an interesting X-Factor. X-Factor the new Jeff Simmons. He lost weight and maybe chasing sack.

now question mark hopefully his weight loss pros outweighs his cons our run defense is that great and a small Jeff Simmons could cause issues he meant isn't that great so Jeff Simmons down 20 pounds seems lighter in practice you know took on a lot of double teams as one would being Jeff Simmons last year so playing lighter on his feet but being lighter on his feet still means the dude's over 300 pounds so what do you think about Jeff Simmons who hasn't reach six sacks in each of the last two seasons. Well, he hadn't reached six sacks because of all the traffic that he has to go through to get there.

Yeah. Right. So in essence, I think that there have to be better players alongside of him that give him the opportunity to win his one-on-ones. Dare we say, if anybody's stupid enough to block Jeffrey Simmons one-on-one, you're going to see his sacks don't improve, right? But at this point, who's dangerous? Who are they sliding to?

Who do they care about other than Jeffrey Simmons? They don't. you know, so they can just have guys just near one-on-one situations, put four hands on Jeff and make him fight his way all the way to the back end, into the back field, right? That's a long way to go. At the end of the day, if Sebastian, if Arden Key, if these guys play better, even if Tavander's sweat, draws more attention, then it's going to take away some of the pressure from Jeff, and then they'll see him to start making those plays that we saw him making as a rookie or second-year guy, you know?

So I think at the end of the day, he knows going on, what's that, Once the huddle is broken and they come up to the line scrimmage, he knows the attention he's going to get, right? Well, if there's somebody else that brings about more attention or at least is somewhat that they have to worry about, then I think it's going to relieve some of that pressure and allow Jeff to really kind of be on his own and do some things. Yeah, he just needs help.

You know, he just needs some people around him. He's got to be more consistent and get off to a better start during the season. He talked about, you know, losing the weight. He wants to get off to a better start and stay fresher at the end of the year. And I think we've seen Jeffrey Simmons have good middle years of the stretch is maybe a slow start, a slow finish. So if he can kind of be more consistent, he's going to have better numbers anyway.

But if he really wants to blow up and have a huge season, he's going to need some help like Brad's talking about. He needs those edge rushers to flush quarterbacks down to him. Are they going to do that? That's a big point of skepticism with the team right now for most people who are being honest. So I expect more from Jeff with a slim-down figure, but football is the ultimate team game, man.

And, you know, he can only do so much if he is drawing all those double teams and things like that. But he does need to play better himself, too. You know, I don't want to let him completely off the hook for his own performance. But again, he needs more help, and I don't know if the Titans can give it to him. There are no guarantees in sports fellas, but at least for the fan base with Cam Ward and this new kind of regime for the Titans, there is hope. And we'll end with this final comment.

We have a lying low advantage. This whole league is asleep at the wheel when it comes to us. Maybe a little Washington commander situation for the Titans this year. and I like that Mac Jesus. So we'll end on a hopeful note for today when it comes to the Tennessee Titans talk. We'll be back later this week, fellas. Make sure you get our podcast on audio,

wherever you get your podcast here on the Lockdown Network. You can get us live on YouTube a couple times a week and on game days during the regular season. But for now, I'm Julian Minnansohn. That's Brad Hopkins and Tyler Rowland. We'll see you guys later. Thank you. Thank you.